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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-06
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD
Very Low Rate Sunday Excursion
Tickets On Sale May is.

Effective May IS and continuing
every Sunday thereafter until fur
Their notice, tho Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad will place On sale excursion
tickets between stations OF Wheeling
and Grafton, eood going East bound
on regular train No. 70, leaving Fair
mont at 1882 A. NJ, and returning
no. regular trains No 71-55, leaving
Grafton 1910 noon, and $3.50 ?. NJ;
and good going West bound on regular
train NO. s, leaving Fairmont at 7:47
A. NJ, and returning on regular train
No. 4, leaving Wheeling at 500 P.
NJ For tickets and full information,
call on ticket agent.
T. B. HENDERSON.
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Our ootored. .ropuyaaor..

.rl1e number Of negroes IN ii q cou1l-
Including Hawaii ana aasto
E2teo} Is 8. 2Qa.t0G perhaps a larger.
number than is found III any other
country outside Of Africa. Nine-
teltE3s Of these citizens i've II the
ssouthevn States. There are nearly
5000, Geo negroes IN the United States
engaged insgainful occupatioas These
3reaG7Wilners constitute 1872 per cent.
ofs che total eolored population. as
against a percentage of 37.3 for the
Iotal wt1ite population and Of 81. for
the Southern whites. we learn that
The percentage Of illiteracy has de-
creased rapidly since 1890. It is 44.5
per cent. now. as. against ST. per
cent al tho earlier date. a bulletin
says:
El1iteraey among negroes is about
as common as among whites.
and this: ratio between the RACES has.
not altered materially in the last ten
years Illiteracy among Southern ne
sroes is about four times that among
Southern whites. II the per cent. of
-il1iterates should fall in each succeed
ing ten years by as great an amount
as it did Between 1880 and 1860, an
improbable assumption, ii would
reach zero about 1941.'
A decided increase in the proportion
of marriages is recorded, and while
this is moral gain, the result may be-
due to- economic causes, the country
having been unusually prosperous just
before 1900, tie year the census was
taken a less favorable symptom is
the increasing tendency among the
to leave, the rural regions for
the cities.
On the whole, there54is gratifying
evidence Of progress, and the data
simply emphasize the truth that the
negro problem must be solved along
the lines of education end industs,y.--
Chicago Evening Post
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BISHOPS PLACE"
is DOING a RUSHING BUSINESS
THESE DAYS-A NOVEL
SALOON.

NEW YORK, Aug. 4,-The subway
Tavern, the Reformation" saloon,
which was dedicated by Bishop Pot
ter a few days ago, is doing a rushing
business and the bishops Place." as
it has been dubbed, promises to be
one OF the fads Of the city. Crowds
visit the place every day and people
come from all over the city to see
the saloon. Meanwhile the fact that
Bishop Potter gave the place his
churchly sanction has stirred UP no
end OF discussion in church circles,
TEN perance Sand moderation societies.
second prize Of fifty dollars is
very LIBERAL and 81 twenty
i've Is a real y hand one See
page eigh Of this issue. 3
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I'd se.
scale ss greed t33 s3s :ss
Vi tfssl
tspweTeE.
decrease before :1s hen the
seal cad ~ BON ILL I'M
tT1enss holdings the lej5e
s;er.e ci9sadss sffl nfte} IN
Sharon q II srpoatac e:.tsSt hat he Joint
On frlssqt ting fosse g be wa ge
eal for early
week AZ i1iaagp
S I{are5 fas bad = botr ssssiGl
IT'S i5nttdis3s irdli rssS;. lesa are
about Sst1lSst work IS exE1acted
short 70 progress the snail yez1
tenor On 1slrtsJsT OF tra2rog aZne1ts.
5sgilc:15a! atGcr4s Viii h ls S59,aoQ.
aigil .cf4ool E3ssw 81 c6uTse of cree
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Mho VIII Be argziaent?

Some persons do not seem to I'm
derstand how to vote IN the West
Virginian's guessing contest II is
really a very simple proposition and
easily understood. On page eight viii
be found a coupon which may be used
in sending in your estimate The
guesses are coming in right along
now. SO send yours IN before you for
get it. Dc not forget the offer to give
a person guesses fer getting new
subscribers. Read the offer over
again and send in the g,le,sses-
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san francisco, Cal.

rs SOY ereign Grand Lodge, ]. o. O. F.,
September 1926. One fare for the
round trip to Chicago or st. Louis ad-
ded to fares rendered therefrom CChi-
cago $4,000; St.zI4ouiss $3.50. Dates
Of sale to be announced later.
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You Want the Best,

