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VOL. V. NO. 46. CAMDEN, S.C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1908. Sl.OOPer Year the?; ;chfu$t ,?hild3 BIRTHDAY. PRESENT* ? - - *? ? - By MAY C.RINGWOLT. HE. with her sweet young enthusiasm, told thorn of the firr.t Christ mast Id e ? of the Christ Child cradled in the manger because j there was no room I in 100 inn; or t!i? Christinas carol of p?ace and good will sung by the an gels to the nhophcrda watching their flocks by night. Clarice's face was rapt; her eyes adoring. Of all the toachera In the Sunday-school, none waB to lovely aa her own Miss Maiul. She was certain that the Christ nnu angola hud the ?amt! aMnlng y:>l!iw h:.ir. Did they wear those fascinating gold hairpins, too? One was slipping out from the ?oft fluff over Miss Maud's toft ear. If only she dared tell her! But that morning she had asked the awful privilege of holding Miss Maud's muff ? ? a rich sable with u beautiful bunch of violets fastened to it ? and there was no courage left for further inti mate speech. Suddenly the spell was broken, and Clarice turned with angry Jerk from the object of her worship, find fiercely scowled at an lnoffonsive Utile girl seuted beside ber. "Excuse me," meekly apologized Agnes, tho new scholar. Clarice drew her light blue silk ?klrts away from the dingy brown cashmere touching them; held herself very straight; and, with a superb dig nity, sniffed the violets on the muff. "And now, my dears," said Miss Maud, "as you know, Wednesday will bo another birthday of the Christ Child, and who wants overy one hero to give Him a present ? Just as you would give a present to your own llttlo brothcY on hi3 birthday at homo." 8ho amlbd radiantly. "Do you wonder how you can do that when the Chrl?t Child has become a King In Heaven? I'll tell vou. II? left In Ills place all tho poor llttlo girls and boys In this big world, and told 11* !hrt In giving to them we give to Him. Not far awa> is a great hos pital (or little children who have crippled legs and arms, and poor, crooked backs, sick children who can't run and play, but have to hobble about on crutches or lie in bed all day. Wouldn't you liko to make their Christmas so happy that they'd forget their pain?" Her smile gatherod up their eager nods of assent, as a golden thread gathering pearls. "1 knew you would. Woll, I'm going to tell you a secret." She leaned confidentially near. "The day before Christmas wo're to have a dear little service down hero, and over there on the platform will be an empty manger, and, as we sing our Christmas carols, wo are going to march up to the manger and each put in a gift for some little Chrla*. child at the hospital. Won't we have a Jolly time deciding what to bring! Why, it will be almost as exciting as if every girlie of you were playing Sunta C La u b ! " Again Clarice'n smiling face was clouded by a scowl, and one rude elbow poked the new scholar's arm. "Clarice!" exclaimed MIhs Maud, severely. "Bhe's crowding me!" defended a sulky voice. Miss Maud looked up at the 11* tie brown figure shrinking back into a corner. The child's eyes were lumin ous; her face flushed, her lips parted. "Agnfts was so intently listening to me that I'm sure she didn't realize that she was leaning against anyone. I'm surprised at you, Clarice!" A cliock hid Its shamed crimson in the coft muff. To have Miss Maud "sur prised" at you was ignominy itself! ^ler tears wet the violets. It was all Agnes' fault. She would never for give her ? never! And when Sunday-school was over and AgneB, with a timid smile, asked If she might walk up the street with Clarice, that unladylike little girl slipped her arm through that of her chum, Anabel, and, whispering and giggling, stalked by Agnes without a word. The tears cams into Agnes' eyes. for mother would not let her play ? with the little p!rla In the new neigh borhood Into which they hnd niovod, becftuie the children there were rough and boisterous, nnd used