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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-23
Tacoma Theater

Tonight and Tomorrow Night
Sam s. and Lee Shubert present
JOHN MASON
And the Haekett Theater New
York; Cast and Production in
Augustus Thomas Great Tele-
pathic Drama
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RUGBY At EUGENE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
EUGENE, Ore, Sept. 23.-The
Oregon university will go into
Rugby football this year to broad
on the scope of athletics at the
university.
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to being a cool head, he is a
splendid hitter and "a clever field
er, working perfectly with the in
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Wanted-Boys to sell papers
ON the most prominent corners of
the city. Good pay. Apply to
Mr.. Perkins, Tacoma Times, or
phone A1733-Main 1888. *#+
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0THE wITCHING HOUR"

Prices: Lower floor. $500
$1.50; balcony, $3.50, S1.00, 75c;
gallery, soc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Pursuing Pittsburg erafters.

pittsburg, special.-Wm. Brand,
former president Of common council,
who was brought from the peniten-
tiary to testify before the grand jury,
contributed his full confession 70 help
the graft probers in trailing the
"men higher up"
Three more councilmen took the
immunity bath by pleading no
defense to charges of taking brides.
To strengthen the evidence already
obtained about the transfer of $4,000
to Stewart at the Hotel Imperial IN
New York in May, 1908, for alleged
use in bribing Pittsburg councilmen
to vote for the bank ordinance, tho
grand jury is ssid to have asked for
the 1908 registers Of several New
York hotels. Handwriting experts
are to be employed, it is said, to de-
termine definitely what Pittsburg men
were in that city at the time the
money was paid to Stewart. 1t has
already been published here that the
unnamed man WHO paid Stewart the
money is not known to be a banker,
but Zone of the most prominent bu-
Siness men in the entire country"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
THE LIBERIAN TROUBLE.
United States Will Block Interven'
tion European Powers.

Washington, Specialize Libe-
rian trouble is causing apprehension
here. The attack by the native tribes
from the French side of the southern
boundary along the Cavally river up
on the English factory and the Llbe-
rian troops would be in itself dan
gerous to the existence Of the little
republic.
All factories might easily serve as
a pretext for Intervention by some
of the European powers. Such IN
~tervention usually leads to perma-
nent domination and the state de-
partment is resolved that this shall
not be-.
Already British and French war
ships are on their way to the seat
of trouble. The gun boat Des MONIES,
in Hampton Roads, was Thursday
ordered to the Norfolk navy yard to
get into condition to proceed to
Africa and relieve the Birmingham
The :Des Moines should be at Mon"
rovia by May l.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
REFUSES TO VISIT POPE.
Col. Roosevelt Declines to Ac-
cept Conditions Imposed.

Rome, By Cable.-The audience
which it was believed ex-President
Roosevelt would have with the Pope
on Tuesday, will not occur, owing to
conditions which the vatican has i'm
posed, and which Mr.. Roosevelt re-
fuses to accept.
"The Holy Father will be delighted
to grant an audience to Mr. Roose-
welt on April S, and hopes that
nothing will arise to prevent it, such
as the much-regretted incident which
made the reception Of Mr.. Fairbanks
impossible7"
Roosevelt's reply: II in my turn
must decline to make any stipulations
or submit to any conditions, which
in any way would limit my freedom
Of. conduct. I trust that on April 5
he will find it convenient to receive
me.O
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Great Rural Route System.

Washington, Special.-Postmaster-
General Hitchcock, in his annual re-
port, says that rural delivery has de-
veloped in IL years from m expert
ment, involving tie disbursement Of
less than $4,000, to one Of the larg-
est branches of the postal service,
with an annual expenditure exceed
ing $35. 600, and says: j..
"Rural delivery service is now in
operation throughout the United
States OH 41,G94 routes.
"During the present fiscal year,
up to March l, readjustments have
been made involving the discontinue
ance of thirty routes eifecting a saw
ing Of $4,000. In one county alone,
by the readjustment Of the routes and
a net decrease in the number of
routes of four, an annual saving of
$4,000 is possible.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Southern Railway Rates to Mobile
Reunion.

