,7-0 YEAR IN ADVANCE IN THE COUNTY
SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 19S4
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$2.00 YEAR IH ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY
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Jackson County Celebrated
fourth Of July Yesterday
\iHv John Parris, Jr.)
i , , , j, lolk celebiated the birtli
lii. it:it ion, at Sylva and at
. I ^ Beginning with preach
prayer, and ending with
, ji , ; ; t i * i dancing, the large crowd
(j, .,,,1.;, -mm rived in Sylva early and
l.-iie, seemingly enjoying the
.>1 entertainment.
?| Micisx's in Sylva began at
i) i'. IJr- Luther L'ttle, pastor
,1 ii;r i ii>1 Baptist church of Char
|,.'h. vjio is engaged with the local
,l,.i<li i'??4>lc in conducting a uijion
?u*;tl hi Sylva, pieached a patriotic
H j iu..ri following a song and prayei
a-rvii-c. oil the st reets. Dr. Little said
tli.it .\iitcrica*.i:time out of the heart
01 1 1 < ?< I . and that Christianity was the
jihi.ir;ition of its birth, brought it
i? In a great Uat on; and is its guid
i,lt; ?!:ir. lie declared that the crown
. -low of any natiuu is "To d<
j;. to jove mercy, and to walk
Li. i iily betoVe (re I." When we de
(h;: . lie staled, our problems will be
J ed, and Jehovah will pour fort I
H > blessings upon us.
'diss Lloise Soiitherlanil carried oil
jis: prize in the dog parade wit!
j,, clter, Kate IJasmuson. The a
vi-i was prese.uitod by Hooper's
|i,-' ? Store.
Th' prize to the couple that hail
Married the longest went to Mr |
j,,: \i i C. A. Bird, formerly ot
, !... lint now of Cullowhee, who
, ii united in the holy bands
?; i : i nioii v for 5(5 years ami ?
nil. h- Mr. Mrs. ('. L. Dills of
S\.<;i wire a close second, with ">(i
Vl :,i- run! 7 months of married lifi
tn :!u-ir credit.
L >W\ lli i-il also took the prize' for
? flu man present at the eele
I bin! mi. Mr. Bird, a former connty
I cuim/uWiiMT, and long prominent in
I tin- lift' of the county, gave his age
I a- SO.
Mrs. L. Dili-; of Sylva was tin*
oldest woman present at the celebra
tion. She is 7S
.Miss Kaclicl Crown, daughter of
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Mrs. K. K. K row n, of Sylva, wa.s
nuiirdcil lirst prize in the bathing
beauty contest, held in the Lyric
Tlicut l'e.
The largest family present at the
n lehrat ion was that of E. M. Cagle
of Sylva, which family was present
niiii- strati^.
Tin tallest man was Dick Cunning
lsvu'.i. of Dillsboro.
Hii\v:>' 1 1 Allison, Sylva took tli"
f: ' j'i-n honors. Howard is 1(5 years
i'! ;i'.d weighs 275 pounds.
V-. Walter lloyle, Sylva was the
I:- "i en an of the occasion. She can
pi f. : In* scales up to 243 pounds.
I' i'. Wiggins, of Big Ridge came
?I"' miles and brought a crowd ot '12
|U'.nle with him. lie was awarded
tl,.- prizes for coining the greatest
i!i"':iine, and for bringing the most
f..!|: -.
?dr. and Mrs. A. W. Allen were
warded the newest married couple
|.>iw. iTliey have ."been marif-d ">
rt tout lis.
Steve Black, the "Fighting Colonel
iiiim Kent ucky" took a two round
luiiteh from "Blacke" Coward. The
Knit ucky lad is ten years old and
i wiiuIh 80 pounds.
Harry Ma sow won the prize in the
I Mimlt'old boxing match.
Tin- crowd bad lots of fun watch
in.- two Negroes fight, with gloves
mi. tin- n watermelon. Roseoo Burges.*
vim t he melon.
Wilson won the boys' skat
' ? i and Mildred Franklin the
no fur girl-: over ten years of age.
I Miinre Hall was in first place
i> '? li-itiik" race for gills under 10.
