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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09

Special 10 tie Nr1oS
Going flower hunting is the order Of
the day.
Miss Jamie Degnan called ON Miss
Maud Smith Monday morning.
Miss Juda Degnan called at the store
Monday morning.
Mrs. Lizzie Degnan called ON Mrs.
Ellen Carnes Monday.
Mrs. Terra Smith called ON Mrs.
Alice Smith Monday.
Mrs. Williams called on Mrs. Carnes
Saturday.
Stonewall Myers and Frank Brewer
attended singing Sunday evening.
Mrs. Cooper spent Monday with her
mother Mrs. Brewer.
Mrs. Ida Wood called on Mrs. Lizzie
Degnan Sunday and also Mrs. Exum
and Mrs. Garrison.
Mrs. Garrison called ON Mrs. Exum
Monday.
Mrs. Katie Exum made flying trip
to town Monday.
Ye writer would like to see Miss
Mary O'Neal of ROssville, Ga.
Ask Stonewall Myers and Frank
Brewer how they like TO fish.
Miss Ruth Turner spent Saturday
night with Miss Florence Snow.
Mrs. Terra Smith called on Mrs.
Beasley Monday.
Mrs Williams went walking Sun
day.
Mrs Barshie Degnan called on Mrs.
Ada Smith Monday. Papa's Pet.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09

SbedaiIo Tie Ne7Os.
Counting is the order of the day.
Mrs Adam Clemens gave Mrs. Bet
sy Smith call Saturday.
Anderson Austin filled his regular
appointment at VIM. Kings Sunday.
Joe Harmon went to town Saturday
and got cap to hang on Adam Glenn
on COW horn.
r. L. Davis and A. L. Hatfield have
gone to the stave mill to work.
If anybody wants blacksmith work
done just call at Robert HatfieId's. He
has just put up blacksmith shop,
Sidney Brewer has got his yard fence
chicken proof. 1t is three wires high.
Lee McCulley wants to hang his hat
Oh Adam Clemens goat horn.
Henry Harmon said that he was th,
finest horse swopper in Tennessee.
A, l.. Brewer and Joe Harmon have
got fine lot of fox hounds. WheI
they get after a fox they know where
they have to go.
Mamie Ewton and Florence Wake
gave Misses Mary Harmon and Maggi,
Brown call Thursday.
Pope Standifer said he would like t.
hang his hat on H. Yates gatepost.
Lone Dove
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09
Salina, |. T..

Spettai 10 the NeaVs.
l will try to give the readers Of the
News few dots from this part of the
west.
People are getting along fine. Some
are planting corn and some ara done
planting. March died hard for it was
a bad month. April has come in as
rough as March went out.
Mrs. Ina Griffith and Mrs 7. J. Ca
gle visited Mrs. John Nunley Tuesday
evening, as she is sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stephen, after
raising nine girls, are blessed with a
fine boy.
Uncle Tom" was made present
of pup and kitten the other day.
Guess he is proud of his presents.
Lem eagle went to town the other
day, and in crossing the river his hat
blew off and went down the river SC
he made him cap with an old red
handkerchief and wore it on in town.
Guess he looked funny with his new
style cap.
Ye writer was down at Salina tht
other day and saw lots of new fencing
and other improvements. / think this
part of the land could be real para
disc if the people would live right an(
treat one another so. We have good
land and tolerably good water.
April has come and brought forth
the flowers to remind us of our child
hood hours and make us think of oul
mimic plays and the pleasure we have
had in our childhood days. How
sweet to memory are the scenes o
childhood when fond recollections pre-
sent them to our view. When winte
seems buried in the grave of Oblivion
and the world again looks so beautiful
and new. But, alas those days lik
April flowers, stay but "A short while
and then pass swiftly away, but w
cherish sweet memories for those brie
hours and want to experience then
again. Oh, that we may, when w
cast our frail bark on the ocean Of Hf
when our minds are free from toll ant
strife, with Jesus, our captain, vel
sail quickly DER and spend happ,
days on Canaan's shore. If | coul'
spare more time | would write long
or letter, but | send a few lines tina
my friends may remember me.
Yankees Wife.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09
Providence, Tenn.
Special 10 the NeaOs.

