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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
NEW LIGHT GLASSES ARE
HARD TO GET NOW

The rush to buy dispersiye lenses
for motor headlights in accordance
with the new law has swamped
dealers and orders will be untitled
for few days Abilene has no or
dinance against glaring lights. Sa-
lima has had one for six months and
the Union says: Last night only
one car out of hundreds had blind
ing, bright light and that one will
probably dim away the light so the
cop won't have an excuse to enforce
the new law requiring DINNERS"
Motorists will be arrested in state
courts until city ordinance is
passed. Then the marshal will get
busy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05

The most largely attended funer
al held in the city in years, il not
in its history, was that of Miss
Alma Etherington and Lloyd Geof.
Troy, whose tragic drowning Mon
day evening shocked the commun-
ity. Long before the opening of the
double service at 2:3O the streets
surrounding the Methodist church
were lined with cars and hundreds
awaited the opening of the church
doors Floral offerings in great
abundance told of the sorrow and
of a host of friends. the
altar being banked with wreaths,
sprays and set pieces.
Hundreds could not gain admis-
'lon to the church and waited out
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
Sheriff Sherman, Clerk King and
DR.. 7. r. COnklin Will Settle Local
Claims for the Draft EXEMPTION

Rules for the coming draft have
been issued by the president
Boards practically are organized. The
call is expected to be September 1
or as soon thereafter as camps are
made ready.
About one million names will be
drawn and other drafts will follow,
about three months apart. The Sc
lection of those who are to be call
ed on the first draft will be this
month
The names will be drawn at
Washington, then local boards no.
titled, lists given to the papers and
posted. Persons drawn will be noti-
fled in three days after drawing.
From the quota of each county
will be subtracted the enlistments in
guard or regular army June 30.
Those drawn will first have to pass
the physical examination. After that
will be the exemption claims before
the local board.
Cases involving agricultural or
industrial exemptions are up to dis
trict boards, one to each federal ju-
dicial district, which also will de-
eide appeals from local boards.
Claims for exemption for depen-
dents can be made by the man him.
self, his wife or other dependents
or a third person who has inVesti-
gated. Exemption claims must be '
accompanied by affidavits. The dis
trict boards ruling is final.
Regulations say that even If
enterprise is necessary, 1t
must be shown that the person in
cannot be replaced without +
substantial loss. Exemption certifi- :
cates are not necessarily permanent. !
They may be revoked or run for q
prescribed periods. 4
County Draft Board
The county draft board organized
yesterday at the county clerks fl
,ffice. Sheriff Sherman is chairman, ts
County Clerk King secretary, DR.. ci
T. r. Conklin, county physician, the tc
physician. They were sworn in be- al
ore Probate Judge Tappen and SC
heir signed oaths were sent to the fla
.djutant general
The board has received orders to as
rrange the registration cards in a of
pecified form in preparation for W
he draft but it is not known just Oh
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
COMPANY II HAS 1874 RECRUITS
-;}2 AT COTTONWOOD FALLS

With 92 in Company II and 32
at Cottonwood Falls. the company
here will soon be credited as up to
full war strength Now that the
draft will take effect the first Of
September more recruits will prob
sbly join Co. II.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
ANOTHER DIVORCE CASE
FOR NEXT TERN OF COURT

Mrs. Ethel Davidson asks for a
divorce from her husband Lemrick
Davidson, charging him with ex-
treme cruelty and gross neglect.
The case will be tried in the nert
term OF court.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05

Threshing Outfit For Sale
1885 oil engine. 1882 separator.
IN good shape. W. II. Sheets. Ma
vsrre. Kan. 22wtf
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05

I still have a few full blooded
Hereford bull calves for sale. Pleas
ant Hin phone. J. R. Anderson.
VITO 7-26sI
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05

side during the service.
The Rev. C. L. Hovgard. pastor of
the M. e. church, officiated and
gave most rmpathetic address
In the march to Abilene cemetery,
Company II, of which Mr.. Geoffroy
was member, led. The Abilene
band, of which he was also mem
her, attended in uniform. Co. II was
followed by two auto hearses and
approximately 400 motor cars.
The pail bearers for both Miss
and Mr.. Geoffroy were:
Howard Seip, Sheridan Spangler,
Arch Davis, Clyde Kaufman, Har-
old Carver and Edward Wilcox.
Business houses of the city were
closed during the service.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04
MARKET PLACES
FAIL At TULSA
Gardeners Can Only Sell in
One Designated Spot,

