Georgia Historic Newspapers

    TUESDAY MORNING JANUARY 5, 1892 \
ATHENS WEEKLY BANNER
i’v i . 1*0 .D«ti\, \n eokiy and 8uudaytl)y
ri? C ATHENS PUBLISHING CO.
able decline. For the year ending . lutionary leader, and more troops
January 1, 1892, it is probable that |'*» putmthefleldagains^him.
the exports will exceed the imports
will
by $140,000,000.
KEMSEN CRAWFORD ,
..ManaglngBdltor.
0 D. FLANIGEN Business Manager.
Tax Athens oaelt Banner la delivered
by carriers in the city, or mailed, postage tree,
to any address at the following rates: #8.00 per
year, SAQutor sD month ,91.60 for three mcntns
Tae Weekly or Sunday Bank . b $1.00 per year,
*0 cents for 8 months. Invariably Cash In st
ance.
Transient advert sements will be Inserted at
the rate ot 91 .ooper square for the first Insertion,
and 50een>s for each snbseqnent insertion, ex-
cep coh ract advertisements, on wolch special
rues can he obtained..
Local notices will be charged at the rase of 10
cents per line each insertion, except when con
tracted for extended periods, wh n special rates
will be made.
Remittances may ne made h ....
ote. money order or registered letter.
All business communications should be ad
dressed to the Business Manager
NEXT YEAR’S COTTON CROP.
The farmers of the country are
much depressed on acconnt- of the
crop experience of the past year,
The St. LoniB Globe-Democrat in a
thoughtful editorial on the cotton
outlook, says:
“We look for a reduced acreage
and reduced yield of cotton next year,
but we de not look for it as a result
of any agreement among the planters,
such as is talked of in some of the
newspapers. This is a purely arti
ficial seheme at variance with the
law of demand and supply and there**
fore impossible of expected fruition
What will produce the shorter acre
age and shorter crop will be the di
rect application of the law of demand
and supply in this way: Most of the
planters of the South are compelled
every year to borrow money to make
their cotton crops. This they do by
a practical mortgage of the cotton
before it is an inch out of the ground
When they ask for cash advances
next year they will be told that it
will not pay to lend money on an ar
ticle which will not bring in the mar.
kets the cost of its production. So
long as cotton conld be raised at 7
cents a pound and sold tor 1 cents
a pound the money lender had a good
margin of secarity for his loan. But
at present prices this margin disap
pears, and leaves a very big risk to
the lender. Hence the difficulty of
raising money will curtail the pro-
duction of cotton next year. It will
be a great year lor planters who are
not obliged to borrow, but unfortu
nately these are few in proportion to
the whole number.
WOMAN’S WORK-
The lady managers of the Colum
bian Exposition. »have
laid out an
It is now believed that Mr. M cKnrur
got moat of his Ohio farmer vote by
promising to advocate a higher tariff on
flannel cakes, so as to increase v the home
demand foi^wool.
Department of State officials say
there is no truth in the Borne telegram
ambitious programme, but there is to the effect that the United States had
nothing in it which is not practica 1
ble and nothing which does not pro
mise Substantial results in attracting
attention to the share of womanhood
in the world’s progress.
It is eminently fitting that the first, .
. ' ... . , As New Year shooters, in their way,
public illustration of thia phase of 1 ^ Harrison is not invited to march
agreed to pay an indemnity for the kill
ing of the Italians at New Orleans.
Andrew Carnegie proposes to cut
wages on New Year’s Day. This is not
triumphant democracy; it is triumphant
McKinleyism.
civilization should be given by this
country. The country which has
unquestionably done the most for the
freedom of mac has also rendered
the most valuable service in the en
franchisement of woman, and the
importance given to the women’s de
partment of the Columbian Exposi
tion is a recognition of accomplished
results and a promise of greater re«
suits to follow.
with them, implies that Quay, Blaine
and othere propose to shoot the hat.
Jerry Busk’s ideas about always
feeding Europe with American corn
are mainly intended for the farmer’s
ears.
