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v ' ' " ' * / ' " ' - . " v.-".. ^ k lamteg Ifmtlit Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14,1909. One Dollar a Year - . ==s V > COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. t _______ i News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, October 11.?Farmers L are still rushing their cotton to marr ket. They say the prices are too L good to risk holding for better. " More than 100 bales were sold here Saturday at 12% cents average. From all the information that can be gathered, the crop in this section is more than two thirds gathered and sold. Only a few bales have been * VaM on#) thou otto nnt vorv far from ~ UU1U, auu vuv/ UA v MW the railroad station. Our school opened up with more scholars than we expected, and more are coming soon; say next month when the farm work is near done. Labor is so poor until several of the farmers with large families and farms have to use their children to gather their cotton. i i The millinery shop folks here are busy getting their stock in shape for opening day, when they expect to display their stock of hats to the best advantage. The men folks may as well get some money ready for the occasion, for the lady folks say they haven't any chickens to market and the hens are not laying worth a cent, so the hat must come from some \ 4 source of the whole machine will f stop. The Woman's Missionary society at Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church will have a public exhibition, such as recitations, readings, singing, etc., with a speech on missions by Mr. W. M. > Oxner, of Olar, on the 4th Sunday morning this month in place of their ' usual service. The public will be * profitably entertained. The colored folks had a picnic at Three Mile Creek Saturday. Practically shut down business, as all the colored laborers who could manage to get there, went. ? / The high price of cotton this fall has put the notion in all the darkies' , heads, who can, to run a farm another year, so hirelings are going to be few, if they can get farms. They are busy trying to get tbem now. The weather is dry and our streets are very dusty, but not enough so to % keep down scraps. Had a little one In town Saturday afternoon, resulting in one party getting knocked out in the first round. No one seriously * hurt. A few bad bruises and soreness a few days will end it we hope. Mr. H. N. Folk was in town last week selling cotton for his tenants. JEE. ^ News from Fairfax. Fairfax, October 11.?Mr. and Mrs. I 6. M. Rhodes and their sister, Miss Peeples, were guests or miss Annye Moye this week. Another Lyceum course has been f established here, and the fine lectures, etc., will surely draw a large crowd of visitors. f Mrs. Angy Burckhalter, so lately a widow, has gone with her children to > visit relatives at Barnwell. When she returns she expects to keep house for her father, Mr. Joyce Williams. Lady members of the library association here often vie with each other in making puns, but none of us have equalled the following: "By the wav." said the visitor to the bishop, "do you know there are times when it is dangerous to visit an Episcopal church?" "When is that madam?" he stiffly replied. "Why," said she, "it is when there is a cannon in the reading desk, a big gun in the pulpit, when the bishop is charging his clergy, the choir is murdering the anthem, and the organist is trying to drown the choir!" + The life insurance iirm of Loadholdt & Barker has emplayed as stenographer, Miss McKenzie, an accomplished lady from Charleston. * Mrs. Jno. Weekley and Miss Hogg, of Ulmer, were guests of Mrs. Lily Myrick lately. w Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dowling spent several days with relatives near Varn* ville this week. This is millinery week here. The k two millineries had their fall openX ings, and there is a bewilderingly \ beautiful display of such "loves of hats!" The exquisite taste of these /ladies in decorating is to be commended. Did any one else have a hand in it, eh Roy? ( Mrs. Harvey, whose husband is employed in the oil mill here, died very r suddenly Thursday night, leaving a young infant. Her remains were, carried to her old home for inter, ment. Mr. Sydney Padgett has returned from Florida, and is attending school here. /' Mrs. L. Hanna, and Miss Fitts, of Gifford, were visitors here this week. \ f I ?? Mr. John Preacher says he is im{ proving more in health here than at any other place he has visited recently. He may take a trip to Cuba soon, and take with him his lovely niece, Miss Lizzie Wilson. But we hope they will not stay long. * WILLIAMS AGAIN IN POWER. Thomas F. Ryan Put Off Board of Directors of Seaboard. The reorganization committee of the Seaboard Air Line railway, at a meeting Friday in New York with the board of