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orr Heroes in Black.

In recording the death of Albert COM
fort, the oldest colored man IN spot.
svtvania county, our lsredericksburg COZ
respondent relates tia during the w VA
Wien rations were scarce, this noble g GO
ored man borrowed a team and n wagon
vent 10 Fredericksburg and secured SUP
niies from the Federal troops on the
rronnd that they were intended for
rec,ly colored people. but In point OF tac c.
h. made this perious journey on n 'n1 y !.
4 ~. mistress and her childrena Of ~hom,i
In the absence of the white men Of the ne
fnHii,ily, he was the protector ibis was
done at the risk of his own fHr lie ,l 1or.
before he eached home feawas arrested :''yfsel,
cou rt-martaled and serltenced1 10 pc shot,
h;t upon the plea Of promint.entt " c -
zens of spotsylvania the l7epart-i
,,,crt relcnted and set the noble prisoner.
free. s5sss
+This Vas no exceptional black ms III
He Vas a type. There were thousands ss'5f q
3u,on thousands of other black men T. III re e
lii, throughout the length and breadth "a
of the Southern sota ios l
Fvort 10 the families who owned " eia'1,s
a. DOSING bondage such as 1T was, and q s.
flict,a, great as it was, with Old MIS- vas
ma ia children raj her than the pleas
.ures3 Of freedom at the N orth TO be g -
,:lined by desertlon. The war produced ,t'dEi' Is
many heroes among the men and many ny
keroincs among the women lsel and u rs Is
right that their glorious deeds sh nc y 10
be- recorded. and that heir praises should =: q
be sung. But never to be forgotten e't' : n
mat struggle are the Albert Comforts
whose faces we're dark but whose %: heatss
.wele pure and whose LOYALTY q ana 1iae''tS
we're. equal to any sacrifice we shou' 70
like to see in every State OF .t the south nth
monument 10 the memory men t'ry OF these$
deyout heroes in black.
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Dear Times Dispatch: 4,
Not under the spreading lbeech {o1 irs, !,
but under the real shade OF the m,fapieS
OF this old scat OF learning, the writer
ID sitting--taking An drinking ~ 4 -.
old school 10 him now for FORTY SGalIs.
rho writer being a. student h e. , n3Mss
every now and then to reylsil PIE se e, y.
mother (f0r next to the lnot it naa
bore him. In his an &C to ns. is tl'e
that educated him i, !. i, q !, !. ! X, 2
Measure 10 stoI, here to see the ecfaH Bes
as they have taken pla CO, I. Z, e, abo,,lt
lF1Jf course, there WAS a. sen timents aRoutt
the old place. bout the ha e,a:,
but II does seem that he ire was q p.esst
INK In Disguise He does not Kllpw .,a 4
The present huilangs are ~ ~ NJ y
hut is very sure MAJ 8,,i han III former
Besidcs. strange as may SEEM 9, q, y n re
fire attracted attention. and many W 1Ys,,
Hereby made acquainted sWlth me w NM 7,
tsmethod OF r "a
form Of disciple m n,dar o m still
snIsrat e. ti,ess Is real hcirloons-ther
sy re- eb rsifqlssl'oof Tho faculty
3the ,dea az q q goyerninG head he
rem Democratic usage, bni now u me D. ]
And with Cicero that me times IN y, =
changed and that M n Il
with them laai [, IL Gc ti i, icgislnture
ha a pfoydT for! one and tte B \ y.
~ visllnrs, II ter Two years of consider
ihtV the matter having selected sa =, pres
dn st tho first president ofth ~ llhlyer !,
NV, I1r. a, E Alderman. they sho u.a y
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Z ~
ssunecial provision made 4 to furnish the
missing 'Elink.' B between the secondary
schools and The University IS known O i,
that the several colleges would Ink l 70
sec the University restr her ma trlcu-
.lates 10 the graduates Of q her sc hpols
and thus make the University o. =, scn -.
