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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-11-18
T. LARRY CAN'T OF THE
ATHENS BANNER MARRIED

ATHENS, Ga, Nov. lot. Larry
CAN'T, widely known Georgia news
paper man and free lance of the Ath-
ems Banner and Herald, was married
at o'clock Wednesday P. NJ. to Miss
Annie Galloway of Athens. They left
after the ceremony on a wedding tour,
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-11-18
NEW ORLEANS SWELTERS
IN RECORD NOV HEAT

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 16-With
a temperature of "a at 500 A. NJ, New
Orleans sweltered in heat wave of
Wednesday. Tuesday the mercury
climbed to SO degrees, the hottest
Nov. IS. on record. Weather forecast
ers Wednesday held out no hope for
relief from the heat.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-11-18
STUBS OFF FOR ORLANDO

Fred Stubs, charged with being a
party to the shooting of w. T. Reed
on the night of July 5th, was allowed
to go to Orlando in charge of special
deputy Geo. Player Mr.. Stubs re-
ceived a wire informing him of the SER
ious illness of his wife IN Orlando,
Fla.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-11-18
Triton AGGIES A-s~-. --..--. ..--.--
TAKE THE TOWN

Twenty-four students of the Second
District Agricultural college at Triton
came over i'll truck this afternoon in
charge of Prof. Ethridge, to play the
town boys game of foot ball
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-11-18
ROYAL SINGERS AT THE
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL

J. A. Royal and select number of
his singers from the county will be
at the Baptist church Sunday school
next Sunday morning from 9 to 9:30
to which everybody will be welcome.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-11-18
TYPEWRITER RIBBONS - 7,

T. y" M EN- NlbDONS -- just
received fresh stock of typewriter rib
bons for Oliver, L. c. Smith, Under
wood, Remington and Royals. Carbon
paper also--Leader Publishing Co.
Evening star., 1921-10-19
France, Optimistic,
Would Not Talk
About War.
NO ONE BELIEVED
FIGHT POSSIBLE
Germany Attacking
Her Population to
Rule Of Might.

also said. of war, we will have none.
Thus one sees why all our compro-
mises With Germany. painful though
they were. met with the approval ol
the great majority. both in parliament
and in the country
Evening star., 1921-10-19
| history, the "fatheriand" stands for

history. the "fatherland" stands for
war.
Pervndes Every Class of society.
This moral unity pervades every
class of society Consider the social
lists. whose doctrines should make
them opposed to war, especially to a
war. of aggression. The prosperity of
labor due to the empire and to war is
so closely bound to both that the day
the empire will decide on Nar-the
most fagrantly aggressive war-the
whole socialist party will follow. and
1t will need our Marine victory to re-
mind even small minority of its
tenets. Why? Because more than any
othef party, by reason of its numbers,
1t is vitality interested in the success
or Germany & Co.. because 1t has not
forgotten the origins of imperial sue
cess and because it pins it's faith for
the protection and development of
the acquired assets. upon those who
first made it great. From German la
Dor let us pass to the intellectuals.
Here the spirit of military discipline
rivals that existing in the trade
Unions. which in turn is no whit less
than th't fourishing in the barracks.
One day in 1906 Prince Won Bulow.
then imperial chancellor. said to me:
In France your universities ar"
schools Of debate and Of poittIc,' ana
social criticism. In Germany our uni
verAities :.e the stronEholdS of ia
natical nationalism." Nothing could be
more accurate. Material advantages
which transformed German socialism
into an imperial party stamp the same
character upon German intellectual
ism. Higher education. no less than
trade unionism, is at the service of
an ideal born beneath a spiked he'll
met.
Copyrighted by rhc Bobbs- Merrill Company
FOURTH HJNSTALJ.MENT TOMORROW
Evening star., 1921-10-19
Sentiment In Paris
In 1900 for a
New Treaty.
IMPERIAL EAGLE
SPREADS SHADOW
French at Regattas
And ELsewhere Fall
Under Spell.
By ANDRE TARDlEU

Captain of the French army. rehch hisn
commissioner to America. tlemthceau
right hand nj the conference "t Ncrsai'its-'
Evening star., 1921-10-19
e"SECRETS OF THE
WORLD WAR"
FRANCE AND GERMANY AS
FRIENDS.

