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Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
ACCIDENT BEFALLS BIG IRON ROLLER.
The Big Arm Snaps Into While Turning 1t
Around 10 Front of Keith's Store Friday.

Around 10 Front of Keith's Store Friday.
The big fve.ton iron roller which
the town recently purchased an in
terest in and became partners with the
Kent County Levy Court, was tenn
porary put out of service last Friday
afternoon. Street Supervisor Benja-
min W. Turner with a team of six
heavy draught horses, was using it in
rolling the new macadamized road
between Delaware and Market street.
While turning the big iron structure
around in the steep gutter in front of
Keith's store, the big heavy arm of the
roller snapped into. An effort was
made to secure it by ropes and chains
but to no avail. The roller is now at
the yard Of George W. TaylOr's ma
chine shop on Benson street where 1t
is being repaired and gotten in read
mess for the work which will soon
begin on block between Market Street
and the Four Corners.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
MILFORD FARMERS JOIN TO SAVE FODDER
viii Purchase an Improved Corn Harvester
and Help One Another Gather Crops.

viii Purchase an Improved Corn Harvester
and Help One Another Gather Crops.
Farmers down near Milford have hit
upon a new method of solving the labor
problem. The fodder-gathering period
and corn harvest will be on within a
fortnight and continue until the last of
September, and they have been thrown
into suspense bordering on panic, as
the corn crop is large and must be
promptly taken care of. They have
now determined to club together and
purchase all the latest improved and
remarkable labor saving machinery
corn harvesters-and join each other
by lots, in the harvest field. Labor
can be secured, it is said, but even the
negro workers have gone up to $1.75 a
day and board to work IN fodder, a
prohibitory rate. This is probably the
hardest work on the farm as the fodder
is heavy and the work tears the hard
est hands, but the latest corn harvest
ing machines, drawn by a string OF
horses, go through field like a cy-
clone. Farmers of whole district can
use one machine aud exchange labor,
thus becoming practically independent
of the farm hands demands.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
BURGLARS OPERATING AT TOWNSEND.
w. Harmon Reynolds the Latest Victim Re-
lieved of S3l-Three Arrests Made.

TOWNSEND, Aug. 28:-The numerous
robberies which have taken place at
Townsend recently has worked the
town up to high pitch. One day last
week a roll of notes amounting to S31
was stolen from the agricultural store
of W. Harman Reynolds. The missing
of this money created stir and really
threw under suspicion everybody who
had been near Mr.. Reynolds store, as
it occurred in broad daylight. Con-
stable Harry Wiley solved the problem
yesterday by rounding up a gang of
boy burglars, their pockets full of
money, they together having $2s. so,
cash on hand. The boys-Handy
Piner, Eddie Platt and Will Pleasan-
ton admitted the Reynolds robbery.
Platt and Pleasanton had walked past
the store until all the clerks stepped
out a side door to repair some machin.
cry. They then whistled and Piner
did the rest, while they waited.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
PENINSULA LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION.
Formed at Cambridge Nd. Last Friday With
Smyrna a Charter Member Of Association.

John P. LeFevre and Harry G.
Tschudy have returned from a visit
to Salisbury and Cambridge Md. where
they were largely instrumental in the
formation of what will be known in
the future as the Peninsula Lawn
Tennis Association. Salisbury won
the meet over Cambridge and Smyrna
last Friday after which the representa-
tives of the three towns met at Cam
bridge and formed the association
above named. All the officers were
selected from Cambridge that they
might work together toward increas-
ing and strengthening the Association.
The officers are DR.. Bartlett, president
Mr.. Leonard, vice president and
Sewell johnson, treasurer. Easton,
fredericksburg, Dover, Lewis, Bridge
vile and other towns of the
Peninsula will be asked to join the
association when fixed tournaments
will be held every year to contest for
the Peninsula championship. The
first meet under the new organization
will be held in Smyrna next Saturday
at the new court recently laid out on
Union Street. Cambridge and Sails
bury players will be here and an in
| teresting meet is anticipated.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
PASTOR WATT WILL Be ON DUTY SUNDAY
viii Occupy His PnIpit at Asbury After
Three Weeks Vacation in Pennsylvania.

