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it M Y I I A - - -r rt i ; jTA devote f EST OF 1 v- i iJ ; PEOU J. 4" 1 ' :i VMS II ilace And Duplin; County r ..Idsi Largest Event Of Kind Iver Held In North Carolina : VaKsoK fthe Sft'SSTSSaS biggest festival event will be prac- tlcally compietea. wtuiao clnlty Have spared nothing to make the annual Btrawnerry ; the biggest thing of its kind In Katem Carolina, J, A. -HarreU, Mayor. f; Wallace, and tt " to- dividual who ta mosUy xesponsi- toe heaJth happiness of both ble for the event, is very optlmis- apeaent an(1 Wure generations; Uo oh the eve' of opening. Mr , JnA . , t - HarreU and other - ottictol hiwV A i :'r;'oiiitv invited a long Bst of prominent 1 WHEREAB, thepwiin c-ouniy inviiea " otfttB a- Better: Housing Program 4s help- men and women in th .State a our ciUzenii to build new home, from other states to attend thifes- , homea , whicw accepted the tovltaUon Governor Khringhaus and United States Am. uvai ana many wi- bassador Josephus Daniels express- ; oay., s ine ,Bm, iM.. , . m - t j a... n, nlt-iVAn 4n IMinlln I.OUI1LV IS c.v. v.- , r 7. - - .interested in pecause is jw tv festival and not Just a. Wallace fvcub f J.SSV y""o 7 ' etc .of the Program n ac- erauoir of uupims itu.uS 7 'ns from every - section of .the iroud of - md It ty. Dttplin is JusUy proud 1 v ,rry nwtfon and its f - ' " - a - i. i,aivcular as it is -almost cer- the largest strawberry market Int., ljuu uiai riMiw " ... " the world wnen. tne preseuv crvp all marketed.' Among the features of the fes- uvai - wiu oe umwiwv ""w" t and DODUhur orchestra. . ' ( Thirty beautiful : young ladies nnn win nta 11111111 iiuui uiia am., ' ... mnlra If ImnoS- 1 2 NOW. -THJUUKiTUKlS. Jas.. -T- 3'a6T ""-mertitX, Mayor of KenansviUe do!fu; Robeson county n: - Tmi asme'Kpo.nt Saturd.y. the tttodmb. r w-w, r- - - - ' fifteenth 'dav of June. 1838. to, be ' la ine una ut siusiciu . . tkm df the state to participate in- Wall the festivities Mn pirate cos- turne.' This alone will be sufficient td deUght many thousands expect- ed to attend. " y - , I " . Inasmuch as Original plans riave . ', been far exceeded, ; it has been . found necessary to add to the ex- " position proper by, placing a lar- ' 'pircua tent on an adjacent lot. I .'E. ... 1 . 1 k AtA.A n Further tt baa been decided to!lf,ri!inavillA Wll Tn enlarge the dance floor : to take care' ,ot approximately flv hun - dred ouplea, ,The dance liall will "I be profusely decorated as a Japa t.'nese garden,". . Two blocks of the city, will be deqorated and electrically . Ulumi "i nated In many color.. "v-': ' niinlia mmwt.' tnr mhlhlts .kzii booths w otog t a Premium, plpe W -the v due to the limited space vaitabldw. flthi ana several crews 01 mo 'the present time erecting ; mam moth and gorgeous displays . for the show. Of high class .lto--Sva,-V The watet flow U as uku. , - Importance ave been booked lor we wnsHn -; Was very fortunate In securing the service, of the Wighand Troupe and such other acU as the Flying Atwoods. Others' equally ' as im- ; portant have been booked with ad ; aitlonal features .being. i, arranged for dally. . . .:: , Monday morning at 11:00 o'clock ' has been set for the, official Open ; ing with speakers of note sched- uled to be on' hand.' On Tuesday night the fashion show will be held . With . arrangements ..practically ' complete for securing a display of :- the most gorgeous wearing apparel ever .seen In .this section. : Local ' merchants with the New 1 York ag f encles to secure the best that can be secured for this display. ' .The candidates in the Queen's contest will act as models for this event. Th? big feature . on Wednesday ? night will be the better baby con test when the future generation will compete for honors. I , Thursday nights will be the Queen's election nlgbt with the coi.t -stant receiving the largest mn- 'er of popular votes being In p. rated Queen. The . second " i t wil lbe first maid of honor, t I 1 ' list second maid of hon , third maid of honor. . r ' t, la very keen ' M ' " ' t Will ) ProclamationFor- National Setter -, HOUSlIlg Day, Jline 15. , By The Mayor of KeuMvUle WHEREAS, the home l of su preme importance m the basla of our community life, constituting, as it does ,ao essential factor in SSR hSrlal and business recovery, "i. v.