The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 26, 1921, Image 1
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$2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 26,1921. Established in 1891
Carlisle.Base Ball
State Prep Sch
As stated in the last issue of The s
Herald, Carlisle school claimed the
state preparatory school champion- i
ship upon its base ball record this (
season. This claim was contested by t
Wofford Fitting school, Spartanburg, s
on the ground that its percentage was r
higher than Carlisle's. Carlisle won i
five games, lost two, and tied one 1
out of eight games played, giving the' t
team a percentage of .714. Wofford s
Fitting school won four games, lost 1
one and tied one out of six games
piayea, giving uie team a yercenictsc i
og .800. Carlisle claimed the cham- c
pionship on the ground that she had t
played more games than the Fitting c
school, and had defeated the Fitting s
Carlisle's 1921 Di
School
Batesburg-Leesville High 1
Orangeburg High C
Batesburg-Leesville High I
Darlington High 1
Darlington High I
Porter Military Academy C
Wofford Fitting School S
Bailey Military Institute C
Bailey Military Institute C
Academy of Richmond County I
Academy of Richmond County J
Bailey Military Institute I
Bailey Military Institute I
Porter Military Academy I
Orangeburg High 1 1
Academy of Richmond County I
Academy of Richmond County I
Wofford Fitting School I
GRADUATING EXERCISES.
Ten Boys and Two Girls Finish >
Smoaks Graded School.
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Smoaks, May 19.?On the evening!
of May 13 a programme was given n
"by the graduating class of the Smoaks; s
graded school. The class consisted of i c
ten boys and. two girls. The following
was the programme: 1
March, by Mrs. H. M. Carter. Wei- a
come address, by Lorlene Maxey. Mot- p
to, Furman Berry; violin solo, Hoi-in
land Carter; class colors, Gertrude | e
Linder; class flower, Mongin Smyley; j b
class history, Vernon Sauls; piano; b
solo, Eleanor Smith; essay, Leon j s
Sauls; class will, Smith Kinsey; vio-js
lin solo, Hallum Smith; class oration,)
John Sam Garris; essay, Wilson j 1:
Sauls; violin solo, Holland Carter; i c
class poem, Hallum Smith; class j b
prophecy, Leo Frank Berry; piano j b
solo, Miss Wilson; graduat-j
ing address, C. C. Garris; presentingjc
diplomas, Prof. Jas. I. Risher; vio-jn
lin solo, Holland Carter; valedic-js
tory, Burbridge Padgett; farewell 1;
address by president of class, Hallum
Smith. j d
The exercises were held un the1 p
Mehodist church, which was beauti- j t<
fully decorated in the class colors, j a
old gold and black, and ferns. I e
A prize of five dollars was award- j p
ed to John Sam Garris for the best p
history essay. ! T
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DAMAGES FOll AXCIEXT MULE, i 0
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Suit Brought Against Railroad for
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Animal Alleged to Have Been Sleep. {
Hampton, May 20.?One blazed j
faced mule, 27 vears old, named i
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Moses, the property of King Rod, a| 4
Hampton county negro; was the\ '
cause of action in a law suit tried in |
court of Magistrate Murdaugh at!
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Varnville recently. An unfortunate'
- collision between a box car attached i
to a locomotive engine and the rear j '
end of aforesaid mule was the act; a
complained of. Both plaintiff and de-. 1
fendant were represented by able at-' 1]
torneys of the Hampton bar and a ; ^
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jury was drawn. While the testi-1 n
mony of the plaintiff was meagre, the ] e
testimony offered by the railroad |
company was to the general effect ia
that several years ago this identical! E
mule sold on the open market, called j
locally "The Boneyard," for the sum > s
of $2, and that later the purchaser j *
becoming tired of grinding the corn j a
for feeding the mule because he | v
could not eat whole corn, disposed j {
of the animal for three old worn out *
wagon wheels. It was further al-1
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leered that the mule actually hacKea t ~
into a passing train. The engineer!
testified that he did not blow the j
whistle because the mule was not dis- e
covered until within'seven car lengths; d
of the on rushing train and that the d
mule was apparently asleep. j L
After careful consideration and ma-! 1]
ture deliberation, it looked like a i a
mistrial to the local wiseacres, the j v
jury rendered a verdict for the King I
for $10. An appeal will be taken, it { n
is understood, on the grounds of the; e
verdict being excessive. [fl
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Team Awarded ;
ool Championship!
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school.
