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There are cases where brethren
trespass, or apparently they do so,
against the general brotherhood
and the church; then it becomes
the duty of such brethren, or
church that may be conversant
with the fact, to report the same to
tne church to which the offending
brother respectively belongs. For
proof of this assertion we quote
the circumstance of Paul and Bar
nabas after their re-commission,
while on a preaching tour to vari
ous cities and churches, amongst
which Antioch was one, and per
haps the last to which they visited.
To this place certain men had come
down from Jaruselem and taught
the brethren that the Gentiles,
whom Paul and Barnabas were re
ceiving should be circumcised and
instructed in the law, in contradic
tion to what the apostles were
practicing; whereupon the breth
ren charged that they were guilty
of supererrogation, in “going out
side (as they thought,) of their
bounds, and importing within their
border an element of disorder,’ for
which they had no fellowship and
could not receive, consequently
they determined the apostles
should go up to Jerusalem about
this question. There are various
disciplinary lessons taught here of
vital importance. What the object
of the carrying of the apostles up
to Jerusalem? The object was
manifold.
First: The great object was to
maintain and perpetuate the puri-
ty of the church.
Second: That the matter might
be thoroughly investigated by the
church at Jerusalem.
Third: Because there was no
power on earth that had the right to
investigate the matter, save the
church at Jerusalem. The church
at Antioch had no jurisdiction over
them. She could bring charges
and cause an investigation; the
brotherhood in a church capacity,
or in convention, had the right to
do this, but the jurisdiction of a
church does not reach beyond her
own membership; hence their de
termination to carry them up to
Jerusalem. Bear in mind the great
object was to maintain the purity
of the churches. If we lose eight
of the object, we lose the lesson to
be taught.
The point aimed at was to keep
out of the churches what they re
garded an “element of disorder”—
the uncircumcised Geutiles. Their
conversion and faith was not call
ed in questiou, simply a “discipli
nary question” is what gave rise to
the trouble. The brethren persist
ed in the claim that they should be
circumcised and instructed in the
law.
Here is another lessOn of vital
importance to the church. 'Sound
gospel discipline is just as essen
tial in perpetuating the purity of a
church as sound doctrine, and per
haps more so. We are taught this
in the lesson. These brethren
showed by their actions their love
for God, and their allegiance to
bis cause. They were acting in
good faith. They could.not bear
to see the church “polluted” by
any “carnal touch” -without resort
ing to such a course as in- their
judgment would accomplish the
great object aimed at—the purity
of the church.
They showed, furthermore, fay
their actions that they fully under
stood the' fact s’iat neither Anti
och, nor any other church - had the
right to hear the apostles as to
their innocense or guilt, save Je
rusalem.
The apostles maintained, their
innocence.
lf And when there had been much
disputing, Peter rose up, and said
unto them: ‘Men and brethren, ye
The Loid had previously taught j Christ, and not being vervlengthy,
Peter, by special revelation, that i we will quote it verbatim, There
the line of demarcation between ; is too much importance in it to be
the'Jews and Gentiles was abol- : lost or misunderstood,
ished. The middle wall of par-! Notice particularly how tender-
tition was broken up by the death | ly the letter commences, and the
aud resurrection of Christjand that I great contrast in the spirit that
the apostles were no longer nu-| governs, and the spirit of carnali-
der restrictions, but that they were! ty—anti-Christ “The Apostles
at liberty, and “even commanded to j and elders and brethren send
“go into all the world, etc,, and Lgreetin'y unto the brethren which
“they that feared God, and worked j are of the Gentiles in Antioch a.ntt
righteousness were.accepted with Syria and Cilicia For as much as
fieneclto do the same, and eats to
the glory of the idol and to the dis-1 There are few farm crops grown
honor of Christ, and therebv he is j la an N s fg*?* of the ‘United States
made to stumble and fall.' (The i that exce] 1 e P eannt cro B ln - vaIne
question Is asked: “Shall he per- i.P ar acIe - Virginia, North Caroli-
isfi-?” We 'answer no; for God i na and Tennessee are the principal
Him.” Peter having been taught
this by special revelation in the
descending unto him, as it had been
a great sheet knit at the four cor
ners, and let down to the earth.
