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UNER SUNKRYMlNg Air Attadw Blade Uyon Sea Oraft and 10,002-Tm Ship Lost In North Sea. Naais Blak- tng Intenrive Drive. WAR BULLETIN BOARD London—vF^me Minister Ohasniber- lain Udls Britain of “grimmer" war dayt'ahead, eeea victory and peaces time federation 'built on IMtiab- Frsneh coHaAwratkm; Geitnan jplanet attaek eleven diipa, sinking three; fottiah liner Dunbar Ouitle stiBcee mkie and %ipks. iCoecow -- Russian eonaimnique ad mits Red Army withdiwa^ “several * London, Jaq. 10.—'A terrific mine . m^kssion last night copped the 10,001- ton ft^sh pasaeniier liner Dunbar ....... Caatle in two after Naziiwarplanea,| kilometers" in east coVtiial Finland in an intenee invasion of British j tovere figi^ng. ^ eoaetid waters,'had bombed or ma-! Helsinki — Finland reports Ruaaian chine-gunned ^ven British or neu trai sMps, sinking at least three. *f»RacrM?w4-.^c % *1 Two other ships, or six in aH, were newly rQ)orted suiric in Hh lari few days-in the sharp burst of sea-air ymrtKte. Loss of Itfe totsdled at least 84. SuperbNeoaeue woric off the south- eaat opast saved aR the Dunbar Cas- <ie% 48 passengers and aH but three of'her 150 crewmen. The mastm: and two seamen were Idlied. — yaseangcra from the wrecked Uner, owned by ^ ID'hlbn CkMilo-mail riaamsh^ line and bound for the ■ Gape of €kfpd ,Rope with 198 men, women and otiildren, reached London eariy today, some ^ them, vrrapped in Uankets. They t<M bow the explosion plung ed the ship into darkness and said the Hfeboata had trouble getting away ■because of the suction of watm*, rush- Ihg through the broken huB. The ship cracked clean ih half after the boats were away, they related. ■ Capt. H. A. Caurion was on the bridge at the time of the explosion. He was found dead at 'the door of his cabin. His body and those of the two crewmen were brought ashore. The admiralty announced that one iBritij^ vessel and two Danish ships had been sunk by German aircraft, juri off the east coast to the north of where the Bunbar Oarile' was blown up. Raked by machine gun fire were five fishing smaioks, a lii^htahip tender and two other Chips, unidenti fied as yet. One man was killed and 32 wounded out of the tender’s crew of 40. Tbe^iNsuti aerial attacks, which in volved nearly a docan riiips during y, ^ __x —1 ^ « roads than fJere were roads of ^1 11^ on JU <r^: offloija »y». two. in th. 1980 .y.tein, 6,101 milei strengtii for new aasaiat. • many as the 1,676 miles of hard Paris—French chamber throew out • gmifmog jn 1930. four Cpmnraniri deputies who r^in pive oounties-Oheafferfield, Edge- aeated during tribute, to army; fiat /jeld, Hampton, Lancarier and Me- STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM BUtLT IN PAST TEN YEARS lo675 Miles qf Hard-Surfiieell Roads in 1930 Now Increasod To 6,190. Five Counties First Paved. ■' ■(- derpaeses. .Protective aignai delvices have been erected at other crosaings. The highway department aiao haa mphaaized iproper viariringB of high ways, both as to traff|c jajpw and hazards, aiKl direction leaden. Bx- ptriments are being conducted in re flector lighting. Roadside improve ment projects, for beautiDcation and prey^tion of erosion, have been car M. BAWTKR Ch^ Hfrisvay CeaiMlasiaaer Colombia, Jan. 6. IVemendous atridea were mada ik Sooth iGarh- Una hightiray devriopUMot in^the lari decade, but much renisuns to be done. Consider the following facts: 1%e state hig^dy system today has mote miln . of hsoxi-surfaced J. Rbetl Copehbd llEGISLATURE IW. At Home; OPENS SESSION fights break out during hoar’s vp- roar. ■Ge^va—(Finland’s delegate to Lea gue 6f Nations reveals his. imtion get ting “practical 'help." ' Washington —• President Roosevelt says he is talking over with state de- partmeht questiouy^pf. further aid to Fhfand. Rotarians Hear. Talk,By Leader Oonnick—had no hard-smlfaced mile- in 1980, but today Chesterfield has 168 miiea, Edgefield ninety-nine, Hampton ninety-aeven, Lancaster 132 and McCormick seventy-one. Four counties—Allendale, Fair-'Concrete and other Esteemed Citizen SuceumbB To IDnens ot Sevoml Moatlm. - Oefvkes Here .Yesterday At Graveside. House Meets For Brief Period To Hear Speaker. Money Is- ' sues Hanciag Over . Solons Again This Year. Funeral aer vices for John Copeted. 