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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
TWO ARRESTS MADE
FOR NETTING NEl.RoI:S

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. April 1.-Two
arrests were made here to-day in CON
ncction with tho activities Of German
agents among negroes in the South.
Federal officials are loath 10 discuss the
subject and have kept the names Of
the men secret. The first arrest was
that OF German at the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad station. An hour
later negro was arrested in the
waiting room Of the same station.
where he was speaking to negroes and
urging them TO go TO Mexico. accord
ing 10 the authorities
II H. claimed that German agents
have been especially active in south
Alabama and mississippi. where they
have been posing as Bible statesmen.
The man arrested to-day had been
telling negroes that Germany would
quickly overrun the United States and
that they should help either by rising
against the whites or going into Mex
leo on special trains, which would be
provided
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
MEMORIAL TO JOHNSTON
People or Abingdon Rnisc Hospital
FUND In Honor of Distinguished
surgeon.

In memory OF the famous surgeon
who spent his boyhood among them,
the people of Abingdon are TO erect a
handsome hospital as II monument to
the late DR.. George Ben Johnston, who
died hero on Wednesday, December 20.
1916. y fund OF 100000 was raised by
l60 workers i'll eight days The wo-
mems division raised 3l0.23o. OF which
sum s2.715.50 was collected by the
team captained by Mrs. r. L. Davis.
The Meadow View Bmory division con-
tributed sl.6s9.50: Konnarock is re-
sponsible for s3.2ss.50. and the colorcd
auxiliary collected $3.50.
The new building lis to be knnu.n q
the George Ben Johnston Memorial
Hospital. 1t VIII be substantial
tribute to beloved and charitable
man.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
WIFE OF MOONSHlNER
SHOWS WAY TO STILLS
officer Frustrntcs Alleged Organized
Plnn to- supply Dry NirGinin
with Mountain Corn.
Especial to The Timcs-Disnatrh.i

Especial to The Times Dispatrh.l
BI;fSTOI. VA. .\E-;. !" An alleged
plan illegally TO uistill CROUCH corn
liquor TO supply Il large part OF pro
hibition Virginia was discovered here
to-day by Deputy Collector Charles
&. Palmer. who called Il posse last
night and raidcd the "PouTd District
OF the Cumberland Mountains. where
the alleged Illicit Organization VAS
said tn be ut work.
In Wise County, Va. near the Ken
lucky line. four larg. diatillerics were
seized. and seven bioc!Sadcrs We're
taken prisoners. Beer and mesh anC
large quantity OF copper was con-
hscatcd. and the moonshincrs wcrn
lodged in jail at Wise.
The wife OF one OF the men arrested
led the raiding posse 10 the sites
three stills. After the first captit.
the officers arrested the woman's has
band. Seeing him held by the officers.
his wife told them: II am no traitor.
but since my husband has been cau-h.
think ! ought to toll you where YOU
Will tina tho hiE stills in the noun.
tains. The officers followed her in
structions. and located three more dis
tiilcries. which they destroyed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
DINNER TO THALHIMER
MeIi-Known business Mnn Is Honored
by Bonrd of Retail Mrrrhnnts'
AhhncluIlOn.

Moses Thalhimer. OF ThaIhimer
Bros was the guest Of the board OF
directors of the Retail Merchants As
ISOLATION last night at q dinner at
the Jefferson Hotel. The dinner was
a recognition of the long ana efficient
service rendered by Mr.. Thalhmel as IL
member OF the board since the organi-
cation OF the association eleven years
ago. and from which he is now retir-
ing TO take up; his residence in New
York.
The twenty members OF the board
were present. II. Carl Boschen. pres
ident Of the association. presided and
acted as POSTMASTER. Short talks were
made by former Presidents r. A. Miller
Charles T. Norman and l. H. Kauf-
mann and Secretary w. y. Clarke, Jr.
On behalf OF the board w IT,
Schwarzschild presented Mr. Thalhimer
with handsome silver vase suitably
inscribed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
NEGRO RACE IS LOYAL,
Says HEAD OF HAMPTON
Principal pf Institute Declares Freed.
men Will BE True to Stars
and Stripes.
CoLoRED MEN AWAIT CALL
When 1t Comes, They Will he Found
Ready to Fight for United States.
German Agitators Arc Arrested i'll
Alabama,
Thy Associated Press.

