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SYLVA, NORTH? CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUi RY 1 1934
$8.00 YEAR nr ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE OOOTRT
jf E. BUMSARNER :
released under
BONi) OF $7,580
4 f: ?, inter. ( k hivr's VaH*'\
: ? In-tcii' ?fix'uc ileKlroy, !
,. \ ' ivii. ? 1 ' tHf. till* lirst. .of thv
^ ; i.i homl i ?> tlu? sum 01
-,iii ,i> i.isj ?i>iv:inuiwr at t hi* Feb- !
i' .-ii-. ?' eor.lMy su j
' i'* ii:., i<> answer to the eluu'ijt
i':ank Hvimrniner, ills
i 4i?i ; <>:i .l.-tmiarv
k '! *
I, !i-f y alter Ihe shooting
? w fill Jo i he hoiiiv of <Lep 1
,.;v -ii,ur>i l r?:ik Alien and mirreii
to i he oi J ieevs, r;']Kivt
? ; I,.- r; I t'.i i : . a.:d stan-ip tll-li lu
-!:(?' in (lesv.i!-" of l?i< own life.
? ( ( i -.Hi hfii" >>vvo>Htl Iriu oi
.i.iiii e l.tik" Cashiers, ani line
.... ii i lii.t with rock, a knife :in?"
.. lit?.-, threatening to tak > his lift
j,,./) :itt. mptiuj* to pul the threat ink ,
jluii. ii'iur was lmuitf'tl to Svlvc ?
,i ii h- id in ctiMody Miitii lt-? u:i.
jjvi'it .? hearinj;- he fore .'m'tr * ^1?
K'roy. ami the amount of hwnd re
i.-.rire ' by t Ik> judire had been furnish
?!. ' :
j 40 YEARS AGO
Tuckaseiijc D:woirat, Jan. 10, 189* !
\|, ->r>. -he. an Davis ami .Fas. K !
V;..*.. <?t K i-: Lap >ne, spent a shor: j
v.hi'i- its 1 i'es*lay.
?
Vi* c,\mi5 to n> that our youm*
J. V.. I)ivi llii4>, of Hill more.
i- to k ..\? oi tlie chief pin t ie pant -
in n ilinibW w.di'.iufj to oeeur in lit
??< :? r furiiir. I'uuxiatulations, Ed.
Mi. I.ei.iji-v r/.avl. !iv, of Trausyl
\ -in i.i. urn .ion- lv found licit im"
;/(?? vci-iuter* of N-*~r s. .S??i4h - a iA
"Urn ri~, rt :?tly lo- give ens
a i . . Ii;il wehvune anil |tolti>- |
.ifti tiii?-!i.
Mi*. J. M. Kivlou has resigned lii ? (
1 -o- it ! ?f. :\- cj. il; j'nr S'vith and Mor.-j
ri? a t-: i.Mi* bu->ioc$s for linn
If. !!?' t< :i y<mn2T man of larjj-; '
, <i i'htiyui t> je.nl !iii*!ilv esieenud, :utd
I. .1. ilookt r, of Webster.*
:/f r.v.<!;iy with his" family for a j
ii>j> ui Vt ? ! ;: t i vrs mi the eastern part |
'!<? Miss fjt'la 'Enloe, of 3
accompanied them and \vT |
?...v?.ral weok* in Ww L?enu
Tic A-inli>r with us has been anioni;
*??? / ; H'-it within tin- memory of th'
??Mi*a inhabitants. K,i snow, I it t It
raiii ;i ad no seven* cold. The eon
'r;i-t betwee.n the present time and
one year asro is very <;roat and agree
i'bh?.
Mr. W. L. DeWilf, of mi! hlv.ro,
has had a pretty serious tussle will;
a severe attack of the grippe, hut
are glad to learn that he is bel
ter. H<> is an excellent man and has
!-".:ihv friends who will be pleased to
t'i'A\ that he is now considered to j
?h* Miirly on the road to ncoveiy.
