The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 22, 1922, Image 2

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% >4. THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL. 8. C. T3fie AMERKAM •LESION* (Copy (or Thl» I)«p«rtni»nt 8uppM»<l bj the American Legion Newa Service.) SWAM MEUSE UNDER FIRE Sergt. M. Waldo Hatler of Joplin, Mo Wears Medal* for World War Bravery. In flio flehtinK in France .Sergf. M. Waldo lliiller of Joplin, Mo., swum the Meuse river under fire after a com rade had perished in the attempt, landed within the German lines and explored their po sitions thoroughly and swam back across the river with Information of great value to the American command. For this he has re ceived the croce dl guerrn of Italy, the equivalent of the French croIx de guerre. Hatler met Gen., Armando Pint, commander In chief of the Italian armies in the World war. at the third national convention of the American Legion In Kanaaa (Mty. After thla meeting the Italian dernratiou wap presented at a apeiial ceremony In Joplin. The Missourian alao wears the American Medal of Honor and tba French rroli de guerre. V. P. OF FORTY AND EIGHT C CronhiU ef Laa Angaia* teceng m Cammand ef Lagien Newghhaoaa Clod. la lie <W ('Wtnln «P Fee *• ll-'Oiine* et Halt fhevaag- Thla •aralta la Kng 11 • h. Aa11<sva I Aaai*faat It a 11- • ay A I a t I aa Aget.t of the an He. a ad lUglM I4«e%«a Hat la A H I* pat>4a It Maa-ta far tVe | esOds.t »f the Farty aad Right, the Le gIaa a Itaaghh aamrd afire the •tile Fmerh fcnt.ar* Mult ia carry “ e' ate., etghl Mere. * Thia iai|«mtag rule ta hnnm hy C R f“»»>uaile e< Le. AageW. tlgl. f«g>. •evtt Krat llealeaaal la the Three Itarelred aad Treaty mt hetd alaual hattalMa WIND AND RAIN STORM •WEEPS OVER ATLANTA Atlanta, Qa.—Damage estimated at aeveral thousand dollar* was done here by a teriffc wind and rain storm that lasted for nearly an hour Sunday. A tower on the Constitution building waa struck by lightning and bricks scattered for many yard*, over the street in front of the structure. The force of the wind uprooted trees In many parts of the city and srattFFed JJmhs across wires; temporarijy paralyzing the tele phone and lighting service. Plate glass windows in several downtown store buildings were broken, while the heavy downpour flooded the basements of Wesley Memorial Methodist church and a store building, causing consider able damage. The telegraph companies re- ported their lines practically unim paired. * NEGRO TROOPS ON 1 El 1 V, IS OPINION OF MAJOR GENERAL * ALLEN, COMMANDER OF THE - ARMY OF OCCUPATION. r CONFERENCES Commander-In-Chief 6f U. S. Army of Occupation on Social Vialt ... • In Berlin. SIZE OF ARMY THE QUESTION WEEKS ANSWERS PACIFIST CRIT- ICS IN ADDRESS AT WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY Eirtarmlnatlon of Civilisation la *«F*t*d by the Praatlgt of Arm laa. Pra- Berlin.—The presence of troops of j "lower civilization’’ under the condi- j lions of military occupation is undesir-1 able not only in the Rhineland but any- [ where, in the opinion of Major General 1 j Henry T. Allen, commander-in-chief of 1 the American army of occupation, as j ‘ expressed by him in conference with the American press representatives at j the embassy. He waa being Inter viewed regarding negro troop units on j the Rhine. General Allen will return to Coblenz after a social visit in Berlin. General Allen said In hla connecton with the Rhineland high commission he had been present at a number of conferences with German* with regard to the pretence of colored troops la Germany—first with the clergy, then with university profeasors and later with the newspapermen—in ail of which It waa emphasised that It would be better If these units were replaced General Allen said moat ef the actually black units already had departed Af the Siagaleee had gone and only a GUARDS SIEZE LIQUOR ON NAVAL VESSELS Norfolk. Va.