Give us free wool and free woolens,
and every American will feel like buy
ing American clothes.
EOW’SIHIS!
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
The Columbian Exposition will be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
a great success in every department, |
and especially in the department in-
F.J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O
We, the undersigned, have known F
J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable m all bu-
trusted to the practical management ginesB tranactions and financially able
of the intelligent aud public-spirited yj^ r flrm° Ut aay ob,igations made by
womanhood of the United States. | West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Mae
vin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
DON’T LET IT REST. I Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
Before U» old ye.r i. deed .. d*- SSiSi'K"$&£%«£££.
sire to disturb the peaceful slumbers sent free. Price 75c. per bottle Sold
by all druggists.
OFFICERS ELECTED
FUN AND FROLIC.
THE REAL - ENJOYMENT
CHRISTMASTIME.
OF
enough. Col. Sturgisa laid the banjo
on my knee with the request that I
tickle the “African Harp just a little.”
I did so with disastrous results. It was
too much for Cicero the butler and
the rest of the darkies. Cicero left his
FOUND IN THE COUNTRY.
The Editor of The Banner Writes of
Trip through the Woods Hunt
ing the Rabbits—An old
Time Banjo Picking.
of the water works question and
again put it on notice that no rest |
will be given it in this city until it I By the Different Secret Orders Last
is settled ' N,8ht -
Last night at their Lodge room on
It behooves the New Mayor and I clay ton street Glenn Lodge, No. 76,1.
Council to at once pash forward the O. O. F., held an interesting meeting,
work commenced by this present I This Lodge is only five months old, yet
thbo. markw altbb.
manufacturer .of
GRANITE AND MARBLE MONUMENTS AND STATUARY.
_........ Juste Direct aM Contractor for BnildiM Stoic. m
work in the kitchen and rushing into I M etrblfi W fliillS COt illg &lld LllCcLUStlC i;.l6 HCcUtltlS
the “big house” began to throw his big
cowhide Loots like palsy had struck |
AGEN T FOR CHAMPION IRON JbENCE CO,
■ The best in the world. New Designs! Original Designs I! Low Prices! I !-
him. I was playing an old tune that p r j CPS an d Designs cheerfully furnish. d*
All work guaranteed
Mayor and Council and to refuse to
let the matter rest nntil success is
achieved and Athens has a better |
water supply.
The people are crying ont for it,
and they should by all means have it.
-Editorial Comment
THE LAST DAY.
To-day winds up the old year, and
with the midnight hour to-night
closes the history of 1891. Sealed
the record and closed the chapter
S ’hat tells of the deeds done and the
iotories achieved, of the opportuni-
cs lost or seized upon and improved.
Of her work during the year which
is now closing,- the city of Athens
need not feel ashamed. Hers is a
proud record ; it shows what can be
done by a united and energetic peo
ple ; and the New Year will open
with auspicious prospects for a grand
and glorious development of onr city.
V^ri-Let our citizens see to it that no
backward step is taken in the march
to prosperity and advancement.
The Sims lynchings recall the fact,
which the news columns of an Ameri
can newspaper prove every day of the
year, that the South is the only coun
try claiming civilization in which mobs
are habitually relied upon to suppress
crime. No rural Southern community
seems to have enough self-respect, self
command, and self-control to punish
crime by law, without the assistance of
the mob.—Philadelphia Press.
If the editor of that sheet will take
enough pains to examiLe the records,
he will flind'that a vast majority of
lynchings occur north of Mason & Dix
on’s line. Such charges are emana
tions from the minds of men who have
no love for truth.
in that time has grown from fourteen
members to about flf’y-flve. The elec
tion of officers last night resulted as
follows: Noble Grand, J. H. Stone;
Vice Grand, Capt. D. C. Oliver; Perma.
nent Secretary, H. L. Cook; Recording
Secretary, M. K. Layton; Treasurer, L.
A. Shaokleford; Trustee, W. T. Cooper.
OCONEE TRIBE’S OFFICERS.
