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Penns Grove record.
WILLIAM A. SUMMERILL, Editor.
PROVIDENCE, PRINCIPLES, PERSONS
ESTABLISHED 1878
Single Copies, 6 Cents
VoL 45, No. 50
Penns Grove, N.J., Friday, December 28, 1923
Struck by Auto
Dying In Road
Merciless Tragedy In Death of
Catherine Lafflin in Carneys
Point On Christmas Eve
Full of all the merrfe^it of the ap
proaching joy of Christmas little
Catherine Laffine met her death in a
merciless tragedy on Christmas Eve
in front of the Carney Point Post
Oluce, when alter being struck, with
terrible impact, was left dying on the
euge oi tne road until some minutes
later she was found by people passing.
Little Catherine aged eight and a
half years had left her home at 2156
Avenue 11, at about 5.30 to go get a
soda and stop at the Post Office to see
if an expected package from a relative
in Brooklyn had arrived.
The little tot was beaming over with
the spirit of Christmas and was happy
when she left her mother’s sight, to
bring back a “great big box, so big it
would take' two to carry it” as she ex
pressed to her mother upon leaving.
She presumably joined some other
children for it is alleged that she was
seen looking in a store window.
From then on the tragedy is a mys
tery. At about five minutes of six
the child was found on the trolley
tracks opposite the Carney Point Post
Office by Martin Wolfer, Bertha Baer
swyle and James and Milton Wolfer
who are said to have been passing
in an automobile.
She had been hit with a terrible im
pact, as was shown by examination
and was not dragged, as has been
rumored. The impact must have thrown
her several feet for her skull was
fractured, left leg broken, right leg
crushed, her head and face terribly
mutilated and was evidently seriouly
injured internally.
Immediately after the accident the
police and coroner sent out warning
to neighboring towns and the State
Troopers put on the job. In Penns
Grove and Carney Point cars were
stopped and examined for sometime,
but no traces of the accident found.
Catherine was one of four children
of Peter and Catherine Laffin, who
have been living in this community in
termittently for five years having
come from vYork. For the past
few years they have made their home
at 2156 Avenue P, Carney Point. Mr.
Laffin is employed at the Dye Works.
, The otlier children are George aged
16. Nellie aged -5, and Helen aged 1U,
who was a constant companion of
CaPiine;. The ®<two it seems were
always together, often hating been
taken 6^ twins, and it seems almost
a miracle that they were not together
on this occasion.
Burial services took place this Fri
day morning in St. James R. C. Church
with Father Massy officiating. Burial
was in Emmanuel Cemetery.
Coronor s Inquest
Coronor, H. F. Ashcraft, held his
inquest of the tragdey in the Borough
Hall, Penns Grove, on Thursday night,
when some startling evidence was
presented before Edward Coslett, Lem
uel Lounsbury, Peter Meade, Alfred
M^'Light, Harry Stout, and John
Blaess, all of Carney Point, acting as
a coronor’s jury.
Upon the evidence presented the
jury returned after twenty minutes
deliberation with the verdict that
Martin Wolfer, Deep Water, be held
for the Grand Jury.
Wolfer, it seems was driving a car
from DeepWater towards Penns Grove
accompanied by Miss Bertha Baeswyl,
who was beside him in the front seat.
In the back seat of the car were James
and Milton Wolfer, brothers of the
driver.
According to their story, it seem
that they came upon the child lying
on the trolley tracks near the centre
of the road opposite Carney Point
Post Office. There being a switch at
this point, the turn out of the tracks
extends well towards the middle of
the road.
Upon seeing the something in the
road they stopped, altho their testi
mony as to who saw the child, at what
time they saw it and the location of
the body with respect to the position
of the car is more or less confusing
and cnflicting.
Milton Wolfer, the youngest of the
party, aged 14, testified that he first
saw the body from the back window
of the car, that the car did not stop
suddenly, nor did he feel any impact.
These statements were the same by
all of the witnesses who were in the
car.
