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n r.v a-vl g > before : ii people and th?~n
he will have the ? -audidates meet him.
and he promised he would keep out :f
the Gght and his mi. -'h shm. If y.m
elect him I'll take it as niti-e that y. '.i
do not want me. If lie is a Democrat
1 am not. Ml the other fellows want
is a chance to meet him on the stump.
Let him resign and test the situation.
He said he would like to talk longer,
but wanted to keep to the agreement,
and s'opped amidst applause.
Then came Senator McLaurin's reply.
which was well done. He said he
expected great tilings, oik ruounumi*
have been In labor and brought forth
a mouse. Me rame here with some trepidation.
but the speech of Tillman was
that of a man who knew he was wring
and lias! no h<ort in the work, lie ha 1
tried to make logical speech*s.but li t
friend persistently appealed to eiass
i* prejudice ami class feeling. I'e kn w
. Tilli .:.-i itiid his style of work. 11-;
wanted the movement kept up fur
others than hi in. If. He did not wa.it
to try to stir up strife between fn *o.y
operatives and th? presidents and iTieir
own He appealed to the operatives at
wc!i as to the owners, for lie had tin
high regard for them as ever did Tilimar.
Tillman had said some very hard
things of li.m. J.ast year when he w. 3
chained io a T>*iT of sickne?s,th:s man,
my former friend, and a congressman
who is a candidate against me mad^
speci h after speech against ma and denounced
me as a traitor, and yet they ;
blame rue for coming out. He wanted 1
every man who loves truth and justice I
to judge him on his speeches, and not i
011 misrepresentation. He did not want i
any excitement th s summer. uec.iuo: j
his health was no: the best. He kn w ;
my sensiiive fet liny and yet he com-?s |
here i* harass me. He know it. men. i
he knew my condition. He knrw I could '
not stand worry in my pros nt con;!!- j
tion. hut I am going to fight this thing
oui. Yes. this man tells you he had an
invitation ll\ed up so as to com? he e
(Jenmen. it :- hard.but I can stand it. j
He talks about me and says I sto'e
YanDykes sermon. The only cha r<>
he has hern a:?le to bring against m > i
is tha 1 stole a sermon. Then iurnint
around and taking a step or two faci !
to face w:;h T.llnfkn and pointing hi - !
linger at him. h? sa d with freling ard
emphasis: "Vou. sir. if charges he* tru-.
have stolen things of more intrinsi
value* than s rnions." Then bubbling
over with feeling he said, referring t> 1
Tillman's invita'i.m "Now my idea of
decency, the common decency among
genrfciuen. was for Tillman to have,
asked me if it were agreeable for me to
meet him here. It was a brutal way ,
he treated me Now I want it und'-r
-? ?V?* I o.,, nnt !> Iitlllv nnil l am '
SSIA7VU 111 a l 1 tx ill UX'%, .
not going to run. I do not come
from running stock on either
side I am r.ot afraid of
Tillman. He falls hark on hi*?>! time
tricks and goes to insinuating
and talks about Hanna and his ho >11?.
If that be meant to insinuate that any
of it is coming to me it is absolutely I
false and the insinuation is unworthy j
of a senator and a gentleman; if he
means to insinuate that I'm a sham 1
want to say I'm not a sham or a demagogue.
Now. Tillman knows his il i
tricks of slurring and insinuating arid |
f has the advantage of me. and he ha*
no more mercy or ?> tty than a tig?? j
<>?e: his prey when he once gets his ;
drop on a man. Hut I fli mly beli v |
God is on the side of the right and 1 ,
will win this tight. Tillman is a bull- i
dozer and bushwackor. but 1 want it
understood there was no man In Sou h
Carolina who could handle hint, and
before 1 get through, like a small boy,
he will be crying for some one to take I
me oil him. I'm not afraid -of him.
When you disagree with him he seeks
the cheap refuge of the dema.gogno
and calls you a traitor and all such
stuff, without proving it. and to dec-la: e
rhis or that a steal. Instead of answer
ing roe he rambled off talking about
pensions and all that sort of rot, and
his only reply setrnrd to be to sn?er at
the mill owners and try to create d'scord
and strife between capital and
labor.
