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MILL ROOSEVELT
I mould-Be Assassin Shoots
I Six Times At PresidentElect
At Miami
I Man is overpowered
I K MIAMI. Fla., Feb. 15.?Six shots
I Mere fired at President-elect Frank_
I Hn D. Roosevelt tonight wounding
I Bve persons including Mayor Anton
I Mermai. of Chicago.
I The President-eiecu W no iauAij v** ? M
The assailant, who was captured i
I Mr a rush of secret service men, I
I Mx:ce and sheriff's officers, was de- I
cribed as Guisseppi Zlngarl, an I
I Kalian bricklayer. He was spirited I
I Kway by officers to save him from I
I Mr. angry crowd. Police said he ad- J
| Knitted he bought the gun with the |
I K?tent to kill Mr. Roosevelt. I
I The shooting tcok place in Bay I
Kront Park here a few minutes I
I Kfter Mr. Roosevelt had come ashore I
I Hrcm the yacht Nourmahal on which I
I He had been cruising through the ]
J Htehamas. The President-elect was j
I Hesponding to a welcome of 10,000 I
I Heople gathered in the park when J
[ Hhe crack cf the pistol shots cut I
Hhort his speech. I
| H Zangara was said to have admit. I
I Hed that 10 years ago he was party
'Ho a plot against the life of King v
Hhctor Emmanuel, of Italy. ^
The Injured ^
f The injured in addition to Mayor 1
Zermak, who was shot through the
j^Lhest, the bullet coming out his (
ifK>ack and who nay be fatally
: M^-oimded, were:
:M William Sinnott, of New York, de!
Htective, shot in head.
T~ wife of the Presl
!iVlId. ww- v.?,
nt of the Florida Power and Light
jmpany, shot twice In the abdo. ^
Mrs. Margaret Keyes, of Newark, t
j? shot in the hand. t
Russell Caldwell, aged five, of t
coanut Grove, Fla., slightly ined.
.
irst reports had been that a
ret service man named Brod- c
,ux, who was with the President, ?
I been shot in the head. It de.
>ped, however, that he had leapto
a position in front of Mr.
sevelt to shield him and then
_ juuied in the rush to capture the 1
Iwculd-be assassin. In the confusion *
lit had seemed that he had been ^
I shot. a
I The President-elect had just '
I completed a brief address of wel- a
come to thousands of cheering winI
Iter resort residents, in a setting c
that was colorful and keeping with h
Bthe occasion when the shots, six of ^
them, split the air. h
I Mayor Cermak, who had been a
standing on the running board of
^ he shiny black automobile in which
Bhlr. Roosevelt was in the back, I
dropped to his knees in the fusiL
I lade.
I Mrs. Gill, wife of the president
of the Florida Power and Light
Company was struck as she stood t
| on the outer fringe of the crowd r
1 about 50 feet from the car. t
"I got Cermak," Zingard was 1<
heard to shout before the crowd J
recovered from the first shock of ii
the attempt at wholesale killing. a
Mr. Rocsevelt owes his life to the v
fact that a split second before the
shots were discharged he had low- 1;
ered himself down to the rear of a
his motor. He had been standing, o
braced by his arms on the lowered ii
top of the car. b
He was in the process of sliding b;
into his accustomed seat when the
bullets cut through the air. V
No sooner had the shots been e:
fired, it seemed, than the Roose- J'
velt car was throv/n into gear by G
the chauffeur and it was sent into p
I motion through a path cleared by E
police sirens. F
, Mr. Roosevelt was heard to re_
I mark, "Tm all right." He waved r<
I his arms to the crowd as an indi- e'
Ication ihat he had been spared. He u
driven to his special train on a j<
siding- of the Hoilda East Coast C
I Railroad, and later the hospital
1 ere the wounded were rushed. J
I Aftpr niv.)? *
? ^6"ig mat an possible
wmfort be given the victims he was
driven back to the Nourmahal
where but a few hours ago he
hughed and Joked with the news- s<
Papermen who boarded the yacht tl
10 greet him after his absence. a
Mrs. M. J. Cross, of N. W. Second B
Sheet, Miami, was standing close d
t0 Zingara as he arose from a ti
crouching position with the gun In ti
to hand. She sensed the impend, d
^8 tragedy and '.ried to rest the p
*eaPon from his hand. He climb- h
a chair to get an accurate aim. S
He was about 115 feet from the e<
Roosevelt automobile which had a:
topped to allow the President- R
*?t to extend a greeting to the
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WA1
Fired iU By W(
PRES IDEN T - E LE C T F R
i'ho was shot at six times by a \
Vednesday night. Mr. Roosevelt
imton Cermak of Chicago was ser
talian bricklayer, who fired the sh
F. Whitted,
Norlina Hotel Man,
Dies Wednesday
Funeral services for Charles F.
