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FTKFJ.Y PERSONAL __ I Vbr ."'I'M > ?!.'' ?'s of People, }/Crri;in>, and Tln'^e YHio Visit N) wherry. 1 aJ - > >r??. day io And rcn after a Sunday visit ] to Xe ^ oerry. ?Ir. 3. 7. Hr.c-k?. r y. of Xewberry. i wa< amcng t>e visitors in the cil; j Wednesday.?Gaffney Ledger, 4th. Mr. S. J. Kilgcre spent the week-end ! i at X ewerry with re:a:iv or;.?CIii\ten j Chronvle, 3rd. . I G. 2.1. Wilson formerlv w:t tne oil ! mill here is living at X wherry.? j Xinfttv-Six cor. Greenwood Index,- 3rd. j I Cant. \V. Smith Lan^ford returned last week from an extended business trip to Baltimore nnd Washington. Mrs. Cole. L. Blease, .of Columbia, ' attended the Elks memorial day ex- j eroises at the Opera House Sunday | aCternoon. Mrs. 0. W. LeRoy has returned to i her 1 ome in Greenwood after -visiting j r-.'c-m-c- \Ticc^c -1111"a and Jessie! lie I ClOltlO, VWW..V , I Ccppock. | Little Miss Mildred Jones wishes j to extend her thanks to f.: er many | friends v: o supported lier in the pony contest. Mr. E. A. Carlisle, a well-known | traveling salesman cf Newberry, spent last night in t..e city?Greenwood journal, 3rd. Mr. Thos. F. Brantley, who delivered rue masterful address at the Elks memorial exercises on Sunday afternoon. was the guest of Kon. Fred. H. Bominick w/. ile in the city. ?>Ir. John M. Kinard has been named from Washington on a committee of bankers to represent SoutTr.' Carolina in the operation of tf.:e $135,000,000 conon icaii iuiiu. Miss Lizzie Griffin, o the Cross Hill school, visited Mr. John T. Robertson's family *at 'Clinton last week-end.? Cross Hill ccr. Laurensville Herald, 4th. ! Mr. James Xoon visited relatives in Newberry county, where he -spent Thanksgiving and enjoyed a few days in the hunting sport.?Cross Hill cor. Laurensville Heiald, 4th. Miss Catherine Wright has returned to her heme in Newberry after spending ti:e past week here as the guest of Miss Zee Wright.?C!:nton Chronicle, 3rd. Rev. W. R. Bouknight, c the Kincircuit, is transferred to the Xew berry circuit, naving served tf.'e al-J lotted time at his former charge.? I Clinton !CJ. rcnicle, 3rd. ' Mr. and V.ts. J. L. Au!l, cf Ander- I son. came down on Sunday to visit! relatives. Mr. Anil returned on Monday. leaving Mrs. Au'l with cer parents, Mr. and Mrs. -T. R. Davidson, for a ew days. j Col. Jno. K. Aull, Mr. ^IcLaurin's warehouse secretary, of Columbia, at-1 tended the Elks memorial exercises' ir. Xewberrv on Sunday, as did also Assistant Attorney General 'Fred. H. Dominick. I I . !V*t. Jeff J. Lane, of Ridgeley, Md., is at the Newberry 1 otel to spend a while | in Newberry. This forer Primu! Jones of the county and prominent | planter is being welcomed Dy jus iriends. Rev. Dr. A. J. Bowers has been appointed by the governor to serve on a committee of mercy < or this State of the national organization, wiicS was formed "to act in a capacity similar to ! that of the Inter-national Red Cross j society. Miss Lilia Kib'er is announced in - r ..i.1 oc lUti L.UIIIUI itU {^i UJ Ui v ao 1 among The life members of the Woman's conference of the United Svnod. I Mission Study in South Carolina syn- j oa. Mrs. Lottie Derrick. Children's > work', Mrs. J. H. Harms. T: e sad news of the sudden death j of Mrs. George Boczer at her heme I near Vaugiinville Sunday night was j received .'. ere Monday morning. Mrs. j Boozer L:as a number of friends in and around Cross Hill, who will mourn the loss of a good friend and an excellent lady.?Cross Hill cor. Laurensv"le Herald, 4th. Prof. S. J. Derrick, Hon. B. V. Chapman, of Newberry, Dr. George Y. Hunter, of Prosperity, and Mr. A. H. Koihn, of Columbia, with others form the cooperative committee (of which Mr Kohn is chairman) of the South Caro lina Synod with the Laymen's Missionary movement. Chairman Kohn ias called a meeting of tine committee for this Tuesday evening in Columbia. 