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COLTJMBUb, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 190(5.
NO. 37.
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South Carolina Physician Bent
on Murder
A SAD TRAGEDY AT LANCASTER
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a Serious Dinictaty -.Results - from
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Seemingly Trival Matter Wound
ed Man Popular " "
1 -mi-aster.' S. Cit Special. J. Hasei
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Wit h( rspoon, the popular 'manager of
"tlie Lancaster Mercantile Company,
oi Mhicli Col.1 Leroy Springs is pres-
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as uuiuum Suut oa,xuajr
by Pr.E. S.MfiDaw; a practicing phy-
sician of Lancaster, t The difficulty.
ouuncd in trout., of the company's .
store ana tne paruciuars are aoraiu
fultnv.p.:
Mr. Witherspoon wr.s standing talk-
lliii' U 1 . -jpUIllulTi XlMjtri is, ci xuimui, i
ii-.ni lioin lie had ;jusbought some
,otion -lierr UDovyf wlkedjip
and a&ed Mr. W ifherspot)!! something
the company's, relusal to send
a lamp which -he -had ordered. Mr,
Witherspoon replied that the doctor
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Wit hi rspoon over4h3 shoulder of
fi'i;tns. Avimwas 5anuuisvDeiwen
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t ora. knocking oft Mr.' Hoborts' hat-
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W. MeD;.Browal dVlerk inthe store
ran i:p aiid struck MrMcDow, "knock-
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wnicn ne uau uruwii, jinug luree suuis
Two of the bullets struck Mr. Wither-
one in the body, entering the
lumrs, and other hitting Tiim )hhte'
wrisf4 One bnlletUtruck"Mrrf Brown!
an u:e linger.
lr. Geoi-gQ; Heath, manager of the
Heath-Jones Company, and others, ran
up and stopped tue snooting, Mr.
Heath placing himself 'in front "of Mr.
W i 1 1 1 ersX)oiv and, beggingJDr, McDo wi
not to, sucoi mm agaiiy-
J)tm McPow wasrrestedtandjaken-
to jail Ijv "Sheriff Junjr p.dolife- ;
Vjtherspoon wa carried, to J is home..
Ii" -..addition to a local physician he-is
Ixdnrr attended by Dr. Prayor of Ches
ter and Dis, Fennel aud Stevenson of
Iioik . HilK - the latter having been
Lvoncrht to Lancaster on snccial trains."
The physicians regard Mr.. Wither-
spoorrs condition as being extreme!7
critk-al. They sarHhere'is some hopeJ
for Xim however,',-if pneumonia doef
not -set nor ; abscesp forms' around' the
bullet, which, they think, lodged -in
lie ami;. .
The shooting has cansed intense ex-
t itement here. Mr. itherspoon is
.one of the most popular young men in
Lancaster, being. a-universal favorite
andthe entire community anxiously
awaits tidings from his bedside. ;
Dr. McDow Is said to be a brother
of the late Dr. T. B. McDow -of, Char
leston, -who" shot Capt..F. W. Dawson,
editor of the .News and Courier.
vomig man ot tnis city, commitieu
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suicide together Sunday by i taking J
laudnum and died in a close embrace,
tlie deed having been" done in :a house
dect ofrwho had tSvopistils;. As soon AIal)ama--l,17G,763, 99.3, 79. 9
as-, a convevance could be secured .Mr.. Arkansas 50G 870, 9Gii, , 92.9; Flor-
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Kaieigh, iS. W ftpeciai v ipiet y.
men. and W H. lIIbbd. U well konwn 14
a,.qustionableiiartetnewry7T"
owned bv a nearress, Jane- Beasley.
Hood rented the room Saturday night
and later took Yiolet there. The wo
knocked at the doors and windows
butt received no response. She then
telephoned for policemen and relatives
of Hood. Members of the police force
responded at once ami broke operrthe
d or r to .find 4hdwoman Hlefldfrndfthc
man drawinj? hisrlit tbiw&i.
