-1.50 Year in Advance in The Congtv. the jackson county jodm^l, sylva, n. c. nov. 19,1931 $2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
Operations In
Balsam Gap
i', ?miic.vn is '4,pi<*kiii{j up" here.
!Mtr' operations, under/ liiaii
( lit III' Mr. Mlllvamcyi llt^'pfo
-nu. Several ra?!oads t?r*.(J3VviMi:
en slijpped reeently. Also the
i nu of mica, imdei! tlu> su|n1 I'
ll 111 of Messrs Davis ami Lowe is
r, ,.mvs-i. Al nudy, ramps ami eom
. - 11 v lia ve lieeil lmiil-.al t|ir ?.?mines,
mad loading to (hp mines has
rt lxii't . A silc lias. Imh'h <<!?
, i from .1. K. Kenney near the
.and soon a mill will b erect
.. ?rriii'i tin' mica Other muuiijr
lions ;:Vl' ex pre led to loHow in
i-:ii iUllUV.
. r
('. If. .1 on-s and Dill,aril
- Iun ?. just |>;.it up a jrrisi mili
h ke.-p.-* them lipsy jrriiitliii"*
.!>. |boie Fisher ain'l .Mrs. S.ut:
.'nl Willets wer-? guests u t' M>s.,
i'?.?is> last week. ' * ? > V .
;iml Mrs. 11. B. Moiee left if-nt-_
?\ to* spend 5li" winter in
la
\li .1. \V. Porter, accompanied i>y
M?-- Howard Wars en and l.loy-1
Airing'<?ii, Idt by n-oler lor 1 iv;
n>\i>. I'I a., Friday. Mri l'orter will
iii.tin 1 lironsjli the winter. The
\ miiuj lift' returned home Sunday.
Wv. \t:n- Ashe, ?-.iuie warden was!
lirtv la-t hci'k.:
\|v?. .1. K. Lomr ami children spent
s:li;i il.n in AshovLUc.
IIi- I'm-: in "Bed Sox" I task
kill re;-":, clad in lluir new -,su:S,|
io l^tialla las-t Friday l?
j.'.n I lie "lads'' i.i i
??iu--if-." Iiosult e.r sra me: Boy- il|
fi> 7, in favor of (jn-illa; Hirls, I? io
I. in favor of Ouadi This, is ill"
li:st lime ^?ur jrirls hav? been beaten
this season, ami tlit' first time til**
team ever played on mi indoor convi.
The ages of our tc*;:ut range
I I to Ifi.
The teachers here udt rtained (lie
ha-kct ball team, Monday night ?>??!
lii-t week, with a moonlight pieii'c,
serving marshmallows, weil.crs, ete.,
QUALLA
Both Sunday Schools assembled
in interesting sessions Sunday niorn
inir, union i waver meeting Sunday
' ? . | *1 1
tiCn-viuHin. and preaching Sunday
t'Miiiim at the Baptist Church, bv i
,\h-'.hiniison ol W hit tier.
The infant son .of Mr. and Mrs*.
O-r.'ii* t'li incr died at Brysou ( ity
Ii?#s.]m;;i| Wednesday, 11th. The body
?:i- brought to Qnalla for burial
1 Inn-day iiiirniiig. The mother, who
lias I>i*riously ill, is ?'.eported
improving.
Mrs. I. K. Terrell and Miss Annie
l.iz/n Terrell attended Annual Cofi
r-iVM-e ;ii A-hcville last week.
Mr. and Mrs. (Irady. Martin of
f iiiii'in -ut ul the week end with rela
tives.
Mi .-uill Mrs. It, J. Snyder of
Wilii is, Mr. and Mrs .folin Norton
:rn<l Mr-. W. I'. Battle of Whitticr
??i'llcl ai Mr. H. F. Hall's.
Mr. It. t', Hughes and fanrly VlH*
?'?'i at Mr. *1 limes Battle's.
Mr. ,-imi Mrs. (iolmaii Kiushuul oi
1 i'1 u.- r i led at Ml*. I). *1. Wovley's;
^ - Mr. I telle llenson of AN hit
?i''i ?]i--ut part of last week with her
liK'tlier, Mrs. \V. If. Cooper -.
