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Wire for Cotton Ties. Hefty tho Alliance is Puskiog the Fight It has Begun A Call From Presi? dent Keitt. The State has in the last few days given complete information concern ing'the progress of the fight stalled by the State Alliance against the Bteel cotton tie tiust, and only yes tenjay enough was said about the practical test of the new wire ties to show that they would prove as good for the purpose of baling cotton as the steel tie. It is only " a question now, it seems, of a few days before 4he farmers all over the State will be? gin to send their orders for wire ties in large numbers That the State Alliance does not intend to let the fight rest now, that it has been entered upon, can be seen from the following call, which is to be published in the next iasue of Tbe Cotton Plant, the official organ of the order : ACT AT ONCE. The presidents of the various county Alliances in this State are hereby requested to call mass meet? ings in their respective counties, as early as practical, to discuss the question of cotton ties, and take ac? tion thereon. By all means, let us stand together and use wire, instead of buying any ties from the trust ! Action should be taken as speedily as possible In counties where there are no county presidents, we ask that some good farmers unite and make the above mentioned call. Jos. L Keitt, President Farmers* State Alliance of South Carolina. J. W. Reid, Secretary. Editor J. T. Gantt of The Cotton Plant, in sending the above, savs : Spartanburg, S. 0 , Aug. 8, 1896 I send you herewith a call which will be published in the next issue of The Cotton Plant. From every section of the State advices are com? ing to this paper from farmers, many of whom are not Alliancemen, which convinces me that the people are determined to give battle to this pernicious trust The wire tie will prove a better and cheaper binding than the flat tie. No' patriotic citizen can refuse to give us assistance in this fight for protection from the greedy demands of a foreign trust, organized to rob our people of mil? lions of dollars. The merchant and the factor are affected, as well as the farmer, and their assistance will help us to win this fight for justice We want your assistance in arous? ing the people to further protest, and I respectfully request that you publish the enclosed call and resolu? tions. J. T. Gaulf The resolutions referred to by Mr. Gantt read as follows : BE?OLUTIONS OF RIG UT WELL ALLIANCE. At a call meeting of Rightwell Alliance, No 683, held Aug 4, the following resolutions were adopted : Whereas, a trust has advanced the price . of cotton ties, whereas, we are opposed to all trusts, as they are detrimental to us, therefore be it Eesolved J, That we, the mem? bers of Rightwell Alliance, No. 683, do pledge ourselves to use wire or anything else our State exchange agent can get to bind our cotton wilh. Resolved 2, That we ask ail non Alliancemeu to join us in this fight to put down all such combines ?e.??lyed 3. That we endorse the ! action of the State Alliance in the | action takeai against the trust. Resolved 4, That a copy of th^ f resolution? be sent * 7he Cott^ JPgkl an<< Lexington Dispatch for publication. M K. Frick, Secretary. Col. Duncan has not yet heard j from toe cotton tied with wire and j shipped to Charleston. A favorable report is almost certain to be made, and when it is all question of the utility of the wire tie will be obliter taed --The State RACE WAR IN ABKANSAS. Texarkana. August 9.- The race war in Polk County has broken out in earnest, and as a result of the first battle three negroes are dead, eight wounded, and many have been run out of the county by the whites Several negroes have passed through this place who were forced to leave the county, and they bring news of a pretty bad candilion of affairs. The trouble is between white and black laborers employed on the grad? ing works of the Kansas City, Pitts? burg and Guild Rriiway near Horatio, Ark. The white laborers are de? termined that the negroes shall not work on the road and are being back? ed by the citizens of the county, who have armed themselves for the pur? pose of running the negroes out Thursday night a mob of whites composed of Italians and Hungarians, together with a number of natives made a raid on a camp occupied by negro laborers and three of the Ut? ters were killed ; several were wound edand a number tied in terror. The names of killed are not known. Several of the leaders of the mob ve been arrested. Whitney's Prediction. He Says McKinley Will have 200,000 Majority in New York State. PHILADELPHIA, August 7-The Evening Telegraph this afternoon pub? lishes an interview with Ex Secretary Whitney, obtained by a stat! corres? pondent and telegraphed to tbat paper from New York this afternoon. In the interview Mr. Whitney says be thinks that McKinley will carry New York State by 200,000 majority. The interview follows : "Is it true, Mr. Whitney, that you class New York State as doubtful ?" "True, sir ? There is not a word of truth in it. It is not only false, but it is absolutely false." "Was the statemeot circulated with the object of placing you in a compro? mising position and for a mercenary pur? pose?" "These people who say that I class the State as doubtful have no object and no power to effect any compromise, in my opinion. Unfortunately, per? haps, I am regarded as a leader of the sound money movement in the Demo? cratic party, and a good many people, whether wisely or not, attach impor tance to my utterances. When it is alleged that I yield New York to the silver people they regard the situation of sound money as perilous. Knowing what the effect of such a statement from me on the subject would be, the bear element, which has been raiding stocks for a long time, and which wants some now argument to further depress them, has most unwarrantably seized upon my name and rascally attributed this i declaration to me. It is false, wholly ! false." "Then you do not give up the State?" j "What! Give up the State of New | York on an issue which means repudi? ation ? Nevei! There is nothing, ab solutely nothing, to justify honest men from yielding an inch of their ground On the contrary, you may express it as my firm conviction that Mr. McKinley will carry this State by fully 200,000 majority, and in that majority you will find men of all classes, who put patriot? ism over partisanship in an issue of this kind. "I have no hesitation in expressing this belief It comes from what I have seen, what I have beard, what I have investigated and what I know. Peo? ple who understand me would not for an instant accept as true any such statement as that attributed to me, but there are thousands who do not know me who would readily accept any such report, and that is all the bears want To start a break it is only necessary to cause a fright. "Y< u ttave never given ur New York !M "Never. When the Chicago Con? vention turned deaf ears to the Em? pire State delegation New York was lost to the nominees it selected, and from tuat day the native honesty of our people bas been steadily asserting it? self in antagonism to the vicious silver heresy. You may say for me that if I have any utterance to make on the j status of the present national contest j it will not be by vague report coming from a manoeuvring ciique of broker? who are trying to ruin credits, and the public may as well take this as a hint toward the truth DOW," ?- Ml a.i -- Nervous debility is a common complaint, especially among women. Tbe best medical treatment for tbis disorder is a persistent course of Ayer's Sarsaparilla to olease and io vig?rate the blood. This being accomplish? ed, nature will do the rest. Roasting in Chicago. Death List Swelled on the SB. ... ? . Hottest Dajf. CHICAGO, Aug. S.-This was the hot? test day of the scorching, deadly series of the week, and the list of victims was the largest. The temperature at 8 a. ! m. was 84, and it continued to rise : steadily until 98 degrees were recorded at 3 o'clock. Five deaths were report? ed to the police. Four other prostrated victims were removed to hospitals from the street where they were working, or from stores, and their recovery is not expect? ed. A score of men and women were overcome, but nearly all of them are out of danger. Horses drawing heavy loads dropped dead by the soore in the streets from early morning to late at night Out door labor wae practically suspended for the day, except where it j was absolutely necessary. Dispatches from Mascoutab, 111., j state that 106 io the shade was record ? ed there and outdoor farm work had j been etopped. The beat and hot winds throughout Kansas had discouraged the hopes of the farmers for a big crop. The heat in that State had registered 111 