1 . i YARIOUS AXD ALL ABOUT. New vaudeville attraction at the Opera House this week. The Bachelor Maids will meet with :V'r?? RprnioA Martin Tuesdav after noon, December 8, at 4 o'clock. Cash ;:"rom Chaippells, $3.?In Friday's State, acknowledgment for Belgian fund. T. ' re; r;l or;1 ' 0 to 1 ? re- [ ; ciLil: 'I-;1 i in the ];ictt:re s o\v at "ie i v ;)na Ho ise on Wednesday. !\i;is:c comes from tne ?oul.?). J. SmiT!::!ral in I.uTh-Tan Church \ iior. Yen are riv t, there. i '0 ( {j v i:: on of the aocuntu-1 ation ot casn, o. wn:o: we are ut.ir- ; <o would strike some p>3- i } 10 in -W-vVucrry ail Those contributing to the Metho?:st lazasr for Friday night, are re'MK.-t-j ei to "send their contributions to the | C rot well hotel by 12 o'clock that day. i The Ladies Aid society of Me Church \ cf ice Redeemer will mefl wit'i Mrs.! John C. Goggans Tuesday a.ternoon at 4 o'clock. r^ /-i^ "TVio VTiIIiati i l lcili cU jl x i v, ?uia^v/u ^ w , lar Mystery" at the Arcade. Just bear : in mind there will be only four more episodes of this wonderful picture af-1 ter Wednesday. The little girl who $aid she wanted i Santa Claus to bring ner some fat! uack and bread for (Xristomas is not r.eedy, tut s..e shows her willingness tc be sat:si:ed these hard times. If any place needs it, the crossing from Speers street to College street! needs to be cemented. Many scbcol ! I children and other persons cross there ! I everv day, and tLey are now crossing j ! in the mud. i There is a place in Sumter county ; i named Pinecod. Ti.:e Sumter Herald J hea-Js its dors from the point "Pine-{ wood Xzeales." Tha: reminds this re- j I orter of t e old "Xeedles from Pine-: top." | "The Perils of Pauline/' the Pai:~.e i serial that has delighted hundreds J '.:f Xewberrians for t!:e past year is ! r.canng the end. -See it f.t the Arcade ! J ! ihis Fr'day. Only ens more episode a.'ter this week. 'We in Newberry had a week of rain and mud. Rememter that in some i rlaces they had snow. And remember also t' at when the sun comes! ....... I out here the mud will dry, but wrere; 'he snow is there will be ti'.:e slush j also. j Children under 12 flock to the Opera i House every Friday afternoon, and) it is a pleasure to watt'j them. Hap- j py ought to be the man who has and ; holds trie love c! little V aldren. Henry t Wells, "stick a pin here," and "put j | this in your pipe and smoke it.'' It; will gi.e you satisfaction. T\:e Arcade, the popular Litt> thea-! tre, has secured at a very heavy x; ense Thaiihouser's masterpiece, "Zu- ' cora," a serial detective drama in 20 ; episodes, each o ' ich is in two reels : : i i and each forming a complete story.' [ The date on wh-icl: this feature starts will be announced later. Watch for i Our prcbate judge, Mr. Claude C.; 3c; unmert. who is always so accomo-! ' . *. '. i -Vtfmsr m ir.ciiin?r mnrriflsrp lir^nses. "walked ofr with the doll." He guessed the name o t e ('oil in tiie show j window of Jno. B. Mayes. He is about1 the only man in Newberry county that j could have made such a guess. It was Althea. The National Loan & Exchange I Bank, of Greenwood, are having trou-! ble with our Ed. Jones, who obtained j money by false pretenses from titem j and now languishes in jail for his i unfortunate mistake.?'Ninety Six cor. Greenwood Index. It was an "unfortunate mistake" for your *'Our Ed. Jones." I Collector Heyward made it plain that no postmaster is in any way required to sell tax stamps, but that1 the law permits them being named as j agents of e department when a cer- j tain bond is furnished. Any such ac- j tic-n would be voluntary on ti'.:eir part, ! stated the collector?