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TJSTABLISHEO En~ 18 8RYAN WILL WIN Says Senator Tillman if Republi cans Nominate Taft in TALK WITH THE STATE Kepresentative at His Home in Tren ton?The Senator Getting Better-? Will Work for Democracy in Octo ber if Health Permits?To Visit Atlanta and Then Go Abroad With I Mrs. Tillman. A representative of The State call ed on the-Senator at his home at * Trenton Tuesday morning and found him alone in his library. He was ly ing upon a couch reading his morn ing's mail. Later he ^hanged his po sition to a large rocking chair and had his breakfast urougnt in. He| ate heartily and seemed to relish his food During and after breakfast Sen ator Tillman talked upon a great va riety of subjects, ranging from anat omy to national politics. . In appearance the senator seems to be in his usual good health. He does not, however, feel that he wiil he able to return to congress this session. He expects *o go to an Atlanta sanitarium as soon as he feels strong enough to stand travel ing, lie. with Mrs. Tillman, will re main there for several weeks, after which they wijl go to Europe for a complete rest. Senator Tillman said that he felt satisfied that he must not take on any more work just nowv and that it would require time to show when he will be able to do so. He said that he had no plans with regard to politics, as he could not now see far enough ahead to make it worth while. He could not *iow te'i whether he would attend the State Democratic convention, but indicated that if his lealth permitted he wchild do 60. As to Instructions. "Senator, do you favor an instruct ed delegation to the Denver con teotion?" he was asked. ? "Well, I have not been elected a delegate yet, and for that reason I do not think it proper for me to say what the convention ought to do." "What about national politics, senator. Do you think that Bryan will be nominated, and what are his - chances of election?" "It all depends on one thing: If the Republicans nominate Taft for president at the Juue convention, Bryan will undoubtedly be named by the Democrats and I think he will win. But on the other hand, if the Republicans lock up the convention and stampede it for Roosevelt and nominate him, I do not thfnk that the Democrats can put Bryan for ward." , "Do you think the matter of a third term would defeat Roosevelt?" "Well, all that Byran could say would be 'third term," because he lias prased the policies of Roosevelt has praised he policies of Roosevelt him to say." "If the Republicans nominate Roosevelt, who do you think the Democrats would put up?" "That I am ? unable to say," re plied the senator. "When do you expect to go to Atlanta?" "Just as soon as possible," he said. "I want to take a special treat ment of massage, baths and electri city. Further than this I have no plans for the future. I am going to Europe just as soon as I feel strong ?enough to make the voyage." Intended to Go Abroad. SenatorTillman said that for a long time he had been intending to take a trip abroad and that just as soon as he felt able to take it he would do so. He intends to visit Italy first, because of the good cli mate, and afterwards to go to Eng land. "Will you study the question of immigration while there?" "Study? No! I'm not going over there to study; I want to rest and re new my acquaintance with English history and literature." Senator Tillman's conversation in dicated that he had no idea or re linguished his wokr for the State and nation. He said the real fight in the national campaign would not open up until October and that if his j physical condition permitted, he would go into the campaign tooth and nail and work for the triumph of Democracy. Letter from Senator Chandler. Among the letters the senator was reading when The State's rpresenta tive reached his home was one from Former United States Senator Wil-j liam E. Chandler, a Republican, of Kew Hampshire. Senator Chandler and Senator Tillman, as is well known, are warm personal friends "He said that Senator Chandler, at the age of 72, is still vigorous and in full possession of his mental powers. Vp to a year ago he was president of the Spanish-American vj.ir chiims commission. Since that time he has been practicing law in Washington. Senator .Tillman paid a high tribute to the former senator from New Hampshire. Although a Republican. Senate- Tillman said that he could not question his patriotism and that he regards him as a very high man. When asked If he would not allow he letter to be published, the sena r at first declined, but afterwards A S Sallow .Tr 1? 