*—Approximately 1.000 quarts of liquor valued at 110.000, were seised by marine guards of the navy yard In a raid on the na- -val jijinsport Sirius, under orders of Rear Admiral Philip Andrews, commandant of the Norfolk navy yard. Officers and men of the ship are confined to their ship under guard. J - The Sirius is commanded by Com mander W. J. Kelton, U. S. N. R. F., and Ensign Harry C. Mechtold, paymaster jn charge aboard the Si rius. Both Commander Kelton and Ensign Mechtold were among those confined to the ship at the time of the raid, but Admiral Andrews an nounced that they, with some other officers and men, had been permit- had been permitted to leave the vessel Both Admiral Andrews and Ad miral Rodman, commandant of the Fifth naval district, announced that a searching investigation would be made under the direction of Admi ral Andrews. SALE OF ABOARD VESSELS AT SEA UNTIL SUPREME COURT DECISION HOLDS PRACTICE ILLEGAL, SAYS LASKER. DRY FORCES ALL AROUSED Chairman Lasker Defies Opinion of ' Fonper Actng Attorney General Frierson. FIVE WITNESSES ARE HEARD INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE PROBING GEORGIA STATE 1 PRISON. IS Watt Point. N. Y ~ Assertion* that (he railed State* doe* Dot need ma army war* met by Secretary Week*. of the War PepartmeaL t» aa address ■ t ih# graduating exarriaee of the Uail-^part of the Madagascar troop* remain » , d Stats* Military Academy with the ed However, there were aboet it 004 statement that "the civilisation of the world reel* on no sarer foundation ’ * ^ did the rivlIisntkMl of Ho* ton * •t the time of the police atrthe. avert* three years ago If N were ant for the reel ratal as forte of the military eetabltahmeat* of aat loo* of the world. - he dgrtared. • a tadeacritiehl* ataie of rbaa* woote! raeait **4 rlvlllaattoa w.»»14 be rapid ly •■terminated tbroegh *elfdeetrer Inquiry poaed Conducted by Board Conv of Suporior Court Judgo* Named by Governor. -QUEE* OF THE C***L ZOKE’ *• •• v.e<a B>mou w «*« Ceetaot ipm* ••rad by America* Lo^oe Department e# Panama T>* -U*~e *f the •(anal Zram” ha* •'H*ore through aa dciertOMrnt of I'snatua The CWOtr-M ••■ • •■II hy Ml«a V|»U HlMrll with 1.. StfT •**» votes Ac- cording to her enthusiastic “•Uhjertir kite I* of the true Amer ican tyjM*. tell, Monde Mild ath letic. The I’ana- tuafi* declare her ram<ms smile would win In any contest over *ny of the beauties of America or Kuro|>e. »> Slightly Deficient. Here's one that has leaked out of an O. T. C. after a couple of years or so: A young man, a good soldier, but sadly lacking In book-lamin', whs for a commission. He stiiggenxl through part of the- examination to the increasing bedevilment of tfle offi cers in charge, but when jt came to geographical questions his Ignorance was limitless. Finally one of the otfl. cers, after listening to a piece of as tounding misinformation, Jumped to his feet and thundered : “My sainted aunt’s black cat! Hece you are—say you want to defend your country—and, by the whiskers of a ring-toed monkey. - you don’t even know where inis “’—American Legion -Weekly. Middle West National Cemetery. ^ On the prairies of the Platte river In Nebraska Is located the only national cemetery in the Middle West-that of Fort McPherson. Here under the cot tonwoods and evergreens of the plains lie the dead of the American wars of the west. Recently 15 of the Wortd war dead from Frgnce have been bur led there by Fort McPherson post of the American Legion. On 361 of tha •erller grave markers 1* the alngl* word, “Unknown.” Tw an* that Ibw t‘aMw4 Buna* fiwwa 14 4 an army, bw *44*4. la )wt •• any that ~Hawtwa. (Til ••4 wnr Mhwr Iwrgw rttlw* 4* nat a pattow (were * *4 thw atnw at ih* army, ww«M always bw a matter •y. ••par • |y a* aftwr a •iwni wnr them la "an alarming tarn 4wncy Mr 'ha •T*mwr4aaw4 laa payer 4t taam n ibw “If N I .! colored traopa still on tha Rhine, cam- poaa4 of North African units among whom a number of what am known na black *«ldtern ‘ am earolled Nona of (hewe wem under hla command, ha added and thorn waa no pro*poet that ( •nr would W General Allen espmaaad (few hop# that abort I y no troops at all would ho required on Ih# Rhine Ha declared the occupation of the Rohr was Too 1 terrlM# to think or* and a