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The claims of the two teams were j
)resented to the executive committee j
)f the Carolina Prep. School league
>y the president, Capt. Wm.' R. Wation,
and Capt. Watson announced on j
ruesday that a majority of the committee
had decided in favor of Carisle.
which is now officially declared
he winner of the 1021 preparatory
ichool championship in South Caroina.
The school and its friends are deighted
that Carlisle has been de*
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'Icireci Hie winner, as inc> j.cci imu
he magnificent record of the team
dearly entitles it to the champion;hip
honor,
ise Ball Record
Place Date C.S. Op. j
Batesburg April 7 12 4
Drangeburg April 8 13 11
Bamberg April 12 7 6
Bamberg April 15 19 0
Darlington April 21 10 8
Charleston April 23 5 17
Ipartanburg April 26 5 5
Greenwood April 27 5 3
Greenwood April 28 2 12
mgusta April 29 3 4
Augusta April 30 -4 5
Bamberg Mas 3 8 7
Bamberg May 6 4 3
Bamberg May 6 4 2
Bamberg May 12^ 2 3
Bamberg May 13 0 10
Bamberg May 14 2 6
Bamberg May 17 7 * 2
TRUCK FROM WILLISTON.
lany Car Loads of Vegetables Are
Being Shipped.
Williston, May 19.?To the d?laiui
rn rlivprsifv. Williston is an
wering in a style that is considered i
ommendable.
In one express shipment of May
5, carrots, beans, squash, peaches,
sparagus and chickens were ship>ed
from here to the markets in the
orth, south and east. Since the
arly part of March asparagus has
>een shipped from here in car lots,
rnt it is now rather late in the seaon
and only' a few growers are still
hipping.
There seems to be an almost ununited
supply of chickens dn the
ommunity several thousand having
een shipped away this spring, there
eing more than 1,200 in one week.
There are hundreds of acres of
antaloupes, cucumbers and waterlelons
planted here, from which
everal cars will be shipped daily,
ater in the season.
Xot contented with what has been
one, fifty farmers have agreed to
lant more than seventy-five acres of i
omatoes this year. Some farmers
re planting eight acres. The Southrn
railway has offered its cotton
latform to be used as a central!
acking house for this season only*,
'he tomatoes will be loaded from
he platform into the cars. If the
rowers find this crop profitable there
.ill be a modern and up-to-date
racking house erected.
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
L C. L. Train from Augusta to Flor-!
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ence ueranea n-ariy xnursuay.
Passenger train Xo. 3S on the Atantic
Coast Line was wrecked about
o'clock Thursday morning just
fter leaving the bridge which spans |
he Savannah river, which resulted |
a the sudden death of Engineer
'empleton and seriously injuring
us fireman, who jumped from the
ngine as it was wrecked.
The baggage car was turned over
Iso, but the balance of the train did
iot leave the track.
The wreck was caused by the
preading of the rails, and it is
hought that the spikes were pulled
nd the rail removed by robbers
nth the intention of ditching a
reight train which was due at about
hat time.
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>icK ->ian iwajJg'PQ r l'om dcu, mioi.j
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Dublin, May 21.?Unknown men'
ntered the Jarvis street hospital toay
and dragged away a former solier
who was being treated for a bulet
wound and shot him dead in the j
tospital grounds. The man's wife
nd children were at his bedside
liien he was taken away.
Sinn Feiners commandeered a
aotor car today and raided optical
stablishments, taking telescope and
[ash lamps.
CATTS GIVES BOX1).
Former Governor of Florida May be i
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Tired at Extra Session.
Starke, Fla., May 22.?Sidney J. :
Catts, who served four years as gov- j
ernor of Florida, having been elected;
on a prohibition ticket, later a:
candidate for the United States sen-1
ate, and now under indictments by
federal and county grand juries on
charges growing out of alleged mis
use of his executive authority ana j
the object of a joint legislative in-j
vestigation came here today from j
Jacksonville and furnished bond for
$5,000. In this, Bradford county, Mr.
Catts is charged with accepting a j
bribe for a pardon.
He left late today for Pensacola,
where, according to his attorneys, he
plans to make formal bond of $2,500
on a charge of peonage for which he
was indicted May IS and arrested
yesterday at Albany, Ga. He was re-j
leased from custody at Albany after i
five citizens had signed his bond and
permitted to proceed on his way to j
Jacksonville.
