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If THE DILLON HERALD. J DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JULY 21. 1910. VOL. 16.-17 bof^/^ISlTOR'S COMMENT. is i of * k 15 ^ ^>Uon County's Officers. Di tn cj Lumberton River Man Iff thi Visits the County Seat, ?*rv ) Talks to the Officers, and *? Giyes His Impressions of elec the New County. man ^ >w . ... i Last week after looking over the was lej. larni aud seeing everything in good Re trim, 1 told my folks that 1 had aqps never been in Dillon and now that day i we were a part and parcel of the pit-* new county I felt it my duty to investigate the new situation in which we were placed; see the people, , the town and the boyB that were running it* All my life 1 hud heard of J. W. Dillon, the father of the new county. His reputation as it came to me, was a man of great wealth and one that the people who claimed to be farmers and never had made much corn, meat and fodder to last them till Christmas but were along about the begiiNiing of a new year very anxious to lean on him and we have been told that lie would let them .lien, and no doubt sometimes to his sorrow. Well the people did right to honor him in ifaining the county. So last Tuesday morning I hitched up old sorrel and told my folks 1 would be gone for two days, (struck out for Dillon. All along the way by cIobu observation, you could tell where a Simon pure farmer lived, and the contrast between them and the^ien farmer was discernable even to a *pj near sighted man. But we^mnould grovbe hopeful, a great reveltu^ou is gorec ing on in farming.new iUeaa* better lien business. f Weil as we came near town the church steeples and water tanks came into view, >nd farther on a broad street withrvplendid homes on each side and t&en brick buildings, livery stables, hotels, stores and everywhere. This nnftta me rub my eyes and look about a little. Surely this baby county is gclthag #aj hump on her. We struck 11 p"WfK * little man that kept a store by ti# railroad. tits smite lrwdteb as\lt?vi-i, ting as sunshine ufter a rain vud encouraged by this we reached him, stating our visit t<7wte town (and that it was our first} was U| take itr the sights, and more especially to see the court house and get acquainted witlv the boys th?U. were filling the different offices. He gave me quite i sympathetic smile, said his -uame was Morris Fuss, run a department store under the Price Court Inn, but with Prices money and named in "his honor, Mr. Fuss told me to go up the left side of the street and the last big building 011 that side; stop, go up stairs and you are in the court house We did as directed.-to the right foil the landing who should we meet u^jut Will Mclnnis, Treasurer of Dil' county. He gave us a warm "grip of his hand, his face beaming with smiles of welcome which made us feel at home at once. Will is , of good old Presbyterian stock, mid^ die-aged, hus a wife and six ehilSe .ng the way he manages his ofc'i-en, full of life and vigor, if his > top covering Is getting a little thin. Seeing the way he manages his official work and his genial way of addressing all comers, eouplcd with hi' efficiency us an official, Dilloncounty can well be proud of her choice of Treasurer, and should keep him ' custodian of the people's finau% ^ ?. A fter a short confab with Mc' i'tg 1 introduced me to auditor 1 . Bruce. Mr. Bruce had been msy rinding at a little machine Bwa la had more work about it than * jzen clocks. Mr. Bruce figures B _ vliat taxes the people must pay ' .''MB is u stout, nleaimnt locking old Wt lelor, a dr*ne in the human ^ , as It was I suggested that being bachelor would be agin him in m August primary. He has falth(W Jhy promised to got him a wife 'k possible, otherwise he is just the f? / an for ttie place; efficient, painst f aking and conducts himself and offl j .ice with credit. 