directors, increased the directorate to nineteen members. Three directors, Thos. F. Ryan, of New York; Maj. J. H. Dooley, of Richmond, Va., and William A. Garrett, of Norfolk, were not re-elected. i/ne ionowing were eieciea 10 mi their places and the three positions created: L. F. Lorce, John B. Ramsay, John Skelton Williams, J. William Middendorf, Franklin C. Brown and Hennen Jennings. As at present constituted the board has apparently a preponderance of members friendly to John Skelton Williams btween whom and Thos. F. Ryan there was a contest for control some years ago. The annual meeting of the company will be held November 14 and until then, it is understood, nothing will be done toward electing a president to succeed W. A. Garrett, who resigned that office and also as general manager when he retired from the directorate last summer. Mr. Williams was former president of the railway and Mr. Mid- i dendorf former vice-president. Messrs. Williams, Ramsay .and Jen- ' nings were members of the commit- | tee which formulated the plan for 1 the adjustment of the company's affairs. Clemson College News Items. We have about seven hundred < boys in our corps this year, and there are nine representatives from Bam- < berg County. < The old boys are busy studying now and the "rats" are busy waiting on the old boys so we all are very J busy. ' i All of us are looking forward to Fair week now, as our next short vacation. Captain Stokes went down to Columbia last week to make arrangements for the encampment, so it really looks as if we are going to ] the Fair again this year?much to ! UUi UCli&lll. \ J We were very pleasantly enter- 1 tained last Saturday night by "Vic- < tor's Band," which was the first num- ! ber on our lyceum course. < We were defeated in foot-ball by V. P. I., but we won from Davidson; ' and Coach Williams is getting the team in winning shape now for Carolina and Georgia Tech. j I hope there will be a large crowd .J from Bamberg in Columbia Fair < week to witness the Clemson-Caro- : lina game; and of course we'll all root for "Clemson." The game will be played on November 4 th. < H. S. ! Clemson College, Oct. 11, 1909. 1 ] Cope News Items. i Cope, October 9.?Mr. G. Marlon 1 Barton, formerly of Cope, but now of ! Lake City, is in town for a few days. ' He came to attend the regular month- ' ly meeting of the W. O. W. at this i place. At a meeting of Cypress Camp, , No. 161, W. O. W., last night, J. H. , Clark was elected clerk to fill the : vacancy caused by the resignation of . G. M. Barton. J. H. Valentine was , elected doorkeeper, in place of J. H. j Clark, resigned. R. Shirer was elect- ! ed banker, in place of W. O. Tatum, , Jr., resigned. The camp will give an oyster supper on the 21st. The following were ( appointed as a committee on the , same: J. B. Williams, A. L.; Joe. H. j Clark, clerk; Gwinn Griffith, sentry; J. C. Gray, man, and W. H. Smith. Mr. Vernon Brabham and Mr. R. K. Henery exchanged houses and ! moved into their respective homes i on Tuesday. Dr. H. M. Barton and family will leave Cope some time this fall for 1 Walhalla, S. C., where the Doctor has purchased a new home, and will reside in the future. Mr. G. B. Kittrell is making preparations to build a nice home on his place, recently acquired from the estate of his mother. Mrs. F. Motte Cope, of Greenville, is here, spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. Vernon Brabham. The stork visited the home of Mr. an^Mrs. J. M. Brickie on last Sunday and left twins, a boy and a girl. Mr. Vincent Bates, who has been with his son in Columbia, is here on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. M. E. Oliver. Timrod Literary Society. Kearse, Oct. 11.?Each member of The Timrod Literary Society is requested to be present at next meetincr TTriHov ovAnin? nt pisrht thlrtv. as we have important business matters to discuss, besides election of new officers. CRESSIDA BRELAND, President. "Mama," said the exasperated young lady, "I wish you wouldn't hang that old parrot on the front porch these evenings." "Why not, my dear?" asked her mother in surprise. "Why, I think before you bought him he must have belonged to a street car conductor. Every two or three minutes when Edwin calls he chirps out 'sit close, please.' It's just too embarrassing for anything." IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. W. H. Harrison, a white man, was arrested at Greenville on Wednesday for stealing a horse in Spartanburg. Three white men were tried for murder at the recent term of court in Aiken. Each was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary. David Haulsbrook, aged six years, was shot in the breast and killed on Wednesday at his father's home near Walhalla by some person unKnown? whether by accident or design is not known. The monument at Kings Mountain to