North Carolina Newspapers

1 .1 l. I V. .ic, baiiot , boxW;: wui . be i vaiiable. in every i agricultural j commuaity ," m , ; the. f county , ' on , Thursday, September 8. Farm- eft residing in these communi ties will have the opportunity, between the hours of 7:08 A M and 6 P. M., of voting for ASC community, committeetneR to Jt rv during, the coming year. ' According 'to George Bellmon, Perquimans ASC" County office manager," this f voting ay be from a slate of nominee! which has already been chosen and v. JAibticized, or votes may be cast for write-in candidates.' .Bellmon said , ballots may be cast at the following polling ' places:.!- Delvidere community. L. ' L. Chappell's store and Charles Layden' store; Bethel ' community, J. L. -Curtis store and, Wade Jordan's sprvipe.sta- v tionj 'Hertford community,. Agri. . cultural RniMina miwt JtlaAa Tnt. dan's service' station; tyew Hope community, R. B. Turner's store, Turner and Caddy and S. T. Perry's store; Nicanor com munity, R. M; Baker's store and VWink" Winslow's store; Park , VUle community,- Fred Wins low's, store and ' Towe-Pike Grain, and Supply Company. 5 i. .' m m inn wuuHuieviiieii Hiong wnn the farmers .who are elected ay ' county ASC committeemen, 'will play a major, role in the ftfmin v istration of ASC farm programs . in the., various counties the state." .These ASC "farm pro grams, Bellmon brought out; cdnsist of the. agricultural con servation program, acreage al Iotpienl and marketing 'quota ; programs on the basic omroocU ti.eSj.. prjee. .support , programs ..on . the basic and several, non-basic . 1 ws. ... Vj . , - UVl. IIU, ' program; as'WB jm other, special or ei .eiwrter4Cf.:roSr8msthat . might be,;. needed during the year. - . - 1 - f 4 Persons who will be eligible A to help select file committeeplen who "will administer h&efarm programs include any . fawner who.-as. owner, ooerator. tenant or sharecropper; p patipipflting or is eligible to. participate in apy " program - administered by the county ASC committee. , At the .same - time" the v community committeemen.,, jare.. elected, . a. delegate and art alternate to the county convention wllj b.e eject , ed.. These delegates, elected by farmers, will meet September -23 to elect kthe three-man county committee for the county, : ASC comntltteemen elected w(U take office October .1.: : " ' ' Bellmon cautioned ' farmers that with the very unstable con ditions that exist at present with agriculture and with, farm pro grams we Juet can't afford to .let. a feeling of apathy affect, the participation in ASC committee a Elections.' "We must alt get out and vote on the 8th." FluS0.C:-':y 'at::-.:.::- t v IJTie marriage of Miss Phyllis Dianne Bagley, dnujtcr of Mr. and Mrs. Wv L. r.'-TT of Win fall, to Charles John Niedec stadt, son of Mr, and l.!rs. P. B. Niedcrstadt of , Eaginaw, Mich., took ' place. aturd;y artarrtoon, August . 20, at 4 o'clock in Ep worth Methodist' " Chifii hi X".ifaU. " 1 V r1a1in1tia v muma aViW r htpd can "les . Were Hie . r.av. A. N. . C -ciateJ, ur:."j the d-ut ring :mony. '. llrs. Kay .' rented the'i -flnpanied', ist, who ,s -t Story Cver urd's Prayer" O . . '-'en ,1 - f - -or. nkt, and -ite, f i i.s a.-l'-'idio- ) - V n 1 1-, , ,Tr1 IS"", . M- :..!. i. I r , : Gf.Y''''-;?'i:' Bank: Enlarges ( Ad vi$ory Board R M. Riddick, Jr., Executive Vice President, Peoples Bank St Trust Company, announced to day that three . new members have been added to the Bank's Advisory Board. The new mem bers - are: . T. P. By rum, owner and manager ' of Byrum Furni-! ture Co.; Harry W. Winslow, farmer and timber , dealer, and W. H. ' Oakey, Jr.; attorney at law. All of - these . men are prominent Perquimans :. County business men, ' and are well known throughout the Albe marle . counties. '. : In announcing the names of the new members, Mr. Riddick stated that by en larging the bank's - advisory board it would enable the bank to serve the people of Perquim ans County and community more, efficiently. Court Docket At $5Ss:;nTu3sda7 . .Twelve cases were disposed