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r 0000 DOOOOOOCCKiOOOOOOg # QjaLty Job Pr n ng § v g at Feasoiafc'e ir .es X f OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOO 3 Established 1899 SUBMARINE SUNK IWOIIOBE YdSSELS Tokomaru and Icaria Both Tor pedoed by Under-Wa tcr-Emden." Paris, Jan. 31.— Twd British vessels were torpedoed by a Ger man submarine in addition to the Ben Cruachen and the Lina Blanche, whose sinking was re ported last night. This was made known in the following of ficial statement given out here today by the ministry of marine: "The British steamer Tokoms ru hi been sunk by a torpedo from a German submarine. The English vessel learia also was torps loed in the same locality. In t'.e luh sea ti.e English stean 'is Linda Blanche and Ben Cru chen were torpedoed. 'Hitherto the Germans, before attacking a merchant vessel, al ways allowed the crews sufficient time to embark in the t hip's boats. That custom has now been abandoned, as is shown by the bombardment of the Admiral Gantheume, which was fi'led with Belgium women and child ren refugees. The German ma rine has decided to violate sys tematically international Uw." The crew of the Tokomaru was rescued by the trawler Semper. No details are available concern ing the Icaria. The Tokomaru was a vessel of G. 912 tons. She sailed fr m New castle. New South Wales, on Oct ober 29. Shippinar recorJs make no mention of the Icaria. The French steamer Admiral Ganteaume wafi sunk October 26 while on her way from G »la s to Havre with Belgian refug ej, of whom fortv lost their liv.js. Ministers Wage War on Pool Room?. Newton, Jafi. 28. —The minis ters of Newton are waging a WBr on the pool-room. A petition was circulated ye3terday asking the the mayor and board of alderman of the town of Newton to have v*he pajnted-windows removed Irom thfe rool room and to require all pool room 3 operating in N iw ton to have windows iu said pool rooms of plain glass and to use no screens or any other device of any kind whatsoever that will in any way obscure the view of the public. The above was passed at the regular meeting of the Mm isteriil association of Newton held yesterday. Reuben Fry, under sentence of the Catawba county court to six months'on the roads for Aelling l quor, and the voung man Reese, under sentence of six months, broke jail last night. Dr. Bessie Puette, of Dallas, was here Tuesday between trains en route to Morgantcn with an tfflicted young woman who was to be placed in the hospital there. Dr. Pueite graduated with hon ors in the science of medicine and durine: the year or more which she has been practicing at Dalla?, has met with much suc cess. Sne is a daughter of John Puette, who i 3 one of Gaston's representatives this year in the general assembly. DOUBLY PROVEN Hickory Readers Can No Longer Doubt the Evidence. This Hickory citizen testified long ago. Told of quick relief —of undoubted benefit. The facts are now confirmed. Such testimony is the evidence conclusive. It forms convincing proof of merit. Mrs. J. W. Neil. 423 Tenth Ave., Hickory, says: "My back ached and I had j.ains through my ioins. My kid neys didn't act right and I felt misera ble- Doan's Kidney Pills at Lutz't Drug Store, restored my strength and made me well." [Statement made March 6th, 1912.J OVER TWO YEARS LATER. Mrs Neill added: '*Whenever I feel back ache or feel any symptoms of kidney trouble, I use Doan's Kidney Pills and they quickly remove the ailment. I gladly confirm all I have previously said about this medicine," Price 50c, at all dealers, Don't simply ask for a kidnty remedy — gel Doan's Kidney Pills— the same thai Mrs. Neill had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo, N, Y. aiv't. She (passing confectioners window)— Doesn't tha; candy look eood? ' He—Uh-huh. Let's stand here and look at it awhiJe.—P.; n sylvania Punch Bowl. Constipation. When costive or troubled with con stipation take Chamberlain's Tablet?. They are easy to take an 1 most agree able in effect. For sale by Meozies Drug Co., and Luts't Drag Store, Mm THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT ———————————— - - - The Wheat Cr>p. The present prices for wheat may ba legitimate, aad they may not- The public has a right to know whether they are detei - mined by inexorable laws of sup t>ly and demand or by artifbial manipulate n of the market. The public is naturally suspi cious, for it has seen many "cor ners," and Daid tribute to them, though seldom for long; "cor ners" have a way of vanishing suddenly leaving a few big spec ulators wealthy and many little ones impoverished—or vice versa. Nobody has yet succeeded in get ting