The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 15, 1913, Image 3
LAID DOWN IN CODE
PENALTY AS TO BRIBERY FIXED
) BE STATUTE.
THE LAW ON ELECTIONS
f Sections of the Klection Ii?ws Inferred
to by Senator Tillman in
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v winiiiviiiiii^ uu iiiv iwvi'in rwiiition
in tti? First District is Quoted
iu Full Ilelow.
There was much comment on the
statement given out by Senator Tillman
in Washington and us published
Saturday, in which political conditions
in South Carolina were reviewed.
In this statement Senator Tillman
referred to the situation in the
First congressional district, as he saw
it, and said that "the penal code, sections
3 60, 361, 3 63, 3 63, and 3 65,
have all been violated by more than
are aware of it." The sections referred
to by Senator Tillman are given
below:
lliibory at Flections.
"Sec. 3 60 ?If at any election hereafter
hold within this State, whether
general, special or primary, for members
of the congress of the United
States, members of the legislature of
this State, sheriff, clerk, judgo of pro-,
bate, or other county officer, mayor
and aldermen of any city, inteiulant
and wardens of any incorporated
town, officers of the militia or volunteer
organizations of the State, or
at any other election hold within this
State, any person shall, bv the nav
ment, delivery, or promise of money,
or other article of value, procure another
to vote for or against any particular
candidate or measure, the person
so promising and the person so
voting, shall each be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction
thereof, shall for the first offence,
be fined in any sum not less than
$100 nor more than $500, and imprisonment
for any period of time not
less than one month nor more than
^ six months; and, for the second offence,
shall ,bo fined in any sum not
less than $500, nor more than $5,000,
and imprisoned for any period of
- time not less than three months nor
more than 12 months.
,r- Offering to Procure Votes by Bribery,
"Sec. 2 0 1?If at any election, as in
section 2 00 of this chapter, any person
shall offer or propose to procuro
another, by the payment, delivery or
promise of money, or other article of
value, to vote for or against any particular
candidate or measure, or shall
offer or propose, for the consideration
of money or otht: article of
value paid, deliveiort or promised, to
vote for or against any particular
candidate or measure, such person so
offering to procure or vote shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction thereof, shall bo
fined and imprisoned, at the discretion
of the court.
M Isdemeaiior to Obtain Votes by
I5rll>e or Throat,
"Sec. 362?At or before every political
primary election held by any
political party, organization or association,
for the purpose of choosing
candidates for ofilce, or the election
of delegates to conventions, In this
State, any person who shall, by
threats of any other form of intimidation,
or by the payment, dollvery,
or promise of monoy, or other article
of value, procure or offer, promise
or endeavor to procure, another to
vote for or against any particular
candidate in such election or who
shall, for such consideration, offer to
so vote shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Candidates to Make I'lerig*.
"Sec. 3 63.?TCvery candidate offering
for election, under the provision?
of section 362, shall make the following
pledge and file the sojne with
the clerk of court of common ple4ts
for the county in which he is a candidate,
unless he should be a candidate
in more than one county, in which
case he shall file same with the secretary
of state, before ho shall enter
upon his campaign, to-wlt: I, the
undersigned of the
county of and
State of South Carolina, candidate
ror the otlice of . hereby
pledge that I will not give or spend
money, or use intoxicating liquors for
tho purpose of obtaining or influencing
votes, and that I shall, at tho conclusion
of the campaign and before
the primary election render to tho
clerk of court (or secretary of state
as hereinbefore prov'ded), under
oath, an itemized statement of all 1
, moneys spent or provided by me during
the campaign for campaign purposes
up to that time, and I further
pledge that I will immediately after
the primary election or elections, that
I am a candidate in, render an itemized
statement, under oath, showing
all further moneys spent or provided
by me in said election: Provided,That
T a failure to comply with this provision
shall render such election null and
void, insofar as tho candidate who
fails to file the statement herein reouired.
but flhpll nnt AW a
, ^? mwv vfcAwv i?u vnuu*
op ity of the electiqn of any candidate
complying wth thle section. And,
provided, further, That such itemized
statement and pledge ehall he open
taction 362 or 363shall be a misdei
. LABOR FIGURES GIVEN ,
i
COMMISSION Kit WATSON ISSl'KS
STATISTICS.