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were two Ounce! bottles; and, bore the
l.bc-1 M a BrieV&fe.drUA.oIf,
to his wife, '"enclosing' a ring and
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elr. Tl n nnt' era va nn wasnn TOT the
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Bii Steamer Blown Aslore.
t . J p.-,"! r7" -
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coast steamer PThistlewpod, from
Tamna-fortn
Gulf . beachOTfiilereast of PeniSHola
oar. whprp !3bA was blown hv the nre-
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liPjidftv rpp-n'rdino' JiMvl Tuo-s lett'.here
once to go to her assistance, stop-
J W"0 CT
T'H'.g at the life-saving station to take
'n board the life-saving crews there,
in order that the crew might be res
man . who owned tlie house noticed j. ck,Uo the IKiicelL
en'herttn 471 wlrdl restorell TwJf yery comfortablCfdftune andthe es
2111.1 4W1nVnU fate.wai bevworth not Jes-irthan $50J
lit it V" UltillIIlllir 111 " lilt; 1 UVLU. I UbUU) uviuuij nju.v. I
vailing gale. The vessel is reported P. Fowler,' chairman othe company a . special assistant district attorney, fr I Winston-Salem, v Special.-This,
in a danrbucbMtipn: bumiltfe" investigating conmiitaprteby ithe wtern distnct;ofortli (roH
informal couto "rSloOnd 111 K.R&fcb ar-fbf "Stku &ttt
cued with less danger.
CONGRESS RE ASSEMBLES
What Our National Law Makers Are
Doing Day by Day. ':-
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Both Houses Re-Convene.
Wh; theenateland" Sousef :6f
Representatives! re-convened on Jan
uary 4th. Nothinff was done Jon
Thursday, however, beyond meeting
and adjournment, a" good many mem
bers being absent from their seats, j
) -Cham31ark Democracry."
' Champ -'Clark; .Democracy" was
expounded to the delight and enter-
tainment of the House for three
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ll0"re: Friday by MiVlClart, of Mis-
sowi .ftnd constitated ,the .feature of
the debate on the Philippine tariff
w-v .wv sftook fl
.wid range"W , durfn ?itS rogress
he labeled hig 1.1 beliefs M
A. " ,
a"ve u miMver tu a quesuon as 10
".u aiuu va uuiwioi xiC jj.co.iij naa. i
He talked of the Philippines and fjU
yv bnihedilcussed
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ucuiax vine vrermani laruj. siluuliuii. i
ascribed future greatness to what
the Treasury included, he said, classi-
fvin fros le-s as Doultrv arid
&Zf3KZu S2taC
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ponies, as household articles V for
f, , i
.u revenue, n?
.cfal Rf Publican President m possib
it.v nnlpss thft nnantlfi Rhnnlri fall on
f gray 3and rizzled- Speaker,
Pricle Joe Cannon.7 J
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DINNERS ASS'N SAYS 9,694,096.
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Estimate 9V Cotton i (tinned I to (Dec.
'3
3198.6 Per Cent. Picked and 97.3
Ginned.1 ;'" :7 V 7'
the- compilation of the report from
kg following; names y represent,
rspejciivel total ginnedib ent.
ida 71,464, 99.4, 99 ; .Georgia-1,667,-SS2,
99.G, 99.1; Indian Territory
292,153, 96 A 94.2 ; Louisana 454,-
440, 99.2, 95. :4 ; tMississippf 1,01V
073, 98.2, 95.C: Missouri 35,G4G, 97.0,
95:6 f North ; Carolina-627,55D, 99:2,
97.7; Oklahoma 279,597, 95.0, 93.8;
South Carolina 1,081,806, 99.6, 99 JL ;
Tennessee 243,95G," 98.2, 98.7; Texas
2,224,143, ;.97,5,96.6;!Yirginiarand J?,or some time past he' had been ment
rr0t,w. 1G7TQQ AQsAi 4 ally wrong, and had ort several occas-
Total, 9,694,041. .
' The report is of cotton ginned to
Dec. 31, and shows the total per cent,
picked as 93.6, and total ginned as
The amount ginned from Dec.
13 to 31, inclusive was 402,041 bales.
This, added; to the last census 'report,
makes 9,694,041.'. i ' ' v 3 ' 1 V
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Loss at Albany, Ga., $150,000.? -u
AlbaAy, Ga., Special. The property
loss caused -.by Hhe to-mado -
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struck, this Hy-and section i is f con
servi
auv,ejy estunatea atiou,uuw.vj.ne
ginia-OirpUna Chemical Company
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meir pianu uviug .esuiuawu ab y,vuu.
