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Watdi the Label on Your A. It Carries the Data When Your Subscription Expire ■ VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 79 UNION SERVICE ON WEDNESDAY WELL ATTENDED Thanksgiving Service Has Larger Crowd Than in Several Years REV. DICKEY SPEAKER "Spiritual Significance of Thanksgiving Day" Is Theme; Special Collfttioiv For Various Orphanages The union Thanksgiving service held at the Methodist churcc here last Wednesday evening was attend ed by the largest number of people at a similar service in several yeais. A fair orphanage contribution was made to each of the churches of the town, it was stated. Rev. C. 11. Dickey of the Baptist church preached and used for his subject, "The Spiritual Significance of Thanksgiving Day." He contrasted the event of Abraham going out of the land of Ur, and that of the Pil grimes going from England to Hol land, thence to America, saying these events were the most outstanding ones in all history of migration. The Pilgrims, tM J preacher said left England for the purpose of a re ligious freedom and went to Holland, where things went well with them un til they were about to be absorbed socially by the Dutch. They set sail for America, not for gold but for God. The uppermost thought in their minds and hearts was religious free dom. Mr. Dickey stated that while the general opinion previals that when a bountiful harvest had been gathered there was a thanksgiving call sont forth, for the purpose of giving thanks and having a great feast, the leal call for the gathering came for the purpose of fasting and praying *!» atonement for their failures. When they had assembled they were not possessed of a bountiful harvest nor with plenty but with a very scant harvest. A total failure almost of the crops for the year had made the ■tore very lean and the supply ship which had been sent to the Old Coun try for food and other supplies had not returned. So the conditions, in stead of being a season of joy and gladness and plenty, were reaily a season of gloom with a people in a strange land, with a cold winter com ing from the north, a wide ocean ing on the east and unfriendly sav age Indian!) prowling on the south and west. The climax, according to the preach er, was reached when the meeting was'changed from a fasting, sack cloth and aahe* attitude, by a Pil grim, now unknown, who said the meeting should be one of thanksgiv ing and joy. While the people of that time ap parently faced hard times, they had the everything they sought—the free dom of worship, the opportunity to wdrshlp the God that would sustain them and keep them. Thus the whole trend of the first thanksgiving was changed because of th« spirit of a man whose name will never be known, touched the chord and soul of real thanksgiving where the soul ceuld expand and develop. But even the Pilgrim Fathers be came oppressors and actually became the greatest violators of the very spirit that sent tlffem from England to Holland and thence to America, they oppressed and punished those who failed to worship as they thought they should worship. This condition continued until the early days of the Thomas Jefferson government whe he wrote the section of the constitution guaranteeing every one the right to, worship any god he wiahed or no god at all, and none should hurt or molest him. The preacher asked, "Are we real ly aware of what we are doing in' these services T Are we here because we possess wealth and the blessings of temporal prosperity, or are we thankful for the spiritual blessings, that go with us and cheer us and STRANpv BTHEATRE I SATURDAY WESTERN Aiiti COMEDY . .' and NEW SERIAL "PIRATES OF THE V PINES ~ DON'T MISS IT! 'o* ' ; . \: . 5 THE ENTERPRISE MANY HUNTING LICENSES SOLD 850 County anJ 294 State Licenses Are Issued in Martin Martin County sportsmen have~iiN creased in number over last year, ac cordidng to Mr. J. W. Hines, county game warden, who stated this morn ing that there had been 850 county and 294 state licenses issued in this county up to this date. The revenue i* $1,732 against about $1,500 for the same period last year. Williamston township leads the list in both the number of state and coun ty licenses sold. So far 320 county and 80 state licenses have been sold in the township. Goose Nest sold 123 county and 31 state; Rober onville reported 107 county and 36 state sold to date. Cross Roads was close with 103 county and 31 state; Hamilton issued 96 county and 50 state. James ville sold 89 county and 25 state while Bear Grass trailed with 12 county and 31 Williams, Griffins and Poplar Point townships have no sell ing agents, and the sale of licenses to the hunters in those townships is made and recorded along with the ethers agencies. NEW RECTOR HERE