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' , * ' ^ ^ fe lamberg feralfr j One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S.D., THURSDAY, JULY 18,1912. Established 1891. ? COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. t News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, July 15.?Oh, my! don't it rain! is an expression of the ladies these days when you see and talk to them. ." L Mr. H. W. Ehrhardt, with other * friends and relatives, went to Newberry, S. C., yesterday. On the 17th ? instant Miss Annie Taylor will change ' her name to Mrs. Annie Ehrhardt, of her own free will, and on their return it will be Mr. and Mrs. Herbert j W. Ehrhardt. Congratulations to the pair. Happiness and long lives to enjoy same is wished them. There was a runaway pair married in town Sunday morning by Rev. E. r A. McDowell at the residence of Mr, t ? Frank Morris. Did not find out their I names, buy think the groom was a. v King from Orangeburg. They left on the train for Charleston as soon as knot was tied. Miss Lucile Epting, Miss Helen ^ Whitman and Master M. J. Epting, of Savannah, Ga., spent a few days with relatives and friends in Ehrhardt, as they journeyed to the scene of the wedding in Newberry on \ the 17th instant. Stayed such a short while -in Ehrhardt until their acquaintance was hardly made bef ' fore they left for new fields. Hope ' they will come again. L Mrs. Charles Ehrhardt and Miss P Edrie Ehrhardt will leave for Newi berry on the 16th instant to attend the marriage and visit relatives. X .;. , Mr. L. C. McKenzie went to Char... leston Sunday to take his little daughter to his mothers to spend a week : two with her. Mr. McKenzie will i return Monday or Tuesday, next. JEE. ? i Fairfax Fancies. ?3, ' *, * ???? >. V? Fairfax, July 15.?Mrs. S. F. Smith, of Florida, Mrs. Mary Mason, and Miss^Youmahs, of Scotia, were recent guests of Mrs. M. Moye. Mrs. Lucretia Addison afcd daugh. ter are spending the week in Branson with relatives. Holbrook Williams, a bright high N schol boy, is visiting Mrs. Julia Harter. Several parties have been given in his honor. The latest one was at Mrs. Sam Talley's. Mr. C. M. Waters, of Augusta, vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Newton Loadholt, I recently. I Rev. W. H. Simpson is visiting his > parents at Ware Shoals. His mother I being extremely low, has detained B him longer than he expected to stay, f Several parties have been given I recently in honor of the Misses I Brooker, of Swansea, who are guests f . of Mrs. W. H. Simpson. The one V Wednesday evening at Mrs. Newton Loadholt's was a most enjoyable oc, casion. Ttefreshments were servd in \vv the dining room. Partners for this * J 3 v^ rviTrnn were seiecteu uy me gins ucm^ a peanut each, in which the name of a young gent was placed. Under a beautifully decorated booth Mildred Loadholt dispensed fruit nectar all during the evening. In the book contest Miss Blanche Brooker and LeIRoy Young woh the prize, a box of candy. Miss Margaret Youmans is enjoyihg a ten days' trip to Canada. Mrs. Lily Myrick has returned, after a very pleasant visit to the Misses Creech, of Blackville. ; Mrs. M: P. C. Youmans has returned from a visit to her mother in Vir. Sinia. / Mrs. M.. Mason and three children . and Miss Emma Youmans, of Scotia, were recent guests of Mrs. Lily Myrick. Mrs. Gibbes, of Chicago, is visiting Mrs. Sam Talley. Dr. Alex Talley is also a guest. The Baptists here are arranging to . build a new brick church in the near future ISL ^ E Florida Sheriff Wounded. Alexander City, Ala, July 16.?A B posse led by the sheriffs of TallaK poosa and Lee counties engaged ip a || gun fight here to-night with a man who is believed by the officers to be II the robber who blew open the postSf office safe at Auburn, Ala., last night [I and escaped with about $800. K Sheriff Lynch of Tallapoosa, was wounded, but not seriously, in the B fight, during which more than twenty shots were fired. The supposed robber m^de his escape, but the officers believe he was wounded and that his capture is a matter of but a few hours. I SOLDIERS DIE FROM LIGHTNING. |j^ Tiro Killed, Seventeen Hurt-?All of Birmingham Company. SO Anniston, Ala., July 11.?Charles Klrby and