(u.a D.t uM.rfRr .11. - - . . , . . . ta:Wrd, Kegan .umn, r. ,,urunswicH ' . iota with-tiitlzens of other commun- Ttl" tKMrWthWi mik.! "f" "rZZ mes mrougnoui tne iana in ram servancee, in order' that the ben- pf HoU8ing - . n.,mVu. . , 'v ' r:T' - ",, ? --v-- -"d. 1 JAS E. J" . I Wft ;. JAS . - ? - ctt -.m - rNwrRoftf 0.1 ' .4i. flirf. HnliaA- Ahoilt Complete V. . . The removing of the- old- slats an that MMvaHftff wlth'.'tlfl Jn Ml tMV roof 0j the Court House has been n smn un sisi ui 11111 s n it irnrirm nn tnink that most of the work will ioB6 this week. The new roof ta a heavy grade of tin and will painted right away, AO new valleys were put in and the-roof 'ought to give-satisfactory service for several decades, All of the slate' sad rubbish has been removed from .tha court house yard. v iiHY- t Good Condition Tbs Town Board of Commission ers of Kenans villa at their meeting oni Friday - examined and accepted the well as being fully repaired from, the .recent cave and -insured agaistanother caving by lowering r - i - i1; onn lAnth. . Th wHI ku been out of use since ca.vlng'ajit two months ago and it was neces- aaM .a .uwt-lll .hn MMkir: .Ht' nil In good as ever and the-engineers J, of been UsslBats4f.,?.r-: . , '.L - , ' ; nmT iViK. iWCiLOjO AT MONTREAT - Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Wells left to day for Montreat, N .C, where Mr. Wells will serve as. a commissioner to the meeting of the General As sembly which meets there May 30. Mr. .Wells is one of the six men who will represent - Wilmington Presbytery ; In this meeting. He is planning to stay through the entire meeting which will close a bout the middle of nex.t week. ' ; Mr. Wells was granted a leave of absence from bis office la the court house where he serves the county as clerk of the court. Dur ing his absence the office work will be carried on by bis secretaries Misses Anna Carr and r Dorothy To Elect Welfare And Health Heads Monday The County Boards of Education and Commissioners will meet in a Joint session Monday for the pur- po 9 of el.-" a Welfare Officer a 1 I- ' !i I-cpartment bead for I t ( ' v . THE TIMES COVERS DUPLIN LIKE, KENANSVUXE, Health Superlatives ; . Selected From Group " Miu ruiLii nvru. ui xvcuaiia Miss Ruth Byrd, of KenansviUe, Sa' 'lilm. health king of DupUn county wew pUed1ne,;pastlU in-general MondayT "May 27 W.flortl;-Je JhU. group winner. ,in health for 12 counUes held at the county health department to Imbertimi it ir announced by Mr., Etele Smith, district home agent. a , kn.ln.Hn. ,nf , Hib county kings and ; jiW'lii aPv group . were made; by;. Dr. is. IHardln, county healtht officer, as- I cmmTy health nurse and Mrs. W. a 1 1 Ivey. 'i -i v ,v , - : s ?; r . r.fL1 y.yu. V . . . 7 ' Ijouise berland Xk oaK: Biaaen councv i: faunne b' .. . . . ...... an. mwtuitk Uam4i , """- , rT 4 . , ,: Ssmpsoa county 81: Marie Cooper, ngw;Qod, ;Brui,wlck county 78.- - - ' 1 1 VOniniUniy s lCniC , ' . 'W i'lsoundinortaage? ;msiatead rf inmrnunnr ncnic. SDonsor ;C.