SUNDAY Rev. A. H. Marshall To Be At Church of Advent Sunday Night Rev. A. H. Marshall, recently called here by the Church of the Advent, will preach his first sermon here Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, it was announce/! yesterday. The rector will fill an ap pointment in the Hamilton Church that .afternoon _at 3:30, it was stated. Mr. Marshall, who was here for a short while yesterday afternoon, will conduct one service here each Sunday and one in Hamilton each first and frurth Sunday, in addition to* his work in the Plymouth and Roper churches. While the schedule of services is only a tentative one, the newly called rec tor will preach here every first Sunday at 8 o'clock and at Hamilton the same day at 3:30 in the afternoon. Each second Sunday he will preach here at the 11 o'clock service, returning that afternoon to Plymouth for services there and-at Roper. At 3:30 each third Sunday afternoon, services will he held in the local church, the preach er coming here front Plymouth, where \u morning services was held. Two services will be held in the county by h : m each fourth Sunday, one at Ham ilton at 11 in the morning and a sec ond here that afternoon. An evening stvice will be held here each fifth Sunday, it was announced. During the past six months R»v. Mr. Marshall hai carried on 4 splendid work in Plymouth and Roper, and it was at the special request of officers of the Church that he is extending the scope of his work. Born in Ireland, Mr. Marshall came to thi:. country years ago and has been connected with the church in the western part of this State for a number of years: After a stay of four %rars in Mount Airy as rector of the Epireropal Church there, he answered a call ten dered by the Grace Episcopal Church at Plymouth. It is understood that the minister will maintain his residence at Ply mouth. ■- ' « Thanksgiving Holiday Passes Very Quietly The celebration of "Turkey Day" in thia section went on very quietly, nc disorders were reported and peace reigned in all campa. The hunters were said to be numerous, but not a single accident was marked up against them. The large number at tending the football game here yes terday seemed to enjoy the spectacle, and nothings oat of the unusual hap pened in that quarter, save the de feat of the locals. The day was said to have been fittingly observed by practically every, one. ♦ 130-Ycar-Old Woman Diet in California Fresno, Cal., Nov. 29.—Mrs. Rejrs Cota, born in Mexica, December 24, 1798, died at Mendota, Fresno coun ty, yesterday. A daughter, Mrs. Ros enda de Arango, Is 90 and vouches for her mother's age. Mrs. Cota was in good health all Her I if- unitl throo weeks ago when she became 111. ' • Manufacturing industries of our country use about 60 times as much electric power equipment today r.s they did in 1900; 7S per cent of all installed power being electrical, ac cording to the New York Times. save us when and wherever w e are unable to care for ourselves?" The sermon through, was one of the logical and historical reasons for thanksgivings and did not deal very much with the surface features of the day. Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 30., 1928 EARLY MAILING OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS URGED —♦— Volume of Mail Matter Increases 200 Per Cent N Near Christmas NO SERVICE ON 2STH Postmaster Also Calls - Attention To Importance ot. Proper Wrapping Of Packages ♦ With> the posofjlces all over the country showing an increase in busi ness general during the holiday seas on, urgent appeals are being made by postal officials in an effort to have the public enter upon its Christ mas shopping and mailing as soon as possible. Mr. J. T. Price, local post master, stated yesterday that during the Christinas season the volume of mail matter increases almost 200 per cent, and that it isn't humanly pos sible to handle this great mass of mail matter in a few days. There fore, to assure delivery of Christmas presents, the patrons should shop and mail as soon as they And it possible to do so. Deliveries from the postofflce both by carrier and at the window will be suspended at midnight December 24, and unless packages have reached their destination before that time, a day's delay will be caused. Mr. Price also called attention to proper packing and wrapping of packages, stating that numerous ar ticles are often delayed on account of improper packing. The address should be typewritten or stamped, making sure the right route to be followed by the package. Early shopping and mailing will not only make it certain that pack r.ges are delivered before Christmas day, but by so doing the public wiir preatly aid the postal employees to spend Christmas day at home with their families. HUGE SHIPMENT WHISKY SEIZED • Plymouth