Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MISSiSSIPP! SEMT08 HIS FI8S? WITH A SONOUOTGB. Js Hit Twice and Guts Street Gar ?it?C?aS in Hand With a Knife Bernards His Discharge. "Washington, April 24.-Senator Money of Mississippi had an alter? cation with O. H. Shaner, a conductor -on a Fourteenth street car today hichw resulted in the senator's receiv? ing two severe blows from the conduc? tor and the conductor being cut in th enright hand with a knife. As Sen? ator Money relates the circumstances, he was proceeding from his home to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad depot ' So take the 9 o'clock train on that iroad ipr Baltimore, where he goes fre? quently for medical treatment of his eyes. He had taken a car on the Fourteenth street branch of the Capi? tal Traction company line and had chanced to board a car which stops at the Peace monument, half a dozer: blocks short of his destination. He had failed to notice this circumstance until the car began to turn around the'monument. The car bound for the depot was immediately behind the car Ion which he was seated. The senator says that he had only three or four minutes time in which to make his rtain, but that after he discovered that he was on the wrong car he call I ed to the conductor and asked him for a transfer ticket to the car bound for tue depot. He does not recall what the conductor replied, but failing to receive thfc ticket and recognizing that he had no time to lose, he jump 1 ed from the car he was on and board? ed the other. : DEMANDED HIS FARE. ~ He had no sooner taken his seat, jie asys, than the conductor of that s car approached him and asked for his * ticket. He then told the conductor that he had not time to secure the transfer and reminded him that he, the conductor, had been a witness to the circumstance of his change from one car to the other. The conductor replied that the sena? tor would either have to produce a . ticket or pay his fare, whereupon the senator told him that having paid one fare'and being entitled to a transfer which he bad asked for but had not received, he would not pay another. ? Thereupon the conductor told him that if he would not pay his fare he would put him off the car, and immedi? ately proceeded to carry his threat into execution. This the senator resist ed by grasping an upright post and engaged in a struggle with the con? ductor, who was not making much headway when a passenge:: who had been sitting next to Senator Money volunteered to assist the conductor. I By their combined strength they con? trived to break the senator's hold upon the post and to force him from the car. In _ the struggle the Senator was struck twice, and drawing a knife to ?defend himself the conductor grasped lt in his hand and was cut on the numb. A WELL KNOWN PATRON. Senator Money "said tonight that he id been riding on the line 27 winters, -and today was the first trouble he had vcr had. He had been very friendly with the employes of the road and ^always had been solicitous about their 'welfare and he advocated many changes greatly to their benefit. When he left the loop car today the conductor, he said, waved his hand to. the conductor of the other car indicating that ?it was ali right. He declared there were three separate and distinct assaults cxrainiitted on him. He drew his knife, fae said, to protect himself, but not until he had been ejected from the car and then not until after the conductor had continued to attempt to assualt him after the ejectment. Foreman Hooper did not strike him, he said, but tugged at his wrist to jerk his hand loose from the post beside his seat thus assistng in the first assault. PULITZER'S SUCCESS. Thousands of column have been written about Joseph Pulitzer, some things said were true and some other? wise. Perhaps a little inside informa? tion would not prove unappreciated. Joseph Pulitzer landed in New York in 1864, a poor Hungarian boy, with? out a dollar to his name. After a trial at all sorts of occupatio?:s-, he succeed? ed in getting a position under Cr ri Schurz, who gave him his first start in journalism. He was successful from the start. Appreciating the inade? quacy of his education, he went to Europe where he studied for a time. On his return to St. Louis lie learned that a newspaper that had ruined its every stockholder was to be sold. He bought it for S2,500-Associated Press franchsie and all. Newspaper men shook their heads and smiled. In five years'.the paper was paying [$75,000 in profits. Joseph Pulitzer then cast bis < ye toward New York. ITe attracted the attention cf Jay Goold, owner of the New York World, which was original? ly started as a religious paper. Gould sold the World to Pulitzer for 8346.000. In six years it had become one of the most successful newspapers in the world, proving that its new owner was a genius in his calling. When the World Building was erect? ed it was a nine-day wonder the best equipped newspaper office in the coun? try at that time. Politzer spent S1,900,000 for the site, building and equipment-every dollar of which has been paid from earnings of the pa; er. 2>lr. Pulitzer is worth a fortune aside from bis newspaper property the in -come of which is said t? be not less than ?500,000 a year.