The Confederate reunion will be
held at Mobile, Ala, April 26, 81 and
%, and the railroads have announced
the usual low rate Of l cent a mile
fer this occasion. Tickets will be on
sale, April "a to %; limited for re-
turn until May 2, 1910, but extension
Of final limit may be secured until
May 19 by depositing ticket with the
agent and upon payment of so cents
fee. Stop-overs will be permitted at
all important points on the return
journey.
The Southern railway has been Sc
lected as the official route by Maj.
Gen. Zimmerman Davis, commanding
the South Carolina division, United
Confederate veterans, and through
Pullman sleeping ears and coaches
will be provided to take care of the
veterans and their friends, which will
be handled on the train, leaving Co
lumbia at 7:15 a.. M, April 25, via
Newberry, Greenwood, Anderson and
Seneca, Atlanta and Montgomery, az
irving at Mobile early next morning.
The round trip fare from the prin
cipal points in this State will he as
follows: Abbeville $10.55, Allendalc
$11.35, Anderson $10.1O, Bamberg
$11.55, Barnwell $11.20, Blacksburg
s11.75, Camden $12.55, Charleston
$3.50, Chester $11.85, Columbia
$11.9O, Edgefeld, $1O.S5, Greenville
$10.55, Greenwood $10.55, Johnston
$1,000, Newberry $11.15, 0%rangeburg
$11.90, Prosperity $11,30, Spartanburs
$11.15, Sumter $12.75, Union $l1.75,
Winnsboro $12.65, Yorkville 1925.
Proportionately low rates from inter-
mediate rointS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
THE Old SOLDIERS MEETING
To be Held at Mobile, Ala.
April 26.28
THE APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS
Miss Lucy Davis Hayes, Sponsor
q. s. G. VS. Sponsor, Miss Georgia
Whiting Stafford

Montgomery, Ala.-Dr. Clarence j..
Owens, commander-in-chief Of the
United Sons of Confederate veterans,
makes public the sponsors and maids
of-honor for the organization at the
general reunion to be held in Mobile
April 26 to %.
They are as follows:
Matron of honor, Mrs. B. 2. Ross,
Auburn, Ala: %chaperon, Mrs. n. B.
Forrest, Memphis; sponsor in Chief
Miss Georgia Whiting Saffold, Mont
gomery; maids of honor, Alabama,
Miss Clara Ellen Forbes, Montgom-
cry; Miss Mary Henry Rufin, Miss
Mamie Goddard, Miss Lille Rad
cliffe, Mobile; Miss Mary Rcsalind
Tardy, Birmingham; Miss Annie Lyde
Smith, Tuskegee. Georgia, Miss Lylis
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Live News in a Line.

Butchers in Yorkville. complain OF
the scarcity Of beef cattle.
The railroad commission has order
ed the Seaboard Air Line Railway
to erect an adequate passenger station
at Greenwood.
The average valuation at which
real estate is returned in Edgefeld
county is about $3.50 per acre.
The musical festival to be held in
Columbia in Nav is being well adver-
tised.
Mr.. j. E. Wannamaker, of Cal
houn county, who experimental with
pepper for the government last year
and was successful, will plant a large
crop this year.
The "~sociability run" from Pine
hurst, N. c., to Augusta, Ga, will be
run on April IS and 10.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Postal Granted Injunction.

Nashville, Tenn. Special.-Judge
Edward E. Sanford, Of the Circuit
Court of the United States for the
middle district of Tennessee, hand
ed down. an opinion Saturday grant
ing to the Postal Telegraph Cable
Company an injunction against the
Cumberland Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, ga Bell Company"
discriminating against the Postal in
the matter of charges for telephone
service. The decision holds that the
Postal Company is entitled to tele-
phone service at the same rate charg-
ed other business subscribers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Arresled For Wholesale Stock
Gambling.
EVE OF THEM MILLIoNAlRES.
sFanty-Nine Indictments Returned
Against Prominent Brokers in the
Business World For Conducting
Bucket Shops From Missouri
River to Atlantic Coast-Placed
Under Heavy Bonds-Trials at
Early Date.