"Tillman talks like I'm a full fledtrd
Republican because I do not agree
with him. Every one of these questions
is entirely now since my race and
never entered into the campa:gn here.
He never thought any ono would be ?o
blind as to oppose America's liberal
foreign policy. The Cuban war which
led to present conditions was a Democratic
making."
Mr. McLaurin spoke of how he had
been hounded because cf his votes and
that at times lie might have said what
he did not want to say. He tried to
ke"P on good terms with all men. Vrt
jt i.<- did not have the g*,.cd w 11 o.'
Tillman he could not help it, and did
not care. Then McHaurin took up t'.io
matter of resignation which is relate.!
elsewhere and prodded Tillman about
his fori; and the use of it. Tillman
!:cpt his month shut as hp promise I
to do it would he the lirst time he had
\ r done ?'?.an;l then he spoke of h \v
Ji" mixed t:;> in the last guhernnti ;r. i!
^a. ra e and h( w he had got into a mess
W with the pr achers. Senator Mci^aur.n
then elaborated the idea of expansion,
pretty much as at Greenville, and took
up the Chinese and eastern question,
lie gave a graphic picture of the Ohin<
se situation; how MeKlnley got into
t'no situation and how it now stood,
and that the trade in China was just
:n its infancy and he could not see why
if China's business was worthless.Tillman
had said this government should
spill blood if necessary to develop and
. ncourage trade inChina and maintain
the integrity of China. McKinley,
whom he sneers at, settled it without
the loss of any blood. He spoke of the
xpnn^ion sermons of Dr. J. Walter
Daniel and Dr. Kilgo. Then Mr. MrI^aurin
took up the subsidy proposition I
and argued it at length. He dealt I
with it from a local standpoint. He ar
j guod that Granville ha*] grown to 1*? [ j
j tie gi Rat city that it was through sub- I
I sidy to railroads, rot ton mills, ope: a
house, etc.. and so it was in Gaffnoy
and many other places. H > gave fig- .
tires to show what money had been '
voted to railroads and what they hid
done and argued that the .-.hip subsidy
was along tin* same line. The fart of
the matter is the people ran t get
along without subsidies if they want /
to move ahead. MrlAitrin finally
urged his rieht to his views and that
there was no sense or reason in con /
stantly stiring up prejudio? and fee' j
ing as it did no one any good. He went j
over the situation and was applaud d ,
in coiK-luding.
Senator T'llnian asked for five minutes
more which was granted him with
th" consent of Mrhauiin. Tillman .-rid c
he wanted to reply to the charge hit '?
he had been brutal to MoLanrin ami he I
reid i'i t'uil the letters l?etw<jen himsf'f ; .
and Mr. 0:t.s about his coming here, j'
He was no bnite and did not want to
be regarded as one. We will soon be '
before the j>eople and there discuss is- 3
sues further. Here he again proposed ;
to MeLaurin that thev both resign
w "nit h was a ocptod. He produced the 1
volume in which Mcl^aurtn's ope e,ii jf
was published and by which he could ! *
and would prove that Mol.aurin stoic i
parts of that sermon. He had the posi- tive
proof and wanted to show it to ,
any one who wanted to s:e it. lie said.
Then he said as to the imperial policy
he dhi not want the American flag '
floating over and protecting a lot of \
yellow ilogs in the Philippines. f
This closed the speaking and Senator
Mcl.aurin announced that he had a
lot of his speeches for distribution and
he would he glad for all to rend it in 1
the south. The meeting was then ad- t
journed and then came th" regofa- 3
tion for the resignation v.h'eli result* ^
od in the mailing of the sensational ,
document. Thus ended the first nie>-- _
ins: of the unexpectedly etviy seuiu > |rial
campaign in South Carolina.
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AlcSwe.'ncy on Resigned iou> Jones ;
Announces his Candidacy.
Speaking of the resignations of the i
Senators. Governor McSweeney says: I.
