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______ ____ berrR E,TBIHD16,NEWBERRY._S. Cog FRIDAY. JANUARY 3, 10.TiEAWE.~5)AYA A MASS MEETING HELD OVER AN EDITOR, 01IAILGED WITH SCANDJEIUNG SALUDA WOMEN. 01tisons Demand an A pology-The Sentinel - Iefuses to Print Rotraction prepared by Uonnittee--Trouble Brbwiug. [Special to The State.] Saluda, Dec. 30.-Otr town hos been considorably stirred up for the past ten dayo. Tho cause of tho trouble is the following looIs which appeared in the Saluda Sentinel on the 18th inst.: "There are some of the lowest gos. sipy women in Saluda as has ever. in fested a town. They sneak around and lie and siander the iunocent. The worst part is, that decen , pcoplo listen to and give erodenee to such lies. How much nobler would it be if they would demand of these low down, lying gossips the proof or an oxposure if they fail to give it. If one or two could be made examples of, their lying tongues tongues could be silenced." "Thc L3male liar is atalKring abro-d in Saluda, but sooner or later she will be run down." After the appoarance of these items, the people talk_l of the matter and on the night of the 20th a citizens' meeting was had. At that meetintig the preamble and resolutions here not out were unanirouIly adopted: "At a meeting of the citizens of the town of Saluda, S. C., bold in the oilloo of Mr. 13. I. Smith, county treasurer, on the evening of the 19th day of Decomber, 1901, the follow ing preamble and resolutions wore unanimously adopted: "Whereas, in the Saluda Sentinel of December 18th, 1901, two articles or locals reflecting upon the Ifidies of the town of Saluda appearod and it appeared that said articles came from the pen of H. S. Cunningham, editor and proprietor of said pz'per, and, "Whereas, we consider the state mento made in said articles to be slanderous and feel that same are undeserved and uncalled for: "Therefore, be it resolved by the citizens of the town of Saluda, S. (1.. "First, That a committee of three, to ba appointed by the chairman of this meeting, wait uprn H. S. Cun ningham as soon as convenient and demand of him that in the next issue of his paper he publish over his sig nature an apology for and retraction of the articles above referred to, which said apology and retraction shall be prepared by said committee. "Second, That if the said H. S. Cunningham fails, neglects or re fuses to sign and publieh the above * apology and retraction above men tioned that then and in that event the said committee demand of the said H. S. Cunningham the name or names of the female or females re ferred to in the next issue of his paper. "Third, That the report of said committee shall be made to the chair man of this meeting who shall have the power to call this meeting to gether again if he deems it neces sary." ji These resolntions were signed by S25 citizens, among them being the two ministers of the town. Messrs. E. C. Turner, J. B. Cole man and J. iR. Crawford were ap pointed on the committee and on the following morning they, with Dr. 3. W. Pitta, chairman of the citizens' meeting, called on Mr. Cunningham <,and presented the resolutions. -Your correspondent is informed by Dr. Pitts that Mr. Cunningham agreed to publish in the coming issue of his pape ',he apology and retrac tion demanded. On Tuesday night last, just as The Sentinel was going to press, Messrs. Pitts, Turner and Coleman having learned that the apology and retrac tion was not in the paper, again called on Mr. Cunningham. They demanded the publication of what the resolutions called, either the re traction and apology, or the name or names of the female or females re f.erred to. It is said Mr. Cuauing; ham agreed to name t he 'ndies, andl informed the committee -that there * are three of them. Here is the apology or explanation which was and is now in The Sonti nel: "I am rorry that the publicat.i,.n of the article referred to in the reso lutions above have been so miscon strued as to call forth the above pro amble and resolutions. And, in the beginning of this statement will say to the ladies of Saluda, that I have too high a regard and esteem for them as to impute any such charge to them. On the other hand, I was confronted with a rumor, a more ru nor, so it seems now, that could not be located by those who told me of the rumor, except that it must have litarted from the gossip of women. I failed utterly to locate the source and those who told me of it, informed me that they are as ignorant of its sonrco as I am. Thorefore my solo reason for wiiting the squibs, was to let the designing person or persons know that sooner or later their evil report would be run down. "Since the above has been put in type, I have been informed by three prominent business men of Saluda, that they are satisfied in their own mindti that the report did not origin ato from any woman, and we apolo gizo to the ladies for anything that I have said in the issue of the 18th that may possibly. have been con strued as reflecting upon thom.