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TRADE IN HARTWELL---THE METROPOLIS OF N. E. GEORGIA
8 EASES
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ISSUE
VOL 50
SCHOOLS READY
'FOR OPENING ON
* SEPTEMBER 2ND
The Hartwell public schools open
next Wednesday, September 2nd, and
indications point to a large attend
ance in every grade.
Next Monday morning at 10
o’clock Supt. J/ I. Allman will be in
charge of the first faculty meeting.
New Pupils.
At 2:30 o’clock Monday afternoon
A the examination and classification of
new pupils will take place, also re
examination of old pupils who wish
to take advantage of a second trial.
Tuesday will be spent by faculty
members and pupils getting every
thing in readiness for the opening
Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock.
Attend Exerciaes.
All the parents and guardians of
children entering the Hartwell
schools are urged to attend the open
a mg exercises next Wednesday morn
ring in the new auditorium.
Strong Faculty Announced.
Below is the complete faculty of
the Hartwell Public Schools for the
year 1925-26:
High School.
Superintendent—J. I. Allman.
(Peabody College for Teachers.)
Principal—Miss Ida McGukin.
(University of Georgia.) Mathemat
ics and Normal.
History and Mathematics and Re
,4 creational for Boys—Mr. W. B. Sud
dith. (Mercer University.)
French and Athletics—Mr. Lewis
E. Reese. (Mercer University.)
Home Economics—Miss Olivia Bol
ton. (Mississippi College for Wo
men.)
English—Miss Zula Pierce. (Wes
leyan College.)
Science—Miss Leila McDaniel.
(Peabody College for Teachers.)
Latin—Mrs. W. B. Suddith. (Bre
nau College.)
w Piano—Miss Mildred Johnson.
Arts Conservatory.)
School Nurse and Physical Direc
tor —To be supplied.
Oratory—To be supplied.
Grammar School.
Ist Grade and Penmanship—Mrs.
H. W. Bingham. (George State
College for Women.)
2nd Grade—Mrs. J. I. Allman.
(Nashville Bible College.)
3rd Grade—Mis Lil Johnson.
of Georgia Summer
School.)
4th Grade—Miss Mary Whitmire.
(Brenau College.)
sth Grade—Miss Grace Skelton.
(Brenau and Shorter Colleges.)
6th Grade—Miss Berta Brown.
(University of Georgia Summer
SchooL)
Mill School—Miss Evelyn Burns.
(Bessie Tift College.)
City Colored School.
Principal—Geo. E. Archibald.
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Improvements Planned Will
Make Hartwell Pressing Club
Big Enterprise For This City
The Hartwell Pressing Club here
tofore operated by Mr. Schafer Skel
ton will soon after September Ist be
greatly enlarged and improved. They
will add dry cleaning machinery, also
cleaning and blocking machine,
m as well as dyeing and dry cleaning.
In fact this concern will serve the
people of Hartwell and surrounding
territory in every way as to cleaning,
dyeing, pressing, etc.
They will operate a truck so that
their customers can get quick and re
liable service.
Mr. Skelton will continue the man
agement of the business and give his
numerous friends the best service
possible-
LOCAL GIN RUNNING
As notieed in this issue of The Sun,
the local Hartwell OiF Mill ginnery
is fired up and running.
Recent improvements have put the
gin in the best of condition for the
season now on, and While the crop
will be short, they are having good’
Business.
The gin can turn out 80 or more
bales per day.
They buy seed and sell meal and
bulls, as usual.
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HIGHWAY SPEED LIMIT
IS RAISED TO 40 MILES
BY BILL PASSING HOUSE
The Georgia house of representa
tives Wednesday of last week passed
a bill increasing the speed limit on
public highways from 30 to 40
'/rules an hour. The vote was 107
to 52.
The bill, by Representative Wim
berly, of Toombs, originally carried
a provision to make the speed limit
15 miles but the house adopted an
amendment to make it 40.
