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Agan Gain Ground Despite ActUe Of Dealers In Shorts
LIVERPOOL COTTON

demand but business moderatei p'' pTioes seg firm. Good middling, 19.sSd fully mid ding, 19.6sd; middling, 19.2sd; low mid ding. 1S.33d good ordinary, 17.33d; or dinary. 16S3d. Sales, 10, 900 bales, includ- ing 5,400 American. Receipts 42.000 bales. including 30, ,000 American. Futures closed strong. November, 1s.3sd; December, 19.2sd; January. 19.25d; March. 1s.O7d; May, 1s.S3d; July. 18.43d; September, 16.62d; October 15.92d,
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KANSAS CITY, Nov. Eggs cents higher: firsts, Acc selected unchanged. Creamery butter 1c higher, 52 "a 63c; pack ing 1c lower, 3Oe. Poultry unchanged.
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INTERIOR MOVEMENT

14,s14; shipments. 14s92 sales. 5,2oS; Memphis: Middling, 3Sc; receipts, 9,o89; shipments, s,029 sales, 3,9O0; stock, Augusta: Middling, 3Sc: receipts, 1887: shipments. 1,66s; sales 452; stock. 55,976. st. Louis: Middling, S2c; receipts, 3,477; shipments 3.216; stock 4,4S3
 Atlanta Middling, 33.I0c.
 Little Rock: Mddling, 33.25c; receipts, 1916; shipments. S59; sales 1,5S4; stock. 3s,16S.
 Dallas: Middling. 32.95c; sales, 7,446.
 Montgomery: Middling, 3250c; sales, 36. Total today: Receipts 30,4s3; ship nents 28 264: stock. 6Rh.541.
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WOOL AUCTION SALE

LONDON, Nov. 7.--At the wool auction today ,202 bales were offered. The wool was of moderate selection and the de- mand was steady. The bulk sold at prices unchanged from which prevailed at the previous sale. The auction attracted a large number of buyers.
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CHICAGO. Nov. 7.-wheat: No. hard. ssSs 9!es No yelc% cSrn ;, HG iss oats tsS No ? white. @45Ac; No. white. 42Q 4SAc. Rye: No. 2, roc Barley. 5s O 1hc. Timothy seed, SC. o@7.7b. Glover seed, s15@23. Lard, $1S.25. Ribs, ss.25@ 1915.
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GALL M0NEY

HORSES AND MULES EAST ST LOUIS, Nov. 7.-Horses and ,nl,les steady Quotations unchanged.
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KANSAS CITY, Nov. 7.-wheat: No. hard, S1.0S@1.21; No. red, $1.14. Corn: No. yellow, $1Q1.02; No. mixed 92@93c. Oats: No. white. 43 O 43 lac No. mixed 42hc.
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t NEW YORK No. 7.-Csttle: Receipts roo: steadyi steers, s5; state bulls. s3; Calves: Receipts 957; steady; veals, y135O@l4; cuils and little calves, ss@7; sheep and lambs: Receipts. 461: steady; sheep. $5@s.25; culls, s2@S; lanlsb. s9 01s.5o; culls, s6@s.
 Hogs: Receipts. ll2 steady; light to medium weights. s7.5o@7.60; pigs. s7@ 725s heavy hogs. s7.25@74o; roughs, $6.35G7.50.
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LOUISVILLE. Ky, Nov. 7.-Cattle: Re celpts, 400; slow, dull; heavy steers. $40 $50: beef steers. s49S; heifers, SOS; cows. SEQ .5O feeders, s4.5OQ 6.5O; stock Hogs: Receipts, 1900; steady to 15c lower; 200 pounds up $7.4o; 1s5 to 200 pounds, s7; 120 to 165 pounds, $6.30: pigs, s5.75 down.
 Sheep; Receipts. 100; steady; lambs,
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CHICAGO. Nov. 7.-Butter unchanged eggs unsettled: receipts, 3,549 cases firsts 44Q4Sc; ordinary firsts 32@4oc.
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middle west. slsSO@ls.so Other articles unchanged.
 CHICAGO Nov. 7.-Poultry alive un- settled; fowls 13@15c; springs, 1ec; roosters. l3hc; geese, 2o@21c turkeys,
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LIVESTOCK

CINCINNATI. O.. Nov. 7.-HoEs: Re ceipts, 1000; active and steady.
 Cattle Receipts, 300; good butchers stock steady; others weak. Calves steady sheep: Receipts. 300: lambs steady.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-02
CHAPTER III
Rel Enter Billy.