Officers Get 670 ( Gallons "Booze" and Motor Boat Liquor raid*, as numerous a* they might be in this county, were puthed to the sidelines last Wednesday night when Sheriff J. K. Reid, of Washing ton County, P. W. Brown, Plymouth of Police, and L. L. Basnight, seized a host and 670 gallons of whisky near the Sound Side Wharf in the Pea Ridge section of Washington County. Along'with the 670 gallons of liquor manufactured at East Lake, in Hyde County, the officers captured the boat "T-1007" belonging to Joe Pritchard, and recognized a man said to be from Weldon, The officers, in anticipation of the raid, went to the section shortly af ter 7 o'clock that evening and at 11:30 the boats and its contraband pulled up. A small load was rowed to shore, when Pritchard ma4e his escape after detecting the officer*. The Weldon man also made his escape. « The 670 gallons were in 5-gallon -demijohns, it was stated by a Wash ington County resident here yesterday affcrnoon. It was also stated that the rum runners had been bus yfor some time, but it was not until Wednesday that they fell into a plot formed by the Washington County authorities. •Officers removed the liquor to the courthouse for safe keeping. Ford Defended on Pay To Brazilian Natives Sao Paulo, Nov. 24.—Brazilian dis piatchei indicating that Henry is not treating labor fairly in that he is paying only three milreis a day at his Trapkjoz ißver rubber plantation ap parently are prejudiced, it . is declared here-. One report was that worker* flocked to the project in the expectation of getting a dollar a day and were dis- to find the rate was»only three milreia, or thirty-six cents. As a matter of fact, thirty-six cents is more than mosr of the workers along the Amazon River get ♦ Negro Is Disorderly At Entertainment Jim Corey, colored, practically broke up an entertainment at a little colored school in Griffins Township last night when he enteredTJie building through a window and refused to pay the ad mission charge. A' tcr refusing to pay the admission he refused to leave the building after he was requested to do so by the school committee. Threats were made, and a call for the sheriff was seat in. Sheriff Roebuck an swered the call, but peace had been restored before his arrival, and the en tertainment was continued. ! Mr. T. P. Harrison who la in St Lukes hospital, Richmond, in report ed getting along very well at this ' 17 PERMITS TO MARRY ISSUED ■ ♦ 22 Were Issued in Previous , Month; 8 White and 9 Colored Couples Seventeen marriage licenses were issued, eight to white eouples and nine to colored parties, by the >*g la ter of deeds for this county during the month colsing today. The number in November shows a decrease as compared with the number for Octo ber when 22 couples applied for li censes here. In practically every case the participants are comparatively young, the oldest party appying for a license being only 26 years of age. This is thought to be very unusual as in the months past, the parties in .several instances were beyond the middle-age mark. The list of contracting parties fol lows: White Jim Haislip, 20-Ruby Vaughan, 18; Maryland Bsiiley, 20-Lethia Keel, 18; Clarence Matthews, 19-Trulah Moore, 19; Leßoy Pierce, 22-Annie Baker, 22; Thos. B. Sykes, 21-Ruby Esthei Gurkin, 20; Leland Roberson, 23- Miimie Parrisher, 15; Cecil Rhodes Batts, 26-Selma Brrnice Everett, 22; Robbie Waters, 20-Hilda Harden, IS. Colored Richard Bowen, 25-Blanche Moore 18; Thaddeus Gilliam, 23-Virginia Miller, 21; Henry Corey, 25-Emmn Bell Williams, 19; James Hendrix, 22- Lacy Morris, 18; Jay Holines, 21- Hertha Bradley, 19; Herman White, 19-Masie Everett, 18; Maurice Sav age, 22-Mary Lewis, Ransom Everett, 21-Annie Bell Everett, 19; Thomaa Wilson, 21-Katie Bell Cross, 19. CHECK RESULTS FERTILIZER TEST —♦—>- Demonstration To Be Held Next Tuesday Morning At 9:30 A check of a fertiliser demonstra tion carried on during the past seas on and which was to have been made week before last was called off wher the agricultural agent in the James ville school was ill and could not at tend to the demonstration. Th e check will be made next Tuesday morning at 9:80, according to Professor Over hy in an announcement made yester day. The demonstration, held on the Glasgow farm, near Jamesville, gives striking examples sb to the proper and correct use of fertilizers, and the agricultural professor pointed out that it will be well worth while for every farmer who possibly can do so to attend. Prises will be awarded at the meet ing next Tuesday morning t£fthe farmers making the best estimates as to the yield for certain plats, it waa stated by the Jamesville profes sor. FORMER* CITIZEN OAK CITY KILLED Jack Hyman Dies in Nor folk Hospital After Auto Wreck a Jack Hyman, formerly of Oak