Wherein were all manner of four T
footed beasts of the earth, ancL
wild beasts, and creeping things,
and fowls of the air, “And there
came a voice to him saying; rise
Peter, kill and eat.”
But Peter said: “Not so Lord,for
I have never eaten anything that'
is common or unclean. And the
voice spake unto him agaiu the
second time, what God hath clean
sed, that call not thou common.”—
Acts 10-12 to 15.
He, therefore, was fully prepared
to say: “Of a truth, I perceive
that God is no respecter of per
sons,” 34th verse; hence he. was
an important witness in the case,
and the testimony he boie Was
truth, for it was a direct revelation
from God. He being prepared of
the Lord, was the right man in the
right place and at the right time.
This testimony proved that the
apostles were right, and that the
'charges brought against them were
without foundation,
“Then all the multitude kept si
lence, and gave audience to Bar
nabas and Paul declaring what
miracles and wonders God had
wrought among the Gentiles
them. And after they had held
their peace, James answered, say
ing, men and brethren,hearken un
to me; Simeon hath declared how
God at ihe first did visit the Gen
tiles, to rake out of them a people
for His name.”—Acts 15-12 to 14.
. The testimony of James eoirob
Jjates with that of Peter, and is
conclusive, for “in the month of
two or three witnesses, every word
shall be established.” " Here : w.e
have two witnesses testifying to the
very same thing, which proves
conclusively the in nocece of the
apostles, that were not guilty of
siipererrogatioD, but that they were
in line with their (new) commis
sion, to “go into all the world
etc.,” meaning that they were at
liberty to preach to, and receive
and.baptise into the church all be
lievers in Christ, irrespective of
their nationality, making no differ
ence between Jew - and Gentile.
The ease is now made out, .the
verdict a glorious.one—not guilty.
Now the point we have been
driving at is this; what is to be
done with - the brethren - who
brought the false charge? Here
is a nice point to be made.
Now to view the ease from a car
nal standpoint, it really appears
that the brethren who brought the
charge is in a far worse "diJmema
than was the apostles in the outset,
but God’s way is always in contra
diction to the dictates of carnality,
for He worketh all things after the
counsel of His own will, and none
can hinder, or say, why doest thou?
Notwithstanding the charge is
proven to be absolutely false, no
railing accusations are' brought" lo
bear 'against the brethren,; no turn
ing of the cold shoulder to them,
no withholding of correspondence
from them, not one of them is
charged with erring, not one' of
Them is advised to make a '“little
confession,” not so much as to say
I was “mistaken,” and thereby save
the “publication of the whole mat
ter,” No, thanks be to God, the
“whole matter” was “published,”
and it shows the spirit * that was
predominating in the premises.
To have brought railing- accusa
tions against the-brethren as a re-
butal of the false charges they had
baought, would have been anti-
christian, for the spirit of revenge
is nothing short of the spirit ‘ of
anti-Christ. The church at Jeru
salem was not governed by the
spirit of anti-Christ, hut by the
spirit of the living God. Her ac
tion toward the brethren prove it
to a demonstration. Behold the
3 ove she manifests toward).them;
know that a good while ago God even at the very time (hat carnali-
mada choice among us, that the ; ty whould have said, give me re-
Gentiles by my mouth should hear venge. But veuganc.e is mine,
t we have heard, that certain - men
went out from us have troubled you
with words, subverting your 3onls,
saying, ye- must be circumcised,
and keep the law; to which we
gave no such commandment. It
seemed good unto us, being assem
bled with one accord, to send cho
sen men nnto you with onr beloved
Barnabas and Paul—men that have
hazarded their lives for the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ. We
have sent, therefore, Judas and
■Silas, who shall also tell you the
same things by monntb. For it
seemed good to the Holy Ghost,
and to .us, to Jay upon you no great
er burden than these necessary
things; That ye abstain from
meats offered to idols, and from
blood, and from things strangled,
and from fornication; from which
if ye keep yourselves ye shall do
well. Fare ye well.” Acts 15—
23 to 30.
Here is a ‘‘"corresponding” letter
that never will be beaten in point
of brotherly love and Christian for
bearance, for it is full of the spirit
ol Christ from beginning to end,
and showing conclusively that
though the brethren did through
inadvertency bring false charges
against the Apostles, they were not
held as though they had violated
some “gospel principle.’’