So far as known Mr. Catts came j
here unaccompanied. During his stay
he was the guest of his local attor-!
rev. He had spent last night at the j
home of his brother-in-law in Jack-)
sonville, and his attitude of silence j
regarding his indictments was not
changed here. Beyond the fact that
he told his bondsmen in Albany, Ga.,
that he had been in British Columbia,
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nounng coiiici ue letuneu. ui ixio
whereabouts since his indictment
here May 8.
It is believed that Mr. Catts will
face the federal charge first, and
reports from Pensacola were to the
effect that a special session of court
would be called for this purpose.
Specifically, the federal indictment
set forth that Mr. Catts voted forpardons
in favor of two negroes, Ed
Brown and John Henry Rogers,
serving sentences in the state penitentiary
and that representatives of
the former governor met the negroes
upon their release and took them to
his Walton county farm, where they
are alleged to have been held in
peonage.
Reports from Albany ojioted him
as saying the negroes had been paid
$10 a month and well clothed and
fed.
One of these negroes testified at
the hearing of the joint legislative
committee in Tallahassee, which under
a joint resolution is investigating
"rumors" that the former governor
received money to influence his ,
decision in matters of pardons, appointment
of state officers and other
alleged misconduct. The committee
has been holding its hearings for several
wppI-s arid no indication is forth
coming as to when it will report its
findings.
Both houses of the legislature, now
in session, have reinstated numerous
officers relieved by the former governor.
At least $25,000 has been
voted as reimbursement to the various
men for the salaries they lost
while under suspension. Mr. Catts's
term of office expired January 3 last.
MAKE CHECK OX ORANGEBURG.
Too Many Automobiles Not Registerin
tlie County.
Columbia, May 22.?W. W. Goodman
and W. A. Ballenger of the state
highway department went to Orangeburg
yesterday to investigate the apparent
violations of the license laws
in that county. These two officials
were supplied with a list of all j
Orangeburg citizens who have pur-1
chased the metal plates this year and
they will check up on all who have
failed to make the necessary purchase.
Orangeburg has a surprisingly
large number of automobiles and
trucks not registered this year, judging
by the 1920 figures, and the state
department is determined to see
where the trouble lies.
Charleston county has employed
a special officer to look after the
license violations and Greenwood
has had a traffic officer forborne time. ,
Highway department officials are in
hopes other counties will follow suit.
The scheme is said to work almost [
entirely to the advantage of the i
county as the county gets 80 per |?
cent, of all license money collected;
and all the fines imposed for infrac-1
tions of the law. ,
Mr. Ballenger will remain in Or-'
angeburg for several days and per-1
haps weeks until he can get the |
county checked up in reference to
the purchasing of licenses for all ;
motor vehicles.
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Working and liofing are habits, i
and it is difficult to quit either of ;
them. i
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ADVERTISES BAMBERG.
Bonnie Hewitt Giving Fine Publicity
as Cotton Prize Winner.
By winning the first prize in the
cotton club, Bennie Hewitt, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hewitt, of Bamberg,
is affording this county much
favorable advertising. The record
made by young Mr. Hewitt was such
an excellent one, in spite of boll weevil
conditions, that it has attracted
attention in many quarters.
The following appeared in the
Xews and Courier of last Monday:
"By growing 1,640 pounds of seed
cotton of the Webber 82 variety on an
acre of land in 1020, Bennie Hewitt,
of Bamberg county, won a prize of
$100 awarded by the soil improvement
committee of the Southern
Fertilizer association. Young Hewitt
was a member of the cotton clubs
conducted by the executive division
of Clemson college during the past
year.
"According to the report made to
the extension authorities, Bennie
made a total of 1,640 pounds of seed
cotton, or 520 pounds of lint cotton,
and 1,120 pounds of seed. His total [
expenses amounted to $65.10. Deducting
this from the market value
of his crop, he made a net profit of
$107.07. In making this good showing,
L. L. Baker, supervising agent
of Boys' club work in South Carolina,
states that Bennie used the best and
most up-to-date methods of growing
cotton under boll weevil conditions.
He did not poison, but he was careful
to pick up fallen squares and to
maintain a good dust mulch over
his entire acre. On falling into this
dust the young weevils and larvae
were quickly killed by the heat.
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joenme aiso ieruiueu ?en, uoiiig a
four hundred pound application of
an S-4-4 fertilizer. Later, he topdressed
with two applications of nitrate
of soda.
"He reported that the secret of his
good yield lies in his selection of
good soil, good seed, thorough preparation
of seed bed, liberal fertilization
with a high grade of plant food,
and to his frequent, shallow cultivation
with a harrow during the growing
season. He also gives credit to
the advice and suggestions of his
county agent, J. D. Brandon."