Will Occupy His PnIplt at Asbury After a
Three Weeks Vacation in Pennsylvania.
Rev. Robert Watt D. D., pastor of
Asbury M. E. Church is expected home
this week from a three weeks vacation
spent among the mountains at Wern-
ersville, Pa. DIR. Watt feels much
benefited from his outing He will
be in his pulpit next Sunday and will
preach in the morning on "The Souls
Refuge" and in the evening on "The
Question We Face" The pulpit last
Sunday was filed by the Rev. E. N.
Cantwell of Cordova, Md. The latter
preached two thoughtful sermons both
morning and evening to appreciative
audiences. His discourse Sunday
evening was on Heaven" aud while a
scholarly effort it has caused more or
less comment as to the views he enter
tanned.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
LUSCIOUS PEACHES SCARCE
BUT PROFITABLE IN SMYRNA
NOT A GROWERINTHE SMYRNA OR BREN-
FORD BELT CAN SHOW A PEACH CROP.
Down the State the Conditions Are Better and
More Than 81 900 Baskets Have Been
Shipped Over the Delaware Division.

Despite the fact that the report had
gained circulation that there would be
practically no peaches this year, the
Pennsylvania Railroad up to Saturday
night had shipped over the Delaware
Division, 80, 900 baskets. These came
mostly from Sussex County where con-
ditions have been more favorable to a
good crop. In this vicinity there is
only sprinkle in comparison to for
mer years. Brenford which last year
was one of the great shipping point of
Kent County is not in it this year.
Cheswold few miles below, is having
more interest and is making more ship
ments. All the big growers in the
Brenford peach belt are practically
without any fruit to speak Of Some
of them will not have twenty baskets
where last year their crop figured
| thousands of baskets It is, taking it
all in all, the leanest peach year that
this vicinity has known for years.
John Thompson is probably the biggest
grower of the Brenford belt and his
crop will only amount to 500 or 900
baskets. j. Wesley Jones, of Smyrna,
who is probably the most active buyer
for this vicinity, says the best crops
are in the vicinity of Flemings Land
ing in Thoroughfare Neck. Samuel
Derrickson aud Morris Collins will
have close to 800 baskets each. A
number of growers have fair sprinkle
of the lucious fruit mostly of the
Reeves, Belle of Georgia, and Earl J
st. John varieties. The fruit is large
and wholesome and is bringing from
81. 60 and So 80 carrier at the wharf
: W. L. Reynolds, E. George, B. Beitl
: and several other growers will have
several hundred hundred baskets each
This fruit is bringing from $1.25 t.
$500 basket But the crop is small
and unfortunate to relate, there is no
a grower in the Smyrna, Brenford o.
Clayton peach belt who will have a
much as 1000 baskets. Steamer Brad
which last year ran daily trips and wa
. loaded down with the lucious fruit cal
E ried more on Mondays trip than an
: one trip this season. Fruit shipment
9 from Smyrna Landing has amounte
i to practically nothing. Grapes, how
= ever, are beginning to move and thi
crop promises to be large.
- Active Peach Market Down at ChsswOId.
n CHEsw oLD, August 27:-Fifteen hui
"a dred baskets of peaches came in on OF
l. siding Monday and it was genuiI
a. surprise to everyone that there shou
rs be any such amou MT as two cars in OF
day this year. They were most a
Bells and Elbertas and the legitima
prices paid ranged from rs cents
So. 10 per basket. Peter Beckett on IL
E. DIR. Downs farm, swung in thr
wagon loads over 200 baskets, whi
sold in bulk at ST. Al per basket. N
40 Beckett thinks he will have from 20
az to 5000 baskets all Bells and Elberta
10 Mr.. Harry Mcdaniel is also a lucl
,ss grower on his farm near Wileys.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
J. EDWARD DHFORD SELLS HIS FARM.
William 7. Ralsuer of the Cyrus P. Gears
Farm Purchases It For $4,000.