Why? Because the very act
within itself shows that they were
endeavoring to maintain- gjspel
order, and perpetuate the purity of
the church; hence, the brotherly
admonition to “abstain from meats
offered to idols.”
Herein the church at Jerusalem
showed her approval of the zeal
manifested by this act of the breth
ren, and availed herself of the op
portunity to advise them to con
tinue to maintain gospel order and
the purity of the church by ab
staining from “meats offered to
idols.”.
Now, in order to show the evil
that grows out of the “eating of
meats offered in sacrifice to idols,”
we will quote what is suid to the
church at Corinth. “As concern
ing, therefore, the eating of 'those
things'that are offered' in sacrifice
to idols, we know, that an idol is
nothing in the world; and that there
is none other God but one. For
though there be that are called
gods, whether in heaven or on
earth, (as there be gods many, and
lords many) but to us there is-but
one God, the Father, of whom are
all things, and we in him; and one
Lord Jesus - Christ, by whom are
all things,-and we by him. f How-
beit there'is not in every man that
knowledge; for some with con
science of the idol unto this hour
eat it as a thing offered unto an
idol, • and Iheir conscience being
weak is defiled. But meat corn-
men defch us not to God: for nei
ther, if we eat are we the better;
neither. if we eat not are we .the-
worse. But take heed lest by any
means this liberty of yours become
a stumbling block to them that are
weak. For if any man see thee
which hast knowledge sit at meat
in the idols temple, shah not the
conscience of him which is weak be
emboldened to. eat those things’
which are offered to idols; and
through thy knowledge shall the.
weak brother perish, for whom
Christ died? But when ye sin so
against the brethru, and wound
their weak conscience, ye sin
against Christ.” 2 Corinthians, 8
—4 to 12. . . .
Here are two-witnesses again tes
tifying to the same thing, and
showing why the brethren should
not participate in thiDgs offered in
sacrifice to idols. .There are three
reasons assigned. First, though
the brother whose conscience is
strong, he who has grown in. grace
will not utterly withdraw his lov
ing kindness from his people.)
Third, because in so doing he
wounds the feelings of the breth
ren, violates gospel ’ order, ignores
the government of the church, and
instead of glorifying, sins against
Christ. Then not “one” of the
brethren at Antioch is allowed to
eat so much as “one time,” neither
is one of the members at Corinth
allowed to eat “one time”’ for “un
to this hour” there is no brother
that has the gospel right to exer
cise such liberty. Why? Because
“a little leaven leaventh the whole
lump,” and though but “one” eat
but the “one time,” the whole
ohurcli becomes * contami
nated with the “sin” - consequet
thereof, and nnless measures be
states in which this toothsome nut
is cultivated. Good seed is the
first requisite. The nuts retained
for this purpose must-be kept per»
fectly dry, ns dampness destroys
their germiuetieg power. The
shell must be opened and the geed
extracted, only the plump, perfect
peas with unbroken skins being
used for seed.
The planting is performed by a
machine, with which one man can
plant six or eight acres per day.
Five pecks of shelled peas are re
quired for an acre, and the time of
planting is from the middle of May
to the middle of June. The growth
is upright until the plant is a
height of eight or ten inches. Then
the pea-shaped yellow blossoms
appear, and the plant falls over
adopted to divest herself of that and makes its subsequent growth
sin she becomes ’heterodoxical in * n a procumbent position. As the
practice as a whole, and is subject Petals of tbs flowers fade and fall
to have fellowship withdrawn from
her; for the admonition is to
“purge out, therefore, the old leav
en, that ye may he a new lump, as
ye are unleavened.’.’ 1st Cor. 6—7
Purge, in this connection, means
to cleanse or clear from guilt. How
is this to be effected? It will be
remembered that_it was said to the
brethren at Corinth: “Ye are un
leavened.” They did not, there
fore, tolerate the gross sin of which
&ne of their brethren was guilty,
in that of marrying his brother’s
wife, contrary to the hiwof Christ;
and in order that they may not be
come contaminated with the sin
thereof, and to maintain their p.u-
rity, their sovereignty must be re
sorted to, for the question is asked:
“Do rot ye judge them that are
within? Therefore put away from
among yourselves that wicked per
son.” 1st Cor. 6 —12 13. If they
“keep the feast” with this “wicked
person” they become partakers
(leavened) .of his sin; therefore,
they are admonished thus: “With
such a one no not to eat.”
