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Vol. 3, No. 8.
"MOTHER ENTERPRISE”
Takes a Hap in the Council
While the City Statesmen Engage in
an Exciting Game ot “Hide and Go
Seek,“-Looking for the Clerk and his
Key. An Affecting Scene at th Wind¬
up while the “Devil" Leads in an Ap¬
propriate Hymn.
who’s got the thimble?
Learning that a special meeting of
the city council had been called for
Monday eve, and hints in the air that
important business would come be¬
fore that grave assembly, we braced
up, spent our last nickie for a tablet,
—sharpened a bran’ new pencil, and,
after a tussle with the “Devil” whose
company we wanted, but who pre¬
ferred his bed to the questionable air
of the council chambers, we marched
to our seat beside the Mayor’s new’
desk, determined to brave it out even
at the risk of deeper erows-feet on
our venerable countenance through
loss of sleep. The brethren gathered;
—and so did the gentiles. We had a
real nice visit with the Mayor whose
face was wreathed in smiles, and he
looked so handsome and winning
that “Mother Enterprise” said, kind
of low down in her throat, “no won¬
der folks say, ‘he leads his ‘Boys’
around with a halter on every one
on ’em.’ ’Taint no such thing as a
baiter—it’s the silken cord of love.
Just see how smilin’ and pleasant he
is.” At first it seemed like a prayer¬
meeting might be going to break out
—such a solemn hush pervading the
air while “waitin’ for the folks to
gather,”—and the “spell of waitin’’
seemed to lengthen out a “mighty -
heap” till first thing “Mother Enter¬
prise” knew she had dozed'off behind
her big tablet bought for that special
occasion;—lulled to pleasant dreams
by the silvery, soothing tones of the
Leader as he whiled the time away
as entertainingly as in a drawing
room. Lord Beresford could not “a
beat it for sure.” She will never for¬
get her mortification on awakening
and finding she had been recreant to
duty:—slept at her post, and that in
brethren. Sheepishly gazing around
hoping no one had caught her nap¬
ping her attention was arrested by
brother Reynolds rising to his feet
with a business-like air asking the
Leader to “open the meeting” which
the dear man did with an air of
patient submission and sweet resigna¬
tion that was really edifying; and
“Mother Enterprise” remarked in
sotto voice, “bless the dear, good
man, he is a born leader.” He per¬
suasively asked brother Whitchard
to act as scribe. You see, that nice
young man “Clerk” was conspicuous
by his absence, and we felt like pitch¬
ing the tuRe to the “Vacant Chair”,
and we just believe the brethren
would have joined because they all
looked so kind of mournful. “Clerk”
has always been one of the “most
faithfullest brethren.”
THE KEY THROWN IN THE ’W&Tit.
We felt proper sorry for the Scribe,
for the Leader told him he could not j
call the roll of the faithful because :
“Clerk” had the key that locked in
the sacred chronicles. Then such a
time as they had a huntin’ for that
bey, and actually played a game of
“hide and go seek” right there, the
Btaid brethren a lookin’ on and just a
Wonderin’, until the Assistant Class
Leader arose and in tones that were
not nigh as mellow as a June apple
said: “This meeting was called to
make appropriations and audit ac¬
counts, but we find that some of the
bills have been approved, audited
and registered. I move we adjourn
until the regular meeting and see
jvhat we can do.” The Leader still
emiled sweetly and serenely, while
the congregation joined in the
cborous and the “Devil” sang the
following mournful hymn.
(Tune: “Kingdom a Cornin’.”)
Say, folkses, have vou seen de city clerk,
Wid de mustache on his face,
Go lous - de road sometime dis evenin’
' At a two and forty pace?
fie look so knowin’,
An’ his face a smilin’,
An’ he step so mighty gay.
I’ll bet you now a New York shillin’
He’s dun gone an’ collected his pay.
CHORUS.
Mistah Clerk skip home, hb, ho!
Miatah Mayor stay, ha, ha! better j
Hurry UP, MffitahAiderman, you be ,
’Cos de Mayor i* collectin’ his pay.
