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k, ROSEMARY PERSONAL AND
LOCAL ITEMS
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Mr. R. D. Rouse, of f'armville,
Va . was in Rosemary Friday.
Mr. L. D. Williams, of Bur
lington, spent Saturday in town.
Mr. Wade Dickens, of Weldon,
was a visitor in Rosemary Sun
day.
Miss Minnctte Marshall, of
Virginia Beach, was the guest of
friends in town this week.
Mr. S. M. Swaine. of York
town, Va.. was in Rosemary for
the week end.
Mr. T. W. Mullen and children
spent the week ' nd with rela
tives in- Petersburg.
Mrs. James E. Smite spent the
week end in Raleigh with her
daughter Mrs. Irvin Brooks.
Mr. T. C. Gregory, of Char
lotte, was in town Monday.
Mr. Carter S. Mebster, of
Rocky Mount, spent Wednesday J
in Rosemary.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Gay and
Miss Bernice Decker attended
the barbecue dinner at Brinkley
ville Tuesday and heard Judge
Kerr, Candidate for Congress
make an address.
Mr. J. B. Hall, of Scotland
Neck, was here Wednesday.
The Boys’ Club of All Saints’
Episcopal Church held their reg-1
ulur meeting in the parish hall of
the Church Wednesday.
Mr. R. A. Pruitt, of Peters
burg, was here Wednesday.
Messrs. J. B. Rochelle and N.
T. Gay, of Jackson, were in town
Tuesday.
Mr. Albert Strauss, of Rich
mond, spent Wednesday in Rose
mary.
v Mrs. Joseph E. Johnson, who
V has been the guest of her daugh
▼ter. Mrs. R. H. Gay, has return
/ed to her home in Neasmith,
/' S. C.
Mr. W. C. Shinnick, of Lex
ington, Ky., was in Rosemary
Wednesday.
Miss Esther Marshall returned
from Virginia Beach Tuesday
night.
Mr. Louis S. Cannon, returned
from Charlotte Tuesday. Mr.
Cannon has been arranging the
exhibit of the Rosemary Mfg. ,
Company at the “Made in Caro
lines, Exhibition.’’
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Cleaton, of
Vultare, were visitors in Rose
mary Wednesday.
Mr. Leland Decker, of Raleigh,
was- the guest of relatives in
Rosemary for the week end.
Mr. E. J. O’Brien, of Hender
son, spent Wednesday in town.
Mrs. Essie Tripp and family of
Tarboro, have recently moved to
Rosemary and accepted positions
with the Rosemary Mfg. Com
pany.
Mr. Clarence Byrd attended
the barbecue in Brinkleyville
Tuesday.
Mr. Ned Manning spent sev
eral days in Charlotte this week.
The handsome new theatre of
Mr. Jesse E. Dobbins was opened
to the public for the first time
Tuesday night when an unusual
ly large audience attended the
initial offering. The new build
ing is equipped to the degree in
the latest improvements and bids
fair to get a good patronage.
The stores in the front of the
building will be occupied immed
iately. Next to the theatre Mr.
Dobbins is erecting aDother
building to be used by Mr. N. D.
Cox as a barber shop.
V Mr. R. Etheridge, of Baltimore,
^ was in Rosemary Wednesday.
Mr. J. M. Payne, of Cumber
land, was in town Wednesday.
Messrs. Y. W. Sanders and
and Clyde SanderB returned Sat
urday after spending several
days in Raleigh.
Mr. A. D. Tippett of Hender
son, was here for a short while
Wednesday.
Mrs. L. J. Meade spent the
week end with relatives in Dil
t Ion, S. C. i
ME Will S. Clark returned
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I NEW HIGH SCHOOL
j ARRANGEMENTS
On account of the large num
ber of young people in the corn
work in the night school, ar
munity who wish to do advanced
rangement has been made to
teach any person who wants in
struction in any particular sub
ject, provided classes of suffici
ent size can be organized. All
i persons who are interested in
this special opportunity for study
are urged to make their wants
known so that arrangements can
be worked out at an early date.