The Textile Concerns IK) Not Kinploy
am Many Children Now rm
They Formerly !>id.
A report on the child labor situation
in South Carolina was issued
Thursday by the State department of
agriculture. The statistics were compiled
from reports by inspectors and
show the number of employees in
mills at time of inspections. All
slants In thn Stato xiHfVi tSft
of 4 6 have "been inspected and the
total figures are given with the statistics
for last year on these 4 6 mills.
The total number of employees is
shown to be 4 6,881 or an increase of
147. There was a decrease of 896 in
the number of white males between
the ages of 14 and 16 years employed
in the mills. There was a decrease
of 102 white females between
the ages of 14 and 16 years.
The following summary of tho
child labor situation was made by the
department:
"If one will study the statistics,
gathered by the State factory inspectors,
of the labor in the textilo plants
of the State, ho will observe that
more labor and less children are being
employed from year to year. Although
many of the mills are constantly
increasing their plant, tho
change from Coarse to fine goods
calls for less help, but more experi- '
enced people, consequently the actual
demand for child labor is on the decrease.
"On comparing statistics for the
years 1912 and 1913, it has been "
found that the mills employed this
year 308 grown males and 748 grown
females more than last year. At the
same time we find a decrease of 933
negro males. These negroes were
mostly employed during 1912 on new
mills and additions and general improvements.
An increase of 2 4 negro
females shows that the mills are
paying more attention to tho sanitary
arrangements. 1
"Tho year 1913 shows a decrease
nf Ran ninloo oml 1 o ? ?
.? >?> i.) louuaica UQtWWU ,
the ages of 14 to 16 years employed ,
In tho hii 11 h, and in checking tho children
between 12 and 14 years of age
we find a decrease of 102 males with
a small increase of 35 females.
"The report on a whole Is very ,
gratifying to those of us who have an j
interest in tho labor conditions of
the State."
i
(
any violation of the provisions of ,
section 3 0 2 or 3 63 shall bo a misde- ,
moanor and any person, upon conviction
thereof, shall ho fined not less |
than $100 nor more than $600, or bo ,
imprisoned at hard labor for not lose {
than one month nor more than six ,
moniths, or both fine and imprisonn- t
ment in the discretion of the court. ^
Penalty for Serving Candidate. <
"Sec. 3 65. Any persons who ahall 1
perforin, or agree to perform any ser- i
vice in the interest of any candidate 1
for any office provided for in section 1
8, chapter 4 9, of tho civil code, volume
1, of the code of laws (whether i
in connection with the primary elec- <
tion nomination, or in connection ?
with the municipal election, or in co- i
nection with the obtaining and filing 1
of tho petition required herein in i
consideration of any money or other 1
valuable thing or of futuro support 1
in obtaining oflice, shall be punished 1
by a fine not oxceding $500 or im- *
prisonment not exceeding ono year, <
and any candidate, or other person, 1
who shall solicit or contract for, or f
otherwise seek or obtain, such ser- 1
vices in the Interest of or against the t
candidacy for mayor or councilman,
or for or against any question that t
may bo submitted to an election, or t
shall pay any money for said services l
or promise any valuable thing for ]
such services to influence any elec- t
tlon in his acts ska 11 be punished in g
the same manner, and any person c
making faloe answers to any of the \
provisions of article 8, chapter 4 9, of t
the civil code, volume 1, of the code
of laws, relative to his qualifications t
to vote at any election herein pro- y
vlded or any person wilfully voting ^
or offering to vote at such election g
when not qualified as herein provid- g
ed, aiding or abetting any violation t
of the provisions herein, shall be \
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon l
conviction, shall be fined not exceed- t
ing $500, or imprisoned not exceed- f
ing ono year, and all the other provisions
of law now applying to bri- t
bery or corruption or other improper s
practice in connection with elections \
shall otherwise apply to tho elections (
herein referred to."
Can Hardly Hlame Her. \
Charging that her husband follow- f
ed her to a hall and rushing In amid t
the dancers threw soot all over her c
silk gown and white gloves and satin |
suppers, pretty '.virs. Helen Krass has f
filed suit for total divorco in the (]
superior court at Atlanta against r
Isaac Krass. I
? t
In a speech at Sumter Wednesday e
night Rev. J. L. Harley said that the r
" 'whiskey trust' has a paid attorney r
In every county seat in the Southern c
dry counties, getting $25 to $50 a 1
day to draw up and have circulated a
petitions for dispensary elections and li
look after whiskey ring interests."