SbetiGI TO the NeTVS
Rev. Tredaway and family, of Pei
ham, are visiting friends here this
week.
Harrison Levan, of Decherd, is do
ing some fencing on his farm here this
week.
Daniel Patterson, who has been at
work at Tracy City, returned home
this week to spend the summer and
help with the farm work. There are
still some attractions on the farm for
boys, with all the inducements that
public works offer.
Father Skinner, of Decherd, held
communion service at the home of
james Conry Friday.
John Conry and family made bust
ness trip to Decherd Monday
Will Bell and family of Alto, were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Hen
ley Sunday.
The hawk has begun to make his
summer visits since the chirp of the
little chickens has been heard and
sometimes the peace and quietness of
our little burg is disturbed by the
''shOo shoe ~ of some woman and Mr..
Hawk flies quietly away to visit some
other place or cali again some other
day. Dick.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09
NEIGHB0RHO0D NEWS.
Ebenezer, Pleasant Grove and Surround
ing Country.

Sbefiaif 10 The Me7Os.
Mrs. J. G. Lambert made short
call at Mr.. H, H. Torbert's one day
last week.
Mrs. Lappen, our new neighbor, was
visiting Mrs Rosa Quarles Saturday.
Riley Jones made short call here
Saturday.
Miss Dora Jones is staying with her
grandma in Jasper, who is sick this
week.
w. B, Rogers and family, of Sequa-
Chez were visiting Mr.. and Mrs H.
Il. Torbert one day last week
Henry Hancock and wife, of Hoge' s
Crossing were visiting Mrs. G. E.
Hancock one day last weak.
Frank Lappen and Oscar Hancock
passed by here Sunday.
c. f. Hancock was visiting his
brother, A. Hancock, Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Philips was visiting at G.
E. Hancock's one day last week.
j. Lawson was visiting at Bill Brew
er's Saturday.
Phillie McCollins passed by here one
day last week.
Bill Bates was visiting Mr. Griffith
one day last week.
Clarence Webb called on his brother,
Nell Webb, Sunday.
If You want to see Sam Webb use
manners now 90 to his dwelling since
John Smith has sent him paper to pa
Ter his house He viii meet you at
rhe door with chair and reach for
Hour hat.
Green McCollom called on his best
girl Sunday.
Alex Quarles was visiting at C, E.
Hancock's Sunday.
Henry Hancock and wife of Farrior
Switch, visited their daughter, Mrs.
Nell Webb, one day last week.
Willie Mcfuirt visited his sister
Mrs. Lula Long, Saturday
Geo. Quarles was at So. Pittsburg
Thursday ON business
Mrs Amos visited her son, Bill
Amos, Saturday and Sunday.
Herbert Hoge made a call at Sam
yebb's one day last week.
Mrs. Sam Webb visited at Herbert
Nehbs Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. A. Cook, of 80.
pittsburg visited Mr. and Mrs. j. II.
Hoge from Friday until Sunday.
Misses Kate and Pearl Lambert Wis.
tied Miss Pearl Webb one day last
yseek
Alvin Lusk was seen on the pike
Monday.
Mrs. Sarah Lambert visited Mrs
Sam Webb one day last week.
Slim Jim.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09
GUILD.

