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THE GASTON 1 A GAZETTE PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. SINGLE OOPY 3 CENTS. $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. GASTONIA. N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY H, NO. 87. VOL. XXXV. PROGRAM IS GGMPLETEfSHORi LOCAL ITEMS IN VETERANS' MEMORY BUYS MOTOR FIRE TRUCK A SITE FOR HOSPITAL IN SOCIAL CIRCLES LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD CITY SCHOOLS CLOSE SESSION 1913-14 Examination for Term Over To-Day Sermon Sunday Night by Rev. J. E. Abernethy Undergraduate Exerciser Monday Night, Class Day and Graduating Exercises Tuesday Address by lh E. W. Knight. No more until September will tne call to "books" be heard in Gasto nia. With the final examinations over today and, with the commence ment exercises scheduled lor Sun day, iMonday and Tuesday, the ses sion of 1913-14, by all odds the most successful in the history of the city'B public schools, is at an end. Super intendent Wray and his assistants have labored faithfully and well against numerous untoward circum stances during the year, not the least of which has been overcrowded school rooms. These have been tax ed to their utmost capacity most of the time. The enrollment for the year has been in the neighborhood of 1,600. Handsomely engraved invitations reading as follows have been issued: The Class of Nineteen hundred and fourteen (lastonia High School requests the honor of your presence at tbe Commencement Exercises Monday and Tuesday evenings May the eleventh and twelfth at eight-thirty o'clock School Auditorium. "Miss Ruth Shuford 'Mason is pres ident of the class, Miss Bessie Tar ham vice-president and Miss Oaynell Boone secretary and treasurer. The class roll is as follows: Gaynell Boone, Mary Evelyn Dixon, Elva Jane Gaston. Mabel Clare Glenn, Earl Elniar Groves, 'Margaret Ixiulse LaFar, Robert Lingle Lewis, Rutn Shuford MasQn, Sadie L. Morton, Bessie Parham. James Fred Pear son, Ixniisa Pressley Reid, Madelyn Thomson, Etta Sloan Saunders, Ern est Warren. Certificates: Sue Ramsey Johnston and Judson L. Shannon. Following is a complete program of the closing exercises of the schools: In the auditorium Sunday night May 10th, at 8 o'clock Rev. J. E. Abernethy, pastor of Main Street Methodist church, will preach the sermon before the schools. All the congregations of the city are re quested to loin in the service. Seats will be reserved on the rostrum Tor all of the ministers of the city. Monday night the exercises will begin at 8:30. This is undergradu ate night. The prize essay on "The Effects of the Civil War on the South" will be read and the prize of the Daughters of the Confederacy will be delivered. The best essay on "The Wake of the Fly," written by a member of the schools below the tenth grade, will be read and the Betterment As sociation prize for the same will be presented. There will be a lecture by Dr. L. B. 'McBrayer of the State Depart ment of Health on "City Health and Sanitation." The other prizes to be delivered are as follows: TorrenceJMorris Company's prize for the best room in the schools: Torrence-Morrls Company's prize for the best school house grounds: the Betterment As sociation's prize for the best record in punctuality: the Betterment As sociation's prize to the county schools: the Torrence-Morris Com pany's prize for the oral reproduc tion of story; the superintendent's prizes for the leadership of the higher grades. Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock will be held the class day exercises. The program is as follows: Class song; .History, Margaret louise la Far; Statistics. Earl Groves: Proph ecy, Madelyn Thomson: adjourn to grounds: class poem. Etta laun ders: Will, Ernest Warren: planting of rosebush: class farewell song. Tuesday night at 8:30 o'clock the following will be the program: Chorus: salutatory, Bessie Par ham: introduction of speaker by Ruth Mason, president of the class; address by Dr. E. W. Knight, pro fessor of education in Trinity Col lege; presentation pf diplomas by Superintendent Wray: presentation of superintendent's prize for leader ship of the class by Principal Will P. Grier: chorus; benediction. The marshals will be: Emma Glenn, chief: Mary Bradley, assist ant chief: Pauline McFadden, Aline Reid. Blanche Carson. Theodore