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...... ' ' '' '' Abbeville Press and Bannerf _ st.so ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1916. ' " established A YEAR- - ' : : VILLA HEMMED IN < BY U. S. TROOPS PERSHING BEGINS DISPOSITION I OF TROOPS UNDER HIS COMMAND TO CAPTURE BANDITS EI Paso, Texas, March 19.?Francisco Villa has been driven into trap < by the rapid advance of the Ameri- 1 can troops, according to the informa- 1 tion received to-day in wireless dis- < patches from the front and in telegraphic dispatches to Gen. Gavira, the Carranza commander, at Juarez. Everything seems now to depend on the ability of the Carranza garrisons to hold their end of the net. On three sides the bandit chief he is hemmed in by strong Carranza columns, while on the fourth the Americans are driving forward with amaz- ? ing speed. J Villa was reported in the Babricora j Lake region to-night on the ranch of j Mrs Phoebe Hearst, which he has j ravaged several times in the past, j Babricora .is about fifty-five miles ( south of Galeana, where one section of the American expeditionary force j has arrived, and is pushing forward at the rate of thirty-three miles a day- A few miles to the west of J the bandit's positions is Namiquapa, J which is held by a powerful Carranza * garrison. On the east are the frown- J ing barriers of the Sierra Madre * Mountains, barring the way to Son- J ora. Gen. Luis Guitierrez, Carran- 1 za's field chief, declares that he holds 1 all the passes to Sonora. Hangs on Carranza. On the south Villa's way is blocked i oy me carranza garrison <x\, jinucia, i a town of considerable importance, i as the headauarters of the Madera < Company, Ltd, an American concern, 5 which has vast lumber, mining and < railroad interests. On account of the 1 importance of this town an excep- s tionally heavy Carranza force is said J to hold it. The whole situation seems to hang tonight on the Carranza j forces. If they remain loyal to the first chief, which up to the present time they have shown every indication of doing, Villa appears trapped. It is, of course, realized that he is on ground of his own choosing and a country admirably suited for guer- ! rilla warfare and surprise attacks. While Carranza leaders and the United States military authorities 1 have succeeded so far in avoiding ^ any friction there is one serieus ques- 1 tion which may arise at any time to ( threaten the entire situation. As the . lines of commutation of the Ameri- 1 can force lengthen the problem of , bringing up supplies becomes increasingly more pressing. j To errant the United States Dermis gion to use the Mexican railroads for shipping supplies it is thought here may be misconstrued by many Mexicans. On the other hand a refusal would scarcely harmonize with the professed desire of the Carranza Government to co-operate in every way with the American authorities. The arrival of this crisis is being anxiously awaited on both sides of the border. Wireless From the Army. With the American Army, March 18?(Via Wireless to Columbus, N. M.)?After marching more than 110 miles into Mexico in forty-two hours the American punitive expedition today received information apparently locating Rancho Villa, the object of their chase. Disposition of the troops began to-night for the task of hunting him down. Meanwhile Villa was reported continuing his outrages upon Americans. The exDedition reached (name deleted by censor.) They were in- ' formed that the Mexican leader pass- j ed through this place only a few days ago. The latest information of Villa's ! present whereabouts placed him on ] the ranch of Candelarlo Hernandez, 1 one of the sub-chiefs with him on the j raid against Columbus. Gen. Pershing personally led the flying cavalry column in the 110-mile dash. Every man in his command was ' mounted. They passed through a section of Mexico where water was ] scarce. For such a large body of men ' the speed maintained was remarkable and the good condition in which 1 they came through was inspiring. , Only a few cavalry horses and ; pack mules were lost, the victims of - ? ? mt 1 i , a bard riaaen trail. ine men reai-neu the camp thirsty and hungry, but ' otherwise in good condition, fit for action and eager for the pursuit of Villa to begin in earnest. Here they were met with reports that Villa had raided the American colonies in the vicinity of his mountain retreats and that he had killed residents of these colonies. HOMER OULLA HERE. Mr. J. Homer Oulla, of the Oulla Printing & Binding Co., of