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Abbeville Press and Banner
Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1920 ^ Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year.
NEGRO DESPERADO
CAPTURED FRIDAY
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OUTLAW ARRESTED AT LYNCH^'
BURG IS HELD TO BE THE
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SAME CRIMINAL WANTED IN
THIS STATE.
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Greenville, S. C., April 25?Joe
Turner, who killed two Greenville
police'men here last October and
"Slim" the negro who killed two
plain clothes policemen in Lynch,
burg, Va., several weeks ago is the
same man, according to a telegram
received here last night by the
Greenville chief of police from the
Lynchburg police chief who advised
that the man is under arrest.
Lynchburg Police Not Sure.
Lyn^ihurg,^ Va., April 25.?Clvef
of Police Seay said last nrght that
he could ,not identify Will'arns as
the man wanted in Greenville for the
murder of policemen there, but that
he *had been working on the case
with the Greenville police wno believed
Turner and Williams are the
^ctme man.
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A telephone message from Green _
ville last night brought the information
that Greenville police officeis
probably would leave toaay for
Lynchburg for the pui'pose of e*.
deavoring to identify the negro helfl
under arrest there.
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It is understood that the clue j
which led to the belief that the man
in prison at Lynchburg is believed to
be Joe Turner was the fact that he
had the same banjo_proclivity playing
which made Joe Turner well/
. known in Greenville. The man held
at Lynchburg is said to have had this
musical instrument with him and to
Voro Vno tu olri n cr n-f if
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with som? well-known songs, folk_
lore and otherwise. As soon as the
Greenville officers were apprised of
this fact they felt confident that
"Slim"' was Joe Turner.
Tragedy in October.
Newspaper readers will recall the
horrible tragedy on Saturday night,
or early Sunday morning, Oct. 5th,
when Policeman J. L. Kitchen and A
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iu. uiair were snoi ana Kiuea uy doe
Turner following a raid by officers in
Buckner Town, a notorious negro
settlement on the outskirts of the
city of Greenville. Officer Kitchin
was shot ch>wn at the gambling
"joint" and the other. Officer Blair,
was killed while pursuing the negro
from the shanty.
The fleeing negro, who was an ex_
soldier, killed the two men with an
automatic pistol which he is said to
have brought with him from France.
COUNTY TEACHERS
HERE i SATURDAY
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xvotices are being mailed by Miss
Annie Gantt, secretary of the Abbe_,
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ville County Teachers association, to
the members of the association to
attend vthe May meeting which is to
be held in the high school building
Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock/
The invitations which are mailed to
the teachers expressly state that
Supt. Swearingen, who is to address
the association Saturday, re_!
quests that as many tfl^tees of the
schools of the County meet with
the teachers as possibly can. Quite
an interesting program has been arJ
ranged for the teachers and lunch
will be served all who attend.
AM/vrucD DAnv drentrn J
riiix/ X 4?bl\ UV4/ I IMJUVUJUI/. w
The body of Albert Sutherland
one of the party of vounp people J
drowned at Harper's Ferry on Sav_
annah River, April 3rd, was rescued
Sunday. A party of searchers were
on the river trying to locate the body
of Mr. Cor.well, who was (Ir.nvr.cd at!
Greeg Shoals last week, when tHe
body was discovered at the North
end of Cherokee Shoals.
This accounts for six of the bodies
of the victims of the terrible acci_
dent, leaving: four still fo ?>e recov.
ered.
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DEATH OF MR. SWETENBURG. I
Which Occurred at His Home Here
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Saturday Morning After Illness 1
Of Only a Few Days of Paralysis.'
?Burial at Peaks Sunday.
Mr. B. F. Swetenburg, aged 66,
died at his home on Chestnut Street,' r
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this citv,r Saturday morning, April c
24th, at 11 o'clock from paralysis. "5
Mr. Swetenberg has been in his us_ 11!
I'.al good health until he had an at_ j Jtack
of influenza some Weeks ago. 1
Although he apparently recovered,
he was never entirely well r-fter.! ^
wards. Tuesday of last week he be_
came very unwell at his office and ^
started home, stopping at the Farm.
ers Warehouse to ask the assistance
of his son Bayard. While resting e
there for a few minutes the attack s
of paralysis come on, from which he ^
never rallied.
