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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-01
WRoNeINe THE NEGRO.

w F1NGiISS . Tx iNt INV
Every person should be able TO APP
preciate art in anything. There is so
much in the world that comes to the
individual capable of seeing all. The
broadened intellect widens the horf
ION of the human being so that ii is
difficult to pass art IN any form with
out being able to sec it. One who
knows it siezes upon it quickly.
"The Birth of A Nation" is capital
production in its class. 1T is a piece
of art, really and truly. 1t is inspiring
in high degree. For rapid move
ment, effective climax and dramatic
moments it is hard 10 beat. And there
should be The highest commondation
or our local playhouse that this show
las been given to- the town That
90, is progress chat should be appre-
lated.
But the effect on the lowly negro,
he negro who is in this generation
struggling for a better citizenship for
he black man, must be CALLING. In this
picture the crimes of the carpet bag
ger and the adventurer fall heaviest
mon the black man who but yesterday
Knew only to do the bidding of his
owner Here he is performing at his
worst under The regime Of new con
scienceless master.
Why snuff out the light of progress
by Haunting in the face of the negro
Of today the darkest deeds of the ruff
fans of reconstruction days? If you
have seen the picture. think Of your
negro dependents and ask yourself
it all these things had not far better
he buried and forgotten. Charge the
worst to the black man, and still you
must admit that he is human. Among
his white friends OF the south he
Knows his place--is learning it more
and more as he adds years to his term
Of freedom in q free country and he
is gaining all the time in the matter
of thrift, industry and home making.
You know the negro you employ, but
do You know of his real advancement?
Take a walk through the negro sec
lion of your own home town and noe
the clearly appearance. That's argu-
mcnt enough.
our negro of today is not the yori.
table brute OF carpet Dagger days, He's
a negro still He knows that but can
mot well help it, lie is better black
man than the reconstruction type and
he began TO learn how 10 be that by
hard knocks long ago.
THE Clansman," THE Leopard
spots" and The Birth OF a Nation
are all unjust thrusts at him in this
day. The events recountea may he
true to life, they may be dramatic
enough, but no apology OF an author
or playwright is of sufficient weight
with the hundreds of thousands who
are moved with frenzy and hate.
To heap upon the shoulders Of the
black man of today the terrors OF re
construction is not just,
With all his short comings. he is
ours still. His migrations are but
temporary. He will be back again,
for here and here alone God has plant
ed him in a climate. and at a task best
suited to him We feed him and work
him and try to teach him the approach
es TO civilization. He IS our charge
for the future as well as for the pres
ent and we should he concerned in
some degree about his racial welfare.
----+-- ------
FILL UP TIE BANKS.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-01

MONEY TO LEND-At 6 per cent in
terester on we'll improved centrally
located retail business property and
choice residences. H. o. Jones, Amer
icus. Ga.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-01

PLENTY MONEY TO LEND-On i'm
proved city ara farm property. c.
n. Mckenzie. 1871
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-01

FOR SALE-2,400 acre farm in Lee
county; 500 acres in cultivation.
This farm has q tenant houses, three
flowing wells l groom residence;
saw mill and approximately three mil
lion feet Of timber Terms can be Civ
en- to responsible party. r. Fl. Quat-
daSaum. p. o. Box 1874, Cordele, Ga.
92if,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-01

FOR Rents office rooms across han
from Codelds Studio, Phone ld2
GEORGE Miller. 9&-f
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-01

800 TYPEWRiTERS! All kinds and
ali grades, Remingtons sig mp. Instfuc
ton book with each machine. Type
aud repair parts for all makes Of
Typewritars. Empire Type Foundry
Buffalo. \. Y.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-01

FOR RENr-The Louis Miller Store
on Eighth street Possession March
Is. Apply to George Miller. 92,it
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-01

FOR SAIE-Fancy DuToc Jersey Pigs.
Special prices 0. NJ, Heard. 67-tf
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-01

FOR RENT-5-room house, Bland Vii
Ia, new place, good condition. Ap-
alv C. w. Soutlwell. 983tpd
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-01

FOR SALE-G-room house on Fourth
St., between SIKH and Seventh ave,
nue. All modern conyeniences. Terms
to suit purchaser. Price $1,650. Ad
dress r. II. Quatuebaum, p. Q. Box
1914, CordeIe, Ga. 92-tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-01
Your STEP
sRM ATTRACTS!
Says women pay too much heed
to their face instead of
their corns