!. Washington, Speeial.-The govern
Smens of the United States, Saturday
made its first vigorous onslaught
pom stock gambling which in scope
Practically covers the country from
k0 Missouri river to the Atlantic
eoast.
Brokers offices in New York, Phil
kssdelphia, Jersey City, Baltimore, Gin
gcinnati and St. Louis were raided
simultaneously at IL O'Clock Eastern
time Saturday by special agents OF
The Department Of Justice, who were
armed with bench warrants issued
by the Supreme Court Of the Dis
triet Of Columbia.
Conspiracy indictments in which
twsnty-nine persons are named-fve
of them said to be millionaires, and
all interested in brokers' Offices in
large cities of the United States,
were returned by the Federal grand
jury of the District of Columbia
,aHonS evidence which agents of the
department of Justice had been
gathering for more than a year. The
indictments were withheld on the re-
quest of Attorney General Wicker
Sham, SO that the Department of
Justice detectives might make the
aids simultaneously upon the places
Ysuspected of being ssbucket shops"
The theory Of the conspiracy in
dietments is that every man who was
CONNECTED In any way with the OPP
eration Of the firms which did bust
Aess In the district, had entered into
conspiracy to relieve people Of
heir money.
iotafion of the law, upon convic-
zion, entails a maximum penalty Of
$4,000 fine and two years imprison;
meni.
All Of those arrested were placed
Sn1er heavy bonds.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
-Four Boats at s2,ooo,Ooo.

Washington, special.-0n the face
Of the bids, the Lake Torpedo Beat
Company, Of Bridgeport, Conn, Sat-
urday submitted the lowest proposal
for building four submarine boats for
the United States navy. This was
for a type of boat of $50 tons dis
placement and the price for the four
boats would be $424,500 each, de-
livered on the Atlantic seaboard, and
to. be constructed at the Newport
News works.
Congress authorized an expenditure
of $2,00O,000 for the construction of
these four boats, so that the bids
are within the limitation for boats
Of moderate size.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Or. Walters Indicted.

P%ittsburg, Special.-Dr. E. r. Wal
tiers, former president of select coun-
Gil, who is now director Of public
health and charities, has been indict-
cd as the alleged recipient Of $1,000
in bribe money, and Is other former
selectmen from $500 to $3.50. The
indictments make a total of 81 in
three reports by the grand jury with
in two weeks and there are more to
come, says District Attorney William
A. Blakeley.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Home Mission Society School.

The Woman's Home Mission So
ciety of the South Carolina confer
ence is considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of
establishing an industrial school in
the eastern section Of the State. 1t
is proposed to open this institution
for the benefit of the many boys and
girls who can not avail themselves
of the advantages offered by our col
leges. Such an institution would re-
quire as a beginning a site of 10 or
IL acres, and funds sufficient to build
and equip a plant costing from $12,-
600 to $4,000,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Banks want Taxes Returned.

The Central National Bank Of
Spartanburg has instituted suit
against the treasurer Of Spartanburg
for the recovery Of taxes on certain
bonds. The bonds sued on are the
non-taxable kind of school holdings.
This is a very important matter
and should the banks succeed in these
two suits it would mean that all
other banks in the State could seek
for refunding Of taxes on stocks and
bonds.
The position of the State is that
the bonds are not taxed but the shares
Of the bank stocks are taxed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
president May visit Durham.

Washington, Special. - President
aft may visit Durham the latter
of May or the first Of June to
81 the cornerstone of the National
.sigions Training School and Cha
anqrla for the colored race. An in
to be present on the occasion
{ the dedication Of the proposed
Elilding was extended Saturday by a
elegation Of prominent white citi-
ms.
The President reiterated to his Wis
Tors previously expressed views to
he effect that he faYors the prac-
Zeal training of the colored race.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Advertise for New Bids.

Washington, Special.-A suspicious
uniformity in the bids for supplying
half a million tons Of New River and
P%ochahontas coal for the use of the
Panama Railroad, together with the
average high price demanded, led the
directorate Of that corporation to re-
iect all Of the bids offered and to
order q Reimbursement,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
VOLCANOES Horrible Roar.

Professor Ricco, director Of the
unt Etna Observatory, has been
reed to abandon his post after
sing hours of terror at the vol
Zone could not stand the deafen-
and horrible roar Of the volcano
more than one day. 1t would GER
oily drive him mad" A river Of
Ia from the active craters Of Mount
ne has invaded Lisi Plain, flow
IN the direction Of Cisterna and
Gina. Borrello does not appear to
In danger. Another stream is
aneing slowly toward Mount
63ill8.a
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
six Banks 70 be indicted.

eitfsberg, Pa, Special.-AH Of the
esent and foslner councamen.
n as the SsssTe have now told
stories to the graft mvestigai-
, committee. The indictment Of
banks as corporations and other
artlng sensations are expected as
result. The graft prosecution is
~ ousily engaged preparing cases
the trials. lit is possible that three
8ges Will sit in criminal court dur
the opening days Of the trials.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Good News For Pee Dee Peoule.