Oconee Tribe, No. 15, Independent
Order of Bed Men, held their meeting
last night and elected their officers.
They are: Sachem, J. H. Massey;
Prophet, E. T. Brown; Senior Saga
more, J. W Saye; Junior Sagamore,
S. J. Tribble; Chief of Records, J. H
Mealor: and Keeper of Wampum, J K.
Kenney.
Oconee Tribe is flourishing with a
membership of over one hundred of
Atheas' solid citizens.
Athens should be proud of her secret
societies for they do a great deal of good
in her midst. N
Sweet Gum and Mul'em is nature's
great remedy for coughs, colds, croup,
consumption and all throat and lung
troubles.
THE LEDGER APPEARS
Georgia will in all probability have
a representative on the Inter-State Com
merce Commission. The general opin
ion in Washington is that of the three
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
whom the president will soon appoiut,, „ T „, , v
it is thought that Col. Morrison will be W * ‘ lam »’ have ° ne by one dro PP ed out >
Under the Management of Mr. John
Russel). -
The Athens Evening Ledger, after
having suspended during the holidays,
appears again under new management.
The lessees, Messrs. Wade, Pruitt and
OUR EXPORTS-
The year just expiring presents the
most remarkable record in the vol-
nme of exports that has been noted
;ln the history of the United States
'.Che exports for the month of Octo
ber alone exceeded in valqe $100,-
^>00,00^ th«L fir«t tiBe that our ex*
-V-C.’/have ever run over that figure
I n November they rose to the phe-
imlnal value of $110,000,000, and
b far as they have been reported for
tihe month of December there is a
. -prospect that the figures for the pre-
: stmt month will be even larger than
those for November. This extraor
dinary (gain consists principally in
t the amount of the breadstuffs which
have been sent abroad. In Novem
ber, 15 000,000 bushels of wheat and
1,3.43,602 barrels of floor were ship
ped to £nrope, making an equivalent
, of about 20,000,000 bushels of wheat
linst 6^968,290 bushels for the
month last year. The total
> of exports for the twelve months
with November amount to
<-5,311 excess of $93,000 000
the shipments for the corres-
ling period ot 1890. It is estv
that the aggregate exports for
months ending January
not be less than $955,
value of the imports
anths endiDg with
Hinted to $819 000,000
1(822,000,000 for the pre
year, which shows a consider
his own successor, and that ex-Con-
gressman Clements will succeed Gen.
Bragg. The third vacancy is that |
caused by the ^eignation of Judge
Cooley.
TheC uner Journal savs:
It is is a fact that the only reporter to
whose memory a monument has been
erected was a base bail reporter. The
court reporter, the turf reporter, the
conflagration reporter, the reporter of I -p 0 Prepare Young Men For a Collegl-
and the proprietors again take hold and
will run the paper themselves.
The name of Mr. John Bussell is run
np at the top of the editorial column as
manager, and it is said that negotiations
are being made for an able editor of the
paper.
The paper yesterday was bright and
newsy, and under its new management
will doubtless make a splendid success
A NEW SCHOOL
Councils, Legislatures and conventiona l
remain unknown save as ordinary citi- I
z-ns who did their work well, but who
oould not expect to be glorified in mar-1
ble.
ate Course.
Athens will have a school just such as
she has needed for .a long while.
It will be a kind of boys’ high school,
and is intended to furnish to young
boys an opportunity to fit themselves
There is considerab]e >( ghouli8h glee” I for entering upon collegiate courses in
in the Republican chuckle that the ap- any of the colleges or Universities of
propriations were so “fixed’’by the last
Congress that any appreciable reduc-
the Sontb.
Miss Helen Sprout will be the edi
tion in expenditures will be impossible, cient principal of this new schcol, and
If this were true it would only 'render her splendid qualifications will at once
the Billion Dollar Congress and its de- insure its permanent success,
fenders the more odious. But wait un- | The new school will be opened soon
til Judge Holman’s tomahawk has fin- | and will be located on the old -Phinizy
home place.
Athens will give it a patronage and it
will doubtless draw many scholars
isbed its work.