A I'arlor Reading will he jyivon a*
Mr-. \V. ,\? Kntoe's, Ilillsboro, on
I'r^li.y evening, Jan. 12, at 7:30
? 'Vl'.'i k, hy Mr. A. (J. Robinson, who
l?a.* k 'iid.lv voluuteerfd to read an
"ri'-'i? nl pnpt'r on the subject ''flow
'In v 'irhl was made." The price ot
iiliri--itm is 25 cents for adults and
!?> nts fur children 12 years old
'??I hmKi. tlml^rif^Hf ds to be given
<? th W.QXT1!. /
Mi ? WiVlij'r E. Moore, of Webster
? o| the vice Presidents of the
l..'i : ?* m imminent Associal toil of
C.ini'.uia. Doubthss tin re are
1 hf,*e would like to vontributr to
tin 4)f ,,,is;nir nt the Statx
1 't.il ;ii h'iilcio)] n shaft .of civlur
lnJf i -arhle to perjM'tlia'f tin; deed5
'-tdor and patriotism of those wlv>
f i* iciij their lives in the Con fed
<r-' ' ;t!iv, Mrs. Moor- wiil glaiHv
1 1 1 Hvc -??ich contributions and wil*
' ' 'wit they are forwarded to tint!
aM'K?|?iat?. destinations.
i
w Mountain, Jan. 2ii<'i: Today,
^J'ile wo'kinp in the mountains for
'1" & D.iun, James Hoxit met with
,ni "iitim. ly death bv the -falling of
* tr<*.
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[LAST RITES ARE
HELD SUNDAY FOR
NOTEij EDt'CATOR
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1-Va: ral services lor \V. IJ. Rhodes,
who diet Fiiday, at th? hum; of hi
sou. \\ . II. J.hodos, -Jr., in lUkitfli.
were < *>ii. .?;?'( :.?l iii tJiv* Methodist
chnrl-h here, S;:.u|jiy at i noon, Rev
S. ii. Ihlliard. l!i'V. ( '. . .Kmcs, um!
R .1. ?!. Ui ;i . , ?? sisiii <z tlto p.isto.
in ? oiul-.ctiii^ i hp simpi , y;t benuti
I ul service. Interim :it .va.s in t In
K< ii. i ?v>.: iteiy, when I he body oC I
I'^of^Khodes was Said to rest besdc
tliaf of liis wife, wb> d mI last F< li
ma rv.
Prof. IHioiu's, wbo w.s barn Feb
'27, at Comfort, X. ('., had licei.
ill J jr two yea r>f ami' t j- more than
iha.i a year liad been at the home of
his sr.'i iu Kalei^rh. lie was married
in 1 SSJ) to Miss Caroline lViwcll, anct
they hav.' io n livinjr children, Le
land and W. II. Iilnvle.1. Jr., 'of Km
Uisrh, and Misses TJuvellvn iuid
( avolii.;; lJinuhs, of Sylr a.
Mr. K hodes was veil know?*
tlm>u?rho:..t the S'.t :*lt? as an e'-'ueatoi. j
He al one time operate*; the Rhode:- I
M litary School, at Ki ston, wa.
principal of the hitrh sch >ol at Chape1
Hill, and iau*rht at 'ollaeksvillc :
Trctou, and olb.-r towi s in Kastqr" |
North Carolina. j
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More than twenty years ago In j
en*;:'* to Sylva to acefp: the positioi
ot' principal of t h ? Sylvi Hi^li school,
and (iiibaiyd himself t> the p<oph
of the community, by i nterinu' into
tlu* activiti.-s of the town and county,
and by h s kindly and charitable dis
position. He was a nu-i.iber of tie.
Sylva M< tho:iist church, and ios
many years a ininber of the board
>f stewards, lie was a number ?.?i
luaka Iiod^e A.K.&A.M., of Svlva
moving his Masonie membership soot
after coming t> Jackson county.
Mr. Rhodes was a man of unusual
! arnnni, and was will versed in tin
iciences, literatiiret and jnslory, and
was also a profound student ..of cur
rent events and affairs of the county,
State and nation. He was for many
years the, teacher of the |I"n's Bihb
Clasx-it the M'-tho !.?st Sundav school
SCHOOL OIRL HURT WHEN
STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE
Martha M< ( o\, 1- >);.? ohl dangl
u r ot Mr. jiiaI Airs. ! "r?*?l Mf( ih .
siiii cr* (I n ijinkiii lo?* and Wi'tiise
about i-he hiiiiLriiul ho : y, when -sli
was struck and \uockni down by u?j
autojiu?l?ilo, driven nydiiJui.s K. Lyda,
i Highway -No. 10, iTt trout of th"
j n sidci.ce of Dan To:nj kins, as sli ?
