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it out. From its appearance it looked to mo as if some one had used some Kind ol' bar to prize it loose. The work 1 .id tl?e appearance of being well done. J. remain, Yours, very truly. Columbia Plumbing and Cornice Works. II. li. Chapman, Manager. Telegram: Columbia, S. C., Feb. 18,11)04. A. C. Dover, Oca la. Flu. Did the State house roof show flushirnrs tnr?> "' ? ? ? ... .< >ivu jou examined it? Signed) Frank 1*. Mllburn. Tvlt'gram: Ocalu. Flu., Feb. 18.1901. Frank 1*. Milburn, Architect. Yes. some halt dozen places absolutely pulled away J'fom wall. (Signed) A. G. Dover. Golumlda, S. G., Feb. 15, 1904. Air. Frank P. Milburn. Dear Mr: 1 am a native of Georgia, "but now a resident <>f Gharlotte, N'. I am a praetieal eornlce and metal and islieet worker, with 22 years actual experience. i did a urettt deal of work on the state capital at t'nlumbia; had charge of the sheet metal work of the Inner dome and the outer dome, and also the guttering, and the same was put in according to the plans and details foi the sumo, by expericm <1 workmen, in a good. workmanlike in. niter. 1 have f ad the published testimony of Mr. Hunt relating to my work, and the .- mo is in the main not true. I hate this day been on the roof an I examined the dome and gutters. The tlo-.r the lantern o! the dome has badly abused site e the work was completed and accepted. There have !. a hohs made in tic copper. whirl. . aust leaks in the inner dome. There it now a piece of timber there with nails in it. which might cause some of rise holes noted. A.- to the guttering, the statement oi Mr. 11 it tit is generally not true. Tiny .it" made of Men-hunt's old method IX tin. which is the stand trd of America, and proper material for that particular 'fork. It rests on a grunite fotmdati..n .t) I Ii n (ill tin pi- tuition necessary. After three years use it is in perfect coin itlun. I have had iiUL'" experience with rim. . ami have been t uniitnr With this .<? ]. <?fi ami un, si nee it \vns pui on. ill tins matter, a, "in tite testimony oi ?r. Hunt is hi rifely untrue, it is as/ tall ;.a l prtivei, atul not tar ami i avel. None of the st ii" used in it.t -: . tl. .ion Were one atei a half or . > lie in . ami tin- little slipping: note.J - oniy seine sli'I.t ex '.-ss of material, in"11 to . Ijeli |-o ! i. 'I'11 ei si lit" in- l ii i e;;ii^s in liiul ami I"-' >i "i'y much i'-ss tluin it was i t because ?if progressive ideas and the .< in tliis kind "f liuarii -s material. Al hoiuth 1 had i iii th" ' eiiini; of the main ' epy-where. m> work was le-.ir 1 >1 i "iiatl conv-'i sat :?ni with .er. i 11'. i lOiil sattie. and I kaow ttiat : i ew cutUnt? cost more tiian it would \a i to repair the oil ene, but to ii\ tie- Dtd otic wotild re?ntlre the imp a of s-pceial er.-pi-rt metal work' ml a i ! it ?! ,! of time. wh ii v. | Pax, i. si;|t t, >; incoiiveuieii > t<i ilio Ii aisl.itui Yours truly. tS:KPei!> <t. t'< Kay. T< Whom it May I'onecrn: ii* itiein ti: 1 have rend with surI i ire i apt. Hunt's Ve tniony in J1. 11 . to the rooting applied pi tile St ... -iii I have the lollnwdn-t i sttbITl. i : The roollru; on this building is what ts i-1 -h i as "w'ai reii's An hor i'.raml. IN'atu.il Asphalt KoofuiKi' ! ' was np. e i I lie "< 'hat lot te Kooi ami l'a\n . t "inba ny" of ?'.'rirlntte. N. r'.. ac I i: I.- to the plans ami st'educations a.l i.teii by lit" Warren t'hemieal and Manufacturing company of New York try. This roof is what is known as An!' <i . t * ? . .in. inn unmu Aspnait looflng," and hi:- he* n api'liou em u 0 I nil | I i ! a I lull-: If < i.iii!-' tin eoal tav. iii- c'.i. 1 tHi prn.i? , and is rout poked out mi" asphalt throughout. In ] .feionce in i'iijit. Jluiit':: assort Ion thai the roof is oj I it ! in no value.- ! iniuht state tl.at tii to mi- ..'tiii> links it- tin- roof. I-: I'.lK.I 1 T'l' II. IMS. 'III. 1,1.1 thrilllL.il in- I nilt of the roiitii . luit far other I . i:. - n( I. . . ! i; in 'film rot i 1 N'iiw, the iiiti a ot liiis nt. is nearly i i .. i .: rtaln, i ahout four inch < 1 ' ! ? it. a Mi 1 i'ii. rii ti' r is weli , ! to t hi-- I'm-, of uiistrut ti u;. m I : we ilu not hesitate ad Voi a;..I IMlthi t > 1 i ; I i;- this liini. . 11 ! 11 i - - witr.se liiiifs have i ui ot li.) ill. : all.I Upwards to I I 'I'llo I .: -?11 ii i|Uat't'/. tl oil fm Vt l.i a e is SMoll US Wiil s through a. in. : h from fi-lG iiu h ' > 'i iu si;?. ami J ain ut a loss to :. i.- I a l. i lloW ?'! !. Hun'. i ail say t! 1 \. as able to lind storv- as bin : . 1 ' I :i's I aos. 111 til.. -Izo of a 111 l: S l?; I suiiit it ti o 11 * \ tosiiiaon.v a a-f.- - of ih" At iior Hrand K>>qIImk. v\51 i 11 has h- -a uttacl il hy '|it. . ami - ! Si il will III III- opt I as i in It Walter 1!. Harris, U ating War:en t'iasniii al a id - ui: ii: tuiiMo ooinpaiiy, 17 Battery ' a. N a ^ oik oil \ . I ::. 1 tl. I 'hat !ott Uoof an 1 !*: vim- 'u.ip repeatedly to sotnl > ! ; lie th:.-- roof. They si nt t titi iuti . iuit thially Mi. th- Mian as;. :. to--! mo thai s .tie >. w a tamp :all', w ith the i < f and li: I la 'It,at ilt-.t Water WAS rttll : 'ii..a 'It. >|e work iiu iiic in tie w pillows. It is a fart that rao of the fra . -> ail ! sasll Wl vii mi during a severe windstorm ' n i aia! more than liko.> tais foi i?ii ot the h aUine i .ui i mi i: \ jnfi rin?l : t; >1 !? i in he 1 in the cii| n > I in>! >.iv .is tn this, tint w t au!i\ whii ii 'in t . f. ^ijr i re, v. s left ii T; ill t i S> Ht'Vs wot ii.I . I ii "i ' t!: rooting finitr.ut \ ia ;tint >r If' yours, \ i t I 111| i-? ?t i | the Suite's i ii Ti i ?li:nutts;i>- ih.it a tine slate i > ' th ' it v. :, it h list l no St ate i i i'ii tut el iv : r. a a.I t lit y ii i. :> i i >i it a(Tnrded pern-ei pio' ii*.. at they ii<i mi* prt ai > it s~ i -le v. itii- - to prove 'h asv-i I Ions. Wi. i ' tie in" The ahsordily of the st i! tie!11 ): nved i the ; I th t the jniat ' il -itaneiii n- i. gottin: lie , | i . iv:. i lit ?ti fur th iinhtt.'Olie We i. I- It1' flint' \i : 1H i.:|I of" ho! i in I like i solve'' Iiesid i holt' ill ?iisi *ma t hli as a i oof, t le t e i' very i . -n portion n. the shite on Ii only t n - rt that t ou d In- ii 'aii i' ground that is. tin S ' ' .it .1 .1 till? Vest Was I'f popper ai l sold ' j innk. Mi in -mis ohjeetions tii tin dor. " h . so tli 10 i teil n.?- to to. i'.