Who is the attorney here? c
P' vA'
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f -|^*^8MH^88^HS98&fiSH^^l^S'-. >Q^^HkSBQHk^4^ -*y.
UKPHKSKXTATIVfc
Of South Carolina. Vico-chaii
WILL DO MUCH GOOD
r<) TKHT THE TKNSILK STUKNCrTII
OF (H)TTON.
Will (?ive the Producer the Requisite
Knowledge of tlio Hen] Value of
Rvery Grade.
Of more than passing interest to
the farmera of South Carolina, and I
particularly the cotton growers, is
tlio measure introduced and passed
through tho ofTorta of Senator B. 1).
Smith, requiring the Department of
Kgriculture to teat thetenaile strength
that ia, the yarn-marking quality of
pach and every grade of cotton; to
bleach every grade whether in tho
form of yarn or cloth, in order to determine
tho coat and tho result of the
bleaching; to estimate carefully tho
fimount of waste in each grade incident
to converting it into yarn and
sloth; to estimate carefully the value
3f this waste.
From tliis it will readily bo aeon
that tho result of those experiments
will bo of incalculable benefit to tho
grower, This measure -became a law
it the last aeasion of Co gnsseadnret
it the last session of Congress and
k ll A Ilorvn ?? ^ ^ ^ A ? ? * " ' 4 *? ? ~
.no i/pyai uurui Ul A|^I ICUllUrS IB IlOW
3ngagod in the work of investigation.
It will give the porducer the roquiste
knowledge from an impartial official
aource of tho real commercial
ralue of every grade of cotton.
Aa is well known, both the export
md domestic buyers make a differ- 1
?nce between middling and the lower
grades of anywhere from $1.25 to
115 per bale. The producer had no
tvny of knowing whether thia was 1
ight, Just or not. He had to take j
.he word of the trade. By virtue oft
his law, he will be furnished a bul-('
etin giving him full knowledgo of
ill these facts. So that when lie
lomes to market he will be thorough- }
y informed as to the value of every
;rado in reference to its manufactur-1
ng value, and will not have to take
he word of an interested party.
In conjunction with the above iaw, ?
ho grades have been standardized by
he government. Senator Smith has
>egun a campaif* to have every ship- 1
ping point In the cotton-growing 1
dates furnished with a set of theee '
itandardized eamples, that is, every
ihipping point where there is a eworn
veigher or other competent official to
ak? charge of them.
It can readily be seen that, with
he knowledge furnished by the pro- 1
rision which is already law, as to the
rnlue of each grade, that If each 1
ihipping point is furnished with a
let of samples, the farmer who comes
o market to sell is thoroughly equip- 1
>ed to protect himself against being
mncoed or deceived as to what grado
lie cotton is and the value of that
grade. *
To illustrate, when a farmer comes 5
o market whero there is a set of j'
itandard samples, ho can determine j '
limself what his grado Is and not bo 1
lependent upon the buyer to say
vhat the grado is. When the grado
las been determined by comparison
vith the government standard, the
armer can determine the value of (
hat grade by reference to the govirnment
tests furnished him.
For instance, suppose the buyer of- f
era the producer a half cent or threo (
inarters of a cent less for his low
niddling than for middling. Sup- f
ioso the farmer by reference to his j
uilletln, finds that, according to govrnment
testa, low middling for manifacturlng
purposes Is as valuable as.
niddling. With this knowledge, he)
an demand the same price for his | i
ow middling as he does for middling 1
.nd It would be up to him whether 1
le takes lees or demands the same, t
In a word, be will be In possession 1
>f all the knowledge availablo in 1
W> :. < .' PSTTmJW
MXtKin IU,??I? * IWH? PfflMti
2 DAVID K. KIN DKY.
rman Joint Postal Committeo.
reforenco to the value and the grade
of his cotton that the mill man and
buyer has, and can govern himself
accordingly. In Senator Smith's
opinion, this is the moat important
legislation ever enacted in behalf of
the cotton grower.