Special 10 tie Ne7oS.
Things are moving along slowly.
High water is the trouble
Hinch & Goodier are running bach
elor's hall but are thinking of bring
ing their-girls over.
S. S. Newly is thinking of going to
Tracy to see his lady friend.
This company sure is cleaning up
things and are going to be up-to-date
when they get through.
The John A Patton" made its regu-
lar stop here today.
c. H. Angle, and Mr.. Blankship are
running hall and are getting along
fine.
This place is going TO be an up-to-
date little town in tue near future.
Milt Doyle and father spent Sunday
with homefolks.
The Company is having a large
sleeping house built for the negroes.
Mcbride is doing rushing business
with his meat shop.
Artie Ferguson was in our midst to-
day, A Friend
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09

Kodol For Dyspepsia has helped
thousands of people who have stomach
trouble. This is what one man says of
it: "E. G.. Dewitt q Co., Chicago,
Ill. -Gentlemen-m 1897 l had dis
ease of the stomach and bowels.
could not digest anything ate and in
the spring of 1902 l bought bottle of
Kodol and the benefit l received from
that bottle all the gold in Georgia
could not buy. still use little oc-
casionally as l find it fine blood pur-
ifier and good tonic May you live
long and prosper. Yours very truly,
C. n. Cornell. Roding, Ga. Aug. -,
1906. Sold by J. w. Simpson, JAS
per. Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09
GOOD JUDGEMENT

is the essential characteristic Of men
and women. Invaluable to good bust
ness men and necessary to housewives.
A woman shows good judgement when
she buys Whites Cream Vermifuge for
her baby. The best worm medicine
ever offered to mothers. Many indeed
are the sensible mothers, who write
expressing their gratitude for the good
health of their children, which they
owe to the use of Whites Cream Yer
mifuge Sold by Sequatchie Supply
Gtnra
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09

Miss It

So many ailments are
purely nervous affections,
that you can hardly miss
it if you try DR.. Miles
Nervine. 1t restores nerv-
Gus energy-and through
its invigorating influence
upon the nervous system,
the organs are strengthen
ed. The heart action is
better; digestion improv-
ed, the sluggish condition
overcome, and healthy ac-
tivity re-established.
CDR. Miles NervIne is worth its
weight In gold to me. l did not know
what allied me. l had good physician
but got no relief. l could not eat.
crazy. One day picked up paper ana
the first thing that met my eyes was
an advertisement OF Or. Miles Nerv-
me. concluded 70 try 1t and let the
doctor 60, and did so. After taking
two bottles ] could dress myself. Then
I began taking Or. Miles Heart Cure
and now I can work and go out, ana
have told many the benefit have re-
ceived frQm these remedies and sew
eral Of them have been cured by II
since. am fifty-nine years old and
pretty good yet"
ANNA r. PALMER, Lewistown, Pa.
Or. Niles Nervlne Is sold by your
druggist, who will auarantee that tho
first bottle will benefit. II IL fails, he
Will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09
ToNICs FOR WOMEN.

Delicate women require tonic. An
iron tonic is good, but St. Andrews
Wine of Life Root is better While
toning up the system, purifying the
blood and restoring exhausted nerves,
it regulates any arrangements, and
strengthens woman in the most sensi-
tive part of her organism.
Price $1.O0 per bottle.
Ask your druggist for it.
Made only by ANDREWS MFG, CO.,
Bristol, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09
ST. NDREW'S
WINE OF LEE ROOT.

1t plants hope in hopeless hearts, the
seeds OF JOY in joyless minds, whose
fruition is the blooms of health on the
cheek OF the perfect woman, to whom
che ills of her former existence are now
the real zest of her pleasurable life.
Thousands of women all over this land
have testified to the truthfulness of this
assertion,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09
WHY

nave a TORPID liver when Herbine, the
only liver regulator. will help YOU
There is NO reason why you should
suffer from Dyspepsia. Constipation,
Cnills and Fever or any liver com
ilaints. when Herbine viii cure You.
=. C. Waite. Westville. Fla. writes
was sick for "A month with chills Rnd
ever. and after taking two bottles OF
aerbine ann well and healthy. sold BY
.-equatchie supply Store.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09
Mineral Springs.