City, this county, died in a Norfolk hos pital Tuesday as a result of injuries received in an automobile at Woodland last Friday. Interment was made in a Norfolk cemetery yes terday. Mr. Hyman turned his car over when he hit a cart parked along the road at Woodland, and when found his head was pinned underneath the machine. Mr. Hyman, who was alone suffered a fractured skull and never regained consciousness. He was 86 years old, the son of Mr. and Mra. Frank Hyman, of Oak City. Twelve years ago he left this county and went to Norfolk where he worked as a ipotorman on a street car. He married Miss Daisy Council of Oak City, who with one child sur vives. ♦ Program of Services At Methodist Church Dr. O. P. FltsGerald, Pastor Preaching service 11 a. m., subject, "Christian Education." Also celebra- Uon of Sacrament. Evening service, 7tSO, subject, "The Christian Challenge." Sunday school, 9:80. Hi-League Sunday evening 7:00 o'- clock. Senior League Monday evening 7:80. Let us all worship in some church Sunday. ■ ♦ To Preach in Jamesville Christian Church Sunday a ■ - Rev. J. H. Hale will preach in the Jamesville Christian Church Sunday night, December 2nd. The people of Jamesville and community are re quested to take notice of this service and come andbring their friends with them. LOCALELEVEN IS DEFEATED BY DUNN, 38-7 ' » Visitors Outclass William ston Boys, Who Put Up Determined Battle FIRST LOS?THIS YEAR Heavier anil More Experienced Team From E>upn Simply Smashed Ita Way To Victory j ■-■ jfr Although defeated in the last en counter, the Wiliamston High School football eleven closed its most success ful season here yesterday aftetnoon when Dunn's Green Wave swept the field with its goliaths and returned home with a score of 38 to 7 tucked under its wings. The defeat came as a hard blow to the locals, who for eleven games had held their goal line intact and had registered 438 points during the season. They were just outclassed in weight, but grit and de termination were evident in every play aji the terrcrs tore through the line made up of small frames and juniors at the game. Where the locals had outclassed other opponents, the visitors from the Cotton section of the State rooted them out of that position and the tables were reversed. Bu even then, the smaller lads, inexperienced as compared with their opponents, struck the. line for f»rst downs and made good gains .a round the ends. It was a game where one was stag ing an exceptional battle against un ui-ual odds; the playing of the locals was as good, and many say better than that of any other time during the sea son. Starting a drive right in the first of the game, the locals checked up three first downs, and then a pass to Saun ders put the ball withiu scoring range. The Green Wave held the locals and the ball went over on down, but- on their first play they fumbled, and Har dison, Williamston's center, recovered it. On the Second play Manning was hurt in an attempted end run. Fol lowing a penalty of 5 yards, Saunders picked a second pass out of the air to put the ball on Dunn's 20-yard line. Ground was lost when the locals tried to gain through and around tin ends. A third pass was completed, and with one yard to go for a first down, the ball went to Dunn on downs within 13 yards of a touchdown. Dunn got off to a good start, gain ing 40 yards, but a fumble recovered by Holding pavetf the way for the lo cal's only touchdown. The extra point was kicked, bringing Williamston scor ing to an end. Williamston kicked to Dunn, and the boys started down the field, making good gains until they reached Williamston's two-yard line. The locals held the visitors for three downs, but a fake play made possible a touchdown, the first score made on the locals this year. Failure to make the point by Dunn resulted in a 7 to 6 score at the half. The last half found a weakened team, and while the locals fought to the end, the bigger boys from Harnett started a attack. The locals kiiked, and Dunq, brought the pigskin back to the 45-yard line, and on a sec ond play got loose for a good gain. A fumble saved another score at the time, but the locals, a few minutes later, fumbled and, Dunn recovered. A second touchdown soon folowed. The boys centered their strength on the defense, tyut Dunn's weight and skill were to great, and score after score rolled up, the game ending 38 to 7. Approximately 700 people saw the game. Federal Agents Have Another Busy Week Federal Agent* report another busy wcjk. Monday Officer Alexander with assistants went to the Free Union section where business is al ways brisk and where they found a large new still. No operators were at the plant and about 800 gallons of bier were turned over. Tucnday, the officers went out a few miles southwest of here whare they