Mr.. Carl lloyle spent', the week
'?'"I ;it home, lie was accompanied
tu his school at Kich Mountain
M, .-m l Mrs. II. I/, - lloyle, Miss
'?i-'lb)\le and Mr. Tevr.v *lohiis?n,
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. :-:i | Mis.' Von Hall and Mrs.
' ' '"hnson motored to Brysou
??['.. ' ' .
M -i-- <iHi??*? and Oneita Hall vis
1 ' Mi- i - Fay and Inez Martin at
' - 'i t'ify
^'.'?'liiii,;,s II. I>. Turtpin, C. M.
?\ M i in ;i 11 < 1 F.iiihui ilall called oH Mrs.
v!i:ner
Mr. I. M. Ilughes and family ol
Mr. Oscar Gibson and.
'?'"'iiy an) Miss Susan Keener called
'' H. ('. Hughes.'
?' Mi- .Is?ssie Martin of flovernorf
?diiiul, whs a diiuii'r guest at Mr
1 '("lnisoii's.
V' liter Beck of Smokeniont
1 ' ' ' Mr. John Aver's.
^ Ima Chambers of BushlioH
irt |( y Matthews.?
*'r* U A. Hipps of Olivet and Rev.
'? Sn-,1,.,. (lj- were d nner
firsts ,t Mr. J. K. Terrell's.
1'? hiuiii Kinsland is erecting
jl', K '""hitnee near Highway No.
FORTfVtARS AGO
Tuckaseige Democrat, Nov. 13, 189'.
Following are ihi* ;;ppninnucnts |'??r
tin* Fran'kiiu (now Waynesville)
iet, mnl at the Methodist (V-ri
lercncc, In Id in Asheville: VVV 1!.
Baincti, I'rdtiicling Elder; Fir.t'klin
stat'on, I). Jl. Ccnian; Franklin c *
cuit, A. , \Y. Jacobs; Macon -i.curt,
W, (I. -Mallonce; Wawncsviile station,
l'. \j. (?robins; Pigeon Itiver circuit,
W. B. Lyda; Haywood circuit, li. F.
Carver, |). It. I^hijj; North Haywood
ciiciiit, supplied by Cordell Weh |
ster circuit, W. I'. Mc(Jee; llem'nii^
j Al ssion, C'. VV. CurMx; Bryson City
j station, T. F. Marr; Bryson - ("it v eir
enit, H. B. ShcTtnn; llayesviil" cir
cuit, 1* 'l'. Cordell. Murphy sr;<lj?.i:t
J. O. Shelly; Andrews circuit, T. !>.
iMeChrdv; ltiawassee Mission.. !e lie
? . . *
I supplied; |{?;bbinsvillo M'ssion, -I. A.
Wiggins; llayesville Coilejjr, II I
Bailey, president.
t t 1
.Mrs. Ii;iiii|>1 on and .Miss Hattie,
mother and .sister of <Jen. E. K.|
Hampton, arrived Tuesday.
.Mr. and Mrs. John T. W ike, w'i*i?
j
two ol' iheir children, lei't Monday
for Newton, to spend a month v.s
iting relatives and friends whom they
have not visited in eight vears.
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Thepeople in the vicinity of the
Forks <>| the river are engaged in lh.
1 commenfla'de work of building a
large atid commodious schoolhou:5.*, J
which in also to Ir' used for- re
ligioiis, ^s well as educational, ptiv
poses. ^
\ , , ?
Rev. I'. M. jordan, of Transylvania,
preached Acre Sunday morning and
night. MoiiUay he. accompanied Kev.
8. II.; Harrington to Macon county
where he will assist the latter in
conducting a\ protracted meeting at
Coweta churck. >
foj the Ex
j?oslt on at Ritif^ intending to take
with hiin as ? ja very*important at
lition to. our 'cijnty's exhibit, .those
mis of china ware
tie of Jackson coun
F. Tompkins ac
4 far as Ashevilje,
be.iu! i ful
which lie aiidSnhi
ty, ?Tlof?? Dr. A
companied his ;
returning Tuesda
*
V
At/ t!ie election held a few day-'
isl?'o, Savannah township voted a sub
scr ption oly ."r(),0(ll m bonds to tne
extension of the railroad from \Yeb
ster to ili>- MacOili couuty line. (I-S
votes having been |f*ast''is favor H
and none against the ? proposii ion,
this being a iua.jor|ty .'of 7, of the
registered vote. The .grading between
here anil Webster] is ' progressing
slowly noty,..only a Jew hands being
at work; Perhaps two-thirds of thy
distance is graded. I nless. the work
is. pushed more vigorously, it do;?s
not look now as it tile train would
reach Webster by Jan. I, '92.