LONG MESSAGE VLA DENMARK.
Bamberg Town 011 Route of 5,600
Miles Telephone Conversation.
The current number of the Southern
Telephone News gives an interesting
description of the opening of
telephonic communication between
America and CubV Readers of the
papers recall that on April 11 greetings
were exchanged between Presi~
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UCi.lL ilai U1II5 C111U. JL iguiUV/iit
the conversation marking the opening
of the telephone cables connecting
the Cuban capital with Key West
telephone lines.
It is intefesting to note that the
call of President Harding was handled
via the Denmark exchange. In
connection with this remarkable
achievement in the telephone world',
a demonstration was staged Tor tne
benefit of the two presidents. They
were permitted to listen to the calling
of the roll of telephone men stationed
at intervals of 230 miles from
Havana, Cuba, to Catalina Island, off
the coast of California, a total distance
of 5,600 miles. This was the
longest telephone call in history,
and marked a new epoch in telephone
achievement. The Denmark
exchange was one of the stations on
this roll call.
It is stated in the News that the
conversation between Catalina Island
and Havana was as clear and.distinct
as if it were a call between two local
stations. Some idea of the accam
plishment may be gained by tlie comparison
that the distance traversed
this record telephone call was equivalent
to a talk between London and
Pekin, or London and Calcutta, England's
most distant possession. By
the use of the same distance of equipment
America could call and talk
with any of the South American
countries or any capital in Europe.
The call from Catalina Island to
Havana was effected by means of the
use of land cables, wireless and cable,
the three known mediums of telegraphic
and' telephonic communication.
The distance from Key West
to Havana is traversed by 115 miles
of deep sea cable, laid at a depth of
from 3,000 feet to one mile on the
bottom of the sea.
The fact that a policeman can get
cour goat is proved by a paragraphin
the News and Courier: "A mother
goat and two little goats were found
astray on Brigade street yesterday
afternoon and taken to the police
station."
Bishop Darlingtoi
Carlisle Cam/
The great campaign of the Southern
.Methodist church for the raising
of $33,000,000 for education will be
formally opened in Bamberg next
Wednesday evening, when a meeting
will be held at Trinity Methodist
church, at which Bishop U. V. W.
Darlington will be the principal
speaker.
The campaign opens throughout
the south next Sunday, but it was
decided locally to wait until Dr. Darlington's
visit here to formally launch
the campaign in Bamberg. This
meeting will mark the beginning of
the campaign which is expected to
result i.. Bamberg easily raising'her
-quota of the fund.
The fact that Carlisle school is located
in Bamberg lends more than'
ordinary interest in the educational
campaign of the southern Methodists.
Carlisle school is to participate in
this fund to the extent of $105,000.
This sum of money is to be expended
for the purpose of affording the
school the needed additional
dormitory facilities and the
making of other . improvements
to the school. It is the sincere
hope of the local friends of
the school that with the expenditure
of this sum of money Carlisle will be
enabled to enter the class of junior
colleges, and it is confidently be!
lieved that this goal will be reached.
! ' In order, however, that Carlisle
j may secure the entire allotment of
$105,000, it is necessary that the
town must do her part in the great
campaign. The quota of the local
church is really quite low, considering
the large church membership, and
it is believed that no great difficulty
will be encountered in not only attaining
the quota allotted, but that
it is quite possible Bamberg will
oversubscribe liberally.
The meeting next Wednesday
evening will be held at 8:30. In requesting
The Herald to make this
announcement, the point was stressed
that all residents of Bamberg are
not only invited to be present, regardless
of their denominational affiliations,
but they are requested to
be present. Carlisle school belongs
to Bamberg. It is an institution in
which all the people of the town have
a justifiable pride, and it is an institution
which it is to the interest
of all the people of the community
to promote.
Aside from the fact that attending
upon this meeting will be showing
your interest in one of the finest
schools in the state, those present
CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE DEAD.
Eminent Jurist of U. S. Supreme
Court Claimed by Death.
Washington, May 19.?Edward
' Douglas White, chief justice of the
United States, died at 2 oTclock this
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morning at a hospital here where he
submitted to an operation last Fri-.
day. He was '76 years old.
The chief justice had been unconscious
since late Tuesday afternoon
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wnen acute unauuu uj. mc i^uiv
occurred. Up to that time the attending
physician had hoped for a
rapid recovery after an operation for
bladder trouble.