No one it is true. in 1900 would
have dared to propose an alliance
which honor and prudence equally
forbade. Not only would such An
undertaking, necessarily based upon
recognition of the fait. accompli, have
obliged France to subscribe anew to
the treaty of Frankfort. and that
without the excuse .of those who in
ISiI had signed beneath the mailed
fist. hut. In addition. the surrender
would have involved breach of
faith which the country would have
refused TO accept: breach of faith
WHICH would have been the negation
Of forty years OF effort and the be-
trayaI of that policy OF peace and
balance which will remain the I'M
perisha blc glory of the third repub-
lie; Il breach of faith in proclaiming
by an abrupt reversal of our alli-
anceS the instability Of our democ-
racy: a breach "f faith in substituting
for friends who had treated us aS
equals an ally who. unconSciouSly Y
perhaps. and by sheer historic tradi
tiun. would sooner or later have be-
come u master. But il no one spoke
of an alliance. many yielded to the
agreements. such as those which the
desire for peace had prompted the
French government tn enter into in
1905. 1905. 100? and 1911. As early as
1890 to aged Jules Simon. under the
spell of the young emperor. had returned
from the labor conference Of Berlin
with the hope of such thing. and
ini the following years tEosc of. our
fellow countrymen who at the kiel
regattas and c1Sew here had fallen
beneath the sway 6f imperial Scduc-
ton were orerreaGy to recommend
this form of morGanatic Franco-tier-
man alliance. Had il not been for the
continual provocation of Germany in
Morocco and the near east from 1905
on, there is little doubt that before
long the idea of a rapprochcment
would have made headway.
Democracy spirit of Pence.
Besides. the political evolution of
our republic held us 3loof from all
idea of war Not that the republic
despite the difficulties of its birth in
tho throeS of defeat. d.Spit. the
handicap of a constitution drafted by
its enemies-wouid have been in
capa BILE of having a foreign or mill
tary policy: the war of 1914 furnished
Il triumphant answer to the doubts Of
reaction on these scores L.: showing
that France could count both cc -h-
support of free peoples and Gyo-l --@
services of an army wSich a. ne
Marne single handed checked me
German onslaught 1t is none cf@
less true that the spirit Of democracy
-tSe soul of all our laws since 1877
Evening star., 1921-10-19

tncy were. i1ci Win ti1' dHp'bNsti W
the great majority. both in parliament
and in the country.
Deeply Attached to Peace.
Thus one sees why France, by rea-
son alike of her qualities and of her
faults. was so deeply attached to
peace at the very moment when Ger
many had decided upon war. If. in
1914, Germany had wanted peace she
would. as in previous years. have
found France ready to enter into the
necessary agreements. If Germany
had wanted peace, France more than
any other nation would have helped
her to preserve it. But Germany
wanted war!
Germany wanted war and. here again.
We must go beneath and beyond the Will
of governments to reveal and examine
the soul of the governed. War is the
very basis and origin of the intellectual
and moral beliefs which GO to make w
modern German patriotism. War Gre
at"d the German ideal which proved
strong enough to place the whole of
Germany under prussian control in less
than fifty years Conceived in the
imagination of politicians, historians
and poets. it needed the iron hand of a
Prussian iunker to give ii practical
shape. Then the Hohenzolerns. who.
thanks to the genius of Bismarck. made
themselves the servants. We'll as the
in their own image. Their" is 4 Ger
man patriotism, as France knows but
too we'll after 1870 and 1911. But this
German patriotism is essentially diff
ferent from French patti i"tiSm. Our
patriotism holds France sacred as the
emblem of traditions many centuries Old
and woven .ven NOR" Of memories Of
peace than of recollec:ions of war.
Holds War sacred.
-, l,,'
Patriotism to them is frs aud foremost
the emblem of profit a,,ruinS from war
and the recognition Of wIr as the origin
of power and OF wealth. SaXonS. Hes
slams and BIvarians-morc particularly
their princes---may al times have
mourned the loss of ancient liberties
surrendered to Prussia. but when
Saxons. HeSSians and BavarianS COM
pared their erstwhilc poverty to the
prosperity they derived from the en-
pfre they felt that they were German
and nothing but German. The spirit
of nationality is not. in Germany as il
is in France. the common faith OF
men who for centuries have lived un-
der common law: it is an association
of material interests which has passed
from bankruptcy to prosperity and in
tends to safeguard the handspring of
It's opulence.
German patriotism. which a hundred
years ago was an ideal conception of
its philosophers. has since 1870 been
based upon materialism. Germany
means. TO the people of the south As
to those of the north. increased we'll
being. growing markets. rising wages
and soaring dividends. 1t means also
attachment to the rule of might and
remembrance of the sudden appeal TO
force which brought about this change.
of the victorious war without which
success would have been Impossible.
Thus the idea of war is inseparable in
the German mind from the idea Of
country. Deep down in the heart of
every thinking German who knows his
Evening star., 1921-10-19
FOURTH INsTALLMENT TOMORRo
CIVIL SERVICE OPENINGS.