Unto noon yesterday the United
States Government had not officially re-1 from other points,
ceivtid any information of tbe inaugur
ation of President MonYt, of Chili. In
tbe absence of any better method of
getti ng the news it might be well
have some official detailed to read the
newspapers.. It does not look well to
have oar Government forty-eight hoars
diehind the times-
Dr. Carlton Sick.—Dr. W. A. Carl
ton has been confined to his room for
several days with a (severe illness. He
to |-numbers his friends by the score who
hope to see him out again at an early
date.
Another reason why a
tariff should not be tolerated in a free
and eqaal country is its uppish ways.
Excbnnge.
In one season the great American
public will take this infant protector
across its knees and tone it down some
what.
Elegant Repairs.—Mr. R. L. Moss
is having the < iommercial hotel put in
. the very best shape imaginable. Among
monopoly | other im- rovements, he is having the
rooms papered elegantly, and also the
dining room. Messrs. Parr Bros have
just finished papering all the bed rooms
and are now at work on the dining
room. The old Commercial will be a
beauty on the interior if not outward
ly-
The poet will have to be revised.
There Is aTeaper whose name is Grip.—
Courier-Journal.
Thanks to a good climate, Brother
Watterson, we have little trouble with
the reaper in tl.is sunny section.
ar Department at
d Gen. Stanley,
Washington
of the De-
of Texas, t6 do everything
to run down Gabza, the revo-
The Athens Advertiser.—The city
will have another paper, and it will
sail under the name of the “Athens
Advertiser.” Mr. Geo. \V Mabry will be
the proprietor and editor of 'the new
sheet, and will conduct it solely for the
purpose of advertising the various in
terests in the city. It will be purely an
advertising sheet. The paper will be
issued weekly and the subscription
price is sixty cents a year for parties
outside of Athens. In the city the pa
per will be distributed free. The first
issue will appear Saturday and will he
gotten out by Mr. J. E. Gardner.
Woodvillv-on-the-Kiokbb.
Stall Corre6pondencd.—Dec. z3.
You may talk about Christmas in the
city; you may sit down to great dinners
in full dress with steaming turkey and
blazing plum pudding before yon; you
mav tell about your dreamy, dizzy
waltzes where beautiful young women
and handsome young men run wild in
revelry, keeping bappy time to the in
spiring strains of some orchestra su
perb; you may dwell with special rap
ture and delight upon the merry din of
glorioiu fireworks with variegated,daz
zling sparks gracefully climbing to the
very stars as if bent on taking to heav
en a message frpm the earth you
may tell of these aud call it Christmas
joy.
But, in such a claim you are blessed
with blioSful ignorance.
To ascertaiu the real meaning of tbe
word Christmas; to know fully wbat i
has in store for human kiud; to arrive
at a complete comprehension of bow
that something in tbe very air which
we call Christmas can get through flesh
and blood into the very bones of man
thrilling him with life and light, and
joy unspeakable ;to obtain such a know
ledge of tbe full significance of Christ
mas, stay not in the noisy, monotonous
routine of oity life; linger not around
the glittering table of some banquet
hall, but fly to the country the rural
slopes and valleys, all that’s left of the
dear eld south of long ago.
Here it takes so little to make • one
happy, that nobody has excuse for be
ing unhappy.
One couldn’t be unhappy if he want
ed to, and hence everybody is gay. The
Georgia pines with their long, green
slender leaflets waving in the winter
breeze are alone excusable for sighing
at Christmas time in- the country, and
the holly tree with its living verdur*-
and bright red berries laughs in deris
ion even at the pine, its more mourn
ful neighbor in the forest.
DOWN IN THE QUARTER.
I am spending tonight on one of the
most notable plantations in Georgia.
It is the home-place of Doctor Thom
as A. Hamilton, who lived and died
here long before the cruel ravages of
civil strife had torn away lrom this be
loved Southland of ours that baronial
arristocracy' and social luxury that our
forefathers enjoyed so freely.