I v\as returning home lion, school \Wd- ,
j nesdav afternoon.
Lyda applied his braks anj
brought his ear to a stop 111 tin- ditch
between lite highway uid tile rail
road track, iiiu. assisted in removing
ihe cluld front under the ear and in
taking iicr (?? i ho hospital.
A lAinibcr of high school children
were walking on the highway al Ihe
lim;>, and t!u? liltlp girls, oi' which
the MpC'oy child was me, ciune
across the school yard through the
yard of Mr. Tompkins 1 horn.1, and
>ul oi' his drive-way. Ii. is sa*d that
a truck was in frorut oi' ihe Lvda car,
and that the little girl attempted to
cross Ihe highway, as soon as the
I ruck had passed, and was near the
right side of the road, when the car
struck her.
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GRANDFATHER OF SYLVA
MAN DIES IN CLAY COUNTY
I. Ale.Clurc, grandfather of J.\|
(lay MeClure, of Sylvj , died at hi:; |
lioriK' iii Clay comity, Tuesday morn
ing. U.e had been ill since a fall a
mouth ago when he fractured his
h'[>.
$lr. Mil 'Jure, 9 ' y#>;u> of age, was
the oldest man in Clay county, and
was one of the two remaining vet
erans of the War liuhvceu the States
in the county. Jle was a well known
bee raiser in \\r< U.'rn North Carolina
and since boyhood has worked with
bees having ns many as 125 hives.
He hai!l :J5 b<?e hives at. the time of
his death. He was bom and reared
in Clay county and has lived at the
JMcClnre home place for (55 years.
Jb is survived by lis widow, agod
S2; thive sisters; six sons; three
daughters; 29 graiirl-ehildren and
19 great giaml children.
J1 ineral services were c.ouductcd a!
the Bethel church on Shooting Creek
at 11 o'clock Wednesday niorni: g.
Interment was in the ehureh cemetery
National Birthday Gift For Presi ent
"Birthday Balls" for President'
Roosevelt on January 30th., will be
held in towns and cities throughout
the country Col. Henry L. Doherty,
New York, is chairman of the na
tional committee sponsoring the move
ment, the returns to go to the Warm
Springs. (Ga.) Foundation which is
to be endowed as a national center
for the development of methods of
treatment for infantile paralysis, a
movement to which the President has
Jent much support. " Photos show
President Roosevelt; a group of the
cheerful little patients at Warm
Springs and, lower right, the birthday
cake for the President
BALL FOR TklS SECTION TO BE HELD IN I 3HE LLE
The Presi b ?< 's Birthday bali, for this region,
tv> secti ns, in. Hit' city of A she vi lie, one section to I
\ andcrbilt hotel, and the other at the Battery Park
The cost of admission to the ball, both for sin
couples wiH ',0 MM. Ome dollar from the sale ol' ta?
sent to the national committee of the Birthday Brill t\
which is promoting balls in 5,000 towns throughout t:
lttni"d over ti> President KoowweB-for i:iulowiujp4lK>
foundation for infantile paralysis, in Georgia.
Theiv will Ik- no complimentary tickets issued' f
there will !><? no jjuhI ticket sellers.
Managers of the two hotels, where the bull will b
i"?r arrangements f ? ?r utili-dug alP" dining and dancht
on the ballroom floors in their hot* Is.
Tiekets for the ball >vill be ui ?> I at fither of the
attending are expect* d to -ro from one to the other i;
P i|?!?i- r t.a e - ra- v ill be e.'igaged for each i?oi
ii.v t v. ill I)- pio.i ' (I ai b)th for receiving the initio!
from the main Pivsiden* '? bull at Washinji't-'i, whicl
??
aeknowledirenunt addres* by Mr. Kooscvclt. and pert'oi
of the musical and enlcrtniuiucnt world.
