Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 8 November 1913 — Page 1

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BOBO SGHOOL IS DEDICATED Fine New School in District 4 Was Dedicated Friday Evening BY JOHN I. HOFFMAN — Deputy State Superintendent of Public Instruction —Modern Building. In spite of the threatening weather of last evening fully two hundred residents of Rivarre and the vicinity, who are patrons of the school, turned out to the dedication exercises of the new $16,500 school building, located in the village and which is one of the most modern anti well equipped buildings in the country. The building was designed and erected by Oscar Hoffman and is conceded to be the finest piece of work for a school of its kind in the scholastic districts. The entrance to the building leads into a long hall. At each end of the hall is a reference class room and on the north side of the hall are entrances leading into two large class rooms. The boys and girls' lavoratories also lead off the hall and at the door of each is placed a sanitary drinking fountain. The basement is a large roomy affair, divided into three sections. The central and smaller section is fitted up for the boiler, furnace and air compressing system. The heating system is one of the most modern in the country, it being an automatic steam plant. In the furnace room is also an oil en gine used for the compression of air which forces the water from a deep well for use in the furnace, drinking fountains and lavoratories. The west end of the basement is fitted up as a large playroom for the boys while the east room is fitted up likewise as a playroom for the girls. These rooms training or any other thing that is necessary in school life. The lighting system is most excellent, the study rooms being on the north side of the building, with practically all of the north wall forming one large window, thus doing away with the glare of' the sun and at the same time securing a strong light At present but two teachers are employed, they being Ben Colter, who has charge of the four higher grades, and Miss Bertha Bunner who has charge of the four lower or primary grades. It is expected, however, that next year will see the consolidation of another district, which will require additional teachers. This school is the result of the unschool ceasing work of O.J. Sumen, trustee ceasing work of O.J. of St. Mary's township, who has labored hard to get the school work of the township in the high standing

it has attained. i‘ Mr John I Hofftnaa. depaty s,at ’ 'Wrinttmdent of P-blie arrh-d in the dty *• -«■*, ©tear Hoffman to District ■ • ||, .i- m iiprp he wan nu | Preble township, where » I b TniMco Hoffman aid P* l * o( ■ I i , Htort’nddr.HS. The d-dhation « ■ ’Jsntth. Kivarre Hp H by the ‘dncdnc of Amori** i I the entire a«s»mblare, lea J I *T < Mr Hoffman was InI ni M ve-uddi f htf 9 I . Mr Hoffman's discourse K Lt m reh Mrakinff of the prate* ■ - *■ < r»»d u apnprut i»ubj« H» - . K ' r "*' u “ ' h( , ari . h the htotory ot ” 1 ‘ n ‘never would they find K the world and n w(t ftr ,. • ; (1 ,.. K ♦njoyln* »' •*' mrM !IM o it t to see the -nrrwlina I in nlm- 1 ■ by hand, whll' 1 (niicr . Are we field I * ’ ‘Z lo .| wa> ? « ■ udvandnr m»n ln( , | | rt . ; . K ttally »» n"‘“' rl * , r , wp) rity »» “ 1 pretty, for If |H to have materia. P rit y ** d *’ nOt '"a rrX l«M-3d nt Inb w IU •radually d p u (.omtnon I ZLo Th- t.ur»” a.-rdop I* F ■ morally «n" p Mtt a tfon. To « B rapid pros"*'' ‘ t wcr it In h.r ? thh* "” ,r ,h iX the erhool. hom* i ntony. b ” ,n ’ ‘ h