]. Edward DeFord who recently
purchased the Bell Farm situated near
Brenford has sold it to Mr.. William I.
Raisner of the c. P. Gears farm for
$4,000. The farm contains 21O acres
and is one of the best farms in that
vicinity. Mr.. Raisner will take pos
session March the first next. The deal
was made through the realestate ag3
eucy of Henry d. Boyer.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
Dyo,berl. Quarantine Lifted at chssvOIs.

CHEswo1D, August 97:-Mr. and
Mrs w. Il. Sapp near CheswOld
whose little son Howard deVel-
oped dyptheria two weeks since has
recovered and the quarantine under
which they were placed was lifted last
Thursday.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
CAPT. JOSH DAVIS PURCHASES A HOME.

Gets the Umstead Property on Mt. Vernon
Street Teuauted By John Blizzard, For $1,000
Capt. Josh Davis has purchased the
Rev. J. T. Umstead property on Mt.
Vernon Street, tenanted by John G.
Blizzard, for $1,000. Capt. Davis will
take possession March the first next,
and will fix it up and improve it for a
home for himself and wife. The deal
was made of realestate broker, Henry
d. Boyer.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
DEATH RECORD OF THE PAST WEEK
Mrs. Sarah E. iiurIOck Widow of benjamin.
HufIOck a WeIl-knOwn Farmer OF This
Vicinity Passes Away-0ther Deaths.

Mrs. Sarah E. Hurlock widow of
Benjamin Hurlock well-known farmer
of this vicinity, died at the residence
of her son Price Hurlock near Blackis-
tons Cross Roads Monday after ling
ering illness from Bright's Disease.
She was in her 69th year and was es-
teemed by all who knew her. Since
the death of her husband, which oc-
cured several years ago. she has been
making her home with her son Price
Hurlock. She is survived by four
children: Mrs. John Wilkinson, Walter
Hurlock and Benjamin Hurlock of
Philadelphia, and Price Hurloek of
Blackistons. Funeral services will be
held in Blackiston's Church tomorrow
afternoon at two o'clock and interment
will take place in the Blackiston's
Cemetery.
Mrs. Amelia Fowler Formerly of Leipsic Dead
Mrs. Amelia White Fowler wife of
Enoch Fowler of Wilmington who
died in Wilmington on the 28th inst
after a lingering illness from consump-
tion, was brought to this vicinity last
Wednesday for interment which took
place in the NJ P.Cemetery at Leipsic.
The deceased was a daughter of the
late Joseph White well-known resi-
dent of Leipsic aud a sister of Mrs.
Walter McClary of Smyrna. She was
held in high esteem by all who knew
her and her death though expected,
was shock to her many friends around
and about Leipsic. She was but 80
years of age and is survived by her
husband aud five children: Clarence,
Lille, Bertha, Emma and Elwood all
of Wilmington.
Jesse J. Gilman Loses His Father.
Jesse ]. Gilman proprietor of the
Chester House this town, received the
sad intelligence last week of the deatI
of his father Edward A. Gilman which
occurred on Thursday last at 1926 Ok
ford Street, Philadelphia. The de
ceased was a well-known and success
/ full merchant and is survived by severa
/ children. Funeral services and inter
ment took place Thursday
: Death of Isaac II. COwdright at Camden, N. J
! Isaac II. Cowdright, formerly of nea
! Smyrna, while conversing with hi
i, family, on Thursday morning at hi
, home 276 Chestnut street, Camden, n
j., fell from his chair and died i'm
: mediately. He was 60 years of ag
Q and was apparently in good health
4 Interment was made in Camden, N.
Infant Daughter Of W. A. Stanley Dead.
n Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Stanle
+ have the sympathy of their friends
d the death of their infant daughter Edr
d which occurred last Wednesday. Fun
n eral services were held Friday and il
W terment was made in Odd Fellow
q Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
Nsnl SUNDAY Al Ths prsabytsrIaa chureIl.

Rev. Arthur Richards will preach
special sermon at the morning service
on "rhe Dignities and Problems of
Labor" evening subject, ''The Merci-
full"
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28
Infant Daughter of W. A. Stanley Dead.

Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Stanley
have the sympathy of their friends in
the death of their infant daughter Edna
which occurred last Wednesday. Fun
eral services were held Friday and in
terment was made in Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1907-08-28

CONTINUED ON FoURTH PAGE.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-06
DOLLS! DOLLS! DOILSl
Wyatt Aiken.

DOLLS! DOLLS! DOLLS!
OF ALL KINDS, CHINA, KID,
WAX, AND RAG DOLLS. RANGE
IN PRICES FROM FIVE CENTS
TO TWO DOLLARS.
TOYS or EYERY DESORIP-
TION. HORNS, WAGONS, TOY
MONKEYS, ALBUMS, BIRDS, BA-
Rl RATTLERS AND y WORLD
or OTHERS.
FIRE WORKS. WIEICH WE
WILL SELL WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL. ROMAN CANDLES,
FOUR BALLS TO TWENTY-FIVE
BALLS. FIRE CRACKERS, SA-
LUrES, FIVE AND TEN CENT
PACKAGES, JAP TORPEDOBS
or ALL KINDS. DO NOT FOR
GET TO BUY YOUR REWORKS
FROM THE SMITH co.
CANDY OF ALL KINDS. WE
HAVE A LARGE LINE OF POP
STICKS AND GAPS TO POP IN
THEM.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-06
Friday, December 6, 1907.

1t seems to us that the cotton
planter has about won the fight he
has been making for better prices
for his cotton.
What he needs to do is to sit steady
in the boat. Arrange his obligations
but sit on the lid which holds his
cotton off the market at present pri-
ccs. In The last few days the price
has advanced about cent pound
aad yesterday was at IL Id cents
and in some markets il has probably
been Il little above chat figure. The
crop is snort. The demand is great
rr than il has ever been. The manu-
facturer has sold cloth on the basis
OF Is cents cotton. What is there
to keep the price from going up.
Those vino have been forced to- sell
to meet their obligations have all
about sold and the farmer who has
held up to this time is in position in
most eases to hold on Il while longer.
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STINGING REBUKE.
ConGrHssman Aiken Replies in Open
LctScr TO Malici IFS Attack on
Cotton rr Crr.ls by Satur.
day Evening Post.
.\hhcvillr. :. g., Nov. 30, 1917

\bhcvillr. :. g., Nov. 30, lMp1.
Edi:"r cr the S. :n,;iAy Evening Pos.
IT, al rd'ln,ia. that has been cx-
tens ~ quoted n, q commented ON
by The papers Of thr Congressional
District that have the honor to
represent, you said: owe must lc~
pend principally upon cotton, which
l.ural'c will buy in great quantities,
and which runs into money very Fast +.
tA Hvrrluru this menace and turn The
tide our way. That. in view of such
public need. planters Should hold
cotton for mere personal gain in tru-
~ rcprrhcnsihlr. We read that the
banks generality will keep them in the
path Of duty by refusing to extend
loans on stored cotton.'
II would be Il waste Of time TO re-
ply to such an absurd statement. if
absurdity was It's greatest objection
The editorial is @ratuitously impcr-
tincnt rs il is maliciouSly false
Living as | io, IN the midst of the
cotton belt, and being convcrsant
with the ills that the cotton farmer
has suffered. by reason Of the mani
pulation Of his product by Wal
Street gamblers aided and abctted by
certain subsidized newspapers. | an
prepared to say. God speed the day
when thc intrigue and lc"ahzrd thc'
.of Wall Street can b. hHlNrd hN n,
move 'rcrrrhcn>ihlc' act on tho per
Of he producer. Ihau simply holdin'
his own property until he secs III i,
dispose Of il.
And you say: "tho banks general
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-06
SAL. 1ER'S
Art and Variety Store,
Newberry, S. c.
YEARS OF SUFFERING THEN
ROBUST HEALTH.
Great Remedy Cured Skin Disease
of Long Standing.
Newberry, S. c.