08] State House 69. consented to its publication. The letter follows: "My Dearly Beloved: The papers say. you are staying in - bed. Good. "Stay there. "If you knew how many pluocrats that fact pleases you would realize that in no other way can you cause so much happiness to humans. They may not be the class of bipeds whom you live to please and praise but God works in a mysterious way His won ders to perform. "There is a time for amnestv to ward all criminals. *?? "If you were here you might dis turb Mr. Taffs plan to get nominat ed. , "(1) All pending prosecutions of trusts to be kept on the docket until the district attorneys report that they can see no evidence, and then dis missed. (2) A statute of limitations?vs. new prosecutions after one year_not1 before. j "(3) The labor unions to boycott everybody at will, and no injunctions! to be issued. j "(4 ) The Sherman law to be so | modified that trusts shall be deemed reasonable and sacred until a court at the end of a lawsuit shall say they are unreasonable. "(5) The railroads may make J pooling contracts ad lib. divide traffic j and proceeds and agree not to com pete with each other. "The F'utocrats and proletriat all for Taft! ' If you were to get out of lied you might expose this plan and defeat Mr. Bryan. "Stay in bed and Bryan v.fill win. "You know I have often told you you were a great help to the Repub lican party by your talk. Now you will help it by keeping quiet (?) See! j "While you are away I shall urge Mr. Burrows to get through a public ity bill and take the credit away from you. Will he do it? "Seriously now?take a rest. Do not be Worried. Sleep, walk in the garden and see the glories of the j [lowers. "Vis medicatrix naturae. Be a farmer again and not a stateman my longer. Faithfully yours, etc., "Wm. E. Chandler." Mrs. Tillman Shipping Asparagus. During the conversation of two hours or more between Senator- Till man and the representative of the State, Mrs. Tillman was busily en gaged in. the packing house, along j svith six or eight hands, preparing | isparagus for shipment by express to Boston. New York, Richmond and Atlanta. Mrs. Tillman was hard fit vork, doing the actual work'of wash ing the asparagus and marking the aoxes for shipment. She has about sight acres planted in this vegetable md has orders for all that she can furnish. At present the market price | is 40 to 50 cents a bunch. When first approached Senator Tillman talked slowly and deliberate ly, but after warming rip to questions Df interest to him his old time fire was apparent. While he is some what feeble physically, his mind is perfectly clear as was evidenced by the various topics he discussed in a vigorous manner and the interest he displayed in State and national af fairs. When the Fenator was first strick en he said that the attack came upon him as if a flash from a/gun. He attributes the present Illness to that with wfliich he suffered 44 years ago, when he lost his eye. He was simi larly effected then and has had sev eral attacks of a like character since that time. Senator Tillman's wishes are to get away from everything and havo ab solute rest for a time and he feels and hopes that this will restore him to hs former vigor. During the course of conversation reference was* made to the recent speech of Senator Tillman in the sen ate, in which he took the Republi cans to task and incidentally gave President Roosevelt a walloping. He said that never before in his life had he felt less like making a speech, nor had he ever before experienced such a strain and effort as he did while delivering his address on March 16. He said that he was in full , poser.sion of his facts and thoughts, but still he was unable to assemble his ammunition as he should like to have done. He gave notice on Saturday of his intention to deliver the address on Monday and had but a brief period to pre pare hfs remarks. Altogether, 'it may be said that Senator Tillman, as well as Mrs. Tillman, hope that the senator will soon be restored to his usual heatlh and will resume his place in the fight for Democracy's supremacy. "Senator, did you see much of the late Senator William James Bryan of Florida, and what was your opin ion of him?" "Well, he was in the senate only a short time, but he gave every prom ise of being a valuable addtion to the Democratic side." He said that Senator Bryan's death had grieved him very much, as it had^other sena tors, especdally because o'f his youth and great promise for future devel opment. He thought that the Flor ida senator would have made a name for himself and reflected credit upon his State. He said that the young senator had been married but three or four years, having won a bride at Lexington. Va.. where he attended college at Washington and Lee uni versity. A Campaign Button. Among other things'of intere-t re "eived in the morning'.s mail of the senator was a "Bryan button." which he presented to the correspondent. The button, which is probably one of the first received in South Caro lina, is just a little larger than a silver dollar and contains the like nesses of George Washington, Thorn line ORANGE BT "I had a home onct. "Aw, cut it. Dis air 1MPP REFORM. Most Important National Issue Says Hon John Gary Evans. HE GIVES HIS VIEWS On the Other More Important Issues I of the Campaign?Favors Inimi* grution to Meet State Problems? We Print Below His Formal An nouncement of His Candida ry for the United States Senate. Sometime ago Ex-Gov. John Gary Bvans formally declared his inten tion to be a candidate for the United States Senate in the primary this Summer in a letter, which we pub lish below: Evan's