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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Notice is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Or
phans' Court for Worcester County,
Maryland, letters Testamentary on
the personal estate of
JAMES G. MASON
late of Worcester County, deceased.
All persons having claims against
the deceased, are hereby warned to
exhibit the same. with the vouchers
thereof. to the subscriber, on or be-
fore the 18th day of November. 1922.
They may otherwise by law be .ex-
cluded from all benefits of the said
estate. All persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make imme-
diate payment. Given under my hand
this 18th day of May, 1922
HAMILTON Il. MASON,
Executor.
TEST PAUL JONES.
Register of Wills.
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MARINE

Elsie Parks spent the week end
with Agnes and Hazel Mariner.
Mr. James g. Dryden and daugh-
ter. Minnie. spent part OF Sunday
with Mir Charles Lewis and daugh-
ter. Grace
Me>Sr>. Claude and Carl Drdyen
spent sunday with Mr.. Edgar Dry
den.
Miss Anna Dykes and brother, Mil
ton. spent Sunday with relatives at
Friendship
Mr. Paul Cherrix and family en-
iertained Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Cherrix. Mr.. Burbage. and Mr..
Daniel Bradford. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Clemen ou;ten and children. Madeline
and Audrey.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". VI. Sirman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer SiTman spent
Sunday with relatives in Salisbury.
Mr. and Mr.. 5. c. Shockley and
family visited his parents. Mr. and
Mrs J. H. ShOckley. Sunday
Myrtle Wes; and Thelma CaTmean
hA~ENEA A~aAA<AbCkkl 1EssE A4oA& bA Ntu.
Sunday.
Mr.. J. p. Dickerson and son, Lee.
spent Sunday with Mr.. Frank West
Beatrice Sirman and Willis Pusey
spent Sunday afternoon with Agnes
and Hazel Mariner.
Mr.. :. c. ShcckIey and son, John,
visited Mr. George Phillips Sunday.
Mr.. and Mr.. ". u. Sirman and
daughter. Miss Beatrice. spent Friday
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James
X Nest.
Many Of the young folks Of this
neighborhood attended the surprise
party in honor Of Mr.. Lester Bunting
All reported a pleasant evening.
Miss Anna Noriham visited her
sister. Mr. Herman Ards, last week
Mr. and Mr.. Edward West visited
NJ. and Mr.. Frank West Sunday.
Nr. and Mr. Herman Ards and
children spen, the week end with her
parents At Pocomoke.
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INDIANTOwN

Mr.. and Mrs. William X. Truitt and
son. Elijah. and daughter. Gertrude
spent Sunday in Delaware with hel
parents.
Albert DickerAOn spent the week
end with Marvin Parks.
Clarence Bromley spent the week
end with lIr. and Mrs. Fred Pusey.
Mr.. and Mrs. James W. Truitt
spent Sunday in Delaware with hel
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Truitt anc
son, George. Mrs. Susan Hall, and Mr.
ard Mrs. Handy Truitt motored Il
Newark. Del. Wednesday to attenC
the Old. School Baptist Association al
Welcn Tract.
Mrs. King Adkins entertained
friends on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Perdue motor
ed to Salisbury Sunday to visit hi,
mother. and TO attend the funeral OF
Mrs. CharlOttt Fooks. of Salisbury
Mr. and Mrs Albert Laws visited
his sister, Mr.. Elmer Hastings. sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Dickerson and
children spent Sunday with her sister
Mrs. Bratten. Of near Willards.
Nh and Mrs james Devereaux and
son. James, Jr., accompanied by Mr.
Levin DiSharoon and daughter. Emily
and Miss Margie Godfrey motorcd 70
Salisbury Sunday and spent the day
with Mr. and Mrs Elmer Bailey.
Mr. r. +. Scull. of Brooklyn, y. Y.
spent the week end with Mr.. and Mrs
Rider Adkins.
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WILTON