celebrate the American victory there in the Revolutionary war was unveiled last Thursday with imposing ceremonies. The monument was built by the general government. A verdict for $1,000 damages was given in the Orangeburg circuit court last week against D. S. Wilson for carelessly driving an automobile ana causing a man's horse to run away and break up his buggy, also injuring him. A jury at Spartanburg on Wednesday returned a verdict of $4,700 against the Southern for the killing of Miss B. R. Hand, a sister of of Prof. W. H. Hand, at Duncan, a year or two ago. Miss Hand was a teacher, and was run over while walking across the railroad track. On Monday at Edgefield two children of County Supervisor Moultrie, a grandchild of Mr. J. C. Seigler and i negro boy were bitten by a mad dog. Fhey were playing with the animal when it' was suddenly seized with rabies and bit each child. The have been taken to Georgia for treatment. The Keeley Institute at (Joiumnia has changed hands, Dr. J. E. Poore selling out to Dr. J. P. Ott. The latter was physician in charge when Dr. Poore took charge of the institution a few years ago. The "Keeley 2ure" is well known throughout the State, turning out about one hundred patients annually. Young Burnett, who was charged with making way with the funds of the Bank of Graniteville while employed in that institution as bookkeeper, plead guilty to the charge of breach of trust with fraudulent intent at court in Aiken last week and eras sentenced to serve six months in fall. Rather a light sentence for embezzling $7,800. Some months ago Judge Gage renJered a decision in the case of the State against Jeff DeLay, of Columbia, who was charged with selling liquor under the guise of a so-called social club. The judge's decision was favorable to the defendant and the State appealed to the SupYeme Court, rhat body handed down last week a sweeping decision in the case, which seems to put a ban on all social clubs where drinking is allowed. Several companies of the South Carolina National guard stopped at Stroup's store, seven miles north of Yorkville, Wednesday afternoon, while on their way to the battleground, and after they left, Mr. Geo. - TTTUti ?V. nf 3. VV 1UUUUB, WJUV n as iu tuaigc \jl the establishment discovered that a number of articles were missing. He telephoned ahead to McGill's store, two miles further on, and as the result of investigation by the officers, five pairs of shoes that were afterward identified as the property of Mr. Stroup, were recovered. James Henry Jacobs was shot at Bennettsville Friday night in the knee by French Revels, and died Saturday night. Jacobs, with several others was at the home of Revels where an ice cream supper was being served. A disturbance arose and Revels picked up the gun and started out of the house with it. Jacobs and Revels and one other man got hold of the gun, and in the tussle the gun was discharged. Physicians were summoned, and it was found ? *z?v ? W. f V> A 1 AfT TVt/i LLCUtr&aai j tu aiupuiatc; tuc? 4^5. xuv patient had lost so much blood that he was too weak to overcome the shock. Before dying he stated that the shooting was an accident. Rebukes County Officials. Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 11.?Gov. Donaghey issued a statement to-day rebuking the officials of Garland county for ignoring his letter of Friday asking them to prevent the State fair at Hot Springs from operating on Sunday and stating that if any further violations of the law atj Hot Springs were called to his attention he would see that the officials could not claim that they had not received his notice. All Workmen Safe. Key West, Fla., Oct. 12.?The Florida East Coast Extension rail way steamer Phil Sheckel arrived here this afternoon from Sugar Loaf, bringing the first direct news from the thousands of men employed on the extension, concerning whom there was grave apprehension. The camps at Bocachica and Sugar Loaf were destroyed and the grade for 30 miles above stock Island is badly damaged, but there has been no loss of life along the line. Jones Bros, received last week a car load of horses and mules. They also have a new lot of buggies, wagons, whips,, etc. See their line before you buy. HURRICANE IN CUBAN CITY. Most Serious Cyclone Since 1906 Strikes Habana. Habana, Oct. 11.?The most serious cyclone since the big blow of October 17, 1906, struck Cuba early this morning, causing extensive devastation through the whole western portion of the island. In the city of Habana many minor buildings were blown down or unroofed; almost all the trees were uprooted and five persons were killed, one by an electric wire and the others by falling buildings. About 25 persons were injured. The greatest damage done was in the harbor where 40 or 50 lighters, launches and small tugs were either sunk or. blown