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Hihi iHambrrg iimdii Thursday, August 5, 1915. ============================ j SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. The many friends of Mrs. W. R. McMillan, who is being treated at a sanitarium in Charleston, will be pleased to learn that she has greatly improved. The many friends of Miss Allie Morris, of Ehrhardt, will learn with * regret that she is still confined to her bed, and hope that she will soon be out again. Mr. E. H. Henderson expects to commence work within the next few days upon the erection of a residence on Railroad avenue. The residence / will cost about $4,000. Mr. S. M. Goodwin, who lives about four miles from town, exhibited on the streets Tuesday a limb from a pear tree on which there were thirteen large, well developed pears. Will some one kindly tell us why the R. F. D. men's organization is called the Rural Letter Carriers' association, when they carry everything from a postcard to a bag of corn? ? ^ Miss Stella Lancaster has been awarded the Winthrop scholarship from Bamberg county. A large number of young ladies contested for this scholarship, the -examination being held on July 2nd. Mrs. J. M. Morris, of Davisboro, Ga., was called to Ehrhardt Saturday on account of the illness of her r daughter, Miss Eda Belle Morris. The friends of Miss Morris wish for her an early recovery. The friends of Miss Bettie Steedly, who was operated on recently at Dr. Steedly's sanitarium, Spartanburg, Will be glad to know that she is rapidly recovering, and is expected to return home this week. gsV The telegraph line connecting Bamberg with Ehrhardt has been about completed, and it is expected it will be put into operation within a short time. The line will be operated by the Atlantic Coast Line railway. Between the drought and the ex cessive neai 01 me pa.at mu ? CUAOy j crop6 have suffered greatly. Corii seems to have suffered most. Many v ' fields of corn were literally burned up, and the yield has without doubt been greatly cut down. t Some of the drain pipes on Main ; c street are a source of much annoyance during rainy weather. A num*ber of them empty right on the sidewalk, and pedestrians have to detour around them or take a drenching. These pipes should be fixed. The editor of the Newberry Observer says he is going to learn how to play rook and get in the swim. If he will learn how to play checkers and come to Bamberg he will be able to get up a game before he walks half a block down Main street. *' We have received cards from Mr. C. J. S. Brooker, who, with Mrs. xjiwktor making an auto tour through Northern States, and he 8ay6 they have had a fine trip. The " roads and weather nave been fine and there has been nothing to mar the trip. "Please take out my ad. I -have sold out." That was what a gentleman who was running a "For Sale" advertisement in The Herald said Some of the commodity advertised was shipped to North Carolina, a subscribed there reading the advertisement and sending in an order. Mrs. C. E. Simmons and family moved yesterday through the country to Blackville, where they will reside in the future. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Mitchell will occupy Mrs. Simmons's residence until January 1st, when Mr. B. F. Free,.who recently purchased the premises, will move in. Mr. Rex. E. Smith has sold hi6 interest in the Thielen Theatre to Mr. J. G. Black, who win continue iu operate the amusement place in the future. Mr. Smith left Tuesday for Charleston where he will spend a fewdays. Mr. Smith has made many friends in the city, who regret that he is leaving. The Southern railway and the Atlantic Coast Line will run the annual mountain excursions on August 11th. Low rates are announced on these excursions to the mountains and seashore resorts. Special trains will be operated, and, as usual, a large number will take advantage of the excursion rates this year. Capt. Frank Fishburne, the Souths champion checker player, says he would like to come to Bamberg and | play some of the checker players here! this summer. Capt. Fishburne is a native Bambergian. and has a host) of friends here. He plays about a half! dozen boards at a time?and does it blindfolded, and it is a very rarel thing he ever gets beat. He played j six games in Greenwood the other day, and was defeated by only one. Enforcing Auto Ordinance. The police have received instruc tions