-itft 1111. i * v. i.it 01 .1 MV.-J'al ' 1 I should In- i ' aly understood that I : 1H d i t oh*' line t!.: a i' e -. t steel, ,1nsI II . il- I it- t t-u the 'Inii! of e.11 ' M i r. fol Marshall o! . I i i . . iiitl ih romml ai a. a i eve ! rely inflm'tv "d by its di i i i- i y I in, diiei to I i -e i- -. This elUlltRl lie- e si i ii. . i -. -- liu fen-t-d load, a no I to t i. i t'liliy i>ddered the st -i-.*ih of liu- i. n building to sup p. It 'nit . t n;. oM n i \nonse. had n t . vio t i tills line to make n i . i , ml e.it niatlot! of lhe l . i r n - onry. of tile proi . : . i i. i The proposed , h: I- astble, mlt instead oi npi't . ; tit- tioine on two VI- [11' ill'- r t i i*iii hi !"? ! j- !art;e 1ms mtoh p i -i, Mini mk-i-im:; -I tin- thlckin , of all that metal. The expert referred to .aid, "We are sntlsfled that ther?* Is no <jueat;on as to the etrengtb of this r.,i. -.j design." With this change it became r ^cessary to give greater pitch to the roof than originally Intended, and to make numerous modifications and changes In the specifications and detail drawings for the work. For instance, the change in pitch of the roof obviated the necessity for th<* ventilators shown in the original plans, which would have been unsightly thereon. Tin* modified and re -ii.. .. ihhk i<>r uu:< poruon or ui' work ore still 011 file I11 iny ofllce and could have been scon by the Invest 1guting coining tee and their "expert" bad they 30 desired. It is charged that tin* window frames of the dome do not lit. Tills appear'"iv: is no doubt < ai-ved by the fact that soma of them wore blown In during a severe storm hi--: summer. Again, that there are kinks and crimps in the galvanized Iron of the inner dome. Hut thest are no doul.t duo to natural expansion and eontract ion. Again that snnv stones rai the outvie!" of (lie dome are too short, and the contractors tilled up the spaces. Now. the fact is, you cannot keep the water out of a close joint of stones; there must be space enough to calk and cement. and it is necessary at that point, it ni'ist lie understood that the -lit tic water oozing pasi the cement swells ill" oakum and tills makes the Joint water proof. Iti-t the great Bulk of criticism of tilt- work on the dome is that it i:i not according to plans and specifications, and that the elans actually used ore not what tiry should lie. It is true that much of it is no' according to the drawings and specifications seen by tin* committee and their export, but are a substantial " omplame with the modi'ied drawings and detailed working plans. As to the criticism by Mr. Iltu t and the committee -if the plans as changed and actually carried out. I in id that neither ill's contractor nor tills committee are competent Judges. Surely the members "!' tin* committee are no better able to judge of the work, at this time, than 'were the members of the capital com mission, who -aw the work uv it progo veil and when it was completed and accepted. Ninth. That the wood truss under tin portico roof, called for by the drawit.! -. is abvut. After the cuiuiii'vr.loti decided to ..till; th"" before referred to. the wood truss Wfts no longer proper, the drawings were changed tin l . 'eel trussed p -clins substituted, spanning tia portico the shortest way. 1 1. .1.. " .....1... takes to criticise the us.- of built up M" 'pips. :is culled for by the dravvinr. Instead 01' c::|n>r iv s >!i<l stones. lt> deed, they criticise everything exeopt tla- coiitr.'nt 1'ii'f. lilv-h every body knows wis very low. Tenth. Tliat :i -hi-io of galvanized Iron 1 -T2 of an inch thick is :t 11 tli--r? j is h' ,v "ii She interior of the bulMinr. j aid "wiili-, wide world." These gutten i re not galvanised Iron, but tie- best quality of IX tin. which is till- 1.1 M j,utt?I l-lllng 'h it < ; ? be U'-'Mi. <'opper Inst" longer. but t! expansion - t "> ,.* lt. i "S. I-Ut.ers. whi'-ll ale of the usual thii k - or tl is class work, are painted on the timler side, i aulkeil with had In the stone and the titer bed hl>':-' tl.lt oil the stone , nice. Kb-vonth That on- of the Insure lintel stop. - in the rear jiorUen is cruel-. .1, tt i- being the last of the spe'itie . . -irp-s . hl li is numbered. This stone showd IP' ib-feet when, tin wi-rk w is pted. hut has liro- ; ken sinci then, l do not believe it is likely to "give away." Apparentlv pers t sfones will sometimes - rack in a building and cannot be guarded: .gainst. The ooinmitli e could have ..sily found evident t of this fact, had t'toy desired it. i.i several large stones, on t*' .i ff tf^lo "I H" building. wlili li are crucked and .broken, us Is Also a \i-ry lar. stbiu- on the south sjd* t i'u:' the west corner. Next: That the contraeiors lid not pruti t til" interior of the buiidirnj luring the work. li i< almost Impossible to fully prote t a building during repairs and > tapes and let t' < cupaiUs remain to el it is it<>t like an unoc. ujded bui'di. I eon! 1 not, and did not. i . : -rtal.e to pi*.-- i ihe just how the I o!l I,motors all e.lid plo'.eet the Old work, and they claimed to the commission that they had done all they could ti r. it lid. In this connection it must be remem1.-. ! :) .1 nf tl... nlolna f,...... :< iU- i;i iii;T :?-it t -11?- of tin building \v?-i. tlr-re luffor- lit- work under invistimi lion K ;;un. Next: ..s to tlv- i anient floors and \\ I . vi.' : . <>;n a how. ? >!d> d ;> l-ft month I was suri . i i"i tn se?* ir.ueli \\ i > r in the p: Dm r ' n fj .-nt portion., : - it 'i; >1 ot r?iincd t'or Sim ral days. :it . I 'tilled tie alfillli of Mr. \vil ? i-.t Hank f Tin.- Saile > enndii : ?i <. .'til a :?11; 11': > i ion show, d t !: :t th" \ ids of lii h.l.l.ii: y>rv f v. t in-- .. i i ..round out when- th<- dirt \\ i- iiui'i. t 'In- ii .i' ::iu; it absorb- o 1 ho \v:U' r, v '..I i: \va:- not r > absorbed v. In ' : -m.-i t IliMi' . 'iiii-d tli W ills. Tii?* wails sv ' . t i crjulu i 1\. 'I'iiis would ii 'i liii . o I -n t ear- had 1 hoy hf'.'ti bull' hollow in he outs- t Ii '.) cuouffh Mo- k: - for air i o . in ili<> centre. This is one of tlio r. s. i t o in any p. rt f 11 >i. to Ii. . . 1 i <i noil iug to do w ait ?\* As to 11. ifl'f live water olos' ts plumbing. Tii. work v...- ill do before tin " sty hod phimbliu' r ilvs. or an inspe to of o v. is and |; niMnx. ? i e\on a \\.-ii : in. Tla s rir-..