ashore. At Casa Blanca "great anxiety was felt throughout the day for the safety of Ward line Morro Castle from New York and the Plant Line steamer Miami from Key West. Both of these steamers, nowever, arrived at o:au this afternoon, having kept off shore for hours awaitkig an abatement of the storm. The total damage in Habana and vicinity is estimated at $1,000,000. The greatest individual loss has been caused by the destruction of the half coal elevator conveyors of the Habana Coal company at Casa Blanca, estimated at $2,00,000. It will be possible to raise the greater number of the wrecked lighters. Communication with the interior of the island has been interrupted except with parts of Habana and Pinar del Rio in which the orange and other fruit crops suffered severely. The tobacco crop has not been seriously affected, beyond the washing out of the seed beds which at this season of the year are capable of re newal. The heavy rains and the gale began at 2 o'clock this morning which rapidly increased in intensity and reached cyclonic proportions at 5:40 a. m., when the velocity of the wind was about 120 miles an hour. The gale came from the south and southwas a short distanoe west of Habana. was a short distance west of Hamana. The storm continued with unabated fury until 3. The wind subsided tonight and indications are for clearing weather. During the height of the storm a Spanish brig struck the wreck of the battleship Maine and remained fastened to it until pulled off by the tugs. The only stamer overdue is the Chalmete from New Orleans. Shot Companion and Killed Self. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 7.?While her male companion slept on a couch in her apartment, Mrs. Fannie Waters, a fashionable dressmaker at 144 ; South Main street, directly across * TT^irtl r\ ? ?-U t, in 11V/ill LUC IlULOl KJCLJ UOU, OUUl 111111 IU death and then, going to her bed nearby, sent a bullet plunging into her brain some time last night, according to the theory of the police department. Both parties cold in death, were found to-day, and a quick investigation by Capt. Perry and members of the police department led to the theory of murder and suicide, the woman using the revolver. The dead man is supposed to be E. C. Flanary, and a penciled notation on a card gave the address as 265 Madison avenue, hut the name does not appear in the directory, and no one by the name of Flanary is known at the address. Intercession for Ex-Sheriff. Washington, Oct. 11.?Attorney A. H. Clift, of Tennessee, to-day presented to the supreme court of the United States the last of a number of briefs hearing on the petitions of Joseph F. Shipp and a number of other resi-; dents of Chattanooga, charged with complicity in lynching a negro, Johnson, after the supreme court had taken cognizance of his case. There were originally about 25 of the defendants, but the number was gradually reduced until the last term of court, when seven or eight of them were pronounced guilty. These included Mr. Shipp, who was sheriff of the county, and his deputy, Jeremiah Gibson, who was the county jailer. In his brief Mr. Clift charges that the court erred in many respects in reaching its conclusions, and he especially asserts that when Johnson's lynching occurred he was not in the custody of the federal court but of the State authorities. Mr. Clift especially sets up in his brief that he appears as the friend, and not as the paid attorney of his clients. He speaks of them as "old Confederate soldiers and men or nign standing" in their community. The Unexpected Truth. The minister was spending the afternoon at the home of one of his members. The father told his little son to bring some apples from the cellar. The child obeyed and in the kitchen found an especially large red one which had been brought up the day before, so placed it on the dish with the others. When they were passed this was the apple the minister took and feeling it so warm, remarked to the host that the cellar must be very warm. "Did you not bring these apples from the cellar, Ned?" "Yes, father, all but that one pastor has; it was in the kitchen." "Why didn't you tell me?" asked the pastor. "Well," with childish frankness, "I didn't think you would take the biggest one on the dish!"