D e Clerk leek de Records in de Georgia pine !
desk,
Wid de key frown in de well,
An’ den he go home for a short vacation, I
Jus’ why,—he’ll n'eber tell,
De key is los—de lock unbroken,
! An’ de Mayon dun got his pay.
Mistah Clerk is big enough and old enough
r and ought to know better
D«n to dun gone borne and stay,
; .
(Chorus-J
Fitzgerald NJ
V v ’ enterprise J' 9
FITZGERALD, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1898.
All join in the chorus with tears
drippin’ from their weepin’ eyes.
The grief of the stricken Aldermen
being too sacred for the vulgar gaze
of the gentiles we drop the curtain
In the meantime Police Jones had
gone to find S. Fleming who had
gone to find the missing key which
locked in the city desk the city
records which prevented the city
council from attending to business.
The Council adjourned but the key
had not been heard from.
We find since, that the following
bills had been registered Jan. 31st,
1898:
A. J. Lillie ........................S .60.
A. J. Lillie.......... ....... 1.40.
H. H. Kabrich... ......... 41.67.
C. C. Goodnow ........ 50.00.
J. S. Jones........... ......... 40.00.
Vouchers were drawn for police
officers Smith and Terlinda, but they
refused to accept them.
IS THE ABOVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE.
Ordinance No. 44.
8e<; 1.—The Mayor, President of the Coun¬
cil add Alderman at large, shall constitute
and he a board of Audit
Sec. 2—Said board of audit shall examine
the accounts of any and all city officers as
often as the first day ' of each month and
ofteuer as they may see lit.
Sec. 3.—Said board of audit shall as often as
the 1st day of each month examime the
funds in the hands of the city treasurer, and
all funds received since the last auditing
of said funds by said co mmittee, and ois
tribute the same to the credit, of the Severn'
funds according to the eoliectiou made by
the city clerk.
See. 4.—No money shall bo paid out by
the city treasurer on tho order of any officer
of the city authorized to draw any fund ex¬
cept so far as there is money to the credit
of said fund from the distribution made by
said committee.
Sec, 5 —All amounts from whatever source
due the city shall he paid to the city clerk
This ordinance shall he iu fcatco from and
after its Publication.
Passed June 30,1397.
Approved June 30, 1897.
SOME MORE OF THAT “REPORT”.
te following is another piece of
that “Report”. As we never did like
long rows of figures we turn it over
to the masculine mind to lassie
with and tell the dear public where
we got. that “Interest”, “Expenses”,
“Contingent account”, „ ieen .,
xiK
able”, etc., ere. Com*, “Boys'
bring on your Blackboard. Some of
us women pay taxes. ,
REPORT OF CITY TREASURER TO DEC.
31, 1897.
RECEIPTS.
Specific taxes.............. $5234.22
Schools....................... . 2714 35
Streets ...................... 12 00
Recorder’s court............ . 14500
Impounding stock.......... 3 00
Interest................... 1354.66
Expenses................... 1354 67
Loan (Bauder & Bowen) • 445010
s M. Whitchard, returned 22 00
C. Mum ford, loan............ 75 00
Total $15,365 00
EXPENDITURES
Salaries.............. $1856 54
Rent.................... 110 00
Street improvements 323 49
Assessor’s Dep’t...... . 206 60
Printing................ 481 13
Interest................ 49 92
Contingent account 2816 88
Incidentals,........... 2077 21
Sanitary Dep’t......... 255 75
Fire Dep’t............. 74 88
Police Dep’t. 672 47
School........ 2797 79
Cleneral fund 1500 00
Bills payable 2000 00
BALANCE ON HAND 142 66
Total $15,365- 66
He Wants the Facts.
By Request.
“Mother Enterprise”:—Your ar¬
ticle in the Enterprise of January
28—98, shows a difference of expense
account in the Fire Department and
Board of Alderman.
Query:—“Are the other depart
ments free from differences?”