naughty words, nnd ehe wbh vyy lonely. But ahe was a brave little wtfi, and dash THE ANGEL AND THE SHEPHERDS. Albert IvMfcH. And tbe ungH auid v.tito tbctn, Fear not; fur, behold, 1 bring you good tidings of groat Joy. log away the tears, she was soon skipping along In the sunshine, think* lng what a lucky girlie she was to have two lively legs, and a straight, strong back. Agnes remembered the time, be fore dear father's death, when they lived in a cunning cottage of their own on n pretty avenue, but now mother and she had only one room at the top of a gloomy house on a forlorn back street. Still, as her feet clattered up the dark, uncarpeted stairs, her heart was full of happiness because she had reached home at last ? for even one room Is home when mother is there. "Oh, mother," exclaimed Agnei, "I've so much, to tell you!" And cuddled In mother's lap, an arm about her neck, a hand patting her cheek, Agnes sweetly prattled of the Christ Child of old, and how Ili3 birthday wa3 to be kept .by giving presents to poor, sick little children left in His place. "And, mother," she cried, "I'm going to give a doll just like my own dear I?eggy! Do you think, mother dear ? if I sewed, too, you know ? you eonld get the dollie dressed in time?" The smile fadfd from mother's lips, and the arm about her girlie trembled. "My dear little Agnes," she murmured, with a catch in her voice, "mother is so sorry to disap point you." She paused, then brave ly went on. "Agnes has grown to be such a little woman that mother is going to explain everything to her. You know, dear, for three wholo wej'ks mother had no work to do." "Yes," chimed in Agnes, gaily, "and It wa.i jti?t beautiful! Wo took long walks, and, in the evening, In stead of the stupid sewing, you told mo the Novelist stories.!" "Put. love," explained mother, with slipped timidly in. For a moment Agnes stood dazed, ae if she bad sud denly entered fairyland, for the bare walls of tho room were festooned with heavy ropes of Chrlstma* greens, the shades at the windows were drawn, and all tha chandeliers bril liantly lighted, while above the await ing manger shone a glorious electrle star. Thon, ashamed of being so late, she hurriedly tiptoed to her place, the vacant aoat Reside Clarice. Clarice met her with a cold stare, but the gaze of Agnes' eyes never reached the unkind little girl's face, for it rested in fascinated awe upon a vision of beauty in Clarice's arma. It was a doll such as fairies might dream of. She had dark, clustering curls, and magnificent brown eyes. Her cheeks glowed with color, and there was the cunningest dimple in her round chin. She was dressed In claret velvet trimmed In white silk, and wore a claret velvet poke bonnet with white silk strings and an ex quisite white plume gracefully touch ing the brown curls on the right side. And best of all, she had a necklace of gold beads, and gold bead brace lets dangling over her hands. "Oh," murmured Agnes, "won't your little hospital girl be pleased?" "My little hospital girl!" scorn fully whispered back Clarice. "You don't suppose I'd give my best doll away! Hero's my present" ? she held out a box of jack-straws ? "Lady Lu cile and I simply stopped in." She airily tossed her head. "We're on our way to a Christmas Eve party." HANGING THE STOCKING. a sad smile, "when there is no work there is no pay ? no money to buy i anything to eat nor coal to keep us warm." .? j "We ate every day, though, mother j dear, end most generally always wo had a Are." "Yes, dear, because a kind man let , us have nil that we needed, and trusted mother to pay for it when she got work again. So, you see, Agao3, the money that mother 1j making now does not really belong to us, but every cont must go to pay our debts." A small head solemnly nodded. "It hurts mother very much not to glvo her darling any Christmas toys nor let her girlie's kind heart have Its wish about tho dolllo for the poor sick little child at tho hospital, but Agnes will try to be a