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Evening star., 1922-04-06
WINNERS WILL GET
PRIZES SATURDAY
Lucky Contestants, Parents
and Teachers Invited to
The Star Office.

Winners of The Stars one thousand
dollar prize school essay contest on
the subject THE Arms Conference
and Its Significance" announced to-
day in this paper. will be awarded
their prizes at informal exercises TO
be held in the comnodiods Evening
Star clubroom, in The Star building,
Saturday morning at II o'clocks
All of the eighty-eight prize win
ners. their parents and teachers are
cordially invited to attend the cere-
fitting climax to the most popular es-
say contest ever conducted for the
Washington school children.
Others Also Invited.
Invitations also are extended to the
board of judges Of the contest. Su-
perintendent Of Schools Ballou and
Asst. Supts. Stephen e. Kramer and
Garnet c. Wilkinson, to be the guests
Of honor at the exercises.
The Evening Star Club is located
ing, at 11th street and Pennsylvania
avenue. Entrance should be made at
the 11th street entrance of the new
Star annex, where elevators will con-
vey the prize winners, their parents
and teachers to the eighth floor. At
that point the visitors will be directed
to the clubs quarters.
After the presentation Of the prizes
the winning contestants and the
guests will be given an opportunity
to inspect The Star building and wit
ness the making of a modern news
paper.
Essay. to BE Printed.
The essay of Henry L. Walker, a
senior student at Central High
School, which won the grand 500
prize in the senior class, will be pub
lished in The Evening Star tomorrow.
The essay of Catherine Everett, a
twelve-year-old student at st. Pat
rick's Academy. which took the grand
500 prize in the junior class, will be
published Saturday. Several other
prize-winning essays will be pub
lished from time to time.
Evening star., 1922-04-06
PUTS BLAME ON MINERS.
Operators Official Claims Violation
Of Agreement.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, April 6-An answer
10 the invitation Of Chairman Nolan
of the House labor committee to rep
resentatives of the Pittsburgh Coal
Producers Association to meet with
United Mine Workers officials in
Washington was expected to be for
warded to Washington today. No in
dication Of the nature Of the reply
was given out.
The associa alton did. however, make
public a letter to Secretary Of labor
Davis, written by B. M. Clark Of. In
diana. Pa, president of the Associa-
tion of Bituminous Coal Operators of
Central Pennsylvania, in which Mr.
CLARK charged that-the United Mine
w orkers and not the operators had
broken the wage agreement by strik-
ing April l. He pointed out that the
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Evening star., 1922-04-06
OFFER $1.5o PER TON.
Buyers Show Little Interest, OPP
orators Declare.

By the Associated Press.
CUMBERLAND, Md, April 6-While
the loading of coal is reported as con-
tinuing in the upper Potomac region,
there is litGe justification for the
activity, operators declare. There is
no market for the coal, they point
out. despite the strike. Only from
s1.35 to $150 a ton is being offered
on the market, while the cost Of pro-
duetion per ton is $3.50. the operators
state.
Evening star., 1922-04-06
$5 Sixth Prizes.