.ill I:
at t:
.V p.?
: lick
the
nat
Wan:
held in
< ieorge
us and
will be
?sido.nl,
i, to be
Sjningi*
r the :all and
held
? flo
Ol.'ls
earn
1. Ka
wide
.vii! I
iianct
:r. mak
? >pac*.
?<l lhot?c
1 1 style.
? equip
oadeast.
ture an i
Sv stars
BARIT P'JPNED IN MC II FT A IN |
A b.- ... coutahrnjr app ,x:iuaiely j
$K)0o \v?. h of l'r o;l ami ' -'her pr>- 1
duoe, ill - property of R'-lor Co?'-!
gins, v : .ii n ?d. in MoMr';*: 1 ( inn j
ship, .c' lay ni?lit.
It wrissjir.p'ctod t li;it th;' i in \v:i-.
in ? .I'ijirv origin, am! offiee?s
with bloodhounds went to the scorn
on Monday morni:i<r, ami inxesti
Ration was 1?< Xo arrets liav ,
yet boon mad*.
MRS. JA^K SUTTON IS
BURIED AT EAST FORK
O _ < ?'
, )
Mrs. .Is? nk Sutton, 28, dird at he
home near Franklin at f> o 'clock
Monday morning after an illness of
four works*.
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Sim \viis si member of iho PJsifj
Fork Bap:nt ehtrtvh i;i -lack.sov
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county, i; :>ving to Macon to ntv will i
her Ji'tisl): n l and) family sd">iil ( tw<
years ajro to make their ho*?uv
Funo'-al seniors jvrre ln*ld a'
East Fo-k church Wrdsie-dav after
: .noon at :} oVV?ck. The li *v. Th:n
j F. Deity, off if in t."cl.
Surviving Mrs. SV.tton sir ? her hus
band, Jack S'.'lton; two sons, Harold
and Ro'V'h. snd an infant daughter
four weeks old; her paren's Mr. and
Mrs. Ja-k Buchanan; two sisters,
Mrs. Xola Sutt,:>n and Mr-.. Mamie
Deit/.; and two brothers. ?"o!a and
Rufus Buchanan. Excepting the hus
band and children, all r. la'ives re
side in t'ie f! recti? Creek section of
Jackson county.
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BETA POST OFFICE
TO BE DISCONTINUE!
Post Master W. D. \\ am n, of Sylva
has received notice from the post
office department that tlv oifice al
Beta will be dis-t.oi ; 1 iir.tod on January
I 31
i All persons putting iup approved
j boxes will be served through the pres.
? ent rural delivery i")ute from Sylva.
\ Others will be served through the
Sylva post office.
QU/ ! ^iA
Married, on -1 iiiian -ft lu Mis?
F.velvu KinsJandi t?> r. llhberr
! Bl-inton ? hot li of Jnall; A hand of
| young* folks visit I tl. n a I the
home of Mr. .Tos HIa.ii ' i, on Mon
day nit*ht.
Hi1. Wayn*? F? ' ?uson; r M?rtlia
I lioriy College sp if tli week oik!
will: homo folks. )
Mrs. J. 1-. Hva . Mr /sid .Mrs. S.
P. Hyatt and Mi Ann Ivzzie Ter
rell were dinner ; irsls Mr. P. li.
Ferguson's Tnosd y.
Mr. and M ?>. . L ! Imi, Iris
Sitton, Mrs. Laun Snyd Mrs. Non?
Thomas, Mr. ami Lis. < n> Tlionas.
Mr. Dock Snv.&r md T . lfollifield
of Bi\ son <.'i!y 1 ore !- .jx?r gu?.sls
at Mr. 1). M. Rh 'or's, iturday.
lie v. C. W. Cla< of \\ llic r, called
?it. sov. ;al Qualla omos 41 wool.
Mr. and Mrs. I n Lh: >n of Ashe
ville and Mrs. r,ojri. McLaughlin
ind sons of Oar on r \rnod homo
aftor a visit wit! rolat os.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. IT 'oil vis' tod
Mrs. ,T. L. Forgo- ?n.