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LEGION WILL MEET
A Hart County Post No. 109 Amer
■Chn Legion will hold its regular
tnteting Friday night in the Legion
■ • McCurry building.
■V: members urged to attend.
, M. M. PARKS, Commander.
T. WILCOX, Adjutant.
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A BOND ISSUE NOW FOR ROADS IN
PEOPLE THIS FALL AND WINTER.
THE HARTWELL SUN.
School Bonds Carry
The election held in Eagle Grove
Consolidated school district Tuesday
for the purpose of voting $3,000 in
bonds for improvements there, re
sulted in the success of this move,
and this section will shortly have an
enlarged and well-equipped plant.
The present new brick building will
be added to.
The progressive board of trustees
of Eagle Grove Consolidated School
District are Messrs. T. M. Myers, J.
A. Ray and R. C. Temples.
BREAKS NECK IN
FALLTOBOTTOM
OF A NEW WELL
Mr. Bulow A. Gillham, about 40
years of age, was almost instantly
killed Tuesday just after the noon
hour when he fell backwards into a
well on Mr. C. J. Cleveland’s place
in Mt. Olivet community.
Mr. Gillham, with others, was en
gaged in digging a well at Mr. Cleve
land’s place and he was nearing the
top when overcome by gas and top
pled backwards, breaking his neck.
Medical aid was quickly summoned,
but Mr. Gillham lived only a few
minutes.
The deceased was born in Hart
county, being a son of Mr. George
Gillham; his mother is dead.
He is survived by his wife, who was
Miss Florence Risner, and two chil
dren, a boy, Loyd, and one girl,
Cecil. Also the following brothers
and sisters: Mr. Crosby Gillham, of
South Carolina, Mr. Hubert Gillham,
of Toccoa, Mr. M. D. Gilllham, of
Hart county, Mrs. Darnell, of South
Carolina and Mrs. Garner, of Frank
lin county.
Interment was at Reed Creek Wed
nesday, following appropriate ser
vices.
Funeral director W. C. Page, of
Hartwell, was in charge of arrange
ments.
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WORKERS’ COUNCIL OF HFBRON
ASSOCIATION WILL MEET AT
DEWY ROSE SEPTEMBER 6
Following is the program of the
Workers’ Council of the Hebron Bap
tist Association to be held with the
Baptist church of Dewy Rose Mon
day after the first Sunday in Sep
tember. It will be an all day ses
sion:
10:00 A. M., Devotional —Rev. E.
R. Goss.
10:20—Report of Churciies.
11:0©, The Condition of our Boards
and How to Meet It—Rev. A. W.
Bussey.
12:© o—Dinner.
1:00, Has God Spoken in the
Drought?—Open Discussion.
2:oo—Season of Prayer.
2:30, The Greatest Need of the
Churches of our Association I. J.
Phillips, Sr.
3:00- —Miscellaneous Business and
Adjournment at Will.
Let all churches be represented.
W. A. DUNCAN,
Chairman Executive Com.
FORMER PASTOR WILL PREACH
AT MT. ZION NIGHT OF SEPT. 5
Rev. O. E. Smith, of Canon, will
preach at Mt. Zion Methodist church
Saturday night, September sth, at
8 o’clock.
City’s Growth Is Graphically
Presented By A New Citizen
NEW HOMES, NEW BUILDINGS
AND NEW ENTERPRISES ARE
POINTED OUT BY MR. R. E.
COX TO SUN REPORTER
Hartwell’s growth through the
years has been conservative,
from the so-called “mush-room”
boom, usually followed by years
of inactivity.
Steadily and surely have come the
developments, —a new home here,
another there, a new building erect
ed in the business section, some home
or building remodeled, and so on.
Coming in this way, many times
our own citizens are prone to over
look such a substantial growth and
failing to do so cease to praise their
community to the visitor and pass
erby.
In conversation this week with Mr.
