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^ ... .S'- MjVl ^ - ’:■ ^'-'f’■ - ■'■ ''" 'ii ?' ‘'’--v X.-•'-^‘^’’.nr sii "u;; ■v* ".Ir m 1^ i/3i |[^ liMBi Im. Igrr- Ikvm. I- |S!^ Il^ lA IS" g. Vol. XI—No. 4S «1.60 PER YEAR—6c A COPY HARNETT COUNTY NEWS DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY; PRIMARILY. AND OF THE STATE GENERAIXY. Laltincton, N. C.. TlliundAY, November 7. 1929 *Tf It Concerns HenmU. IPs In THE NEWS* TOBACCO CO-OP MAY REORGANIZE ASSOCIATION MEETING IN KALEIOM OF RE PRESENTATIVES OF N. S. C., VA. AND OA. GIVE ATTENTION TO PLAN A cooporalive association o£ to bacco growers may bo organized in North Carolina as a result of tlie meeting of farm leaders, tobacco growers, and Federal Farm Board represnetatlvcs held in (he offices of Dean i. O. Schaub at State Col lege on October 25.. The present tobacco situation, to gether with the accomplishments and failures of the old Tri-State Associ ation was discussed in detail. Plans for organizing an association and the part to be played by the various agencies were also given careful at tention.- As a result of the confer ence. a suggested plan for coopera tion of men and agencies to work on the situation was adopted. ■ Pour groups wtll be represented, according to the recommendation made. These are, the tobacco ad visory committee of the Federal Farm Board, an Interstate steering committee, a state committee of 15 members and special sub-committees in each state. The four special sub committees w*ll be concerned with advanced market information and acreage stabilization, credit stabili zation, supplementary crops and farm enterprises, and better market practices. Plan Hccoiiuneiided The committee also recommended separate state organizations with such sub-divlslons by -belts as the states may desire and such federa tion for selling as they may approve; a continuous contrace with with drawal option available, one month in the year after the second year's delivery; the association may rent leas or acquire operating facilities; the contract shall provide for necessary reserve funds; the con tract shall be passed upon by a com petent attorney familiar with coop erative set-ups and come within the provisions of the Capper-Volstead Act and the Agricultural Marketing Act, and finally each state or belt shall determine what percentage of the crop should be signed up before beginning operations. The by-laws of the proposed as- .sociatioii would call for regular county or belt meetings at stated Intervales and detailed reports from the manager at each annual meet-^ Ing as to the salaries of all employe^ es and departmental heads. It was decided that no director except the president should be a salaried offi cer or employee of the association and that audits should bo made twice each year. The committee made it plain that there should be strict regulations to assure economy in operation and annual examina tions and reports of the affairs of the association. Four .States Interested Representatives from Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina .ind North Carolina attended the Raleigh meet ing. In addition marketing experts and representatives of the Federal 'Farm Loan Board were on han^ to give the benefit of their advice and suggestions. Dean I. O. Schaub pre sided afT chairman of the meeting. *He stated that the agricultural ex tension organization of -State College could be used In the educational part of organizing the association ANGUS WILTON McLEAN Ponnei’ Governor S*es Now Revival of Ruslnoss In This Section Fol lowing Settkanont of -Disturbance In New York Stock Market. SEES REVIVAL OF BUSINESS IN THIS SECTION FORMER GOV. McLEAN RELIEVES THAT MONEY RATES WIIA. DROl- WITH STOCKS SETTLED iHon. A. W. Melean, chairman of the board of directors of the North Carolina Bank ond Trust company, and former Governor of North Car- # ollna, reached Greensboro Saturday from New York, where he has been on important business of groat in terest to’ North Carolina and the new bank. “I have been to New York,” said Goverrxor McLean in response to an inquiry from a Greensboro Dally News reporter, “for the purpose of making arrangements whereby, through the North Carolina Bank and Trust company, funds will be available for mortgage loans In the State. iPor some while stock specu lation and the high rates of interest liave diverted funds from construc tion and other needs of the state, and ‘-his has been a factor In show ing up some Industries. Through the mortgage loan department of ‘ the North Carolina Bank and Trust com pany, we propose to bring Into 'the state funds for building and other permanent Investment. “Incidentally you will recall that during the tljnos of lower interest rates. It was irosslble to secure mon ey for home owners on attractive terms, but when the stock market began to lake so much money for its uses and the brokers and invest ing public was willing to pay a high rate of interest funds for home con struction and other needs, wore not available. 