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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
MARIETTA READY
FOR ITS JUBILEE
River Borough Gaily Dressed
to Welcome Home Boys
From War Fronts

Marietta, Pa, Sept. 13.-Not in
the history of Marietta has there
been such earnest preparation fouz
the welcome home celebration,
which is to begin on Sunday and
extend over Monday. The old home
week celebration was a seven-day
affair and a success, but because of
the efforts of the various committees
and their assistants this two-day
celebration will go down in the
river borough annals as a record
breaker. Not only young, but old
folks assisted in arranging the
event.
Early in the week the homes of
the citizens were decorated for the
occasion. To-day gaily- y-bedecked
homes are seen everywhere and a
credit to the community. Automo-
bilists from cities who have held
their celebrations in passing through
Marietta have given much praise to
the display of the national colorS,
saying they equal those of many cit
ties and in a number of instances
surpass them. Every street in town
is ready for the two big days and it
is safe to say scarcely house stands
without decoration.
With clear weather tomorrow
and Monday, there is not the least
doubt that hundreds of people from
surrounding communities will flock
to Marietta to witness the celebra-
ton, the Conestoga Traction Com
pany having arranged for additional
service on Sunday night and Monday
during the parade hours. In order
to avoid accidents there will be spe-
cial care taken of the children who
are to figure prominently in the pa
rade on Monday, each school having
arranged Snnpi1l figure ttndar tho
direction of their teacher.
The Sunday evening service will
be held at o'clock in Centre
Square, and in order to make it a
success the various churches will
omit their services and the clergy
men will take an active part. The
platform has been erected around
the flag pole upon which the Lib
erty bank and speakers will sit. All
the Sunday schools and churches are
to attend in a body, displaying their
service and other flags as they deem
best.
They will meet at $50 on the high
school campus. Under the leader
ship of the combined choirs and the
Liberty band they will march to the
square singing Onward, Christian
Soldiers" The Rev. Francis j. S.
Morrow, pastor of the First Metho-
ulSI EpiScopal cnurcn, VIII be chair
man of the combined meeting. The
program will consist of addresses by
Bernard J. Myers, and others,
choruses, solos, rehabilitation of
service flag and community singing.
Two members of Pioneer Fire Com
pany No. 1, carrying silk flags, will
lead off the procession which forms
on the school campus. Immediately
following the benediction, the Lib
erty band will furnish music. The
electrical display in Centre Square
turned on this evening until 1880
o'clock
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Baby Is Burned to
Death in Its Coach

Duncannon, Sept. ia three
weeks-old infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Boyles was burned to death
in its coach yesterday afternoon in
fire caused by the explosion of an
oil stove.
Mrs. Boyles, the mother, was
badly burned in an attempt to save
her baby. The contents of the
house were ruined by flames and
water.
The mother was on the porch
when the explosion occurred. The
flaming oil, shooting over the kitchen
furniture, caused the flames to
spread instantly.
The entire room and the child's
coach was mass of flames when
the mother entered. She attempted
to reach the coach but was driven
back by the intense heat of the
flames.
Volunteer firemen were unable to
enter the room until the water hose
could be attached to the nearest
plug and the flames controlled.
When 1t was possible to reach the
child it had been burned to crisp.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Man Whose Neck Was
Broken in Rutherford
Yards Awarded $4,000

Hagerstown, Md, Sept. 13.-Tha
case of ]. Walter Widmyer, this
city, against the director general Of
railroads, operating the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railroad, which
was removed from this court to
Allegany county, Md, for trial. and
resulted in the jury returning a
verdict for $65,000 in favor of Wild"
myer, has been compromised for
$4,000. By agreement of the at
torneys the motion for a new trial
and setting aside the verdict, as
agreed upon. The court signed an
order to this effect and also one for
a settlement of the case. The pro-
ceedings ended what threatened TO
be long and tedious litigation,
probably reaching the United States
Supreme Court. Widmyer, who was
freight conductor on the Western
Maryland Railroad, was making up
a train in the yards at Rutherford,
Pa, when he was injured, and his
neck broken.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Sunday School Class
Guests of Miss Eberly