to strictly enforce the new or dinanc-e relating to automobiles. Th< new law requires all machines t< come to a complete stop at the cor ners of Elm and .Main streets. Rail road avenue and .Main street, anc Bridge street and Railroad avenue Several cases have been reportec and nominal fines have been inflict ed for violation of this new regula tion. Chief of Police Miley says hi is going to enforce the law regard less of u?o the violators are. Wreck Delays Trains. Early Sunday morning a wreck oc curbed on the Southern railway ^iea Branchville. on the Columbia divis ion. The morning train to Charles ton from Augusta backed up to Fel der, where the wreck occurred, an< took on the passengers from the Co lumbia train, delaying the excursion ists about two and a half hours. Thi wreck was caused by the breaking of an axle of a freight car. Thi track was torn up for some distance and the wreckage was not clearec away until Sunda? afternoon. Th< Carolina Special 'was detoured to Co lumbia by way of Bamberg ant Blackville, and very little time wai lost. Cutting Scrape in Church. Friday* night while services wen being held in Macedonia, a negn church at Cope, Paul Blair reacrhet over a bench in front of him and cu Geo. Roach, in the left leg. Every thing was in panaemomum iu a. ier minutes' time, and cries for the po lice were plentiful. Chief Dowie who was just winding up the task o putting out the street lights, happen ed to be just in front of the churcl at the time and soon had Blair arrest ed. though he had to knock hin down once, and then draw his gun 01 him when he advanced again. Ai 60on as the chief put the handcuff! on Blair, he turned him over to J deputy, and then went into th< church and got them all quietet down: then the meeting was con tinped to the end. Blair was placed in the guar< house, to await developments, ai Roach's wound is quite a serious one When questioned as to why he cu Roach, Blair's answer was, "becaus* he has been trying to get betw;eei me and my wife for about a year.' Blair at one time was separated fron his wife and is considered rather ( bad character. Storm Strikes Bamberg. Monday the news reached Bam her? that a coast storm was on it! way in this direction. Memories o the famous August storm of 18 came into the minds of the people Early in the night, the storm reachec thi6 section, but without the furj that was expected by many, whc said "things were just right" for i repetition of the big gale of manj years ago. However, the wind blev fiercely, and considerable damage was done around the city. A gooc many trees were blown down, anc electric wires were on the ground ir some places. The storm came from a southeast erly direction, and practically everj roof in Bamberg facing in that direction leaked. Those who forgot tc close their windows found theii rooms and stores drenched with wa ter Tuesday morning, and several stores were literally flooded. Man> I awnings and signs wer blowr down. One eign, that of Mr B. Shulman, was blown against tht store window yof Mr. El A. Hooton breaking out several panes of glass A tree was blown down in the fron' porch of Mrs. L. E. Livingston's home. The rain fell in torrents from mid night until nearly forenoon Tuesday It was perhaps the heaviest rain ii years in Bamberg. The farmers re *?'* "* 'tomoiro tn onrn U'hifl puit aiuvu uutuwQv w , was blown down. Other crop6 wer< also damaged more or less, and th< excessive rainfall after the loni drought is likely further damage al crops. Victory for Bamberg. In a game of ball featured by j multitude of hits and errors the lo cals scored a victory over Fairfa: by the close score of 12 to 11, 01 Friday. The excitement lasted u] to the last part of the ninth inning When Bamberg came to the bat ii the last half of that round, the scori T?-oc. 11 tft irt in favnr of thp visitors Capt. Rentz of the home lads start ed a batting rally which resulted ii the score being: tied, and Black, ; substitute, pounded out a hit to shor right field, winning the game. You mans, for the visiting boys, has pitch ed for 2." years. Armstrong for Bam berg got a home run. a triple, a dou ble and a single out of six times a bat. Fairfax .'.012 r.OO 120?11 l.r. Bamberg .. . 