hold of a whole crop ol wheat or anything else, and mak ing the public pay tribute on ail of it. Such an event would be a crime demanding government action, and getting it. As matters stand, the federal government is at least j>J3tifnd in looking into the wheat situa tion. When wheat and fbur cost more than they have for a gene ration, and the price of bread is goi*>cr"o and the size of the loaf is h n inr» the facts must be got ana the trutn told. Then if the high prices appear inevitable, we sha'l pay them willingly if no% we want the guilty men iu:> ished and barred from exp'oiting us further. To the man in the street, those prices appear almest wholly a natural response to the shortage in Europe and the heavy buying of the nations at war. oir j wheat crop save us an fXport surplus of nearly 300 000.000 bushels. About 180,000,000 bu. of that has already been exoort ed. Foreign and domes;h buy era—some of them speculators, no doubt —are bidding for the rest. It' another 100 000.000 bu goes abroad, we sha'l have left barely enough for bread ani spring sowing. It is of interest to find out just how much wheat we have left, where it is, who holds it, and whether it is going to be enough for our own nead3. It it comes to the worst, the . government can step in and for ; bid further exportation. Other ! nations are doing that very thing, and every other important nation in the world is now exer cising some degree of contrpl over its food supply. It is not necessary for U icie Sim to lose his nead; but it is time for him , to get into the gamo and mike i sure that his people are going to i have enough to eat from now on until -the new harvest begins next summer. After that, there , oujht ti be plenty of w'liit and lower prices.—Ashevills Gjzitte- N iws. Villi Shot. El Paso. Texas. Jan. 30 —Gan , eral Francisco Villa was slightly wounded several days ago at Aguascalientes in-a shooting af fair, details of which have been i kept secret, according to a report t brought here today direct'y from » Villa's headquarters. It had betn rumored here that ! Vil'a had been seriously wound ! Ed by Col. Rodoifo Fierro, his i personal bodyguard. Those who ; came from Aguascalientss said !. tney had unanle to learn i who shot Villa. The shooting j occured at his car in the railroad » yards at about the time American Consul Silhman at Mexic> City telegraghed Washington that he had received a report of Villa having been serious'y in r jured. For two days no definite wo. d has been teceived of con l ditions in the interbr soath ot Aguascaiiinfces nor of any inipor - J ait military movement?. President Vetoes Immigration Bill, Washington, Jan. 28 —Presi dent Wilson vetoed the immigra tion bill today because of the literacy test for admission of aliens. His message was refer red to the House Immigration Committee, vho?e chairman. Representative Burnett, will move next Thursday that the measure be passed over the veto. Much informaldiscussionamong members of the House followed receipt of the veto, and there were many who believed the two-thirds majority required to pass the bill could not be pro cared. Immigration bills con taining literacy tests were vetoed by President Cleveland and by President Taft, but both times failed of re-pas3age. Senate leaders insist there would be no trouble in re-passing the bill in the upper House. That was done in the Taft administra tion but the lower House failed to muster a"two-third 3 majority. He may wear greasy hat and the seat of his pants may be i shiny, but if a man's children hive their noses flattened agpinst the window pane a half hour be fore he is due homa to supoer, you can trust him with anything you have. He is alright.—Cin cinnati Enquirer, HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1915 I J COMMENT. I THE PROBITION BILL. No more shipments of spirits- k ous, yinous, fermented or ma t liquors or intoxicating bitters, except wines intended for sacra mental purposes and grain alco- . hoi for medical purposes, will be made into the State of North Carolina after April 1, if the bill , prepared by the Committee ap- \ pointed by the North Carolina Anti-Saloon convention is enact- 1 ed into law by the present Ger.