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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
ndian Bill Decreased.

The Indian appropriation bill ear
rlcs an expenditure. for the mainten-
ance al the Indian Service in the fis-
cal yc:r beginning July ! next. of
So,6O y. as compared with $ll.-
SS;;;st;@3SS2 III the las! bill. The bill pro-
vldes. among other things. that
hereafter the Secretary of the In
terror shall make an annual account
ing with each tribe of Indians, of all
money appropriated. required to be
reimbursed to the United States" II
abo!ishes the Indian warehouses at
New York. Boston. Chicago. and GER
tain other cities. \ material increase
Is made III the appropriation for tn,
suppression of the liquor traffic
among the Indians.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Dances at Southern Ball.

The annual ball of the Southern
Relief Society, an organization of
women for the purpose of taking care
OF needy families of men who served
IN the Confederate army, was given
last week in the bathrooms of the
New Willard. with President Taft as
the guest of honor. This is the first
time since Arthur's administration
for chief executive to drop into
the whirl of terpsichore. Mrs Pearce
Horne was the honored partner.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Want Tax Revealed

Atalanta, Ga. Special.-Deelarins
the tax 10 cents per pound on oleo-
margarine to he largely responsible
for the increased cost of living, the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce health
committee have adopted a resolution
memoralizing Congress to repeal the
tax. The resolution sets forth that
the tax is "class legislation, which
deprives the Federal Government of
$2,O00,000 revenue, while it shuts out
OF the market a wholesome product
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Working For the Waccamaw.

Representative Ellerbe of South
Carolina, is making hard fight for
the Waceamaw river. He says that
If he succeeds in committing the
rivers and harbors committee TO q
policy OF Improvement it would mean
that in the near future there would
be nine feet instead of six from
Bucksville to Conway.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Alleged Wreckers Held

l.ynchburg, Special.-Robert MaSon'
and Albert Lindsay, both white, were
arrested here last Wednesday, charg-
ed with placing iron rails on the
Southern railway 40 miles below
Lynchburg last Friday, Wien north
boun dtrain No. 36 ran into them. the
engine being damaged but not de
rallied. Two other white men have
been implicated and are under ar
rest at Reidsville, N. c..
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Carolinian Seeks Judgesbip

Rlon Mckissick, of South Carolina
but now doing work on a Richmond
paper, is an applicant for one of the
Judgeships on the Bench of the new
customs Court of Appeal. His ap-
phcatlon has been filed with the de-
Partment OF justice by Representa-
tive Aiken. who has took the matter
up with Attorney General Wicker
sham.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Board of Trade Adjourrs

Washington. Special.-Thc cation
al board Of trade has ended l- for
tieth annual convention here. RrSn-
lulions were adopted endorsing radi-
cal amendments in the Sherman anti
trust law. opposing Federal inspection
Of grain. favoring eliminating the
educational test from the imm graf ION
law and iavorinS an international
court Of arbitration.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
INSURANCE FRAUDS
Agents Arrested in Louisville,
ky., for SwindIirg.
LARGE NUMBER ARE INVOLVED
Physicians Said to Have Filled Out
Certificates Without Seeing Per-
sons Named in Them.

Louisville, Ky, Special.-john j.
Keane, p. J. Needham and I. I.
O'Lear, agents for number of in
surance companies in Indiana, Ten
nessee, Kentucky, and other States
have been arrested .r ......~
charging them with CO., .u..
fraud. The warrants "
by S. c. Renecke, secre r#,>
urer of the Indiana NJ. r.
Insurance company.
While the amount involved is not
stated, il is said to reach 5000, ,00G
in policies alleged TO have been writ
ten on the lives of persons virtually
certain 10 die within a few months.
The fraud consisted in the imperson-
alton of sick and incurable persons
by healthy ones employed for the
purpose.
1t is said that the affair Involves
In one way or another more than 56
persons and relates to fradulently
obtaining life insurance policies. TO
the value of 100000.
1t is also said that many persons
are involved in the affair One
physician has, it is SAID, admitted
that he acted as a participant III a
conspiracy by filling out medical GER
titicates asserting that men and wu-
men he had never seen were IN good
health and constituted good insurance
risks. I'm many cases, however, ii is
believed the physicians were Impus-
ed upon.
The ease was taken up upon ihc
life insurance companies OF Indiana
and Tennessee who are said Ia he
large losers by reason of grave
yard swindlers. These companies
which it is alleged have already paid
$4,000 Oh policy issued in the Rider
case are excluded from business irs
this State. Vet ii is said, have bee ~
doing business in Indiana. IT,
scheme is To Il certain extent an
one. Merely choosing man
athletic build for examinations
substituting the medical repo
that of Il person of short life :
fancy.
Rider il is learned. carried ~ y
of his life aggregating $lG.OOO, bu.
none of his relatives is named as
beneficiary. Mrs. Mary Quill, a sister
and Lewis Rider. brother, made
alldavits several days ago that they
believed their brother came 70 his
death by poisoning and that he was
victim Of foul play. The family
communicated with q life lnsuranre
company in Tennessee and the NIT
ter was taken up in Louisville. Dy
Il representative Of that company and
three Indiana companies. Upon lh'sc
repreSentatio Acting C9roler
Daschcr ordered the body cxhinrd
After discovering the lesion in the
lung. the stomach was removed and
turned over to chemists for analySis.
When keanc. Needham and
OLeary were arraigned III m.lice
court their bail was reduced to
$4,000 each on motion Of the,- :lior-
heys. The ease was then post ponrh
until February .
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
House to House Canvass.