Announcement: The following is the announcement Governor Evans gave out: It has not been deemed necessary heretofore for a candidate for the nomination of United States Senator in a Democratic primary to write a platform, especially before the as sembling of the State and National conventions of the party. I would therefore, simply state that I am a candidate for the nomination of United States Senator by the Demo cratic party of South Carolina, but as others have published what they stand for, a word from me may not be inappropriate. I believe the most important is sue to be pressed before the people is, that of tariff. I have in former campaigns endeavored to show the in iquity and injustice of the Repub lican policy so far as the South is concerned* and I sh.j.ll continue to do so. We are still an agricultural peo ple, cotton raising and cotton manu facturing are our principal industries and will ever be. These industries furnished the United States las', year a balance in trades without which our country would have been a debtor to the rest of the world instead of a creditor. Since the war between the United States, the South from its cot con crops alone has brought into the States approximately fourteen million of dollars of foreign gold. This sum represents enough money to purchase at their assessed valua tions for taxation today the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsyl vania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Ohio and a surplus sufficient to add 100 per cent, to the taxable property of South Carolina. If this money could have been kept at home the South would be the richest country In the world. Where has it gone? The answer is easy, to fatten the pro tected interests of the States enum erated. Our farmers who manufac ture nothing have been forced to sell their cotton in Europe, compelled to bring back gold only to he robbed at the custom house and forced to purchase their ploughs, hoots, shoes, buttons, coats and supplies from home manufacturers at prices from fifty to three hundred per cent, high er than they could have been gotten in the markets whore they sold their cottvjii, and yet we are told that the Southern farmer is lazy and indol ent. The time has come for the truth to be preached and demand made for fair treatment. The Republican party is fast be coming divided into two hostile camps on the tariff. New England is thoroughly developed, her manufac turers no longer monopolize the home market, they are dependent n.-w for dividends upon the surrdus ns Jefferson, Andrew? Jackson and Abraham Lincoln with Mr. Bryan in the center, under whose picture is this inscription: "The Peopl s Choice' s: tjntt t"-i h a leeend. "Enemies of Specia.4 Privileges," and on the bot om is "I pnoiuers of Equality of 'he Law. Just above Mr. Bryan's head in the picture are inscribed "Heal Americans," and "Popular States JBG, S. C. FRIDAY. API ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ' There was turkey an' cranberry sauce a i't no teeater!" in foreign markets where the Soutn I sells her cotton. The Western I Republican has become the extreme : high protectionist and Massachu setts is now for free trade in the ! raw material, which she manufac \ t.ures. The shoes we formerly bought !in Massachusetts now come from Missouri. The factories have gone to the hides just as they are coming to ' the cotton, and the East can no long er compete in the home market with the West. You cannot protect cot ton so long as the home market con sumes but one-third of the raw ma terial. It is our-duty, therefore, to combine with the free traders of New 'England and thns secure fair treat ment for our farmers. Our cotton crop for the past year Is estimated to bring into this coun try in foreign gold seven hundred millon of dollars, while our cotton manufacturers bring in only thirty two million. This condition should not he allowed to exist. We must manufacture at home every pound of cotton we raise and Instead of exporting raw cotton cloth. Qur prosperity will never "be permanent until this is done. We should stand by our cotton manufacturers and de mand for -them fair treatment It is an anomalous fact that England last year built more new cotton mills In three counties than were constructed in the entire outside world. Cotton machinery can be purchased in En? land fifty per cent, cheaper than the mills can buy In New England and yet we are forced by the iniquitous tariff policy to pay the price. The Southern cotton farmer and the Southern cotton manufacturer should go hand in hand into this light for their interests are of the same. The gamblers in cotton futures who at tempt to fix the price of wur crop bo fore it is even planted, Bhould be outlawed- and treated the same as other criminals. Cotton is still king, but he Is taxed to death and enslaved by a party Intent upon making him pay the expenses .of the government and to fatten their insatiable finan cial cormorants. I believe, it is time for the young Southernar to demand a voice in the government of this na tion. The men who now control the politics of our country were