RUTH BROWN,
Eighth grade. Jeferson-Amidon School.
STEPHEN E. KRAMER, Jr,
Eighth grade Powell School,
JOHN S1RMYER,
Eighth grade. Force School.
NINA E. THOMPSON,
Eighth grade, Garnet School
MARGARET E: PARSONS,
Eighth grade. Wallach School.
NELL R. LATHAM,
Eighth grade. Adams School.
HUGH S. WERTZ,
Eighth grade Thomson School
STANLEY w. HALL,
Franklin Thomson School.
FLORENCE ELIZABETH BEER,
Eighth grade, John Burroughs School.
ELIZABETH RICHARDS,
Eighth grade, Jefferson-Amidon School.
CHARLES HENRY DAVENPORT,
Eighth grade, John Burroughs School.
EVELYN MARGARET HOLLIDGE,
Eighth grade, John Burroughs School.
HARRY WEBB CLAYTON,
Eighth grade. John Burroughs School.
RUTH ELIZABETH 'VEACH,
Eighth grade, John Burroughs School.
RUTH LOUISE MILES,
7th grade. Brookland School.
DOROTHY M. HOUSTON,
Eighth grade, Garnet School,
MABEL TRICE,
st. Patrick's Academy.
WALLACE MOFFETTs GOLDSMITH,
Eighth grade, Columbia Junior High School
MARGARET C. HOOVER,
Eighth grade. Park View School
WILLIAM BLACK.
Eighth grade, Mott School.
JOSEPH GENOE,
st. Patrick's Academy; thirteen years old.
DANIEL SHERRY,
Eighth grade. West School
GOLDIE TOWLES.
Eighth grade, Mott School.
MARY BERNADETTE SPLAWN,
Eighth grade. Addison School
GERTRUDE PAYNE,
Eighth grade. Garnet School
Evening star., 1922-04-06
MARTIAL LAW IN FORCE.
Plot Discovered Against Govern
ment in Nicaragua.

By the Associated Press.
I MANAGuA Nicaragua, April g.
President Chamorro and his cabinet
have proclaimed martial law for
thirty days after discovery Of a plot
against the government. Thirty-four
liberals arrested last week are
charged with a conspiracy to assassi-
nate the president and other ofiicials.
Evening star., 1922-04-06
SIS Sixth Prizes.

FLORA MARGUERITE CLAYTON,
Eastern High School
CONSTANCE LANE,
Central High School.
MARY THOMAS, .
Shaw Junior High School.
THURSTON CORBETT,
Senior class, Central High School
John C. PAYNE, Jr.,
Dunbar High school
THELMA MEEHAN,
immaculate Conception Academy. seventeen
ISRAEL REGARDIE,
Business High school: fourteen years old.
PAUL DAVIS WOODARD,
Central High School. .- e
DONALD GALLIGAN,
Central High School.
MARTHA LAWSON,
business High School.
AGNES BLAKNEY,
immaculate Conception Academy; eighteen
years old.
JAMES WESCOTT,
western High School.
BLANCHE PHILPITT,
business High School
NORMAN MILLER,
western High School.
LOUIS BARGAGN1,
Eastern High School.
VIRGINIA HARRISON,
Central High School.
FRANCES VEJTASA,
Business High Night School @
CHARLOTTE CORBIN,
Dunbar High School.
GEORGE Leroy LEFEVRE,
Business High School
LOUISE ELIZABETH FRANKLIN,
Central High School,
MARGARET BEASLEY,
Eastern High School.
MURVIN ISAAC JONES,
Shaw Junior High School.
FRANCES WALDRON,
Western High School.
ELOISE GORDON ROBINSON,
Shaw Junior High School,
MARTIN COUSAR,
Armstrong High School .ss { =
Evening star., 1922-04-06
WINNERS IN STARS ESSAY CONTEST
Senior Class Junior Class
500 Grand Price 500 Grand Prize.
YI.W


HENRY L. WALKER,
o ss
$50 Second Prize.
LAWRENCE HUNT,
residence idss Vermont aaGH Avenue 'es" years
$25 Third Prizes.
WILLARD H. FROEHLICH,
ST Johns College: eighteen years old
CLARKE T. ROBB,
Senior class. Eastern High School.
SIS Fourth Prises.
JANE D. FELLOWS,
Central High School. 80 -
SOPHIA F. WALDMAN,
Senior class, Central High School.
PERRY H. JACOB,
Business High School: fourteen years old
FRANC HALL SCHREINER,
Business High School.
JOHN FRANKLIN DEW,
Business High Night School.
$40 Fifth Prizes.
LELAND H. CHEEK,
Senior class. Eastern High School
KARL G. PEARSON,
4 Junior class Eastern High School,
GUSTAVE PAUL OGER,
Dunbar High Night School.
FRANCES RANDOLPH,
Senior class. Central High School.
ROBERT P. RUDOLPH,
Senior class, Central High School.
RAYMOND LESLIE FLETCHER,
Senior class Dunbar High School.
TOM BROWNE,
Senior class, Western High School
REDDICK WATSON,
Dunbar High Night School.
FLORENCE M. RIZZO,
Business High School
HARRIET EMILY FORD,
Business High School.
Evening star., 1922-04-06
$40 Fifth Prizes.