-H. 8. Cunningham." After this last call the three gen tlemen left the office of The rintitel and announced that the names of three ladios would appear in the pa per as the females referred to in the locals of the preceding issue. Every one was on tiptoo with anxiety and longing for the paper to be published. It was announced that this was to be done Thursday night. But at the appointed time no paper came from the pross. Finally on Friday after noon those interested found in The Sentinel the resolutions above set out, the apology of the editor and the following additioatil: "The readers of the Sentinel will attribute, no doubt, the delay in get ting out this week's issue to Christ mas. Such is not the case. The paper was being issued on time last Thursday evening when I was inter rupted in my work by Dr. J. W. Pitts and Messrs. Ed Turner and Joe Ben Coleman, who demanded that I take out the explanation and apology I have given and insert in stead, a typewritten apology pre pared by a committee. They fur thermore demanded that I put not a word of explanation of my own in my defense bearing on the subject. I kept cool and tried to reason with them upon the high handed meas ures they were taking. They said the citizens demanded it, but when I called on them to give the names of the citizens, they refused to do so and said that nothing short of pub. lishing the retraction and apology as they had written it-or the names of the female or females-would satis fy them; that if I publiehed it as it was I would do so at my peril. "I told them I had carefually framed my explanation in order not to bring to public gaze the name of a most highly respected lady in Saluda, whose sole and only purpose in get ting mixed up in the false rumor was to put it down as f dlse. "Since thinking the matter over I have resolved not to make public the lady's name, especially now that it is conceded that the malicious slan der did not originate among women. "So I thought discretion the bet ter :'rt of valor, and sinco I could not go on peaceably with the publi cation as it was, but would bring on a clash that may have proven fatal to my innocent daughters at work with me in the offlce, and as it was Christmas eve night and a noisy crowd on the streets, I quietly closed my office door and took my girls home. "I have submitted the charges and my reply to two of the beet lawyers in the State, and to Gov. McSweeney himself, who say they cannot see why any reasonable mindod man w~told not be saliinhd with it. "I am a law-abiding eltizen. 1. have done all that a self-respecting gentleman can do. A nd if mye a planation Is not satisfactory, then there is a redress in the law. "Through justice to thoso citizens who did not tako part in the citizens' meeting, I will state that there are 50 or more prominent citizens of the town of Saluda who did not take any part in that meeting.-H. S. Cun ningham." Your correspondent called on Dr. Pitta and ioquired of that gentleman as to the intention of the committee in the matter. Iis reply verbatim was this: "The committeo, in my opinion, will call the citizons together again. I feel that this is proper under t ho terms of the rosolutions. I havo not seen all the members yet but this is the opinion of those to whom I have mentioned th,) matter." "Let us also 13ay," stated the do tor, "that this committee had no idea of doing any violence to Mr. Cun ningham when we called on him Tuesday night. We went to him at gentlemen and he had no reason to believe that any personal injury was to he done him, or that a clash would be had. Individually I have always felt friondly towards Mr. Cunning ham, but I do not think I or the mon of the town should permit their wives, daughters and sisters to be in sulted by an article in a paper or by any other