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; society. |f the influence “"tie I;; not in accord with that elmol the .1,11,1 wi || | ns „ " l>e school Influence. if the homo ' 1 school <o -operate mid tho liri li lines not, then there Ih some- ,"" K ,n * Sß| ng. likewise, too, If Hie en’ironments are such as to not coop- !" rat *' with the last three, there is "’"eh to l>e lost. Mr. Hoffman stat tlm "><»iai»u has one of the great i bool systems in tlte country and iioner begins with the township itriisteos and the school boards. Mr. Hoffman then presented the key to •'lt. Suntan, and dedicated the build">R lor school purposes, hollowing ■'lr. Hoffman a short addresse was made by Rev. Brown mid remarks were made by Mr. Simian. Caleb Andrews, Mr. Kelly, trustee of Jefferson township. Rev. Black, Mary Erwin. Wilson Beery. I). B. Erwin mid Matie Chronister. During the address c.f Mr. Hoffman, the children were being entertained in one of the recitation rooms hy Miss Bunner, Mr. Erwin, Kit Cowan. Andrew Teeple, Wil i son Beery and others. ■—o — . PATROLS FORMED —. — —. Boy Scout Troon Number One Divided Into Three Patrols. NAME OF ANIMAL' I I And Its Call Given Each One—Eight Boys in Each Division. At the Boy Scout meeting last night ■ Troop No. 1 was divided into patrols.* Three patrols were formed of eight ! boys each. Each patrol takes the . name of some animal with i: call imitating the yell of the particular ani-l ' patrol has colors, also .»l patrol leader and u assistant patrol | leader. Fatrol No. I—Fox Patrol. Patrol leader—Alex Sutton. Scot-: No. 1. Assistant Patrol ia-adi r—Robert Colter. Scout 2. Robert Smith. Scout 3. Carlisle Plunders Scout 4 Ishmael Macy, Scout 5. Harold Cushman. Scout f. Wayne Braver*. Scout 7. Earl Cushman. Scout 8. Patrol No. 2—Wolf Patrol. [ Patrol I-end er — Walter Cherry holmes. Scout I. Asaistant Patrol Lender—Edwin ' Stephenson. Scout 2. Roy Kalver. Scon: 3. Bryce Thomas. S* out 4. Wayne Spaulding. Scout •>. ■I Robert AU, Scout 6. • William Johnson. Scout 7. Ralph Krill. Scout 8. Patrol No. 3—Ram Patrol. l! Patrol Leader—Dick Durkin. Scout |

N'o. 1. Assistant Patrol lx*ndr-C<*>rge, Sclitut. Scot* l llalph Tyndall —'.b out 3. Winfield Maddy. Scout 4. Harold Magley. Scout 6. Romer ftett, St out «. _ Fhauncey Wisner. Scout t. .. ■ — ■ «■»' 1 ran into ditch. While drivlw j wr Friday evening, a horse .nd bug I -V driven by unknown penonn, wore "“„rm*l into a J«P dih'h that Is i.. stnnx that street, overturn--Itelnz dux aionjs M th. buggy. «wlng « >- d «' Th e dark, rainy nigh' «« duo Ifßhta , , Hide of tlte ditch made a HOiet-eof road to travel over and d s-smts were in'l"’’* 1 fortunate ; n h ;Xut Jwri p » ft _ — —* BAN is RAISED. STI ri ’’Xn.an.'. 1 "' ** : ' XlngfiH-’ Raibvny t'Klcy Iteed word tlte. freight and P«* ] ' h 1 for IndhmnpolU ««ld he , ' "* P ‘ , taring " Ur ’ that city having n WPr ,.,«|di ! tickets there not ■ Mar that '"cUAROIAN OUALIFEfO. ' roar of ‘he »PP nlnUn ‘‘ n * , I approved in thin court.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, November 8, 1913.