"The resignations oi Senator Tillman ;,
and Mci.aurin as l'nitc-1 St:: ; Sua-'
tors, were r<\*e>ivod l>y me it .it" mail '
Sunday morning as 1 was ieiv.ng for '
Chickamarga. the resignations to take :
effect September l">. 1 will not take tip j
the consideration of the r; sigr.ations ,
it nil 1 return to my office. At present
I have nothing to say and no comnunt . :
to make on the fiction of these gentle- 1
men." ! :
Co'. Wiley Jon s. State chairman of
the Deuio -ratic Executive Committee ',
says he will call the committee together
about the first of July and that he 1
regards August as the proper month 1
for the campaign Speaking further ;:
Colonel Jones said: "You tuny say l
iftat I will be in the race for CnUe.l , a
'Stales Senator fioin South Carolina, i .
no matter what form the primary elee- |
tion therefor may assume." jf
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i hLLUKAPniU
A poli tax will be imposed on a'l ;
Philippine males over IS years eld. 1 1
Munoz Rivera resigned the Presiden- , '
ry of the Federal party in Porto Rio. l ?
> King Edward Vi had a narrow es. I *
cape while on the yacht Shamrock 11,
' which, with the Shamrock I. was
wrecked while preparing fcr a race off 1
Brambles Buoy. Isle of Wight. i
King Victoria Emmanuel was in
great danger in the elevator accident f
In Rome, but escapod.
The Ship-> ard Machinists.
Newport News, Va Special.?Presi- ?
dent Muleahy. of th? Newport Nev\3 }
lodge of the lnternarjonal Association ,
of Machinists. and Superintendent
Post, of the Newport News Ship Bail,
ing Company, say that th.-re is ro
truth in the story *hat 'he ship-yari j
oifirials have been given until Satur- 1
day to arrange the machinists' du- d
inands. Both decline to state whether ]
any formal demand has been made by i
the local union. If ar.v action has
been taken by the machinists here the 1
negotiations have been secret and con. ?
fldential on both aider. d
Additi ;n to For: floultrie.
The Secretary of War has promui- j 1
gated a general order announcing that
certain lands on Sullivan's i.-dand, in r
Charleston harbor, are declared an ad- 3
dition to the military reservation of
Fort Moultrie. The Stat" <;' ; th Carolina
passed an act last vi: icr granting
title to the United h r.:< - and ceding
jurisdictiin over this . A p - *
tion of the defenses ot Charleston |
harbor have bcca crcciii1 on this
island.
Untitled to Mileage.
Washington, I). C.. Speria' The
Comptroller of the Treasury has <l:ri- ; :
ded that Cnited States Senators 13a e
and Tillman, having been sunv.none. 1
to this city as witnesses on behalf cf
the United Stales vs. Cullen, are enti- i
tied to the usual mileage and witness j
fees provided by law, and that the law
as to clerks and officers of the Unite I
States, which provides that in such t
eases they shall not be allowed mi!- j
cage does not apply to United State*
Senators.
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Sonic of tlie Southern States arc not j
content with halfway measures when j
[they pa - law- which have to do with
he r.-c of intoxicating drinks. An Ar- j
kansas state-man proposes an act to ^
limit the | r.rchase ami consumption of
| stimulants t<> persons who take out li>
reuses, for each of which $5 is to be 1
raid. ?
HLTMORE FLOODED. I
.ots of Yandeibilt Real Estate Under
Water.
ISHEVILLE IN TOTAL DARKNESS.
\ Small Flood Sweeps the Mountain
City Doing Much Damage ?An Unu
ual Rainfall.
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ASIIfV lljr, i^i. V./., c-pvtiai. r ui in<;
lays and niahts a hard rain has been
ilmcst incessantly falling in this secion
and much damag* has been done
o crops, mill, railn ad and other pro;> rty.
Hundred:- of Asheville people
lavo visited Biltnicn- to see the da::iige
done by the Moods in Yanderbilt's
deal village.
When the millionaire and his advis:rs
planned the town a nearby creek
vhich has never before been anything
mt a small stream, was never for a
uoment taken into account. Tuesday
his stream made a record for itself
hat was both surprising and alarmng.
One row of cottages built by Mr,
,'anderbilt was fhooded and the people
orced to move their belongings to the
tppm- floors and surae of the beautifuly
paved streets were covered with
ubbish. Small trestles at Biltmor.m
both the main ,'ine ox the Southern
tnd 0:1 the Asheville & Spartanburg
lailrcad were washed away and no
rains will be operated on either 1 :n-i
or same time. A car on the sidttra k
oaded with stone was washed 30 foci.