MERLE MARGARET ELLSWORTH,
Eighth Grade. John Burroughs School.
MARGARET HOOVER,
Eighth grade Dent School.
WILBUR ROSENBERG,
Eighth grade, Columbia Junior High School
OLGA HELMS,
Eighth grade Dennison School.
MIRIAM HUTCHINS,
Eighth grade Mott School.
HAROLD ROBINSON,
Eighth grade. Garnet School.
LORNA J. TAYLOR,
Eighth grade. Garnet School
ONEIDA MAYBELLE BROWN,
Eighth grade Peabody School.
WILLIAM KESMODEL.
Eighth grade Gage School.
FLORENCE NASH,
Eighth grade. Jefferson -Amidon School
Evening star., 1922-04-06
WEATHER.

Unsettled, with probably showers
tonight and tomorrow; slowly rising
temperature.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at 2 pm. today: Highest, ST.
at PM yesterday; lowest, A, at
am. today. Full report on page T.
Evening star., 1922-04-06
Member of the Associated Press

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights of publication Of special
dispatches herein also reserved.
Evening star., 1922-04-06

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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
NEED OF TAX CUT

The following timely article, which
appeared in the Topeka Daily Capital,
IS about Tom Thompson, of this coun-
ty, now state treasurer, explaining
the reason of high state taxes and
pointing out the remedy:
e. T. Thompson, state treasurer,
has just returned from western Kan
sas, where he had been making a visit
to his home county. He thinks that
the county commissioners, the town
ship boards, the school district boards
and the cities as we'll as the next leg
stature should make a big cut in
their levies, as the present prices paid
Tor farm products will not meet the
running expenses of the farm. and
this year the farmers are runnino
thelr farms as economically as pos
sible and are coming out in debt.
These boards have done only what the
law required them to do as officials
and what the people have demanded.
and no one will censure, but now we
must be on different basis.
"The different state departments
handled directly by the elective state
officials have been practicing economy
since the last legislature adjourned,
but they have had serious conditions
to face. The last legislature had to
meet different condition than was
ever faced by that body before. The
war was declared in 1917 and the leg
islature convened January, 1919, Just
at the time when prices started up
ward. No one anticipated where any
commodity would go as to the price
on the market, but it ever quit going
up and the 1921 legislature faced
deficit in taking care of our state
charitable institutions of S78O,OOO,
which had to be met by the 1921 leg
islature, which helps to explain the
increase in the levy for state tax.
Take your tax receipt and you will be
able to figure it out that less than ten
cents out of every dollar is spent for
state taxes each year.
''There is no county in the state
that can stand building concrete roads
in Kansas under present conditions,
and seriously doubt, after some in
investigation, if we can stand it under
any condition we have ever had in
Kansas. A bad condition was left as
a result of the war. I have never
heard of any locality west of Man
haitian, that has ever wanted concrete
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
Times for silsnee-

gether on its relation to time. place
and circumstances. Scripture says,
''tbere is q time TO speak, and a time
TO be silent" There are occasions when
to be silent is cowardIy and criminal.
And there are other occasions when it
is a mark OF character and discrimina-
ton to keep a bride on the lips. When
your friends reputation is being de-
famed unjustly, not to defend him
openly is a mean betrayal. On the
other hand 1t is honorable to practice
a friendly reticence when you know
the charge against him is probably
true and you feel you cannot In justice
to yourself defend his innocence
Exchange.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
GOOD AND BAD WEDDING DAYS
Many and Varied Are the Superstitions
That Have to Do With the
Marriage Altar.