CHURCH CIRCLES Rev. F. Wambsganss Will Give Another Illustrated . I Lecture at ZION’S LUTHERAN * - • Rev. Wehmeyer Leaves for Pastoral Conlerence— Other Church Notes. I Next Sunday. Noveinht r Hi, nt i ■ I>. m., Rev. K Wumb-jan; of Kort; Wayne will give a lecture on "Tlie Persecuifonn of the Chrh tinnu," dur . ing ti e ,irnt three ceiitiiriei. The le< - ! Hire will be illustrated by 120 stereoptican views. It is given under tho auspices of the Young People s so< iety , of the Zion’s Lutheran church, and ! the proceeds will • e used for som • benevolent purpos. No admission is ( barged, but a collection will be taken. The public is invited to hear I this lecture, which will bo very inter-1 esting and Instructive, still more so. than the lecture on “India." given in October Remember the date, N'ovoin her Hi. Rev Wehmeyer will ho among the ( Adams county Lutheran ministers, who will attend the pastoral conference of the Lutheran Missouri synod ! at Elkhart Tuesday. Wodn< day and Thursday. Rev. Welinteyet and sane ! ily will leave tomorrow for Ft. Wayne 1 and Mrs. Wehmeyer and children will remain there with jher parents. Mr. ! and Mrs. ('. Fisher, during the time! that Rev. Wehniey.-r is at tlte confer ence. Tom Marker of Kontomo will arrive and tomorrow will slug at the; il’hristian church. While h •re he will | j bo tiie guest of his sister, Mrs. G. E. Mount. BADLY—JNJURED Was Mrs. Chris Ebnit of Near Vera Cruz-Was Thrown from Wagon. IN A RUNAWAY ■ 1 Was Thrown in Such a Way That She Alighted With Back Across a Tub. Mrs. Chris Ebnit. a widow, living near Vera Crus., wu» dangerously *n-1 jured Thursday evontau. when she I ! was thrown from a wagon, tn a run ' away. It was first feared that she Imd been fatally imrt. hut she is reported bettor today. Mrs. Ebnit and Iter chfhiren look after a small farm which site own< i and she and the children le d just finj ished busking fifteen acrea of corn ; and were hauling it. the last load when the horses started to run. Mrs. Ebnit was thrown from the wagon and alighted with her Itacl. across u ! tub lying In the yard. She suffered very painful injuries aernst the back and for a lime wns tmnpletely paralysed and unable to rice. Khe j was tarried to her borne and a physician was summonri' H* said her kid neys were Inlured, and it could not be I told how had the I Jury might prove. Although better today she is still <on-| fined to Iter bod Bluffton News. , .US— —«• -O I I m. FUNERAL HELD YESTERDAY. The funeral of Andrew J. Miller, 81, who died at St. Jo eph hospital In. Fort Wayne, was held Friday after 'noon at 2:30. The deceased wan a pioneer of that vicinity, having born a resident of Ad.tms county about forty years. He wai< a nmmln-r of the' G. A. R.. having l»ern In th« 183 rrgl- j ment of Ohio volunteer Infnntry. and , liad the distinction of being the young-j est person in the regiment, enlisting when hr was fourteen years of ago. I Mr Miller is survived by a widow,! three sons and two daughters. - Mrw. Chrlnt<*na Niblick loft lhi« morning for Mt. Clement. Mich.. I; where She will spend a w<-< k or ten I days taking tho hatha.

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I SELDON STETSON CO. ( AT OPERA HOUSE. The Seldon Stoti■< ti < ompaiiy played ! i to capacity busim-ss lust nirlit. Man‘lager Dobhc didn't expect half of the | crowd owing to tin- exiremc liad j j weather. Thii; company i< certainly pleaning tin- people. Miss Seldon in I "East Lynn" was cf-rtninlv there in j her part, and we musi not forget liar- ■ ry Stetson, that old veteran, who has j stood tiie test lor forty years, in iiL ■' droll sayings, catching the house ev ‘ lory time "Tiie Tilcotts" have you. seen them? If not, why not? They! are tiie best vaudeville team ever in ! tills city and you will certnli ly miss a | groat treat if you fail to I.ear them. , Tonight, tiie last night ot tiie com- ■ pony's stay In tills city, they will pre- ; sent that startlini' western comedy. : "Tiie Girl of the (,oldon West." Be ! cure your seats early to avoid the rush. GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. George Houser to Celebrate Golden Wedding at DAUGHTERS HOME On Sunday—Relatives