not in the Civil War and It is nonsense and cowardly for the press of the South to continue to print the fear of a so called rebel control as a scare crow to Southern brains and ambition. The most loyal Americans today live in the South and the fight now being made by the president of "he United States against his own party for honesty in business and govern mental affairs and against predatory wealth and the cupidity of our mil lionaires and trust magnates finds its ablest champions In one section. Another iquity that I shall en deavor to blot out, is the pension policy of the Republican party. The ease with which every free hooter and camp follower now gets his name upon the pension rolls is ap palling. We have paid to Northern soldiers since the war ended $3,551, 025,051.17 or enough to buy the States of Maryland, Virginia. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Ixmisinna at their assessed values for taxation. The South pays the major portion of this tax and gets nothing In return. We were not ag gressors in the Civil War. the refus al of the North to acept the decision Of the Supreme Court of the United States upon a constitutional question in the Dred Scott case was practi cally a nullification of that instru ment and therefore, according to their construction, a declaration of war. The South fought in defense of the constitution. This is now ac ? epted as true by all writers of history 'and has practically been snstaine'il by jthe Supreme Court of the United iStates. The President who hro spent. I most of his life writing articles and books deflamatory of Southern states men r id beroe3, in his last message to Co igress. he thus speaks of this conflict, "There is grave need of rhose -?tern qualities shown alike by the men ?.f the North i> td men of the South in the dark ' ys when each I valiantly battled for the llgM as *' ! was given each to see the lig t. their 'spirit should be our spirit as we striv to bring nearer the d:.y when giced ? and trickery and cunning shall be trampled :uder foot by those who RIL 3, 1908. n' pumpkin pie and"? ?Williams ir. Philadelphia Ledger. fight for righteousness that exaleth I a nation." The Confederate soldier battled for the light as given by the only source from whence it could come, the sun of the constitution? the Supreme Court of the United States. Such being the case I shall demand that the Confederate soldier be treated as the equal of the Federal soldiers and granted an equal pen sion in his old age as a brother who fought for the light as he saw it and as he was in duty bound to accept it from its only source the highest , Court in the Union. Finances. Under our Constitution Congress , alone has the power to coin money. , I shall advocate an elastic currency, , issued by the government and in- | dorsed by the entire resources of | our country. , The great trouble with this ques- | tion is the tendency on the part of our financiers and statesmen to treat money as a commodity and n ot.as a medium of exchange. The idea of money being sold in the open market 1 to the highest bidder like real estate or mules and horses is something unique to the student of political economy and yet this is the specta- I cle we witness when a scare is pro- i duced in our financial centres. : The . volume of money cannot be I arbitrarily fixed, its only regulator i should be the volume of produce it i is snuposed to represent the amount l of cotton, corn and manufactured I products it is supposed to exchange and stand as a pledge for. The idea .that money should have an intrinsic value is unsound and absolutely an tagonistic to the object and function of money. What we need is to go back to first principles, to Adam Smith, instead of relying upon men, who never see anything but a dol lar, to make the financial policy of this government men who look upon money as the only product of the country, we should consult men who manage the farms, the mills and the mines, which produce the real source of our wealth and who believe that monew is stamped by the govern ment for the purpose of aiding them in exchanging their products. Then and not until then will we have a sound financial policy. Turn the money changers out of the temple and place therein honest men who produce something and the country will be safe. I am unalterably opposed to tho establishment of a central bank in Washington to handle the currency of our government. This is Republi can doctrine pure and simple and means ultimate monarchy and the centralization of government. Our experience with a central bank has I been disastrous. It was corrupted to defeat Andrew- Jackson for presi dent. Thrice has it been tried, corrupt ed and repudiated and I do not be lieve there is a Republican in con gress who has the temerity to pro pose It, to say nothing of its advo cacy by a South Carolina Democrat. The Panama Canal will soon be completed and with it will return the importance and commercial ad vantages of our ports, Charleston. Port Royal and Georgetown. I shall stand for their opening and improve ment for I believe that our exports of cotton and manufactured products should go through our own ports. The day is not far distant when we should manufacture all the cotton we produce. When it does come these manufactured products should be warehoused, sold and exported ifrom Charleston and our o'her ports. I To this end the manufacturers of our 'state and financiers of our port cit ies should co-operate to make our mills independent of outside capital ists. We must hasten the day when I the agents of the outside world will come to our ports to buy and ship I cotton goods instead of raw cotton. 