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the-Georffia Cotton Oil Company, the
a rtesian, City, Ice Company? trie5 Cerf-
o, . n:)wnTnTWnv,Th.
telephone and telegraph companies
were heavy losers. It was" near noon
large number, slightly injured are in
cluded, in the revised casualty list.
All the dead and seriousljr injured are
1-iegroes:
Went to , Sleep , on Track.
.rPvilIe,,Special.Ar -young -man
f Panvillej Special. A
Lnameu - uuSC -
fe-Unown, killed by train ncaV;i(llf-
a flagmaji and had been sent, but to
v jflag a jtrainWhUe-waitmg-he
The body has nor oeen caueaior,, ana
I o.uvuj - . . . . i
1 it is be"inff held for orders; f
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I rn v,c,rl0nf tlnp Na York Life
I rii n'Ja'flf thp Na York Life
LKrr' 1 2. rfW -montns assistant ,.casnier
' "Ti,TY,T-ir-tWa-".H.'Y.ntMrfldyanced to An-
HamUton inso far not aceount-
a w Mr Hnmi ton. Thomas
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'for $150,000. A meeting of the board
Of trilStBGS Wao CillltiU. aUU it wao x-
cepted as a fact that 'Mr. McCall s
resignation as president win oe iueu
presented. ,
NORTH STATE
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Items of Interest Gleaned From
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Various Sections !
FROM. MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE
Minor Occurrences of , the Week- of
Interest to Tar Heels Told in Para-
graphs.
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, , Charlotte Cotton Market.
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These figures represent figures pad
to wagons: V
wood middling. .. . .... H.bU
Strict middling.. .. .... ....UlU
Middling. . ............ ...11
Good middling tinges ........ 11
Ptaips .UYm?k
General Cotton Market.
New Orleans very steady . .air llrl6
Charleston firm '. .
llV4
gavdnnah steady
11 7-16
11 11-je
llA
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ll.Vu 12d
11 "11J6
IjalVBStOn Sl.eadV.
Mobile-firm.
Wilmington steady
Norfolk .firm. . . . .
BaUimore nominal
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ew. 10 5uiei -
xosion, quiet. .
us? ,uuy . . ...... . u n-
Memphis quiet. ......... f 11
St.' Louis' quiet.. .. .. .... -11
11 11-10.
Louisville firm.
' 1134
Cole Famine Threatened
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Salisbur3 Special. What threatens
to be a coal famine of serious conser
quences is the one that this city finds
itself engaging now. There is said to
be less than one car lbad for private
use among the local dealers. The pub
lic enterprises are not better off and
unless relief comes speedily there
must be a suspension of business. The
seems fo be fhe eatest of all uffer.
there are no less than? 100 of;
theset coaI e d there -g gaid
be a day 's supplv alad. " The farm
to
farmers
can get any price for wood and are
hardly able to bring it here over the
muddy roads. No such shortage in
fuel ever was witnessed here.
Suicide at Mooresville. , . -
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-Mooresville, Special, A! very -distressing
affair occureed here when
John Loekwood Atwell, a( well-known
citizen, cut liis throat with a razor, re
sulting" in death , several hours later.
ions threatened to do violence to his
family and himself. He had suffered
financial loss, and brooding over ; the
Outcome made him desparate. He was
unable to sleep and diiriug last night
got out. of bed three, different sJtimes,
each time his wife persuaded him -to
quiet down. -
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.;4f Tom Dixon Brings . Suit.
.a'eigh, Special,-fRev. -.Thomas
Ui , lu" V! lm, AU
through attornevs here, attached the
nhmertv of the.C6rrine' Riinkel'Stoi.k
company,, now, in jJuTiiam, JN.u.,ior
px-esenting here and . m Louisbirg
WllinhMiA Jilaimfc is sn'tnfnnwmpnt' at
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the copvriffht of his: '''The Clansman' '
but which Thaddens Rrpnton of flip
Runkel company says' lie" wrote in 40
-days from Dixon s and other novels' 6f
:
Dr.J. Caldwell's Will.