H. Rape were killed and g^ seventeen others seriously injured, when the mess tent of Company B, 2d Alabama infantry, was struck by lightning early to-night One of the men injured is not ex- at pected to live. The injured were pe: taken to hospitals immediately after an the accident. All are members of the Birmingham company. ru] Pandemonium reigned in camp for the several hours after the bolt struck, at The mess hall was not demolished, < although nearly all metal about the c0 structure was meited, including sev- bia tral metal cups. iTC A metal artillery flag pole, against which one of the members df the camp was leaning, was melted, with- . out injuring the militiaman. A pe- ^ culiar incident is reported of one of ^ the men injured, in that the print of his hand was left on his leg where erj the lightning shock was felt. ' 'Although the ambulance corps reported within two minutes after the pabolt had struck, it was several hours ev< before all the men were identified. de3 Tli The men were iust in the act of sien ing their pay slips when the bolt ml fell. , th? Hunter's Chapel News. Sil wii On Thursday evening, July 4th, wil Mr. and Mrs. J. :H. Fender entertain- fac ed a number of their friends at a six o'clock dinner at their hospitable home in honor of their son, Norman ter H. Fender, who was married on June cai 26th to Miss Elloree Griffith Ander- ^ son, of Woodruff, S. C. w0 The spacious house was a scene of , of- loveliness in its decorations con- . ha1 si&ting of ferns, hydrangeas and ^ June roses. In the parlor the many and handsome presents of which the ^ bride and groom were the recipients, were beautifully displayed. The din- ma ing room was especially pretty in its ^ simple' decorations of yellow and white. In the centre of the table, which was decorated in yellow and white ribbon, was a bride's cake, , elaborately decorated in yellow and nei white lillies, this adding very much am to the attractiveness of the table. out A two-course luncheon was served, an( consisting of a salad oourse and a ti0] course of Ice cream and cake. Those ma presiding in the dining room were: jjis Mrs. J. G. Rhoad, Miss Lucy Carter, bef arid Mrs. J. H. A. Carter. The out-of-town guests were: Miss- tur es Ruth Anderson, Woodruff, s. P.; Nena Rogers, Gaffney, S. C.; Eloyse in. Britt, McCormick, S. C.; Mr. J. B. ter Huckabee, Lowndesville, S. C.; and q0] Rev. and Mrs. A. A. McDowell, Ehr- wil hardt, S. C. g t Miss Arrie Hiers is entertaining a number of friends at a house party. pre She has as her guests, Misses Elyose. j Britt, McCormick; Nena Rogers, exc Gaffney; Ruth Anderson, Woodruff, ves and Mr. J. B. Huckabee, Lowndes- a(^ vNle. The guests have been royally geD entertained during their stay, many affairs having been given in their tee honor by the charming hostess to add he to their pleasure. y0l On Friday afternoon the party an( consisting of Misses Rogers, Hiers, ern Britt, Anderson, Messrs. Simmons g0; Fender, Clifton Rhoad, Claire Rhoad, . ( J. B. Huckabee, and Mr. and Mrs. N. to H. Fender enjoyed an outing at Clear Pond. A delightful lupch was serv- ?0j] ed during the afternoon, after which < the party went in bathing. The re- y0l turn home was made in the cool of ^0(: the afternoon after a delightful stay. ( The party had the pleasure of participating in a tacky party Friday ^ evening at Mr. J. G. Rhoad's. Every sec one looked as if they had^come from a^e regions unknown, where civilization jng had never pierced through the veil j and reached their back woods man- pre ners and crude, uncouth dress. Miss q0-, Ruth Anderson, acting the part of n0I "grandma,*' was honored with first prize. Mrs. N. jH: Fender and Miss P# Nena Rogers, tieing for second prize, 1 were given one each. C.Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Rhoad proved tha charming hosts at a tea in honor of it c Miss Hiers's visitors Saturday even- yea ing. ' Obi The party with Mr. J. G. Rhoad bus added spent the day, Sunday, in pea Charleston and the Isle of Palms. Sta The day was very pleasantly spent, tioi surf bathing adding greatly to its the pleasure. sug Mr. J. B. Huckabee left Sunday a i nicrVit fn-r Viic hnmp in TjOwndp.svillp. mo S. C., after spending several dayg at ves the home of Mr. J. H. Fender. the Miss Nena Rogers, of Gaffney, left wai on Thursday for Marion, S. C., where sav she will spend a few days with du< Iriends, after which she will return pre home. vill , . I THE PALMETTO STATE Gi ME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. G: ate News Boiled Down for Quick ^ Reading?Paragraphs About q, Men and Happenings. ?? pj. A pellagra conference will be held Chester the 4th of August. Ex- j rt ph/sicians will attend from this d other States. 