-News pape ru om. M. Armand Gautier, in a recent number of tue Compte Rendus, an n iur.ces a new specific for malaria i , ? r . effective than quinine. He I- . : : . Lhnt sodium methylarsenate i. .. . ;i?r,'; tte blood in minute v::s is ?n ?.i.s. late cure for mala? rial of the worst type. He describes nine cures by the use of this drug, all of them cases contracted in Africa, of a s?v?re type, which had been treated unsuccessfully with quinine. M. Gautier regards his results as already sufficiently definite to authorize the substitution of this drug for quinine in pernicious malaria, although further research wi ii be required to determine the best method of administering it and the ironer dosage. ? SUSPECT KILLED. , Ben Smith implicated in Murder j of f?rs. Wi W. Jones Shot by Constables. j Special to TLe State, i Charleston, April 24.-The informa ! tion was received here today that Ben S:r.it!j, a negro supposed to have bad ? part in the killing of Mrs. W. W. j Jones, near Eavenel, was killed while j attempting io escape from the magis I trate's constables. The negro was handcuffed when he made the break for liberty. He refused to hair when ordered to do so, and as he^ was swif l ter of foot than the constables, they i opened fire upon him and brought him j to the ground. It was said here that the negro would have been a very important witness, ile had preserved an air of stolidity from the time he was captured j until this morning when a lady from ? the country passing by where he was j detained, exclaimed that Ben Smith had been on her farm the day before and had Jtrad a watch whicli corres? ponded with the description of the watch o? the section master. FRANCE'S HOARD OF GOLD, Next to the United States Treasury the largest accumulation of gold in the world is held by the Bank of France. As reported last Thursday, it held ?102,659,451, or roughly speak? ing, in ?ur money $513,297,255. This is practically three times as much as held by the Bank of England, besides which*the bank contained ?444,23S, 90S in silver, about $221,194, 540. This constituted a very large specie reserve against its note issue. On the first week of April the note issue amounted in round numbers to ! SS35,OOO,OOO, so that the gold reserve j was 61 per cent., with the addition j of the silver there was a specie leserve j of about 87 per cent, against all the outstanding notes. Senator Tillman interviewed in Columbia. Senator Tillman spent yesterday in Columbia on his way to Manning. He was interviewed bv a reporter for The State. Senator Tillman said of course he would reply as thoroughly as the mat? ter deserved to the charges of Editor Appelt, and he will probably take oc? casion to give his ideas as to the course the Democratic party of South Carolina should pursue in dealing with new commercial Democracy, and in the maatter of the campaign meet ings. No Monev in the Business. Ex-President Cleveland "and Joe Jef? ferson cn one ;of their fishing trips among the Maine lakes employed a boatman who was ignorant of the identity of his passengers. On return? ing from the first day's fruitless cam? paign. Mr. Cleveland addressed the boatman : "How much do we owe you? The question seemed to embarrass the backwoodsman. "What did you ketch?" he hesitated. It was Mr. Cleveland's turn to be embarrassed. "We caught a pick? erel," he said, stifflv. "What has that to do with it?" The boatman flushed. ' ' So long as you're so pert," he retorted, "the hire for this boat is SS." "We will take the boat again tomor? row if it is not engaged," said Mr. Cleveland.' The man gazed at him blankly. "Why," he gasped, "for $8 you kin git more pickerel than you kin ketch with them hooks in a month !" "What has that got to do with it?" demanded Mr. Cleveland again. The puzzled countenance of the boatman relaxed into a grin. "I guess you won't last long in the fish business," he said. Gen. Hampton was very fond of children, and never failed to win their confidence and respect. Leslie's Weekly not loni ago related an anec? dote thar- will be enjoyed especially by those who knew his familiarity with the little ones : It will be remembered that for some rime after the birth of little Ruth Cleveland, when her father was Presi? dent, it was rumored that she was a deaf mute. Nothing could have been more unjust or unkind. The