-Mom and Pop.Club'r:i)ofrowert toTnft appucaxion-- srir K-i.ansVllW wltt ft. hMWaKW Ckneratloa(' ii therland's sprln Monday vem ' V me tests of eligibility are as limlng W 5U. Eveiy person in . follow.: fe, 5 Uptown is akd to-joltt the piciuoU, been crowd, , bring - lUBeh. and' bav s ja involuntary default on.hia home good UmsA The lunch. wiU be spread 'oan on june 13; 1933. and unable I -fc. S.W. ,imtm tilt, Anil .W .JI1 w : wnr , umi wujW carry orreruna ms present mor- " iw j den n MH 'of fresb cool water for those Who will be unable to make that grade. Each parent Is asked to be sur and bring all the children.) ;W11 Wjtokug:'foR.you;-''i ' School Teachers Re ; , turn To KenansviUe . The young ladies of the teaching profession Who are . residents of KenansviUe are returning to their homes here for the summer, vacs Uon. Miss Margaret Jones, Miss Ruth, Ingram and Miss Mary Ed na Dobson hsye returned to their homes here'. wuueg- Biuuenu mn, veguj w niTv iwcv: uarw mi: iiiru. Penney are both eating at the .old home tab!e.;agata t,t?..il( Tuberculosis Clinic Reveals 7 New Cases Sgo- ' v" Dr. H. L. Seay, chest speclaJtet i of the State Sanatorium, who Is, ' conducting free tuberculosis cli nics for adults throughout Dup lld County, made the following report Uu-ough Tuesday. t , " Elghty-sevea K patients ' have been examined,' Sixty white and twenty-seven colored, sevea aew ' esses of tuberculosis have been : diagnosed. Tons white and three colored .one of which Is in the faivadvaneed stages of tubercu losis. Four old eases have been checked on. , . Xv 1 ;.;' ''.f ',',;: ' It was through the cooperation 5 of the Health Department with the Extension Division of the State Sanatorium that these ell-' ales were made possible, there- i fore, eur Health . Officer, . Dr. White, has urged each and every , one suspected of having tubercu- l iosis to make appointments for . Oxantinatloa. . " ':yr3 '? CORRECTION - r, J'1'? '. sisvmA.m V. ' v- ' ',i V- ";. Last week the TIMES stated that the County Board of Educa tion would, meet again oa June 3rd. We are glad to correct this statement and advise that the Board will meet next on the first Monday In July, ; The Board meets on first Mondays tn July, October, January 1 'I un less oii.. tv. ,.-e o " 1 f -r a f c ' lid w ' ly (" a t i. N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY , -r1 HOLC A: : lies Rigid Eli-ii:::ty Tests To Applicants For Loans, , '' 1 ' Dealing with the amendment to the Home Owner1 Loan Act, sign ed today by President Roosevelt, which permits th Hohie,.Owners" IXMm- Corporation for a period of 80 days, to accepftew loan appli caUans;,vi:ohn H-iftohey febalrtaan of , the CorpprBtlW,; today issued tho fnllnwinir statement. emoha3- izing that such apjiiications wiji bo --v.il nnlv fiito home owners who are ciearyi' tn distress, ano! are -inreateneu wut , iuaa ui their homes, urpijgh foreclosure: . , , . -"The sme tesfcroi eiigiouity oi HOLC .ppucants'iwhdch have ap T; ipwnu - ' "t me owneho are in gen- ulne financi b forced; tft. reje every aPP"ca" tion.wmcn l- noixreuny eugiuie. ur ... 7r certain tnat ma appucauon wm do striction-He jhojld realise that , th3 rejectlp of a! ineligible appli- faexW dbts. is likely to , oo 1h. Knm. nWnAv lhn Inns of ' : ------- r t; ' hl property because., or the un-j wiliintrness i'f his present mortga- ::ta" t -. -7 - .--"T-i .nnn n t u i i i i. . . ' ''Largeiy -as : a lesult ..-Of . more -n- HtuKi.uH 'tW. ttiotw hv thn Home Owners' Leuii Corporation, .lending institution. are. to a fa , i stronger pos!U6hjtiay than they .were a-:;year. ago. -1 uey wu - : '( . mi ,1 ( - mi u . (abie to recast and tarry reasonably oereuiir xr cvewvigicourtiKinK buuii . - ... - -unM 11 caq . oe snown in the Corporation's satisfaction that a default occurlng later can be shown to' the Corporation's satis-, faction that a default occuring la-1 ter than JUne 13. 1933. Was the re-1 Ut of unemployment or oUier mis - fortune beyond th.e appUcant's con - trol, i The Corporation was created to protect honest home owners who are in temporary difficulty, and not for the purpose of saving lend ers .from the results of their own past mistakes in making exessivr. loans, or. In lending to persons not entitled to credit. . 