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Scraps and .facts. ? While the sale of the Rita's cargo was going on in Charleston a gentleman bid $15 on a box, not knowing what it contained, there being no tag on the box. The purchaser at once prized oft the top and to his surprise found that it contaiued two very fine breachloading guns. He was offered $100 for the two but refused, as a sin?1 - 1 /I cnnMolit Ka rinrnhQCpH gie IJIIU uuuiu from the makers at that figure. ? The movement among the enlisted volunteers to get out of the service of the government is quite general. Petitions are being circulated in numerous regiments. The officers generally are opposed to the movement. The military laws make the circulation of petitions an offense punishable at the discretion of a court martial. Several non-commissioned officers and privates in different camps have been arrested on the charge of circulating petitions. ? The Ohio State Democratic convention, on last Wednesday, adopted the following : "We particularly endorse the financial plank therein, declaring for the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1, independent of any and all other nations. We are proud of the patriotic conduct in peace and war of that brave leader of democracy, Wm. J.Bryan, and we favor his renomination for president in 1900." The platform favors an income tax and thanks the minority in congress for seeking to secure just distribution of the war taxation equally upon the w ealth and corporations of the country, as well as upon its labor. ? The design for the memorial sword which the government will present to Rear Admiral Dewey, under the act of congress, has been decided on. Many designs were submitted. The one selected is by Tiffany & Co., the New York jewelry house. Simplicity and elegance are its great characteristics. The blade is "Damascued." It will be subjected to the process by which the famous Damascus blades were made. The hilt will be plain and solid, but highly traced. The dark blue scabbard, made of "Damascued" metal, will have tracery of gold. A feature of the original design was that at the end of the scabbard was a crown in miniature, presumably the Spanish crown, being run through by the Dewey sword. This suggestive feature was rejected by the committee, and two dolphins were substituted. On one side of the blade is inscribed : "The gift of the nation to Rear Admiral George Dewey, U. S. N., in memory of the victory at Manila Bay, May 1st, 1896." ? Philadelphia North American :i We all knew that Admiral Schley was a fighter to the core; but his little speech to the women at New York gives him a new distinction. The general impression has been that Schley belonged to the Bob Evans class, and left the frills to those who like them ; but we were all wrong. Not even Dewey, the Chesterfield of the navy, could have borne himself better than Schley did when he faced that great aggregation of feminine lovliness and said : "My idea of the relations of the navy to the ladies is, our arms are their defense: their arms are our recompense." Whether this is original or Dot, the fact that he thought of it and said it is euough. It shows the admiral in a new light, and one much to bis credit. Fortunately, the ladies he addressed were on a yacht alongside, while he was safe on his own deck. Had it not been for that he would probably have been kissed to death, and while that would have been a delicious way to die, the navy cannot spare him. But oh, Schley, you brave old sea dog, who would have thought it of you ! ? The Spanish government has published Admiral Montojo's report of his defeat by Admiral Dewey ou May 1. The report has entirely relieved the unfortuuate admiral of the imputation of cowardice, which at first led to a resolve to subject him to the ignomiuy of a courtmartial, ana it is caicuiatea to arouse anger against the government here, which provided him with practically no means of resisting the foe. The report pays a splendid tribute to the extraordinary exacitude, as well as to the phenomenal rapidity of the American tire, aud explains that although the admiral aud bis officers were convinced iu advance of certain defeat, owiug to their lack of proper ordnance and cf quick-firing guns, yet they had no idea that the American fleet would achieve victory so quickly and at so small cost to itself. The admiral declares that every officer aud man under his command fought nobly, although from the outset it was a forlorn hope, and concludes by pointiug out that in accordance with his orders every one of the ships of his little squadron was suuk or blowu up, sooner than surrender, and that neither treasure, signal books, standards or official codes should fall into the hands of the enemy, while the breach of every gun was destroyed. How excellent the Spanish intelligence service at Hong Kong was managed is shown by the fact that within a few hours only of the departure of Admiral Dewey from Mirs Bay, Admiral Montojo was apprised of the fact by the .Spanish consuls at Hong Hong, nnd. contrarv to what has until now been believed, he was prepared for the advent of the foe aud had steam up. ? The New York Journal tells of the organization of "The Druggists League For Shorter Hours," and goes on to say : "The league, however, has gone a little beyond the purpose expressed by its name iu boldly attacking the sale by druggists of poisons, narcotics, intoxicants and nerve destroying stimulants under the guise of "tonics'' or temperance drinks at the soda fountain. This is an admirable work of reform. The modern drugstore is in many cases as wide open a gate to meDtal and physical degredation as < the lowest groggery of the slums. Calisaya, widely used by people who ( think it non-alcoholic, or a safe tonic, is in fact intoxicant and poisonous. 