From, Cullowhec:- The Cullowhec
High School, of first interest with
us, is making fine progress under
the efficient management.of our able
faculty. Mr. Aurelins Wilson, who
has been lining the torch of know
ledge to dispel the gloom of ignor
ance hi "Punkin Town," passed us
last Friday on his way home, his
school having closed... He will enter
school here Mondavi. Mr. David
Rogers is erecting a spacious crib in
which to store the splendid yield of
corn from thd- "Town House" field.
I*-%lt*. * . ? '(
lift estimates that licWvill gather one
thousand bushels fwn> that field
alone. Mr. Lee Hooper has lately
been supplying jthe Richmond markets
I with 'some njce. -jji.t sheep. We are
[sorrv to note the illness of Mr. Thus,
('ox, of tin (J len. Mr. Will Miller,
one of the genial lights of Dillsboro,
paid us a flying visit. If you want
to set a broad smile spread itself be
tween his ears, just mention a liifc'.*
streak of fortune he had a few days
ago. It's a girl. St. David's Church,
Culiowhee, will be the scent4 of a
wedding on the day preceding
Thanksgiving at 4 o'clock in the af
ternoon. The contracting parties aro
Prof. 1?. Madison, Principal of the
CullownTe High School, and Miss
Ell j V. Richards, teacher of Music
and Art, in the same instiifution.
Verily Cupid has prepared a pleas
ant surpr.se for the many friend.;
of both parties.
Extract from letter, from Capt. J.
W. Terrell, from the' Exposition at
Raleigh: \ stand fioni the opening
till the. closing of the doors hv the
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Garner
(Special to The Journal) $
'Wasliin^r ii, 1;. C., Xov. 18.?John.
X. (iarncr, a Texas tanner, will) bo
tlie iicaL speaker of the House, of
K'e 1 >t*eseiiti>fives because of the in
cess thr- Wwnofnits had in the;lre
cent hy^K^ions, which gives fiiat
party the right to organize the Lower
House. By virtue of his office, Rep
resentative (Jarner will become $nc
of the imxt powerful men in W?l
ington, although the autocratic P<^w I
e'rs the speaker j>ossrsscd in the diys
of Czar K.-ed and Cncle Joe Cannon
have biH'ii ,-iholshed. In spite of the
way his privileges have been curtail
ed, his' ofl'ic is one of tremendous
pow< r, particularly when The incumb
ent belongs to opposite political t'^th
to that held by the President. ?
I It is many \cars silicic a dirt fair
er lias been Speaker of the llorifce,
in fact oii(> iias to go back of C^il
War days to find a tiller of the
in the position, Mr. Gamer's eleva
tion ttf tli ? post comes at an oppor
tline time for the agricultural party,
as many ?f the problems now con
fronting Congress have to do with
? ,, 1 ' |
farm matters. While his constituency
has more to <lo with cotton than:
l with wheat ami corn, yet the under
I lying problems ar.e much the same,
land ean fie expected to throw the
'weight of his decision in favor*of
the farming bloc. Garner's ofwn
farming specialty is pecans, one'of
the biff crops of the (Suit' States....
Political oiiservcrs here ex per; t to
see tht? exort debenture and equpL
/.atitn tee issue raised early during
the coining session of Congress. They
claim that both measures will he de
feated wlnn they come before tfeja
House and that they will eease to be-j
come political quest:oiia of ituporf-;
ancc before a not lien, year
around. ; r ,r
It is said here that there ? is a
marked*" tendency on the part of tie
farming blocs to <lrop their lobb
ing and rely more on the individual
and collective eeffcrts of farmers to
^efcter't'Jpir tfondition. legislation las
n<ft done much for agriculture, tlev
ami they feel they can fer
??fflfrtber along by long-time plann'tig
<uK crops and yfy .interjecting the is
sues of higher'tariff on competitive
artN'.h-s that affect the farmer. Ban
anas, cocoa mil oil and other in*ports
similar iu character will come under
fire, as they i.omp'te with American
farm products.