Again it is said: “Now we com
mand you, brethren, in the name
o! our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye
withdraw yourselves from every
brother that waiketh disorderly,
and not after the tradition which
he received of us.” 2nd Thes. 3-
6. Here are two witnesses setting
forth the manner in which the
church must acquit herself in- or
der to “keep herself unspotted
from the world,” and by so doing
she cleanseth herself from all
guilt. This is the tradition (what
was taught) which the churches
received of the apostles, and if
they are found walking in the tra
ditions of the apostles,, who can
lay anything to their charge?
However, it is. necessary to “be
ware lest any man spoil you(them)
through philosophy and vain de
ceit, after the traditiob of men, af
ter the rudiments of the world,and
not after Christ.” Col. 2—8.
“Therefore, brethren, stand fast,
and hold the traditions which ye
have been taught, whether by word
or onr epistle. Now onr Lord Je
sus Christ himself;' and ; God; ever
onr Father, which hath' loVed us,
and hath given us everlasting con
solation 1 and good hope through,
grace, comfort your hearts, and es
tablish you in every good word
and work,” 2nd Thes, 3—15 to. 17,
enabling you always to beware of
the “tradition, of the of the elders.
St. Mark 7—5; for it is through
this - channel that the greatest
church troubles eminate,” Homans
16—17 18; for “they , draw nigh
unto God with their lips, but their
hearts are far from him,” St.
Mark, 15—8; “and by good words
and fair speeches deceiyeth the
heart of the simple,” Bomans 16
—18,'causing them to forget that
“the/ law of the Lord is perfect,
converting the soul; the testimony
of the Lord is sure, making wise
the simple,” Psalms 19—1; but
“Wisdom crieth without; she at-
testeth her voice in the streets,”
saying, “how long ye simple ones,
will ye love simplicity ? Turnyou
at my reproof, for ' the turning
away of the’simple will slay them,
and the prosperity of fools shall
destroy them. But whoso faeark-
eneth unto me shall dwell safely,
and shall be quiet from fear of
evil.” Proverbs 1—20: 22: 23: 32:
33. Finally, brethren,, farewell.
Eeheconnee, Ga_
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the pods are forced into the soil,
there to complete their growth and
ripen the inclosed seeds.
The crop matures about the time
of the first frost of autumn. A
plow is run under each row, cut
ting off the main roots and throw
ing out the pods, which adhere to
the branches. The plants are then
gathered and slacked around stakes,
that are driven into the gronnd,
strips being nailed across thp
stakes near the bottom to keep the
plants from coming in contact with
the ground. These stakes are
from seven to sight feet, high, and
from three to five inches in diame
ter. During the autumn and'win-
ter the pickers build small fires,
around which they gather, picking
off the nuts' and sorting the well-
filled ones from the partially empty
pods. After the vines are stripped
of the nuts they make a forage
nearly equal to clover hay, and
stock of all.kinds eat it greedily.
A bushel of peanuts in the shells
weighs twenty-two pounds, and
sells for from five to seven cents
per pound. They are put up in
bags holding 100 pounds each.
The average yield is about thirty
bushels per acre, bat as high as
140 bushels have been harvested
from a single acre.
As to whether cotton seed meal
is good for the bnttei daily, a cor
respondent of the New York Trib
une writes: “I introduced cotton
seed meal as a food for'dairy cows
in this section. I have (fed it eight
years, the first four in connection
with other grain feeds. The last
four years • we have used nothing
hut pure, sweet cotton seed .meal,
except that while the eosvs are dry
and on coarse fodder we give them
such . grain' as we produce, and
wlieat bran, the latter to bnild up
and strengthen the osseous and
muscular system, and to prevent
abortion. As soon as the cows
come in'fnll milk we give two ra
tions of hay a day, a three quarts
ration of cotton seed meal in the
morning and two quarts at night,
until turned out to pasture, when
they get two quarts a day. When
at hay, the morning ration of meal
is mixed with six quaVts of sweet
skim milk. Under this regimen
we keep 25 per cent, more cows,
and make fully 20 per cent, more
butter per cow than by the other
grain method.