Vhitted, proprietor of Hotel Norma,
were held from the hotel yes.
erday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Inerment
followed in Elm wood cemeery
at Henderson.
Mr. Whitted died at his home at
lorlina Wednesday morning at 5:30
>'clcck. He was 57 years of age. The
leceased was a native of Wake
ounty, having been born there
ictober 21, 1875. His wife survives,
hereaT>?Ihfcr"'rib children:
Mr. Whltted formerly operated
lotel Warren and was widely known
o hotel men all over the state and
a other sections. For several years
bcut a decade ago he operated
he Vance Hotel in Henderson, and
,lso had owned a hotel in Char,
stsville, Va., as well as in other
ities. He and his wife ran the old
lotel at Norlina until it was torn
own some years ago. The new brick
otel on Federal route 1 was built
nd he and his wife have operated
hat since.
enrollment Gains
At Sunday School
"Competition among the two
earns in the Men's Bible Class is
esulting with almost double atendance,"
J. C. Burwell, who is
jading the whites, said this week.
Jr. Burwell said that the class is
nterestingly taught by J. E. Rooker
nd that those who were out last
/eek apparently enjoyed the lesson.
The Men's Bible class was recent.
y divided into two teams?the blues
nd the whites?and at the close
f April the side that has succeeded
i bringing out the greatest numer
of members will be entertained
y the losing side.
Martin Davis is leading the blues,
forking with him are Will Damron,
H. A. Moseley, Dr. Rufus
ones, Henry Fleming and John
larrett. Mr. Burwell's team is com.
osed of J. B. Miller, J. T. Lufser,
L T. Odom, D. B. Flowers, M. G.
lowers, and W. R. Hedspeth.
"The lessons are interesting and
jally worthwhile and we want
veryone who possibly can to join
p with one team or the other and
>in the work of the Men's Bible
lass," Mr. Burwell said.
tfrs. Ella Matthews
Is Buried Monday
LITTLETON, Feb. 16? Funeral
1 ?? Tllo TTnrvpv Mat
jrviccij xvx iviiOt tmw t V|,
lews were held Monday afternoon
t three o'clock at Bear Swamp
burying Ground, Rev. H. B. An.
erson, pastor of the Enfield Bapst
Church, officiating. Mrs. Matlews,
aged 76, who had been in
eclining health for several years,
assed away Saturday night at the
ome of her daughter, Mrs. W. M.
taton, in Richmond. She is surviv.
3 by one daughter, Mrs. Staton,
nd one son, Exum Matthews of
ichmond.
Mrs. Matthews was an aunt of
It. J. W. Harvey of Littleton.
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TRENTON, COUNTY OF WA1
>uld-Be Assassin 1
,- (
ANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
vould-be assassin at Miami, Fla., on (
escaped without injury, but Mayor (
iously injured. Guisseppi Zingari, 33,
ots, was overpowered and jailed.
Banzet Appointed
Loan Attorney For
Warren County j
Julius Banzet of Warrenton has 1
been designated as attorney for ,
Warren County whose certificate of ,
title for liens, chattels and mort. ]
gages will be accepted by the Regional
Agricultural Credit Corpora,
tion of Raleigh, for loans to be
1 made to the people of this county,
John P. Stedman, executive vice.
? j i. __ .J r\v\v?/Mir?onp 1
president tuiu mnuagcx, cuuxuiuxvgo.