L'h" cl-ctii" plant here is badly dama
;rtl and the r.ty is in darkness.
Askeviile, Special.?The heaviest
nd most disastrous rain fell Tuesday
:i Ashtville and the surrounding
ot.ntry that has visited this section
a yeavsj Much bottom land is ruined
nd the hillsides are yawning gulches,
ridges aie gone and many roads arc
iiipassabie. The water is up to the
oors of many dwellings along the
'renin LsroaU ami Svannanoa rivers
nd is rising in some places a foot an
our. It has already reached the hignst
record point. People are moving
ut of their homes and seeking .the
igh places for safety. .Many outlouscs
and kirns of deor.s a.e
oniing with a mad rush down the
Tench Broad. The b.vannanoa has
iroken its banks and its tributaries are
illing the valleys and augmenting the
aging torrent. The water is a loot
ieep in the big ice factory uud in the
iour mills,
at the Sjiithe.-ii Jiailway
rm-ks are washed out of ulace and
wisted into all '-orts of shapes and the
treets of Bi It more are seeming nvrs.
ilanv thousands of dollars of damage
lave already been clone.
Washouts are reported on the Mur)hy
branch of the Southern, the Sparanburg
branch and the main line. No
rains have yet come in and they are
tow four hours' overdue. The water
tas risen to the fires in tho electric
ight plant and the city is in darkless,
except for a few lights from a
imall plant not affected. The street
ars are also at a standstill from the
ante cause. Four inches > i \>m;u fell
a the city Tuesday.
Heavy Raima! in ihst Ye
Atlanta, Ga.. Special.?A special to
The Constitution eay3: "An nnpreco
lented rain has fallen in upper oas:
Vnnesseo. sweening away bridges and
cashing out tracks of railroads,
h-ains from North Carolina are blockd.
Trains from Chattanooga are also
lelayed by washouts at Athens. Th'
ast reponts at t> p. m. from points
lOrth and east of Knoxv.le state that
he streams"aj-e swumcu ..
hing over known. All telephone and
elegrapb communication in that diection
are now broken and the wires
re down."
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Damage of llalf a nilllon.
Asheville, N. C., Special.?'The damago
to the Asheville division of th"
Southern Railway by the recent flood ,
is estimated at $500,0 <>. The Asheville
? Spartanburg bianch of t c
So ;tht:n will resume schedules soon
but the line to Sol oburv over the it ue
itl't'-S 1^ * * II 4 L2 lO \. ..4 I. Jl ?/ W/-W - -'
t i'orc.1 i.... J.
By Wire ami Cable
Maj. Hcnrv C. Corbin, adjutant genpral
of the army, v. ill sail for the Philippines
on the transport Hancock,
which leaves San Francisco June 115.
He intends to male a general inspection
of the military conditions in the
islands.
Sir Gilbert Thomas Tarter, K. C.
M. G., Governor and C uninander-in
Chief of the Bahama I-lands, ar?.v<d
it Now York on the steamer Sara'to
?a from Nassau, N. P.
Sir Alfred Milner. British High Commissioner
to South Africa, arrived in
England from Cape Town.
It is feared that the lives of many
men were lost in a coal mine expio
jion a-t Senghenydd, Wales.
SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS.
Early Cultivation Progressing Nicely
? <ieneral Review.
In general the week just past, has
been favorable for farm work, and in
a minor degree for the growth of
crops. The mean temperature was
nearly normal, with the exceptions of
the 14th, 19th and 20th which were
cloudy and below the normal in temperature.
