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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-02-16

within a few millionths of an inch
of perfection.
OFF BALANCE - Additional
evidence of lack of balance be-
tween various states taxes and
license fees on heavy truck, on
the one hand, and the amount of
trucking their roads have to take,
on the other, is revealed in a
compilation issued this month by
Griffenhagen and Associates.
Some of the states whose high
ways support the heaviest bur-
den of truck traffic levy the light
est taxes on those commercial us
'ers of the public roads, according
to the tabulation by Griffenhagen,
noted consultants in public ad-
ministration and finance. Mas
sachusetts, New Jersey and New
York, all heavily truck-ridden,
rank 48th, 47th and 46th, respect
lively, in size of fees collected from
heavy trucks, despite the fact that
highway experts maintain these
vehicles cause the greatest am
cunt of highway damage. Each
OF these states collected about
half the national average of ST.
322. The corridor" state of New
Jersey, carrying the nations heav-
lest truck load, collected only $685.
per heavy truck compared with
$2,760 paid to Colorado, where
fees are the highest, the survey
showed. Other heavily over
trucked states listed in the dot
tom ten" of states collecting low
fees are Rhode Island, Missouri,
Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware,
Ohio and Maryland.
THINGS TO COME - buffers
can brush up on their golf game
with lightweight plastic prac-
tice ball which flies like a real
one but travels only a tenth as
far. The idea is to help you cor
rect that slice or hook by letting
you follow the balls flight from
start to finish. Z. A virtually air.
tight mustary pot promises to
keep mustard moist for weeks.
It's British made, is fitted with a
trigger device to squirt the con-
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CLASSIFIED ADS
For Sale

FOR SALE-Mules, Broken and
unbroken of young age. See
Larhin Mcbride, West.
44-2tp
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FOR SALE - Monarch Range.
Good condition. See Mrs. j. N.
Hall, Lexington. 44-2tnp
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FOR SALE - Good used battery
radios, $685. up. Jordan Radio
Co., Phone 10. 41-tfnp
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Behind The Scenes
In American Business
by Reynolds KNIGHT


NEW YORK, Feb. IS - The
small business man is apparently
just beginning to discover that
the RFC, the governments hber-
al lending agency, is willing to
underwrite small as well as large
business undertakings. At any
rate the number of little enter
prisers knocking at the RIGS door
these days is the largest on. re-
cord. A big lure is the fact that
borrowers are given up to ten
years to repay, a tempting bait for
many of the struggling little fell
lows in our land. And now Sen
ator Lucas D-Ill) has introduce
ed a bill to make the repayment
period unlimited. Anyone want
ing loan, though, must meet one
major requirement: he must have
exhausted all private loan sour
ces. This sounds sensible enough
but, as one observer pointed out,
what it amounts to is handing out
taxpayers money only for those
enterprises on which private
bankers have pinned too risky
tag.
Of course, RGC doesn't deliber-
ateily pick out the riskiest ven
lures as loan recipients. AS a
matter of fact, it wants plenty OF
assurance that borrowers will be
able to repay before it opens its
cashbox. In other words, the
deal can be something of a gam
BILE. but not too much of a gam
BILE. And what is small loan?''
ANYTHING from a couple of hum
dred up to 100000.
WATCH OUT - A credit prob
lem on the big business side OF
the fence made news as February
got under way when the RFC
turned thumbs down on the Wal
them Watch company's bid for
another whopping loan - ST.
100000 this time. Not enough
collateral, said the lending agen-
cy, backing up its contention that
it won't run an unlimited risk
gamut. Waltham, in the throes
Of reorganization for about a
year now, promptly set up a
howl to the effect that Swiss
competition was breaking the
handspring of the American watch
industry. Significantly silent,
meanwhile, were Waltham's COM
petitors, Elgin and Hamilton, both
of which have been ticking along
profitably.
FAST WORKER - Some of the
fastest moving objects in the
world have been largely over
looked in the midst of all the at
tention given to increases in speed
of aircraft, railway trains and
automobiles. They are small ma
chine tools that can operate at
speeds approximately % times
that of sound! Industry may soon
be generally utilizing these ma
chine tools which make a jet
plane, in comparison, seem like
an early flying machine. This is
forecast by w. w. Goehring, anti
friction bearing engineer of SKI
Industries, Inc, who says spindle
speeds of 100000 revolutions per
minutes on machines that grind
small holes are being doubled in
current tests. If it were possible
to make an automobile equipped
with a 7.00xl5 tire 60 as fast as
100000 rpm, the speed would
be 1850 miles per hour - some
% times faster than the $50 mile
per-hour speed of sound. The
small machines will be highly
useful in the manufacture OF such
precision metal products as ball
and roller bearings. They help
eliminate surfact irregularities
,nd nrod,,oa e,,rface finishes to
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tents on your plate Want to
get weighed in the dark? You can,
with a new scale. 1t comes with
light that goes on when you
step on the scale. Outdoor
furniture takes better beating
in bad weather, but not if you get
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-02-16