at some points. -um ? mm - "Ca?st thou minister to a mind diseased ?" asks Macbeth. Certainly, my lord ; the con? dition of the mind depends largely, if not solely, on the condition of the stomach, liver, and howels, for all of which complaints Ayer's Pills are "the sovereignest thing on earth." -~-*mnm\>- ..W?mmm** The Stearn Racer holds nearly all the world's records. The Stearns Special is the Saest combination track and road wheel built. And tbs Steams Model A is the road wheel par excellence. Th:1 Stearns Ladies' Wheel and Tandem are perfect models of their kind. H. G. Osteen ? Co , A ger. ts or Sumter and Clarendon. j Bradstreet's View. I - Trade Condition Unchanged, and in Places Lifeless. NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -Bradstreet*' tomorrow, Aug. 8, will say : In nearly all lines trade is unchanged j and in some departments lifeless. South j and Southwest the heat has had an un ! favorable influence, but merchants in all directions continue to buy for needs j only. While it is too early for fall I trade to assume large proportions, dis? tribution of clothing and shoes at Chica? go has improved somewhat, although less active than one year ago. At sev? eral ceotries bankers have preferred not to loan as freely as heretofore. Mer? chants not wishing to be refused have accordingly curtailed their requests for accommodation. Mercantile collections, in some instances, are more difficult to make. Kenewed scrutiny of credits has had an effect in restricting the same. Cotton goods remain unchanged, not? withstanding the higher price for cot? ton. The relative activity among mak? ers of boots and shoes is because of orders on hand rather than new busi? ness. Stock values in the New York market have broken on liquidation and bearish pressure, with an utter lack of buying support. Besides the uncer? tainty of the political outlook and the slackness of trade there have been de? pressing factors, ioeiudiug the break down of a local speculative inflaetian at Chicago, the appeareoce of pressure in the money market, and talk of damage to railroad earnings. Business failures throughout the United States this week number 269, a decrease compared with one week ago, when the total was 294. The falling off is principally in the middle and ?jew England States. As compared with one year ago, this week's total shaws an increase of 80 and with two years ago an increase of 72 Io the first week of August, 1893, during the panic, tho (o'al number of failures- was 474, Comparatively favorable reports ean cerning general trade are more numer? ous than in preceding weeks. Pitts? burg jobbers report a slight improve? ment in the volume of trade, but at Baltimore there is a marked improve? ment with jobbers receiving orders free The favroable condition of the Texas cotton crop continues to help jobbers at Galveston. Notwithstanding unfavorable reports as to cotton in Louisiana, expected payments of sugar bounties next week and favorable reports as to the Louisi? ana sugar crop tend to stimulate trade at New Orleans. Bjth Savanoah and Augusta report a fair volume of busi? ness, with improvement in some lines, although collectons are slow. You Can't Buy Happiness, but if you are suffering from dyspepsia, scrofula, salt rheum, impure blood, you may be cured and made happy by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. - ii I - --J?. -: To Draw Out Cleveland. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-The Post this morning revives the report that Hoke Smith has resigned from the Cabinet io an article from which the following is an extract : Secretary Hoke Smith's resignation as a member of the Cabinet and the head of the interior department is said to be in the hands of the President. The authority for this statemeut is a close personal friend of Secretary Smith. As thc story goes Secretary Smith forwarded bis resignation to the President at Gray Gables on the same day that he authorized the publication in his paper, the Atlanta journal, of tbe editorial declaring that that paper would support Bryan and Sewall, al? though depreciating the platform upon '."