VOLUME JDKVn. NO. 14.
BAEFORD,.N. C;v THUBSDAT, AUGUST 7. 1941.
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Valdosta, Ga., Aug. 5.—Gold-tinted
cigarette makings became cash for
growers throughout the Georgia-
Flordia bright leaf tobacco belt to
day as auctioneers in the market
cent^ chanted steadily on bids “in
the twenties.”
Buyers following the picturesque
sales in warehouses apparently kept
their prices well ahead of the 19.6
Average set by the tJnit^ States
department of agriculture as a guar
anteed minimuip. Correspondents of
the Associated Press told of strong
bidding in the 22 to 26 cents-a-
pound brackets.
^ There were individual instances
of bids much higher^ up to 40 and
50 cents for particularly choice to
bacco. At the other end of the scale,
there were baskets bought for as
little as' one cent a pound. But
growers generally were cheered by
the consistent bidding in the 20-30
cent range, and the frequency with
which good quality leaf sold even
higher.
At Douglas the market hit a top
of 54 cents for one basket, 32 at
Valdosta, 34 at Tifton, 42 at Way-
cross. Associated Press reports on
the opening day sales by markets
included:
Adel: W. 'J'. Shytle found the mar
ket stronger with best grades going
as high as 38 cents arid “grower^”
optimistic over the fine start.”
Baxley: Warehouseman Barnes
said the bulk of sales ran around
24.62 cents, with some selling up to
35 and other baskets as low as one.
Blackshear: Sales Supervisor Kirk
Sutlive announced the bulk of the
tobacco sold here in the 23-cent
class, but ran as much as 40 and as
low as two in other grades.
Douglas: With two sales going on
here, one warehouse reported- sales
running near 23.40 and the other
near 22.50. The tbp foi^ the day of
54 e^ts was Inhere.. r- ^
iiahira: On the first 100,1^
pounds sold. Supervisor W. R. Salt^
er announce a range of five to 35
cents and the bulk of sales within
24 to 28 cents.
l^elhurst: Auctioneer Eugene
Sin^hons said he was finding the
bulk of sales around 22 cents, with
some baskets going at 32 and others
at six.
Metter: Warehouseman Jeff Hems-
ley said bids were running five to 32
cents higher.
Moultrie: Grades which sold at
26 and 27 last year were going at
30 to 34 this year, War^ouseman
J. £. Ladson, Jr., said, and grades
which sold at 22 a year ago were
up to 27 and 29 today.
Nashville: The first 15,900 pounds
sold here averaged 20 cents. Super
visor Frank Park, Jr., announced.
Pelham:Bids ran from 35 to eight
cents here, with morning sales run
ning near 23 cents, Warehouseman
Claude Russell said.
Statesboro: Warehouseman R. E.
Sheppard reported sales running
between two and 41 cents with much
of the leaf going around 22.
Tifton: Two wuehouses reported
a range from three to 35 and most
of the offerings going around 22
cents.
Valdosta: The two to 32-cent range
was indicated for this market on
early sales.
Vidalia; Waj^ouseman Will
Brown announc^ best cigarette
tyijes here going at 30-33 cents and
the range on'the morning round be
tween three and 35 cents.
Waycross: Wa^houseman L. C.
Pruitt said most of the first round
here was in the 22-26 cents range.
It Now Uiider Way
In HcJce iCovaily
Old Nwtli
State Fund
As most of you know the Old North
State Fund is to be used to purchase
an airplane ambulance, which will
cost sevens five thousand dollars.
The citizens of the state are raising
this money to buy this plane. It is
to be presented as a gift to Great
Britain from the citizens of North
Carolina. Hoke County’s quota was
set ai one nundred dollars. We raised
and have already sent to Mr. Geo.
Ross Pou, state Treasurer for the
Old North State Fund, one hundred
twenty five dollars and sixty seven
cents. Thanks. to Mrs. John E. G.
McLain of Sanatorium, N. C., and
Mr. Donald Vates, Dundarrach, N. C.,
for their splendid help. Would like to
thank each and every one for their
splendidi cooperation.—^Walter P.
Baker, Hoke County Chairman, Old
North State Fund.