method. This is a matter for the citizens of the town alone and we do not care for the advice or opin ion of any outside lawyers or Gov. McSweenoy in regard thereto." "I would like," continued the doc tor, "to make this statement also in regard to Mr. Cunningham's state mont that 50 prominent people of the town did not take any part in the meeting held. Two or three did tho inviting and as the meeting was gotten up hurriedly, we did not have time to invito all the citizens. Of those invited all came, except one gentleman who was sick, and lie tf terwards sigA.,d the resolutions. One m1a nA, a closo friend and i,o.xt door neighbor to Mr. Cunninghan, refused to sign the resolntionH." THE 00MMITT1. E ENDOUSED.-S ALUDA OIT IZENS PASS RESOLUTIONS APPROVINO THEIR ACTION. [Special to The State.] Saluda, S. C., Dec. 31.-Another act in the Cunningham drama was played last night. About 30 citizens met in County Treasurer Smith's of fice in response to the call of Dr. J. W. Pitts, chairman of the citizens' committee. It was stated that the meeting was held for the purpose of hearing the report of the committee appointed to wait on Mr. Cunningharm. The re port was submitted by Mr. J. B. Cole man. Then Mr. R. L. Ramey offered the following resolution: "Resolved, by the citizens of the town of Salnds, in meeting assemn bled: First, That we endorse the action of Dr. J. W. Pitts, chairman, and Messrs. E. C. Turner, J. B. Coleman and J. 1R. Crawford, the committee, who waited on H. D. Cunningham." "Second, That we tender our thanks to the above named gentle men for the faithful manner in which they discharged the unpleasant diu ties assignedi to them, and for their gallantry in defending the good la dies of the town from insult and slan der." B. W. Crouch, Esq., moved to amend by striking out all after the word "gallantry." He stated that he was glad he was present at the former meeting, "But you loft too soon," interrupted Mr. H. C. White, a brave old Con federate soldier and good citizen. Which remark received loud applause (Mr. Crouch dlid not remain at the former meeting to vote on the reso. lutions adopted, and afterward re fused to sign his name thereto.) Jndge of Probate W. S. Crouch favored the amendment. Messrs. B3. R. Smith and E. S. Blease opposed it and the latter moved to table. This motion was carried by a vote of 21 to 5. and the ros('t19ionsI wire adopted. Mr. WV. I) 'errv 'hen prese:.. d this resolution: "Resolved, That wa endrse a ndA opprove the notion of the trusteos of Saluda school district in demanding the resignation of H. S. Cunningham as principal of the Saluda school." Trusteo Foy stated that Mr. Can ningham's resignation was asked for and advised because a number of pa trons had said they would not send their children to him; that the ro signation was not demanded. Several remarked that they failed todistinguished betwoon a "forcible request" and a "demand," and the resolution was unalmmously adopted, or at least no one voted "No." The meting thou adjourned. Thoro is no excitement this morn ing. It is thought that the matter has ended and will remain so. Itow over, the opinion is that all depends on wlit will bo published in The Sontinol of Wednesday. Nearly ov. ory citizen has expre;sod the hopo that the affair will be hushed now, and all regret the publication of Ithe fow words that causod the troub!o HOW DAVIDa WARFICLD BEO&Ms "TIMi .JIM." Vromxi the Auobograpictit Hkotech Irs Frank LOHIO's Moatihly for Jannury. I hit on the idea by chanco. Down on the East Side of Now York I had seen hundreds of the picturesque Jews, with their beards and queer hnts and queerer dialect. It struck me that there was a striking charac ter type that never had been done on the stage. It may soom a strange statement to make, but the fact is I never devoted much time to study ing the Yiddisher in his haunts. Tlat is, it didn't seem like study, for I was simply using the powers of ob servation. I took a mental kodak picture of him, and was enough of a mimic to catch quickly his gestures and modo of speech. Thon, with my subject photographed on my mind I familiarized myself with his views of life, put myself as much in his place as I Pould, and fif (ed my Ptoriosr to accord with his nature. Some of the stories were founded on fact, and more were wholly fietitious. Since I first acted the Yiddisher, I have been developing and retouching the picture, until