The child was then carried into the
drug store of Ralph D. Justice, from
where they tried to get in touch with
Penns Grove physicians. Not finding
those in who were called they drove
to Penns Grove and not being able to
get in touch with any drove back to
the Plant Hospital, but the doctors
in charge were only on duty, subject
to call. Charles K. Leonard imme
diately arrived and found the child
dead, life having probably having ex
pired on the way to the Plant. They
then took the child to fire headquar
ters in Carneys Point where Chief R.
Hurley took charge of the body and
later Dr. 0. Baker examined it with
the forgoing results and the parents
notified.
Until Thursday morning the mys
terv was no nearer a solution than it
had been the night of the accident for
everything seemed to point toward the
belief that the car and driver who had
committed the brutal act had gotten
awav and that Wolfe,- and parties had
arrived on the scene several minutes
Continued on page 8
CHICKEN THIEVING ENDED
AS PRINCIPALS ARE CAUGHT
Three chicken thieves were arrested
ori Friday night by Borough Marshal
John G. Sullivan on the comer of
Trumbull and Walnut Street, a few
minutes after they had depleted the
stock of Mrs. Emma Phillips to the
extent of 14.
160 chickens have been stolen in
and around the Borough in the last
two months and the officers have been
keeping a sharp lookout for the
thieves. Suspicion had been directed
toward Albert Parker, David Luther
Boston and William Wheeller. Sul
livan had kept them under a close
oversight for some time. On Friday
night he was rewarded for his vigil.
He was tipped off that three had gone
on an expedition. He concealed him
self in a clup of bushes where he
thought they would pass. They came
in sight but without any booty. Never
theless, he placed them under arrest
on general principles. While he was
frisking them, Wheeler ran. Sullivan
shot his pistol in the direction of the
fleeing thief, twice but he only ran
faster. Parker and Boston were
marched to the Borough lockup where
Boston, who is a youth of 22, con
fessed and implicated the other two in
numerous chicken robberies.
Sullivan, with Officers Harbeson and
Pettit, later were making a survey of
the locality inwhich the chickens were
thought to have been stolen, when
Cooper Sparks, who on his way home
saw a suspicious looking bundle near
the home of Charlton Phillips, on East
Main St., a closer inspection, found it
to be a bag containing 14 chickens.
They were taken to the Borough
Hall and Boston declared them to be
the ones they had stolen. He was
taken to the place where the chickens
had been found and pointed out the
Phillips chicken coop as the place
where they had been stolen. The coop
was visited and found to be empty,
with the exception of one which was
hid, and three in a small coop outside.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips were away at
the time and were notified the next
morning. They came home on Satur
day morning and identified them at
the hearing which was given them on
Saturday morning before Recorder D.
V. Summerill, Jr. They were held
under $800 bail each for court.
Tn the course of activities Mrs.
Isaac Homan lost 10 chickens, Lewi
Beebe 10, and Andrew Hunter, o
stolen.
Sheriff Kidd Honored
Townspeople Present Former
Mayor With Gold Badge
of Office
Robert W. Kidd, Sheriff of Salem
County, was honored by his towns
people on Christmas afternoon, at 2
o’clock, when he was presented with
a gold badge emblematic o f his office,
in the Borough Hall, where he has
served the people of Penns Grove for
four years.
Mayor-elect Jere H. Long made
fitting remarks before the audience of
Borough officials and about forty citi
zens upon the service of Mr. Kidd had
rendered to the people of Penns Grove
during his two years as councilman
and nearly two years as Mayor and as
an appreciation of his services his
townspeople threw politics side and
gave him the shrievality. We are all
proud of the son who is now repre
senting us and doing so as the first
sheriff who ever came from the Bor
ough of Penns Grove since its incor
poration in 1894.
“Furthermore,” Mr. Long remark
ed, “the people of Penns Grove were
not lacking in true Christmas spirit
and to show their esteem I take great
pleasure in presenting to you, Mr.
Sheriff, a badge as emblematic of your
office and trust that you will always
wear it in the faithful execution of
ihe duties of your office.”
