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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-22
EXPERT IESTIFIEs
IN GAS CO. APPEAL
General Manager Of Light
and Heat Company Is
Cross Examined.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, June 22.-The
cross examination Of T. o. Sullivan.
general manager OF the Manufacturers
Light and Heat company. took up the
entire day in the hearing before Spe-
cial Master J. W. v%andervort con
corning the complaint against the
West Virginia public service commits.
sion, whereby a lower schedule OF
rates in West Virginia was fixed. The
cross examination vas in charge OF
former Judge Frank W. Eesbitt. The
testimony before the West Virginia
public service commission.
Mr.. Sullivan testified that the total
acreage Of the Manufacturers Light
and Heat company on December 81.
1913, in Ohio was 9,959.51 acres. OF
which $3.50 acres were operated terri
tory and 6,699.51 acres were unoper.
ated; in Pennsylvania 1877. 1865 acres.
OF which 1~33,40S.33 were u~noperated.
and 64,33S.02 operated; in West
Virginia 9S,665.75 acres, Of which
37.270.25 acres were operated and 6l.-
1851 acres were u~noperated. The
acreage in West Virginia and Pennsyl-
Eduld LuCluucu Tue dGICdSS VI luO ven
ture OIL company. which is under con.
tract with the Manufacturers Light
and Heat company.
The witness said that the companies
in West Virginia r operated as a
unit in that the gas OF all the com
panies goes into the same gas system.
He averred that the Manufacturers
Light and Heat company and affiliated
companies pay from 2h to six cents
per 1000 cubic feet for gas produced
in West Virginia and at the present
time the average is close to five cents
per 1000 cubic feet. He testified that
from s to Z cents per 1000 cubic feet
is paid for gas produced in Pennsyl-
vania. Asked if the main reason for
paying less for the gas in West Vir-
ginia than in this state was that the
gas in West Virginia was farther from
the points OF consumption than the gas
in Pennsylvania. Mr.. Sullivan replied
that It was. The witness agreed with
Attorney Nesbitt in the opinion that
the greater the distance the gas is
transported the greater the risk.
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CANISTER
HELD FOR MURDER
Kittle Is Given Pre-
liminary Hearing On
Double Charge.

GRAFTON. ". Va, June 22.-Anoth'
er chapter was written yesterday in
the Barbour county murder and rob
berry story which developed out OF the
murder Of the aged Mary Hack and
the robbery OF the home Of William
Basket Bill" Hack during the win
ter. Yesterdays contribution was
made at the preliminary hearing OF
Chick" Kittle. before Justice ]. E
Means, at the court house at Phillippi,
on the double charge Of murder and
robbery. Kittle was ordered held for
the circuit court.
Young Basket Bill" Hack, who was
expected to be the principal witness,
did lot submit any very strong testi'
mony today, thought he told a fairly
clear story. He testified that it was
about midnight when his home was
attacked by the band OF masked men
who committed the robbery. After
they had broken into the house. a
struggle between the bandits and
Hack and his aged mother occurred.
and during the melee his mother pull
ed the mask from the face of n OF
the bandits. Hack AYERS that this
fellow was a man who has not been
placed under arrest as yet.
The real witness for the prosecu-
ton proved to be Eleanor Pollock
Thorne. the pretty young bride OF
young Boyd Thorne, the self-confessed
bandit and member Of the gang which
committed this and other robberies.
She testified to several conversations
with Chick" Kittle personally and
also in the presence of her husband.
young Thorne. whose love affair with
the young woman furnished the touch
Of romance to the story.
She testified that Kittle boosted OF
his connection with the criminal &C
tons Of the gang Of bandits and OF
what was done in conducting the
Hack robbery. She said that he had
promised to give young Thorne his
share Of the money which was OBJ
tanned by the looting OF the Hack
home. She stated further that Kittle
had planned a robbery Of a farmer
on the Beverley pike, near Elkins. who
he said had a sum OF money amount
ing to nearly $500. Boyd Thorne was
to assist him in the Job and to share
with him IN the proceeds. He said
furthe. according to Mrs. Thorne, that
Bill Hack had some money that they
had not gotten on the first raid. and
was planning that Kittle. Thorne and
his wife would go down after this
money a little while later. Mrs. Thorne
according to Kittle's plans, was to
dress up in boys clothing.
The witness. with her husband, had
gone to A. NJ. Cunningham. an attor,
ney at Elkins, and told him the whole
story. practically the same as related
in court. Attorney Cunningham is as.
sisting Prosecuting Attorney jenkins
in prosecuting the ase
No dime novel thrillers have been
able to produce any more startling
stories than have come out Of this
case and still further excitement Is
expected when the cases come up IN
circuit court. The murder OF Mrs.
Hack, by beating her with a club. and
the robbery Of the Hack home Of over
$4,000 several months ago was n Of
the sensations Of the year in this sec
ton Of the state.
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AGED WOMAN IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Mrs. Mary Ann RACER Pass
es Away At Sons Home
In This City.