Of post !, a thsT j n ,ne
4 ~. s this school to be I he head 81
1 le n,IbIic schools intended VI give higher
instruction to Ylrginia,s sons. Rneltt.te :
from the lower wa ks OF ite or from 2
more favored-the very s OF pe''er
T n Writer would further, Ike e ase !. 9
M the 81 denonlinational colleges make az,
nroylsion for teaching their Pecui iara r ., Z
pio,,s tenets in connection Wit the y mi
yersity. IL In no wider SCOPE. ~ somethiins
like tie foundation OF that GOOD man., 0hn
B. Cary, esta blish ~, se ~,
forth the doctrines Ct their pa rticular
tartan, but it must be, as It Isl hi ghly relig
ious. -, 4, tbeso
..davs ~ rapid transit, right under the e
}dn nyn IA AZ lit s n. we're. 1.-THE Rotnnda,
two 'great trunk lines of railroad cross 81 5
each z other-the Southern, " = or,n 3 q ~
south. ana I the Chesapeai1 an 10 aU,n1io,
East and thus ptisr y, ed,,ca
}of approa CHI from al po.litssfs Ut
sl'q.aI gpl the University will take
,. !, nav and Il a dyanced STEP. the .8Writer
vat ,,rns 10 his adopted home III IA. dis-
liant Texas full Of hope and q. 81 sar1sul e
OF success Of his X Second Ala 9 s nte9
(, !. Fraternaliy Il ,ss
4, ALEX. HoGG.
Fort Worth, Texas, y. 3is
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UNIVERSITY OF VIR GINIA.
-------------- 81 895a$
t.Tvfere. II, patAH recubans sub fegn1ine fagi !"
.fallllngllne 70 make his, this first admins

fall In line to make his, this first admins
Stration, o. success. BY III 4.
The writer IS personally acquainted with
The new president, and more from his
good work In other institutions, notably
Tulane, ,than in this acquaintance. does
along the line Of. ed uca ton, he writer
rs s. assured from the ri work. from The
management OF President Alderman here
itofore, that there will not bv q breaking
up. radical cha nj es, that the I'D ePen-
h os.f With age viii be retained because
"a new spirit viii peryade Tie whole in
Sstitution, Is to he ted--will be ex-
pected by tho Alumni, s3 M
i,he presence of so many summer school
teachers, summer school G students--676
seeking with new methods based on old
substantial one =, Ct hs, hrig htest
BOT bot IL as SO many friends and advocates
of the Universal = ssI5 81. s
OF course. the University is a State
instItutionnand while not wholly circum-
scrib for It's pa trona ge, Its support
must come from the State. and while
Virginia Is not rich In means, she Is
n ana Il ba,lsysS whs
HI ft To cali Of, the Legislature there viii
be "A generous ret ponset VI y, IN, ,IE
s White liz small sums, thaSg University
has been helped, and greatly needed
helm at the time, she ysnot expect9the
millions or a Rookie allow or a Carne Gle,
but In an llnost Ten atiou US & wa VI, ever q nd
anon, some one Of her admirers VIII ADD
sonathing TO her wnnts--cama 10 her
in regard to her future course, her res
slations Internationally, She must Gu lttyate
the public nchoo ls-there should Z 20 9
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for ten days The little garrison made
appeals to their outside comrades for 70 r help,
lbut ii was difficult for the outsiders to
Freak through the MeSican lines. and
,he only reinforcement received consisted
OF thirty-two men.