8tepplng in the next room was the Hon. John C. Bethea, clerk of 5# court. We found him taking things In the midst of a car lond ar' ,*itood'th?t'i,,moB 1,1 candidate in thi" * <>? f ergon of Hon. Bro\1. rt. -possible that Florence sou i> his each will put out a favortte^ss 9 for Mr. Ellerbe's seat. The rijt \ ?romisea to be a warm one- Mr. SHHESmmi Mn inj?" i flCttrtnr appropriations for his dts. fact that he has re. dune efficient work in bringing man law breakers to justice, and gives of his time in searcii of the lawless and by retaining such an efficicient officer the criminal docket will grow beautifully less as the years KO by. The supervisor, J. W. Rowland, we did not meet, we were told that the chain-gang and public roads absorb his whole time. Jin) has as j mucn get-up unu gooa judgement I us regards his duties as the next man. He fills the place well. A. B. Jordan, the Master, and also the Herald man is blest with a family, and discharges his duties satisfactorily. He does not hang out at the court house, but you can find him at the Herald office ready to serve all comers. Just the man fo for the place, send him back in August. It. A. Branson, Probate Judge is on a hot trail for his third wife, tra we were told, and in consequence could not see him. However, where there is anything to do he is always on the job. Going over in the court room, I found everything in apple pie order, and a court house that will fill the bill for years to come. After bidding the boys good bye, with my best wishes for greater honors. I scattered over the town, astonished at the great works done by pioneer hustlers. Spending the night with Mr. I'eck, early the next morning 1 hitched up old ?<>rrel and as the sun was setting 1 was at my cabin home 011 I nmltor r?oor uioll ttl<\oo. wl t im- visit to the capitol of Dillon/^ X o_ y < ' Legislative Timber. J Kditor Tlio Dillon Herald: ' What 1 um about to say is not in tiie least intended to reflect in the slightest degree oil the character, fitness, or qualifications of the estimable gentlemen who has already announced his candidacy for the Legislature, and 1 ask positively and earnestly that neither he or any of J^^frjeuds, or even enemies if any HjRfahB should so construe jt. But ftistead it is Intended as a feeble effort to awaken the interest of more citizens of his type in a matter that is vital to the progress and future welfare of the county we have ?q?l*e6fcitly established, and to the tatSe as a whole. Now 1 believe that there are hundreds of voters in Dillon county who will heartily concur with me when 1 say that 1 deplore the inattention and apparent lack of interest that is being manifest in our present campaign by our legislative timber, than which there is no better in any county of the state. All interest seems to be centered on who shall represent us in the Senate. There are already announced for this honor three mighty good men, aiul one other seems to be i an acknowledged aspirant. It is < a great pity that we have not four i places to fill. Either of these gen- < tlemen would wear the honors grace j fully, would lend credit to our i "Baby" county, and would rank high among his peers in the Senate i chamber. But why all this scrambli for the one place in the senate when we need so badly one of their calibre in the lower house? Why i could not at least one or two of these able gentlemen in their loy- i alty to the "county and state, look i squarely in the face of the fact , that we need men of their type in ! i both houses of the general assembly,' { sacrifice a 'little of personal ambi- J i tion, and condescend tp offer them- i , selves to represent us in the lower j house? And besides these four i gentlemen we have quite a number , of good and able men who are ca- ! pable of excellent service in the legislature. Why cannot we in- ' duce men like E. B. Berry, Jno. C. I Sellers, L, H. Smith, A. B. Jordan, < W. T. Bethea, Dr. Badger or W. M. j 1 Hamer to offer us eighty duys of ; their time for the service of their ! 