good littlo girl about It, won't she?" Tho arms about mother's necl; tightened their hold, but Agnes' mouth twitched, and she had to blink very hard to keep back the tears. If i she had no present to lay in the Christmas manger, how would the I Christ Child know that she loved | Him? "Of course," she r.rgued to herself, "I could 'eplr.ln In my prayers ? that I had nothing to give." But had ehe nothing? Her face suddenly crimsoned, and a great lump cfoked her littlo throat. There was Pe^gy herself! Without speaking, she got down from mother's lap, nnd darted across I tho room to her little bed. Thero, ' propped up by a pillow, Bat Peggy In | a stiff pink calico dress. The curls had all bt-en combed out of Peggy s straggling hair; the roses had long ago faded from her cheeky, and in a sad accident Perry had parted com pany with the end of her nose. "You dear!" whispered Agnes. Her Hps formed a determined line. How could she have thought of giving i Peggy up! What would she do all 1 day without a dollle to play with? ; What would she do at nlnhi without , a dollle to sleep on the pillow beside j her? Put how disappointed her sick little girl at the hospital would bo Christmas morning when nil the ether children had lovely presents, nnd she found that she had b?"<n left out? Agnes stooped over tho bed, gathered Peggy In her arms, and pressed her to her aching heart. It was the day before Christmas, and the children had sung all but their last carol which they were to sing as they marched to the manger and laid down their gift* one by one. The door roftlv opened, and a little brown shadow of a girl with a smill pink object hug;;ed to h??r breast "Form in line, my dears," Inter rupted Miss Maud, brisk!/. "Yes, our clas3 comes last, but you must sing all the time wo're marching." The children's voices caroled Joy ously as tho procession pressed for ward, but one littlo singer was mute. She was the last in the line, a little brown shadow of a girl with a small pink object hugged to her breast. Miss Maud stood by the manger, now heaped with all sorts of playthings, and nodded and smiled as each wee member of her class approached. Puzzled, sho watched Agnos pause, look at the manger with frightened eyes, and hesitate. Then she saw tho small pink object lifted to the child's lips, and heard the sound of a smacking kiss of farewell before trembling hands laid a doll with straggly hair, faded cheeks and a broken nose among the new toys. "Why, my dear," cried Miss Maud, putting her arms about Agnes, "what Is tho matter?" A great eob r.hook the tiny figure. "Tell me all about it," comforted Miss Maud. And Agnes brokenly confided the whole story. But as she explained how mother's money belonged to somebody else, and how she had noth ing to give the Christ Child except her only doll, neither of them noticed a little listener who drew nearer and nearer, "No, no," cried Agnes, "I wouldn't take her back. I want the littlo hos pital girl to havo her ? she'll 'predate Peggy's crippled nose, won't she?" Agnes forced a smile through hor tears. "Only," she faltered, "It will be so ? so lonosome without any doll? ie." Something tugged at MHs Maud's skirts. She turned, and with a start of surprise, looked down into Clar ice's eager face. "I've lots more nt home, you know," she whispered. And. laying Lady Luolle In Agnes' astonished arm?, Clarice ran after her chum, Anabel.*? The Interior. flCRRY OIRISTfMS Tor 7hnr)lly"oJ Two\ Oytfcr 5ouf>. Gherkins.* Roast C5uc^ \ Apple -and-Cclerg 5al<\d. n . fblatocs, jcdllojied, with Gratfd Onion. 5quasl\ Hum Pudding, Hard 5oue?"