THE fort held out we'll, and the gallant
Texans fought desperately, but at last
q breach was made in the wall. and
shortly after daylight on March SIN th y
,rexicnn commander ordered aggencral
assault. Twiee we're the storining party
rcp,,lsed with heavy losses, but the third
time they gained the parapet ana en-
tered tho enclosure. The Texans d letsY
mined to die in their boots and no soiter
~ surrender was made. The MeSicahs,
h,,tcbered them like so many cattle, ana
out OF the whole garrison only i've We're sl1e
lert to tell the tale. and these, AFTER nay
lnr ,,een taken, we're slaughtered on the
t,,ot by order of Santa Anna. Out or
ths one hundred and eighty inmates, only
three women. Two White children children ana 9,
negro boy survived. Among the martyrs la1
was David Crockett rs
But the sacrifice was not In vain vain The
news of the heroic fight nerved3 the Tex
ms in their future efforts. their slogan
being "Rcmember the Alamo, and few
weeks later Santa Anna was feated ana an
captured at San Jacinto. and Texas vas
free. .Il,
BY all means let the sacred SPOT be
as THE Thermopylae of Amer,
lca."
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The Alamo.

We note with interest that the Texas
Democratic Convention Recommended thai
the Legislature Of the State ,'provIde The
means Of purchasing the Alamo grounds
and preserving the same" We do not
know just how this property Ia owned,
but il should by all means be purchased
by the State and preserved, for II IS holy
ground. The Alamo marks tho place Of
one of the most heroic struggles. one Of
the most noble sacrifices, ever made for
a noble cause
The Alamo vas built FOR q Franciscan
mission house. about lI22. tut after l7ss
was used on occasion as a fort and was
renamed Fort Alamo. II consisted or
an oblong plaza. about TWO aud half
acres in area enclosed by walls eirh, feet
high and thirty-three Inches thick a
church, a hospital building, convent and
a walled yard about one hundred fee,
square. During the war for Texan In.
dependence. In 1886. il was held hy a
small body Of men. less than NO him.
sdred in number. under command of ytl.
liam b. Travis. and on February I'D II
was invested by considerable Mexican
army. several thousand in number, undel
General Santa Anna, who bomparded II
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About Money Lending.

l..Nos chattel mortgage shark ever drove
u, much harder bargain than did q MOT MOT
gar svndca tie in the case OF the Vlrginia-
Carolina Chemical Com pany.-Springi1ieesld1
Republican.
y 1t was a hard bargain for 1t Vas made
in hard bargain times. i was maze IN
tt,,,es of manic. when money was hard 10
procure on any terms. Money IS q COM
modify, and there is always q market
price for its use. AT the present 'iine ~
lis in plentiful supply, and can car pc mao At q
low rate Of interest, the collateral being
Satisfactory. But when money is scarce
the price goes up, and when those VINO
are anxious to borrow bid against ca en-
other the money lender naturally taxes
Inc highest price he can get. It Is SO IN
al, branches of trade and industry u ne,
yirripia Carolina Chemical Company
takes the highest price It can get Tor J Is
fertilizers. The producers OF iron take
the highest price they can get for their.
product. The farmer who produces cot
Ton or wheat, or what not. takes the
highest price that he can get for his
product. The money lender Is no excep-
| zion. and while usury has in all ages
been denounced, the money lender has IN
All ages put his money out at the highest
rate of interest. He sno more philan-
throplc than the dealer in any other
commodity.
The Sifginia-cagolina Chemical Com
I pany was on tho market as a bidder for
money. and 1t goes without saving that
it made with the Morgan syndicate the
best bargain 1t was able to make with
| any money lenders. II the company
| could have procured money at n lower
/ rate OF interest, 1t goes without saying
that 1t would have done so. II is also fair
| 10 presume that the Morgan syndicate
could have loaned that sum Of money
10 others upon similar terms. and as
Things 70 IN the business world, the COM
pany could not reasonably expect that the
4 Morgan syndicate would lend money TO u
cheaper than It could lend the same
4 amount nf money TO other concerns In
that the company could not have made
4 the loan at all but for the influence
of man who was on friendly terms With
Mr., Morgan AT that time many persons
thousands and thousands OF them-were
unable TO borrow money at any price
upon the collateral they held, and were
therefore. compelled 10 throw their hold
ings upon the market and sell them foi
anything that they would bring, In sucl
situation there are those who thinl
that the yjrgnlarC Carolina Chemical Com
pany was lucky TO have borrowed 90
at all,
We do not say this in justification
tha money lender. We are simply stain,
a condition; We are simply showing tina
. there ara two sides to every question; vs.
are simply showing that the Morgan syn
; dieate did What all dealers In all con,
I modites are accustomed to do-sold ii,
n gooos AT the highest market price. and re
r fused for philanthropy 10 sell tn In
I Sirginlascarolina Chemical Compan
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The Proposed Free Bridge.