Mrs. M. L. B' nton is returned
home aftor a vis i wii. rolat ivos nt
WieHstor and Syl' i.
Miisio given a!' Mr. :ir1 TTmvIo's
. *
i 'in Wednesday o eninr vas on joyed
| hy sewral oomn nity >lks.
Mossrs: H. ft., Way and Hugh
: Ferguson called ?n M and Mrs.
| Vork Howell Fri ay.
i Misses ftertrtid Ferp on and Etta
Kinsland visited Miss mie Terrell
' Mr. J. W. R-O! rs o! Vehstcr and
! Messrs. H. W. C' )]>or ; 'I .T. H. Fer
! co.son called at J'r. -1. I- Torrell 'a.
i Our school co tmoin ^ and tlio
! usual woik of ir a munity waa
.! resumed Mondar af' a quiet and
| pleasant v$ieatioj .
j Friendship an ' koO' ill and the
j real Christmas s irit s mod to pre
vail among our people t 1 oughofut the
holidays,
JURY TO HEAR KIDNAP CASE j
The case in which Alloy Turpiu,
Warfield Turpin and Dock Tur
pin, <of' Sylva, Savannah ami
Wayuesvill?, respectively, an;
charged by Frank T. IJhinohart,
principal of the Beta .school, wilh
having kidnapped him on the nigh!
of December 22, will be hoard in
Sylva on Friday of this nock, hv
Enquire S. H. Mxmltith and a jury !
The bearing was to have been
held on Monday, but was continued
by consent until Friday, and a
juiy to sit "With lh.? Justice t?f the
Peace whs ordered drawn.
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Rtockbri(kro)
WEATHER . . what to do
The lowest Icmperatuies in y?*ars
have been freezingus up in the Fas'.
T.n my home, town the thermometer
crept . down to 18 below and cuddled
up in the bulb. Steam-heated city
folks think such cold is terrible. The;
have' forgotten how to wear wool.
There is nothing unhealthy in re
gions where it prevails. Its principal
drawback is that it makes the auto
mobile useless. The old rcJiablc horse
and Vw span of oxen come into their
own in New England winters.
An occasional frostbite doesn't
worry rural folk who have "holed up"
for the Winter, with plenty of salt
pork and <yder in the cellar and1 forty
cords of bireh and oak in the wood
shed. If they can't get o?t to the
movies, and the R.F.D. carrier is de
layed by snow-drifts, they can at
least gossip with the neighbors over
the telephone. That's the way our
ancestor* lived "for -throe hundred
years in America, and we are ju*t as
resistant as they were, if wo only
thought po.
PLANS ... for economy
I hoar a lot of talk about a
"planned economy" for tho United
States. I have observed the planned
| economv of Italy at first hand. 1
I * V
| havrt mi<I abort the planned won- !
oiny of Russia and Mr. Ilitli-r's el - j
I fort to introduce something' of t Ik* |
sort in Germany. The general id*a,j
as applied to I he United States.]
leaves me eold.
Every imaginative man has at
limes thought of or been .impressed
by the idea that this would be a per
feet world if everybody would coop
erato for the common good. So it
would be, but try and make 'em ! The
only way any sort of planned econ
omy lean be imposed- on any people is
by force, as the examples I hav??
mentioned indicate.
As lonsr as crreat groups of people
disft?T?"? with the plan, or have other
plans of their own, there isn't any
way to put any national plan into
effect except by force. I haven't
heard anyone suggest that, and I am
sure that Americans would never
tolerate methods which have worked
in other countries. We'll continue to
"nwiddle through" as individualists.
PRESIDENT ... the office
,rBlack Sam" Fraunces, who was
the steward of the President's house
hold when George Washington lived
in Cherry Street, New York, befoiv
the national capital was moved to
the District of Columbia, paid no at
tention to the General's remon- '
t
strances against the luxury of th^
Presidential table.
"He may discharge me, he may
kill me if he will, but while he is
President of the United! States, and
I have the honor to be his steward, I
his establishment shall be supplied
with the best of everything the
whole country can afford^" said Sam.