TULSA. Okla, May I--Because the
city commissioners will not designate
market places on the streets Nhere
the gardeners may stand their Vcge-
table wagons. agriculture IN this sec.
ton may be greatly decreased Mar.
ket gardeners had located about Tulsa
IN considerable numbers in the belief
tha, the city would favor them In
market conditions They have raised
many acres OF early vegetables and
have asked that matke, places he dcS.
igua,cd for them
This the commissioners have re-
fused to do. hut have designated the
market house on Boulder street as the
only place where vegetables may he
sold This is between railroad tracks
and considerable distance from the
business section Women will not 70
there and the gardeners say i, would
he useless for them to offer their pro.
ducc iqr sale at this place
labof union men and many others
have held massmectings and have ap.
peared before the commissioners in
large bodic, The marke, gardener,
now must sell 10 The commission men
who supply the ptocers. ny the tim,
the vegetables reach the consumer, az
added cost has been placed upon them
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04

viously had been permitted The most
important prohibition is that covering
,,rL
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04
'HIST0RYBITSS.
One Hundred Year. Aso Today.

One Hundred Years Aso Today
lsl1-hlour sold at $40 to SIS a bar.
rel In tho United States
seyen,y-iive Years AGO Today.
lN2 Hamburg was visited b by a
great fire which destroyed over 1000
houses
Fifty Years Ago Today
lSW British parliament passed an
act iot the preservation Of oyster fish
cries.
Twenty-Five Years Ago To-day.
lS92-Chinese exclusion bill was
passed by the United State, senate,
One Year Ago Today in the war.
Ma, 4 lqlb-ln, reply 10 american
notes Germany declared submarine
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04
FOUR MEN HELD
AS SUSPECT.SIN
SHOOTING CASE
Arrests Follow Firing Of Thir-
ty Shots Into Home,

DURANT Okla May 4-(Spccial)
AS a sequel to the firing OF iuSlllade
OF shot, into the home Of W O James.
south Of laruaby TIN, county several
nights ago the Shcriti's force has ar
rested four men They are Bob Cole
man. Ike Gibson, Joe Hines and w II.
Smith
James, who rented and occupied the
place last fall, had been anonymously
warned that he would not he permitted
10 make a crop, and the shooting seem,
to have been a step IN the direction OF
soaring the tenant away
The arrested men dlsclaim any knowl-
edge Of the affair, but lame, claims 10
have recognized them when he and hi,
wife ran from the house The cause OF
the affair seems somewhat OF myS-
terry and the officers are working to
get 10 the bottom Of IT 1t seems that
no one has been allowed to raise a
crop on the farm which !, the property
Of \ =. Blackwell OF thg city and re-.
garding which there has been some llti-
CATION
The men charged with the ,hootln.
aall made bond ior appearance IN ht'
district court
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04

commanders had been ordered not to
sink merchant vessels without warn
ing
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04

Why g. limping around with aching
pu'icd up icct--ieet so tired ohaied
sore and swollen you can hardly get
your shoe, on or off? Why don't you
get 25-cent box OF "Tir' from the
drug store now and gladden. your tor
,ured ieet'
"Tiz' makes your feet glow with
comfort, takes down Swellngs and
draws the soreness and misery right out
Of feet that ohsie, smar, and burn
liz" instantly stops pain in oorn,, cal.
louses and bunionS, liz" IS glorious
for tired. aching sor. feet No more
sho. tigh,ness-no more foot trouble, -
Adv.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04
Credit for Student Farmers.

ANADARKO. Okla. May 4-lSpe
cial)-All boys OF the Auadsrko high
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04
MAN FORECASTS
HIS own DEATH
"You'II XIII Us Both, " Says
MotOriSt 10 Driver

BARTIEsNILlE Okla, Nay 4 -
Special 1T C. Hutchin, an cmploye
If the Ouapav Da, COMPANY. predicted
III, own death last n2h shortly hc.
lore the car IN which Ire wa, d3tug
rolled completely over and killed MN
instantly
The a,ridcr, occurred just north NJ
Dewey lIulchu, and Arthur Ryan, who
I. visiting relatives here, had been Nm
Cancy ON huNncs, and were on their
return to Bar'lc,vlllc When approach
ing Copan. the car ,kiddcd danger
.u,lv near a d'trh and Ryan cNpoNtu
lated ayiug you'll Kill ~, both
lIu'chn', answer was we might never
reach BarllcVlllc alive.
lust outside Dewey. while attemp,
ing 10 cu, iu between another car GO
ing at a slower rate OF speed and \
larger and heavily laden truck the car
,kiddcd into a ditch While making a
,harp turn in order 20 get hack on th'
road the front wheels oi the machin,
crampcd and the car turned completely
over
lust before the car overturned. Ryan
seeing the danger Jumped and called Il
Hutchrns go do likewise When Ryar
picked himself up he found that his in
urics were some slight bruises an,
several abrasion, on hi, face and hand,
Hutchns was found half on, OF the ca,
and pinned beneath the steering gear
! lie had been killed instantly
The body ~ the dead man was take
20 Dewey where 1t was at once mad
ready to bc brought to BartlcSvlle
/ Ryan say, that he was thrown a dis
'lucc oi forty iec, from the car whcr
J II turned overs
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04
Our Daily Birthday Party.