Mr. Stedman aiso announces that 1
R. H. Bright, Warrenton, has agreed 1
to aid those of this county seeking
to borrow money from the corpora- 1
tion in making out their applications
in proper form, thus facilitat- :
ing the preliminary work and help- ;
ing to save time and eliminate red
tape in getting the loans through. '
Pees for attorneys, paid by the :
applicants, are limited to one-half
of one per cent of the loan, with
a minimum of $1 and a maximum 1
of $12.50, on chattels and liens, J
while the fees on real property will
be governed by the amount of work '
involved in preparing the abstract *
and mortgage. Attorneys, as well as 1
county farm agents, are agreeing 1
to perform the duties connected !
1 with making loans largely fcr pa. (
triotic and community reasons, Mr.
Stedman states, pointing out that '
county agents are cooperating splen- 1
didly. 1
Interest on the loans are at the 1
rate of 5 1-2 per cent and a small 1
inspection fee, depending on the 1
size of the loan, will be added, Mr. i
Stedman states. 1
Leans are not to be made to
persons who may be interested in
agriculture and receiving the major
part of their income from other
sources, but they will be confined
to actual "dirt farmers" whose main
livelihood comes from farming,
poultry, livestock and dairy operations,
Mr. Stedman states. It is the
farm owner, too, and not the tenant
farmer, who will be the beneficiary
of the Regional Agricultural
Credit Corporation's assistance.
Those engaged in producing crops,
raising cattle, operating dairies and
raising poultry on their own land
will be extended loans under the
regulations of the corporation, the
vice-president and manager announces.
Loans are made direct from the
Raleigh office and do not have to
be passed upon in Wiashington, thus
eliminating time and trouble and
permitting the borrowers to get
their money much earlier than
otherwise would be the case, Mr.
Stedman states.
Woman Is Bound
Over To Court
Alleged to have been an accomplice
in the robbery of Buck Bell's
service station and the Manson depot
last week, Mrs. Kemp Billings
is being held for Superior court j
under bond of $25. She was given j
a hearing before Magistrate Macy f
Prldgen who found that she sat in j
State unless they had been sentenced
for a period of 90 days or
mitted. I
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*REN, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBR
Road Conditions |
Force Schools To
Close For Week
Schools throughout Warren coun_ ,
y dependent upon truck transporaticn
for attendance have been
losed since Tuesday afternoon on
tccount of the condition of the >]
oads. They are expected to reopen
in Monday morning.
The school work was brought to s
t halt Tuesday afternoon following r
i meeting of the board of educa- r
ion held in the office of Supt. J. r
Sdward Allen. Mr. Allen said yes. c
erday that it was the consensus of t
ipinion among members of the e
joard, school superintendents and l;
irincipals that the roads over the
:ounty were practically impassible i
md that attendance could not be i:
naintained. "We expect to begin r
vork Monday morning unless there t
s another spell cf bad weather," he
itated.
Negro, Employed
On Highway, Hurt
By Falling Tree
Hunt Shelton Carr, Warrenton
aegro, was seriously Injured Monlay
while working for the State .
Highway force. The negro's arm J
and leg were broken and his back
was injured when he failed to get
clear of a tree that was felled by
other members of the highway
force.
Carr was brought to Warrenton i
and given first aid treatment by s
Dr. W. D. Rodgers, who sent him j
to the Jubilee hospital at Hender- i
son. It was reported here Monday
that the negro died on the way to r
the hospital, but that report was 3
marked as false late Wednesday s
afternoon by the Jubilee Hospital, t
'No, he is not dead; he is getting t
along very nicely," came the report \
from the hospital. i
I
Former Resident
Of Warren Dies c
i
Mrs. W. H. Rhodes of Sylvia, who j
had been ill at Duke hospital for r
a period of more, than, two months g
died" there at'icr" ofclock February <
10, and was buried at Sylvia on j
the 12th inst.