The South Carolina Western Rail
way, which on an initial capital of
$4,000 and an ultimate capital of
half a million proposes to give Flor
ence, Huntsville and Darlington a
seaboard connection at McBee, was
chartered by the secretary of State
Wednesday.
The line is to be 40 miles long,
connecting Florence and McBee,
which latter town is on the Sea-
board between here and Hamlet.
The headquarters is to be Huntsville,
Darlington county. !
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
No Contamination for Oysters.

Washington, Special.-Oysters can
no longer be fed-or as the trade
term goes "aoated in brackish wa
ter"-before they are offered for
sale. The Department Of Agriculture
has ordered that the practice must
stop at once. To float an oyster
when it is taken from its bed, pro-
vides means for the oyster to take
in contamination from the water and
offers risk Of typhoid.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
This ,Railrcad Increase Wages.

New York, special.-After a spe-
cial meeting of the board of direc-
tors, a general order was issued in
creasmg by Z per cent the pay Of
all employees on the New York Cen
trail lines east Of Buffalo who now
earn 5000 a month OF less.
1t is estimated that the general
increase will cost the Eastern divis-
ions of the New York Central lines
s2,5o0,000 q year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Great Reception to Elk -President.

Naples, By Cable.-No American
ever got a greater reception than
Colonel Roosevelt did Saturday when
with his family, he arrived here on
the Priz Henizrich.
Mr.. Roosevelt, attired in a gray
sack suit and wearing a soft black
hat, appeared in splendid health and
spirits. His weatherbeaten face gave
him the appearance of a trained
athlete. He spoke nth a boyish
pleasure of setting his foot again upon
European soil and of feeling that
at last he was homeward bound.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Ballinger win seek Redress.

Washington, Special.-Seeretary Of
the Interior Ballinger announced Sat-
urday that in due time he would in
stituta proceedings in law against
Golfers Weekly as the result of the
publications concerning him which
are appearing in that paper.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
These Mills Are Alright.

At a recent meeting of the direc-
tors of the Woodruff Cotton Mills it
dividend Of so per cent. This
was decided to declare stock
means that the stock of the mill will
be worth 1925. 1t is also understood
that similar stock dividends will be
declared at IN early date by the Vic
tor and Monaghan Mills.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Must Curtail Production.

Boston, Mass, special.-Probably
5000, 900 spindles in the United States
will be stopped within the next four
months, according to estimates made
by cotton mill authorities in this
city, who express the opinion that
a curtailment Of production amount
ing to rs per cent cannot be avoid
ed unless there is a sharp drop in
the price Of cotton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Confederate Commander Dead.

Gen. Zimmerman Davis, command
er of the South Carolina division of
Confederate Veterans, and prominent
in his Masonic affiliations, died We'd
nesday in Charleston, at the age Of
rs years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
u CAROLINA AFFAIRS
The Cream Of News Items Gathered
From ALI Over South Carolina
and Boiled Down.
Columbia Adopts Commission Form

Columbia Adopts Commission Form
of Government.
BY a majority Of "a to l, Columbia
Saturday adopted the commission
form of government.
City council opposed the change.
The new form has all the essential
features of the Des Moines and Coun-
Gil Bluff plans.
There are a mayor and four sal
aried commissioners, all elected at
large. They serve four years.
There is the initiative, the refer
endum, and the recall.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Postal Bills Report Soon.

Washington, Specialize House
Committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads have directed the sub-commit-
tee having the postal savings bank
bill in charge to report the completed
bill to the committee by April 15.T The
committee also favored April Is as
a date for q hearing on the proposal
to establish parcels posts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
GEN. M A. EVANS.