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Laws and son,
Franklin, and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Laws and children were visitors at
Parsonsburg Sunday.
Mrs. Abbie Hales spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bethards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Givans were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William S.
Jones Sunday.
Mrs. 5. f.. Shockley and son, Les
ter. went to Salisbury Saturday on a
business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Clayville and
family. Mr.. and Mrs. John Webb,
Reese. Robert and John Dennis, Mrs.
Andrew Coulbourn and son, Charles,
and Mr.. Webster Coulbourn were
visitors Sunday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs John Dennis. of 81. Martins.
Mr.. William J. Shockley and sis
tiers. Anna and Nellie. spent part of
Sunday with the Misses Elsie and
Edna Clarke.
\little Mary Dennis had the miSfor-
tune to fall from a door step and
brehk her arm Thursday of last week.
JIrS.> Reuben Davis and children
arg on a visit to relatives near Viii
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Lewis and
son, Ralph. spent Sunday with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tim
mons.
Mr. and Mrs. Murray BethardS. Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Adkins and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Powell,
and Mr.. Dean Bethards were enter
tanned at dinner Sunday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bethards.
Mrs. William Clayville and daugh-
tiers. Laura and Amanda, Mrs. John
v ebb Miss Ruth Jarman. Earl Den
mis-. Reese Gault, Arthur Warren, and
Bernard Jones were visitors Sunday
al the home of Mr.. Hillary Hudson.
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MAY 81, 1922.

Text--Luke 24:29.
7.45 p. NJ, Sermon by the pastor.
"The Surprises Of Life" Text-Mark
1887.
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THE DEMOCRATIC MESSENGER
STATE NEWS ENTERS 2lst YEAR

Delaware State News" published by CoJanes CWickes.
er DEL has Just entered 2st year. Col. Wckes says
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friends and patrons appreciation for Their support
II the twenty-one years that have passed
Undergraduate Editor Wcke for the splendid success ne has
made the Delaware News and hope he will participate in
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NEWARK NJ. E. CHARGE.

W. F. GOODWIN, Pastor.
IRONSHIRE.
Sunday-9.30 A. NJ, Preaching.
Sunday-l0.30 A. NJ, Sunday
School. Miss Mary Warren, Supt.
NEWARK.
1000 A. NJ. Sunday School. c. w
Mumford, Superintendent.
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DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

This is to give notice that the
undersigned, trading as Davis &
Wheeler, proprietors of the Snow Hill
Bakery, have dissolved partnership.
Joseph A. Wheeler has purchased the
interest of Frank T. Davis and will
conduct the business at the same
stand.
FRANK I. DAVIS
JOSEPH A. WHEELER
Snow Hill, Md, May 26, 1922.
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ALL HALLows PARISH

Snow Hill, Md.
REV. ALFRED LEE JONES, Rector
May 2S, 1922. Sunday after Ascen-
sion.
1000 A. NJ, Church School.
1000 A. NJ, Holy Communion at
Holy Cross Chapel, Stockton.
100 p. NJ, Evensong at All Hal.
lows Church, Snow Hill.
WHATCOAT VI. f. CHURCH
Snow Hill, Nd.
REV. ELWOOD w. JONES, Pastor
1000 A. NJ, Church School.
HOO A. NJ, Sermon by the pastor
"rhe Cutlery of Hungry Heart
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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-14
NOTICE or SALE

Of a Judgment and decree in foreclosure
coSrt Of a tha S gecona By gyua,t tns B Bistriet
in and fog the County of Bottineau and
State of North Dakota and entered and
docketed in the office of the Clerk Of
said Court, in and for said County ON
action wherein the Union Central Life
Insurance Company Of Cincinnati. Ohio,
a corporation, is Plaintiff and James
and Peoples State Bank of Westhope. a
corporation, are defendants, in favor Of
said plaintiff and against h a de-
1 1rhi for the sum Of ls3s95.ss2
$4,000 Dollars, which Judgment and de-
cree among others things directed the
sale by nae Of the real estate hereinaf-
ter described to satisfy the amount of
the costs and expense Of such sale. or
so much thereof as the proceeds of such
sale applicable thereto will satisfy and
by virtue Of a writ to me issued out Of
and for said County Of 4Bottineau, state
of North Dakota and under the SeaI Of
said Court directing me to sell said real
property pursuant to said Judgment and
said County and person appointed by
said Court to make said sale will sell
the herein described real estate TO the
highest bidder for cash at public auc-
~ az $NiCs )AA0hS ~ +ol ~ Law NOAA y
House in the. City OF Bottineau in the
County Of Bottineau and State OF North
Dakota on the 27th day Of December.
1892 at two o'clock p. M. in that's day
to satisfy said judgment, with interest
and costs thereon and the costs and ex-
penses Of such sale or so much thereof
as the proceeds Of such sale applicable
thereto will satisfy. ~ s>%'~E Ut =
h The premises to be sold Is aforesaid
pursuant to said judgment n decree
and TO said writ n to this notes are
described in said judgment, decree and
writ AZ follows, to-wft: "#sF g
. The Northwest quarter Of the South
east quarter (NWA SEN). the South
west quarter Of the Northeast quarter
(SWN NEA) and Lots Two and Three
g q 80 Of Section l., Township 1913
Range 80. 1872. d, 49, #%
Dated this 18th day Of November
:1e22.s# zg#
H. Thomas Hennessy, %%,
Sheriff Of Bottineau County,
State of North Dakota. 4 I
J. b. Louden, Z M. !.
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Grand Forks, North Dakota y l@
Nov. 16 to Dec. ~ &@fAi
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-14
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER SPECIAL,
EXECUTION

Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of a judgment and decree of foreclosure
made, entered and docketed in the Dis
trlct Court Of Bottineau County, State
OF North Dakota, in an action in which
Minneapolis Trust Company, a cofpor-
alton, is plaintiff, and John Calvin and
Helan Calvin, are defendants, in favor
Of said plaintiff and against said de-
t~endants, on the goth day of November
1872, and by authority of special exc
cution issued by the Clerk of said Court
and to me directed under date of No
Sheriff of B%ottineau County, State of
North Dakota, will sell at public auction
at the front door of the Court House in
the city of Bottineau, County of Botti-
neau, State of North Dakota, on the
3rd day of January 1928, at three O'Clock
estate described in aid judgment and
special execution, and which is situated
In the County of Bottineau, State Of
North Dakota and described as follows
to-wit:
The north half of the southwest quart
east quarter, n the southwest quart
er of the northeast quarter Of section
tWenty-one CID all in township one
hundred sixty-three (163) North Of
Range eighty-three $3.50 West.
Notice is further given that there is
with interest thereon from the goth day
of November 1922, at the rate Of 7 per
cent per annum:
Dated this 25th day of November 1922.
Thomas Hennessy,
Sheriff Bottineau County,
Mcintyre, Burtness and Robbins,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Grand Forks. N. D.
Nov. 80 to Dec. 20
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-14

with James Bell dated August 24th
I1gl4. fs plaintiff and Carl j. Wattlaufer,
Elrdie .EWettlaufer. Emil WettIaufer
Werner Wettlaufer, Agnes Forbes. and
4 FIRST National Bank DIT Omennee,
ants, ii favor 81 said spiaintiff and
against said defendants on the goth day
of November 1922. and BY authority 81
special execution issued by the Clerk al
said Court, and to me diercted under
s aaze 9t s Recepber 1T la2a the under
State OF North Dakota, will sell at pub.
ilc auction at the front door OF the court
mouse I the City OF B~pttineau. County
q Bottineau,1 State of North Dakota, Oh
ooIo aIth day of January 1928. at three
real estate described in said judgnent
ana special execution, and which Is Sit
uated In the County of Bottineau. State
of North Dakota, and described as fol-
!. 7 rs southeast quarter Of the south
tWenty-one (21); the northeast quarter
OF the northeast quarter Of section
Wenty-eight l28). Excepting lot "a" of
said SECTION 2S, and right of way OF
great Northern Railway Company and
the south half of the southwest quart
er Of section twenty-five (22), township
one hundred ~sixty-one (161) range sew
Notice is further given that there is
due on said judgment the sum Of $1S59.-
day of November 1922, at the rate of
Z per cent per annum. "'f"
Dated this first day of December 1922.
Thomas Hennessy, Sheriff of Bot
tiheau County. North Dakota.
Mcintyre & Burtness,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Grand Forks, NJ. D.
Dec. Ito Jan 4
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-14
NEVER FOR SALE
Three Things Which Are Not Put
on the Market,
Health, Happiness and Love Irnpos
sibie to Acquire for a Price
Error Some Women Make.