- vary in dui. iota cities, and in the ubsen< e of iiuj 11 t .i.r. 1 rulfs h nrchiu t sui h plans and niothOds a." -Ofin l.o.st i nisi . rime location and surroundings. general appearance and sank. ; v rules, in all t' natters (. ., ft i..ovri..' |U.-1 .' wi iij\> greitly iniprovod on old ensels in tin i aseiivnr. . i)i' a v " >n n I Hi'ii i. >i. .ii ..su iil ? ir 11 i lie > i 'inn1 simi its eha: ?? in- Slate Ionise in);.I o\ "Micnts. I U u i ihrit t I;t? 'lie is a 1)1* III . I veil Iiior- Vellti. l.y oil 11 i?- l.i as. a : . si i, . nhirwisi. ns Ihi present location w as n<. i mi for i" pun <>r there hi!i.l li. In n in * nil! ii inn. I think I I f : >w ilitf W I enable i! i il>l|i' *o ini'in i i'ii. . i- i estimate a the Inclination of this invostlttatlnfc i i s i -fX 11t: i .ill of A W. i" "! -11 i ! :.. Iiisa i-i ior i.i .'.v. .-i .ii i ! * J 11 i 11 i i?. I t'ui-n No. s. . ity Hall. I ! iinliia. S. l*Vh 1 I'.mt. M Krank I' MilMim, Sil ! i ill' ' - I I t a la ji'Msiii-i in siaii;.,: Hi it the t>iiin.:>iiiK i i tiio i\> n ; . n- i' tii S:; In.us. will 'Oil.;);, i* aver;:'. ly w ith . iy t. in. '. a:'.; i! I has i nmc under ir.y oh> iinii in thi s city whit a was in aio t i alaniliinit rules. The olo . a i oli-.i t tixturi'.s arc . y.ood u".: ii> '! !: (n in.opal defect found w i . 11. ii.i 1 ! .*r von. til 11ion. u rasp . i uily. A . \V. rMi'iiH, l! ' I -Ii.' I < >: tractors, as ' naked iri'spa -'rrs." . iirriod away i . i i in o I I -mil. which f.'.In : nli I- 'ju'i'iy nf the State; .:m.1 ilv committee say- tliej attempt ,|v*'the r.ct hy an iti-m oi the p ' i in .us. which lines not support 111 note . ! I " 'I his i> another or itlence that the ii nice iliu not consider the reports of iho i .ipitol commission. .?s the legislature <:I?? < ted it to do; for it n( j>? us in one <>f toporfs that under the item < !' the s|>e< ilicatlons referred to. itie contractors, and other bidders, ivveie told before oidding that they j ' would vet all the old material, except the marble; that the contractors allowed for the vulue of this old material 1 ! in their bid; 1'iut the commission fully i i invest touted the mutter; that the at- j 1 toiuey general yuve his olliclal opinion ! that the K*n?ral opinion had been that | the contractois owned tne old inuteilal, und the commission could not : 1 claim It; that the opinion of the ultor- i ney neiieral was approved by the commission, excepting oniy air. Marshall; and the commission refencd Mr. Uar- tunh'I's proposition to it to buy the oid material fiom the contractors. 1 repeat that i cannot beneve that j litis investigating committee cunsid1 cred tljo report, or knew of tliese tacts. It they did, 1 think a discriminating j public can sue that they tire determined ' to uphold Col. Marshall's minority reI port, oven if u suppression of cold tarts is necessary. I Generally: As an evidence thut 1 gave the State good and honest service in the expenditure ol' its money on the State house, ! I and in refutation of many charges ; made, but iiol sustained, by the in- : vesliguling committee, I desire to suo- ; mil the foil iwing stateir.ents of hon- ' viable, widely known contractors, notwithstanding the chairman of that committee, on the floor of the senate, where lie was secure from reply, deal ended to the tactics oi to .ng to besniirch and impugn any of and all Willi-.sea who dared t<? speak the truth, a not in support of his report: .Nil iiolus inner, Contractor, 1'. O. Box lioG, Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta. Ga.. March 22,11*01. Mr. Frank i'. .Milburn. Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Your favor of tne 20th to .nil:.:. 1 examined the material and .vorkmunship at capital building, aim llnd it a tiist class job. 1 consider it a good, substantial pa ce of work. Yours truly, (Signed) Nicholas iilner. Contractor. Sa\unnuh. Ga., Aug. 17, 1D03. .'Jr. Frank i\ Mlibuin, Columbia, S. i C. Dear Sir: In reply to your inquiry I of August 7th in regard to toe worn rcc.-.nly done on the State house, I will say that 1 have had considerable experience in large work, and have had i quite a number ol contracts from the United States government. ' was one of tne linn of the Stewart Contracting1, romp. ny, who i?nl for tin: contract in 1 l 'Sum! .a. i va:s 111 Columbia Aug. i till, and while tiit-ie luspucteil the .-u-.ie iiiiui-i' As a whole, i tiiink 1 iho wi.rk very satisfactory. There may lie wiiue minor things that 1 would have done different if 1 had been awarded the contract. Anyone looking to llnd i.iuit can uiua.it; ilnd it. There is one thing certain, the slate of South Carolina, in my estimation, has re elvi'd full value lor the money exploded. and now has a capital that my State might well be proud of. I?:.is is no honest and unprejudiced j opinion. Yours truly, (Signed) J. E. Jturgess, Manager, Savannah Contracting Company. Note. .Mr. 1 Surges remodeled interior of postotlice building in Columbia, in 1903. Augusta, Oil., Sept.2, 1903. Mr. Frank ! '. .Milburn, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir. In reply to your favor of Aug. 2:.th. wanting aii opinion from us on iiie new Slate capltol In your city, we beg to say the writer has frequently gone over this budding during construction and since it was finished, and consider it as good a job as it is possible jo make out of a remodeling Job, and b dng familiar with the price paid lor the work, 1 consider the Slate secuied a regulut excursion price on that building. We have had considerable experience in remodeling work, and know how liiilicuit it is to make every tiling perfectly satisfactory, as there is something il\va>8 in the way that cannot b<- moved. Yi a would have no trouble to prove up values lr the matter was invt . t Igateu, as you know from exp .iiciice tim t it is much easier to criticise than it is to execute. Yours very truly. (Signed) J. ii. .Mclvenzie & Sons, < ieneral Contractors. By Charles K. McKenzie. Johnson City, nn., Sept. 20. 1903. , Mr. Flank 1". Milburn, Columbia, S. i*. Dear Sir: lb-plying to your inquiry of Aug. 25th, a.-aing my opinion of the rk recently done on the South Carolina Slate house. 1 will say that I considered the s.iinc well ? xeculed and fully up to tin s'.iunlard for such work. I have had experience in remodeling old ipitols, and have found it hard to please every one, os they do not un e , - valid the many tii.