Are you going to spend your vaca-
ton somewhere out of town?
If SO, of course YOU will want one
of your home papers to follow you.
Why not, the West Nirginian?
It's the best, and of course you want
the best, and it will only cost you ten
cents per week mailed to any address
in the United States.
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r., RI. AND r. BRANCH.

r.. NJ. fAlN hT h2SAIs VI n
ARRIVES.
No. 5o.-Piats burg Acoom'n 100 p M.
No. 4.-Pitats burg Aeeom'n S:55 P. M.
DEPARTS.
No. 3.-Pitts burg Accom'n 7:50 "A. NJ.
No. 5l.-Connellsville Ac'm 2:10P. NJ.
No. 90 leaves daily for Morgantown
at 9:O5 P. NJ. No. GO arrives from Nor
gantown at sos ~. M, daily except Sum
day; at 500 "a. NJ. Sunday only.
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!. So g :a.faco, caf.

Triennial Conc9a4e. knights Tenn
splar, September SO. One Fare-for the
round trip TO Chicago or st. Louis
added TO fares rendered therefroIn
SlChicago5 $1,000; st. Louis s4T-50j.
Dates OF sale 70 be announced ia1es-
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Toronto, Ont.

Friends General Conference, An
gust 1918. One fare plus $500 for the
round trip. Tickets on sale August
9Th to 1itn, good returning until All
gust 31st. inclusive
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!. 8eErelt. faist1...

H#h sAYstF - 49,
" IN

ga Ia ptist !Y.o52z1 Peoples Union Of
America. Ir1ttsrnatIonaI Convention.
July T-tQ- One fare pms 500 tor the
round trip sTic}zS on sale July 5ta
TO 7tll. gooa 1lntii July. l:asti.,
SjnclusIYe
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-06

" IN l
sys S;'ts
I'D 4 IS
IS Il aI1fi6ok Tor
IL 4 ere re-
tlerss BE act HOW. sSa7St
gFasf see 5Sssgsst building
III & sSsfss!ti
reat deiat e. sfsei sc ton ST yes
III; sss5z eEpss
go: Il lSessst 3}e5
-s5fe8ss fesos Il va be- eieeeted,
l1iss Ssgat !Ss1.s vii
..s5s5>:sl taa q
rg5sfe:zl aa.sacty has 5ftssn ss3zFsG lt1 Ss1as
!931 gSstsl ts5 OYER
ytor. OF Car
~, IN {[yye can II Ger
III Is on Il Ms Social
;st kiss;sf1 j TlsI VIC Is row Vi the head
~ tfgzs ,PS 80 ,rsfless q I'd "a f55sr
sejs5f,i,f5; 4 Al ,7..ef II, III if,fsrv Iss2y
j, * 3 .ss 1Isstfa e,,1tatittss
III. S3s.s4 ~ ~ t}.,cjve5
Is err rS.cgs4} t1755 Il, ff5a banding but
l[5rI7. ~ III ss,s 81 Ct rIqssr-e, have btezl
started tFylysr,sVy sht;re,sts. ssiVigts, work
ID, t,1i,iSf i mon tz3ts blti9tag
~ lac S,Y3 5f{f, IvrI,,;tf ,{cs.,3en IN the
III: iy,e tf,5fstzs II - 4,iv 3rata nat
80, ,53.J1-e@,I;@
nv, is,,475s. r., fo;++s9,,ffet cs;,iy:fl-
ieTss f,,@ fiI+I.y.e,.s i,,I.as.,,e.jfy. s;iia-
ron south Sharon. shar15sgille and
surrounding towns believe the great
est i'm petl!s to local Eactjyit3s came IA
.t2,a5 az1nen11 cenent that Pittsburg
capttalists. headed by Senator VIII
lam FFlina ana John Stephenson jr.sl
of Sharon VIII invest nearly mil,
lion dollars; IN a new ordnance factory
at Sharon
But Sharon Industry is picking UP
III other ways OF the 10000 Wofk1ng
people that r;ake Hup the pophlatlon
Of the thriving city. S,5Qe, it Is est
mated, are at work. his is looked
upon as exceptionally encouraging be-
cause Sharon and the surrounding
towns are believed TO have suffered
most by the recent inactivity. Esha-
ron can exist only when the mills
are working, because it is more e2-
clusively a mill town than any OF
the other great industrial centers OF
the country. Not only have many OF
the mills resumed in full or on half
time. but operators are announcing
expenditures for charging plants.
TWO million dollars has been spent
or is appropriated for $eniarsinG Sha-
ron plants or improving the city.
snnp,oyrnent For Thousands,
rrx,,ar, r3i75s =, +hs sharo-, n,snfy |
~ ~ s,,,a,,;,-o,, el,ae+ 4, Tin Plate
~1.-,,,,.3,,,-, ,,sy,, i,3e,t ,.as,,-,aa giving
10 ! 200 men. American
c,+aa7 =. WIS f-(,r,,-,anv forming with
- ,-,,a,;cs,,, e,,aat q rrfn plate tl,e
-, ,,,,-z-a,.s,,3 a,,,.!1i,,,;as of rho
! ,,its,, .etaTas stsa1 Corporation. will
-, - 80 ,,or ,vor12s afr@lr shut
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-06