1 It causes, says the spokesmen of the Druggists' League, paresis, cirrhosis of i the liver and diabetes. The uncounted preparations of coca sold by the "reputable" drugstores are more deadly than South street whisky. They affect more immediately the mind and break down more completely the nervous system than even an American cocktail of the kind sold in London ?more could not be said. This is a real evil, j One that menaces no single class, no single sex, no single age ; but all. Che drinker at a bar knows the danger lie. braves, knows tbat the utmost caution and self-restraint are essential to protect himself against the effects of an i indulgence which may become a habit. , The drugstore tippler usually imagines tbat be is doing a virtuous tbing. He is eschewing alcohol and adhering to temperance. He is te":ing a nerve tonic which will "stimulate without any reaction"?a lovely and a lying phrase. He is repairing the physical . ravages of overwork with a liquid health food?usually fabricated of materials which bear the same relation to health that poison does. And so, in one way or another, the drugstore tippler is lured into a habit which the hardened dipsomaniac might observe with horror. ?Uc llorlmUf (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1898. ? The Columbia State has come out openly for Governor Ellerbe and the other papers are saying, "I told you so." ? The Enquirer had overlooked the fact previously ; but in the Edgefield papers we note that ex-Governor John C. Sheppard is a candidate for the state senate from Edgefield. ? The .correspondents writing from the First South Carolina regiment at .Taekaonville. Fla.. report that the boys are tired of soldiering and that they anxious to be mustered out of the army. Of the 1,021 enlistered men in the regiment, over 700 have signed a petition asking to be mustered out. ? From time to time efforts are made by certain newspaper publishers to make it appear that delinquent subscribers can be dealt with under the laws of the United States. That is, that the government has the same kind of grievance against delinquent newspaper subscribers that it has against violators of the internal revenue laws, for instance. The idea is only an empty bluff, and the newspapers that resort to it are generally those which send out papers without any authority from the people to whom they are sent. The July number of the official United States Postal Guide makes this positive statement: "There is no United States statute that has anything to do with the liability of a subscriber for the subscription price of a newspaper; his liability is a matter to be determined by the courts of the state in which he resides." If a subscriber orders a newspaper, he is morally bound to pay for it; but, in our ^nuKliotior tt'hn sends a UpiUIUlIj IUV ^UUIIUUV. ..WW WW , _ newspaper to an individual without authority and then tries to enforce the collection of the subscription price, is guilty of a species of blackmail iu which he would not be sustained by a court of justice. THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN. Witl> the meeting at Yorkville today, the county campaign comes to a close, and the different candidates will continue active on up to aud iucluding next Tuesday. Taken altogether, the campaign has been one of the most quiet and orderly that has taken place in York county since 1890. There have been practically no issues, and less latitude for the operations of the politicians than for a great many years. As to what the result with regard to state offices next Tuesday will be, we confess that we have but a very unsatisfactory idea. There has been very little interest in the gubernatorial race, for instance. The best known candidate for governor is Governor Ellerbe. He will get a strong vote ; but his support is not backed by much enthusiasm. There are a great many Prohibitionists who calculate on voting for Featherstone. They, however, have also been very quiet?as quiet as those who will support Governor Ellerbei Each of the other guberatorial candidates will receive some votes; but the two named will be the leaders. There has also been a very general apathy with regard to the congressional race. This has for the most part been construed as meaning that a very large majority of the people are