North Carolina Newspapers

ALL THE NEWS | J-.W-, -,l> ~M«J - WHILE IT IS NEWS. | ** - tMPfE aTY 10 CHtCASO r • '•' A Low Grade Double Track Road will be Built by Foreign Bank ers Associated with Joseph Ram say Between those Two Cities to Cost $150,000,000. # ___ Will Use Electricity as Motive Power from the Beginning Work of Construction. Will Be gin next Spring. Will Consider ably Shorten Distance. Pittsburg, Aug 14. —Papers of con solidation of three railroads in differ ent parts of Pennsylvania will be filed at Harrisburg this week, which will constitute the formal announcement of the ijroject of prominent .foreign bank ers, associated with Joseph, Ramsey, Jr., former president of the Wabash Railroad, to build a low grade; double track railroad from New York to Chic ago byway of Pittsburg, which will cost about (150,000,000. Surveys have already been made and' it' IB expected that it Will require three years to construct the road. It is contemplated to opperate it from the beginning with electric loco motives. It will be known as New York, Pitts burg, and Chicago Line, and will be sixty-five miles shorter to New York than the Pennsylvania and 108 miles shorter than the shortest line between New York and Chicago. MR. BRYAN'S PLANS. Expects to Visit Australia Immediate ly After November Elections. Paris, Aug. 14. —Mr. Bryan con firms the statement from Mel bourn that he intends to vl3it Australia. He says he will start immediately af ter the November election, sailing from San Francisco and making the tour of-New-Beaiand' as welfUS "Aus tralia. He will be gone ten weeks and travel alone. His itlnery is not yet definitely decided upon. Regrets Expressed. It was expected that Mr. Bryan would see President Fallieres today, but the foreign office sent -him a most courteous tiote saying the President deeply regretted the fact that Mr. Bryan's stay in Paris was so short it did not permit time for President Fal lieres to return from order tA receive such a distinguished citizen. BARN BURNED. Loss About S4OO, with SIOO Insur ance. Wadesboro, Aug. 14.—Mr. B. A. Horae, the popular sheriff of Union county arrived here last evening about 6:30 o'clock, from. Chesterfield where he arrested Tom Curtis, who is wanted in Union for larceny. Last night about 8:30 o'clock a big fire was seen in the direction of Liles ville, but the correspondent was unable to find out whether it was a house or an old field burning. But this morn ing he phoned to Lilesville. and found that it was the barn of Mr. E. P. Liles. At the time no one was at home,. Mr. Liles.being at his store. He could not get there in time to save anything except his stock. A large quantity of fodder and pea vines were burned and it is thought that the total loss amounts to about S4OO with SIOO In surance on stock and building. SPRECKLES TO REBUILD HOME New York Architects to Put up New San Francisco Residence for $300,000 San Francisco, Aug. 14. —Last week New York papers announced that Claus Spreckles had purchased a res idence In Fifth Avenue and would make New York his home. The Spreckles tnansion, at Van Ness Avenue and Ciay Street, here, was the costliest in the city, the interior finish representing more than $500,000 and pictures and ot)ier works an equal sum. Fire destroyed all this in an hour. Just afted the fire it was reported that Mr. Spreckles had leased his ruined home to a dry goods firm, but now it is announced that the home will be restored by Reid Bros., New York architects, at a cost of SBOO,OOO. Mrs. Spreckles this week visited the ruined home and decided to have it restored. Injured in Collision. -Sebalia, Missouri, Aug. 14. —Seven occupants of a chair car on the Miss ouri, Kansas and Texas train were injured by a switch engine of the 'Frisco road crashing into it, while the train stopped at Fort Scott Junction, none fatally. A BIG ROBBERY. Jewelry Valued at $35,000 Stolen From Case. • , London, Aug. 14. —Jewelry valued at stolen from the case belong ing to Viennes merchants at the Earls court exhibitions The robbery was com mitted in> flay-light; ■* W ' " ■ |JR P* JB n I ■ j I JH A Ht w 1 B} BU :-; «*t ••• ■'• ■ . .'js-s* .» - TV.' t «»-r» -».