Aimee tramped along the broad
highway, whistling. At Scroope, much
more at %Jervaulx, one was not al
lowed to whistle. Ever and anon she
stopped whistling to laugh.
Aimee had dropped the square box
into a quarry pit an hour before and
continued on her way unburdened.
The idea of finding lodgings at Sea-
bridge appealed to her. She had
funds enough. A months pocket
money was in her purse, and Lady
Scroope had been liberal on her de-
parture.
"What a row there'n be-" chuckled
Aimee, eff George doesn't play up
1 don't care. l gave them my ulti-
matum. They can't hang me. I've
been very patient with them all. One
must make a stand sometime or other.
Who does my life belong to-" demand
ed Aimee. never a purist in gram
mar, eff not to meT"
A faint sound was borne upon the
breeze, a noise that attuned itself Gu
riously to Aimee's thoughts. 1t was
like the buzz of a homing bee. She
looked up, and saw a motorcycle
speeding along the road with a smear
of following dust behind it like the
tail of a comet. Aimee recognized the
Flying Sphinx, and became aware of
a laughing face looking up at hers,
and a set of very white teeth.
"Why, it's Billyi" she cried spon-
t~aneously.
"Hello, old chap!" cried the cyclist.
Billy was bare-headed, his fair hair
sticking up at the crown in a little
tuft that blew about in the wind.
"Where were you making for?" he
said.
1.-THE unemployment bureaui" re-
torted Aimee flippantly.
Billy's face expressed concern.
81 suppose you're guying me. You
don't mean you've lost your job?"
"Job?" Aimee dubbed with amuse-
ment. "Well, I had a job all ready
for me this morning. But It's washed
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-02

cousin" she added, as a young man
in clerical collar came out upon the
steps. Alexander, your cousin,
Aimee"
Georgina turned a pale and timid
face to the stranger. The Rev. and
Hon. Alexander Lambe bowed.
Alexander was large and well,
though somewhat loosely, built. Al
mee's epithet, "owl-faced," was hard
ly fair. Certainly his cle%an-shaven
face was a little serious, and his eyes
large and round, but very kindly.
"Welcome to %Jervaulx, Cousin All
NEE" he said.
A sudden interest and sympathy
quickened in the large eyes as they
rested on Georgina's face. And
the panic-stricken girls fear died
within her. Mr.. Alexander Lambe
looked so cool and protective and de-
pendable.
Escort your cousin to the morning
room, Alexander" said Lady Erythea
authoritatively, land offer her re-
freshment after her drive"
They walked in together. And as
they walked their backs seemed to
suggest, in some subtle manner, that
an understanding, a mutual sympathy,
had dawned between them. Backs
can be very expressive sometimes.
Lady Erythea regarded them with a
look of commanding approval. She
followed them majestically up the
steps.
This" proclaimed Lady Erythea's
erect and overwhelming back, sis as
/ ordained it from the beginning"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-02