'Now since the stock market has corrected itself and settled down on a lower basis witli prospects for a quiter market for some time, money should become uvallabl for other needs, and on longer maturities, and I want to help the people of the state, by forming the best possible I connections to secure these funds at lowest possible rate ,of interest for r the people. Governor McLean says that he ex pects to see a general rocival of i business in this section, and he ex pects that with attention being di verted from the stock market that real estate will again begin to inter- V V. -■*v investors, and this will have a but that the actual formation of the ^ . ’ association must be done by the to bacco growers themselves. In the meantime, whether the as sociation is formed or not, the in terstate steering committee with an expert marketing specialist as exe cutive secretary will be organized at once. This steering committee will turnl$di facts and figures about the tobacco situation each year simi lar to the Interstate Early Irish Po tato Committee now functioning ■with the early potato groweis of the Southeast. beneficial effect. ENROIilxMENT AT STATE SHOWS UPWARD TREND Raleigh, “Nov. 6.—The enrollment at North Carolina State College shows a steady trend upward, ac- 4||^dlng to figures for the last three years recently compiled by the Di-' vision of Registration, On October 21, 1927, the enroll ment at the local institution was 1440, on the corresponding date In 1928 the enrollment was 1637, and on the same date this year the reg istration had reached 1850. The freshman class, numbering 778, Is the largest in the history of the Col lege. All colors Drawing Paper at The News Ottlce. BIG INDIVIDUAL SALE AT FUOUAY Puquay -Springs, Nov. 2.—The Fu- ^quay Sprnlgs tobacco market has Isold to date 2,919,414 pounds for the sum of $-536,567.05, or an aver age of $18.37 per hundred pounds. The sales for the week ending No vember 1st amounted to '59il,608 pounds^ which brought the farmers $141,29i7.92 or an average of $23.86 per hundred pounds. Mr. ’W. !D. ■Howell 5iold on Friday, November 1, .3,296 pounds of tobacco, receiving $1,105.20, or an average-of 34%c per pound. This market had a blocked sale on Monday of last week, only three of the warehouses selling on that day, the fourth being unreaohed. There was a heavy sale on Friday of last week also. BRANNON SAYS FIGHT WEEVIL IN ^VINTER SEASON llUNDRElkS OF MILLIONH OF DOL LARS XOSS MAY BE SAVED WITH PROPER CARE, HR RlEOLARES ('By C. H. Brannon, Extension Ento mologist N. C. State College) Cotton growers need not be told that the boll weevil has caused tre mendous 10S.S in the State this sea son. Now that cotton picking is in full swing the damage shews up plainly and no one can doubt -the tremendous loss caused by the pest. The weevil causes between two and throe hundred millions of dollars damage in the South each year ■North Carolina has experienced her share of this terrtflc damage. Growers who-have followed .dlrec- ■tlons in poisoning with calcium ar senate this season have obtained ex cellent results and they say it has been a wonderful investment. Cotton growers might as well face the facts right now; stop playing hide and seek with the weevil and stop wondering If the weevil Is go ing to cause serious damage each year. We are going to have serious weevil damage every time we have a season of frequent rainfall. The weevil is here to stay. The damage it idoes, as everyone knows, is enor mous, therefore, growers'should con sider weevil control as a part of growing cotton. Those who have ex perienced heavy damage shouldj elth- re consider boll weevil poisoning a regular part of the crop system or lot someone else grow the cotton. There Is no use to raise cotton for weevil food. Growers should go at ■the matter in a business way. Buy only good machines and apply cal cium