Anderson, was a pleasant caller at the Press and Banner office last Friday. Mr. Oulla is an Abbeville county boy. He started his printing career in the Press and Banner office years ago, then owned by Mr. Hugh Wilson. He is j now owner of one of the largest and; best equipped printing plants in the state, and one of Anderson's most progressive business men. He is also publisher and managing editor of The Piedmont Magazine, which has a wide circulation in the Piedmont section. ! AERIAL RAID MAJOR NEWS OF 1 DROP BOMBS ON GERMANSFIGHTING AROUND VERDUH AGAIN IS SLACKENED. A notable aerial raid was carrie >ut early today on the German avis ;ion field at Houttave, near Ze? jrugge, Belgium," a squadron of 6 illied machines?aeroplanes and see Manes?making the attack. The Bri ash official announcement, aeciare ;hat considerable damage appeare ;o have been done by the bomb iropped. The machines carried a iggregate of about 6 1-2 tons o Jieso explosives, the statement ind; :ated. Fighting about Verdun had agai slackened, according to today's Pari statement, the only infantry attac -eported being an unsuccessful on >y the Germans on the French posi ;ions on Pepper Hill, north of th fortress. The artillery activity ha jeen intermittent, reaching consid irable violence, however, in the vi unity of Malancourt, on the wes >ank of the Meuse. There is renewed activity in th Balkans, north of Saloniki, a Frenc :olumn having occupicd villages nea ;he Greek border which Teutonic an Bulgarian forces had entered, ac lording to news agency advices fror Saloniki. The neutral frontier zon las now been eliminated, it appear! ind the forces of the entente and th :entral powers are face to face alon ;his part of the front. A war conference of probable mc nentous importance is about to ope n Paris, where military and politic* onroeenfnrivps nf the allies are erath iring. The joint policies to be pui sued by the entente in the next peri )d of the war will be decided upo )y the conference which will be pr< sided over by Premier Briand, o France. DEFENSE MEASURES TAKING FRONT RANI Washington', Mach 17.?Nations lefense legislation overshadowe ivery other legislative issue today i joth houses of congress. The fac standing out most sharply from vhole day of debate and discussion vas that only one voice had bee -aisod against military preparednes is a national policy, that of Meye London of New York, the only Socia] st member. The house completed more tha lalf of its set schedule of ten hour! general debate on the army increas sill. More than two score member jxpressed their views. The great mj iority favored the committee bil vhich is the most sweeping militar neasure ever considered in the cour ;ry in peace times. Many amenc nents to be offered were announcec lowever, and the prospect of passin ;he bill by tomorrow night virtuall vanished. It may be late next wee jafore the final, vote is taken. In the senate Chairman unamoei ain announced that he would see ;o have the military committee's pei Fected army bill taken up Monday The water power bill must be dis placed to permit this. President Wi son's appeal for haste on preparec less measures, it was thought U light, would lead the power bill ac /ocates to yield their place. The failure of any organized oppc sition to the purposes of the arm rill to show itself on the house floo ,ed Representative Hay, chairman c the house committee, to abandon th night session provided for under th special rule which gives the bill rigl1 :>f w&.y. The accumulation of amenc ments to be offered also influence lis decision. They can not be take up until the ten hour general debat is ended. After that, nve minux speech rule will apply. A night se: sion may be held in an effort to g( through tomorrow. General debate will conclude earl tomorrow dnd the struggle wit amendments will be begun. Seven members of the committee, all c whom signed the report on the bil will propose changes in specific se< tions. They are not bound by an committee agreement. As member after member adde his approval to the plan for increa: ing the army during the day, interej ' 11 11?x- 11 ?Tf woo til in tne aeoatc uu^^cu. one-sided to attract a crowd. A times there were not more than score of seats filled on the floor. Party lines were utterly forgotte in the discussion. Representative Ha faced the house for an hour, read to answer questions from any qua; ter. Representative Kahn, rankin minority member of the committer frequently aided in presenting th committee's views. The two divide the debate time between them, sine there was no one to lead an oppos tion. BROTHER OF THE ALLENS KILLE Roanoke, Va., March 18.?Jac Allen, brother of Sidna and Floy Allen famous leaders of the gar that shot up Carroll county coui room was assassinated last night i the home of Mrs. Birt Martin seve miles from Mount Airy, North Car lina, Will McGraw was with hi: when the fatal shot was fired ar disappeared soon after. 