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! PROFESSIONAL CARDS SAYRE & BALDWIN . ARCinTECTS . j . Weekley Bldg. Anderson, S. C . . Citizens National Bnnk Bldg. * ! . Raliegh, N. C. . : ; :i CASEY & FANT ARCHITECTS Anderson, 8. C *? ' Uro wu Office Building 9 j Second Floor* Fiisue SSS . erw<i??**o**oooonr' * . T. Frank Watkins Saul i WATKINS & PRINCE " A Homeys nnd Connsellor-?tLaw * . 1st Floor Weekley Bldg* . . . Anderson, S. C . . a . ?**.*?*?*??*?***...?, . . . . . . .. . m. . DR, L. II. SNIDER . . . : VETERINARY SURGEON . . . _ . . Fret?ell Co. Stahle *| . . . Phone 04. Anderson, S. C * j . . ****** **.?*******>.?*' B.B.BLECKXEY O.H.IIEARD Phone 071 Phone 27 Bleckley & Heard UNDERTAKERS 1 17 E." Whl?ner St. Answers nil callg day or night. Phone 263. & ls lt your eyes er glasses ta qneat'cs? Alright tites ?os's seek further, just see me. 1 specialize on these troubles end can give you thai finish oa work thnt spells satisfaction. Prices $X()0 to $3.00 np. Re-, pairs 10c up. DR. M. R. CAMPBELL 112 W. Whitner St f Ground floor- telephone con nections. team 18 Good Cream h Ice Cream Eat More <>f lt. priai m pp* w w. at a Wi?k? "for ?? mm .. iK^y- i.y.i Sa. ? : ?.'V- fig ?> ; v i N -.. r=' ~, ' -" ' . J For a few days we are of aeries, im in?tes, troni lyd, ?tot?tyft sfctt? ofciMiva??n, forJ^&OO m acre.' ..Ho&mg can be bought in that vicin ity for less than $50. GO. See us quick. M E. 11^ Xarienjpre*':?k fleiio?, Y. P. W. F. Marshall, See. DEATH OF POPE IS DESCRIBED Physician Tells of the Last Mo-! menta of His Holiness In Touching Way (By Associated Presa) Rome. Aug. 4.-Thc Corrido 'Ralla today published an interview concern ing tlie Pope's lust hours In which the pontiff's physician sets down some of lila conversations with hts patient., and dwells upon the European war news upou the Pope's death. Dr. Marrchiafr.va declares the Pope's condition became grave on Au gust 19. On tiiat day he was de pressed, his pulse was rapid, and his temperature rose to 102 degrees. There was trepidation of the lungs, | but orientally, he was alert'. "He said to me," Doctor Marchiaff va continued, "doctor, today I will get I up and go to work.'" On my vehement I remonstrance lie answered resignedly: "All right of you wish it, 1 will re- j main in bed, but I obey only out of, rc- 1 gard for you, my good old friend." "Alter half past len the collapse J occured. Oxygen wa- administered and tho patient was cupped. Ile re vived, lils vigor returned and Wednes day ufternoon he seemed better. He began to speak again-"doctor, won't you give me somo coffee and milk? Why don't you come near me?" "These words deceived some of j those present into hope, but soon the prostration resulted. Replying to my question, he said he felt better. "But he rapidly grew WOTEO until evening, when his temperature rose I to 104 degrees'. The albuminarial [ increased and thc other symptoms all were grave, while the nephrytic com plications indicated the patient could live only a few hours. Before midnight his consciousness1 had almost entirely disappeared. I put the crucifix in his hands. He | muttered a few words slowly. He ar dently kissed the little ivory cruci fix. Once more he turned his dull glance around thc mom and then ex pired. Never have I seen a more se-| rene death." Speaking of the administration o? { the last sacraments to the pontiff, Dr. Marchiafava Bayy: "The patient received then with joy. He wac tranquil and lils intellect was so keen that to bin secretary. Monsig nor Bresson, who was overcome by emotion, tho pope prompted the wora. of absolution. The pontiff abed a fev-| tears; while with bin tired hand hc| slowly made thc sign of the crosa. "His venerable white head resteo on his pillow, hlo eyes were bright and his face bor? tlie rmlle which lighted it throughout bis life. H was an example of the most perfect] calm in the face of death." The Case ot L. L. Cantelon. Th- case of L. L. Canteiou, Claren don, Texas, ls similar to that of many others who have used chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Ho says, "After trying a doctor for several months, anf- using different kinds ot medicine for my wife who had boen troubled with severe bowel complaint for several months, I bought a 25c bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy. After using tho second bottle she was entirely cured." For sale by all deal era. A NEW RAILROAD Projected Through ' Hampton and| Oranyreburg Counties* Special to The Intelligencer Columbia, Augur.