of during Tuesday's session1 of Per quimans Recorder's Court : and one. case was continued , until September 13, while the bond in one case was forfeited when Ar chie' 'Belch, failed to appear in court to .answer, to charges of speeding. ' William : Banks failed to answer to .charge of .driving on the left side of the road, and he was' ordered apprehended end held forr;d of tem -charge Dlmpron1;1 parking and , paid the costs of court,' , Costs ' of court 'were taxed against Noah , R, ! Feltori, , Ellis Hoffler, ' Negro, and ' Andrew White, Jr., ' Negro, after each had submitted to charges of driv ing on the wrong- side of a highway.' ' .'- Milton;. Overton,. Negro, paid j the court costs on a charge of driving' without ' a chauffeur's , license. f-' ,s Willie Lee v Winslow, 'Negro, was found, guilty on a charge of having no liability insurance. He was ordered to pay a fine of $23 and oasts of court or serve 30 days in Jail . , - ' Robert Patrick, Negro, 'and R. Ward paid fines of $2 and Costs after' submitting to charges of being drunk. -'.nora' Mercer, Negro, pleaded guilty ' to 'a charge . of larceny. She -was , given a ' six months sentence, ', suspended upon pay ment of a fine of $100 and costs of court;'' r Arlhur HarreH, Negro,'' was ordered to pay a fine of $35 and costs:'; after pleading" guilty to charges '-'x of having no liability insurance, no' registration and il legally - using a lisense. ' In 'a companion case, Joseph Spruill, Negro, was released frdm court when motion was granted f or non-suit of charges Of allowing use of a car not insured,' having, no registration and . improper use of license. . ' Levi .. Revell, Negro, . pleaded guilty - to a charge of being drunk. He was , ordered to ' pay a fine of $15 and costs or serve 30 days in jaiL f 1 ' The case of Floyd, Felton, Ne gro, charged with ? non-support, was , continued for" two1 weeks When the court ordered .the sot tyciioi- to investigate the case for fiirther .vi'otion of state laws. ' Labor bay1, Monday, Septe'mt be 5, will be obserVed by a majority of Hertford stores and fcucinr houses as a holiday, it vas r rted today, ffl ;ving a - t""ducted by tl. j town , , -" i-entions of the ti ( t Le 1 .-, ai: jur-i- Six : It -. LIVING TORCH Belgian race in Karl Marx Stadt, Luckily, the flames were ! This Weel 9 as Headlines Conferees failed to agree. dif ferences on the wage-hour bill enacted in Congress and Wash ington reports say the deadlock likely means : the measure will die for - this term, with Con gress adjourning this week. 'A medical aid bill, passed by Congress, is expected to be ilgned . into ' la w by the President.- The bill does not pro vide ;the wide coverage sought by political party platforms, but does, start a new program of public aid not heretofore parti cipated in by the federal gov ernment ' ' i ' " The Organization of American States concluded its meeting in Costa j Rica last week during which the OAS condemned the4 infiltration? of Communism into' thfr" hemisphere. 1b retaliate i!,v action 'Tftdet CasW called' a huge rally in Ctrba dur ing which, . reports, say, Castro will give answers to the7 chargei'. A time bonb . planted in a government office .went off and killed the Premier of Jordan and 10 other. ', persons ' early - this week. i: Reports ; from. Jordan Dointed to a number of susrects but there was no clear case as t0 parties mg i ; guilty 61 the bomb- Presidential: candidate .Richard Nixon was . hospitalized this week,-suffering an infection in a knee. The injury, according to Ceports, occurred while Nixon was in .Greensboro for a politi- cal speech on August 17. . Thii incident is expected to delay Nixon's campaign " for ' about two weeks. . Youngsters urged To Return To ; SchcolMId School - age .youngsters ; who have 'been working this summer are urged to return to' the class rctoms1 and complete their high school education; ' State v Labor Commissioner Frank Crane, noting that several thousand young, people were is sued employment ;-v certificates during the 'past ' three 