Miss Richardson will be in
charge of this work. The class
es will meet in the High School
building. The courses will be
planned so that regular credit
will be given for any piece of
work that may be completed. In
this way it will be possible for
some pupils,who have found it
necessary to quit school, to com
plete different courses and be
given proper school credit. In
this way a grade can be com
pleted, although a longer time
will be required. Upon the com
pletion of either the elementary
course or high school program
of studies suitable certificates
and diplomas will be issued. Lo
cal school authorities desire to
make it possible for any person
to continue the course of training
already begun whether in the
day school or in evening classes.
It should be understood that
this type of work will be
open to all persons living any
where in the Roanoke Rapids
School District. This includes
Patterson Town and Rosemary
as well as Roanoke Rapids.
Anyone interested is request
ed to enroll next week. Ar
rangements can be made by see
ing Miss Nelle Richardson, Mr.
C. W. Davis, principal of the
high school, or E. J. Coltrane,
superintendent of schools.
ELSIE BAKER COMING
Noted Singer will appear in
High School Auditorium Tues
day. October 9.
Music lovers of the communi
ty will be pleased to know that
Elsie Baker, with an accom
panying pianist and violinist,
will appear in the High School
Auditorium, Tuesday evening,
October 9. Miss Baker is wide
ly known throughout America
not only for her concert work
but also for the large number
:>f Victrola records she has made.
Her coming will be the first of
several good musical events for
the school year.
Arrangements have already
been made for the Gamble Con
cert Party later in the year, and
most probably Dicie Howell will
sing in the local auditorium in
November. Other artists of
similar reputation will be sched
uled later.
Tuesday after a stay of several
weeks in Charlotte on business.
Mr. B. B. Cullom went to
Brinkleyville Tuesday.
Mr. W. C. Williams has added
a Frigid Automatic Lowering
Device to his undertaking equip
ment.
Mr. J. J. Clark returned from
Charlotte Tuesday.
An interesting musician visit
ed Rosemary this week, Mr.
Lewis Pierce, of Tarboro, who
has mastered the art of making
music with the aid of only an or
dinary handsaw and a violin bow.
He delighted several audiences in
various parts of town.
Mr. W. T. Drummond, of
Cochran, Va., spent Wednesday
in Rosemary.
Mr. M. J. Grant, of Raleigh,
wcs in town Wednesday.
Messrs. J. W. Smith and
Adams Tolbert made a business
trip to Halifax Monday night.
Mr. T. K. Ellington, of Ral
eigh, was here Wednesday.
Mr. W. P. Williams, of Tar
boro, spent several days in Rose
j mary this week.
j The Young Peoples’ Society of
All Saints’ Episcopal Church will
| meet with Miss Doris Vaughan
, tonight at seven thirty,
i Mrs. Clarence H. Lyerly and
son are visiting relatives Ri Boy
kins, Va.
Mr. W. R. Curtis spent Wed
desday in Rox boro.
'WITH THE CHURCHES
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All Sointi Church
(Efimpal)
Rn. Lewis N. Taylor, Rector
Mrs. Katherine We Inter, Pariah Worker
Roanoke Avenoe
The Church is God’s Corpor
ation for carrying on God’s busi
ness in the world.
His business. His supreme pur
pose, is to makeGodlike men and
women. What God is like is re
vealed in Christ
In Him we discover that God is
A Perfect Lover
A Perfect Friend
A Perfect Giver
The task of God’s Corporation
is to make a world of that kind
of people. She is responsible for
producing dividends in human
life and character. Is that the
kind of Corporation in which you
would like to work?
All Saint’s Church will wel
come you next Sunday, the
Eighteenth after Trinity.
7:30 A. M. Holy Communion.
9:45 A. M. Church School. Bible
Classes for adults and children,
T. W. Mullen, Supt.
Morning service at 11. Night
services at 7:45.
Tomorrow is the Feast of St.
Michael and All Angels or Mich
aelmas.
Holy Communion 10 A. M.
E. Y. P. S. meets tonight with
Miss Doris Vaughn, at 7:30.
"The Church is not a Museum
of Saints but a Hospital for Sick
Souls.”
M. E. CHURCH SOUTH
Rev. Robert H. Broom, Putor
Mr. W. V. Wwdroof, S. S. Supl.