R. E. Cox, one of Hartwell s most
progressive citizens, who came here
some five years ago from Atlanta as
manager of the Hart Motor Co., lo
cal Ford dealers, a Sun representa-
I tive had his own eyes opened when
Mr. Cox began to cite the many
I signs of progress in Hartwell and the
i county since he came here.
• 4nd so it remained for the new
citizen to see the steady and sure
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1925
METHODISTS TO
BEGIN REVIVAL
SUNDAY, SEPT. 6
Revival services will begin at the
Hartwell Methodist church on Sun
day, September 6th, the series of
meetings to last only one week.
Announcement is made that the
pastor, Rev. J. H. Barton, will do the
preaching, services to be held both
morning and evening.
The singing will be directed by
Rev. Eugene Barton, brother of the
pastor, of Emory University.
The people of the town and vi
cinity surrounding of every denomi
nation ar>- cordially invited to the
revival services,
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AIR LINE THRIFT CLUB HELD
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
Air Line Thrift Club met with Mrs.
W. L. Dean July 31. This was one
of the most interesting meetings the
club has held. After the business
session the following program was
given;
>. Wild Rose—Miss Eula Mae
Dean.
2. Budgeting For Family Use—
Mrs. Jim D. Brown.
3. Budgeting For Marketing the
Surplus—Mrs. W. R. Gaines.
4. Use Home Products—Miss
Frances McLanahan.
After the program a delicious ice
cream with cakes was served. As
sisting Mrs. Dean were her charm
ing daughters, Mrs. J. R. Bolt and
Miss Bessie Dean, of Greenville, S.
C., after which the ladies were taken
to the Dean’s swimming pool where
a delightful hour was spent.
The next meeting will be held on
August 28th, at the home of Mrs.
W. F. Moorhead.
MRS. R. P. ROBERTSON,
Press Reporter.
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STAR THEATRE
' THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
“Dr. Jack.” If pills, powders and
plasters can’t cure your blues see
HAROLD LLOYD as “Dr. Jack.”
Five reels of merry mirth adminis
tered by the world's gre&tefi profes
sor of Joy. This is Harold Lloyd’s
laughter masterpiece.
SATURDAY
Western feature, "Breed of the
Border,” Sunshine Comedy, and Bth
episode of "Riders of the Plains.”
MONDAY
“Lady Who Lied.” There’s a light
that lies in a woman’s eyes—and this
is its startling illustration! with Lewis
Stone, Virginia Valli and Nita Naldi.
TUESDAY AAND WEDNESDAY
“Born Rich.” In a certain New
York society set money was the tin
sel God of its devotees. Its ambi
tion was to drain life of the last
drop of pleasure. Its idle hours
were spent in the mad pursuit of new
sensations. It sowed the wind and
you will see for yourself what it
reaped, with Claire Windsor, Bert
Lytell, Doris Kenyon, Cullen Landis.
COMING!
“The Ten Commandments,” Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, Sep
tember 14, 15, 16.
growth of our community.
Mr. Cox enumerated the new
buildings, enterprises, etc., to The
Sun reporter, since he came here, as
follows:
Buildings Erected
Ice plant.
Seven first-class Filling Stations.
Modern $150,000.00 Hotel.
New Postoffice.
Hailey’s Case building.
Hailey’s Drug Store No. 2. bldg.
Hart Motor Co.
Reo Hartwell Co.
High School.
Leard & Massey bldg.
Sardis Baptist church.
Cross Roads Baptist churcsh.
Bio Baptist church.
Cokesbury Methodist church.
W. I. Brown bldg.
Remodeled Buildings
A. N. Alford & Co.
J. A. W. Brown.
J. D. Matheson & Sons.
Brown & Cobb.
Saul’s Dept. Store.
Vickery Bros. Grocery Co.
Hartwell Buick Co.
J. G. Dickerson.
Georgia Railway & Power Co.
Hernaon’s Drug Store.
New Homes Built
Mr. W. DeWitt Teasley.
HART COUNTY WOULD GIVE EMPLOYMENT TO OUR
GASOLINE TAX WILL RETIRE BONDS. LET’S VOTE!