-ich tbC-y v??re aQflliflftted. IQ Iii? le;ter to tbe President, it is said, Secretary Smith announced the position he was going to assume, point? ed out that he had during the campaign in Georgia given a solemn pledge that he would abide thc action of the Chi? cago Convention, and then went on to BS M say that he felt that he could not, io justice to the President, 'coger remain iu his Cabinet. The Post then speculates as to what the President is going to do about it, and concludes that if toe President continues iu his present attitude of non action. Smith wiil serve out his time in the Cabinet, but that if he takes either of the several suggested courses un? favorable to Bryan and the Chicago platform, the Secretary will insist upon enforcing his resignation and will re? turn to Georgia and take an active part in the campaign. -Ul ll ll fu Mutilated Him. A story has reached the city of a very peculiar affair. It is to the effect that a mulatto named William Jaokson, ran away with a white woman, a Mrs. Campbell, who carne from Augusta The guilty pair went to Jacksonville, Fla. A detective who went after them found" them aed was bringing them back. When Shelton, a station on the Port Royal and Augusta road in Beau? fort county, was reached, about 75 men, it said, boarded thc train, took the man away from the officer and mutilated his person fearfully, thee turning him lo^e. They did this in preference to lynching him. Whal truth there i^ in the story, if any, U not known hero Tho woman, it. i? said, was permitted to re.nain in thc custody of thc officer.--Thc State. From the Wires Monday, Aug. IO. j BAY CITY, Mich., Aug. 8.-Howard I Lowe, aged ll years, died of bydrop ; hobia this morning. About six weeks j ago the boy was bitten on the wrist and i ankle by a cat as be was walkiog in tbe street. Yesterday the boy'? haod be came numi) and he begau to grow rest less. At midnight he asked to be strapped t3 the bed, as he felt that he was going mad. He frothed at the mouth and was in convulsions the re? mainder of the night and died this j morniog. CHICAGO, Aug 8.-At the new col- j ! liseum indoor bicycle track last night ! ! Jay Eaton established a new record for a mile unpaced. In the first beat of the one mile professional handicap he rode from scratch aod outsprioted a i field of 12 speedy competitors and rush ed to the tape five lengths abead of Van Nest. His time for the distance was 2:07, which is the fastest mile that ever bas been ridden on an indoor track. San Francisco, Aug 9.-At a meet ing of the Democratic State central I committee last evening a committee of nioe was appointed to confer with a similar committee of the Populists for thepurposaof fus on on the Presidential election. NASHVILLE, Tenn, August 9 -As the complete returns come from the State the vote of the Democratic can? didates for the Chancery Court of Ap? peals increases remarkably A cooser- | vative estimate is that their majority will not be less than 35,000. This is surprising, owing to the light vote cast in the big counties and those in conven? ient proximity to the cities. Demo? cratic leaders now claim that Ex-Gov? ernor Taylor will carry the State by not less than 50,000 and possibly 60,000. Tuesday, Aug. ll. BLAIRS, Aug. 10 -J. E. S?ber, ? I white, was shot and probably mortally i I wounded at Lylesford this afternoon by ! j Henry L. Davis, colored. Davis made f j his escape and isa fugitive from justice, j I He is a bright* mulatto about five teet \ j six inches high ; weight about one hun- ? ! dred and thirty pouods. Has a scar on j I upper lip. All officers io the State are [ j requested to look out for him Age I ?about 21. LONDON*; Aug. 10.-Lady Emily j j Teonysoo, widow of the late Lord Al- i fred Tennyson, the poet, died at her residence at Aldworth this morning j from congestion of the lungs. RALEIGH, N. C , Aug. 10 -After 1 o'clock this morning the Democratic State oommittec adopted a resolution offering to divide the electoral vote I with the Populists. Senator Butler ! announced that he declines to recom- ! j mend electoral fusion, unless there is j i also State and congressional iusioo It is safe to say there wi'l be no fusion. I J WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -The steam- j ; ers Commodore, Three Friends and | j Laurada are all under surveillance by ! United States officials on suspicion that I they are about to engage in filibuster- j iog expeditions to Cuba. The Spanish ! minister, Senor Dupuy de Lome, has ? filed information against the vessels at j i the state departmeot and their move- j . men's wiii be closely watched. The ; j same vessels, it ?3 alleged, have hereto- ! I fore laoded