now, though essen. tially my original conception, its present state is very different from its first. System. What is called "a good mcmory" is probably a natural gift, though the power of recollecting can no doubt, be strengthened by practice and eff'ort. It is curious to note the way in which our minds will sometimes cling to a store of traish and let slip the things wve wish to remember. Some silly rhime, cas ually heard in the street, will cling to us for years, while the poetry we labored to learn and hoped to re member has long been forgotten. Many systems of memories, as the art of cultivating the r:emory is called, have been invented, but all of them, so far as they pretenid to assist one in any other way than by strengthening the power of memo. ry, are quite useless, A laughable story is told of a mian who attend ed a"memory school.". "H1-allo, Tom!'' saidl a friend, "'I hear you are attendinig this memo ry school. What do you think of it, anyhowv?" "Greatest discovery of the age!" says Tom, enthusiastically. "'I tell you it's a great thing. Why, two months ago I could:n't remember anything a (lay. Couldn't remem ber names and dates at all, and now, sinice I've taken rip this sy's tem, I can't forget anything. No, sir, I really can't." "Is that so? I must look into the thing myself. What's the teacher's name ?" ''Oh' his name's -um--um----m let me see. Whiat is his name? I know it as well as I know my own, Odd sort of a name, but common er.. .gh too. It's- -it's--I had it at my very tongue's endl just now. It's something lik-like..-hamred( mi 1 rmem?ber wh; i :. ' (J. and let cu k. ow. I neuver couild remember names, anyhow?' --Northwestern R.vie. A HEAVY LOSS TO ELECTRIC COMPANYa 11AL AT J'ORTMAN)s S111AL. VIEI,) T0) THE F1.os). Ti1 "a1mg at 1e01Wt "100.000- -Tho' Lona Alxo F o leltvJiy onk 4 ottoat Rliii 1&141 0thtir landitries Using rlcit, lowkr. [4pcial to The Stat,3] Anderson, Doe. 30. P-art, of the dam of the Andirsoin Wiator, Light an( 'owor company at Portian 11Hoals on Soneen river ton milos wost of thI Oity Wits Washi1d awy last night. The dam wtas 700 foot long, 1-1 foot high, 30 foot wide it the baseo tind 8 foet, wide it the top. A bout 150 foot of tho dam11 ill the coitor is 1g01; it is nit tho uh01t tha t th 0Ma ionry it witshId away cleato the btu of the rivor. It is t bought that, about I ) or 1") foot of lho bottom remais, bitt it cannot be told yet whether it hats boen too badly injured to ho useId in rebuilding. The dam wa s bil. by 0. 0. Tonny of Spartanburg and had bovin pro (ouncled by i number of enginmers who had examined it to be suffliiit strength and solidity to withstand an emergency volume of water. The washing away of the (damll) Wati t grOat surpriso and it cannot bo told yot whethor it. WtH (110 to a (tfOUt. inl the building or not. Senoca river commnoced rising very rapidly late Sunday afternoon as it result of the heavy rains of Satur day as wits ap)proendod. Tho crish cam1e at I1:1 I5 last mllght andi Wias On tiroly without warning it. .1. thoight by sonle that a log or raft. cam1o down the river at high spood cius ing it to break. TIhie power houso containing the dynamos, etc., sots oil the east sido of the river at the base of the dan. Throo of the emplnoyos of the company WreO in the power house when the dsm burst, and the viter Iivv the 1house with at.Ht incredible ra)idity and the floor was soon covered to a depth of 18 feet, ,nbmerging all the machinery. Two of the employee escaped at the door, and the .there swam out the window and some diptance down the river and landed on the bank. The dyna mos and the other machinery were submerged, but it is not thought they will be seriously damaged. The dam, with the machinery, etc,. represented an investment of $400, 000. It cannot be estimated yet with any degree of accuracy what will be tihe cost of rebuilding t.he broken damn, but the cost cannlot be less than $60,000to$75,000 or perhaps greater. put the greatest loss, uand tis canl hardly be estimated, will be ini the loss of time to tile power company and to the cotton milis and other in dnatries using electric power. It will be several months before tile damn can be rebuilt, and in the mean time many of the whools of industry in the city must stand1 idle. Tbne An derson cotJ on mills, employing ,300i hands, hlad tile groater part of its machinery dlriveni by electric power. The