Three years -ago I was not able
to secure enough cotton seed meal,
and we used a half ration of that
and the other half wheat bran, and
the result was a loss of 75 pounds
of butter in one week from onr
dairy of fifty cows. I regard • the
mauurial value of cotton seed, as
observed by me, of very great im
portance. Four years ago we ma
nured one-half from com anchoats
feeding,' and the other -half from
cottonseed feeding; the latter cut
double the hay. This year we
sowed the f.ehl in buckwheat, and
the ciop shows the same difference.
'Onf pastures are giving similar ev
idence from the summer cotton
seed rations. The enhanced value
of the manure nearly pays the cost
of the cotton seed.
Slake Glad Hearts That are Sad.
The youth of both sexes that find
themselves in a state of ill health
at that interesting period when
they r&ach manhood and woman
hood, should not let themselves
despond. Away with gloomy mel
ancholy! Life is before you, and
with proper treatment and care
perfect health will be your por
tion, A perfect man! A perfect
woman! The noblest work of God.
Keep clear of quack doctors and
their pernicious literature. They
seek to rob you of your purse, and
to gain this end would frighten the
very life out of you. All you need
at this time of life is an occasional
use of that excellent strengthening
medicine invented by that eminent
physician, Dr. John Bull, of Lou
isville, Ky., called Dr. John Bull’s
Sarsaparilla. It is a complete reg
ulator ot every organic function,
giving health and power to every
part,-and assuring perfect self con
trol. How glad hearts that are
sad will be when they know this.
Railroad magnates in the west
recently met to solemn conclave
and adopted what they call “sim
ply an agreement betwe.en gentle
men.” That sounds good. They
liked it mightily. Indeed, they
were so utterly entranced with it
that they are now toiling over an
other one of a new kind. Sugges
tions that it is to be christened
“honor among thieves” are mere
chance conjecture and quite im
probable.^—Savannah News.
The unusual sight of a man with
three full-sized arms and hands
may be daily seen upon the streets
of Mnrbetta, British Columbia.
He is-a Russian by birtn,und first
came to America in 1877 as. an at
tache of the Greek church at Sit
ka, Alaska, where he resided until
1884 He is a large, powei fully
built mac, but seems to have no
control of this extra bodily mem
ber, which hangs down his back
from a point - almost exactly be
tween bis shoulders, and rolls from
side to side in an unsightly man,
ner, as though paralyzed. Besides
being well equipped in the way of
arms, he has a set of teeth" that are
double all the way around. It ii
hardly necessary to add that the
deformity of his teeth does not de
tract from a naturally ferocicus-
loaking countej^hnce. Notwith
standing his wicked appearance, he
is a mild mannered, Christian gen
tleman.
Waste of Food. ~
KUaburg Dispatch.
In the nse of food the Ameri
cans are lavish, and even wasteful.
Iu calling attention to this fact J.
R. Dodge states that Great Britain
consumes an average meat ration
not over two-thirds as large as the
American, France scarcely half as
large, and Germany, Austria and
Italy still less. The average con-'
sumption of meat in the United
States is probably not less than
175 pounds per annum. Of other
civilized nations only Great Brit
ain exceeds 100 pounds, and many
scarcely average fifty pounds.
The consumption of the cereals
in thi3 country, by man and beast,
is three times as much" in propor
tion to population as in Furope.
For the past ten years Jhe average
has been forty-five bushels for
each unit of population, while the
usual European consumption does
not greatly vary from sixteen bush
els per annum. While all this is
not used as food for man, no small
part of it contributes to the meat
supply.
In the consumption of fruits the
difference between this and other
countries is marked. Small fruits,
orchard fruits of all kinds and
tropical fruits, as well ns melons
of many varieties are in profuse
and universal daily use in cities
and towns, and in the country the
kinds locally cultivated are still
cheaper and more abundant. The
consumption of vegetables is not
excessive.
He Would be Married.
I know from exp erience that Dr.
to the full statoe'of a man, might Bull’s Sarsaparilla - is the right
eat such things as are offered nnto medicine to use when one feels,
idols, with sin eye single to the glo- an d debilitated. 1 believe it
ry of God, yet it is pcsitively for
bidden; because if he eat he is no
saved my life, for I grew worse ev
ery day from the effects of nervous
debility, • of which this remedy
better, neither if he eat-not is he cured me completely.—-J.G. Grave,
any worse. Second, because the Willmington, Del.
