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-A ADVERTISING is xo p I! ? j : o ; WHAT STEAM IS TO Machinery, o Tim Okkat Propelling Powf.s. IF YOU AIE A HCJTlifl rou win ADVERTISE TOCB Business. .0 B. E. HIL.HARD, Editor and Proprietor. "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $I.oo. VOL. XVI. New Series Vol. 4. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1900. NO. 37. Sivd Your Advutisimkbt nr Now. The Commonweal 1 6J There is noth- ing so bad for a cough as cough- f zi ii rears ine : of the throat and d lungs, and the wounds thus m1 made attract the livf .- saraDtion. Stoo '.your cough hy fe":fremedy that has te'been curing -icoughs and colds everv kind for r VCi oiAiy jwaio iuu can't afiord to be with out it. loosens the grasp of your ccuu. ine congestion e - 1 i g . f ' or ins tnroat ana lungs is IB. T lvi.iiJVt.iU, ail lUJiaiMliltt 4 tion Is subdued: and the jr couga crops away, s-i Three sizes: the one H n dolts r size is the cheap est to keep on hand; the SOc. size for coughs vcu have had for some time; the 25c. size for ordinary cold. Tnr ' r.T.m T Tlfld el wit TmuI i con'a. Tiirt doctors and. everybody ; t:. laouca: i naa a true case 01 f.'-3-2ia?ion. Then I tried Ayer's "u: rrv i'cccorai and it only took a .? bjttlc and a half to core me." v-j! cci. ss, isss. camden, H.x. S Vrlt-3 the Doctor. If you have any I a r r. i!.I.i:nt wnatever aud aeslre th PI?OFISSIOAL. Dentist. K-f: i --'J " tne btaton Building:. Oiii -e hoiirs from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to : .: cii, p. m. SCOTLAND XECK. X. C. J. P. WIMBEiSLiJfii, . OFFICE HOTEL LAWEENCE, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. yj e. johssox, !3i AT TORNEY-AT-LA W, AVlXDSOR, N. C. Practice in all Courts. Special ai tenfioix given to Collections. 'V. J. WAED, burgeon Dentist, Enfield, N. C Oiuc-e over Harrison's Drup- Store. A.UUXX, TTORNE Y-A T-L A W. Scotland Xeck, X. C. Practices wherever his services arc required JDWARD L. TEAtb, Attoraey'and Counselor at Law, HALIFAX, X. C. Mr! 'ff Loaned on Farm Lands. P l-'U V. MATTHEWS, A TTORNE Y-A T-LA W. ci-"Ooi:ectton of Ci&ima a specialty. Vv HITAKERS, X. C. f rl mmr -11. J-1 -ii.'..ItJ tiur T?Ori Wliil With Vt enr Competitors. E.STAULISHED IX 1865. CMS M- WALSH' i.. V 1 WORKS, -$ Zr.camore St., PeteesbUKG, Va. 'miEetits, Tombs, Cemetery Cnrb- nv6, ic. All work strictly nrst- clasa and at Lowest Prices. f ALSO PT'PVISIT TtAV FthOiNG, VASES, &C. e-n? ?ont tn nnv nnrlrAss free. In r'tiiK' for them nT! iriv aee of de- 1 Prepay Freight on all Work, Cypress Singles. 1 pball keep a nice lot ol press Shingles ,!1 the vtar Pce to suit piuchawr. W. H.WHITE. " Scotland Xeck, X. C n; n car "an I V b ' raed c ij advice-write the Doctor 1 1:r. J. C. ATEK. Lowell, Mass.' 11 K , u , p THE EDITOR'S L2ISUE1 HOUES Points ana Paragraph cf Things rristnt, Past aid rntnre. The Commonwealth believes that the South will yet become the most prosperous and most delightful part of this great country. All we need Is to develop our resources and be economi cal and etick to business. These three things adhered to strictly and the South will one day blossom as the ros6 and our people shall practically want for nothing. To one who will giye a day cf serious thought to the world-wide commotion which now obtains, there comes a re flection that almost . startles. Ware, commotion, distrust, unrest, strikes, murders, malfeasance in office and a thousand other fearful things, are startling indeed. To be sure, these things have been common, more or less, ali down the eges ; but it does seam that conditions are worse now than usual. J ust now one of the questions upper most in the minds of the farmers is whether they shall sell cotton or hold for highsr prices. As is always the case there are dif ferences of opinion about what is best. One man says the prospects are so fine for better prices he believes it will be wise in farmers to bold. Another says prices are too good to take chaucesand he thinks it wise to sell. We heard a man say to J uciise Eure of Norfolk on the train a lew days ago that he has always made it a rule to sell cotton as soon as he can get it baled. Judge Eure replied that tak ing ten years together the man wr always sells as soon ready, will come cit ahead of the mr.3 who