milla, however, have a 300 horse power engine and dynamuo atnd yes terday decided onl runinig as5 many loomis and spindles as possible bo0th night aind day, thus gi vinig contiiued em ployment to possily (l00 of em ployes. T1he others mulsltt necessaIri ly remain in inlIoneHs or seek emph y ment elsewhere for the time be(inig. Th'fe mill will start up about 500 looms and about 17,000 spindles to morrow. The Orr cotton mills, 01m ploying about 500 hands, used elec tric power exclusively and this mill is necessarily closed dlown inl all (1e partments. It may be decided to in stall an engine burt this has n.ot beeri settled yet, and even if this is done it will take time to get it in place. Un. til then the employcs must romir:E idle. 'rho livorsido mill and tbt Cox yarn mill use steam power ani are not affected. The (Cox mill hau recently installed machinery t< double its capacity, and was to ust electric power for the new machinery One of the planing mills, the rollei trio power. Thoese will have to matk< temporary arrangements by using steam power. Thii afternoon a conferenco of nearly all of tho busiios iOn of tho eity was hold ini the olli'o of tIo powor company anld th osituationl was oarefully gone over. It. cannot be denied that, the city of Andoirson has reeived a sovoro blow, but the poo. plo aro hopoful and dolqormined to 111111 o th beit of the situation. '4v. oral experts from different. parts of lit) couitry have boon tolographed for to aom d and look ovor th sitiu t ion and adviso what is best to be done. The oxiaet. xtoit, of the damag cniii not, bM told until the water inl the rivor Fotb9ides, probably tornorrow or 1ho daty affor. It itt thoughtIta possibly ai colfer (lain clin bL) put ill until the largo dam can ho rebuilt, aikd by this muoans monro stliciont power to run the lst part of tihle nmahinory in hoth mills. If this cane ho donlo it vill take at humt six woks' tiio. 'llo sid(lon riso of SkAiocI river wam wholly utnoxpmsted. 'oliro lid hoon hohtvy wainm horo, bnt not, ichI as to cauvo apprioeheision. It is thought that thoro inust, have been sovoro rains in foothills of the moun tatins, or olso there wm H110w inl the 1noiitaiim which woro ikilted by the rain and the warm woather the last. day or two. Earlo's bridge which stood several hundrod yards belw the dmiti , wls swept aaity by tie iini11nso volume of witor. Tho bridgo, which was of iron, was buil. several years ago atid oost 1.4,500. So far no other damn. ago has beon reported in other so. tion of the country by tle high wa ter. ''he lWat-er, Light and Power coin. pany also riirnishes tho oloctric lights for tht) city. Thosio are, of courso, not running tonight anlld the stroots are in darknes. ThI b,usiios liouses and residences ire usiing kor onen lamps and candlos. Th4( coni paiy, howevor, hopes to initall aln engine in a few dayR whinh will gon orite suliieint elootricity to run tlie re 1&111 iiiniide8cent ltmp . 1Te water supply is not offoeted, as the punipH are run by stoam. BninosH men here request t,he it atomnit that while the city hm received a blow the people are not disheartened. Ar rangements Yill be male here for the cotton mill's operatives who are ton porarily thrown out of omploymont., and the broken dam will be repaired just as speedily as possiblo. ThorO is a general air of choorfulness and dotrmiination to make the best of tbo situat,ion. The two Arm Ies. liy HEiNRV IMito)J. Two armties stand1( enrol led beneathl The bli .eri wit,h the starry wreathI; One, faclig battle, bilight aitu bhuist, Thirouigh tw ic~e a hiired fields hs paussed: Its dleeds aigalinst a riuin foe. St reain, valleIy huil niouinini k now, Tii ll vey w~i nd t hat tiweeps) t he lantd Th2e other, with ai narrow scope. Yet led by not less grandic a hope, Hth won, pierlhps, as5 proudl ai place, And wears its famie with mieeker grace. W'ives march beneath its glittering sign, F-ondc mot hers swell the lovely linte; A muditimny a sweethecart hiides her bdiush lIn the yo ug patriot's geneirous (insh. No breeze of battle ever fantmied The colors of thait tender haind; Its oilice is beside thue bedl, Whlere thiioobs some s;ick or wounded head. It doe5 not :ourit the soldier's tombtt, liuit pi es the iieedle an telIhu l'o>m; Andiu, by a thoumsind peaceful deeds, Snuppl i ai striiggl ing inationi's nieedsI. Nor is that arimy;s gentle might, Unfelt amiid the deadly fight; It nierves