• - ,
The Piers, of Milwaukee, area
family of lawyers. The husband
and father, the mother and.three,
daughters are all lawyers. Kate,
thfc eldest daughter, a beautiful
brunette, has appeared before the
Wisconsin Supreme Court. She
proved by her straightforward ar
gument and citation ofanthorities,
she has. not mistaken her vocation.
She is associated with her motkei.
the two making the firm.
Jac-ob Kahn, a Cleveland shoe
maker, claims that be has invented,
and will have m operation in sixty
days, a compressed air motor that
will propel a street car twenty
miles an hour at a cost of 3 cents.
If God in the beginning had
given Adam a salary of §25,000 a
year, and had continued his life
and salary entil the present time,
and Adam had hoarded every cent
of his salary, he would yet be S50,-
000,000 poorer than William H.
Vanderbilt $25,000x6,005 is§150,-
000,000; Vanderbilt's wealth, §200,-
000,000.—Exchange.
The slag of • furnaces for many
years was dumped into ravines and
piled upon vacant-fielda until it
had accumulated in vast quantities,
but now it is being mined again,
remelted in some instances, made
into asbestos or used-in ballasting
road3.
A shoe dealer says that girls be
tween sixteen and eighteen years
of age have bigger feet than after
twenty-four. The foot is fleshy at
that time and large, but as years
conre the foot decreases and the
muscles grow more firm. •
Gov. Hill is writing the letters,
but ex-President Cleveland is get
ting the dinners -and the applause.
Gov. Hill ought to get married.—
Baltimore American.
ELECTEIC SITTEISS.
This remedy is becoming so well
known and so popular as to need
ho special mention. All who have
used- Electric' Bitters sing the
same song of praise.-—A purer
medicine does hot ezist and it is
guaranteed to do aJi that is./slaim-
adnjits the Detroit Free Press,that e< I Electric Bitters will enre all
diseases of the Liver and Kidneys;
will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt
Rheum and other affections caused
by impure blood.—Will drive Ma-
—For cure i
,tion
ant;
50 cts. a
Hoi
A letter received from a Protes
tant missionary in Labrador gives
an amusing instance of tho primi
tive manners of the residents of
that inhospitable coast. The writer
went to see a weddingat an out-of-
the-way fishing village. The pop
ulation is very scattered and both
bride aDd groom had several miles
to travel to reach the parish church.
The bridegroom was on hand early
and stood chatting at the door
with, some of his friends, but as
time passed and there was no
sign of the bride, he began to look
anxious.
Finally, after waiting for nearly
an hour, the young man went into
church and had a wispered conver
sation with the cure. The latter -
then announced that the bride not
having kept her word he would
have to seek another for the disap
pointed groom from among the
congregation. He called upon any
of the young ladies who were will
ing to marry the man to stand up.
Five young ladies, all of whom had
some pretentions to beauty,
promptly rose to their feet, and
the young man having selected one
of them, the marriage ceremo
was performed.—Washington St:
Opinions differ widely as to
whether or not the farmers
“get together.” Judge John)
Thursjton, of Nebraska, told a re
porter the other day that in l
state, and in the northwestern
states generally, a farmers’ alli
ance ticket next year would mean
certain republican success, as it
would not- be strong enough to car
ry the day, aud would take more
democratic than republican vo
from the old parties. He inclines
to the belief that the alliance will
be a strong political factor in -1892,
and, as president of the Republi
can National Leagne of Clubs,;
special avenues of toformatic
which make him an excellent
equipped prophet. Yetother ab
and adroit and widely imfor
pyuticans express contrary jucl
ment. Ex-Senator John B. Hen
derson, of Missouri, is oue or those
who doubt that the alliance will
grow. He said: “The farmers’
alliance is like a wasp—as large i
birth as it will ever be'. By 1892
it will have melted away like i
under a July sua. The allia
demands impossible Ie
Its wants are too numerous (
he met with endorsement at
polls. We shall fight out in ]
the contest between the" same pa:
ties that have contended for coi
trol of the country since I860.’
A cheerful home is where
dren play. They cannot be (
ful or have good health unle
are occasionally given Dr.
Worm Destroyers.
South Carolina owns ph
lands that are said to be
:gh to pay the wb
debt and ■ leave a
:e in the i
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