Sbetidlt 10 Ht NC7oS.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Mitchell and
daughter, Mabel, made business trip
to Jasper Saturday.
Miss Phoebe McCollom called on
Mrs. w. NJ. Thornton Saturday.
DR.. Shelton, H. G. Peck and Hers
chall Kelly went fishing Friday but
didn't get bite.
5. H. Bennett made business trip
to Chattanooga Wednesday
w. L. Layne's COW fell off the bluff
last week and broke her neck
Miss Bertha HenningeT, Of Jasper,
visited Miss Mabel Francis last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Burse Wells were in
Jasper shopping Friday.
Miss Libbie Wells called at the post
office Saturday.
Some one said all the peaches were
killed and he guessed he would be the
only peach this summer Red Rose.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the IA
nous little liver pills. Sold by j. w.
81.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09
The Trials Of Women

The homes of this country are Allied
with women whose trials utterly de-
stroy the joys of existence. They are
the victims of female disorders and they
do not get relief, and they are forced to
drag through the weary years without
the hope of better days. All such should
be advised to use few bottles of
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09
INDIGESTION

With its companions, heart burn. fiat
ulence, palpitation Of the heart, poor
blood headache and other nervous
symptoms. sallow skin. foul tongue,
offensive breath and "a legion Of other
ailments, il &C once the most wide
spread and destructive malady among
the American people. The Herhine
treatment viii cure all these troubles
sic bottle. Sold by Sequatchie Supply
Store
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09
Dykes Hollow.

Sbccidi 10 the Ne70y.
Cloudy weather is the order of the
day.
Misses Lizzie Nunley, Nellie Cold
well, Lille Nunley and Messrs. Cal
Coldwell and Isaac Sanders called on
Mrs Jack Layne Sunday.
c. W. Dent and wife and little
daughter visited Roddy Springs Satur-
day and Sunday.
Mrs Kate Hedrick and little daugh-
ters visited Mrs. Ed Yarworth Sunday
Come on. Republican Daughter "
/ like to read your pieces
Mrs. Frank Kilgore has been sick
but Is better Two Bows
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09

Write j. G.. Kelly at Jasper, for
prices ON black oil for greasing cattle
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-09

The News is only soc a year.
The new South-news., 1908-02-15

There were some doubts in th1
community as to Homer Floyd's ftI
ness for position on the school
board, owing to certain lapses in his
early education, but his first speech
In his of1cial capacity silenced the
tongues of all critics.
He listened to several recitaticns
with a grave and interested air, and
At the end OF the last one he rose to
address the school, by request"
Some things are In my province
~ member Of the school board, and
some are not" he said. with q genial
smile.
Its within my province to say that
never heard scholars answer up
more promptly tina you children OF
District No. 3.
As to whether your answers were
or we're not correct. 1t is not my place
to say. Your teacher knows, and in
her hands I leave the matter
Youths Companion.
The new South-news., 1908-02-15
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Candor without courtes!sls not eo1r-
age.
The explosive is not always per-
sDasise
Pure ideallsm cannot be promoted
o. impure realism
Hardness Of heart IS not sign OF
strength OF character.
Corruption in the heart furnishes
the crown on the head.
The good is seldom expedited by the
consideration Of expediency.
Men who will carve their own for
tunes must expect TO cut their own
fingers.
An instantaneous perfection would
be as valueless as an instantaneous ed
ucation.
A man is dIligent to cultivate his
corn. but expects his character to grow
without.
You cannot start the fire OF feud
without getting the smoke in your
own eyes.
Don't keep any company in your
heart that you have to apologize to
yourself for.
There is more danger in the under
ground currents OF desire than in the
overhead winds of temptation.-Ram's .
Horn.
The new South-news., 1908-02-15
When Rattlers Whistle.