The Times-Dispatch is heartily in favor
58of another free bridge between Rtch-
I nlonG and Manchester and is willing that
4 tile city Of Richmond should join with
4 the city Of Manchester in guaranteeing
3 the proposed bridge bonds. But several
questions have arisen in connection with
$ the purchase of Mayo's Bridge, and the
Building of a new. bridge. which are TO
be seriously and lcisurelyf considered.
Is this the only available site?
u II not, is it the cheapest site that
can be had?
Can the stone piers. of Mayo's Bridge
be used for the new BRIDGE
Chat is the revenue from Mayo's
Bridge? The amount has been stated.
but has the city accountant or any rep
resentative OF the city been. over the
books and ascertained whether or not
the figures given out are correct?
What VIII the proposed new bridge
cost: Estimates have been received from
$two bridge building companies, SO We
are told. but will the proposed bridge be
such bridge as the city engineer would
approve and recommend: Up to this time.
the city engineer has not been consulted
and has not passed on the subject.
.3 We have heard something about an
option that is soon to expire. What
does tina mean? Who holds the option?
x Is the city 10 get the bridge from the
ofl,,
to receive commission? II is entirely
4 proper for cntcrprising traders to pro-.
\ cure an optlar'on the bridge at GER
1 tain fgurc,anfr. sell 1t to the city, If they
car, at an advance. but 1t is not proper
) for the city TO nay such commission,
ii IL can purchase the bridge at first
: hands without the Intervention Of a paid
middle man. 5ssasE
These questions we repeat, nre to be
considered seriously, deliberately and
81 lcisurely- We had supposed that the
whole subject had becn thrcshed out by
the Council. all questions connected with
1t thoroughly investigated. and that tho
3 city engineer had passed upon the plan.
Under that impression The Times Dis
patch was In favor Of having the mat
Ter disposed of by the present COM
Gil. But we are now. convinced thai tic
entire proposition should so over until
8 the new COUNCIL comes in. II can wait
81 for q few months without detr!ment tic
tbs public interest, and IT may be OF ma.
terial benefit to have 1t deferred A,
\ any rate, u should not be rushed through
y in hurry The adoption of the ordi
Rance involves debt Of something like
$4,000 and such q debt should not II,
asdded upon the ely without mature de
liberation.
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ofcaper than II could sell t. some other

"
concerns.
8''Buslnesssis business. u is hard
saying. 1t means war. and war IL rrlerci-
less 1t means taking advantage of oprto'ir'--3
5tunitles, no matter who suffers. It means ms
success for some. to the destruction, Of
others. 1t mears that so long aa there is
warfare in business, "in the smoke and
thunder Will always be the tr,af,l, Of
horses. and the silent, rigid, ppturned
face. "
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Personal and General.

General KurorSltkin. the 4 Russia n com.
Tnssians. When at home he ever mlsses
a service and has aeehapel m ms own ON y
home n 5is Il A55 y +
THE clos est relativeSof George wa shlngT
ton now alive is Mrs. Attic r.
the Wife Of a New York fSne Y, ls q q
ter g 2 I, 9a a5.nss
Washjngto on a brother OF the nrst pF 's'''
dent. s.t &
Governor IIerrick OF Ohio Was,the o q ed
hny, .,D idn, Won saw wood for a llying
uI'a,, vo,,1 we're AZ boy es, Z plied
theS Governor, land j still think that Us
q good thing, sometimes 70 ga " WOOD "
and say. nothing n III
The Duchess Of Marlboroug n 4 ormerly
iConsuelo Vanderbilt. has gained the rep N,i
3tation7,of being the most rec k!ess OF az
In ninndia Automobile drivers, Her chauf,
feur has, In the pa st 81. ps.oa as
some Englis h ma gil tra IT, a ny nuLllpsT "
fines, but she Will emPo I1p ehatIe e,ls
she recently declared T y |,t = W. ut4yo
at a high ra to OF speefai.