-.mles that we have to coni ..u with. I am surprised tii;tt any o! joetions are raise i in re id to tli<? job, ,is ] lowght the quulitj of tin work *:? ne, considering the <lit..m itwas well worth the price p.ii . fur it. 1 should think it would be worth fully SJOO.c.a t.? duplicate the unto work now under the present conditions of maikcts, etc. Yours truly. Signed) J. 1". Purrish, Contractor and builder, Lynchburg, Vu. Columbia. S. C. Fob. 3. 1904. Mr. Flunk 1'. Miiburn. Coumbiu, S. I \ I'.v,' sir: 'Renlving to your favor of to. lit date. ii wh? !i you request us to .n ; the work done on the Slut-eap'.toi building at Columbia, a. C\, tic hog >o advise . s follows: After a careful inspection <?f the work, we arc prepared to say that in out opinion, tint tlo- work seems to have been porforn.-'d in :t substantial arc workmanlike manner. In our opinion, the uppropi i i, ion wa> entirely too > all for the amount of work undertaken. Very irulv your , ?Signed) \V. 'I tliullon Co.. I a. 11. H. ' I t 'low, ? :! Contrai l' 's j, eksonvllle, Fla. I' dumhii s. t'.. Feb. 15. p.mm. Mr. Frank P. Miiburn. D'-.u Sir. I i .i\ t!u: day been through th e.i;.;' >1 hu idinc at Columbi'i. S. C.. and ..fter looking over lie v. or I ...ii ' islled hat the work don" t e. 'i-iur is a faithful l?.. >ri of tlio s;>i: 11 and intent ?u' tin plain an i i jflce.tions, as the wot f done i worth great ileal more til I ,i hi- . out I' ll I ' ' lee. I a.I retiii Mi Hunt's report a? to st ' i . ' a . lie r i. lit and am satis I t he is lively too high In t . .1 to : h- eti its- ! , || , ,;i uefore the cement set, in w i h i ..si the damages would i." ; in > fo Mimi till A . 1 wo.; 1 l.' ' l.'tlv . that in re'pti in: or nddit ? to buildings there aie t yje.it m nr things which no hiliiv oj. the pm t of the archit -ct can for . and which .nive t be taken up as they b veiop: after carefully lo>; i: over the n alt i am .satisfied It. t tie ari! . > i w..tr . ...I ? -nti actors i-?- nvc.ifor and Un.llum i dml h i ill.- si.mil.- used is not as h . it a-- In- ?>." ,ir.al guMiito the ' \!ur<* boinpr nor, It wr.uld not vli- ?::: tinb' . I find that tlie ?;< -ill. itions provide that each .-lass ai r style of v a shall he so many wits and th< - ivork would not he i .! n hy ' lie <-o;i factor as his guide in pi-rfortnii);- iii- uitrk. whi! the genet s' i and outlines would he the 1 i that the removal of 1 mentioned in Mr Hum *? . weal -n -he structure. '.ink I": lantHin which you l-i . -i :oi i-1. iir w s prop. r. 1 lind i ha-kness ol the celling and Riitifts are such ii>- are used on all good buildings. It is my experience as n eontrnctor i for 20 years that a number of roots : l&A .. <v>.- lima <.!>?.. II... is completed, and to cover this a guarantee Is given for one yenr. The copper and tile roof on the government building in Augusta leaked from time to time and gave the officers considerable trouble. Respectfully. (Signed) T. C. Brown & Son. Per T. C. Brown. General Contractors, Augusta. Ga. THE GOVERNMENT EXPERT. N'o douut the public Is curious to know something more of Mr. Hunt, upon whom the committee seems conlent to rest for the support of its numerous criticisms of designs, plans und ....tix. ..mi mr outsit' cAtriniim HI Hit; plumbing. 1 had understood, until last week. that the name of this witness was H. H. Hun:. and that he was a government architect, as Committeeman Patterson announced In the house, and 1 made diligent inquiry in Wusliington as to identity and standing. >n the limited time at my disposal since Thursday. I have inquired as to tile work, position, etc., of Mr. S. 8. Hunt. >i suiting in the following inform: lion: Before going to Washington/ Mr. Hunt enjoyed the reputation of being a good mechanic. The Washington pity directory for U."3 oiuniris fii? name us a contractor. T'c congressional directory does not chow tiny such ofilce as "superintendent of constructing of the United States capltol." The last congressional directory shows as connected with the otllce superintendent of the capitol: Superintendent. Elliott Woods. Congressional hotel. Chief clerk. George II. Williams, 210 E. street. Chief electrical engineer. Christian P. Gilem, 612 East Capitol street. Clerk. John Welch, 310 North Carolina avenue. S. E. W. H. Kilpatrick wires: "Architect soys neither S. S. Hunt nor H. H. Hunt, su: erintendent of construct ion capitol. Never heard of such Hunt." J. K. Taylor, the supervising architect of the United States government. wires: "Office has no knowledge of S. S. Hunt in connection with any of its work." Paul J. Pel? of Washington, one of the three architects (and the only survivor) who designed the famous eon-* gr'-ssio.iat library, says that his name is not in the government Blue Book: that lu* neither knows S. S. Hunt as a builder, contractor or architect, and that if lie had been of prominence in either capacity, he would have known him. Will South Carolininns endorse the libelous report of this investigating committee, confessedly based on the opinion of this witness, in the face of tl <* opinions of Nkholus Ittnor of Atlanta. J. K. Burgess of Savannah. Charles K. AfoTvpnzto of Ainriostn I I." Fairish of f.ynchburg, G. H. Hadlow of Jacksonville. and T. C. Brown of Augusta? The following extracts from the records of the Capitol commission will no doubt prove Interesting to the public: "t'pon motion of Mr. Derhum: "Resolved. That when the work on the State house is tlnished, prior to accenting the same, the architect shall notify the governor, who shall call the commission together, who with the architect shall inspect the work, and if the same is satisfactory the certificate shall issue." Columbia. P. O., May 22. 