Mr.. j. Weber, Of 1865 Vine street,
San Jose, CAL, writes an interesting
story Of terrible skin sufrcri.:g which
ended in robust .rAlth when he
FH"nl Il remedy winch cured him Ike
M: -. !'""r i Mr.. Wcbcr's owl
st,.':
IN .!:!v, 1900, my face began 10
be affected with Terrible skin dis
case. wcnt to Il G,ctor, and he told
me that had been poisoned and he
wanted to operate on me. I refused
to let him do 81 and after Il few
months my face was an awful sight.
You could see tha! it was diseased to
the bone. Some people claimed that
| had calccr Great boils would APP
pear, increasing in size and paining
me terribly. | begun to doctor again
but no one could help me; large PIN
pies and boils would coninu" to
come. At that time I had as many
as ten on my face. I vase such a ter
riblc sight that my friends could not
bear to see me. L doctored for five
years until my funds gave out and I
had to stop. During this time I tried
over 300 remedies.
Zone day happened to hear Of ID.
d. D. Prescription and learned that il
had cured several bad cases Of i.czo-
ma. / purchased bottle and then I
got a second bottle. The use Of five
bottles cared me. 1t has bcca eight
months now and the disease has not
returned. My friends ask what it was
that cured me of the awful trouble
and I answer that it was y. ID. ID.
wiFch healed me-"
We know that every word Of the
above letter is absolutely true. We
keep D. d. D. Pre-. .cription, the great
remedy for eczema, psoriasis, salt
rhcum, dandruff, etc, because all the
cures it mas made appear to be last
ing. Come in and talk to us about
this remedy.
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ly will keep them (thc rarmcrs) in
the path Of duty by refusing to en-
tend loans on stored cottom.' Let
me inform you, and your kind, that,
as Il rule, the class Of men who now
have cotton stored, do business on the
other side Of the ledger. and if it
were believed that the "banks gen
orally" had enlisted in dastardly
attempt to bully the farming class,
the banks, and not the farmers would
be the sufferers. The cotton of the
dependent class has generally been
put on the market, and if some are
weak, they will find ready help in
their own ranks, if local banks should
be fooled into such a short-sighted,
suicidal policy.
Now. what are some of the facts
about this product Of The farm the
Saturday Evening Post alleges has SO
dcmor;lIized American liaanccs2 The
probability is. that the crop will not
i'' tNNN'' i"'lNf lIllllbllS DilCS. Ill
an interview in Atlanta, some months
a"o, the president Of the Tntcrnation-
al Spinnrrs Association, who was al
SO president Of the largest mill in
t"r'St in England, admitted that Eng
liSh mills had sold their output Of
cotton cloth on an average Of nine
months or more. on a basis Of fifteen
cents per pound for cotton. This be-
inI~ the ease, and there is no reason
To d"ub; the ''tat1mcmt. who is en-
titled TO thc extra margin Of five
cents per pound, between recent
prices, ami the price at which mills
have sold their output at a profit
The cotton farmer can pay the ad-
vanced price for cotton cloth, manu-
facturcd on Il basis of fifteen cents
per pound, but il he darcs refuse to
dump his cotton on the market, at Il
loss Of five cents per pound Of its
acknowledged value, You brand his
conduct rs "rcprchcnsiblc.'
And this You think has brought
American finance to the brink of
ruin?
glance at the figures will show
the ahSurdity Of your statement. a
private crop estimate circulated on
n. \. Exchange. November %.
placed The yicId. this year. at TO-
3SS.000 bales. On the same date the
Liverpool Cotton Exchange rStimai-
rd the crop at | .93l,000 bales. If
this is near the mark, and il is safe
I" say lhat il is full. this crop is
short Of last years. crop by more
than 100000 bales. Cotton brought
int" sight up to Nov. 30. this year
amounted TO I.300.000 bales against
3.1oO.000 same time last year. Al
lowing for the ShnrtucSs Of this
year 5 crop, has lot cotton been
marketed at about its normal rate?
The one true thing that YOU did
say, by inference. was that exported
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cotton alone adds TO the volume Of
currency. Cotton sold and consum-
ed in this country simply takes the
money out of one mans pocket and
puts il into the pocket of The other.
Now let us see how the exports stand.
The total exports from September
1st, to Nov. 30th this year, amounted
to 2,377,000 bales, against 2,S73,O00
bales same period last year. There
is an approximate difference Of half
a million bales or say $25,0O0,00O.
Does anybody believe that the fin
ancial base Of this country could be
shaken by balance of trade Of $685.
100000 for or against us when our
export trade runs up into the bill
lions2 You have no word Of ccnsurc
for the money sharks who withdrew
their money from circulation, but
the farmer who will not sacrifice his
cotton. at less than value, to coax
this money from It's hiding. is guilty
Of "reprehclsibIc' conduct.
If The planter, unlike other free
American citizens, as you say, must
eliminate "mcrcly personal gain,' in
disposing OF his product, may he not
at least look to the greatest public
good? Since his interests must be
secondary would it not be better for
the public good for the farmer to
hold the two-thirds Of the crop until
foreign trade pays an additional two
or three cents per pound, that is its
real value. This would really add to
the volume Of currency, not to men
ton the incidental advantage to far
mclH.
Is it not just possible, Mr.. Editor,
that instead of depressed finances be-
ing due to concerted action by the
farmers, in holding back their cot
ton. depressed prices for cotton may
be due to concerted action by finan-
cicrS. in holding back their money?
Is it not possible that this panic,
coming" just at this time. was started
with this purpose, and that it has got
ten beyond the control Of it's promo
tcrS?
but we will not be drawn further
ilto .iustifyin~ the conduct Of our
people in a matter that neither you
nor your Wall Stree friends have
the slightest right to dictate or even
suggest; Il matter tha. as free Amer
lean citizens we can dispose Of in our
own way. at our own GOOD pleasure.
likc Frederick, The Great, by our
rcverSrs we have learned the arts Of
war, and neithcr the bullying nor
flattcring of Wall Street gamblers
and their satellites will wrcSt from
us thc triumph of right. We arc ca
pahlc Of attending 10 our own affairs
and we have heard Of many who
have gotten rich by this simple pro-
cess.
Wyatt Aiken.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-06