Ferdinand q, I.affobe many times Mayer
Of Baltimore is OF the OPINION t!ial
mayors Of large cities nave a. l.ara
time q IS rewaaisays HAP had 10 be
M fbe bo "a or eolneils committees.
Itey had no time at AL to "A mems ~ :
Now however, seen1s that hey ). 2 4 e
nothing to do compared " ~ me Edu9
In tho old sday s. s sS 81 W Wy
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FESTIVITIES MARRIED.

1.-THE Odd elbows fest ylties IN open
iaS iiS saarss red BY Carson st-
IA bottle Of Cha mberlain's Colic Cholera
3floin a drugstore and Mr., Carson Y g
soon as good as new, and he WorS
went ONT Lindsay, Ind TER, y eWs,
This remedy " for sale by AT aFue'
gists, 8 Fl VI
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The Southern Uplift.

The uplift In the South is no longer a
dream; It Is a. fact. We kno " OF a little
town iii Mississippi whose population was
$50 souls ten years ago To-day 1t has
1000 people, most Of whom were drawn
from the adjacent sand hills and woods.
ten years ago those people raised a. title
cotton and corn and their children We're
dressed In homespun and lived on hog
and honliny. with such opportunity for
advancement as an occas ional ilog school
offered. To-day there are |, 100 children
going to five schools, one OF which is as
modern and up-to-date a high school
as any n mississippi. and the future Of
these children is as bright as that OF any
children in America. III 4 e
So much for the educational side. For
the material side, there are to-day In
the place Of the little money boarded in
the stockings, $450.000 deposited in banks;
there are 5000 men employed in oil and
fertilizer mills, lumber mills, iron foln-
dries, wagon factories and cotton mills
one ofgthe lumber companies alone. we
are informed, earns over $1,000 net. while
ono of the OIL and Y fertilizer mills has
not earned less than 40 per cent. since II
was started. This is for the CAPITALIST,
and the laborer Is not far behind. One
man in the neighborhood of this little
town has earned over a thousand dollars
a year off ten acres Of peaches for 4, a
sutficlent period OF time to educate three
sons at the University Of Mississip pi,5 The
truckers and farmers have formed an
association, and have sent their own
agent Ito Cincinnati to receive and sell all
the truck, and fruit sent from that vlcln-
ity, and the prosperity OF the whole COM
n,uldty Is growing by leaps and an bounds o 7t1:s
Such an exhibit as this leaves no doubt
as to the future wealth and developm n!Art
of the South. IS SKI IL
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Stanton and Augusta county can be
relied upon to get reasonably excited
over politics and that kind Of excitement.
always shows UP IN the size Of the vote
on election day. 8,
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ia, tau: 2'lll1A
D>1;,qlnln 6a :, ! .. !,
-o-O-o-o-o.--.0- $4,000

90.
The Farmvile Herald has come right
down out OF he tall sycamore tree. It
says: Senator Daniel wants 1t distinctly
Sunders toodtthat he commended for the gold
the last. II he can change front on this
question we don't know why the rest OF
us should make much ado about It.
ia Tho Norfolk Ledger says: & Frank r.
Brent said there was md law by which
I high schO ols can be established IN co,lil-5
ties II there Isn't there should be-, and
as Mr. Brent 7 said to the ed ucators 49,
should Ego home and work towards the
establishment OF such "a law K
The Halifax Gazette comes to hand with
these cheering remarks: Just 4 a + this
time It Is a pleasure to tai * 18th farmers.
