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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-25
They're Not Angels;
They Are just Boys

raised his sweet high voice in the
familiar strains of "Adeste FL
delis.''
"a beautiful soprano voice, "
Father whispered. 81 hope it
doesn't change too soon"
Father Foley explained that
the boy choristers range in age
from eight-and-a-half to IS anc
have sung all over the United
States and Europe.
"But just as soon as fine
some good voices and get them
well trained the boys grow ur
ana their voices slide down {
few octaves, and there I am
again." he sighed.
For midnight mass. Father
said, he not only has to worry
about the boys voices being well
tuned, he has to see their shoes
are well polished.
He winked. sometimes the
|judicious use of hair brush
helps to keep them in line"
Then he looked at the 80 little
choristers before him and shook
his head. "no," he said again.
they're not angels. They're just
boys"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-25
Taken From Life

tlonal potatoes have been sold
iii Tabor City so that the total
paid the sweet potato growers
by Tabor City this season prob
ably is in excess of a half mil
lion dollars.
E. w. Fonvielle is president
of the company, with B. w.
Peal, vice-president; L. P.
Ward, secretary treasurer !;
Woodrow. Sarvis, assistant Sec
retary-treasurer: Billy Garrell.
supervisors; w. G. Shelley,
James Garrett. Liston New, as
sistant supervisors.
The potatoes were sold at
daily auction with D. N. john
son, auctioneer. The grower
pays five cents a bushel which
goes to pay the operating ex-
penses of the marketing COM
pany and to lay up a serve
with which to build a building
of it's own. The narkot'n" COM
panv is composed of six buyers
or buying companies. It is not
a closed market. Anyone who so
desires can buy on the market
through one of the BUYERS in the
marketing Company. Out of the
five cents bushel paid by tire
grower comes also the cost OF
graders and assist
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-25

Not a single sweet potato that
measured up to the grading
standards was brought to Tabor
City this season that was not
sold. In fact, a larger amount
of potatoes could have been
sold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-25
Insured Farm Mortage
Inaugurates New Era

AMERICUS, Ga. The first
insured farm mortgage loan
ever made has been issued here
to Robert A. Hale, 49-year old
former sharecropper. 1t start I'd
a campaign which federal gov
ernment officials hope eventual
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-25
y will wipe ou sharecroppins

ly will wipe ou sharecroppins
and tenant farming in hte South.
Hale is buying the 150- acre
farm he has managed for sever
al years on a loan made by the
Americus Bank Of Commerce,
covering 80 per cent of the in
vestment. The mortgage il N
sured by the Farmers Home Ad-
ministr alton.
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ance extended the growers in
grading their potatoes.

Not a single sweet potato that
measured up to the grading
standards was brought to Tabor
City this season that was not
sold. In fact, larger amount
of potatoes could have been
sold.
Not only did Tabor City mar
ket all the standard sweet pota-
toes brought there but it is do
ing more. 1t has eight storage
warehouses where potatoes are
cured and kept in storage and
marketed at leisure and when
the market is deemed most fa-
vorable. That is not all. i h e
and operates the largest sweet
potato dehydrating plant in
North Carolina The finished
product of a dehydrating plant
is made into stock feed which
is finding a ready market.
Thus you see the Tabcr City
territory and Tabor City
produce, market for cash, cure,
store, and process sweet pota-
toes. Not only the production
profits but the marketing and
processing profits remain in the
Tabor City Territory.
A large number of the grow
ers use their tobacco barns to
cure their own potatoes. It is es-
Dor City area this year
produced 10000 bushels. Judg-
ing by the talk, the production
next year will be much larger.
The individual sweet potato
grower merits connmendation
FOR the successful fight he is
waging against total depend
ence on tobacco. Among these
sweet potato growers in the Ta-
Dor City Territory are H. H.
lewis r. H. Prideen, Tom Rob-
erts. w. H. Prince, Earl Car
trette, H. E. Hays, Ralph W.
Spivey H. H. Turner, Woodrow
Williamson, c. T.. Garrell. Car
son Granger. S. G. Fowler w
F: Cox, J. r. Shelley, M. M.
Elliot, Wilbur Todd. D. c.
Strickland Art Hnfford. H. G..
Prince, c. Howard Ward, Tom
Ward, Yancey Mobiles, c. F
"rieht J. L. Tnman. H. j. Rob.
arts. Odell Powell, M. G. SIN al
T. L. Lewis. N. o. Graham. Gov
Harelson Harvey Coleman.
.awrence Coleman. W M. Raw.
w. J. Sarvis. J. L. Clements
pink Stevens. W. B. Gore Ott;e
Cox. Albert Bryart. T. L. Ward
PAUL Mills. Henry Dewitt. John
Smith w. T. whitt;noton NJ. r
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nv H. A. STALLINGS