going to vote for Finley, and that but few consider that there is anybody else in the race, so far as York county is concerned. The Enquirer has heard of a few individuals in different quarters who have expressed themselves as intending to vote for Barber, Henry, Strait and Pollock ; but so far as we have information, there has been no special activity in behalf of auy of i kaoa L U tC3C tUUUKlaVbOt The legislative ticket affords but a limited range of choice. Some of the Prohibitionists have expressed themselves as disappointed that they have no standard bearer; but generally recognize that they will have to accept the situation and vote as they see fit from other considerations. There are only two candidates to be left at home, and only four to be elected. The respective merits of the different candidates is a matter entirely within the opinion of the individual voter; without regard to politics. Which two will be left at home we have not the slightest idea, and we will say that these two will find it as difficult to explain their misfortune after the election, even as it would be for us to predict the outcome at this time. In the case of the other county officers, the situation appears to be clearer. We believe we can correctly predict the outcome from the top to the bottom of the county ticket. But there is no reason why we should make the attempt. It is better to leave the matter over until next Tuesday, and on Wednesday morning we will see what we will see. THE COTTON OUTLOOK. . Organization In the Interest of Better Prices Being Discussed Again. From the Spartanburg Herald. Henry Neill, the noted expert, has figured out that the present cotton crop will reach between ten and a half and twelve million bales. Prominent cotton.growers, at the recent meeting of the Cotton Growers' Union in session at Memphis, Tenn., decided that this estimate is probably correct. At this date last year cotton was quoted in New York at 8J cents before the 1st of November. Without any suspicion that the crop would approximate any such astonishing figures as eleven million bales, cotton declined over two cents per pound. Cotton is now quoted in New York at 5} cents, with an estimated surplus on band of one and one half million bales greater than this time last year to be supplemented by a crop equal, if not exceeding last year's crop. Should this enormous volume of cotton be hurriedly thrown upon the market, already glutted with an over supply, it would be hard to predict bow low prices would be forced ; it is not at all improbable that cotton would touch four cents. The Cotton Growers' Union have evolved a plan for marketing cotton with system and judgment rather than by throwing large quantities on the market at once. They propose to offer the farmers a practical plan which will accomplish this result and the farmers of South Carolina sL-'dd lose no time in getting in shape to adopt it. Full details of the plan have not yei Deen given out; but the state organization, of which Hon. J. C. Wilborn, of Old Point, S. C., is president, should call a convention and inaugurate the organizations in counties and townships so that the plan can be made effective promptly. If the plan of the Cotton Growers' Union could be put in operation it would insure 6 cents net for every pound of cotton regulated by it. The difference between 4 cents and 6 cents on ten million bales would be $100,000,000; a stake, sufficient it seems to us, to interest the entire south. With almost every southern iuterest, more or less interwoven with the interest of the coltou growers, it does seem that they might combine with the cotton growers in their effort to consummate a policy which promises such benefit to our section. ADMIRE AMERICANS. Kut Filipinos Do Not Understand Why We Do Not ltob. Baltimore Sun. The American army, as I write, begins to draw its deadly arms about Manila. It is true that our good friends, the insurgents, have no hesitaucy in saying that they would take the city, if they could, before we entered the gates of the old walled town. The loot of centuries lie there, in the churches, the rich warehouses, the splendid dwellings of the aristocracy. It is the loot of the forefathers of these same men who are in insurrection now against the power of Spain. Perhaps it would be but simple justice to let the Tagalles take their own. But, unfortunately, the Tagalles have a fashion of taking more than their own. They have the modern fashion, indeed, of taking everything in sight. There were others looted by the Spaniards long ago, and that loot is in Manila to this day. Also, there is the law of modern warfare, perfectly incomprehensible to the savage, which forbids looting altogether. Now, the Filipino, otherwise the Tagalle, has never seen anybody he admires so much us he does the Amer ican. It is a demonstration of the power of brute force upon the crude intellect. He does not comprehend why a monster in warfare, as he knows the American to be, should restrain his passions, should abstain from looting and ravishing, should be merciful to a fallen foe. But he comprehends the fact perfectly and he knows that if the American enters Manila first there is an end of all hope of loot. Until January 1st, 1809, For 08 Cents. The Twio?