000 and mav exceed $60,000. Con
sideiing the fact that he, was such a
great .hearted man, the amount saved
is remarkable,-for he did an infinit
amount ofjcliarityfpracticeP -
! , "Pita at. fl"h a.rlntt.
Charlotte, Special .On Friday af
ternoon., fire partially dest roved - the
gar, plant, of st the Charlotte 'Co
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"'t. ' fe
nsoli-
ten thousand' -dollars i damage.. :The
nlantwas rena.ired.dnnnp. the. mo-ht
d by Saturday morning.' was "run
ningf jas hsiial. The great reservoii
the fire 'reached it4 there is no. tellinsr
the disatsrous' consequences. ,1 ; '
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Mr Britt Appointed. : rUi
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Asheville SpeciaK--Miss Leet," for
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been
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promoted to cashier to steJ
1 Brill, rwno received nis commission; as
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for the -AsheyM
I yhuui uoa rj-ytu -iiuuu . iiicuiii, ;
has beemtendered thefassistaht ash-
i ier'S place, a transier trom- the held
service. ' '' -
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STATE COTTON GROWERS
Hold Important Session and ; Elect
i v . , Ofiicers Good Addresses.
Raleigh, Special. The North'' Caro
Una Cotton Growers' Association met
in -second annual convention, 'Presi
dent John S. Cuningham in the chair.
After iari address by the president and
secretary the delegates disagreed on
he adoption of the treasurer's report!
Qnlimited discusbion and prolonged
irgument followed. Mecklenburg and
Onion, counties led in financial show-
ng. Forty-severf counties were repre
sentedtand ther wasa splendid 'gath-
;ring of citizens.5 Among the thought
ful pffrings at-roll call was an Ad
dress po Farmers by J. A. Brown, of
Chadbourn, . emphasizing the co-oper-
itive,; powers of farmers and work
ing against the wiles of those who arer
aeiitheri)prqducers nor consumers. s
The election of a committee, on gov-j
srnment followed a heated, contrver-
ial't, argument, individual speakers
being many times -'on the floor. 'J'A
special called ;mee ting in the afternoon
'.asted two hours. Informal reports
ere made by county delegates. Gov
ernor Glenn .( addressed the uneeting
nrith,,his .usual force and character
Itie enthusiasm. - it Mr:
Continued .balloting resulted in the
lection of ( the government committee J
is tollOW34. "Ashley Home, Clayton;
EL Ci Dock'ery, Rockingham; S. B.
Alexander, Charlotte ; A. C. , Green;
Wake; Dr. R H. Speight, Edgecombe
county, it was voted oy tne conven
lion i o pi ace an matters 01 tne, jstate,
Association in tne nanus 01 tne com
mittee," this Applying to officers'" sal-
inis.'and by-Jaws.
Run . Over By Engine.
Spencer, 3 bpeeial. W." R. Davis,
iged about 24 years, a switchman for
the Southern Railway Company on its
yard at this place, as run over, by an
sngine, and , sustained, injuries which
are expeeted , to "result in his death.
Young Davis was riding in front of a
switch ? engine on ' a siding - near the
uain line track. Just as northbound
passenger train No. 36 was approach
ing ata a rapid rate, he jumped from
bis .position and fell under . the Joco
aiotive, which passed over his legs,
both of .which wer practically mashed
ff. ' One arm was also horribly ma'ngl
?d and other injuries inflicted upon his
body. The. unfortunate s man was at
mice carried to a hosnitai in Salisbury
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and, wniie everytnmg possiDie is ne
ing done to save . his life, death lis
momentarily expected. Davis came
to Spencer from Greensboro.
Dinner' to Chair Salsmen. ,;;
Hiirh Point, Special. At the -El-
wood Hotel the Tomlinson Chair Man-
ufacturing Company gave a, dinner in
honor of its salesmen and office force
whiel proyed, to be quit$ fan enjoyable
occasion to those present. An. elabor
ate bill of faie had been 'prepared by
Manager Plitmmer and about 30 plates
vvere laid. After the dinner .the; crowd
repaired to the spioker and, between
puff related many incidents ofthe
past year, ' and rnade plans' for'naxt
year'swork. The j dinners, are given
Bach year by the Tomlinson people. ,
Large Increase
in Winston Tobacco
Business.