rAROR CITY, Dec. 24-Th e
r,hor City Marketing company
LON n;np the 1947 season, which
'u, quad I December /, sold at auc-
s;o,, slu 274.512 bushels of sweet po-
w., tnae for a total of $494, TT .43.
ta'os @ the season closed addi-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-25

After long war retirement in
bomb-proof storage, the British
crown jewels, guarded by the
latest burglar-proof devices, are
again on display in the Tower
Of London, British Railways re-
ports.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-25
SUPERVISOR RESIGNS

COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. "a
dP) South Carolina state su-
pervisor of apprentice training
service, under the U. S. Depart
ment of Labor, today announced
his resignation, effective Dec. 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-25

William Wilke Collins, an Eng
1ish author born in 1884, is known
as the Father of the detective
story"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-29
MULLINS RIDGE

Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Mullins
were Saturday night guests at
the home of c. J. Sluss.
Woodrow Farmer and family
visited Mrs. Exile Farmer Sunday.
Relatives called at the home
Of Garland Willis Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. C. Rose spent
Saturday night with Nelson Null
mis- and family at Skeetrock.
Alton Sluss called on Miss
Jean Mullins Saturday night.
Earle Sluss and family spent
Saturday night at the home of
General Sluss.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim B. Mullins
visited relatives at Clinchco over
the week. end.
Clarence Mullins and family
spent Sunday with Auty Rose
and family.
Mae Rose visited Misses Hattie
and Alene Sluss Sunday.
Kermit Mullins, who has been
working in Kentucky, spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Mullins.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-29

fence. In a spelling contest at
Bear Pen School she spelled
down the second grade and stay
ed on the floor until about half
of a large class of third grade
and fourth grade pupils had been
spelled down. She has unusual
ability in spelling and is above
the average in other subjects.
She is in the first grade but could
very well do third grade work
at this time.
Mavis Barnette
Mavis Barnette, aged 8, daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Pres Barnett
of the Osborne Gap section and
first grade pupil in Bear Pen
School, has an almost unparall-
ed memory. She sings well and
has a fine sense of harmony and
expression in song. She sings
from memory such long ballads
as Death of Floyd Collins with
out striking a sour note. She very
ably recites long poems, like
Little Boy Blue (not the short
poem we'll known by most of us)
which she memorized on very
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-29

short notice.
Most outstanding is the feat
of reciting from memory Lin
coins Gettysburg Address. She
renders this with expression and
emphasis which none except the
Great Emancipator could have
put into it. Her expression and
articulation is well nigh faultless.
In her lies the potential e1e-
ments of a great actress.
HaSsen Mullins
Hassell Mullins, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Pridemore Mullins, of the
fourth grade of Bear Pen School
has drawing ability rarely ever
found in the grades. He can
draw from memory an autmo-
bile, truck, airplane or most any
kind of traction equipment with
skill and precision like none
we have ever seen. His sense Of
proportion is as near perfect as
we could hope to find and would
compete sharply with a drafts
mans drawings. He is a born ar
fist and it is sincerely hoped that
he will have the opportunity to
make further studies in this field
after he leaves school.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-29