Speed, thrills, love and laughsi
Here is youth ~personiied and ro-
nance on intellectually on
wheels, for next to the human
actors the most important thing Is
a motorcycle. The hero is a young
American from Colorado. The her
oine is an English girl. Scenes are
laid in England and bring to the
readers view many of the charms
of a British countryside.
Suppose you were a stranger ! n a
strange land and all Unexpectedly
were forced to assume the guardian
ship of a madcap young lady, a
titled daughter of the country, with
a perfect genius for getting into
trouble. yet the m~erriest. nerviest
ard altogether loveliest little crea-
ture you had ever met; suppose
that one of her innocent larks had
caused her to be suspected Of q
burglary which drew not only the
local police, but the terrifying de-
t~ectives from Scotland Yard upon
her trail; you knew her to be in
capable Of wrong-doing, and 1t were
up TO you to save her: what would
you do? You would be likely to
split your head thinking, wouldn't
you? Well. Billy Spencer got his
scalp cracked by one of the real
burglars, but it did moi prevent his
thinking and acting-quickly, eff
GENTLY and with real American
genius and daring.
Sidney Gowing is a comparatively
new novelist whose c~leverness has
attracted international attention.
He has great gifts as a humorist
and delights in mixing American
and British characters and extract
ing a great amount of fun from
both. He seems to lack the fondness
of the average English novelist for
plots involving marital infidelities.
His THE Joy of Living" is clean
in every respect, combines comedy
and thrilling adventures, lives up
to it's title and is an antidote to a
Jaded appetite.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-02

Georgina faltered. Everything she
had intended to say was driven out
of her head. Aimee had been pro-
phetic-Aunt Erythea was very like
the duke of Wellington.
Lady Erythea! p gasped Georgins.
as two m~en-servants came to unload
the luggage. "There is-there is a
mistaken May +"
"The modern tendency of the young
to enunciate indistinctly," said Lady
Erythea, producing an ear-trumpet,
always annOys me. Say what you
have to say clearly"
Georgina had not realized that
Lady Erythea was extremely deaf.
"There is something l have to ex-
plain" she bawled hoarsely into the
e~ar-trumpet. "P-please, can / see you
alone?"
"Ah" said Lady Erythea vaguely.
II am pleased that you look forward
SO much to your visit. No, you need
not fear being alone. Here is your
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I'm here in England" he added, lay
ing a loving hand on the tank Of the
motorcycle-"to sell this"
"Weird-looking thing" said Aimee,
with interest, for the cycles engine
was of a remarkable shape. "YoursY'
"Mine!" said the stranger joyously.
"Alone l did it. 1 hold the patent. It's
a Sanakatowzer-the Flying Sphinx ~
Ripping name. Can it fyY"
Can 1t fly? 1t devours space like
the sunbeams lick up the mists of the
mornin'! And no more noise than a
baby's whisper.
around the world in thirty winks
When once astride the Flying Sphinx
Its got Sinbad's Carpet an the
Seven-league Boots guessing" He
threw a leg over the saddle. Like a
spin up the road? Jump up behind 20
Aimee Immediately perched herself
on the carrier. There was a whirl-
wind charm about the stranger that
carried her away. The next moment
the Flying Sphinx did the anne The
wind whistled past Aimee's ears. To
keep her seat she was obliged to grab
Billy suddenly round the waist.
Don't mind If 1 hold you" she
gasped.
"Shucks!" said Billy impatiently. 81
don't carr how you hold me, s1ong's
you don't hit the grit!"
They breasted the crest Of the rise.
"Hang tight now !" he cried. "We'll
let her out"
The Sphinx went forward with the
whirr of a shell. She peeled the road
way behind her like a running tape.
Aimee felt the roar of the wind rise
to a scream. Billy leaned lightly for
ward towards the h~andle-bars, cool,
effortless, efficient.
Aimee was only conscious of being
whirled gloriously through space, when
the Sphinx, after a two-mile loop, slid
back to the spot whence she had
started. Aimee sprang from the car
rier.
"Oh, thank you'll" she gasped. "That
was too good to be truer
The cyclist, without %dismounting,
looked at her glowing face and frank
eyes.
II wish there were more like you,"
he said, laughing. "Tell 'em-who-
ever they are-to can the sentiment.
Slong, an good luck to you!"
He raised his cap, and next moment
the Sphinx whirred him away in a
cloud of golden dust. Aimee followed
him with her eyes till he was round
the bend, then she turned back into
the park. 1t seemed to her that the
sunlight had become less vivid and the
sky paler.
Very slowly, Aimee made her way
back to the portals of Scroope Towers,
where the heavy family car, laden
with luggage, stood waiting. Georgina
was on the steps, a~bundantly wrapped
up, and Lord Scroope stood beside
her.
"Grundle." he said to the chauffeur.
'you will drop Miss Berners at the
station and take Miss Aimee on to
Jervaulx, returning here direct"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-02

