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-XHL CAMDEN CHRONICIF ?? CAMDEN' SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. MARCH 18, 1927. " ** NUMBER 51. I WEEK OF GAIETY I m.>n> Entertainment* Have Featured I# |'a?t Several Daya in Kirk wood Socially this has been a gay week. I Htfiy dinners, luncheons, teas and Ljni parties have been crowded in f for all realize that this is the season's tpex, and soon the tide of travel will turn Northward. Saturday evening Mrs. Howard Dews of Paris who ia visiting her sister, Mrs. Willium N. Kerr, entertained with a dinner at the Torii Shop for thirty-five, und on Sunday Mrs. .James Maginn was hostess at a charming picnic at the Cabin eight mik'A above Camden. Another delightful event of the week-end was the teu given at her home by Mrs. Charles M. Taintor for her mother, Mrs. George Pearson of Pittsburgh. Camden is always glad to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Tucker of New York who are here for March with Mrs. Tucker's sister, Mrs. Woods KobiriMin oji Lyttleton avenue. On Tuesday Mrs. Charles J". Seabrook entertained with a bridge and luncheon at the Torii Shop for Mrs. William Boyle, Mrs. C. N. Pfohl, Mrs. Warren II. Harris, Mrs. John Sweeney. Miss Sweeney, Mrs. Hoyne Anderson and Mrs. W. L. Goodale. ( Monday evening Mrs. William C. Boyle, of Cleveland, who is spending a fortnight at the King Haiglar Inn had as dinner guests Mr. and Mrs ; W. 1.. Goodale, Mrs. C. N. Pfohl, Mrs. j Waner. II. Harris and Mrs. Jean Har Mr. and Mrs. Edgar O. Achorn of Brunswick, Maine, who have been at j the King Haiglar Inn left on Monday] H for the North. J Recent arrivals at Deare Place in-1 elude. Miss Evelyn Patton, of Prince- , m ton; Mrs. Rufus MacDuffie. Mr. John: V Lee and Miss Powell, of New York and Mrs. Henry Fleisher of Phila- [ B delphia arid Miss Etheridge of BaltiK more. Hobkirk Inn is having a very busy I spring season, and among the many ' I recent arrivals are noted: Mr. and' | Mrs. F. M. Rhodes of Kansas City; i Mrs. M. C. Beardsley of Rochester, j Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Seymour of Auburn, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Cough-! 'in of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. I J. I). Leggettj of ^taten Island, and ! Mrs. , W. M.a Cunningham and Miss E. A'. Porter of New York. Mr. and MYa. Rodney -MacDonald t of Caldwell, N. J., have arrived at! Ivy Lodge, and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. 1 Lockwood of Utica and Mr. and Mrs.' W. S. Gould of Montclair who have been at the lodge for several weeks have motored to Charleston for a few days. I Mrs. R. F. Sperry, accompanied by Mrs. B. Youmans of Eagle Bay, N. Y., ] is in her cottage here for the re?t i of the season. ? 1 An interesting event of the last few days was the charming bridge and i i garden party given for the Camden j I hospital on Wednesday afternoon at j I the home of Miss Fletcher and Mrs. j I M. F. Charlton. This beautiful gar- ! dec, now at its loveliest, presented! a gay scene in the brilliant spring sunshine, and all appreciated the opening of the attractive home for thin worthy cause. A large number attended and a splendid sum was ^ thereby added to the hospital fund. Among the festivities clustering V around the natal day of the good old Saint none was merrier tban the ban que t given by the SnaJreClub on the evening of the seventeenth. This is a roost interesting and unique club composed of Court Inn guests who >ear!y hold a reunion, even though the primary objective of hunting snakes hhs been abandoned. A golf tournament and a banquet Save the members a jolly time this week and among the number who gathered at the Crescent Lake Club jor the fine spread on St. Patrick's Bay were Geprge H. N. Johnson of Bridgeport, Big Chief; William B. Nisbet of New York, Dr. Thomas Ellis of Bridgeport, B. D. Ticknor and H. Yates of Camden, C, B. Fritz I of Edgewater Park. Charles ..Fletcher of Melrose, Mass.; F. H. La Pierre of East Orange, A. D. Partridge of Bedford, James B. Ladd of Ardmore, 8rouel H. Coombs of Brooklyn, Howard Gage of Haverhill, Dennidon I'ana of Englewood. Charles Clifton of Buffalo and A. If, Coburn. rm ^ourfh Annual Mid-South oampionship' Tournament is being Played this week on the Kjrkwood There were forty-five entries, and the qualifying round was won by . ('- Young of Bronxville with a acore of 79. and exciting match games of -Wo are being, played three times this t>W0u Kir^wood field qnd many noim? %avJi arrived from various j rs- . Godfrey Preece of Wesbury. u ls aw?ong them and Marvin fmn ?f Detroit is doing some \vork in the matches. ami ra?i ^un^8 ar? also well attended larcrr greatly to the pleasure of the here "um^er of equestrians now ?