destroyed a complete outfit and sev eral barrels of beer. Bear Grass was visited Wednesday when the officers found three copper Gtills, captured 20 gallons of liquor und turned out 2900 gallons of beer. One operator was caught during the raids that day and two other men were recognized at the plants, * . Gin nets' Reports Indicate Mpre Cotton in Martin -r* While the season is not to its end for cottoil ginning in this section, it appears that the 'lumber of bale pro duced this year will be greater than the number produced last season. This county is just 87 bales ahead of its last year's production for a corresponding period, 3.161 having been ginned so far as compared with 3,074 for- the same period last year. ——- Beaufort, Pamlico, and Craven Counties show increases this year in the crop compared with last year's productions. RECORDED HAS ELEVEN CASES Five Continued; One Nol Prossed; Others Sent to Superior Court The last Tuesday session of the recorder's court here was of no mark ed importance. Eleven cases were celled, live were continued, one was nol prossed and several were sent to the superior court to be called for trial next month. There being probable cause of guilt appearing in the case charging Roy Lilley and Clarence Wynn with lar ceny and receiving the two defend ants were bound over to the next term of superoir court undr SIOO bond each. Garland Gurganus was found not guilty of violating the liquor laws. Lonnic J. Edmondson, operating n car while intoxicated and carrying a concealed weapon, was found not guilty of the first county, but the evidence was against him in the sec ond and Judge Bailey Aned him SSO and required him to pay the cost of the action. Five cases were continued one week and a nol pros resulted in the assault with a deadly weapon case against William Staton. Augustus Wynn and George Beach were both charged with driving an automobile while thny were intoxicat ed. Beach was fount! not gu : lty by the court while Wynn was sentenced to four months in juil when, his guilt in the case was established. He ::n --|) uled his cause ahd bond was fixed i . the sum of t S2OO for his appear ance at the next term of• Martin Su perior court. WM. L. REDDICK DIES IN FLORIDA Was Former Resident of This County; Details Not Known William L. Roddick, formerly ol this county died at Hollywood; Fla. last night according to a long distance telephone message received here this morning. No details could Ik? lutti, and the direct cause of his death is not known here at this time. Mr. Reddick was born on the Wash ington road near the Skewurkee church 70 years ago, the son of Wil liam J. and Tempie Cherry Reddick. About 26 years ago he moved here and after a residence of 10 years, he went to Kobcrsonville where he lived unt.l three weeks *hgo, leaving there l" go to Florida. He first married Miss Sallie Gray, of Robersonville. Four children sur vive this union. They are Mrs. John I. Taylor, of IlobersonVille, Mrs. Joseph H. Roebuck and Levi Itcddick, of this place and Mrs v Ophelia Lamm, cf Wilson. After the death of his firrt wife, he married Miss Annie Itober son, of Robersonville, and she with one .son, Leslie, survives. While Mr. Reddick has lived for several years with his daughter in Robersonville, his wife and sop have lived at Hollywood, Florida. Several weejes ago she came tq Reberspnyille and persuaded him to gb to Florida with her and spend the winted. He has been almost an invulid for sev e'al yearn. . Funeral arrangements had not been made at noon today. * Mr. Reddick had been a member of the Primitive Baptist Church at Skewarla-e for many years. ' » Pr ogram oi Services At Baptist Church The Lord's Supper will be observed at the Sunday morning service. This is always one of our very choicest services, and the people are asked to remember its observation. At this name hour, the church treas urer will read both his quarterly and aruual financial report. It is under stood that the financial condition of the church is in good shape; and every one will be interested to hear the re port. Sunday cvevning the pastor will speak on the Ninth Commandment. The usual mid-week service will be held Wednesday evening. One week from Sunday morning the pastor wants to Hpeak to the children and young people of the church, and a-.ks that the Sunday school teachers, and the cooperate J in making this a service both well attended and memorable. :: 'f*»ts ehflreh is. beginning to address itcelf to the preparation of its Christ mas activities, and. proper announce ments will be made at no distant date. Regular Services at Cedar Branch Church Sunday The pastor, Rev. W. B. Harrington, will fill his regular appointments at the Cedar Branch Baptist Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and in the evening at 