Another piece of legislatioi that
will affect tanning interests is the
predicted probe of Fruit Industries,
the California co-operative thit has
been pushing the sale of wine nicks
with the knowledge of the Govern
ment. It is said au investigatioi will
be had of the Farm Board's emnec
tion with-the California grape pro
ducers and an effort made to lriiig
the latter's activities more stricty in
line with .he spirit of the ^ightonth
Amendment.
The adv.?:icemeht of Represent dive
(jarner to the Speakership "\Vill cluse
his-.mantle as Democratic Floor L<ad
er t? descend on Joseph W. Bjrns
of Teuness"!'. Representative Byyu is
little known to tlie general pullic,
altlu'iigh from now on he will I?om
as a u important figure in legislation
XJ7 . / ' .
SPECIAL BENEFIT SHOW ATI
LYRIC FRIDAY AFTERNOW
The Lyric Theatre will give a
special show on Friday afternoon,
November 20th, at 'J P. M., for he
relief of unemployed. This show is
given in co-operation with Xatioial
Motion Picture Week of Xovnwer
18th to l':")t!i, during which week all
I theatres in the United iitates xiii
[give at least one si?ecial show as he
| motion picture industry's contr i >u
tion to national unemployment *e
lief. '
This show is being s|>onsored i\
the Svlva Parent-Teachers Assoca
tion, and the entire proceeds will be
donated by the theatre and distrb
uted through the Parent-Teachors
Association.
The admission prices \yill 1* Pc
and 25c, and in addition to this he
u,or* l' rtunate people in the coia
inunity are requested to bringior
send any shoe-, sweaters, coats or
other articles of clothing which thfir
children may have outgrown hit
which are still good and servicealle
and can be distributed by thePareit
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WILL BE NEXT SPEAKER
John N. Garner, Texas Democrat,
will be the new Speaker cf the House
of Representatives as a result of vic
tories by his party in the by-electious.
HOME COMING AT COWAETS
Cowarts. Nov. 17. (Special)-I'lans
are briiis; made foi a big Home
coming celebration at tbe Cowarts
IJHgrh School on Thanksgiving Day
and night. Kobert K. licyuiildn, Ashe
yille attorney and candidate for the
.United States Senate, will speak at
8 o clock in the evening. ''Demands
for leadership" will bu the subject
of his address, which will he the
chiel feature of the day's activities.
A large crowd of Jackson County
riti/.eiis is expected to hear the Ashe
ville attorney.
Other features of tlu? day's ac
tivities will be athletic events and
addresses by prominent men. There
will bo n iM'i'iod of the day set aside
for the parents to observe the chil
dren at work in the classroom. There
Will also be dramatizations and con
ests.
Most of tin- s)>eakers of the day
ill be natives of Caney Fork Town
hip, in lackson County. They will
among the throng that will journ
iy home to renew old acquaintances
^nd, friendships. Among those who
wi U appear on the" progrtm are Rfev.
J. E. Brown, Baptist minister and
principal of the Tuekaseegee School,
S. Jerome Phillips, principal of the
Balsam School, K. V. Vestal, Jack
son County farm agent, J. (>. Wood,
former superintendent of the Black
Mountain schools; Carr Hooper,
principal of the Sylva Elementary
School; Cyrus II. Nicholson, former
Represent.ttivc of Jackson County.
W. H. Smith, Cowarts postmaster
and form.M- Representative of Jack
son County, will introduce the
speakers./
A large crowd is ex|>eeted to come
to Cowarts for the celebration. Kul
ton Thomasson, principal ot the
Cowarts high and grammar school;-,
is in charjj' of arrangements.
SMITH IS DEFINITELY OUT
OF 1932 PRESIDENTIAL RACE
Washington, 1). C., Nov. 18.-.For
mer Governor Alfred E. Smith of
New York, who van against Mr.