I; r.-!i Alii sin and Miss Rachel
? won the sweetheart relay race.
Kmiiklin and Fred Cagle
? v i * ' .i*r s ;:i their resjvet ive dir
i! I be 50 yard dash. Bill Knox
?! pl:i**? ot'I th." men's division
I'atle ;i u.'l John McLain won
" l hop for boys, while Ma.vv
? !. f..?| Mildred Franklin won
? i.- for girls
' I li'iui look the fat man's
? ! ? 1 1 Kiiov was adjudged the
'" ?kiii" nui,n, and Sid Cagle the
M i ^ May Morgan i won the
Tor i he prettiest girl.
b ??lei.hu !>rw.n and Kenneth Hen
u"i ili;' human burde.'i race; Mid
'*'li" Hre.wn the 50 yard da.ah for
Howard Paintor the peaiuit race
w a and IfensTev tlie wheel
low race.:
I'Own and IL-nsley won out in
' h'nM'slioe pitching contest and
w'u ??"'??laiined champions of .Taekson
fonnty..
heavy rains strike section
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Rains of (more than usual iutcnsit y.
?'truck at different plant's in this part'
ot the county during the past week.
The first ra'n that did damage was
.u> that brought injury to crops Ims
tween Beta and Addie, washing logs
; .lid stones dowii upon tin1 higlrw><\*
: ml the Black Hock Stock Farm.
On Thursday ol' hist work a tain
of almost cloudburst proportions did
i onsidcrable damage on the Kitchen
branch, Allen Branch, and on the
ong Bottom Branch, which corned
iown^uto Sylva from the Dills' Cove.,
Sunday afternoon, a h.eavv rain
truck on J.oth sides of Balsam (lap,
toing great daamge to crops along
he headwaters of Scott's Creek, on
he Jackson side of tin! moiuiHaiu.
:nd Richland Creek, on the Haywood
side.
Highway forces have he.en busy
epairing Highway No 10, ami tlw
ail road section forces, on the railway
Lloyd Robinson, of Asheville, who
.as visiting his mother at his old
om at Hall's Sid'ug, (lagged the
veiling passenger train coming out
from ArJu'viUe, '??! pivvented it
rout rounding a sharp curve ami
| u lining onto a tiestle across Scott s
reek, which was piled with drift
voud. Mr. Robinson thus preyentcd
vhat might easily have been a most
erious railroad accident.
Section masters Cogdill and Queen,
oth hapix'Jied to he on. the train, and
supervised the removal of tin- drift,
and clearing the track so that the
train could pass on.
The damage to crops along Scott's
'reek from Addie to Balsam was
heavy.' Each of the unusual rains has
followed the Balsam Range.
QUALLA
In his sermon, at the Methodist
liurch Sunday morning, Rev. C. W.
Clay emphasized the ini|?oitaiiee of
the practice of the Golden Rule in all
Delations of life. ilLo stressed the
fact that if guided by this Rule
there would he no profiteers, some get
ting rich at the expense and nlOwfalt
of others.
Misses Gertrude and Ruth Fergu
son] attended the church dedication at
Wolf Mountain, Sunday.
Mrs. J. K. Terrell called on Mrs.
?I. L.Ferguson, Sunday afternoon, who
has been in decining health for sev
eral weeks past.
Mrs.. Bill Howell and sons, Calvin
and Edgar , of Lenoir, are visiting
among relatives.
Rev. C. W. Clay made several calls
in Qualla, Friday.
Misses Mo/el le and Phyllis Moody
and Miss Nell McLaughlin weie guests
of Miss Maty Emma Ferguson-, Sun
day.
Mr. Wayne Rhinehart and family,
of 'Canton, are visiting at Mr. D. L.
Oxncr's.
Mrs. Cora Johnson and children
.1 Deep Creek, and Mrs. Jess Blantofi
Mid children spe.i:it Sunday after
noon at Mr, 1). M. Shttler's.
Mr. Charlie, Snyder, of the United
States Army, spent Sunday with h*s
mother, M rs. Laura Snyder.
Mis. J. \V. Cathey and Miss .Ten
aie CatH!ey callcid at Mr. D. A. Mar
tin's, Monday. ?