* 21.-The Savan nah Western Railroad company waa commissioned today by the secretary Af state with a minimum capital atoen, of $100,000 and a maximum capital oi $1,000,000. The company proposes tu build a rteam railroad between Estin, In Hampton county, to St. Paul, in Clarendon county, a dlatance of 5)0" miler. The principal offices of the road will be located in Columbia and the road will pass through Hamptou, Col ic ton, Bamberg, Qraugeburg ano Clarendon cou nt 1er, ' The petitioners of thc Company arc O. H. Milligan, of Charleston, Virgil Walker add Adrian M. Poa, of New hern, N. Cl According to pupers filed' With the secretary the road will do a general transput uiipi. business. A 4?< * r j Hope* Her Statement, Made PoMie, | I will Help OtBei Wosen. . ? "SJ1 'I. W ,.fcrti-n naya '.that mg ^^^^eacedT&i Card i I ?,ri?epyPiS^^ gular. 1 couu? hai?ly draa eround, would have severe ftfagyhto con tinuously. . Sinei: taking Cardtrf, I have entirely ?r?lt spliting up what I eat. Everything aocms to digest att right, and 1 have fained 10 pounds In weight." . < . if you ares victim o?any of fha numer ous il!c so common to your sex, it ls wrong to suffer. * For half a century, Cardu? has been re which pour Into our o?lice, year by year. INVESTIGATION MEETS WITH WELL , FRAMED REPLIES ..'gi - PROBE CONTINUES Federal Authorities Will Make Every Effort To Indict Parties Rt'sponaiblo (Hy Associated Press.) New York, August 21.-Thc United I States department of agriculture wu3 held responsible for a beef shortage and thc consequent rise In meat prices by F. W Lyman, a witness today lu the Bronx county food cost investiga tion. Mr. Lyman, representing Armour and Company, of Chicago, said tho de partment of agriculture oh August 1, warned-farmers to bold their grain because there was a lack of shipping farmers, ho declared, assumed %ho facilities due to the war abroad. The lack' of transportation means would apply to cattle as well, and they failed to send the normal amount of beef to market. The witness said the arrival tomor row of the steamship Zinol with a car. fco of 30.000 quarters of Argentine beef would reflleve the situation to a certain extent The food price in. quiry begun by District Attorney! Whitman of' Now York county was continued today. Witnesses reported several Chicago packing houses tes tified. ' " James A. Howard, district manager of Sulzberger and Sons, said there was no arrangement among district managers to 'determine the price. Tho law of supply am} demand ruled, ho declared. In Brooklyn federal and county au thorities continued separate investi gations Before a United States grand jury wholesale dealers testified re garding increased gra|n and sugar prices blaming farmers for holding back products and the war for pre venting normal American * Imports cf sugar. lt was understood, at the federal building that testimony developed by United States Attorney'Young recent ly probably would lead to Indictments. The county inquiry, before a supreme (court justice, developed that large quantities of sugar have ben stored in warehouses by dealers and that many companies have .hen asked to Btoro 3Ugar indefinitely. M8tay-at-Homew Sufferers of Hay Fev er and A st brun-?ot n Bottle ot Fo> ley's Honey and Tar Compound. Restful sleep, relief and comfort from choking, gasping asthma and tormenting hay fever for those who take Foley's Honey and Tar. Abd be sides, lt spreads-a healing soothing coating ns lt glides down a raw, tick ling throat, shops irritating coughs and summer colds. Don't suffer when you can buy,relief for BO little cost. Remember tho' name-Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and refuse substi tutes. Evans' Pharmacy, agents. AN* ITALIAN POPE Un neos Arc That Successor to Plus X Will be a Native of Italy. Now York, -August-21.