Mrs. Mary Ann Harrington Rager,
wife Of the late G. ". RACER. died this
morning shortly after 4 o'clock at the
home OF her sen, Herbert RACER, on
Diamond street. She was injured in
falling during the month Of February
and had fully recovered from
the shock.
Mrs. RACER was 4 daughter Of the
late James Harrington and vas born
at Greensboro. Pa. She was united
in marriage with Mr.. RACER, who is
deceased. Four children we're born
to the union, namely: Mrs. James
Mccoy, OF Lincoln, Neb.; Herbert Ka.
ger, OF this city; C. F. and Allen Ra'
ger. both of whom are dead. Mrs.
RACER was aged So years and was the
last member of a family OF Il children.
Besides her children eight grandchil-
dren also survive and eleven great
grandchildren. The grandchildren are
George RACER and Allen RACER. OF De
troit; Mrs. L. B. Morgan, Clarence Ra-
ger. Miss Jessie RACER, Mrs. A. D.
Hutchinson. all Of this city; Frank S.
Mccoy, Of Haverlock. Nebraska. and
Mrs. Ed. johnson, Of Omaha. Nebras-
ka.
Mrs. RACER had been a member OF
the NJ. E. denomination since she was
fifteen years of age. She was a wom-
an OF splendid christian character.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence at s o'clock tonight conduct
ed by Rev. ]. B. Workman. The body
will be taken to Greensboro for inter-
ment. The funeral party will drive
from PIT. Marion, Pa, TO Greensboro,
Pa.
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Oil and Gas

on Turtle Run, Battelle district,
Monongalia county, the Hope Natural
Gas Company has drilled Its test on
the Presley Shriver farm into the Big
iniun sand and has a show for a very
light pumper. On Big Elk Creek, Sar.
dis district, Harrison county, the
south Penn on Company has given
az No. s on the Sarah Shaffer farm
4 shot in the Gordon sand and increas.
ed It's production fro IL to IS bar
rels Q day. When the well came in
last month It had an initial production
Of 800 barrels.
On Poca river, Smithfeld district,
Roane county, the Ohio Fuel OIL Com
pany has completed and shot its No.
"a on the n. O. Taylor farm and has
8 10.barrel punrper In the Big Injun
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Court News

Deeds Filed.
Charles Barrows and wife to An
drew NJ. Linn, a parcel OF land on
Pyles Fork of Buffalo creek in Man
nington district; consideration, 500.
Monongahela Industrial Company to
Ella NJ. Lowe, a parcel OF land IN the
company's East Side addition to the
city OF Fairmont; consideration. $500.
a, R. Davis and wife to John ].
Adams, a parcel Of land in Grant dis
trict; consideration. $1,000.
o, j. Fleming and wife to Samuel
Neel, a parcel Of land in the Graham
Heights addition to the city OF Fair
mont; consideration, 500.
Circuit Court.
Simon o. Metz VS.. Wildwood Oh
Company. trespass; damages $4,000;
July rules. W. NJ. Hess and Walter R.
Haggerty, attorneys for the plaintiff.
Laanone Yost vs.. Meade Ross. tres
pass on the case; damages $lo'OOO;
July rules. Harry Shaw and James A.
Meredith. attorneys for the plaintiff.
H. G. Yost vs.. Meade Ross. No. l;
trespass on the case; damages $1O,-
600; July rules. Harry Shaw and
James A. Meredith, attorneys for the
plaintiff.
H. G. Yost vs.. Meade Ross, No. 2.
trespass on the case: damages $1O.-
600; July rules. Harry Shaw and
James A. Meredith attorneys for the
plaintiff.
E. B. Mcdonald, ct al. vs.. Aida Van
Glider, ct al. chapcery. July rules.
James A. Meredith, attorney for the
plaintiff.
intermediate Court.
Emerson Brandingham Implement
Company VS.. Marion A. Williamson. ct
al, chancery; July rules. Nicely &
Lively. attorneys for the plaintiff.
American Bank and Trust Company
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Grain and Produce.