- ---.rt -j, - ( nmdpn~Watef Gits Good Rating th^rr??!nt anal>*aia of water from amden plant shows, according to hy Dr., EL JL that 0 th? State Board of Health, miliar act*rial indications of conanal^T? that the n? , th^tW to be of natton y and tr?m JIM Mel.AIN 1)1 KS A I -V! AH ION Former Camden .\eKro I? Victim of Alcoholic Poisoning Jim McLain, colored barber of Marion, died in the Marion county jail eaily Friday morning, after having assaulted Jailor 1). H. Rowell wjth a brick torn from bis cell wall, and after having been conquered by Mr. Kowell and Joe Conner, who accompanied the jailor to the cell. It seems thut McLain was locked up 1 uj.'sday or Wednesday, charged with the theft of about $.r>0 hi cash from another negro. As to whether or not he was guilty of the crime charged to him little is known. When lockedjpp he was ill and very nervous, having every appearance of havj mg been under the influence of liquor for some time. Thursday afternoon [Jailor Kowell sent for Dr. \\ N. SchoL field to administer to (he suffering negro, who seemed to quiet down and become more normal, following a j hypodermic at. the hands of the phy1 sician. At about 9:30 o'clock Mr. Conner went to McLean's cell and gave him a dosd of medicine left by Dr. Schofield./ At 1;30 (/clock Friday morning Jailor Rowell was awakened by th<T j terrible noise being made by the I negro. He called Mr. Conner, who > whs the guest of Mr. Kowell for several days, and they went to McLain's cell, to see what was wrong. Upon opening the cell door they found the negro standing 3 or 4 feet from the door, with a brick in each hand. Upon being asked by Mr. Kowell what he was doing the negro answered, "I am breaking up housekeeping." He had torn up a radiator, broken out the window lights, and torn up the stove, bed and other articles, and had dug the bricks out of the wall. He advanced with the bricks, but when ordered by Mr. Rowell to put the bricks clown, he did so. He stood still about a half minute, but when ordered by the jailor to come out of the cell he did so, but only after quickly taking the bricks up from the floor, when he rushed out of the cell and struck Mr. Rowell in the face with a brick and bowling him over with the force of his body. As they fell together Mr. Conner struck McLain over thcf head with a policeman's billet, and both Mr. Conner and Mr. Rowell are authorities for the statement that no other blow was struck The fighting prisoner. The | three men grappled on the floor, both | white men trying to hold and conquer the raging negro. Finally McLain appeared to be exhausted after i a three-.or four minute tussle on the I floor. Rowell and Conner then de- | cided to move him into another cell ! and got him up to do so. Before get! ting him into the other cell, however, j he died. At the Autopsy at the coroner's inquest, Friday morning, the negro's head was opened, to determine whether or not the blow from the billet had caused concussion of the brain. The jury found that McLain had apparently died from exhaustion, due to his physical condition and probably brought on by alcoholic poisoning. The entire affair is a most unfortunate one and some wild tales have been told about it. The above story is as near correct as this paper can obtain it, and is substantially what was told at the inquest by the witnesses sworn before that body. The above is taken from The Marion Star of Tuesday. Jimmy McLain was born and reared in Camden and was the son of the late George McLain, who for a long span of years conducted a barber business in Camden, this boy lcaring the trade in his father's shop. He was about thirtyfive years of age and is survived by his mother, Elizabeth McLain, one brother and a large number of^sisters. His body was brought to Camden Saturday and the funeral was held from the colored Presbyterian church on Sunday. Mrs. Parker Dead Mrs. Alice Dinkins Parker, wife of Mr. Thomas V. Parker, of the Lugoff section, died quite suddenly at her -home Monday afternoon about five o'clock. Before marriage she was Miss Alice Dinkins. She is survived by