(Columbia Rec- I ord, 3rd. One o: the best possible ways or :he pecple o this section to relieve fi- j nancial stringency for themselves and , for others, is to deposit every idle dol- j lar they have, in their favorite hanks, and draw c'.ecks on their accounts as thev need to settle obligations of what i . i ever nature.?YorkviMe Enquirer. That's the way it looks to us up a tree. Mr. A. B. Cheatham, of Abbeville, in a communication to t' e State on Sunday, suggests that all the moving picture theatres in the State give per- j formances for the benefit of the or- j phans. A good suggestion, but Man- j ager H. B. Wells beat him to it long ago Our own popular Opera House manager has t!;ie credit of starting this good movement. And he gives all the proceeds. After al the delegates had enjoyed a social hour together, hymn No. 30 was sung and prayer led hy Mrs. Tillman, who also made a very in teresting report 01 tne recent meeting in Newberry. Mrs. Fannie To'hmpkins "followed with a helpful account of tne Sunibeam work as seen at the Newl>erry contention.?iFram last week's Edgefield Advertiser's account of meeting of their local W. M. U. The S:ate boar.I of examiners hav?: adopted a geography for the -"la gra-' that they thc-i.i-o" ves ecu Id net stan! a creditable examination in: ana ii th. y k*: .'. it a:!, they still could no*, bo ;nd Wyoming. 1 *: an I.anr.er. An.', we aav? ' al ?orielai :r* to say aocia id.i.i.-;i <; iis j) . to a ten year child. Andrew R. Gilliam, son of A. .Tack G:iH?m the ba-ber, ai.J Jennie Belle King were married en Thursday nitrht of last week. Andrew, whose nick name is t4Sug,'* by which everybody knows iiim, is a barber to his father's shop, ar.d a good one, like his father, as ' e is a "chip off the old block."' His i bride is the granddaughter o; the well known "old man 'Charley King," of Lindsay Hill, and the contracting parties are among the leaders of the better class of their race. ! ! It ought to be the duty of someon--? to take official notice of a case o , cruelty to aninrals such as came under observation in this city on Sun-; day in the driving of a horse which i ' seemed to ave had a broken leg j from the way he dragged it through j the mud as t'lie poor dumb animal was! not able to make it stand the weight.' SucJ.:' cases should be looked after. I Societies l'or the prevention of cruelty j to animals ought to be busy every-! where. j Anderson college is the youngest o:" tae Baptist colleges. It is now in its! third year. James P. Kinard, an j educator of renown, a native; So.iti Carolinian, is president of this wo-i man's college. Remarkable growth ! ' as marked its history.?J. C. Keys in the State of Sunday writing cf the j Baptist State convention now in sos-1 sion in Charleston. W. H. Hunt is a j trustee of the college, and of the j Greenville Female college. R. Y. i I eavell of Furman university, and Jno. j M. Kinard o the Baptist hospital. Last week our local reporter wrote "H'enry Patrick went to Columbia Sunday and carried Governor Blease a 22 pound gobbler for C.is Thanksgiving dinner;." H e type setter misread the -word "gobbler" and it was printed "cabbage.'' We make this norrecticn in iustice to 'Mr. Patrick's good taste and the governor's appetite, as well as for the purpose of correcting :he impression that we are claiming the world's cabbage championship for Marlboro.?^Pee Dee Advocate. T:at treats us. ! Alan Johnstone, of the Columbia1 Dar, who as a student of Newberry j college was once president of the as- ' sociation, spoke on " Some Reasons I for College Journalism." Mr. John-! stone declared that college magazines | had "gotten beyond the stage whe:i ; they were mere puerile exercises and ' : ad come to mean something of real j value in this workaday wprld.' He \ urged that the meeting of ii .e asso-! O = y ciaticn "be more cf a consultation- on college magazine problems and not an audience for outside speakers with long-winded advice.''