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NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS
Wheat Sells at Dillsburg
For Highest Price in Years
Dillsburg, Pa., March 12.—Wheat
made another advance here on Fri
day. The grainmen were ottering
$1.90 per bushel, the highest price
o fie red here for more than twenty
hic years. Corn was ottered for
SI.OO per bushel and eggs dropped to
20 cents per dozen.
Contractor H. E. Williams yester
day started building an addition to
the farmhouse belonging to Georgel
Markley at Williams' Grove.
Jacob Curl spent several days with
bis granddaughter at Duncannon.
.Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cassell, accom
panied by Ervin Cassell, a brother,
left yesterday for Detroit, Mich. The
two young men have two brothers.
George and Frank, living at Detroit, 1
who for some time past have been
working in the employ of the Ford
automobile factory.
Morrett Coover yesterday attended
the farmers' meeting held at York.
J. J. Klugh has secured the services
of Levi Arndt to assist with the work
at the lumber yard during the year.
WILI.IAMSTOWN
The funeral of Mrs. George Dond;
who died at her home in East Market
street, was held Saturday. Burial
was made in the Methodist Episcopal.
cemetery. Mrs. Bond was aged SO i
years and is survived by her husband,
five sons and one daughter.
Mrs. Wilson Hettinger, of Harris- 1
burg, and Mrs. Sophia Matter, of j
l.ykens, were visitors at the home of,
James Welsh.
Ralph Lutz is spending several days j
with his parents at Dauphin.
Mrs. Samuel Cox, of Lykens, was a
visitor at the home of Charles Nash. !
Mrs. James Newton, of Lykens, was |
a guest of Miss Olive Budd.
Thomas Bond, Jr., of Eddystone, is
the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.l
Thomas Bond.
Mrs. Josephine Haller returned to|
her home at Harrisburg after spend
ing several weeks at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Ray Thompson.
Miss Vivian Moore, of l.ykens, spent
a day as the guest of Miss Margaret!
Budd.
Thomas Parcasco and George Nace j
left for Renovo, where they have se
cured employment.
Thomas Wagner, who is employed 1
at Renovo, spent the past week with
his family here.
Miss Esther Bond, of Philadelphia,
attended the funeral of her grand
mother, Mrs. George Bond.
HIGH WATER CLOSES SCHOOL
New Buffalo, Pa., March 12.—The
Haldeman Island school has been'
closed during the past several days;
due to the fact that the teacher, Miss
Sara Cromlelgh, has been unable to
get across the branch because of the
high water and the ice.
CAM MI DATE FOR RE-ELECTION
New Bloomlleld, Pa., March 10.— I
S. E. Arnold, c " Sandy Hill district,
has announced himself as a candidate
for re-election as jury commissioner.
Nearly Crazy With j
Pimples on Face;
Cuticura Heals
Very Sore and Itchy, Caused Scratch
ing. 2 Cakes Cuticura Soap and
One Box Cuticura Ointment
Healed. Cost sl.
'Sometimes at niplit my entire fact
would get very sore and itchy,Vand after
wards I noticed pimples and blackheads ,
coming. The pimples which were scat
tered all over my face and chin were very
hard and sore causing me to scratch
them, artd then they would bleed. At
night I would nearly go cra/y.
"I read in the paper how another girl i
suffered the same as I, and had found
relief with the Cuticura Soap and Oint- |
ment so 1 sent for a sample. When I used
the sample I could feel a difference so I
bought two cakes of Cuticura Soap and
one box of Ointment and 1 was all
healed." (Signed) Miss Katherine Ker
nan, 2830 E. Indiana Ave., Philadelphia.
Pa., Oct. 21, 1916.
The majority of skin and scalp troubles
might be prevented by using Cuticura
Soap exclusively for all toilet purposes.
On the slightest sign of redness, rough
ness, pimples or dandruff, apply a little
Cuticura Ointment.
For Free Sample Each by Return
Mail address post-card: "Cuticura,
Dept. H, Boston." Sold everywhere.
*0.50~j"
£B*4 ROUND TRIP
Philadelphia
A city rich In historic
mcmoricn.