Monday was court day. q and. vs. although
there was no crowd present.: people Wta rt'
ali XII report good crops Of wheat. oats and
grass. While the acrea ge$ seeded was not
large the yield has been the most salts
factory one IN ten. years. y ne c. corn 1
quite promising. The ga dens are report.
ed TO have more yegeta bIes than usual.
On the whole. the Hers OF the soil arc
,buoyant and hopeful: moro so than we
have seen them In many sum mers,f Should
sittcont1nue seasonal bio and no freshets In
the rivers Halifax will have much to sell
to the outside world. 5ssEF sSs $si
The Norfolk Landmark cntiusias ticallY
remarks Senator Daniel makes the states
Ement, over his signature. that he never
Sacquesced In the elimnat ton Of the IMAM
5clal plank from the Democratic latform.
the opinion hat. as the establishment Of
the gold standard Is a settled fact, the
rarty should say so, he ser,at tors g con- n
duct at ST. Louis was 3. als.lns uasnea
and Virginia Is sproudergof HIN, thanseYer.
1T is q fortunate thing for Democracy
that the standard bear had tlle. courage
and ability to set the ma ter stra ig Mt AZ
the risk OF losing the nomination, "a 355.
"a Few Foreign Facts.
map Of Jerusalem In Mosaic has
been I fonnd IN Palestine and is said Ito
be over fifteen hundred years ole. s;s
E sIr,bllc revenue Of Great Britain in the
5quatter ended June 80 was SlS 1920 be-
low the same qua rtfr last yea :, 49,, -,
g atf SDeE. th1rtSY
works OF art. England and the United
States were her best customers, 5ss ss
The good results ofadministerlng pota-
toes In certain forms Of diabetes are
NOISE, who states that ito has effected
lcpres by his means.
The Montgol1er balloon. which mads
Gender 3. 1904 The day Napoleon was
crowned by I'ius ~, has Just been
found In one of the storeroonls Of thu
Il Vatican. 81 &a
Esf Many 2of they London curiosity shop.
planted n lii tho back streets!sso of most
county md cohntry towns are simply
kept ,ips ny large London frlns, who
from m prolonged study,of human nature
have 3 dlscnyerGd that s people who arr
sliyE0f buying old furniture, Or old silver
and eager purchasers of precisely tn
Same objects at a !, rather higher price
when they come upon them IN the bach
,strects of q country town.
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II your Uncle Grover shall decide. to
accept the Invitation to take the stump
In Illinois there will surely be some
thing doing IN the Sucker. State be-
fore the canvass is over. 81 y ii
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4 - - IL Tl.tt
1.-THE Republican policy. OF protection
for American industries and American
Labor is a certainly established as is the
gold standard. Recognition of I hat. fact
by the Democratic party is only a q ues-j
ton Of time. : Confronted with the
question whether the Republican protec-
tive system shall be maintained Il or de-
stroyed, the American people will not
hesitate TO make emphatic reply that it
must and shall be kept inyiolat e. Al
abally Journal (Rep) WIS.,
On the contrary. the. American people
are in favor Of a tariff for revenue only
and that policy will finally prevail Our
fear that the Republ icaps will some time
catch the Democrats Mapping and steal
their thunder as they stole their sound
money thunder. Ok ss5Ss
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Deyery at 8Esopus not. this "the
slimit?""t-New Y orlk World.
It is rumored that when Judge Parker
was questioned the other day concerning
the situation in New Y ork, he replied
that things were coming his way too
FAST 1t looks so.3I IN VI Is
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a mirror trust Is said to be in the
process Of formation. AS sure as you
are born the women folks are going to
have something to say about this.
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The Chesterfield weather prophet has
fixed upon crop maturing cond lions for.
the balance OF this month, Most likely
he is right.
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Charles IL Slack is going back to his
frs. love- the Bristol Courier. There
is fun ahead.
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Campaign or no campaign the Yirginia1
horse shows are going along IN their
usual enthusiastic way,
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Colonel Bryan Is right In the ring now,
The ticket and the platform are good
enough and he Just couldn't keep out.