F. D. R.-Chiirchill
Conference
Rumor Heard
The W. P. A. Canning project is
now in operation at Wood building
ot Grammar SchooL Please bring
tomatoes, butt^ beans, okra, tender
com for soup, no peais, bqt any fruit.
Any school brih^hg more than
three bushels must bring help, as we
only have fiye workers.
The list of schools below will be
effective throu^ Augi^i
Monday, Shqdy: GrovCy Friends
ship. White Oak, Ever green.
Tuesday, Cedar. Grovh, Rockfish.
Laurel Hill, Nei^ Hope; frysldission.
Wednesday, $t. jJoha,. iSniy iBay"
Lilly’s Chapel, Peachmoa|; •
Thursday, Buigalo Springs, Timbei
land, Bridms OroVe, ^ci’iriafii
Calvin Martin.
Friday, freedom, SliilsidM,’Burl-"
ington, Edinbprg. I^Bchool, Gram-
mar^l^ool, Ashcmoait, Upchundi
Rockfish, Antioch . Indian, Ma-
cedop^ Indian, may come any day
it is.cf»venient for ^m.
Washington, Aug. S.^The capital
buzzed with rumor and speculation
today that President Roosevelt, Prime
Minister Winston Churchill of Great
Britain, Prime Minister Mackenzie
King of Canada, and Harry L. Hop
kins, lease-lend administrator, were
about to engage in a momentous con
ference, possibly in Canada or some
where on the Atlantic ocean.
The reports that the four would
get together to discuss problems
arising from the.war and American
aid to nations battling the axis,
lacked any substantiation whatever,
and their origin vvas dubious. The
rumors persisted, however, despite
the fact that high officials here and
elsewhere disclaimed any knowledge,
of such a meeting. • ^
Rupoors Fly.
The reports apparently sprang
surrounding R^dMit Htoi^evcitV
cruise aboard the presidential yadit
Potomac in northern waters. Linked
with this was the announcement in
the British house ot conunons that
Prime Minister Churchill would not
participate in a forthcoming debate
on the conduct of the war before
parliament recesses for the summer.
Clement Attlee, lord privy seal
and British labor party leader, ex
plained that the prime minister was
preoccupied “with urgent mattere
connected with the war.”
Some Persons here immediately
drew the conclusion that Churchill
might be flying to Canada for a
secret rendezvous with the Presi
dent and that Hopkins might ac
company him.
The la^r arrived in England
Sunday night from Moscow, and re
ports from London stated that he
had been sedusjon since that time.
At Ottawa, Prime Minister Mackenzie
King and Malcolm MacDonald, high
commissioner to Canada from the
United Kingdom, said they knew
nothing of a Tortiicoming conference,
and said it was veiy improbable that
Churchill would come to the western
hemisphere.
F. D. R. At Sea.
From the Potoniac came word
through the navy department that
the President had talked over naval
matters with Rear Adxrtkal Ernest
J. King, commander of the Atlantic
fleet, as the yacht moved flirough
north Atlantic waters to an utidis-
ciosed destination.
The message said that .flu pjl^-
dent “announced no d^toite sched
ule or localities and that wt^iher
and afigling propects woiild det^-
mine each day’s mov'ement.”
Strict secrecy had been o^^
on the movements of the yacht .and
it was said ttis^t only governhient
(^patches of ^e first importance
were being sent to the President.
Henderson UrgfM
Controls To Prevei^
Price Increases
Washington, Aug. 5.r-An assertion
that a “most pronohn'ced increase in
the cost of living” was inevitable
even if the administration’s price-
control bill were enacted immediately
was made to Congress today by Leon
Henderson,' head of the office of
price administration.
Opening hearings on the measure
before the house banking commit
tee, Henderson declared that a back
log of increased wholesale prices had
been built up which had not yet
been reflected in retail prices but
which made it certain that American
consumers soon would have to pay
more for many commodities.
For instance, he said, the whole
sale price of butter had increased
50 per cent since the European war
began but its retail price had risen
only 36 per cent. Coffee presented a
much more glaring discrepancy, he
said, having jumped 52 per cent
wholesade but only 2.7 per cent re
tail.
Declaring that the nation is on the
“brink of inflation,” Henderson
urged passage of the price control
bill. He told the committee that
we could very easily ignore what
is going on at present and take the
risk of tragic deflation later, or “we
can do - what other countries are
doing, and take steps to control it.”