Mr. Swetenburg came to Abbe_ s
ville about fifteen years ago as s
agent for the Southern Railway j
Company. He has sincc held th"t po_
sition. A quiet, unassuming gentle- ^
man, he performed the duties of his v
office with fidelity and care, f.r.d r
with satisfaction to the public. He
was greatly liked by/ those who knew q
him best, and his death bring.? sor. c
tow to many. r
Funeral services were conducted e
at the home Sunday^morning at 9
o'clock by Rev. Louis J. Bristbw, ^
assisted by Rev. C. E. Peele. The
Hnrlv wQc fak-on nvor flip SnnfTiom *
Railway to his old home near Peak c
for burial. A large number of his
friends and friends of the family" t
accompanied the funeral party. The t.
elders of the Presbyterian church n
acted as honorary pall.bearers, Mr. ?
Swetenburg being a member of that P
church and a ruling elder in it.
The deceased is survived by his 1
e
wife, ?nd the following children:
Lieut. Carroll W. Swetenberg. Neli,!
Bayard, ' Rachaid and \ Raymond n
Swetenburg, Mrs. Robert Cheatham, fi
Misses Margaret, Mary, Minnie Ella 1j
and Eugenia Swetenburg. His was r
the fif-st death in the large family.; P
He is also survived by his brothers,
Y. W. Swetenburg, of Newberry and
J. B. Swetenburg, of Anderson, and ^
by his sisters, Misses Nora and ^
Laura Swetenburg, of Peak. i v
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TO ORGANIZE TWO t
POULTRY ASSOCIATIONS.
People over the county interested
in pure bred poultry will be glad
to know that there is on foot a plan f
to organize two Breeds Associations
of pure bred poultry. ! (
Mr. R. H. Wilkins, State Poultry J
agent will be in the county WednesJ ^
day and Thursday and will discuss J
the pro's and con's of an associaJ
tion with the members of the Brown ?
lee and Cold Sprihgs Home Demon,
stration clubs. These two cfubs have
a good beginning for an association
'in that almost all of the members C
are not raising standard bred fowls n
and, something that Is still more p
important there is a Splendid spirit F
of co-operation among the people. |t
Mr. Wilkins will tell of the bene.' v
fits derived from such a*i organiza_' c
tion and will hold a round table b
discussion on poultry problems.1 n
Come, and help launch the project. I
Bring your problems and let us as_1 p
sist you. | f
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PRISON GUARD IS KILLED j r
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Columbia, April 24.?In making
their get-away from the farm ope.1
rated bv the state Denintentiarv. near
Hagood, Sumter county, Thursday
morning, fourteen convicts are impli-1 r
cated in the shooting to death of ^
E. M. Sex of Brookland , a guard on F
the farm. ' a
According to the information re_ r
ccived at the sate prison, the guard (
was shot and the convicts rushed I
away. Later, however, eleven of them 'c
returned, leaving at liberty Adam t
Griffin from Dorchester county, and ^
Bright from Beaufort county and ^
Jrp Watson from Charleston county., 1
It has not been determined which 1
of the convicts fired the fatai 'shot
At a late hour the penitentiary au_|C
thorities were without accurate de_ '
' t::ils as to what really transpired. <
MEW YORK STRIKERS
BEGGING FOR WORI
Appeal to Railway Managers Fo
Restoration to Duty?Mindful o
the :Public?The Railroad Stand
Firm.
New York, April 24.?Railroa
nanag^era (today flatly -rejected i
lirect appeal of strikers in the Nei
i ork district tnat tney De rescoreu b
luty with full seniority rights an
he strike be settled "in the publi
nterest."
New York, Apr. 24?Striking rail
oad workers in the New York dis
rict appealed directly to the rail
oad managers today for restorato
o duty and settlement of the strik
'in the public intei'est."
Edward McHugh, chairman of th
xecutive committee of the strikers
ent a letter by messenger to J. J
Jantell, chairman of tlie genera
managers association, declaring th
'public demands the immedate re
rmpton of railway traffic and w
ubmit for your approval tlie follow
ng:
"Our immediate restoration ti
luty without discrimination am
nth full seniority rights, in order t
elieve the wheels of industry."
The letter recalled the striKen re
;uest for extension of the manag
rs ultimatum which reserved th
ight to reject applicants for re
mployment who had proved "unfit
less for service'' and added:
"We make this request with th
act in view that the public, whic
:as been innocently araggea mi
his controversy, should' have du
onsideration.