Senator Smith has reintroduced
and is publishing his bill looking to
the regulation of cotton exchanges,
This is the same measure that came
near passing at tho last session of
Congress. Briefly stated, this bill
provides that in each and every contract
for thefut ure delivery of cotton
the grade or grades contracted
for shall bo specifically named in the
contract, and such grade or grades
as are named shall be according to
government standardization. This
will legalize the standardized grades
i?i interstate commerce nr?u ? -<
sanction of law to tho use of the
standard grades In every State.
In commenting upon Senator
Smith's measure for providing for
cotton tests, I)r. N. A. Cobb, chief
technologist of the Department of
Agriculture, says: "Preliminary negotiations
have been practic:ally
completed with one of the best equipped
textile schools and aslo one of
the leading cotton mills of the South
for making the waste tensile strength
and bleaching tests of the tifforont
grades of cotton us standardized b7
tho government.
"About ten bales of each of the
full grades will be used from one inch
upland and one-inch gulf cotton respectively,
an aggregate of about 100
bales (or as much as the present appropriation
will provide). A portion
Ofeachb ale is to be sent to the texlle
school and the remainder to the
mill, thus giving identical cotton for
the two runs. The same speeds, organization
and conditions will he utilized
in the two runs as far as possible.
Part of the raw stock from
each grade mixing will he blenched,
and yarn made from each inivture,
to ascertain if there is any difference
In the cost of bleaching or in tho
way the resultant atook behaves in
the manufacturing processes. These
bleaching tests will also he made in
the laboratory on the finished yarns.
"Inadd ition to tho various number
of yams ordinarily made by tho
trade from tho respective grades, the
name number of yarn >vi 11 be made in
a eariety of waye, and )>y a variety of
agenclee.
"Samples of the yarn and other
products manufactured will be submitted
to commission merchants,
buyers and sellers of yarn to ascertain
the true commercial value of all
samples. Quotations will also be obtained
from waste dealers and mills
that manufacture waste to determine
the relative commercial vane of the
various types of waote made from
tho respective grades.
"The relative cost of manufacture
will be taken carefully ?nto consideration.
Data secured in this way
diould aid in determining the infringe
value of the various official grades
>f cotton and should assist In adjustng
the premiums and penalties on
ind off the basis grade, middling."
?
Monkeyed With Gasoline.
When he tried to boil a bucket of
sasolino Suinner Ilailey, a negro man
of Atlanta, started skyward, but
-ame back to earth still alive, though
joriously injured. He was accompanied
on tho trip by Gra^e Wallace,
he cook, whoso burns will also pro>bibly
prove fatal. The terrific explodon
smashed tho stove Into bits, and
practically demolished the kitrhen
The Deadly Korowene Oil.
At Niles, Ohio, Mrs. John Fleming,
iged 5 2 years, was burned to death
SVednesday, wherj she attempted to
ight a qnick fire with coal oil. Her
iged mother, Mrs. Shira, attacked by
leart disease, died a few minutes
ator.
BRYAN MAKES SPEECH Q
CLAP THAT COUNTRY HAS RK1U
KKI) INTKRK8TS. \T
Makes the Principal Address at a
Pinner Given !>y (iiusty of the Hal- qi
timore Hun.
A Baltimore dispatch says considerable
interest attached to a dinner lop
given hero Friday night iu honor of
Secretary Bryan by Charles H. Grasty,
editor of tho Baltimore Sun, at
which A. Mitchell Palmer, tho Wilson
leader in the House, was a guest.
Among tho 100 or more other
guests wore: United States Senator
Sauisbury of Delaware, Becrotary J.
P. Humulty, Richard Evelyn 'Byrd, HU
speaker of tho Virginia houso of del- an
ogates; Pleasant A. Stovall of the 0f
Savannah Press and C. S. Jackson of rn<
the Portland (Ore.) Journal. rf,j
Tho secretary of state did not al- th
ludo to his Western trip. He spoke qu
of the hopes and aims of the admin- op
istration and his speech throughout nf
I breathed a spirit of loyalty to the by
president. Speaking of his own de- c?
feats he said he cherished no enini- II;
ties or regrets. A?