Washington. Special.-Acting for
some unknown person or persons a
number Of agents began IA house to
house canvass i'll this city seeking
subscriptions TO a monster petition
to be presented TO President Taft for
the pardon of Banker Morse, who
has begun to serve a 15-year SEN
tence in the Atlanta penitentiary.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Minimum Rate is Given

Washington, Special.-The presi-
dent has issued Il proclamation de-
claring that inasmuch as Denmark.
The Netherlands. Norway, Sweden,
Belgium, Egypt. Persia and Portugal
do not unduly discriminate i'm their
tarlif against goods imported from
the United States, those countries are
entitled to the minimum rate estab-
llshed by the Payne-Aldrich act.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Old Nick Loses Out.

The ease of the Old Nick Williams
Distilling Company, of Yadkin coun-
ty, North Carolina VS.. the United
States, involving charge against the
company of defrauding the govern
ment out of tax on spirits, has been
decided by the Supreme Court of the
United States unfavorable 10 the
company.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Jackson Smith Dead.

Knoxville, Tenn, Special.-Jack-
son Smith, a native of South Caro-
lima. but of recent years a citizen
Of this city, died at Portland, Oregon.
last week. He was a we'll known
railroad man. He was formerly a
member of the Panama canal COM
mission.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
May Extend Date.

Congress may be asked TO extend
tne date for the corporation tax pro-
VISIONS of the Payne tariff law becom-
ing operative, until the test case on
that act now before the supreme
court is sufficiently near decision bv
March l, the date when the law be-
comes active.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Killed About Suit of Clothes

Columbia, S. C., Specialize. c..
Armstrong, an operative at the Olvm-
pia cotton mills, was killed by Aaron
Howell IN a quarrel over debt on
suit OF clothes. The deceased had
once been tried for his life at New
berry, 5. C., and acquitted.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Killed in Wreck

London, BY Cable.-As a result of
two third-class ears and a Pullman
crashing into the station at Stroal s
Nest. eight were killed and 30 in
Jured last Saturday. The train was
running 40 miles an hour when the
accident happened.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Cake Cause of a Killing.

Florence, S. c., Special.-In n quar-
rel over the price of a cake sold at
auction at a schol festival near here
Lotion Poston was fatally stabbed
by Moses Bazen and died five min
utes later.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Investigating Pellepra.

Washington, Special.-J. ID. Long,
passed Assistant Surgeon in the pub
lie health service. has been directed
to proceed to Columbia, S. G.. and
other places in that vicinity for the
purpose of continuing the investiea-
ton into the cause, nature and meth
Od of transmission Of pellagra.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Acquit Members of Court.

Managua, Nicaragua, BY Cable
The court at Mesaya has acquitted
General Medina, Prosecuting Attor
hey Salomon Selva and other mem
Ders OF the court-martial. of respon-
sIblllty for the illegal conviction and
execution Of the Americans, Groce
and Cannon.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
$4,000 Armenians Facing starvation

New York, Special.-Eightv thou.
SAND Armenian Christians are facing
starvation in CECILIA. according 10
an appeal just issued bv Bisbon
David ii. Greer, in behalf of tbe
Armenian Relief association
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
'.."y'a Wll b H,l, Ec nsible
Libel SUE Irg7g.a

New loiA, S.",.l I., Federal
government prosecution of the pub
fishers of the New York Word wa.
stopped by the Federal court, Jude
Hough In the United States Circuit
Court quashing the Indictment
against the Press Publishing Com
pany, publishers o. The World. fo,
alleged libel in connection with the
pubiications concerning the Panama
canal purchase. Lack of jurisdiction
and other reasons are given.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
For the CRANKY Dam.

