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Today's North Carolina Weather
Ur port: Cloudy with local show
ers and thunderstorms in north and
west portions tonight and Tuesday.
Not much change in temperature
Lindbergh Climax
Norfolk, Va., April 25.—Activities
of John Hughes Curtis during a
week-end crowded with mysterious
inrldents. led Norfolk to believe
last night that a i lirnax is ap
proaching in the negotiations with
the supposed kidnapers of Charles
A. l.lndbergh, jr. Riding at anchor
in a small Inlet known as IJttle
Creek. 10 miles from Norfolk, is
the luxurious yaeni friarron, own
ed by Charles H. Consolvo, mul'i
millionaire hotel man of Baltimore,
Richmond and Norfolk. On this
yacht, it was known, Curtis hits
been quartered sin< e Thursday
Shortly after noon yesterday, how
ever. It was reported that the boat
builder, who rlaims to have been
in contact with the IJdnapers, had
left the yacht.
New Boxes May
Be Needed For
Vote In County
Still Hold Boxes In
Contested Vote
Pritchard Contest Of Bailey Elec
tion May Cost Cleveland For
Primary.
'rise contesting of Senator J. W.
Bailey's election by George Prit
chard, his defeated Republican riv
al, may make this 'ear's primary
and election more expensive for
Cleveland county ana other North
Carolina counties.
The official ballot boxes for the
twenty-six precincts of Cleveland
county are locked and sealed in the
ofiice of A. M. Hamrick, clerk of
court in the courthouse, having
been impounded with the 1.800 bal
lot boxes throughout North Cato
line. for more than a year.
Whether or not these will be
available for use in the June pri
mary election, is a matter that has
caused election boards considerable
worry.
According to officials, from a
careful reading of the law, there is
nothing rn prevent the use of other
boxes in the primary election. How
ever. it is thought that it will be
imperative that the official boxes
be released in time for use in the
fail election.
The ballot boxes, as will be re
called. were Impounded for the
United States senate following a
protest of the election of Senator
Josiah W. Bailey by the Republi
cans. in 1930.
Judge J Crawford Biggs, chair
man of the state ocard of elec
tions. expressed doubt last night as
to what the status of the boxes
would be.
After George M. Pritchard, Re
publican who was defeated by Sen
ator Bailey, had protested the ele'
tion of Bailey the United States
.senate appointed a committee to in
! estigate the case.
The 1931 general assembly order
ed that all ballot boxes used in the
; enatorial election be impounded
r.nd held pending instructions from
the senate. Since then the boxes
Pave been held a waning word from
Washington but none has been re
ceived.
This week Chairman Shortridge
Df the senate elections committee
reported to the senate that the
committee felt the senate should
consider Pritchard’s contest.
Senator Robinson cf Arkansas
the Democratic leader, prevented
immediate consideration of a reso
lution to that effect when Short -
ridge proposed it and the report
was placed on the calendar to be
considered later.
Should the impounded boxes n-1
b; released by the letter part of
May it will be necessary to con
struct one new box for each pre
unct in the county and state.
Royster Manager
For Ehringhaus
Man Who Headed Bailey Campaign
In County Manages
Another.
Mr. D. W. Royster has been ap
pointed campaign manager for
Cleveland county to handle the
tandidacy of John C. B. Ehring
laus. Tire announcement was made
Saturday in Raleigh by Major L. P
JcLendon. war veteran who is
Hate manager for the candidate for
'overnor.
Mr. Royster, who was head of the
roung Democratic organization in
V* campaigns of 1P38 and 1930,
r?; *he county manager of the
ampaign of Senator J. W. Bailey
rhen he swept into office by a
■rord vote.
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Fountain Says
Revalue Land;
Pay Vets Bonus
Harrill Introduces
Candidate
Candidate For Governor Outlines
His Platform In Court House
Here Satu d3y.
Outlining his platform on which
he seeks to be eleced governor of
North Carolina, R. T Fountain oi
Rocky Mount spoke here Saturday
to a small crowd In the court ho* is?.
He had been to Hollif on Friday
night where he delivered the ad
dress at the closing «,f the school
there an J decided to drop In oti
Shelby at the last minute, conse
quently his coming war not herald
ed far and wide.