"There is no load that will break a
man so qwickly and so surely as a ni
load of revenge," he said. "The man cp
who tries to get even with others has i,.
few opportunities of gratifying his
hatred, but he is all tho time corrod- m
ing himself." w]
Mr. Bryan rejoiced that ho had liv- ca
ed to see a chango tako place. "No in
1 one man," ho said, "no few men, C<
could claim credit for what has been
done. No one man, no group of men a*
1 could stir a nation as this nation has \
boon stirred. This is no local move- w
ttwin* ? * ?
u.-wv, it m 11 vj i oiuiiu Kpnngiug up 111 ti|
the Woflt; it is not even an American of
L reform.: It is a world-wide move- c<
1 ment, and wo aro but part of it. I m
owe my office to the generosity of tho n<
1 president of the United States. He ai
led us in our laBt fight and if any ono a*
thinks I watt disappointed becauso tho si
leadership fell to another let him dls- in
abuse his mind of that thought. I re- w
joiced that there was one who could in
1 win where % lost.. And 1 was ho much si
1 more interested in tho cause than in ai
1 any title that could come with it that el
1 1 am Hiiro that the president himself n<
1 was not happier than 1 was. I think e>
1 he may he able to do things that I pi
1 could not have done, and 1 know I tli
can help him as much as ho could in
ever help me." o\
Mr. Hryan spoke of the long fight b<
for the constitutional amendment hi
providing for direct election of Uni- ?r
ted Stated senators. Ho was wait- fo
ing, he said, for just ono more State wr
to send its notice to Washington when W
he would "proudly attach his signa- ah
turo to a statement that announces f?
that tho epoch-making reform has
arrived." fr
"We will find," he said, "that in- od
stead of having the senate filled up he
with representatives of predatory pr
wealth who use their power to op- fo
pose the things that the people lovo, th
we will find tho honor of a position eh
in that body will ho resorved as a
people's prize with which to reward kr
those who have proved themselves he
capable of the discharge of public kr
duties and men to'be trusted with the th
people's interest. re
"To-day predatory wealth stands Hti
confessing before the bar of public
justice that it has disgraced the name
of business and what President Wil- lu
son is trying to do is to separate hon- th
est business from dishomwt business eh
ho that the country will not. bear the th
odium of dishonest business. If Pros- by
l^nnl -1
wui, Yvnnuii ? uiwuon moans any- fn
thing it means that tho government Sc
is to be administered by tho people's St
representative for the benefit of all w]
the people and that privilege will not P.
have tho advantage it has had In the ed
past, but that 'equal rights to all and
special privileges to none* will be em- Al
bodied In every department of this
government." ^
WAH KIIjIJKI) IN QlTKKIl WAY.
A Seneca Man is Shot to Death When te
T\
Coat Falls Off. ^
Augustus C. Tribblo, of Seneca, ^
died Saturday at the Greenville city 1
hospital from bullot wounds received ?
In a most unusual manner, lie was
driving a party of four men from
Seneca to Wesminster when some- ? '
thing went wrong with his car. Ho
got out of the ear to make an examl- (
nation, throwing his coat on the door
of the tonneau. In the pocket of his m
coat was a .32 calibre revolver. Af- ' '
ter making repairs to his inechine nr
Mr. Tribble caught hold of tho door
of tho car, and In doing so threw his ^
coat to the running board, with the )(>
result mat the pistol In his pocket
was discharged, sending a bullet an
through his windpipe, coursing upward
In his neck. The injured man su
was hurried to Greenville for medical
attention, but he only lived about six llil
hours.
Puts Up I><\Mp<?rato Fight.
At Savannah, Or., Henry Johnson, Ki
a negro, suspected of killing two ne- ed
groee and one white man in South er
Carolina in December, and who ran of
amuck on the LouiBvtlle road, nar- ra
rowly missing killing several more, is Tr
now safely in custody, following a R<
desperate fight between the black r<
and the Chatham County police. Be
" . '"P9|
1SISAR B. B. EVANS
TRIBUTES DOWNFALL TO USE
OF WHISKEY
?
EFER TO FINE FAMILY
inion of tho Court Wan Written by
AMln.. ff.Uf I..I 117 ?- *
.>< < >)<, ? nivi IF unvnu *r mnio,
ciato Justices Hyilrick, Wntts and
Fraser and Special Associate Justice
Nichols Concurring.