'months, said the best investment , these youngsters can make now -is to go back to school.: : .: ' ' .'Government 'r; surveys ' have shown that high school - gradu ates get -better jobs.arrl higher pay experience less -unemployment, and have 'much better job security than 1 dropouts," j Com missioner - Crano said,s r ' Crane said a recent Vi S, Bu reatt of Labor Statistic survey shows' ; that . both ; high school graduates and dropouts find jobs fairly-quickly when they start 'to look-for work, but that the work experience of thfc tvfro "groups contrasts -sharply from then on. "The proportion" of, girl gradu ates ia clerical jobs is more- than four times that timong girl drop outs," Crane siid. ; "The propor tion of drc, outs en'rloyed (n siiles work, as v .;trf.. .3 and as ' "!led In' r is v -v r" H motorcyclist Van Den Bosch crashed during world championship East Germany, and his clothing caught fire from sdilled fucL quickly put out before Van Den; Bosch was seriously hurt. County's Secondary Road Plans To Cost Estimated $2,334,000 The State Highway Commis sion, at a meeting 'last week, announced a mammoth Droeram to cover road projects during the! next 15 years, which in the opinion of the commission will bring North Carolina roads up to a standard then required to adequately handle traffic. The overall program contains little for Perquimans " County It U. does propose widening of Edenton sometime about, sible for aU .road -work von 11, 1970 and includes m this pro- 000 miles of primaiy (US-NC) ject a by-pass at . HertfoM.- : ; , roads. 56.000 milM nf v.nl. Also included in tne report is an analysis of long range, highi way, needs for each county, is' iu peiidiiiiiig 10 aetuuuary roaus. ine report lists rerqujmans County as having a total . of 240 miles Of roads Of Which , 1M! miles -. is now paved - and miles remain unpaved. 118 The commission estimates I will cosr a total' of 4861,000 mileage in' this county to meet minimum Residents?May Of Age From 5 Last year, 9,032 residents oj North Carolina' turned ' to the U. S. Bureau of the Census for help in proving they were bora ' These persons were . among an estimated . :30 million United States, residents who are with out Droof of age or birth. The historical records of the Census Bureau provide the Only source of this information for most of these 30 million people. Proof of age or birth is .needed a tw '',. It is needed to obtain: passports. It, is 'heeded to qualify for jobs carrying"' certain age or citizen ship' requirements: -It is needed for some forms' of insurance. - jSinceV 1920, the Census Bureau has provided more than three and 1 5 one-half million. '-persons with' 'copies of their .census rec ords on age, place of birth, citi zenship or kinship, -Persons seeking such records of facts about themselves should write to the Personal Census Service Branchy Bureau -of .the Census, Pittsburg, Kansas, for a Census Records Search Application Form. A fee of $3.00 is charged for a search of not more than two censuses for one person ard and for. one copy of the inf or mation found. Additional, copies cost $1.00. each. An expedited . , .... ... . search, costs - $4.00. ; expedited searches are usually completed within a few ; days- while, .the routine $3.00 search ; may,', take ,up to 30 days, depending upon the backlog of requests and the ease or difficulty in locating the information. The (personal information in the records of the 1900 and later censuses is confidential by Jaw and mav be'furhished only upon! the written request of the per - son to whom it relates on for Droijer nuroose: ft" 'leeal Wftior in combination," ; Shooting tentative, such ' as . guardian ,; jorthovris will l?e f rom oneyhatt hour administrator of an estate.. ! In- formation rpeardinif a child who has not - reached lecal' aae ' may be obtained upon the written ' re - auest of either sarenL 't t ' i :i F.CTJLr.Y TO ' - - ' . . ; . ,. S ' .ti 7 -nry club. 