-•* ,>» FRIENDS MEETING CLOBES. The Last of the Sessions Were Held Yesterday. —Some Personal Notes. Guilford College, Aug. 14. The great North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends for 1906 has become a part of history. ( Those people who were favored to be present at this great gathering will never forget the great spiritual benefit they have received as well as great encouragement from tip splendid reports submitted by every department. The business was all finished yester day morning, including a splendid paper on .the development of Spiritual Gifts, which was read by Mrs. Mary M. Hobbs. The meeting expressed its approval dt the paper and ordered that it be incorporated in the minutes and also that a number sf reprints be struck off and bound separately and also that it be published in the American Friend and the Friends' Message. The following is the final minute of the Yearly Meeting: "Having been favored to transact the business claiming our attention in great harmony and love with Thanks giving to our Heavenly Father for- ft is continued care and guidance the meet-i ing concluded to meet at Guilford Col-' lege next year if the Lord permit." Dr. Geo. A Barton's labors have been very acceptable. He came to North Carolina with a splendid min ute from New England Yearly Meeting and his words and works have fully justified every word of the minute. Wherever Dr. Barton may go among Friends in our state he will be receiv ed with opjn arms and u "God bless thee." Rev. Allen Jay and his wife Naomi Jay, an elder needed no introduction to Friends. Although they have come from Indiana at this time, they have spent several- years at different times in North Carolina and many people be sides Friends have learned .to love them. To Allen Jay is due the credit of having freed Guilford College from tha great debt which hung over it so for\so many years. KING EDWARD DEPARTS. 7 Leaves London for the Continent To Meet Emperor William. London, Aug. 14. — King Edward left London for the continent. The greatest interest is manifested in the meeting between King Edward and Emperor William, at Friedrischot August 15. City Suburb in Flames. Nishni Novgorod, Aug 14. —A suburb of Gordlevka is in flames and the fire is spreading. Ris thought that a num ber of lives are lost. One body has already been found. Largest Political Convention aver Assembled in State of Texas Gathered in Convention. Great Enthusiasm Over Nomination of Governors Dallas. Tex., Aug. 14. —One of the largest political gatherings ever as sembled in Texas was called ts order when the Democratic State Conven tion met. Interest in the nomination for Gov nor is intense. T. M. Campbell, who received the largest vote in the recent primaries, will go into the convention with a strong following, but the friends of O. B. Colcott claim he will lead on the second ballot. The nomination for Governor will not take place before tomorrow. Nominees for other State offices, selected in primaries will be ratified by the convention. GAVE LIFE TO SAVE GIRL. i y t . , Undertow at .Newburypoft Beach ' Causes Both to Drown. Newbej-ryport, Mass., Aug. 14. —In an attempt to save a 14-year-old girl, Mary Hlckey, from drowning, at Sal isbury Beach Saturday, Joseph Shaw, of Fitchburg, lost his own life, the girl was drowned, and Deniel Peeley, who swam 6ut to the rescue, was saved 6aly by the prompt work of the life guards. Miss Hickey was bathing a few yards ftom shore, when she was swept off her feet by the undertow, and carried rapidly out to sea. Shaw a good swimmer; reached her side; but when he tried to swim 6ack he found the current setting stronger against him, and the undertow swept him gradually out into deeper water; Feeley* who was bathing near-by, swajn out to assist the girl and- man, but they disappeared before he could reach them. Feeley himself became exhausted, and shouted for help. The crew of the United States life-saving station, whi6h had been notified, made a record launch of their surfboat, and succeeded in reaching Feeley. Miss Mickey's body was recovered. ANOTHER CHARLOTTE FIRM Charter Granted the Bottlers Reshap ing Machine Company of this City. Raleigh, Aug. 14.—A charter was Is sued for the Bottlers Reshaping Ma chine Company of Charlotte at a capi tal authorized of $50,000, the incorpo rators being George S. Glenn, J. A. Glenn, of Gastonia, Chas. M. Glenn of Charlotte. Another charter Is to the Beasley-Alston Drug Company of Lon ,isburg at a capital of *3,000 by A. Wr Alston, W. F. Beasley and others. «■ " ■ ■— : : —r— : ' " ' ' 11 » 1 ■ J i.*v 1 ..-j * i .■ j"vjr %* l " GF.EATE.E, CHAPLOTTE. I : »V| ■'.l , I i> l" 11,I 1 , .t. l ■■ ' »' ' ' " / - \ - __ ? / 660-0 \ _ —. f ' I Reu: >Sa/m. P Jones fjf i'C- lANS f,Dr. H. W. 6«xixi r o| cu.ci(jo fo&ifUu Q.u&rT*Tt>. Hon. John' Tc.mpJ G-tbvzs | J) .Rj cK &rd sons Qrcta>lJr& J Senator AG-ov. l\\\ , 1,/ I/ | ftw G-co. ft. \l J|]/ /j J/ \ a, ?