Barnard B. Evans in indefinitely
Hpended from the practice of law
(1 deprived of the righto and duties
an attorney with the privilege of
3vlng at the eud of two years for
Instatement upon satisfactory proof
at he has not used intoxicating 11ors
for two years, in a unanimous
inlon of the Supreme Court Friday
ternoon. The opinion was written
Acting Chief Justice Woods, and
ncurred in by Associate Justices
ydrick, Watts, Fraser and Special
woclato Justico S. J. Nichols.
That B. B. Evans endorsed and
Isappropriatod to his own use a
ock for $198.90 belonging to Goo.
Salter, which he had secured for
liter as his attorney and that ho
(supplied to his own use money
hich he had collected for the Mury
Drug Company from J. E. Dowlg
were conclusions reached by the
)U ft.
The charges which Evans made
gainst B. W. Crouch and E. W.
t)le, attorneys of Salsda, that they
ero "thieves, incendiaries and blind
i;ers," and against Sheriff Sample,
1 Saluda, that he was a "thief", the
nirt held were false and recklessly
ado. Says the Court in this con
jcuon: " it is not for thin Court to
limnd vert upon tho prevalent extgeration
and excess In public
?eoch ho discreditable and mialeadg.
Allowance muHt be made for
oak men who drift with a current
to untrue statements, and who asnue
one character In prlvato life
id another in public speech. A.
large of falsehood against, an at tor?y
ho weak na to meet expletive with
:ceas in the heat of political cainilgn
would rarely be considered by
ie Courts in disbarment proceedga.
Hut untrue asservations withit
probable cause made by a inem?r
of tho Bar that certain citizens
ivo stolen or burned opociflc propty
Ih a serious offence, going to th?
undation of character, and must be
eigihed by the Courts, especially
hen coupled with o^her ofTencos
lowing a reckless disregard of proaaional
duty."
Tho Court apoaka of the fine family
oni which the respondent descendI,
tho aplendid influences in which
i was reared nnd accounts for his
eabnt "low estate", by "the reason
r hia fall may bo found mainly in
e fact that tho respondent is an lniriate."
Tho opinion continues: "All men
low that the persistent use of alco>1
has made liars of the truthful,
lavea of the honwit nnrl
MVV?f v* (%i tw i n yj i
0 faithful. Under its influence the
spondent has in mind and morale
riggered along the devious path that
ids to the abyss."
11. (D. Evans is a resident of Combia
ad has been practicing law
ere for tho past few yearn. The
argos against him were brought to
e attention of the Supreme Court
r J. Frasor I.yon before be retired
nm the office of Attorney General,
dicitor W. H. Cobb represented the
ate in the disbarment proceedings,
tiilo C. P. Sims, of Spartanburg, and
II. Nelson, of Columbia, reprenentr1
the respondent.
i'HTIN IN BUACK CHKBK BWAJCP
fgro I>ct?i>crado Watched kj (Jkatluun
(V)UBty PonM.
A dispatch from Savanna* says a
lephone message received tie re
jeeday nigtit from Black Creak
vamp, twelve miles from Savannah,
ates that Henry Austin, the 8outh
irollna negro desperado, ban been
cated in the swamp. Bloodhound#
em Columbia, S. C., will reach thn
( amp Wednesday morning at five
clock. Tuesday night the swam#
is being watched by a Chatham
>unty posse.
A dispatch from Barnwell says a
essago from Clyo, Ga., to Sheriff
orris, received late Tuesday afterton,
stated that Richard Henry Ausi,
the Hampton County fugitive,
to has been hunted by posses numring
hundreds since last Wodnes
y, wnen no Killed two wlilto men
(1 mortally wounded a third, who
,s since died, has been located and
rrounded In the swamps near Clyo,
lore he has added another victim to
b death list.
e ?
They Fought to the
Oswald Treleway is dead and Fred
t>mpher is probably fatally wound,
while Mr. and 'Mrs. John L. Robts
are seriously hurt aB the result
a fight with butcher knives at a
nch near Alma, Col., Wednesday,
eleway and Kempher, employees of
>berts, fought and Mr. and Mrs.
aborts were injured in trying to
parate them.