7:00 o'clock, it waa announced by a member of the church here this week. The public li cordial ly invited to hoar Mr, Harrington at each of the services. Advertisers Will Find Oar CoL umm a Latchkey to Over 1,600 Homes of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 8-4-6 IS PROVEN BEST FERTILIZER FOR TOBACCO Different Fertilizers Cause Difference in Weight_of Leaf When Cured QUALITYIS^AFFECTED ——* Test Was Made on Farm of Mr. John E. Griffin Under Supervision of Agent and Specialists An 8-4-6 fertilizer was proved to be the best for growing tobacco in a test carried on by Mr. John K. Griffin,..of' Griffins Township, this past season in cooperation with State and county ag ricultural agents. Fourteen plats were used in making the test, rid in five of them the fertilizer was mixed at lu>me, while for eight others regular com mercial brands were used. One plat li.-d no fertilizer, and the results showed that the tobacco from that plat sold for SSB 15 per acre, while that from another plat where the 8 4-6 fer tilizer was used sold for'slß3,2l on the acre basis: This price is erch.sive of the price for,the fertiliser, Mr. Bran don stating that the price varies as to the class of fertilizer, and to get the true results the price r that material is deducted. '1 lie 8-4-6 fetrilizer used in the test was made up of nitrogen, 50 per cent mineral; one-halt' nitrate of sodai-one hajt sulphate i t ammonia, 50 per cent orgai. ; pne-half cottonseed meal; one liaji fish scrap. Potash": 2 per cent muriate and 4 per cent sulphate of potash. The fertilizer was used at the rate of 1,000 pounds to the acre and superphosphate was used as the source of phosphate in the mixtures. While the poundage for several of the plats were practically the same, the most striking result was found in the quality of the weed. - I*or the 8-4-6 type, the poor quality tobacco weighed very little, while the higher or better quality was great in weight. Several other mixtures ran very close in their results with those obtained from the 8-4-6 type, but it is the be lief of those acquainted with the dem onstration that the 8-4-6 is most suit able. certainly for certain types of laud similar to that of Mr. Griffin. The I soil where the demonstration was car ried op is said to be a Norfolk very fine sandy loam. County Agent T. B. Brandon has I Complete results of .the demonstration, and a study of them is considered I worth wdiile for the tobacco grower. | The agent will be glad to go over the results with the farmers of this sec tion and offer any advice obtained while the demonstration was in prog ress. Mr, -R. B. Floyd, a tobacco special ist, assisted with the test, and with (ex tra care being given, the demonstration is thought to be of real value. Chinese Begin Use Of Western Calendar ' »- — Nanking, China, Nov. 24.—The Min ister of the Interior of the Nationalist Government has ordered the rtJSF the. solar or Western calendar through out China, instead of the lunar calen dar which has been used for centuries. Inasmuch as three-quarters of the population of China I n w.-> only the lunar calendar, by which the year is divided up into twelve rt ntlis, ,each having twenty-nine or thirty days/ j there is much speculation as to bow the order can be enforced. The order is ill line with events dur ing the first year of the republic, when a wave of adoption of Western insti tutions swept the country. As far as the calendar was concerned, this was ineffective, except that the Western system came into use in official docu ments and aniopg a smal group of the educated Chinese. The merchants cling to tiny lunar calendar because the mouths are short er and those who are paid on a month ly basis, as in the case of recipients of rents, receive greater revenues. A majority of Chinese of this gen eration were born under the lunar cal endar and do not know their corre sponding birthday dates in the West ern calendar. This confusion is one of the principal reasons that the full adop tion of the Western system is exceed ingly difficult. Announce Prizes for . Fiddlers' Convention Prizes totalling $26.60 in cash will be offered at a fiddlers' convention to be staged in the Bear Grass School auditorium next Friday night, Decem ber 7, according to a list prepared by the principal, F. M. Barnhart. In ad dition to that amount, prises will be offered to those playing instruments not included in the regular list, il was stated. The prices range from $5.00 for the best string band and the best male quartette to SI.OO for the several instruments and for the best dancers. The parent-teacher association of that community is staging the con vention, and many contestants are ex pected as well as a large number of spectators. The convention is schedul ed to begin at 8 o'clock.