** »■ V\ ' 5s Pnnrtoov Thn Vonrc ?* I I STATE NEWS. Dr. Lewis issues Special Bulletin—Dr. Butler Away. t Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 14. —Commis- sioner of Agriculture S. L. Paterson announced today the appointment of Mr. D. G. Conn of this city as bulletin clerk in the department, a position made vacant by the death of T. H. Cherry, of Edegcomb county about a month ago. Mr..Conn will take up the duties of the office August 18. Mr. John C. Nail, formerly an assis tant In the botonical laboratory at Harvard University, has arrived here to accept a position as assistant in the department of plant diseases in the experiment station here in connection with the A. & M. College. Dr. R. H. Lewis, as secretary of the North Carolina State Board of Health issues a special bulletin on the cause and prevention of consumption, which the board has prepared for general dis tribution. Tlie\bulletin gives the re sult of scientific and medical discov eries as to the cause and prevention of the disease. Along with the bulle tin are sent leaflets treating the pre vention of typhoid and malarial le ver.' The three WITI be sent Tr» J to any citizen of the state on application to Dr. Lew^s. Dr. Tate Butler, state veterinarian, left this afternoon for Illinois and Connecticut. While away he will at tend the session of the American Vet erinary Association at New Haven, Conn. Judge Purnell of the federal court has set Saturday August IS as the date for hearing counsel on a motion for the immediate sale of the Cape Fear Pow er Co'a. plant for generating electricity' for Fayetteville" manufactories. Coun sel for the company want receiver's* certificates issued for the completion of the plant in order that It can be sold for a better price. The Tabernacle Baptist Sunday school announce their annual excur sion this year to go over the Raleigh A- South port and the Atlantic Coast Line via Fayetteville to Wilmington and Wrightville Beach. This will be the first excursion to be run over this new roftd to Fayetteville and through to Wilmington. Court Librarian and Mar shal R. H. Bradley who underwent a second serious operation a few days ago is reported to getting along as well as could be expected. -He Is grand tiler of the North Carolina Gfand Lodse o? Masons. SAVES PRESIDENT'S COUSIN. Mad* Dog Killed While Attacking W. Emlen Roosevelt. Oyster Bay, N. Y.. Aug. 14. W. Emlen Roosevelt, the President's cousin, was saved from a mad dog by the cool nerve and straight shooting of a Secret Service - agent, James Sloane. Mr. Roosevelt was walking along th? edge of a pond on his property near Sagamore Hill when attacked. He had with him a pet dog, which at first attacked the rabid animal, but soon turned tail and fled. Mr. Roosevelt ran out into the road and was trying to beat off the beast when Sloane drove up on his way to duty at Sagamore Hill. Just as SlOane came in sight, the mad dog made a vicious lunge for Mr. Roose velt's throat, but fell short. The dog made a second leap and burled his' teeth in Mr. Roosevelt's coat. Sloane jumped from the carriage and opened fire with an automatic pistol. At the first shot tho dog tuined on the Secret Service man. Its took two more shots to stop th§ beast, and then Sloane fired two more shots to make sure the bullets took effect. The dog was a large mongrel. He had been seen about the Village for several days acting strangely and snapping at other dogs. Yesterday he followed a' carriage to v the President's | house, but wis driven away by the men on guard. ~ Old Gqther. Minneapolis, Aug. 14.' —It is estimat ed -wat 125.000 have arrived for the Grand Army encaihpment; Tonight & public edihp fiire Will be held at which Governor Johnson, Qpmmander Tanner and A>"ch-bishOp Iceland are Fifteen thousand old soldiers will be In lliie In tomorrow's parade. HICKORY, N. 0.. THURSDAY AUG.UST 16.1906. jmFffig ■ ■/■ i.. i ■ JUP Agent has Arrived in San Fran cisco in the Interests of Cotton Merchants. Predicts . Great Increase in the Use ot Ameri can Cotton. San Francisco, Aug. 14.