CHICAGO, June 21.-New wheat is
pressing for sale. This fact was
shown again today when there were
further price breaks Of BIS @4bc.
Wheat can not be considered low at
the present price. When all the i'm
porting Countries were eagerly bidding
for wheat in the market the price sail
ed skyward. The export demand Is
now fat and this may be called the
potent bearish help.
The wheat market was heavily
oversold at the close. tonight. The
bears seem to believe that in order
to dispose Of the first run Of new
wheat much lower prices must be &C
cepted. and they continue to follow
TIE market on its downward course.
The matter Of price is a secondary con-
~sideration.
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Veterinary Board
Announces Meeting

CHARLESTON, w. Va. June 22.-
Announcement has been made tina:
the newly appointed State veterinary
examining board will hold its first
meeting in Charleston on June %. at
the office OF H. E. Williams, commits
sioner OF agriculture. for the purpose
Of organization and the formulation
Of rules and regulations under which
the applicants for license in West
Virginia will be examined.
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vs.. Levi 3. Harr. debt $500. dam
ages $4,000; June rules. Scott c.
Lowe, attorney for the plaintiff.
The National Bank OF Fairmont vs..
William G. Wilson. debt $4,000. dam
ages $4,000: July rules. c. Powell. at
torney for the plaintiff.
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WILL BUILD NEW ROAD.

WELLSBURG, W. Va, June %
The county court has voted to build
a modern brick road from Foliansoee
northward to the Bates bridge, a dis
lance Of one mile. which will then,
when constructed, give an unbroken
stretch Of brick highway from Follans.
bee to Steubenville. The Steubenville,
Wellsburg & Wierton Street Railway
Company will bear a part of the ex.
pense for building the new stretch OF
road.
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will hold an ice cream and strawberry
supper in front Of the Presbyterian
church this evening. All r invited
to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Coleman, OF
Underwood. spent Sunday here visit
ing with relatives.
Mrs. George Beatty and son spent
Sunday in Bolton, W. Va, visiting
with friends.
c. B. Kendall has returned rrom a
business trip to Elkins, ". Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. S~wartzlander. OF
Brookside, spent Sunday in Hundred
visiting with friends.
William Hall, Of Weston, was here
recently visiting with relatives.
E. E. Hamilton has returned from
Wheeling, where he was visiting his
mother.
Mrs. Myrtle Wren. OF Grafton. is
here visiting with relatives on Clayton
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. W. Elliott we're in
Fatrmont Monday visiting with
friends.
Mrs. F. E. Dent. Of Fairmont, was
here Sunday visiting with relatives.
Mrs. ". T. Smith is in Wheeling
visiting with her sister, Mrs. R. G.
Dancer.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Matthews and
child have returned from. a trip to
Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Colbert Lyall spent Sunday in
Cameron visiting with her husband.
F. B. Huey and members Of his fam
!y ha da narrow escape when his au-
tomobile upset on a hill between
Pennington and Fairview Sunday.
The machine was badly damaged, but
every one in the a escaped without
injury.
R. ". Cox, Of U%richsville, Ohio. is
a business visitor in our city.
]. E. Smith, Of Fairmont, was a bust
ness visitor here yesterday.
F. K. Hueston. of Grafton, was Wis
iting in our city Monday.
c. NJ. OF. of Martinsburg, Is here
visiting relatives in the Hough add
ton.
E. F. MILAN has returned from an
extensive pleasure trip throughout the
West Virginia hills.
H. G. Howard. OF Denver, W. Va,
was a business visitor here yesterday.
Charles Hartlieb has returned from
Wheeling, where he attended the ball
game.
ROY TERRENCE, Of Sunshine. lost
dark bay horse ten days ago. weight
1000 to 1000 pounds. Suitable reward
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Boardwalk here. is to smoke ciga.
rettes. Sedate Boardwalk trippers
we're shocked last evening when a
number Of well dressed women IN roll.
er chairs that giided up and down the
Boardwalk were observed to be PUT.
ing away at cigarettes. ITO keep mos
quitoes away" was their answer to
those who were bold enough to ask.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-22

PITTSBURGH, June 22.-Tne Pitts
burgh security market was moderate
II active yesterday the first hour. The
issues handled were those which are
Usually most prominent in trading.
The price fluctuations were small and
changes were made both directions,
the declines predominating Outside
Of the one issue, which was the feature
Of the market last week, operations
were on a moderate scale. The latter
half the market vas extremely dull
and no important price changes were
made as against opening ones.
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NEW YORK. June 2L-Trading on
the stock exchange today pivoted
around the supreme court decisions.
Eefore1:30 o'clock buyers hesitated
generally, but announcement Of the
unfaycrabIe ruling against the Lack
awanna company vas greeted by no
bear attacks. Even coal roads like
Iehigh Valley and Reading suffered
no apprectable declines. Although Ia
fer tie Harvester finding, postponing
action until fall, was a disappointment
and Is believed to lessen the beneficial
influence Of the recent steel verdict.
u also passed without market effect.
with these legal obstacles cleared.
substantial buying movement be-
ran IN the last hour when war issues
rose. Bethlehem Steel went to a new
hlgh Of 172% and Studebaker to 7sA.
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Atlantic City Women
Smoking Cigarettes