Messrs. Frank Kinsland, Frank
Hayes and Ernest Bradley called at
Mr. II. G. Ferguson's Sunjflay after
noon.
Mr. Newt Snyder had a message,
Saturday eve.", ting, that his brother.
Mr. Luther Snyder, of Whittier, had
been seriously injured in a car wreck
and taken to the Community Hospital
in Sylva for treatment.
Mr. and MrA. J. E. llovlo, of Thoni
asville, s-pent last week with Qualla
relatives.
Hugh, Lillian and Bel'-* Ferguson
and Shirley Moody willed at Mr. Glen
Stallepp's, Sufiday afternoon.
A 45 minute perfornuuice was given
in the Lyric Theatre by the mag'cian
Lippineott, who erftertauied the
crowd with a dissapjiearing act and
various' tricks of- nag:c.
C. C. Poind"xter, who was the mov
ing spirit behind the celebration, and
who arrenged it and got the people
interested :.n it, acted as master of
ceremonies.
At F.dst Laporte, some 500 people
gathered and joined with the Masons
.and Eastern Stars in a celebration,
j which w as featured by an address
J bv Prof. Robert L. Madison a>id sing
ing by the class from the Oxford
I Orphanage.
CLAY WILLIAMS MAY
GET JOHNSON'S JOB
Washington, July 3? It is Presi
dent Roosevelt's hojM' and expectation
that in the course of the next six,
months ? that is, befoie the new Con
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guess meets in January? he wiil havi*
got the whole of the complcated
machinery of Government working in
unison to a sirgle end, and will have
found able nicu to replace several
who aiy> ^definitely 011 the way out
because they have.not made gcad in
their jobs. .1, '
How he is going to do this without
disturbing the morale of th.' Admin -
intra! ion is his worry. A in.l Mr.
Koosevelt doesn't worry much, about
anything. He conies pretty close to
ob.yiiig the Biblical injunction about
letting tomorrow take care of itself.
However a lot of other folks are do
intr considerable worrying.
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Perhaps the biggest source of wor
iv in the Administration is General,
Hugh Johnson. Personally everybody
like?* (Jvi.k'ral Johnson. In starting
the Blue Eayjie and the XRA off on
a wave of popular enthusiasm he did
a magnificent job of propaganda. He
is still the great propagandist, hift as
smi administrate!, it is beginning to
be realized iu ^ Administration ci rices
as it has long been realised by the
I, jsiness n with whom he has to
Jeai, In' is decided le not a success.
How to ease General Johnson- out
without stirring up too much trouble
is one of I lie President's chief diffi
culties. He must have the right man
ready to slip into his place before
he acts business intcicsts an* begin
ning to talk ot' ( lav Williams, head
of the Reynolds Tobacco Company,
as th# ideal iiulu for the job. There
has been no information fiosn the
White House as to who may be th>*
next head of the XRA, but a change
is regarded as certain. ?
Harry Hopkins, head of the Emer
gency Relief, ami not John Sahey.
head of the Home 1-ioa.u Board, wJl
be made the administrator of
new Housing Act. A campaieflT of
propaganda to "fix up the old house"
is to begin soon. The hojK* is to get
activity in the building trades start
ed off this year and a big building
boom in 19.'15.
What is still lacking is confidence
on the part of private business and t
industry. It is real zed that some
thing must lie done to assure business
that if it puts its money to work
now there will be no further radical
legislation or administi at ve action
to impair the stability of investments.
Xo word has been forthcoming on
on what the Pnsi'Jent will do under
powers granted bint under the Silver
Act. Secretary Morganthau declares
that he will administer it "enthusi
astically", but tlat does not satisfy
conservatives. Tlere is a strong be
lief here, backed up by statements
from financiers who usually know
whal they an* talking about, that the
amendments to the Securities Act
now makes it reasonably possible tor
the flotation of new stock and bond
issues to provi.le working capital,
which is badly r eeded, for many large
industries.
Business confidence is not being
helped any bv the cont'nuous
threats of strikes in major industries
The American Federation of Labor
has declared Als intention to devote
the summer to the complete organi
zation of the automobile industry,
preparatory to making demands next
Fall which it will back up by* a gen
eral strike in the automobile factories
if they are not granted.