EN3rinat ions 10 yTr nricS i'll lou"
positions in the classified ciNil SerE-
i''e were "nuoun"cd today by the Civil
Service Commission. ENaminat ions
viii be held for the following posts:
Assistant inspector. child labor lax
division. bureau of internal revenue; /;
engineer. ordnance depart
ment; assistant observer. weather bu-
reau. and matron. Indian service.
Information and application blanks
may be obtained at the office of the
112f + street.
Evening star., 1921-10-19
DR.. Frank ]. Rowel1

Formerly OF 7th and f SITS. NV. has opened
his new Offices at S17 14th St. Pope bldg)
Practice limited to N-ray and extractions
Phone Main S97. no2s
NEXT CALIFORNIA FREIGHT CAR AD-
yanced to Oct 18th to avoid delay by II. X.
strike. Reduced rates and greater security
for furniture and luggage. SECURITY
SToR ACE co 114O 18th st
Evening star., 1921-10-19
HOW GERMANS SPREAD KUL7UlR
IN FRANCE TOLD BY TARDLEU
IN SECRETS OF WORLD WAR

Germany in 1900 was hatter-
ing France and sending emil
grants into the country. Many
Frenchmen, careless Of the past
and living only in the present.
were content with German
friendship. There was German
utilization In every strata OF
French society. NJ. Tardieu con-
tinues today his narration OF
the events and secrets OF the
pre-war period.
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
IS
STAFF Chief
OF IT, Army
Overseas Hero viii Train
Fighters in Time of
Peace
MAI. HARB0ARD TO
BE NEW ASSISTANT

WASHINGTON. May 13 Omitted
Press. .)-secrotary Of War Weeks to-
day announced the appointment OF
Gen. John J. Porshing. az chief-of-
stan OF the army.
At the same time Weeks an
nounced that Major General Jamol
O.. Harboard. az present commanding
the Second Division. will be Perish
ing's executive assistant.
Pershing succeeds Gen. Peyton c,
March. present chief-of-staf The
appointment is effective July 1.
Weeks said the appointment Of
pershing is in line with the recent
announcement that Pershing would
be given the command of a general
headquarters of the army to train
AN the elements OF the army In time
OF peace and TO take supreme COM
mand OF the armies in time Of war.
I'm announcing appointment Of
pershing, Weeks said:
"The law required the chief Of
staff 10 cause 10 be made by the War
Department general stan the neces-
sary plans for recruiting. organizing
supplying, equipping. mobilizing
training and demobilizing the army
Of the United States and for the use
Continued on Page Fifteonl
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
NO ARMISTTCE WITH POLES IN SILESIA;
PERSHINC is CHIEF OF STAFF, u. S. ARMY
POLES INVASION OF
.SXESLA THREATENS
PEACE. GEORGE SAYS