1 To bring about this result we must .have an increase in industrial work ers of character. We cannot build I mills to si ?Mid idle for want of oper n*t?< ? Already our labor supply Is (below the demand. We cannot stag-1 Xvo -"list go forward as other [ ;t *? (*s will take our place. The negro has been tried and prov I a failure as an artisan. He cannot be used in manufacturing, the| wl ife man must take his place. Nnne 'ut the most narrow minded, short ivisloned demagogue can fall to real Ize the problem that confronts us. It is cowardice to leave it to our pos terity. The white roan's ranks must be filled, we cannot wait for' rein forcements after the battle is on. The only hope of the negro Is in segraga tion, h emust be placed in a hopeless minority wherever he may be, other wise a race war is inevitable. . There are only two flags, white and black, under which will you enlist? I stand for the white. Drainage. The. coast section of our State is one of the richest in the world. Our forefathers appreciated it and by a system of canals, endeavored to drain the swamps and claim the abundant fruits of the soii. I pledge my best efforts to get for our State what the West is getting for irriga tion. We are entitled to it and with proper representation it can be had. Water Powers. Our chief hope, to be able to man ufacture our produce cheaper than elsewhere in the world, lies in the development of our abundant natural] water powers. These are now being harnessed and brought to our doors in the form of electricity. To pre serve them it is absolutely necessary to protect the forest upon our moun tains from the ravage" of the axemen. If the trees are cut down we shall soon have bare rocks incapable of retaining the water and our hopes for cheap power will be blasted. The Appalachian Park should be estab ished and I pledege my efforts in its behalf. Inter-State Commerce. Congress alone has the power to regulate inter-state commerce. I be lieve the laws now on the statute books amply sufficient to protect the people against oppression on the part Df corporation interest. Their strict enforcement is all that Is necessary tnd this will he insured by the ap pointment of an honest commission. I have not endeavored in this paper :o, do more than direct attention to ;he most important, questions as I ;ee them. I shall in my speeches be 'ore the people let them know my position in every question affecting :heir interests, Irrespective of the ;onsequences. If I am elected I shall levote my whole time to the people's :ause. If I am defeated I will not sulk n the camps, but will continue, as I tave always done, to work for the tpbuilding of the State and the en ightment of our people. A LEOPARD IN HAMPTON". Jenst Supposed to Have Escaped From Circus is Killed. A dispatch from Hampton to the 3tate says an animal bearinc the esmblance of a leopard was Killed Jonday by Frank Linto in the Grays leighborhood about 12 miles from lampton. This animal passed hrough the lower part of the coun y last week frightening the people n the community through which it .raveled until it wandered ts way o Grays where it was slain. The mimal was about three feet in weight and bore spots characteristic >f a leopard which Is supposed to lave escaped from some circus. BRDGE FALLS. Three Men Watching High Water Swept to their Death. Three men were drowned by the collapse or n suspension bridge at Rockkk, W. Va., spanning Bluestone River. The victims were standing on the bridge with five other men and boys, watching the rushing current when the bridge gave way, precipita ting the entire eight into the river Five were washed down stream to a point where the river had overflowed its banks and were lodged in trees from which tney were rescua. The bodies of the three victims have not been recovered. DEATH CAUSED BY LAUGHTER. Widow Overcome by Joke Related at a Social Function. At New York overcome by laugh ter at a joke by a member of the com pany she was atending, Mrs. Anna Ferrera a widow forty-two years old, was unable to stop the laught parox ysm. She fell to the floor, was lift Je back into her chair, gasping for breath and before the horrified guests realized that anything serious was ^he matter she was dying. Before a phy sician who was summoned could reach the house she was dead. WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE. Wife of Grocery man Sends Bullet into her Breast. A special to The News and Courier from Spartan burg says Airs. Luuie Sharp, wife of .1. lb Sharp, a grocer committed suicide Thursday after noon by shooting herself in the chest with a ?,2-calibre p.stol. Desponden cy is said to have been the cause of the act. She walked into her room and seizing her husband's pistol plac ed it to her bhreast. and fired. She died almost instantly. Abbeville Gets Building. A dispatch from Wsahiugton says building and grounds Wednesday or dered reported bills for new bulld thoi Senate committee on public ings ot Muskegee. Oklahoma, $2<;r,. 