move that nobody wants K«*n Ike Franck do not want to occupy the Rabr except to mo* of dtmet naceaotty." Genoml Alton aaoerted He tatlmoted that the danger of disorder ta case of •orb oc- m potion won too a mat for It to bo lightly roo(d*Ay*»'*d Aa rwgarda the • uh<fra w*u. of the Amertmn troops from the Rhino. Own •ml Alton sold he had no tdon how •ong the remaining contingent* wonld Map F!or the present the Amertma soldier we* ratleted and It had be come a eta ad lag byword Id cooaec tlon with peas it le* to any: “yon go boms on tbe nest boat" General Allen mad* It clear that though Ft mi h troops wem being brought ta. bta sector wonld continue to bo diet tartly American •haaid ho aa army of tbo bo thouaond mao which ma be hot yon caaoot have the boa •van a good army, however eooi lodlvtdual elemaou which romp may be a*#!*** H la efficiently Mnaenlc Jubllo* Coda With Farad*. Baa Francisco A pageant port ray- army or >a ff trow th of Masonry ns reflected ound tbe '■ •omm of tb# leading evaata la hit- ■ poo* It tor T and revealing noted character* happened MUIedgevlIle. Gu — An tnvastlgat- ing committee of tbe Georgia supe rior court judge*, named by Governor Thomas W Hardwick to tweatlgal* conditions at The state prison (arm. heard evidence at tha flrut session of the commission that them had been numerous speclflr Instances of Inhu man treatment and brutality A •tale prison welfare worker. Rev Bert Donaldson, told the com- mtestoo that them had bran a great c be age to com# over the last Halloa daring tb* last two weeks since ebarg- •a began to come ont He said that tb* prisoner* worn botag treated as hn- ••* betaga now. wem receiving clean food and that the laatltattoa had been Tho most eenaalional testimony of the day was famished by Henry M Bohn, a released convict from Atlanta, and W B Norton of Macon, who baa boon pardoned Tbe former swore to Instances of brutality some of which b* said ho witnessed, and (he Uttar exhibited bis balpleaa * right arm aa evidence of alleged improper na* of a drag hy tha pbyntctaa of th* inatltn tlon J Ghiistt*. who** newspaper com mualcatloas brought about tb* laveetl gatlon. waa restricted to fact* regard lag l ahum a tmatmsat improper at tention. ladlty on lb* pan of official* sad sanitary conditions Cbrlstlo told ta datall of tha flog glad of R. Le* Denson, ax-sorvkp man of Atlanta, because of someth lag that on the flald Christie proudly claimed by tho Masons as charged that Denson, whom h* said members of their fmtemUy. marked tke close of tb* golden Jubilee of the Ancient rablc Order, Noble* of tho Mystic Shrine Installation of James S McCaadleee. of Honolulu, as imperial potentate concluded the annual meeting of the Imperial Council of the Shrine. Beginning with legendary traces of Masonry many centuries ago. down through the crusades, electrilly illu These figures as to exports and lm- mtnated float* in the parade portray- ports for May a* announced by the *4 t he development of the Maaonlc Department of Gtmtmerre show that order. exports last month compared with Among the events depicted were, f330.000.000 in May. 1921, and import* Paul Revere'* ride, signing of the compared with $205,000,000 for the Declaration of Independence. LaFsy- 1 ■ ■pert Trade Is •mailer. Washington — America's export trade suffered another decline during May. dropping from the total of Ull.- OdO.tfl# reported for April to 1108.000.- 000 Imports, however. Increased la May to f2St.000.000. as compared with 1217.000.000 for April. was subject to flta. was refused treat ment by Dr Crompton, tbe physician of the farm Washington.—Sale of liquor on shlp- ping^bbard vessels at sea will be con tinued, Chairman Lasker reiterated, until a supreme court decision has been rendered holding snch practice illegal under the prohibition laws or until 1 he "has been convinced of its ille gality.’