Miu Viviu EdmMdi. Piuitt
Mr. H. L. fowe, tracker of Borico CUrr
9:45 A. M., Sunday School
11:00 A. M„ Sermon by Pastor
7:30 P. M., Preaching by Rev.
S. E. Mercer, Presiding Elder,
followed by 4th Quarterly Con
ference.
It is highly important that all
of these services be largely at
tended by the Church Mem
bership, and a cordial invitation
is extended all their friends, vis
itors and strangers,
QEYSER DISLIKES SOAPSUDS
Ikey •*v* a Do— u the MImiU Mm
la Vellewetone, With Aatenlafc
Ing Result*
Ike Minute Man, a geyaar la Yet
lowateae park, doesn't like aoapauds.
Ikey Einstein may have suspected aa
much, bat, If ba did, be wasn't sura,
aad ba wanted to find aut. Sa Dtey,
•ays Mr. Lewie R. Freeman, cooked
up a piece of laundry eoap In a five
gallpa oil can and poured the meaa
into the crater. "I saw him with aa
ell gpn fussing round In tha vicinity
af tha crater," says Mr. Freeman.
“Suddenly a succession of heavy re
verberations shook the ground, and
• at the same Instant Ikey started to
run. He was juat In time to avoid the
deluge from a great gush of water
and ateam that shot a hundred feet
into the air, but was not quick enough
to eecape the mountainous discharge
of soapsuds that followed. *
“Within s few seconds the five gal*
lone of soft soap had been beaten to
perhaps a million times Its original
volume, and for a hundred yards to
leeward it covered the ground in great
white fluffy, Iridescent heaps. Noth
ing was ever seen like the sputtering
little Hebrew who finally pawed hla
way to sir and sunshine from the out
ermost of the sparkling saponaceous
hillocks. For a good half hour the
Mlngte Man retched and coughed in
deeperate efforts to rid Itself of the
nauseous meaa that Ikey had poured
down Its throab Then Its efforts be
came scattering and epaamodlc and
finally ceased. But for an hour longer
gasps and gurgles rattled In Its throat
At last even that sound ceased and
deathlike silence fell upon the forma
tion. It really seemed that tbe Minute
Man would never spout again."—
Youth’s Companion.
|A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR
MISS HEARNE
A chicken dinner was given to
Miss Hearne on Wednesday of
this week, at the home of Mrs.
John Clark in Rosemary, by her
admiring friends, Miss Irene
Clark, Jugg Mountcastle, Miss
Nancy Stainback, Herman Med
| lin, Emma Polk, Sidney M. Mat
thews, Louise Herring, and Joe
Halfwit.
A very enjoyable evening was
spent by all who were fortunate
enough to be present.
Many lovely gifts were re
ceived.
NOTICE W. O. W.
—
On next Monday night, Octo
ber 1st. 1923 our camp will meet
at 7:30 o’clock, P. M. At 8:30 re
freshments will be served. All
members are urged to be present.
Order of Council Commander.
One Kind of Wisdom.
Jud Tunking says a man often gets
the reputation for being wise by learn
ing a let of things that nobody la par
Mailj 1 afreet ad In.
8oma Job la Right.
Try klndneas Instead of compulsion
In “uplifting** the morel nature of
ether people; and see that your own
doatut la mem pi ary. Some Job!
FARM NOTES FOR
HALIFAX COUNTY
By W. O. DAVIS. County Agent.
Wei on, N. C.
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One bushel seed corn will plant |
4 to 8 acres. Suppose good seed
only increased the yield of corn
three bushel3 per acre, (in most
cases it is double this amount).
On four acres the increase yield
from this bushel good seed corn
will be worth twelve dollars.
Don’t you think it will pay to
select vour seed corn in the field
this fall and get some of this ex
tra profit? There is a great need
for better seed corn in our coun
ty.
A number of the pigs in the
Boys Pig Club work are now
weighing around 150 pounds at
six months old.
The census reports shows that
Halifax county produces annual
ly about 35,000 bales of cotton.
This sells for about $3,500,000.