Watch your step a brisk, lively
step Is what charms more than Il lovely
skin. but your high heels have caused
cOrns and you limp a little. That's
bad. girls. and you know it. Corns de-
stroy beauty and grace, besides corns
are very easy To remove.
Rid your feet of every corn by ask
ing at the drug store for a quarter of
an ounce OF freezonc. This will cost
little but is sufficient to remove every
hard or soft corn or callus from ones
feet.
few drops applied DIRECTLY upon a
,urder. achy corn relieves The soreness
aud soon the entire corn. root ana all,
u't~ iHat out without pain.
This frcczone is gummy substance
"h.>h dies instantly ana simply
.hriNc!s II? the corn without inf'arnir.
- en- irritating the surrounding
skiU
W"T''@ mus keep in mind that
co.uic,t 'eet G. cate a youthful step
't'"a cnchanccs her attractiveness.
Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-01
4 CLEAR COMPLEXION
Ruddy Cheeks-SparEling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Ssys D.. Edwards, a Weliknown
Ohio Physician

Dr.. r. NJ Edwar1s for II years
treated scors1 OF wone, Tor live: and
bowel ailme,its. During these year, he
gave to his patient3 a prescription made
OF few well-known vegetable ingredi-
ents mixe6 with olive oil, naming them
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, you will
know them by their olive color.
These tablets are wonder-workers on
the liver and bowels, which cause nor.
NAL action, carrying off the waste and
poisonous matter in ones system.
If you have a pale face, sallow look,
dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head
aches, listless, no-good feeling, all out
of sorts, inactive bowels, you take one
of DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets nightly
for time and note the pleasing results.
q Thousands of women as well as men
take DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the
successful substitute for calomel..now
and then just to keep in the pink of con-
dition. l0c and 25c per box. All druggists.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-01

On motion by Mr.. Walker of Somer
set, ,t<
Adjourned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-01
Mother.M0de, Quick
Acting Cough Syrup
0Asala - keDt Handy In Every
Hons-Easily Prepared ana
Costs Little.

Mothers, you'll never know what you
are nissing until you make up this in:
expensive, quick acting cough syrup and
Try t. Children love its pleasant taste
sid nothing else will loosen cough or
ohest cold and heal the indamed or
swollen throat membranes with such
ease and promptness. It's equally a.
good for grown-ups a. for children:
This splendid cough syrup is made BY
pourinR 21a ounces of Pinex 80 cents
WORTH, into q pint bottle and filling the
bottle with plain graduated sugar
syrup. This gives you q full pint-a
family supply-of much better, cough
for $3.50 clear saving of So. ;,
The moment it touches the infamed,
cold.conRested membranes that line the
throat and air passages, the healing be-
gins, the .phlegm loosens. soreness
leaves, cough spasms lessen and soon
disappear altogether, thus ending =
cough quicker than you ever Thought
possible. Hoarseness and ordlnary
coughs are conquersds by it IN "a hours
or lesn. Excellent fof bronchitis, whoop.:
ing cough, pasmodic Group, bronchlaI
asthma or winter coughs.
Pinex is a highly concentrated COM
pound Of genuine Norway pine extract,
combined with guaiacol and is famous
the world over for its quick heallpR
effee. on the &hembranes.
Bewase OF substitutes. ASK your
druggis; for ON ounces of Pinex" with
directions ana don't accept anything
el.e Guaranteed to give absolute salts
faction or money refunded. The Plnex.
Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-01
bills, were referred to the following
committees.