ATLANTIC CITY. June 22.-The
latest fad for keeping mosquitoes
away practiced by languid ladies loll-
ing in roller chairs on the famous
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s,12o

ELK HORN FUEL STOCK ACTIVE:
Baltimore, June 22.-Elk Horn Fuel
Company common stock led in the
dealings at the Baltimore Stock Elk.
change yesterday, both in strength and
IN the volume of sales. 1t rose steadt-
II from the opening, which was at 20.
10 the close, when 90 was touched.
The preferred was less active. but sold
Il II. The final quotations were
slightly under the top prices. because
some were ready to realize on the ad-
vance. The strength Of these shares
was still said to. be due to the excel
lent outlook for the country's trade
In soft coal and because the world was
now practically looking to the United
States for It's supply Of this fuel. and
because its exports were steadily in.
creastng.
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sales At Baltimore. Stock Exchange,
June q, 1915:
Furnished by W. W. Lanahan & Co,
member Of New York and Baltimore
Stock Exchanges, Main floor. Cal
vert Building, Baltimore, Md
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ROY TERRENCE. Of Sunshine. lost
dark bay horse ten days ago. weight
1000 to 1000 pounds. Suitable reward
for return or for information.
6.21-3t-No. 201
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Reported by George W. Eberhardt &
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and unlock the door to greater achievement
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-16
WILLIAMS BARGAIN COUNTER

ONE OF THE FINEST combination
fruit and truck farms of so acres
in Florida. % acres. in high state
OF cultivation, good 2-story s.
room house, and out buildings, in
town limits Of San Antonio, Fla.
Fine proposition for anyone wish
ing to do general farm, fruit and
stock business in this fertile Sec
tion. Price $500, $500 cash.
balance to suit purchaser.
WILL EXCHANGE modern room
house and or valuable lots in
one Of South Georgia's best cities
for improved Lakeland or near
Lakeland property. Must come to
Florida for climate.
WHY NOT pay rent 10 yourself?
viii sell you a nice Broom house
and lot, 100x150 feet, full of
bearing fruit trees, one of the
best ocations in the city, for 49,
$50; small cash payment, balance
like rent
TEN ACRE FARM in good neighbor-
hood, near Lakeland, Z 1-2 acres
in cultivation, 2 1-2 acres in
young bearing grove, fine combi-
nation land; neat small house,
good barn nearly new. well of ex-
cellent water. Price $4,000. Own
er leaving Florida. Also horse,
buggy, wagon, harness, lady's BIZ
cycle, good COW and household
goods at a sacrifice.
-FOUR LOTS--25x100, in one square
body, near Jacksonville, paved
streets and motor bus within one
and a half miles on national high
way. City rapidly building this
way. This is corner property II
new addition to Jacksonville ant
will soon more than double il
value. For quick sale S275 for tn,
four.
$3.50 PLAYER PIANO, slightly used
| first-class condition, can be bough
for an unpaid balance of $2S5
terms if wanted.
FOR SALE OR TRADE-One or tw
good 7-room houses and lots, mod
ern fixtures, on principal street,
blocks from depot in splendi
neighborhood. This is a bargain.
WILL EXCHANGE good 6-roor
house in nice condition. lot 1870
200. SO bearing grapefruit tree'
store house with small stock
merchandise viii take good al
tomobile as part payment, balanc
on very easy payments.
i1S ACRES A CITRUS and true
land, overlooking beautiful lax
u near Fort Meade. Will trade IL
city property or take good auto
) part payment.
G. ]. WILLIAMS.
! Phone PAP Red
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-16