office, 8 miles from Haysi. Price
$4,000. No. 6735
Groom house, 4 acres, Clint
wood, Dickinson county. House
is weatherboarded, painted, has
oak floors, chestnut trim. Finish
ed basement with partitions.
House has lights and is in very
good condition. 4 acres rolling,
cleared, orchard. Water furnish
ed by well. Located on Fremont
road, which is macadamized and
is on the south side of Clintwood-
Price $1,000. Terms, $4,000 acsh
payment and monthly payments
to be arranged. No. 1924.
Garage building, / acre land,
8 miles of Clintwood. Has con-
crete floor and is being used as
an autombile repair shop and is
doing very nice business at this
time. Included is air compressor,
wise and emery wheel. acre of
level land, facing on Tnacadam
highway. Price $500. No. 6623
Groom house, 3 acres of land,
Haysi. Brick siding on outside,
wood pillar foundation. l mile Of
Haysi on Rt. go On Honaker bus
line, IA mile off macadam road.
Price $1050 No. 1922.
rooms and skating rink and
restaurant, 4 acres, near Clinch-
co, Va. Price $7700 Terms, $1,000
cash and balance in IL months.
No. 6537
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-29

Miss Martha June Beverly of
Honey Camp and T 5 Freddy Ju
liam Brown, of Washington, Ga,
were married on the 9th of May
at the First Baptist church in
Washington, D. c. The couple
spent their honeymoon in Della
ware, and are now living in
Fredericksburg. Mr.. Brown will
be out of the army in July.
Rev. Homer SWindall Of Gin
cinnati is spending the week
with relatives in the county.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-29
THE BEST YEARS OF
YOUR LIFE
Spend them in your Own Home
DICKINSON COUNTY

er. / pair 5 year old mules, now
ing machine, rakes, wagon, plows
and harrow. Farming tools go
with property. Price $4,000.
No. 69O3.
4-room boxed residence, is
acres of land near Haysi, Va. Has
wood pillar foundation, oak trim,
walls sheetrocked, basement I'M
finished, lights and house in good
condition. acres gently rolling,
Il acres hillside. Good orchard.
Near schools, stores, etc. miles
west of Haysi on highway from
Haysi to Clintwood. Price $4,000.
No. 1888.
1874 acre farm and 4-room
house, located on Lick Greek, in
Dickinson county, Va. IL acres
are gently rolling, 122 acres hill
side, rs acres cleared, SO acres
in mining timber Orchard, four
springs. Has barn and granary;
in fair condition. House is cinder
block, with concrete foundation.
Not quite completed. Near pas
senger bus, schools, stores, etc.
6 miles from Haysi on macadam
and gravel road. Price $4,000.
No. 1914.
Groom house, filling station
and store near Haysi. Weather
boarded, brick foundation, pine
floors, walls sheetrocked. Is
acres with one acre level, 10 acres
gently rolling / mile from post
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-29

4-room house, 100 acres of
land, Haysi, Va. 80 acres are gent
ly rolling 81 acres hillside. Some
saw timber. Orchard of about 100
trees, Barn, granary and poulL4 y
house. House is Weatherboarded
and has stone foundation, all
rooms on one floor, oak floors,
poplar trim and wall are ceiled.
Located on an unimproved road,
10 miles of Haysi, Va. Price
$4,000. No. 6972.
Groom house, As acres, Dick
enson county. Weatherboarded
and painted, cement block foun-
dalton. All rooms on one floor,
pine trim, oak floors, walls sheet
rocked. Finished basement, and
lights. Is new and in good con-
dition. 20 acres gently rolling, 8
acres pasture. Located on gravel
and dirt road. Price $4,000.
No.6e71.
Groom house, 80 acres of land,
Haysi, Va. 80 acres of which 8
acres are gently rolling, 81 acres
hillside, Fl acres cleared, 9 acres
in timber. Pump house, smoke
house, coal house and mill house,
in good condition. All rooms on
one floor. Has garage, and is one
of the most ideal homes in Dick
enson county. 7 miles from Haysi
on macadam road. Concrete
spring house with pump and
holds about 1900 gallons of wat
Contact A. r. Singleton on
Haysi. If this is impossible,
the above property, specify
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-29
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
OUTSTANDING PUPILS OF
BEARPEN SCHOOL
BY H. NJ. Osborne
Betty Anne Mullins