CHICKEN SALE IS
SET FOR SEPT. 3
Bring your chickens to Hartwell
on Thursday morning of next week,
September 3rd.
Another carlot sale will be put on
here, and it is expected that due to
the scarcity of ready cash a large
shipment of poultry wil Ibe made
this time.
County Agent Bingham announces
that there will be no hitch in the
plans and that the sale will come otf
as advertised.
The car will leave Hartwell at
10:40 o'clock Thursday morning, so
come with your chickens early next
Thursday.
The best market price will be paid
for your poultry, be they hens, fry
ers, roosters, young or old.
Total receipts for carlot poultry
sales in Hart county since the plan
was inaugurated now reach beyond
the $40,000.00 mark, and it is ex
pected that the sale in Hartwell next
Thursday will add another $1,000.00 ’
to the sum. |
The car will also visit Royston, j
Elberton and Comer.
“A Little Clodhopper* Will
Be Presented In 3 Acts At
Cedar Creeh Saturday P. M.
“A Little Clodhopper,” a comedy
drama in three acts, will be present
ed at Cedar Creek school auditorium
Saturday evening, August 29th, at
8 o'clock.
Character*.
Septimus Green Joel Cobb
Ocey Gump J. C. David
Geo. Chiggerson Wm. Cleveland
Mrs. Chiggerson Boggs
Mrs. Mack Cobb
Miss Jutiella Bean Elberta Cash
Charmian Carter Mrs. J.C. David
Judy Grace Hicks
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Thos. W. Crow Dies
Mr. Thomas William Crow, 42,
died suddenly at his home near
Eastanollee, Ga., Tuesday afternoon,
August 25, 1925.
Heart failure was evidently the
cause of Mr. Crow’s death. He was
engaged in his usual work on the
well-known Dr. Davis estate, where
he had been employed for several
years. Suddenly he straightened up,
fell back and died within a few min
utes, it was stated.
The deceased was born in Hart
county, living here until some seven
years ago. He is survived by his
wife and one daughter, Cynthia.
Also his aged mother, Mrs. W. P.
Crow, and the following brothers and
sisters: Messrs. I. G. Crow, John B.
Crow and Henry Crow, of Hart coun
ty, Mrs. G. B. Herring, of Philcamp
bell, Ala., Mrs. J. W. Chastain, Mrs.
Jerry Bailey and Miss Effie G. Crow,
of Hart county.
The funeral and interment will be
at Milltown church Thursday after
noon.
Funeral director W. C- I’age, of
Hartwell, is in charge of the ar
rangements.
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Pin factories of the world turn out
84,000,000 pins a day.
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The great-grandfather of Tom
Mix, the movie star, translated the
Bible into the Osage Indian dialect.
Dr. W. E. McCurry. .
, Dr. J. H. Hailey.
■ Miss Ellen Meredith.
i Miss Edna Benson.
Mr. S. W. Thornton.
Mr. Willie L. Brown.
1 Mr. J. H. Sanders.
Mr. Ralph B. Teasley.
Dr. Owen Meredith.
Mr. J. W. Temples.
Mrs. T. H. Johnson.
Mr. E. S. Reynolds.
Mr. Geo. A. Hailey.
Mr. Tom B. Bowers.
Several dwellings erected by The
Hartwell Mills.
Several -erected by Mr. W. P.
Rice.
New Firms
L. W. Rogers Grocery Co.
McClure’s, Inc.
Other Signs of Progress
Forty miles of graded road.
Citizens bought Railroad.
Kiwanis Club organized.
Country Club.
Bus lines in operation.
Rural School consolidated and fine
brick buildings erected.
“Let’s agitate paving for Hartwell
and graded roads for all Hart
I county,” concluded Mr. Cox.
ESTIMATE CROP
COTTON FOR ’25
13,990,000 BALES
Washington, D. C.—An increase of
424,000 bales in this year’s pros
pective cotton crop was announced
Monday by the department of agri
culture in its semi-monthly report,
which forecast production at 13,990,-
' 000 equivalent 500 pound bales.