Mcchanicsburg, Pa, Sept. 13. -
Miss Annie Eberly was hostess for
the Sunday School class of which
she is a member in the First United
Brethren Church on Thursday even
ing at the home of Mrs. Guy M.
Eberly. Clair Harnish is the teacher.
A pleasant social time was spent.
The following program was given:
Vocal duet, Mrs. Tolbert Bethel and
Miss Claribel Geiger; reading, Miss
Annie Eberly; piano solo, Mrs. Toll
bert Bethel, and readings by Mrs.
Edward Nailor. Refreshments were
served by the hostess.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Lewistown Fisherman Will
Use Big Basket to Get Eels

Lewistown, Pa, Sept. 13. - John
Pennington, a fisherman of this
place, has started to fish for eels
in the Juniata river about three
miles east of town. He has built a
wall and placed fish basket in the
river he will lift with block and
tackle. Several years ago Penning-
ton, Widney Wertz and the late Ed
ward Dumpman fished at the same
spot and caught thousands of eels,
the weight of the catch running into
several tons. All of the fishermen
at that time at the camp were Grip
pies and the camp was named Grip
pie Camp"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Voters to Pass on Bond
Issue For School House

Chambcrsburg, Pa. Sept. 13. -
The Chambersburg school board has
presented a resolution to submit to
the electors at the next regular cleo
ton the proposition of floating an
$4,000 bond issue to build a new
schoolhouse in the eastern section
of town.
The schools are SO congested at
present that 1t has become necessary
to equip three more recitation rooms
in the High School. Figures show
that in the grade schools the average
number of pupils to teacher is
46, which is considered very high.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13

Milton, Pa, Sept 13.-Rev. ]. M.
Reimensnyder has just celebrated
his thirty-second anniversary as
pastor of the Trinity Lutheran
Church here, one of the largest
Lutheran congregations in the Sus-
quehana Valley. Monday was ami
Versary day. Two sermons he
preached drew a large number of
persons outside of the congrega-
tion. During these years he officia-
ted at 1855 funerals, 1906 we'd
dings, 722 baptisms, made 27,2OO
pastoral calls, offered II, 400 pray
ers for the sick, and delivered g.16s
SERMONS and lectures. He has con-
tributed $3.50 to the church out
of his own income and it is not
large. He has seen his church
grow from 800 members to more
than 500.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
MarysvilIe Will Drive
For Legion Post Members

MarysviIle, Pa, Sept. 1S.-An in
tensive membership campaign is to
be launched in Marysville by Marys-
Vile Post, No. 176, of Pennsylvania,
American Legion. Preliminary ar
rangements were made at a meeting
held in the municipal building this
week.
John l.. Hahn, Jr., has been named
temporary secretary of the organi-
zation. The membership drive,
which aims to enroll every service
man of the borough, is in charge of
a membership committee, including
Thomas Whitmyer, John G. Lucken-
baugh and L.. c. Lightner.
Another meeting has been called
FOR next Wednesday evening, at 8
o'clock in the municipal building.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Mystic Chain Adjourns;
to Gettysburg in 1920

Scranton, Sept. 13. - At the clos
ing session of the State convention
of the Knights of the Mystic Chain
1t was decided to hold the 1920 con-
vention at Gettysburg at which time
drill contest of the uniformed rank
will be held.
Members of the Degree of Naomi,
the women's auxiliary at their con-
Guiding session placed the following
in nomination for office the ensuing
year: Grand commander, Mary
Chaltat, Lancaster; grand vice COM
mander, Mrs. Mary Foltz, Lock
Haven; grand conductress, Name
Frankhouser, of Churchtown; Mary
Brown, Pittsburgh, and Nellie
Bilsher, Scranton; grand treasurer;
Emma Steele, Pittsburgh, grand sec
retary
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Youngest Naval Chaplain
Is Assigned to Flagship

Chambcrsburg, Pa, Sept. 12. -
Lieutenant Maurice Witherspoon, of
Guilford Springs, this county, the
youngest chaplain in the United
States Navy, who served on the bat
tleship Arizona during the war, is
now with the Pacific fleet and has
been assigned to the South Dakota,
flagship of the fleet, under Admiral
Gleaves. The fleet leaves for Asiatic
waters within q short time.
Mrs. Witherspoon, who graduated
from the Pennsylvania College for
Women at Pittsburgh last year, will
follow her husband in a few weeks.
She will make the trip to Asiatic
waters in a United States Govern
ment transport.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Harrisburg Couple Go
to Maryland to Marry