lihe son's, the husband's hand, It. poiints the lover's fearless branad; it thill s the langidit, warms the cold, Gives eveni new couage to the bold; And someitimecs lifits the veriest clod To its own lfy trust ini God. Whein heaven shall blow the trump < f Anid b)id the weary warfare acase, Th i r several missions nobly done, The triumph grasped, anid freedom won, Hotha armies from their toils at rest, Alike misty claim the victor's crest, liut each shaill sec its dearest pirizeC Gleamn sofly from the other's eyes. The abo0ve very beautiful old1 war poem went the round( of the south. ern press ini the early sixt ies.I rep)roduice it because it has~ ~oine out '... teral ur- - b e w ar lbe t wen the Sttts. .I leiry Tliinrod was one of the best of thle mre.im, ENORMIS SURPU IN THE TREASURY, AMOUN TINi ICOUINj),,V TO ONE HUN Flk 'Fxe" of FxPONdItUrRn-Ta Available Cabil o1 Ein1ti tiE Abotat *30,000,0) 'A I lhif,? t 1 Enr Amo. W ashington, Doc. 31. ---"The treas ury im in a coit(ion of unoxamplod ptrengti,h," maid Serotary ;agoto. day whon a-kod to briolly review th. -roluiry nitrIItion Itt the oloso of the k,oar. O ly a il1oit., ago ill lily 111111ni1 Iport to ctiiongres 1 roviowmd theoi '!(nitionIS. Th10 figurl-0. for thet lat 1on1th IIIv MIAd( but littlE) chalgo. por tho calondir yotr wo show re (1olI in K 4xEEa of te oilfiry 0X jwIIk1h.rI1Vh 11nIIIIIun g rm tolly to one 'XC4H Ilight hive r!iu itodi it frioII 1Inbarrassmit had it tho dopart o.111 onabll by m1oais of this str phit to rEdico tho pIubli dobt in, large umoits,. Siie April 1 latit I' k Itro1Iry has rodood tiand VIn (101od Unitod Statoti bon(dm to tho pir value of $58,71 1,700 which havo boon appliod to ho Hinkiig fund and the disburiOenlont resulting thorefroui was $72,225,84.5. The availblo oatish Mn hand im thoroforo abouit $301,000,. WO0 largor than the aiiounit a year ago. "C_,ompa)IringK the Bitualtionl as It i1i today with April 1t. 1897, the ro suilt is most gratifying. On tho Iat tor day the treasury hold monoy of all kiids ti te aiouint of $21),873, 000, Icluding $100,000,000 asi i gold resorvo, loaving, thoroforo, $ 160 000,000 1i i 011Hs balanlco. Today ill itonoy of till kinds the treasury holiS V96,659,000, and it we ddulot the $150,),000,000 now hold as; a gold rsorvo the bilnce statnds att $14(5,. 000,000 or $1,00)(1,000 loss than it was April 1, 1897. It will bo soP, thoroforo, thatt .nbh:,titntial oqlii. briumid hat, bsoi iiuirithtinod. Thore huii booin a very imatorial in. oronso in the money in oirenlation since March 1, 1897, as well as in the amount por capita. The volume of money on that (Ite, outmido the troatsury was -1,k75, 94,9I053 and the aniouit por capita was $23. 14. "(hn tho firtt, of Docembor the amom11011it of itonoy outaido the trons itry waii $2,2:50,2r5(1,230 anul the aiiount por capita was $28.73. The inoraise in attiount, therefore was $574,561,277 and the increaso per ca.pita was $*r E9. '"Th1e amiounut of gol(11 coinad gold certificatos in circulation iln cisoed from $53,80,515 on March I, 1897, to Sul1,300),i 89 oIn Dec. 1, 1901. I ivory otheor kind1 of muoneoy in circulation is greater ini arnount no0w thanit it wasI onl March 1, 1897, with the sinigle excoption of the treasuiry niotes of thet act of July 14', 1890. T1heo amounILt of those in cir eulation, Detc. 1, 1901, waus only $10,012,622 ats againsot $85,546,62.1 on Miarch 1, 1897. This reduction ii volume grows ouut of the natural ora1tion1 of the act of J1uly 14,1890, andit the net of M arch 1.1, 1900. T1he inicrease1 in the amount of na tional i,ank niotes in circiuation dur. ing the p)eriodl 1in questioni wre *$132,731. Th'is inlcreaoo is~ mainly attributable to the act of March 12, 1900."' The Ivory ity. TheC exposition; bild~ings anid grounds prope3r att CEhaet on, have beeni dubbed "Tlhe; Ivory City,'' becaiuse of tecli ar J001 bIllend01 of col ors usted inl the ornamenlcltatio, Th'iere will be manny visitors to wit ness tihe beautiful effect the sun 's rays will p)rodutce upjon) the exterior of' these buildings14, by dauy, and1( he hold the mnagiificenice madie visileo by electricity at n)ight. Th'lis, and all other cities made by man, Pale into insignilicance whien coimparedi to "Tlhe city that had1( no need of tihe sunt, neither of the moon, to shine in it ; for theo glory of God did( ligh ten it."' When a man borrows money tho man who lends it to him borrows his enmity. "