"Now this body feels that it ha
lied'to do its part toward bringinj
his controversy to ai> early settle
nent and feels it is the duty of th
;eneral managers of the various pro
ierties or the managers assoclatio;
o recede in their attitude and tak
nto consideration the inconvenienc
s of the public and the probabilit;
f a food shortage."
While a thousand strikers wer
tieeting in Jersey City, railroad ol
icials announced places of the "out
aws" gradually were being filled b;
eturn of old employes and by em
loyment of new men.
Will Remain Out.
St. Louis, Mo., April 24?Strikini
rardmen in the St. Louis district to
lay voted to remain on strike an
iress their demands tor increase
rages. The vote was unanimous, 1
vas said.
Threatened With Arrest.
Cleveland, Apr. 24?Immediat
rrest of railroad strike leaders i:
Cleveland unless they ordere
witchmen to return to work by to
norrow morning was threatened b;
ederal agents today.
The warning was given to F. J
)'Rotke, president of the Clevelan
AVI'PI o? V\TT T/VViw Cnm
aiuxxicii o asoutiatiuii uy u uun ua w
;en, of the department of justice
ust before executive committee o
he association met at noon.
>EVELOPMENT OF'
LITTLE RIVEI
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Mr. Lawrence L. Hester, of Mt
'armel, was here last week on busi
icss. Mr. Hester is developing wate
lower near the Mars rlace an Litti<
liver and expects soon to be u-.inhis
power to generate electricit:
,'hich he will employ in operating ;
otton mill at Mt. fcarmel, which thi
usiness men of that place are plan
ling'to build the present summer M
lester has secured a charter for hi:
ower company, and rights of wa;
or his electric line. He is busy nov
irith the erection of the dam on til
iv#>r. anH hnnps sonn tn have hi
ilant in operation.
DEMOCRATIC CLUBS MEET
Club No. 1 met Saturday after
loon in the council chambers in th
-lunicipal building with D. H. Hill
resident, in the chair. The attend
ince was meagre and only require*
outlne business was transacted
)fficers elected for this year are
). H. Hill, president, and E. C. Hor
on. secretary. The following wer
lected delegates to the county con
ention: W. P. Greene, D. H. Hill, .
!). Fulp, Thomas Thomson, E. C
lorton, and J. M. Nickles. W. F
Ireene was also elected county exe
utive committeeman. The meetin
idjourned to meet again at the ca!
>f the president.
| M'ADOO RECITES
IC VIEWS ON ISSUES
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Former Secretary Replies to Ques_
'ri
j tionaire?As Private Cit'zen?Tax
l#! Laws Should Be Simplified?Dis_
tinction Between Incomes.
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d Washington, April 25.?Replying
a' as "a private citizen" to the ques_
,v. tonaire issued to all candidates for
^ presidential nominations by the Na_
tional Board of Farmers' Organizations,
Former Secretary McAdoo to_
night outlined his position on the
_ vai-ious%propositions being agitated
_ in the pre.conver.tion campaign.
n Present iax laws, Mr. McAdoo de_
clared, should be simplified and the
burden of taxation "redistributed so
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. that he men who earn their incomes
r> by the sweat of tb??ir brow and with.
([ their brains shall not be required to
e pr.y as heavy taxes as those who live
- in idleness and draw incomes f\o;n
e safe invesments."
"A distinction should be made."
said he, "between earned and uni
' avned income." lie declared himself
opposed to all tax free bonds.
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If after a two year period of private
ownership the railroads failed to
function^properly, Mr. McAdoo said,
e he would favor reopening the railroad
question. He declared for a
_ "fair trial" of the new railroad law,
but declared it "can not settle the
e railroad problem, because it does not
reach fundamentals."
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Mr. McAdoo declared himself for
broader publicity for operations of
s the farm loan system; for means to
g bi-ing producers and consumers
closer; for representation of agricul.
e ture on boards and commissions
i- "when consistent with public Welti
fare"; for a secretary of agriculture
e who "understands actual farm condi.
tions"; for reduction of farm ten_
^ antcy; for the same service and supplies
for farmers' organizations in
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,j interstate commerce as apply to private
enterprises in the same circum_
y stances; for regulation of monopolistic
control of corporations in in.