Hagerstown, Md, Sept 1S.-
Marriage licenses to the following
Pennsylvania couples have been Is
sued here: William A. Bickel and
Clara NJ. Radell, both of Sunbury;
Herbert S. Crider and Florence l.
Packard, both of Lock Haven;
Harry E. Fessler, Toilette, and
Sadie M. Ritzman, Tar City; VIII
liam I. Eberhart and Marguerite e.
Crider, both of Lock Haven; Isaac
Banks and Mary c. Smith, both
of Harrisburg; Ardie Becker and
Cora Alexander, both of Williams
port; Russell I. Gelwicks and Helen
I. Frank, both of Chambersburg:
Hiram B. Thomas and Vida Pas
sci. both of Bloomsbury.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Music, Games and
Luncheon at This Party

Mechanicsburg, Pa, Sept. 13. -
Complimentary to their friends.
Messrs. Langhorn and Simmons,
who are staying at the National
Hotel, Soltan and Vance Nailor en-
tertained at the home of their pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Nailor,
in West Main street.
The guests enjoyed music and
games and luncheon was served to
Miss Betty Trough, of Carlisle; Miss
Bentz, Miss Martha Anderson, Miss
Eleanor Harold, Miss Mary Fink,
Miss Vera Seidle and Miss Jessie
Hollinger, Messrs, Langhorn, Sim
mons, Frank Hollinger, Samuel Hol-
linger, Soltan Nailor and Vance
Nailor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13

Beaver Springs, Pa, Sept. 1S.-
All Central Pennsylvania Is mighty
proud of its girls band, composed
of young girls of Beaver Springs and
vicinity. The band was founded
slightly more than a year ago by
Palmer S. Mitchell, a local musi-
clan, who felt the need of such an
organization in this little country
town. The band numbers SO mem
bers, and it's services are in de-
mand. Recently these girl musi-
clans played in parades at Lewis
town, Selinsgrove, Mount Union,
Lewisburg and other central State
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Husband at Work in
Steel Plant Is Reported
AS World War Victim

Lewistown, Pa, Sept. 13.-J. w.
Carothers, of this place, who served
for n number of months in an en-
gineering corps in France, during
the world war, arrived at Camp
Dix, early in the spring and was
mustered out in April and returned
to his home in this place and went
to work at the Standard Steel
Works where he is a rigger and is
well and hearty. Yesterday his
wife received a letter from the Gov
ernment notifying her that her hus-
band had been killed in France and
that she should communicate with
the War Department and receive
full particulars of his death, also
she was sent a paper to fill out re-
garding his insurance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Firemen to Sell Elk
Sandwiches to Pay For
Truck Costing $500

Bewistown, Pa. Sept. 13.-Citi-
zens of this section who never ate
elk meat will have chance to DO
so on October 4, at Burnham Park.
The Burnham fire company has
purchased n large Elk weighing
over thousand pounds, will roast
it, cut up into sandwiches, to raise
money to help pay for the new
truck. The Ladies Auxiliary of the
company will help serve. The new
truck cost $4,000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13

points. Many concerts are booked
for the autumn and winter months.
The band practices twice a week,
and the girls say they enjoy the
work"
They are attired in white shirt
waists, blue skirts and blue caps.
During the winter they have heavy
blue coats to match the skirt. In
the accompanying photograph they
are top row, left to right:
Misses Lou Romig, Lucille Wetzel,
Janet WetZel, Carrie Ulsh, Mary
Spangler, Helen Wetzel, Alva Kline
feter, Lettuce Mitchell, Nellie Krebs,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Chamber of Commerce
to Boost Membership

Lewistown, Pa. Sept. 13.-Next
week will be mem bership week for
the Lewistown Chamber OF Com
merce when the membership COM
mittee will endeavor to secure sufIi-
cient new members to bring the
enrolment of the organization up
to 200. The Commerce Chambers
secretary to-day suggested that a
fitting slogan for this committee
would be: when everyone hustles
little no one has to do much"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Epworth Leaguers Will
Rally at New Cumberland

New Cumberland, Set. 13.-Sun-
day services in Baughman Memorial
Methodist church will be in keeping
with Epworth League day. At $50
p. m. an Epworth rally will be
held. The Sunday school orchestra
will furnish music. At 7.30 the Rev.
V. I. Rue will preach a brief SER
nor to the young people, followed
by brief addresses and music by the
Emerson Glee Club.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
CALLS FOR STATE AID.