| Tnnycnnc Oranges- GrafNcc>. Coffee.? ^\or unto ?bu \ s ' bora ffji 5 T> in ^tjc city of iDainb a Saviour wfortj b Gtjrist iljellorS. v THE WORK OF CONGRESS SECOND (M38810N OF 60TH OOKOKE88 Opens December 7, noon Closes March 4, noon SENATE. Republicans 61 Democrats 31 Total 92 HOUSE Republicans 221 Democrats 168 Vacancies 2 Total S01 Congressional Summary. The business of both Louses of Congress was routined largely to list ening to the rcadiug of t lie Presi dent '? annual message but in addi tion a few bills were introduced both iu the Senate and the House nud in the House a number of bills was sent to conference, among: them bring one providing for a new immigration sta tion in Hoston. In addition, the Speaker announced the apointraent of Mr. Higgins, of Connecticut, to n place on the com mittee on the judiciary, in place of Mr. Littletield and of ?dr. Martin to a place on the committee on Indian affairs in place of Mr. Parker, de ceased. For the first tim* during the present Congress there was a call of the com mittees of the House but no measure was reported bv any of them. The miscellaneous work of the Sen ate consisted iu the main of the ref erence in executive session of a- out 1,500 recess nominations, which Acre sent to the Senate by tlie President, and the adoption of resolutions of re gret on account of the death of tutm bers of the House who have potsiol away since the adjournment last JJsy. The Senate adjourned for <ne day at 2 o'clock and the House at 2 :',o. Census Bill Paercd. For ncailv five hours the House of Representatives (ousidcred the bill providing for the taking cf the thir teenth nud subi-e?|Uei!t dtceuuiul ceu suses, ami pessfd it without material change. From the very outset of the debate it became evident that ibu progress of the measure toward pas sage would be impeded. Pensions in Senate. Th e session of the Senate was chiefly devoted to the formal presen tation of departmental reports ana the introduction cf bills. The re ports have been made public from time to time and the bills nuiuberiuu 352 were chiefly for the granting of pensions. American Railway Company Asks For a Charter. Ilawkinsville, C!a., Special. ? Char ter was applied for by a local attor ney on behalf of interested parties for a chart cr for "The American Railway Company," which proposes building a line from Abbeville, Ga.. to Winchester, in Macon county, Oa.. via Ilawkinsville and Grovania. The proposed road will traverse one of the richest farming sections of the State. It will tap the Seaboard at Abbeville and the Gulf l:ne at Ilaw kinsville. Work wild begin at or.ee, it is stated. Pope Pius Blesses Mr. Taft and His Family. Rome, P>y Cable. ? Pop? Pius bless ed President-fleet Taft and his fam ily. The blessing was declared in the presence of Archbishop Glennin. of St. Louis, who told the Pope that he had received a letter from Taft in which the President-elect express ed cordial friendship for the Catho lics. The Pope received the news with unfeigned delight and pronounc ed the blessing upon Taft and family. Tho Evacuation of Cuba. Washington. Special. ? At the War Department the first details regard ing tho withdrawal from Cuba of the American army of pacification, which has been on duty there sim'C the fall of 1000, were made known. The movements of the troops will he gin on January 1st and will be com pleted by April 1st. Killed by Elcctris Shock. Yorkville, Special.? Mr. W. F. Downs, n native of Fort Mill, and for the piist throe or four yars head machinist at the Tavora Cotton Mill at this place, was instantly killed by an electrical current. The oleclrieal current which is furnished by the Southern Power Company, had failed and Superintendent Ramreur and Mr. Dmrns were searching for the trouble. The switch had been opened and Downs placed his hand on a wire he supposed Head but it proved not to he and he fell bark lifeless. Thomas F. Ryan Girts $1,000 to Unrlc Remus Fund. Atlanta. Ga.. Special, .f. G. Tes ter, secretary of (>)<? "I'urk Remus" memorial assee1 alien, announced the receipt of n <ontnbution of .*1.000 from Thomas F. Ryan, of New York, to the fund ?>f perpetuating the mem ory of Joel Chandler Harris. Mr. Ryan was tendered and has accept ed the vice presidency of the asso ciation. HDLT'S SLAYER mm WcU-Krcva Citizens of Dnrhsa TaS ? Into CMtcy r? Ae-tfi:u.ica cf Ea^.rctr Tred Kcll. I>l:.!xa. N. <?? SKeial.