- ral Assembly. The bill was ir iiocucfd in the Legislature last week. The provision of the act "shall not apply to wines intend ed for sacramental purposes, when received by any minister or othei du'y authorized person of such church; and the person, firm or corporation so delivering the same thall have in his or its pos- j session, before he or it receives for transportation or transports sjch wine, authority in writing from the church to such minis ter or other agent to receive orj procure such wine for sacramen-i ! tal purposes, an i shall retain j such written authority inhisir its possession. The bill will make' it unlawful for anybody to re-> ceive wine except for sacrament-, al purposes. The provisions of j of the act do not apply to grain j a'cohol received by duly licensed physicians, druggists and manu-j facturers of medicines, when in tended to be used in compound ing. mixing or preserving medi cines, or medical preparations. But to receive the alcohol the physicians, druggists, or manu facturers of medicines must ap ply to the clerk of the Superior Cjurt in their county for a per mit, which must be ,wettedhefLte the package to authorize its transportation. A duplicate copy of the permit must be kept in the i office of the clerk for inspection. A violation of the law is a misda ' meanor. The above is in substance the text of the new prohibition law and itsintroauction into the house last week wa3 accompanied by numerous petitions from all parts of the State urging the passing of the measure, which is intend ed bv the framers to pat a final elimination on the use of intoxi cants in the Sta:e. The bill, as introduced will ef fectively stop the shipment of 1 liquor ito tba state for beverage purposes but will not put a stop to its US3. We admit, however that it will greatly reduce the amount con sumed in the State and will serve Co mike it very much dryer. In fact it will make it hard for m my pe/sons to get their morning dram which will be good and right as it has been proven over and over that whisky does not render any benefit to any one by its use Bjt the only way to put an effective stop to its use is to make it a misdemeanor for a person to tal'e a drink and to attach a pan airy to it tint will m ika a man think twice before he imbibes. This, in our opinion would have been the thing for ttie Anti-Sal oon league to do —THE PROHIB ITION OF THE USE OF LIQ UOR, and not the prohibition of its shipment into the state. If such a law could be passed and upheld by the courts it would be the means of inaugurating a pro hibition law that would absolute ly prohibit. MAKE IT A MIS DEMEANOR TO USE LIQUOR AND THE MOONSHINE STILLS WILL HAVE TOGO BUSINESS. Otherwise, we will have them to contend with de spite our making it il egal to traffic in whisky. Wiiile we do not think that suc'l a law COJU be passed and uphel 1 by the Supreme court this is only suggested by us as the only m ?ani to pot a stop to the usjofliqior. *> tfirss flic Sores, oiser neraeciei Kso't Cin\ g -f he worst cases, no matter of how long standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable LIT. Porter'* Antiseptic Healing Oil. 11 *aw tod Hw!s at t>«« MRt tune. J&c, 60c, f DOWII WITH THE WAR SLAVS ARE SWUNG " Austria's Order for Mobfhation cf Last Line of Reserves Brings Serious Disorder, . /• i Geneva, Jan. 28.,—The Aus trc-Hungerian government's or der for mobilization of the last line of reserves has brought about a serious rising among southern Slavs, according to un confirmed despatches from Aus trian sources, The clergy, the advices say, headed the resist ance, which began Sunday at Laibach, 35 miles northeast of Trieste. After the seimoii* by a Slavonian priest the crowd was reported to have left the cathe dral shouting "down with the war." "Down with then Ger mans. " The rioters attackjwl the gendarmes and after shoti were fired charged the crowd. During the disturbance, the prefect's palace was burned, At Agram, capital of Creotia and Slavonia, students tore down the mobilization notices, ;*nd it ! was reported that a Hungarian official, a s'udent and a' child were killed in rioting. There was rioting also at KarUtadt, in Cre toia. i Ab Susak, near Elume, the i armory of the Hungarian land j wehr was said to have been plun i dered. An enormous crowd, the advices from Austrian sources i also say, concentrated at Opcina, I then descended on Trieste and j lined manifests there. AH the i uoards on which mobilization i notices were posted were destroy j ed and in the fight which follow ed with marines two of the rio i ters were reported to have been | killed. Late dispatches say rioting continues ai.d that general ap prehension is felt. Vi Serious trcub'e is reported also in Transylvania, where Gofernor Coant Bithlen, it is stated, has ordered that alt persons refusing to submit to tr>e authorities' de cree shall be shot. r LOC4.L AND PERSONAL. + * ♦ Miss Gertrude Hall, of Lenoir, was a visitor here Sunday. Mr. B. A. Kluttz has moved into the tiolbrook house on twelfth street. Mr. E. Bryan Jones, one of our popular traveling salesman, spent the week-end at home. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Appiegate last Saturday a fine son, both motner and child doing fine. Mrs. J. J. Wil!a-d returned home last Saturday after an ex tended visit to Baltimore and 1 other cities, | Never since the oldest people 1 of Hickory can remamber have we had as much rain as we have had since November 1. Mr. A. C. Kelly spent Sundaj in Gaston county with Mrs. Kellv t who is spending some time with . her mother. We are glad to in form her many friends that she [ is much better and we hope to ' see her home soon. „ REVENUE OFFICERS MAKE NOISE. A good story is told on some revenue officers. On being asked why, in capturing so many stills, they always fail to make an ar rest, the information was brought out that they always made it a ! point to fall over some brush I heap or some other object that would make a noise, this giving the moonshiners notice of their presence in time for them to make their get away. Why not slip up on them easy, offherE? There is more Catarrh in this sec tion of the country than all other dis eases put together, and until the jast few years was supposed to be incur- i able. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and pre scribed local remedies, and by con stantly failing to cure with local treat ment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by j F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is I the only Constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for anv case it fails to cure. Send Tor circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. i 1 Take Hall's Family Pills for const ia patioo. ft In Hickory Society I Happenings of the Week Among the Social Clubs. i j j January 28 the Traveller's Club held its meeting with Mrs. W. L, Abernethy. "Saxons" was , the subject for quotations. Mrs Chad wick read Mrs. Riddle's paper on Shakespeare's "Henry j VI," showing careful study iu the analysis cf the drama and the appreciate of character. The irreat difference between the weak Henry VI and his illustri ous father, Henry V was forcibly brought out. Mrs. J. L. Cilley gave great pleasure by playing Schubert's "Minuetto," Mrs. J. A, Martin read the account of "jack Cade*' from Dickens' Child's History of England. Wit:i current events and delightful re freshments adjournment was in order. January 27 the Hickory Book Club met with Mrs. J. A. Mai tin. After quotations from and opinions of books read, the hos tess made her book of special in terest. This book "The Child of the Orient" is written by Vake, a Greek, about her childhood in Greece and Constantinople. A letter was received from the au thor whose home is now in the state of New York. Current events preceded adjournment to ' the dining-room, where the place cards were Greek flags painted by Miss Frank Martir. Hospital ! ity was ei joyed and as Cicero says "those pleasures of club banquets were enhanced by meet ing of friends and conversa tions." The next meeting Feb -1 ruary 10 will be with Miss Wheel . er. ■ ■ January 28 Mrs. T. K Steven , son was hostess to the Embroid r ery Club with 13 members and a j number of guests present. While r others were busy with various 1 kinds of fancy work Little Mis? Mary Esther Stevenson pleased with a recitation and Miss Lillie Rowe delighted the club wi£h an * amusing reading. At -the con? i- elusion of this pleasant meeting ► dainty refreshments, in courses, h were.served and the club adjourn , ed to meet with Mrs. Eourbon nias February 11. | Rev. and Mrs. J, D, Mauney delightfully entertained the Lu ther League at their home in f East Hickory Thursday evening , from Bto 10. A number of games were enjoyed by all, after which , ice cream cake and candy were * served. Star town High School. Startown, Feb. 1,- -The school work at Startown is progressing very nicely this year. New stu dents have been entering ali along, so that the enrollment in the high school department now numbers 81. Our seating capac ity was too limited and the board was compelled to purchase desks. Two new teachers were added to the faculty, one in the high school and one in the grades, making a total of four teachers in the high school and three in the grades. This does not in clude our music teacher. The life in the school is manifesting itself in the life ot the communi ty. .... With our growth and develop ment have also come added ex penses, and in order to meet these expenses entertainments and suppers must be resorted to. The school will hold an entertain ment and supper on the night ol February 5. The supper will be given by the girls taking domes tic science and will be served be tween 6 and 