The nights have been rather
cool and this has checked the growth
of vegetation to some extent, tut the
midday warmth lias been sufficient to
prevent positive injury to crops. Rain
occurred in tiie central and east portions
on the 14th, in the west on the
join, anu quae generally over me |
state on the lith to 20th. The storm
of the 14th was very severe over several
eastern counties, ami the carnage
to ail kinds of crops by high winds
and hail was considerable; the truck
farms in the vicinity of Newborn especially
suffered immense loss. 'Hie
need of rain was beginning to be felt
in the extreme southeast portion and
over all of the western district, and
the general rains the latter part of the
week were very beneficial in those
sections. During the middle of the
week the normal amount of sunshine
prevailed. While crops have remained
green and vigorous and have evidently
improved somewhat, growth has not
been rapid owing to the lack of stimulating
high temperature. With the
exception of a few days when the
ground was too wet, farm work has
progressed well.
Nearly all of the cotton crop has
been seeded; while late, cotton is gen- j
orally coming up well, except in the
western portion, ard fairly good stands
have been secured; chopping is proceeding
rapidly; the crop needs much
warmer weather for active growth.
Much replanting lins secured a hotter
. and of corn than previously indicat ""i.
though the stand is very irregular
still in many counties; the cultivation
of corn the first time is underway;
bottom lands have not all been planted.
Some damage to young corn by
crows and lmd-worms has been reported.
Planting peanuts is not :inishect,
and at present the stand is irregular.
A good many tobacco plants have been
set out in the eastern portion where
this work is nearing completion unrier
favorable conditions: tarnsplanting is
also progressing fairly well in central
and northern portions, except that
plants arc slow in attaining proper
size. Wheat, oats and rye are flourishing.
but need more rain in western
districts; wheat and winter oats are in
I nil bloom: chinch bugs have appared
on wheat In a few localities, and some
complairts of heading low have been
received. Irish potatoes are doing better
than expected. Transplanting sweet
potato slips has begun. Gardens lock
well, but vegetables are late; shipments
of vegetables and strawberries
continue to be Heavy. MeliTns are doing
well. While apples appear to be
short, the prospect^ for other fruit !s
still favorable.
Minority Report Withdiawn.
Havana, By Cable.?At yesterday's
session of thoCuban constitutional convention.
Senorors Gualberto Gomez
and SJlva. withdrew the minority report
of the committee on foreign relations
and substituted for it the old majority
report of the committee, which
was drawn up before the commission
went to Washington and was signel
k,. riiioihArtn Gome?. Silva
U J VTOUVJ V.*} _
and Villuendas. but which was never
acted upon by the convention, because 1
it was a rejection of the Piatt amend- J
ment, particularly in respect of the
rigf.it of intervention and the coa'ing 1
stations. TJiis action of Senor Gr.cnez
is attriu/ted 'to the bitter attack made 1
upon him yesterday, by the Radicals. 1
for having accepted portions of the
Piatt amendment. The convention ad- 1
jovrned without coming to a vote.
Passenger Train Wrecked.
Columbia, S. C., Special.?It was re- ?
ported "that the south-bound passenger j
train on the Seaboard Air Line had
been wrecked about 50 miles below Co
lumbia. Officials here disclaim knowl- j
edge of the wreck. It is believed n^
lives were lost.
A True Artist.
Phil May, who makes humorous
sketches, was 37 years old on April
22. Simple as his sketches look, produced
with the minimum number of
linos, the result is obtained only by
hard wn.k and the persistent elimina
ticm of each superfluous stroke result
is obtuin? .i. Mr. May has ;<een many
sides of life.
Gov. Alien's First Report.
Washington. Special. ? Governor
Cha3. H. Allen, o? Ponio Rico, has presented
to the President, through the
Slate Department, his first annual re- '
part. The Governor expresses the
opinion that a scheme of colonial ad
ministration, such a3 Is followed In thI'rench,
Danish and English West Indies.
might be safely instituted, with
the \ariations dependent upon the future
policy of the home government.
The Governor refers to the many sus- 1
gestions offered that the form of terri- i
tc/rial government adopted in the i n!- '
ted States be applied in Porto Rieo.but
paints out that a standard fdnn of- <
such ^government, whko "useful in'th? I
1'nited* States, would not apply sue- 1
eeasfully to this island possession. i
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AN ADVERSEIEPORT
The Presbytefians Turn Down The
Catechism
COMMITTEE REPORT IS REJECTED
Its Work Will Be Referred to The
Various Presbyteries For Final Ac*
tion.