a supply of the newly marketed
plastic furniture covers a
versatile new elertric hot air
blower not only dries hair In jig
time but also thaws frozen foods,
defrosts iceboxes, dries nail pol
ish. even heats the baby's bath
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LISTEN REPAIRMEN - Cheap
lumber is here again. Center
Match as low as $500 per hun
dred. Stonestreet and Hutchi-
\ son, Phone 407. 33-tfnp
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FOR SALE - 600 blu. Ogden soya
beans SO and 81 per cent pure,
81 per cent termination, 6 day
tests, also 80 tons aroprillis fer
tilizer, 1876 nitrogen. See S. T..
Pitchford, P. o. Box 1874, Tchula
Hiss. 43-8tp
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Stroyed

STRAYED - from E. r. Lipsey
place near Franklin, ! red
white face cow with horns and
spelled face. L. L. Lipsey,
40-4tnp
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LOST - White face heifer 2h yrs.
old, ESQ lbs. Lost off truck near
West. If found notify w. j.
Dodd, West. 43-2tp
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LUGIENA Individualized Cos
metics and Perfumes. For ap-
pointment call Mrs. Ruth Roach
telephone 1877. zap
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FOR SALE - 1914 acres Of land
IN miles southeast Of Lexing-
ton. Will Fritz estate. See Mrs.
Buck Tidwell or Mrs. Bob
Farmer. 43-2tp
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FOR SALE - Laguna seed corn,
Corker 100 wilt and DPL is
cotton seed. See F. w. Gwin,
Tchula. 36-15t-p
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FOR SALE - 30 acres land, good
house and barn, located 5 miles
east Of West, Miss. On mail,
school and milk routes. Mrs.
Ray McCool, Durant. 43-4tp
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Lost and Found

FOUND - One red horse mule.
Owner see B. B. Shoemaker,
Pickens. 41-3tp
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Posted

POSTED - No hunting or tres
passing on my place known as
the Old Hines Place and no
tenants have permission to al
low any violations of this no
tice. E. ]. Hines. 39-5tnp
, 1950-07-14
Communists Reuch
Kun River:
Threaten us. Line

Communist forces under
cover of a heavy rain have
moved into position on the
north bank of the Kun River
on the front of the American
defense line only a few yards
away. The communists man.
aged to dig in on a broad front
late yesterday despite a day
long barrage from the Ameri-
can artillery.
The River is about 200 yards
wide; during flood water
it is a natural barrier against
tanks but now it is not more
than waist deep in some places
Although the enemy has adj
vantage in numbers the Ameri
cans are confident that they
will be able to hold any COM
munist attempt to cross the
river.
IEl
, 1950-07-14
Air Force Deliver
Heaviest Blows
Against Torgets