WIFE CAN FILL. YOUR CHRIST
MEAS WANTS. THIS YEAR BET
TER THAN EVER. IF YOU MAKE
YOUR Bin. WITH US WE WILL
SELL YOU LONDON LAYER RAJ
SINS TEN CENTS POUND. WE
HAVE A NICE LINE or CAKE
FRUIT SEEDED RAISINS FIF-
TEEN GENTS POUND, TWO LBS.
rOR TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, CIT
RON TWENTY CENTS LIB, CUR
RANTS FlIHrEEN CENTS. TWO
POUNDS For TWENTY-FIVE
CENTS. rbANORING or ALL
NUTS! NUTS!!
RRAXlL NUTS, ltNGLISH WALL
NUTS, AND NUTS or ALI.
KINDS.
APPLES BY THE CARLOAD.
BANANAS BY TUE BUNCH, LEM
,ONS. ORANGES AND NRUIT OF
ALL. KINDS.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-06

With the start which was given
the movement for a hospital in New
berry at the meeting of the cham
Der Of commerce to consider The pro-
position, it should be very easy, with
the proper effort, properly directed
to raise the necessary funds for the
building Of hospital in Ncwbcrry.
We trust that the ladies' Of Ncwbcrry
will consider the suggestion which
was made in The Herald and News
of Tuesday, which is here repeated,
that they "ct together and take hold
Of the movement. and that If they do
SO there can be no doubt Of their
success. The hospital nj Anderson is
the result Of the labor Of the women
of that town. If we. are not mistake
on the Columbia hospital was ori"i-
mated and built by the hard efforts
Of the good women of that city.
The movement in Ncwbrrrv made
Il fine start and had Il substantial
subscription ut ihc bc"inninw. and
we are satisfied that if the rood wo-
men Of this community take hold Of
the movement that they can very
soon assure he building Of lhc hos
pital in Ncwbcrry. We hope that
some Of them 1T least may start the
movement and we will be clad to give
them any assistance in our power.