-The next pope will be an I tullun, in the opinion of Cardinal Gibbons, -of Baltimore, who sailed tonight oh the White Sta: liner Canoplc with Cardinal O'Con nell of Boston, to participate 'in the conclave at Rome which will name the successor to Pope Pius X. Cardinal Gibbons said he basad his opinion on the fact that 'there was i predominance of Italian representa tion in the sacred college. He thought the time had not yet arrived for tho election to papacy of n car dinal or any other nationality. Some .time in the' future, however, he thought a cardinal of American birth might be elevated to the vatican. Dispatdhes from Switzerland today announced that the third American cardinal, John Farley, of this city, ex pected to leave soon for Rome; Ki has been abroad eomo time. - Heep Tour Liver Act!fe Daring the Hummer Months-Foley Cathartic Tables ti< for 81 uppish LIT cr and Constipation It does beat all how quickly Foley Cathartic Tablets-liven year liver and overcome constipation. Ney Oldham. Wlmberley, Texas, says: "Foley Cath artic Tableta are the best laxativo I ever used. 'They take the place . of calomel." Wholesome, stirring and cleansing. No griping. A comfort to stout persons, as they relieve that full bloated feeilng.~'''-'Brans' Pharmacy agents; '-':' ii ?MV i .-- t .- \.? .l.t., ,; " t. WA it IS HELL . > --: tn One Sense af ?ho Word; Bat It Gets Good Besam.. London; August 21.-St. Pun i's ca thedral. In the heart of London, was crowded all; day and tonight by sor rowful worshipped, downcast because of "tho war. Generally recognised as the notion's church, it waa filled to capacity by citizens praying for tho soldiers and sailors' who are engagea in tho conflict. ?:>, Servicesbogan at . 7 O'clock ' this morning. -Signa bearing the words* 1 "Church, fol}*' ?vero ported early anfi thousands of. per non a gathered in th?. streets. w'alUog .an opportunity "to enter. S^> Many soldiers In ' uniform wore among tho worshippers. Torfgrt thej Lord Mayor ot .London: . ottered Hi? j services With a large defaenmect ol soldiers. , I EXPOSITION NOT TO WE DEL AYED Panama Exposition Will Be Held In San Francisco On Dates As At First Planned For a time it waH feared that the war lu the foreign countries would in terfere with the Panama exposition.' which is to be held in San Francisco and 'some oven feared that the expo sition might" n?ver be held, but li seem? that all th??? fears ure monad-1 less, Judging from a telegram recel v. ed in Anderson yesterday. Charles < . Mooro of San Francisco, general sec retary of tilts expos'.lion ( yesterday telegraphed' to W. H. Sullivan of Co-1 lumbla, manager of tho South Carp-] lina exposition committee, in willen the San Francl: :o man assured Mr.j Sullivan that the exposition is tu be j held and that there will be no post-1 poo einen t Of date.-. J le maKCS tho! positive statement that thc exposition | will open in February. 1915. Mr. Moore hays in his telegram that tho European war, inrteud ot hurting tho exposition will help it, because of thc fact that the thousands of Amer icans to be found ut all seasons of ev ery year traveling in European couti-: tries, will bc unable to make thc trip? in 1915 and will therefore remain at! home and attend thu exposition, insur ing a much largor attendance. Tito telegram also rays that only, five of tho 37 foreign countries! to be represented at tho exposition arc now| at war aud that probably three of. thes'3'and possibly all five, will send | their exhibits anyway. Mr. Moore sa^ajthat this is a splen. did opportunity for American manu facturen' to impress tho foreign! countries with the worth of the arti cles they manufacture and that thc' displays to be sent to the exposition r.hould be twice as elaborate on that] account. NEW INSTRUCTOR i REACHED THE CITY) Mr. and Mrs. Goode, Who Are To ] Become Members of College Faculty Have Arrived \ Mr .and Mrs; Frederic Goode, who, are to have charge of the department j of music at Ander: on College during the coming session, arrived in the city yesterday and ara already comfort ably located at the Col lega Tbej made a very favorable- impression in deed upon the Anderson people'with whom they met during yesterday and they will soon be popular with the people of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Goode come to Ander com erith Uie btgn?sj. rccomiuendrt tlcnss und it-is said ti.at they .are both accomplished musicians. Mr. Goode, who ls tho director of music, war a pupil ot W. H. Sherwood of Chicags and Jose Damotta of Berlin. Mrs. Goode, who will be associate In piano, Is a graduate of Judson college and herself a wonderful musician. W. T. Greene, Hopkin ton. N. H., writes the following lotter which will interest evedy ono who has kidney trouble: "For over a year Mrs. Greene bad been afflicted with a very stub born kidney trouble. An operation wns ad viscid. This I would not con sent to. Foley's Kidney Pills done more to complete her recovery than aUy medicine she has taken and I fcolj lt my duty to recommend. Foley Kid-' ney Pills to ull who may nood kidney medicine." They are tonic in action, quick to give good, results.