Hutchins, Athens. Louisiana, Miss
Gladys Broadway, Monrot. Mississip-
pi, Miss Sallie Hunt, Greenville; Miss
Mildred Merriweathcr Sledge, Como;
Miss Cornelia Wallace, Como. South
Carolina, Miss Maybcllc Weathers-
bee, Williston; Miss Ruth Kennedy,
Greenville. Virginia, Miss Avis Wal
ker Grant, Richmond.
Maids Of honor for the general
staff for states not listed will be
named later.
Miss Frances Alexander Duncan of
Auburn will represent tie Children
of the Confederacy.
Appointments for the Louisiana di-
vision, named by Commander B. II.
Richardson, are as follows:
Sponsor, Miss Caroline A. Reanaud,
New Orleans; maids of honor, Misses
Georgia Richardson, Andrea Freder-
eichs, Leila Riddell, New Orleans;
Miss Georgia Mcdonald, Mobile;
chaperon, Mrs. P J.Fredereichs, New
Orleans.
Northern Virginia department, by
Commander c. NJ. Fielder; Sponsor,
Miss Lila II. Jamison, Roanoke;
maids, Miss Grace G. lJiukard, Reho-
both Church, Va; Miss Annie Baker,
Lamar, North Augusta, S.. c.; matron
and chaperon, Mrs. L. F. Fleming,
Augusta, Ga.
Virginia department, by Comman-
der T. w. Spindle; Sponsor, Miss
Mary Darnell, Roanoke; maid, Miss
Mary Hunter Bethel, Sawville; ma
tron, Mrs. William L. McGill, Peters
burg.
New Orleans, La, Specialize
following appointments were made
by William E. Mickle, adjutant gen.
eral and chief of staff Of the United
Confederate Veterans:
Brigadier generals and assistant
adjutant generals, Julian W. Whiting
and Price Williams, Dr., Of Mobile,
Ala.
Colonels and aides-de-camps, C.. C.
Nettles, Robert Middleton, D. P. Bes.
tor, Ed T. Toomer, VIM. II. Johnston,
Of Mobile, Ala; George W. Taylor,
Of Demopolis, Ala. John H. Leuthers,
Of Louisville, KY; John W. Tench, Of
Gainesville, Fla; R. Preston Crew,
Of Charleston, W. Va; E. L.. Conally,
Of Atlanta, Ga.
Mobile, Ala.-Ccmmander-in-C Chief
Clement A. Evans has named Miss
Lucy Davis Hayes as sponsor for the
annual reunion of the United Confed-
crate Veterans, to be held in this
city April 26 to %. Miss Hayes is
the second daughter of the late Mrs.
Hayes, daughter of the only presi-
dent Of the Confederacy, Jefferson
Davis.
Work on the "tented city" for
which the war department has loan
cd tents and cots for the use of the
veterans, began with the erection Of
the kitchens and dining rooms and
grading. The "tented city" faces
historic Mobile Bay and will accom-
MEDIATE $4,000 veterans.
Many of the local churches are
tending the use of their Sunday
school and class rooms for the use
Of the veterans.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Not Beriberi, But Malaria.

Capt. D. ]. Griffith, supcrinten-
dent of the State penitentiary, says
that the negroes brought from the
Charleston stockades have malaria,
and that this disease is the direct
cause Of their condition now. 1t was
at first thought that the disease was
beriberi a sub-tropical affection.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Connecting Track at Clio.

The railroad commission has order
ed. the Atlantic Coast Line and the
North & South Carolina Railway put
in a connecting track at the town of
Clio within 60 days from the date of
the order.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
The Gar in Public.

St. Petersburg, By Cable.-For the
first time in many years Emperor
Nicholas Saturday night attended a
brilliant concert at che Imperial
Opera House, given in aid of various
military charities. The intention of
his Majesty to attend the function
had been kept secret, and, there
fore, no crowd collected to- witness
his arrival and departure.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Maryland Senate Passes Disfran-
chisement Bill.

Annapolis, Md, Specialize So
called Digges hills for-the disfraa--
chisement of the negro in all state
and municipal elections in Maryland
were passed by the senate at a late
hour Saturday night. They now go
to the house where their passage is
assured because Of the large demo-
cratic majority in that body. 1t is
not proposed to attempt to prevent
negroes voting at congressional or
presidential elections, the restriction
applying only to state and municipal
balloting.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
White Prisoner Runs Away.

Arthur Cockerell, white, who was
serving a three years sentence on
the Saluda county changing for
assault and battery with intent to
kill, has made his escape and moth
ing has been learned Of his where
abouts. He was q trusty.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-06
Prompt Pupils in Manning.

: An interesting fact in connection
with the Manning Graded School is
that, with an enrolment Of 313, and
an average att 'nce of 262, during
the past MONT, me records show that
there was only one tardy pupil, and
that I'M a little boy in the first grade,
who was late one day.