The outlook as seeni by impartial
observers here is for a slight falling
off of business during the Summer,
which does no! now look as prom
ising as 1933, with increased govern
ment spending to take up the slack
while business men and financiers
are studying and analyzing the prob
able effects and benefits, or other
wise, of the thvigs which have been
undertaken by the Government, be
fore making very long commitments.
One of the things which wjll come
in for a great deal of hard study will
Ik- the National Debt. It is now 27
bUlion dollars? twenty seven thou
sand millions. That is the highest
point our National Debt has ever
reached. ( ( ,
Nobody worries much about paying
?off a National Debt? nobody bw
Andrew Mellon, that is.\ Mr. Mellon
approached the publ'C debt as some
thing to be paid. Statesmen look at
debts as something to offer to the
investing public as a safe source of
! income. "Buy a Government bond and
j you can't iose your capital". And
1 that is true so long as the Govern
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SYLVA WOMANMAY
RECIEVE HIGH POST
The Greensboro Daily News and
other papers of the State are nieu
tioning) Mrs. E. L. McKee of Sylva
as the possible successor, to Mrs
Palmer Jerman as National Commit
tee Woman for North Carolina, on
the Democratic Executive Committee.
Mrs. Jernfan has handed in her
resignation pursuant to the Presi
dential order that people who have
been given positions in the Aidmpni
stration should get off the National
Committee.
Mrs. Jerman's home is in Raleigh.
The papers of the State are arguing
that the vaeanicy nrrigtht be filled from
the west, from whence, as John Bas
kcrvil recently pointed out, now
come the bulk of the votes for the
Democrats, as well as for the Repub
lieans.
Among the western women who
are being spoken of for the post an;
Miss Beatrice Cobbfc Moigaiilton
iicwspai>er publisher, and one of the
brightest and most popular women in
the State, and Mrs. E. L. McKee, of
Sylva, who has been president of the
North "Carolina Federation of . Wo
men/s Clubs, president of the State
Division, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, and the only woman
ever to sit as a member of the North
Carolina Senate.
Most newspaper writers agree that
if the appointment should come west,
ajid many think it should, that Mrs.
McKee and Miss. Cobb are likely to
be among the list from which th<>
appointee will come. The Greensboro I
Daily News savs, that if the appoint '
ment comes to the west "Mrs. McKee |
will t have to be reckoned w.th".
This would be a high honor to come i
'.o Jackson eounty. The Republicans)
had ,n national committeeman fron
this' county for many years, Col, C.
J. Karris, of D'llsboro, who was also
the Republican candidate for Govern
or agfcinst'R. B. Glenn; but the Diem
ocrats^of the eounty have pever, bad
a National Committeeman! or Commit
tee Woman, a gubernatorial candi
date, nor a Congressman. In the past
few years the county has become one
of the Democratic counties of the
west, ono of those about which John
Baskervil was wrting as one of
those from whence the Democratic
majority in the State comes.
BALSAM
Balsam was visited by the greatest
rainfall, Sunday afternoon that it has
had in many years. Much damage was
done to gardens, farms, homes and
roads. Bridges on private roads were
washed away. Milk and butter in the
spr'ng houfye were either washed
away or rendered unfit for use by
sand and dirt. The congregation wor
shiping iu ihe Episcopal church had
to renwiiit several hours after the close
of service.
By ordci- of the State Board of
K?-.\lth, septic tanks are being built,
or rebuilt, at the hotels and private
homes. The work is supervised by Mr
Bern Sloan, v.
Work is still progreasing at the
Olivene mine here. Several car loads
have be<:n shipped recently and more
will be shipped this week. Also sev
eral car loads of mica have been
shipped recently from Jthfc Grassy )
Ridge mine.
Tourists are coming in every day.
SHERRILL IMPROVING
The many friends of W. R. Shcrrill
well known Sylva attorney, will be
pleased to learn that he is fast im
proving, following an operation, last
week at the Community Hospital.
ment's credit is good. So the import
ant question is: How much of a debt
can the. United States carry without
impairing its credit? And the gener
ally accepted answer here Js 35 bil
lion dollars.