Some one will get the hundred dol
lars in gold. 1t is worth guessing
for. X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-06

For additional information concern
ing rates, routes, time OF trans, etc,
call on or address ticket agents, Bat:
stimore & Ohio r.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-06

G
sra on
s4os D sfa
OR
OAR e
5sSaSs ss HI al VI M d 81 CO 9
S searsss5
~ RoflS,
are being
s3 The
lacti On and
filled
tt'llte
s T l-i6 Ma
Bsrospst-
trres,
saQaEiand,
Pa, de-
i5aaause OF the
IL The ttn7
cpaful: NOW
ngpaen in ~
Q superior
apioyment
ng-idle
t1l1strIas N gen
tis work
l'fomise of
ear is
ii ne orders
isEas conducted q
partial in
Hon ,Tesent condi-
teire possibil-
york. ngIneil
yin gtl ioon he 'gon-
oI1no7,sIy veal
Of the shenaRgo val
Il !, For NJ onti,s.
post lively were ascer-
ere s. more work nov
han there has been
laSa siS8 here is a brighter
for some
/ slanesds BY the disposition OF
tors fa fncrease.$to an I'M
tela sss the sources Of produe
here has been less so
lalaar on1oles. troubles precip- /
en1aaads her actions
for my same pc
since ism first became a
nd rial world sin thezI
all ads tapping this terri
immense profit, an
IIiras ision freight
he month ex-
~ up to this
sssssss
s,saseafl act tx noticeable
Of the United
ion 1roughout this ter
ould he noticeable in the
sersstss con sgolIed by the Repub-
81 steel Gonnnany but for
Sfsafe Ftuaate labor dispute, one OF
out settlement OF |
Big conn any& cannot oper-
e;nss an extensive scale. The
est sourea of5swolr3- in the towns
CORES pondsnt visited seemed to
5ae SshatIser the mi rs would resume
hose orsing now would continue
Look e Mills.
N sTig 50 me OF them the biggest
ssss I'LL AZ eoun are IN this TERRITORY,
asa nave been producing practically
tfif3lit csssat ton or without ev1-
sSler eizs any feeling OF n uncertainty
Culture for several
mon HIS EtIE 81 looks to the mills,
producers Of thesconntry, wealth
HI fre III. steel and in y ow that
SsS tfaess are resnfntng there is no longer
lalSs orb ard ng3 the future OF the
.YvoTld
casts was the first place Wis:
snSs the trit stigation OF
s,rEsirg people N the ~
ttonsi vas foi'nc, after
All aal!Rctiens were made that 5,o9o
Ia zths last few days
sso ana a-tilill plants OF the Amer
Get e. z irif11 ate COMPANY, " Y
s u.sil il z.55i st the lthlteo
Steel Cooperation. have start
g3t; 5ani: onncetI they woEiG start.
-,
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srssNOESsAEz HsEvasEep N

WEST BOUND.
No 7.-Chicago Express 4;24 "A. M.
No. 5.-Wheeling Accom-
mediation TAI A. M.
No. 55.-Wheeling s. Gin
cinnati Express T:2S P: M.
No 7f.-Wheeling Accom-
modation .... 1885 P. N.
EAST BOUND.
Nc. S.-New York, Balti-
more and Wash
ington Express. 1925 A. NJ.
No. 72.-Grafton Accom- n 1888 a. IL.
No. 46.-New Y ork, Balti-
more and W ash
ington Express. 1:4S P. NJ.
No. 4.-Grafton Accom- 8:38 P. III.
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Read the West virginian. It has
the latest news.
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BALTIMORE 6 oAso RAILROAD.
Grand Excursion TO Mountain Lake
Park. august eth, From Fair
n1ont-Very Low Rates
For the Round Trip.