rumor grew out of the displeasure of those who resented the withdrawal of the child from the White House grounds, where she was annoyed 'ny sightseers. Gen. Wade Hampton is fond of tell? ing an incident which entirely refutes the charge. One day he had bera to see the President. After leaving the room he was waiting in the hall for the e-evaior reserved for the Presi ? lieut's own use. In a few minutes lit- ! tie Ruth and her nurse came alonar, i He went up and spoke To her. She j was hardlv 2 vears old then- a :nere ! baby. "1 talked to her," said Gen. Hamp? ton, "until the elevator carne in sight, j Then she raised her little hand, pointing her little finger, and said, 1 "Go now!" Afterward I laughed and ! told the President she had evidently ? caught the word-; from him when he was'tired of some persistent office seeker." ; Two men, of Lynn, Mass., who were : i:, the army in the Philippines have i st nt a statement to Senator Lodge. ! giving several instances of the "water j cure" and other torture on Filipinos. I They tell of the death of a Catholic ; priest under the "water cure." Ml| | ||W _ Presidenl Roosevelt by official letter 'has rebuked General bunston for a censure of Senator ii oar, made in a speech at a banquet in Denver and refuses the general leave of absence to . attend a banquet at Boston. A prominentfCanadian. now a resi? dent cf Boston, ven?a red thc declara? tion r recently tba! the manifest destiny of Canada was annexation to the United States, and followed this with the prediction that inside of ten years there will be twice as many Amer? icans in Canada as there are Canadians in the United States. --MMK^*-4HM Try Chamberlain's Stomach and Live-i Tab.'ets, thc- best physic. For =ale by Dr A J Chins. GOT TIERE FiHST. How iVlrs. Andrew Simonds Gut willed Her Rivals. With a woman's wit, Mrs. Andrew ! Simonds has dealt a fearful blow to j thc Sr. Cecilia society She used i President Roosevelt as a cudgel, but he knew it not until the stroke was delivered. .Mrs. Simonds' husband is the presi? dent of the First National Bank and one of the wealthiest mon in Charles? ton. She traces her lineage weil into the mediaeval ages, but not far enough for all that, and the St. Cecilians lock askance upon lier aris? tocracy. President Roosevelt did not know that. It was one of the things his instructors as to South Carolina had overlooked. When he stopped yester? day at Summerville, the banker's wife was one of the first cn board to greet the visitor. "We are certainly glad to see you," she cried. " Y'cu must come right up to luncheon with me." Many St. Cecilians had climbed aboard the Algonquin, the revenue cutter. All stood back aghast. Some raised their hands in dread at such audacity. A woman not of the St. Cecilians-who dared invite^the presi? dent to luncheon before the select so? ciety had feted him ! It seemed preposterous, but never? theless it was true. Mrs. Simonds stood smiling happily, and then-oh, horror of horrors. The president ac? cepted her invitation I Like a queen leading a visiting prince among her peasants, Mrs. Simonds conducted Col? onel Roosevelt through the gaping St. Cecilians to her carriage, and a few miutes later he was sitting at one of the daintiest repasts he had ever known. This wonderful woman had ordered it before she went to the train to meet him. The war between the St. Cecilians and Mrs. Simonds is of old standing, but heretofore the organization has I had a great advantge in point of num ? bers and prestige. The society is sup? posed to be the most select in Amer? ica, and certain members seemed to take perfect delight in snubbing, or rather trying to snub, the banker's wife. The most recent engagement between the lone fighter and the St Cecilians was a few days before a ball was given by the Colonial Dames to visiting D.. A. R. 's. Mrs. Simonds was in? vited as a matter of course, but the St. Cecilians went to the chairman of the ball committee and told her that the invitation would have to be revoked. The chairman did not dare disobey, and Mrs. Simonds went to Florida, vowing she would be avenged. She feels satisfied now.