The Sheriff in an appreciative mooa
deftly expressed his thanks of the
thoughtfulnes and support of the
people of Penns Grove which seems
to have pervaded thruout the election
and there was no doubt in his mind
that the united support of his friends
in the Borough gave him the shriev-,
alty and that he would always wear
the badge presented to him in the
faithful performance of his duties, al
ways bearing in mind the spirit in
which it and the offiffce has been to
him, and it would always be a kind
remembrance of the privilege he had :
of serving the people of Penns Grove
for four years.
The badge is a beautiful replica of
the official badge, made of solid 14
karat gold. The spreading eagle at
the top. in white gold, is studded with
seven diamonds, below which is the
seal of the State of New Jersey in
vellow cold surrounded by a machine
turned "old band bearing the wording
“Sheriff of Salem County” in blue
enamel. The outer edge is a laurel
wreath in white gold which finishes
off the badge in a beautiful manner.
On the back of the badge is the in
scription, “Presented by his Friends,
to Robert W. Kidd, Elected Sheriff of
Salem Countv, New Jersey, Novem
ber 6th, 1923.”
James Watkins, who was instru
mental in the movement of giving this
to Mr. Kidd, thanked every one, as all
gave heartily and willingly when call
ed upon.
The Record
Extends Rest Wishes
for
Happiness
and
Prosperity
During the New Year
Christmas Joys
At Churches
The Christ Child And Spirit
Recited In Songs And
Stories
EMMANUEL CHURCH
The Christinas entertainment was
held last Friday evening in the
Church. John C. Black, the superin
tendent of the Sunday Schol, an
nounced the program. The first part
was by the Primary children.
Primary Class
Violin Solo—Star of Hope,
Freda Waddington
Recitation—Welcome,
Emerson Vickery
Recitation—“The Port of Christmas
Cheer” .Melvin Stillwell
Recitation—Exercise,
by Harriet Cheeseman, Edna White,
Viola English.
Recitation—-A Caution,
Walter Edgar, Jr.
Recitations,
Betty Sparks and Millicent Duffy
Recitation—The Housewife,
Dorothy Sparks
Song by ten children.
Recitation—Sisters Surprise,
Gladys Harbeson
Recitation—A Letter to Santa,
Rebecca Sparks
Recitation ....,.Betty Snyder
Sone.
Viola English, Rebecca Sparks
Recitation .. Eleanor Simpkins
Violin Solo—Melody of Love,
Weldon Groff
“A Joke On Santa Claus”
was the title of a humorous cantata
by members of the Sunday School. A
family on Christmas Eve discuss
events of the afternoon, decorate the
room, reherse part of Christmas pro
gram and retire for the night. Small
children in night clothes return to
catch Santa Claus and are put to
sleep by Sandman. Holly and Mistle
toe Fairies and the Spirit of Christ
mas come to remind of the real
Christmas. Santa comes and laughs
at the children whose plans were to
catch him. An unforseen occurrence
awakens the children. He is caught
and makes the best of it.
Those who took the parts are as
follows:
Mother, Miss Emma Simkins, Soloist
Grandmother. Mrs. Mae Justice
Children.
Clinton Justice, Marion Foulk. Em
erson Dolbow, Thelma Burbage,
Billie Snyder. Sylvia Sheridan, Gil
bert Scott, Elizabeth Dolbow, Cal
vin Brazer, Lucy Sylvester; Soloist,
Sarah Keen.
Small Children,
Esther Hancock, Florence Scott,
Jeanette Dolbow.
Sandman .Ross Kidd
Holly Fairies,
Harriet Scott, Helen Hancock, Gol
die Schores, Louise Brandriff, Jes
sie Browny.
Mistletoe Fairies.
Betty Groff, Marjory Sparks, Grace
Whitesell, Martha Dalbow, Ella
Keen.
Spirit of Christmas
Della Crispin . Soloist
Snow Flakes,
Bety Snyder, Betty Sparks, Viola
English, Edna White.
Santa Claus .George Vickery
St. PAUL’S CHRISTMAS CANTATA
The Christmas cantata by the Sun
day School of St. Paul’s M. E. Church
was delightfully rendered in the
Church on Christmas Eve under the
direction of Misses Ruth Sailor and
Ethel Stanton. Altho entitled “A Joke
on Santa Claus” the story was differ
ent from that rendered at Emmanuel
Church. , .