. Winstbn-Salem;? SpeciaJ: The .ship
ments"' of '(manufactured' tobacco uast
month, aggregated 3,7P9,679 pounds,
this beinsr an increase of. 777,459
, pounds over December, 1904, ;the ship
ments that month amountmg to
22lJ pounds. The stamp sales at; the
local office were as follows:. Far De
cember, 1904, " tobacco, $175,932.23 ;
spirits,- $16,697.46 ; cigars, ' .? $94.50 ;
total, $192,724.19; for December, 1905,
tobacco, $22,580., $22580,77; spirits,
$12,719.75 ; cigars $75.74 ; total f 283,
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5 . . Suspected of Robbery.
Spencer, Special. Chief of . Police
John R. Cruzon arested two unknown
'
tramps here, who t were suspected of
being the parties who robbed Baggage
Master b, M. omitn in oaiisuur jijl
tlay morning. The men, who are con
firmed hoboes: fill thteescripUon" of
the highwaymen who robbed Smith at
Hie'noint of a pistoliThey were given
jt hearing in Salisbury, but for lack
of evidence! were turned loose.5 "The
men claimed Baltimore as. their home
and gave their names ;asGeorge ura
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Forsyth Pays r $160,000 State ' and
Of this v amount-' the State gets, about
OOO.The'
6es to the county and i divided un
der the heads of railroads, county pur
poses and education.
; Memento of Thomas Carlyle. ' !
, A farmer in Monitoba wears on his
watch' chain a blackened metal, disk
with - an i interesting history. . Some
thirty, years ago : the farmer was a
ticket agehti in- a railway 'station in
Dumfriesshire.; One day, Thomas 'Car
lyle took a , ticket fpr a short run by
rail ' and laid down a shilling. The
clerk," eager to!obtaih a souvenir of the
famous countryman, secured the1 coin
ultimately, aitnougn , sorely against
the grainy he was driven to 'part1 with
thetreasure3 Carlyle- shllllng4, But it
would not stand ; the . ringing .test
Somebody had palmed on the "sage of .
Chelsea" a? spurious shilling.- m '
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. v The Baltimore, Md.f Sun presented
o its readers its usual attractive caK
endar lor, the year 1906. The form,
of this ' calendar was 1 adopted many'
years ; ago, and has been 'adhered' to;
because it has been found to be most
convenieht.lt presents on a single shee
in compact form and in large; plain
type the entire year, so that &" future
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week j and; the5" phases of the' mbon.'
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as the great size ' of the edition will,
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by side,: ina lauhefi bffJ AngleseaJ
drawing in black bass and flounders
at?therateoti)hei;d minutei .-Theyl
never4 missed a r bite. T.hey neyerj
failed to land a fish. Only the capH
tain had to bait theV hooks 'for them! - '
-but thethe t cjaptaln , baits ,Jhej .
hooks of all d6ei4 seas ahglers as W
mlet The IghtlesWHrid, Smiling,' eala,
that .blind fishermen rfwere . riot rare;
that in the institution where they'li-ys-ed
a full third of the inmate's fishedJ
They--pointed Out 1 that s fishing4 is a.
sport. slngularlyi'uitedlorfthe .WlndV
To sit stillto tcat,ch fish, by ;'feeltng;
them on the line'Ms; indeed; 'the5 only
sport5 Where the;blind axe at 'no'Idis-
adYantagevi,FlyVflshinguot.co -
beyond them, oq .account, of the dif-U f.
ficltrties ' of the cast.; ' Side by side ' ini ,
the f rocking iaTunch; f hauling dn rtho. ,
, bass and flounders briskly, eir.facea
; growing redder and redder with, sun-
jburn, the three blind men fishedandf' -smokediand'chatted:and
atUherdaj'a :
'epd.U was found, that they .adtSev.
eraily caught jnore fish" " tthan , any .
other ;tneh aDbardAcip''' Cron '
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TAfClNG IT 5 CHEEkFUL
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ejd. f&'i go; very, long oh.? flowers Jand r
theatre tickets 'and candy." " : s
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