-T.V ar. " ??k? i^.k, i;;ri. j ourtn- c, Knj-Iueer J. A. I;. I. !,'* week, nlrto.! dotterel-zed i!:o lay v's '<cr, 10 tbs Mc'fccdut I e:.fe, ?a're ' " fe,V "l'IU'13 I ho UC?? spicoj ell over (Lc e;l v. Baibcc was .-nested' Friday after ?^hat%^eu^.anfCr b''"' J'"nk story of 8,ar!' J erinio A. , ?i:;, Ii:r J, . , ? a raattoi- of f i ? ,?.?? da?, v Ik"" ""???l>:aloJ M'vora'i ??&>?.?* '^rsS-i'Tu 'vMuw a n.l.r./w lr,;"' ? ""'' l Wei, I " oarrcled Run j,x ev^demo i ... i , wanted b.,t liiil- mo- rvi t,n<li M.o reward Th .J i ? ' II?t in Lis r?iS b? killed four Jm, I ft l- 1 *d ncae to the grve Tl-i 1 supposed to be t rise, b lt ,r any ^ U?VCr -I lie cireunisljijiri s ,mr ? ? ? ? . ?as ramie ore | ji!-*-! ? p! i ?s for years , I..' . V."' T wtiii i lie I.-., , , : ?" in llio eoal e|.,i!e eV4 , , l v'-s Kfw;^' 11 &4 Calking: two S ^ Pi' vxmo .? i?w ucjjsci s> ;>rr? ii ? ?... * ^:i ill's to?:>iriH'Mv I I. . i>2A!t?r Mutt Zc rvj His 7cr^. Haluigb. Spi-tfitl.? Actwdiuz to n i just a-aC?? b. tli- S.ipr.w... Udow 10 tMcr t,,p be r ?f ill ? .fc?itr uum. uiu-e,. |, I1' l-cyiiilatiiie, post rovvuuo olfcr. i""'"),al ?<>? ?.rv, bis SU|)^':"^ sj-"'*: mention. _ The pl.a in ,.v V Court! "rbily1 "wi^cVh?!- S:,pn-aj? Dccrcarc lr CcalFr.r.iUw1y ^:sll. iialci?:li, nct'i I f 11,1 to XoverohtM "n t]m her Wn. '-rV r, V tho ??m. <?? :hil of %s "ir?." wk-xi 00(>. ",IU ?'nt being1 $3.7.")0 FalHn? cflf Shown in Tobacco Reports. Raleiph. Spocinl. ? The November report of the ?.il? cf lrose h>nf tobac eo in the warehouses* of North Cnro liiia to the f-'tnte nrptrtnic.it of Aprieulture pIiow 17.?."51 .n')0 pound? for November (cmnnnd with 41.201. 230 for OeJobrr. Winston-Pplrm lends with 3.112.2-10 pounds; Wilxn set' ond. 1.800,017 ; ]\Iou;it Airv, third, 1.470,043. Forty-one markets re ported. News of the Sta'c. P. A. Lvneli. pssista'it mnnecrer of the David?': n f? rthall team f< ?r tiie p.nst Eer.fcii. h.as hren clectid ma ling er for next year, pc arson oP 10U3. Editor IT. H. Varurr. rf I.ex!n->!on. and the pr.rty cf ii: ic vot.vj ladi?'s who won n f re*1 trip to Xor!h v.i cit ies in a voting contest, r.re row in New York fid are having a b'g t';:r.e doing that city. The Champion Fibre Company, rf Canton, is building a large boarding house fit Sunburst prep:! rat ?tv to bp ^'?nui'.ig work tlr i ' wilh ;i lM'je erew of lands. The tile:* ! ??w ;>t \v<?il< ;ii I InrnbiM l;le will be 1 1 ansr. ri vd to 1 1 ! I plnee. It is lvained t'ipf High Point V public buihiing will eommrnee t<> t?il e slui)?p finne tirre next jtprinir. Tlte appropriation foil-: for $7.'> 0D0 and High Point sfrnds rinse to head on the list for appropriation? lo he p??s ??d upon. Mr. TV. P!. Phrprrrd. railway ag^nt 3 1 \fror<??villo. resigned hi< po sition end will Ir.rve in a short time for the Wr^t. Two Die cf Pterrpine Tci^cn. Wfstehester. Pa . f'ncei;:1. Twc? mi-rnVfTs r f the f . ! rr: I v ' f C!??irg" VarHcrn. cf M^wbdr.!!, Cln-s!? r eount v, v r*1 dead. af;d thr'"' o'Itts are ill tli" !' - ?!' <'f p'omair.' p'? v oMing, (!i"-.f "I !??>? ,k 'i'.'e p:?v'ned fmm n loeal irr* ??"?! v s^oif?. .lol ?i VaiiHoni. < ;gh' \ ' pi s > I't, di?'1 Tlinrs'ln v. :ied I i- jitter, ^ I ?!??!. 1(1 ;i i s ?.ld. p"S- d fl'.vav Thur<d:iy night. I loth sulTered intense agony. Thoy wore buried Friday. I fOR?ST RESERVES i One of ihc Meet Urgent Ne*4s of li:c Nc?ton FriE DEMAND FUiLY GCNE OYER ' Scvcrnrra r.sd Tre^ircnt Ilea From Every Cccii:a cf the Country Ap pear Ecfcro tho House Committee r.nrt Ur*c tLo EstwMisteaent 9t Fcresfc Ec:cr7:3. Wr.cV.ngtcn, Special. ? A distin guished assembly i t' witnesses tes :ilicd bi I'oio the lloasc committee on igrieuhu.e to the n:cd of the Fed ercl t?ve::j:;ieiit establishing forest ?escrvis in ti e White mountains and ? it the Son:h,-ui Appalachians. It nerhed tin* < pe.iing of the fight in 'his stssion of Congress for the ercn * i?-ii of ll:is? reserve* to protect the nivigab lity ? f navigable slrcams, a purpose whith the committee eonced '?I is constitution:"!. Resides Governor Guild. cf Massa ?hnsetts, who was ihe spokesman r.itil h.e was c e:np-.'