-Evana Pharmacy.-Adv. ANOTHER FAILURE Cotton Operator Files Petition in Yoi injury . ttankraptcy. (By Associated Press. ) New York, August 21.-Etigeno Scales, the cotton Operator, today lilied a voluntary petition In bank ruptcy, giving liabilities at $228,585 and au'jets of $200,250,' With Jamos A. Patten of Chicago and others Scales waa indicted by t?u federal grand Jury in .1912, in coonee tion with a conspiracy to corner the raw cotton crop of 1910. After lons litigation tho d?fendante were tinea $4,000 each. '? Scales recently bad Theen'conduct Ing Iiis , operations alone on the bull sido. To the sensational decline lu, ?cotton price following. Cob opening of the European- War; is attributca his bankruptcy. Much-of. hts trading waa-done through the. firm, of S. li. P.; PeU & Company, which fulled thu. morning tho New York exchange sus pended operations. According to William W. Blatch ford* vjjv Scales attorney, it was found necessary to Me the petition tb bankruptcy because of tho tanglea condition Of Scales' accounts, brought about'by the Pell failure. BRITISH SUlPa 8I6HTEP Within the T?ree Mlle limit <OIT the Virginia Con?? ,\ .- ??-. .? r : XBy Associated Press1.) Newport News. Aug. 21.-That sn SIdentified BritiOh warship was off s Virginia capes late thia afternoon and veli within, the three -mlle limit was the statement of Captain W. JW. Scott, of the 'Virginia Pilot's Asaocl-* ation, who tonight piloted th? British, steamer Marls Brook Into Hampton . Roads. Tho' warship .waa in plaint sight of tho/pilots stationed' at Cape Henry- Tho Wot says tb jj?ovts Brook} abd. warship conversed jip code signala\ after the freighter had been etopped, ky owler M tho mao Of war. Thej masted of Ihe^Marv?s* Brook claimed \ not to know the name ot tho warship. : He likewise volunteered no Ipforma-1 Uop aa to'his conversation with the vfesaei; * ;' "... .'; j; . ,- . '?' ' "?.?''*? "'.??',?p- ? ??'": - '? . - TRADE CONFERENCE HELO BUSY SESSION i I ? CALLEO BY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY A PUBLIC REPORT Anderson People Leam of What Conference on Banking, Ship ing etc. Accomplished Thc Anderson chamber of com merce and the business Industries of the city have been notified of the work accntnplished ut the - recent confer ence In Washington, held by the No tional Foreign Trade Council, at which tho conference considered ques tions relative to shipping, grain and other industries. The National Foreign Trude Council was represented at this conference by a committee consisting of Jumes A. Farrell, chairman; Samuel D. Capen, uf St. Louis; J A. C. Carson, of Sa vannah; E. A. S. Clarke, of New York; Robert Dollar, of San Francisco; P. A. S Franklin, of New York; James J. Hill, of St. Paul; Edward N. Hur ley, of Chicago; Dartoa Myers, of Norfolk, Va.; Welding Ring, of New York; John D. Ryan, of Now York; W D. simmons, of Philadelphia, and E. P. Thomas, of New York. Efforts were made by tho chairman to have the memberp of the council who reside in Galveston and Mobile, who were unable to attend, represent ed by substitutes, but the Galveston Cotton Exchange and the Mobile chamber of commerce were unable to arrange thin. Senator J. E. Runsdell of Louisiana, wai designated by the New Orleans Association of Com merce, to net for that city Itc?OlutloIlH. The business men attending the conference adopted thc following resolutions: "Resolved, That thin conference representing tho business interests of ali sections of the country, expresses its high appreciation of the prompt and effective action of the president and congress and the nccretary of tho treasury in affording a prompt solu I tion of the currency difficulties cre ated by the outbreak of war In Eu rope on a colossal scale, and that this conference urges upon tho govern I ment, the secretory of the treasury j and federal reserve board to