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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
What Stocks Did
DRY GOODS

NEW YORK, May
ing in the cotton goods district re-
NAMED quiet today. Although prices
were unsettled, mill quotations held
steady. Inquiries came from the bag
trade for sheetings and osnaburgs,
out aside from this activity was I'm.
important.
Demand for rayon dress goods was
nFlsk, especially ~sharkskins. Spot
supplies were well liquidated. Inter.
est for all fabrics continued to grow,
anu sheers remained active.
Business in silk goods was neg
lected.
FIRST supplies Of Nylon hosiery
'Ola at retail Wednesday and met
aVtlFe demand. Some price cutting
1eSeloped on unbranded types, but
branded names sold at $1.14 to $1.35
per pair.
"oolen goods buyers confined their
pafcnases to actual needs. A number
VI Plants have stepped up produc-
uOn' out a majority are less active
''Sl at this time a year ago.
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PLANES FAVORED
IN LATE TRADING
Turn Comes As President
pooins Presenting His
Message To Congress

,rw YORK, May 16-LR-Trad'
Me-" ,,ed to buy in the stock mar
eFs .odav in swift response to
ke' :,ont Roosevelt's billion-dollar
armament program
IVA, the Presidents emphasis on
nao plane capacity for the Amer
,,' oo'' industry, aircrafts were favor
N'D j., the late afternoon buying
l,Ss steels, likewise classed as
s.nsr.babies," were close seconds.
~so turn came with dramatic
.~,idspness as the President began
noot Prices rose, settled back
Wall street heard him out, then
s.od for gains of i to 6 or more
'.tnts in the armament issues. The
t aY Chartered along several min
. ssn'1 behind the market.
Earlier in the day, there had been
little premonitory nibbling in this
Sirisjon, but the bulk of the list bad
u.an ragged. The late rally, how
W." swept nearly everything with
:. and gains were general, though
vow large except in a few
"1oo;alties and h~igh-priced issues.
Thorp vas a little profit-realizing
at the finish.
Some of the wide gamers included
na,glas Aircraft, North American
,,;otion. Glenn Martin, Bethlehem
r+ool American Telephone, U. S.
Cool United Aircraft, Sperry, Lock
hood Boeing, Curtiss Wright, Re
,nb1ic Steel, youngstown Sheet,
1obns Manville, Air Reduction,
western Union, Anaconda, Amer
;csr Smelling, Goodyear, Chrysler,
1of+ Allied Chemical, Dow Chem
ical Eastman and Du Pont.
The Associated Press average OF
ca stocks rose IS of a point at 4S.3.
Yesterday the average was the low
est since April, 1889.
Turnover was 2,355,1S0 shares,
compared with 3,771,7 700 Wednesday.
Nearly 400. 900 shares changed hands
in the final hour.
Wheat and corn at Chicago flip.
ned inward with stocks, after hav-
ing fIuctuated widely during most
of the day. The close was 3 to 4 IL
cents a bushel higher for wheat and
as to 4 IA cents up for corn. AS
often happens in war-minded mar
kets, cotton found little support,
though the final price was 5 to 70
cents a bale higher, after Irregular
ity most of the day.
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CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, May 10 Up Cash
wheat prices today we're quoted 2
cents lower to 2 cents higher and the
basis was quoted steady. Sales $4,000
bushels, receipts 10 cars.
Corn unchanged and basis firm,
sales $4,000 bushels, bookings 1900
bushels, receipts 40 cars.
Oats unchanged and basis firm,
sales 40, 900 bushels, receipts II
cars,
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NEW YORK EGGS

NEW YORK, May 16-R-Eggs
25. 636: easy. Mixed %colors; fancy to
extra fancy 1920 3-4; extras Is IL
to ga: storage packed firsts Is Ia;
graded firsts II IA; current receipts
Is IL; mediums Is; dirtles NO. l.
|16; average checks Is IA to IL.
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MIDDLING COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, May 10 Up -
The average price Of middling
15-16ths-inch cotton today at ten
southern spot markets was 5 points
higher at 9.65 cents a pound; aver.
age for the past thirty market days
1O.47 cents; middling 7-sths.inch av.
erage 9.47 cents a pound.
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NEW YORK G

NEW YORK, May 16-lR- The
sugar futures market remained nerv-
GUS today from the previous ses-
sion's heavy selling, although prices
were relatively narrow at the close.
The world contract finished I'M
changed to 2 points lower with sales
at 10,750 tons.
Refined was unchanged at 4.5O
cents for fine granulated. Withdraw
ais were fair.
Nh 2 ropce Fo11ou,..
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RICHMOND HOGS