LONDON. May Prcsl.-The Of Europe Is
Scsa Premier Lloyd
told Commons today.
nm declared what happen II
Is restored"
complete defiance OF the of Yer
declared.
mctcd Immediately will be fatal
iuropr'
q Allies should
object order
bc -uply fair play" dc declared.
by questions from tho
the official rancr by leader OF the Supreme Coun
Gil on Sicsnn
subject during councils meeting
700
a
Upper snca, marked divergence
French.
France record disappearing German
She Bcrns
a of
settles would al O war.
Prcmier's
British a
insurgents violating regulations.
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
VEGETATION
DEAD, Blame
IT ON ACID
Farmers, Truckers Say Py-
rites Co. Lint, Flakes
Are Responsible
RAISE $4,000 FUND
TO SAVE PROPERTY

Alleging that crop. fruit. live stock
building and clothing damages.
amounting to several thousands OF
dollars has been sustained by resi-
dents Of Hamilton Park. Holloway
Terrace and farmers residing in the
vicinity Of Wilmington road. between
Hamilton Park and the Buttonwood,
a New Castle suburb, by acid filled
flakes blown from the plant OF the
Pyrites Company Int, in South Will
mington. $4,000 was raised at an
indignation meeting held in Rose
Hll School House last evening. TO
fight the alleged pestilence. Paul
Tibbet who says he is a heavy loser.
presided.
The meeting. attended by about
two hundred residents, first heard
the report OF a committee. which
had estimated the losses sustained
by some OF the farmers. The commit
tee said they were OF the opinion
that the killing OF vegetation In this
section. was due TO the acid filled
flakes blown from the Pyrites plant
falling on the vegetation. Before
the close OF the meeting George W.
Burris. county road supervisor. Al
bert Watkins. william Davis, Char
CONTINUED on page ffteen)
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
FEAR reign
|. OF OUTLAWRY
IN SILESIA
Polish Invaders Lacking
Supplies and Funds, Get
Beyond Control
TO DECLARE UPPER
STATE INDEPENDENT

COPENHAGEN. May 10 Omitted
Press) Tho Independence OF Upper
Slesia will be declared today by
Adelbert Korfanty. Polish leader. ac-
cording TO dispatches here.
Korfanty. former Polish plebescfts
commissioner in Upper Silesia. di-
rected the armed expedition into that
region and the seizure OF more than
half the country. The operation was
much the same as the occupation OF
the wilma region by General zeli-
gowsk. Although Germany won
most of the region by plebescite. the
Poles hope the Allies will give them
the occupied portions.
OPPELN, Upper sliesia, May 10
Omitted Press) ).-Unrcstrained ter
rorism In Upper Silesia was feared
today. Polish followers OF AdeIbert
Korfanty, hacking supplies and funds
arc getting out OF control.
Thus far the Poles have acted rs
organized military bands. II not held
CONTINUED on Pase Fifteen.)
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
SUMMIT CAMP
OPENS AUG. 10
McCombs-Clase Party TO
Have Charge Again This
Year
WOMEN NAMED TO
TRUSTEES BOARD

The annual meeting OF Brandy
wine Summit Campmeeting Associa-
tion was held yesterday at the camp
woods. Forty members OF the as
sociation braved the storm and at
tended the meeting. In addition 20
these a large number Of tenters were
also present. The annual meeting
was presided over by the Rev. DR..
J. ID. c. Hanna. Miner c. Snitn
acted as secretary.
Miss Ella Rhoads. a veteran.
led the music, DR.. c. /. Hubbard
made the opening prayer.
f. B. Lloyd. camp treasurer. pre-
sented a written report showing
total receipts OF SS.23l54 and dis
bursements Of ss.295.93. The in
CONTINUED on page ffteen)
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
SUSPECT HER
AS Feminine
BLUEBEARD'
Mrs. Lydia Southland Sur
wives Four of Her Five
Husbands
ALLEGE ARSENIC
DEATH POTION