sometimes sella early and somo times holds. This year, it would seem to be a question for each man to settle according to his necessities or conven iences. It does really look lifce there is a chance for still better prices. While there is no small-pox of any consequence in Halifax county, or in North Carolina anywhere, still The Commonwealth prints the following item from the Bulletin ol Virginia State Board of Health, to show the soundness of our position on the sub ject of vaccination, which we advocated last winter. The item says : "We regret to record the death of Dr. Lynch Kersey, of Floyd county, from small-pox of a malignant type, at his noma near Mac's Mountain, about twenty miles from the county seat. Small-pox had been prevailing in this section of the country for some weeks, Dr. Kersey having some of these pa tients in charge, and it was while al tending them that he was stricken down with this loathsome disease, "In a letter to us announcing Dr. Kersey's death it is said that he had no faith in vaccination, was opposed to it, and had never allowed himselt or any member of his family to be given this protection. In the same letter, des cribing the condition of affairs in Floyd county and Dr. Kersey's case particu larly, the writer says that just a short time prior to his deathand before his reason was clouded, he turned to the physicians standing at his bedside and left aa a dying request that his family be vaccinated. It is sad to relate that his opinion on this vital subject changed too late, and had he taken the protection offered by vaccination, he might be living to-day and filling a use ful and honorable position in the cir cle in which he moved. Alas ! he changed his mind too late ; procrastina tion cost fcim his life. This should be a warning to the opponents of vaccina tion, and the profession should Picture Dr. Kersey and his untimely death from small-pox aa an object lesson to the ignorant and misguided public. Cured of Chronic Diarrhoea After Thirty Years of Suffering. "I suffered for thirty years with diarrhoea and thought I was past being jfthn S. Halloway, of enred," says Jonn X- !, I' ,mn. MISS- ' x . mw. ananr. mi and money and suffered so mUCn Ume"" "1 11 hnnPa nf m ach that l naa g'V 3S7f the diarrhoea that I could do no Sd of labor, conld not even travel, but by ardent I was permitted to find cured oflhat trouble. I am so pleaded SSU result that I am an that f ar fPAn R 1IUU1 fcUO lit :n , k V.: T. Whitehead have. OI Dara 3 & Co., Drojtfpata. The Story of the South. Atlanta Journal. No revelation of the census recently taken will be so remarkable as that which tells of the wonderful growth ol the pouth since 1890. The south has grown and advanced in every way ; in population, wealth and productive capacity. It has been only a few years since the south was almost entirely depend ent upon New England and old Eng land lor the manufactured forms of her own staple crop. In the last ten years there has been such progress in south ern cotton manufactures as was never known before in any established indus try anywhere during the same length ol time. The south now onerates in the manufacture ot cotton 5,815,000 spindles, in round numbers, as against 1,282,000 iu 1890. Here is an increase in a decade of over 200 per cent. The balance of the country operates at present 15,242,000 spindles, while in 1890 the total outside the south was 12,721,000. During the past ten 5ears the increase iu all the country outside the south has only been about 25 per cent, or less. The progress in this in- dustry has been, therefore, about twelve times as great in the south since 1890 as in all the other states. Georgia la moying rapidly forward in cotton manufacturing, no less than twenty new mills being actually In course ol construction or contracted for in this state. In many other lines the increased production of the south has been phe nomenal. This increase extends to manufactures of . various kinds, to uni versal production to every department of agriculture. The value of the total output of the southern states for the past year is placed at $1,500,000,000. In addition to the cotton industry's figures there are corn and lumber to the value of about $250,000,000 ; pig iron $15,C00,000 and coal $45,000,000 ; tobacco $25,000,000 and fisheries $25,- 000.000; hog prodrrcts $80,000,000, 15,000,000 and sugar $40,000,-, 000. Astonishing as these figures are they represent but the beginning of the de velopment of the south. The next ten years in this section will tell a story which will make the record at which the world now wonders seem tame in deed. The True Gentleman. Farm Journal. Would you be a true gentleman? Would you care to know some of the things which go to make one? Well, the true gentleman must be above a low act. He cannot stoop to commit a fraud. He invades no se cret in the keeping of another. He takes selfish advantage of no man's mistake. He ia ashamed of innuen does. He uses no ignoble weapons in con troversy. He never stabs in the dark. He is not one thing to a man's face and another to his back. If, by acci dent, he comes into possession of his neighbor's counsels, he passes them into instant oblivion. He bears sealed packages without tampering with the wax. Papers not meant for his eye, whether they flutter in at his window, or lie open before him in unguarded exposure, are secret to him. He profanes no privacy of another, however the sentry sleeps. Bolts and bars, locks and keys, bonds and securi ties, notices to tresspassers, are not for him. He may be trusted out of sight near the thinnest partition any where. He buys no office, he sells none, he intrigues for none. He would rather fail of his rights than win them through dishonor. He will eat hon est bread. He tramples on no sensi tive fpelmg. He insults no one. If he has a re buke for another, he is straightforward, open and manly. He cannot descend to scurrility. In short, whatever he judges honorable he practices toward every one. Have you a sense of fullness in the region of your stomach after eating? If so you will be benefited by using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab lets. They also cure belching and sour stomach. 'They regulate the bowels too. Price, 25 cents. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. Druggists. A pure mind is the most august pos session. Harmlesa, efficient, reliable and pleasant to take is Roberts' Tasteless Chill Tonic for chills, fevers, malaria, night sweats and la grippe. 25c. Xo cure, no pay. "The best I ever saw", is what they all say.- For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co., Druggists. The society of woman is the founda tion of good manners. ' -CASTOR I A; For Infants and Children. Th8 Kind You Ha?e Always Bought Bears the Signature of ORPHANS More Than One Hundred Thousand of Them How Are They to Lord Curzon is happy. Rains are falling and now the famine district heretofore the abomination of desola tion will again bloom lite a garden. Still five and a half millions remain at the Government Relief Works earning three cents a day for nine hours hard work breaking stone, building tenka or making roads. When at last relief does come and these poor beggars are permitted to return home, many a vacant place in the family circle will bear witness to the terrible ravages of starvation. cholera, plague and smallpox. The crop is still two ! months off and that it will prove totally inadequate is a foregone con clusion. Only yesterday Dr. Klopsch in be half of The Christian Herald cabled another hundred thousand dollars, which means life to just that many I people for another month. Think of it, a hundred thousand men, women and children in India saved from star vation for a whole month, through a single remittance from the country of the Stars and Stripes! Was there ever so unselfish a charity as this for people we shall never see and whose very thanks in a language strange to us shall never reach our ears? Truly this is a Christlike charity and nnless every word of the Bible be untrue the good people of our own country will not go without the blessings promised those who consider the poor. But famine's deplorable work still continues. Only last month a man at Thana, a relief station 25 miles from Bombay, was arrested for having bur ied alive his two children. His story was pitifully sad. He and his wife and two children went to the Relief works. There his wife died. He himself caught the fever. He could not shake it off. At last driven to despair he took hia two children one night and left the