Walt Mason, uotcd Kansas humorst
and poet born at Columbus, Ont, fifty
1--WE y&rs ago today
Harold BELL Wright who abandoned
a career as Z painter to enter the pull
PIT and later retired from the ministry
10 become successful novelist, born
At Rome. \, y. forty five years ago
today
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04

school wishing to go to the farm to
work will be excused from school and
given itIl years credits 1hi, was
agreed upon by Supt w H. Bishop
aud the school boardat a special meet
lng A large number OF the boys whose
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04

b try Lydia E. Pmkham's Vegetable.
Compound a. ahe hsd taken II with good
results. l did 90. my weakness die,
appeared, l gained In strength, moved
into our new home, did all kinds OF
garden work, shoveled dirt, did build
Ing and cement work, and raised hun
drsds Of chick ems and ducks. | can
not say enough In praise OF Lydia Z;
Pinkhim's Vegetable Compound and
II these facta are useful you may pub
lish them for the benefit Of other
women. Mrs. NJ. o. JOHNSTON, Routs
d, Box 100, Richmond, Ind
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04

homes are in the country will leave isMs.
mcdiately, while some who do not live
IN the county will wait until they get .
job After these boys leave there will
have been more than twenty-five lads
who have either Joined the army or
have gone 10 the farm from school.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04

from my age that
when going up
stairs I had 10 go
very slowly with
my hands on the
steps, then sit down
at the top TO rest
The doctor said he
thought l should
have ", operation,
and my frie de-
thought I would not
live to move into
our new house. Ny
l.y,~kt.v ,skAd ma
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04
SWEDEN CONSERVING
HER FOOD SUPPLIES

STOCKHOLM, May A prohibi-
ton against exports which went into
effect covers nearly all the articles OF
ioods,u'is the export OF which pre-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-04
CLIMBED STAIRS
ON her HANDS
Too III to Walk Upright. Operation
Advised. Saved by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

This woman now raises chickens and
does manual labor. Read her story:
Richmond, Ind. For two years |
was ~ sick and weak with troubles
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
NEcKTIE SAVED HIS LIFE
Survivor Tells How He Was Lash-d
to Mast.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2s.-A strong
necktie skillfulIy manipulated by a
Frenchman saved the life OF william
H. Nichols. of Glasgow. according to
the story he told when he arrived
here on the Cunard liner Saxonia.
Mr.. Nichols. who was walking on
crutches as a result Of his experience.
said that he had been q passenger on
the Greek steamship Lycurgus, which
sailed from Argentina last July for
Nice with q cargo OF grain. All went
we'll until the vessel entered the
Strait of Gibraltar. Then. in the
night something" struck the stern
OF the ship. exploding with a terrific
roar.
The vessel sank very quickly. aud
Mr.. Nichols found himself floating
In the water. with both his left arm
and leg broken. After keeping afloat
by desperate efforts for half an hour
he managed to get a hold on a piece
OF timber on which was Charles
Lumb. q Frenchman- Nichols clung
desperately, but gradually his grip
relaxed. Then his fellow sufferer
hitched along the spar and. pulling
off his necktie. lashed the wounded
man to the timber. The slender bond
held Nichols head out of the water
all night An Italian destroyer picked
up the twenty-nine passengers and
sailors.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
ANNOUNCE PAYDAY
FOR DC. TROOPS
Ghost Expected to Walk Not
Later Than February
Ten.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Jan. 2s.-word
that brought Joy to every member Of
tn Third d. C. TO-DAY was the
announcement from regimental
headquarters that muster for pay
would be held Wednesday, January
81. Preparatory to the muster, blank
pay roll. lists were distributed among
The actual pay day is ex-
pected to come not later than Feb
ruary 10.
An order has been issued by divis-
ion headquarters by which the pro
yisional ambulance company, formed
few weekA ago by taking men from
the Third and other regiments At
Camp Wilson, will be disbanded Mon
day. No reason was assigned for
breaking up of the unit. Sixteen men
OF the Third. now on duty with the
company, will be released and Will
return to their proper regimental
companies,
May Have To Remain.
Troop A. District OF Columbia Cav.
airy viii be set adrift within the
next fsvN days, when the Sixteenth
Cavalry, regular service. leaves Camp
Wilson for the Brownsville district to
take up patrol duty along the border.
Troop A. Il attached to the regiment,
and has(been serving with Il ever
since coming to San Antohfo. The
Third Cavalry has been ordered 70
Fort Sam Houston, and II is probable
that the Warrington troops will be al
tachsd to Il II the order for return
home OF the District troops 10 not
received before the regiment arrives,
Sergt. Maj. Victor II. Rogers, OF
the Firt Battalion of the Third, is out
OF the base hospital after an illness
OF q few days, and has resumed his
duties In the office Of Capt Edwin
w. Pullman, adjutant
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
CONFEDERATES TO
MEET HERE JUNE 5
twenty-five Thousand Veterans
Expected to Come to capl-
tai for Reunion.