Morris. Charles Boyd, Sadie Thom son. Ethel Adderholdt, Plato Dur ham. See them pretty Hammocks Gastonia Furniture Company. at "Miss Prue Thomasson. of Hick ory, spent Tuesday night in the city as the guest of "Mrs. F. D. Riddle, havtnjr come down to meet tier Bis ter. Mrs. J. B. iMeacham, of McComb, Miss. "Mrs. Meacham and children arrived In the city Wednesday morn ing on No. 36 and accompanied Miss Thomasson to Hickory, where they wnVbe the guests of homefolks for soma time. THE MOVEMENTS OF 6AST0N PEOPLE Dr. J. W. Reid, of Lowell, was a Gastonia visitor Wednesday. Capt. Freno Dilling, of Kings Mountain, was in the city a short while Wednesday afternoon. Rev. and Mrs. R. S. liurwed, or New Hope, were in the city shop ping Wednesday. Mr. A. A. Suther and Miss Ma mie Stowe attended the entertain ment given at the Belmont Hign School W'ednesday night. Mr. R. S. Harmon, of Kings Mountain, returned home today af ter a visit to his sister, Mrs. Lydia C. Davis. , i.Mr. W. E. Jenkins lias bought from Mr. J. C Grissom a farm of 8 9 acres on the New Hope road adjoin ing the farm of Mr. J.M. Kendrick. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Roberts have moved from McAdenville to Gastonia and are making their home at 314 East Franklin avenue. Rev. and Mrs. R. S. Abernethy, of Caroleen, are spending some time here as the guests of their daugh ters, 'Mrs. Mc. G. Anders and Mrs. David P. Dellinger. Mr. W. E. Jenkins is preparing to build a two-room addition to the cottage which he recently purchased on South street adjoining the prop erty of Mr. C. L. Grigg. Mr. Thomas Nesbitt, a brother-in-law of Mrs. A. R. Anders, of this city, died at his home in Charlotte Monday. The funeral and burial took place at Mr. Nesbitt's former home at Tirzah, S. C. Tuesday. --J.Miss Marie Torrence left today for Spartanburg, S. C, to irend the Music Festival. While in Spartan burg she will be the guest of Mrs. Reid Tull. --There will be regular services at St. Michael's Catholic church qn Sunday, May 10th, at H)::iO a. m., consisting of Holy Mass, Holy Com munion and sermon by the pastor. Rev. F. Melchior. O. S. B. Miss Tessie Detter, of Dallas, left this morning for 1 leniejjtfon ville with the other delegates the Wo man's Missionary Conference. Mibs Detter represents the Young i'oo ple's .Missionary Society of the Dal las Methodist church. Mrs. D. J. Williams, of States ville, arrived in the city Wednesday on a visit to her sister, Mrs. George A. Jenkins. 'She was accompanied by '.Mrs. Jenkins' little daughter, Es telle, who has been spending some time with her aunt in Statesville. Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway, pastor of the First A. R. P. church, lert this morning for Crowders' Creek to conduct communion services for tbe pastor, Rev. W. P. Grier. There will be no services at the First church next Sabbath on account of Dr. Gal loway's absence. In this issue of The Gazette ap pears the formal announcement of Mr. W. M. Little, of Dallas, as a can didate for county commissioner Tor Dallas township to succeed .Mr. R. S. Lewis, who will soon resign to take up his duties as postmaster or the town of Dallas. Mr. Little Is one of the best known citizens or Dallas township, is considered a man of excellent business qualifica tions, and will doubtless receive a large vote over the county in the pri maries to be held on Saturday or next week. Under the rules of the county executive committee the Democratic voters of the entire county vote on all the commission ers who are to be chosen at this time, one each from Dallas, Gasto nia and River Bend townships. EVERY MAN, WOMAN ANT) CHILD IN GASTONIA WILL PROF IT RY READING THIS We just wanted to tell you that, by special arrangement, the manage ment of the IDEAL THEATRE has booked some of the greatest nio tures that ever hit this town. Lis ten to this: Friday, "SAMSON," THE $r.0. 000.00 PICTURE in six reels, featur ing J. Warren Kerrigan. This pic ture was never on a machine, making it positively a first-run picture, something that the Gastonia people have never had an opportunity to see, and it is without a doubt one of the greatest productions ever shown. 