III the recommendation of the army
engineers is accepted by the board of
review which now has the matter nm
der consideration, congress may be
expected to appropriate $50, 1892 for
the raising Of the CRANKY dam on the
Congaree at Columbia, s. c..
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Bishop Cyrus D. Foss Dead

Philadelphia. SPECIALIZATION Cv-
rus ID. FosS, retired of the Nj. t..
church, one Of the best known clergy
men, is dead.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Hearings on Future Gambling

The House Committee on Agricul-
lure Will begin hearings on the sub
Ject OF future gambling in cotton
futures and other options, beginning
next Wednesday. The hearings are
expected to last ten days or more.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
$50, 900, 900 For Irrigation Plans

The Senate Committee on Irripa-
tion has reported bill providing for
$5o,0OO,O0O bond issue to complete
irrigation projects. This is in line
with Taft s recommendations
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03

Az these Senators Except Money
" Mississippi, whose successor, John
Nharpe Williams. has already been
lected) will be reelected. or their
uceessors chosen, by their various
Ntate Legislators, during the next
welve months. In few cases the
nan has already been named bv
''arty caucus. But i'll the great ma
lorlty of eases the new Senators will
'e chosen by Legislatures which meet
'eXt winter. The members of these
legislatures will be elected. in most
asses, next November; they will be
'omlnated al party primaries dur
ng the coming summer.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Killed While Praving

Iowa City, La, Special While on
ms, ms Knees praying lamp exploded
setting fire to the clothing of Petar
Rogers and burning him TO death
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03

The President issued proclamations
declaring Great Britain, Italy, Spain,
Russia, Turkey and Switzerland en-
titled to the minimum tariff rates.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03

A Bengal policeman who hnd un-
earthed a bomb conspiracy was shot
dead IN Calcutta court in revenge.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Washington.
News Of the National Capitol Briefly Noted in
Passing for the Reader

The United States has ninety-two
N embers. OF these, the terms of
hirty will expire March 4, 1911.
these are the thirty:
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Working For New State

Medford. Ore, SpeciaL-Agitaiion
Tor the creation of proposed new
state to be called Siskiwo, out of
northern California and northern
Oregon. has reached sucl. a stage that
convention has beer called TO
l., m' - skr COL q, March 18th
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
Meat Boycott Endorsed.

NorfoIk. Special.-At meeting
held last Friday the civic department
of the Woman s Club of Norfolk in
dorsed the present boycott OH meats,
and pledged its moral support in in
creasing the number of those who sign
pledges TO abstain from it for sixty
days.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-03
No Boycote IN Iynchburg.

INnchburg. SpeciaI.-AlthOugh the
widespread agitation against high
prices OF ioodstuffs is apparently ef-
fective elsewhere. local dealers and
brokers report no change in quota
tlons TO them. There has been no
EFFORT here to boycott meats, and the
o. ~. L. 4 L
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-02-16
A WESTERN DEER FARM.

There are ostrich farms and buffalo
preserves, but the only deer farm
run for profit is In Iowa. The owner
is John w. Griggs. pioneer hunter
and trapper. He has herd of 100.
He began by rearing wolves, then
Wild geese. then antelope, then elk,
and now deer.
Fie began fifteen years age with a
rsfr OF Virginia deer and has experi-
mented with white tails, black tails,
and other hybrids. but the climate
OF iowa has evolved type of the
northern deer as the breed hardy
enough for all purposes. The deer
coral. which includes a large piece OF
woodland. is surrounded by an eight.
foot woven wire fence, doubiy
strengthened as TO posts.
The natural food of the deer Is the
green bits Of the forest, but they can
be taught TO like corn. while alfalfa
and clover are delicacies that appeal
to their appetites. Griggs markets
yearly all the deer he cares to sell.
For park purposes he gets from SIS
to $50 each, while for venison he se-
cures as much from carcass, the
antlers bringing an average of IS
each, About the only losses come
from the injuries inflicted when a
deer is frightened and from conflicts
of angry bucks.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-02-16
The Hand Sbakers |. |.
BY Josh Billings.