RICHMOND, Va, May 10 III
Hogs: 10 cents higher. Quoting
good and choice 180-225 pounds 5.65-
5.85 top. 1OO-12O lbs. 3.85-4.35; 100
14O lbs, 4.35-5.05; 140-160 lbs. sos
5.35; 160-180 lbs. 5.35-5.65: 225-250
lbs. 5.15-5.65; 250-3OO lbs. 4.95-5.45;
over 300 lbs. 4.55-5.05. Sows under
$50 lbs. 4.10-4.60; over $50 lbs. 800
40.
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SlOCK BUYING RUSH FOLLOWS ROOSEVELTS SPEECH
ELECTED

NEW YORK, May 16-R-Ather.
ton W. Hobler of New York, today
was elected chairman of the board
of the American Association of Adj
vertising Agencies, succeeding A.
L. Billingsley of Cleveland. Hobler
told convention delegates he could
not quarrel greatly" with activi-
ties of the Federal Trade Commits
sion lin its efforts to clean up
Advertising through legislation
such as that relating to the market
ing of food and drugs.
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NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, May 16-LP- Tur.
pentine firm q IL; offerings IL all
sold; receipts 14s; shipments none:
stock 7,4S7. Rosin firm; offerings
240 all sold; receipts SID; shipments
none; stock 1854, 1853. Quote: B, 3.75;,
D, 3.S5; E, APO; F, G, H, I, 4.6o;
K, 40; M, 500; N, 6.25; WIG, $50;
WV, $50; X, $40.
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NEW YORK BUTTER

NEW YORK, May 16-R-But'
ter Oil, $50, easier. Creamery higher
than extra II ga to % IL; extra
(92 score) u 1-2; firsts 1881 score)
26 ga to 27 IL; seconds (S4.S7) Is
IL to 26 IL.
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BALTIMORES LIVESTOCK

BALTIMORE May 16-R- (U.
S. Dept. Agri.) Hogs 725. Lower.
practical top 6.35; good and choice
17o-210 lbs 6.10-6.35; 220-240 lbs 5.85
to 6.10; 10000 lbs 5.35 to $50; 150-
100 lbs SIS to 900; 140-15o lbs $50
to $50; 130-140 lbs 5.45 to $40; 120-
100 lbs 5.15 to 5.45. Packing sows
a 25 to Ats.
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rr NEW YORK

toes YORK, May 16-R-Pota.
Maina eauy' No. l, sacks Goo lbs.)
l.S5.o9' Green Mountain IA" size,
and Ks+: finch 2.oo-2.1o; Chippewa
10, so aa,shdin, Pinch minimum EOS.
ket, t1b higher, Florida, bu. has.
,.35; + crate. No. l, Earlaine
tancv A1a 1al washed 1.1o-25,
Spauldina = unwashed 1.0O-1.1O;
Washed q rose os washed 1,O5-15, I'm.
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SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, May 16- Up -
Spot cotton closed quiet 4 points
higher.
Sales 1853; low middling $3.50; mid
ding 9.e6; good middling 1o.11; re-
.ceipts 1,407; stock 661, 1858.
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PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va, May 16- Up -
Peanut quotations.: Jumbos 3 7-S to
4; bunch 3 1-2 t. $50; runners 3 Ia
to 3 S-S. Market very quiet.
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NEW ORLEANS 7 T

NEW ORLEANS, May 16.-R-
Cotton futures were nervous and ir-
regular today. Final quotations were
steady at net gains of 1 to 5 points.
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STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, May 16.-R-Sales,
closing price and net change of the
fifteen most active stocks today:
Curtiss Wright, 134,300 10%
ass.
Lockheed Airc, 81, ooo-37A; a4A.
Loft, SO, 4OO-23k; as.
North Amer Await, $4,000 22R;
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CHICAGO LARD

CICAGO, May 16-,R-Lard tierc-
'es 5.55; loose 400; bellies Els.
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BALTIMORE POTATOES
BALTIMORE, May 16-LR-Pota.
toes unchanged.
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Aviation Corp. as. 2oO-7M; az.