Hoover for the Presidency in 1928,
is felt to have eliminated his name
as a candidate next year, by his
action in ordering two organizations
to stop selling stickers furthering his
candidacy. The stickers were being
offered at one cent each in quanti
ties and were to be used on car win
dows and pthcr places where they
would attract attention. In his let
ter ordering the two concerns to stop
selling the^ stickers, Governor Smith
threatened legal action if they failed
to halt the sale. The feeling is grow
ing here that the Roosevelt boom has
passed its peak, and that Newton D.
Baker is looming as the most logical
standard nearer against Mr. Hoover,
whose rcnomination is now certain.
The former Secretary of War re
fuses to either affirm or deny that
he will be a candidate, although his
friends are urging him to come out
in the opsn. In spite of his reticence,
a boom for him is growing every day
and he no>v appears to be the most
)>opiriur ot all men in the running.
Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Mary
land is the most active contender at
present next to Governor Roosevelt
of New York, although his chances
for success are said here to be slim.
It is more than probable that he
will receive a heavy complimentary
vote when the Democratic National
Convention casts its first vote. An
other ear'y candidate will be Sena
tor James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois,
but his supporters and those of
Ritchie ara not expected to make
more than a perfunctory fight for
their candidates.
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Stock bridge)
Rubber
Mr. Edison died just a tew days
too soon to learn that the goal of
the last grc;;t scientific quest in which
he was engaged had been reached by
somebody else. This was the search
for a new source of rubber.
Mr. Edison sought it in plants.
The new synthetic rubber is a pro
duet of ths great chemical labora
tories of E. I. Du Pont De Nemour3
& C'otnpauv, who have already begun
to build a factory for its commercial
manufacture. Instead of being made
from a vegetable source the raw
materials out of wirnik this arjti- j
t'ieial rubber is made are coal, lime- ]
stone, salt and water.
It is not yet certain that this new
rubber will answer every purpose for
which rubber is now sued, but for
many of *.ich uses it is said to be
superior to the natural product. At
any rate, it gives the United States
an independent source of rubber, from
which we tun never again be cut off
in time of war as we were a few years
ago, and the supply of the necessary
raw materials is literally unlimiteo.
Beavers
The most inteflesthig thing that
has happened in my part of the
eohntry in years is th? return of the
heavers to the Berkshire valley near
my farm.
It is pretty nearly a hundred years
since the iaxt of the beavers van
ished with the last of the Indians
from Massachusetts, but a few days
ago some of my neighbors, observing
that there seemed to be more water
than .usual in a swampy pond just
north of West Stockbridge village,
investigated and discovered that a
family of beavers had built a dam
across the little stream and were
busily engaged in finishing np their
winter home. This is a dome-shaped
Biroctore of Jogs an'u mad, with its
entrance lmder water to protect its
inhabitants from foxes, wolves and
other eneuiies. Beavers have never
been known lo travel over land and
how these got into the West Stock
bridge swamp is a mystery.
Unless they multiply and become
a pest, these new generations of
beavers will have an easier life than
did their ancestors. For two hundred
years after the settlement of America
by the English, beaver skins were
the main staple of commerce between
the northern colonies and the old
old country. Literally millions of
beavers were slaughtered for their
fur, the principal use of which was
to make men's hats. Beaver fur is
still regarded by hatters as the finest
possible material for felt liats, but
there is very little of it on tfee mar
ket, and the game laws of New Eng
land today impose heavy penalties
i on anyone killing t-He beaver.
Building
? \
The biggest problem that confronts
President Hoover's tonference on
home building, which will begin its
session in Washington shortly, is the
problem of finding a substitute for
the present system of second mort
gage financing, lfau the families in
the United States own their own
homes, but most of them have paid
much more- than they should have
paid, because of the high cost of sec
ond mortgage money.
If the President's conference can
work out. i nationally acceptable plan
under whici the young man who has
saved up -i thousand dollars can buy
a home without having to pay exorb
itant premiums and interest on the
balance, it will go a long way to
ward stimulating the building indus
tries that depend on it.
Flying
Twenty-iive years ago only half a
dozen people, friends of the Wjright
Brothers, had ever seen an airplane
in flight. Practically nobody else be
lieved it would ever be possible to
fly a heavier than air machine. In
that year, 190G, everybody was en
thusiastic about lighter-than-air
craft. The balloon with a motor pro
peller, what we now call a dirigible,
was the thing, but nobody dreamed
of anything approaching the United
States Nary's new airship, Akron,
which took 203 people on a ten hour
voyage the other day.