After considering the general kar-
akter oy this numerous branch oy our
hello kritters, hay ventured to klass-
lily them sumwhat. and set them down
In order, numbering them from one to
i've, az follows:
Number One.
This person IL ov a sanguine. billy.
us or limphatick temperament, az the
case may be, with all the variety oy
color to his eyes that the opticks are
known 10 display. Hiz hair IL long.
snort or absent entirely. He IL drest
IN the hight and hurrah oy fashion. or
not, and his step liz slo, rapid, or zig.
zag, just az il happens. He approaches
ya he'd on. like fore-and-aft skooner
ciuss to the wind. or he loiters up TO
yu sideways, like swine advancing to
battle. He grins emphatically az
ne recognizes yu in the distance. or he
loiters up to VI az he draws nigh.
with all the stoicism ov guide-board
he y the master oy family, con.
sis.ing ov a wife, fat and fair, one
mother-in-law, aud maybe a half
dozen collatterals. in the shane ov
ehllcren. Lucy, a long-haired miss oy
seventeen, being the oldest. and little
fam, the baby, the youngest. with an
angel temperament, whoze mouth
ana parts adjacent are succeed with
coal dust ana molassiss handy. In
equal parts.
He may be an old bachelor. gone. To
protest, ever ehattering about the ia.
consistency o. the softer sex. on
nursing in sum dark kioset OF his
heart refusal in hiz early DAYS,
which haz hung curtain all over his
futer life. Perhaps he IL a LAWYER
cunning TO find the weak spots ia the
statues: or preacher, az morbid az
a disguised old maid, or taylor, ar
tistik and dapper.
He may be a blacksmith, and often
We meet him just elekted constable
oi handsum majority. and icTeing ali
kreashun. with hiz whole soul and
boldly.
He max be either one CS tia aSrS
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-02-16
PURELY Pc RsoNAL.

Wesley r. Andrews. secretary to
Senator Penrose and chairman OF
the Republican state committee OF
Pennsylvania is critically i'll.
The Maine delegation i'm congress
with the ultimate view OF having
Commander Peary head an expedition
to the south pole, introduced a bill il
congress to retire him as rear adj
miral
Henry S. Barker of Louisville has
been made president of Kentucky uni,
versity, succeeding Prof. J. X. Patter.
son. resigned Judge Barker is a
member of the Kentucky Court OF AID,
peals.
Edward Payson Weston. pe estrial..
left Pasadena, Cal, on a walk aeruna
the continent which he expects to
complete In ninety days. He will fol
low the route of the Santa Fe railroad
to Chicago,
Marked improvement was recorded
in the condition of Henry W. Taft
brother of President TAFT. at Good
Samaritan hospital DR. William A,
Edwards announced the patient was
out of danger.
The worlds Oldest unmarried
woman is Miss Carrie AIulhoase. io4
OF Grundy COUNTY. Illinois. She wa.
born in Norway ami came to Amerioa
with her parents seventy Gears ago
She has family bible recording the
date of her birth.
William Mareoni, inventor CT wire
iess biography, has arrived in New
York from England on his wav "a
cape Breton, where he win super,n
tend the erection of a power station
% replace that destroyed by fire last
year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-02-16
DOMESTIC.