her husband and. .several, growr children. The funeral and burial waf held at Pine Grove church the following day, services being conducted b> Rev. Harrelson of Blaney* The First American Bank A Trust company o( West Palm Beach, Fla. closed Its doors Tuesday. A year age the bank had deposits of $13,500,000, which had shrunk $10,060,000, forcing the closing of the institution. TWO AKKKST8 HKKK SIN DAY Gov eriiur'tt Detective Prefers Charge* A gainM Young Camden Men Bringing with them a magistrate from out of the vity, three uf Gyveinor Richards' constables swooped! down upon this city Sunday afternoon and made two arrests in coni nection with alleged violation* of the state's ancient Sabbuth-obsci vance statutes. J. K. \\v? ks, a winter resident, wa? charged with playing golf in violation ?>f the Sunday laws, while Charles K. \ illepigui', favorably-known local citizen and secretary-treasurer of the DeKalb Grocery of this city, was ar rested on a warrant charging him with interfering with officers of the law, knowing thai they were officers, in the discharge of their duty jtiul againM she peace and dignity of the state. Three < ther golfers who staited out to make a foursome wer<.' overlooked by the officers in the ex|citement attending the arrest of Mr. Weeks and Mr. Villcpiguo. Mr. Weeks is a citizen of New York state but has been spending several months in this city where he owns valuable residential property. Mr. Villepigue is a native and life-long resident of Camden and rendered valuable service as T a member of the local unit National Guard in both the Mexicun campaign and abroad during the Word War. Magistrate J. D. Watson of Blaney, a small town about thirteen miles from here, accompanied the officers, and released Mr. Villepigue on $200 bond, signed by Hughey Tindal of Camden, and ordered the defendant at the same time to appear, with Weeks, for a hearing before him at Blaney at three o'clock Monday afternoon. W. W. Rogers was the constable who swore out the warrant. The two other officers were J. R. Ameker and J. B. Munn. I A gallery of between 75 and 100 persons witnessed Sunday afternoon';! affair and one witness stated, as lR:; belief, that the officers who, it is claimed, made the first actual move, misunderstood Mr. Villepigue when, upon their approach, he uttered an exclamation of surprise rather than one of a threatening character, which the officers allege. Following a momentary release, Mr. Villepigue submitted to arrest and before leaving the club grounds Detective Rogers, according to spectators, was seen joking with him, both being, apparently, upon very cordial terms. Rogers paid a tribute to his prisoner's sense of sportsmanship ! and agreed thnt every man should I stand up for his rights, declaring himself once somewhat of a fighter and exhibiting scars upon his bared head. Judge Watson called court to order in Blaney at the time originally set. Mr. Villepigue was represented by Attorney L. A. Kirkland of this city and the state's case was in the hands of Attorney-General John M. Daniel, -who had come over from Columbia along with Detective Rogers, ^Constaj bles Munn and Ameker and a battery i of press representatives. A motion oi defense for a change of venue upon the grounds that the presiding magistrate was a witness to the arrest? Sunday was over-ruled. Defense attorneys then argued for a continuance of the case upon the grounds thai limited time had prevented propel study of the case. After some delib eration the court granted a contin uance and set the time for trial at ten o'clock Friday morning. Mr. Weeks was not present whet his case was called at Blaney. N< warrant was served upon the defend ant ^Sunday and no band Was fixed the officers merely notifying Mr Weeks to appear for trial. "But 1*1 get him yet, even if his trail leads t< Mexico," Detective Rogers is quotes as saying, adding the significan proviso, however, "If they'll grant ex tradition papers." Mr. Villepigue states that he ha ' retained eminent counsel who hav : advised him to, swear out warrant for Detective Rogers and Constabl ; Ameker, charging them with false ar i rest. He further states that beside I many Camden citizens, some nation i ally known men, among them i "supreme court justice of Michigar . who were eye-witnesses to his arres" r will testifyjn his behalf. Whethe or not he takes action against th officers will depend upon the out I come of his trial in Judge Watson' , court, Mr. Villepigue says. > Magistrate W. L. DePass, Jr., be , fore whom eight golfers were ac r quitted after a jury bene las Friday, spent Sunday as usual i / . . v.