HONOLULU. T. H.. May 1s.-
Omitted Press) s)-Precaution 70 pre-
vent the suicide OF Mrs Lydia South
ard. Of Twin Falls. Idaho held here
as an alleged feminine "Bluebeard'
were taken today by the Honolulu
police.
They said they had information
which caused them TO fear Mrs
Southard might take her own life.
At the request Of Mrs Southard's
fifth husband. Chief Petty officer
Paul Vincent Southard. Of the u. S.
S. Monterey. authorities here persist
ed today in their refusal TO permit
Mrs. Southard 10 be interviewed.
Il did not poison my four hus-
bands. They died natural deaths
and I have physicians certificates to
prove this"
Mrs. southard. 2s. under arrest ir
CONTINUED on Page Fifteen.)
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
CANDIDATES At
WOMEN RALLY
Mr.. Harvey, Mr.. White, Mr..
Ward Promise Efficient
Administration
PRAISE LOYALTY OF
REPUBLICAN WOMEN

Despite the inclement weather, a
large group Of Republican women
from all parts OF the city was pres
ent at the weekly meeting of the city
committee OF Republican women at
their clubhouse, S23 Shipley street.
last night. Much interest was dis
played by the women voters and
they were enthuiastic over the
chances Of Republican success. In
terest was stimulated further by the
addresses given by Leroy Harvey.
candidate for mayor; Howard Ward.
candidate for the president of City
Council. and Samuel J. White. can
didate for city treasurer. The opin-
ion of all speakers was that the
growing city of Wilmington should
have the best possible form Of gov
ernment. a government that would
give efficient and economical man
Continued on Page Fifteen.)
New Magazines. Sth & Mkt-Adv.
Evening journal., 1921-05-13

Assessment for city purposes for
the year 1921. as reported to City
Council by the Board Of Assessment
aggregates s114,176.30O. or an in
crease Of s7,61O.O25 over that Of
1920.
on this basis, at a tax rate Of
S1.75, as at present, the municipality
will receive an income as follows;
Full tax rate, S1.94s,1e6.25; half
rate. S24.944.5O. or a total OF S1,97S-
14O.75.
Allowing that all taxes should be
paid in July, thus gaining the five
per cent. discount, there would be a
reduction Of s9S.657.O3. leaving a net
income Of S1,S74.4S3.72.
At the talked-of rate OF $3.50, the
full tax rate would net the city
S2.115,1S4.5O and the half rate
S27,O72.6O. or a total Of S2,132,-
Continued on page ffteen)
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
SLACKERS IN
PART OF CITY
LISTED TODAY
War Dept. Announces 14S
Names in Southeastern
Section
IN DESERTER CLASS,
$50 REWARD OFFERED

The Evening Journal has received
from General r. L. Bullard. Of Gov
ornor's Island. Commanding the Sec
end Corps Area, the so-called slack
or list" for Division No 4 Of VIII
mington. Of men who IL is alleged
after having registered did not re-
spond for military service when their
c-"er numbers we're called in the
s~icctive draft.
There are 14s names on the list
Division No. comprised the First,
Second. Fourth and Sixth Wards
mostly the southeastern section Of
the city.
This list is released for publica-
tion this afternoon. but because Of
tn possibilities Of names being in
cluded that should not be in the list.
Tfp Evening Journal is Withholding
81 from publication. Printing Of
the so-called Stacker lists" made
up by the War Department, in other
citiea has revealed so many inaccur-
aciss that most newspapers in those
cities have ceased printing the lists.
Names Of men who served overseas.
men who were wounded, men who
were decorated for conspicuous SER
Continued on Page Fifteen)
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
CITY FREE OF
MAJOR CRIMES
Superintendent Black Says
Enlarged Bureau is High
ly Efficient
EXTRA MEN FOR
EMERGENCIES

"The city Of Wilmington is re-
markahly free from crime at the
present time" said superintendent
OF Police Black. this morning.
I'VE are having practically no
robberies. aside from petty cases,
and few crimes OF any magnitude,
While cities In adjoining States
seemingly are overrun with the
Grim nal classes.
II attribute our good fortune
largely to the increased size and
efficiency OF our Bureau OF Police.
Under our present system there are
few. II any, cities Of the same size
in the country better equipped 10
cope with the criminal classes than
we are al this time
"The police are arranged in -four
shifts Of eight hours each. Three Of
these shifts work beginning at mid
fCnni'nuad on Page Fifteen)
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
YOU MICA GIRL
HUG COSTS HIM $40

