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VOLUME XXV.
Thomson, McDuffie county, Georgia, Friday, june 27, 1924.
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• NUMBER 27.
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DEMOCRATS MEET
JULY THE FOURTH
WILL BE OBSERVED
July 4th will be generally observed
in Thomson. Instead of closing
Thursday afternoon, as has been the
custom for the past few weeks, busi
ness houses will remain open Thurs
day and close all day Friday, and of
course the postoffice and banks will i started to warming up this week for
observe the day as is customary on | an other talk fest.
legal holidays.
The Progress intends to print the
paper on Thursday next week, in
stead of Friday, so that the force may
have the day off Friday.
No wonder it is hot!
With the Republican convention
just closed and the Democrats now
holding their scr. - 1 in *-New York
City, what could be expected!
Then, too, the Ge^-^ia Legislature
Georgia Legislature Is
Now In Session.
The Georgia Legislature convened
Wednesday* and after a few brief
preliminaries, adjourned until Thurs
day, when Governor Walker’s mes
sage was to be read. The Georgian
had the following on Thursday’s pro
ceedings:
Calling for a strict economy in
state government and the establish
ment of an equitable taxation system
providing for a fair distribution of
expenses, Governor Clifford Walker
Thursday morning delivered his open
ing address to a joint session of the
1924 Legislature. In the course of
his address, Governor Walker laid
down 13 points or recommendations
for the consideration of the Assembly.
He urged biennial sessions of the
Legislature and asked that the Gov
ernor and other state house officers
be given four-year terms instead of
two as at present. This latter change
would not affect the present admin
istration, the Governor pointed out,
but was offered solely in the inter
est of the state.
The Governor also asked that the
State Auditor’s report be favorably
considered and urged immediate ac
tion on the repeal of the tax equal
ization law, which has been before
the two houses through several ses
sions, although he offered no plan
of substitution.
Turning to matters of appropria
tions, the Chief Executive urged that
there be no moYe “deficiency approp
riations for institutions, no matter ! of the "historic 'old garden rattled with
If this keeps up we will have to
increase the carrying capacity of the
thermometer. Looks like somebody
would pass a law or something.
It looks as though, at this writing,
no one will be nominated at the con
vention this week. Some of the cor
respondents say McAdoo is effectively
out of the running, while others say
he is going strong. Nobody can
name the winner, and you are at lib
erty to take your pick of some dozen
or more—some dark horses, others
not quite so dark—in fact they have
most any color horse you want to
look at.
We will be able to tell you more
about it next week. The convention
hadn’t nailed a single plank on the
platform up to the time of going to
press. Lots of planks were carried
up there but few were found to fit
after looking things over. Thus it will
take time to shape them up. And it
has been decided not to use some of
the material brought in.
News comes from New York City
saying that amid scenes almost with
out parallel in party history, the
Democratic convention began its
grapple with the two great issues
before it—the nomination of a presi
dential candidate and determination
of the party’s attitude toward the Ku
Klux Klan.
The nominating speeches for presi
dent had scarcely begun when the
vast hall was thrown into chaos by
a prolonged demonstration provoked
by a reference to the positive stand
against the klan taken by Senator
Underwood, of Alabama.
Mention of the name of the order
fell into the convention like a fire
brand. One after another state
standards were lifted up and carried
in parade anound the hall, together
with American flags snatcched from
the wall decorations, while the roof
how worthy the cause might be,”
and asking, too, that there be no
more “lump sum” appropriations,
which, he declared, were unbusiness
like.
There was one emergency appro
priation, however, that he declared
worthy of attention and that was the
a roar of cheering and the singing
of “America” and “The Star Span
gled Banner.”
In two or three of the states where
sentiment is divided on the klan,
there were# fist fights as delegates
who wanted to take the state stand
ard into the parade were opposed by
appropriation for the University of; others w h 0 f 0U ght to ke6p them out.
S orgia, the growth and progress of , A num ber of the delegations sat
ich he said required further aid. si 2 enti apparently unanimously in
their disapproval of the whole anti-
Free schoolbooks, attention to
the reforestration of Georgia, Cap
itol repairs and stricter enforcement
of the tax collection laws, especially
klan demonstration
No wonder it’s hot!