For almost two hours without
interruption, Henderson gave the
committee a statistics-crammed pic
ture of the nation’s economic sit
uation and the effect that the $50,-
000,000,000 defense program, has and
will have. He urged a variegated se
ries of charts to show the trend of
prices of some ef the most urgently
needed articles.
Touching only lightly on the
question of wages, which the bill
would not regulate, Henderson said
it was significant that Britain and
Canada were resorting to subsidies
to producers in an effort to keep
prices down and thus, indirectly,
minimize the need' for wage in-
. Jdin R. Millo’
Dies Tuesday
h Fairmont
Rev. John R. lyiiller, prominent
Baptist minister, di^ Tuesday morn
ing at 12:15 o’clock in a' Lumberton
hospital where a Tew hours earlier he
had been rushed by ambulance when
he became ill suddenly in Fairmont
at the home of his son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fulton O.
Floyd. His physical collapse was un
expected as he had always kept
active in mind and body. On Sunday,
he had attended church and taught a
Sunday School class at the First
Baptist church of Fairmont where
formerly for many years he^ had
served as pastor. Funeral services
were held at the First Baptist church
in Fairmont, Wednesday morning at
11 o’clock, daylight saving time, by
Rev. C. P. Herring assisted by Rev.
C. H. Duriiam, and burial was. in
the New cemetery. The body lay in
state at the church Wednesday morn
ing. Besides his widow, he is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. F. O. Floyd
of Fairmont, and Mrs. Vida Miller
Gordy of Pasadena, Calif.
Those attending from Raeford
were: Rev. J. E. Reamy, Mrs. T. B.
Lester, Florence Anita Lester, Mrs.
J. H. Austin, Mrs. I. H. Shankle,
and Aris, Mrs. J. M. McDuffie, Mrs.
C. W. Seafe, Mrs. Arab Stuart, Mrs.
J. M. Baker, Mrs. Jesse GuUedge,
and Mr. and Mrs. Hallie Gatlin.
Cerrectimi h
Order Nmnbers
Miv> l2e!ir$oii and faniii^
of spent Suo^ here
Black River Man
Spends Weekend
Here With Friends
Mr. DeVane, of Black River, spent
the .last end in Racftord with
his friends. Dr. G., W. Brown and
Arch Sanders. Mir. DeVane is in camp
ait Fort.Jdckson,'South Carolina,-’at'
present. He is a brofiier z>f the weU-
.Imown “F^eckfire” DeV^e, {(Isp of
Black,Rivjer, imd also a .gi^t friend
of Dr.'Brown anfl'Arch ^m^rs.
Mother Of C. P.
Kinlaw Dies
Mrs.' Mhirthn Kinlaw, of the Taber
nacle Section of Robeson County, was
bittiefl TuosiSny morning at* 10:00
o’ddck in the Kinlaw cemetery. She
was tha motyier of C. P. Kinlaw,
local jerwtfnr.
v-ui ffiat' :>cic*hBi^oin,’r
that wages are a “volatile and
dynamic factor” and that unless
prices are controlled, wage scales
may get out of hand.
Reviewing developments since the
war began, Henderson said that
price levels in this country had re
mained relatively steadily In the ear
ly months but that in the last few
weeks it had become “overwhelm
ingly evident” that something more
than the voluntary controls in. use
up to this time, he said, so advised
President Roosevelt.
The situaGon was such, he said,
that even if Congress enacted the
pending bill today, the government
would be under an “enormous load”
to prevent the nation’s economy
from entering an inflationary stage.
He said the voluntary Controls
had been markedly suddessful as
far as they went. Among 28 basic
commodities needed for defense
there were some, he asserted, which
had increased 50 per cent, but oth
ers showed only small rises.
Report of Hoke County
Red. Cross Chapter On
Sewing For July
Supervisors; total 121 hours.
Baptist: Nealy Young and Pearl
Johnson; 61^ hours.
Baptist Business 'Woman’s Circle,
51% hours. ^
Methodist Church: Mrs. Mitchell
Epstein. 22% hrs.; Mrs. A. Cole,
25% hrs.; Mrs. Ruth Bridges. 27 hrs.