, terstate commerce and as "absolute.
j ly opposed to any abrdgement of the
Bf, rights of free speech, free pres? or
- 'free assembly." *
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-I " I regard with concern," said Mr.
g McAdoo, "the tendancy to restrict or
; impair those great constituional
i guarantees upon which rest the
e foundations and perpetuity of democratic
institutions."
Mr. McAdoo's answer was given in
"i-a letter to C. A. Lvrrtan, secretary of
y
(the National Board of Farm OrganL
C {zations.
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- ASK FOR WARSHIPS TO BE
!J SENT TO MEXICAN WATERS
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j Washington, April 24.?American
government representative in Mexico
^ have asked for the dispatch of war.
i ships to that country to protect Am.
| erican citizens and their property,
i The requests came from Mazatlan
i and Topolobampo, on tlie Pacific
r! coast, and Frontera, on the Gulf
e I cosat. Officials of the state, wa: and
r; ->avy departments are investigating
/1 the requests, explaining that In times
i of disturbances in the southern re_
j public it is not unusual to receive
. requests for warships when there is
r no need for them.
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f LOCAL SHOWERS FORECAST
r FIRST OF THIS WEEK
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Washington, April 25.?Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday are:
Middlel Atiantic states: Unsettled
weather and showers first half of
- weeweek; latter half fair; cool.
e| South Atlantic a nd (East Gulf
'* j states;; Local showers, probable first
-1 nf +Vio woolf* latter Vialf fair"
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a I moderate temperature.
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: INVITING THE PRESIDENT
e Hamilton Carhartt, the overall
_ manufacturer, has offered his
Ji bungalow near Rock Hill, on the
J Catawba river, to President Wilson
' for a summer residence.
The buncalow is said to have ample
g accomodations for all. Carhartt has
11 recently transferred his citizenship
o South Carolina.
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C. P. HAMMOND SPEAKS
In the Methodist Church Here Sun
day Morning in Interest of th
Textile Industrial Instituute A
Spartanburg.
C. P. Hammond, of Spartanburj
one of the leading business men o
his home city, who of course wen
from Abbeville, was here Sunda
I and^ spoke in the Methodist churc
at 11 o'clock in the interest of th
Textile Industrial Institute,
i school founded at Spartanburg b
j Rev. D. E. Camak, of the South Car
I olina Conference.
The school is designed for th
training of promising boys and girl
| from the mill and industrial village:
. There is a large dormitory wher
! they are furnished lodging and boar
with class rooms for their studisA
model mill has also been construc
j ted. These boys and girls ^tcen
{ classes for one week, at which the
take the ordinary studies taugnt j
i other schools, and the next, wee
j they work in the mill doing ensug
i work to pay their living expense:
and being taught about textile mat
ters. The plan is to train the mos
1 promising of the boys from the va
rious sections of the state so tha
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they may go back into their seven
communities and become leader
; among their own people!
The school is under the directio
of the South Carolina Conferenc
but is open to the public. No ques
tions are asked about what denomi
nation a person belongs to when h
applies for entrance. It is supporte
I by contributions from the variou
mills of the state, and by other in
rliSefiMol ohfnvnviefiC1 V?^r
uuoui JWI WJ ^viiKiAyu
tions from philanthropists, and I b
the Conference.
Mr. Hammond has taken a grea
; interest in the founding and devel
' opment of the plant, and the ap
; preciation of the founders has bee
shown by naming the dormitorj
I Hammond Hall.
Mr. Hammond spoke last nigh
i to the people at the church in Ab
i beville Cotton Mill village.
A good sum for the school wa
, contributed at each place.
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FURTHER PURCHASES
FOREST LANDS URGE]
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Wasington, April 24.?Furthe
^purchases by the government of for
est lands in the southern Appalachia
and Wihte mountains as a means o
! preventing future timber shortage i
advocated by the national forest re
! serration commission.
"The supply of spruce in the east
j ern United States,available for pape
I stock is nearly exhausted," a repor
i it has iust issued said.
i.' 'Eastern building material is m
1 longer adequate to fully meet indus
trial demands, and the future suppl;
of hardwoods is threatened."
1 The commission suggested tha
. lands not suitable for agriculture?
of which there are 30,000,000 acre
[ in the eastern mountain districts?
be used for growing timber. Of thi
I vast territory, 1,800,000 acres al
|ready have been purchased by thi
1 government.