* Mr. Lasker maintained throughout {the day the position taken by him in his letter to Adolphus Busch, 3rd, vice- president of the Anheuser-Busch Brew- ' tng company, St. Louis, despite indies- I tlon that H would be made the sub ject of attack in Congress and the Anti-Saloon league and other dry or ganizations. Officials of the department of jus tice refused to comment on the situa tion but in other quarters attention was called to an opinion on file there which was rendered by former acting 1 Attorney General Frierson, in 1920 Mr. ! Frierson held that tha national prohi- j bitlon act was effective upon ship* flying the American flag wherever they might be 4 According to high department offi cials. aa opinion of an attorney gen eral remains lb* official Interpretation of a law until It has been revoked ay court decisions or by ■ superceding opinion Furthermore they added, such op In I ns always stand* unless request for a review cornea from the same de partment or agency which originally requested th* ntllng Mr Lasker's stand as to llqoor on board American vessel* waa taken, he informed Mr Boerh on tbe antbortly of an opinion rendered hy General Coon**! flchle^nger. of the shipping hoard Th* chairman conferred with Altor* ney General Daugherty and while there goto him copies of tho ■ urreo pondenre with tho Si I^wta brewer Th# matter of llqoor ealra at sea was not th* primary purpose ef Ih# roofer- •ace, Mr Lasker Indicated later, bet It was brought up inctdentatlr Refusing to discus* hla talk with Mr Daugkerly rhatrmau leaker de clared k* wonld not ask the deport ment of justice for a new opinion, be ing entirely aatlafled with that ren dered hy Mr Bchleotnger He added that h# wonld not answer further tot ter* an th# subject of liquor solllac Representative ('pshaw, democrat. Georgia, auuouoced publicly that b* would offer an ame^meat to the ship subsidy bill providing that no port of th* federal subsidy fuad should be need by Ih* steamship Maes on aboae ship* liquor la sold There was talk that such an amend ment would be put squarely before tb* committee Itself One ardent prohibitionist went so fur a* to ezpress tbe opinion that "by nest summer a law will be enacted GAINS 8 POUNDS IN • TWO WEEKS’ TIMt Dyspepsia Entirely Overcome and 8lvh - Eats, Sleep* and Feela Better Than in Years, Say* Boston Resident. *T have actually gained eight poun^ in two weeks’ time and am now eatii better, sleeping better and feeling bet ter than I have in three or four years," said Mrs. Celesta Fell, 32 Prince street, Boston, Mass., recently, fn telling of the gt;eat benefits she has derived fronx the use of Tanlac. *'My stomach was In snch a bad fix before I took Tanlac that I did not dare eat much of anything, for If I did I would have so much pain and dis tress from Indigestion that I felt liker I was going to die. I was so run (|pwn and weak from lack of nourishment that I could not do my housework. “I was so nervous I couldn’t keep still during the day nor sleep at night I can see now If It had not been fox Tanlac I would have had to give up entirely. I am now feeling strong and healthy and all the credit belongs t<b> Tanlac.” Tanlac Is sold by all good dru fist** Censure, like charity, at home. .✓ iould begin- The empty vessel makes the great est sound. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION 6 BcUMNSm Hot water v, Sure Relief *> ELL-ANS 9 25t and 73< Package* Cverywflgr* JUST DRAGGED SO WEAKENED Ftectda Lady Was in a Miserable Cos fltttosi. But Bays B*# Faong Cardwl Helpful, and Got WalL ftl*»oo'«ti*wty. Fla.—In explaining bow xit«* fuood t'anlut so helpful during cbnng* of Ilf#. Mrs. Kiln M. Botley. tbt* |4ac*. sold: "I be* am* so w*ek*n*d M on* aa ef- f.wt fug m# t«» get around I ho*w U hot was (be mot ter. bat I fell Itko 1 ruukta t give up “I Just drugged, sad I certainly uso am««ua. I »*• ao feelleoo I cuutd a*d dtt *h»wn lung—jrt an o«ek I cuutd* t get sbwut Jl lo a muni mtarrabto and sjrtl a bHpteea foettag “I would g«-t dvpreeaod aad eat at bean • “I began to fbet. after awhile, them e as au ua* to try to get well This la alt wrung, for It mokoo a peraua The direct charge was made by Christie that Chairman Davlaon of «*>!«»« th* fading In th* Tnlted direct knowl- foreign Bhlpa on which liquor prison commission had edge of th* "facts In the caae.