Doubtful. Then let us bavq a com-;
plete accounting from a sworn i
Auditor, appointed by the vote of j
Oity Council, whose duty it shall be
to examine and audit the Books of
the City Clerk, Treasurer, and all
others having the expenditure of
city funds. Let the work be placed
in the hands of some expert, and by
that means let the tax-payers learn
if their money has been properly
expended. It thi» denied, let every
tax-payer, who is a citizen, vote no
more bonds—no more cash, until
our rights as tax-payers are attended
to. We will then know if one or
more persons who are being paid by
blood money drawn from the bone
and sinew of the city, shall, during 1
the tinie he or they or pa i d f or their !
services, refuse to make the required i
re P ort Tbia re P ort is aIs0 due tbo !
’
officers in order to place them in
proper position and justify them in
the eyc-s of the good progressive
people of Fitzgerald whose only
motto will ever be ‘ Purity among
our city officials,’ otherwise we
them out.
N,> 0$ Howler.
( A DEAD NEGRO BABY FOUND
Buried under the Eaves cf a ShacK on a
“5”. The ENTERPRISE Reporter Got
a Hint and Followed the Clue and
Used a Spade.
Getting a hint of the burial of a
child under the eaves of a house
] near the city, our reporter started
out to investigate. Following out
j the traces, he discovered the sup
; posed spot but the ground was per
fectly smooth with nothing to indi
cate that it contained anything un¬
usual, but finding other facts poin¬
ting to it as the place, the reporter
went to headquarters and secured
written permit to examine the
ground of “5”—1132, and if neces¬
sary to dig down a few feet. Spe¬
cial officer Wilson was called t5 as¬
sist. While Wilson stood guard the
reporter dug and found under the
eaves of the slab shack, not twelve
inches below the surface, where ail
the rain from the roof would wash
on the grave, an old cracker-box
laid bottom side up over the body
of a negro child with its jaw broken
and head crushed. The ground was
carefully placed back and evidence
looked for—of which we*obtained
the following from a regular private
detective.
THE DETECTIVE TALKS.
January 28, ’98.
The man’s name is John Andrews.
The child was born some four
weeks ago. A Mrs. George acting
as midwife, dressed the child and
said the side of its head was crushed
and one of its jaws broken. The
child was, and is now buried back
0 f t be shanty in which the parents
lived on Oliver Bundy’s “5”—1132.
Was said to have been buried four ft
deep but in reality only about 12
inches, as I have found by investiga¬
tion The man is a IoW) V erv dark
negrQ poor]y dreS sed ;-broad cheek
Qnea and pointed chin, slightly bow
legfged. The last I knew of him he
went to Oeiila cutting boxes in a
Turpentine Still. Think he w n 3 t0
worli for p owe ]i a t Qcilla.
Abbi ^ or at oJ . dyS f IIert a colored
woman „ A gentleman of the city
remarked “there are several dead
bodies buried around here, some
near the wells.’
on corner of Oconee and Thomas
within 20 feet of a well. It is time
something is done to stop this work.
It is well known that in this porous
soil water will be contaminated from
poison rods away from the well.
About the Rail Read.
Last Saturday morning according
to arrangements, made by Major
Symons for President Ben Gray of
the P. F. & V. R. R. and Senator
Thompson of the D. S. R. R., met our
business men in his office in the
Fitzgerald Block. After discussion
Price, Bowen, Whitchard, Moore,
Wilson and Hayde were appointed a
Committee of Ways and
Right of Way, etc. Pres’t. Gray of
the Pinebiooni Rooad said “we have
59 miles of road now in operation
running from Wilcox Landing on the
river through Pinebloom and on
toward Valdosta. My track is now
but 2 3-4 miles east of the city and J
would like to come in on that street
just east from the G. A. depot, f
will make application to carry the
U. S. Mail on my trains with good
passenger Coach service. It will re
duce the distance from the coast
some 30 miles, reduce the rate and
save that long delay at Tifton. As
to Freight rates I can reduce it from
$1.51 to abont 95c per 100 lbs or
about 1-3, by using the river from
Wilcox Landing to Darien or Brun
swick. It will cost over $6000 to
complete this section of 2 3-4 miles ■
without the Right of way. I
to put it in some time this year, j
But if you gentlemen will raise the j
nessesary S6000 I will commence on |
Monday back m o t ni„ B . Yon will get your j
S6000 in Freight rates in lessi
than a year. You know the Jack- j
sonville road is being pushed tow
ard our road and will soon be con i
nected, so you see the advantages. ii i
Senator Thompson for the Dooley I
Southern road said “we have in op- 1
eration 12 miles of road between
Penia and Richwood and have had our
on Fitzgerald which is only 18 miles i
away by the map, and would come j
in here eventually. But if the D. S.