Little Betty Anne Mullins, age
Z years, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mack Mullins, has a SPELL
ing ability rarely found in child
rem of her age, grade and exper-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-29
Some Southwest Political History

Fred B Wise long year to take
Tom congressional The Fight
often John will live its
gans mantle. The inner circle of utation year.
Wise county - !. ca,
hdent
~ ~ - - currents are interesting to
gresS Fugate has ~
history minded. The repre-
erful of support, -
.yr .s ,ot ~ +ad + sentaives Congress from this
Without doubt the Republicans secuon curing he last
will strongest fight have been follows:
County Party
l84s Fayee McAduin Smyh Democrat
1850 Fayee McAfuin Smyh Democrat
1882 Fayete McAGulin Smyh Democrat
Fayete Smyth Democrat
1885 George w. Hopkins Washington Democrat
1858 Martin Lee American
War period
1866 Representative admitted
James K Gibson Washington Democrat
1870 William Terry Wythe Democrat
1872 Rees T. Bowen Tazewen Democrat
1874 William Terry Wythe
1876 A. I. Pridemore Lee Democrat
1878 James g. Richmond Scott Democrat
1880 Abram Fulkerson Washington Readjuster
1882 Henry Bowen Tazewell Readjuster
1884 Connolly Trgg Washington Democrat
1886 Henry Bowen Republican
1883 John A. Buchanan Washington Democrat
1890 John A. Buchanan Washington Democrat
1892 James W. Marshall Craig Democrat
1894 James A. Walker Wythe Republican
James A. Walker Wythe Republican
1898 William F. Rhea Bristol Democrat
1900 William F. Bristol Democrat
1902 Campbell Slemp Wise Republican
1904 Campbell slemp Republican
1905 Campbell slemp Wise Republican
1907 Especial Eecton)
Bascom Slemp Wise Republican
1908 to 1920 Bascom slemp Wise Republican
1922 George C. Peery Tazewell Democrat
1928 Joseph shaffer Wythe Republican
1890 1916 John w. Flanagan Dickinson Democrat
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-29

gleton the main Gundy highway Prater School, miles
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
60 MILLION JOBS
NOW AVAILABLE


WASHINGTON. July IA. - u
The CensusNB Bureau reported today
that sixty million civilian jebs
have become Z reality Cor the drst
time IN American history.
The number Of civilian employ.
ed, the bureau reported. jumped
1850, GOO during June over me-
previous record set in May "a
reach 4 total Of eo,o56 900.
The main reason cited was the
customary upswing in farm work
during the summer. The number
employed in agriculture inereased
/ 40, 900 to Z total Of 10,377,eoo.
But there also was 4 rftE q
$40, 900 in non-farm workers, lift
ing the total outside II agriculture
to 49,67S,0 00.
This rise in. ,off-the-fAr1n work
has run counter to earlisr ex17ec'
tations Of some government sceal.
omists and has been 4 factor IN
causing many Of them to abandon
tore ast ; that business wdsild
slack OF this summer.
The number at technically I'm.
employed also increaaed heeatse
of an influx Of school Students into
job seeking ranks durinx The sum
mer recess.
Unemployment rose by Se0,o
to a total Of 2,5sS. 600, he bureau
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
Wilmington Store
Announces Contest