In 1924 on account or weevil
damage and reduced acreage due
to the presence of the weevil we
can expect a drop of about 50%
in production. This will amount
to $1,700,000. The problem that
confronts us is what are we go
ing to do to replace til s shortage.
The census report also shows
that we spend annually in Hali
fax $467,000 for feed stuffs
alone, particularly corn, hay and
oats. We have-no figures or. the
amount spent lor human food
such as hams, bacon, lard, butter,
etc, things that can be raised at
home. But it is safe to say that
those figures added to the
amount spent fur fe. d stuffs are
way beyond the shortage the
weevil will cause, if we will just
raise our food and f. ed at home
it will go a long way to solving
the weevil problem.
To folks not familiar will) wee
vil damage the abo\e reduction
may not seem reasonable, but if
you will talk with farmers who
have suffered weevil damage you
can learn something about bow
fast they can v.ork and the de
struction they can do. For ins
tance a certain gin in South
Carolina ginned 5,1)00 bales of
cotton in 1922. The same gin in
1923 only ginned five hundred
bales.
Don’t fail to get in cover crops
of rye and clover after touays
rain. Cover crops will prevent
winter leaching and washing,
build up the soil and in this way
help reduce fhe fertilizer hill.
Cover crops will also make the
cotton field a bad plue for the
weevils in winter time. Weevils
cannot stand the moisture and
cold weather at the sutue time.
| Hon. R. G. Allsbrook
Announces Platform
Former Solicitor in Brilliant Speech al
Scotland Neck Outlines Reasons On
Which He Bases Appeal to Voters.
j ADDRESS IS WARMLY APPLAUED
Hon. Richard G. Allsbrook, na
tive son of Scotland Neck, and
candidate for Congress from the
Second Congressional District,
addressed the voters of this sec
tion last night at the Dixie Thea
tre. The building was packed
with a representative crowd of
business men, farmers and ladies
and his address was received
with applause throughout.
Mr. Allsbrook was introduced
by Mr. Ashby Dunn, prominent
attorney of Scotland Neck, in a
short speech in which he outlin
ed Mr. Allsbrook’s platform and
called attention to the fact that
he was the only candidate who
had yet come out in print with a
clear, four-square platform.
Beginning his speech with that
immortal hymn:
“Breathes there the man with
soul so dead
“Who never , to himself hath
said
"This is my own, my native
land” etc., he expressed his
pleasure and gratification at hav
ing the opportunity of facing an
audience of his own native
towns-people and asking for
their suffrage.
He then launched into a dis
cussion of the platform upon
which he stands and upon which
he hoped to be elected to Con
gress, which was in brief, as fol
lows :
A revision and simplification
of the method of ascertaining
and assessing Federal income
taxes; just and fair compensa
tion for the soldiers of the World
War; liberal provisions for the
maimed and disabled soldiers of
that war; a radical and imme
diate revision of the tariff and
a return to the just and equita
ble provisions of the tariff that
was written under the Demo
cratic administraion; he is un
alterably opposed to the move
ment to subsidize the schools
with Federal appropriations and
control quoting from a bill
which had been introduced in
Congress and calling attention
to the danger of such a move; he
advocates rigid economy in the
administration of public affairs;
and lastly he stands for just and
meritorious legislative measures
that would advance and promote
the best interests of the farmers
of this nation, and he reiterated
his belief in that sound and Jef
fersonian doctrine of “Equal
Rights to All and Special Privi
leges to None.
In conclusion he pledged him
self to serve his constituency
if elected, to the best of his
Dility, recognizing no man above
another, be he high or low,
rich or poor, and appealed to
his friends and native townsmen
to support him in his ambition to
serve them in the halls of Con
gress.
It was a clean-cut, four-square
manly and sincere speech and
was received warmly by the
large audience.—The Scotland
Neck Commonwealth.
The Train Talker*.
“My wife’s played out sitting around
In the heat. Guese I’ll have to ship
bar off to the mountains after all.”
"$llne, too. She says she's all In.”
"And yet?”
“Well?"
“Just look at that pretty girl over
there. Stenographer, Til bet.”
“Yes. I happen to know her.”
“Now she looks as fresh as a daisy.