The condition of the crop improved
j in the half month in all states ex
cept South Carolina, Alabama and
Arkansas.
Drought continues in South Caro
lina. northern Georgia and south-cen-
I tral Texas, the crop reporting board
stated and small-sized bolls are re
ported from those sections.
A cotton crop of 13,990,000 equiv- 1
alent 500 pound bales was foreecast
today by the department of agri
culture which based its calculation on I
the estimated condition of the crop I
August 16. Its latest previous fore
! cast was 13,566,000 bales, based on
i August 1 conditions. Lust year's
.crop totaled 13,627,936 bales.
I The condition of the crop on Aug
ust 16 was estimated at 62.0 per cent
of a normal, indicating an acre yield
of 144.1 pounds, compared with 65.5
per cent and 139.8 pounds on Aug
ust 1 this year and 64.9 per cent on i
August 16 last year when the final
yield was 157.4 pounds.
Condition of this year’s growth
ginned prior to August 16 totaled
577,921 running bales, counting
round as half bales, the census bu
reau announced in the joint report.
Last year 135,901 bales were ginned
prior to August 16.
The condition of the crop on Aug
ust 16 and the forecast of produc
tion (in bales of 500 pounds gross
weight) as indicated by the condition
by states, follows:
I Virginia, condition 79 per cent and
I forecast 52,000 bales.
North Carolina 75 and 1,180,000.
South Carolina 53 and 865,000,
Georgia 61 and 1,000,000.
Florida 78 and 28,000.
Missouri 81 and 285,000.
Tennessee 82 and 501,000.
Alabama 70 and 1,002,000.
Mississippi 77 and 1,322,000.
Louisiana 65 and 560,000,
Texas 46 find 3,769,000,
Oklahoma 74 aiiu !,**«,000.
Arkansas 79 and l,47U,uvv.
New Mexico 77 and 50,000.
Arizona 92 and 88,000.
California 93 and 102,000.
All other states 92 and 17,000.
Ginning by States.
The ginnings by states to August
| 16 were:
Alabama 36,954
Florida 3,544
Georgia 80,808
Louisiana 65,189
.Mississippi 23,374
Texas 363,003
All other States 5,049
Hart Circuit Singers To Meet
Here Next Sunday Afternoon
There will be a singing at Can
dler’s Chapel, this city, next Sun
day afternoon, August 30th, begin
ning at 2 o’clock.
All the singers of the Hart Cir
cuit Singing Convention and others
are cordially invited.
I*. C. ETHRIDGE, President.
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Hartwell Lodge No. 189 F. & A.
M., will hold its regular communica
tion on next Tuesday night in the
Masonic hall.
All qualified Masons are cordially
invited.
W. T. JOHNSON, W. M. ,
B. S. HALL, Secretary.
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MAXWELI CORDELL
The marriage of Mrs. Fannie Max
well and Mr. T. R. Cordell on the
18th of August, Rev. J. D. Turner,
officiating clergyman, was an event
of interest to many friends and rela
tives in Elbert and Hart counties.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Cordell are popu- ,
lar citizens of Gaines district.—El- ,
bertop Star.” x '
CROSS ROADS CHURCH ■
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The revival closed Monday night
with 53 additions to the church, 39
by baptism. This was perhaps the
best meeting we have ever had at '
Cross Roads from every viewpoint.
Rev. E. C. White, of Anderson, S. j '
C., did the preaching, delivering con- ' ]
vincing messages at each service. The
singing was led by Mr. A. M. Hugh- .
ey, also of Anderson.
Our congregation has called Rev.
White as pastor and we trust he will ’
accept this work.
The presence of Rev. White and
Bro. Hughey has proven a blessing
to this community. ,
Fire Monday Night
Fire almost totally destroyed the
one-story building at the intersection
of Elbert and Vickery streets in
north Hartwell last Monday night at
i 8 o’clock.