1915 COTTON CROP i 11,059,430 BALES _ REPORT SHOWS CROP WAS MANY BALES LESS THAN IN 1914. d Washington, March 20.?The 1915 i_ cotton crop of the Unit.ed States ag- 1 >_ gregated 11,059,430 running bales, 1 5 or 11,183,182 equivalent 500 pound '< bales, exclusive of linters and count- 1 i- ing round bales as half bates, the i >s Census Bureau today announced in d its final ginning report of the season. ,s The department of agriculture on i n]Dec. 10 last, basing il? calculations ' f on reports of its agents throughout j< i- the cotton belt, estimated the crop 1 at 11,161,000 equivalent 500 pound n bales. The Census Bureau's final fig- 1 s ures of the crop compare with 15,- 1 k 905,840 running bales, or 16,134,930 ! e, equivalent 500 pound bales produced s i- in 1914; 13,982,811 running bales, j e'or 14,156,486 equivalent 500 pound,) ,s bales in 1913, and 13,488,539 run-)1 |- ning bales, or 13,703,421 equivalent < i- 500 pound bales in 1912. The 1914 5 it. crop was the record for production. 1 j Included in the figures are 39,623 < g bales, which ginners estimated would 1 h | be turned out after the March can- J r vass. j I Round bales included numbered < 1111,716, compared with 57,618 in i ' 11914, 99,962 in 1913 and 81,528 in i e 1912. |1 s | Sea island bales included number- i '' ed 91,920, compared with 81,604 in Z 1914, 77,563 in 1913 and 73,777 in K 1912. The average gross weight of bales for the crop was 505.6 pounds, comI pared with 507.2 in 1914, 506.2 in II 1913 and 508 in 1912. J" I Ginneries operated for the crop numbered 23,146, compared with 24,l" 547 in 1914, 24,749 in 1913 and 25,P 279 in 1912. Linter cotton, not included in the 1 total ginning figures, amounted to 895,274 running bales, or 880,780 equivalent 500 pound bales, compared with 832,401 running bales, or ? 856,900 equivalent 500 pound bales ,in 1914; 631,153 running bales, or 1638,881 equivalent 500 pound bales il in 1913 and 602,324 running bales, d or 609,594 equivalent 500 pound n bales in 1912. I t| Production of states in equivalent a 500 pound bales, exclusive of linters, s with comparisons, follows: I S'Alabama 1915 1,020,208 ir 1914 1,751,375 [. 1913 1,495,485 1912 1,342,275 n 3' Arkansas 1915 815,846 e 1914 1,016,170 i 8 1913 1,072,846 1912 792,048 v Florida 1915 47,816 [. 1914 81,255 [. 1913 58,695 1. 1912 52,760 g I 1 Georgia _1915 1,907,310 k 1914 2,718,037 1913 2,316,601 1912 1,776,546 Louisiana __ 1$15 ' 340,606 , 1914 449,458 , 191o 443,821 ! [I 1912 376,096 !_ Mississippi __ __ - 1915 953,620 1914 1,245,535 1 1913 1,310,743 ; 1912 1,046,418.1 ,r Missouri 1915 47,930 ] 5 1914 81,752., I 1913 67,105'] g 1912 ' 55,691 j; \i North Carolina 1915 698,852,] a 1914 930,631! ? 1913 792,5451 " 1912 865,6531 ^ Oklahoma 1915 639,209 :t 1914 1,262,176 < 1913 840,387 y 1912 1,021,250 d South Carolina 1915 1,133,581 S 1914 1,533,810 1 1913 1,377,814 1912 1,182,128 ; "v ! Tennessee __ 1915 302,898 , ,H 1914 383,517 u i ni o OTfl An 11 3- i7xo o i 11 | it 1912 276,546 Lt Texas 1915 3,223,803 ! a 1914 4,592,112 1913 3,944,970 n 1912 4,880,210 y Virginia 1915 15,809 r- 1914 25,222 g 1913 23,490 e, 1912 24,398 le ?d All other states 1915 35,694 ;e 1914 63,880 i. 1913 32,513' 1912 11,402! The Census Bureau announces that i' the statistics of this report for 1915 j are subject to sight corrections in q the full report to be published later. k HAPPY ASSURANCE. rd ig rt Edith (still blushing)?Am I the it first girl you ever kissed? in Jack?No, darling, but you are the o- last. m i Edith?Am I really? Oh, Jack, it id makes me so happy to think that.? Exchange. ' DETROIT WOMAN ESCAPES BANDITS DETROIT WOMAN HID IN MINE WITH HER BABY FROM MEXICAN BANDITS. ElPaso, March 19.? Mrs. Wallace Rogers of Detroit, arrived here today with her 15-months old infant, and told how she had hidden with her baby for two days in the shaft of an abandoned mine near Cananea from Mexican bandits. .Mi$. Rogers' husband is interested in'mining property near Cananea but was away from home when tne little colony fied on the approach of the oanaits. "The whole country around where [ was living," said Mrs. Rogers was filled with abandoned