1 An appropriation of $2,000,001
per annum for five years was re
commended to carry out the addi.
tional program.
I JOSEPH CAILLAUX
ptt rnrr taa a ^
I jli rivbi. i vi/n i
! Paris, Apr. 25.?Joseph Caillaux
the former premier, who on Thurs
day was convicted by the high cour
I of commerce and correspondenci
, with the enemy has been set free. Hi
1 arrived at his home in Paris this af
1 ternoon.
He was accompanied by his wifi
j and several friends. He refused t<
I make a statement saying only that hi
i would not be in Paris on May 1.
VISITORS FROM COLUMBIA.
i Mrs. Richard Persons, Miss Nin
i Persons and Mr. Dick Persons cam
i up from Columbia Saturday an
' spent th-? night with Dr. and Mrs. G
i A Neuffer. They made the tri
through the country in their car.
REBELLIOUS STALE
: TO BE ENFORCED :
r GOVERNMENT PLANS RING
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"I AKuuniJ 5UINUKA.?mbAitu
lti CLAIMS TROUBLE NOT WIDE.
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h SPREAD.
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a Mexico City, April 25,?The de_
^ velopments of the last two weeks re_
" suiting from the Sonora revolution.
I ary activities show that the central
e government l's preparing to encircle
the rebellious State with a steel
'* ring, meanwhile crushing sporadic
' outbreaks in other parts of the re.
public with a strong hand.
' A summary of the seditious activi.
* ties in various sections of the rcpub' *
1 ir* sinpp f.hu nnrtlipvn ?far.p VxtiVp
^ with the , Carranza administration,
together with the result of tha gov_
ernment's militai*y measures, has
^ been issued by war department of_
5* ficials, two weeks' after the open
" break between the Obvegonistas and
the administration and is cited as
" proof that the government's official
statement characterizing the Sonora
outbreak as merely local is well
s founded. The long list of professions
of adhesion to the central goveru.
n ment from virtually every state exe_
e cutive and military leader, would
~ seem to indicate that the republic as
" present government.
e a whole is solidly supporting tne
^ Aside from the Sonora state gov_
s ernment only two state executives
~ have repudiated the present adminL
" stration, these being Gen. Enrique
^ Estrada, in the state of Zacatecas,
and P^scual Ortiz Rubio, in the
. state of Michoacan. Both of these
" executives, however, have failed to
" attract any great following and are
, being pursued by loyal forces.
r' The state legislature in Zacatecas
i has repudiated the attitude of Es_
, trada and cited him for treason,
- t-:i _ IL. n* i i t..n
I wnne wie iuicnuacaii legisianiie wxa
unseated Ortiz Rubio and named
3 Primo Serania.
The present location of Gen . Al_
varo Obregon, the former war mini_
ster, who is slated for the presidency
of Mexico by the Sonora rebels, and
Gen. Benjamin Hill, his campaign
r leader ,is uncertain, the official war
office statements failing to locate
^ them, while press despatches are
s widely at variance.
" ARMENIA IS RECOGNIZED
RY THF II. S. '
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? Washington, Apr. 24.?Armenia
j was formally recognized today as an
:ndependant "fepublic by the United
_ | States.
j Similar action has been decided
j upon by the a|lied conference at San
j. j Ronio. The American recognition
_|was in the form of a note addressed
s j by Secretary Colby to Mr. PasderI
madian, Washington representative
j of the Armenian republic.
j Notice of the recognition also was
1 ? x?3 ? +a 4-V? n /linln
g i COTTimU rilCclLUU lunnan^ bv i*ii? ui|/4v
matic corps abroad and to the allied
j conference in Italy.
This recognition makes no attempt
to establish boundaries for the
new republic. This is to be determined
later by international action.
Secretary Colby today said that no
f | decision had been made regarding a
J diplomatic representative to be sent
to Armenia from the United States.
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~ THE COTTON MARKET
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i ..The cotton market was active to.
! day (Monday). New York futures at
the opening were quoted at about 75
points above Saturday's closing fig.
ures. The spot market was also
strong, 43 cents being freely offered
by the buyers with no cotton, in
sight.
The opening figures were well
I maintained during the day, the close
a being as follows:
e May 40.95
d July 3S.9S
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r I '..c o.:er ~
p December 35.03
J-r.u?.ry 34.35