More than $4,000 Confederate vet
erans will come here for the annual
encampment on the week beginning
June S, according to the general or
ders Just issued from New Orleans by
Gen. George P. Harrison. commander
in-~hief Of the United Confederate
Veterans.
June 5 and Z have been announced
by him as the dates upon which bust
ness sessions will be held
First Ever Held In NortA.
The reunion is to be hrst one ever
held outside the Confederate States.
For this reason, the aged wearers Of
the gray have been urged to make
every effort to avail themselves OF
what probably will be their last
chance to mingie with their comrades
on the soil they never reached during
the war.
Ernest q. Baldwin. commander-in-
chief Of the Sons of Confederate Vet
erans, arrived here yesterday for
short conference with committee
heads attending TO the Warrington
end OF the reunion.
On Southern Tour.
He has been touring the South and
urging attendance at the reunion by
the Sons Of Confederate Veterans.
There are expected to be about 10000
here with the old soldiers.
No details have been arranged yet
because OF the general interest I'm the
inauguration ceremonies, March 5.
After that date. II IL announced. Col
Robert ". Harper and his aides VIII
devote much Of their time 70 pia1-
ming for the entertainment OF the vet
erans.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
VERBAL TILT HEARD
ON FLOOR OF HOUSE
Congressman Heflin and Rags.
dale Precipitate WrangIe
in Lower Body.

Accusing Congressman Thomas Hef-
lin Of materially changing a steno-
graphic report of his speech recently
made In the House. Congressman J.
willard Ragsdale Of South Carolina
precipitated an unusual wrangIe in
the lower body yesterday by moving
that the Helm speech be printed IN
the record as transcribed by the
House stenographers, and not as 're-
vised" by Mr.. Hefiin.
The Ragsdale demand was an after
math Of heated colloquy between
the two Legislators two days ago, and
there evidently existed today eonsid
cradle feeling on the part OF both
members. Pacifists In the House made
little headway in checking the de-
bate, as Speaker Clark held that the
Ragsdale motion was privileged.
Fued Dates Back.
The Heflin- -Ragsdale fued dates
from sh attack Mr.. Ragsdale made
on the Secretary OF War because the
latter would furnish no information
a. to the date when South Carolina
troops are to be withdrawn from the
border. Mr.. Heflin, q consistent Ad-
Immigration defsner. came at once
to the defense Of the Secretary Of
War and assailed Mr.. RagsdAle, q
Democrat, because OF his criticisms.
In return Mr.. Heflin was called an
Incense swinger," Mr.. Ragsdale al
leging that he rushed to dafend the
Administration on any pretext. Where
upon Mr.. Heflin spoke disparagingly
Of the hickory nut hills" OF South
Carolina, end said few more uncom-
piimentary things about Mr.. Rags
dale, Mr.. Heflin called attsntion to
Republican applause Of Mr.. Ragsdale's
speech. The Republicans also ap-
plauded Mt. Hefiin literally thereaf.
ter.
Chengs Source Of Avplanse.
"I find in the printed record" said
Mr.. Rassdale today, shat the gentle
man has changed this to read zap
plause on the Democratic side" where
as the stenogsaphers' report shows
that the gentleman (Mr. Heflin) was
applAuded on the Republican side.
Mr.. Heflin was also accused OF making
other unwarranted changes In his
speech Is reported By the official re
porters.
Majority Leader Kitchin attempted to
act as tpeacemaksr by moving refer
ence Of the controversy to Q special
committes OF three members. This
substitute for the Rsgsdale motion
was finally carried on q roll call, af
ter Mr.. Ragsdale had asserted that
be did not object TO committee, but
thought the remarks ought to be
printed as they were reported first
The vote on referring the entire mat
ter to . committee was i47 to 137
Speaker Clark Appointed on the com
mittse congressmen Dixon Of Indiana
Allen Of Ohio, and Aondell Of Wyom
ing.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
100000 SOUGHT
FOR NEW SCHOOL
Pensioners of st. Aloysius'
Church to Inaugurate Eight
Day Campaign Feb. 9.