Aviation Corp, 4S,2Oo-7H; az.
Beth Steel, 49, O0-S4; a3k.
US Steel, 81, OOO-55%; a2B.
Republic stl, "a, 7Oo-1S%; az.
General Motors 3,900-44h: az
Cont Motor, &C, o0o-3%; ais.
BALDWIN Loo Ct, 29, 20O-17B ais
Anaconda, 25, 0Oo-25R; a1R.
Boeing Airc, "a, 9o0-23B; ass.
NY Central, "a, 5oo-13%; as:
United Air Lines, $4,000 - 15%
ii Il.
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cHA GpHfARLoTTE COTTON
Spot cottL ao March 10 (H -
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STOCK AVERAGES

6O.Stock Range Since 1927:
1q3.-3S 1q32.36 1922!
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-29
Faith OF Our F Fathers-Living Still

Yt THE WESTERN WORLD from the outset was the dream
of opportunity the first permanent answer TO e s
against liberty and the powers that challenged Lutei ~
that hurled the Reformation Therefore those WHOSE '
d t.rd I'm nder new ry were offered the pelous ven
t,e of the rugged oneer who chose liberty and ior won
gamble with chance and its eventlat1es NO laouous 'd ~
sudden wealth had to be told no strange creams IS ot oa o
cures of nsalades needed and no coercion OF those WIN
thought in terms OF power and wealth nduged tor the
exploitation OF the poor
america therefore had the unusual advantage OF getrs
off with the right foot first Those who had been oppressed a
who had felt the terrors of the old world IN position
ther own codes and these breated in the tenn
neranent Of tolerance moderation for all Thus runs the pre-
be of the new world christened the sweet land OF liberty and
rededcaed as government by and for the people,
With the early struggles well in mind the long and bitter
trail of the Revolution, be safely said hat America o"
faces her strongest challenge While immediate expressions
have been advanced and nave been declared against c
people the principles for which she stands and all that her
and talents have stood their most desperate crisis
George Washington left the undylng keynote by which oul
songs have swayed the world Those who came after h Wd
60 firmly in his ootsters haze buded such country that ap
peals TO the Nv and it has laid o W the Pd'eli
for all of the of the old world desiring more adeote
system OF justice and more Wholesome Atmospheric VI '
11;; b arch traitor Attia the second and the bloody
handed despot who robbed Etiopas has struck Oft t
r,o 1nknte t of all Worse by far than Hitler, the hun
who himself has already shed blood swim thousand years
he'll Ii Dce staked in the dark for weary months with shield
ed dagger the horrible bandit preerrlng most to wait I'LL m
hack E turned to make the thrust And he has cast it. WITT
It he not only CANDLES with his uSurpat1on OF the vested rights
Italians but with the bundle of booty and loot he stole TIL
der clear skies from black tok
5 We are united people here While ours has not reached
the perfection of dream of real democracy we were
striving to achieve that end Our ideals being shattered
what we called holy being traped under the bloody fee o.
the legions of satan The shades of that brilliant galaxy thai
rested from despair fair flag of liberty and carried he
through the smoke from Brandvwine Appomattox stir
naroic courage and real Americans black and white rise
b. TO MEET THAT CHALLENGE, - --.---.--
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Seeing and Saying BY William Il. Fosplke;
lowed to function far.
CHRIST Is NOT FAILING

Certainly, too, Christianity has not been allow
ed to function and is failing. Do understand me,
Christ is not falling but men are failing and have
failed to carry out the principles of that religion.
The Fatherhood of God, Brotherhood of Man, life
after death and Jesus Christ as the Savior have
been only symbols, to which have pointed and
later done mostly as they pleased.
Christ, more than likely, never meant for men
to organize and promulgate the numerous branches
of the church as we know today with their strife
and counter strife their bgotries their unchris-
tianity in leadership and membership If the Saw
ior meant the establishment of church of num-
bers on the earth, he must have intended it to be
universal simple and logical in its dealings for all
Whether nations leaning towards legislation
by the people Ga stated phase of democracy have
wanted to admit it or not, the emergencies of the
late days have called for dctatorlal governments
Stad constitutional monarchial England made
Churchill dictator; Frances Premier Reynaud
and then Petain were made supreme when the cris-
is hit; our President Roosevelt, already enjoying
vast powers from the depression days, has been
granted few more Che neatly controls both cham
bers of Congress- anyway)-then there are, of
course Hitler, Musso1lni, Stain, Franco and the
lesser lights.
DICTATOR, INNER COUNCIL
The leaning of all governments is toward CEN
trail control, with strong man at the head and
strong "nner council" to dominate the workings
of the government throughout, all in accord with
the strong mans views supposed to exemplify the
tenets of the dominant party. Rumania is jump
ing on Hitlers bandwagon. Some students of gov
ernment have long since believed the dictatorship
more efficient for the entire population of coun-
try than the forms approaching democracy ever
dared to be- Whether not they are wrong,
only time will tell.
The only fact that is uppermost and most inn
portant is that the relationships knocking out
those nations with the semblance of that thing we
have called democracy Going with democracy is
the "practice of Christianity it has tolerated.
Some day His kingdom will come on earth after
men have worn themselves out trying out the
varied and silly notions of ruling and living they
have espoused through the ages.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-29
By WALTER r. CH1VERS
Professor of Sociology,
Warehouse College