Invited to Join the Festivities. Mr. and Mrs. George Houser, a well I known aged collide of the city, will ; lebrate their goflen wedding tonioi ' row at the home of their daughter.' ; Mrs. Monro, Besser, in th, west part ! of tiie city. A number of relative j have been invited to share the fosttvi > ties with them and a dinner at mam i will Im- a feature of the celeiiration. Mr. and .Mrs. Houser lived here sor 1 many years prior to going to Hum ' mond several years ago. Recently ! they returned here and are with their’ ! daughter, .Mrs Besser. Thev are high ly esteemed and their friends rejoice ■ with them in having spent so many | happy yean of lit-* togetiier. Mr*.' I Houser was forr.erly .Miss Alice, I Uvughery. Q. - —- CENSUS REPORT | A tine girl baby was tMirn to Mr. and | Mrs. Herman Hult< , meier, residing ot. i the Itultemeier homestead near St.Jolins. Thia Is the second child and daughter In tiie family. Th" mother, was formerly Mias Kate l»ro ge. A PORKJABBEL Program Committee of the •K. of P. Lets go Another New and Novel One. "BIG PIG ROAST" Will Ocur Next Thursday and Boys are Promised Night of Fun. The second of a sarlen of socltil ev- j | cnlng i to lie enjoyed by th* . members of the Knights of I’ytlilu i lodge will be held next Thursday ev ■ enlng at the lodge iiome. The committee on "cata" has pint, | nod a "pig rnait" and hy that they ; mevn not merely n ploco of roust( d . pork, but the whole uquralM*. from I the tips of hht little p>rk an out to the I Imrt hair of hl» curly tai’. The pig will Ih* routed whole by Milt Girod, which iiiennH good meat and then , there will bo plenty of Irtud. pickles. | ! coffee and clgara. The evening will be very informal, and aomethlng In th/ nature of an old ; I fashioned mH call nothing, There will I bo tnualc. too. . I Every K. of P should make it n point to attend with his appetite. ii Miaa Stella Seabcld and Mina "TUT . - Grovea of Bluffton will be guecta of II Mine Agnca Meihers and Mien Her | nice Andrews over Sunday.

POTATO GROWING Was Made a Success by Emery Church of Wells County. 1 HAD TWENTY ACRES Will "Harvest” About 1,600 Bushels—Average $65 an Acre from Crop. Emery Church, a Wells county map. . mnde a great success of potatoes this > year. Tho Bluffton News says of him: "Emery Church will finish the digging of his twenty acres of potatoes this week, and ho stated to a reporter Thursday evening that the crop will fall a little short of Ills estimate of last week and that tin- crop of marketable potatoes will amount to about , I.fiOO bushels. Those he is selling to bn ."(Oeor? and other buyers for 7“ cents per bushel, a price* that I above the average of most years for potatoes in the fall of tho year. Itnuidilion to the potatoes considered as nuirki-talilo there are ,J*out 100 bushel,* of small potatoes, sorted front the larger, of which then* is a de maud at the price of f>o <•« nts per bushel. Mr. Church says that he is finding a ready local market for his potatoes at 75 cent* and that he could sell 2.000 more bushels in Bluffton if | he had them. He believes that his potatoes are not turning out quite as I well as he first expectotl for the rea son that there was one bad growin- , week Just when the potatoes wer.* maturing. This was a week when there were constant cold rains. Hipotatoes will net him about |fi"» per ! acre.” DECATUR HONORED Again—Two Ladies Are Reelected to Conference Offices. AT FORT WAYNE By Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church. At the North Indiana conferee" ' convention of tho Methodist Woman's Homo Missionary society in Fort ' Wayne this week, it was decided to hold the next convention tn the Lo gansport district, the place to be d< tided later. Decatur was again honored in hav ing two of Its esteemed ladies reap polntwd to conference offices, which . in fact, they have held many years. The official ffTt hr Fresident. Mrs. J. C. White of Ko | kotno. vice president, Mrs. Emtn 11 Daniel, of Decatur'; honorary vic* ] president. Mrs. A. B. Cline, ol Bluff lon. recording aocretury, Mrs. Or * i Conrad, of Richmond; correspondin ’- I ae< rotary. Miss Olin G, Davis, of Mid dietown. treasurer. Mrs. J. W. Vail, ol , Decatur; president emeritus. Mrs, i. . 