bills. were referred to the following
committees.
Agriculture.
BY Mr.. Barnes of Houlton: An Act
for better. protection against adulter-
ated, misbranded or inferior CONNER
cial fertilizers. (1000 copies ordered
printed)
| BY Mr.. Bussabarger of Lubec: An
|Act to provide bounty on crows in
the county of Washington, State of
Maine, $500 copies ordered .printedo
Also petition Of E. A. Morrison and Is
others of the towns Of Trescott and
Lubec for same.
Appropriations and Financial Affairs.
BY Mr.. Allan of Portland: Resolve
in favor of the Children's Heart Work
Society. of Maine, for maintenance and
the carrying out of its work.
Claims.
BY Mr.. Purington of Mechanic Fails:
Resolve in favor of Ernest E. GRAHAM
of Poland Maine, with statement of
facts.
BY Mr.. Ryder of Brownville: Resolve
reimbursing the town of Ornevllle Tor
expenses incurred in the care and
nursing of State pauper; with state
ment of facts.
Commerce.
BY Mr.. Fletcher of Kennebunkport:
An Act to amend Section 3S of Chap
ter 40 of the Revised Statutes Of 1916,
relative to Old Home Week
Education.
Bv Mr.. Brewster of Portland: Re-
solve in favor of ST. Joseph's Academy
of Portland.
BY Mr. Allen of Sanford: Resolve in
favor of the Mason Institute for the
maintenance and extension of its
work and for additional equipment.
Indian Affairs.
Bv Mr.. .Hartwell of Old Town: An
Act to provide electric lights on Indian
Island, Old Town, Maine.
Inland Fisheries and Game.
BY Mr. Charles of Lowell: An Act to
amend Section IS of Chapter 33 of the
Revised Statutes. relating to fishing
through the ice in Upper Stone Pond,
now known as Virginia Lake, in the
town OF Stoneham, in the county of
Oxford.
BY Mr.. Lawrence of Fairfield: Re-
solve in aid of screening Oak Pond in
Skowhegan in the county of Somerset.
BY Mr.. Harrington of Augusta: Peti-
ton of a. G. Pinkham and SO others
for amendment of law relative to
catching of perch in Lake Cobbossee-
contee.
BY Mr.. Conary of Bucksport: Petit
ton of w. H. Farnham and 10 others
favoring a closed time on brooks flow
ing into Hot Hole Pond in the town of
Orland.
interior Waters.
BY Mr.. Dutton of Bingham: An Act
to incorporate the BraSSau Stream
Dam and Improvement Company. $500
copies ordered printed)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-01

the Revised Statutes. In relation 70 n
appointment of clerks ui M, Iudt-i
courts $500 copies ordered r'iuted.
by Mr. Barnes Of Huu'tuu An A.
to enable the county of Atoosiook ,
raise by temporary loan NOT ,xeesdr
twenty five thousand dollars Jr ~
Continued on Page 9, Column q
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der to put on my shoe. l used salves
aud other things that ate off more Of
the too than they did the corn. I'd cut
and dig with knives and scissors, but
Enw no moro foollng for me. Two drops
~ .aets-lt' did all the work. 1t makes
the corn shrivel and get so loose that
YOU can Just pick It right of with your
Tkasn has been nothing new discovered
for 3no s1nce "Gets-It" was born. It's
- - Way-the common-sense. simple.
{tn a everywhere sc bot
receipt Of price by F..
~ chicago. Ill.
and recommended as
80 + ~ corn remedy by John
CUugnl eh & sWebster-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-01

BY Mr.. Daigle of New Canada: Re-
solve in favor of improvement Of the
naviga ton of the Fish River Lakes in
the county of Aroostook. 600 copies
ordered printed.)
Judiciary.
BY Mr.. harrington of Augusta: An
Act to amend Section /, Chapter "a of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-01
HOUSE.

Wednesday,, January 81, 1917.
The House met according to adj
journment and was called to order by
the Speaker. -.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Pinkham of
Gardiner. s
Journal OF previous session read and
approved. -
Papers from the. Senate disposed of
in concurrence.
The following bills, resolves. etc,
were presented and, on recommends
ton of the committee on reference of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-01
Corns Loosen OFF
With Magic "Gets ~
z Drops Do the Work. Painlessly

Il tell you before l heard of 'Gets-It' I
USED to try one thing after another for
corns. ! still had them I used bandages
and they made my toe so big it was muir
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-01
THE 78M Maine LEGISLATURE
Stenographic Reports of the Sessions of Senate
and House of Representatives
SENATE.

Wednesday, Jan. 81, 1917.
Senate called to order by the Presa-
dent.
Prayer by Rev A. Francis Walsh OF
Augusta.
Journal Of previous session read and
approved.
Papers from the House disposed of in
concurrence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-01