This place is distinctively Southern
There is nothing about it that is not
Southern. The great house retains its
striking contrast of pure white body
with deep green blinds. The old doors
are large and made of mahogony, with
a polish such as is seldom seen now-a-
dajs, though cracked and peeling off.
The great iron locks and knobs of sbiu-
iog brass date back to tbe days just af
ter tbe Revolution, and tbe wbole ar
chitectural make up of tbe old house
is suggestive of historical eveuts and
times dead aud gone. *
Mr. W. A. Sturgis, who now occupies
the place is a man of tbe old southern
type. He is a man who loves company
and is as companionable and genial as a
midsummer day is long. He has a doz
en or more fox hounds that gather at
his call in tbe great parquette fronting
the house; dogs that were never known
to let a fox leave them in the swamp
Sturgis is as young as a college boy and
laughs to shame the gray hairs that are
fast knitting upon his handsome head
a crown of snowy white. Fast horses
and fleet footed dogs are his hobby
bis friends are named legion, and the
darkies for miles around raise their hats
to“Marse Bill” in utter admiration
and respect.
The bands have worked hard this
year, have made good crops, have
enough corn and meat for the , next
year, and are as happy this Christmas
as a flock of black
birds conld be in a waving
rice field. They have all been paid off
today and have a good share of “Christ
mas dram” still beading in their flasks
and no work to do.
We have been ont on an old time rab
bit hunt, and tbe negroes and dogs were
as bappy as each other which means
they were all too happy for description.
Rabbits are plentiful in this land. Ev
erything is, in fact, plentiful except
dyspepsia and the blues. If there is
any thing funnier than a rabbit chase in
which the wiry little animal of the
swamp leads off with a dozen dogs yell-
iog their lungs out, and a string of
black niggers screaming enthusiastically
in pursuit throwing rocks and “light-
’ood knots” at the little varmint, then
I have never seen it. I was reared on
such amusement and I like it just as
much now as I ever did in my life.
There is no monotony in it. There
something new and tbrillingly funny
in every raobit hunt.
DAKCKG IN THE FIRELIGHT.
SoniPbow, every negro on the quarter
found out in a ball hour after I arrived
here that I had mv banjo along.
The servants have from the very offset
become fascinated with the very sight
of tbe plain cloth case that covers the
instrument, and they cannot pass the
great sofa upon which it lies without
stopping to look in utter wonderment
and charmed upon the magic thing. It
does seem that the good God has made
the negro to love the very sight of a
he knew, and he became so overpower- |
ed with the assurance that bis voice I
was needed in the song that he lead off |
with:
OFFICE AND STEAM WORKS, 629 and 531 BROAD ST, AUGUSTA, GA
March 16- wly.
Steal my partner, I steal your’n,
little*Liza Jane.
Steal ’ioun’ don’t slight none,
Utile ’Liza Jane.
Down tt de hen ’on-e on my knee,
Little * i.iz ; Jane.
T hought I heard a chicken sneeze.
Little ’Ll
It was too much. The shouts of |
laughter at that negro’s capers stopped
the song and tbe banjo had to do the I
rest. Meantime the darkie kept trem
bling like a “skittish” horse when an
electric car passes, until finally began j
to “get down on the earth in dead ear
nest,” giving the “ground shuffl-*,” the |
“rang-a-tang,” the “Mo
bile Buck,” the “pigeon
wing” and a dozen other fancy steps I
that have been danced on the farm since
I left tbe fields myself, and which have |
not and never can be improved
“fancified.”
Such is life on the plantation at I
Christmas time, and eo original and ]
changing it is that I do not know of |
what I shall write next time.
Thomas Remsen Crawford.
Buckian’s Arnica aaive.
The best salve in the world for outs,
bruises, sores, ulcere, Balt rheum, fevei ,
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
cornB, and all skin eruptions, and posi
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ft is guaranteed to give perfect satis
faction or money refunded. Price 2-'
ents per box.
For sale by John Crawford A Co
THAT INJUNCTION CASE
That Prevents the G- C- & N- From |
Going into Atlanta.