Instead of lying around in a cool, com
fortable home all day she has to work
la a hot office from 9 to 5."
“No time to be hot, I suppose.”
“Must be It"—Boston Transcript.
Hired.
The steady tendency In our civil!- j
cation Is to get the same results with j
fewer employed. Thle constantly re-1
leases man power for the operation
at new Industrie* and expansion of
old ones—that Is, a gradual Increase
In our average standard of living.
Government issues figures showing
that American farms In 1920 had
1.706,000 fewer workers than in 1910.
In the same ten years, the auto in
dustry, movies and railroads added
nearly a million employees te their
pay rolls.
It Hurt.
▲ stone carver was on the wltnecfe
stand describing the way In which he
had been assaulted by the defendant:
“He walked right Into my yard and
■ stemmed me up against one of my
tombstones," the witness said.
“Did he hurt you,” inquired the court,
j “Hurt me?" roared the witness,
; “why, I’ve got ‘Sacred to the Mein
| ery of stamped all down my back.“—
j Philadelphia Ledger.
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THE CHARACTER OF
“CAL” COOLIDGE
Calvin Coolidge, vice president
of the United States and little
known outside of the Vermont
village he calls home, came thru
fate into the limelight to the
very front, in the eyes of the
whole world when he became
president. It was at a time
when our government was face
to face with grave and diverse
problems, domestic and interna
i tional.
j Who is this Cal. Coolidge?
i What kind of a character is he?
What has he done? These are
i some of the thousands of ques
tions in the mind of the people
at this time. John Dickenson
Sherman, special correspondent
for the Herald answers many of
these questions in the illuminat
ing side-lights on the character
of our thirtieth president in this
issue under the head of ‘Silent
Cal’— The Man”.
j This article is information, |
nothing else. There is no pur
pose to try to guess the political
policies of Calvin Coolidge, Mr. '
Sherman holds no brief for or
against Calvin Coolidge, either
as a man or as possible presiflen
tial candidate fur 1924, or for or
against the President’s political
party. It is prepared solely with
the view of throwing light on
the personality of Calvin Cool
idge, and we believe that our sub
scribers will appreciate such a 1
story.
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POLICE COURT
NEWS ITEMS
It has been another dull week
in the local halls of justice, two
colored violaters of the Volstead
code and a stray couple of motor
ists comprising the week’s bag.
,ioe Allsbrook gave $100,001
bond for his appearance in Su
perior court to answer a charge1
of selling wine.
Walter Nicholson, selling whis
key, arrested after several
months sojourn in seclusion, was
held in $200.00 bond for appear
ance at Halifax.
Theodore Shaw, charged with
speeding, and William Garrett,
one lighter, were dismissed on
payment of costs.
Horseshoes of Paper.
It has been proposed to make a pa
per horseshoe that shall for general
purposes be the equal of the steel ar
ticle In the following way: Parch
ment paper Is cut into horseshoe form
and built up to a suitable thickness
hy the use of a mixture of turpen
tine, Spanish white shellac and lin
seed oil treated with litharge, :ind the
whole Is placed under a hydraulic
press. This produces very light and
uniform pieces and it la an easy mat
ter to stamp out the nail holes and
grooves. Instead of nailing to the
horse’s hoof they can, be applied with
an adhesive composition whose prin
cipal part Is a solution of rubber in
bisulphide of carbon. Paper waste
could also be molded into the shape
of a horseshoe by use of the press, but
the result is not so good as with the I
above.
Almost Repeated.
Of two friends staying at a hostelry
whore most keys fit most doors, one
weftt off to bed. undressed, and
burned in, mistaking his friend's room
for his own. Half an hour later the
friend followed, saw his bed occu
pied, and returned to the coffee-room.
“Did you see me go to my room just
now?” he said to the night porter.
"Yos, sir." was the reply.
“Well, then, why didn’t you tell me
Td gone to bed already?’’ he grunted,
and continued to finish the night on
a chair In front of the tire.—Yorkshire
Post, .
HUMMING BIGG OF THE SEA
Smallest Seaplane Ever Constructed
Is Designed for Use on Subma
rines of American Navy.