SUNDAY, MARCH 18
Special Train l.rnvri
HARIUSHLHU 7.00 A. M.
Itrlurnlng, Irinrn
I'HILAUtI.I'HIA .. 7.00 P. )|,
IE7 See City Hull Tower,
(.pen 12.30 to 4.00 P. M., In
tlrprnilruve Hull, opru 1.00
to 4.U0 I*. H„ Memorli.l Hull
and Academy of Klnr Arts,
open t.OO to S.OO l\ M.,
Commercial un<l I nhrrvlty
Munrunix, Knlriiiouiit Turk,
Zoological t;ardrn and the
many other objects of In
tercut of "Tle tluakcr
CU>."
Pennsylvaniaß.R.
* *
FLORIDA
"BY SEA"
Baltimore to
JACKSONVILLE
(Calling at Savannah)
Dellsbttul Sail
Ftae Steamer*. Lon Kurca. Best Service.
Plan Your Trip to Include
"Finest Coastwise Trips in the World"
UHiatrated Booklet on Bequest.
M KltCllA NTS * Ml Mills TK.IAs. CO.
W. P. TIiKNBK. C. P. A. Halt..,
MiH.'ilimifjfi)
Noii-gieuo) t'uilel Clcain Keeps |
the Skin Soft and Velvety in Hough I
Weather. An Exquisite Toilet Prep- i
aration, 26c.
UUItUAS' DltOG STOItES
18 M. Third ht.. and P. It. It. Station I
MONDAY EVENING,
Welfare League Plans to
Have Vacant Lots Farmed
Lemoyne, Pa., March 12.— Plans
for reducing the high cost of living
are being worked out by the Welfare
League of Lemoyne. It js purposed to
■ take advantage of the vacant lots in
I town in the early spring and have
. the school children farm and culti-
I vate them. On predictions by mer-
I chants of the, town that the present
day prices are nothing compared with
i what the future ones will be, league
members are become anxious that
Lemoyne be well taken care of.
At present a membership campaign
!is being waged. Dr. Edgar S. Evcr
j hart and Mrs. .John E. Myers are
i heading this work.
Predictions of Big Peach
Crop in'South Mountain
Waynesboro. Pa., March 12.—That
the peach and apple crops in Wash
ington county, Frederick county and
throughout the southern portion of
Pennsylvania kh's year will be record
breakers unless a cold wave should
I come during budding season, is the
: prediction made by the large fruit
! growers throughout this section. The
trees are in tine condition, having
suffered no damage during the winter.
EGGS SELL AT 24 CEXTS
Waynesboro, Pa., March 12.—A
; merchant of Maplegrove journeyed to
Horse Valley last week and succeeded
jin gathering up over three hundred
dozen eggs in a little while among
!the farmers living between Stenger
| and Freestone. Eggs are now selling
in the markets of Waynesboro at 24
j cents per dozen.
HOME FROM EI"ROPE
Waynesboro, Pa., March 12. H. A.
Irvin. a representative of the Landis
Tool Company, this place, who has
' been located in London. England, and
; other points in Europe for several
| months, arrived in Waynesboro yes
i terday to spend several days. Mr.
i Irvin will not return to England at
present, but will go to Russia, where
| he will represent the local company.
PASTOR REAPPOINTED
Blain. Pa., March 12.—The Rev. W.
E. Smith, who has been pastor of the
Perry United Evangelical Church
[ charge for several years, was reap
-1 pointed at the recit meeting of con
ference at East Prospect. The charge
1 includes the Stony Point church, lo
cated three miles north of this place.
ELECTRIC COMPANIES MERGED
Waynesboro, Pa., March 12.—Con
solidation of the Antrim, Guilford,
j Quincy and Washington Township
; Electric Light Companies and the
Waynesboro Electric and Power Com
pany has been ef.'ected. The capital
stock of the new company is $50,000.
EUROPEAN WAR TROPHIES
New Cumberland, Pa., Mareh 12.
A number of European war trophies
I are on exhibition In H. E. Wright's
! clothing store in Third street.
$250 FOR ORPHANS' HOME
Loysville, Pa., March 12. —Tressler
I Orphans' Home, of this place, is the
! recipient of a legacy of $250, by the
: will of Jacob Winter, late of York,
! Pa.