Don't cry, Anne. darling; he INIT
worth it. You were too kind and
generous to him"
Thus did a mother endeavor to
soothe her daughter, who had just
been thrown over" by the man on
whom she had spent the greater part
of her earnings during ten Of the four
teen months they had been engaged.
The circumstances which led up to
her giving Kim money were excep-
tfonal, but Anne Is by no means the
only Overlooking girl who has fooiishly
thought she could buy q genuine lover.
a contributor to an eastern periodical
writes. ~. y
When the gentleman In question
first asked the girl to be his wife, he
thought she was q dear little girl, who
could earn q little, and, o. he had 4
soft Job himself, the picture OF 4 home
and wife seemed very allurfng. But,
by eareiessness, he lost his position.
After 4 week Or two II doing nothing,
he limited that 1t was not fair 70 hold
her to the engagement.
II she had fallen n with his sug-
Sestion and taken her freedom. Al M
probability he would soon haye got
soms fresh work rafher than lose her.
Rut the poor, t~oo-ioying siri gener-
Dusty aHeed " keep him = necessi-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-14
NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of a judgment and decree of foreclosure
rendered and given by the District Court
OF the Second Judicial District in and
for the County of Bottineau and State
of North Dakota, and entered and dock
eted in the office of the Clerk of said
Court on he Gath day of November, 1922
in an action wherein Joseph Hodel was
plaintiff and Peter Reimers. Christina
Reimers, his wife, William Clifford. Mo-
hall State Bank, a corporation, n Coon
Valley State Bank. a corporation, were
defendants, in favor of said plaintiff and
against said defendants, and a~djudging
that there was due upon said mortgage
with interest and costs to said date the
sum of Eighty-three Hundrd and Fifty
one and 1900 (S351.12). Dollars, and
Of the real estate hereinafter described
to satisfy the amount due on said judg-
ment and interest thereon and the costs
and expenses of such sale, and by virtue
of a Writ to me issued out of the office
and under the seal of the Clerk of said Dis
trict Court directing me to sell said prop
crty pursuant to said judgment and de-
cree, I Thos. Hennessy, Sheriff Bottineau
County, North Dakota, and the person
appointed by said court to make said
sale, will sell the hereinafter described
real estate to the highest bidder for cash
at public auction at the front door of
the Court House in the City Of Bottineau
in the County of Bottineau and State
of North Dakota on the 9Th day of jan
uary 1923 at two o'clock P. M. of sal
day.
The premises to be sold as aforesaid
are desc ibed as follows, to-wit:
The Northwest Quarter (NWA) and
the West Half Of the Northeast Quarter
(WhNEA) all of Section Twenty-Five
t25) Township One Hundred Sixty-one
(161) Range Eighty-three t83) west, con-
tanning 240 acres, more or less, according
to the Government Survey thereof, Bot
tineau County, North Dakota.
Dated this oath day Of November,
1922.
Thos. Hennessy, Sheriff Of
Bottineau County, North Da-
kota.
J. /. Johnston,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Harvey, North Dakota.
Nov On RI Ton
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-14

J0hanna We absent on Igaya, recH:
perating In AIgiers. All soon as the
Lady Anastasia was sufficiently recov.
ered-in fact before her physician ap.
proved-she took ship III pursuit OF
her papa. But her recovery and her
voyage had consumed much time and
when she arrived in New York she
found her f~orebodings we're In danger
Of being realized. <
However, her fathers diplomatic
business was ended and he had made
his congo at Washington. So Anasta-
STA promptly placed him under arrest
and ordered him home. She was pro-
fuse In her thanks to the Crawfords
FOR their attentions to "poor, dear,
lonely papa" and the earl, as he
grasped pretty Maud's hand at part
ing--Maud herself was perfectly i'll
different-declared, under the stern
eye of Anastasia, that he should al
ways take the tenderest, 'p~aternal' In
terest in her" Anastasia had bought
the tickets and the earl and his daugh-
ter sailed the next day on a Cunarder.
Society JUST reveled in gossip of the
affair.
Soon after, one night, at a crowded
social function, Mrs. Crawford came
up behind two ladies seated and with
their heads together. She heard her
own name mentioned and stopped
short, not ashamed to '1isten in"
And she whisked him off right under
her nose" SERVES her right; these
social climbers need a lesson now and
then" "They say Alice, the other
daughter, was once engaged to a men,
Der Of the Compston family of Mas
~sachusetts. Wonder whatever be-
came of him?" "a member of the
Compston family Of Massachusetts?
Never heard of the affair before, but
probably the Compston family did not
fancy the connection"
That was all Mrs. Crawford stayed
to hear. 1t was enough. For two
days she was So cross there was hard
ly any living in the house with her.
Then she said suddenly to her hus-
band: You never discharged that
young man COmpStOn, as | told o
to-"
mo, my dear; you see"
Never mind explanations. Invite
n1m to dinner tomorrow night"
AS William left the Crawford man.
sion after dinner the following night
Alice, in defiance of all the conven-
lions, accompanied him to the door.
liveried mental threw open the great
portal. Far above, in the dark blue
heavens, a glorious planet hung and
scintillated.
Alice, my start" cried William, as,
to the amazed horror of the liveried
mental, he took the girl in his arms
and imprinted a kiss Upon her lips.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-14
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER SPECIAL,
EXECUTION

Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of a Judgment and decree of foreclosure
made, entered and docketed in the Dis
trlct Court Of Bottineau County, State of
North dakota: in an action in which
Minneapolis Trust Company, as Trustee
for Sally Louise Bell under agreement
with James S. Bell, dated August cath
l9l4, is plaintiff n Car J. Wettlaufer,
Birdie Wettlaufer, Emil Wettlaufer,
Werner WettIaufer, Agnes Forbes and
North Dakota, a corporation, are defend
ants, in favor of said plaintiff and
against said defendants on the goth day
OF November 1922. and by authority of
Specla! execution issued by the Clerk Of
said Court, and to me directed under
r.gned, Sheriff of B~ottineau County,
State of North Dakota, will sell at pub
nc auction at the front door of the
court House in the City of Bottineau,
County of Bottineau, State of North Da-
kota' on the 10th day of January 1923,
= three o'clock in the afternoon of that
Cay, the real estate described in said
judgment and special execution, and
which Is situated in the County Of Bot
"1eau. State of North Dakota, n de-
cept the right of way of the Great
Northern Railway Company of Section
enty-five (75).
Notice is further given that there is
ne on said judgment the sum Of
10Th day of November 1922, at the rate
Of { per cent per annum.
Dated this first day of December, 1922.
Thomas Hennessy, Sheriff of Bot
tineau County, North Dakota.
Mcintyre & Burtness,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Grand Forks, N. Z.
Dec. 7. to Jan. 4
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-14
GOLDEN STATE STILL LEADS
Veracious Miner Proves That Okla-
homa eullfroas Are Poor Second
to Those of California.

For ~ years after Mark Twain
wrote his story Of the celebrated jump
Ing frog of Calaveras county, Cali
fornia, no writer had the temerity to
suggest that there could be in any
other part of the country bullfrogs
comparable with those In the famous
mother lode country.
Recently some foolhardy scribe from
Oklahoma sent broadcast a story to
the effect that Oklahoma bullfrogs
were capturing and devouring unwary
chickens. The story was a palpable
attempt to discredit the Calaveras bull
frogs and has brought forth a merited
rebuke.
A modest and essentially veracious
Tuolumne county miner, commenting
on the Oklahoma story, brands 1t as
a rank imitation of what really hap
pened near Shawmut, Tuolumne coun-
~, just across the line from Gala"
yeras county. he says a lot of Gala
veras bullfrogs were washed down INTO
q creek In Tuolumne county and that
shortly thereafter young ducks began
TO disappear.
One duck, larger and wiser than the
rest, permitted himself to be swal-
lowed all but his tail and legs, where
upon he started padding and brought
the bullfrog ashore. Thereafter he
made a regular business of catching
oullfrogs in this amer. The miner
says he sold 159 frogs caught in this
way at $50 a dozen. He Is training
other ducks to hunt b~ullfrogs, and
contemplates giving up mining. It's a
great country.-San Francisco Chron-
tcie.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-14
The Wagon and
! Star
By ii. IRVING KING

GO. 1872. BY Mcclure Newspaper syndicate
The advice to Hitch your wagon ia
. star Is all very well, but the opera
ton presents many practical difficult.
Ties Az In the celebrated directions
Tor cooking q hare, we must begin with
First catch your star" William
Oompston had sc far followed Mr..
Emerson's advice that he had fixed his
affections on Alice Crawford, younger
daughter of the head Of the firm of
Crawford, Holmes & Co., by which
firm he vas employed. He was in
charge of one OF the important de-
partments OF the. firm-a very respon-
stble position for so young a man !; but
b aspire to the hand of "The old
mans" daughter-was looking just a
trtfe high for a mere clerk.
Crawford was a self-made man and
q little too proud of the fact, but not
q bad sort of a fellow at that. 1t Is
true his voice wa too loud and his
manner sadly lacked repose-which
was a bitter trial to Mrs. Crawford,
who had social aspirations In degree
% daring as the matrimonial aspira-
lions Of her husbands clerk. She, too,
had sought to hitch her wagon to q
star, and 1t must be owned that she
was meeting with considerable sue
cess.
Compston was of an old and we'll
known New England family, had been
through the preparatory school at Gro
ton and vas a sophomore at Harvard
when the death of his father, a man
who had always lived just a little
beyond his means, forced him to leave
college and strike out for himself. His
father, a lawyer, had done much
legal business for Crawford in con-
nection with the merchants Boston
branch, and though utterly unlike in
almost every particular the merchant
and his attorney had become fast
friends.
So when William found he needed a
Job it was to Crawford he applied and