Would Tay 'Venus
He was introduced by Attorney
Ecior Harrill of K.ngs Mountain
who is acting as his campa'gn
manager in Cleveland Immediate
payment of the soldier* bonus was
urged, on the basis that it is a debt
that is due the soldiers and that
payment now would add currency
to the country, resulting In a stim
ulation of business r nd improve -
ment 111 the general economic struc
ture.
Continuing an outline of his
views. Mr. Fountain sedd in part:
Fountain's Platform.
“Agriculture is the basic; industry
in the country and there can be no
permanent rehabilitation until the
conditions of the farmer are im
proved, which can only be brought
about by lowering his tax burden
and giving him a reasonable return
for his products. The prosperity of
the cities and the industrial plants
of this country cannot be revived
until agriculture is first revived. As
a candidate for governor I am In
favor of and will urge with all the
power I command:
1. That the constitutional six
months school term shall be sup
ported by the state from sources of
revenue other than real estate and
ad valorem taxes. Land must be
relieved of this heavy and unequal
burden in comparison with other
property.
2. The present values of real es
tate as listed on the tax books are
indefeasible and I shall urge im
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Heavy Hail Sunday
In Toluca Section
There was a heavy hail in the
Toluca section Sunday afternoon
the hail doing considerable damage
to early gardens. Hail stones could
be seen in the woods and shadv
pjaces several hours later. It is said
the stones were as large as golf
balls.
71 Students Out
High School Here
With “Flu” Today
Influenza continues to in
terfere with school work and
other activities In Shelby and
over the county.
In the Shelby high school
71 students were out today
with influenza ar.d colds. This
number does not include num
erous other purils who werr
absent today in the grammar
schools.
The epidemic, which is in a
mild form, is not so notice
able in the county this week
due to the fact that the ma
jority of the -ounty schools
closed last week.
McSwain Has Only One Opponent
Now; Baggett Gets Out Of Race
Brummit Only Rival of Shelby Man
For Nomination as Attorney
General.
The Democratic nomination for
attorney general of North Carolina
now lies between Dennis G. Brum
mitt, incumbent, and Capt Peyton
McSwain, of Shelby. Senator J. R.
Baggett who had announced for the
contest did not file oefore the lists
closed Friday, saying that he could
not afford to make the race.
Writing of the withdrawal in the
Greensboro News, Tom Bost says:
"It is a shame a poor man can’t
run for office,” State Senator J. R.
Baggett said, taking leave o£ the
race for attorney general in which
he had entered more than six
months ago
Times change The old Charlotte
Observer of 1912, heart sick over the
poor showing that it thought Char
les B Ayeock was making for the
United States senate declared that
Brutally Slain
Edward L. Brinker, Jr., twice
\ married Long Island, N, Y., sales
i man, whose body was found bo
side that of Rose Welk, his beauti
ful 29-year-old companion, in a va
cant lot at Mincola, L. L Both
had been beaten and strangled to
death. It was one of the most
brutal murders in the police rec
ords of Nassau County. Police say
the motive was jealousy.
DePriest Entry
Gives Republicans
Judge In Primary
j Puts One Over On Democrats As
Republicans Get Judge At
Each Precinct.
(Star News Bureau.)
Raleigh. April 25.—If the Repub
licans of North Carolina didn't “put
pne over” on the Democrats In the
jJune primary preliminaries dellber
jately and designedly, they, or at
I least one of their number, did it as
effectively and completely as if It
had been planned. The Democrats
have “one over” on them.
George W. DePriest. Shelby, is
the only Republican contesting for
a State-wide office with the regular
nominee of the Republican State
convention—Jake T. Newell, Char
lotte, the U. S. Senate nomination,
i Mr.. DePriest will probably deny
that other Republicans put him up
to it, or influenced him. But the re
sult is that the Republicans will
now have a judge of election at
every polling place in the State, and
all because of Mr. DePriest's candi
dacy. If he had not entered, it
would have been a Democratic pri
mary altogether, with three Demo
cratic pollholders. Now Republicans
will help officials at a purely Demo
cratic primary,1 except for Mr. De
Priest's candidacy, in every polling
place In the State. There might be
county contests among Republicans
that would require a Republican
judge at every voting place In that
county, in a few instances, but Mr.