Fifty BIG superfortresses
wrecked a railroad with 500
tons of bombs in the creates
bombing raid since World
War II. Major Gene raj Nc
Donald who led the first war
time raid on Japan directed
yesterdays mission.
The bombers met no oppo-
sition on t h e daylight raid.
Mist and rain caused the use
of radar to strike targets. One
superfortress had operational
trouble and returned to its
base and the crew was forced
to bail out over the water be-
tween Korea and Japan; at the
same time it was revealed that
communist fighter planes
knocked down a B29 on We'd
nesday, the first such enemy
action in this war.
, 1950-07-14
Vicorp Bodrd Of
Directors to Meet on
July "a in Washington

A meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Virgin Islands
Corporation will be held in
Washington next Friday after
noon, July 81. Governor de
Castro has been advised and
will cut short his visit here
next week to attend.
At this meeting decisions
will be made on next years
program and the 1852 budget
of the Corporation. Both the
Governor and Director Victor
Bornn will attend.
, 1950-07-14
US. Army Officers
Visit st. Thomus
Coll on Governor

Colonel Joe W. Kelly, the
new Commanding Officer of
Ramey Air Force base, accom-
panied by members of his staff
Colonel nv. Frank, Major R.
F. Hall, Lieutenant c. w.
Sportswood, and Major John
P. Scalan, visited st. Thomas
on Tuesday, July II.
The officers a lso made a
courtesy call on Governor de
Castro and were entertained
at luncheon at Government
House.
, 1950-07-14
Senate Restores
Million Dollars for
St. Thornos Hurbor

The Governor has been adj
vised by the Department of
the Interior that the Senate
Appropriations Committee has
restored the one million dollar
appropriation for dredging of
the Harbor of st. Thomas.
1t will be recalled that this
appropriation was disapprov-
ed by the House of Represent
tatives and Governor de Cas-
tro, on his first trip to Wash
ington this year, interceded
with the Senate Appropria-
tons Committee for its resto-
ration.
, 1950-07-14
De Castro Coming
Here MonduY
For Stuff Confub

Governor Morris F. de Cas-
tro is due to arrive here on
Monday morning, July II, to
attend the usual ~by-weekly
staff conference.
His Excellency plans to stay
in st. Croix for several days
this trip, but this plan is
now dependent on whether or
not a meeting of Virgin Is
Corporation Board OF
Directors will be held in
Washington next week.
, 1950-07-14
CuusulitY Reports
Exaggerated
Gen. Muc Arthur Suvs

American soldiers in Korea
are putting up one Of the most
heroic fights in history but
their losses have been greatly
exaggerated in ancensored re-
ports from the front, General
Mac Arthur says.
The Commander said that
American ground forces had
suffered fewer than 500 causu-
alties in nearly three weeks of
fighting while inflicting much
greater losses on the invading.
North Koreans3Who in some in
stances, outnunbered GI's 20.
to one. /
The American casualties in
Guided AZ killed, 100 wounded3
and ESQ missing, many of the
missing were men who I'M
Continued on page a
, 1950-07-14
Extension Agents
Establish Al Club
At Manduhl

During the month of June a
Al Club was established at
Mandahl School with the as
sistanct of Otha w. Nealy and
Oscar Bough of the Agricul-
tural Station.
Buildings are being remodel
ed by the boys for a goat pen
and chicken house.
, 1950-07-14
Coust Guards Aids
In Transportation
OF Boy Scouts

Commander Hans F. Slade
of the US. Coast Guard with
headquarters at San Juan,
made the Cutter Pandora avail
able for the purpose of trans
porting boy scouts from Saint
Croix on Monday, July 10, to
attend a Council Camp at Gu
jataka and probably for the re
turn trip to st. Croix on or
about July 18.
, 1950-07-14
Juunitu Gurdine
Acting Supt. Of
Schools for ST. Croix

Mrs. Juanita F. Caroline, has
designated Acting Super
intendent of Education for St.
by Governor de Castro
to serve during the absence of
Mrs. Pearl Byrd Larsen, SUI
perintendent, who is on leave.
Mrs. Larsen left on Sunday
last, to spend a months vaca-
ton on the mainland.
, 1950-07-14
House Of Rep.
Posses Bill Affectinq
vi. Housing Dew.