1:102. H<>n. M. It. MeSweeney, Chairman State House Commission: I?ear Sir?I wish to report that Mcllvain, I'nke'Vr Co., contractors, have completed the work as outlined by me on tlie State house. That is, the spirit. intent and meaning of the plans, specifications and modifications of the same, and are entitled to the final payment. Frank P. Milburn. P. S. This report to be filed when the commission aio satisfied with the work as done. "Resolved, That it appears to the commission for the completion of the State house that the work is satisfactory and that the contract has been substantially performed. Whereupon Mr. Marshall made the following motion as a substitute: Resolved, That in the opinion of this commission the work done under the contract to complete the State house has not been performed by the contractors according to the plans, specifications and contract, and therefore the work den- is nui satisfactory to the commission." A roll i-all having been demanded upon the quest!' n of the adoption of Mr. Marshall's substitute, the substitute was rejected by a vote ol' 7 to 1, as follows: Voting yes?Marshall?t. Those voting no?MeSweeney. Jennings. Mower, Johnson, Wilson, Bellinger, Derham?7. ' 'ON PLUS ION. I have tried to briefly and calmly show the public the plain facts connected with the State house work, without r> sorting to rant and cheap claptrap about bamboozling, etc. 1 have r.o desire to conceal anything .i I'uiiui Iu<: i rimrt inc ruilest investigation. fooling sure of a complete vindication from the cruel attack which has been made upon my character for the first time. Very respectfully. Frank P. Milburn. \ I'ltKACIf Kit W1TI1 A RECORD. The Kpv. .John ItupiK- of (irilfncr Has Tied 4I1S Matrimonial Km>(?. Special to The State. (Jaffney. Feb. IS.? Rev. John Ruppe, who has possibly marled more couples than any other man in this county, married ttvo more North Carolina coupies last Sunday. These were Mr. A. Moore and Miss I.,. E. Sottlemyer, of Henrietta, arid Mr. C. A. Hawkins and Miss Hattie McSwaln. of Boiling Springs. This makes a total of 43S kr.ots tied by this aged divine. Many are the people who can date their greatest happiness to the time when they stood trembling before him. Miss Blanche Wilson has gone on a trip north. Mr. H. K. Osborne has announced hhrc'*!f n candidate for the office of alderman from Ward Six. Mr. T. Davenport has sold his grocery business to Mrs. T. Davenport, v. > v ill condui t the business at the > ion pla>e. M Davenport will become a knight of tin grip. His line will be groceries. Help is I ]i|imalntril. Peoplt s Recorder (color- d). It i-. Indeed gratifying to note the int. st the Columbia Daily Stab-, the whit- citizens of Columbia an 1 elsewhere. and Dr. Ray of lower Richland count: are taking In raising an.I distribi. it-.g contributions of money, food ttr.d elothln r for and to the colored sufferers of low-r Richland. All remember how their crops were nil swept aw.ty by bail, wind and rain last y?nr, and bow hundreds of the poorer class have undergone almost starvation. Now these white friends, front their bounteous storehouses, are most lib. rally contributing to the needs of the sufferers. Being n Columbian, we do all the mi-'c appreciate this manifest Christ i beneficence. May the blessed Lord ii n?rt- i<? iii?7)f ur ipricmrs len iom, We th ink tlit'in, i- about the only payback that we can niv\ \ Fatal K\iiliiilon. Ttuff.ilo, X. ^ .. Fob. 21.?Two men w? rc nsphyxh't' 1. one burt ed t<> death tno several were seriously Injused in an explosion of blast furnace >:as jit the j>l;int of the I^acknwnnna Steel company today. The dead are: (Jeo, Reynolds, n mason; Michael 8. Smith a mason. Frank Prenatt, employed ir ; the power house. ; -V' I GIRLS WHO LEAVE HOME. 1 if * -if Wriltrn tur Tlir Stttlr i?y W. U. $ jg WcmhIK. ^ * * : ?**##<*#** IThtt rpnders< of The State, or ruther that portion of them who have puid i the writer the compliment of reading his articles, which have appeared from ' time to time In Its columns need hardly be reminded of his position on the subject of education. There Is. however, one thing In connection with the question to which he begs to enter | a protest, although It is uone with a ! considerable degree of reluctance. It Is possible, of course, that this evil, and the word is used advisedly, may not owe its origin to our system of education, but to a ? hange of public sentiment, which hus found development outside of higher education. Then, too, the fact must be recogniz, <d that in all human affairs, it matters not how good the general tendency is. there must be some evil; but while giving full acknowledgment to this truth, every effort should be made to keep the evil incident thereto to thu lowest possible point. The evil to which allusion is made is the craze that has found lodgment in the mind of almost every girl that just as soon as she leaves the college or high school she must find some kind of employment, despite the fact that in the large majority of fuses it involves leaving her home und being thrown with strangers. Any system of education or of public sentiment that instills a feeling of this kind into the mind of a girl, that she must be in, dependent and make her own way in the world, is radically and inexcusably wrong. There are. of course, many cases where this seeking for employment is painfully necessary, and where this is the case a girl should be encouraged and rendered every assistance; but where this condition does not exist, she is both unjust to herself and her parents when she voluntarily leaves them just at the time when they will derive so much pleasure from her presence in the house. She has been , sorely missed during the four years she has spent at college, hut this separation was cheerfully borne by her parents, for they could look forward to the time vlien she would finish her education ; and once more be with them to brighten their home. Independence und the , desire to make one's own way In the world, is botli natural and commendable, but there is such a thing as earI ryfrg even u good impujse too far, and there is something radically wrong in any system of home or school traini ing that implants the idea in the mind of a girl that she should not be dependent on her father, even when he is abundantly able to provide for her wants. Even if It be granted that she can have nore social enjoyment in the I town or city than in the country home of her parents, this furnishes no JutHcient excuse for her to leave hci parents when her presence and help affords them such unalloyed happiness. It often happens that the mother, getting 011 in years, is worn out with toil and care. She has given all her strength and time to the raising and training of her children, and to her it is an inexpressible pleasure when her daughter insists on assuming some of her duties and responsibilities, and enables her to enjoy a well-earned 1 rest. A number of years ago It was the writer's good fortune to be a frequent visitor at a home where the condition above mentioned existed. The mother's health was not good and the oldest daughter had simply relieved her of all household cares, not even allowing the younger children to trouble her with any of their troubles. This daughter was accomplished, well educated, a very line musician and could easily ; have secured a position to teach. This ' she would have liked to do, but she felt that her first duty was at home, and the discharge of this sacred duty ! will eve.