—Yosbuchi N Sakuri has arrived from Japan in the interest of cotton merchants. ' Speaking Of the' trade of the United States with Japan, he says that in the next ten years Japan will get over three-fourths of her cotton from the United States. I "Last year," he said "Japan used I over a million- bales of cotton, and only one-fourth was from the United States. The resfc*a»je from thecofeon Herds of India and Asia. This cotlonis veryy inferior to that which comes to Japan from the Southern States, and all fine work is made with cotton from the United States. The other is found to be much coarser, and rots easier. Japanese realizes the superior-' ity of the American article, and ail first class cotton weavers are coming to use it. The export of cotton from the United States to Japan is bound to increase enormously in the next few years." / NEGRO RIOTERS CAPTURED. Mob of Tunnel Employes Gave Otls ville, N. Y., an Exciting Night. Middletown,. N. Y., Aug. 14. —After an exciting night, the mob of negro tunnel employes who had taken pos session of the village of Otisville, eight miles from here, were rounded up at their camp near the village by v. posse of twenty-five deputy sher iffs-, sworn in for the occasion. Five negroes had been shot, one seriously. No whites were injujred. Physicians were summoned from this city to care tor the injured. The ringleader in the riots night was Daniel Templeton, who, with a repeating rifle and revolvers, held 100 /negroes and officers at bay and then fled to the new Erie tunnel. An officer went intp the tunnel and cornered the negro, but was held off with a shotgun. He finally surrender ed and was landed in jail. The oth ers "implicated in the riot have not been captured. FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE. Since' Publication of Decree 220,000 ° Persons Have Embraced Catholic ism. Mohilev, Aug. 14. —Since the pub licatibn of the decree granting the freedom of conscience almost 220,-* 1 000 members of the orthodox church, the majority of whom are peasants, have embraced the Catholic religion in this bishopric. MAH FB® Fi mmw lames Piere, an Englishman was I Fined by s2s s2s far Hiss in? when the Stars and Stripes were Watwd. Riot in Audi «* i ence. f Bayonee, N. J., Aug. 14.—James Piere, au Englishman, was fined $25 for hissing atr the American flag dur ing a performance at the theatre last night. ! The judge who imposed the fine was J a member of the audience, t "Piere's action in hissing at the Stars ' and Stripes as they % were waved t>y a performer at .the conclusion of a ! song, almost caused a riot in the au dience. . H I *■-» it- * WILMINGTON NeWS- Politics the Chief Topic of the Day— i Other News. Wilmington, Aug. 14. —Mr. Chas. Dushan, general secretary of the local Y. M. C. A. left Saturday to spend ten days with the First Regiment of /the N. C. N. G. as the guest of the State Secretary, who will have charge of the Y. M. C. A. tent at Morehead dur ing the encampment. J Mr. E. P. Jackson has been appointed a traveling auditor of the A. C. L. .p. R. to succeed Mr. O. T. Ewards, who resigned to accept a position as accountant in the freight agency at Jacksonville, Fla. The Standard Oil Co's. tug "Astral" was .In port. Saturday with one of the company's oil barges in tow. * The barge has a cargo of oil for the S. O. Co's plant in this city. biases Charlotte Fleet and Besise Williams have gone to Wadesboro to spend soms time visiting friends. Excursions to this city' have been scarfce lately due no doubt to the rainy weather which has prevailed through out this section dusto# the past month. The heafTTas been v&y excessive *n this city for a week or so and even on Wrightsville Beach one Or two days last week it was as warm as in the city. Yesterday every car to the beach and the boats to Carolina Beach were crowded with persons looking for cobl breeze. Politics, although not the chief topic o fthe day is occupying the time and atttention of a few of the interested aid in some places the merits of the 1 different candidates for office are elab orated to a high degree. Justice J. J. Furlong who was running for sheriff and had a god chance for Winning, has withdrawn from the race and' Col. T. C. James and Messrs. S. P. Cowan and W. H. Biddle aire now the only contes tants. It is also rumored that Col. Geo. Li. Morton may also have an op ponent in his run for the legislature although it is not known at this time, who It will be. CABINET OFFICERS ALL AWAY. Government Officials Scattered From Canada to Uruguay. Washington, Aug. 14. —For the first time this summer, every member of the president's cabinet was absent from Washington yesterday."They are scattered all the way from Canada to Uruguay, and the administration of governmental affairs was In the hands of assistants. Affairs ihoved as smooth ly as as if cabinet office* had been at his desk. Secretary Root lis making his South American trip! Secretary Shaw of the treasury was being shown in Missouri. Secretary Taft is at Murray Bay, Can ada, trying to reduce his weight and] enjoying the pleasant things which are being said>about Ms presidential bopm. Attorney-General Moody is not in Washington, \and Assistant Mtorney | General Hoyt is in charge. Secretary i Bonaparte, who has heen in Wash; 1 ington since the first of tJie present month, did not come over to the capi tol .