79. .nU kixnni CUmM dti- j .• IPOWP ood ceremony the SStd genend sen whodmdatlushoine.THiaeday sf-j,„^y ^ Carolina today lemouo after being indecliiringlMallii'opened what may well be another for some time, were held rsaterday [l^, hard legislative session, afternoon at*3:80 at the gmveaide in Lieutenant Gover- ried OT in coooeiwtiOT^h the fed-*^ Preabytecian cemetery. "’Blatt fe*! in aenate and house at high ned on w cooperation with the l««-i^ieea were conducted by his pastor,), eral roads administration. And on ithe whole South Carolina with limited funds, has come with other states. A comparison of conditions of the state system on January 1, 1940, with those of January 1, 1980, fol lows; Mika Miiea Types of Roads 1980 1940 five, Fairfield 1S6, Lee seventy-three and Georgetown .110. iSeventeen counties in 193% had' no hard-surfaced roads reaching from one boundary to another. Eleven county seats were not touch- Morton Hull, 4>f Hi^yoke, Ma^s.. ^ ^ hard-surfaced rosuls. rigid pavhq: 1,846 Bituminous surfacing 330 2,577 3,614 firid Georgetown and Ike—each hful than a mile of hard surface in 1930, btrt'today AHendrie has liriy-llaapposed earth typei 3,331 Unimproved ^ 974 2,061 8J»0 Is Guest of and ^poke of Objectives of Inter national Organization. f The Clinton Rotary club on M^day at noon, had as its guest speaker, Morton Hull, prominent Rotarian of Holyoke, Mass., who is being accom panied on a visit to Rotary clubs in this section of the.south by three j fellow Rotarians' from the Holyoke dtib. Mr. Hull hy clamification is a wholesale grocer. As president of the Holyoke Rotary club, as a district governor, and as a meral^ of import ant 'Committees of Rotary Internation al, he has rendered outatanding ser vice In Rotary wotk over-a long pe riod of years. Tb# Tuesting was presided over by the wt coa^lF>vsi> W- Brown of the ct^lege, - ^a menibmr oTthe dub. Several goe^ ofn^jembers wmre introduced and given a cotoiSl wricome. Hr. Hull’s address was confined totirsly to Rotary, ha woik, objec- werc aimed at unescorted vmaels, the admirahy charged. One of the Danirii ships sank three hours after; a bomb smashed her stem. Besides the Dunbar CaatiO, reports restehed London of the mining and if ^ and p-urpoM. The organisation sinking of the.M86ton Britikh tank-ibM been-pecu^iariy succesafuJ, be •er British liberiy; in <010 North rxM xff with 20 crewmen missing and believed idtosajcataon and elugbuity H has And there wasn’t a single hard- Totals 5,981' Gratifying road expansion has m- abled the state to take advantii^ of rapidly increasing motor traffic until now. Traffic today is approxi mately double that of ten years ago. surfaced highway running the length j Future requirements, however, are or breadth of t|w State. ! going to be even greater. There are Hard-sutifacM "roads a decade ago i justified demands for more dual-lane we^ a patch-work with few connect-1 and four-lane higbwa.ys in congest ed ,^ute8, but from 1930 on, pur-led areas. These cannot be provided •dant to the 1929 act of the legisla-ltoo quickly in the intereri of aafe tore, rapid expanmon was begun, and 1 and orderly traffic. Dr. D. J. Woods, of the Firri Psaaby- . _ terian church, and attended by a large 'conoourae of frienda who gatkared to pay thmr last raapecta. Tha artrly- made mowd was covered with beau tiful and numwms floral trftwtaa aa added proof of his extended fricud- sbta- Active psilbearers were Thomas noon and legislators broke up the little