-Charleston dis? patch to New York News. Better Than Pills. The question has been asked, *Tn what way are Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets superior to pills?" Our answer is : They are easier and more pleasant to take, more mild and gentle in effect and more reliable as they can always be de? pended upon. Then they cleanse and in? vigorate the stomach and leave the bow? els in a natural condition, while pills are more harsh in effect and their use is often followed by constipation. For sale by Dr A J China. The Open Dispensary. Now, the people in turn have a right to say to Mr. Williams: Stand up, and in your capacity as manager general of the State's whiskey business an? swer us this question : "Upon what authority have you suspended the law of South Carolina as to the retailing of intoxicating liquors by the drink and for the past five months shameless? ly, in violation of your oath of office, not only permitted, but assisted in the conduct of six wide open barrooms on the grounds of the Charleston Exposi? tion." If you have acted under the orders of the political dicatator of South Carolina and have entered into a deal to violate the law in turn for the promised support of the Charles? ton vote, it is your duty to the people whose suffrage you ask to .speak out, tell the whole truth, and shame the devil. Let us have not only your authority for your highanded viola? tion of the law, but give us thc names of the parties contracting thereto.-Greenville News. Saved Many a Time. Don't neglect coughs and colds even if it is spring. Such cases often result seri? ously at this season just because people are careless. A dose of One Minute Ccugh Cu ri.- will remove all danger. Absolutely safe. Acts at once. Sure cure for coughs, colds, croup, grip, bronchitis and other threat and lung troubles. i"I have used One Minute Cough Cure several years.'' says Postmaster C O Dawson. Barr, 111. It is the very best cough medicine on ths market Ir has saved me n any a severe spell of sickness and I warmly recom? mend it." The children's favorite. J. S. Efezhson Jc Co. Helen Keller's First Spei?ing. The morning after my teacher came she led me into her room and gave me a beautiful doll. After 1 had played with it a little while she : slowly spelled into my hand the word j "d-o-1-1. " I was greatly interested j in this finger play and tried to imi- ; tate it. When I finally succeeded in j making the letters correctly I was j Bushed with childish pleasure and j pride Then running downstairs to ! my motlier I held np my hand and j made the letters for doll, in th?' days ; that followed ? learned to spell a great many words, among them "jin," "hat," "cup," and a few verbs like I "sit," "stand" and "walk." But my teacher had been with me several | weeks before I understood that every? thing has a name. Helen Keller, in the May Ladies' Home .Journal. Good for Rheumatism. Last fail I was taken with a very severe attack of muscular rheumatism which caused me great pain and annoyance. After trying several prescription!* and rheumatic cures, I decided to use Cham? berlain'? Pain Bahn, which I had se? n ad? vertised in the South .Tfrsiwman. After two applications of this remedy I was much better, and after using one bottle, was completely cured.- Sall ie Karris, Sa lem, N J. For sale by Dr A J China. j mu? ki lia. HE SEEMS TO HAVE 3! TAMER THAN EXPECTED i ?ppeii Presented Afndaviis Prove His Penitentiary Charg j TILLMAN DENOUNCED &?cLAU3!N A TRAITOR 70 DEMOCRACY Manning; S. C.. April 25.-Al one thousand-some estimate thousand-people attended the mee here today. Appelt failed to produce any af: viis supporting his charges aga Tillman, save some bearing out allegations as to Tillman get things free from the penitent] Appelt offered also a telegram f Tiilman saying he would speak th The telegram showed it was : "dead head," which proved Tjlh had and used a telegraph frank. Tillman spoke first for a half h j and asked Appelt for his case 1 i man read two letters, marked "] j vate, " written him by Appelt, ' said he had a right so to do beca it was part of the war. He regar 1 Appelt as a tool of McLaurin. Senator Appelt at first seemed a tie undecided, but finally he arose ; began to speak : I will ask. said he, that you t into consideration the position I cupy, that you consider the powei adversary that I unfortunately have contend against. While I am at he still I realize what eloquence can from a man with Tillman's powers, am unaccustomed to this sort of th i At this point he was interrupted the crowd and Tillman came forw; and said that lie was not here as bull-dozer, but as a prisoner at bar on trial for thievery, and that wan ed Appelt to have fair play. Appelt recalled the days when was a roaring Tiilmanite, declari that he was still a reformer, but tl he differed from Tillman on the r mary. As a newspaper man he i criticised bim as he had a right to < His charges were not from peiso] knowledge, but on written inforn tion. What he undertook to reas out was on circumstantial evidence. There was - nothing in his privj letters to Tillman to show that he w two faced. What he had said there about McLaurin he had also said his paper, and he would now st? that if McLaurin was shown not to a Democrat he would not vote 1 him. He would follow the Democrat party in whatever action it took. Senator Appelt propounded abo two dozen written questions to Senat Tllman, and offered a half dozen affid vi ts from former employees of ti state penitentiary, all concerning t: oat crop and supplies furnished Ti! man by the penitentiary. Neal stat that Tiilman got wood, coal, veg tables, fertilizers, etc. for which i paid nothing and gave orders that i charge be made. Following are some of Appelt's que tions : 5. When the dispensary system w; inaugurated, did you not make lar? purchases of the stock? 