~, morton BY Mr.. Marshall Of Cum
berland, An Act relating 10 tne sal,
ary of the recorder OF the Munioipai
court of the city of Portland was tah-
en- from the table, and on furtner mo
ton BY the same Senator was referred
to the committee on salaries ana ices.
On motion by. the same Senator, An
Act relating to the salary OF the Judge
of the Municipal Court OF the CITY Oh
Portland. was taken from the table,
and on further motion by the same
Senator was referred to the committee
on salaries and fees and sent down for
concurrence, o..
Mr.. DAVIES of Cumberland: Mr.
President. /. move that we take from
the table. Senate Document No. 8, the
Tracy Bill, So called.
The PRESIDENT: According to the
calendar this Lii was assigned for
Thursday, but the Chair will enter
tain a motion to flake it from the ia
nle at this time
Mr. DAVIES Mr.. President, ! was
acting upon a suggestion made by the
secretary of the Senate. 1t was my i'm
preston that the bill was assigned for
today bnt l. will leave it until tomor
row morning.
The PRESIDENT: The Chair will
state to the, chairmen of the various
committees that in order to prevent
confusion and to rimplify matters, that
when they make their reports from
their committees on any bills amend
ing the Revised Statutes or any Pub
lie Law passed prior to the Revised
Statutes Of 1916, that they amend a
certain section or CHAPTER of the Re-
vised Statutes of 1916
OF course many bills have come in
here to amend section so and so of
the Public Laws of 1905 as amended by
the laws of 1907 or 1909. and it would
Isimnlify-the records and also the work
of the clerk ofsthe engrossing commit
tee. the, committee on bills in second
reading, if when they report from the
! committee they would refer to the pri-
or chapter or section or article in the
Revised Statutes of 1916. Has the Chair
made himself Tlain?
On motion by Mr. walker of Somer-
set, ,a
Adjourned.
LnHcE
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
LOCAL and PERSONAL

Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Swingle were
Medford visitors Thursday.
Edith Cole and Alice Poor left Fri
day evening to spend the weekend
at Colestin.
Walter Hash and wife of Mountain
avenue made trip to. Dead Indian
last week, spending several days.
Mrs. Clara Foster of Weed, CAL,
was in Ashland recently, visiting at
the home of Mrs. Mary Cole, on A
street.
w. X. Smith of B street has gone
to Klamath county to visit his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jesse Drew for several
days.
Splendid good grade corduroy
pants at SO and up to 1915 pair.
Mitchell & Whittle.
A. Mcmillan, on Eighth street, won
first prize on trio of Ancona chick
ems at the county fair at Medford last
week.
Friends of DR.. Mary Anderson
have received announcements of her
marriage to DR.. Kenneth W. Gordon
of Los Angeles, Cal.
Mrs. ]. N. McCune has returned
from visit at San Francisco with
her daughter, Mrs. H. ]. Kearney,
and family of that city.
An extra good grade cotton union
suit, all sizes, $1.5O, $1.75 and So a
suit. Mitchell & Whittle.
Mrs. Fred Selley of Sacramento,
who formerly lived on Mountain av-
'enue, this city, was visiting old
friends here last week.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24

p. l.. Spencer of Ashland. Word was
received last night Of the arrival of
the boy-Klamath Herald. Mrs.
Spencer was formerly Miss Irene
Skeen of this city. Mr.. Spencer is a
prominent local boy now engaged in
the Talent schools.
Leroy Ashcraft, prominent local
boy who has been employed in the
McCloud lumber camps for the past
several months, returned to his home
In this city Sunday. He is undecided
as to his next move, but is thinking
about entering the University of Ore
gon. ashes" says he came home to
spend vacation, but the towns as
pect since the departure of the 1st
company has caused him to think he
has come home to die.
Yes, plenty Mackinaws at IS, $40
and $12 each at Mitchell & Whittles.
At the quarterly conference of the
Talent Methodist church last week
the parishioners unanimously ex-
pressed a request that the Oregon
conference should reappoint Rev. M.
G. Reed of this city for another term
as pastor of their church. They also
voted him leave of absence for six
weeks, during which time Mr.. and
Mrs. Reed will visit old home scenes
near Charleston, w Va, leaving this
week.
Stevenson will dcvelop vonr films
c. B. Edwards and Cecil GriseZ,
two well-known local young men,
have organized taxi service with
headquarters at Rose Brothers
Both young men are efficient drivers,
Cecil having run jitney service
from Montague to Yreka for several
months, and Edwards has been in the
local tax work for the past two
months. They have Ford and a
Dodge machine and offer quick, com
petent and reasonable service any
where. any time.
Cliff Payne makes mission tables.
Engineer c. w. Whine and wife
left Friday evening for Fort Stevens,
where they will visit their son Bur-
ton, who is enlisted in the 1st COM
pany.
Miss May Packwood, teacher in
the Fresno, Cal, city schools, who
has been visiting Mrs, E. H Bush for
the past few weeks, has returned to
her home to resume her duties.
Mrs. o. E. Deibert went to Yreka
Saturday to visit couple of weeks
with her cousin, Mrs. Louis Peterson.
Miss Kathleen Silver went to Rose
burg Friday, where she has a posi-
tion in the public schools.
Stevenson Studio for portraits.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
Modern Woodmen to Need.