To pay interest on double the debt
of 1932 would- seem to call for doubl
ing the tax income; but the definite
effort to rafuce all interest rates to
percenatges comparable to those pre
vailing in other nations. The day of
6 percent returns with any degree of
safety whatever on any "sort of priv
ate investment is regarded as; having
passed; five percent is the interest
rate talked of most on private obli
gations. And considering the absolute
safety of a Government bond, the
effort will be to refinance the old
issues and issue the .new ones on a
basis of around 2 to 2Vg percent, so
that the same old tax income will
carry the donbled load.
Union Revival In Progress
?Drawing Large Crowds
TODAY and
TOMORROW
SCIENTISTS ? tt work
The popular of a scientist is an old
inarv with an. absent-minded expres
sion hunting through a microscope
for something that wouldn't be any
use if he found it.
I wish I coftld take every one oi
my readers through any of the great
industrial laboratories with whidi 1
am familiar, and in which I have of
ten watched scientists at work. One
of them employs more than a
thousand young men, each of whom
has a university Doctor's degree in
chemistry, engineering or philosophy,
and has had to j prove his; ability to
do original research work before h<
could get his. job.
They are very far from being the
doddering) dodoes which the public
imagines men of science to be. They
are as keen, human and interesting a
group of men as I have ever encoun
tered anywhere. Their prime pur
pose is to fiibcL ways to make the tele
phone work faster, better and cheap
er. But as by-products of their dis'
coveries . such inventions at
talking pictures, chain broadcasting,
television and many other things have
come oi^t of that laboratory.
PROGRESS . . . . . a iook back
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I have little patience with the com
mon complaint that inventions and
machinery have brought the world to
ruin. Exactly the opposite is true.
Who would be content to go back,
even to th^'days of my own boyhood?
I can remember when there were no
telephones, no Electric lights nor elec
i trie power, no airplanes, no motion
pictures, ji*> phonographs, no typewrit
ara, no Portland cement no bathtubs
or plumbing to speak of, no gas en
gines, no automobiles, of course, and
not even any bicycles. Wireless te
legraphy and its offspring, radio
broadcasting were undreamed of; the
dirigible aircraft was a romantic nov
elist's fantasy.
I could fill this column with prod
ucts of the application of scicntee by
invention to serve humanity. I think
the world is better off.
HEALTH ... life saver
I saw a notice posted in a New
Yoik subway car the other day in
which the Hk?alth Commissioner
pointed out* that only 37 babies died
in the bifr city of diptheria last year,>
whereas several thousand died ot il
annually only a few years ago. Anti
toxin has put an end to this massacre
of the innocents.
One by. one, in my own' time, 1
have seen the scourges of mankind
vanish under the advance of medical
science. Smallpox, bubontu, yellow fe
ver all the long l'st of diseases that
took high toll of Hutrnan lives when
I was a boy, have been banished or
are rapidly being conquered by the
forward/ march of civilization and
the steady advance in medical knowl
edge and public hygiene measures.
CANCER . . . needs research
One of my friends lost his wife a
few months 'ago. She had a cancer.
The other day he told me that he
had been inspired by thdrt tragedy to
investigate the whole subject of ca#i?
cer, and was surprised to find that
nothing that could property be called
scientific research by modern meth
ods had been undertaken, into either
the cause o^. possible cure of this
most dreadful of all diseases.
My friend is a man of scientific j
training, familiar with the methods
of the great research laboratories. "T
am si$re," he sa:id, "that with three
or four million dollars available with
which to hire competent chemists,
biologists and pathologists, any of
the big industrial laboratories could
fnd the cause of cancer and a cure
for it, in .a few years."
It is easier to get mcrtey with
which to do research that is expected
to result in more money, than it is
when nothing more important than
lives is involved.
BLOOD . . . four types
The transfusion of blood from one
person to another has become such
an established method of treatment
in various conditions that every im
portant hospital has a list of "blood
donofa " These are mien or women
who are willLqjg to part with a pint
or more of blqod for a fee of $25 or J
The anion revival, whieh started
Monday, sponsored by the churches
of Sylva, and with Dr. Lather Little,
of Charlotte doing the preaching, is
drawing large crowds at both the
morning and evening services.