groups into winch they had knotted on ithe floors of both cham bers the satoe old new revenue need , they faced huit year loomed over them again. They could take hope, however, ia the fact that increased returns from present taxes had brought the need down to tdiahtly above the millibn All wider. modem Highways must be tvow South Carolina is in the midst of a program which is giving us rank With other progressive states. jlina roads were more than eighteen Not only has hard-eurfaced mile- feet in width, but minimum speoifi- age been exteitded to 6,191 miles, but I cations for main roads now are healthy hhprovements have included jtwenty-tr a feet. The greater safety widening, straightening and otherwise alone ia worth the extra cost. Hedtii Copeland, Camrlei Oopeiaiid, A>llar mark jood they could be opti- Henry Hunter, Joha T. Young, John H. Hunter, Fnnk Young, J. J. Gsm- weU and H C. Fargoaon. The bonor- ary eaeert eouaiatad of ■a.-gnanpL of life-long frieida of the decaaaad. Mr. lOopdand had apent hla entira life in thia aeetimi .and in Ctinton. Be was a aoo of the lata Gemrge Pringle and FVaneea Young Cbpoiand, one of Qlinton’a eariy and widely oomwetod families. He was a successful fknkier untH forced to retire aeveral years iago on aocount of his health. Mr. .Copeland was an upright gen tleman ato good citiaen. Quiet, mod est, coortaouB, load to others, and truriwoithy in the btgheri degr^ he was admired by nuuiy friends win regret to lesum of his passing miriic about the obortnsss of the sion after they heard Chairman Win chester. Smith, of the house ways sad msans .oowmiitaf, tail the press to night that he expected to preaent^ a general appropriations 'bill to the low er chamber tomorrow. “We had a fine session this after noon and I briieve well be able to get that bill out tomorrow, certainly be fore the week is over,” the little Barn well representaitive eakl. “And this yev we’ll give the 'bouse an appro priations hill that contains' enou^ revenue provisions to cover alT inieeffiT’* ;^’s refecpnoe was to the [hill lari year came out of the com mittee after weeks of haggling still modemixing some of the roads built prior to 1930, South Carolina’s greoitest road weakness in the laat decade was in Sthotimtia^ improvements havejthe low mileage of farm-to-piarkie€ been made in approaches to and from roads. Funds were not sufficient to highfways through cHies and towns. jbuSd them as lapkfiy as desried. Many, hasardous railroad grade cross-• The first concern was m connecting ings have been eUminated by con- laig^r communities and county seats, etruotion of ovathead bridges and .taKtar -APtnitIpngd nn pagt. ltiQ..... Handsome First Presbyterian Church To Be Dedicated Sunday Morning lost. The 175-ton Dutch motor vessel Traida.btt a mine and sank off the Netherlands coast, four waa saved always maintained. Rotary is the finest pattern for persoi^l behav- bttt her crew ofr^> **® Ro*ary overcomes tim idity, motivataa hidden talents 'of Today’s reports mised the known,^ members and coordinates friend- aea war toll of all nations to 300 ;®*»*P •“<* Rotary’* Wggeri ships* having a toimage of at least «u»trR)uti<m, <12)0 speaker asserted. <1 1,066,178. Berlin's account of today’s raids said the German planes, scouting along the English and Boritish east ern coast, attacked and destroyed “several armed" naval patrol ships and merchant vessels they 'vmre con voying. 