DePriest necessitates them at all
precincts. Moreover his presence in
the contest will cost fully $2,000
more for ballots.
DePriest Says He
Will Give Newell
Very Warm Contest
—
If Back-Home Republicans Stick
To Him He Believes He Will
Win.
“If the Republicans back home,
those not holding Federal jobs,
stick to their guns, the hand-pick
ed senatorial candidates of the Re
publican machine •will not have at
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somebody ought to give Aycock $25,
000, “and put him seriously in the
race.” Aycock had entered the con
test against Senator Simmons, Gov
ernor Kitchin and Chief Justice
Clark. He had demanded a primary
on the ground that “only a primary
would give a poor man a chance
before the people of North Caro
lina.” Governor Aycock died before
the race actually began, but he had
relied on his strength before the
people to put him ahead of the
field. He never tested the poor
man's standing with the populace.
* Frank Grist is running for the
senatorship to test North Carollha’s
affection for the poor man Mr.
Grist doc> not appe» no be getting
all the poor votes But while Mr.
Gris* is running as a poor man for
the United States senate, Senator
Baggett as a poor man is running
away from the attorney general
Youth Stabbed In
Row Among Four
Cousins Sunday
Burg-in (irigg, Of Un'on Commurv .
ity, In Hospital With Serious
Chest Wound.
Burgin Griff, young man of
the Union community, is in the
Shelby hospital with a serious
knife wound in his right chest
and three of his f'rst cousins
are in the county jail, or were s
early today, as the result of a
row between four lirst cousins,
two of them brothers. In that
section late Sunday afternoon.
Those arrested after young Grigs;
was brought to the hospital wen ,
Lawrence and Clarence Short.:
brothers, and Huber* Pryor.
Over Easter Vatter.
Officers making the arrests- -
Deputies Jerry Runvun. Bob Ken
drick and Bunyan .Tines—say that
according to their Information the
controversy developed from an Eas
ter party in wnich ti e young men
participated.
In the fight young C.rigg receiv
ed a deep knife stab in his chest ,
Last night It was reported that he
was in a critical condition at the
hospital due to interna) bleeding. At
noon today it was said, however,
that he seemed somewhat improv
ed. Just how serious the wound I*
cannot be determined r.s yet, but
examinations made so far show that
the knife blade went completely
through the chest wall and may
have punctured or slushed a lung
Lawrence Short, ore of the ttnee
others, was slashed ectoss the fore-,
head and also hit over the head, of
ficers say. Information given of
ficers had It that Lawrence Short
inflicted the stab on Grigg and that
Grigg slashed Short The mothers
of the Grigg boy and the Short
boys are sisters and Pryor's father
is their brother, making all fl at
cousins. Due to the lelationship of
the boys involved the incident is a
matter of regret in the community,
The altercation took place, i^ j*
Said, about I half mile south "of T im
McEntire's on Highway lf6. vfnng
Grigg is the son of Cbnrlie Grigg ;
Celebrate Health
Day Here May 2
Pageant With Children Represent
ing Various Nations ot World
To Be Given.
The Shelby Public schools are to
celebrate National Health day on
Monday May 2. Every school is to
participate. The following repre-;
rentatives from each school com- j
pose a general committee which has i
made elaborate plans for the cele
bration: General chairman. T. B.
Falla of the high school. Mrs. Ben
Hendrick, high school; Miss Winnie
Blanton and Miss Nora Cornwell
from the South Shelby school Mrs.
Jimmie Blanton and Miss Alpha
Gettys from the Marion school;
Miss Anita Winkler and Mrs. Clyde
Nolan from the LaFayette school;
Miss Clara Edwards and Mrs. Mial
Tiddy from Washington school; Mrs
Lowery Suttle and Miss Mae Con
nor from the Graham school; and
Miss Augusta Alexander and Miss
Hattie Gidney from the Jefferson
school.
The purpose of this celebration is
to stimulate interest in health ac
tivities. The festival also will be
pariotic in spirit. It will be given on
the Shelby high school athletic
field. There, a May queen will be
crowned. To pay homage and re
spect to her, representatives from
various countries will perform. A
herald will announce the arrival of
each group.