-nfr. BIG TKNTE1) AMI 8KMENT ?? ?Ma> Here lor Week Under Aunpiceti Legion Lost Ihe people of Camden and vicinity will have a treat in store for them When Bert Melville brings his Asso- j elated I layers hack here for a week's, engagement ynder the auspices of the Camden post'of the American Legion. I J his is the same show that playe.il here lust September under the same auspices. Bert Melville, who made u very good impression with his comj ody character of Toby, will be here .again and -he promises that la- will [have some new comedy to offer. 1 he plays that they will present are all new and have never been shown i in ( amden before. This company i.? I coining here direct from a ten week's ; engagement at the Victoria Theatre in Wilmington, N. C. ! The opening play Monday night , will be what the critics called the j most sensational play that has ever | been written. "The Unwanted Child." It must not be imagined that "The Unwanted Child is u dry preachment jor a dramatized sermon or prozy sucleessian of platitudinous speeches. It ;is a drama that throbs with life, that >s instinct, with powtr and dramatic ' force. It is a play of modern life, away fiom the so-called badly written and badly pvoduced plays. This play , has one of the funniest Toby parts that has ever been written into any ;!>!?>'. Toby of course will be played by the local favorite, Bert Melville, i Mr. Charles Brown, the leading man, .will have a role that he is well adapted f;r. As an added attraction there will be Billy Barber and his West Virginians who made a big hit on their last .visit here. In addition to the play and music there will also be five big , time vaudeville acts. The big tent will be erected on the vacant lot next to the post office and in case of cold weather the tent will be well heated. ? #? Dental Association to Meet Here J ho Pee Dee Dental Association will hold a meeting in Camden on Thursday, March 24. The association is composed of about fifteen counties of which Kershaw is one. The visiting dentists will be given a luncheon at Crescent Lake Club and will attend the polo game during the ?ftcrnoon. The morning will be taken up with scientific papers ^nd the bc5y will be addressed by Dr. J. Ralph Dunn of Sumter and Camden along with other men prominent in the professions. 1 The I eo Dee Association is fortunate in having as members the president and past president of the State i Dental Association and a vice-presi ident of the American Dental Association. j Dr. C. A. Dunn of Camden is president of the Pee Dee Association; Dr. J. Y. McKinney of Darlington vice-president, and Dr. Darwin oj j Dillon is secretary and treasurer. , i ?? | rivals upon the scene on the Countr> Club property here during the after | noon. __ .'! Filling stations~and drug stoivi 11 in the city Sunday observed pre-bluei j enforcement routine, drug establish i ments being open for business dur ing the morning and afternoon, a'n< ; filling stations remaining open ex - cept during the hours of religiouservices which has been a custom ii -ithis city for the past several .years I An airplane party fell into the toil 11 of the law during the day at Flor ! ence, and in this respect Camden pu i j one deal over on the governor's "pic > j turesque ^gendarmerie i' as Mr - Wright of The Columbia Recoi^ ha /termed the state detective force. 1 . government"' bombing plane whicl 1 passed over this cfty Sunday morn ) j ing failed to yield to the forebodinj 1 j presence of Chief Rogers and hii t assistants and continued a southboun - j passage with its motors boisterous t the touch of a wide-open throttle, s Saturday evening, before ~ all th e rouuti-up of Sunday that besmacke s of Bill Hart's wildest episodes, on e of the largest, most highly-culture - and happiest crowds ever assemble s in Camden greeted the Charlesto - Spirituals Society at the school aud; atorium. Their entire program wa i, one that would, if anything couh , make up for several golfless, ga'sles r Sundays, and received likewise fittin e appreciation throughout the evening it- Hut when members of the society gav a an impromptu . rendition entitle "Don't You Mind What de Governs (* Do; 'Cause He Ain't Goin' to Heavei and He Wont Let You," the capacit t house went riot with an overwhelmin n and11 prolonged applause. UK Till \K NKVVS NO IKS ol liitcriHt us Told By Our Regular Correspondent Bethunc, ,\L<ii v h 11. Mr., Mmnu. ! 