'The German- tonied safely, it waa 1^. German military sources in Beilin challenged a British atetomeat today that only two British Mpot the ataamer Box HRl and the trawler Eta, has been lost during tb^ first weak is tha developmant of the individual Continuing Mr^ Hull said the world at present is ia an awfid mess. It is tiM duty and privilege of 'Rotary to proclaim idealism, and this is what 'the 6,000 Rotary chdw should stand and woik for. He appealed to mmn- hers of the club to make Rotary a tai%3ble thing, not a res^ution passt ing body mrtriy, but a’viud force for the development of the in<hvidaal. In conclusion he said the road to happiness sikl soooess is sincerity- Hr. Hull made a sttumg, timely ad- of the new year. The Germans stid thsy had susde at least, six British sU^ with a total tonnage of 86,183. Crowds on the cliffs of the fleottish coast peering through the misto ss'v the bond) strike the Danish vessel and dress and was hsard with interest, both by the Jtotarians and visitors. Mr. HuB brought his guitar with him on the trip and' in conclusion played a song of hk own composi- tkm, “Vive Le Rota:nr,” of which he 3 r .. th^ could hear the rattle of ma^nc- [1*taed copies among the members and gun fire as the Gennaiu carried out timm to learn it as one of thehr the attack. Nearby veasel|i rescued ■<>«€* I>toause of its fine Rotary the erew. sentiment. The fUhmg smadm also were re ported to have been machine-gunned./ The east coast of Scotland was the scene of these reported attacks and Hkewise of tiie attack on the tight ly tender. The tender was tukldg s relief crew out to u ligdxtahip whto the war planes swooped dimm UnidentifM planes flew over the Firth of Forth without attaeidag. COUNTY MARRUGE INCENSES INCREASE Aoeoiriing to records at tha oAet of Probate Judge *J. H«w4stta Was son at Xemrsns, 596 marriage Bgsnsss wsrs issued hi LanreM aouafy lari year, conopatod wHb 558 during 1988, a gain of. 48. ’Ihe reeoids show that lUr Deuiahflr, thp hamwr month us- f. JBeenM sriee were famr by 88 jTpaeiBAsr .1918, tba totii laat .. being 98 u <ebdipaind vrllh M the corieeponding period of she ^ ILLITERACY CAMPAIGN ON A three-mmutii campaign to reduce *^shc«e iUiteracy" bi Laurens coanty before the' 1940 ernmus begins in April was.iMUgurated the pari wedc, ae- oprdiag to J. Leroy Br^s, county su perintendent of edueati<m, who k heading the drive in the county. IS MBRITNG TODAY Khsaok meetlsy dt the bo Mi thk aeeste at Olaton at Sme effieerS'WRi ba ia tprdgrrin toumdttaa atat- af yeriMi|it,that thk taamhufs am tu be addmtaby Hiv, J. L. Mpgar, -a member wWti laMh urkh a8 fMta* bert invited Tell It To The WorU The firri nde of saleamanship k that if you have anything to seB, don’t heap it a aeerat. XW it to the wosUt^Xbaa, in CUa- ton'a trade graa; aeani ta ad- vwtiae it in IHX OBBONICLS. Every so oDs jKaaee ec fino aMaanuiiCy where your ptowpedave 1840 WMDMe Tha Mire: iPaenle Tpu TeU, the Hose You T^Sil! .■ iRMi nom Ncowmi uunvoii finna In 1940 'kfll he thoaa’who through ] efWbtiVe tali the tkyiiv poblk week whnit thsy havs'ta ssM, .the vuloee thiy have la -oltler, The First„ Presbyterian church of this city Win be deikeatto at 11 a.m., Sunday, January 14. The beautiful church building was erected in 1980. The building which it replaced was built in 1901 daring the pastorate of Rev. William Plumer Jacobs, D.p., M*.D., who served the church frwn 1864 until his resigna tion in. 1911. The church was destroy ed by fire in 1929. The new bariding was designed by Arriiitact WUUs D- vin of Augusta, and was butH by Con tractor J. Gary Martin of tiiU city, under the stq>M’vision of js building committee consisting of C. M. Bailey, itihairman, W. J. Bai^y, W. D. Cope land, Jack H. Young, and Wm. P. Ja cobs, II. In connection ^with the dedicatory eim^sss a targe bronae plaque will bel presented to the church. The plaque wiM carry the name of Rev. Zelotcs Lee Hohnea, who founded the church in 1856, Ihe names of the 'three pas tors of the church, Rev. WHliam PliMner Jacobs, OJ)., LL.D., Rev. Frank Dudley Jones, D.D., and Rev. Davis Junkin Woods, DJ).; a Ikt of all elders and deacons who havo serv ed the church since its ootganisation, and the names of the buflding com mittee, the architect mid contractor. Dr. F. Dudley Jones will give a brief historical .sketch and tiie taMet will then- be anvejled by Mrs. Jack H. Davis, Sr., a granddanghter of the foundW of the riiurch. As symbol of the fact that the church is now free of financial en cumbrances and can be dedicated to ita apiritual purposes, a member of the Imilding committee, W. O. Cope land, wilP convey the keys of •the ehunch to W. J. 