With q big "speedometsr" on the
front Of the church. at Mouth Capitol
and 1 streets northwest, to indicate
their progress, thirty teams OF mon
and women Of st. Aloysius' Catholic
parish will start out February to
raise $4,000 In eight days, TO pe
used In the erection Of q new paro-
chial school for girls.
The 5000 members of the congrega'
tion have been urged to watcn tne
speedometer each day, and IL the
hand slows down, to redorble thelr
efforts 10 make It hit the desired fig'
ure by February II, when the cam.
paiRu will close with q banquet for
the teams.
Meetings Every Nay.
The Jtsam members will meet each
morning during the designated period
in Gonzags Hali. where Charles
Jerome Sheffield, of Cleveland, man.
arer Of the campaign, will gGe them
directions for the day.
At night they will assemble again
to 20 over the work OF the DAY. An
entertainment program has peen ar
ranged for each evening to brighten
the business sessions.
Note for Everybody.
The campaigners will visit every
wage Garner In the parish with
blank note on the National Metrqpol-
itan Bank. The parishoner will be
expected to make the note out Tor
the amount he can give In Q year,
the payments to be made quarterly
through the bank. ~,
The school, Il In understood VIII
be erected on the southwest corner OF
North Capitol and X streets nottn.
west adjoining the boys parocnial
school. and will, replace the old schooi
Al North Capitol and Myrtle streets,
Lrovvn as Notre Dame Acsdemy. Tne
academy building has long been con
sidered inadequate for the sue OIL 'ns
parish.
work May start Seen.
II the campaign is . success, work
on the school probably win DO started
In the near future.
There will be twenty teams OF
women and ten teams of men a
spirit of rivalry between the sexes al
ready has developed, and, IL - ex-
uected, will add to the interest OF the
Tbe results OF each teams work
will be compiled at the end OF eacn
Say and competition 10 keen among
the team captains for the honor OF
turning in the largest amount In
pledRaa
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
VETERAN At 3 SHOWS A DAY.

MARYSVILLE, Cal, Jan. 3D.
Charles White. rich pioneer resident
OF Yuba and sattsr counties and a
veteran OF the civil war. was recently
foupd dead in his bed here. He wal
in apparently good health the night
before when he returned from q mo-
tIon picture thester. He had not miss
ed q picture show In Marysville fol
ten years. attending three theatert
daily.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
OUT For CONGRESS.

COLUMBIA. S. c., Jan 2s.-Arthur
L. CASTOR, OF Chester, has announced
his candidacy to succeed the late Con-
gressman d. E. Finley, of the Fifth
South Carolina district.
J. Lilies Glenn IL also expected to be
q candidate.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
BIRTHDAY MESSAGE SECRET
State Department. Keeps Lid on
Greetings Sent Kaiser.

Secrecy II becoming 50 much .
habit at the State Department that 1t
refused even to give out the text OF
birthday greetings prepared In the
department. signed by President Will
son, and sent to Kaiser Wilhelm.
Authorities indicated, however, that
the message was brief and perfume
tory, but recalled that there had been
much discussion" previously over q
message sent to the Austrian Emper-
or, 90 decided the Ia must stay on.
The Washington times., 1917-01-28
HAYS HAIR HEALTH
DARKENfD HER GRAY HAIR
Used by Mrs. Zilgens Because
So Easy and Safe-and
- Not a Dye.

NY hair was getting so gray was
ashamed OF Il. also had q great
deal OF dandruh. Some one recon.
mendsd your HAYS HAIR HEALTH
and can truthfully say that at ths
end OF one week. the dandrufr hsd
quite disappeared and my hair haq
become . dark natural color agar
just a. was 80 anxious for Il 20 be,
and no one knew ! was using any.
thing. I was careful TO use regularly
each night. am gisd to recommend
Il 20 any one needing q good hair
tonic" Yours truly,
hrs. ZILGENs,
~ Dayton Ave-, Passaic, N. J.
HAYS HAIR HEALTH, o ready 10
use, harmless Hair Color RsstorsP,
can be applied evenly to the hair with
q sponge--only Soc bottle at People,
Drug Stores. They'll give money back
~ not satisfactory. Clifton Chemical
Co. Newark, n. J.-Advt.