- be the sweetest and tendorest recollection of her life, for when ; she was called on to see that mother ' pass away she was sustained and soothed by the consciousness that she had done all that lay in her power to make her mother's last years pass In peace and happiness. One of the greatest and noblest men? Robert E. Eee?who has ever lived on this earth, made duty the watchword of his whole life, and no sacrifice or danger ever restrained him from doing what he conceived to be right. The pain or duty often calls us to walk in ways that humanly speaking are the very reverse of the ones we would choose, but then there should ever be present the thought that after all the strongest happiness comes from the consciousness of having done our utmost to promote the happiness of those who are dear to us. Fortunate, indeed, is the daughter who, when she looks for the last tisne on the face of her mother, with her tired hunds folded across her bosom, can feel that she never brought tears to the now closed eyes or pangs of sorrow to the uns. Irish heart, Which has forever ceased to beat. If rk> can feel thus then she has a peace and joy that will be her greatest solace as long as life endures, for whatever, for weal or woe, the future litis in store for her, this is something that no earthly power can take away. A girl when she first leaves college and enters, as it w ere, upon the threshold of her life, stands in great need of her mother's counsel and protectlon, and it is a misfortune when stress of circumstances deprives her of this safeguard. If there be one thing on earth that comes as a gift from Heaven it is the love of a mother for her child. No pen can portray it; no plummet can sound its depths, for it Is as deep and wide as a fathomless sea. to which no measurement can be given. The writer trusts thut he may be pardoned for giving one more illustration of the sacrifice of inclination to duty, the facts of which are just as t (ill I t-U. A good many years* ago these existed an engagement between two young people, hut there was. In the estimation of the young lady at least, an ins -parable barrier In the way of its immediate consummation, that obsuu le being an invalid mother, for wlios cm; the daughter considered herself responsible. After the lapse I' a good many years the mother pnss> d away and a short time after her death the daughter married the gentleman so whom she had been so long attached. They were both getting along in years then, hut can anyone doubt that that loving daughter found great happiness in the few yonrf of her married fife? it is very easy tbelieve that in this short time there came,to her enough of earthly happiness to compensate for her long year! of sacrifice to a sacred duty. It ha> always been a source of wonder to the writer that some truly great v\ liter has never made a special point I of trying at least to portray a mother's love for a child, following out that love from its birth, and w hen It tlrst I draws sustenance from her bosom through the years of Its gradual menta and physical development. So far at the writer's knowledge extends this it for the novelist an unexplored mine waiting for the touch of n mastet hand to bring Its jewels Into the ligh of today. I iitimoro, Feb. 21.?It was though that not a life was lost In the fire here but n charred body supposed to tx that of a colored man has been foun< j in the water at Rowley's wharf. Th> body is so badly burned as to be un recognizable. ' M :^KJfr^ ?4r *fc* ^ Sl'KX A UttBARY UITChL "! ti d Cutl Cleft Thronsl lURlm Bare al a All "Save HlUlffnl Utrhawa. v ' W. G. Curtis in Chicago Record-Her- ft ald- V ? Afloat on the Red aea, Jarv 18.? ^ : Every vessel passing through the Sues j, canal Is compelled to take a pilot, be- ? I; cause skippers of ordinary vessels can- (> .not be trusted to navigate the narrow _ channel, for the slightest deviation i ? ; may cause damage that wtU cost thousands of dollars to repair, JSach year, ?. however, navigation is rendered easier f( hv the widening of the channel an/1 - by the excavation of additional aiding* n ; or basins wttre vessels con pass. t I From the moment the pilot goeff on the ? bridge he takes charge of the move- u ments of the ship and is responsible for i *: whatever may huppen, regulating the 1 speed according to tonnage and i _ draught. j ? Vessels cannot po.ts in motion. When!' they meet the one which urrlves flirt1 ? at the signal station is compelled to j stop and tie up in the basin until the 1 f other goes by. These basins are found ! at intervals of a few miles, and at1 g every basin Is a "gare" or station In i 7 charge of u signal officer, who corre- j . sponds to a train dispatcher on one! 8 of our railroads, und the block system j, is used to regulate the movement of' vessels. Formerly no traffic was al- j t lowed at night, but now it is carried on ! . without interruption by the aid of ,, electric lights on the shore and search- , lights on the vessels. The canal looks exactly what it is? a big ditch on a desert of sand on which foxes, jackals, hyenas and oo- f) caaionally lions ure seen by the watch- , men in the signal towers. At some I n places the banks of earth on either M side are so high that passengers on the steumer cannot see over them, but for ^ most of the Journey you have a wide sweep on both sides back to the moun- . tains that rise from the desert, and , ,. at a certain point for u mile or two' Mount Sinai is visible 37 miles to the southeast, and is pointed out to you . by the captain or the deck steward. | _ Naked Arab boys run along the banks crying tor baksheesh and easily keep abreast of the creeping vessel, grab- ! bing at pennies which passengers throw them from the deck. Half the I coins roll down in the water, which is exasperating to the youngsters. They j do not like to stop and dive for