The bill authorizing the Vir-
gin Islands to apply for hous-
ing and redevelopment loans
passed the House Of Represen-
tatives on July II, thus COM
pleting Congressional action
on this important measure.
, 1950-07-14
New Type Weapons
Being Speeded us.
in Koreu

New types of armor-piercing
and other new combat
equipment are being speeded
to Japan for use in the Korean
war, General Hoyt Vanden-
berg said.
This new equipment will in
.clude electronic aids of all
kinds and new discoveries in
the rocket field.
, 1950-07-14
Bill on VI. Alien
Insune Posses House
OF Representatives

Governor de Castro was adj
vised that the bill providing
for the transfer of alien in-
sane to st. Elizabeth's Hospi-
tai in Washington from the Viz
gin Islands passed the House
Of Representatives on July 10.
This bill passed the Senate
last year.
, 1950-07-14
Personal Mention

Mrs. Anna c. Nealy, wife of
the Extension Agent, arrived
here yesterday to take up re-
sidence. She was accompanied
by her husband who had gone
to meet her.
Mrs. Nealy was for the past
nine years an instructor at the
Lincoln High School in Gaines
vile, Florida.
The Kun is the last natural
barrier protecting the tempo
rary capital Of Taejon IL
miles to the South.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-06-15
W. w. Waller Attends
Western Auto Show

w. w. Waller, owner of the
Western Auto Associate store
here, has attended Western
Auto fall and winter merchandise
show in Memphis this week.
The Durant merchant preview.
ed approximately 600 Western
Auto hard line items designed to
appeal to the fall and winter
consumer. Mr.. Waller said he
planned his selection on what
he consider the special needs and
desires of this trade area.
The Western Auto show fea.
tured sporting goods, toys, wheel
goods and electrical appliances.
Careful attention was devoted to
assembling diversified makes and
models of nationally advertised
rifles and shotguns for the fall
and winter market. The company
displayed more than 300 toy and
wheel goods items earmarked for
the Christmas shopper.
There are some 2,400 Western
Auto associate store owners in
the United States. Western Auto
supplies them merchandise from
Is wholesale houses
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-06-15
Duront Youth Wins
Cumberland Low Decree

Robert dub" King, "a, of
Durant. who passed the Missis.
sippi Bar Examinations in Feb
ruary has recently received his
Bachelor of Laws degree from
Cumberland University, Lebanon,
Tennessee.
While in school Dub was a
member of the Delta Theta Phi
Law fraternity and Blue Key.
honor fraternity.
He was elected three times as
Master Scholar of the student
body at Cumberland and was
graduated with honors. He COM
pleted two years of his pre-law
training at Holmes Junior Col
lege.
He plans to begin the practice
of law in Jackson, Miss, in the
very near future.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-06-15
Walton |. Dolly
Rites At Pickens

Funeral services were held Fr;
day at p. m. for Mr.. Walton r
Doty. 81, Of Ebenezer. who d;ed
from a heart attack at the bone
OF his brother, w. H. Dotv, in
Plckens. Services were held a.
the Ebenezer Methodist Church
with the Rev. G. c. Cornell off.
ciating.
Mr.. Doty was preceded in death
several years by his wife. Sur.
vivors include one son, w. l..
Doty, Jr., Ebenezer; one sister.
Mrs. A. A. Porter, Durant: one
brother. Mr.. W. H. Doty, pickeps:
and nieces and nephews.
lnterment was in Ebenezer. PAIL
bearers were Edgar Brown. Win
stead Brown, Jesse Brown, Oscar
Brown. Nick Helm, ST., and Dotv
Porter.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-06-15
Jaycees' Board
Report Activities