303 200 202?12 14 < Youmans and Rivers: Rowell an< Cooner. Umpire, Hoffman. New Advertisements. Call for Prohibition Meeting. G. Frank Bamberg?Overland ? Cars. 5 j Rizer Auto Co.?Ford Announce" ment. J. B. Brickie?The Worst Spill You * | Ever Had. j Peoples Bank?As Time Reaps . Each Year. Bamberg Banking Co.?The Solid 0 Foundation. Southern Railway?Annual .Mountain Excursions. John E. Carter?Notice to Credi tors and Debtors. Bamberg County Dispensary? Monthly Statement. Richard Morris and Frank Joyner ?Notice of Discharge. Farmers and Merchants Bank? j Extravagance is a Dangerous Car. Atlantic Coast Line Railway? - Mountain and Seashore Excursions. - County Board of Education?An ? Act to Require School Attendance. Reunion of the Moye Family. j a On Sunday the children and grand. children of Mr. M. A. Moye, "of Fairj fa,x gathered at his home to cele5 brate his seventieth birthday. Mr. Moye is an old Confederate veteran, and is "well known throughout Bamberg county, where he has numerous friends. Mr. Moye was the recipient 2 of a number of presents, attesting > f-Via ootdom in whieh h<? is held. The I following were present: Mr. J. C. t Moye, of Bamberg; Mr. and Mrs. G. - S. O'Neal, of Delray, Fla.; Mr. F. M. r Moye, of Bamberg; Mr. and Mrs.'M. - A. Moye, Jr., and children, of Au, gusta. f - Carlisle School. 1 ' We have received a copy of the j new catalogue of the Carlisle school j at Bamberg. 5 It is one of the best illustrated s booklets of its kind we have seen in, x a long time. We do not know who a the printers were, but we know they I gave the school a superb job. The contents al60 were well and carefully prepared. The unmistakj kble evidence of^a thoughtful mind s may be seen on every page. The Carlisle school is today one of! t the best preparatory schools in the State. We are glad we are able to j j give it our unqualified endorsement.! We have only one fear, and that is! } that we will not be able to keep Mr. . I Guilds there many years longer. [ 1 " " v I Of course it is always an anxious' time with parents when they have to] send a son or daughter away from j home for an education or to go into] - business, and there is always a cer3 tain risk to run, no matter where a s f student is sent. . > We must always remember that . there are no entirely perfect condi-, 1 tions anywhere on earth. r After parents have done the bestj > they could, at home, all they can then! i do is to turn the children over to the! r good providence of a faithful coven-! r ant keeping God, and if they have > the grit in them, they will make good. I I ?Southern Christian Advocate. Athletics at Carlisle. i Prof. R. T. Fairev, of Branchville, one of the professors at Carlisle school, was in the city Tuesday. Prof. Fairey states that preparations are being made to give special attention at Carlisle this coming ses*sion to athletics. He is manager of the foot ball team. Mr. Paul Whittaker, a recent graduate of Wofford, .will have charge of the athletics of Carlisle this year, and it is stated ' that Carlisle expects to have foot ' ball, base ball, basket ball and other " athletic organizations the coming season. Death of Mrs. E. F. K. Roof. Mrs. Nettie Root, wife of the Rev. , E. F. K. Roof, of Ehrhardt, died in . the Columbia hospital early Saturj day from uric poisoning. She was > 28 years of age and had not been j married quite a year. The remains , were taken to Leesville, her former j home, early Sunday morning for interment and the funeral was held at Luther chapel at 10 o'clock. Services were conducted by the Rev. H. A. McCullough. pastor of St. Paul's 1 Lutheran church, Columbia. Mrs. - Roof was a former member of St. < Paul's. i Before marriage Mrs. Roof was J Miss Nettie Craps, daughter of Wil liam Craps, of Brookland. She was i well known in this county, where - J she made numerous friends. Before | her marriage she lived in Swansea. -1 where she was making her home i when married to the Rev. Mr. Roof i in September. 