| found myself somewhat muddy
and breathing little hard; but | was
not wholly chagrined had heard
and seen a blacksnake whistle. had
never even known of the habit before.
Since then | have seen one other
snake do 1t. and | think | have heard
the sound three or four times. II is
almost indescribablc. The Jaws were
closed as it was made. not even the
throat moving, that | could see. The
air seemed to be blown violently
through the nostrils. though sounding
as If driven through the teeth-a
shrilling hiss, fine and piercing, which
one not so much hears as feels-feels
it crisping cold along his nerves. 1t
may seem strange, but | believe this
whistle is a mating call Even the
forked tongue Tor maybe the nose) Of
a snake grows vocal with love. II
only the Sphinx had not a heart of
stone' No matter about its lips; with
heart to know the spring running"
we shauld have heard its story long
ago. Perhaps. after all, the college
sophomore was not mixing his obseds
vations and Sunday school memories
when he wrote. describing the dawn
of spring morning Il quote from his
essay: Beneath in the water the lit
tie fishes darted about the boat; above
the little birds twittered in the branch
es; while OF on sunny log in the
pond the soft, sibilant croak OF the
mud turtle was heard on the shore"
IL We could happen upon the mud-tur.
tie made with love | am sure we
should find that he had voice.
soft, sibilant croak. who knowss-
Dallas Lore sharp. in the National
Magazine
The new South-news., 1908-02-15

:. OMNlPRESEN7 :.
8 sssssssseeesssssseeeeseeas

We have learned to bear the spesi-
ing motor car Of the crossways, and
have grown used to its chug. chug.
as II brings the odors OF the neither
world to our sweet. leaiy country
roads; but Il is with a certain dlsnay
that we realize how fully the last
retreat OF a quiet mind. literature.
has been invaded by the machine.
can think OF few recent American
tales where It has not been 'clief
feature. We can dodge II upon the
highway, but who can dodge IL IN
the magazines? The escaping vii
lain uses II only TO be oyertaken by
the victorious hero in one OF better
make. the clipping lovers find II in
dispensable; philanthropy disdains
any other vehicle for swif, rescue OF
suffering; birth and death seem un-
worthy, and burglary unsuccessful
unless associated with 1t; and in the
matter OF adventure. whether II
dashes of the cliff ir to the sea, or.
wrecked by striking miners, serves
as a barricade for the besieged capt
talist, II has no rival
We find 1t pictured on every spot
of earth from desert sand to noun
tain height. and Kipling's They"
shows It running between the visible
world and the invisible. 1t has
dimmed the glory. of the football
tale. tarnished the splendor of the
yachting romance. and made the BIZ
cycle. amorous or adventurous,
thing of the past. As England moves
through Shakespeare's historical
plays. dim hero OF the whole. repre-
sented now by Richard. now by John.
now by Henry, so the automobii,
moves through our fiction. the truo
hero. mere man being introduced
chiefly to manage its exits and its
entrances. The thing becomes alive:
pleased fancy plays with it as car
with a feather. imagining IT senti-
ment. With the good auto we be-
come heroic and perform wonderful
deeds of prowess; with the bad auto
We are frankly villainous and add
murder to our other crimes breath
lessly we speed with the detective
auto. the very Sherlock Holmes of
manufactured things. in ferreting out
crime. In fine, this has absorbed
all known motifs, and no novel or
story can go without its motor car.
From Scribner's.
The new South-news., 1908-02-15