1 d A negro boy seven years old was Tj a over and killed by a train on 3 Atlantic Coast Line on Tuesday Qf Congaree, Richland county. in The "South Carolina Chamber of m mmerce" was organized in Columl on Tuesday by representatives .0j >m various commercial bodies from ferent sections of the State. in Magistrate T. S. Dunbar, the man d* 10 swore Gov. Blease into office at gc > inauguration in 1911, died on cc inday at his home at Ellenton, w rnwell county. He was a Confed- di ite solider. tb The Charleston board of health is sil ping two and a half cents each for of 3ry rat, dead or alive, that will be "? iivered at the disinfectant station, e object is to rid the city of the to serable rodents. tb ' "W1 A. commission has been issued by V i secretary of State to the Palmetto k Hosiery company of Colpmbia, c0 th a capital stock of $25,000. It a 11 do a general business in manuluring silk hosiery. th Miss Sallie Owens died in Green- c Ie on Wednesday five minutes af- ar eating ice cream. The death was re ised by her eating the cream while i was very much heated from .J rking in the kitchen. gj The board of trade of Greenville , dc ire invited the trustees of Chicora " lege to meet in Greenville, at the frd's expense, jthe 19th, to consider i question of removing the college to Laurens. Strong efforts are being ^ de to keep the college in Green- j le, despite Laurens's offer of $75,) and 81 acres of land. | to Felder Talks Back. he Atlanta, Ga., July 14.?"T am ther a bully nor a braggart, but I re willing to meet Blease anywhere ba ;side the State of South Carolina ** 1 give him any.personal satisfaca he desires." .This statement was ie} de to-day by Thos. B. Felder on 50 return to Atlanta after testifying sa ore the special investigating com:tee of the South Carolina legislae, probing the old State dispensary, hl e at Augusta. The statement was answer to a declaration made yesday at Bamberg, S. C., by Gov. c0 e. L. Blease in which he said: "I 1 give any man $1,000 who 'will St Tffm Felder two feet on this side lu the Savannah, river and let me be tei sent." g0 :n the statenlent Gov. Blease also ye oriated the members of the in- nc tigating committee in bitter terms, re ling, "It is against the law to id' challenges in South Carolina, ; if any member of that commitwill come to me and tell me that - J believes wnat 10m reiaer saiu, i v/on't need any duelling law 1 Charlie Smith will be your gov;or." C. A. Smith is lieutenant rernor of South Carolina. Continuing, the governor referred ^ the lynching of three negroes retly in Olar, S. C., and is quoted as Ca i i, is iows: 'You did like men and defended ir neighbors and put their black lies under the ground." )n his return to Atlanta to-day, , Felder was accompanied by E. S. gd, the detective whose evidence ured with a telephonic device ered a sensation at the Augusta hearHr. Felder stated that he would ss even greater charges against ^ 7. Blease when his term as gover- lu of South Carolina expired. de ich Seed as Commercial Product. There is a house in Statesville, N. ?the J. K. Morrison Company? m: t wants to buy all the peach seed an get at 7 5 cents a bushel. Two su rs ago, according to the Charlotte bu server, this house bought 15,000 shels of peach seed. As to whether of .ch seed could be shipped to ati tesville at a profit from this sec a of course is aouDtiui; dui never- wi less there is a strong hint in the ;gestion that this waste crop has st* market price, and local business et n might do well to make some intigation of the matter. There are wi iusands of .peach seed to go to up ste in this country. They can be tw ed very easily if there is any in:ement, and a local market would j ^ >ve profitable all around.?York- gl e Enquirer. be ' INSULTED