mines, the 3hafts of some of which had been sunk 2,000 feet or more. Most of the American men were away when we aeard of the approach of the bandits We fled to one of the abandoned minis carrying whatever food we could match up. One of the men took my jaby and we crawled down an abandjned shaft by ladder until we reached :he 1,000 foot level. Here we renamed .for 24 hours* "Finally, as we heard no shooting >ne of the men ventured to the surface. He reported everything quiet ind we returned to our homes. We lad hardly reached there however, when we again heard that the bandits were coming. This time we went iown to the 1,500 foot level where we remained another day. We were n a little slope about 10 feet square. (Ve had no lights of any kind, and [ had only a couple of cans of coniensed milk to feed my baby. We ust sat there on the floor in the blackness and prayed. At last we could stand it no longer. I think we w6uld lave all gone mad if we had stayed :here . We crawled up into the sunshine. There was no sign of the baniits and we made our way safely to 3ananea where we got a train." Mrs. Rogers declared that the Mexican bandits not only had no respect for the American flag but that t actually incited them to outrages, ;he only flag that offered any proaction was the British flag, she said. "I am bitterly .ashamed to admit t," she said, " but whenever trouble started we began to hunt for a Union Jack.' It was by no means i bullet proof shield but it was the >nly flag that I ever saw that the Mexicans paid any deference to. There was a young Englishman who commit?d suicide where I was. The Mexicans thought he was an American ind they hurriedly dug a shallow hole and were going to put him away without ceremony when the officer in command overheard someone say:| I wish we knew where his mother is so we could notify her. She is somewhere in England but I do not know where.' The officer stopped the burial and asked if the suicide was an Englishman. When he learned that he was, he ordered the body preserved and tried for four days to get in touch with an English consul." Another refugee who reached here today had traveled 200 miles on a motorcycle in search of safety. IF VAUGHN IS CRAZY HE MAY MISS DEATH Spartanburg, March 19.?Special: Thurston U. Vaughn, who is in the State Penitentiary under death sentence fo* heinous crimes which he confessed to have committed while he was superintendent of the South Carolina Odd Fellows Orphanage here, is to be incarcerated in the State Hospital for the Insane. Solicitor P. A. Bonham stated to-day that he will apply next week for an order from the Circuit Court to transfer Vaughn. A test of Vaughn's sanity will be made while he is in the State Hospital. If the tests show Vaughn to be insane he will escape the death penalty. Vaughn was convicted on October 26, 1912, and was sentenced to be electrocuted. His attorneys have appealed his case to the State Supreme Court and to the United States Supreme Court, which tribunals sustained the judgment of the Circuit Court. A decree of insanity is the only thing that can now save Vaughn from the chair. Solicitor Bonham decided to take the step to have Vaughn placed in the Hospital ,after correspondence with Governor Manning ana Dr. J. Heyward Gibbs, of Columbia. M'LAURIN MAKES TRIP TO NEW YORK Columbia, March 19.?Special: Af Kir Mrirfl WlfK fioVfif icr UUIldUlUlUVll wjr T??*v if.... nor Manning, who is in Florida, Senator McLaurin went to New York on Friday night to confer with prominent insurance men, in response to a wire from them to Senator McLaurin, which seems to hold out some promise of a satisfactory adjustment of the insurance situation in this State. Advices received from New York on Sunday are to the effect that Senator McLuarin was in a conference on Saturday night, which was also attended by Insurance Commissioner McMaster, and that there is not the slightest friction between Commissioners McLaurin and McMaster, but on the contrary they are working in harmony. Commissioner McLaurin will advise further with Governor Manning upon the return of the Governor to the city. U. S. AND MEXICO I TO CRUSH VILLA PROTOCOL BETWEEN COUN- C TRIES SUGGESTED BY MEXI CAN AMBASSADOR. Washington, March 20.?The Carranza government today proposed to i* the United States the drafting of a 81 protocol, under which American and 11 Mexican troops may co-operate in ei hunting Villa. The terms of such a S( formal convention would be designed to meet all questions which arise in a: the future, setting forth the rights