The superstitions that cluster round
the altar are as many and as myS-
ferrous as the ways of a maid with
man.
May has always had Il bad name as
a wedding month since PARKWAY
Roman days. and Lent has been in
equal bad odOr But why should June
be considered the luckieSt month of
all the year for Il trip to the altar
with October good second? And why
should special happiness await those
who wed WREN the moon is at the full
or when the sun and moon are in con
junction?
Friday is The most unlucky day of
all the week to set the wedding-bells
a-ringing, except. curiOusly enough. in
Scotland, where it seems to be held
in special favor. On the other hand.
for some obscure reason. Sunday has
been a day of good omen for wedding
couples. ever since (and no doubt
long befOre) Shakespeare made
PetruchiO say to Katherine. kiss me.
Kate; we will be married a Sunday"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
NOT EASY TO CRIPPLE CRAB
Nature Has Provided That Lost Leg
or Claw May Sc Replaced in
Short Time.

"For you yourself. sir, should be
as Old as I am. if like a crab you
could go backward" True. Hamlet,
true, but a crab can also walk for
ward and sideways. At the bottom
Of warm salt water, where he likes
to ,ake his leisure, the crab walks
slowly about on the tips Of the sec
Ond, third and fourth pair of legs, and
then as you may see, he walks back
ward, forward and sideways, though
he seems to prefer the sidewise gait.
Generally he folds his heavy claws, or
pincers, and works his paddles with a
lazy sculling motion to assist him on
his walk.
One of the many remarkable things
about the crab is his ability to throw
off or drop his legs and claws and
grow them again. The scientists call
this "autOtOmy," or the automatic
throwing OF Of appendages of the
body and then renewing them" If
a crab is seized by leg or claw in
the water, it often throws it off and
escapes, and at the place where he
breaks off his own leg nature has fur
niShed an arrangement which pre-
vents excessive bleeding. This phe-
nomenon is common among crusta-
ceanS, of which the crab is one.
AS an example of "autOtomy'' The
United States bureau of fisheries has
the record of Il crab which was kept
under observation in a small cage
beneath salt water. When put in the
cage the crab had lost its left claw
Day by day new claw grew and The
rate Of growth can be had from the
fisheries bureau. At the end Of II
days the left claw had been restored
and was the same size as the right
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
Gratitude in Strange earh-

Bishop ". R. Lambuth in his inter
eSting book. Medical Missions" tells
of n native of India whose wife went
for treatment to a mission hospital.
ON her return he wrote as follows to
the woman physician in charge of the
hospital:
Dear She: Ny wife has returned
from your hospital cured Provided
males are allowed in your bungalow.
I would like to do you the honor of
presenting myself there this afternoon.
But I Will not try to repay you
vengeance belongeth to God"
Another. whose wife did not Ssur-
vive. expressed himself thus:
"Dear and Fair Madam: I have
much pleasure to inform YOU that my
dearly unfortunate, wife will be no
longer under your kind treatment. she
having left this world for the other on
the night of the 2Tth ultimO. For
your own help in this matter l shall
ever remain grateful. Yours rever-
entity
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
Hawaiian Islands.