Presbyterian Church: Mrs. Fnmk
^ , ;jV.->dn:4rMrsi :iy.^"’Ate9cafidef;
!t%'''nxsi; business Woman’s Cinde
34 hrs
Central Press
Association To
Meet Here
The Central Press Association will
hold its ^onjhly meeting in Raeford
Satiu-day night, August 9th. This
is' t^e last, mating :at.which the dd
officers will aict,.for election of new
ones is in order. The old officers are
Neil Cadieu, of Rockingham, Pres.,
R. L. Gray of Fayetteville, V-Pres.,
and H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen,
Secy. The News-Journal Will be the
hosts at this gathering, whit^' will
be held at . the Hotel Raefonl.
Lightning Strikes-
Mrs. Hinson Walters
Last Saturday night Mrs. Hinson
Walters,. who lives- in Little wver
township, was struck by lightning
dtuihg a brief elc^jcal stem in
that vicinity. The bolt struck a tree
near the house, ran d9wn..'a limb
overhanging the house, and into the
room where Mrs.'' 'Walters was,
kbocking her Unccrtiseious. She re-
m$ine$|i semi-copscious the remainder
of thft^ nighty sufferii^ chiefly from
shock. I^e is much better now and
expects ho iU effects- from the bolt
Mrs. Archie JByars and spn, Joe,
of Gaffney, S. C., are visitors in the
home of 1^. C. L. Stephens.
Army ladies and others, 33% hrs.
Home - Demonstration Clubs: Blue
Springs, 30 hrs.; Ashemont 20 hrs.;
MildbUson, 27 hrs.; Antioch, 40 hrs.
Raedeen, 48 hrs.; Pine Forest, 20 hrs.
Ladies of Sanatorium not reported.
List for August
Aug. 1 Presby. Mrs.-^"E. Campbell
Circle
4 Methodist, Mrs. Bridges Circle
6 Baptist, Maud Dozier Circle
7 ' Home Dem.. Allendale, Little
River
8 Presby., Mrs. Frank Tapp Circle
and David Hodgin
11 Methodist, Mrs. Alfred Cole
Circle
12 Home Dem., Rockfish and
Wayside
13 Blaptist Business Woman’s
Circle
14 Home Dem., Ashmont and Pine
forest
15 Presby., Mrs. Alexander and
Mrs. Bruce Morri^ '
18 Methodist, Mrs. Mitchell Epstein
19 Home Dem., Mildouson and
Antioch
20 Baptist, The Pearl Johnson and
Nealy Young
21 Home Dem., Raedeen and Blue
Springs
22 Presby., D. J. Ray and JXi.
McNeill
25 Methodist, Mrs Bridges Circle
26 Dem. Club, Rockfish and Way-
side
27 Baptist, Nealy Young and Pearl
Johnson
28 Dem. Clubs, RodEfish and Way-
side
29 liawrence McNeoill and Business
Woman’s Circle.
All ladies that have night shirts
out, please get them in as soon as
possible, because we are trying to
get this shipment off.—Mrs. H. A.
Cameron, chairman of Sewing
Hoke County.
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McBryde Reuniion
The McBrydp reunion will be held
at Antiodi church, Thursday,-. Au
gust 14. The ptogram will beiin at
11:00 o’clodE. All membCTs ^ the
clan are urged to be present and luiug
a well filled baskdt
Raeford-Vass Road
To Be/Closed
Beginning Monday, August 4th and
lasting through Friday, August 8,
1941, all of the Fort Bragg Reser
vation west of the line Latham Road,
Mc^&ellars Road, and Preachers
Road will be closed to civilian traf
fic. This includes the Raefoird-t^ass
Road- This closure is due to a large
scale, maneuver being held by the
1 Army Corps.
IMPBOVE'
Slgim milk and owh^ .iixqirove die
body and flavor of dried sd^ mix-
tores when.,uaed'in quanities up to
25 per cent of the Weii^t . of the
mixhire. Government ^peciabsts have
foun^. . ,
D. C., is spending bar vaeatioa at
home.
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In checking over the registration
cards, the board found that the order
numbers that were published last
week were not correct. They are as
follows:
S-1120—^Hurley W. Jones
S-1092—Prince Monroe
S-1260—George A. CoUis
S-1218—Fred Lawrence, Jr.