of ? American troops now in Mexico and b; the nature of co-operation expected tl of the Carranza forces. The fact was ti suggested to the state department to- u day by Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexi- fi' can ambassador. Negotiations of details are expected to be in progress several days, but the two ' govern- B ment were said to agree on the prin- bi ciples involved. * While the protocol is expected to take care of such details as use of r< Mexican railroads by Americans, General Funston's recent request to P allow supplies to go forward now from El Paso is to be handled separately and at once. CERTAIN NATIONS WOULD " HELP MEXICO IN WAR J] Washington, March 15.?On re- gc quest of the state department orders ej have been sent to collectors of cus- l toms at seaports of the United States p and along the Mexican border to hold B up all shipments of arms, ammunition a< or explosives consigned to Mexico ex- 0i cept such as it is clearly established zc are designed for the de facto government. i rPl_ . aw J AM ? ><? f nn!/1 V* A ine urucr was s<uu wmguii w uc , the outcome of information reaching J* the department that a lasge consign- ^ ment of explosives intended for the n' Villa forces was about to be sent , south. The instruction will shut off bl shipments to mining companies or other persons not officially represent- ~ ing the Carranza government. How 0 long they will remain in force was c] not known tonight. Officials tonight refused to discuss ^ the subject but there was reason to . believe some credence had been placed in recent reports that friends . of certain European nations had been willing to put munitions of war at " the disposal of Villa. . o LEVER PRESENTS . b COTTON MEASURE ^ i v Washington, March 14?Representative Lever today introduced his o cotton standards bill, which provides a for th e establishment of uniform tl standards of classification for cot- p ton and provides for the application, a enforcement and use of such stand- T ards in transactions in interstate and foreign commerce and provides for n protection against the misuse of the r< standards. E Standards of grades for cotton have already been Established and p promulgated. This bill undertakes to 4-Viaoa ofon/1or/?o nnH spf.q lift UV1VV Ut^ov UM?4*v*vi* uu ? ? T the machinery for proper grades and classifying of cotton through licensed graders that goes into interstate d and foreign commerce. h "This bill," said Mr. Lever, "is j one of several which go to make up c; what I am pleased to term the ajrricultural end of the administration ?] preparedness programme. The other d bills included in this programme are the reenactment of the cotton fu- p tures act to overcome the technical b decision of a New York federal judge n declaring the act unconstitution- y al, the federal warehouse bill, which s, will furnish a uniform warehouse ^ receipt issued from federally super- d vised and bonded warehouse, the grain bill, providing for a federal system of supervision of grain grad- e ing, and the land mortagage credit y bill, which undertakes to set up a 5 ing cheaper credit for long terms on n the amortization plan of repayment j-j for farmers. This constitutes the jj most ambitious programme of legis- v lation in behalf of agriculture ever ^ proposed in any legislative body, a but complete preparedness can not C(' exist unless it takes into considerat- ^ ion agriculture and economic preparedness as well as military and a naval preparedness. The fact is that C( the latter kind of preparedness can ^ not be greater than the former, for r) military and naval preparedness are agriculture and economic prepared- p ness. d THREE HUNDRED _ GIRLS ARE J TRAPPED IN THt iJUKmnu BUILDING. ^ Orangeburg, March 20.?The town ci was aroused by terrible screams at is 2 o'clock this morning when three hundred negro girls were trapped in t< the two story brick dormitory of the e: state college. It was a mass of flames c< when discovered. The volunteer fire- n: men were on the way before the r< alarm box rang. d The frightened inmates, were al- e: most overcome by the smoke and nr jumped to the ground abandoning h their clothes. Nine of them were badly injured having their limbs fractured or being otherwise injured. One inmate landed on the steps and had , i 1 1. 