MARRIED AT PHILADELPHIA
New Buffalo, Pa., March J. 2
.♦lice Ruth Arney and John D. Grubb,
of Watts township, were married in
Philadelphia.
APRICOT TREE IN BLOOM
Waynesboro. Pa., March 12.—An J
apricot tree in the yard of J. W.
Stambaugli, at fhambersburg, was in I
bloom all last week, but the recent;
heavy snow storm put the beautifully j
covered tree on the blink!
WILD GEESE FLY NORTH
Waynesboro, Pa., March 12.—Many
I flocks of wild geese were seen this j
week flying in a northerly direction.
"Tin: NEW MINISTER"
Blain. Pa., March 12.—The Loys
ville Lutheran Church choir will pie-;
sent a play entitled "The New Min-;
ister" here in the town hall on March
i 31.
FIXE COW *>SOLD
Bi&in, Pa., March 12.—David E.
Book and Harry M. Hall, two farm
ers, sold a cow each to a Loysville
dealer for S9O and SBO respectively.
| The former was a Durham and the
latter a Holstein.
GIRLS IN SCHOOL
OR AT BUSINESS
who are delicately constituted,
who have thin blood or pale
cheeks, will find in
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
a true tonic and a rich food to
overcome tiredness, nourish
their nerves and feed
their blood. Start with
SCOTT'S to-day—and
say "NO" to substitutes.
6coU & Bowse, Dloomfield, N. J. 16-10
r BAD BREATH
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets Get at
the Cause and Remove It
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute for calomel, act gently on the
bowels and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
j quick relief through Dr. Edwards'
I Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugar
coated tablets are taken for bad breath
by all who know them.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets act gen
tly but firmly on the bowels and liver,
stimulating them to natural action,
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. 'They do that which
dangerous calomel does without any of
the bad after effects.
All the benefits of nasty, sickening,
griping cathartics are derived from Dr.
Edwards' Olive Tablets without grip
ing, pain or any disagreeable effects.
Dr. F. M. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years of prac
tice among patients afflicted with bowel
1 and liver complaint with the attendant
bad breath.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are pure
ly a vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil; you will know them by their
olive color. Take one or two every
i night for a week and note the effect
ner box. AU drusarists.
Woman Sustains Stroke and
Falls Into Water in Cellar
Carlisle, Pa., March 12.—Sustaining j
a stroke and falling down the cellar I
steps, Mrs. John W. Beetem, aged 76,
living: near Carlisle, had a narrow
I escapd from death, from drowning in
backwater from the Conodoguinet
creek. ller son George, heard the
sound of the fall and found his mother
lying unconscious in tlie water. She
is in a serious condition from the
shock.
Ages of Four Columbia
Veterans Total 314 Years
Columbia, Pa„ March 12.—Four vet-
I erans of the Civil war happened to j
meet by chance in the office of the Cen
[ tral Hotel the other day and on a
visitor observing the coincidence, a
summary of their age was made when
;it was found that combined it was
[314 years. They were: John E. Tyler,
I Sr., 84; William Baight, 81; Jack Stein
i er. 74, and James Shennbrook, 75. All
are enjoying fairly good health.
Marysville High School
Attendance For Past Year
Marysville, Pa'., March 12. —Profes-
sor A. E. Deckard, principal of the
Marysville High school, has announc
ed the list of pupils having perfect
attendance records for the past month
and also for the year as follows:
For the month: Ellen Gault, Mary
Deckard, Alda Gault, Adella Smith,
Anna Whitmyer, Anna Hammacker,
Jeanette Sellers, Margaret Deckard,
Anna Aikcijs, Florence Smith, James
Benfcr, John Shearer, William Keller,
Harvey Bratton, Watson Hippie, Ray
mond Kennedy, James Bell, Earl
White, Arthur Hill, Norman "Wolf, i
Ray Li 1 ley and Scott Smith.
For the year: Anna Aikens, Ellen
Gault, Jeanette Sellers, Adella Smith, I
Florence Smith, Watson Hippie, Scott!
Smith, Kay Lilley, Harvey Bratton and
William Keller.