I have frequently said, bv won!
of mouth and m print, that we in
America are losing respect for the
office of President. We do not pay
the President a big enojugh salary,
Prance pays hers three times as much
and. demands far less of him. I think
it is one of the weaknesses of n
democracy that we think of the man,
rather than the office he holds. As
a man no one is entitled to more re
spect than another of equal charac
ter; but I would like to see the Pres
ident, as such, held in such high re
spect that, by reflection, th? Govern- j
inent of which he is the J head is
looked up fo, rather thaa held in I
oonteenot.
Roosevelt Continues To
Get Support Of Congress
'
Washington, Ian. 11. (Special) ?
A good many members of Congrcan,
both Houses, who came back to Waab
ington all steamcu up to say ou*
loud what they thought about the
New Deal, have be< 11 <lisapj>ointed to
discover that they can got no sup
port from their colleagues for any
open attack upon President Roose
velt and his policies. Being ]>oliticianv
they don't want to put themselves
in an unpopular position, so they are
koeping their feelings bottled up for
the time being. Before long some of
these safety-valves will begin to pop.
and many things will be said on the
floor of both Houses which will
make '"hot" headlines; but the fact
will still remain as it is now, that
the President is running the Govern
meiil of thes:1 more or less United
States, and Congress is still taking
orders from him.
Summing up the news which re
turning Congressmen and Senators
havj' broSight back from their states
and districts, it conies down to this:
There is a general sense of bettei
times. Recovery is definitely on th<
way almost < verywhere. There is t
great deal of popular resentment es
peciallv among business men and' in
dustrialists, at what are termed th-'
dictatorial methods of Washington,
but there is a pretty general agr.'e
ment that the objectives of the Ad
ministration are for the public wel
fare. What has stirred up most of
the objectors is not the purposes of
the methods.
Therefore, since these representa
tives of the people have got back to
Washington, (he soft pedal has been
applied to Government pronotmce
ments. It is being made increasingly
clear that there is im> real intention
on the part of Government to take
over or retain control of business and
industry, to plunge the country into
Soeialism. There has been a good deal
of compulsion, to compel business
groups to get together and agree to
eooperate, and there will be a good
deal more compulsion exercised be
fore all the groups which are con
cerned with vital social services have
been whipped into line. But rather
rapidly the Government is taking its
hands off one trade association aftev
another, as its organization i? per
fected, leaving it to the men in the
industry to maintain the cooperativt
machinery. Government will keep a v
eye out to see that the old system of
unfair competition does not come
back, but within the limits of fail
play, competition will not bo hamper
ed, but encouraged.
The President has made it clear
to those close to him that he is not
trying to destroy the Capitalistic
system but rather to insure that it
shall continue to work properly. Ann
an essential part of the Capitalistic
system is profits. Without profits
th.*re fan be no important tax income
for the Government. And taxes are
all-important.
The realization tliat Mr. Roosevelt,
although he listens patiently to their
theories, is not going to play ball with
the radicals who would turn the whole
system upside down Avithout waiting
for any overwhelming demand from
the public, has been a great disap
}>ointment to m<*;t of the ultra-nidi
cals Avbo have had the Presidential
ear. No! th ? least disappointed man
is Professor Tngwell, Assistant Se<
retary of Agriculture, who is out ?
spokenlv Socialistic, and who h:i ?
staked his career upon the effort to
put a curb on business enterprise by
his so-called "Tugmell Bill," which
would cripple the food and medicine
industries and make it almost im
possible for them to advertise at all.
No proposal which has emanated
from Administration circles has met
with such wide-spread opposition as
this. This opposition is the best evi
dence that the nation as a whole is
very far from being ready to go So
cialistic. T ugwell's plan would put
two of Xhe largest industries in tha
world under the complete autocratic
control of bureaucrats.
But Mr. TugwelPs plan is not go
ing through . The President has de
clined to swallow it whole, his con
fidants say. There will be some re
vision of the present Food and Dru?
Act, but the result will not be op
pressive. At least, that is the outlook
now. And the gossip in quarters
where information is usually accurate
is that Tngwell is on his way out. "Hie
President is a good politician; tfc?
best politician, probably, who ewt
jMfittl tfce Xfrite Horn