S-1162—Robert Hough
S-1036—Ervin Rozier
S-462—Edward Locklear
S-1400—John Thomas Haire
S-84—Harold Cameron Keith
S-490—Vernie Melvin
S-112—James Alton Thomas
S-742—Walter Arguster Kelley
S-532—Thomas Britt Cbason
S-826^Alexander McNeill
S-1190—Ray Johnson
S-868—Daniel Homer Mitchell
S-196—Robert Eairl Deitle
S-126—John Archibald Roper, Jr.
S-910—Johnie Davis
S-476—James Blue McKenzie
S-1008—^Alex Stevens
S-1022—Henry Little, Jr.
S-896—John Junior Murchison
S-1456—Bdster Patterson
S-518—Lacy Dixon McNeill
S-364—^Robert LiCe Brown
S-1358—Martin Winfred Gillis
S-434—^Archie Billinger
S-406—-James K. McKenzie
S-1470—Henry Morrison
S-770—^Prince Theodore Murphy
S-1540—Johnie Allen Jones
S-1232—^R. T. Robinson
S-1526—Tracy Eugene Monroe
S-1386—^Thomas William Choate
S-224—^William Henry Rhodes
S-448—William Henry Campbell
S-1442—Willie Thomas
S-28—Jessie Loyd Little
S-70—John Edward Malloy
S-784—^Lee Roy Shaw
S-1064—John Signal Frye
S-840—^Thomas Douglas McPhaul
S-686—^Alexander Boatman
S-798—Neill D. McMillan
S-700—James Jones
S-756—Willie R. Purcell
S-420—^William D. Stanton
S-1316—John Howard Sainders ^
'S.-^4--^£ewis''dllanw - -r-
■S-994—^William Edward Willis
S-854—^Eddie McCallum
S-322—^Dannie Hugh McDuffie
S^238—Joe McEachern
S-1330—Stanley Gray Adcox
S-952—^Albert Gillispie, Jr.
S-1050—James McNeill
S-154—Charles Johnson Satter-
white
S-1428—Robert Harrell
S-1498—^Lanzo Otes McCrimmon
S-504—Alvester Malloy
S-1512—Albert Worth Kirk
S-728—John Angus Ray
S-1204—^Lewis Cunningham
S-938—Russell McKinnon
S-266—^Hubert Harris
S-1414—Ernest McMillan
S-1274—Leonard William Byrd
S-210—John Wenton Haynes
S-546—James Wilson, Jr.
S-1176—Joseph Tyler
S-280—Frank Smith
S-714—Mallie Lee McLean
S-42—Clinton Quick
S-140—Chester Lee McAm
S-1106—James Edwin Mclnnis
S-392—George Franklin Schaker
S-966—^Willie Rainey
S-1302—Wesley Williams
S-1246—^Wilson Sandy
S-378—Jonnie B. Jones
S-1078—William Henry McCrim
mon
S-924—Neal Allen McNeiU
S-1444—James Purcell
S-350—Peter Dial, Jr.
S-812—^Dannie Lee Sturdivant
S-882—Joseph Gordon
S-658—Floyd Maynor
S-1134—^Henry McNeill
S-308—John Allen Roper
S-1372—^Matho Odell Cunningham
S-602—^Robert William Stewart
S-980—^Dan Armstrong
S-630—^Willie Lee McLeod
S-56—Curnie M. Stubbs
S-1544—John T. Baker
S-14—^Daniel McEachin
S-672—Jolm Eddie Rainey
5- 616—^Daniel Angus Currie
6- 182—Ernest Freeman
S-574—Grant W. McNeill
S-588—^Hercules Bdil^
S-336—James Cecil Reynfids
S-1484—^Napolean McNair
S-1288—George Dupree
S-168—Charlie Jasper Robinaoii
S-644—^Harris Garfield Watkins
S-252—Johfi C.’McNair
S-98—^Rodsevrit Gilriirist -
V-S-S6(K—Rd}ert Floyd Johnson
QuestionairK - will be maRqd. to
all these registrants this we^ 5g
were mailed Tuesday and 55 'will be
nutiled Friday. v'
The following named mm have,
been selected for induction by the
Hoke County local Board. shaU
report to this Local Boiard at ftee-
ford, N. C., at 9:^ a. 'm. m Angugl:
12, 1941, whefeupon they shall be
sent to an induction station of the
United States at Fort Bragg, N. C. at
11:45 a. m. ?