A Spanish navigator frs discovered
the Hawaiian islands in 1919 but his
country laid no claim to them and they
were practically forgotten. The
British Captain Cook visited the
Hawaiian group in 1T7S and named
them the Sandwich islands Still the
islands were practically unknown
Then. following the close of the Ameri-
can Revolution, American ships began
to sail the seven seas in growing
numbers, and in 1889 the first ship
flying the Stars and StripeS-from
BOstOn-visIted the Hawaiians. It
was the first of many from the same
port, carrying traders. whalers and ad-
venturers; and soon the natives had
learned of the republic on the con-
tinent to the east. and came to con-
slider united States" and Boston"
Synonymous. - National Geographic
Society Bulletin.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
GOOD
HIGHWAYS
PNEUMATIC TIRES ARE BEST
According to Tests by
Bureau of Roads.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agrlculture.)
Many roads not originally intended
20 carry heavy traffic were seriously
damaged during the period of the
war by the impact of heavy motor
trucks. The natural result of this
was TO warn highway engineers of the
importance Of planning all future
roads with reference to the kind OF
traffic that Is likely to use them. The
engineers responded Immediately by
building thicker roads and roads OF
more durable material; but in the
absence of definite knowledge Of the
probable strength of the impact they
have not known exactly how thick or
how strong the roads must he made.
Recent tests of the impact of motor
trucks made by the bureau of public
roads. United States Department of
Agriculture, develop the facts that
when a solid-tired truck strikes
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
KANSAS FEDERAL TAXES TO.
TAILED 1000. 900

Topeka, Kansas, Jan. 9.-Federal
direct and indirect taxes levied in
Kansas in 1921 tOtaled approximately
$42,OOO,OOO, according to figures re-
ceived today by Governor Allen from
the internal revenue department.
The total 1921 tax bill for Kansas,
exclusive of indirect state taxes, is
approximately Sis, 100000, or six
million dollars less than the value of
the states wheat crop.
Federal taxes paid by Kansans in
1921 on tobacco and cosmetics, the
governor said, was about four million
dollars, which is as much as the state
appropriated for new buildings at its
educational and other institutions.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12

One-lnch obstruction, the impact may
he as high as seven times the load,
an average being about four times.
The tests show, however, that the
impact depends largely upon the kind
and condition of the tire. Pneumatic
tires cause the least damage TO the
road surface, the cushion of air re-
ducing the impact so that it is sell
dom greater than IL times the static
load on the wheels. Although the
impact Increases with the speed OF
the truck, and it is therefore highly
desirable to limit speed by strict reg
ulatlOn, the use OF pneumatic tires
would make higher speed permissible.
The tests OF the bureau of public
roads have pointed the way to more
scientific designing of roads for mo-
tOrtruck traffic. and there is every as
surance that engineers will now be
able TO build roads with practical GER
tainty that they will withstand the
blows of heavy vehicles.
Further reinsurance i'm this respect
lies in the information that manu-
facturers are not building as many
trucks exceeding five tons capacity as
formerly. The number of industries
i'm which very large trucks can be
kept continuously working * eX-
tremely limited. 50 that the likeli-
hood OF forthcomiEG mutortruck dam
age tu public highways is consider
ably reduced
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
For One Day Only
On His Regular Monthly Visits
HOURS: 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.

HOURS: 8 a. m. to pm.
Any unusual result in surgery IS
heralded from coast to coast. At
best, surgery is only mechanical.
The real accomplishment in medi-
cine of today is the conquering of
chronic and so-caEIed incurable dis
eases. The effort of medical science
is devoted to that end.
The Rockefeller Institute, the
greatest pathological laboratory in
the country, is employing the best
men to be had to search for-not
the best way to cut into and sew up
the human body-but the best way
to avoid that by finding remedies
and other means of curing those
chronic diseases that are everywhere
about US.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
roads in the best of times.

IF you Will examine your tax re-
ceipt, outside the large cities, you
will find that one-third of the total
levy for all of your taxes is for roads
and bridges. Ii, means that we have
got to come to halt, and my judg-
ment IS that this levy will have to be
cut in two, two or three times. We
have gone wild under our present con
dition on roads and bridges. Build
them only when necessary. Adopt the
slogan of our national government.
Let's take a holiday. We need the
get-together spirit. Crystalize it in
Kansas. We should begin to compre-
bend this swinging of the agricultural
and industrial pendulum, and we
should see to it that the hands of the
clock do not turn backward, or the
pendulum cease its vibrations. Our
first duty is, and should be, to Kansas.
The state is ready for it and will re-
spond most heartily. Smith County
Pioneer.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
PILES