arsenate absolutely correctly. If business concerns sat back aud waited, until they had Incurred' tre mendous losses before adopting im proved methods,, everyone knows what would happen. Growers should not wait until next season before investigating the matter of a suit-' able machine. It should be done now. Machines should be obtained long before the season opens. When the boll weevil strikes, and prepara tions have not been made, it^is then too late to get ready to poison effec tively. Cotton growers who experi ence heavy damage should, there fore, begin now to make arrange ments for next year’s boll weevil (fight. We will be glad to send anyone detailed Information or help anyone secure machines and proper .poisons. CAN’T HUNT ’POSftlUMfl AND COONS BEFORE {NOVEMBER 16 CRIPPLE CLINIC HELD AT RALEIGH THURSDAY, NOV. 7 EXAMINATION FREE AND TREAT MENT PROVIDED FOR ALL WHO CAN RE HELPED— AT REX HOSPITAL SAIL FOR CENTRAL AMERICA Mrs. Anna iB. Lewis spent Sunday In Raleigh with her daughter, Mrs. iL, G. 'Raney who with her young daughters, Katherine and Francos, sail on Thursday the 7th -for Cen tral America where they will be (Sta tioned with'Mr. Raney for tv/o years. Raleigh, Nov. 6.—Cripples of all ages from infrants in arms to aged adults have been attending the Kl- wanis Orthopaedic Clinic held at Rex Hospital in Raleigh on the first Thursday of each month. Many have been greatly benefited by the treat- jiient received. The next clinic will be held on Thursday, November 7th.' Cripples 'with cubbed feet, bow legs, deformed backs, paralyzed arms and hands, and other disabilities ^ave at tended the clinic and received treat ment. By the application of plaster casts, braces, corrective shoes and other ap pliances, many have had deformltiefi correctetl or greatly diminished while others have been improved through operations. All cripples are examined free ■of charge by iDr. (Hugh Thompson, an orthopaedic specialist, and free treat ment is provided to .all I'ndigent crip ples who can 'be helped. This clinic la sponsored by the Ki- wanls Club of 'Raleigh for the bene fit of the cripples in Chatham, Dur ham, Person, 'Granville, Vance, War ren, FrankHn and Johnston counties. It was organized and is directed by the State Rehabilitation Department, and is endorsed by the State Board of Health. C. M. England,State Game Warde.'n, says yoa ican’t, so yon can’t. The law says you must n’t, so you mustn’t. A bimch of fellows petitioned . the Retard of iCoUnty Commis sioners to mmaorlalize the State ganie siuthoritles with respect to openinji the season! ou ’possums and raccoons a little earlier. The board forwsrtled the re quest that if>''there were an)'- thiug he could do about it— tvouid he please do It. Mr. England repUed that he ^uldn’t do it, beesuse the law 'Was fixed. He seiit a copy of thv law* whtidi says coons and ’possums mustn’t tie gunned or otherwise molested; between the dates of Nov. 16 (riiid Feb. 16. ] 5 !;> ERWIN BRibGE TO BE REPAIRED OR REBUILT ROAD BOARD AND COMHISBION- ERB- DEXXfDE THAT SOME THING MUST IIE DONE IMMEDIATELY "Members of the Harnett County •Road Board ,came be^tore the Board of County Commission’ers again Mon day with the proposition whether to undertake repairing iW badly dan.- aged Erwin bridge aisross the Cape Fear River or take sjLeps.to build a new bridge. Piers of| the old bridge "are reported In bad shape, being se verely cracked in some .places and knocked out of plum'l). One of tbe 'I piers, it la reported,,!is leaning de cidedly and renders the whole struc ture-unsafe. !! LILLINGTON TO GET NEW PASTOR METHODIST GH. C. A. HILLMAN TO TAKE PLACE OP S. T. MOYLE, WHO IS NOW PLACED ON .SUPERAN NUATED LIST ' Appointments of ministers in the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist church were announced last Sunday night over radio and also given to the press Monday morning. In the list of appoint ments, that which is most important to people in Harnett county Is the list of appointments in the Fayette ville district, which follows; Presiding Elder, W. A. Cade. Bladen, L. M. Chaffin; Carthage, J. H. BuSaloe; ^Dunn, C. B. Cul- breth; Elizabeth, C. M. Lance; Er win, J. J. Boone. iPayettevllle; Hay Street, N. H. D. Wilson; Person Street and Cal vary, R. J. Hough; Fayetteville,cir cuit. B. T. Hurley. Glendon, R. P. Taylor; Goldsion, tH. R. Ashmore; Haw River circuit, A. E. Brown; Hemp, iL. A'r:;^'lley; Jonesboro, I. T. Poole: Llllirfgtb^^K