'Monday, "OVER NIAGARA FALLS," in four reels. This is an other first-run picture never shown before anywhere and it's a wonder ful picture, exciting, sensational. Last and best is "LUCILE LOVE. THE GIRL OF MYSTERY," or which we will show the first install ment Monday in two' reels, giving you six reels for that date. Now don't miss this first installment, and then see it every Monday at tne IDEAL, the house that is always in the lead in new pictures. You can also read "LUCILE LOVE" in The Charlotte News every Sunday. Miss Grace Cunrad, the Gold Seal Star, will be featured in all of the "LU CILE LOVE" series. Each install ment will be a complete story but they are going to be so interesting that you can hardly wait until the last installment is thrown on the screen. Now get this right. Friday, May the 8th. "SAMSON," in six reels, first run Monday, (May the 11th, "OVER NIAGARA FALLS," In four reels; first run, also 'Monday the first installment of "LUCILE LOVE," In two reels. NO VAUDEVILLE. MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES TO-MORROW Rev. Dr. W. M. Vines, of Charlotte, to le Orator Portrait of General A. P. Hill to le 1 resen ted to City Schools Graves in Oakwwxj Cemetery to be Decorated An- j nual Event Under Auspices or 1 United Daughters of Confederacy j and the Children's Chapter. j Tomorrow will witness the annu- I al celebration of Confederate 'Me- morial Day and the event will be fit tingly observed in Gastonia as has been the case for many years past. A splendid program has been ar ranged for the day by the Gastonia Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy and the J. D. Moore Chapter Children of the Confedera cy under whose auspices the occas ion is given. At the conclusion of the exercises a dinner will be served to the veterans in the new Craig building on West Airline avenue. The exercises, which will be held at the base of the Confederate mon ument, will commence at 10 o'clock, opening with the song "All Hail tne Power of Jesus Nannie." Rev. W. C. Barrett, pastor of the First nap tist church, will offer prayer, fol lowing which Col. R. N. Wilson will call the roll of Gaston veterans. "The Old North State" will then be sung after which Mr. Arthur 'M. Dix on, of Gastonia, will introduce tbe orator for the occasion. Rev. Dr. V. M. Vines, pastor of the First Baptist church of Charlotte. This will be followed by a trio, sung by Mrs. H. B. Moore, Mrs. W. T. Rankin and Miss Jnnie 'Morris. A portrait of Gen. A. P. Hill will then be presented to the city schools by the Gastonia Chapter V . D. C, Mrs. J. I'. Reid making the presen- I tation speech. Misses Martha Moore and Sadie Thomson will unveil trie portrait, which will bo accepted for the schools by Miss Mabel Glenn. Mr. Kennedy Glass will sing a soto. after which will take place the be stowal of Crosses of Honor. Following a selection by the Hign Shoals Hand, the decoration of tiie monument, and a song, the benedic tion will be pronounced by Rev. Dr. Vines. From the monument the line or march to Oakwood Cemetery, imme diately following the exercises, will be in the following order: High Shoals Band, veterans. Children of the Confederacy, Daughters of the Confederacy, speakers and minis ters, followed by the public. At Oakwood the program will be as follows: Song, "The Christian's Good Night." Prayer by Rev. J. C. Deitz. Music by High Shoals Band. Decoration of the graves of vet erans by J. D. Moore Chapter Chil dren of the Confederacy. Benediction. The line of march will re-form In the following order: High Shoals Band, Daughters of the Confederacy. Children of the Confederacy, veter ans, speakers and ministers, march ing to the T. L. Craig building on West Airline avenue where dinner will be served to the veterans. It is hoped by the ladies of the chapter that every veteran In the county who can possibly do so will attend tomorrow's exercises. Ev erybody is cordially invited to be present. All the children of the city are re quested to assemble at the Central school building and march from that point to the court house, leaving the school building promptly at 10 o'clock. They will be led by Miss Withers and others of the teachers. All of them who can possibly do so are asked to bring flowers with which to decorate the graves of veterans. Play at Dallas To-Night. "Mr. Bob," a comedy in two acts, will be presented tonight at trie graded school auditorium in Dallas by local talent, theftroceeds to go to the school library fund. This play has