?From the Columbia Record's account of college editors in session December 3. Secretary Bryan announced yesterday that government agents, after a thorough investigation, had been unable to learn that any work was being done anywhere in this country in .the construction of 1 oreign warships or parts thereof.?DispatcL' ' from j Washington, ijra. instead 01 giving Bryan credit for ihis reticence some newspapers are scoring him for no! telling everything. If he talked they would condemn him for that. Bryan is a wise man, and he attends to t'ne business of.iiis office, notwithstanding the adverse opinions of his critics in j tneir iaoorea enoris ic injure -uu m i the eyes of the populace, woich they fail in doing. Certain newspapers are criticising; Bryan lor refusing to allow the same I privileges i or which they condemned j Hobson. And those newspapers are j abusing him for his silence on impor- j tant matters when they praised Lind ! for not talking. There are many peo- j pie w';.o think Bryan was rig': t when j he declined to disclose the position! of the American government on the ! building of submarines. And it looks j like he is busy wife' the affairs of j the country when he confers with | Charles Schwab concerning the manufacture of ships, and will deliver the opening address before the National River and Harbors congress in 'Washington this week. When "The Idler" said that the editor (had told him his "observations were the main thing for whicih' a number of people wanted to see The Herald and News," he spoke truly, the reporter 1 ? ? ~ U ^ ^ /% CO tr OOmO I KLUJW'S, Utxausc 1TCU1/1C oa; DJt ouii IV to him about "The Idler." A certain lady "goes on" so about "The Idler's" pieces that elver}' time one appears in the paper the reporter takes her a copy, showing how he keeps a good thing going. He always likes to hear kind words about "Tfae Idler" and about other people, and the reporter makes it a point to circulate kind words about everybody. He don't like any other sor:. There is no envy, iJOYS 5 01i\ SHOW (>;i Saiimlaj?Showing j:u;io?Vi\-/A s A.vanled?Talks {?> t:U' s, .\ a ;.crry Ccuai;. Corn Show was :a ti..'1 ;rt hca.so en Saturday, 'j ? was a .airly good attendance in -; xtc. ct tne '.v^atacT anJ bad roads. '1 .t shew was under the direction cf "i !;c:i:us M. Mills, d monstialion agent for Xcwberiy county and did credit to the work v/hie.. he has been doinj. .Mr. James W. Shealy, demonstration agent cf Lexington county and Mr. , \V. R. E'liott, demonstration agent for Fairfield countv were present and : i made talks to t'.:e boys. \ The following bovs entered the con tost and were present: 1 i Willie Boinest, Eddie Richardson,1 Boyd Farr. Colie Dowd, Wilbur Wesainger, Olin Fulmer, Heyward Fulmer, Cecil Dominick, George Miller, Libert Shealy, Fred Hayes, .Junius Long, Ernest Brooks. Carl Epting. Simeon Longshore, Milton Hendrix, Bavid Kihler. The ollowing men were present and entered tne contest: i Ira A. Miller, W. F. Dawkins, Dr. i J. William Folk, H. L. Doniinick, Carol .Mills, E. S. Faimer, A. M. Miller, 0. C. Shealy, Walter Crompton. Oiin Cromptcn, Jimes E. Fuller, S. P. Mills, Forlest Krel'e, 3. Dominic-k, Olin Doniinick, .J. S. Watts. J. P. Watts, fcm A. Epting, H. Hawkins, E. .J. Adams, J. I H. Eargle, L. T. Adams, Olin Adams, E. .J. Stone. The following prizes were awarded: , Men's Ke^sS/r.prle Ear. 1st??2.00 '..at by Moseley tfros., awarded to E. S. Fulmer. i | 2nd?Two boxes shells by Summer Bros., awarded to H. L. Dominick. '3rd?One year subscription to oout'nern Farmer, awarded to E. W. Fulmer. Men's Best Ten Ears. 1st?$3.50 r,air shoes by T. A. Domiiiick, awarded to James E. Fulmer. 2nd?-25 pounds rape seed, vaLue $3.00 by Jo' nsonjMc}wrackin. award- ' J T TT T7* ~1 ? ea co J. n. ic. 3rd?One yeai subscription to Southern Cultivator to Forrest Krelle. Boys' Best S/ngle Ear. 1st- i-2 dozen photos by 0. & T. E. Salter, value $5 00 to Cecil Dominick. 