1 state and county in Columbia. ! ' Now I am not a politician. I hav< > never played the game, 1 am neither ' a "has been" nor a "prospect," but , ' 1 have at heart the very best inter- | est of Dillon county?the best coun ty in the state?and a sincere de- ' sire to see her ably represented in ! both branches of the legislature. : * We need to utilize our best, biggest * and brainiest timber for this mis- j sion to tho Capital. We have num- 1 bers of good ones within our bard- < ers and 1 bellevelamvoiclng a common sentiment in asking that some < f\ them come out and let the peo- 1 j n pick the best. Is the only one > \n in the county who, is patriotic 1 \gh to gut forth ? llttlo effort 1 Trustees for I?i 11<m County. v The following is a list of the r listens of the public schools of ( Dillon county. In making these ( i|>pointinents the Board lias used ( lie utmost care and deliberation in . (electing nun of character and abilty for these places of trust. And just here 1 will say that I regard 1 lie position of trustee as of more veight and responsibility than any ' jther position a man niu> hold in 1 lie county. The power of control- ' ng public education is almost a 'earful responsibility t.nd but few 1 people fully realize the importance ' >f a good school or on the other ( land a poor school in a community. No man should accept a position ' >f this kind unless lie means to uive N lot the odds and ends of his time, 1 mt a groat deal of his time, though J ind attention. In fact I may say 1 ie should make the duties of the 1 iff ice a supreme care <?t" li is life. * For instance, the future life of ^ thousands of young men and women 1 nay be seriously affected by his ae- 1 ions in a public way. It may be said just here that a 1 resiee may be too active in some vays. For as a rule trustees are ' lot teachers and never have been tucli and therefore in many cases 1 lie teacher knows better than the ] rustee. In Such cases the supreme ' luty of the trustee is to back up die teacher in his work. For Initance a great many times a trustee .s not able to judge of a teacher's methods, whether they arc; good or liad. It is very seldom that a trusee is a good judge of any teacher's lbiltty. However it is possible for liim to learn how to judge of a eacher's ability by giving some, tinn ind thought to the work, and by dslting the school enough at least j o know when it is situated. In the last year or two a great leal has been done in the advancement of public schools. Dillon coun 1 ty has quadrupled its efforts in lo"al activity for increasing the funds ind the equipment of the schools. * t believe that llli<lr>r nvi.uoni ~ : Lions the county will begin its first fear with at least four thousand dollars more than the same schools liad last year. In addition to this i movement has begun for bonding . districts and building modern school . (louses. All these modern improve- . tnents should be heartily endorsed , ind enthusiastically entered into l>y the trustees. In fact trustees wli will not become leaders in these . movements, should resign the posi- . Lion and let some one else be appointed, who will do so. In conclusion let me say that we liave selected the best men that we could and it remains for the people In each community to stand with 1 hem and uphold them in their t work, for no man can do anything contrary to public sentiment. Pur- y Ihermore there is no necessity for 1 every one to take it as his particular duty to criticise everything that s the trustees do. In the first place 1 It is inhuman to be infallible and iho best school in the county may < be destroyed in six mouths by the 1 people of a community for no reauson under the sun except that ev- ' prytliing does'lit go just as the knockers want it to go, and that they are not considered, in every matter of however little import- 1 nice it may be. There are some people who can not be pleased and It is to he hoped that the trustees 1 uf the public schools of Dillon couniy will not try to do so. 1 Very truly, 1 JOE P. LANE. f Albriton District No, 1. J. T. 1 Trawick, J. M. McQueen and J. A. Morton, Dillon. 1 Carolina District No. 2. Duncan Mclnnis, 1). J. Alford, Duncan Mc- J l-aurin, Jr., Dillon. iA>iie Home District No 3. W. 1 D. Trawick, Luther LeBter and A. 1 [). Bracy, Hamer. Little Rock District No. 4. . A. 1 Berry, S. M. Britt .and Lawrence c Manning, Dillon Sinclair District No. f>. R. M. I lackson, J. A. &. Cottlngham and Brooks Hamer, Dillon. Reedy Creek District No. 6. M. McGregor, Press Bethea, Clio, 3. C., and E. A. McCormac, Dillon. Hamer District No. 7. R. P. Hamer, Geo. R. Campbell, D. A. Mc^ollum, Hamer. Dillon District No. 8. W. T. Be.hea, Dr. C. 8. Henslee and J. W. Hamer, Dillon. Dothan District No. 9. D. W. I k^L ? ?? - ? ' i?