6. Did there not exist at that time "whiskey trust," and did you n( make large purchases from a membe of that trust? 7 Did not the trust have an agre< ment to pay its purchasers a certai rebate? 8. During several months of yoe administration large quantities c liquor was purchased, was there an rebates recorded on the books of th institution? 9. Why do not the rebates appear 0: the books? 18. Was not a committee sent to in vestigate the dispensary transaction refused the right to examine the books and did not the members of the trus refuse to be subjected to an examina tion on oath? Senator Tillman took up Appelt' series of questions and answered each Following are his answers to the abov questions : 5. When he took charge of the dis pensary he scoured the country and a last found one concern in Cincinnat that offered him unlimited credit t< buy whiskey for the State. He ha( only 850,OOO to start this big business, and ail his enemies were trying tc make him fail. When George Hub bell declared he had enough faith ir him to trust him with ali the whiske} he wanted he then told him that the Mill Creek Distilling Company wa? entitled to a larger price for its whis? key, and that it was only reasonable and proper that they should be allow? ed to retain the rebates for the credii that they gave the Stare of South Carolina. It was that or nothing. He took the responsibility as governor. IS. As to this question ho said he simply did not know. He held seme typewritten sheets covering the testi? mony in the Mixscn investigation and said there was nothing therein to im? plicate him. Bills in the legislature to investiirntf this thing had several times been killed. lie did not know that as soon as ho went out of office the Mill Creek Distilling company which had sold the State on crdeit and waited nearly two years, was turn? ed down, and no moro whiskey bought from them and they were treated like thieves. Tillman's position in reply was that this was all old matter, fully cov? ered by the Stevenson committee. Appelt offered nu certificates or affi davits as to the bond deal, whiskey rebates or anything else, only offered a ta'ole to show that rebates were paid up to 1894. Tillman said the evidence offered was not sufficient to convict a dog on. No evidence was offered and Appelt he insisted had made a com filete farce. There was no usc to shave an ass. The main feature of the speech was that h?? insisted that the primary would bo defeated if candidates were not made to pledge themselves to abide State ami national party platforms. He favored two separate series of campaign meetings, ene tor the State and one for the Senatorial candidates, about two Months apart. He denounc? ed McLaurin as a traitor to the party. I and held that he was a republican, if there was any way to mark one. SENATOR APPELT spoke briefly in reply, saying he was ; gratified at receiving as light a castiga? tion as he had. His whole fight had been to keep the Democratic primary ? as it is. "If Tillman's explanations : are satisfactory to you, all right. I produced the evidence, and if it is un? true, that is for you to say, but it will not show that I have been untruthful. ! A HAND PRIMARY. i Tillman concluded with a hand pri ' mary on the question ''Guilty or not ! guilty." Two hands were raised in ; the affirmative and several hundred in ' the negative. Neglect Mean* Danger. Dei:*! neglect biliousness and constipa I tion. Yoi; r health will suffer permanent ; ly if yon do. De Witt's Little Early Risers j cans such cases. M B Smith, Butternut, j Mich, says, "DeWitt's Little Early Risers I are the most satisfactory pills I ever used, j Never gripe or cause nausea." J S Hugh I son ?c Co. HANGED ?T FLORENCE. Julius Gibbes, the negro who was tried end convicted before Judge Pur? dy at Florence on March 31st for the crime of rape, was executed Friday. Everything was quiet and orderly. Several hundred poeple, white and colored, congregated about the jail for curiosity, but only a few witnessed the execution. Gibbes slept little the night before, and ate hardly anything for breakfast. When summoned for the execution he was kneeling in prayer as he had been most of the morning. He appeared weak from nervousness, and Dr. Gregg who felt his pulse said it was 108. Besides saying, "Good-bye! Good? bye!" the only other words "that he is reported to have spoken at the execu? tion was, "Tell all my people to meet me in heaven. " There was not one of Gibbes's rela? tives present to witness the execu? tion, or to claim the body, so it was bnried in Potters' field. Wants to Help Others. "I had stomach trouble all my life," says Edw Mehler, proprietor of the Union Bottling Works. Erie, Pa, "and tried all kinds of remedies, v.eut to several doc? tors and spent considerable money trying to get a moment's peace. Finally I read of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and have been taking it to my great satisfaction. I never found its equal for stomach trouble and gladly recommend it in hope, that I may help other sufferers." Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures all stomach troubles. You dont have to diet. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di? gests what von eat. J S Hughson & Co. The Great Value of Saying Time. Thrift of time is as necessary as thrift of money, and he who knows how to save time has learned the secret of accumulating educational opportu? nity. Men who regard it as sinful to waste money, waste time with a prodigal's lavishness because they do not understand the value of short periods of time ; society is full of peo? ple who might enrich themselves an hundredfold and make their lives im? mensely more interesting if they learn? ed this commonplace truth.-May Ladies' Home Journal. Shot in Bis Lefc Leg. For all kinds of sores, burns, bruises or other wounds DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is a sure cure. Skin diseases yield to it at once. Never fails in cases of piles. Cool? ing and healing. None genuine but De Witt's. Beware of counterfeits. "I suf? fered for many years from a sore caused by a gun shot wound in my left leg," says A S Fuller, English, Ind. "It would not heal and gave me much trouble. I used all kinds of remedies to no purpose until I tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A few boxes cured me." J S Hughson & Co. WOODMEN ANNIVERSARY. You Can Join This Great Insurance Or? der for Two Dollars. Friday, June 6th, is the Twelfth Anniversary of the organization of the Woodmen of the World, the 4th largest life insurance fraternity in the United States. The growth of the order in the short space of 12 years has been phenomenal: the membership now exceeds 240,000 and more than 810,000, 000 have been paid in settlement of death claims. The growth and popularity of the order resulted from merit alone and anyone examining the plans under which it operates cannot fail to be convinced that it is the best and most business like of all fraternal insurance orders and that it affords its members tiie greatest security and the cheapest insurance to be had. A reserve or emergency fund assures a limit of only 12 assessments a- year. No extra assessments, no step rate plan increas? ing amount of assessment each year. The assessment rate is always the same, as is established for the age at joining. The rate is graduated accord? ing ro age from GT) eenrs per Thousand at IS to 25 years to 82.7r> per thousand for 52 years. To commemorate the Twelfth Anni? versary it has been decided ro reduce the entrance fee to 82 for one day only. This includes medical examination and all other expenses. Applications should be handed in TO some member of Hollywood Camp at once all ap? plications must be in on or liefere May 7th. If you want insurance -you certain? ly need insurance now is the time to secure 82 admits you to membership in the Woodmen of the World if ap? plication is made between this date and May 7th. Literature and full particulars may be procured of R. S. Hood, Clerk, or any (ither member of Hollywood Camp, j W. of W. Sumter, S. C. April 15- lm. CASTOR IA j For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the ST? ! Signature of t^i^?/?^^^* ? AGENTS WANTED Life of T. 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We buy direct from the manu? facturers; our prices are right and quality guaranteed, H. G. OSTEEN & CO. Liberty St. Cabbage Plants ! ! Cabbage Plants ! ! 50,00c Cabbage Plants of de? sirable varieties now ready for putting out. TOMATO AND OTHER PLANTS IN SEASON. OTTO G?RH?R0T, feb 19_SUMTER, S. C. A CAillK7" Sumter. S. C.. Aug. 22, 1901. Crosswell & Co. beg to an? nounce that their business af? ter September 1st'will be con? fined entirely to the wholesale trade. We wish to thank the pub? lic and our many retail cus? tomers for their kind and gen? erous patronage, find assure them that should we ever enter into the retail business again that it will be our aim as in the past to serve them to the best of our ability. We invite merchants, here ard in adjacent territory, to get our prices before making purchases, believing we can save them money. Yours truly, GROSSWELL & GO., PHONE 53. Aug 23