formal charge of murder WAC
paced against Jesse A. Van Zana,
husband OF the woman whose bodv
bound, gagged and burned 10 a crisn
over a gas stove. was found In ,ba,r
nome In Cincinnati.
Frank Scott of Pender. Neb was
acquitted OF the charge of acting as
steerer' for the alleged Mabrav
s"ihdiing gang, Scott was accused nf
AIDING In the robbery of John IJar
melorecht of Bancroft, Neb., of IS 900
1. has developed that John n Mad.
aen and Charles Kohler, piano man.
uiac,nrer, was the purchaser of The
race horse Fritz Herbert. for s4o ooo
rom sam Hildreth. Maddened owned
nan interest in. Fritz Herbert when
ne was 2-yeaf-old. but never sold out
to Hildreth. o'e
Dispatches from Quincy, III ana
rom towns across the river in Iowa
report an explosion near there. sun.
posed to have been caused hy a mata.
Or. which fell from the sky shorty
before daylight. The phenomenon was
followed BY violent trembling o, the
eafth lasting from five to ten seconds
~ majorities of 172 and fse re-.
seeetively, Carthage aud carterville
Mo. adopted prohibition in elections
that closed a countrywide local option
campaign. Returns from all over the
county assure countrywide prohibition
oy probably 1000 majority. This
VIII leave Joplin the only wet" spot
IN Jasper county.
Four children persisted In a sra
that destroyed the home OF Ezekiel
Hackett at a remote point on the tnrn.
pike between Camden aud Wyoming
Del The four were grandchildren of
Haekett and were asleep In the attic
OF the structure when It caught Ara
from an overheated stove. The vic.
tins ranged in age from 2 to Is wears
REV Wallace NJ. Stuekey of OF.
iowa, Kan, was denied new trial
on the charge of abducting Lorana
sutherland and was sentenced To ono
70 nve years in the penitentiary
Stuckey was arrested at Waukesan
III, where he was living with the
girl, who was choir singer In his
church at Williamsburg.
As the cases of John J. Keane p
]. Needham, and J. T. oIearv tho
insurance solicitors, charged With
conspiracy 10 defraud life Insurance
companies, was called in the police
court at Louisville Ky. George D.
Sparks, a real estate dealer. fen dead
IN the courtroom Sparks. who Was a
spectator. was about 60 years old
Estelle E. Gibbs. a negro girl "a
years old. o. H0boken. \. j.. on Fri.
day received the first prize. a gold
medal, at the graduating exercises OF
the Hobokem public school pupils She
had the highest average OF any public
scholar in the city--99 Is per cent
in ak subjects. There are 10000 white
pupil in the schools and only Is ne
groes. Esteile is the daughter of q
Pullman car porter.
Junction City. the town second In
size in Eoyle county KY, cites as al
unusual record that duriag the las
twelve months there was not single
police court case. Policeman Glenn
who g1Tnboiizes the Law in that com
mufitT Of thousand residents. hF,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-02-16

announced his intention OF cultiyatine
a crop of tobacco this year as al
version.
With both feet so badly burned with
nitric acid or oil of yitrol. az the re
suit of practical joke, that surely
ore foot, and likely both feet will
hays TO be amputated, Thomas Sui.
liyan. aged "a, fireman and enlisted
mar on board the United States
cruiser Hancock, now lying up for re.
pairs In the Brooklyn navy yard, Is
suffering terrible pain in the United
States Marine hospital at Brooklyn
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-02-16
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
RAneER BRIEFS.

Peter w Monmsen has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Sarona, Wash
burn county. vice r. Klein, resigned.
A. E. Macmillan, proprietor OF
Mercy hospital at Stevens Point, com.
mitted suicide by drinking carbolic
acid. He leaves a widow and two
step-children.
The three year old son of c. R. Son
tage, of Wautoma, was accidentally
pushed upon hot stove by one of his
brothers and the entire side OF his
face and his hands were terribly
burned
Nine So loon men of Washburn have
gotten into the hands of the federal
officials for selling liquor TO Indians
All were taken to Ashland before the
United States commissioner. where
they were required to give bonds. The
evidence was secured by two Indians
who represented the government.
Whether poison caused the death of
August Wolf and the Richards woman
is still undecided by the coroner's
jury at Ladysmith, which has adj
journed until Feb IA. awaiting the
examination Of the stomachs of the
victims. Some of the whisky found
was tested by local druggists, but
showed no poison.
The commitment Of Mrs. Elsie
Morris of Oshkosh, convicted CT re-
ceiving and coneealfng stolen prop
erty, has been postponed Her attor.
ney has secured from the supreme
court a certificate of reasonable
doubt emitting him to stay the sent.
ence. Mrs. Morris was sentenced to
a term OF five years in the state
prison.
Struck down by runaway horses.
and with his skull fractured by a
calk on one OF the horses toes, Tony
kutcher a teamster, lies at the
Clark house at Neenah critically i'll.
The calk punched q hole as large as a
quarter In the crown of the head, and
the physicians who operated on him
reached in and touched the brain.
Krutcher walked from the scene Of
the accident to the hospital.
District Attorney J. b. Chase of
Oconto county went TO Surfing to In.
Festigate the death Of the little
daughter of Nels Nelson. who. il is al
legged, was poisoned by eating candy
left on her fathers doorstep. A eoro.
her's jury was impaneled. but the Ia.
QUESTION was POSTPONED. Nnmerou,,
letters written about year ago by
som person unknown to the authori.
ties, ard deposited near the Surfing
postoffice have been dug out of hid.
ing places, and earnest chase after
the guilty pCrtv is being instituted
The probabihty Is that arrests will
follow.