'will - et e "5 1 standards' and will cost $1,473, 000 to pave unpaved mileage having an average daily traffic load of 50 'vehicles. i In intoducing this report the Commission- stated: "Today the North ' Carolina State Highway. Commission has jurisdiction over ,, more public highway mileage' than any simi lar roads body in America. Th illustrated by the fact that the I roads, and almost one-third of the total city street mileage In North Carolina, amounting to some 3.00U miles. Jfiach yeari sees an increase in the number of miles on the State Highway Svstem and tndav ' h -Nnrth Carolina State Highway Com mission has jurisdiction over al it most ten percent of the total tfuleage .under StaieJJigh- way Departments in . the, Na- tion. ,. : . ; Obtain Proof Census Bureau :. The ; Wildlife ' Resources ; Com mission has announced the 1960- 19fll water fowl shooting season and bag limits selected from within a framework of dates and bag limits offered by the U." S. I p1? and WildlifeService, ipol- limte ' on all migratory on all . migratory game birds for the coming season: ' Geese November 9 .through January 7, daily bag 2, possession limit 4. s Brant November 9 through January. . 7, daily bag 8, posses sion limit 8. . t)ucks November 19 through January 7, daily bag 3, posses sion limit 6. (No canvas back or redhead ducks may be taken. Only 2 wood duck and 1 hooded merganser allowed in the daily bag .or possession limit), ;. , Coot November 19 through January 7, daily bag 6, possession limit 12. ',. -. . '.- ; Merganser (American or Red Breasted) Npvember 19 through January 7. Daily bag 5, pos session limit. 10, singly1 - or in combination of potn kinds and in aooiuon to omer ducks. ! oi as i m Shooting hours for geese. and brant are from half an hour be forV sunrise to sunset including opgnifg. day. The same hours apply. to ducks, coot and mer gansers except that on opening day, November 19, the hours are from noon to sunset, r i Marsh Hens (Rails, Sora and I Gallinules) September 1 I through November 9,i;bag limit for sora 25 daily and 25 in pos- : session; for rails .and gallinules 15 dally 30 in possession singly before sunrise to sunset : L.oWoodcbck-'. November -24 through January '2... daily bag 4, 1 possession limit 8, 'shooting hours 'train one-half hour before , Sun- irise to sunset . , -Wilson's Snipe November 24 rthrcKSh' December 23, daily bag and. posfr : limit 8, shooting " i ' - - -f tOv tc're Hunting Season RotayGov Einor OfWogram; h.,--::-k-r-Arr- ;'.-.,. , l,f, Rotary clubs in 116 countries are, united in v these difficult times . ; pf. international tensiojis! in an endeavor o promote un'4 derstanding, good will and peace) throughout the world. That was the message, of James M. Bate; of Durham, governor of district 771 of Rotary International, brought to the ' Rotariuns of Hertford Tuesday, following a conference with local Rotary of ficials. In addition to the activities of the more than 10.600 Rotary clubs within their .own commun ities to promote this objective, Mi-. Bates explained, Rotary In ternational has awarded grants of more than $3,300,000 in the past 13 years through its pro gram of student fellowships, which enable outstanding col lege graduates to study for one year in countries other than their own, as Rotary ambassa dors of good will. Since 1947, when this program was estab lished, 1.322 Rotary Foundation Fellowships have been awarded to students in 68 countries for study in- 45 countries, with grants averaging 2,500. Phillipe Chardin of Montfort, sur Ris ,e; Eure, France, will be sludyin as a Rotary Foundation Fellow Ig 'klm ininh : r 17 j e n T:w-"T"r-?-r-": -- ik ijc Mi IrT I I : inril ll ihlk IIP". at North Carolina State College tlnue "1S education in Septem of Agriculture ahd Engineering, ber wnen 'h enrolls at North Raleigh, North Carolina, during, Carolina State College, Raleigh, the coming school year. Ro- ln lne Ilela ot mecnanical en tary Foundation Fellow Walter gineering. E. Fuller, Jr., Louisburg, North Carolina, .will be studying at' Cambridge University, Cam-j bridge, England, during the coming school year. . 