-from his home near Baltimore, and, as Assistant Secretary Newberry is on his vacation, Rear-Admiral Converse, the chief of the bureau of navigation, had charge of the tfavy Department. Postmaster-General Cortelyou is in New York for a few vdays, It Is said on political business in cQnnection with his duties as chairman of the Re publican toat|onal cojninittee. Secre tary Wilson is in Chicago, working in connection with the meat inspection matter, and Assistant secretary Hayes is acting." Secretary Metcalf of the.pe : partment of Commerce and Labor is at his home in Oakland, Cal. JjILTED WONIXN TRIES SUICIDE. ' ..* t Admits Sh« and .She Charged With fiTfgamy Are Not Married. Aaittaore, sd„ Aug. 14.—Mias Liz zie' E. Powell, the young,woman who swore out a Warrant tor CMrles E. Heath, charging' him with marrying Miss Alberta Eckenrode last Wed nesday when he was already car ried to her, was pioked up Saturday night on the street iri a semi-coneci oufl condition. aflmjtted h&vlrig t,vken bichloride of mercury and cried lor "Charley." The married qian who repents at . leisure is lucky to have the leisure. I AN OLD MAN LOST Mr, Paul Loses His Way aiflH Drenched by Rain —Mr. Speak. , fIS Concord, Aug. 14!— Attorney Hartsell bas received a letter Hon. R. N. Hackfctt saying he woul(* in this city on the eighth of SeptenjHj and address the Democratic on that day; Mr. Hackett is the cratic nominee for Congress and Hj at that time meet the Democrats gfl ered in convention of the eighth. BB coming will be' much appreciatedH[ his friends in Cabarrus. « v / L Mr. Paul Furr, of number Six toH ship, an aged ex-Confederate sol(S started from his home Sunday afH noon about one-thirty o'clock to vl a neighbor, Mr. Henry Safrits. mt Furr did not return and his came alarmed. He was searched and not until nine-thirty o'clock lie found, in a pine field where he been lost and drenched by the r;H it is thought that Mr. Furr sat doV to rest and went to sleep, and upil awakening""~became bewildered ail then was lost. He is very old and hi sight is very bad which made it pel sible for him to get lost. fl : A number of citizens of Concord H ing on V. Uniofi street have been svS moned to appear before the grand in the matter of a complaint agai^B She city of Concord. The complaHj s over the sewer along that strfl and near the homes of those who haH been summoned to go before the jurj.lt has been generally that this complaint was on the sewer. The grand jury of the nst term of court will matter. On Wednesday, August the children and grand Mr. Mose Linker, of number township, will gather at his home a birthday dinner. Mr. Linker is sixH two years of age and has twelve livifl Children and a number of grand chfl dren, all of whom are expected wjfl him on that day. IB KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELFB -—— ij Texas Farmer in .the Presence of Hiß I * " Children Commits Crime. Sherman, Texas, Aug. 14. —J. W. C. Wilder, a farmer, residing half a mile f\om Tom Bean, a small town, six n;iles from Sherman, beat his wife's brains out with a flat iron, yesterday afternoon, and shot himself with a yiotgfun. The charge Entered the left side, disembowling Wilder. He will die. Three small children witnessed the crime of, their father. One boy, 1 years old, and, a smaller brother, walked to Tom Bean and told the story to a married sister. No motive lor the crime is as signed. IMS DELEGATES ■ 1 ATTEMCE At Opening of Eighth Annual Con vention at Giand Aerie Frater nal .Order of Eagles About 1500 Delegates were Present. Con test for Next Meeting Place. Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 14.