2nd?Fountain pen, value $2.50 by ; Mayes Book Store to Olin Fuhner. 3rd?One year subscription to Pro- j crocciro Tr-artriPT- fn P">Ti KnfinST. tool ? ^ - WW ? ? - - ? t Boys' Best Ten Ears. 1st?1-2 dozen photcs by L. A. & M. M. Salter, value $6.00 to Cecil Dominick. 2nd? Eain cost, value $3.~0 by; Black's Diy Gccds Co., to Geo. Miller. 3rd?One year subscription to Progressive Farmer to WiHie Eoinest. ; Cheapest Yield. One year subscription to Progres-; sive Farmer to Ernest Brooks.: Hoys' Largest Yield. 1st?4bushels clover seed by John J S. Watts to Wilburi Wessinger. His . yield was 168 bushels. 2nd?Two bushels Burr Clover seed j 'v?i7 t p "rnntpr to F!rnest Brooks. , W.T ?. x. ? ( Yield 93 bushels. 3rd?One year subscription to Pro- > gressive Farmer to Olin Fulmer.; Yield 62 bushels. CHARGE OF MURDER Fairfield Man is Arrested in dewberry Last Week. t Policeman J. P Livingston arrested a young man on Friday night who was lr>if.erin<r about t! e railroad station, taking him to be a man wanted in ! .Fairfield county on the charge c- mur- j dering a negro woman. After his ar- j rest tf'r.e young man acknowledged | that he lived in Fairfield county and j that his name is the same as that of j the man charged with t':e crime, add- j ing that "they will say ! did it any- j how." T'.:e police here have been look- i ing out for the man several days, j "raving received a letter from Sheriff j A. U. Hood, of Fairfield, asking them j to be on the lookout for him. Sheriff j Hood gave the man's name as Lanzy j Esters and savs -he is charged AvitJl i . . I murdering Millie Ann Jackson in Fair field county November 27; that he is j 20 or 21 years cf age, weighs about J 156 pounds, five feet eight or nine I inches hig'j, broad face and scar in j the right corner of t?he mouth. The man arrested answers the de- i 1 scription. Sheriff Hood.came over on Saturday identified the man as the one , wanted and carried him back toj Winnsboro, leaving in tf.:e afternoon. 1 ? 'i Tir? .1 ' jrronjozuon .Tieeizug^ A small number of prohibitionists j met in the county court house on Monday and elected Mr. R. T. C. Hun- j ter county chairman and decided to send out petitions asking for an election next year on State wide prohibition and a law making the Webfo law effective in this State. up. He exercises a little prejudice oc- j casionally, just as the exercises a lit VA.hS MK.'.IOiSIAL SERVICE { .i. i.u.ci AiUircssfs i;v (Jov. l>Iease and { i-I. K/;.Pi it'v S,x<< ili nl 3Ius/c. ImpiTss/ve Sonic. The inetnorial exercises by tJ e New-. i \:;c cf Klks was held in the ( pi ,:-i on Sunday atternoon he ni;:ii:r.g i. i cniptiy at 3 o'clock. I .e ; e; ?e '.asied just about an hour. The house was filled, being the largest audience tu<.t has yet attended one of the services \vhich are held every year cn the first Sunday 'In j December. 1 nder the laws of t- e order it Js mandatory that I' is service be held. Exalted Ruler K. H. Aull of the local \ I lor.ge presided. The ot er officers tak- 1 ing i;art were: Esteemed Leading Knight 1-]. S. Please; Esteemed Loyai | Knight .i. Claude Dominick; Esteemed Lecturing Knight C. Forrest Summer; Inner Guard 0. A. Dominick; iSecrerar H. W. Dominick; Treasurer T. P. j Wicker. Thanatopsis was read in a very effective maner by F. H. Dominick. Prayer was offered by the Rev. J. E. Carlisle. the Methodist church. The eulogy to the departed breth- j ren was delivered by Cole. L. Blease, a member of the local lodge. It vas a vi? i?4.^ ~ ^ ?,,n i mie inuuie <s.nu is puuu&ucu m uh. i T.:e memorial address was delivered by Col. Thosi F. Brantley, a member of the Orangeburg lodge. It was a fine address teeming wit.: high sentiand was greatly enjoyed by the audience. We print the address in full. The music was in charge of Miss A'azie Dominick who presided a the piano. The male quartette composed U K. E. Allen, J. B. Setzler, Wilbur Long and W. F. Morgan was very good and tae solo by Hiss Pauline Gilder, "0 Dry T.:ose Tears,'' was very sweetly rendered. iMr. Allen also sang with much effect, "Crossing the Bar." It was really a very impressive service and sadly sweet. There as been no death among the membership during the past year. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING. / Notice is hereby given that t.:e an?v? AAfiwr* ^ P fV? a 1 n+tr Kaq rs f XL U ?l 1 lilCCllii5 VI liiC V/VUUV^ k/vu-i u V"? commissioners for IXeWberry county will be held on Thursday, January 7th, 1915. All persons holding demands of any kind against the county are required 'by law to file the same with th'e clerk, properly itemized and attested, on or before .lanuary 1, 191-5. Jas. C. Sample, County supervisor. H. C. Holloway, Clerk. 12-8-4-1 taw. ? For the I have lust received a Claus." Read it, or let pe I you, and hear the good ne i North F Mr. John B. Mayes, Newberry, S. ( (My Dear Good Friend: After an absence of ab would write you about m; have heard all sorts of ne\ account of the war, which countries. But this is a ft care of you because you h friend. I shipped you son shipments of Toys, consist able in Toydom. No war j low as ever. Let all my e the joyful news. I am going to make m your beautiful store. It home to me, because you 1 children come to see me. dearly, and they love me. Only a few more weeks you. SANTA CLAU3 HAS TUBERCU?flffl l?s,s. |M On Christmas t*ve little Dorothy, Sesse.'l of flu* doinir si?:;v f.;w !)ooj>ir.-: p.iny that had <*<):rn\ t "Dorothy. <. -:i i\" the mother snM|<Wf "you r.Mist stop eouulnnsr or Claus w<.:ft < .rf lie hears !)< "'' lx1 afraid to come in." I\ "I siiouM worry." Dorothy -^plicM^lp^ showing full familiarity with mode^p^S expression. "He's got tuberculosis hiifliHflj self." HH "Tuberculosis! Who told you Clans had tuberculosis7* "Oh. everybody knows that. DcnttB you buy tuberculosis stamps for 2inH||l| every Christmas?" "i8[ TOW> TAXES WM The time for tl:e payment of town^H taxes without the penalty will expire December 15, 1914, which is the w last day. fl Jno. R. Scurry, M Clerk and Treasurer. "SPECIAL NOTICES! a *?| ONE CENT A WORD. >0 ADVERBfB TISEME NT TAKEN FOR LESMgi . THAN 25 CENTS. f||? Every Day from now until Chr/8tmas?||l ?We will sell dishes and everyttin^^M fnr thp lcifrhpn at about cost.Bf|i? Robinson's 10 Cent -Store. I 12-4-7t. ' I'M IIIh Every Day from now unt/1 niristmaAMB ?We will sell dishes and everyt':in^H| for the kitchen at about cost.^H j 1 -u;nson's 10 Cent Store. .. Y|| 1_ 4 For Kent For 1015?Six room resider.ce and garden in Helena. Near JKj enough for persons who work in BP Newberry or Oakland mills. Pers<UMM||| residing there can send tfaeir cWm8 dren free to Newberry city schooBf||? Possession given Christmas. AS H ply to Mi M. Buford, Xewberrv. DR. YOUNG M. BKUWS, VH Jentisf Wm National Bk BIdg, Hewbenry, S. C. jH Southern Grown Rye $1.15 per bushel. Hfi Johnson-McCrackin Co. Yes Indeedy Deed!?"W:y not patron'*ze home people," do not send your laundry out of the city, but have i it done right here by an up-to-date^ S| laundryman who spends his earnin^fcB|i T-ere, all work is guaranteed flgNS give satisfaction. The C. W. Laundry, under Crotwell hotel. 1 B 11-20-tf-ltaw. - JiijB , MESSAGE I Children ^ letter from "dear Santa I iDa or mama read it for A 1 1 1 'ole, December 1st, 1914 J out a year, I thought J I I - rr-*^ Vap I'lnnhfc 81 V i.UV ii 1 UUj 11V UV/mivvj vs about Toy famine, on ! is raging in the foreign j ilse alarm. I have taken 1 ave been my most loyal le time ago, several large J^p ;ing of everything imagin prices. Prices will be as"' ;ood little children know / J y headquarters again at always feels like second lave so many nice, good You know I love them so and I will again be with i So long, SANTA. ?