troops and ammunition in ! I Cuba for the insurgents. j Governor Evans has offered a reward j of $50 for the apprehension and con- j j viction cf the party or parties who on ! j the night of July 30, set fire to and i ! burned the ?aw mill of Mr. C. S. j j Matthews in Lexington county. A Rush For Winthrop. I i i I Accommodations Entirely In- i adequate to Meet the ! Demand. i _ I ~ 1 : I ! President Johnson of tbs Winthrop j j Normal college, that great ?tate institu- i I tion for the education cf young women, j j has been spending a few days ic the j ! oity. Professor Johnson when seen yesterday stated that the number of | j bona fide applicants for admission tc j j the college when it opens in September j j was very great-about 430. He has ! I been puzzled to know what to do. ! j There is actual dormitory room for only \ j 240 students at the college, but by ju- j i dicious placiug something over 300 stu- j dents will be accommodated. Beyond this number it is impossible togo with j ! any degree of safety and consequently j ! all the late applicant? will be unable to j i gain admission. The trustees will ask | j the general assembly at its next session j ? for an appropriation to erect additional j ! dormitory buildings, aod there is hardly j any question but that the request will ? be granted. Nearly all the girls who have been endeavoring to get io at Winthrop will go this session to other colleges for wo- j men. and the consequence i*=, that by j the impetus given tho idea of eduoating ! the young women, by the erection of this State college, all the other colleges in the State will be benefitted.-The State Reckless Firing. Kwv WEST, Fla , Aug. 10 -A solid shot from the United States steamship Montgomery caused considerable excite? ment ou North Beach in this city to? day. About ll o'clock tb? people 'liv? ing in that vicinity wore startled by thc report of a cannon and on looking about, discovered that the shot had struck the fence of Mr. Samuel Gates, directly opposite Ni the front door of his residence Then; were several pe:? sons in the hallway at the time, but luckily the direction of the shot was cnauged by strikjjo-g the outer edge of one of the fer>ce pickets about 20 feet distant from the house, thus avoiding what might have been serious conse? quences. Mr Gates was considerably wrought up over the affair and reported it to tht commander of the naval sta? tion it is rumored that the shot W2s fired at oue of the sponging fleets about to leave the harbor without having been passed by quarantine officers Trying to evade the quatantioe does not justify an American war vessel in firing solid shot into a densely popu latH city and j-?opirdizing the lives of citizens. Hood's Are much in little; always ready, efficient, satisfac? tory ; prevent a cold of fever, cure liver ills, sick head? ache, jaundice, constipation, etc. ?ru-e 23 cents. The only I'ills tu take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. MANAGERS VMM li OFFICE OF Democratic Executive Committee, SUMTER COUNTY. SCMTEB, S. C., Aug. 3, 1896. Following is a list of the managers ap? pointed by the County Democr.-iic Executive Committee for the Primary election to be held Tuesday, .August 25tb, 1896, and for the sec? ond Primary to be held two weeks later if one be necessary ; Sumter-A H Eberhart, J A Schwerio, James M Reames ; H LB Wells, clerk. Carter's Crossiug-L F Montgomerv, E C L McCoy, W W Pri?e: J H Chewning,'clerk. Bandana-J J Gato, B G Morris, R S Brown; C W Young, clerk. Magnolia-Reform-E J Goodman, John McCoy, J F McIntosh ; Charley Wheeler, clerk. Shiloh-R A Dennis, E A F Chandler, W N McElveen ; J A Boykio, clerk. High Hills-W M Sanders, J Marion Allen, D Bul! ; Thos M Belvin, clerk. Magnolia-T S Richbomg, Jno M Miller. M L Keel3; H V Anderson, clerk. Atkins-J L Keels. J A Thomas, J F Bur? kett ; G W Carver, clerk. Gallard's X Roads-J P Wilson. W H Seals, J E Gaillard. Jr ; W F Hudson, clerk. Mt. Clio, No. 1-A A Brearley, W M Reid, J C Bullock ; S M Jenkins, clerk. Rattlesnake Springs-J M Belvin, T D Lee, F G Peebles; J T Munnerlyn, clerk. Wells X Roads-J E Wilson, E T Rich bourg, J H Skinner; H C DesChamps, clerk. Excelsior-J M Ross, T M Bradley, L I Bradford ; Janies Barfield, clerk. Hampton-J C Parnell, J A Outlaw, D A Outlaw ; L L Fraser, clerk. Zoar-J M N Wilder, J T Hayes, Peter Jone*; Wm M Davis, clerk. Mayesville-Farraers-W J McLeod, H H