The Jaycee Board of Directors
met in the home of Henry Nc.
Kenzie, Monday night, with
every member present. Commit
tee reports were made and many
projects were discussed.
The club adopted as a project
Of this week to find those who
have not been counted in the
census. Hand bills will be print
ed and left at every home ask
ing Have you been counted in
the recent Census?" We are ask
ing for the cooperation of every
citizen in this matter. Please act
promptly! Everyone not counted
please contact Deck johnson or
Mrs. Lucille Truitt at the City
Hall at once.
: The Hospital Committee re-
ported work nearing completion.
Most of the landscaping has been
done and at present bids are be-
ing submitted for the furniture,
It is hoped that the hospital will
be ready for operation soon.
The new swimming pool al
Camp Castalian is completed and
at present is being filled, but no
date has been set for the OPEN
ing. We will inform the public
as soon as possible of opening
dates and the time that the pub.
lie may use it.
Mr.. Anderson of the c. A. A.
office met with Durant City OF.
ficials, Tuesday night in regard
to an air strip and hangar for
Durant. Many people are interest
ed in this project and Federal
aid is in sight. A committee was
appointed to work on this and
see to possibilities of a location
Mr.. Anderson will be the CUES,
speaker at the regular meeting to
be held at Tommie's Cafe at 7:3C
on June 10th. Every member is
urged to be present.
Don't forget June 3Oth. The
mems style show and minstrel
will be held at the school. The
proceeds of this will 60 to, heir
pay for the bleachers at Ben.
nett Field.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-06-15
Eminent TchuIa LADY,
Buried On Wednesday

Mrs. W. c. Moss, of Tchula. a
member of prominent Holmes
County family, died at the Com
munsty Hospital in Lexington at
s:oo p. m, Tuesday after a lin
gering illness.
Funeral services were held at
the Southern Funeral Home
Wednesday afternoon at $50
with the Rev. j. V. Stewart, pas
tor of the Tchula Methodist
Church officiating, assisted bv
the Rev. c. T. Floyd, pastor
the First Methodist Church of
Lexington.
interment followed in The Odd
reiiows Cemetery. Her nephews
acted as pallbearers.
Mrs. Moss, who recently cele.
brated her 83rd birthday spent
most of her life in the Emory
community, Following her hus.
bands death several years ago
she made her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Mack Cant on ST.
lent Shade plantation near Tchu-
la.
She was lifelong member of
the Emory Methodist Church of
which she was an active men,
Der until recently. She was
known by wide circle of friends
as a consecrated and deyout
Christian.
Mrs. Moss is survived by eight
children: Mrs, John Hinton and
Mrs. H. G, Mcclellan, both of
Lakeland, Fla; Mrs. F. v. Buch-
anan, Indianola; Mrs. Cant of
Belzoni and Tchula; Miss Ouida
Moss, Jackson; Henry Moss, AL
gonna: Jimmy Moss, Schlater;
Douglas Moss, Tchula.
Surviving also are fourteen
grandchildren, eleven great
grandchildren and three sisters.
Miss Dee Moore, Lexington;
Mrs. John Vandiver, Walden: and
Mrs. Edith Stanley, of Oxford.
Mr.. Joe H. Moore, VINO died
IN May, was brother to Mrs
Moss.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-06-15
BPW Installation
Service IsHe|d