been presented at Red Springs Seminary and at other places in the State and is said to be very enter taining. The characters in the play will be represented by Misses Mar ion Miller, Margaret Rudisill. and Mae Webb. 'Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Spar row, (Mr. H. R. Shuford and Mr. J. G. Lewis. All who attend will doubtless enjoy the evening's enter tainment as well as help the school in raising funds for its library Read The Want Ads On Page 5 CI FY S $8,000 FRANCE AUTO Fin- Committee of City Council Closes Contract for Triple Combi nation Punier, Chemical and Hose Motor of Iia France Type at Cost of $H,MM To le Delivered Within Ninety Day. A contract has just been closed between the fire committee of tne city council, composed of Alderman I J. L. Beal, chairman, and Aldermen ! T. M. McEntire and A. B. Elliott, ' with the American La France Fire ; Company, Inc.. of Elmira, N. Y., through the latter's expert sales man. 'Mr. C. B. Payne, for a No. 10 striple combination pumper, chemical and motor fire truck for the city fire department. The price paid Is $8,000. This truck Is the fourth of its size in the State. Charlotte and Winston-'Salem have this same truck and one other town in the State has one. Other towns in North Carolina having the same make but smaller trucks are Tarboro. Salisbury, Wil mington. Greensboro, Raleigh and Hickory. The purchase of this type of fire motor truck was only made after a thorough investigation by the lire committee of the relative merits of various makes of trucks. Letters were sent to seventeen cit ies and towns having motor trucks asking what make was used, wheth er it was satisfactory and, if an ad ditional truck was to be purchased what each town would buy. Without a single exc eption every town that had in use a La France recommend ed it and stated that, should an ad ditional truck be needed, a jh Franco would be pure based. Among the towns using this make, in addi tion to those in North Carolina above mentioned, are Rock Hill, Orangeburg, Anderson, Spartan burg and Gaffney, S. ('., Atlanta, Chattanooga and Nashville. The truck purchased for Gasto nia has every new improvement and attachment used on fire trucks. It is, in every respect, the most up-to-date lire-fighting apparatus in use at all. It is a self-starter, has elec tric lights and carries a large n mount of hose and plenty of lad ders. This purchase was made from tne Southern office of the company, lo cated in Atlanta, of which Mr. P. O. Herbert is manager. It is to be shipped within !') days from date of the contract and the machine is sub ject to test, acceptance and regular inspection by the city officials of Gastonia. With the installation of this mod ern fire-fighting machine Gastonia will be as well equipped as the larg est town in the State. The commit tee has spared no pains in its inves tigations and in its efforts to give the city the very best protection against fire possible. NEW $250,000 MILL. National Yarn Mlllsarf Belmont Or ganizedSite Secured and Work to Commence at Once. The National Yarn 'Mills is the name of Gaston County's newest cotton mill. It is to be located at Belmont, 12 miles east of Gastonia, and the authorized capital stock Is $2.",0,000 with $200,000 paid in. At a meeting of stockholders held Wed nesday in Belmont the following were elected as directors: D. C. Rhyne, A. C. Lineberger, G. W. Ragan, J. A. Rhyne. S. P. Stowe, J. W. Hastings, R. L. Stowe. The fol lowing officers were elected: A. C. Lineberger, president; I). E. Rhyne, vice-president: R. L. Stowe, secre tary and treasurer. Actual work on the construction of the mill will start at once. Fine-combed yarns will be the product. As noted in The Gazette recently the company has already purchased a site of K acres lying between trie Majestic Mill property and the river. Stakes were set yesterday for the foundation. Return from Presbytery. Returning Wednesday afternoon from the Spring meeting of the First Presbytery of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church al Huntersville were Rev. Dr. J. C. Gal loway, pastor of the First A. R. P. church. Rev. A. T. Lindsay, pastor of Pisgah church, Mr. W. M. Craw ford, elder from Pisgah church and Mr. J. J. Henry, elder from Crowders Creek church. Presbytery was in session Tuesday and Wednesday witn Rev. E. B. Hunter as moderator. Rev. E. G. Carson, of Villa Heights church. Charlotte, was elected as moderator for the Fall meeting, which will be held with Neely's Creek church, York county. South Carolina. Rev. A. T. Lindsay ten dered his resignation as pastor or Pisgah- church. but will con tinue to serve the congregation until they can secure a pastor. Mr. Lindsay will devote his entire time hereafter to his educational work at Linwood College and the proposed boy's school, Gaston Hall, which Is to begin work next Fall. Two youns ministers Mr. David Lauderdale, of Winnsboro, S. C, and -Mr. Qainn, or Kings Creek. 