the boat, or when a puppy dog falls
mead over tail.
When the m~otorcyclist grinned, his
teeth were SO white that they gave
the effect of a flash. His fair and
rather tOusled hair caught the sun.
His head looked as if 1t might be
.ammed through a door, without dam
aging anything except the door-panel.
He was big built, and about twenty
Eve, but his bright blue eyes might
have belonged to a boy of sixteen. He
wore dusty blue overalls.
"That's betterI" he said approving
ly, as Aimee laughed again. you
were looking as if you felt pretty
low"
II was. Everybody has been APP
pallingl Talking sentiment till l feel
sticky all over"
The strangers face fell.
Gee! That's too badI Sentiment,
eh?" He made a gesture as if ward
ing off invisible assailants. "Senti-
ment is poison ivyl 1t gives me that
tired feeling. Madam, accept my SYM
pathy."
In the space of a moment they felt
as though they had known each other
for years.
"Do you live anywhere about hereT'
said Aimee. Il seem to have cen
"Here? About seven thousand miles
west-by-south of here!" said the
stranger, laughing. Cobalt, Arapa-
hoe county. Citizen of the world
answer to the name Of Billy And
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-02
CHAPTER |
Sentenced.

S~enLenCCOs
II can't go, dad" said Aimee des-
perately, land l won'tl'
my answer, my dear Aimee" said
Lord Scroope firmly yet benignantly,
els that you must go, and you shall"
"a month of Aunt Erythea," said
Aimee in stifled tones, would kill me.
Why are these things always piled on
to me? I'm fed upT'
The Very Rev. Viscount Scroope,
archdeacon and incumbent of the liv-
ing of Scroope Magma, gazed dreamily
over his daughters head without ap-
pearing to hear her. A sunbeam FL
tered through the diamond panes,
illumining his silver hair and finely
cut features. 1t was as though the sun
beam said: Behold a saint; here is
one who hears and speaks no evil"
A saint Lord Scroope undoubtedly
was; calm, benign and immovable as
granite.
my dear child" he said gently, "let
us admit the cold light of reason. You
can have no genuine objection to your
Aunt Erythea, for you have never set
eyes on her since you were three years
old. J~ervaulx abbey is a we'll
appointed and strictly ordered house.
It Is an atmosphere which will cor
rect, / hope, the influence of that de-
plorable school from which we have
removed you. You must go. Aunt
Erythea desires that you shall go.
Al @bot n xyo, will yooli1a uyhap vn,,
make her acquaintance, is final"
The Hon. Aimee Scroope's wildly
lovely face became still more mutt
nous and desperate.
"And do not suppose that o will
lack youthful society,"" added Lord
Scroope, smiling. "Your cousin. AL
exander Lambe, is at Jervaulx. A
little older than yourself, doubtless,
but an excellent companion for you.
A young man wholly devoted to good
work, and with unexceptionable con
nections, he will doubtless attain that
eminence which his aunt would wish
for him."
Aimee looked at her father with in
tense suspicion. Then she turned to
the photograph of a young man in a
clerical collar; the face was pleasant
but somewhat serious, with large,
frank, round eyes. The face that
Aimee made at it was hideous.
$50 and tell your maid to pack.
dear child" said Lord Scroope gently,
patting her head. Aimee was twenty
years of age, and stood five feet six,
but her father contrived to have the
air of patting somebody about three
feet high.
Aimee said something inarticulate,
and made a Decline for a rose-pink
boudoir where Lady Scroope, blonde,
petite and wholly charming, was but
toning, her gloves. Amid pink sur
roundings, Lady Scroope looked little
older than her daughter.
Mummy" said Aimee forcibly,
you'll have to throw me a rope. 1
have simply got to be rescued from
this awful visit" She expounded
with extreme rapidity and terror her
views on Jervaulx, Lady Erythea
Lambe, and Alexander.
Lady Scroope twinkled, and was SO
exasperating as to laugh. She put
her hands ~affectionately on her daugh-
ter's shoulders.
"Sorry. Aimee" she said; "there is.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-02
CHAPTER u
Escape.