station. His sufferings were fearfully Intensified by thoee of his little ones. They finally reached point where they could walk no longer. Death was staring him in the face. If he did not get where help could be found, they must all. perish. Hi children helpless, unable to con tinue the journey, blocked his progress. He dug a grave, threw them in and filled it up. The fever had made him irresponsible and the Government will probably act leniently in his case, but the incident demonstrates the fearful depths which the helpless famine victims have reached during this ter rible dispensation of Providence. In a recent interview Dr. Klopsch said that he was under an everlasting obligation to the press of this country for their hearty co-operation in this great work ; and that India conld nev er repay the debt she owea to Ameri can journalists, uanng ms stay in India be never missed an opportunity ot expressing himself freely on this The quicker you stop a cold or cough the less danger there will be of fatal lung trouble. One Minute Cough Cure is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. You will like it. E. T. Whitehead fc Co. . IN INDIA. be Saved? subject and many of . tha leading pa pers of India directed the attention of the people to the extent of their indebt edness to American newspapers for the tremendous assistance they had ren dered in awaking public interest in the sufferings of India's starving mil lions. Indeed, nine-tenths of all the contributions were the result of ne tvs paper work and never was the benefi cent Influence of the press more mani fest than in this particular instance. The great problem Indeed the greatest that now eontronts Christen dom in connection with this most ap- palling tragedy of the century is that of the orphans who must either be promptly eared for or perish. Statis tics carefully gathered by missionaries fix the number now hopelessly desti tute at 600,000. What to do with these boys and girls is the paramount question of the dy in Indi. Through out the famine stricken area little children are wandering about asking of any who will listen to their small, plaintive voices ; "Ma bab hu- none Khavanu Kahan mulse,'' which, translated, means; "Where can we get something to eat' The traveller in India sees this spectacle daily little children reduced to skeletons by star vation asking their way to the nearest poothcusa. Orphan asylums ere ab most unknown among the Hindus. A few have been organized this year but their facilities are so limited that not half of one per cent, can be accom modated. The missionaries on the Other hand have exercised Intelligent forethought and have dotted the famine district with large commodious build ings for their accommodation. But where are the means for their entertainment to come from ? It costs $15 a year to shelter, feed, clothe anil educate a child. Were they to take 100,000 it would mean $1,500,000 a year and who will give this vast sum ? The Christian Herald has eabled Its guaranty to support 5,000, with the prospect of taking another 5,000 before the end of the year. ' That leayes 90, 000 still to be cared for. Now it Is proposed to afford Christ ian people the world over the oppor tunity to adopt these orphans, to name them, to designate in what denomina tional orphanage they are to be oared for, to select either boys or girls and to receive quarterly reports concerning their progress. The plan la beginning to work and at the preeont time about 100 a day are being thus provided for. - But more must be taken and taken quickly or they will perish. The boys and girls will be the means of civiliz ing India and they must be looked after. Twenty thousand ought to be adopted after this plan immediately, and any reader who may feel inclined to save a boy or girl and will under take the support for a single 3 ear, will do a work entitling him to recogni tion at the hands of Him who raid "In asmuch as ye do it to one of these little ones ye did it onto me, "and will be in cluded in the Divine Roll of Honor. If interested, address The Christian Herald, New York, for full particulars. GILSOX WILLETS. : The One Day Cold Cure. : Keroiott's Chocolate Laxative Quinine foe cold in tUe bead mad aora tfcroat Cbudraa like candy. Worse Than Waste. New York world. With