2.:The past record of the appli cant for integrity is a vital factor. Anyi applicant will be rejected as ineligible - if his general record is unsatisfactory particularly if be niy defaulted on hi? existing indebtedness and has a record of not paying his bills when he is atle to do so. v 3. .To redeem the, home from forced sale or voluntary surrender, such sale or surrender must have taken place since January 1, 1930. 4. The applicant must.be In act ual distress with his mortgage in debtedness and threatened with the' loss 'of. bis home by-.. foreclosure. Applicants who have, no present or prospective income of any- charac ter, and clearly could not meet the indebtedness, are- Ineligible unless htheir notes are also signed; by re sponsible parties. , ; ' - 5. The property must be used -by Misses Willie Mae McMillan, Mei the owner as Ms.iome or held by va'&nd .'Dot Farlow; Katherlne him as his homestead and,' as a Bland, Mary Jaunlta Mallard and rule, it must hat been his home on Madaline Hearn. June IS, 1933.' , . ;? 1 ' Richard, i"Jr,;' ahd" Lacy Earl 6. The bome must have a value Rouse pent ,last week.end with not . exceeding . $20,000.00 as ap-tbe'r grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. praised by the Corporation. No ; J- E. Rouse of Magnolia." loan may be made for amount ex- f .'Mrs. tola Mae McKnzte(and fa cMiiinv tiinnonn a en n nnt milv. Mr .and Mrsji Raymond C. fthe Corporation's appraisal of the property, whichever Is the smal ler. 7. Ordinary farm nroDertv is not eligible unless the applicant' draws Ma livelihood fftnvitofoltom. occupatloiUkvr-V-.V'fc M 1 -I? ;8. No applicant will be granted a loan: If such refinancing Is Intended, only to protect s' bank parents,- Mr. and Mrs. R. D. usher, j fortable but he is able to be at portunlty afforded. The Rev, loan or other business-obligation, J4 Missr3ane Wells Is visiUng her: work agata. , Messrs. C. F. R Shehane, J. L. C. 9.!The Corporation'' will -not re- Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wells. v J The Copperhead Is a very dan- Griffin, E. H. Lake, E. M. Pingree finance the homo of An owner who Miss Branch was taken to James 'gerous-snake 'and bites without and James Inman, and Dr. J. B. can continue to carry bis '.present - Walker Memorial Hospital Sunday I warning. He is known in Eastern, Dods and Mr. William Ives, (lay loan." j 1 ' i a. m. for an appendix operaUon f North Carolina by the names of man) belong to this period f; -I . Roper urges foreign trade meet ing to study world's .needs. - Henry . F: Grady sees aid In foreign trade. recovery A ROQF j v ' o' Universalists To Gather iiere Next Sunday G Founding .Kenansvilli Grants ,.VCIllHSVUie..UlIIlB Telephone Franchise Ada vi uo v 1 - Zr irZ ' citltuL Telephoneltog Campaign began Monday April Telejfrapb Company to Wli j 29. with a house-to-house canvas. operate a telepone exchange in the town of KenansviUe. The company lg lannl to branch out mt0 the in dtrecUoll fronj town and establish county lines to serve the people living In the coun try Plans are being made to be gin work on the new system In the near future. The latest system of automatic diel phones will be in stalled with the central at Ken ansviUe and connection with War saw with, all places in the country. . r. r O . TeacheyNews Thirty five members of the "Tea chey Home Makers Club met at its regular monthly meeting at the -iw -n k president, Mrs. J. U Wells and the entire club sang, "The Belles of St. Mary." After Mrs. U E. Wells, ... jead m prayer tne Minutes were read and the roll called. .rr-w t.os w. - k. nM a.s.i.imAa - tne jjjgtric t was dUcussed. A com I mm . .nMioti r.i.n tn. transportation. Mrs. McSwain gave !an interesting demonstatlon on , the 1 care of floors and woodwork,! after Which the leaders gave inter- estlns reports. The hostesses,- Mrs. ' . Clyde Fussell, Mrs. H. P. Ennisl The KenansviUe school board Fussell served lem- Vill meet next Mondav at 3:00 o. and Miss ldell onade and cake. The club ad- journed to meet again tn June with Mrs. Edgar Wells. Mesdames Charles Rivenbark, , Lffinnu