In the deepest depression, Aimee
wandered down the park avenue
towards the high road. She passed
through the lodge gates and turned
the corner of the road.
There Aimee halted, and considered
the perversity of Fate. And close be-
side her barked a sharp explosion,
with a flash of yellow flame and a
Whit of pungent smoke. And a clear
voice exclaimed:
It'll"
Just what I was thinking" said
Aimee.
A young man, who was tinkering a
motorcycle, whence came the explo-
sion, looked up startled. and removed
his cap.
"Oh! I'm sorryr' he said. II didn't
know there was anyone around"
They looked at each other, and both
laughed. 1t was impossible to look
al the stranger and fail to laugh. Not
In derision, but joyously. spontaneous
ly, as one laughs when the breeze heels
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-02

as you would say, nothing doing. You
will have to go. 1 can't have your
dear father worried any more. l don't
think" she added p~ensively, there's
any cause for real alarm about Alex
ander Lambe."
tits all very well for you," mourned
Aimee, but"
"Tm really sorry, dear. I am going
to the Milne emples and elsewhere
for a few weeks, but when 1 come
back 1 will make it up to you. These
are the little crosses you have to
bear"
She kissed her daughter, and hur-
ried down to the car.
The car whirled her away, and
Lord Scroope followed it with dream
lily adoring eyes. Aimee, who had
watched the pair with a sort of ex-
a~sperated affection, turned into the
morning DON
"What on EARTH" she murmured, "is
one to do with people like thatr'
She encountered her guest n
cousin, Georgina BernerS, twenty
three, plump and placid, dressed in a
style that suggested enforced econ
omy. Miss Berners was looking visit
full.
"Why, Georgia." said Aimee, encir-
cling her ample waist, "have you the
hump, too? Let's be miserable to-
gether."
at has been lovely here at Scroope,"
sighed Georgina, "and you are such
a dear. I've nothing to go back to
but Uncle Joseph, who doesn't think
about anything but biology, and
scarcely remembers I exist-though he
is quite kind, of course. 1t will be
awful after this"
"T've never met your Uncle Joseph"
said Aimee, "but I'm certain he's
nothing to my Aunt Erythea and Jer-
vaulx."
She broke into a frenzied and vivid
word-picture of all that awaited her.
"a place something between a ca
thedral and a barrack, and a fearful
sort Of Roman matron with a nose
like the duke of Wellington's-rve
ucNCI oCCn aunt , AlOoC' OuL h0 V
tainly like that-and to be drilled into
flirting decorously with an owl-faced
curate who, some day, they say, will
probably be a bishop"
Georgina was intensely shocked.
"Aimee, you really are extraordi-
naryl Many people would be too glad
to be in your shoes. A long visit to
a charming old place-Jervaulx, they
say, is even more old-world than
Scroope-everything orderly, romantic,
peaceful"
"Moldy |" interrupted Aimee.
"And luxurious. Lady Erythea,
everyone says, is a splendid manager.
And your cOusin-a nice, sensible
young man. I've seen his photograph.
His face"
Its the face" said Aimee fiercely,
'of a cold boiled codishI I've seen
tive seen it! 1t made me feel as
if my shoes were full of water"
"Aimee!" said G%eorgina plaintively.
"You appal mer'
"Good thing! Then you know how
1 fell" retorted Aimee pertly. "The
whole thing appals me. These curates 4!
I'm fed up with them! Alexander is
the limit! !"
Aimee paused for breath.
Hes a trump! !" she said, with ex-
tr%aordinary vehemence.
"He is good" insisted Georgina.
"That is a good mans face, if eve 1
saw one. And" added Georgina, with
a rapt expression on her plump fea-
lures, she will fall in love with you,
Aimee. I'm sure of It'll And wher
that happens"
"Oh, you make me sick !" said the
frenzied Aimee. tits a disease with
you'll Sentiment revolts me. This
Numbering about love-"
Aimee" said Georgina almost tear
fully, your very name means Be
loved'"
"Oh, rats!" said Aimee ~furiously,
and fled from the room.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-07-20
Church Services
Leesburg