1914. Her husband t is pastor of the Ehrhardt and Mt. -J Pleasant Lutheran churches. at Ehr hardt. in Bamberg county, to which - charge the Rev. Mr. Roof was called - immediately upon the completion of t his theological studies at the Lutheran seminary in June. 1914. The 1 young couple were exceedingly popu:> lar in Ehrhardt and were performing 3 their churchly duties with marked enterprise. Victim of liattlesnake. i"" The two-year-old daughter of Mrs. j Annie Garris, of Round, just over the. line in Walterboro, met with a horri- j ble death Monday, the result of a rattlesnake bite on Sunday. The child, it seems, was going down a path in some weeds and the snake apparently was lying across the path, the child stepping on it. The strike w was fair, hitting the child in the w large toe. and making a deep wound, . from which blood was pouring when assistance came. The leg was cord- ^ ed. prolonging the life of the child for twenty-four hours. Had this not ^ been done, the doctors state, death would have resulted in ten minutes. e The snake was a male, and the male ^ rattlesnake, unlike the female, has si no rattles, thus giving no warning of ^ its deadly strike. e When it was attempted to kill the ^ snake it put up a fierce fight, and d two men were required to kill it, and then with considerable danger to themselves. This is the first fatality of its kjnd in this section for several . years, and the age of the child makes it the more sad. 11 Secures Overland Agency. w Mr. G. Frank Bamberg has secured the agency for the Overland au- h tomobiles in this territory, and on ^ another page will be found his Over- f, land announcement. The Overland i< is one of the most popular of the t! popular priced cars, and this' is the tl first agency to be established in Bam- b berg. Mr. Bamberg has a shipment s] of these machines ordered, and the q cars win De on nana soon. jo English Sparrows I)rown. _____ fi Monday night during the heavy 81 downpour of rain, a large number a of English sparrows were drowned. p In many places in the city, there were a multitude of the little birds found dead on the ground Tuesday morning. One hundred and thirty- ** two dead sparrows were picked up in the yard of Mr. B. F. Folk, just back of The Herald office. r< n Married on Friday. h h An interesting marriage took place at the Methodist parsonage on Friday afternoon at five o'clock. The ,j contracting parties were Mr. Novo ^ Frank Bleckley and Miss Rachel Lur- w line Grimes, both of Branchvillp, S. S] C. Dr. Watson B. Duncan performed a the ceremony. Immediately after he f( marriage the couple returned to ^ Branchville, where 'hey will make their home. The many friends of the t< popular couple wish for them a pros- a perous and happy life.?Orangeburg t] Times and Democrat. ? Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Tant. a Mrs. Elizabeth Tant died at her b home near Denmark Friday morning, r< July 30. Mrs. Tant was sixty years n of age and had been in bad health o for many years. She was buried at tl Ghents Branch, the funeral services k were conducted by Rev. Mr. Hopkins, n Mrs. Tant is survived by her husband, Mr. H. V. Tant, also by five sons and four daughters. Much sym- tl pathf is extended to her friends and f( relatives. t< ? ti The Pipe O' Pan. t( d Once 'on a time long, long ago a Before the dawn began, n A nymph there was of Dian's train p Who was beloved of Pan. Yea. Lyrinx bounding through the c. glades 0 E'en scorned the love he gave, ir And fleet of foot 6he fled away Unto the stream to love. tj w After her with his out-etretched arms h fan mace nis auxiuus ?aj, g, The frightened nymph her fellows n spied n Where often they did play r, A-wading in the shady pool. d For them to intercede 0 She called, because she was afraid.. t] They changed her to a reed. j( a Pan drew the reed up to his lips. With grief the lover sighed. But lo! A plaintive melody . Unto his grief replied. His heart was soothed; he broke the c, reed; ? A pipe of it he made. A lovely strain, "This, this is mine. At least," is what he played. , ?J. B. RICH. Electric Lights Impaired. d The electric light system of the " city suffered considerable damage on account of the storm Monday night. The superintendent and his force worked all day Tuesday and into Tuesday night repairing the damage. ^ and succeeded in getting several of b the circuits into working condition. ^ Few street lights could be turned on ^ Tuesday night, and some of the resi- a dence sections were also without 01 ,. , a; imnis. m _ n Mr. Bacon?When all the fools are v dead I don't think that I shall want si to be alive. f< Mrs. Bacon?Don't worry; you w won't be. n \ THE OUTLOOK. By the Observer. ? f f Well, sir, this is a funny world, a a enuinely funny world. That is to ^ iv the people in it are funny, and if ? lere were no people, there q ouldn't be much world, so it f ouldn't be no world, so it is 11 11 right to say it is a fun- c y old ball. You know it has 0 een mighty dry, is is dry now q hile I am using my old quill. I e ope we have had some rain, though, 