-a-Wkkk Enquirer, filled with the best and most reliable up-to-date new*, will be furnished from the date of this issue until January, 1S69, for 68 cents. LOCAL AFFAIRS. F t INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. a W. G. Brown, Hopewell, S. C.?Has lost a bay horse mule which he wants to re- 0 cover. ii \V. B. Moore A* Co.?Inform the public . that they have sold their stock of mer- 11 chandise at Sharon to Mr. R. H. G. c Caldwell, who will continue the business there, and they commend their successor to the patronage of their friends. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Announces that in a n few days she will visit the northern markets to look up the new styles in her millinery department, and says that v her milliner, Miss Rea, is already there attending the openings and looking v nftprMrs. T)'s. interests. She also says that she sells matches, soaps, blacking, and many other small wares cheaper v than others. " r THE GUESSING CONTEST. v Not long ago The Enquirer offered a year's subscription to the individ- v ual who shall guess nearest to the y result of the approaching election. Guessers must comply with the follow- j ing conditions: 1. Each competitor must make an t estimate of the total number of votes 0 that will be cast in the county. 2. Each guess must include the can- j didates who will get a majority of the votes in next Tuesday's primary, and s in cases where the guesser does not v think any candidate will get a majori- ty, he must give the names of the two highest who will be in the second ? race. 1 3. The guessing contest only applies to the result in York county ; but each "5 guess must include all offices to be 8 voted for from governor and congress- c man on down to auditor. 2 4. In the event of a tie between two t guessers on the proposition as to which f of the candidates will receive the highest number of votes, etc.,- the tie will ^ be settled by the closest guess at the ^ total number of votes cast. 5. All guesses must be sent in, or a handed in. in a sealed envelope, and t must reach us by next Monday night t at 9 o'clock. No guess received after that time will be counted. n Any individual who desires to do so ^ will be permitted to make a guess and have the same considered under the d conditions named above. v b DEATH OP W.'j. DAVIS. A 'phone message from Clover, yesterday, announced the death of Mr. c William J. Davis, whose serious illness with typhoid fever was mentioned ^ in The Enquirer of last Saturday. D Mr. Davis died Thursday night at B 12 o'clock. He had been ill about 1 two weeks. 1 We have not at hand a great deal of data with which to write a sketch ^ of Mr. Davis. He was a son of Mr. a I. N. Davis, of Gastonia, and would a have been 37 years of age next Sunday. He was well-known throughout ^ King's Mountain township as a high- ^ toned, whole-souled gentleman of fine ^ character and splendid ability. He b had been interested in politics for several years, principally as a representa- 1 tive of his township in committee and e convention work, and thus became t well-known to other representative f( oil nnriji nf the eountv. h l/l tl^CUO 1IUUI Mil |/W. vu v. ^ M He was held in high esteem by all who knew him. >' At home Mr. Davis was a man of * Q affairs. He was a good manager, en- g ergetic and progressive, and was rap- e idly making his way in the world. By his neighbors and acquaintances he was looked upon as a man who bad their welfare at heart, and all confided d in him to the utmost. In his sudden is taking away, a wide circle of friends ^ will mingle their deepest sympathies a with the bereaved widow and children e who have thus sustained such a se- c vere blow. t f THE SOLDIER VOTE. s Among the precincts that are giving all the county candidates concern just a now, none is more prominent than the J, one that is temporarily located down c near Jacksonville, Fla. v Just how many votes can be cast by Company G, we have no definite infor- f matiou. There are, or ought to be, a \\ few more than 100 men in the com- c pany. Of these, a few are from other t counties and quite a number are too d young to vote. The voters probably c number between 50 and 75. ii In some respects the approaching d primary election promises to be a very f< close oue. We calculate, for instance, p that 50 or 75 votes may determine c who will be in the second race for a auditor and superintendent of educa- r tion. It is possible that this number c may determine whether or not there v will be second races for treasurer and t county supervisor. So the boys down fi at Jacksonville will prove a right considerable factor next Tuesday. c Many of the candidates have all a along appreciated the importance of a the soldier vote, and several have v written to friends asking that they be s especially remembered next Tuesday, a The soldier boys, of course, have their c own notions as to the merits of the different candidates ; but all the same e letters are not amiss. Those who fj have not written will do well to do so. g yet. The correct address is: "com- ? pany G., First Regiment South Caro- 1 liua Volunteers, Camp Cuba Libre, ^ Panama Park, Fla." Under the rules of the Democratic c party, the result of the vote by Com- 1 >any G. must he telegraphed to Couny Chairman Brice as soon as possible fter the votes are counted, and it is ur expectation that it will be included a the tabulated statement which we ritend to publish next Wednesday ooming. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. W. M. Allison leaves for Baltiaore next Monday. Miss Hattie Banks, of Rock Hill, is isiting Miss Eula Lowry. Miss Hester Titman, of Lowrysville, isitpd Mis* F.nla Lowrv this week. Mrs. Lula Rowell, of Lancaster, is 'isitiug Mr. M. F. Jones's family. Miss Bessie McConnell, is visiting elatives and friends at McConnellsille. Mrs. Jane C. McKenzie, of Yorkille, is quite ill. Sbe is threatened vith fever. Miss Lillie Glass, of Spartanburg, is isitiug in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. t. L. Ferguson. Mrs. Paul G. McCorkle, of Lancaser, is visiting in Yorkville, the guest f Mrs. B. N. Moore. Miss Minnie Cody left yesterday ifternoon on a visit to Mrs. J. B. Jell, at GafFney. Mr. P. A. Abernathy has sold out his tock of tinware, etc. and will remove vith his family to King's Mountain, sT. C. Mr. Thos. H. Bludworth has been on fined to his bed for the past two reeks with fever, but is now convaescent. Rev. W. J. Langston, formerly of forkville, has received and accepted i call to Pendleton Street Baptist :hurcb, Greenville. Miss Lois Boyd, of Barium Springs, J. C., is visiting relatives in Yorkville, he guest of Mr. W. J. Waters and a mil v Captain Frel Mobley, of Company J, First South Carolina volunteers, eft last Monday to rejoin his com>any at Jacksonville. Mr. D. M. Castles, of Kershaw, made , flying visit to relatives and friends in his section on Tuesday and returned o his home on Thursday. Mr. J. M. M. Cain, of the Beersheba leighborbood, is critically ill. At times hose at his bedside think that his leath is only a matter of a few days. Dr. R. A. Bratton left on Wedneslay night for Tybee Island, near Saannah, to go to the bedside of his rother, Dr. T. S. Bratton, who is sick. The condition of Mrs. J. M. McClain j not at all encouraging. Her physiian and the member of her family are ,re hopeful but yery anxious. County Chairman Brice has been laving lots of fun over the developoents at the Hickory Grove meeting. Ir. Brice is one of those fellows who akes a delight in seeing the poor poliicians squirm. A letter from Rev. A. N. Brunson, n Thursday, announced that he would e home on Friday. Mr. Brunson nd family have been spending a pleasnt vacation in Athens, Ga. Miss Essie Stewart, who has been lown with typhoid fever at the home f her sister, Mrs. H. H. Beard, left or Blowing Rock, N. C., last Thurslav morning. She was accompanied ly Mrs. Beard. Mr. H. C. Strauss will leave on Sepember5, or thereabouts, for the northrn markets. He says that although he outlook is that cotton will be cheap his fall, there will be a big demand Dr goods in his line and he will govern limself accordingly. Captain and Mrs. Crawford returned esterday from a visit to Smyrna and lickory Grove. The captain says that rops up in that section are unusually ine. They have had all along just nough and not too much rain. ABOUT CIRCULATION. Along about now, while there is a learth of interesting news and there 3 not much else to talk about, we lesire to take up a little space in . short business talk. It is intended specially for local business men and ithers who may need it. 'Some will >e inclined to think it is altogether or our own personal interests. We ay here that it is nothing of the :ind. What we have to say is fact, nd it may be accepted as such or et alone just as may seem most aceptable. It will be all the same rith us either way. Although The Enquirer has reerred to the matter from time to time, L bas never done much bragging about irculation. We have been aware of he fact that interested persons have lone much to make it appear that the irculation of Thk Enquirer is au osignificant quantity. Efforts in this lirection have never worried us much, or two sufficient reasons. In the first ilace, our subscription books are a onstant reminder of the exact facts, nd in the second place, if it were eally true that The Enquirer's emulation was insignificant, then it rould not be worth anybody's while o try to convince the public of that act. The fact would prove itself. There are a great many people iu this ountry whose inclinations and taste ,re not sufficiently developed to desire newspaper. There are some few k'ho desire a newspaper; but who conider that they are not really able to fiord themselves that luxury. No aan who can read can afford to be without a newspaper; but there are ome wh? have not quite intelligence uougn to enaoie tnem 10 realize iuai act. A