vast area3 of land iu the west that by the expenditure of a few mil lion dollars for irrigation would sus tain millions of white men in com tort and happiness ; With the slum? of our cities crowd ed with men and women and children who clamor for the education that will fit them fcr citizenship in the repub lic; Wiih public improvement?, roadp, bridges, etc., imperatively needed even in the oldest and most thickly settled parts of the country ; With taxes pressing heavily upon those least able to bear ; With opportunities for the expendi ture of every dollar of surplus money in advancing the enlightenment, the comfort and the civilization of the masses of the peopla who live in these forty five states We are spending $713,000 a day, ac cording to official figures, upon war. Is this good senso? Is this patriot ism? Is this glory? Is tnis duty? Is this deetiny? The wolf in the fable put on shoen't clothing because if he traveled on his own reputation he couldn't accomplish his purpose. Counterfeiters ot DeW itt e With Hazel Salve couldn't sell their worthless salves on their merits, so they put them in boxes and wrappers like DeWitt's. Look out for them. Take only DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It cures piles and all skin diseases. E. T. Whitehead & Co. If people were to spend as much cool ing their houses in summer as warming them in winter, they would be as com fortable in July as in January. When winter approaches we purchase stoves and furnaces, and lay in supplies of coal, wood and oil at a considerable ex pense. But when summer draws near we perspire, or expire, and do nothing but talk about the weather. Half the amount of money that caused the tem perature to rise in the cold season will make it fall in the warm. You can be comfortable all the year at home, if you will. Eepecial'y is this true in cities where electricty and water will serve as motive power for fans. In the country chemical batteries, storage bat teries and water-motors and small house top reservoirs will do the work. The drugstore with most fans gets most drinkers at its fountains. Let us make our houses and churches as comfortable as saloons and drugstores. Heat is more enervating than cold, and we should plan m carefully and spend as liberally to modify one at the other. When you want a pleasant physio try the new remedy, Chamberlain's Stomach alid Lirer Tablets. They are easy to take and pleasaftt in effect. Price, 25 cents. Samples free at E. T. Whitehead & Go's drug store. " It wowld be a good thing it every time we are tempted Id Cay a mean thing we could first try it in a phono graph to see how it sounds. ChihesS are dangous enemies, for they are treacherous. That's why all counterfeits of DeWitt Witch Hazel Sle xe dangerous. They look like DeWitt's, but insteafl of tiJ Rll-healing witch hazel they all contain ingredients liable to irritate the skin and cause blood poisoning. For piles, injuries and skin dissaeet tue original and gen uine DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salro. E. T. Whitehead & Co. As a rule, the people who pride themselves on laying jus! what they think nevrr become famous lor their popularity. In India, tho lard of futnme, thous ands die because they caafiCt obtain food. In America, the land of plenty many suffer and die because they can not digest the food they eat. Kodol Dyspepsia Curft digests what you eat. It instantly relieves and radically cures all stomach troubles. E. T. Whitehead &Co. A tongue may inflict a deeper wound than a sword. M NERVOUSNESS, J An American Disease. B Dr.S.Wmk Mitchell is au thority for the statement that nerv ousness is the characteristic mal ady of the American nation, ana statistics show that nerve deaths number one-fourth of all deaths recorded, the mortality being main ly among young pepple. Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUART B0TTLB. ia the mnd attedfic for this great g American disease, because it goes straight to the aoorce of i the weak- ness, ouumng up nwju. nnvn-nn iMM mtumff the UVCr M to activity and regulating all the B organs ot tne Doay. Tke BOcftlgaa Brag- Ci-W mnnnriii ' Ura. M LivarcttaathalamouaUttlaUlveipUU. age. For sale by E. T.'