“ Christie told of W R. Lipscomb being sent to the farm from AUaata In an automobile, "because he was too sick to go by train,’ said the wit ness. "And they allowed him to die with practically no attention.” he ad ded. selling ta permitted Christie said he had charge of the 1 Cotton on hand May 31 in consuming infirmary, and he swore “that men . establishment* amounted to 1.419.M6 who were sick were neglected to a hales of lint, and 159.251 bales of lint- degree that was horrible” era. compared wRh 1.280.723 of lint W. R. Tompkins, white man, died >nd 218.252 of llnters so held a year about April 27, Christie swore, from ago. and on hand in public storage and stomach trouble and from lack of at- *1 compresses. 2,561,007 bales of lint, tention. and 94,181 bales of llnters, compared Judge W. E.- H. Searcy, chairman with 4,738,261 of lint and 260,376 of of the investigating commission, de-1 ,inters 1,0 he,(1 a year aK ° ' dared that the commission men would ‘ Sports amounted to 114,320 bales, find out the truth before it finished, compared with 10.542 in May last year. Exports for May were 469,397 bales, May CensumptleO is 495.974 Baltk. 1 Washington.—Cotton consumed dur ing May amounted to 495.674 bales of lint and 52.344 bale* of llnters, com pared with 440.714 of lint and 48.071 of llnters in May last year, the Census Bureau announced. ' ette’s presentation of a Masonic apron same month a year ago. Department officials emphasized to George Washington, the establlsh- thst the lower values of imports and ment of a public school by Washing- exports as portrayed by the figures ton. and the fall of the Bastille. . did not represent corresponding de- dines in volume of trade but were' Two-Cent Stamp Goa* Everywhere, to a great extent due to the fall In Washington.—Few places are left on prices - , the globe where the ubiquitous Amer- Imports of gold aggregated $9,000,-j j can two-cent stamp won’t take ’an i"io in May were the lowest «for the ounce or fraction thereof” of first class present fiscal year, being $3,000,000; tpaji. less than the April total. Exports of r The recent addition of Haiti and gold aggregated 3,000,000 compared Rannuda to places where two cents with $2,000,000 in April. Imports of silver for May aggregated $6,000,000 against $5,000,000 in April, while exports amounted to $5,677,000.' will carry a letter draws pearer the day when a two- cent stamp will take a letter anywhere, be it north or south, east or west. tlon Picture Producers and Distrlbu- Hays to be at Asheville, Asheville. — 'Will H. Hays, former member of President Warren G. Hard- ng s cabinet, and now head of the Mo- were wounded and four soldiers of the *T had heard at Oardvt. sod th«aght It Might strengthen Me. A mighhar hod o*ed It with good yeewlta ”1 tank toe hot Hr (of ('artist) then 1 aasr | sasnl a* aervooa. so kept It | flP “Grads*IIy By* nervnoaoesa left m*. I began to rat and sleep bettor. Wao ; mmsi sell, and all right. “Cardsl did wonders for mo, aad I certainly do recommend lt.“ Thousands of other women have written, lo (ell of the bmrfldol reenlto obtained by taking t'ardnt, and to rec ommend It tn ot hen*. Cardul has stood the t*#t of exteo- , slve use. for more than forty years. ' tn the treatment of troubles com mow ! to women. Good druggists, everywhere. aelV v j Cardul. the woman's tonic. Try It. I ALLEN’S FOOT* EASE FOR THE FEET Sprinkle one or two Allen’s Foot*Ease powders in tbe Foot Ruth sod soak and nib the feet. It takes tbe sting out of Corns and Bunions and smartinz, aching: f° r lasting comfort, shake Al len’s Foot = Ease into your shoes. It take* the friction from the shoe, rests the Icel and makes walking a delight. Always use It for dancing narties and to break in near shoes. Over One Million Five Hundred Thousand pounds of Powder for the Feet Yvere used by our Army and Navy during the war." In a Pinch, Use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE Attempt to Rob Train of Gold. Calexico, Calif.