Mrs. Rhodes was reared in War- ?
ren county, a daughter of the late
John B. and Caroline Egerton
Powell. She is survived by her husband,
W. H. Rhodes of Sylvia, and
four children, L. B. and W. H. <
Rhodes Jr. both of Raleigh and j
Misses Llewellyn and Caroline of j
Sylvia. Surviving her also are two ?
brothers, Capt. R. H. Powell of Dur- j
ham and T. E. Powell of Warren- j
ton. Mrs. Rhodes for the most part j
of her life was identified with the (
educational interests of the state,
having with her husband conducted i
schools at Trenton, Kinston, and p
Chapel fflll. j
About twenty years ago they removed
from Chapel Hill to Sylvia, (
svhere they became prominently j
Identified with the educational, so- p
sial, church and business life of j
the community. Mrs. Rhodes was s
sixty-five years of age. Mr. Rhodes p
Is at this time critically ill at the j
home of their son, W. H. Rhodes
in Raleigh. j
Scott Is Seeking
Political Place
V
Jack Scott, veteran baseball pitch- t
jr who brought fame to Warren I
jounty and the State in 1922 during t
she World Series, has laid aside c
his glove to enter a new field of t
activity. a
Yesterday "Parmer John," as he s
Decame known to fandom, announc;d
that he would be a candidate p
from the eastern district of this t
state for marshal or deputy mar_ r
shal. There is to be appointed from c
shis district a chief marshal and p
line deputies. a
Mr. Scott said that he already
lad the support of a number of
"riends and baseball fans and that
--J- ? X -W-??n?TT
le was Hoping tnac oenatur cbuw
ind Congressman Kerr would enlorse
him for marshal or deputy
narshal. '
Jack Scott reached the zenith of c
lis career at the Polo Grounds in
1922 when he pitched the Giants g
;o a spectacular victory over the b
ifankees in a game that ended 2-0. c
rhat was Scott's day, a picnic for b
sport writers and a treat for the 1
i8,000 fans who witnessed the game, t
But since that series he has not *
seen able to get the proper power P
nto his worn right arm and the c
'uture failed to give lustre to his v
flory. However, he continued at the C
jame until this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Simm and son of g
lidgeway shopped here on Monday, f
JUrm
UARY 17, 1933 Subscr
VO SALES TAX, (
MERCHANTS SAY
lold Protest Meeting Here
On Tuesday Night; Bitter
In Denunciation
10 APPOINT COMMITTEE
A protest to the proposed general
ales tax was registered by War.
enton merchants on Tuesday
tight when representatives of busiless
houses of the town and other
itizens assembled in the town hall
o discuss the revenue producing
aeasure which is before the legisature.
The merchants here spoke in no
incertain terms against the pend.
ng tax and then appointed a comnittee
of five to convey their sentinents
to Representative J. A. Dow.
in and Senator McDuffie. The
ive men who will discuss the mater
with Warren's two representaives
and possibly go before the
oint finance committee at Raleigh
lave not yet been appointed.
The meeting, an informal affair,
vas presided over by Stephen Bur.
oughs. Practically every busienss
louse of tne town was represented.
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Pridgen Sends First j
30-Day Prisoner To ~
Warren Roads J
Macy Pridgen was the first magstrate
in the county, if not in the
tate, to send a prisoner to a State
irison camp since the new 30 'ay
aw became effective. w
The first man to enter the War- 3
en County Prison Camp under a
10 day sentence was L. M. Robin. a
ion. He was sent there by Magis- s'
rate Pridgen when found guilty of 1(
leing drunk, running his wife from h
lome and breaking up dishes. Rcb- a
nson is a white man of the Box
klill section. t
The 30 day law was passed recent. *
y by the legislature with the view
>f saving counties the expense of
:eeping prisoners confined in jail.
3efore the enactment of the law n
10 prisoners were accepted by the a
State unless they had been sent- t]
meed for a period of 90 days or _
onger. ?
T\ .1. Stansburv c<
Dies At Littleton u
_____ p
Funeral services for Thad J. C(
stansbury, who died Monday mornng
at the home of his brother, W. y
3. Stansbury, were held Tuesday tj
ifternoon at three o'clock at the r,
lome. Rev. deFoe Wagner and Rev. ^
.Francis Joyner conducted the serv- h
ces. Interment was in Sunset Hill ti
Cemetery. n
The active pallbearers were the a
Messrs. J. P. Leach, W. B. Brown. ^
ng, C. A. Patterson, J. L. Johnston,
I. W. Thornton and J. V. Shearin. p.
Mr. Stansbury, whoj was 58 years
)ld, had been in apparent good f(
lealth until Saturday when he suf- 0]
ered a stroke of paralysis which ^
>roved fatal. He is survived by one y
;ister, Mrs. Judie Stansbury, and
hree brothers, W. H., W. M., and p.