'Bailey, wbo was re- oently eleetad a tburck trustee. Oth er trostaea are T. D. Copdand and jGoy L. Gopdand. The dedicatory sermon will be •preached by Rev, D. J. Woods, D.D., jwho haa awrved the church as pastor jainee February, 1920. AH alders and deacons of^ thq tourch will sR aa a body ia the front pawa during the (dedieriion axerekai. It is hoped that pB iwenbart AC- tha ebuMh wffi he present Sotoey inomiiig and that ithare will also be a large jof former meaabera of the tHany apadal iavitatloiiB 4Urse bean ’ sent to fixrmar meaafcaia of 4he jeoa- igrsgation who have mond to other elttaa. Dqxwitory Holds about-' 14,000,000 under the actual ^rvivj^ are his widow, Mrs. lUry'needs of the state. He declined to say whether or not his coipmittee would nleet the |830,000 difference in the budget roimnittee’s recommendaitiona ” South Caro-I^^ OolwiMd; thn* children. Gu, H. Copriand, Abbeville; Mrs. Janies B. Pnutier, Jr., Mairs; Mrs. M. E. Be thea, Winatofi-Saicm, N. €.; eight and the expected revenue of the State P.CTaPlny , - --.*15 Ca^.TRta't;:;; grandchildren; taro brothers, Mace L.'by slaahi^ igipropriations or by .in- Oopcland of Lanrena, Guy L. Oope- kiri of this cHy; oee akter, Mia. Rjohard E Copetaad, also thk place. eluding nmr revenue provisions, but intimated that it would probably da a Iktle of both. Introduetion of the revenue meas ure in the house this xreek k axheer- fol sign for those who always begss hy prcdictiag it wBl he a one. Passage of the bBI ahmys kwmsBcsk, wnd asgwsussri ^ lover Ha proviekma Uist year kept the OIBcial BmllCilMlH Schedule An- asaesaihly deadiooked through its six MNUMed. Season Opegs Friday ARaiast The QtaM Presbyterian team will |tay Annual Meetingi"^ ^ against The coBege'a 15 games ion opening f^tadei m Chmtastmi. / Directors and 'OflBcers Re-elected ^ ^am » coached by Lmmie He- MiBan, assisted by BiH Lofler. The For Coining Year. Statement Shows Increase In Business. freshmwn team Galloway. IS The Oommercial Depository of Clin ton held its annual stockholders meet ing Tuesday afternoon at which time all members of its bosurd of diraetora were re-elected to serve for another year. Members of the board are: Jaick H. Young, C. W. Stone,. S. G. lAllard, W. W. Harris, H. D. Henry, F. M. Bo land, O. I.. ^eely, Jiobn T. Young, and W. D. Copeland. ' At a subs^uent meeting of the board of directors,, the 'following of ficers were re-elected for 1949: Jack H. (Young, president; H. D. Henry) vice-president; F. M. Boland, secre tary-treasurer; Miss Margaret Hol land, bookkeeper. The meeting waa presided oyar by W. D. Copeland in the absence of President Jack H. Yioung, who waa unable to be present. General regret was expressed by the board over his illness. ^ The annual financial report submit ted showed that the depository had (,«rtity and freohmen). enjoyed a satisfactory and successful) Pob. IB-Hexico City Y.M.C.A. year. The board recently added $1.500 from undivided profits to the suipkk month long, record aesaion. But the need for new revenue also furnishes' all the eaeuse needed by ^ the divemionut faction to launch ita boAetball perennial battie to bring the htahway thi* ymu**: <M’*^^'tinent-’B earmarked gasoline tax income Into the general state fund where shoes of it could be donated to other ilipaitinmti A pooling bill k‘ expected to hit the house hopper before the week is coached by Chick'over, and O«>vemor Maybank, noasi- |nal bead of the divwmonkto, Tms ai- jready publiriy promised to add fuel The card foNoxrs: Jan. 12—The Citedri at Oharieston. Jan. IS—OoMege of Cfiarieriion at Charketen. Jaw. 15 — Furman at GresnriHe (varsity and freutaaen). Jan. 17—University of South Caro lina at CahnalMa. Jmu 20—Errione at Due Weri (var sity and freshmen). Jan. 27—University of Sooth Ciuo- tina at Oiatoa. Jan. 80—^Wotfoed tit Cfiaton (var sity and freshman). Feb. 1—The Ctasdd at Qinton. Feb. 2^Newtieny at (^intali^(mr- sita wad ftneidwiMn). Fri). 