Students in the primary grades
of the LaPayette school will repre
sent Holland. Those 'n the gram
mar grades of the same school.
Scotland. The Jefferson school pu
pils will represent Russia Japan
and Denmark will be represented by
the Graham school pupils. England
will be represented oy the South
Shelby grammar grades; Germany,
by the primary grades of the same
school. The Marion school primary
grades represent Ireland; the
grammar grades of this school will
represent France. The pupils of the
Washington school will portray life
in Colonial America, while the high
school students will portray modern
America with its numerous health
and educational organizations.
Costumes, typical of each country,
brightly colored, and attractive will
be worn. It is expected that this
festival will be more spectacular,
delightful and successful than
thc*e of past years. As all Shelby
public schools are taking part, it Is
hoped that a large crowd will he !
Dresent
Discuss Delay
In Advertising
Delinquent Tax
Several Counties To
Ask Postponement
R»leljfh Officials Think Postpone
ment Would Make It Hard
To Operate
W ith nothing definite about a
postponement of the advertis
ing and sale of property for
unpaid 1931 taxe.i Cleveland
county officials were today con
tinuing to preparr the list of
delinquents for publication nest
week. This week, according to
law. Is the last week In which
taxes may be paid before prop
erty is advertised for sale.
At. the court house too, it was
stated that listing hit# been mov
ing along slowly. The law this year
requires that all property be Hst
ed during April. Failure to list tlu :
month incurs a penalty. County:
citizens are reminded that it coal<J
nothing to list and rrly careleu
ness would be resoonsible for a
penalty that can be avoided
Talk Postponement
(Star New* H-trrau.)
Raleigh, April 2o - Movement in
numbers of counties in the state to
postpone, by action of county com
missioners. the sale ol property t’ ■
delinquent taxes until early fait
although violation of the statute. Is
gaining momentum and may be
made effective In some of the coun
ties. while others are going abmr
their activities as the law dtrec .3
and advertising land for sale.
Attorney General Dennis Brum
mitt has replied to an Inquiry from
Joe A. Sherrill, chairman of th*
Mecklenburg county board of com
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Former Jailor In
Catawba Nabbed In
Cleveland With Rum
Wg4«ral Officers Claim They Caoyiit
A. C. Short With JO •
Gallons.
Hickory, April 25—A. C. Short,
former Jailor at Newton, was tried
in Morganton before Judge Halli
burton and bound over under **)0
bond until the summer term of fed
eral court at Shelby r>n charges ol
violation of the prohibition law.
Short was said to have been
found by Federal Prohibition Offi
cers Gilley. AberneLhy and Ingram
with ten gallons of liquor In a Ford
coupe he was driving.
The arrest was made Thursda ’
morning near Casar in Cleveland
county when officers saw Shoit
drive out of a suspicious looking
place, it is alleged. They were on
their way to make a raid.
Short was accompanied by a man
said to be Will Robinson.
Eagle Mills Work Up
Red Cross Flour Here
Nearly Quarter Million Pounds Of
Flour Shipped To South
Carolina Towns
Last week the Eagle Roller Mills
of this place* shipped 77,000 pounds
of fliur to Chesterfield, S. C. and
of flour to Chesterfield, S. C., and
to be given away tc unemployed
people in those sections by the Red
Cross. The wheat was sent to Shel
by by the farm board and here it
was milled and sacked In small
packages. The Eagle Mill Is one of
the largest mills in this section and
the government authorities are said
to be thoroughly pleased with the
speed in which the wheat was mil'
ed and shipped.
It will be recalled that congress
authorized the farm board to dis
tribute much of the surplus wheat
held by the government through
the Red Cross agencies to the un
employed throughout the country.
Every community in the United
States where organized relief work
is under way, was given a quality
of flour for free distribution.