?The Delineator for November. Watch our show windows Saturday. We will display the biggest lot of bargains ever offffered here. KLAUBER'S CASH STORE. STORM ON FLORIDA COAST HURRICANE DOES GREAT DAMAGE AT KEY WEST. Feared That Many Lives Have Been Lost in Wake of Moving n~l# Cfnm UUM UIV1UII Key West, Fla., Oct. 11.?As a result of the hurricane which struck the southern coast of Florida this morning, Key West to-night is a mass of wreckage and the damage to property is estimated at $2,000,000. Martial law was proclaimed by the mayor at 6 o'clock and the Key West guards are patroling the city. The United States Government has been asked to dispatch troops here without delay, to assist in patrolling the storm-swept area. Chaos reigns on every hand and few people remain in their homes, hundreds of which have either been totally wrecked or damaged. It is impossible to say at this hour whether there has been loss of life, but it is feared many lives have been claimed along the coast. It is known that many have received more or less serious injury and reports are current that several lives have been lost, but these have not been verified. The storm reached its height at 1 o'clock this afternoon when the wind reached an estimated velocity of 100 miles an hour. There was a hard steady blow from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m., when the wind began to die down and by 4 o'clock the centre of the hurricane had passed this point. While the hurricane is the worst that Key West has ever experienced, the local weather observer announced tonight that the indications are that the entire east coast of Florida will suffer terribly tonight. Of 100 local vessels in the harbor this morning but five remain at anchor, the others having either gone to sea or been washed up on the beaches. The streets along the water front are a mass of wreckage. Brick as well as frame buildings throughout the city suffered alike from the fury of the heavy wind and many miraculous escapee from death or serious injury have^been reported. Besides the several score of residences either totally wrecked or blown from their pillars, nine factories were partially destroyed, Including the Habana-American, Martinez, Nicholas, Rue Lopez, Fleitas Torris, Cortez and Wolf cigar manufactories. No. 1 and No. 3 engine houses of the city fire department were destroy ed, the firemen narrowly escaping, and several of the horses were killed. The top of the First National bank was blown off, the postofflce damaged and two running gears of the government coaling station were wrecked. Every telephone and electric light pole on Duval street, the principal thoroughfare of the city, was blown down. As soon as the wind had subsided plundering began. The city police VI. x. UV. ik/s lorce was uname to cuy? wnu uc situation and the mayor decided to take stringent measures to suppress the looting, his proclamation of martial law resulting. Almost every nationality is represented among the city's population of more than 25,000, about one half of whom are employed in the cigar manufactories, sponge fisheries and salvage companies. Missionary Meeting. Allendale, Oct. 12.?The Woman's Missionary society of the Savannah River Baptist association met at Allendale last week. Thin was well attended. there being more than 30 delegates from the several societies represented present. Among them were Mrs. A. L. Crutchfield and Miss Edith Campbell Crane. The ladies of the town and community are pleased with the success of the meeting, a special feature of which was a talk on home missions by Rev. V. I. Masters, of Atlanta, Who was invited by the Woman's Missionary society to be with them on Wednesday evening last. After services Wednesday evening a delightful reception was tendered the visiting ladies by the Allendale W. M. U. at the home of Mrs. E. H. Oswald. Raises Unusual Question. Washington, Oct 11.?The ques tion whether the ordinary insurance policy insures a man aginst death by legal hanging is raised in the case of the Mutual Life Insurance company vs. J. William McCue and others which was presented to-day to the supreme court of the United States. McCue is one of the children of the late Mayor McCue of Charlottesville, who was found guilty of murdering his wife and hanged for the offense in 1905. About a year previous to the crime McCue took out an insurance policy of $15,000 in the Mutual Life. The company refused to pay the policy on the ground that "the death of the insured by hanging under sentence of a court of justice annulled the contract of insured." A High Financier. Little three-year-old Elner received a dime for taking a dose of castoroil. The next day her big brother Fred asked her to pick up a basket of cobs. "How much will you give me?" she asked. "A nickel," replied her brother. "Humph!" said Elner, "I can make more than that taking castoroil."