=viid?p, j\. m. nemea, union, K. ( D. Clark, Latta. ! P * Holly No. 10. J. A. B. LeJ. 8. Hayes, Latta, and D. ,1. 1 i I Dillon. \ 4' ' tii'ism oi tIh* i\il- sii? oi-'?l SiiiiiiiM*!* School. us A.*. loaclu-rs of I >i 11<?n ml ouniy w?> 4*t-?*tiiinly a|i|ir<*(*i;it?* (In* '"I" 'ouni'sy sSi::\vi. us by tin* county m>: \>;*id el' hdiicatioti in y;iviii}; us l:" in ? ;>!?'> I unity to uttciiil a suinii)?*r :du?':l. that \v< may r. view 111.1.*. ' s iUhjoc'R, discuss methods, ami <. * w't liunjie vi<*ws. tliiis ocni'l it in our rut iiti'iloctuaI energies for 1 !t In i 11 say *!' ot auot tier school tcriu. W'c lit1 \ s:t.?w that our county is in i? iu aiicy anti tlion to. 1* |m -a:* . to '<?;<ill Hud to work tlir nigh m:iii> 1,1, lisud vantages. Taking this iaio an onsideftit ion "*.? aro compel!* it to lay that tln v have done a good tor art by us; but we want to ask them d< 1 vhen the} no in council to i-uisid- to >r the suintner school for us :i vt \X(. 'ear, las circuinstnccs doubtless will H11 >e more favorable 1 to give us an 'ificicut instructor, out- that is lull} ;IS oinpetent and adequate to the task. |,< A'ebelievc thai an instructor ought ie the e<|ual tit least, if not the su- on .erior, (so far as intellectuality is ;ou toncerned) <?1 any person coming ; inder his instruction. We regret 101 rery mucli to say that the instruct- m, ?r of our summer school does not :oine up to tliis requirement. We hink a man lias hut very little udgemcul win n lie ushers himself nto a position which he cannot ,jj, caster. When a man cannot i liauage the situation and does'm utow that lie can't manage it, wo .vould call liitn ignorant. Our in- la| itructor ought see that lie litis made so 1 failure, even from the attendance |,|, if the teachers. Those who have .IS -nrolled are discouraged by the in- : ulequate management tiud those ! ,||( >vho have not yet ynrolled are dis- |,j, :ou raged liy the impression that litis jotie out. The result is an irregu- ! so ur attendance of a few, and a 11011 it tendance of a great many. Wo i lw hink all teachers of the county,, ? night attend in obedience t<i the IIU o 111 mand of the county Board of 1 jai Education. By so doing we will , jJO iiiuw Liiiit we appreciiirj i nc senooi j,,| inci also know Iww to obey the an- j,|, lioiities. Thus far we have had an iinsuc- tj,. :essful school term. We believe hat our beloved instructor has done jj,, ill he can, but that is not much. j;ii rlis day has passed. We are living ter n a new age; an age when none ?1{i mt the brave can live. Perhaps wj, le was a strong man twenty years at igo, but environnienis are different jj,. low. The demand is greater. The jj,., ntellectual food with which lie fed j lis followers then will not digest jju low. It has lost its nutrition. wo Well we are sorry conditions are U1, Bingham No. 11. W. W Parlain, W. B. Steele and Roht. Alord, Bingliani. Kentyre District No. 12. Duncan 1 iVilllamson, P. M. Stewart and J (<" Ft. Carmicliael, llumer. Pnion District No 12. W. J. Aditns, Robt. Oliver, Hunter, and It. S. ! Itog rs. Pages Mill. Pages Mill District No. 14 A. ra| j. Page. 11. Rogers and K. L. Roger. , v Pu oou \1 i 11 Co Mount Calvary District No. 15, j [Siiiah McKeneie, s. R. Moody and i S((. 1". .1. Walker, Hainer. j, Kemper No. 16. \V. H. Robbing, - t Hurray Moors, Kemper, and It. F. . ;M< riegant, Pages Mill. IVrniinla No. 17. W. II. Stephens- j (1 I". T. Moody ar.d J. I., Buttler. Dil- tJ. on. d;t Manning No. IX. J. II. llerry, js P. M. lysine and David Hyatt. Dil- rc,(. on- pai Buck Swamp No. ID. L. B. Al- j,<0] ord, Murray Hayt--, batta, and Jno. 4. Stackhouse, Dil on. batta No. 20. \V. Ellis Bethea, I 1. Allen and A. S. Manning, batta. daj Dalcho No. 21. D. McL. Bethea, nie f. D. Coleman, L. 5. Dew. batta wh Oak Grove No 21. J. Rich Hayes, for ['racy E. Fore and W. H. Harper, , 'atta ine, Hillsboro No. 22. E. T. Ayers, E. s P. Muggins and M. I>. Baker, Nidi- ti|j. ds. High Hill No. 24. G. R. Hayes, N J i. Ray and R. K. lluyes, Pages Mill, in Pleasant llill No. 25. H. Har- roa elson, Curtis Rogers*, E. W. Miller, fict -lamer. at Fork No. 26. 