—rancisco Garcia and four of his followers are dead, seven Mexican army were killed and nine ”Wb Aim t* Pisa**.” Convict No. 711—I hear Bill the lugg la out again and that he a tha wt popular hold up guy m OH- Convict 117—Teak He glvays glsaa Mrh ear far*, a* new ho IM atf tho trwd ffoat* tors of America, wll address Motion wounded in a fight resulting from an Picture Theater Owners of NortlfCar- attempt to hold up a Southern Pacific olina. holding their annual convention here June 20, 21 and 22, with head quarters nt the Langren Hotel Death LldL Is Growing. New York —The death Hat resulting from tha cyclone atom that smashed and swirled Its way through New train laden with $450,000 in gold bul lion, according to a report received here Mrs. Wintringham, \vho shares the honors of feminine representation in parliament with the Virginian, united with Lord Lee of Farnham in saying nice things about the guests of honor's work in parliament and the unofficial mission she performed recently in America. Moffett Explains Aviation Advance. Pensacola. Fla—Speaking before the Kiwanls club of Peaaacola, Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett, chief of the ^ oft and its subRpR| continues to ^ urMU 0 f aeronautic*? announced ex with 15 other persona reported miss- program, particularly hi rotation to lag. Poiue launebas continued grappio for bodies of those attU tag after the storm loft Loog I Sound off City Island »tr*wa • rocked sod eopotaad boots At dfl tcola has Jut railed States to the t tho us* of Bolds boro mad tho aery IlM.kdd at tha Poomrvia IB tocrgodtmg tho six* of Lady Astor Welcomed Home. London. Viscountess Astor was 340 bales of linters exported hailed as a “good fellow" at a gather-1 i as t year. ing of 400 at a dinner given by the | Coton spindles active during English-speaking union to accord the numbered 31.653,061 compared first woman to take her seat as a mem-1 32.836.107 In May last year, ber of the house of commons a wel-1 Statistics for cotton growing states come home after her American tour, j follow: pared with 477,389 bales, including 4,- in May May with Build Hospital For Cripple*. San Francisco.—The laying of the cornerstone of the Shriners' Crippled Children’s Hospital by Imperial Poten- Consumed durlhg May 331,771 bales compared with 268,492 in May last year. On hand May 31 hi .consuming es tablishments 685,792 bales, compared with 573,371 a year ago, and in public storage at compresses. 2,056,536 bales compared wjth 4.255.615 a year ago. Plan Big Electric Plant Washington.—A project for the de velopment of 10,000 horsepower to op erate a proposed cotton mill near Ashe- Shave, Bathe and Shampoo with one Soap.— Cuticura Cutleara Soap i* tho fiTorltoforMfrtyruorihartng. Hay Fever and Catarrh Sufferers No-POLLEN Sxzsftl.i Free Trial Bottle. Ask your druggist of No-POLLEN CO., It Opw* PI.. CINCINNATI. 0. tat* Ernest A. Cutt* waa tke chief of- ville. Jf. C.. f* contemplated by tha grow. Tke known dead now total 46 p*ctad developments in th* aviation Octal eveat to engross the attention Carolina Power and Textile eetotpany. of thr 300.000 Shriners aad visitor* under application Just filed with the of bmr. land aad aoa plana* her# to attoad tha forty-eighth u ; - leral power commission rial •***to* of tho Ancient Arabic Or Tke company asks for a profmlaary der of th# Noble* fko Xl*S* Shriac penult to eouatiwct five power project* This was “got acquainted" day for la th* Ptsgah National Forest ta Hea th* makltdao who trwd tb* hot aaai* doraoo aad Trasaytvaata fro* far off loads to roach the oasts Thro* af tha projects would ho %m tho grwotoat ovoai aa tho tooth fork of MOM river e dOtarflRl himory Becky ark aad Dov.daoa r*e . ELIXIR BAQEK a GOOD TONIC r Dr, \r* MvlarU at tb* Ijwtem, Your 'Bab**' act* like magic- I have given It to numerous people In my pariah who were suffering with chllla. malerlw and fever. 1 recommend it to thoee who ar* 5y ffe o er ? * n< * ,n need of a good tonic Krth 8 ygjyg**- 8t ,8teph* n -. church Perth Amboy, PI. J. Elixir a«b*k. «>1 droggleta or by Parcel Poet. pr*p*vj^, Rlecaewakl A Co WaMtingt«Ja <? ^ Mitchell „ Eye T Salve ForSoREEYES Mbot