Mother Of Blackley
Held Up And Robbed
Mr. Shem Blackley Shelby instu
ance man, was noticed yesterdav
that his mother, who lives at Ham
let, was knocked down and robbed
by a negro man there Saturday
night. Mrs. Blackley and a little
grandson were walk rg home from
the uptown section when a negio
suddenly stepped o>> <he sidewalk
struck Mrs Blackley, knocked no
do wn. then seized r.ei pocketboos
and escaped. The joketbook con
tained over *100 in money In ad
dition to valuable jewelry. Mr
Blacklev was not it- cuslv injure,1
Shine at Cl
arity Carnival
This charming orchidaoeou* lady is .loan Maromher. popular mom Par
of New York * younger society .set, in the eostufne she will wear in
the spectacular pageant to he presented at Madison .Square Garden.
New York, early in May. Many debutantes wiil impersonate famous
characters in history in the pageant, which t* being given in the tweet
cause of charity.
Cleveland Farmers Mix Their Own
Fertilizer This Year; Community
Mixer Being Used In Union Section
Farmer*’ Loan
Office Open 2
Afternoon* Week
Applications rf Cleveland
farmers for loans from the
department of nffricnltmc
loan fond raav now be filed
In Shelby only on Tuesday
and Friday afternoons of each
week.
Heretofore the office, su|
ervlsed by Farm Atrent Shof<
ner In the cent house, lias
been open all day every day
in the week. licrently. hoc.
ever, applications have not
been as numerous and in or
der to rut down the expense
the office will handle applica
lions only two afternoons
each week. Farmers who in
tend to apply tor loans are
asked to remember the after
noons and apply then.
Cleveland county farmers arc tills
year mixing more of their own fer
tilizer than in many jears, accord
ing to Farm Agent R W Shoff
ner.
Reports from all sections of the
county indicate that, farmers are
buying ingredient* or trading cot
ton, seed for ingredients to mix a
big portion of the fertilizer belr.r
used.
In the Union community W. c.
Powell worked out a mixer that ha->
attracted considerable attention
among farmers and is being used
t-o mix a large quantity of fertili
zer. The mixer consists of a tur
bine screw arrangement and hop
per for doing the nixing and is
pulled by an old Ford motor. Ic
will mix about three tons per hour
and farmers of that .section are lin
ing up at the Mnur>:y store, where
, the mixer is located, much in the
manner they do at a cotton gin
(during the ginning s'&son.
Girl’s Dress On Man’s Body Chief
Clue In Unusual Death In Charlotte
Voting Man Found Hanging In
Warehouse. Dress On And
F.ar Rings
Charlotte, April 36 -From the
woman's silken coat with which he
was strangled and the woman .1
dress with which his body was
clothed, police hoped today to wea\e
a solution of the sitange deat.i
here of Albert Rudaslll, 24-year
old shipping clerk.
His body was found Saturday sus
pended by the coat, which had be.vt
twisted into a rope, Horn a frame in
the warehouse wher- he was em
ployed. The face was smeared with
rouge and powder. Women’s gar
ments clothed th* body. Tliere were
earrings in the ears and gogles over
the eyes.
"If we can find out where th-:
coat and dress camo from we will
know more about the case," said
Inspector F. N. Littlejohn, chief of
Charlotte detectives.
Coroner Prank A. Hovis accept
ed the death as a suicide, but Lit
tlejohn .without denying.that pos
sibility began an Investigation of
the circumstances. The coroner said
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Fenton Coming To Shelby To Head
Red Cross First-Aid School Here
Employes Of (ouutv Industrial
Plants And Scouts To Take
Training Course.
A Red Cross first-aid training
school will open In Shelby today
week, May 2, and continue for a
period of 10 days.
The school, conducted without
cost, Will be attended by 85 or 40
Shelby and Cleveland county peo
ple. The majority ot those taking
the 10-day course w>u be employe?
of Shelby and comfy industrial
plants and Boy Scouts. The stu
dents will be taught all first-aid
methods in case of accident or
sickness so that the? may return -to j
the plants where they are employ-!
ed to set up a first-a id system toj
reduce costs and the risk if acej-i
dents. The school will be held in a
department at the First Baptist
church* according to Attorney Henry*
B. Edwards. county Red Cr*
chairman. Thi- only u.>i will be jl
per pupil to provide bandages, etc.
need lor the training demonstra
tions. This cost in the majority ol
the cases will be provided by tii°
industrial plants sending their em
ployes tp take the course.