Tickets good On day OF issue only.
Get INFORMATION from ticket agent.
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We have Just bicycles that we are
going to close out at 90 per cent. II
you want q bargain come quick. ].
L. Halls hardware store. x
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ONLY $500 TO WASHINGTON
And Return-only $3.50 to Baltimore
and Eeturn, Saturday f4igi't. Az.
gust 20, via Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad.

Train NO. i viii leave Falrnnont at
spend all day Sunday among the at
fractions OF either the Capital or Mon
umental City
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If you are in the market for a re
frigeratoy. do not fail to see us. We
have them at a bargain. L. Halls
hardware store. 55 x
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pint Mason Jars, ss5c doz. d t.,
Mason 9c5d oz: - at. AIason$i lars.
55se. doz., sI fs Hall Ia are
store.
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tiQuity. and, with heavier buttresses holder
parapet and deeper cutting in the freestone It is
more picturesque and beautiful If the nave be-
hind It has been modernized by restoration proc
esses, 1t has not lost its time worn aspect nor
been pulled to pieces like the cradle of the
Washingtons in Northamptonshire 1t cannot be
compared for interest with ST. Marys Great
Brtngton. where the foundations are more
ancient and where the roof lines have not been
changed; but while that beautiful structure.
with an effigy Of priest IN the outer wall and
an antique preaching cross in front of the gates
is associated with the Washingtons, 1t is pre-
eminentfy the church OF the Spenoers The Pur-
leigh church as a quaint. picturesque landmark
IN the history OF the Washingtons ought to in
terest Americans. especially as they have dons
nothing in Northamptonshtre, except to hang nm
replica OF brass tablet. to attest their OBJ
hgatlons TO the ancestors OF their first President
American tourists in England as a BODY ara
large contributors to restoration funds Their
sixpences and shtllings paid to vereers tr =.
thedrals and to sections in interesting parish
churches cannot aggregate less than S25 O0O In
the course OF year; and this is available rnanIv
for keeping the ancient structures in repair and
for oefraying the cost OF well ordered schemes
OF restoration. For these small doles American
VisiIors cannot claim much credit, as they
are themselves lavishly overpaId in their
gnmpses or the historic churches of the stored
rnotheriand- There are few direct evidences In
England OF their afrectonate remembrance OF
the great names in their own history. The Raj
eigh WINDOW IN ST. Margaret's Westminster. is
one of the most artistic memorials; and the John
Cotton chapel IN the high-towsred church ~
Boston. in the Lincolnshire fen country, is an
other, for the work Of renovation was done at
the expense Of the New England descendants of
the Puritans. who turned their backs upon the
Norman towns. the venerable oak carvings. the
knights and saints in stone. the stately naves
and choirs. to sail the seas In search Of a new
heaven and q new earth. scrooby and Austsra
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-cThs Illustrated London NswAS

and the senior branches OF the dynasty
from the throne account OF their Roman
Catholicism. vesting 1t in the Junior and Han
overian line. The royal house of Belgium owes
its throne to the popular revolution OF 1880. the
reigning family OF Sweden to the vote Of the
Swedish Parliament, which elected the peasant
born French Marshal Bernadotte as heir to the
crown. The throne of Italys ruler is like that
Of King Leopold. based upon a series OF popular
revolutions in the peninsula, rather than upon
dynastic right King Christian by the
Danish crown through vote OF the great
powers ratified by the Danish Legislature, rather
than by direct succession. King George OF
Greece and King Charles of Rumania. as well
as King Peter of Servia and Prince Ferdinand
Of Bulgaria, were each Of them elected to their
respective thrones by the people of the countries
over which they rule, while the kings of Spain
and Of Portugal. in spite of the popular impress
sion to the contrary hold their crowns by virtue
OF the principle Of legitimacy, ratified by the ap-
prevail of the people, the Sale law upon which
Don Carlos and Dom Miguel base their preten-
sions to the Spanish and Portuguese thrones,
respectively was a foreign, relatively modern
and wholly unconstitutional importation into the
Iberian Peninsula. EX-ATTACHE,
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and an embattled parapet at the top. While tho
foundations strong. there are wide cracks
toward the parapet, and the rubble is loose and
crumbling to pieces. The tower is in a ruinous
state. and would probably tumble down If the
bells were rung. The experts who have
amined 1t assert that the rubble must be re-
placed with cement mortar, bonding courses OF
stone inherited. the parapet rebuilt, the bell franz
ing reconstructed. the clock dials raised and the
window tracery and moulded string courses
carefully restored. The tower OF the Washing
ton church can be saved with an estimated
penditure Of about $4,000, and the rector and
church wardens. convinced that the money can
not be supplied by impoverished village con-
gregation, are appealing to Americans to help
them out. Certainly the tower is worthy OF
preservation for It is good example Of deco
rated Gothic applied with simplicity and re-
straint to parish architecture 1t resembles the
tower Of St James's, Sulgrave. but has the SUI
perior dignity Of an additional century OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-06