BY BLEASE. jjj reenville Men Ordered Out of Exr ecutive Mansion. J. N. King and 0. M. Watson, of reenville, issued the following sign- ? I statement yesterday afternoon in riumbia: J. N. King and O. M. Watson, two tizens of Greenville, came down to >lumbia yesterday to see Gov. s: lease about granting a 30-day re- t< >ite to Stake Morris, a negro con- b mined, to die in the electric chair, h lie two citizens of Greenville met n ith a rude reception at the mansion t< 1 the chief executive and were g dignant yesterday over the treat- h ent they had rceived. Both Mr. ti ing and Mr. Watson are members S .the Order of Red Men. p Mr. King and Mr. Watson arrived S Columbia about 2 o'clock yester- o ty afternoon and telephoned the p ivernor's mansion to ask if they u uld come up to see him. They h ere told to come ahead. They S ove to the mansion in a hack. At s; e governor's house they found, be- p des his 'excellency, Sam J. Nicholls, ? Spartanburg, and an elderly man, n i relative of Gov. Blease's." t. Mr. King and Mr. Watson were C ken into a room on the right of ii e hallway. They talked in a social v ay for a few minutes and then Mr. o ing told Gov. Blease that he had a me down to see him about granting J 30-day respite to Stake Morris. G 3v. Blease told Mr. King that ti e "sleauths" were after him with E lictaphones" and refused to have t; iything to do with granting the spite. Mr. King asked Gov. 8 iease if he thought for a moment E at the people would believe that ^ uff and told him if he refused to s ant the respite in this case he was ?Jil. .Ma. him In A mtJ witu mm u.1 Ltri ucauug uim m u e manner he did. Then Mr. King n id Mr. Watson left the mansion. tl Mr. King and Mr. Watson walked v gether as far as'Main street. Then o r. Watson persuaded Mr. King to b t him go back to see the governor p ;ain. When Mr. Watson got back the mansion he told Gov. Blease > wanted to speak to him a minute. ^ yv. Blease asked him if it was in gard to the same matter &rrKing ^ A spoken of, Mr. Watson told him & was. ^ "Then Gov. Blease ordered me to ^ ive his mansion," said Mr. Wat- ^ n yesterday afternoon. , "And I ^ id, 'All right, Mr. Blease!' " S1 Mr. King said yesterday afternoon: jj "My feelings have been very much a irt by Gov. Blease and if Tom Fel- ^ r does not want to come across ^ e Savannah rfver, then I will ac- p mmodate Blease." 0 Mr. King and Mr. Watson knew s1 ake Morris well and came to Co- v mbia at their own expense to in- C] rcede for the old negro with the vernor. Neither of them is a law- ^ r and they declare that they had g1 thing to gain from granting the t( spite. tj g The above statement is correct: J. N. KING, Contractor, p Greenville, S. C. tr O. M. WATSON, Metal Worker, a Greenville, S. C. jj' July 14, 1912. Blease's Statement. ^ In an interview in Columbia toy, Gov. Blease said that he did not re to discuss the incident. He quoted as saying that one of the c< 3n used ungentlemanly language in ? s home. b Necessary to Go. 3 T "Yes, I really must go to-morrdw." . "You can just as well stay till anday*' . g "But the folks are expecting me.'' ''Telegraph them that you are goZ to stay." "I'm sorry, but if I stay I'm liable &j lose a thousand dollars on that ^ al I told you of." jl J ??T> TTTO 4 f O UU, psuaw, lilt? ucal uai! n an. a w days." , ? "My manager has written me that ^ j business needs my attention." tj "Yes, but he is only afraid to asme a -little responsibility. The . siness will be all right." "There is an important meeting the directors that I really must tend." "Oh, they'll get along all right Y thout vou." b< "You know how much I'd like to L iy but the fact is my railroad tick- a< runs out to-morrow." H "Well, in that case, I suppose you oi 11 have to go. Be sure and come i to see us again in a month or N o." le g< Just received a new line of the test 10c music. Call for catalog. SARD'S 5c and 10c STORE, Bamrg, S. C. a1 / * * " - ./: s . f ' -' . V . ilOO FOR BIS SON'S PARDON ??? Fel T TAKES THE CASH TO MAKE MERCY WHEELS MOVE. A lugene Hogan, Sr., Pays $100.00 to cha Colonel on Governor's Staff to to 1 Procure a Pardon. *orc ago While the grand jury was in ses- twe Ion last week, Mr. Eugene Hogan the Did several fellow members of that sesi ody