"POVERTY PARTY" AT ENOLA
Enola, Pa., March 12. —Sunday
school class No. 1 of Zion Lutheran
Church will hold a "poverty party"
at the home of Mrs. J. J. Putt, 22
Brick Church road, to-morrow even
ing. The proceeds will be for the
church debt. A nominal admission
fee will be charged, and fines will be
imposed on certain articles of dress. I
Ice cream, cake and candy will be on
sale.
MRS. KASSON ENTERTAINS
Lemoyne, Pa.. March 12.—Mrs. C. ;
D. Kasson, was hostess to members of
the Daughters of Ruth Bible class of
the Calvary United Brethren Sunday ;
school at her home at Washington
Heights. Friday evening. The guests
included: M. M. Eshelman, the teach- ,
er; Mrs. Harry Spangler, Mrs. Z. B. '
Kasson, Mrs. Clyde Kasson, Mrs. Jesse
Snyder. Mrs. J. C. Firestone. Mrs. I
Frank Harro, Mrs. Harry Wagner, j
Mrs. Charles Sierer, Mrs. T. J. Bard, j
Mrs. William Rapp, Thelma Harro, '
Albert Bard, Jack Kasson, Jack Wag
ner and Albert Bard.
SAFETY FIRST FOR CHICKS
Hammonton, N. J.. March 12. Safety
first for chickens is the impelling rea
son why the many poultry raisers here
abouts are in close sympathy with the ■
tight being wages against the proving 1
grounds of the Bethlehem Steel Com- i
panv at Mays Landing. Why? Well,
the poulterers fear the vibrations cans- ;
ed by the firing of heavy guns would ■
prevent the hatching of chicks. Thev !
point out that thunderclaps have killed !
large quanities of chickens in a certain j
stage of embryo. Hammonton is only
about tifteen miles from the proving
grounds.
SATURDAY EVEXING DANCE
Dauphin, Pa., March 12.—Attend- j
ing the regular Saturday evening,
dance were the Misses Martha L. j
Cresswell, Ruth Shaffer, Esther Shaf
fer, Christine Long, Ellen Feasor,
Ethel Forney, Ora Bickel, Susan Jack- j
son, Olive Douden, Eleanor Emmert,
Sabra Clark; Charles Mellinger and
Houston Weaver, of Lancaster; Ralph
Seiders, of Steelton: Harold DeVeny,
of Miilersburg; William Shannesy,
Charles S. Gorberich and Seth Dou
den.
RECORD PRICE FOR HOGS
Marietta, Pa., March 12. Record
price for hogs was paid at recent sales,
many bring sixteen cents live weight, |
which is the highest since the days of
the Civil War. There were no choice
ones to select from at that. Four
teen cents was the prevailing price.
RJFLE CARTRIDGE IX COAL
West Donegal, Pa., March 12.—Mrs.
Mary Gipe is in a serious condition
from being struck by a bullet from a
32-caliber cartridge, which was in the
coal that she put in the lire Saturday
evening. The bullet cannot be lo
cated.
KINDS 1.%' POTATO
Altoona, Pa., March 12. While par
ing potatoes for dinner, the knife Mrs
iony Rocabello, of HolUdaysburg, was
using came in contact with a metal
substance, which, upon investigation
proved to be a 5 gold piece. The po
tatoes were bought several days airo
from a farmer for f3 a bushel.
Full Crews Cases Are
Continued To-day
! Appeal of the Pennsylvania Rail
[ road from decisions of the Public Ser
, vice Commission in the "locked bag
gage car" and "rear end of postal
car phases of the full crew cases were
continued by the Superior Court to-day
until later in the spring when the
court opened its annual sitting at the
I Capitol to-day. The Beaver Valley
| water case, involving an appeal from
I the valuation made by the commis
| sl °n. was continued to Pittsburgh, the
| date to be set later. The Somerset
; milk rate eases in which the Baltimore
and Ohio took an appeal was sub
| mitted on papers.
Ihe had the largest list of
I cases for hearing in some time and
t took up Lycoming county cases first.