Investigation by Detective McDan-
nell disclosing that the woman's ac-
cusations were true, Giusseppi Mai,
who has a shoemaking shop AT
Third and Rodney streets. was fined
$40 and costs on a charge OF assault
and battery on Mrs. Laura Bradley
by Deputy Judge Lynn in Municipal
Court this morning.
When Mrs. Bradley went to Nais
shop TO buy a pair OF shoe strings
the defendant seized and tried 20
hug her. telling her, You MICA
gal"
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
ONE JOB NEEDED
TO UNITE
Story of Wilmington Ital-
ian, Also Nine Years of
Trouble
WANTS TO LIVE
WITH WIFE, TOTS

This Is the story Of TONY" which
isn't his real name, but viii serve
20 designate him.
Tony" came 10 this country nine
years ago from Italy. Also he came
TO wilmington. He was only an un-
skilled laborer. but he had left a
wife and three "bambinos" behind
in Italy, and It was the greatest aim
OF his life to be able to bring them
TO America.
Thus far the story is just like so
many hundreds OF similar stories
concerning similar TONES" and
their aspirations.
This particular Tony" however,
Continued on Page Four.
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
new TAX RATE
KNOWN
Council Can't Fix 1t Until
School Appropriation
is Known
1888, 11O MORE FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY

Until the Legislature decides de-
initely upon the amount required
for public schools. It is impossible TO
say what the tax rate for Whining
ton will be, according TO a statement
made last night by Charles Forwood.
chairman Of the finance committee
Of City Council.
That the present rate OF s1.75 on
the 500 valuation shall have TO be
increased is admitted generally by
members Of Council. There has
been talk that it would be raised 15
cents to $3.50.
Meanwhile the estimates submit
ted by the various city departments
Continued on Page Five.
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
CUMMINS FEARS
i. .S.OWNED
Says Way Must be Found to
Cut Expenses and In
crease Revenue
GOVERNMENT LOSS
MAY BE 81, 5OO,OOO,OOO

WASHINGTON. May 13 CUnted
Press) Continuation Of the present
railroad situation means government
control Of the lines. Senator Cummins.
Iowa, declared today at the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee's IS
hearing on the transportation ques-
ton.
Unless some way is found OF re-
ducing railroad expenses and in
creasing revenues the national treas
ury will have TO pay the deficits
which are growing under private op-
Grafton. Cummins said. and this
would mean Federal control.
Cummins also declared that the
continued on page seventeen)
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
Smile Awhile

BUFFALO, \. Friday the
18th has no charms for Negro
boxers. Harry wills. New York.
and Ray Bennett, OF New Jer-
sey, refused 10 fight here tonight
because OF the numeral IS.
NEW YORK-Two human ex-
press packages were enroute to
Carbondale, Colo. They are
Venanzio Favre, ., and his
brother. Aime. s. They ar
rived from Italy enroute 10 Join
their father.
NEW YORK-Arthur Corise
and Henry Keith we're heating
pennies with a cigar lighter and
tossing them on the sidewalk.
Patrolman Harvey picked one
up. Fined a thousand pennies
each.
CHICAGO-The husband or
Mrs Laurel r. Fleming went
too far with her. she aien
complain when he knocked neI
down stairs and beat her' ~.
,,.hon he took her pet dog sne
walked into court. The alFolo'
was granted. ~.
NuNNEAPOLTS-M l. NC
Glnnis had a good aet-aimed
~ awe the public, He was going
fo eat nails. pins. tacks-even
rats-and similar delicacies and
sought an amusement permit.
the council could not see IL
Evening journal., 1921-05-13
PLAY CARDs ToR HnsPIrAI.

More than $50 persons enjoyed
the card party given yesterday after
noon by the Junior Board Of the
Homeopathic Hospital. in the New
Century Club. There were 6S tables
of players and a prize was awarded
al each table. Following the play
inr. refreshments were served.