11, S. Moore. L. bus < Bethea Fork, ai d B. R. Rob- n >ru. Kemper. ad(i Temperance No. 27. M. C. John- an^ ion, S. T. Watson, Italia. Sellers No. 28. li. rl. Sellers, J. h insterllng and W. K " llethea, Sel- I I ers. ; riei Pee Dee No. 29. J. W. Hasel- not len, H. G. Godbold :>ind J. P. Dew, add Sellers. , da) Zion No. 30. P.f C. Rogers. K. paj N. Campbell and A. Hugglns, an) Ii but nusfort 11110 nms: nun.- to :ili After tahilip, o\ur\ liiinj.' ? consideration v.u roach uno ? 11 ision ai'cl t'uit is tin' in..ml ui Kit- | ilioti lowine to tin- short ncuuniu- . , "1 < too wo suppose v. ir our iiistnc 1111i I pllt too i.i'u.it ;i pi'oliiliil.i on wool ; ititolloctiiii! qunliiicntioiis As to the close, wo don't Uiiow * ' en our sohool will oloso. it mu> i till oliristintis. Our in., motor v orl s who 11 iio goes i 111 auytl i . li?' \l icr considers tin ond. tv.ys ii . , ?'iiL nsked the Snperititonuont ot ueution it it it the Supt. hm'at told ii, therefore wi- are 'tifz >f indefinite scale. Ail otiicc suns- ' . schools know I lie length el' I !;< i>in, tint ears 11 lie instrucior sayr i M tends en our attendance Otirni- of I idance is peer, t lierei ?i\ I ;:u< d:i> won't jso oil any lonj^* i than isi mas. i ?i ! We hope ii i oilier county Las been , , Isle iinioi't ana i e as we have, alul \ pe never to he so mil irtunate tin as long as llie earth rotate; nay iis a\is and revolves areuiul tlu vill? ii. 1"":| Ma) heaven endow our instrue- wee with more iulellect and boiler \ derslaiidinis. wee I). L. WITllKitSI'OOX ( i..r o (|( Don't l?ay l!y T?h? l-iarly. i Speaking of the hack ward coil- : ion of the cotton crop a lew u.iys oago, a large and successful plan- ^ r said that lie was tifraid a area* ; nil iuv farmers would make the nils ! IKKI ke of laying by too early this senii. This farmer said that it was ! ^ a purpose to work his cotton jus: I day long as lie could stay in it. j t lie; iked for his reason lie said that I'd . e col spring and wet weather com-' '"in ned had rotted I he roots of the j l'or st crop and that later in the sea- i sho ii cotton had taken on a new i uwth, hence it would he from o to three weeks behind in nia- I v,,r ring, provided we had a laic sum- | ?. r wi tiiia ii'ttauii, staid ill* finer, he thhougiit it would b< j st lo stay in tin- eottun fields as j|;iv ig as thro was room ? uouglih ;o | >w. and unless then was a radii j : I(j,N inge in the condition el Hie crop j jv . it lie inleiiileii to jnit on i i> .ig j vt,ai just as long as he could. Tin ! w|,fJ raid knows very little about uning. hut anyway it deeply in ' estcd in what the nfrm< r is do- ( \ and this suggestion is giv< n or won at if is worth. However, looking thus tlie suggestion from a eoiniuou j ><ro itsense jioint of view, i' does i I- I' it the farmer's theory i? i orrect ! T. ( .1 that ^It would he best lo work I but erop until it is matured. It who uld be an excellent id"a ti> take j pari questions 01 tliis kind in the 1<>nieetings of the Farmer's I'nion 1 discuss them thoroughly. XoTli- ^ , is quite as beneficial to the ,, i ,1 Hrai nier as an exchaugt oi id ts on . , I of > > different methods of cultivating ton. | M . ^ . line (I re? A Footrace at Fork. I'lie Herald is requested to say T it there will be a mile fool | Oral e at Park between a New t'oun- ; L. I man, It. \V. Tart, and an old j rieii amy mail, Sprunt Kills. These j by I it lc men will com pi ti for a handno purse made up l>" the sport- ' < 1 PH.Vt ; element of the two counties. I, I 'res Hi gentlemen are athletes, one of j ^ in. I). \V. Tart, having made a i. , fDI" 1 mile run some three moiilhs ago j li hours and 4 4 minutes withou' C( ining. Both are in training mi- ,-vou experienced trainers and there 1,11,1 some probability of the world's (t'r ord being lowered. For further ',ow lieu