vast majority of the iutellient people of this county are able to ake newspapers, and they do take hem. Most of them take The Eniuirer. Now, as to exactly what the circulaion of The Enquirer is, we do not are to say except that it is more than ,000 and less than 2,000. By circu lation here, we mean actual bona fide paid subscribers?men and women who subscribe for the paper because they want to read, and who read every number. In another sense the circulation is close to 5,000 or 6,000, for there are few copies of The Enquirer that are not read by from 3 to 5 persons. With the exception of probably some of the religious papers, we believe that The Enquirer is read by more people than is any other weekly or semiweekly paper in South Carolina. Notwithstanding these facts, we have had experiences with local busi ness men with whom business seems to be really a secondary consideration, and who insist upon looking upon newspaper advertising as a matter of patronage. We look upon it altogether as a matter of business, and as the result of this difference of opinion, there has been more than one attempt to teach us better, with but one result that is not generally satisfactory to either party. As for our part, however, we have been convinced more thoroughly than ever that advertising is a business proposition. The efforts to learn us differently do, to a certain extent, hamper us in our ambition to make a still better and more progressive newspaper; but on the other hand our would-be tutors usually learn that with the turning of their backs to the customers they are able to reach through The Enquibeb, there-is a steady but inevitable loss of trade to themselves and to the town. Facts sometimes are not pleasant to contemplate; but facts are always inexorable, and until we are convinced by facts that this thing of advertising is a matter of sentiment and charity rather than broadminded business, we shall continue to hold to our pretty well established ideas. PROHIBITION OR DISPENSARY. The Prohibitionists of %York county are not at all pleased with the attitude nf tho lorrialnfiva pandiftAfpfi. .TllSt how they are not able to fully explain ; but they feel that not only have they been tricked, but some of them charge that the candidates have formed a combination on the whisky question. It was not known until after the gate had been closed, and now the situation cannot be helped. Whether there was any trick about the matter, The Enquirer is not prepared to say ; but from the public utterances of the different candidates, there is no question of the fact that there is not a Prohibitionist in the race. This was fully developed at Hickory Grove on last Tuesday. One of the red-hot Prohibitionists of the western side of the county is Rev. J. H. Thacker, of Hickory Grove. He not only believes in Prohibition ; but he is a fighter, and when the candidates got into his territory, they struck their first snag. Whether Mr. Thacker was responsible for it, the reporter cannot say certainly; but the reporter was informed that be was. Anyhow, there was a snag, and under ordinary circumstances it would have proved troublesome; but against the alleged combination it could not prevail. "In the event of the election of Featherstone as governor, will you vote for prohibition ?" That was the question tnat was propounded to the legislative candidates. It made them lay their heads together, and it was not until after an earnest conference that they were prepared to to face the music. Mr. J. R. Witherspoon had already delivered his speech and gone to the well after some water. He was sent for and brought back into the ring. The Hickory Grove people did not have a platform ; they had a ring. Mr. Witherspoon began by saying that the people bad a right to ask questions ?it was their privilege?and it afforded him great pleasure to answer any questiou that might be put to him. Then he made a-few more remarks on the same general line and started to retire. "But you have not answered the question,said Mr. McDow, seizing Mr. Witherspoon by the arm and drawing him back. Mr. Witherspoon re-entered the ring, and again went over about the same thing be bad said before, and again started off. "Oh ! but hold on," said Mr. McDow. "I expect to aaswer that question, and you must answer it also. The question is, 'If Featherstone is elected governor, will you vote for Prohibition ?' Answer it yes, or no." "Well, no! then, if that is what you want," stormed Mr. Witherspoon. Mr. McDow prefaced his remarks with the assertion that the question was a plain, simple, unambiguous one, and he would give a plain, simple, un" nmhicuous answer. "If Featherstone - 0 is elected governor, will I vote for Prohibition?" Turuingaround in the direction of Mr. Thacker, who was supposed to be the author of the question, Mr. McDow continued, "My answer is, no!" Then Mr. McDow repeated his views on the liquor question, and said that if elected, he will consider his election an endorsement of those views. At the conclusion of Mr. McDow's remarks, Kev. Mr. Thacker took his