Hagerstown, Md, Sept. 13.--An
outbreak of typhoid fever in this
city has caused the City health al
thorities to call for aid from the
State Board of Health. 1t is re-
ported there are ten or twelve
cases in the city. The health au-
thorities are investigating the milk
from several dairies as being a pos
sibIe cause of contagion.-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Kick of Horse Fatal
For Perry County Boy

Duncanuon, Pa, Sept. 13.-Rus-
sell Frank, aged II years and son of
George Frank, of Wheatfield town.
ship, while trailing logs in the
woods with horse Wednesday, was
kicked twice in the stomach, from
the effects of which he died on Fri
day morning. Besides his parents,
he lis survived by one sister, Mrs.
Oscar Wagner, of this place.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13

Miss Margaret c. Madden, of
Danville, Pa, has retired from
school teaching at the Gge of 76
years, having held the record for
years of teaching in the State. She
taught for sixty consecutive yeaI s.
Often she labored for pay far less
than that considered a fair wage
for an ordinary laborer in her early
years of teaching. Among her pu-
pills and men and women promin-
ent in all walks of life. At rs, she
feels proud of having done so much
for the children" The people OF
Danville, too, are proud of her. She
is enjoying good health.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Hagerstown Has $4,000
Persons, Compilers Find

Hagcrstown, Md, Sept. 13.-The
population of Hagerstown. accord
ing to the compilers of the city di-
rectory. is $1,000, showing an in
crease of several thousand in the
last few years. The population is
divided into 1858 males and 49,
3S7 females. At the present ratio
of growth, the city, it is believed,
will reach 10000 in the next few
wears.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13

Mabel Wagner, Marie Romig, Helen
Klingler, Merits Shook.
Middle row, left to right Mabel
Lantz, Mary Gross, Bertha Kratzer,
Mary Benfer, Grace Aurand, Mary
Lantz, Pauline Dresse, Carrie Wag-
ner, Cora Gross, Pearl Haines,
Grace Mitchell. Mary G. Wetzel,
Frona Krebs, Palmer S. Mitchell,
conductor.
ryn Raught, Mary Wagner, Mabel
Gundrum, Florence Saltzman,
Claudia Aurand, Carrie Spangler,
Pearl Spangler Mary Schambach.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
Penbrook Minister Will Be
in Church of God Pulpit

New Cumberland, Sept. 13.-The
Rev. s. N. Good, of Penbrook, will
preach in the local church on Sun
day evening. The pastor, the Rev.
c. II. Hughes, will preach at Eber-
ley Mills in the evening and fill his
own pulpit Sunday morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
EDWARD b. BAKER DIES.

HagerstOwn, Md, Sept. 13.-Ed-
ward b. Fisher, for forty years an
employe of the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad and a retired engine
man, died here yesterday. aged so
years. Mr.. Fisher is survived by
q widow and five children, n sister,
Mrs. Charles Flack, of Chambers
burg, Pa, and q brother, Col. Jacob
E. Fisher, this city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
WILL WELCOME SOLDIERS

Lewistown, Pa, Sept. 13.-Major
DR.. +. A. Rupp, one of the best
known physicians of this place who
served through the war overseas,
will leave tomorrow for Shenan-
doah, where he will deliver a well
come home address to the soldiers
in the afternoon. On Sunday even
ing he will deliver his lecture, "A
Birds Eye View of the Great War
as Seen by a Physician" DR.. Rupp
Is we'll known as an author.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
FARMS BRING I7s. 500

Sunbury, Pa, Sept. lathe total
price paid for the farms of the
James c. Packer estate in Chilli
squakue county, sol dat public sale
yesterday under direction of Attor-
ney ]. Simpson Kline, administrator
of the estate, was $73,590.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
RICKART-BARNICOAT

ChAmbcrsburg, Pa, Sept. 13. =
Miss Lillian Barnicoat. of Tower
City, and John Rickard, of Harris
burg. were married here yesterday
by Magistrate Van T. kaufman. Mrs.
Richard Is u native of England.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
HOME FROM ENCANIPNrENr

New Cumberland, Sept. 13.-Wil-
liam Embick, n member of B. F..
Eisenberger Post, Grand Army of the
Republic, returned from Columbus,
o., where he attended the encamp-
ment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
ILL WITH DIPHTHERIA