HAMPTON. VA. April DIR. Rollin
IS. F'rissell. principal of Hampton In
Stitute issued Il statement here to-
night regarding the reported efforts
oi German agents to caiise negro up
RISING In the South. in which he said
IN" negro always had been loyal to the
American flag and would continue SO.
After thirty-six years of labor
among tho negroes Of the South" DIR.
frisscll said. 81 feel that have Il fair
knowledEe Of conditions. The Iiamp-
ION school has representatives from all
parts Of the South. a meeting recent
~ held here brought assurances OF
loyalty from some Of the districts that
are considered most disaffected.
Forty OF the Hampton students have
oHcrcd themselves AS candidates for
the summer training camp for officers
IN negro regiments. Should there be
call for help. tho whole Hampton
institute battalion of 500 cadets could
DC counted on for service. They are
under military training
Tho negro has always been loyal
certainly no other race coming from a
foreign soil can he compared with the
negro In their loyalty to this country
what ts true OF the past certainly is
true OF tho present"
NEGRO is AWAITING:
CALL TO COLORS
James +. Shepard. president of the
].
y. c.. last night sent the following
Telegram to The Times Dispatch
Especial to The Times Dispa,ch1
DURHAM. y. c.. April J.-Thc state
ments circulated by various newspa-
pera that the Southern negro is not
loyal to the flag that he could
nc melted 10 rebellion or to perform
an act OF treason does an injustice to
race Of people who have fought in
every war Of the United States under
the flag. No alien nation can ever in
CITE him TO AN Instruction. He for
gets his wrong and limitation, and
even his right when duty calls. No
truer American can be found anywhere
IMAM among the negroes OF the South:
they only await the call to action, and
II Will be theirs not to reason WHY.
simply theirs TO do and die. / earnest
~ ask your great paper TO print this
In their defense
JAMES l.. SHEPARD
President the National Training school
Durham. y. &.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
REAL ESTATE IS ACTIVE
Snics or Yesterday Amount to NenrI,
S'0.00O-rwo BROAD street

The local real estate market was
featured yesterday by three large
property transfers. The trading as "a
whole was good, and the total trans
fcrs amounted to nearly $4,000.
Mary licssbcrg sold property on IVES;
Broad street valued a $4,000 to f.. y,
10th, The lot is situated on the North
line or Broad street. and has Il front
age on Broad Street of 81 feet la
inches and depth OF 133 feet 81.
inches. improvements known as 4l4
West Broad Street were included in
the transaction.
Ores,e puccinell' and wife sold to
Mary j.. James a lot of land on the
north line of West Broad street for
Sll.o00. The transaction included i'm
provements known as 1904 West Broad
Street.
Property situated at the northwest
corner OF Meadow and Grace Streets
brought Sl1,300. when T. Pelouze and
nj" wife transferred TO John w. Will
liams lot of land fronting on Grace
street for Il distance of 1914 feet and
extending back on Meadow Street for
Il depth of 40 feet
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
I.YNCHBuRG NEGRO EXPECTS
PEOPLE rO nE LOYAL.

ISPcCIhI TO Tie TImcS- DlsDatCh.I
LYNClIBURG. VA, April 5.--LeadinE
negroes here declare no effort has been
made in this section by German inter-
csts TO induce the negroes To be dis
loyal to the United States governments
one well-informcd negro expressed
the belief that few. If any. colored
people could be induced to do any
thing by q subject OF foreign gov
eminent lie declared the negroes as
rule are shy OF foreign people. and
would hardly give them sufficient hear
Ing for such proposition 10 be made
10 them. lie WAS certain that Lynch
burg negroes will show their loyalty
al all times TO the government
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
TAKE A "CASCARET"
TONIGHT AND SEE!
Nv

headachy. dizzy tongue coated.
breath bad and stomach sour--Why
don't you get a 10-cent box Of C,asca-
rets at the drug store and feel bully
Take Cascarets tonight and enjoy the
incest. gentlcst liver and bowel cleans
Ing you ever experienced. You'll wake
up with a clear head, clean tongue.
lively step. rosy skin and looking and
feeling Mt. Mothers can give whole
Cascarct to a sick. cross, bilious, few
erish child any time--they arc HARM
less-never grippe or sickcn.-Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06

IIARRISONBURG. VA. April 5.-Mrs
Virginia G. White. eighty years old
widow of James II. White. died this
morning at o'clock at the homo of
her son. Archibald White. on North
High street. Surviving her are three
sons: John a. White, of Madison Coun-
tx; Archibald White and W. T.. White,
O! 1Iarrisonburg. She was Il d;tugh
ter OF Archibald Brock and was born
mt the old Brock homestead In 1896. She
was member of the Church of Dis
ciples. at Edinburg
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
Wis. Corn SorreII.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
FREDERICKSBURG; VA. April 3
MISS Cora Sorrcll died recently ut the
home OF her brother in-law. DIR. NJ W.
Minor In King George County. after
lingering illness. She was aged TWEEN
ty-siN years. She was Il daughter Of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. Sorrcl.
or King George County. and is sur
vived by five sisters and one brother.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06