7 o'clock. Price 25 cents. This will not only give an opportunity to the friends of the school to see what we are doing in the line of preparing good things to eat, but they also have a chance to taste them. Begin ning at 8 o'clock, a play wiil be given, entitled ''flezel Adams." This play is under the direction of Anna Baker, a graduate from the Curry Institute in expression, Boston, Admission 25 and 15 cents. The public is cordially in vited to attend. Do You Find Fault With Everybody? An irritable, fault-finding disposition is often due to a disordered stomach. A man with good digestion is nearly j always good natured. A great many i have been permanently benefited by Chamberlain's Tablets after years of suffering. These tablets strengthen the stomach and enable it to perlcrm its functions naturally. For sale by Menzies Drug Co., and Lutz Drug Co. The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA TIVE BROMO QuININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor rinsing in bead. Remember the lull name and lo«k (9t tbc pisroature of E. W, GROVE. 25c, Dcirocrat and Press Consolidated 1905 The Yankee Soldiers at the Old' House in the Spring of 1865. In the spring cf 1835 the army of General Stoneman ame to Caldwell county and went to Salisbury byway of Wilkesboro. One or two left thf army at Lenoir and came tp Hickory and then to Newton. They remained at Newton a few weeks and then left. While the regiments were at Newton about thirty of the sol diers came to my father's house which was six miles west of Newton. They were riding good horses and said they took the horses from southern people and made them fat on southern corn. I suppose they came for dinner as they reached the house about noon. They dismounted and came in the house and soon ate all that was prepared for the family. There were some colored women about the house and the yankees gave them ordern to do some more cooking which was done in great haste. After they were well fed thev called for some liquor. Isaac Shuford the lead ing colored man on the farm, conducted them into the cellar which was under the house. There was-in the cellar a large harrol of sorghum mollasses. Isaac Shuford filled the canteen of each soldier with sorghim mo lasses. Thev all said it wes verv good and seemed to be well satis fied wkh this new kind of liquor. After receiving a good dinner and some good liq lor they left for the forge which vas on Jacob's Fork river in t e com munity of Simon Dezl Solomon and Jacob Weaver. The yankee soldiers did not call to see us again. They soon left the coun ty. I suppose they returned to the army of Genertl Stoneman. I was the owner of a sad lie and a gun which they took with them. We had a dog by the name of Pen who left with the yaikees. I never saw him after that time We bought Pen from a man who was in favor of the Union. I supp >se Pan learned to love the Union from his first master who went to Tennessee during the >war and became a soldier in -Kirk's army, fte returned after the war and died in Catawba county. Loud and Tole were good dogs. They remained with us. The negroes remained with us till the wa r was over. They had a great love for old master and for old Mrs. Katie and for young master and young Miss. J, H. SHUFORD. Must Pay for tlis Paper. Judge George Thomas, of Co lumbus, Neb., recently decided that if a man accepted a paper that is sent to him he must pay for it. The decision was rendered in tha case brought by the Colum bus, (Neb.,) Telegram against a man for $2.35. The Telegram had b-icn sent to the man's home and he had accepted the paper. Wh m called upon to pay for it he refused and suit was brought. Wnen Judge Thomas heard the evidence he instructed the jury to bring in a verdict for the Tele gram. Judge Thomas ruled that thu old common law principle that what a man received and used he was bound to gay for applied in this instance. We are giving below one of the best advertisements we ever sav for the Ford Auto: There was an old man And he had a wooden leg He didn't want to steal And he didn't want to beg He got four spools And an old tin can And he called it a Ford And the a thing ran. Laymen's Missionary Movement, Presbyterian Church in V. S., Charlotte, N. C., February 16-18, 1915. For above occasion Southern Railway has granted greatly reduced round trip fares from all points. Tickets 'to be sold on February 14th and 15th, also for trains scheduled to reach Charlotte by noon February 16th; final limit of tickets midnight of February 22. For detained information, Pullman reservations, etc., apply to any agent Southern Railway, or . R. H. DeBUTTS, D. P. A., Charlotte, N. C. Administrators