21»-John Daniel MKeithan
777—^Daniel Juli
839-^ohhllaia
955-::Rdbert Igijla Almond
99T—Bhvli
Thirteen Face
Local Recordo’
Thirteen defendants faced the re
corder this week, and all were eifiier
found guilty or pleaded guilty. They
were:
John D. King, negro, who pleaded
not guilty to violating the prohibition
laws. He was sentenced to thirty
days on the roads, sentence suspended
payfoent of the costs and good
behavior for twelve numths. Wesley
Williams, negro, a co-partner in
crime received a similar sentence,
tence.
Carl Allbrooks, negro, pleaded
gi^ty to the charge of being drunk
and disorderly and was sentmced
to thirty days, sentence suspended on
payment of the costs. He was found
not guilty of the charge of assault
with a deadly weapm, but was
found guilty of assault, for which
he was sentenced to 60 days on the
roads, sentence to be suspended OB
payment of the costs and twelve
months of good behavior. He did not
choose to pay out
Harvey Harrison, white man of
Burlington, pleaded guilty to the
charge of writing a bad check, was
sentenced to thirty days on the roads,
sentence suspended on payment of
the check and the costs.
J. A. McKeithan, white man of
Raeford, pleaded guilty to the charge
of driving a motor vehicle while
under the influence.of liquor. He was
fined $50 and the costs, or the alter
native of 60 days on the roads. He
paid.
Lee Brigman, white, pleaded guilty
to violation of the prohibition laws,
was sentenced to thirty days, or the
costs and twelve months of good
behavior. Fannie Woodward received
the same sentence in the same case.
Charles T. McMillan and Buddie
McPhaul, negroes of Antioch, were
charged with assaulting the person
of Murdock McMiUan, another negro
and removing therefrom the sum of
$31.00 to which riiarges they pleaded
not guilty. The judgement of the court
was otherwise, howeVo-, and the •
an»ncy case, « the costs
and the money, and thirty days in
the assault case, to run consecutivesty,
or paying the costs. They also paid,
Vanister Shaw, James Jones, and
Johnson McGirt, were guilty of"
violating the prohibition law in the
opmion of the court and were sen
tenced to thirty days, suspended on
payment of the costs and good be
havior for twelve months
Calvin Williams, negro, pleaded
guilty to assaulting Wnifo B. Mc
Queen’s cook with a brick. His sen
tence was sixty days on the roads,
or payment of the costs and a $5
doctor’s bill.
Monroe-Currie Reunion
The aimual Monroe-Currie family
reunion will be held Friday, August
8, at the home of J. D. Monroe near
Lumber Bridge instead of at D. W.
Monroe’s at Chadbourae. This is the
18th of these reunions and is looked
forward to by all who attend. The
program will begin at 12:00 Daylight
saving time.-^-Allene Shaw. Sec.
Mclnnis Reunion
The Mclnnis reunion will be held
at Page’s Lake, Thursday, August
21. Programme will begin at 11:00
o’dock. All members of ttie elA,, ^
invited.
Baptkt Cburcii Notes
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Sunday School 9:«. (Dayti^f,
Saving Time) . -
Morning Snvice ll.'M. SidUoct:
“The Reward of FUitt.^ Text: John
11:40.
Unkm Service 8:00.
J. E. Reamy, Pasto.
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^ BHMK
Most Cabscrus County pouttryntea
kwping demmistration Hot* recoeSi
will have more miUets to put in their
!mus« this fall, reports W. H.
Williams, assistant form agent
Anyone having any irfiMi o£
vegetables to be canned for the Bock-
fi$h sdiool will please get ttMm to
Mrs. A. W. Wood or Mrs. M. S.
Gfoson at tiieir home near Bockftdi
'^or to Mrs. Mary Mott or Mrs, Mar
shall Newton in Wayside oonimunitr,
eaity Monday mornitag. They will
be takm to Bayard where tlwy wiD
be canned for BoddBsh
There were no fist, fikkts on mate
street this w«ek.!l
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