In the last tew years there have
been wonderful improvements in air
plaues. It is probable that every
plane will be out of date inside of
ten \ears and that the plane of the
future will look and aet entirely ~dif
Reinhardt Is
Appointed To
Sylva Charge
Rev. D. H. Reinhardt is the new
pastor of the Svlva-Dillsboro charge,
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
succeeding Rev. George Clemmer,
who has served the charge for four
years.
Mr. Clemmer was appointed by the
conference lo serve Proximity church,
Greensboro. Rev. Mark Q. Tuttle
was returned to Cullowhee charge.
Rev. T. G. llighfal) was appointed
to the Webster circuit, sueeenling
Rev. F. W. Kiker, who goes to Bethel,
in the Charlotte district. .1. A. Peeler
is the preacher in charge at Whit
tier-QuaHn, succeeding Itev. H. L.
Bass, who is to be stationed at Elm
wood, in the Salisbury district. The
new pastor at Glenville circuit is t<>
be Rev. A. A. Somers. Rev. L. R,
Hayes succeeds Rev C. M. Pickens
as the presiding elder of the district,
Mr. Pickens having been appointed
as pastor oi' Dilworth church, Chiir
lotte.
The full list oi appointments tor
the Wavnesville District are:
Presiding Elder, L. B. Hayes.
Bethel, G.N. Dulin.
Bryson City, 0. J. Jones.
Canton, G. A. Stamper.
Cherokee, Wm. Hornbnckle.
Clyde-J unaluska, F. 0. Dryman.
Cullowhee, M. Q. Tuttle.
Delhrood, A. B. Bruton.
Fines Creek, Byron Shankle.
Franklin, O. P . Ader
Franklin Circuit, H. C. Freeman.
Glenville, A. A. Somers, ?SuppIy.
Hayesville, If. R. Cornelius.
Haywood, R. G. McClamrock.
Highlands, L. E. Crowson, Supply.
Jonathan, V. R. Masters.
Macon, J. C. IJmberger.
Murphy Circuit, T. F. Higgins.
Robbinsville, J. G. Wilkinson.
Sylva, D. H. Reinhardt.
Wavnesville, W. 0. Goode.
Webster, T. G. Highfill.
Whittier, J. A. Peeler.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
AT JOHN'S CREEK
Cowarts, Nov. 17. (Special)-A spe
cial Thanksgiving service will be
held Sunday, Nov. 22, at the Cow
arts Baptist Church. There will be
services both in the morning and in
the afternoon. Rev. R. L. Cook, pas
tor of the church, and Fulton Thom
asson, superintendent of the Sunday
School and principal of the Cowarts
I school, will be in charge of the day 's
activities.
A special feature of the program
will be singing by the old people of
the community from the Old Christ
ian Harmony. The local Methodist
Sunday School and congregation
will join the Baptists in the service.
Children of both Sunday Schools
will render special singing.
Rev. W. C. Reed, prominent Bap
tist minisNr of .Jackson County and
principal of Sylva High school, will
preach the morning sermon. Rev. A.
C. Queen of Webster will lead the
old people in singing.
The afternoon session will be
given over entirely to singing from
the Old Christian Harmony.
There, was a certain gentleman
from New York who said that tho-e
who whistled were morons. Well,
there's a certain gentleman from our
town that disagrees with this cer
tain gentleman from New York.
ferent from anything we are fumiliar
with now.
GARAGES
This is the time of yera when
many automobile'owners commit un
intentional suicide, by starting irp
their ears in tightly closed garages
and not getting- outside as soon as
the engine fire3 In the past twelve
months the New York State Depart
ment of Health reports forty-two
deaths from carbon monoxide poison
ing in clojed garages and forty
three narrow escapes from death
from the same cause.
It is seldom safe to let a car run
at any season of the year without
backing out of the garage as soon as
the engine starts. Some of the deaths
reported occurred because the wind
blew the exaust gases back into the
garage although the doors were wide
open. Carbon monoxide poison inr
comes without warning, as the ns
is <ntMr odarka.
Tfc eoets nothing to be cartful.