C. A. iHlllmaii (supply)*; Mamers, W'AYNB HIGHWAY BOARD * ENDORSES ROAD TO DUNN B. Bell (supply); Newton Grove, .V. F. Starnes; Parktou, J. E. Blalocl{;, Pittshoro, J. A. Dailey; RoseborU'{ C. A. Johnson; Santord, S. A. Cot ton; Siler City, J. W. Bradley; Steel man, C. H. Caviness; St. Pauls, J. B. Thompson. Superannuates; R. B. John, T. H. Sutton, L. H. Joyner, G. T. Adams. S. T. Moyle. ' Rev. C. A. Hillman, who comes to Lillington this week to assume the pastorate of the local Methodist The Wayne County Highway tX>miiti salon sent to the Hnrnett Commissioners Monday a cop)' of a ^resolution rescinding u for mer rc‘A>iuGon endorsing n road from Mt. OUve through Smith t'hapel and Giddensville to Clin ton. The Wayne board endorses a road from Dunn through K^ount Oiivc, Newton Grove throng or near Dmmmondsville to Pink Hill, utilizing if possible portion of Qoldsboro-Broadhurst Bridge- Pink Hill road. They aim endorse a State road from Kenly through Pre-' mout to ‘FannvUle. The Harnett board also en- ,(Iorsed the road from Dunn. COMMISSIONER TO TOUR STATE FOR PURE SEED RED GROSS ROLL CALL OPENS NEXT MONDAY, NOV. tl HARNETT COUNTY CHAPTER TO PUT ON CAMPAIGN FOR RE NEWALS AND NEW MEM BERS THIS YEAR OATS, RYE AND BARLEY TO BE DISCUSSED WITH BUSINESS MEN AND FARMERS AT MEETINGS church and of Pleasant Plains and P.(rker's Grove, is a graduate of the ministerial school at Duke Universi ty. Last year he (fllled the pastorate at Bristol, Va.-Tenn., and was very successful in his work. He with Mrs. Hillman and their one child; will move into the Methodist par sonage here this week. that the Erwin bridge is unsafe for modern heavy traffic;! and Superin tendent Ballard of tlie county road forces has posted notices at eac'h end! of the bridge notifying traffic that tbe bridge may be used only at the! risk of any who cross'it. This Is, of ‘ course, not aatisfactory, and the tear . Is that some time the structure may!j„ preaching next,Sim- give way and cause serious oss h Pleasant Plains and ■damage to persons crossing (t. j 'fternoon at 3 o’clock at Par- Acting Chairman' Pope of the M'.*.,\ Hillman will begin his work ■Board of Commlssiunerg called at-’ ' '' ientioQ Monday to \tb.e fact that at ker’s Grove. The same appoint ments for preaching services as have , , ^ , been in vogue heretofore will be tbe last meeting |f the board an|^„tj„ued. The first and third Sun- order was passed giving Superlnten-,' dent Ballard authority .to repair the I bridge even ill he found It necessary j to call on the State Highway forces! for help. Superintenident 'Ballard pointed out that he had', gone into tbe matter very thoroug'lily and had found that the bridge is in really worse shape than at first suspected'. He had had' bridge engineers to look at It and two or three of them were present at tbe meeting of tlie road board Monday. Estimates |of these engi neers for repairing 'iihe old bridge ran all the 'way from |6,000 to $20,- 000. A coffer dam,:must first be built to determine the amount of work nece&mry on the bottoms of the piers. A new concrete bridge, which may have to !be built eome time soon, ■drould cost'aboYt $75,000. Acting Ghairman .Pope appointed Gom’missloners Morgan and Turling ton a committee to confer with the road board' and detei;mln4 the best policy to pursue. |j The Erwin bridge is the only one across the Cape Pearj|RlTer between Lillington .and Fayejjteville. It is absolutely' necessary to keep It in passable shape. W. A. Graham, Commissioner of Agriculture, announces in the cur rent issue of the Agriculture Review that be will soon' make a tour of the ■Btate in the interest of pure seed. The announcement reads: “There are, in particular, three kinds of cereal seeds that are in great demand among the farmers of North Carolina, These are Fulghum oats, Abruzzi rye, a'ud beardless bar ley. (Seed' dealers have experienced considerable difficult in securing pure seeds of these varieties, and on .this account many complaints, alleg ing the loss of crops, have come to the department as a result of the Vot true to name. In many, cases, information has come to the depart ment that the North Carolina state seed tag has been used, in a fraudu lent-way, by shippers outside the. state, vand bags of rye seed said to be 'Abruzzi rye. on bags of oats said to be Fulghum- oats, and on bags of barley said to be beardless barley, but which turned out to. be some thing else.The Commissioner has found