Couper, R F DesChamps ; E D Smith, clerk Salem-G W McBride, Hiram Poole. Wal ter Green; W W Dennis, clerk. Swimming Pens-H S Gaylr.rd, R K Brown, E H Mathis; W F Jenkins, clerk. Mayesville-W D Mayes, J E Wilson, M K McLeod ; C H Baker, clerk. Thermopylae- ? B Seymour, Ed Jones, T B Bronson : Samuel Pringle, clerk. Bisbonville Conservative-W R Law, T E Buskin, W W Stuckey : M L Williams. clerk. Rafting Creek-W E Alien, Ellison Bar? field, J W Wilson ; W J Crosland, cierk. Privateer-J G. Tisdale, R B Cain, E J Jackson ; R C Tisdale, clerk. E*r?e-S D Richardson, J L Nea!, T E Hodge; J M Ingram, clerk. Scarboro-W E Lea, S W Motley, W W Moreland; R M Brown, clerk. Farmers-L H Jennings, T L Jenes, R S Bradwell, Sr.; N G Ostesn, Jr., clerk. Bossard Reform-R P S'.ackhouse, M J Micbau, J R Terry ; W D McLeod, clerk. Manchester-W J Ardis, J M Kolo. R N O wee ; L B Jenkins, cierk, Mannville-N Barnett. W H Baker, J Ed Stuckey; D A Stuckey, clerk. Wedgefield-A E Ayccck, J B Crouch. BP Kelly ; Jos C Dawkins, clerk. Lynchburg ?traigh?oat-S W Frierson, B F Jones.. R W Weich ; Dr D Kirby, clerk. Providence-L li Jennings, J A Boykio, S W Rsffield ; W H Bryac, clerk. laborers and Mechanics-J M Wingate, G E Richardson, C E Stubbs ; E F Miller, clerk. Mt. Clio-W E Green, M R Mathis. A F Shaw : Geo McCutcben, clerk. Lynchburg Reform-T F Cole, N Penning? ton/W R McLeod; J F Hawkins, clerk. Ta vi ors-A H Tru?uck, A M Wood?. John McNeal ; Eiijih Watt, clerk. Pleasant Grove-R W Chandler, Joshua Fioyd, Julius Blackwell; E B Durant, clerk. Spring Hill-H H Evans, R P Weldon. L A White; Tracy Munnerlyn, clerk. Bishopville Democratic-W L Parrott, J P Kilmore. G F Parrott; D E Durant, clerk. Concord-Scott Seymour, H C Wadford, Witherspoon Kinney; G W Mahoney, cleik. One of the managers from each club will please call on Mr. J M. Knight on or before Saturday, August 22nd, 1893. for the pur? pose of receiving the boxes, tickets and final instructions. R. 0. PURDY, County Chairman. J. M. KNIGHT, Secretary. THOSE WHO HAVE GOOD FARMING Lands for sale ?.ud those who desire to purchase farms are requested to communi? cate with mo. W.H. INGRAM, SUMTER, S. C., REAL ESTATE AGEN!. ougt2-3m J Pills DELICATE1 Should Use FEMALE REGULATOR IT IS fl SUPERB TONIC and exerts a wonderful influence in strengthening her system by driving through the proper chan? nel ail impurities. Health and strength are guaranteed to result from its use. My wife was bedridden for eighteen months, after using BRADFIELD'^ FEMALE REGU? LATOR for tivQjnonth?f. is eret?in;,' well. J. BL JOHNSON. Malvern, Ark. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. ATLANTA, GA. Sold by all Druggists at SI. 00 per bottle. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENTS. OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRA? TION OF SUMTER COUNTY, SCMTER, S. C., April 27, 1896. THE BOARD OF REGISTRATION will open their book9 io HAYESVILLE, Tuesday, July 14. SHILOH, Wednesday, July 15. NORWOOD'S X ROADS, Thursday, July 16. LYNCHBURG, Friday, July 17. ST. CHARLES, Wednesday, July 22. MT. CLIO, (Reid's Mill.) Thursday, July 23. CONCORD, (Gordon's Mill.) Monday, July 27. For the purpose of registering all qualified electors. J. D. WILDER, Chairman. J. M. KNIGHT, W. S. JAMES, Clerk. Jurie ?7. Tie Largest ai lest Collete EstaWistaeiit South Geo. S. Hacker & Son. - -MANUFACTURERS OF 2LJRS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. ffice and Wart-rooms, King;, opposite Can? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, j22?~Purchase our make, which we gu?rante* superior to any sold South, and Thereby save money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o HARB Y # CO., WHOLESALE BROKERS, -AND Cotton Storage Warehouse PROPRIETORS. ?P-TOWN OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, For Cash with order will sell 8\000 bushels Prime White Corn sacked at 45c per bushel, in lots of one sack or upwards, at Karby & Co's Warehouse. Respectfully. HARBY & CO. July 22. The lightest and most graceful and beautiful bicycles made fox woman's use are Models 41 and 42 ol N DARD OF THE WORLD. Let us show you these-$100. Also the drep frame models of Hartford Bicycles S65, $50, *45 Beautiful Art Catalogue is ire? if you cali. SECOND HAND WHEELS, ?20.00 UP. D. JAS. WINN, Agent. SUMTER, S C. July 22 Ball players supplied at catalog-:-1 prices by H. C. Osteen & Co. Buy from '.hem and ?*7? money.