Especial TO The Times Dispatch
PETERSBURG. VA. April 5.-Mrs
Florence Young rkSdal.. wife OF &.
Douglas liarksJaie. died last evening
at her homo, in Shore Street. following
lingering illness. She was the
daughter Of Drewry T. Young. OF But
t"rworth. Va, who survives hcr. with
her husband and ono son. She was
the niece OF Mr., aud Mrs. W. I. Scott.
win whom she had lived since in
fancy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06

John Reed T.. l.. Fletcher. &. H. Can.
ninEham. stuart -; Christian ana raHc-
well NJ. carrinston. IN.
The honorary p,iibcar"rS VIII b.
William Johnson. William Nrassic
saunders llobSon. Frank Nallc. DR.. j.
Is. liall 1ohn pickercll John -. Potts
General Charles j. Anderson. DR. I.hii
Taylor. Henry l.. Ctb-ll. pr. -. \
HE'nton. Edward Y. Valentine, Dr.
Gilderslecve. Williamson TaIlcy. John
Wingo and James -. Pace
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
Die. Before Ambulance Arrive.

Annie Nelson. colored. about fifty
six years old, was taken sick suddenly
at her home, 1925 Ncnable Street, yes
t.rday, and died before the city am
hulance with Surgeon Edwards In
charge. arrived. DR.. J. NJ. Whitfield
acting coroner. viewed the body and
deemed an inquest unnecessary. as
death had resulted from natural causcs
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
Local 'TcmpcrattIrc.

II noon temperature.
: l.. NJ. temperature.
MAXIMUM temperature to 5 +. NJ.
Minimum temperature to i. NJ.
Mean temperature ..
Normal temperature "
deficiency in temperature. ......
Dcncicncy in temperature since
March ] s........: .....
Accumulated excess since January
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
Local Rainfall.

Rainfall last twelve hours Oh
Rainfall last twcnty-fOur hours. 0.a.
Excess in rainfall since March L.. 25l
EXCESS in rainfall since January /. 1.6s
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
DEATHS IN VIRGINIA
FunernI OF John Keen .Jon,z

The funeral OF John Keen Jones. who
died at his home. 9lS Park Avenue on
Wednesday afternoon. Will he con-
Quoted by Rev. j. j. Gravatt. p. D..
rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church. at o'clock this afternoon
The active pallbearers will he w
Witcher Keen. SouthEate Jones. Vic
tor NJ. McAdoo, Decatur Holcombe
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06

Temperature. 81: humidity. rs; wind.
direction southwest; wind, velocity, -
miles; weather. clear.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
Celebrate Ru.sinn Decentralization.

To celebrate the characterization of
Russia. the Zionist Institute has ar
ranged for n community Seder. USUALLY.
celebrated in private on the ,irst two
nights of the Passover. to take place
in the John Marshall High School on
sunday night at O'clock
Or. Douglas S. Freeman and A.
Tarshis. Of New York, will speak
The public is invited.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
FUNERAL NOTICES

funeral OF Mrs. l.. VI.
:, - MiT ,i who died yes,erday will
at = o'clock from l.. T. Christians funeral
e.ts blishinent 1n,erment In Riverview
Gem .tcry. She is survived by her husband,
Mt. 1; II: Hitchcock. and three daughters.
Mrs. J. T.. Williams. OF New York City:
Mrs. NJ W. Thompson. az Dinwddi- County
ana Mrs II T. cot;rell. OF Richmond. and
several grandchildren. Aged seventy-two
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED. assistan, shipping clerk Must
be- accurate and write good hand. state
age experience and salary wanted. IL.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06

If you have blurring. dizziness. neu-
ralgia. headache spots before tho eyes
winkinS. trembling spells, cataract
burning and smurting of the eyes va
rionS nervous and brain affections en-
failing not only positive injury TO the
sight; but untold misery, call imme-
diately
Nos. l0o-l0l102 Murphy's Hotel An
mex. at Eighth and Broad Streets
Eighth Street entrance: take elevator
Consultations free between the hours
Of 10 a. VI. and : T. M.-Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
DEATHS

wISE.--Died. AT his resIdence SO; West
Franklin Street. AT 10 y. ". April 3.
MIR LEWIS WARRENTON WISE. in the
scventy-third year OF his age
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-06
The Weather
iFurnlshed by u. =. Weather IIurenu
Forecast: NirElni,