The Progress will tell who is nom-
the inheritance tax law, were urged , inated next week( it is hoped
by the Governor for the Assembly's
C °Turning° n from hi. recommends- ! Wage And Living Costs
Sttfi,°]u. a t; Show Big Increase.
ahead of Georgia. He declared that i
there had been a time of trouble and j Atlanta, Ga., June 20.—The latest
of suffering even as there had been : report of labor statistics, made pub-
a time of trouble and suffering at lie here, shows that on the average
the close of the Civil War, but that the cost of living in the United States
was past and a new day was dawn- j in March of the present year, was 05
ing. j per cent higher than in' December,
The state, he said, had no cause ‘ 1914. .
for fear, so long as the sons of those | The average compensation paid by
intrepid men of 1805 were left to the railways to employes in the fiscal
handle and steer the ship of state | year ending June 30, 1915, was $830,
in these days. while the latest wage statistics avail-
He foresaw, he declared, a new day able indicates that the average com-
of unparalleled industrial activity and pensation this year is running at the
of agricultural development and rate of $1,620, an increase over the
called on the state as a whole to year ended June 30, 1915, of 95 per
turn its face to the East. I cent.
By a substantial majority vote, the! The average hourly wage in the
House Thursday decreed that the j year ended June 30, 1915, was 27
House and Senate bills, each pro- j cents, whilfe in February, 1924, it was
viding that bus lines operating in | 64.62 cents, an increase of 139 per
Georgia be placed under the juris- • cent,
diction and regulatory control of the
Public Service Commission, swap
places on the calendar, as a result
of which this measure is now first
up for passage in this session.
Washington, D. C., June 26.
UNITED STATES IN THE FAR
EAST.
Japan, China and the Philippine^
are plainly indicating that they are
out of patience with the United
States. Whether we are to blame or
not is another question, but the Far
East shows an inclination to turn the
cold shoulder upon us. Their expla
nations indicate that we were vol
ubly enthusiastic about them when
the Washington Arms Conference
was held, and they claim that we have
failed to “play ball” since that time.
Japan and China are gradually indi
cating a growing coldness towards
the United States. The Filipinos
take the position that they are abus
ed. Even so clever a diplomat as
Mr. Hughes finds it impossible to
spread the healing ointment. Mean
while misunderstandings widen our
differences with these people.
Japan.—Secretary of State Hughes
has offered his strongest arguments
to mollify .Japan because of the ex
clusion of its subjects from the Unit
ed States, under our recent immigra
tion act. He makes it clear that from
our own viewpoint the United States
had a right to shut out the Japanese.
Nevertheless, he admits that the
President “would have preferred to
continue the existing agreement”
with Japan with such modifications
as seemed desirable.
China.—China talks back in under
standable language, with Dr. Welling
ton Koo as its official mouthpiece,
and tells Secretary of State Hughes
that the United States has no rail
way priority claims in China. It
seems that China obtained the right
of trustee in railway matters in the
Arms Conference. The Chinese gov
ernment has , linked its rail interests
with Soviet Russia, and the United
States is given to understand that
its investments in China will be taken
care of, but that the Chinese gov
ernment wll not rely upon our own
people or our own government to
finance them. They do not want us
to direct their railroad industries.
The Philippines.—General Leonard
Wood, Governor of the Philippines,
indicates that Philippine progress has
reached a halt, and he wants greater
American domination of the Philip
pine industry and commerce. At the
very moment that Wood is telling
what ails the Philippines, the chosen
elective representatives of the , ten
million people of the Islands, have
been impressing upon the platform'
makers of the great political parties
the viewpoint of the Islanders. They
checked a Wood endorsement at
Cleveland, and they have made it
palin that, they do not want Wood,
or his policy, continued in the Philip
pines. The Philippine unrest, they
insist, is due to the “bossy” attitude
of Governor Wood. They have con
vinced even so hard a character to
move as Secretary of War Weeks,
that they should be permitted to
elect their own Governor General.
The Republican party seems to have
been committed to a plan of practical
independence with a protectorate for
twenty or twenty-five years; while
the Democratic party is coming to
regard independence as a pledge to
he fulfilled at an warly date. The
“progressives” of Congress are ready
to “do it now.”
WARMING UP
Application Blanks For
Ex-Service Men.