.Whitefcead & Co Scotland Xeck, N. C,' NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. TTTHIS MODERX SCHOOL of Short A hand and Business Trainine ranfca among the foremost educational JnetHra tions of its kind in America. It pre pares young men and vounir woman for business careers at a small cost, anfl places them in positions free. Tor further information tend for our Illu. trated Catalogue and new nublication. entitled "Business Education." J. M. Ressler, President. WILMINGTON & WELOON R. R. AND BRANCHES. AND ATLANTIC COAST MR RAILROAD COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING rOUTH. DATED 8 ? Si JuIy22,UH0. o dg e jg Leare Weldon Ai VEs Z" Ar. Kooky Mt. loo U2 . ... . Leave Tarboro 12 21 e 00 Lv. Rocky lit. ...1 or, " o"fii ""jl7 "Ts 12ii Leave Wilnon 1 60 lu 2. 7 10 5 67 t 5 Leave 8elma 2 fir. 11 10 Lv. Fuyetteville 4 12 V2 Ar. Florouce 7 25 2 24 P. M. A. M. Ar. Goldnboro " " 755 " Lv. Uoldaburo J I M Lv. Magnolia j 4 mk Ar. Wilmington ,2 M P. H. A. M. P. II. TRAIN'S GOING NORTH. Tlh in i?-085 . A. M. p. M. Lv. Florence 0 mi 7 ,ir Lv. Fnyettvllle 12 20 41 Leave Selnia 1 6(1 10 M Arrive Wilnon 2 SS 11 S.1 " A."m.' p""h. A."iif! Lv. W' .nlnpton 7 ft) t as Lv. Magnolia a So 11 10 Lv. Uoldaboro 4 SO 27 12 20 V'."m.' a."m" iV."M. iV."M. Leave Wilson 2 Sir. 6 3.1 11 :t 10 45 1 18 Ar. koclcy Mt. S 0 6 10 12 07 11 28 1 53 Arrive Tarboro li 40 Leave Tarboro 12 21 Lv. Rocky Mt.' '3 :td l"s"o7 Ar. Weldon 4 32 1 0 P. M. A. M. P. M. fDaily except Monday. IDaily ex cept Sunday. Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, Yadkin Diyiaion Main LineTrain eaves Wilmington, 9 00 a. in., arrive Fayetteville 12 05 p. m., leaves Fayette ville 12 25 p. m., arrives Santord 1 43 m. Returning leaves Snnford 2 3C m., arriyes Fayetteyille 3 41 p. m., leaves Fayetteville 3 4G p. in., arrives Wilmington 6 40 p. m. Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, Bennettsville Branch Train lea yea Bennettsville 8 05 a. m., Maxton 9 10 -a a . f Ag r a. m., ivea springs a. m., xiopw Mil's 10 32 a. m., arriyes Fayetteville 10 55 a. m. Returning leaves Fayette ville 4 40 p. m., Hope Mills 4 55 p. m., Red Springs o 35 p. m., Maxton 6 16 p. m., arrives Bennettsville 7 15 p. m. Connections at Fayetteville with train No. 78, at Maxton with the Care Una Central Railroad, at Red Springs with the Red Springs and Bowmore Railroad, at Sanford with the Seaboaad Air Line and Southern Railway, at Gulf with the Durham and Charlotte Railroad. Train on the Scotland Neck Branca Road leaves Weldon 3 :55 p ui Halifax 4 :17 p. m., arrives Scotland Neck at 5 K8 p. tn., Greenville G :57p. mKint ton 7:55 p. m. Returning leaves Kinston 7 :50 a. m., Greenyille 8 :52 a. m., arriving namai ai Ji;io . m. Weldon 11 :83 a. ui., daily except Bun- day. . . Trains on Washington lirancn leovv Washington 8 :10 a. m. and 2 .30 p. m.. arrive Parmele 9 :10 a. m. and 4 00 p. m., returning leave I'armele v . tn. and 6:30 p.m., mriye Washington 1 :00 a. rn. and 7 :3U p. m.,dailf ex cept Sunday. Train leaves Taiooro, .; uauy except Sunday & :rfO p. m., eunaay, 15 r. m.. arrives Plymouth 7 :4U P- m., 6 :10 p. 13., Returning, leaves Ply mouth dally except Sund iy, 7 :50 a. to and Sunday 9 :00 a. n: , arrives Tarbore 10 :10 . m., 11 :00 a. in. Tram on Midland N. C. Bransn Goldsboro daily, except Sunday. 5 :30 a. m., arriving Sinithfield 6 :40 a. m. Returnine leaves bmithlieia I :o a. m. ; arriyes at Goldsboro 9 :00 a. tt , Trains on Nashviiis urancn ieav Rocky Mount at 9 :30 a. ro., 3 :40 p. m , arrive Nashville 10 :20 a.m.,4 :03 p-ai Spring Hope 11 :00 a. m., 4 :25 p. bb Returning leave epring nope xa . m.. 4 :55 p. m., Nashyille 11 :45 a. m. , 25 cm., arrive at itocKy mount 12 :10 a. m., 6 :00 p. m., daily except Sunday. , Train on Clinton urancn leaves war- saw for Clinton dally, except Sunday, 11 :40 a. ra. and 4 :25 p. m. Return ing leaves Clinton at b :4 a. m. ana 2:50 a.m. Train No. 78 makes close connection at Weldon for all points North daily, all rail via Richmond. H. M. JSMEKBUiN, Geul Pass. Agent. J. R. KEXLY, Genl Manager. T. M. EMERSOX. Traffic Manager. FOR MALARIA Use nothing but Macnalr'g Blood and Liver Pills. W. H. Macnaib, Tarboro, W. C. or rs. A. vv hiteheau vu., 9 22 tf. Scotland Xeck, V. O TT tv ror Urun ror Drunkenness aad Drug Using. Ptowa writ M. UornwHUMi coD&daatlU. RICLCT INtTITuTf. Greensboro, M.C. Oa0qaaaL,,W