Ira Bishop. q well known manufacturer of
electrical supplies. attempted TO commit suicide
this week while suffering from depression, due
to III health. He turned ON the gas In his room
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once more the hills. Moreover there
few Signs in England OF American appreciation
OF their Indebtedness to the Washington family.
When the church IN sulgravs restored.
about seventeen years ago. there was no Aneri
can aid Perhaps this lack Of interest was fort
unate. for the work Of renovating the fifteenth
century church was ruthlessy done. The sub
stitution OF modern sloping roof for the ancient
fat roof was probably necessary. and the re-
Inoval OF the galleries and oldtims pews may
also have been expedient; but the quaint IN
terror has been hopelessly modernized and the
English architects and their patrons
sponsible for much inartistic work. The only
proof of American interest in this cradle of the
washingtons is an enlarged replica OF the
inscription the brass tablet incased IN the
stone covering the Washington vault. This was
made at the expense OF a few patriotic visitors
from Virginia. Otherwise. there is no tribute
10 the memory of the Washingtons of Northamp
tonshire from Americans except the sixpences
End shillings paid by summer tourists for the
privilege or seeing the brasses still remaining in
the church and the ancient ironbound chest, and
OF visiting the manor house The Washington
cottage at Brington is kept in repair by Lord
Spencer and is occupied by farm laborers: and
the ancient church where the rector OF Pur-
leigh and other Washingtons were buried con-
tains the mortuary chapel Of the spencers.
American tourists visit the church by the thou
sands In the course OF a summer. but there is
permanent record Of their gratitude 10 the an
ceetors OF Washington
For this IT IS 20 be hoped that some
thing may be done by Americans at Purleigh to
repair national neglect The church In Essex
was thoroughly renovated fourteen years ago. at
. cost Of about s.. 300. but the tower was not
touched since poor congregation without
1Sealthy patrons had exhausted its resources IN
restoring the chancel and nave This tower
constructed Of rubble. flint and freestone in the
fourteenth century. with massive buttresses at
the angles decorated with black polished crossSx.
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RIGHTS TO THRONES.
Continued from frst page.

government which are supposed to give the peo-
pie a voice in the selection of their ruler yet
after all 1t Is the result of the agreement be-
tween the regning houses and the people In
fact everywhere IN Europe save In Russia and
in Turkey dynastic rights. such as they are
have been ratified by agreements with the peo-
pie in the past which are binding to-day as
much as at the time when the agreements were
made.
OF course, in some countries the dynastic prin-
chile is more firmly established than In others
While It is particularly strong throughout the
German Empire. in Austria, in Russia and In the
Netherlands, It is less so in England. where the
present reigning house owes its throne not SO
much to the principles Of legitimacy as TO
vote of both houses of Parliament known as the
Act of Settlement which excluded the Stuart
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A COVER FoRGER

"BCok forging is my business said an elderly
man roof garden. He had been drinking and
this made him more communicative than
wise
Yes. sir am book forger" he continued. II
make good money at IT, too. Last year nlads
$3.50"
What. mas I ask. is book forgery said the
mans companion.
TN tell EOU Ia is the binding OF old books In
such way that people think old masters bound
them l take old book WORTH say. S.. and
worth $40. That will only be about two days
work-Sis5 earned In days.
= used 20 bind books legitimately a ondery'
ana my salary was SIS o. week.
Wei ore cay a rich patron brought Groie'
70 me srHL 70 DO repaired. and l. lust TO- run
Se2ieI tFe rini'rE- Then l got hOld % an Oh
rteich pamphlet. and J covered IL with the forssa
Hrouer binding had made Afterward tocS me
N3Slhe 10 y dealer in old books aud he bought i
like shOt for 500
Why. ne said. this is a genuine Groler -
NAT started ne In the business. / made n Studl
OF me uneSt old bindings that exist These az
re ,2.nc.nEs that were made for the Ealois knSs
tirouer &cd Maioi We're the great Ir,ists o. tie
Iine Hrd the.- b~ diss ~ ,"e Ub-o-ieS o. F-ancts
diG a9t we world had ever seen.
. AHc sampler Examples % GroCeU ard 1iatol ar
the ones torse sen my forgeriss to rica NIL
I0halres- In seven years / haven't had q COM
CONGRATULATIONS BuiIstiD