New Cumberland, Sept. 13.-Mrs.
George Watkins, of Market street, is
i'll with diphthria. The house is un-
der quarantine. This is the second
case in Market street within a few
days.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13

additional Central Pennsylvania
News on Page o.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-27
NEW HAPPY TRAIL
 PROVING POPULAR

The new Happy trail between Dunbar's and the logjam on the Tolovana river has solved the win ter transportation problem, which has been a source of annual worry to the people of the Tolovana dis trict, according to Mrs. A. L. Dick inson, owner of the Dickinson road house at the logjam, who arrived in Nenana on yesterdays train, by way of the new trail Mrs. Dickinson made the trip from her place to the railroad in ten hours travelling time, and reports the trail in splen- did condition as a result of the work done by the Joslin road crew.
 All of the travel to and from Brooks now goes by way of the Happy trail, Mrs. Dickinson says, even mushers having abandoned the old Olnes route, with its seven summits.
 When Mrs. Dickinson left the log jam, the road builders had almost reached that point, it being estimat- ed by Foreman Joslin that another weeks work would see the work completed to the river, which will end road-building operations in that locality for the winter. It is the intention of the road commission to do considerable more work next sea- son, between the logjam and Brooks, but this years allotment of funds will be exhausted by the time the road crew completes the Dunbar logjam section of the trail.
 Mrs. Dickinson is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. NJ. V. Tyler, dur ing her stay in Nenana, and will be here probably for a week or more.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-27
MASQUERADE PRIZES
 MAKE FINE DISPLAY

The prizes which are to be award ed during the Moose masquerade next Wednesday night have been placed on display at the Taylor jew elry store on 4 street, where they make a most attractive showing. The prizes include a S20 gold piece and a number of other valuable arti- cles which have been offered by the businessmen of the town, the full list having been published in The News several days ago. Several more prizes, it is expected, will be added to the list before the dance. Now that the Christmas festivities are over, the dancing public of Ne mana and Fairbanks are beginning to give their attention to preparing for the masquerade, and there is the assurance that many StFIhlnS and original costumes will be in evi- idence. There is no longer any doubt about a crowd coming from the upper town, the present indica- tions being that the special will be loaded to the guards, and many of the excursionists will bring costumes with them
 For the convenience of those who do not care to go to the trouble of making masquerade suits, the Fair banks Clothing company will have large number of costumes for rent for the evening.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-27
GOOD PROGRAM TONIGHT;
 FIVE-ACT METRO DRAMA

Ethel Barrymore will appear in the leading role tonight in a Metro feature, in five acts, entitled 'The Great Power" which will be shown ar the LUi;seum at popular prices, a quarter for general admission and quarter extra for reserved seats.
 Miriam Monroe and John Conrad, two young scientific workers, dis cover exonite, a high explosive. Miriam finds that it is also a rem edy for cancer and wants it used for that purpose, until Conrad shows her that, if given to all nations at once. it will be the means of put ting a stop to further wars. They work together on producing exonite in the interests of peace, until the United States is on the verge of war with a foreign power. Then Miriam wants the chemical given to the Government. Conrad remains a pacifst and refuses. Then Der nard, an alien spy, tries to secure the exonite by foul means, and a new note enters into the story, which closes with patriotism tri- umphant. It is truly remarkable wartime drama.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-27

Marie Guthrie, step-daughter of Frank Lawson, well-known Fair banks mining man, ran down and killed William Stokes, a Seattle laundryman, yesterday, while driv- ing her car through the crowded streets, of the Spirit City.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-27

See J. A. SliPpern for new rates on subscriptions and renewals of all leading magazines and periodicals. Club rates on application.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-27

C. V. Anthony, who is helping to construct the new camp buildings at the end of steel, south of Nenano, left for the camp this morning after a brief holiday vacation in town.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-27

The News is in receipt of in- formation to the effect that Fred Lemon, the man inquired for in yesterdays paper, was located re- gently in the Ruby district, and probably can be found by com municating with Commissioner Tom DeVane, at Ruby. Several Nenana- ties know Lemon.
 Nsnana-Ths Gateway Co Mckinley
 ~n%1npa3
The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-27

Jack Smith contributed a sub stantial sum to the Fairbanks city treasury in payment of a fine inn posed upon him by the municipal magistrate for over-indulgence.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-27

An eight-piece orchestra is being trained at Fairbanks and will make its first public appearance tonight at dance scheduled to take place at Eagle hall.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-27

Dog Harness and Shoe Findings. Fowler & Morris.