Forecast: Virginia
Fair and colder
Friday; Saturd ay
fRir.
North Carolina
Fair mud colder Fri
dry; Saturday FUR,
with rising Temporal
tIIre.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-21
BOARD Meeting
IS POSTPONED

Owing to the fact that it was i'm
possible to obtain a quorum, the board
of supervisors had to forego the
meeting last night. Mayor Joseph j.
Fern, Supervisor Hollinger and SUI
pervisor Mcclellan we're at their
desks at 1880 o'clock and Supervisor
AHA arrived shortly after to announce
that he had just been out to Camp
Liliuokalani to secure the presence OF
Supervisor c.. n. Arnold, but that the
guardsmen would not allow him to
get into the camp to communicate
with the missing civic dad who is
training at present.
Supervisor Lester Petrie was away
from the city, Supervisor Charles H.
Bellina on the mainland and Super.
visor Mott-Smith was i'll. ~ 'z#
After sitting around for fifteen
minutes discussing the weather, the
best brand of cigars obtainable for Is
cents, and other weighty matters, the
board postponed the session until
Thursday night. Supervisor AHA ex.
tended an invitation to the board
members to be present at Camp
Liliuokalani on Friday to witness the
grand review of the National Guard of
Hawaii. Mayor Fern agreed to fur
nish the car and pay for the luncheon
at Haleiwa.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-21

the street, the morgue and the river.
Their story is always the same. Iney
fell in love with some man, they trust
ed him blindly because he promised
marriage, and he kissed and rods
away. -.
When one hears this story told over
and over again in every accent OF DE.
spair and heartbreak, and shame and
misery, one is divided between con.
tempt and pity for the poor dupes
who were so easily deceived, and OF
righteous wrath against their mothers
for not having prepared their daugh.
tiers against just such a temptation
as the one to which they succumbed.
Why didn't these girls mothers
teach them that the man who tries to
induce a girl to do wrong never
means right by her? The man who
loves girl wants her to be good. He
doesn't desire to pull her down in the
gutter. Every girl should have 1t
stamped indelibly on her mond that
that is the touchstone of mans In.
tentions towards her. BY his cherish
ing of her purity and honor shall she
judge him. n. Il
And as for trusting the man who
promises to marry at some vague flu.
ture date, why do not mothers teach
their daughters that it is better to
trust rattlesnake than such one?
Such men never make good on their
promises. Men pay for the thing they
desire before they get it. Not after.
wards. -. II
1t is only by making their daughters
wise that mothers can protect them.
# Copyright, 1917. by The Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc.) IT,.
Dorothy Dix's articles appear regu.
larly in this paper every Monday.
Wednesday and Friday.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-21
RED CROSS NURSES NOT TO
LEAVE BEFORE JANUARY

In reply to cable sent by Miss
Grace Ferguson, president of the Red
Cross Nursing Unit that is to be sent
from Honolulu, asking whether or not
the nurses who shave been called
should resign their present positions
and make immediate preparations to
leave Hawaii, an answer today came
saying: "No. Await letter"
Miss Ferguson interprets this to
mean that the nurses called need not
expect to have to leave for their new
duties before the first of January, at
least.
The nurses who have been asked to
report at some date that will later be
given are Misses Grace Ferguson.
Janet NJ. Dewar, Reba L. Dobson, Eli
zabeth Fransworth, Agnes e. May
nard, Elizabeth Macmenamim, Eliza,
beth M. Williams, Kate NJ Durrell and
Elizabeth Niemeyer. II:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-21
Work Has Received Strong In
dorsement of Mainland
Organization