13 efore this gets into type. As I start- p d to say, it has been very dry. But- ^ m blessed if I didn't hear a man ^ ay tfie other day that he hoped it F ouldn't rain because his wife want- 1 d to take an automobile ride. What r o you think of it? Of course he * r id not think about what he was * lying. And he didn't mean it at 11, all of which goes to show we on't always mean what we say. The lea is we hear a little thing like lat; we know that the person saylg it is talking unthoughtedly, and e don't mind it a bit. But?. A fellow comes along all out of umor; got out of the bed on the rrong side this morning. His cofje was too weak, the ice man didn't ?ave any ice, left his umbrella at he store, et cetera. So out of sorts Sat he forgot to kiss his wife goodye. When you see him, he talks hort, and then your dander gets up. ne thing always brings forth anther, and first thing you know he lakes a remark to somebody who ?els just like he does, who will reart to blows?or worse. And then pile of trouble stacks itself in the a ath of the quick-tempered one. * here's plenty of time to think after * is all over with?oodles of it. But s ie trouDie is imniung oniy manes . worse then. The thing to do is no.t ? link your honor is at stake every r !me you hear a little out-of-the-way a gmark. The fellow didn't think any * lore about what he was saying per- c aps than the fellow did who 6aid he a oped it would not rain. * I You know one of the finest ways 1 the world to avoid unpleasantness 'ith anyone is to meet everybody ith a smile. It takes a real man to tnile sometimes. But nobody loves grouch. The plain truth ie very gw are even interested in your lite troubles. Quit that old habit of glling people "I ain't much better e >day." They don't care a snap v bout it if you persist in burdening * lem with such remarks some steen" times a day. And you will gel a- whole lot better if you put on bright smile and put your feelings v ehind the smile to back it up. And, a gaily, is it your bodily feelings that lade you say you did not feel well, ^ r was it that note you have due at ie bank next week, and you don't now where you are going to get the toney to pay it with? v s Speaking about notes, the fact that ? ley come due so promptly makes us j gel sometimes as if we would like 9 > be Rockefellers. Now that dis- a nguished fellow citizen never has ? > worry about his note for a hunred dollars at the bank, but I have I thnf if ho oto a hie din- 1' l wojo ncai u vmmw uv ?-w er he would need several doctors * retty soon after. Well, most us j littleuns" can eat all the dinner we T in afford to buy. And I imagine 1 ur millionaire friends would be will- * lg td give a good many of their mil- q ons if they could do some of the r lings we can. So things are pretty C ell equal after all. Other folks j ave their millions, while* we have ood digestion, which millions can- 1 ot buy. So why worry? We are ever by ourselves in the matter of c oubles. Everybody has them. The D ifference is some people will insist ( n thinking about their troubles all * ie time, while others continually j >ok on the bright 6ide and think jj bout the cheerful things.. I This "moralizing" is not exactly l qiy line, but there is just one othei / ling I would like to say. When you lose up shop at night, or quit plow- ig, or whatever you are doing, leave our business at the office, or field. * Whatever your troubles are during . lie day, be pleasant and cheerful hen you are at home. The wife s oes her part to make you happy; | on't make her unhappy by continu- _ ig to think of your troubles at home. e Cotton Opening Fast. Several farmers have stated to The [erald reporter that they expect to ^ egin picking cotton within the nextiv ?w days. The recent hot dry days!* ave caused the staple to open fast, S nd there is now considerable open otton in the fields. This is rather arty for cotton to open, and may _ lean, possibly, that the crop will be|^ ery short. Many of the farmers iC tate. however, that their prospects ,a )r cotton this summer are good, j ? hile others state that they will not '0 lake a half crop. ifl /. *: To Hold Prohibition Meeting. , ' * A call, signed by a large number % f Bamberg voters, has been issued ^ or a meeting of the prohibition orces of Bamberg county to be held. ^ ,t the county co6rt house on Monday. August 9th, in the interest of . irohibition. The election on the uestion of voting out the dispen- g aries of the existing "wet" counties ^ 5 to be held on September 14th. The ^ , all for the meeting is printed on an- ,, ither page. Mr. Thomas Black revests that we state that there were levei! other petitions out in various irecmts of the county, but that these letitions had not been received by , lim in time for publication. All >ersons interested in the pro- _ . osed issue of State wide prphibi- ^ ion are irK'ited to be present at the neeting, at which such steps as hiay, y te deemed necessary to the cause of >rohibition will be taken. ... ?