Mr. Tugalo 11. Risner, proprietor
j of the grocery store and filling sta
tion, had just left the building a
short time before, going home for
I supper. Passersby noticed a blaze and
: the alarm was quickly given.
Although the fire department made
| a record run the dry timbers caught
1 as if they were grass and the whole
! building was soon enveloped in
flames. They did some splendid work
j in preventing the flame from reach
, ing the gasoline tank and preventing
| the destruction of nearby residences.
Mr. Risner’s loss was partially cov
| ered by insurance.
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Cover Crops More
Important Now
Than Before
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Declaring that the production of
crops per acre in Georgia is gradual
ly decreasing each year, Prof. H. L.
I Fry, head of the Reed Creek Con-
I solidated School, graphically present-
I ed some facts and figures at the reg
ular Kiwanis session here on last
Friday.
“What Hurt county and Georgia
need is more production per acre and
not more acreage. When the State
is losing in acre-production each year
■ it is very evident that eventually we
must do something to turn the tide
the other way,” said Mr. Fry.
Mr. Fry had been assigned the sub
ject “Clovers,” ami gave some prac
tical illustrations and told jn a sim
ple way just what might be expect
ed of clovers in Hart county, stat
ing that practically every kind of
clover could be grown here.
“Clover supplies the humus in the
soil, and its importance cannot be
j overestimated. Hart county might
as well face the fact that her soils
are not one-third what they sho><J
be from a point of productivity, clo
ver and other Boil-btxil* J ing legumes
will about a condi-
tion whcieoy we Can cut our acre
, agq and still make larger crops. »
“SittSfc the fertilizer used in 1925
is evidently just whei'C farmers
put it, by planting clovers •“J’’*
turning under in the spring of
we can almost expect double result*
from the soil in our next
crops,” he continued,
Mr. Me Mullan Oil Oats.
Hon. W. B. McMullan, aMo of
Reed Creek, talked on the importance
of oats and vetch. He has had for
years signal success in the raising of
oats and says he has never had but
one failure, this being due to the
fact that he was late getting the
seed in the ground.
“Oats will pay both from a stand
point of feed and as a money crop,’*
said Mr. McMullan. “I wish that ev
ery Hart county farmer might use
some of his best ground for oats.
There is no virtue in the argument
that a farmer can raise enough cot
ton on an acre to buy his oats, etc.
Raising these things at home is the
only way, and I include all the clo
vers, vetch, etc.,” concluded Mr. Mc-
Mullan, who makes money at the
farming game every year.
Elberton Charter Night.
Delegates from the Hartwell club
will attend the charter presentation
program in Elberton this Thursday
night. Our neighboring city has an
active Kiwanis Club.
Hawkina and Duncan.
The club enjoyed an interesting
talk by Mr. Horace P. Hawkins, of
Gainesville, always a welcome vis
itor, also an interesting summary of
Rev. W. A. Duncan’s vacation trip
which took him over Tennessee and
North Carolina. He said after see
ing North Carolina’s roads he could
not refrain from saying that this
was one of Georgia’s greatest needs.
Bth District Medicos
Meet Next Year
In Royston
The 1926 session of the Eighth
District Medical Society will meet in
Royston, the body accepting an in
vitation from Dr. S. D. Brown in
behalf of the Royston and Franklin
County Medical Society at the ses
sion in Athens recently.
At the meeting in Athens Dr. H.
M. Fullilove, of Athens, was elected
president, Dr. B. C. Teasley, of
Hartwell, vice-president, Dr. D. M.
Carter, of Madison, Secretary-treas
urer. Dr. S. D. Brown, of Royston,
is councillor, which is a high office in
the state medical society.
The society met at the State Col
lege of Agriculture in Connor Hall.
Dr. W. A. Simpson, retiring president
of Washington, Ga., delivered the
annual address.
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Mr. D. C. Alford was in Atlanta
on business last week-end.
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