in a casual conversation, that moi e had paid Col. Walter G. Stubbs, a *'gr lember of Gov. Blease's staff, $100 for d procure a parole for his son, Eu- feal ene Hogan, Jr. In his statement of i e particularized the following de- the ails: That he first consulted Colonel ty tubbs in reference to obtaining a wh< ardon for his son; that Colonel th.ii tubbs informed him that he would con btain a pardon, or parole, if he was cff aid $100; that he (Hogan) there^^. pon offered to give Colonel Stubbs mit is check for $100, but Colonel fur tubbs declined to accept a check, the aying that the cash money must be tioi laced in his hands; that he (Hogan) gav ben decided not to pay over the the loney in advance of the granting of lest he parole and finally agreed with lolonel Stubbs to deposit the money a the hands of Mr. M. B. Randle, Con rith instructions to pay over to Col- Fel nel Stubbs the said $100 immedi- to-t tely upon proof that Eugene Hogan, i r., had been pardoned, or paroled by reh rov. Blease; that in the pursuance of low his agreement he deposited in Mr. handle's hands $100 in currency? De, hree twenty dollar bills and four jjaE ens?and that when Gov. Blease w.it hortly thereafter paroled Eugene con logan, Jr., the said sum of money fun ras duly paid over to Colonel W. G. hl1t tubbs. * 0Tli Those who are interested in the tail etails of the Hogan parole and the tig* easons assigned by Gov. Blease for nai he exercise of executive clemency R?t rill find the desired information set fcnc in Plaoaa'e "Rnnlr rtf PorHftflB nnv mi uv AU A-?AVUD\^ W A/VVU V* A M* v?wmw) MWV ^ ^ eing distributed for campaign pur-. t;be oses. am* The fact that Mr. Hogan had stated ami 3 quite a number of people that he buy ad paid Colonel Stubbs $100 to ob- Ble iin a pardon for his son was a mat- $21 sr of common knowledge about the nuz treets for sometime, and the fact E.I ras communicated directly to the J. . rriter twice within the past two $25 reeks. The first time it was asserted $25 hat Mr. Hogan had made the tile tatement to an individual, but not ter, l the presence of a witness. The i Bcond time the information came Con rom a member of the grand jury, gjy, ho heard the statement made in tW resence of practically every me;mber f that body, Mr. Hogan making the 1 Latement voluntarily in a general conersation, and under no pledge of serecy, expressed or implied. Qkg But the fact becoming known to w?? [r. Hogan that the substance of his <. tatements had been communicated and ) the writer, he sent two representa- AgJj ves to this office on Monday, July te<^ th, to threaten the editor of this pa- gho er with serious trouble in the event ratj f the publication that he, Mr. Eu- wag ene Hogan, had made the statements bove, set forth in reference to the ayment of $100 to; Colonel W. G. tubbs in consideration of a pardon r parole, being granted to Eugene [ogan, Jr., by Gov. Blease through ? ie influence of Colonel W. G. Stubbs. gtaj he writer was at dinner when they tbe ailed at his office and therefore did an(j ot receive the threats personally, bin; ut the threats were made to a mem- pr0 er of the office force with the re- wa? uest that the writer be informed. he message was duly delivered. The t0 bove is the answer. bre In conclusion the writer would sug-? hin] est to Mr. Hogan that he must be tha ally aware that the facts of his sta| ansaction with Colonel Stubbs are coir enerally known in this community, pre, 5 the result of statements made by imself to various parties, and that wigj he was really desirous of keeping one scret his financial transactions with y/aa olonel Stubbs, of the governor's ug > :aff, he should not have made public ie details of the transaction with ) great particularity to so many peo- wh Ie.?Sumter Item. , tbe com Newberry College Reunion. Editor The Bamberg Herald:? to D ou are cordially invited to our New- stat erry college reunion at Mt. Pleasant ^or] utheran church, July 31st, 1912. An *es*1 ddress at 11 o'clock by President J. urormc onH nprhans others. .Cill ^ xxax uic) 4 _ q Christian Education. ^}re'' A picnic dinner. All students of wou ewberry in Bamberg, Barnwell, Col- wll (ton, and Hampton counties are ur- ^im ently requested to be present. the ? m com Cut glass and hand painted china bate t cost at Herald Book Store. / t ' . 