1 iller of Oh- Union section, ?IuMi about one o dock Sunday morning and was I bulled at Union church Monday morn-I ii'K at eleven o'clock. The funeral I services were conducted by her pas-I toi, the Rev. J. A. Graham, assisted by two former pastors, Rev. J \| Roger* and Rev. R. R. Tucker. The jgiave was covered by quantities of , unusually beautiful flowers which ; sorrowing friends and loved ones hud hiouKht us a final tribute. Mrs. , A7.mwhh '*u* wu'(nv of tlie lute ilunI ml Idler and is survived by four chil ! ''J* lwo *?'*? ??d two daughters, j I he many friends of Miss Margie Josey and C. <\ Rest were surprised , to learn of their marriage which oecurnd at Rishopville on last Thursday afternoon. Miss Josey is the pretty and attractive daughter of Mr and Mrs. Homer Josey of the Turkey i* reck section und was a student in the Hethune high school. Mr. Rest is the son of the late C. C. Best of Hartsville where the young couple Will reside at the home of Mr Rest's mother. . One ol the most delightful soei.il | ui fairs of the past week was the elegant three-course supper with which the Woman's Rible Class of the Methodist Sunday school complimented the I members of the men's cluss. This supper, which was served at the Be. Lhune hotel and attended bv about seventy guests, was the result of an 'enrollment contest between the two < lasses in which the men were sue. ceasful und, consequently, were entertained by the women. , During the evening interesting addresses on Sunday School work were vtnc'c'rr.k*v R?v. J. H. Graves and Mr. latum, of Rishopville. Special music was furnished for the occasion ! !*?' Truesdell and daughter, Miss Katherine Truesdell. j The out of town guests included i Mr. and Mrs Ed Davis, Mr. Rhamo, the Rev. J. H. Graves and Mr. Tatum, of Rishopville, and Mrs. J. A. Graham, of McBee. . Ihc School Improvement Association held its regular monthly meetViV* iUt school auditorium on last Wednesday afternoon. After the busj mess session was over an attractive program was given as follows: Cho'us by high school girls, accompanied .by Miss Liezie Mae Riley; Origin of St Patrick's Day, by Miss Ruth Watts; Solo by Miss Stella Bothune. Brief, but very excellent and timely, address by Mr. J. C. Foster on "Some duties of parents toward their children of school age as seen by a superintendent." The second and third grades won the prize for having the greatest j number of mothers present, j Mrs Olivia Therrell, of Columbia, was the guest last week of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Robertson. Miss Mildred Billings, who teaches ,m the Bethune school, spent last week-end ,itt her home in Lancaster ! Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Blackwell, of .; Hartsville, spent Sunday here, the , guests of Mrs. Bessie Seegars. Miss Lizzie Mae Riley, teacher ol ; music in the schools, was at her hom< '' i" Orangeburg the past week-end. Alvin Clyburn and Lester King . bave been visiting friends in Colum. | bi?* Mrs. Birdie Dixon, of Lakeland ? rla., is visiting, her sister, Mrs. Doug - las Mays. Mrs. C. L. Mays and Mrs. jd. O . .Ward spent Tuesday and Wednesday r!in Columbia where they went to set i the picture, Ben Iiur. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. D ( Laffitte will recret to learn that thej j; both are ill with influenza. } { The younger -son of the Rev. Hueki .; "as been quite ill with pneumonia, re _ I quiring the services of a trainet i nurse, but is much improved at pres 'lent, * Death of a Little Boy 1 William Leonard Frietag, age. * three and a half years, son of Mr 8 and Mrs. Ernest R. Frietag, died a the home his parents on Thursda; 1 afternoon last after a short illnes from acidocis. Funeral services fo ' the child were held^on Friday after * noon at five o'clock, services bein: ^ conducted by Rev. J. T. Peeler of th ^ Methodist church and the' body wa buried in the Quaker cemetery, th ? grave being covered by beautifr 8 flowers sent there by sorrowin i friends of the fond parents, o - Woman Succdmbs To Burns * Mrs. Mamie Cameron Copelaiu e w'*e ?