Cases noil prossed included Beck es
tate, York; Motter vs. Stephenson,
i Dauphin, and one of the Parkesburg
j Gas-Philadelphia Suburban Suburban
j cases, the other being continued to
Pittsburgh.
No opinions weer handed down
The judges will be here most of the
week and to-uight will be guests of
i the Governor at a dinner at the execu-
I tive mansion.
Attorneys admitted included Mark
-T. Milnor, law clerk. Public 'service
Commission; E. K. Bawling:, Snyder
county; John T. Olmsted and W Jus
tin Carter. Dauphin; Joseph E. Weaver
and Donald H. Yost, York. ""** v er
j The Dauphin county cases will not
| be taken up to-day.
To Prevent the Grip
Colds cause Grip—laxative Bromo
Quinine removes cause. There is only
one "Bromo Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S
signature on box. 25c,
HXBMSBURG TEEEGRXPH
J. H. Morrett, Mechanicsburg
Liquor Dealer, Dies Suddenly
Mechanicsburg. Pa.. March 12. J.
Herman Morrett, wholesale liquor
dealer, died suddenly in his store, Rail
road avenue, on Saturday afternoon.
He had been attending to business and
sat down at his desk, when some one
In the store noticed his head fall for
ward. A physician was summoned,
who said the man died almost instant
ly and gave Brlght'a disease as the
cause.
Mr. Morrett was aged 54 years and
was a member of tlie Citizen Fire Com
pany. He was born at New Kings
ton and except for some years in the
West, the earlier part of his life, lived
here the greater time.
His daughtr, Mrs. W. J. Stambaugh,
of Mechanicsburg, survives. Funeral
services will be held on Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Stambaugh. South
York street, conducted by the Rev. E.
C. B. Castle, pastor of the First United
Brethren Church. Burial will be made
in the Mechanicsburg Cemetery.
Carlisle Elks to Present
Annual Play Next Week
Carlisle, Pa., March 12.—Delegations
from Waynesboro, l.ysville, Cham
bersburg, Shippensburg and Harris
burg* will be here for the sixth annual
play under the auspices of the Car
lisle Elks, to be held next week. The
play is under the direction of Leo
McDonald, who lias produced a number
of amateur performances in this sec
tion. The Loysville and Waynesboro
delegations are arranging to come by
automobile.
NEW FACTORY OPENED
| Colutnbia, Pa.. March 12.—The Stand
ard Garment Company, whose plant
was recently destroyed by fire, opened
its new factory in the Columbia
Engineliouse, which has since been
purchased, and will operate with a full
complement of hanes. The new fac
tory Is one of th 4. largest and most
imposing buildings in the borough.
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Odd Fellows Visit Lodge
on Eleventh Anniversary
Mechanicsburg, Pa.', March I.—Me
chanicsburg lodge, fro. 215. independ
ent Order Odd Fellows, were well rep
resented, on Saturday evening at the
open meeting of the New Cumberland
lodge, when they celebrated the elev
enth anniversary of the organization
of the order, and had as speakers.
Grand Lodge Officers Perry A. Shanor,
Robert Montgomery and Boy Beaman.
New Cumberland lodge was instituted
eleven years ago by the Mechanlcsburg
lodge, and has Increased so rapidly in
membership's to almost rival the par
ent order. \
Among the memifers present from
this phice were: District Deputy Grand
Master George W. Hershman. D. S.
Walter, Samuel C. Plough, M. M. Tate,
George M. Milteisen, Frank Rowe, •M.
O. Swanger, C. E. Umberger. Harry S.
Moore. Charles Frey, Louis A. Diller,
George C. Dietz, Bernard E. Stansfield,
A. A. Arnold, Professor Ralph Jacoby,
Grant S. F. P. Rice, Grant
■Weaver, C. M. Nickel and John T.
Uarnlsh.
MONROE BACHMAN BURIED
Duncannon. Pa., March 12.—Monroe
G. Bachman. a former resident of this
place, employed as a telegraph opera
tor on the Pittsburgh Division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, died at his
home 'at Gallitzln, Pa., on Wednesday
aged 40 years. He is survived by his
wife, who was' Miss Emma Singleton,
of Duncannon. and five children; also
his mother, Mrs. Clara Bachman t three
brothers, Edward, Miles and Christian
Bachman, and two sisters,. Ida and Ma
linda Bachman. who live at Lebanon.