6—Furman at Clinton (varsity and freabmen). Feb. 8—Steteon at Clinton. . Feb. 9—OoBege of Charleston at oierk • canapaiga Feb. 10—(Newherry at Newhkrry. year is used by many to holster taeir ^ Feb, ^18 l&akine at Clinton (var-.^ij^ that solons will quiskly oon- aity and fiaAmM). dude their deliberations here and Fet). 19 Wofford ri ^wrtxaburg |HuiTy home to bnild up their politkai fences. The concensus of adjournment to the flame by reconunending ks passage in hk message to the legis lature Thursday. Haybank’s statement, of which ad vance copies have not been, and prob ably win not be made avaiMkle, k ex pected to inpotikrate Ihe riroagsat public blast at the highway depart ment he has yet made. The highway fight is certain to flare forth hhk y^, and most ohservers behefve a pooliiig wHl have no owra riumee of than it did hurt, when the senate ewr peatodly hlodped it, the skirasiriung is bound to be bitter, wita diversiea- iiris seeking to focus puhik attentioa' I on the struggle in the hope of unseat- I ing highway aapporters in next sum- at fund, and ordered an annual 6 per cetit dividend payment io stockhoM- brs. The statement as of December OUT AFTER ILLNESS The friends ot D. E. TribUe are guessing seems to be early April. late March or SA 1QA0 * eooR i**** to see him out again after being 80, 1989, showed deposita of g95,- epnfined to hk hoane ibhe pari ten 521.14, 994.77. vfith total' assets of $804^- days on account of iHneas. v/ County Dairy" Grwy To Meet Tb^'flrri session of the dairy aehori | ha Laurens county will be held at) the Agrieifitural MkHng. on Friday, Jaimary IMi, beginniiig at 1:30 p. m., aaeorfii^ to C. B. daootu coun^ BAILEY NAMED TBU8TBB ' A4 a otafragationai nwating of Hta Fitat Ptaibytarian rimBah hold .Ban- dny at the aonriusion of Hw ncndiug gwsiup aour, w, wtai stari- cd a trustee of the chundh to aooeead ,tlM Izta Jfita R. Toa«. Btaven farmer-dsirytaen of the county are already enxoHed for in- rimetioQ and dkeusstan of subjects periaining to the factors that “Mfert haeone froaa milk cows" coupled wNh baiaaeed feed^ of dairy animela " TNm extsMibn dairy speciaUsto, C.i G. CuAunan hnd Ymice Henry, will lead each of the three hatf-day Laur- etMi aaMimn, eeheduled for January, fkbraary and iMaroh. 'Other farmers iaritod to enroll, aald County Agent Cannon, adding thattairoltaMat cards can he ohtaiaed at hk cffleea «n or hefsee the firri meeting. | DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFB- So Far HAb Year 1lMr« Haa Baai o FATAUmES ^AUTOMOBH^ Acennsms * !■ ' . I4URBNS COUNTY ^ Let's Strive Tie Make 1940 a Saf^ T«r Ob the HiginraTa* Thta date ytatf) t. Dr. Dimcan Felder To Locate Hoc , Dr. Drmcan Felder, who recently' gradnated from Noitbem llliaois Col lege of Optometry, Chicago, with the degree of Doctor of Optoatetry, haa been graced Ikenne to practice op tometry ia South Carolina by exami- iiatioo before the hut state hoard meeting held in Laurens Dec. 20 !21. I Dr. Felder wiH locste in land he asMiated with Dr. jSmiHi ia the practice of optometry in ;<9tnton and Laopens. '. SEAL SALE SHOWS ^GAHI I GsDectioas in the carrent ttiberru- ,loek seal sale had reachsd $1,3»5JS last wask, a figure that County Ohak- maa.J. Leroy Burns described as be ing ta excess <of the total coUeetions 'for lari year wthkh were $1,104. ' i Bums said that easapaiga effictals experi ad kmat $1,600 in. the fwrrsat jdriue which has aa its gaal $2,98% ladAng thri coflsetioBs 'wiN caattxaa undH shout the firri of Marrii^ sd whhdi date tiny ended kst 1 iuilA