RACE. ACCORDING TO anthro-
pology, is purely a physical term.
A pure race must have a common
heredity of physical traits. The
scciologists recognizing that they
must deal with race accept as a
working definition, the racial di-
visions according to color--white,
brown, yellow, black. The Ameri-
can Negro does not have common
physical traits and has the range
of the rainbow" as a color scheme.
It is evident then that he is not
a race, but a social group acting
"as if" he were a race because OF
fate over which he has no con-
troll. That is his social state as a
descendant of slaves living in the
society of descendants of masters.
These descendants of masters have
defined "the place" of the descend
ants of slaves in the American
scheme of life. This racial group
is, really a defensive alliance. The
blood ties are thin as the varieties
Of skin color and the lack of con-
sistency in physical traits so OBJ
viously show.
MUST HAVE CONSISTENCY
Race consciousness of any ef-
fective strength must have either
anthropological consistency or col
or uniformity or both as basis.
Because these are not characteris-
tics of the so called Negro group
in America. the writer holds that
development of effective race con-
sciousness among the American
racial group is highly doubtful.
The statement that the Ameri-
can Negro racial group is, in the
main, a defensive alliance requires
explanation 1t means that Me-
groes have common woes of en-
ployment displacement, segrega-
ton, disfranchisement, ct cetera.
Their final loyalties will depend
upon the intensity and strength of
these irritants.
There is plenty Of evidence to
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FROM MY STUDY WINDOW-WRICHT

rather awkward girl in a white
dress and pig tails captivated he1
audience with a group of songs in
a contralto voice that already gave
promise of the kind one does not
hear more than once in a century
Today she is Marian Anderson,
recognized as one Of the greateS'
concert soloists of her day.
FIGHTING GOOD FIGHT
Many things of vital concern tc
our own and to submerged and
prosecuted groups everywhere will
be up for discussion, for the
NAACP is fighting the good fight
for justice social and civil for
every human being. It is TO be
hoped that the movement to eS-
tablish national and local defense
funds to enable tine splendid legal
talent at the disposal of the AS
SioC-Oll w bC PAoSOo WACAAAA1
reach Of black men in every part
of the country who sorely need il
will have the hearty backing of all
delegates. and that they will re-
turn to their various localitie"
committed to that as the spear
head of their offensive against
discrimination in our courts of
law. T.
The father South those deie-
gates hail from, the more urgent
is the need fer a local defense
fund, large enough, and easily
enough available to be used when
ever justice would without it be
obviously too expensive for the
average forlorn, friendless ano
helpless wretch vino finds himself
in the tolls of the law
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Race Consciousness

the effect that these disadvantages
ere not applied with equal force
to all members of the Negro racial
group and this is true in greater
and greater degrees. For instance.
it is quite noticeable that the grow
ing trade consciousness of south
ern white merchants is making
them much more liberal in their
objective classification of race.
They accept the color idea Of race
for business purposes. Thus. they
tend to give all people approach
ing whiteness in appearance the
same treatment traditionally re-
served for white patrons.
COLOR AN ISSUE
One of the writer's friends re-
Gently told him of an experience
which he had when using his in
fluence to get certain accommoda-
tions for Negro friends. The per-
son in charge of the accommodate
tions asked that he designate the
skin color when making requests
So that arrangements might be
made which would not irritate
white people present. If they
could not tell by color there would
be no friction.
Thus it is evident that size
able group of these so-called Negro
people never experience the degree
of inconvenience that comes daily
to their kinspeople of color. Too
much black makes a precipitate.
does it not? They then cannot be
expected to develop the racial
"nationalisrn" necessary to the de-
velopment of race consciousness.
Race consciousness would have
to be developed en- basis of color,
and as this color becomes lighter.
the effectiveness of race solidarity
will be lessened. In other words,
continued development OF the
American Negro physically and
culturally into American types
means that Negroes will become
American conscious increasingly
and Negro race conscious de
creasingly.
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BETWEEN the LINES