The coming Red Cross Seal CAM
paign in Honolulu has received the
Endorsement Of the Pacific Division,
American Red Cross. Under date of
November 6, John L. Clymer, director
of the Bureau of Development of the
Pacific division, sent the following
letter to A. L. Castle, secretary of the
Honolulu, Hawaii, chapter:
1T is quite important that the Red
Cross chapters everywhere get be.
hind the sale of tuberculosis Red
Cross seals, This is our work. The
Red Cross manufacture these seals,
as you know, and gives the National
tuberculosis society the opportunity
of profiting thereby. -, se~<
! "Of course the handling of the seals
is in the hands of tuberculosis. organ
izations, but in a great many places
the society does not have an organi-
cation and prefers to have the Red
Cross chapter act as its agent Wheth-
er the chapter is the direct agent or
indirect agent makes no difference.
Eve must all get behind this seal
sale this year more than any other
years, as We will need all the money
possible for this work. y" =. 5....:..
Copy. Of letter from Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce .indorslng Red
Cross Seal eanpaisn.) .. e..
November Is, 1917.
"Mr. James A.. Rath. -. ~>t.s ~
Head Worker, Palanna Settlement,
Honolulu. :..-
Dear Sir: +. ILL., - -: = T., =
eve have for acknowledgement
your letter Of November II asking TOT
Endorsement to your plan of going be-.
fore the public in the annual sale of
Red Cross Christmas seals. The sale
OF Red Cross seals is under the aus
pieces Of the American Red Cross SO.
ciety. ..'z,
'Tn a meeting of the advertising
and subscription COMMITTEES of the
chamber of commerce OF Honolulu,
held this date, your plan received en-
dorsement. II. @ss~
Very truly yours.
(signed) RAYMOND c. BROWN,
Secretary
Plan Of Sale RI i
Red Cross seals campaign for anti.
tuberculosis work, Saturday, Novem.
Der "a, 1917. ~. +
Districts 15-16.
Mrs. Gerrit Wilder. chairman, as.
sisted by heads of districts:
Mesdames Walter Frear, II. B. Sim
clair. F. E. Blake, C. E. Pemberton,
John s. Walker, C. NJ v. Forster,
George Ii Brown, Richard Ivers, A. E.
Murphy, George Potter. James Bick-
nell, Reynold McGrew. Clarence
Cooke. Harold Loomis, Arthur Brown,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-21
HAWAII FIGHTS
WHITE PLAGUE

Since the beginning Of the war
France has lost 10 per cent Of her
fighting strength from tuberculosis,
Before the war began she had made
no concerted fight against this dis
ease. Now, with the gravity Of her
error before her as an appalling les
son. she is endeavoring to fight tuber.
culosis when all her efforts, all her
energies and all her funds are needed
to carry on the war to aSsuccessful Is.
sue, and to care for her people who
are sufferers because of the war.
For several years America has been
fighting tuberculosis. To carry on this
fight intelligentiy and efficiently there
must be, and there has been and cons
tinues to be. highly concentrated eff.
fort. A very great deal Of money Is
needed for this work, and to help out
as much as possible every year Red
Cross Christmas seals are sold.
This sale in Honolulu takes place
next Saturday, November "a. From
early morn till late in the evening
the streets Of this city viii be ira
yersed by earnest workers, selling
Red Cross Christmas seals. Every.
body in town Is asked TO buy as many
ofOthese seals as he or she can make
use of. They are very pretty seals,
and give q most Christmasy look To
any letter or package they adorn.
or the proceeds received from the
sale Of these seals, Honolulu will gel
80 per cent. This amount win be
turned over to the fund for Leah
Home and the Pa Ola Day Camp
where tubercular patients are cared
for and many of them restored 70
health.
A committee of ladies will sell these
Red Cross Christmas seals in the
downtown business district. while the
various other sections of the city will
be conyassed by Boy Scouts.
The seals come in packages Of To-
Is, so and 100 each, and their price
is a penny seal, ten being the small
est number sold.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-21
NASTY MEDICINES
BAD FOR CHILDREN

u 81 not often child requires Inedi-
cine OF any kind II the bowels are
TeSted mater discarded by the stomach,
the general health IS very apt 90 pc e1,
cellent. In any case, pills, powders, ana
nausesttng or unpalat3ble compounds
ehouid never be given to children. Any
therapeutic virtue such Temeo1es may
possess 81 largely nul1hed by tne young
Sfers' natural antagou1sm.
Tor most children q mild laxative, 80.
s,ainistered occasionally, IS all that .
needed 60 assure normal regulaI1sy 1 ana
FOOD health, DR.. Caldwelrs syrup req
siT Il 4 rieasaut-tasting combination OF
simple lsxafive herbs with pepstn; Ire
from opiate or narcotic drugs, ana SCI Z.
80 tsts a. readiiy, SO that SC IS the ideal
remedy for the family nedicine cness.
# Is sold IN drug stores 1or n1sy Ssn.s
q foottie, a trial bottle, FREQ OF cnafss'
ear i,e ot,teiued by writing 20 DE. W. ~,
Caldwell, 456 washington sEs MoHSI'
cello, Illinois.