Notice. Having qualified as administrator of W. L. Wolfe, deceased, late of Catawba County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned duly itemized and verrified at his residence in Hickory, N. C., on or before the 26th day of January, 1917, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All peisons in debted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This Jauuary 26th, 1915. R. W. Wolfe, Administrator of W.x L. Wolfe, deceased. l-28-4t. GOOOC) "X366300C boouoooog § The Democrat Leads § g in News & Circilation 8 ?0000 OOOOOOOOOOOC 00000 LOSING SIDE OF W MAIL ORDER TRADE S lowing How Community May Be Hurt By Long Distance Buying. Hans Garbus, a German farm er of low, has discovered that the which appear on tho surface #.s attaching to the mail order plan sometimes spell dis» aster and ha 3 written a very in teresting story of his views in a " leading farm paper. Here is a part of his story: "We farmers need awakening to the fact t hat we have unmis takably reached the pertbd where we must think and plan. lam one of the slow German farmers that had to be shown and I am now giving my experience that others may profit, for knowledge is more expensive than ten years ago. "Twenty-nine years ago I be gan my farm career. I had an old team and SSO. Cur furtiiture was mostly home-made-chairs, cupboard and lounge made from dry goods boxes, neatly covered with tenant cretynne by my girl wife. We rentec 80 acres. Being a boy of good habits I got all i needed machinery and groceries of our home merchants OH credit, until Fall erop3 were sold. The first year was a wet season and 1 did not make enough to pay cred itors. I went to each on date of Dromise and explained conditions, paying as much a3 possible, and they all carried the ba'anca over a lother year. They continued to accomodate me until I was able to buy a 4u-acre piece of ray own. "As soon as I owned these few acres the mail order house begat} sending me catalogues, and grad ually I began sending my l«ose change to them, letting my ac counts stand in my home town where I needed it. "We then had one of the thriftiest little villages in the State-good line of business in all branches, merchants who were wihing to help an honest fellow over a bad year, and a town full of people who cams twice a week to trade * and visit. Our little country tovrn supported a library high scnool. ball team, and we had big celebrations every year. "A farm near a live town soon doubles in value. I sold my 40 acres at a big advance and bought 80; gradually adding to it until I had 200 acres of the best land in lowr, I then felt no need of asking favors, and found it easy to patronize the mail order agents-that came almost weekly to our door. I regret to say that I was the first in the county to , make up a neighborhood bill and send it to a mail order house. Though we got bit every once in a while, we got in the habit of sending away for stuff. "Gradually c.ur merchants lessened their stock of goods— for lack of patronage. Finally - we began to realize that when we ' needed a bolt quicklv for ma , chinery, or clothing for sickness ; or death, we had to wait and send away for it, which wasn't I so pleasant. One by one our mer - chants moved to places where j they were appreciated, and men J of less energy moved in. Gradu ally our town has gone down: our business houses are tacky in ap pearance, a number are empty! 5 Our schools, churches and walks 1 are going down, we have no band, no library, no ball team. There is no business done in town and therefore no taxes to keep things up. Hotel is closed for lack of travel. Go down to the depot when the freight pulls m will see the sequel in mail order packages. , "Nine years ago my farm was worth $195 an acre; today I'd have a hard matter to sell it for $167 ah acre. It is too far from a live town—2o every farmer has said that wants to buy. He wants a place near schools and churches where his children can have ad vantages. I have awakened to to the fact that in helping to pull the town down, it has cost me $5,600 in nine years. "—Charlotte Observer. The Liver Regulates the Body A Sluggish Liver Needs Care Someone has said that peoole with Chronic Liver Complaint should be shut up away from humanity, for they ere pessimists and see through a "glass darkly." Why? Because mental states depends on physical states. Bil liouness. Headaches, Dizziness and Constipation dissapear after using Dr. King's N»w Life Pills. 25c at your Druggists. Mother (calling downstairs*— Louise what are you and Bill do ing down there--cooingas usual? Lcuise—No, mother; Billing!--* Stanford Chaparral