!l d to leave the ?it y tin! turn his duties over to Col. Willi;: in S. Harvey, of Philadelphia, Governors Chamhci lain, of Oregon; Austl, of S^outh Carolina; Iloke Smith >f G?oig'a. Mid .Tihuson, of Minne sota. former Governors George E. i'ardee. of California, and Planchard, >f Louisiana, and Dr. I'M ward Kver? >( t llale. ehaplain of the Senate, were ?nioug th.-oe who appeared. Chajr , 1:111 S-ott. rf ll>e commit tee, said the committee appreciated thy publie -*.'.nt i nit. nt in favor of Ihe project but that the problem of obtaining the Jcsired end was diliicnli. Kepiesrntativc Scott explained that Le House committee 0:1 the .judiciary uad ?|iicst!oiud the < onstitutionality >f aeti?:i i u the part of Congress coking toward the p-i:cln*e cf laud tcr the conservation ?. f forests what ever it might do toward p:otecting Ihe uavigabihty of the streams of ths 'cunt ry. (!r?\ei nor Guild. in responding, laid 'luphasis upon the ability of the gen eral goveiuinc.it to undertake pro jects for the geneial welfare of the I'wuutry. saving the appeal come fix in all quarters rf the nation. It is prcbahlv the lirst time in his tory that the Governor of South Car olina end the Governor of Massachu setts havo joined hand i'.i hand to ap peal to Cougrcss for the enactment of 1 a >"/? for the general welfare of the I'nitcd States,*' said Governor fiuild, as he bowed to Governor An sel. of the Southern State. President Van Iliso took the posi tion that the peculiar rapidity of erosion in the Southern Appalachiau mountains necessitated the establisfi inent of a les.'ive there, for the pres civatioii of the navigability of the Hi'iams and tie protection of the harbors, lie save it as his opinion that the crucial area to he purchased was the lower slopes of th? mountains where the iuelincs are fo steep and erosion so rapid that their U9e for agriculture is loss important than the preservation of the streams. Kino Injurod by Bemb. New York, Special. ? Creeping over the rorf to r.u airshaft in tlio five storv tenement at ,'M) Sixty-third street, n Pdaek Hand aarent dropped a bomb to the ground. Tlie explosioii that resulted was terrific. The walls of the building reeled and totterod, almost fall in?, and every window within a block or more was shattered, Nine people in the building and in the street were iniured by the ex plosion of tlie hemb. pome of them r.-?r!oufrlv. r.l housh it is not thought that any of thrm will die. It was a miracle that 1:0 one was killed out right. The police are investigating the rase and they have come to the conclusion that the bomb dropping was the work of the same Hlack Hand agent who three years airo kid nnppcd the rmr.ll fo:i ?? f an Italian banker, who owns and occupies a part < f the building, and tliat the motive I was revenge, the hanker having re fused to ran?< m les ren. The bomb thiower made err d his escape, but the price believe that they have cluc? wl'ie'i mav had to h's capture, or pos < hlv *0 the breaking up n Plack Hand pan?. Every Citizen to Eccoirc a Soldier. \\ a?hi;:gl< n. Special. Kvery maU eitiz<n in the Ceiled States between th" ages of 1(5 and 1"> is to become n pari of the militaiy force of thp country and to be I'able for iri'litary duty under the terms of a bill, tlif pass.ige of whi'li Irs been rpfowi n^crHo'l hv the Ps^^ident in a mr?;??ge to Congress. Tho Will pre vidfs ?n elastic organization snH, a ? tire President says, under its provi sions it will be j;i?t as easy to mi? an army of 2 as of Hale Suc:ced." AHifcn. Washington, S|>ecia! A largely at tended e.TKii' of K? p ? ; 1 : 1 can Senator* unanimous Iv ?h-rlod F(r?afo:' Ilnle f I' Mail:*-, 'I 1, 1 nan '*f fir* Hepub Ik an caucus to vnere"d 1 h" hit" Sen at o ;? Alli-on. of Iowa. The position ."Virrie* with it tlie (d,aiimanwhip c>| the Kopublicau v'i'"ring committee ol the Senate. Senator Hale's nomina tion was the only one before tlx caucus. ...