it rather difficult to handle these interstate shipments,, partly on account of the difficulty, of ascertain ing the true variety of these seed un til ,the following year when the crop has matured. “The Commissioner, has, there fore, hit upon the plan of touring the state. In company with representa tives of the Federal Department of ■Agriculture, who have made a study of this problem, with a view of ac quainting our farmers and seed deal ers not only with the appearance and ' Identities of these particular seeds, HERE M 0 N D A Y! I of dealers outside of the state who have appeared to be unscrupulos In their -dealings with' North Carolina firms and farmers. “At certain points of the state, to be announced later, the Commission er will ask the seed dealers to meet' him and certain of the leading farm ers at those points for a, frank dis cussion of the problems involved. Tble Commissioner is planning to give day' morning and evening services' are the schedule in Lillington. (Rev. and Mrs. ^S. T. Moyle are ararnging to move the latter part of this week to their new home in Nashville, N. c; JUDGE BARNHILL TO OPEN COURT TWO WEEKS TERM FOR TRIAL OF CIVIL CASES—CALENDAR SHOWS ATTORNEYS ON EACH SIDE Judge M. V. Barnhill of Rocky Mount will come hero next Monday to hold tbe November term of Har- out samples of pure seed In order nett civil court which will continue that both the dealers and the farm- OTHEB ACCOUNTANTS WANT TO AUDIT COUNTY’S BOOKS COTTON GINNED According to the report of C. L. Wilson Jr., special agent, there were 17,106 bales of cotton. ginned in iHarnett county from the crop of 1929 prior to -October 18, 1929, at compared with 18,341 bales ginned to October 18, 1988. If and when thc Board; of ^ County CPramisaionem 'want to- have the county’s IsMka audited thoy can get auditors. That much is certain hy 'repeated re quests oi; certified' public ■ ac- conntantfi who continue to (seek the Job. ' Monila;r, there vias another firm represented ! before the board, this time from Charlotte. A firm h(Sving offices in a num ber of thi> principal.big cities of the couwtry want the Job, and guarantee that it uW not cost over ffift,C)00. | The CoBunimloiiera have had aggravatiag experience in this line and I don’t hesitate to say so. .The;r have not ‘ reoetvedi re port of the last alyutor they employed!. They talk like th^ have glv4» np Iwqieior getting It althonf^" the expedditnre wns heavy. MOVE TO BAUENGH Hr. and Mrs. Bill iNormaa have moved to Raleigh vrltie^e they are Uving in the (Bailey {apartment for the winter months. for two weeks and will be for the hearing of civil cases exclusively. The court calendar as prepared by Clerk Chaffin and mailed to lawyers and litigants ■contains a new feature. Attorneys on both sides of the cases scheduled for hearing are listed in' the calendar by initials. This will enable the court And all parties In terested to learn at a glance -who is to represent the litigants when cases are called for hearing. The calendar Is chock full of cases and of course not all of tbenn can be reached at this term: Names of Jurors to serve during the Novem'ber term have been pub- lisbed in The News. Judge Barnhill was scheduled to preside over all ot the fall terms of Harnett Superior Court -this year, but the Governor transferred him to Gaston, and Mecklenburg counties to hear the ntrlfcer trials, which were concluded a week or so ago. Judge ■Barnhill was here five years ago. ers may have au opportunity of com paring the genuine varieties ot these crops with the common stuff that is being palmed off on them, as we un- deiistand it, by out-of-the-state deal ers who are 'said to be unscrupulous enough to put even the authority of the state behind, their nefarious mer chandising schemes.” / PROPERTY VALUATION IN NORTH CAROIANA IHarnett County Chapter of the American Red Cross will inaugurate a vigorous campaign this year for renewal memberships and the en listment of as many new members as can be induced to Join during the period between Nov. 11. Armistice Day, and Nov. 28, Thankiviving. For the past oouple of years the chapter has seen fit to withhold Its annual campaign for renewals and new mombers. This decision has bben prompted by conditions -wrlch have been under the common obser vation ot all the people—urgent de mands for other purposes, uuusnal stress in business circles, distraction of the public mind from many causes and In general the desire