The morning services, which begin
at 10:30, are held in the Baptist
church, and the evening services, in
the Methodist church starts at 8:00
o'clock. Every office and business
house in Sylva closes each day for
the preaching hour.
Dr. Little is making his first person
al appearance in this county, but is
known here by reputation, and by
his sermons, which have been broad
east over the radio for several
years. He is pastor of the First
Baptist church of Charlotte.
Yesterday morating as a part of
the Fourth of July celebration^ the
other exercises were suspended for
am; hour, and Dr. Little preached to
the laiige crowd 011 the streets.
The revival in Sylva has been draw
ing people not only from the town,
but frpm communities all over the
county. It is the opening o? the
count#-widc evangetystia campaijgn,
which will be carried to every section
of the county, immediately after the
revival in Sylva closes.
The preachers for the county-wide
campaign have been announced as
follows: Cullowhee, W. C. Reed and
I. K. Stafford; Balsam, Ben Cook
and A. C. Bryson; Balsam Grove, D.
C. Hooj>er. Barker's Creek, Thad
Jamison; Big Ridge, J. E. Brown and
diehard Miller; Black Mountain,
Floyd Womack and Gudger Bishop;
Buff Creek, L. E Crawford and J.
T. Carson ; Cashier's W. M. BreedJove
Catherine's Chapel, W. T. Rogers:
Cedar, John Harris and Wiley Owen ;
Charley's Creek, J B. Kilpatrick '
and M. C. Qaeen. Dillsboro, J. M.
Woodard; Dix Creek, D. Beck and if.
P. Crawford; East Fork, M. A. Lovtf
and R. D. Cowan.
Greer* 's Creek, Ernest Jamison and
R. N. Deitz; Hamburg, W. W. Marr;
Fohn's Creek, A. S. Solesby; Little
Savannah, Will Buchanani and Homer
Buchanan; Lumberton, R. P. Mc
Cracken; l^oeust Field, Joe Bishop
and T. D. Watson; lxwedale, K. Al
len; Moses Creek, Sterling Melton
and Vessie Hoxit; Mt. Pleasant, Cal
vin Massengale and Dave Dean . New
Savannah, R. L. Cook and L A.Cabe;
Ochre l Hill R. F. Mayberry and
Charlie Conner; Oak Ridge, Frank
Bum^ianier and Cleveland Queen;
Hyatt's Chapel, G. C. Snyirier and J.
L Hyatt; Savannah, R. W. Gneen and
W. W. Anthony, Scott's Creek, R. L
Randolph and T. F. Deitz ;' Shoal
Creek, B. X. Rogers and Lucius
Rogers; Sol's Creek, A. C. Queen and
Dock Burrell: Speedwell, P. C. Hicks
and J. M. Tucker; Tuckaseigee, W.
N. Cook and Leslie Hooper; Webster,
G. N. Cowarn; Wilmot, Andy Bishop.
Wolf Creek, A J. Manley and R. C.
Morgan ; and Zion Hill, M. L. Hooper
and J. D. Sit ton.
GREEN'S CREEK FOLKS HOLD
ROAD CELEBRATION DINNER
The people of Guam's Creek gave
a dinner to the road forces of the
county, District Engineer Pllc'mmons
and the convicts, in celebration of ^
the completion of the regrading and
surfacing of their road, with gravel,
011 last Friday.
Medical mem learned through this
work of blood transfusion that there
are four distinct types of human
blood, and that it is necessary to be
sure that the donor's blood is of the
same type as that of the patient.
These four tvpes are known as "O",
"A", "B" and 'AB.'
The tests for these blood types arc
so positive that recent examination
of the muscle tissue of Egyptian
mummies, who have been dead for
several thousand years, prove that
these inhabitants of the Nile country
in the time of the Pharaohs were all
of a single blood type, the "B" stand
ard.
Men of science are beginning to
think it likely that there are four
original races of human being*,
whose blood types persist in their
descendants. Nobody, or only a com
paratively few of the earth's inhab
itants is of unmixed racial strain.
But the blood type will tell which
strain is dominant in aaj given in*
MM.