perfume and unconstitutional. Such
contentious have not ayailed and
ought ot to avail A bitter spirit j.
nov being manifested. Enactment OF
tea rate law recommended nili PROB
ably resnl, in satisfactory and am
icable arrangement between the rail-
roads and state aBihoriiie~ OF this,
IS 10 nose Of the railroads. am 4b-
soluiely sure. No confisc-iion Of any
clsss Of property. nor rendering any
form Of legitimate investment un-
porfiiablc. j. sought, but our citizens
are enlnled, surrounding circnnsian-
ces considered, 20 ~ reasonable rates
of Transportation a. are elsewhere pro-
yidd. Respectfully submitted.
r.. +. NOEL,
The new South-news., 1908-02-15
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Mans life on earth is temptation.
Bible.
Good news sweetens the blood
Shakespeare.
He scolds best that can hurt the
least.-Danish.
God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb.-Sterne.
Men are but children of a larger
growth.-Dryden.
Accidents rule men: not men acct
dents.-Herodotus.
How poor are they that have no
patience e,-Shakespeare.
Anger begins in folly and ends in
nce.-Pythagoras.
Avarice increases with the increas-
Ing pile of gold.-Juyenal.
Not unacquanted with misfortune.
learn to succor the wretched.-
Virgil.
AS We act toward others. so we
may expect others to act toward US
Syrus.
A man who is young In years may
be old In hours if he has lost no
time.-Bacon.
Equality may be all right, but no
human power can convert it into
fact.-Balzac.
To love abundantly is to live
abundantly; to love FOREVER is to live
forever
The really happy married people
are where love, suolimed by horse
sense. is content to deripen back into
friendship. Puck.
When you begin to think every
other mans business is superior to
your own. you will soon realize that
your own business Is superior to
yourself.-Spare Moments.
They say that at the sight of Apol-
10 the body erects itself and assumes
more dignifed attitude: in the same
way the soul should feel itself raised
and ennobled by the recollection OF a
good mans life.--Souvestre.
Much of our lives is spent in mar
ring our own influence and turning
others belief In us into widely con-
Guiding unbelief, which they call
knowledge of the world. while It ia
really disappointment in you OF me.
George Eliot.
The new South-news., 1908-02-15
HAZED A TENOERFOOT.
He was Dead Game. Even IL the Little
Cimaroor Was on Tear.

NtmdfooN was on ear.
when | first struck the Snake riv-
er county" said the old ranchman to a
Chicago Tribune man, Il was as green
a tenderfoot as ever left the States.
And the boys used to lay it all over
me in them days in a way that was
riling.
"One cold winter day, | remember,
me and Dave Orcutt and Hank Timms
was riding our ponies over to the
siawson ranch. had only been in
the country two weeks, and this was
my first trip out to Slawson's.
There was a sharp wind blowing
straight out of the north. We bumped
along pretty lively till suddenly the
boys pulls up sharp at the edge OF
wide crick.
Great buffaloes, says Hank
Timms. but the Little Cimaroon is on
a tear. | wouldn't try to ride across
her for a thousand
Wen have to ride around to Har-
per's Ford says Dave Orcutt.
How far is that?' | asks.
Thirty-six miles and a blamed
poor read all the way says Dave.
How deep's the water?' asks.
Too dang deep for comfort" says
Hank. Your clothes d freeze to your
back in two minutes if you got en-
soak'ed
We'll. it appeared to me that here
was my chance to show that | was
dead game. even If was a tenderfoot.
I'm going to ride cross right
here | says.
Don't you do it, pleads Hank
You're new to the country yet, you
know. and me and Dave has to lcok
after you. You'll be foolish II you try
it. Do you want your clothes froze to
your
IN take my clothes Of | says,
and stand up on my saddle.
But the people over TO the ranch II
see you il you strip that way, says
Dave.
"I'll fix 1T so they won't, | says,
and with that | strips to the skin in
the cold wind and puts on a long linen
ulster mat l mad IN my gunny sack.
Then ties up my clothes and bitches
them a round my neck, climbs up on
top of the saddle and starts down the
bank.
Say how the wind did whistle
around my bare legs, And standin' up
in the saddle like l was it had
mighty good show at me. That linen
duster wasn't much protection, either.
Go ahead, If you must says Dave.
solemnly. I'VE boys'll wait here on
the bank till you get across. An re-
member that we warned you that you
were foolish to try 1t that way
Il starts my horse into the crick. As
carefully as | can steers him across.
and they amt a blame spot in that
whole stream where the water is six
inches deep"