* Mr. Arthur Copcland of th (1 Wateree Mill village, who togethc ' with an infant was horribly- burnc last Thursday evening about 2 o'clocl .n lingered until six o'clock that aftei noon and succumbed to the burns* * The funeral of the mother ar baby was held at the Wateree Mi village church the following day ar * the burial nr^s at DeKalb, nine mil. north of Camden. Funeral eervie. '* we conducted by Rev. T. L. Wl d lingham. ir fr, British food experts say Cleopat ;y ate onions in large quantities ai g Used gaHic and other highly scent ,1^'?nt"her ***". ' III K KIRK BRIGADE" 1* Nairn- of Great Film To lit- Shown Here Tiu sday Next < amdcii people uro urged to set? tht? gieut film to bt* shown here on Tuesda>, March 12, as a benefit for the n < umden Kire Department - a volunteer organizat inn ulwujra ready to re-. *pon<l day or night. \ Nine out of every ten fires might nave been prevented! ll l* th>* appalling fUi.t thai prompted the Metro-Gold wyn-M uyur studios to produce "The Kire Brigade, the spectac ular human interest s?l?iy of the firo fighters, that is to be seen at the Majestic- Theatre Tuesday. The picture, however, is not merely u preachment, but one of the most entertaining and thrilling pictures ever produced, though any audience viewing it cannot help but be impressed by the needless loss of life and money through flames, according to Hunt Stromborg, the producer. A< coldinn to the National Firo Protective Association, the average annual pr< perty loss in the United .Spates ;s m ire than a thousand dollars a minute, and in 15121 reached the amazing total of $:> !8,000,000, eleven times greater than the average annual Iohs of all Europe. The greater evil, _ however, is the fuel that every year, .{<.,000 human casualties are suffered through fire, of which number 15,000 prove fatal in the most painful manner. It is the belief of the International Order of Fire Engineers that a motion picture, such as "The Fire Brigude will do more toward alleviating this great loss through fire than any other one thing, and it was with this in mind that the studio was approached by this order in the matter of producing the picture. Louis II. Mayer, vice-president of the organization, heartily endorsed the idea of the film, and gave the entire resources of his Rtudio to the making of the picture. The cast is headed by Muy McAvoy and Charles Hay, and includes Holmes Herbert, Tom O Ilrien, Eugenie Bessorer, Warner I?. Richmond, Bert Woodruff, ' Yivia Ogden, DeWitt .Jennings, Dan Mason, James Bradbury, Jr., Erwin Connelly and others. It. was directed by William Nigh. A large portion of the proceeds of the production are to be turned over to the International Order for the carrying on of its fire-prevention work, and another portion is to be \ given to various fire and sick benefits, . maintained by fire department locals. LOST HIS RIGHT ARM Bad Accident to Mr. Julian Rush ; Last Friday Afternoon While at work at the planing mill . of the Guy Lumber company, near the Southern depot last Friday after. noon Mr. Julian V. Rush happened t.? ^ the misfortune of losing his- right,V arm at the elbow. Mr. Rush was working around the j /nachinery when-bis sleeve caught in a cog wheels-pulling his arm'in and--" ? crushing it at the elbow. He suffered j greatly from shock, but the injured _ member was amputated above the elbow and Mr. Rush seems now fully on the road to recovery. Mr. Rush is a married man with a \ wife and eight children and the loss ># of his arm is most unfortunate. He t h?8 large family connection and y scores of friends all throughout the a county who sympathize -with him in r his misfortune. 1 Masscy-Smith e Miss Sallye Smith and J. C. Massey s took their friends in Kershaw by sure prise when they arrived here Mon- il day morning from New York as bride g and groom returning from thejr brief honeymoon. They were married in New York city Wednesday last. Mrs. Massey, whose home was at Berlin, Maryland, has had residence i<5 in Kershaw, long enough to both be r come well-known and to b*ve formei. ?d a wide circle of friends, wliile she was iii .charge of the millinery department r- at the Kershaw Mercantile and Banking company's store for two seasons, id and afterwards three seasons at the ill si ore of Catoe Brothers, id Mr. Massey has been engaged in es *he practice of law here for a number of years and has served Lancaster county as senator, and has a host of friends at his home and throughout ra the-gtate. 1 ^?? ?y ?"* - > c-^yujL-^i rid The friends of both congratulate ed them and extend their best wishes.? Kershaw Era.