After the unexpected relapse the
physicians had not expected the
chief justice to live through that
night. The Rev. Father S. J. Creeden,
of Georgetown University, adrministered
the last sacrament during
the early evening and members
of the immediate family were summoned
to the bedside.
Death was said to be due directly
to complications which developed
after the operation. Justice McKenna
and others of Mr. White's
associates in the supreme court called
at the hospital when it became
known that his condition was seri-|
ous, but did not enter the room as
the chief justice was unconscious.
Olar Music and Expression Classes.
Olar, May 21.?Wednesday evening
the music and expression classes
of Misses Sadie Harter and Annabel
Xeeley gave a delightful recital in
the high school auditorium.
Selections were given from the following
composers: Haydn, Bachmann,
Rubenstein, Goerdeler, Leybach,
Spaulding. John Ravinin and
others.
Excellent technique was displayed
and much credit is due the teachers
of both classes.
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i Opens Greater
iaign Wednesday
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; will have an opportunity to see and
I hear Dr. Darlington, bishop of the?
I North and South Carolina confer]
ences. Dr. Darlington is one of the
j ablest men in southern Methodism,
j and those in charge of the local cam.
! paign were very fortunate in secur!
ing his services at this time.
Prior to introducing Bishop Darj
lington to the audience, it has been
! planned to have three or four 4-minj
ute speeches by local speakers, presenting
in a brief manner the different
phases of the campaign.
The educational campaign means
much to the town of Bamberg. It
means, in the event of its success,
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which inusi noi ue cuuuitu, iimi me
sum of $105,000 will be expended
in this town bv the Mehodists; it
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means that Carlisle will be one step
nearer the junior college class, a
goal that is hoped for in the near
future; it means that Bamberg will
be in position to make a strong bid
as a culiege site, with Carlisle as the
nucleus.
The failure of Bamberg to enter
heartily into the campaign would be
calamitous to the interests of Carlisle.
A college is a coveted prize to
any community. There will be many
spirited bids for it. Is it not possible
that the community proving its
interest in education by its pocket
book will be the more favorably
looked upon as a site? ^
Two years ago the Mehodists celebrated
their one hundreth anniver- 7*
sary of the missionary movement by
asking their constituency to give
$35,000,000 for world missions.
More than $50,000,000 was subscribed.
Leaders in the church predict
that when the opportunity to subscribe
'to the $33,000,000 ChristianV.
education fund is thrown open dur-,
in the period May 29-June 5, the '
amount will be oversubscribed, as in
the centenary campaign.
The Christian education movement
is an attempt to make all education
thoroughly Christian, as outlined recently
bv Rev. W. J. Snyder, in his
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magnificent address at Trinity
church, and to counteract all the irreligious
atheistic tendencies now appearing
in certain American schools
and- colleges.
Th? institutions in South Carolina
which will receive aid from the $33,000,000
fund are: Wofford callege,
$700,000; Columbia college, $,420,000:.
Lander college, $420,000; Wofford
Fitting school, $105,000; Horry
Industrial school, $105,000; Textile
Industrial institute, $70,000;
i Carlisle school, $105,000.
SETTING OUT POTATO PLANTS.
Getting the Sweet Potato Crop
Started.
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Setting sweet potato plants has
just started and many are asking
fcr prices, and where to obtain
plants. I have a list of plant growers
and their prices, that will be furnished
to any party interested in getting
plants. They are selling around
three dollars per thousand at the
growers shipping point. Quite a littie
saving might he made by con-'
sidering the following points: Placing
orders early, making a deposit
I with order, using vine cuttings and
I considering the area to be planted to
this crop. *
i By placing orders early and plac|
ing a deposit with order h will in
sure prompt delivery and give an
' early start toward getting vine cutj
tings before the season is too late.
The first drawing of plants from the
bed is more vigorous than the. second
or third drawing and produces a
larger amount of vines for cuttings.
The vine cuttings are very desirable
for plants as they are diseasefree
and produce uniform sized potatoes
giving a higher average in
grades. It is possible to purify the
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I seed stock Dy selecting vines mat
have the characteristics of the desired
variety.
Cuttings should be made with a
sharp knife and from eight to ten
inches long, having one leaf prefer- ,
ably. When depending on vine cutr
tings, get the slips out early and
enough to plant 1-8 of the total area
intended for potatoes. An acre of
land will require 10.000 plants when
the rows are three feet and the plants
are set eighteen inches in the drill.
?J. D. Brandon, county agent.
Don't forget the aluminum ware
sale at G. 0. Simmons's Friday, May
27, one day only. Any piece for
$1.49.?adv.