3 1 & n\- 2: . - . ? " r- -L. ;*s: > v .;: ?/ . :.?A I - *r- *-^^Z????89SHnHsH9rfaSsHHfinai^:" ARGES BLEASE GOT GRAFT. _wmm % dcr Presents Dictagraph Evidence Against Governor. .ugusta, Ga., July 12.?That the rleston "blind tigers" contributed the campaign fund of Blease bei the second primary two years , that it was an arrangement been Blease and Stothart whereby illicit whiskey dealers were assed $10 per month "protection" '-pd aey, that Gov. Blease got the aft" and Stothart a commission collecting . it, were outstanding tures of the dictagraph testimony ... *?| i man who posed as a gambler by " V name of Wilson, but who in realiwas Bailey, one of Burns's men, ^ j spent four months in Charleston s year. These statements were tailed in the dictagraph testimony V t o a nraonnlml Kv TVi/>o vy liovu ao picovuvvu uj j. uvo* Felder to the investigating comtee this afternoon. "Wilson" ^ nished Felder with the names of alleged contributors to the elec1 fund of the governor and also e startling statements relative to 1 . "graft" which has stirred Charon during the past few we$ks. 'Wilson" obtainedthe evidence by . * ins of a dictagraph and personal versation and communicated it to f||| der, who presented it on the stand ?he letter from "Wilson" to Felder ''v|l|l|j| itive to the campaign funds fol'Col. T. B. Felder, Atlanta, Ga.? villi ir Sir: Tour favor of the 21st to . id and contents noted. I am hereh enclosing list of blind tigers that tributed to Blease's campaign' . d. This is not the original list ' a copy. I am not sending the - /hj&SW jinal for the reason that it conis; a few names that are not blind srs and I thought best to send the ;/ aes of the blind tigers only. The ail Business League is better >wn. in Charleston as the 'Blind W&M er Association.'' These names on enclosed list are correct and the ount opposite each is a correct aunt that each one gave towards > v : ing votes in Charleston for ase. Retail Business League, 7; Santo Sottile, $200; Jim Farn, $500; Clarepce Halsey, $50; !\Ostendorff, $25; V.Chicca, $25; . J. Landers, $25; George Murphy, ; J. W. Hunt, $25; P. J. Conway, ; O. H. Wieters, $25; James Sot, $50, Gus Stuhr, $25; H. L. Kos$25; F. W. Mappus, $25." )ictagraph testimony of /"Wilson" cerning Henry Hasselmeyer as sn by Felder follows: How Protection was Secured. Hehry Hasselmeyer, whose place . fWM msi&ess is near the Market in the of Charleston, upon being asked 7 the blind tigers in the city of MSB trleston were getting on, his reply 'We elected Cole Blease governor i [ we now have full protection." . :ed as to the method by whicbi prodon was obtained, he stated that rtly after the governor's inaugu- / on the chief of constabulary force ' f, '} i called to Columbia for conference ^ V S h the governor. In this conference h the governor it was agreed as to amount that each blind tiger in ' city of Charleston should pay athly for protection. On the return of the chief conDie to Charleston he called upon president of the local Brewery v m told him that he wished, to see i in conference, that he had a position to make to him which i authorized by the governor, ask- ^ him when it would be satisfactory see him. The president of the wery told him that he could see A i at any time and in any place t suited. The chief of the conr julary force said that he would le to his home at once. -The sident of the brewery suggest- v that this would be an un. - v.e move from the fact that some might see him. To this the reply made: "We don't care who sees - -$*! '1 ???J ^/I /? Virtma iie men yiuceeueu tu mc uvm? the president qf the brewery, ;re he delivered the message from governor to the effect that 6n the sideration of $10 per month they ild extend protection from arrest lind tigers of Charleston. He also ed that there were in the neighaood of 350 blind tigers in Charon and that these were to pay each during the first week of i month. The president of the very askecf what disposition ild be made of this collection, ireupon the chief constable told that, under his agreement with governor, he was to be allowed a mission for collecting and the ince was to be paid over monthy (Continued on Page 4.)