Cecil and Raymond are entertaining
at a house party when Raymond de
cides to play a joke on Santa with an
orginial scheme. The plan is to put
red pepper in Santa’s soup to make
him sneeze when he comes.
An Umheralla Mender enters and
tells the children of the poor children
and their needs in the community and
Continued on page 4
Personal Mention
And Social Affairs
The Whereabouts and Doings of
Good People You Know In
The Community
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Munyan, of
Woodlynne, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Townsend.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Irwin Baker, of
Camden, spent Christmas with Mr.
and Mrs. Linford L. Hurff.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kidd, of Wil
mington, spent Christmas with Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Denny.
Alfred L. Jess, of Paola, Pa., spent
Christmas with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Jess.
Dr. 0. Baker has returned from a
recent visit with his nephew at Coates
School, Wallingford, Conn.
Grover Bahlauf, of Washington,
•spent over Christmas at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Clayton.
Harry S. Bowen, who is a carpenter
at Shenandoah, Pa., was home from
.Saturday until Wednesday.
Miss Jane Allen and Miss Mary
White, of Vineland Training School,
spent over Christmas at Wm. Diver’s.
Mrs. Joseph Roberts is visiting her
daryi.ter, Mrs. Paul Delaney, at Clay
ton.
Miss Carrie Donahue, of Trenton,
spent over Sunday with Mrs. Francis
E. Purcell, at Emmanuel parsonage.
George Bond is spending the holi
days with his parents at Springfield.
Mass.
Rev. Fred Peters and wife returned
to Cuba a month ago, after being in
the States six months.
John Anderson, of Dover, Del., spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson, of Phila
delphia, spent the week end with his
brother, David Johnson.
Raymond Hurley has left for Los
Angeles. He will go by boat thru the
Panama Canal.
Howard Borden, of Beach Haven,
spent over Christmas with his family.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kidd, Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. Ward and daughter Mary
Jane, of Parlin. spent Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Kidd in Wil
mington.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Clayton, have
been entertaining during the week,
Misses Anna and Helen Jewett, of
Philadelphia.
John W. Lawless, Jr., who has been
working1 the ast six months in Boston
with relatives, returned last Sunday
to spend some time with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Batten and
children spent several days over
Christmas with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. David Gulden, in Baltimore.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Peacock,
of Trenton, spent over the Christmas
holidays at their home, on South
Broad Street.
Mrs. L. W. Cook, of Philaelphia,
spent a few days last week with her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Harvey Sparks, on
South Broad Street.
Rev. and Mrs. Francis Purcell vis
ited over the holidays with their son,
Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Purcell, in Tren
ton.
Richard Summerill, of the Univer
sity of Maryland, is spending the
Christmas vacation with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Summerill,
near Penns Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith enter
tained on Sunday Mr. and W. J. Mc
Cabe and Mr. and Mrs. John Cunick,
of Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Pettit en
tertained ove- the Christmas Holi
days, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F.
Sweigert, and children,, Amos and
Ethel, of Soudersburg, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. George Watson enter
tained at their home over Christmas,
their sons, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wat
son, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Watson, of
Philadelphia, and 1st Sgt. and Mrs.
Thomas Watson, of Quantico, Va. Sgt.
Watson was accompanied by two mem
bers of his band, Mr. A. McCann, Asst.
Band Master and Mrs. H. F. Scott.
Mr. Scott is the crack bass drummer
of Sgt. Watson’s Marine artillery
band.
CHRISTMAS MORNING FIRE ' "*
ON CUMBERLAND AVENUE
Fire broke out at about 1 a. m.
Chistmas morning in the building at
8 Cumberland Avenue, which had beer
occupied by William Shoemaker until
his death last week.
The alarm went in after one o’clock
and the firemen responded immediatly
and did effectual work in confining the
blaze to the one story building which
is owned by Mike Terranova.