The body was brought to the home of
George You/ig, where funeral services
were held on Saturday.
TO PLAY DECIDING GAME
Columbia. Pa.. March 12.—The Lan
caster County Basketball league will
play the deciding game for the cham
pionship in the State Armory, here, on
Thursday evening, the contest being
between Columbia and Eiizabethtown,
which teams, are now tie for first place.
MARCH 12, 1917.
Ice Gorge in Deep Water
at Clark's Ferry Bridge
Duncannon, Pa.. March 12.—Ice
here has lodged against the fourth
pier from the Clark's Ferry side of the
river, at a place where tho water is
20 feet deop and where the ice has
never before been gorged. The gorge
extends several hundred feet north.
Oldest rivermen arc at a loss to ex
plain why the ice should have gorged
at this point. It is almost as high as
the bottom of the bridge and In case of
a general movement the bridge* may
be damaged.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE RECORDS
Duncannon, Pa., March 12.—Pupils
have attended every session of tho
Primary room in the borough schools
as follows: Raymond Guyler, Charios
Kauffninn, Richard Mayal, Wilnont
Hweigurd, James Dershem, Clem v it
Sands, Albert Houk, Donald Drinht
blll, Herbert Mannin, Donald Render,
William Wagner, Helen KUnepeter,
Marie Hunter, Fredaline Lcstz, Katli
ryn Matlack, Martha Hamilton, and
Beatrice Cope.
RID FOR SEWER SYSTEM
Loysville, Pa., March 12.—Perry
county commissioners are holding un
der advisement the only bid received
for the building of the sewerage sys
tem at the county almshouse here.
The permit was received with the ap
proval of the State Board of Health
last week and has been filed in the
Recorder's office at New Bloomfield, as
required by law.
DATES FOR EXAMINATION'S
Carlisle, Pa., March I.—Announce
ment of dates for examination of teach
ers throughout the county was made
to-day by Superintendent J. Kelso
Green. The examinations for provis
ional certificates will be as follows:
June P. Lamberton Building, Carlisle;
June 12. High School Building, New
ville; June 16, High School Building,
Mechanicsburg. A special examination
will be held In Carlisle on August IS.
The examination for professional cer
tificates will be held here on June 9.
Duncannon People Ask For
24-Hour Electric Service
Duncannon, March 12. —Supplying:
electricity for the borough all hours
of the day, instead of just during the
darkness, |s a plan to be soon put into
operation by the local Borough Elec
tric 1 ,ig ht Company. Many housewives
for some time have been urging the
company to do this so they can use
electricity to do their weekly ironing,
etc. Some, too. want to relieve the
drudgery of turning a washing ma
chine andiare anxious to use elec
tricity for washing clothes. The com
pany has been operating In the bor
ough for about twenty years and on
several occasions talked of putting the
twenty-four hour system into use, but
It was never done.
Humor has it that an out-of-town
company Is trying to purchase the lo
cal concern, but this could not be
learned officially to-day.
NEW BROOM .FACTORY
Rlain, Pa., March 12.—David Gut
shall, Sr., and his son, David Gutshall,
Jr., are making extensive plans for the
establishment of a broom manufac
turing plant in the tannery building
at Beavertown. just south of this place.
The younger Mr. Gutshall has just re
turned homo from Cleveland, where
he made an intensive study of the
manufacture of brooms by machinery.
PARENT-TEACHERS' MEETING
Penbrook, Pa.. March 12.—Secre
tary Ellis M. Packer, of the Penbrook
Parent-Teachers' Association, has sent
out invitations to parents and teach
ers of the town to attend a meeting
of the association to-morrow evening
lat 8 o'clock. Professor Nye will make
| an address at the meeting.
Will VETERAN 111 mr.it
| Columbia, Ta.. March J.—The- funeral
of Anthony .1. Arnold, Civil war vet
j eran, who died at the home of his
| son-in-law. .Tohn A. Koehler, was hel*
| from the latter's home, and the body
was taken to Lebanon Saturday morn
ing for burial.