continue its co-operation by the adoption of such measures and rendering such prompt aid - os may be necesB&ry to enable Ulis country to copo with the difficulties created by the. unprece dented dlsarrangeir. tat of foreign trade now existing, and recommends especially that immediate assistance j be provided to permit tho -negotiation I of bills of exchange and tho shipment of products to foreign markets so that , the ? congestion already prevailing I may be at once relieved and that the [financial balance of trade may be come in our favor. . War Bisk Insurance. "Resolved. That thlB conference urges the United States government to establish a bureau of war risk in surance to be administered under thc direction of a suitable government de ! partmcnt by a board of three or five members, which f<ball assume tho' risks of war on American ve? .els and American cargoes shipped or to be shipped thereon, whon In . the Judg ment of thc board it shall appear that American vessels or shippers on American vessels are unable In any particular trade to compete on the water with the. vessels or ships of other nationolttlei by reason of the protection afforded such other car riers or shippers by arrangements for war Indemnity through their gov ernments, and that such board have power to fix rates of premium subject to change to each country or for each clase of cargo. Merchant Marine. "Resolved, That the present oppor tunity to extend American trade ard the opportunity now to begin the ere-1 ation of a mercantile marine under, tho United States flag is so great that j this conference appeals to congress by immediate and effective changes in j our navigation- laws tn make it possi ble for our citizens without discrimi nation to buy and operate ships un der American registry in forlegn trade on equal competitive terms with all other maritime nations. Coop?rative Effort I "Resolved. Thftt this conference, deeply appreciates and earnestly and I sympathetically responds to the aug-] gestion Ot tho secretary of the treas"-, ury Ia his opening address that the corporation of the business'interests of the country with the government and - Ita. various' departments should prevail, and lu order that each may be Sfectivcly and most promptly accom ished be lt Standing Committee./ "Resolved, That lt is the sense of this conference that a standing com mittee should bo appointed, composed] of recognised experts in foreign ex.1 chango, marine, and insurance prob l?me end In ocean - transportation I problems, in order that if desired, inj co-opera tion with' the appropriate, -committee bf congress, bills may bel framed for consideration designed to promote the accomplishment of these greatly to he desired ends." ? j In accordance wUh the. last .ot tho] shove resolutions the following com-] mlttce, with Mr, Seth Low, of Now York, as chairman, waa appointed j further lo'"confer with the represen-1 tatlves of- thc government for the re- { Hot pt jtfce? exist lng emergency: War '.>' Flak * Insurance-Hendon Clwbb. <A New York: J. Parker.'Kir.-' UnV'?f New Y?ork;'By H. Out o rb rid go. 1 *. - '' '?. ? .?- ' ' .? - Andrew J. Bethea la Baaing. HU Claim to Election Upon Fitness and Upon an Outspoken Stand for Clean Politics and Good Government In South Carolina Privai J Secretary to Governor :\:v :! for four years, from 19(>7 lo 1911, in which time he became acquainted with every brandi of the State Government. Conducted in satisfactory manner Hie Governor's office on many occasions for days and weeks at the time in the absence of the Governor. Code Commissioner of South Carolina from 1911 to 1914 with a handsome majority over two of the best law yers' in the State. . \ ri ' ' ' . ? '; ' '. of Now York; F C. Crow ell, of Kan sas City, Mo. Transportation-J. A. Farrel), of New ork; P. A. S. Franklin, of Now j Work; Robert Dollar, of San Fran cisco; Bernard D Barker, of Balli more. Foreign Exchange-A. J. Hom ph i ll, of New York: Fontus J. Wade, of St. Louis; Henry R. Ickclbelmer, of New York; John j Arnold, of Chicago. Secretary McAdoo appointed A. C. Miller, of the federal reserve hoard, ns thc representative of the treasury department io confer with 'thc com mut?e dealing with ho subject of war risk, F. A. Delano, of the federal ro. serve hoard to confer with the mem bers of the conference committee-deal ing with tramportatlon, and Poul M. Warburg, of the f?deral reserve board, , to confer with thc committee dealing with foreign exchanges.' Thc members of the foreign trade eon nc ll on the above comm lt. tee are Messrs Farrell. Franklin and Dollar, Further He com m en dat lo ns. This committco baa made the fol lowing recommendations for tho im mediate relief of the situation: .