The Business and Profession
al Women's Club Of Durant held
its installation service in Tom
mics private dining room, Thurs
day evening at 7:3O o'clock.
Mrs. Ivy Gibson, district chair
man, installed the new officers
using the impressive Rainbow
service.
Mrs. Doris Winborn is the new
president Of the Durant club
Other officers are Miss Artie
johnson, first vice president
Miss Catherine Calendar, second
vice president: Mrs. Lucille
Truitt, recording secretary; Mrs
Helen Ashley, corresponding sec
rotary; Miss Edna Feather, trea.
surer.
For this occasion the banol
table was artistically arranged
with a centerpiece of magnolias
and gardenias. Extending from
the massive centerpiece were
streamers Of ribbon which mark.
ed each plate with an individual
gardenia corsage and also sery.
ing as place cards.
A delicious four course dinner
was served.
The evenings program included
a medley Of piano numbers civ
en- by Mrs. Arnold Renacker. q
song and tap dance number bv
Kay Clements and a vocal 90.
lection by Mrs. Charlotte Tindall.
The retiring president, Mrs.
Clara Gum, was presented with
a lovely gift on behalf of the
club in appreciation for her SER
vices this year.
Mrs Maude Tatum, charter
member and a past president,
was also presented with a fare
well gift from the club. She
leaves soon to make her home
in Jackson.
Guests were Mrs. Gibson. Ma
yor r. E. McNeer and Renry Nc
Kenzie.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-06-15
$4,000 Fire Wrecks
Two Buildings On
Lexington 5 Square
Fire Department Of
Durunt Is Rushed
To Scene Friday

Two we'll established haslness
firms of Lexington suffered So.
600 or more in losses in a iisas.
ferrous fire early Friday mt1n-
ing. The fire alarm was tut ned
lin about lis a. m. and firemen
didn't 60 home until ZOO a. m.
Friday.
Durant's volunteer firemen
fought the fire along with their
Lexington neighbors.
Williams Outlet Store, owned
and operated by ]. F. Williams,
was completely demolished. Mr..
Williams suffered a complete loss
of his building and stock est.
mated at $4,000 which was
covered with insurance only a.
bout one. third of its value.
The Western Auto Associate
Store, owned and operated by
w. E. Thurmond sustained q
$4,000 loss with about half of
the amount being covered by in.
surance. Mr.. Thurmond also own.
ed his building which will
have to be rebuilt. He based his
loss on the fact that half of the
merchandise was destroyed by
fire and at least forty per cent
salvaged from the fire was dam.
aged from water.
Completely Quilted
The Williams building was COM
pletely Quilted by the fire. The
second story which contained the
cotton office of w. o. Thomp.
son, caved in. Mr.. Thompson's
loss in cotton samples, office
equipment, etc. was estimated a.
around $4,000.
Both men plan to rebuild their
buildings in the immediate fu-
ture as quickly as possible.
Thdnk Public
Mr.. Williams and Mr.. Thur
mond were warm in their praise.
IT the volunteer members of the
Lexington and Durant fire de-
partments.
The Durant truck rushed to the
scene when called by Mayor AL
lie 5. Povall. Durant firemen's
effective fighting helped prevent
possible further destruction of
this block of Lexington's bust
ness district, the men SAID, and
tney were extremely grateful.
The fire originated upstairs in
the northwest corner OF the
Williams building supporting the
oeiief that it was caused from de.
fective wiring.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-06-15
American Legion Plans Brief Interesting
Program To Welcome Liberty Bell Here
Hove YOU Been
Counted In The
Census?

The preliminary returns
on the census made in
Durant shows we are some
200 persons short of what
we had in the lost census.
City officiols and men,
bers Of the vorious civic or
carnations are interested in
seeing that every person
who resides in DuTanf is
counted.
II YOU do not KNOW
you hove bssn properly
counted please nc'tifY Mrs.
Lucille Truitt. Dufant city
clerk. At the City Hall at
once.
Mrs. Tfui1t will get the
necessary information from
you and make the proper
report to census officials in
the office Al Greenwood.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-06-15
BPW Club Sponsors
Donce ProQrum

The public is given a cordial
invitation to attend a dance pro-
gram at the Durant School au-
5itorium on Monday evening at
800 given bv darcine students Of
Miss Wildwood. The show Is be-
inc sponsored by the Durant
BPW Club.
The D',rant students will he
assisted from Lexington. An ad-
mission of Is and so cents will
be charged.