them , while there is a chance of getting more, > . but I imagine they mark the spots and 1 ? come back to recover lost backsheesh *7 when they have left the vessel. There are only two towns of any; ' account on the canal. One is Ismaiia, ^ a half way point, with a population of J 4.000. It is the only monument in honor j . ! of the Khedive Ismail, who did the most and spent the most to carry out the enterprise, and lost his throne. . therfthv. It i'q rnthor o nrnfttr tnu-n I abundantly Irrigated, and .hence has ^ lovely gardens and groves of palms i ^ : and other trees. Here reside most of j the engineers and other officers of the canal, because it Is preferable to Port 1 . Said. There Is a hospltul for sick em- ! , ployees, a club for the benefit of the officers, and several good houses, in- j , eluding one erected especially -for the , entertainment of M. de Lesseps, when , he should be pleased to use it. Beyond Ismalia, as before, are occasional j ^ oases in the desert?groves of palms ( and luxuriant gardens surrounding the stations of the canel officials, for wherever you can turn water on that . , lonely desert everything will grow with . a wild luxuriance. It seems as if the j earth suddenly released germinating power that had been accumulating j during centuries of suppresion. The chief interest is found in the ] , town of Suez, because it is the crossing ! place of the great caravans of camels , that furnish transportation betwen the 1 . two continents of Asia and Africa, and travel regularly between Cairo, Da- T mascUH and Bagdad; also because bib- j _ lienl historians believe that here the ' waters of the Red sea opened 3.500 . years ago and allowed 3,000,000 of the 1 . children of Israel to cross over upon j . <Jry bottom. It requires a considerable ! concession to the imagination and a ? strength of faith that a majority of , mankind do not possess to accept this theory, but no one knows to the contrary, and experience has taught me . n?vcr to doubt the faith of interesting : stories. If you do, you deprive your- . self and others of much pleasure. It . is like analyzing the attraction of a pretty .woman, or separating her fea- . tures into lots, classifying them and . measuring them by the Venus de Milo. On the other side of the Red sea, : . which, by the way. is not red. but blue ?as blue as the sky in June?yi*u can j _ see the purple peaks of the Slnaltic I range, and a few miles from the shore, I which you can reach In three hours by donkey, one of these remarkable, oases that are, frequently found in the desert. This particular one is called the Wells of Moses. There is a comfortless hotel kept by an Arab, where C beds and refreshment can he obtained. , but it is better to start early in the , t morning, si as to get back the same a day, and take a luncheon in a basket j t from Suez. The trip can be easily a made while the vessel is coaling. j 1 The children of Israel, according to r the Bible, wandered three days in the t wilderness of Shur and found no water, t and when thev came to Marah thev t could not drink the waters, for they i were bitter, and the people murmured . ?: against Moses, sayin: "What shall we fdrink?" and he cried unto the Lord 1 and the Lord showed him a tree which f he cast into the waters and the waters f were made sweet. And they came to t Elim. where there were 12 wells of <: water, and three score and ten palm t trees, and they encamped there by the t wnters. And Miriam, the prophetess, f the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel i in her hand, and all the women went t out after her with timbrels and with i dances. That beautiful scene, one of 1 the most dramatic in the whole Bible, i is believed to have taken place here, ! t for these wells are the wells of Elim. ! and three and ten palm trees still < shelter a collection of a dozen or more 1 springs. The village Is peopled by t naked Arabs, sinewy, springy, en- ' during fellows, whose tlesh shines like l polished mahogany, and who must re- ; i semble the young men" of Israel when ! they started on the Journey that was not finished for 40 years. It is difficult to understand why and , 1 how they happened to be wandering ' about so long down here. If you will < look at the map you will see that Suez i is almost on a line with Cairo, and it i ' was the most natural rendezvous of the tribes, who were scattered all along 1 ' the Nile from Memphis, which is just i above Cairo, to Thebes, which is Juat below Luxor. The account in the Bible is condensed, and we are corn- . P< i;. d to t:ikf- a good deal of these traditions on faith, but. as 1 have already suggesto l. it is worth while to do so. ', The Red sea is 1.400 miles long, and j its greatest w idth is 20o miles. It Is > about the shape of a sausage, and ta- i pers at both ends. On one side Is Arabia, the most mysterious and prlrn' itive of nil countries, and on the other sine .iic Esypr .>uuui iiiiu me nouuan. At the north end what is known as the i t Sinaitio peninsula projects southward t and divides the sea into two arms, i - and near the point of the peninsula is t Tor, the landing place for Sinai. Op*I posite Tor is Jobel K7.-7.eit, which means "the mountain of oil." where peI troleum was diseovercdvsotne years ago ' and created great excitement. Hun- { * dreds of thousands of dollars have . been expended in sinking wells and r building docks, warehouses and refint cries, but have all been abandoned, i because, for some reason, the manufacturers could not compote wit h the i 1 Standard Oil company or the Russian ' I factories on the Black .and Caspian ft seas. 1 People think that there is a good deal ft more wealth in Arabia than we know - , of. It was once of greater Importance han tiovr a|d to ?n uced coofifcrtble ?M) Is, hut new It ships nttr TnlinrfflBB /ooi and cofTfC. and even raduaJly falling off.. rodu< ed ui ih? extfejjM'te .rablan peahwvla. in a jgrdOTrvffil eople have no ewt?^rts<*thiS^SwsV JrajSHB rchftrda hnvp !> ? ! 1 iniuNMi hop 1 mfrnllfi iffrffMM nd bl.ght.^ond the trees teve overnmem. Aa j-verywh?? >?***)* ^ lenoe, whenever a citizen geti tMe head, when he show* signs of Mam* '' *?51 ie? lax gatherer and bjT'ovwy other. : presentatlve of the government. 