11. Runyon, ol lllenmond. The reports read show that the or - gwnlxatlon has made a large gain In , membership during ih« pa** year Tli i total membertdtip. as reported, U 8,102. In tho Queen E-th<r division I alone the memitersnip totals 1.010. j Over two hundred delegates attend i ed and the voting delegates numbered ; I more than 150. Mrs. Vull of till > city l< in h< t I !"sw<*et sixteenth” year n» confer! cnee treasurer; Mrs. Emma Daniel; has also served many years n» pres! dent, ami now Is vice president. Mr . A. B Cline of Bluffton, who has set* od a* secretary for many years, an 1 ( who will now retire from active work j i in this conference lo take up work a* I a national officer, was glv< n a ham' j some tray and set of gobletr l»y the conference. Tho Indies' quartet of this city, in eluding Mrs. I*. B Thomnr. Mrs. J. W. Vail, Mrs. Il J. Rice and Mrs. C. L. Waltcre. aanc r.evera! numbers and ware royally ruculved. Among the Decatur ladies attending. besides those named ih the quar tot were: Mr*. J M Miller Mrs, J. B. A

|< Fetorson. Mr-. F. V. Mills, Mr-,. D. W. ■ Beery, Mrs. T W. Holsupple. Mrs. C, | 11. Colter, Mrs. Fred Rcbufer, Mr- | Will Butler. Mrs Emma Daoiels, Mr John T. Myers. Mrs. C. D. Lowloti * Mrs. D. T. Stephenson. o ——... TO BEGIN OH ACTIVITIES. Geneva Operators to Push Dr.II. Until Bad Weather Commence* Geneva, Ind,. Nov. 8 The advance in oil of 5 cents means that operators I in this vicinity will push the drill here I until laid weather commences. TinOhio Oil company has a n*.mber of wells contracted for The ( llfton Oil company Is preparing two strings ol tools in tho field which will drill steadily until the first of th*- year and jierhaps longer. The above company has the largest production in this vi- , cinity, which will run ahout 4.600 l»r- --. rels a month. I REV. EVANS REfIE — Will Have Charge of Morning and Evening Service at Presbyterian. I * — SPECIAL PROGRAM Rev. Gleiser Will Preach at the Westminster Church, Fort Wayne. Rev. W. H. Glyeiser of tiie Fir. J Presbyterian chitn h of this city will go to Fort Wayn • this evening and' tomorrow will have charge of the »en : ices at the WestViiester 1 'res byte ria n church in that city, while th* Rev. A-1 II 11. Evans. |>a.stor of that church, will- | have charge of the -ervice- here, Imthj morning and evening. A program,st! spacial interest has been arrange t for tomorrow evening, announced as follows; Organ Prelude. Hymn. Scripture Lesson. Prayer—Thomas PerktaM. Hymn. Talk—" The Chrl-Man Home.” Duet Mrs. Anker, Mr. J. Lutz Clippings. Violin Solo Mi. Kolin. Hymn. Offering. Talk- Rev. A. R. Evan*. Hymn. Boned let ion. ■ 11* jy —'—■ ■ I IS SOME LEMON. The largest lemon that l-as proliab i ly been seen in the city was recodvcd I this morning by Dallas Hunsicker from his brother In-law, Ben E. Miller • who Is located at Orlando. Flu. Th* lemon is a monster, weighing two] I pounds and six (iiucex. me.'sure* six teen inches In circumference ami sex i ' enteen and one-half Ittches ."round th**' I long way. It lias a d< ll*:i,tful odt>iI and would undoubtedly m..m enough ' lemonade to supply n small picnic par I tg ■ - MARRIAGE LICENSES. — Marriage licenses were l-stied lu, Gustav Fuhnnun, farmer, Imre N*' | I vember 24. 1884, son of Andrew Fuhr I ! man, to wed Lydia Getting, lutm Mgv j I 8,1889, daughter of Henry Getting — 1 • Also to Josoph Stuckey, plumlier. I ! born July 16. 1892. son ol Duv‘*l | | Stuckey, to w<*d Della Klrclmfer. bom | ! September 25, 1893. daughter of John I i Klrchofer. -o . — SPECIAL SESSION. A special session of the council hns ! been called by Mavor Teepiu for Mon- ' day night nt which time th** authorising «>f I»«hI« t«» cover Ninth street paving expense will hr Issu'd and also ! the Rugg street matter, will he taken i up. a» well an other business. - o ■" . LYRIC THEATER OPENS TUESDAY The new family theater. The Lyric, i which was to have opencu today in I tho building formerly occupied by I. Robison a Ktracb. will open nux: ; Tuoaday, a delay of a few dags Inp Ing la»<*n caused by the seat* fallin<*o i arrive on schedule time H will b* | open Tuesday evening.