The difference between the increas
es shown in the annual and hourly
earnings of employees is, of course,
due to the reductions that have occur
red in the hours of work of em
ployees.
Racing And Fireworks,
Atlanta, July 4th.
Ex-Service men desiring to make
application for compensation under j Atlanta, Ga., June 26.—Atlanta is
the new bonus law, are requested to , preparing to celebrate the Fourth of
see Mrs. Ira E. Farmer, who has the July with an unusually interesting
blanks and instructions in filling I program this year, the feature events
them out. j being automobile and harness racing
I and a big fireworks display.
Already more than forty horses
are reported on the track at Lake-
wood Park training for the big day,
“SETTING TIGHT.”
Reports of all kinds upon the in
dustrial and economic situation of the
country show less buying and less
spending. The American habit is apt
to go to extremes, and that extreme
right now seems to concern the Sum
mer vacation. “Put in off till Fall,
have a good time for a few weeks
and ‘set tight,’ ” epitomizes the whole
story of trade, manufacture, banking,
etc. The economic adjustment that
has been going on sijice the close of
the war, is not witnessing any radical
upheavels, according to the detailed
information being received by the
Departments at Washington.
Wholesale Prices—The Department
of Labor says the downward swing
of wholesale prices continues. De
creases in farm products and metals
are chiefly responsible for the drop
in the general price level. In the
food group increases in fresh meats,
flour, and certain fruits are noted.
Out of 104 principal commodities for
which prices were obtained, decreases
were shown in 161 instances and in
creases in 76 instances. Prices re
mained unchanged in 167 instances.
Retail Food Prices.—The last
monthly retail price figures by the
Bureau of Labor statistics shows in
creases in food expenditures of one
to two percent in twenty-five cities,
and a similar decrease in twenty-
three cities, indicating that the avei*-
age for the United States was prac
tically unchanged.
Life Insurance Record.—The year
1923 broke all records in the amount
of life insurance bought in the United
States. New policies issued during
the first five months of 1924 are
greater by 9.3 per cent than those
issued in the corresponding period of
1923. , The total new-paid for life
insurance, sold by the forty compan
ies from January 1 to May 31,
amounted to $3,491,000,000, as
against $3,195,000,000 sold in the
corresponding period of 1923. There
I was an increase of 22.4 per cent over
the amount of the same five months
of 1922.
Mail Order Sales.—Sales of two
large mail-order houses totaled $27,-
104.000 in the last monthly report to
the Dpartment of Commerce, as com
pared with $33,836,000 in the pre
ceding month and $29,261,000 a year
ago.
Savings Deposits.—Savings depos
its are about eight per cent higher
than a year ago.
Capital Stock.—Capital stock of
May incorporations aggregated $519,-
897.000 as against $817,230,000 a year
ago. __ew capital issues of corpor
ations amounted to $625,919,000, as
compared with $348,220,000 in May
of last year.
Crop Conditions.—The composite
condition of all growing crops on
June 1 was lower than on any cor
responding date in more than twelve
years, says the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. An optomistic
note is sounded, however, in the
statement that in some years when
Spring has beeen late, yields have
been unexpectedly good.
( Continued on Second Page).
Two old political foes with long
standing differences will meet on the
hustings in Georgia in the race for
the United States Senate this year
when former^ Governor Thomas W.
Hardwick and United States Senator
William J. Harris clash in the fight _
for political preference. Old line
political leaders familiar with the j
records of the two men look for one I
of the hottest political battles run in 1
years.
Former Governor Hardwick and |
H. <H. Elders, representative from
Tattnall county, qualified as candi-
dates>in opposition to Senator Harris
and Governor Clifford Walker,
respectively, just a few minutes be
fore time for closing the entry lists
expired Saturday.
With the qualification of the two
candidates for the high offices, the
opposition to present state officers
took on the form of a ticket. Com
missioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown,
two members of the Public Service
Commission, the State Superintend
ent of Education, the State Pension
Commissioner, all will have oppon
ents in the field, according to the
announcements made by Mrs. Bessie
Anderson, secretary of the State
Democratic Executive Committee.