1 ner duck uiuivcii. Several deaths it is feared took h place. The loss is approximately $50,- N 000. ft The five story wooden boys build- H ing was saved despite a stiff breeze, tl RUSSIANS REPULSED IN FIERCE ATTACK )VER 9,000 RUSSIANS SLAIN IN ' ,| ATTACK?CANNON BUSY IN WEST. witn the slackening of tne lightig around Verdun the Russians hive ; j tarted another big offensive move-' "V# lent against the Germans on' the astern front. A raid by German ' M japlanes on the east coast of Eng- < fc ind and by French airmen on Mete nd other German towns, the sinking % f a French torpedo boat destroyer y a submarine in the Adriatic and le reported torpedoing of an Au$ ian hospital ship by an Entente. .;3| nder-water boat are recorded in ofcial and unofficial communications. - Vi Berlin chronicles an attack of | reat violence by Russians around -v'jfl riswiaty Lake and Lake Naroez, at says the Russians were repulsed ith great losses, 9,270 Russian dead iving been counted in the Lake Na- V >ez region. Saturday the Germans in the Vatix- : amloup sector, northeast of Verdun i egan another spirited attack against le French, but-the French, bringing Vleir curtain of fire into play, drover. v\ le Teutons back. The attack .-was "rj Dt pushed again during Sunday and ily intermittent bombardments took > lace. Berlin reports the recapture - of >me ground from the British north- -3 ist of Vermelles, in the region of _i j _ J _ * ?' 5? aDasse, ana me anving 01 uie rench from a position northeast of adonvillers, in the Vosges. London Imits the capture by the Germans E three mine craters at the Hohen- * >llern redoubt. French Cannon Busy. The French guns have been busy | ombarding German trenches in hampagne and German depots ortheast of St MihieL Five French air craft dropped ombs on Metz, ammunition depots ear Chateau Salins and the aero- M rome at Dieuze, while twenty-three ther machines attacked the aviation imjp at Habsheim and the. freight - j'/.? nation at Mulhaussen. In the attack hich followed the Germans and the reneh each lpst three or four matunes. A German airship attacked '; le Entente allied fleet south of Sa>niki, but with what result Berlin oes not say. ... , Three officers and forty-four men f the crew of the French torpedo oat destroyer Renaudin were lost 1 hen a Teutonic submarine sent the essel to the bottom in the Adriatic, hi a raid by four German seaplanes ver Dover, Ramsgate and Westgate t. least nine persons were killed and lirty-one injured. One of the sealanes was brought down thirty miles t sea by pursuing British aviators, he German observer was killed. The German admiralty officially de- ] ies that a German submarine was esponsible for the sinking of the , utch passenger steamer, Tubantia. RITAIN TO LAY BAN ON LUXURIES . London, March 17.?A coming or- , 'l er in council which will totally jproibit importation into the United [ingdom of a large number of artiles which come under the general eading of luxuries, will be issued by ie British government at an early ate. Among the things which will be, laced under the ban will be automoiles for private use, musical instrulents, cutlery of all kinds, hardware, arns, chinaware, fancy goods and Dans. The order will apply equally > all countries, including the British ominions and colonies. This forecast of the coming order 1 council was given to the Associate d Press today in an interview tiy Palter Runciman, president of the oard of trade. Mr. Runciman adkitted that articles in addition 'to lose named would be placed on the st of prohibited imports, but in adance of the issuance of the order e declined to say what they are. He greed that the decree would have onsiderable effect on exports from le United States but pointed out lat it applied to all countries alike, nd declared it was absolutely neessary to limit the shipment of ulky luxuries in order to provide som on ships for necessities. "But, please remember," said Mr. :unciman, "that.the issue of this orer is forced on the country?not as matter of policy, but entirely beause of a shortage in tonnage. We rant exports from the United States; re want your wheat, cotton and meat nd we need other things which we annot get if the space aboard vessels i taken up with luxuries. "Everything possible is being done ) relieve tne shortage in snips, rjvry ship flying the British flag is now ontrolled by the government. Imlense numbers of them have been equisitioned; others are subject to irection by way of licenses. Whethr it will be necessary to requisition lore vessels, I can not say, but I ope this will not be done." TO MOVE FAMILY HERE. , Engineer Brown of the Southern, i as rented the old Gary House on [agazine Street and will move his imilv to Abbeville in a few weeks. [e is pleased with his run and with le town.