R. R. thought you wanted them it!
would take but very little encourag
ement to bring them here, for be -
tween here and there is the finest
timber country in this section, if not
in the whole state of Georgia. They |
! your freight at that. By building
the road here it will greatly benefit
the road as well as Fitzgerald. T
suggest you write the Parrott Lumber
Co. who own it.”
Mr. Symons said: “Gentlemen you
have heard what they have said. By
bringing in this road from the east
you reduce your freight rates one
third; you save your eastern mail six
or seven hours; and a short line to
the coast. Or you can step on a train
fen n few hours outing down at the
river. On the other road you can
save all this round about way to
Macon and Atlanta. You buy your
goods from the north as well as from
the coast. Why not connect these
two roads here at Fitzgerald? You
need but 20 miles of road, and you
have a bee line from Macon, Atlanta.
Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis,
straight through to the coast and
Fl or ida. You know what I have
done, now what aro you going to
do?”
They all got up to hustle.
What an Ex-Mayor and Ex-Councll
'V' man has to say.
“Mother Lyons, Enterprise”.—’ Neb., Jan. 26, 1898.
Dear
Enclosed please find draft for 81, to
ri^r F ipti l r P! t0 r ^ght, ^}°’ 1*
30 faithfully‘ for the had
about come to the conclusion not to
take the paper any longer, I am so
disgusted with the mise-able manage
one‘o°f , C r
been the promises, wliich the
American Tribune displayed so prom
inently in that paper at the out start,
in regard to a Temperance Colony
for the old Veterans, and now to cap
the climax, vote bonds to run their
Schools and pay the town’s indebted
ness. It looks to me here inNebras
ka, like tearing a patch out of Paul’s.
EE? money you j^Scbools
now, when will they; and pay those
bonds? f would not give ten cents
town worth! ivilf be rnore'in debt than it is
cl]) and again when I look at your
n obi a per and see the few little
thV , in our little village here in
aftuWient) me your
* m*- 3*
his Nebraska brother; anyway he
ought to be
“Move on.”
Like little “Joe” in “Great Expec¬
tations” the Salvation Army of this
city has been ordered to “move on”
that is keep out of tho street! and
hold their meeting on vacant lots.
TheCap’t on Tuesday eve, in respon¬
se to the order from Officer Terlinda.
said he didn't want the vacant lots,
and that all over the United States
the Salvationsts were allowed to
hold their meetings in the streets
unmolested. * The Policeman ans
wered .. y u will be arre8te d in the
morning—these are my orders.”
It created no little stir among their
man y f r i ends an d as the Enterprise
stands for fair play for everybody
we undertook to find who had enterd
com pi a i n {; t The Mayor denied hav
jng X reeeived eompiaintj-Poiiee
J( es shou i dre d all the responsibili
ty ‘ Baying( he was only trying to en
f orce the ordinance in regard
to obstruc tions of the street
and on t ba t ground bad so instrue
te ^ p 0 ij cem en under him. Wc
f 0und considerable excitement a
mong different ones, and differ¬
ent opinions, but as far as we couJd
learn the intention to issue warrants
{or arres t was delayed until
tlie return of City Attorney
R yman who wasat Hawkinavillelook
i, lg a f ter the case against the Georgia
p ine Bftr 8a ] 00 n for runing two bars
ander one license. The Salvation
j Army ba8 Bav ed the city something
n the way o{ care for the afflicted ‘
And in more than one home in the
(|jty ^ dwe]]s gra titude for loved ones
, thrmlL “pe , h their ministrations Jb“S
h telemey
ab i y arranged
Cultivation of the Strawberries.
By V7. W. Breese M. D.