The two story building at 6 Cumber
land Avenue, altho only about eight
feet from the burning building was
saved with damage to the extent of
approximately $800. The weather
boards on this building were charred
thru to the plaster in several places,
and the roof was on fire in several
places, but the chief and his men were
working in complete unison and the
sideswiping of the water permitted
very little from entering the building
to do damage. In fact, the wall paper
w-as wet in only two or three spots for
distance of only a foot or two, which
is remarkable considering that there
was a light draft of air towards this
building which is owmed by William
Schaedler and Raymond E. Frey, who
live on the old Powers farm near
Pennsvi lie. This building had just
been fitted out and was ready for rent
1 al.
The burned building was a total loss
to the extent of about $1500, exclusive
of the furniture of the late William
Shoemaker.
The origin of the fire is a mystery,
altho there are rumors of incendiary
origin, but no clues have as yet been
unearthed.
Both buildings wrere in the hands
of Fidele DePalma as agent, but he
is as igorant of any clues at the
present time. Mr. Edgar informs us
that an insurance policy of $1000 ex
pired on October 23rd and Terranova
failed to renew his policy when in
formed of its expiration. $3.05, the
cost of renewal, against $1000 shows
the cost of negligence.
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Op?. Win Close Game
Thurston Wins By Great Goal
Throw In Second Extra
Period
Again it was the home league eon
te-' that outdid the All Stars game
when the Operator^. Thursday, beat
the Mechanics & Power by 24 to 22
that two extra periods of five minutes
each were required to decide the win
ner, In the last one Doc Thurston
did the deciding by throwing a field
goal from the middle of the floor,
which made a great ending for won
derful work thruout the game.
Mercer started the first half with a
field goal and then kept it up for two
more and a foul goal in that first
period. He led the M. & P. piaving
all the time but it could not compare
with the speedy team work of the
Operators. Doc from the defense led
in this and Sheppard and Brown were
right with him but the effect was lost
when it came to throw goals. They
tried several times as often as the
Mechanics but few scored. In this
period Sheppard and Otto did mod of
the scoring, making eight .of the
eleven points. The rest was by a
great throw of Lefty Engles and a
foul by Brown. Even at that the
Mechanics and Power outdid them by
one point for the half for Parker and
Boyce added five to Mechanic’s seven.
in the second half the Operators
pulled ahead to a score of 19 to 15
but in the last few minutes failed to
i hold it and when the time came Cra
mer and Brooks (Charles, Sr.) had
each scored an exciting goal and all
was tie. It was great work at foul
throwing by A1 Brown in this half that
gave his team the lead. Haring made
one in the first half he had four tries
this time and came thin without a
miss. In addition he threw a foul
goal.
In the first extra period Boyce
threw two fouls and Mercer made one
but the Operators came up and tied
by Lefty making a good field goal and
Doc doing the perfect foul throw. So
another period ended tied and every
body sat back for all night and the
ten men on the floor decided to go
thru with a double shift.
With two more minutes to play in
the fourth period Doc Thurston made
the spectacular toss from mid-floor
and then led his men till the end in
great team work in keeping the ball
from the Operators. That they did.
It was a great game and Johnny
Fullerton is to be highly compliment
ed for his refereeing.
Field Foul
Operators goals
Brown, F.1
Sheppard, F.2
Ene’le, C.3
Peck, C.0
Thurston, G.1
Otto, G.2
Foul
goals tries Pts.
7
4
24
M. & P.
Mercer, F.3
Clemo, F.0
Cramer, F.1
Parker, C.2
Bovce, G.1
C. Brooks, Sr, G. 1
9 6 15
Field Foul Foul
goals gaols tries Pts.
8
6
12
22
The All Star game which preceded
the league game had a great start for
Continued on page 8
I v 3 Doct::s Charged
H 'ji i' f•
• it:i iNe;.:g.flce
Jury fails To Reach Agreement
In Charges Brought By
Young Fanner
What was termed a strong ease
was begun last Thursday in the Salem
'County Circuit Court before Judge
“Ralph Donges and did not end until
Monday at 12.30 of this week.
The suit was that of Alfred M.
Lawrence, a young farmer of Shirley,
who on November 11, 1921, visited the
Carden State Fair grounds, in Bridge
ton, to witness the automobile races.