3. M. Stansbury, all of Littleton.
Makes Honor Roll I
Military Institute
H. Evans Coleman Jr. of Wise
vas one of the eleven men to make jj
he first semester honor rou at uas a
lidge Military Institute, according g,
o an announcement from the head ,3,
f the school which was carried in a]
he News and Observer. He made ^
in A average for the entire first tl
emester. hi
Young Coleman received his
lublic school training at Wise and
he John Graham school at Warenton.
He was graduated at the age m
if 16. Oak Ridge is a well known 01
irep school with about 150 boys in hi
.ttendance.
Li
Vliss Leach Sends E
Many To Institutions ?
???? bj
Recent institutional commitments tl
rere listed by Miss Lucy Leach, w
ounty welfare officer, as follows: w
One white woman and one white al
irl to State Hospital. One white
ioy to a reform school and one
olored boy to a school for the
ilind. One white boy to Caswell ai
"raining School and one negro man d:
o the Hospital ror disaoiea veterans, u;
Ught received treatment in hos_ us
vitals. Application has been ac- V:
epted and three white children at
rtll be admitted to the Oxford
)rphanage as soon as possible.
Friends of Mr. Julius Banzet are N
lad to learn that he has recovered te
rom an attack of influenza. of
iption rrice,
I
i 1
They are pants but they are put on
> a peculiar manner. One leg Is i t
gular leg and slips on, foot first, a
. . The other leg "wraps around" c
ind forms the new beach trousers t
tfhich Nell Hughes of Memphis dem- ^
jnstrates above. ' .
^egro Killed By *
Train At Ridgeway t
Saturday Afternoon J
James White, Ridgeway negro, c
as killed Saturday afternoon about J
o'clock when struck by a train j
t Ridgeway. The negro man was t
;retched out on the roadbed of the 4
icomotive and it is believed that 8
e was asleep at the time of the t
ccldent. t
*1 l-? IV'.! ,
names roiiuciaiu*
For Evils Of Day \
i
The evils of today are in a large f
leasure traceable to politicians, t
ccording to a letter received by t
lis newspaper from Former Rep- t
tentative John S. Davis who as- t
;rts that fifty per cent of politics
: rascality and the other fifty per, l
ent is plain robbery. His letter 1
)llows: n
"The labor of 35 per cent of our i
eople support the other 65 per c
;nt upon terms and conditions c
xed by a few of the 65 per cent 1
irough the co-operation of poll- c
cians, and politics is 50 per cent t
iscality made up af lying, deceit, s
raft, intrigue, coersion, connivance,
ypocracy^ ^alse.p^etense, intima- 1
on and other like qualities dcmiated
by greed. The other 50 per J
;nt of politics is just plain robery.
That is the cause of this de.
ression, more properly called op- e
ression. I
Is it a government of the people, 1
>r the people and by the people^ s
r is it a government of the task
takers for the task makers and by f
task makers? These are aues- d
ons legions are pondering while f
issive revolution exists. r
"Believe it or not." t
Jttleton Wins Two J
Games From Norlina a
b
LITTLETON, FEB. 16.?Littleton r
igh School basket-ball teams won g
double-header from Norlina High g
:hool at games played here Tues. t
ay night, the boys winning 26-12 P
id the girls winning 33-23. Ferdie t
[oore was high scorer for the Lit- v
eton boys and Elizabeth Reid was a
igh scorer for the Littleton girls, tl
KITCHEN SHOWER C
A kitchen shcwer was tendered d
iiss Anna Seaman, a bride-to-be, t<
i Thursday, February 9, at the si
>me of Mrs. J. F. Moebius. f
Decorations were green and white, tl
ittle Emma Elizabeth Brauer and I
Iford Hecht, dressed as bride and *
oom, walked in to the strains of tl
ihengrin's Wedding March played si
T Amanda Brietzke, drawing after
iem a decorated wagon loaded 5
ith useful presents. Felicitations
ere received by the bride-elect,
'ter which luncheon was served.