8. C, were licensed to preach. IS DONATED BY H: REV. A. T. LINDSAY President of l.inwood College Ten ders to Trustees of North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital Magnificent Free Site at llase of tYowder Mountain Meeting of Trustees to he Called Soon to Perfect Or ganization. At the invitation of Rev. A. T. Lindsay, president of Linwood Col lege, Messrs. R. B. Babington, S. J. Ddrham, S. N. Boyce and J. W. At kins, members of the initial board rf directors of the North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital and home for diseased, crippled and deformed or phan or indigent children of sound mind, went yesterday to Linwood, six miles west of Gastonia, and re ceived from Mr. Lindsay the offer or a magnificent free site for the pro posed institution. 'This Institution was chartered a few weeks ago by the State hut as yet the organization has not been completed. The committee was therefore not in a position to take any action with reference to the of fer but extended to the donor, on be half of the suffering children wiio will receive harbor and shelter In this institution through the years to come, their ureal appreciation of Ins kindness. Mr. Lindsay owns between :;iiO and 100 acres of land at this point, including Crowders Mountain. At Its base are situated the buildings and grounds of Linwood College for girls and young women which has ! ,,P(n successiuiy operated by Mr. Lindsav for a number of vears past. A site has just been set aside near the college buildings for the erec tion of Gaston Hall, a boys' prepar atory school which Mr. Lindsay will build this summer and open to stu dents in the fall. Several magnifi cent sites, some at the base of the towering mountain and several on "s sloping s s. were snown tneniony tll0 brldal ,,arty ,!rovo lo tne committee, Mr. Lindsay making the ' nomo of the groom's mother, Mrs. statement that the trustees of tbe j William Robinson, near the Chapel proposed institution coma make their own selection from the sites Inspected. Ten acres is about tne size tract that will be necessary for this purpose. It was unanimously agreed by the members of the board present as well as by all other members who are familiar with the place that, the slto offered would be an ideal location for such an institution as is propos ed. The elevation of the springs at the base of the mountain Is about !)00 feet, above sea level while the towering point which maks the higb- est spot on Crowders is about 2,000 feet high. There are several magni ficent sites on the side of the moun tain, 1,'pOO feet or more above sea level. The views from these points are entrancing1. The eye can sweep over a vast territory. Among the towns within the range of vision are Bessemer City. Kings 'Mountain, Gastonia, Ijwell. Belmont, Charlotte and perhaps others. The air is pure and free from the germ-laden dust of the town or city. The mineral water at the foot of the mountain Is of great medicinal value and is al most ice-cold. In every respect it Is as fine a location for the proposed hospital as could possibly be found in the State. - Prof. K. J. Abernethy, of Caro leen, is spending a few days In (tie city with relatives. Mrs. J. L. Woltz. of Mount Airy, arrived in the city Wednesday and was tbe guest until this morn ing of Mr and Mrs. A. E. Woltz at their home "it West 'Main avenue. Th i s morning Mrs. Woltz joined the other ladies who ent from here to Hetidersoijville to attend the Wom an's Missionary Conference of tne Methodist church. 