While one of the racing cars was
going around the track, a wheel came
, off, going thru the fence, striking
Lawrence and breaking his leg be
tween the knee and hip. He was taken
to the Bridgeton Hospital and Dr. J.
Franklin Reeves, whom Lawrence
knew and who was on the Hospital
Medical Staff, was summoned.
When Dr. Reeves arrived on the
scene he made an examination and
suggested to Lawrence that Dr. Wal
ter P. Glendon, one of the Surgical
Staff, be summoned, as he thought an
operation necessary. Upon his arrk
val Dr. Glendon was given charge
and an open operation decided upon.
The leg was cut open and the broken
bones were pried together, end to erxj,
a hole drilled and a screw put thru
to keep them in place. The incision
was then drawn together and sewed
up and in the course of the usual time
Lawrence was dismissed from the
hospital. Later he discarded crutches
and still later discarded his cane. He
afterwards paid his doctor’s ball and
everything was thought to be all
right. In about 14 months, however,
above and below the wound abscesses
formed. Dr. Halsey A. Bramble, of
Elmer, the family physician, was
called and opened them and they re
inset! to neai.
Mrs. Nettie Lawrence, mother of
the plaintiff, who was nursing her
son, saw what appeared to be fabric
or Head flesh protruding from the ab
scess. She took some absorbing cot
ton and pulled a piece of gauze 18
inches loner therefrom and later, from
time to time, took raveling? from each
of the incisions.
Walter II. Lawrence, father of the
plaintiff, notified the doctors at the
hospital of the condition of hi? son
and that Tic Bramble had been in at
Lawrence then emploved' Attorney
Carl Kisselmar. of Camden, to bring
suit against the two doctors. Kissel
man was assisted bv .Senator A'hert
S. Woodruff, of Camden.
The attorneys for the defendants
were former Judge Le Boy W. Loder,
of Bridgeton, and J. Forman Sihnick
son, of Salem. Lawrence asked dam
age?. charging the two doctors with
negligence and carelessness. After
deliberating until 9.30 P. M. tbe iury
was unable to agree and so notified
County Clerk Walter P. Ballinger,
who took their verdict and they were
subsequently dismissed.
A case that caused considerable
merriment was that brought by Harry
Ballinger, of Pedricktown. against
John Jacobsen, a Justice of the Peace^
of the same place, to recover the sum
of $300 with interest from 1921.
Daniel V. Summerill, Jr., was coun
sel for the plaintiff and William B
Surran for the defense.
The case took about an hour includ
ing the ten minutes that the jury was
out. when they returned a verdict In
favor of the full amount for the plain
tiff. which mounted to $375.65.
Court convened again this Friday
morning.
ELKS MAKE KIDDIES HvtPPY
Christmas afternoon was a happy
one for the kiddies of the community
when they began to line lip in front
of the Broad Theatre at about 1.30 for
the afternoon’s preformance which be
gan at 2.30.
Penns Grove Lodge No. 1358, B. P,
O. E. was host to about 600 and Mr,
Schweiger was generously donating
the use of the theatre also furnished
entertainment in the form of a picture
show and vaudeville acts.
A number of the Elks with their
wifes were present to assist in the
distribution of candies and toys in
great quanitiee. Toys disappeared so
rapidly that a new supply had to be
rushed in and about two hours later
kiddies with happy faces and arm*
full poured forth into the streets and
home, truly imbued with the Chp-tinae
spirit.
In addition to this the Elks distribu
ted baskets of groceries and goodies
to the poor and needy in the town and
and thus made possible Christmas joy
in practiallv home, for the givers were
just as happy as the receivers.
From the beginning to the end it
was a commendable movement and the
local lodge of Elks is to be commended
for the philanthropic spirit that wae
eminient. In short it is. in all proba
bility, the greatest benevolence ever
demonstrated by a fraternal organia
tion in this vicinity. The committee
with Charles Werner, Chairman, and
John D. Justice and I. Weinberg are
to be commended.
-a- • > .
The pool room above the Palace of
Sweets on South Broad Street was en
tered on Christmas morning and sev
eral boxes of cigars and candies taken.