'here la no tncentlva for the -<Mgl??vfr?P?g81 * row ere to extend their orcbafrd* or 0 Increase their product. v**' One does not really, until he come* ace to face with the fact, that Arabia *S- \ 1 nearly half as large ?a the United ' tales. Its area is almost as great **': :iat of Indln, and la nearly equal tor fiat of our Btat* east of the Minkiwnn, because there* has never been ftygfpjj census, but It Is supoaed to txy Tlv IBlPiwIH ween seven and twelve tnilllcns. fee -pp Istance from north to aouth la moeb mn a thousand miles, and from east -vSiu j west it varies from 600 to 800. 'ffet "wMgH i all this enormous territory thore i* o centralized authority. The .nterior -3H goverened by petty sheiks, each, I'-^^Sjw| elng absolute over the members or is own tribe. Along a coast line of early 2,600 mil?*? are only six ports, cMS-ffl here the sultak of Turkey maintains a aha governors and garrisons to project the collectors of customs, who are equlred to pay him a certain amount * f tribute every year, and they wring out of the people any way they can. The relationship between the govrnment at Constantinople and the Cedoulns of Arabia Is very slender, nd is due solely to the cohesive power aW'* pyj&jji f the Mohammedan religion. There le v. o law in Arabia but the Koran; there re no courts but the priests; there are o malls, no postofflces, no postage tamps, and a person who wants te ommunlcate with a distant fried must jpBaSsW end his letter by u messenirer. which ? expensive, or by a caravan, which la he common way. There is no telsraph line, no newspaper, no railroad, ml, strnnge to say, not a river In all hat vast area except a few shallow. -. ocky beds, which during the spring ring down water from the molting now on the mountain tops to the sea. ut for nine months In the year are a dry as a crematory. The captain tells me that they prwuce a curious phenomenon. The coast wOboB f the Red sea is lined with ceral anks, built hy those mysterious and wonderful littie masons who. like some u-n that I know of. hate fresh water, / :id wherever the spring floods fall Into he sea there Is always a wide break ?? n the coral reef. The mountains of Arabia reach aa ltitude of 10,000 feet,, and In spots rhere borings have been made the sand ei more than 900 feet deep. It is the retailing impreslon that Arabia Is a ast expanse of desert, but that is a .Is take. There are wide strips of bar- ^ en sand, which are irreclaimable for ul ti vat ion only because they cannot >e reached by water, but two-thirds of he country is capable of cultivation, nd. lying at an altitude of 2,000 feet bove the sea, might produce cotton, ugar and other semi-tropical staples i unlimited quantities. Although here aie no streams plenty of water an be had for irrigation purposes by igging 20 or 30 feet, and the introduo lon of windmills would simplify the umplng problem. On the coast it la ntensely hot, and the humidity of I be tmosphere during the summer season ? tiakes life almost unendurable, but in he interior, upon the table lands along he mountain slopes and in the valley*. he mercury seldom rises above So <le rees, even in mid-summer. While , he direct rays of the sun are intense, t is cool in the shade, and at night the aercury often falls below GO. More than two-thirds of the popuiaion are Bedouin nomads, without pernanent places of abode, who live In onts made of camel's hair. Just like he patriarchs of old. They have enor- ? ',1 nous flocks of sheep and goats, and ierds of catle and camels. The follow he grass and move from place to place rith all their possessions. There are. tow ever, several prosperous cities af onsiderable population and commerce, trade is conducted by camel caravans, vhieh cross the desert regularly, add ransport enormous quantities of dateu, vool and other merchandise. William E. Ourtls. \ School tor tlr?iwn-l'p?. Sastonia (N. C.) Gazette. The Statesville Landmark refers to he pluck of a hoy 17 years old and of i man twice thut age who recently ruckled dow n to bonks nt Rule's Creek cademy without know ing how to read. The boy didn't know his letters, the nan negan in the first reader. Tea. hat Is plucky In a sense. Not that he task is so grent, but that the lerve to get one's consent to undertake t at those ages is so rare. Hut It >ught not to be rare. The task is not ;reat. not difficult of accomplishment. ^Ittle children who live with books nid picture blocks leurn to retvi beore they are six years of age. learn vlthout special teaching; with some lirect and regular instruction thay vould learn sooner. We do not believe hat there is in the State an illiterate crown man of ordinary intelligenee ind Industry that could not learn to tad in six weeks, write in ten weeks, ind get a good beginning in arithmetic n a few more weeks. If he would only rive these things attention and regtlar study. Why hasn't somebody ?tarted a school for grown n n who annot read and write? The .rap beween the man who cannot read and he man who can?bow great and how Ride it Is! What storehouses of richness and vast and fertile fields are ?hut away from, him who cannot read. Beyond the Alps lies Italy?and the Vlps In this case are not impassable. The gap Is wide but not difficult to him who tries, and the prlr.e Is so worth the winning! The man who rannot thinks the way Is hard: the man who can knows it is not. The Mown man who cannot read and write -somebody show him, somebody help ilm. Here's missionary work for one. tnd priceless happiness for two. M'ECl I \TOHS IN THOniLE. Ilair Be?-n Mnrtlng tViir flnninr* to Italy for Money Purposes. Rome. Feb. 21.?Rumors of warlike preparations by Italy having been circulated a semi-official communication has emanated from the government which Is in substance as follows; Ptorles of alleged armaments and of the movements of warships and troops IJ IP HP P Vice nDroaa nre entirely /Rise. Indications exist that this false news is connected with stock exchange speculations and those responsible have been brought before the law courts to be punished according to law with Imprisonment of from three tog] thirty months. The communication evidently alludes to the insistence by a portion of the press that Italy will be antagonistic to Austria In the Balkans and to predictions of international complications thus causing a fall in Italian bonds and \ rlac hi the exchange on Or. Janirvou'it Success. Case fawn. Feb. 21.?Or !?<?*?*? has suceeaded is eomp1etfn? a