DAVIS-HAITHCOCK i(
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Haithcock w
inounce the marriage of their r<
lughter, Carrie Leigh, to Mr. Wil- o
im Owen Davis on Saturday, Jan. a
iry the twenty-first, at Boydton, h
Irginia. They will make their home o:
; Marmaduke. V
E
COMPLIMENTS VISITOR ti
In honor of Mrs. P. H. Hobbs of V
orfclk, Mrs. Edmund White en- p
rtained informally at two tables t)
cards last week. o
fff $? ' ?*-V m: '
MOST OF THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME
l NUMBER 8
KILLINGS GIVEN
ROAD SENTENCE
lent To Roads For Part In
Robbery of Buck Bell's
Service Station
1IREE ARE NOT TRIED
On Monday Jailer E. C. Lovell
>st two of the five white men
laced in his custody last week 4n
jnnection with the robbery of the
lanson depot and Buck Bell's
irvice station when Judge Taylor
tiled that Paul Billings should work
tie State highways for a period of
dut months, and Solicitor Daniel
:ok a nol pros in the case against
:iaude Billings.
Jake Lester, Jim Pearcy and
:emp Billings?the three who are
lleged to have done the actual
obbing?were not arraigned in Reorder's
court for trial. They are
elng held in jail until the May
erm of Warren county Superior
ourt.
Paul Billings was transferred from
he jail to the county prison camp
fter he was found guilty n a charge
>f receiving stolen goods knowing
hem to have been stolen at the
ime he received them. Claude BilL.
ngs, arrested along with the others
md held as a State witness, was
;iven his freedom.
Mr. Bell's service station was
iroken into on two occasions and
:ompletely robbed one night last
veek, and shortly after the invasion
>f his place of business the Manon
depot was burglarized. While
he men were in jail here Kemp
Billings and Jim Pearcy confessed
o Railroad Detective K. Y. Kates
hat they with Jake Lester were
:uilty of robbing both places.
D. L. Tate, white man who was
[riving the Chrysler automobile
hat crashed into a horse and
vagon carrying William and Fanlie
Kearney, two negroes, on Mon.
lay afternoon of last week, was
bund eruiltv of reckless driving and
lad prayer for judgment continued
or 90 days, provided he pay Into
he office of the Cleric of Court
he sum of $50 for damages ausained
by the two Kearneys and pay
he costs of court.
When the accident occurred Wiliam
Kearney received a gash in
lis head, Fannie Kearney's hand
pas cut, and the horse was killed,
rate said that the accident was
lue to the fact that he ran off the
oncrete to miss a truck and when
le cut back on the pavement his
:ar darted across to the left side
>1 the road and struck the horse
ind wagon.
Drake Warns Against
Shooting And Skating
Chief M. M. Drake yesterday
isked that this newspaper caution
jarents about their children shootng
birds and skating on Main
treet.
The policeman said that both of.
enses were against the town ordnance
and had drawn complaints
rom a number of residents of Warenton
and that they would have
o be stopped.
The birds, he said, are very dear
o a number of people, and skating
a the heart of town la dangerous.
Ir. Drake said that those who had
lood in their eye would have to
emain on their own premises or
o out of town limits for their
ame, and that those who wished
o skate would have to find some
lace other than Main street for
heir sport. "They can skate anywhere
in town except Main street
nd the sidewalks of Main street,"
he policeman stated.
Returning to the subject of birds,
Jhief Drake said that just the other
ay a lady of the town complained
o him that a mocking bird which
he had been feeding for some time
ell before the air-gun of one of
he town's youth. "I feel sure," Mr.
>rake opined, "that if the parents
rill caution their children about
hese two offenses that no further
teps will be necessary."
Says Inez Gets First
Class Bus Service
Inez is getting first class bus serv.
:e now, John S. Davis stated this
' "I' Tti" fnrmar Wan?n ftOUntV
CCIk. .4?AJW AV*?MV* I .. _
^preservative said that one bus
ames through in the morning and
nother at night and that citizens
1 that section could travel north
r south with a minimum of inconenience
and effort now. Inez, Mr.
>avis stated, is a terminal for buses
raveling to Raleigh, Louisburg,
/eldon and Murfreesboro. One bus
assed through Inez about 9:30 in
tie morning and another about 7
'clock at night.