000; Abbeville. South Carolina. $75, 000; and Miami. Florida, $75,000. Return Flags. At Trenton. X. .1.. Thursday the house passed the senate joint reso lution providing for the return of Southern fiags taken during the Civ il War. - 81.50 PER ANNUM., THEY ARE GLAD. Republicans Are Jubilant ] That Senator Tillman is Absent ARE AFRAID OF HIM. The Republican Leaders Said to Bo Breathing Easier Than in Years Because of the Enforced Absence of the Senior Senator From South Carolina.?Democrats Will Greatly Miss Dim and His Leadorship. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says since it was announced a lew days ago that Senator Tllman's physicians had positively forbidden him to return to Washington before the beginning of the next session of Congress and in the meantime had ordered a complete change of livng in every respect, there has been a considerable amount of discussion as to who will take his part in the Denver Convention and will lead the Senate until he returns. It is said that Republican leaders are breathing easy now for the first time since Tillman went to the Sen ate. While they admit that he has tcned dov#n considerable since his advent into Washington political life he is still, they say, anything but docile, and what troubV-> them most is that they never can tell just where or when he is going to break out. That part of the Senator's make-up has given them more trouble than a little and many# times when they thought him quieted he was only gathering more material for a still mightier onslaught. Beveridge, Lodge, Aldrich, Hale, in fact all the big men on the Re publican side of the Senate wear a different look now from that to bo found on their features two weeks ago. They knew Tillman was a fighter who did not know the mean ing of the word fear and they had to guess many times justwhere to tackle in order to get a hold. Some times they held him, sometimes they threw him, but it v.as always be cause of the combined forces of the Repubblleans on one side as opposed to the half-hearted help of the Dem ocrats on the other. No- man who had made plans to attend the Denver Convention will bo more missed than Tillman and many Democrats who expect to attend from different parts of the United States have so expressed themselves. He was to be the central figure?certain ly so far as the South is concerned? unless it be Bailey, of Texas, and there is now serious doubt whether the great Texas orator will be al lowed to present his State or not. lowed to represent his State or not. There will be other Democrats from various sections of. the country, but all eyes- were be ginning to centre on Tillman and Bailey as the two Southern leaders. The people of Texas have never been able to believe that their for mer idol, Bailey, was entirely divor ced from the sCandal that two years ago came near ending his political life, when his alleged connection with the Waters-Pierce Oil Company became known to them. In order that the people of Texas may vote on the issue as to whether Bailey shall he one of the four delegates at large to the Denver Convention a special election is to be held May 2. Should it be decided at that election that Bailey shall not attend two of the foremost Democrats in political life to-day will be absent?Tillman and Bailey. EARTHQUAKE PREDICTED. By a Roaring Well at Beloit, Wis.% On Two Occasions. The "roaring well" ne?r Beioit. Wis., prdicted the Mexican earth quake as it did the one at San Fran cisco. The well is m ilie farm of Charles Lathers, northeast of Beloit. It roared for several weeks, before the great earthquake at San Francis co, and the curious sound of rum bllngs, together with wind from tho month of the well ceased at the pre cise hour when the shock struct, the California city. On the day, a little over a week ago when the well re sumed its roaring, residents of Rock county predicted a calamity. Mon day it came, at Chilapa, Mexico. TROUBLE AT CL?.....,?)N'. Over Half of the Boys look Holiday on Wednesday. A dispatch from ._.emson to Tho Slate says a little more than naif the cadets, principally lower Classmen, taking advantage of April 1, too* houday and went, to Pendleton this morning. All the seniors, most of the members of the atnietlc teams* and a number of all classes remrin ed at the college -nd are attending their regular duties. T':>e uis?lplin? commit^ is consilderng the matter but It I- not known wlv.t actoinn it will takke. Will Return Hags. The New Jersey House of Repre sentatives Wednesday passed the Sen se's joint resolution providing for ? the return of Southern flags taken during the civil war. The flags are to be givento the organizations from which they were captured,^.