Issued nom his lips. He did not
know what he was saying, and list
ened for the words Forward, boys!"
he was shouting.
He halted and crouched low. Tho
line had swept into an exposed angle
among the trees, and all the fire OF
the enemy was concentrated here. II
was hard to 60 forward, was becom'
ing impossible. The men were lying
Town again. kneeling. firing. The fig.
ures of the officers and non-coms
were seen. urging them to rise. But
every man who stood upon his feet
withered under that internal bullet
stream. Rycroft saw the captain go
down. The machines were winning
the victory.
And q sitting rage against this des-
tiny rose in his heart and choked his
throat. He sprang to his feet and
shook his fist in the direction OF the
cannon.
Forward, boys!" he screamed. this
time with intent and not automatical
ly He began to run forward. his
knees quite steady now.
He heard the whole line rise to its
! feet and follow him. He realized that
| his anger had communicated itself to
his followers. The same spirit had
seized upon the entire company, ana
spread from company to company.
throughout the regiment
AS he ran he began to see the en-
| envy for the first time. He saw long
lines of figures leap from their
| trenches to repel the attack. And he
became aware, too, that the shells
had ceased. The lines were too close
! together, and the hostile gunners
could fire no longer for fear OF hurt
ing their own men
It was bullet against bayonet now
It was bayonet against bayonet. The
attackers were upon the trenches OF
the enemy. The machines had ceased
to act 1t was the men behind the
machines now, and these were pow
erless.
Suddenly Rycroft realized that. Ht
saw that the same moral force ant
willpower were there, as on the foot
ball field, as at Crecy and Waterloo
The machine was, by itself. an i'm
potent, dead thing. 1t was only thu
man that counted.
He was mixed with the melee. Ill
was in the heart of the stabbing as
sault Bayonet crossed bayonet. I'll
saw everything as in dream II
was conscious of an inner personality
serene and quiet, in the heart OF tn
storm He saw himself cut down
man at a machine gun, who was ain
; ing a rife at him. He saw the ell
emy's lines break, surge backward
r he saw the defenders in wild retreat
! pursued by his own men.
And he was standing alone, VI
B wounded in the center Of a painting
3 cheering throng. They were cheerin
him. His sword was broken. and b
|. did not know how he had broken 1t
l. But he knew that he had found hin
: self, the human personality, withot
I which the machines were SO man
impotent masses of worthless steel
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MACHINES AND the NAN
Copyright. 1915. by W. @. Chapman)
N FRANK FILsoN.

Copyright. 1915 by W. @. ChapmanD
Lieutenant Rycroft's frst expert
ence of battle was so stupendous that
for Q few minutes he forgot to Be
afraid. He lay upon his face behind
the little shelter which he had dug
with his sword, waiting for the COM
mand to charge. On either side OF
him he could see his men lying down.
also waiting, and adjusting tho mech
anism Of their rifles.
He was lying amid a pandemoni-
UNI Of noises. The heavy shells from
the guns roared over him necessarily.
Mingled with these sounds came that
of the smaller artillery. q defying
screech that set his teeth on edge.
And with these. but blending. as it
were. was the boot of rife bullets.
now overhead, now low beside him.
occasionally varied with a squirt OF
dust as q bullet struck the ground.
Rycroft, being an imaginative boy,
had anticipated the stunning horrors
of battle. He knew that it would re-
quire all a mans resolution to face
them. Still, he came of a military
family, and he had believed that
when his time came, he would not be
proved wanting.
But this actual experience was more
terrifying than anything he had evel
. conceived. AS he lay there, helpless
conscious that men were looking tc
him for leadership, he felt his blood
turning to water. He was shaking
he felt the sweat stream down his
, face.
He had imagined a battle Of men
but this was battle Of machines
1t was machines that were vomiting
out that hail of bullets, that fury o
! shells. Machines, which had eaugh
him in their internal snare and wer'
bent on his destruction. And the en-
envy was not anywhere in sight.
Suddenly shrill whistle blew. l
was the signal for the attack. Ry
croft leSQhd to his feet, with the al
tomatisrf4 8brn of his camp training
The men had sprung up on either sid
Of him. The boot of the bullets wa
terrible. 1t seemed a miracle that h
had escaped thus far.
He saw men begin to drop on eithe
side. The sergeant, next to him, fun
up his rifle, spun round, and collapse
upon his face. Stories began to recu
to the lieutenant's mind. He had hear
that men always spun round tha
way when shot through the brain. II
saw the blood upon the sergeant
head.
His knees would hardly bear hin
He heard his voice shouting cor
mands to his men, and did not reco
'nize it for his own, or know how
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LOVE.

Love 10 like the strong canopy OF
. tent, which bears" the pitiless hail
and the driving storm, protecting ev-
erybody who shelters beneath it Love
lie hiding place from the wind, and
Q covert from the tempest" She
bears" the passions Of envy and tho
slings OF outrageous blasts Of fierce
contempt. She Is always rearing her
tent above the smitten and stricken
children OF men, and in her gracious
shelter they find security and peaos.-
]. H. Jowett.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-16
Brush the Wick.

Use en- old toothbrush to rub on
the charred portion of lampwick
instead OF cutting with scissors. The
result is smooth edge, without any
prongs or loose ends to cause an I'M
even blaze ana smoking