of the offi cers of the chapter not to ask aid ot the people until the need becomes urgent. That there is urgent need tor ro- ue'wing the Red Cross fund in Har nett county is well known to those who keep in close touch -with the immense amount ot good' work done under the auspices and with the aid of the chapter and Its funds. Dur ing the past two years, when there has been no renewing of the fund, the demands have been as strong as ever, with the result that the treas ury is almost empty. It becomes necessary, therefore, in order to con tinue tbe good work, to replenish the fund. Thl% is done by calling on all good people t^ renew their membership and to ask that all who have not heretofore Identified them selves with the Red Cross to do so now. Moneys in the Harnett chapter of the Red Cross are expended under supervision ot the officials. Mostly the money goes Into the welfare u’ork being done by Mrs.. Anna B. Lewis. When she finds a case of distress which cannot be relieved through othor channels and which calls for extraordinary and immedi ate relief, she calls upon the Harnett County Chapter ot the "Rad Cross lor funds. The many' good uses to which she has put the money en trusted to her makes the heart ot every good person glad. This plain announcement ot the chapter’s intention to inaugurate the campaign for renewals and new members will, it Is believed, make its own appeal to all good people. lAeretofore the response to these roll calls has been so prompt and encouraging that it is felt no strenu ous effort need be- made in order to roll up a large 1929 membership. The chapter will, however, be vig orous in its efforts to give everyone an opportunity to enroll. Those who find It convenient to do so may give or send to Mrs. Lewis the membership fee, one dol lar. Officials of 'the chapter will be called to ot^et some time this week and form plans for soliciting mem berships In the varlo'as communities of the county. Leaders in the oom- munlties will be asked to assume re sponsibility for accepting local wn- tribttttons. TO REQUEST AUDIT REPORT DR. J. 1*. MONROE OON- TINURB TO IMPROVE His friends throughout the state win be pleased to learn that Dr,; J. P. Monroe, who is in the Central Carolina Hospital suffering with wounds received at the hands of 'W. A. Maness, continues to improve,' and the physicians and nurses seem more hopeful of his pntimate recovery than when the crime was first com mitted.—^The Sanford BxpresA •North Carolina has a total valua- tlqn of personal property of $690,- 085,397, an average of $5,900,854 to the county. •North Carolina has a total valua tion of real and personal property of $8,637,659,074. an average of $86,376,691 to the county. (North Carolina has 29,045,848 acres of land, average of 290,458 to the county, valued at $945,025,294, or, $32.84 an acre. North Carolina has 443,354 acres of mineral, timber and water power properties, valued at $20,877,275. average of $47 an acre. ■North Carolina has 606,820 toVn lots, about 5,068 to the county, val ued at $9.71,228,983, an average val ue per lot o2$l,916.23. 'North Carolina has a total valua tion of real estate ot $2,045,673,677, an avorage ot,$20,475,737 to the county. ' The Board of County Commlwton- ers in executive session Monday au thorized County Attorney J. O. West to make demand upon R. L. Steele A Co., certified public accountants ot Raleigh, who were engaged to make audit ot the county’s financial at- tsirs for tbe five months from July I, 1928, to December 1, 1928, to file report. It is stated that the Board has already paid for the r^rt but has so far has been unable to obtain It. It is further stated that the Board intends to make some disposition ot this matter before the Deecmber meeting in order that contract may be let for making audit ot the books up to the end of the fiecal year end ing June 30, 1929. , VISITORS VROM WASHINGTtDr Mrs Ella Atkins had as her guests It St week Mrs. (Hettle Bethea, Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle C. Secrest and young daughter of Washington City, who were enroute to 'Florida where Mrs. Bethea will spend the winter. . (Mr. Grundy says the voters^ vin dicated him.even before he was In vestigated. VIMT IN.FAYETTEmUB Rev. and Hrk 8. T. Moyle spent the week-ei^ In •Fayetteville with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Boldwing. Hiss Monte Moyle waa also a guest in the Boldwing home. 'i| - -''(■'Si; -it;.'