Hrown una hub jMHDie 1 Brad8haw vtsted elr Sister at , Hlgn Polnt laat week Mr. Glover of Greensboro was in town last week. Lloyd Farlow of Greensboro is visiting Billy Farlow. .Mr. and Mrs. Roland Rouse and daughter, Helen, Mrs. Fred Paston and son, Douglas and Mrs. John Allen of Charlotte were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rivers Rouse last week. Mr. Tom Ogilvie and daughter, Miss Inez, Mrs. Zimma.and' Miss Sara Page of Callahan, ' Florida were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wells last week. I Florida folk mentioned expect to visit Washington, D. C, New1 York and'relatlves In Boston,- Mass, be fore returning. i Mr. Moyer McMillan,, accompa nied Mr. Jennings Welsoh to Phil adelphia Wednesday. Mr. nad Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Edward Wllhams, Misses ; Annie : Thomas Wells- and - Allene ' Turner spent Thursday In Wilmington shopping. Mrs. Elizabeth Turner entertain ed a few of her friends at a Sew ing Party. Those present were Lewis and baby' visited Mr. and , Mrs. G. R. McMillan Sunday. ' Mrs. J. L. Wells and Miss Mary Adlene Wells went to WUmington : shopping Wednesday. ? Mrs, Ira Ezzett of Warsaw -Ui I vWttos; her father, Mr. "Francis ,Savae- , I Mrs. Jim Ramsey Is visiting her j She was accompanied by her hus band and Miss Melva Farlow. ' Misses Lorraine Wells, Helen Ann . and Elisabeth Ward were, guests ot Misses Aliens and Mary Elizabeth ..Turner Wednesday evening. . . 4 THURSDAY. MAY 80th., 19SS ommemorating Of Church In South A Financing Plain To Repair And Moder nize Your Property Duplin County Better Hou . - - Miss Annie Mildred Bizzell, Sev en Springs; Mr. David Wilklns, aBno; ,..v3, IThe frgt annua, meeting was held Teachey; Mr. Jacob PoweU. Wal- , Kemulgv,Uei on June 3., 1927 lace; Miss Margaret Rogers Rose d na8 n an annual affair here Hill; Mr. Floyd Barnett, Gllsson; '8,nce. ne aale of organi2a. Mr. R. S. Witherington. Famon; Uon of Unlver8aIist Conven Mrs. E. J. Elwell, Cypress Creek; , 1fi97 K. Mr. Grover C. Rhodes, Warsaw; Miss Elizabeth Hudson, Wolfscrape I You may apply for a credit to make housing improvements, In- eluding built-in equipment, if you ; can repay in regular installments .over a period of from one to five years. ! Not only will the Better Housing Campaign help Duplin County to modernize homes, but will employ numbers of people who have no work. i Seventeen Home Demonstration Clubs in Duplin County, with an enrollment of 650 members are co- . i . V. K T..nlln r. J fc""s " " vib"' , sation in the promotion of the Bet- ter Housing Programs r. Office In County Agents. Of fics. rA-SHiaTi I Va- Dixon. Secretary. T , , , Local School Board lfaaa lrn J,,,, IVieeiS IVlOnaay 0 m. and elect teachers for the 1935- 36 term. All applications should te sent to Dr. G. V. Gooding, Se- cretary to the board. KenansviUe Methodist Church Building Sun day School Rooms The KenansviUe Methodist Church broke ground Monday morning for the erection of Sun day School equipment. The building will be a two story structure with rooms on the first floor for begin ners Primary and Juniors and the rest of tbs classes meeting In the upstairs rooms except for the div son in the church auditorium. J$iThe new building will be built . . , T oil the west side of the church biuiding. twelve feet from the pre sent biuldnig and extending seve- ! ral feet behind the present church. Tb new blulding will be connected to the old with a 8 foot passage which will join about 16 feet fromi the rear wall of the church on the west side. The new structure will be brick veneer with metal roof and will be 24 feet deep and 32 feet front with a front entrance facing the street. 