In presenting himself as a candi
date former Governor Hardwick is
sued a characteristic statement in
which he said he would leave it to
“the plain people of Georgia” to
decide for themselves who is to be
their United States Senator for the
next six years. He said he would
begin his active campaign July 4 and
would carry it to all parts of the
state.
Six years ago the same candidates
opposed each other for the Senate.
At that time Mr. Hardwick was the
United States Senator and Senator
Harris was Director of the Census.
In this race Senator Hardwick
was opposed by President Woodrow
Wilson, who indorsed the candidacy
of Mr. Harris. After a hot race
Harris defeated Hardwick. Two
years later Hardwick staged a sen
sational “comeback,” running for
Governor against Cliffoixl Walker and
winning after a spirited battle. In
this same campaign the late United
States Senator Thomas E. Watson
defeated Senator Hoke Smith. The
League of Nations question was the
principal issue in this battle and all
candidates opposing the Wilson plan
for the League were defeated. Two
years ago Hardwick ran for re-elec
tion as Governor and was defeated,
and then ran as a candidate for the
United States Senate to succeed the
late Senator Watson and was again
defeated, United States Senator Wal
ter I,. George winning this post.
Representative Elders, who will
run for Governor against Governor
Walker has served many years in
the State Legislature. He has rep
resented his county in the House and
his district in the State Senate. He
was author of the Elders educational
law and several other important laws.
Recently he took the lead in the
Legislature for the adoption of the
North Carolina plan of taxation in
Georgia.—Atlanta Georgian.
BOXING MATCH
SATURDAY NIGHT
Young Roper Scores Another Knock
Out With St. Louis Boxer.
GRAND-DADY RATTLER.
Mr. Henry Gay, who lives about a
mile below Dearing, heard a com- _
motion among his young chickens ! among them being the best pacers
Sunday, and on investigation, found a and trotters to be seen in the South,
large rattlesnake disturbing them. , The track at Lakewood is in fine con-
Mr. Gay killed the snake and found j dition and great sport is assured for
that it had twenty-seven rattles, in- j the midsummer meet,
dicating its age as 27 years. He also The auto racing will show a dozen
found it had swallowed several small . of the fastest cars and most fearless
chickens. I drivers on the track, fhe purses put
Another large rattler was killed ’ up by the management have brought
by some girls in the same neighbor- : entries that will make the competi-
hood last week, w’hich had eleven rat- tion very keen in the speed events,
ties. It is said a rattlesnake attains ! and the fans who sa\v the races of
full size when about ten years old. j last July 4th still remembers the
1 thrills they got out of the afternoon.
OFF TO LEGISLATURE. I The day will be closed with a won-
Senator J. Glenn Stovall and Rep- : derful pyrotechnic display oyer the
resentative J. Richard Bowden left j lake which is peculiarly suited to .he
the early part of the week for At- 1 spectacular showing of _ fireworks,
lanta, to be in attendance at the ses- Band concerts and.jiatriotic speaking
sion of the Legislature which con-1 will also feature the day. Improve-
vened Wednesday. i ments of the grounds make Lake-
McDuffie county always feels sure wood Park an ideal picnic site and
of her representation in the General basket parties are especially invited.
Assembly. Both of these gentlemen . T
retire after this term, and it is felt NOTICE, SCHOOL CHILDREN,
safe in asserting that the voters will School children desiring books for
continue to send wiy-thy men to rep- study during the summer, are re
resent the county. The above gen- quested to meet me_ at the school
tlemen have given a good account of house Monday morning at 10:30
their stewardship. o’clock. EDITH ELLINGTON.
(By Boxing Fan).
Another boxing match was staged
by the athletic club Saturday night
in the Knox Hall between Baxter
(Young) Roper of this city and Kid
Holland, of St. Louis, Mo. This was
a pretty show of the science of the
manly art of boxing, one of the best
thftt has ever been witnessed in this
city.
Kid Holland is a boxer with quite
a good reputation and weighed in at
180 pounds.
Young Roper is a boy 17 years of
age and weighs 138 pounds, and with
a little more experience will be heard
from in fast company.
This battle went just four rounds,
then Roper landed a blow over the
heart that floored Holland. In at
tempting to catch as he fell he
strained his right ankle, which pre
vented his rising, and gave Roper a
technical knockout, which makes
three straight fights he has won by
knockouts.