0 X1 Congressman E. Y. Webb, who Is to succeed H. D. Clayton as chairman of the Judiciary Committee. ,2 (COMPLIMENTARY (X)NCERT NEAT WEDNESDAY. On next Thursday evening. May Hth, at the Central school audito rium, a complimentary concert will be given under the auspices of the Music Club by Mr. John George Harris, baritone, of Charlotte, as sisted by Mr. W. E. Abraham, pian ist. The Music Club will issue In vitations which will serve as cards of admission to the concert. This con cert was scheduled for Wednesday night but was postponed until the night following because of a con flicting date at the auditorium. MRS. OUR VISITING REIATI VE.N IfKKE. The following is from yesterday morning's Charlotte Observer: I.Mrs. Ernest N. Orr and little daughter, Charlotte Boyce Orr, of Denver, Col., who have been visit ing Mr. Orr's parents, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Orr, on North Brevard street, for the past two weeks, left yesterday for Gastonia to spend a tavm days with Mtb. Orr's uncles, Messrs. Sam and Meek Boyce, en route to her former home In Due West. S. C. Rev. Mr. Orr. who Is pastor of the First United Presbyte rian Church at Denver, Col., will ar rive in the city June 1 and his fami ly will join him here for his vaca tion. a ROBINSON-FALIiS WEDDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. In a quiet homo wedding solemn ized Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Falls, Jr., In th i isgau neign oornooo, ineir uaugn- ter, Miss Myrtle Lee Falls, became the bride of Mr. Otho B. Robinson. Rev. J. C. Dietz, pastor of the Gas tonia Lutheran church, performed the ceremony in the presence of a few frineds and relatives of the bride and groom. After the cere- i,theran church, where a. bountiful wedding supper was served. Botn Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are well known and highly esteemed by a large number of friends throughout the county, whose best wishes go out, to them upon the occasion of their marriage. RECITAL AT IOWELL RY MISS EVANS' PUPILS. In the auditorium of the Lowell high school next Wednesday night. I May Kith, at 8 o'clock a musical re- cital will be given by the pupils of Miss Pearle Evans to which tbe general public is Invited. There will be no admission fee. At the con clusion of the program Ice cream will be served. Following is the program: Le Carrillon, by L. E. Orth, Miss es Tltman and Stowe; "To a Wild Rose," by Ed McDowell, and "Frolic of Butterflies," by C. Bohm, Miss Annie Miller; valse, by Streabbop, Walter Anderson, Miss Roberta Rankin, J. VV. Lowery; "The Shep herd Boy," by G. D. Wilson and "The Wanderers." by Adam Gelbel, Miss Ely Nipper; "With Wind and Tide," march by H. D. Dewlt, Misses Miller an.- T.owry; "Joyous Peas ant," by (Schumann, 'Master J. W. Lowry: "A May Day," by Rathbun. Miss Ely Nipper and J. M. Gaston: "Shepherd's Song," by C. Blake, Miss Blanche Stroup; song, "Stay !n Your Own Backyard," by eight girls: "Knight of the Castle." by A. E. Warren, Miss Rita Ixjwry: "Tho Trumpet Call," by.M. Ich Evanc, Misses Stroup, Nipper and Rhyne: "In May," by F. Behr. Miss Roberta Rankin; "At the Picnic." Greenwald, and "On Tiptoe. by M. " by L. E. Orth, J. M. Gaston: Carmen Overture, by Bizet, Misses Evans and Titman; "Moonlight on tbe Hudson." by G. D. Wilson. Miss Eli za Stowe: Le Petit Carnival, by Streabbog, (Miss Roberta Rankin and Walter Anderson: "Long Bobby Shaftoe," Misses Wilson and Reid and 'Master E. M. Ford: "Snow Bells." by F. Behr, Miss Eliza Stowe and H. M. Dixon: "Swaying Trees." by G. L. Spaulding. Walter Anderson; "In Rank and File," by G. Lance. Misses Stroup and Rhyne: Japanese Dance, by Pennington, H. M. Dixon: "Feast, of the Rose," by Thuillier. Misses Evans. Titman and Miller. Fire Prevention. The Winston-Salem board of trade has gone on record for a better fire department and for better Inspec tion of buildings. That city has been unfortunate in the number and seri ousness of its fires, and nobody real izes the need for prevention any more than its citizens. The munici pality doubtless will accede to tbe wishes of the board of trade for the reason that the insurance rate in a manufacturing city like Winston-Salem is most important. A prosper ous manufactory or other business is never better off as the result of a fire, and prevention is always less ex pensive than the delay and annoy ance occasioned by rebuilding or re moval. Read the advertisements In The Gazette. They are as interesting mm news and are frequently more prof itable reading than tne new.