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Little Rock, Ark., Special.?Tiia
Southern Presbyterian Assembly refused
to adopt the catecX& on the
nature and government of the Church,
as reported by the committee appointed
one year ago. It was ordered tbax
the catechism be sent down to tbe
Presbyteries for criticism, with instructions
to return it to the ail interim
committee by February 1, 1902.
The Assembly divided the Synod of
Mississippi and lxmisiana on State
lines. The Synod of Memphis was divided
and the Synod of "Tennessee
created. After a lengthy debate the Assembly
directed the executive committee
on publications to select a field superintendent
for Sabbath school work.
The Assembly adopted the recommendation
of the committee on Bible cause
that the collection for the Bible Society,
in October, or some other more
convenient date, is embraced in the
Assembly's scheme of beneficence and
should regularly and faithfully be attended
to. It was ordered that the
following amendments to the Book of
the Church be sent to the Presbyteries
fr, Vit- orivipn onrt prm?pnt with thft
recommendation that it be adopted?
provided further, "that in the case of
a Synod compose^, of only three Presbyteries,
any seven ministers representing
any two Presbyterias, together
with the ruling elders, shall be a
quorum."
The standing committee's report on
ministerial relief recommended providing
a fund for relief of pressing needs
Of disabled ministers and their families;
that collections be solicited from
the churches during July and that an
earnest effort be made to raise not less
than $20,000, and that all ministers
whose names are on the Presbytery's
rolls, whether laboring at home or in
the foreign field, shall be eligible to
the benefits of the fund and that the
following executive committee of ministerial
relief be elected: Revs. Russell
Cecil, D. D., chairman; R. P.
Kerr, D. D., Joy Witherspoon, D. D.,
Calvin Stewart, D. D., Geo. R. Cannon,
John S. Munce, C. D. Laws, S. H.
Hawes, J. N. Cuttingworth and W. R.
Miller, the committee being empow
ered to elect a secretary who shall
also act as treasurer. In the discussion
on the report the need of a change
from the present system was accentuated,
the daily allowance to disabled
ministers at present being only 27
cents. There was some opposition to
the creation of a new committee fop
the relief work on the ground that the
work could be handled by otter com
mittees. The question has not yet been
finally disposed of.
At the night's session of the Southern
Presbyterian Assembly, majority
and minority reports from the special
committee on the "elect infant" clause
were submitted. The minority report
was rejected and the majority report
presented by Rev. Dr. Battle, of Lou*
isvilie, was adopted.
Natives Dissatisfied.
Manila, By Cable.?The discontent
among the natives at the appointmeut
sf American judges and alleged discriminations
in the civil service in
favor of Americans, is finding expression,
encourage^ by some pf the native
judges, who are aware that the
reorganization of the judiciary will
result in the loss of their positions.
Judge Ner, of the Court of First In
stance of Tondo, one of tne leaaers ot
what Is beginning to be called the radical
wing of the Federalists, declared
today that if such things continue
there will be a second revolution.
Some of the prominent Federalists ridicule
the prediction.
After a conference with General
MacArthur, General Trias has under- #
taken negotiations at Lucban for the
surrender of General Callles, which
Is daily expected.
fledals i or Sampson's Men.
Washington, D. C., Special.?The natal
board of awards is understood to
have reached a tentative decision upon
the design of a medal of honor for
those who participated in the battle
of Santiago Bay. The members of the
beard decline to give any information
on the subject, out it .s nrrently un?
- iU.i i-Y *
dor stood among naval omcers unit ud
boaui has followed the precedent o?
the .Manila mortal in snowivs the head
of th? commander-in-chief, and that
this Santiago medal will bear the head
of Admiral Sampson. A number of
designs have been presented, but the
board seems Nto be most favorable tc
those made by Mr. Skerritt, a designee
belonging to the Department force.
Florida C.jlloa O.I company.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.?A cha*
ter was applied for, by the Fiol-ida*
Cotton Oil Company. The capital stock'
of the concern was given at $100,000;
The incorporator^, are G. N. Hanson, <W.
F. HutchPson,. \V. D. 'Hiddeir, J. L." *
Caldwell, \V. D. Carswell, T. G. Montague
and William Cummings. The
home office of the company will be iit
this jiiy.