An amateur snapshot contest
open to any non-prodessional cam
era fan and permitting the widest
possible range of entry was an
nounced yesterday by r. W.
Montgomery Of the B. F. Good
ricn Store, "A North Third street.
Prize in the contest will be a
set Of four B. r. Goodrich Seal
c.matic Safety tubes and the To-
cal winners entry will also be
submitted in a national contest,
the prize for which will be $500
in cash.
Montgomery said. "AI the con-
testant must do Is bring to the
store a snapshot Or snapshots Gas
many as he wishes) which he
thinks might win. Any vacation
subject will be acceptable-scenic
views, sports, picnic scenes, ect.
The photographs viii be Judged by
an impartial professional contest
judging organization in Chicago
On the basis Of interest, compost
ton and c%learness.
MI. Montgomery said the clos
ing date for entries is August %.
The local winner will be announc-
ed soon thereafter. Announcement
Of the national prize will be made
probably late in September.
THE contest is part Of NJ ac-
cident prevention effort" Mr..
Montgomery said 1--WE r con-
Quoting it now to focus attention
of motorists on safety during the
vacation season. The high acci-
dent months Of the year are COM
ing and we want every local mo-
torist to return home safely.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13

ne lIllllEs OF LIE SALT spray IN
his face, of emerald Isles and adj
venture beyond the horizon. B
finally, he shrugs, puts his dream
back in the bottom drawer of his
mind, and settles for a cold beer.
This is a common form of self
torture in the summer and h e
only point in bringing it up now
is that o and more people,
since the war, are getting off the
porch and a g somewhere.
They're sailing on oceans and
lakes and rivers and they're doing
1t in everything from luxurious
2O0-foot yachts to canoes and
RATS.
In 1910, Coast Guard r e c cords
show, there were 278, 807 register
ted power boats in American
waters. In 1915, the figure W a s
1884, 003 and for the first quarter Of
uulS year IL was 4Al,flo.
Whether these statistics m a k e
the man anchored on the porch
feel any better is debatable. The
point is that more people are sail
ing these days, and many of these
sailors have only moderate in
comes.
Take the Roland Rosinskies of
Detroit. For II years he had
dreamed Of sailing his cWn boat
to the Caribbean. A metal worker,
Rosinski started building a 30-foot
ketch in 1889, in his spare time.
This May the small boat took
Orsinski and his wife to the Ba-
bamas. Since August 1916, they
h a d travelled $500 miles, across
lakes Erie and Ontario, down the
st. Lawrence river and down the
Atlantic coast. In Nassau,
Rosjnski said something t a t
probably will make the poor guy
on the porch wriggle with envy:
"We've been living like kings,
making friends with the people On
the Island, fishing. eating COCO
nuts, and drinking in the scenery.
Sometimes we have to p i n c h
ourselves 10 believe that after all
these years we're really here.
The last time they were heard
from the Rosinskis still hadn't
decided when they would come
home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
Does Stomach
Gas and bIoat
Make You Feel
Miserable ?
r e; here Il how you may Ct blessl

n 20. here Il how you may Ct bleassl
relief In freeing your stomach nom
this nervous distress. It works this way:
kverytime food enters the stomach .
vital gastric Juice must now normally to
breakup certain food particles: else the
o may ferment. Sour food, acid indi.
gestion and gas frequently Cause . NOR.
bid, touchy. fretful, pesvish. nervous
condition, loss Of appetite, undefwsieht.
restless sleep. weakness.
To get real relief you must increADe
che now Of this vital gastric juice. Aedi-
cal authorities. In Independent lAbeea-
tory tests on human stomAchs. have BY
positive proof shown that 808 Tonic i
amazingly effective In tnMeastng this
dow when 1t is too little or scanty due
TO = n~on-organ1c stomach disturbance,
This Is due t the SIS Tonic formula
which contains special and potent scti.
waiting ingredients.
Also, SIS Tonic helps build-up non.
organic, weak, watery blood In nut5i.
tional anemia-so with . good now az
this gastric digestive juice, plus rich red.
blood you should eat better, sleep better.
feel better, work better, play better,
Avoid Furnishing yourself With over.
doses Of soda and other alkelizers TO
counterfeit gas and bloating when What
you so dearly need is SIS Tonic to help
you digest food Tor body strength and
repair. Don't wait! Join the host Of
happy people SSS Tonic has helped.
Millions Of bottles cold. Get . botAle q
eSS Tonic rom your drug stoee tod.
eSs Tonic helps 1uiaa ea1Eda Haa1th,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
Patrolman Defends
Presidents Speed