*1? That the treasury department deposit funds In tho leading financial exporting centres to ho exclusively used for the facilitation of exports. "2. The release of fund?: held In foreign countries resulting from tito i sale of shipments which have boen ! diverted from their original dcatlna I tiona or commandored. ^his ouestton I will bo taken tip with state de I partaient. I ' "3 That tho federal reserve board take up the question of establishing an internation clearing house for tho selling of debits and cr?dita bf the na tions. Tho establishment of a govern ment bureau of war risk insurance to I be administered by a director and j employ?es, which shall assume tho 'risks of war on American vessels and i on cargoes shipped or to be shipped therein whenever In the judgment of the bureau it shall appear that tho -American vessels or shippres are un. able In any trade to secure adequate war risk Insurance on equal terms with vessels or shippers of other na tionalities by rea ion of the protection afforded such other vessels or ship pers by arrangements for war in demnity through their governments. "3. That there be taken up imme diately by congress such amendments to navigation laws of . the United States as wilt servo to create a por manent forelgn.-trado American mer. cant Ile marino practicable in char*". t01\* - " . '<!. ?WI*'' " . Tho sub-pommllte- '.. ; hopes to subirn'* - ;'*.: import j of Its views. na vVeJneaday. August How To Cure n Sprain. A sprain tney. be cured In about one third tho. time required by the usual treatment by applying Chamberlain's Uniment and observing the>d?rectlons with each bottle." For sale by all deal m '" - r ? FINE STOCK IS BEING IMPORTED Donalds People Have Realized ? That It Will Pay to Breed Fin-, cr Horse? .and Better Cattle ? For the flrct tlrao In tho history, ot . tho state Ano brood mares have boen imported to South Carolina in some quantity. The' live Block experts have boon teaching for years that; tim people of this section munt inf! prove their brood, ?tock if they wish to secure rediUs from raising horada and it ooeius that their work ls about to boar Tritfy. Thc people. ll vin? in Donalds township or Abbeville coun ty and Just a .mile or so un the other side of the Anderson cbuhty line, have purchased und had dolivercd two car load of fino Pcrcncron brood mares. Tlue maree were brought to this city fro/'1 Virginia and. they have ex cited much admiration. Many Uve stock dealers have been'tb' see them and" these dealers are predicting that Abbeville county will soon have more live stock and better live stock than it evor hud before. /'?. People coming to Anderson from Abbeville said yesterday that Y??e mares have been ter:.ed Out and that without exception every one of them' pulled a bigger load than could two mules. This ls convincing proof, ac cording to the Abbe' Hie. people, that the farmers of this section have been. wasting money in buying 'mules. ' ., . ;j . .i -r*i~-U ' i ?I? TUE BALLOT 11?XE8 ABEBEADY. They Can Be Obtained hy the J?oosg ers at Any Time. ??Vv-:' ? . . ..'< ."JT^- '- ' -' '-fi'.-si-: Tho ballot boxes, tickets, etc. to .bo U6ed in- the primary next Tuesday are now ready for distribution and cap be secured by applying td'.-IHK1 "hS'ta' Rice, secretary of the county execu tive, committee, \>r to Tom.-'Day is, at tho court-house. ROBERT A. GENTRY MAKES STATUENT ". 1 "TT y . . 4r'i : i\;. 'Denies Report That Dr. Tripp Ia :.ce For Him . ' . ? - ? > ("Political Advertisement) a*)^ To my friends in"Anderson County? I understand lt ls currently reported over tho county that my fathordn-law Dr Tripp, ls running for'tho coun.t.y treasurer's office, not for himself, but for nie. I wish to cofrect ^hjg report and; say thero ls absolutely co foundation for same, aa I expect Jp return to Ridge ville in September to resume my .-'duties as principal of tho Rldgeville High School. (Signed) ^TROBBRT A. OBSNTRX :!'' - ' ' " V . /.