1 With fellowship and service! to others as its keynote. Rotary provides a common ground for The Perquimaas County Li nearly 500,000 business and pro-!brary wi be ,.losed on Labor fessional executives throughout Dav. and following the Labor the world, regardless of differing Day holiday wil, resiitlie Hs reg. nationalities or customs or lan- n. fii ,nA .,i,,1i guages. or 'political' and i-eligioull,ut is if rinn Sn,llrH.,v beliefs," the Rotary district gov - ernor emphasized. In addition to the promotion of international understanding," Mr. Bates continued, "special emphasis is being placed by Ro-I tarv Clubs in this district, which , ; . . , i includes 39 Rotary clubs in North Carolina, on outstanding community-betterment and vo- , ' . . . , . . cational service undertakings to raise the standards of businesses . . . and professions." . j ,i , , t . now we vjoi vui ufiiuniiii Mr. Bates urged all local Ro-I ' ... c. n, M tarjans to attend the Rotary trict conference to be held in Durham, North Carolina, April 23-24. 1961, and to make plant for the club to be represented! at the 52nd annual convention of Bw whi..fc will be held in Tokyo; Japan, 1 next May. r Political Science ' v : ; ; '.: f ; "A Course In Political Sci ence sponsored by the Hertford Business and Professional Wom an's Club, will be started Thurs day night at 8 o'clock in the Educational Building of the First Methodist Church, and will last for 8 or 9 weeks. Mrs. Dora T. Riddick, pro gram co-ordination chairman of the club, stresses that this course is not being taught for the pur pose of endorsing any candidate or political party, but is to be a study to help people obtain a better understanding, of politics. No controversial issues will be discussed during any of these sessions;." , - ., : NEW HOyRS ANNOUNCED FOR LICENSE EXAMINER Effective Wednesday, Septem ber 7; the Driver's License Ex aminer will be located in Hert ford each Wednesday between the hours of 8:30 A. M., until 5:30 P. M. The new hours will be. established as a change-over from the summer "to winter schedule. The' License Examiner may. be contacted at . the Municipal! Building .on Crubb Street, op- Snonso posite the Post .Office, building.; dist Church en, ; Sunday?. Se - .' ' ""' r1 ' 1 11 "..nl tember"4, in the, absenoe of the h'i MASONS TO MEET M , I Rev. James A. Auman. Mr. Au - Perquimans Masoniq Lodge, man will return next week from No. 108, A. F. & A. M., will meet -a world tour and resume tba Tuesday night t ,8 o'clock ' lyuljpit of th-a church. . . C ScheHul II ... . 1 Pen J. den Belmont Perry, 1046 Gar- n,., ., ,T Drive, Newport News. Va.. has completed hn faming as a machinist at the apprentice school of the Newport News ShmK1,iM! r..... r....i. I and Mis. Lawrence B. Perry of live during his apprentice! W,U beg'n ful1 sehed- rchool days as a member of the ,ule .wf cLassf on tTuday, Sep stude.it homd ,,1 rtir-r. h.-te,nber 6- following the Labor judicial committee and the Co- tiUitm Club- Pt!nT will con-.... County Library To Cl ose Labor Day lmorning .md atternoon- as on ,llth wtl,.k Hfiva f -m 1ft . M to 4.30 p m. '-and an Thursday njuhts from 7 P. M " .until 9 p m Thl. u..v . n . . . . ,. . - , , . . ,, ber of new books this week, . ... : ;.-fi,.', . , m' ,. .. . . . .. . Valient Companions by .Waite . r . F. ; . " . Seven Ages of Woman by Park- , , . .... .... dis-l""""" 6 , V t' S ."""' IUU V"" " "V"', ' 7. ul" ' l". . ""7 "7. " ':, . rt . , . , eas oy Jrtsoie; umy ...wnen T 't Widow Is a Dangerous Thing by Hastings; Stillmeadom Sampler hv Tabor: You Cart Prevent 111- 'ness by Pinkney; Especially For Mother by Hyde, and My Secret World of Kids by Linkletter. New novels this week are: Back' of Sunset by Cleary; The Haunting of- Hill House by Jackson; Loblolly by Frank Gil breth; Natalia by Downes; And Four to Grow On by Palmer: Mrs. Sherman's Summer by Fischer; Eva by Levin and Mrs. 