?The Delineator for November. # REDSKINS NOT DYING OUT. . Indian Population Has Increased 4?r 000 in Last Two Decades. Washington, October 10.?Tho popular idea that the American In* dians are decreasing in number Is dissipated by official figures, showing that to-day there are more than 300,000 Red Men in the United States. The increase of population of about I 40,000 during the two last decades it - -J attributed to the Government's constant efTort to uplift the Indian to tho level of contemporary civilization. Three and one-third million dolltft is being expended by the United States annually for the education of more than 30,000 Indian boys and gins. ^ Two Views of Motherhood. Some years ago, an America* ' friend and I were passing through a street in the city of Tokyo, says Adachi Kinnosuke in The Delineator tot November. We came upon a gateway which smiled like a May-day festival, and like it, was full of ' M people. "What's all this fuss about, my ; friend," asked me. "Have they hit a * gold mine?" No, they had not. To the good people tne occasion meani a aeat more than the uiscovery of gold. It , was the coming of a baby. The proud parents were sending out messenger! into the four corners of the city an? nouncing the glad tidings of exceed- ' ^ ing great joy. And I told my Ameri* Vj can friend: "Do your people make such a fum about a baby? Babies are born every day in this country, aren't they?" Which was true. But we look upon this matter entirely in a different way. It may be that this is one of ^ the relics of the past, but we put emphasis upon the continuation of a family line. Confucius, whose ghoet is much more powerful in Japan of to-^ay than all the prophets and phtlosophers now living put together, made childlessness a just ground for divorce. The coming of the baby fffjj means to a mother more than meat, aye, more than a fashionable gar? ^ ment. It is the social insignium with the JaDanese mother: nothing deflnea her social rank as finally as the baby. . 7$$ The Nippon society is heartless to the childless mother; it brands her sa /rjw "the stone-woman;" it exposes her to Vs/Jjji the galling pity of all her more fa- g vored sisters. In the sterner days:of ^ the samnri ideal, she was an object to 'M be shunned, like a leper. The child- , less mother did not dare to impoao herself upon society. A rather far cry, this, from the fashionable Fifth Avenue atmosphere, isn't it? Half of Key West in Ruins. Key West, Oct 12.?Half the city is practically in ruins. Over 500 houses have been destroyed and fcfsS more than 100 ships wrecked as a suit of the hurricane which swept this city yesterday afternoon. Sevea , Vil churches and nine of the largest faotoriee in the South also were destroyed. Thousands of men are now at work clearing up the streets under the direction of Mayor Fogarty. One death is reported, that of . Frank Gray, a photographer. To-day hundreds or homeless were roaming the streets. Fortunately the weather is bright and warm, and .. ' there is little physical suffering. The war department has instructed the commandant of the coast arttl* lery companies stationed here to aid the city authorities in every way pot- ?jj sible, and tents and bedding will be distributed by the soldiers. At this time no estimate can be . V&8 given of the financial loss caused by the storm, but it is believed it will be between $2,000,000 and $3,000,00b. It will be weeks, and in some in" stances months, before the big to- 3 bacco factories will be able to resume operations and business generally ' . /&!? - -* t*.* at laaat Will ue ai a Buiuueuu w? a? >vav? ,/V: several days. > As soon as darkness fell last night thieves began their raid on the hornet and office buildings destroyed by the storm. The police were unable to cope with the situation and Mayor Fogarty immediately called for the organization, and the city was placed Key West Guards, the local military under martial law. In the residence districts the streets in many instances were rendered im? ? passable by the ruins of the houses. Whole buildings were picked up by '% the gale and hurled across the street, and only the advanced warnings of the weather bureau prevented a heavy loss of life. Along the water front the beaches were strewn with the wreckage of small boats of all kinds, and here hardly a building was left standing. while piers and wharves were all swept away. At the time the storm broke yesterday afternoon there were tiaowItt inn vpoaIs In th? harbor. The majority of these were swept to sea or broken up on the beaches. Negro Beats Police Officer. Charleston, Oct. 12.?Police Officer Breedlove was badly beaten this afternoon by a negro named Perry MoNeal, whom he had placed under arrest on the complaint of an East Indian peddler that the negro had stolen some articles from him. The negro resisted arrest and was clubbed by Breedlove. The negro seized the club and dealt the officer several hard blows when the men clinched in a hard and rough and tumble fight An officer on a neighboring beat came to Breedlove's assistance and the negro was safely landed. Breedlove is not seriously injured. Breedlove acted with great discretion in not using his pistol, refraining from doing so on account of a number of children and others in the street who might have been struck by a stray or spent bullet |ij ' i ^