la IS apply to M. It. Kd wards. svt' rk, S. C. 1 ll,e ring 1 ^ lev. J. A. Hursey left SVednes- 1 r night for Baltimore accompa- i st d by his sons Frank and Bobbie, stnal um he will put in the hospital hind treatment. or, j, X. McG. Buck, a prominent bus-i,ur'1 b man of Mullins, was in Dillon ; hort while Tuesday morning roiling from Philadelphia uun? Meruit- mis opened olfices | At the Mcl,aurin building on Rail-! chid d avenue, above thhe old postof- trict > building where he can be found term all times for the transaction of .ovin liness. way* Phe Wheeler Hardware To. will n1ftn I another story to their building, 1 material for this purpose hps ,u>n" u placed on the ground. j ing i ce is one of the cheapest Wucu- offic i of the summer season. /It. is solve expensive and the comfort it eutei is to the body these sweltering monj -8 is worth ten times what you rocts - for IV Herring delivers It th*tr hour <* the day, ?undo>s not jjUnet . * > v i* > MALMtKY MATTERS. . 111 < >ii I lent Id The Kenial smile 'o!. Kruiik M I'enueH of Durum beamed on us briefly lust It. >1 I. lu'^ors of the BennettsIhir visile.1 this part of the . Ill THIS IVl'I'K. is. Sallic Lewis ?>i Blenheim 1 tlie w.'i k end licit*. i.- W ('. I lat rhell and Miss lie I telle Little of Bingham among tlie* visitors here this L, "? k is \V M Gilbert and family iingham visited hern on SiBuraiid Sunday. isses Nanej and Sallie, McLeod tingliani passed en route to the of I'uluis. !iss Helen Tliotuas left on Monl.ir In-r iioine near B?".netts leaving many new friends witli siint recollections of a two lis ?isil here. Irs. T C. Purlin in returned last I; i rein a pleasure trip to North ol ina Mr. Pnrun.ni remained undergo a eoursc- of medical it luelit. lie little ilaugiiter of Mr. Frank ilaselden died on Thursday i a prolonged illness and was ied iit Catfish on Friday afterii iherifl l.ane came over on Sunafternoon and arrested Will Hea who was implicated in a Fourth Inly scrap in which Dudley Ali got the worst of it and is reted to l?e dying from a pistol t in i lie hospital at Florence. p 10 within the last few weeks re prevailed here the most unfr.ihle renditions ever witnessed by observe) s of et op couditious f. Heeently though, there has >i marked improvement and crops .< responded with surprising rai\ 10 every favorable opportuliil what was once an alarming a ,?r showing for the time of bills fair to largely if not ll\ oven une before very long flints o: early hinderances. motig those who have crops by of a itiee we mention only e who lead. J. lb 1'earce comes ss with the earliest melons, A. 'aihani with the best cotton and I'arham with the best corn, to take the community as a le we have no kick when coning with crops generally. SAI .M AG l"NL)l. ?s- ' essrs. L. H. Smith and D. McK. lily, of l.iitta, were the guests Ir. I, Bruddy Wednesday. isses Daisy McMean and PauFore tire visiting friends in msboro. hos. H. Smith, of Rowesville, iigeburg county, and Miss Mora a-wis, of Lumberton, were marat Pleasant Hill on July 17th., lev. Hugh Harrelsou. his is the time of year when i ; to buy fresh groceries. Th li kind may save you a doctor best at the saute price you pa the other kind. !>me to see us and let us show how to save 20 per cent, on grocery bill and still get betgroceries. It's all in knowing to buy lid our business is to money for our customers nd t sme time help ourselves. Her's Grocery. 4 n rayed or Stolen.?Prom Dillon *? tP 1 black pony 7 years old, white feet, and blaze face. Branded v %t-V eft shoulder. Reward for re- " K. B. BARBER. ice Bennettsville. ,ne- ? .lion. SI* ENTER. REG A.N. I lio r. H. McRae", recently appointed justice of the magisterial of Dillon, on l^tst Sunday """-Bit. ion was called on to unite 1 ig nearts that beat as one. A i in sympathy with suffering Ity he responded to the cm K piloted tfy Mr. Myers to \Jr s of Mrs. Regan he found ' (!. E. Si>encer and the cha Miss Minnie Regan awaitlnj h1 sanction to take upon t) s tho matrimonial yoke ana ' the battle of life. The cer r was performed as the law. di *. "loainR mem trod-speed Ir race for compoteuoe ai^d hap