Bleeding, Blind or Protruding Piles
quickly and permanently cured
WITHOUT THE KNIFE. No cutting,
no chlorOform or other dangerous
anesthetic used. He gives a contract
and guarantees to cure every case he
treats, no matter how long standing.
or refund every cent Of your money.
If you are afflicted with this pain
full and troublesome malady it will
pay you to call and have a talk with
him.
The doctor is authorized by the
State of Kansas to treat all chronic
diseases of men and women.
Examination and consultation Free
and confidential
Office Address:
7. c. BROWN, M. D.
41s-419-42O Ridge Bldg,
KANSAS CITY, MO.
Reference: Gate City NATL Bank.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
Doesn't Seem Rjaht

I know a man who is an enthusiast
tic worker for the uplift of others and
yet is not on speaking terms with his
own brOtheP. I do not comment on
this. l simply mention it.--Louisville
COurier-Journal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
WC&.A% As G0tD CONTRACTOR
Manitoba Municipal: sy Awards Con-
tract to elizabeth Mccoy to
Build Highway.

Elizabeth Ann Mccoy of PipestOne
Manitoba. has the distinction of being
the first woman in the province To be
awarded n contract in construction of
roads. She recently secured a con-
tract from the good roads board for
road building in the Pipestone munich
pality.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
IS LONGEST PAVED HIGHWAY
Atlantic to Mississippi on
Hard Surface.

From the Atlantic coast TO the Mis-
sissippi river on paved roads. This
may sound like a motorists dream
but 1t will be actually possible to make
such a trip this fall. The last stretch
OF the national pike in Illinois will be
completed then. Never before has
such long paved road been possible
In this country.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
sand Shoes Are Ihvented.

Shoes with wide wooden soles hav-
ing projecting points are an English
invention for persons who walk on
sand that would enguIf ordinary shoes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
HE DOES NOT USE THE KNIFE

HE DOES NOT USE THE KNIFE
DR.. Brown treats diseases OF the
Stomach, Liver, Blood, Skin, Nerves,
Heart, Spleen, Kidneys, Bladder, Sex
ual Diseases, Diseases of Women,
Rheumatism, Diabetes, Catarrh, Bed
Wetting, certain forms of Paralysis.
Weak Lungs, Asthma, Bronchitis, APP
pendicitis, Gall Stones, Golfers,
Tumors, Bi1iousness, Dyspepsia,
Dropsy, Emacfation, Epilepsy, Head
ache, Sleeplessness, Neurasthenia,
Obesity, PIeurisy, Scrofulous Diseases
of Men.
If you have Kidney or Bladder
troubles bring an ounce bottle Of your
urine for analysis.
The doctor furnishes all his own
medicines.
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DIR. BROWN
WILL BE II

Salina, Monday, January 18th, at the
Planters' Hotel; in Wilson, Tues
day, the 18th, at the Midland Hotel:
in ELLIS. WEDNESDAY, THE
18TH, at the U. P. HOTEL; and in
Wakeeney, Thursday, the 18th, at
the American Hotel.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
Nc Dividend.

Fear pays no diYidends.-FOrbss
Magazine.
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QUARTERLY STATEMENT
of G. j. Klug.

OF o. o hIuBI
County Treasurer of Ellis County, Kansas.
Showing balance in his hands for the Quar-
ter ending December 81. 1921.
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State of Kansas. Ellis County. IS.
I. G. J. KIug, Treasurer Of Ellis County.
Kansas do sOlemnly swear that the above
statement Is true and correct, to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
Hereby Certify. That the foregoing
Statement was subscribed and sworn to be-
fore me. and in my presence, By the above
named this 9Th day Of January. 1922
u. A Basgan,
CL-S) County Clerk