RICHMOND, Va. July 70. -W.D
Col. c. w. Woodson. Jr.. head
of the Virginia State Police,
denied that President Truman
broke the Virginia speed limit in
driving bacl, to Washington from
Charlottes ville last week.
Woodson said Mr.. Truman was
escorted by state police cars at
speeds between As and so. Th e
state limit is so.
"Our speedometers were check
ed and calibrated," Woodson
declared, "But l am unable to say
what speed was indicated on the
speedometer of the car carrying
the reporter who circulated the
story"
Newspaper accounts had said
the president drove at speeds as
high as IS while at the wheel OF
a convertible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13

of Agricultural Economics. "B u t
l don't lcok for it on the farm
next year!
Dr.. Johnson believes there will
be more suburbanites who will
find employment in factories and
other non-farm work to supple
ment their small-farm operations.
Some commercial farms will
grow larger. But he doesn't
believe there will be Wholesale,
factory-in-the-field trends with
huge commercial farming and
canning operations dominating
agriculture.
Advances in a gricultur
science, such as hybrid seed
tailor = made to suit the climate,
better soil tillage and improved
machinery have increased pro-
duction per acre.
And this means the owner OF
a family farm, more than ever,
has to be a businessman" says
Dr.. Johnson.
whats his advice to a young
man who wants to make farming
a career?
well, I'd say if he is to be
successful he is going to have to
have about the same business
Judgment and intelligence of a
banker operating successfully in a
city of IL, 1000 people," says DR..
Johnson.
This doesn't mean he has tc
have a college education. But he
does have to familiarize himself
with modern farming methods.
The farmer of the future must
not only have the capital to &C
quire the farm but he also must
be able TO acquire from $40 to
$50 wortG of machinery for each
acre he farms.
"Those who are capable Of
managing a business of this kind
are likely to find opportunities ir
agriculture as good as in any
| other occupation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13

and sink to the bottom, traces OF
silica and calcium remain from
Their ragila shells. 1t may take
a thousand years to build up a
half inch layer of sediment.
Changes in the character of the
layers furnish evidence of differ
ent climates and conditions at
various geologic periods. Presence
of skeletons of organisms known
to exist only in warm waters. for
example, may OFFER proof that a
warm period followed a cold one.
The sediments generally contain
more radioactive material than do
continental rocks; the amount can
give an indication of the age of
the layer. Differences in the mag
netic activity of tiny spheres OF
meteoric ron - star dust may
show changes in the earth's mag
netic field.
The samples of sediment obtain
able, however, extend only
through the newest portion of the
oceans carpet. No method has yet
been found of boring down to the
underlying rock the eartn's
ribs perhaps seven miles below
the sea bottom. Scientists m u S t
rely instead on sonic measure
ments to estimate the sediments
thickness.
A pioneer in that research is
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13

" . " s4r .t-VN ? t
States to two tdll terms, or not
more than ten years, wasNratlned
by the legislatures Of 10 stated,
Maine, Michigan. Iowa, Kansas,
New Hampshire, Oregon. Illinois,
Delaware, Vermont, California.
New Jersey, Wisconsin, Ohio, Col
orado; Pennsylvania, Nebraska.
Missouri, and Connecticut.
When c,ong ests st1rted the
amendment On, the round OF state
capitals March II. 1s47, it ruled il
must be adopted by SO states In
seven years to become effective.
The solons swung q heavy fist
at sports skulduggery. Fifteen
states adopted laws against bride
ry in athletic contests, Or put
sharper teeth in existing laws.
Punishment now ranges up to ten
years in prison and $4,000 in
fines. sa.