6- BITTEN BY COP- ripn up inOVAVP rCjli, IIFjAiJ OfNilvri was painfully bitten by a Copper- head snake while pulling tobacco plants last Saturday afternoon. The snake was lying in the grass and weeds in the tobacco bed and bit Jim on the middle finger as he was' reaching for a plant The snake struck twice but failed to hit Jim's hand on the second strike, Jim was rushed to the doctor and was decided that there was not enough poison In his system to Imake It necessary to take the aw urn. Jim's arm was swollen to the elbow, and was somewhat uncom- White Oak,- and Pilot Tbe snake that bit Jim was killed and was a- , States, practically all denomina bout twd end one half feet long. f tlonal effort Was abandoned. At its -''''" 1 o , - close, however,, services were re- 'Old ruins are1 found by air. base, sumed at several places, and for a party In Pacific isles.:; i s , - (OoaUnaed oa back page) - ..V'; ' . r . NUMBER 24 The annual meeting o f the Uni-: versalists of North Carolina will be held in the school auditorium at KenansviUe next Sunday. The meeting will be an all day affair and is held each year on the Sun day nearest June 3rd., the anni versary Of. the founding of Univer saliam in the South, when the Sou thern Unlversalist convention was organized and a Constitution, Sa lutation to Posterity and a Con fession of Faith were adopted." dred and eight years ago -on June 3rd, this year. Featuring the program Sunday , w. Historical address by the U Canfield, D. D. of jj Greensboro, at 11:00 o'clock in the morning. At 11:30 Rev. Ordell E. Bryant, minister from Clinton will preach on "The Heritage of Universalists." Following the ser mon, dinner will be spread on the grounds. The evening session will be fea tured by a sermon at 2:30 by the Rev. John T. Fitzgerald, pastor of the Outlaw's Bridge Church. Mr. W. H. Skeels of Rocky Mount will preside over the meeting. Special music will be rendered. For, the following brief sketch. fit Muv.tiUtMitinUInlnmllun In nurui utruuna uie njucja is in debted to Dr. H. L Canfield of Greensboro: A Brief Sketch of the History of Universal Ism In N. Carolina Wbittemore'g "Modern History of Universallsm" a book published in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1830, re cords the fact that Universallsm was preached in North Carolina as early as 1780. The preachers of that period were John Stanstel, of Johnston County; a man by the name of Tatum, from lower down in the state; D. Martin ,in Fairfield District, adjoining Newbury; Giles Chapman, of the same region, and Elijah Lynch. These men seem to .have been Dunkers, sometimes call ed German Baptists .who had thought their way out of the or thodoxy of the time, Lynch bring ing his congregation with him in to the church of te new Faith In about 1823, a man by the name of Cole preached in the state for a brief time. In 1825, Abner Knee land, of Philadelphia visited Wilm ington and preached there two months in a Baptist meeting house. On Mis home trip he passed through the bounties of Duplin, Hanover, and Wayne, preaching in each one of them. The Universalists of Wilmington wishing to have a pastor, wrote to Boston for one, and the Rev. Jacob Frieze, of Rhode Island, war A Unlversa,igt paper was started, known as the Libera- list edited by Mr.Frieze, and af ter his return north by a layman, Mr. McRae. Mr. Frieze was follow ed in the pastorate by Rev. A. J. Maurice The points where meet inpfl wpr helrl In Mia nntlvino- r. is'on were, Richland Chapel, North 6881 and Shepherd's Meeting House In Onslow Cgunty; Limestone, I Union, Nahunga and New Hope meeting houses, in Duplin county; Clinton (Court House) Ten mtlen and Lisbon meeting houses, in Sampson county; Trenton Court House, in Jones county and Chin quapin Meeting House, in New Hanover, and in other places not named. In 1836, James Parsons preached in the state several mon tha In 1846, Rev. John Burrusa . visited the State and preached sev eral months, and the Rev. Hope held regular services for several years Rev. D. B. Clayton began : coming to the state tn 1860, prea- cMng and holding debates as op . During the War Between the