'Arris Goes to New York by Gallico. Many of these books are in cluded in the reading list for the Home Demonstration Club wo men for the year 1960-61. and others in this list are already in the library. Baptist Church Planning Revival Plans are being completed by the Hertford Baptist Church for a revival service . to .be con ducted at the' church from Sep tember 12 through September 18, ; it was announced . today . by the ReV; Norman Harris,' pastor of the' church. The ReVi ' 'Dbn- ald'G. Myers,, pastor of the First Baptist ' Church of Reidsville, will be the guest preacher for the services, Rev. R. L. Jerome To Preach Sunday The Rev. R. L. Jerome," super intendent of the Elizabeth City: District of the North Carolina! Conference, will , be guest preacher at the Hertford MethOM' 1 1 nri ( Summer Vacation,. comes to ah, ; ena tor some i3,33f. ,Perquimans: I County school . children today,' atwiui iu iti t 1:. m&Bpm e m. jerinlendent of schools, who an I noumx-d the new . 1960-61 term officially opens with a half day j. session on Friday. , School buses were assigned to drivers last Wednesday and all preparations are complete for the opening of the new school term. Teachers' meetings have been concluded and policy decisions made for each of the five county schools. During the half day session (Friday students will be enrolled I and assigned class schedules for ,. ' receive sup- , Plies and books for the year.' c..j.,. . -. j . , . 1 ...111 . fund, for ,heirvarious fees , ,he j da f . ' 1.. Zu, ZTZ . -"v.....6 nnwi 1Vi US must also oresent ' birth certificates to their teach- ers. D.hiday n Monday' Mr. Bierers reoortprf farnltio. .... . . . : ui an scnoois are completed and the list of teachers for each school is as follows: Perquimans High School: E. C. Woodard, Mrs. - Elizabeth Skipsty, Mtv;. Annie T. Jessup, Isaac Perry, Mrs. Clara Boswell, Gilliam Underwood, Mrs. Joan Stallings, Mrs. Dorothy Barbee, Miss Frances Newby, J. L.Tun-'" well, Mrs. Anniebelle Whitley, Mrs. Blanche Dillon, Miss Nell Martin, William Byrum, Rooert Carter, Mrs. Julia Stokes. Central Grammar School: Thomas Maston, ' Miss Johnnie White, Mrs. Myrtle Wood, Mrs. Helen WinstowtfMdrey' Roach, Mrs. Lucille White, Mrs. . Bertha Lane, Mrs. Eugenia Beck, ' Mrs. Ruth Burden, Mrs. Mary Morris. Mrs. Lessie Winsiow, Mrs. Janet Weathersbee, Mrs. Atlia Tu.nnell. Mrs. Mary White. . Hertford Grammar. .School: Miss Thehna Elliott, Mrs. Grace Coston, Miss Mary .Sumner, Miss Gladys Felton, Mrs. Ira Eure, -Mrs. Ruth Winslow, Miss Mild red Reed, Miss Louise Chalk, . Miss Caroline Wright, Mrs. Lois Stokes. ' ' Perquimans Union School: Jo- ' seph A. Dempsey, Mrs. Johnsie L. Privott, Walter R. Privott, Mrs. Mable ; W. Strowd, Mrs. . Dorothy N. Thomas, . Walter J. Thompson, Mrs. Lona G. Wilson, Mrs. Addie H. Hoffler, Mrs. Lula Mae Andrews, Norwood C. Dav is, Mrs. Elizabeth DeLoatche, King A. Williams, George N. Reid, Mrs. Jennie S. Thompson, Miss Vivian C. Sharpe, Thomas E. White, Henry E. Daughtry, Miss Doris M. Jennings, Mrs. Mary E. James, Mrs. Mary, E.. . Newby, Mrs. Idonia Rogerson. Mrs. Wealtha C. ' Mardre,' Mrs. Letitia G. Lessane, Mrs. Edna S; 1 Zacharyi Mrs. Annie E. Simons, Mrs. Rosa E. Newby, Miss Myrtle S. Felton, Mrs. Harriet L. Winslow, Mrs. Rosa E. Lowe, Mrs. Alma N. Kingsbury, Mrs. Geraldine Turner Edgerston. King Street School: Dewy S. Newby, Mrs. ' Hattie T. Riddick, John A. Wynn, Fred Tl Riddick, Mrs.' Hazel O. Beaman, Miss Jessie L. Sharpe, Mrs. Cleo patra Z. Felton, Mrs. Dorothy H. Newby, Mrs. Geraldine B. Lowe, Miss Nellie Holley, Mrs. Eliza S. Perry, Mrs. Mary W.-Jordan, Miss Elizabeth L. Hunter, Mrs. Edith F. Walker. . . :, neruora v-ensus . Figures Down 38 ' "The Ton of Hertford had a population lots of 38 persons during the decade between 1950 and . 1960, according to census figures released this week. The Bureau of Census listed Hert ford's population in 1950 as 2, 095; the figures for 1960 are given as being 2,058. Commissioners To Meet Next Tuesday ; Commissioners for Perquimans County will meet .for their Sep-, tember." meeting next Tuesday j instead. of, the wual ftrtt Mon-' da-due to .the Lahr Day 1 "- Jday on Mo!K'.sy, - ' 5. Persons deslrirg to r " the board are r v jchnnge in i j .