Baptist. II. Wyatt, Pastor.
Preaching End, and 4th Sundays
Morning and Evening.
Sunday School 10 O'Clock a. m.
B. Y. P. U. 6 O'Clock pm. every
Sunday.
w. NJ. U. Monday afternoon fol
lowing End and 4th Sundays.
Mid Week Prayer Service and
Choir Practice Wednesday evening
7 O'Clock.
Methodist-J. D. Snyder, Pastor
Preaching Ord Sunday, morning
ard evening.
Sunday School 10 O'Clock every
Sunday.
Presbyterian-Rev. Grille, Pastor
Preaching 1st Sunday morning
and evening.
Sunday School 10 O'Clock every
Sunday.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-07-20
Urged to Buy Coal
Now for Winter Use
Central Railroad Presi-
dent Addresses Letter
to Users of Fuel.

The Importance of consumers
Immediately purchasing and
storing coal in anticipation of
their fall and winter require
ments is stressed by President
w. A. Winburn, of the Central
of Georgia railway, who has
addressed a letter to the indus
tries located along the lines Of
the Central. Information re-
ceiyed by the railroad indicates
that this matter has not been
given attention by either large
or small consumers, and unless
immediate steps are taken, Mr..
Winburn believes, consumers are
confronted by the probability of
a shortage of TRANSPORTATION and
the possibility of a rise in the
price of coal. The letter follows:
May | direct your attention
to the Importance of consumers
purchasing and storing coal now,
in anticipation of their fall and
winter requirements? If large
consumers fail to do this it is
proable that they will experience
difficulty in getting coal later in
the season when the railroads
are taxed with a movement of
general traffic, even heavier than
is the present record breaking
volume.
''The roads have taken every
possible measure to provide ade-
quate transportation, including
vast purchases of new equip
ment. The Central of Georgia,
for instance, is now receiving
delivery Of twenty new freight
locomotives, and 500 new coal
cars. But, with all this, indica-
tions point to a shortage of trans
portation this fall, unless steps
are taken to move as much coal
as possible during the remainder
of the summer.
"By laying in their coal sup
ply now, while there is plenty of
transportation, coal consumers
will avoid future inconvenience
and probable delay. Moreover, if
the demand for coal exceeds the
supply that can be transported
in the fall months, the effect
will probably be to increase the
price of coal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-07-20
Notice Of Teachers
Examination

The examination for license to
ach in the public Schools of Geor-
gia, will I've held in I.eesburg,
August 3rd and 4th next begin
ming at s a. m. Those holding
first grade license expiring this year
may haye the same renewed by
taking the examination on the read
ing Course-"sce below"
For information see the County
Superintendent.
S. J. POWELL
County Supt. of Schools
GEORGIA
1923 READING COURSE FOR
TEACHERS
Primary and General Elementary
Manuel for Georgia Teachers
County Superintendent, free.
2. Everyday Pedagogy (Lincon)
Ginn& Co. Atlanta. $1.10 post
paid.
8. Acquiring Skill in Teaching
Grant Southern School Book De-
pository, Atlanta, $1.35, postpaid.
HIGH SCHOOL & SUPERVISORY
/. Manuel for Georgia Teachers,
County Superintendent. free.
2. Every Teachers Problems
(Stark), Am. Book Co., Atlanta,
ST. 48, postpaid.
8, Methods Of Teaching in High
Schools (Parker) CHM & Co., At
lan!a, $3.50, postpaid.