Mr. H. E. Clary is staging a bout
between Roper and Frank Kent, an
other local boy, who has several
knockouts to his credit. The fight
will take place the 4th of July at
Mr. Clary’s farm one-half mile out
of town on the Washington road.
Also, he is giving a free barbecue,
and quite a large crowd is expected
to see this fight, as both boys have
a large following in and around
town.
YOUNG MEN’S BIBLE CLASS
GIVES BARBECUE.
The Young Men’s Bible Class of
the Methodist Sunday School were
hosts at an enjoyable barbecue
Thursday evening in the Johnson
grove.
The guests present included young
lady friends of the members of the
class.
AT MTEHODIST CHURCH.
Dr. J. W. Quillian, Presiding Elder
of the Augusta District, will preach
at the Methodist church Sunday even
ing at 8:30 o’clock. You are invited
to hear him.
Honor Military School
For Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., June 26.—Riverside
Military Academy at Gainesville, Ga.,
has been selected as an Honor Mili
tary School for 1924, it was announc
ed here at headquarters of the Fourth
Corps Area, which received the in
formation by radiogram from the U.
S. War Department at Washington.
This announcement, though simple
in itself, is most significant, accord
ing to army officers. According to
an act of Congress, the War Depart
ment is required annually to inspect
all of the essentially military schools
in the United States, and to designate
as honor schools the ten which are
found to be doing the best work.
In, 1923, Riverside Academy won
this honor, and it was the first time
that any Georgia school was desig
nated as an Honor School; and to
have won the honor two years in suc
cession shatters all records for mili
tary schools in this section of the
country.
No school in Georgia or in any of
the states which bound Georgia has
ever before won this honor two years
in succession. Riverside Academy is
now the only Honor School in the
Southern States between Virginia and
New Mexico, and Colonel Sandy
Beaver, president of the school, and
his associates are being warmly con
gratulated by officials of the War
Department ai^d by army officers gen
erally upon this unusual distinction.
Colonel Beaver announced that
during the session which closed re
cently there were in attendance at
Riverside Academy exactly 277 boys
from 21 different states. Of this
number the fifty graduates hailed
from ten different states.
Georgia As a Fruit
Growing State.
Atlanta, Ga., ^June 26.—With
creasing crops of fruits in many
states, including Georgia, and many
orchardists continually putting out
now trees, the question is occurring!
to some if there is not a possibility
that the market for fruits of various
kinds may not soon be so glutted a*
to make the orchard a source oiJittl*
or no profit, it was pointed out by
horticulturists here today.
On the other hand, however, it iff
shown that the American people are
consuming more and more fruit of all
kinds each year, and improvement of
methods of preserving them and In
using them as ingredients of all-year
round food articles is increasing the
demand steadily. In addition to this*
it may also be stated, that figure*
show that America is now growing
fruit for the whole world and that It
is exporting fruits in enormous quan
tities each year.
As pointed out here today, the
proper marketing and distribution of
fruit is a specialized branch of trans
portation that has attained great
perfection in recent years. The
refrigerater car, the cold storage
warehouse, the refrigerated ship and
other factors have enormously In
creased the quality and marketing
value of' the fruit of America, the
biggest fruit-growhig country in the
world.
The peach crop in Georgia this year
will* probably exceed the record crop
of the state and about 12,000 cars
will be shipped, according to the agri
cultural department of the Atlanta*
Birmingham and Atlantic railroad.
This will not take into consideration
the express shipments and it does not
include the home consumption of this
great crop.
The Georgia peach, it was shown*
is fast finding markets in every nook
and corner of the country and mpd-
orn shipping facilities make it possi
ble to send them everywhere in fine
condition, especially the famous var
ieties ripening from now until the end
of the season. It is only the early
varieties, it was stated, that are hard
to ship satisfactorily to distant mar
kets. s
During the next few years, growers
say, the Georgia peach crop will be
greatly increased arid it is predicted
that within the next five yeais fully
20,000 carloads of peaches will be
shipped from the state. The market
ing and handling of this vast quanti
ty of fruit could not be accomplished
on a profitable basis without *the
organization of the Georgia peach
growers, it was stated today by of
ficials of the Georgia Department of
Agriculture.
Entries Closed Last
Saturday.