The school will be conducted by
Dr. W. J. Fenton, sent here from
Washington by the National Red
Cross.
Dr. Fenton, first aid representa
tive of the American Red Crc*s:
Joined the national organization in
1926 as surgeon and instructor in
charge of the Red Cross first aid
instruction car. which traveled mi
railways from coast to coast and
from Canada to Mexico. Prior to
joining the Red Cross, Dr. Fenton
was for fifteen years engaged or
mining and raUwav surgical prac
tice. This had to do with a great
deal of emergency work in ac't
dents. During the World war n?|
served in the base hospital at Ca‘ o
Sherman, Ohio.
i
Chiropractors
Of State Gather
Here Next Week
Founder Of School
To Attend
l>r. B, J. Palmer, Davenport. Iowa,
To Be Chief Speaker At
Convention.
The annual convention of the
North Carolina Chiropractors As
sociation will be held in Shelby two
days next week Wednesday and
Thursday, May 4-3
The convention sessions, wnlch
will be attended by chiropractors
front all sect lot of North Caro
lina as well as visitors from out of
the State, will be held at the Hotel
Charles.
The chid speaker and guest of
the State convention will be Dr. B.
J. Palmer, of Davenport. Iowa,
founder and head of the Palmer
School of Chiropractic. Dr. Palmer •
is one of the country’s best known
lecturers. He Is on the program for
an address Wednesday afternoon
and evening and for another talk
Thursday morning.
The convention opens Wednes
day morning. May 4. with invoca
tion by Dr, Zeno Wall and an ad
dress of welcome by Clyde R. Hoey.
A business session and Jie election
officers will follow. Dr. Palmer’s
addresses will feature the afternoon
and night session. Thursday the
district conventions will be held.
The present officers of the as
sociation are Dr. E, I. Nott, of Gra
ham. president.. Dr. F. R. Burris,
Cherryvtlle. vice-president; and Dr.
8. D. Coleman, Durham, secretary
treasurer.
The program and advance details
are being handled by Dr. B. M.
Jarrett, of Shelby.
.. ..
Dan Frazier’s Mather
Passes Near Lenoir
Was Found Dead In Bed Sunday
Morning, Had Been lit Good
I Health. ' - ‘
Word has been received here of
the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Kath
erine Frazier, age 73, mother of D.
R. 8. Frazier of Shelby, surveyor
and engineer. Mrs. Frazier was the
widow of the late D. R. S. Frazier
and lived in the famous Happy Val
ley section near Lenoir. Death Fa*
attributed to an acute heart at
tack.
Mrs. Frazier was prominent lc
tiie Happy Valley section of Cald
well county, and her death was en
tirely unexpected. She retired at
about 10 o'clock Saturday night and
apparently was in good health.
Funeral services were held at
Maria's chapel this morning at 11
o'clock. She is survived by three
sons, J. A. Frazier of Happy Valley,
u. R. S. Frazier erf Shelby and W.
M. Frazier of Lenoir.
Try Answering
' These
Can you answer 14 of these test
questions? Turn to page 2 for the
answers.
1. What nlglcname was given t«
President James Buchanan?
2. Who was the only woman rep
resentative in congress at the time
the U. S. entered the World war?
3. What is Australia’s unit of cur
rency?
4. What is a lee shore?
SWhat is ablution?
S.When is a word “obsolete?”
7. In what state is the Shawnee
i Indian reservation?
8. Where is the Royal Oorge?
8. Who played the title role in the
motion picture “Dracula?”
10. On what ship did President
Wilson sail to Europe after the ar
mistice?
11. What does the eagle symbol
ize?
12. What do the initials U. D. C
stand for?
13. Who owns the Panama rail
road?
14, What would be tne constitu
tional process for repealing the 18th
amendment to the Constitution?
15. In what political subdivision
of continental U. S. are the citi
zens denied the right to vote?
18. Who was John Bunny?
17. Who was emperor of Austria
and King of Hungary at the out
break of the World war?
18. What is the Appian Way?
19. Who wrote “The Ballad or
the East and West?”
''•'30 Who is governor-general of
the Philippine Wands?
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TO WEST tONXOHJ
The chapter will ,-infer the paw
master’s degree travsht All com
panions are expected to attend.