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THE GARY MAYOR Mayor-Elect Roswell O. Johnson Able to Come Down Town Today. i J CAMPAIGN EFFECTS • 4 Still Telling—His Victory is Greatest One Achieved in the State. / — — Roswell O. Johnson mayor-elect of Gary, who i* a guest lure at tiie home of his brother. Chester Johnson, wns aldo to he down town this morning to call on his barher and doctor. Mr. i Johnson, who has passe*' through several months of the most strenuous cntnimlgn Hie state lias ever known. I and ha* come out victorious, feels the j effeds of tho nervous strain very i much, and Is under I lie car< of a doctor. He shows qroat Iniprovemftit. however, and till* afternoon a<-<-om-I panted Ills father, Joseph Johnson, to I the old homestead near Monroe, where Ihe will visit. He will remain at least a week longer. Ono of the chief entward manifesto- | tlon* of the strain upon hint, shows iin tho li<mr*cnoss of hl* voice. But ! tliis is .not to Im* wondered at when i he made from two to eight speeches every day since July. His victory is without <l* übt th*- . greatest poUtlcal victory tho Mate has ever known. He b still a comparatively young man, i**ing but forty-one i years of age. In winning the muvI orally of Gary on the citlK-na* ticket. ' he defeated Tom Knotts, a democrat, 1 fifty-one years of age, who has prac- | ticaily served a* governor of Gary . for its entire life of seven years. For i the first three year* Knot i -erved a* | president of the town board and when , the town was Incorporated as a city I he became its first mayor, serving four year*. Hi* term will expirs D.*- ' cem'/r 31. 1613, and next January ■ I Roswell O. John-on will take hi* office as the second mayor c* this city of now 40.04 M) inhabiiants. January I. 1911. Gary will be recogj ni.:ed as a city of the third class. It ■ rcallv has the mci'lfi* Tlon of u city 1 o ftlie second class, but will not be declarisl officially sucli untl: the next legislature. When it passer into clnss ! as a < Ily of the third class next Jnn* I uary. the salary of the mayor will ho ! t.t.odo a year, with an extra allowance ot 41.506 for expenses. - In fighting Tom Knotts. Mr. JohnI son not only went up against tiie man and his party, but lie w.*ni against a i strongly organized "machlt • " effecti .*1 by Knotts. Knott* h»<t practically i the entire police force, thr firemen of Gary, and seventy slugger* from ChiI cago. organized to help him in thn tight, while Johnson wa* without off.'<lal prot**etion, having no protection save that given him by the citizens. Not all tlte policemen and firemen wore against him. but those who won* | not, kept quiet and took no oetlve part In the campaign Tiie t'nmpemn really Is-gan in April, i Then nn July 12. tho convontlon was held and Mr. Johnson wa» r*mlnated < andidate for mayor on ti< citiMM* ' ticket. After a two WOOM* rest, Mr. John-on Hturtcd in on th'e final campaign and every Inch of the way was - fought at the peril of hi* lit As the fight grew hotter nnd hotter, it b>»I came unsafe for Mr. Johnson to leave I tiie house at night without l»elng ac* I rompanled by two nr three i-rtned n;-'n ■ One of his most tal'hful body guards, ■ George Neatorvtrh. a a) tian, who h.--..! ‘ great Iniiuenee among hb< f eople. of |Vhom Ibero are many at Gory, was : slugged. Tills hap|M'oed while Mr. I Johnson was speaking at a hall an*l Nestorvixh was on his way there. He I wa* struck over the head mid Injured i and was In the Hospital a week or more A man named John Wiley. i.» ’ now under arrest and In lull In Uary. ■ | He Is said to ho the slugger, who MatI e<l that lie would "get” Johnson. It Ills quite likely that Johli«*m would >! have lost his life lisd the plan* of •h*’ t * slugger* t arried During th" last week ol the campaign he went to a \ hotel and did not attempt t>> leave It ' I nt any time, on account nt tl'o danger lo his llf>- . | Whoa Hie election day came last II Tuesday, the local police force nnd r I firemen were Joined by seventy sing* ' ocn ‘jf-tfi Chic ISO to •Of* '" r Knot's. ' It to said that these wore rounded up > | in Chicago a week or two provlptt* ' to ti*” election. b‘ the Knotts "mafCct” tilled on "tge 4) I