Last Saturday, June 21st, was the
last day candidates could qualify for
entry into the primary to be held
September 10th. Three candidates
qualified for entry for Representative
from McDuffie county, as follows:
Mr. J. P. Wilson, Boneville.
Mr. Joe DeMedicis, Thomson.
Mr. S. M. Haywood, Dearing.
Congressman Carl Vinson qualified
as candidate for re-election, and has
no opposition. Mr. George Hains, of
Augusta, has no opposition for the
office of Solicitor General, which he
now holds.
Columbia county will send the next
State Senator to the Capital from the
29th Senatorial District. Mr. Ed
Clary, cf Harlem, was nominated for
that place in the March primary.
Eight Comets To Pass
The Earth.
Increased Demand For
Thomson Ice.
The present season is taxing the
capacity of the Thomson Ice Plant to
supply the demand for ice. The plant
is kept running continuously. It is
found necessary to increase the out
put and the plant will be enlarged
this fall to take care cf the demand.
The Thomson ice plant supplies
| many of the smaller towns in this
i section at present, and the territory
will doubtless expand when the plant
is able to take care of more business.
Atlanta, Ga., June 26.—Twice lit
1924 and six times in 1925 a comet
will flash past the earth—going only
about 7,200 miles an hour—and if
one of them strikes, nothing will be
left but the charred remains of the
earth. This is the theory of Atlanta
scientists who have been studying
various reports received from obser
vatories of the country'. The comets
are sure to come, they declare, but the
possibility of one of them hitting the
earth is remote.
The eight comets will be visible in
many parts of the United States, it
is believed. They are due in Novem
ber and December of this year, and
in March, July, August and October
of 1925.
Should one of the comets bump
against the earth, local astronomers
declare, the seas would boil, tidal
waves would dash against the moun
tains, polar ices would melt and fires
and deadly gases would wipe out the
population of the earth. Climatic
conditions would be changed, and even
the shape of the globe might be
altered.
In the untold ages of the past, At
lanta scientists of local universities
believe, comets have struck the earth.
Such an explanation has been advanc
ed to account for that curious dash
that forms the valley of the Dead Sea
and the Jordan river and whose con
tinuation has been traced across the
Red sea and into Africa.
Death Of Mr. Claude
Fuller.
FIRST COTTON BLOOM.
The first cotton bloom to be re
ported to The Progress this season
| is by Mr. Watson Usry, who found
some in his cotton Monday. Cotton
along with other crops is a little late
| this year, but with continued good
1 weather will come out all right.
ATTENDING DISTRICT CON
FERENCE.
The District Conference of the
Methodist church met at Norwood
this week for two days, Thursday and
Friday.
Those attending as delegates are
Messrs. J. B. Boyd, C. V. Curtis, P.
B. Johnson, W. A. Watson, Roy J.
Johnson, Mrs. J. O. Shields. Rev.
J. T. Robins is attending as a mem
ber of the conference.
BIRTH AT BONEVILLE.
Boneville. Ga., June 27.—Mr. and
Mrs. B. J. Wilson announce the birth
of a son, born June 22nd, to be called
William Bartow. He was named
after his father’s uncle and a close
friend.
MISSIONARY MEETING.
Circle No. 1 of the Methodist
church will meet with Miss Sara
Bowden Tuesday afternoon, July 1,
The death of Mr. Claude Fuller,
of Columbia coqnty, occurred last
Friday, resulting from an automobile
accident sustained Thursday.
He was a nephew of Mrs. R. J.
Willingham, of Thomson, and a son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Fuller, of
Warrenton. He was 39 years of age
and is survived by his widow and six
children.
Interment wag at Damascus
church, Columbia county. Saturday,
Rev. J. O. Burnett conducting the
funeral.
DEATH OF MR. R. L RADFORD.
Mr. Robert J. Radford, of near
Dearing, died Sunday morning after
an illness of a few day3. He was
overcome with heat. Wednesday, and
having been in feeble health, result
ed in his death. He was 51 years of
The deceased is survived by his
wife and two daughters. Burial wasf
at Iron Hill cemetery Monday morn
ing.
His Hose Broken
In a fight with a schoolfellow,
Thackeray, the famous novelist, had
his nose broken and the disfigurement
i lasted all his life.