The smallest seaplane ever eon
structed, Intended for use on naval1
submarines, was tested by experts at1
the naval air station at Anacoetla the
other day. All submarines are to be
equipped with this “humming bird of
the air," as the bureau of naval aero
nautics describes the novel craft
In effect the new seaplane will bo
an enormous aid to the submarine, as
It will give It a periscope thousands
of feet in the air. It can be stowed
In parts in the small space available
In a few minutes. It measures eigh
teen feet over all and weighs scarcely
one thousand pounds and has a three
cylinder, sixty-horsepower engine.
Some of the planes already havo
been delivered to the naval air station
at Hampton Roads and it is expected
***** soon will bo tp service.
ROANOKE RAPIDS PERSONAI
AND LOCAL ITEMS
Mr. Mooney Greedburg has re
turned after spending his vaca
tion in Baltimore.
Miss Ellen Fields and Mrs. J.
i H. Williams spent Thursday in
Rocky Mount.
Mr. J. F. Welch spent a few
( days in Edenton last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Bain are
(spending some time in Char
I lotte, attending the Made in
I Carolina Exposition.
Mr. and Mrs. Pearl, of Greens
( boro, spent Tuesday in the home
of Mrs. B. Marks.
Miss Rosa Pearson spent Wed
nesday in Valentine with her
parents.
Miss Onie Glover is spending
some time in Charlotte attending
the Made In Carolina Exposi
tion.
Miss Mattie Wiggins, of Wel
don, was in town Thursday.
Messrs. Hugh Webb and
Charles Boykins, of Halifax,
spent Sunday in town.
Miss Cammie Vaughn of Hali
fax, spent the week end here
with her parents.
Mr. Tillery Robertson, of the
IJ. S. N„ is spending some time
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Robertson.
Mr. Ewell Gowen left Satur
day for Roanoke where he wili
spend some time.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Porterfield
of Wollaston, Mass., spent a few
days in the home of Mr. and Mr;
J. T. Chase.
Mr. Jack Green, of Richmond,
spent the week end in town.
Mr. Clyde T. Dozier, of Noi
folk, spent Monday in town.
Miss Annie Cherry spent to.
week end in Scotland Neck.
Messrs. Walter Page and Ld -
ten Moody spent Sunday in V> i
don.
Mr. F. M. Coburn spent Th.
day in Lynchburg on busii i
Miss Lucille Renn spent i "
week.end in Henderson with in■ r
parents Mr. and Mrs. J. P. R. ; ;
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Tiller.'. : : ;i
Miss Sula B. Williams s, . ; i
Sunday in Henderson.
Mrs. W. R. Cherry and lit:
daughter, of Rocky Mount. ..
visitors in the home of Mr. , !
Mrs. G. E. Williams.
Mrs. Ed. Parker and child;.
of Greensboro, are visiting in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. B t.
Bounds.
Mr. Wells D. Tillery spent
week end in Scotland Neck.
Messrs. Cleophus Bray and ,1. d.
Thompson left last week for t; 1
ford where they will work s. ■
time.
Capt. and Mrs. .1. M. McMu'i i
have returned after spending i ..
summer in Asheville.
Mr. William W. Pulley
Mr. William W. Pulley droj ,
dead at the home of his son. .
Charles Pulley on Four Hund
Street. Rosemary, Monday at.
noon at five o’clock. Mr. Pul: .
had been in Rosemary for aim
six months, coming from Lask
He served with honor in the C
federate Army and was w
kifown and highly respected I,
all who knew him. lie was L
years of age. Surviving are three
sons, Messrs. Chas. Pulley, ol
Rosemary, Leon Pulley, of Phil
adelphia and Arthur Pulley, of
Hollister, and one daughter, Mi
Lula Smith, of Boykins, Va. Tin
funeral service was held at Las
ker Tuesday afternoon, Rev. A.
G. Carter, officiating and burial
was made in the family eemetary.
Parent - Teachers Association
To Meet.
The first meeting of the Par
ent-Teachers Association of the
Central School will occur next
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30.
All parents are uiged to be
present. There are several new
teachers in this school who will
be pleased to meet the mothers
of the children they are teach-,
ing. An interesting program has
been arranged.