—The eighth annual convention of the Grand Aerie Fraternal Order of fcagles opened with 1,500 delegates. t ' The opening session is the only one during the. week to which the public will be invited, the remaining sessions being' of an executive car acflei. There promises to be in exciting cjontest throughout the week for the various offices. ' The contest for the next place of meeting seems to lie between Nor folk and Omaha. CLAYED HEARTS FOR DOLLARS. Several More Men Alleged to Have )3een Victims of "Mrs. Hamilton." New York, Aug. ""14. — More light was thrown today upon the life and fhievements of "Mrs. Hamilton," e' rich and fascinating • widow of 2 West Eighty-second street. Tfce lfetest information about the woman dfow known to be Mrs. Verrault tends to show that a small Cassie Chad wick syndicate engaged in the busi ness of pulling well-to-do men'slegs has been operating here. r It became known today that two more men had commuificated to as sistant United States district attor ney, in charge of the case against .Mrs. Hamilton," the information that they had given up several thousand dollar#' each in playing hearts for qoliars. It also appears that two debtees in different parts of New York used by "Mrs. Hamilton" and other men and women in their opera tions. " STENLAND'S LOOTING. Chicago, Aug. 14. —The belief that large amounts of the collateral given as security for notes in the Milwaukee ' State Bank has been stolen practically became a certainty last qight when a note .for $9,000 known to be genuine was found in Presi dent Steniand's house. A search was made for the collat eral security but it could not be fpund. the discovery opened up a l * field for almost unlimited speculation as to how far the looting proceeded be fore Stensland disappeared, t It the real estate and other securi ties in the bank has been stolen or ?Ve found to be worthless the amount off money left to pay the depositors tfill probably be reduced to as IQW as 25 i|>er : Salisbury, Aug. was made yesterday of the of Miss Carrie May Roseman, ter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus P. Roseman, of -'Salisbury, to Mr. Luther M. Helms, of this city. The ceremony took place August Bth, at the residence of Rev., Dr. .George H. Cox, at Granite Quarry. Prof. George H. Crowell, superinten dent of the High Point Public schools, will deliver an address before the Sal isbury township Sunday school con vention at Spencer tomorrow night. The occasion will take place in the. Baptist church, and on Thursday night Professor. Crowell will deliver an ad dress in the Methodist church at Spen cer. Whitehead Klutz, Esq., who, er with Rev. W. A. Lambeth, the bril liant young pastor of Holmes' Memo rial Methodist church in East Sfilis bury, has been touring European coun tries, sailed from Naples yesterday for New York. They will arrive home 1 about September Ist and Mr. Klutz, who is the Democratic nominee for State senator from Rowan and one of the most agressive young campaign or ators in the State, will at once enter vigorously into the "campaign. Civil Engineer of Washing ton, is in the city engaged in survey ing a route to the National cemetery for a roadway which is to be built by the Federal government and for which $15,000 was appropriated by the last Congress. 'Prof. W. R. Conners, a member of the faculty of Livingstone college, the colored institution of learning this city, has been elected to the faculty of the colored public schools of Win chester, Pa., and will leave in a few days to take up his new duties. , - The death of Capt. Egbert B. C. Hambley at his home in this city yes terday morning has cast a gloom over the community. He was Salisbury's foremost citizen, wos one of the State's greatest industrial men and it is said has induced and attracted . more capital into North Carolina since his residence here than any oth er one man in the State. It was through his keen oversight and the confidence which moneyed men had in his judgement and business ability that the great Whitney works at the narrows of the Yadkin river were un-- dertaken, and this gigantic piece of en terprise has been unfler his personal management. His in this city is said to be the finest private resi dence in the state with the exception of the Vanderbilt mansion. The funer al takes place tomorrow afternoon and the interment will be made in Chestnut Hill cemetery. Since the an nouncement of his death a constant stream of sorrowing friends have call ed at the Hambley house to pay their respects and scores of messages of condolence have been received. It was Capt. Hambley's ambition to see the completion of the great power plant at Whitney and to witness the revolutionizing of the manufacturing industries of Piedmont North Carolina. Wise is the mfflan who thinks of taking unto himself a wife and then doesn't allow himself to get beyond the thinking stage.