cratic ideal.
Democracy is a thing of the
spirit and not thing of the mind
merely, and as Dr.. Hooking of
Harvard said 20 years ago, De
mocracy simply will not work un-
less it has something like Chris
tianity to go along with it," We
have tried to- make democracy so
without its Christian counterpart
and we have failed. And great is
the failure! With Germany dom
mating Europe and abetted by
Italy, Russia and Japan, thete IS
no way to save Democracy from
collapse. Only dictators can COM
pete with dictators and the soon
er we realize this the better. This
country of ours needs toe:ay more
than anything else a dictator to
prepare the defenses of the nation;
for we are lamentably unprepared
NEED DICTATOR
some months ago l predicted
that the only Way this nation
could stand up in competition with
the totalitarian nations Was to pro-
claim a dictatorship. Current
events are corrobarating my thesis.
Democracy is an ideal, the iegions
of Hitler are real. Democracy Is a
dream, the domination of Hitler
throughout Europe is brutal fact
that is both ominous and tragic
Our country has been watching
Japan, with the result Hitler has
made away with a whole continent.
We must give the devil his due
and acknowledge Hitler's as the
master1nind of the century and
this writer is not totally convinced
that Europe will ro 100 IF w.
is lCdni..i-n t?-al W,d-y The
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-29
BY DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK
DEMOCRACY IN RETREAT

The plight of France fills one
With profound distress! With ner
armies vanquiShed on the battle
field, and with her pride humbled
before an expectant world, we are
witnessing one of the few decent
nations of modern times PROSTATE
in the dust of defeat.
Betrayed within and without,
France became easy, victim of tine
mighty legions of Hitler that would
not be denied. Having had tc
fight the battles of England for
these many years, it is interesting
to note the course the British will
pursue in her France-less fight
against Hitler Those bold asSer-
tions of Churchill are hardly more
than gestures for the historians
of the future; and it is hard TO
imagine how Britain will escape
with her national hide intact.
CID ORDER PASSING
1t looks as II the Old order Is
passing in Europe and with it tfle
English hegemony of a hundred
years. For 10, these many years
France has done the fighting while
England made terms with the van-
quished. A new order cometh in
which England must sit at the mer-
cy seat CT another power and her
far-fung empire is at an end.
With the collapse of the Allies
may go the collapse of de-
mocracy in the modern world. To-
talitarianis1n is proving more Wig
orous and virile and the efficiency
of Germany over the ineff1ciency
If the Allies may be the startlinc
eve~.t- Il re d2c!&:2 Cf ~ ,,;:2+:.--o-
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Our Leadership

In this rnpcr dedicated promote the Fatherhood OF God
and the brotherhood of man. caution you to remember ~
even those who preach the gospel of the Fatherhood some ~
are caught in the tolls asehood and become the mouth pieces o.
false prophets who good for people but to lead them
TO the ballot box forget them after their votes are cast
Honesty and integrity the shields that guard the leaders o
the effersonian Democratic League To them has been gwen
YOUR confidence is making your leaders, 10 then as your
leaders Won should carry the and council which others
would have YOU listen and then let their integrity and honesty D
the clearing which will bring to you the truth ABOUT W
false rors and reports (which told to confuse you 10 oek
I'm vor oneness and that unity which are creating 10
dim that light which will guide to far representation III pro-
rron to your voting strength at the polls ou nave 10 P
r trs in certain leaders, These leaders have chosen a
is now ND to YOU to them strong by placing the unity OF
vor uswrying LOYALTY through that loyalty will come the
brotherhood of and failing unity the sht THAT suue
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.

British
Britain has done her part Of
dirty work in the affairs of this
world. In the long run the "Blitz-
krieg" is no worse than vnt
"Schnecke- -krieg" (TIhe former
lightning war and the latter a
snail War Britain has SpecialiEed
on the latter and nobody is prepar-
ed to prove that its damage mas
been less. The 700 years during
which Ireland sweat blood and
the century Of British rule in In
Ola are mute testimonials 70 the
tragedy of British power.
A POSSIBILITY .,.
The fear that Hitler may take
a fling at this country is not
without foundation, fer If Herr
Hitler is the genius the world
knows him to be it would be prac-
tically easy for him to conquer our
own nation. While our "rabble-
rOuSiDg' politicians tie up congress
with petty politics, it is easy for
some Shrewd man like Hitler to
run away with the whole business.
Even at this late date and in this
critical hour of our national his
tory, there are those short-Sighted
politicians of divers persuasions
playing politics Some of the Re-
publicans are not interested il
what dangers lied ahead, but ir
the next election and it is just this
sort of thing that spells de-
mocracy's doom!
When these political "do-fun-
nies' were dubbed Trojan jack
asses. apologies were due the long
cared tribe, the jack-asses. If Hit
Ter does net care to follow throueh
his present advantage and h'n'lI-