The Modern Woodmen of America
lodge No. 6565 will meet October 2
in Moose hall. All members of the
woodcraft are requested to be pres
ent to vote on the referendum of the
patriotic assessment of 10 cents on
$4,000, to be legal, to pay death
certificates of our neighbors who
have gone to war. Neighbors, be pa
triotic and attend this meeting.
E. X. HALL,
S6-2t Venerable Counsel.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
Old Glory Flies
From Phantom Ship

Phantom Ship, the highest promon-
tory in Crater Lake, is now gayly
flying the Stars and Stripes as the
result of a daring and patriotic feat
performed by Clyde F. Thomas Of
San Francisco, visitor at the lake,
Sunday morning. Mr.. Thomas was
viewing the picturesque creation Of
nature with his friends, j. f. Atkin-
son of San Francisco and Lloyd Smith
of Crater Lake Lodge. when the lat
ter remarked, What perfect bat
tleship If it only flew Old Glory"
Thomas, who is an athlete, secured
a flag from the lodge, scaled the
highest pinnacle, 27O feet above the
surface of the lake, and after several
narrow escapes succeeded in fasten-
ing the flag to the top.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
Novelty Musical Act
At Chautauqua Sat.

The White Hussars, singing band
numbering nine people, will appear
at the Chautauqua auditorium Satur-
day evening September 20 This ex-
cellent attraction comes highly rec
commended by the press and Chautau'
qua associations wherever they have
appeared. They have played over the
Orpheum circuit as the headline act
and are now closing very successful
season over the Chautauqua circuit.
These versatile artists sing and play
many musical instruments.
This attractions generally plays for
so cents, Is cents and 81, but on ac-
count of the large seating capacity of
the Chautauqua building the prices of
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24

one answer. For a girl of average
intelligence, who has successfully
completed her high school course
there can be but one valid reason
why she should not go to college; an
imperative need of her service by her
family.
"The university Is society's answer
to the girls question: What shall /
do now that | have graduated from
high school? In other sections of
this booklet will be found an attempt
to explain just how the university
solves the problem"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24

g. w. Benedict went to Klamath
Falls Saturday to visit for few days
with his son, G. G. Benedict, who re-
sides in klamath county.
Mrs. H. S. Newton with her grand
children, Alma and Abbie Short, re-
turned to klamath Falls Friday after
several weeks spent in this city.
Mrs. George Gray and Mrs. Tom
Mackie returned Sunday evening
from Dunsmuir, CAL, where they have
been visiting friends for few days.
Mrs. o. B. Turner of Sixth street
and Mrs. Cozart of B street were Med
ford visitors one day last week, see-
ing the sights and enjoying the fair.
Plenty flannel overshirts at $3.50,
SO and $3.50 at Mitchell & Whit
ties.
DR.. Baker, from the state of New
York, was in Ashland recently and
was entertained Friday at dinner at
the F. D. Swingle home on Bush
street.
Miss Doris e. Bagley left Friday
evening for Portland for a visit
While there Miss Bagley will be the
guest of Madame Pauline Miller
Chapman.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Mount and sons
Robert and Willett passed through
Ashland Thursday en- route home
from an auto trip to Crater Lake and
vicinity.
Mrs. M. F. Eggleston and daugh-
ter, Miss Ruby Palmer, who have re-
sided in San Francisco for the past
year, returned to the city Thursday
evening to spend month here.
There are none better for the price
than Ide shirts at $1.25. $3.50 and
$1.75. Many new styles to show you
at Mitchell & Whittles.
Mr.. Goodlet, living, on Seventh
street, had the misfortune to lose a
good team of horses last week The
cause of their death is thought to be
the result of eating too much green
corn.
Mrs. H. R. Barnard of Lincoln
street left Ashland for Eugene on
Thursday, where she expects to make
her home. Mrs. Barnard is daugh-
ter of Mrs G. R. Clark of Garfield
street.
Mrs. ]. F. Butler from near Eagle
Point, was in Ashland last week and
visited at the homes of Mrs o. Booth
of A street and Mrs. Allie Rhodes Of
Seventh street. Mr., and Mrs. Butler
hope to move to Ashland in the near
future.
Jersey sweaters in oxford and ma
room colors SO each at Mitchell &
Whittle's.
Jimmy Sheehy and Robert Gray,
two members of the University of
Oregon were Ashland visitors Satur-
day. Mr. Sheehy has been employed
in klamath Falls during the summer
Mr.. Gray has handled fence agency
this part of the state during
MS vacation.
Friends of Mr.. Skeen, owner Of the
D. K. barber shop are congratulating
him on the arrival of a grandson.
The proud parents are Mr. and Mrs.