The Georgia, Carolina & Northern is j
within tea miles of Atlanta.
But there it has come to a dend stand
still, and is hung up in the courts on an I
injunction case brought by the Georgia |
Railroad & Ranking Company to pre
vent tbe condemnation of any part of |
their right-of-way by the G. C. & N.
The two points relied on by the
Georgia road are that the charter of the |
G. C. A N. is invalid and that they
need all of their right-of-way and could
not give any of it up without injuring
their own property.
The case is set for a hearing Satur- |
day before Hon. Marshall J. Clarke >
Judge of the Superior court of the At
lanta circuit.
Messes Erwin & Cobb, attorneys for |
the Georgia Carolina & Northern road,
leave today for Atlanta to argue their
side of the case.
It is believed that the G. N. & N.
will be completed to Atlanta within
sixty days.
■ ■ ■ ——W 9 9
Harmony Grove items
Harm ny Grove, Dec. 30—[Special.
—Mr. Dave Life, of Gainesville, is
the Grove this morning.
Mr. R B. M xweir, depot agent. As
sistant Post Master, Assistant Clerk of |
the Superior Court of Jefferson, spent a-!
short time in the Grove this week with
friends.
Messrs- Luther, John and Jim John
son, of near Nicholson, were in tbe
Grove yesterday circulating among |
friends.
Miss Lula Garrison, the beautiful and
accomplished belle of Gillsville, is visit
ing 'riends in the Grove this week.
Mr. Marshall Y. Dixon is moving to
day to the Williford place about a mil*
from town.
Mr. Will Sailers was married last Sab
bath to Miss Mattie Yarbrough, R v G
W. Duval officiating This young cou- j
pie commence life under the mutt fi t
tering circumstances and are receiving |
the best wishes of their friends.
Tliey -Took the Train.
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 80.—Half a
dozen cowboys took possession of
southbound passenger train on the In
ternational and Great Northern rail
road, forty miles north of here. They
boarded the train at Bula, and their
first act was to force a Chicago drum
mer off the moving train because he
wore a red cravat and a high silk hat.
They then continned their depredations
by making a number of young ladies in
tiie Pullman car sing for them. The;
enforced all their demands with drawn
pistols. They ruled the train for twen
ty miles, when they stepped off at a
way station.
Purify
The Importance c.
keeping the Wood in
a pure condition Is
universally known,
and yet there art
very few people who
have perfectly pure
blood. The taint ot scrofula, salt rheum, or
other foul humor Is heredited and transmitted
for generations, causing untold suffering, and
we also accumulate poison and germs of dis-
easo from the air wo
breathe,^ g the food
baDjo. Poor simple-minded creature3
—how little it doe3 take to make them
bappy on the farm!
Tonight we have bad a time sure
wo eat, or u AH I H tho water
wo drink. Iff HIIIB There is
nothing I | 1H fi I moro con-
clusivoly B yy| p rover
than tho positive
power of Hood’s Sarsaparilla over all diseases
ot tho blood. This medicine, when fairly
tried, does expel every trace of scrofula or
salt rheum, removes tho taint which causes
catarrh, neutralizes
fho acidity and cures
rheumatism, drives
out the germs of
malaria, blood ■ poi
soning, etc. It also
vitalizes and en
riches the Wood, thus overcoming that tired
feeling, and building up the whole system
Thousands testify to the superiority of Hood-s
Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier. Full infor
■nation and statements of cures sent free.
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists, £1; six for $5. Prepared only
by C* I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell,
JIOO Doses One Dollar
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LOUISVILLE, KY.
What is
Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syraps, and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years’ use by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves
knelling troubles, cures constipation and flatulency.'
Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas
toria is the Children’s Panacea—the Mother’s Friend.
Castoria.
•• Castoria is an excellent medicine for chll-
iren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children.”
Dr. S. C. Osgood,
Lowell, Mass. _
•» Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers willisonsider the real
Interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
' destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
Morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves.”
Da. J. F. KxNCHixoa,
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