-? ' wm May Put on Night Shift. ' -i The Bamberg Cotton Mills com)any is considering the advisability, ' -j >f putting on a night shjft in thfr. ; J nill. The change in the mill's grade >f goods may make this necessary. g;"j t is stated that if the night shift is >ut on probably no more operatives ] vill be required than are employed . ' it this time. The mill has found that t he new grade of goods are much nor? salable than the goods farmer- 4 y manufactured, and that the out>ut of the mill can be materially in,- 4 :reased. Nearly all of the machinery * 1 las now been changfed for the manu- ~ j acture of the new grade. Negro Killed at Govan. 1 Tuesday afternoon David Jamison, 1 negro man, was killed near Govan >y the Seaboard Air Line train No. N 15. It is stated that the negro wae - itealing a ride on the train at the . .ime. He was put aboard a passen;er train after the accident and carled to Denmark, where he died i ihortly after. None of the detail# ^ vere known by the authorities yester- ;|P lay morning, uiuer man uue atxu ind one of the negro's legs were bady crushed. ~ ? ; Wk Hopeless. < a,; . -Optimist?At last! I am at the ;nd of my trouble! ; ' * ^s>3i Pessimist?Which end? Weekly Weather Forecast. ^ Issued by the United States weath- ,, >r bureau at Washington, fon. the reek beginning Wednesday, Aufeust v i For the South Atlantic a^d East ivSgj Jnlf States: Generally fair weather will preail, except that local day showers ? > re probable in the Florida peninsu- 'a. Temperatures nearly normal. ' J 3ALL FOR PROHIBITION MEET- . ing. South Carolina?Bamberg Comity * -We, the undersigned citizens and oters of the county of Bamberg, re- \j pectively call for a Convention. of ^1 * hose interested in prohibition to be " ield at Bamberg in court house, at - ,-^8 0 a. m., on second Monday of Aug., M th, for the purpose of organizing *9 nd taking such steps as deemed -N ecessary in the interest of prohibl- AIon. (Signed by the following from ~ lamberg:) D. J. Delk, D. W.Phil- ^ ips, W. C. Zeigler, Robt. Black, A. lice, E. F. Free, D. Besainger, C. W. A"' lentz, H. F. Herndon, G. P. Harmon. % ~p 3. O. Watson, F. E. Steedly, C. W1. -,J ; tentz, Jr., LaVerne Thomas, C. ,R. Jrabham, Jr., A. M. Brabham, N. j \ Smoak, F. M. Moye, W. P. Hern- . \ ? ? tfl on, S. G. Mayfield, vv. js. rree, k. Hyde Rowell, R. B. Still, W. C. Pat ick, R. S. Simmons, E, A. Hooton, 1 !. E. Black, A. M. Denbow, F. W. t Yee, S. W. Sandifer, J. B. Black, V. .]* j . Hartzog, Chas. F. Black, A, B. Itsey, C. B. Free, Thos. Ducker, 'hos. Black, T. J. Rentz, H. *1. Gra- . . J am, A. H. Kirach, J. Q. Adains, H. Hinnant, D. F. Hooton, H. H. ' ' tokes, A. McB. Speaks, O. A. Simaons, G. 0. Simmons, A. L. Wilson. v Farrells), G. W. Folk, Herbert Folk, lenry Croft, Frank Brown, Charlie * iiller, J. H. Pearson, C. K. Smoak, i. . J. Hughes, T. C. Steedly, C. W. leard, J. B. Padgett, S. M. Goodwin; I F. McMillan, J. B. Folk. ' SPECIAL NOTICES. * J Ldvertisements Under This Head 25c. f For 25 Words or Less. . f: - - .== ; ? For Sale?See L. B. Fowler, agent, ' Or sash, doors, blinds, moulding, etc. 3amberg, S.. C. tf x For Sale?75 bushels native rye -.*4,j eed: also plenty of dry stove wood.. Vj 'rices reasonable. See L. F. SANDI- A 'ER, City. tf. ^ For Sale?Pigeons. Colored Homts $1.50 pair: White Homers $2.00 I >air. Squabs, 2 for 35c. J. J. GLECK,EY. tt I Lost?Gold medal, between Mr. J. V. Jennings's and Mr. R. S. Sim- jjj lons's residence^. Engraved on top 1 . as "Reward," and on the bottom * j Jennie." Reward if returned to R. i . SIMMONS, Bamberg. S. C. - -J "MONEY" 'he mint makes it and under the * ernis of the CONTINENTAL MORT- V 1AGE COMPANY you can secure it . ja t 6 per cent for any legal purpose n approved real estate. Terms easy, ; j ell us your wants and we will coperate with you. ? <>8-9 Munsey Bldg., Baltimore, Md.