I have recently been asked whe
^ ber cultivation is neccessary for
raising peach trees. It seems hard
ly possible that any one could ask j ;
such a question. Ihero is no kind j
°I ffuit ot any other kind of trees
that can be grown to tue best ad
vantage, without cultivation. The
Colony Company spent a large sum
of money in setting out double rows
water oaks on our broad avenues, ,
but lor want of cultivation and at
tention the most of them are dead,;
t™, h pia'«
j planted trees and in this strawberries Colony, but havo strangely been
neglected, until they are dying out.
j Others, again, have been given proper
cultivation and fertilization, and
they are doing well. You cannot
raise strawberries to the best suc
cess, unless you fertilize well. But
common, coarse stable manure is
not the proper thing to use. Some
thing rich in potash is needed. Cot
ton seed, or cotton seed hulls com
posted with acid phosphate; cotton
seed meal with muriate ’ of
potash or
learnt; a high grade commercial fer¬
tilizer or ground bone, are all good
and should be worked into the
ground between the rows and not
too near the plants, lest you Injure
them. Cultivate the ground every
ten days with a steel rake, until the
berries are beginning to set on the
vinos, say the first of March, then
mulch, as 1 describe later ou.
The propagation of plants is a
thing to bo carefully considered also.
A bed of strawberries sojdora pays
for more than the third crop, and
then you want a new one to take its
place. Meantime, have a r^ew bod
started, and when ready plow up
the old one. By the use of old tin
cans, all melted to pieces, so as to
l«ry a can beside the plant you wish
to propagate from, and let the run
ner root in the can, so as to remove
the can and plant, intffet, in the
middle of summer and plant it in
J’ our vew be(1 > about tho most
satisfactory plan when you only
want a small bed. East Tenn.
strawberry ; raisers plant p out their
b * ds m . t' Je summer, and seldom try
to raise more*., than one crop and
then plow up the bed.
It ia absolutely r.eccessary to re
new the beds every two or three
years, whatever system you follow,
and if you are growing for profit
and want to make the most money
possible out of your berries, you will
have a new bed coming on each year,
and do away with 4ie one that hat?
borne two CI °P B i,y l * occasion.
To mulch berr-^ 8 use clean pine
straw, ;ind in all mv ays awid weed
xxprss
roWH iind worked in between the
plants in the row, by hand, being
careful not to cover up any of the
leaves or plants. By drawing the
straw well up under the plants, the
berries will be kept out of the dirt,
and when it rains the sand that
would otherwise dash up and stick
fast to them will not trouble you.
Ripe berries, covered with dirt and
sand are very unsalable and unpala¬
table.
On picking and packing tor ship
ment I need not say anything for
those who have raised berries at the
north. The methods and rules are
the same everywhere. Pick with a
part of the stem fastened to the
berry. Be careful not to bruise the
berry. If for shipment North in re¬
frigerator cars or crates, do not
keep very ripe berries in the box.
Careful selection and rejection of
all imperfect berries, with good
measure, fair dealing, no deception
and quick work, will insure you
success.
A few lines in closing for the bene
fit of those who in the autumn
will want to work up (he old bed i
The and mulch, prepare if it for thick, another will proba-! cron, j
very
bly need to be raked out at the end
of tho rows, or if too long for this,
work out a half dozen rows, after
raking over the old straw, and work
the straw into these and work half
dozen more rosvs, and so on, and
then change the mulch so as to be
evenly divided and left in the cen¬
ter of the rows. This mulch will be
gradually breaking up and adding
fertility to the land, arid is worth all
the trouble it gives you. When you
plow between tho rows, throw very
shallow furrow toward center, away
from plants, and then hoe between
the plants and cut out such ,
plants and runners as you do not
wish to keep. Fertilize and mulch
the following winter and spring as
ai first. j
The most wonderful nineteenth healing com- j j
pound of the century, Dr.
antiseptic preserves the j
the flesh, prevents inflamation or!
suppuration and heals like magic, j
Cures colic, too, in man or beast.
Pleasant as perfume and stainless, j
Everybody’s favorite remedy where- I
i
ever known. Don’t forget that W. J. ■
'
JOSEY “ likes to sell it. ;
:
Mercury at 28, Thursday, at 7:30 a. ni. i
$1 Per Year^
w - c - T - u. column,
FITZGERALD W. C. T. U.
I>er?Hh"~" N °t wlliinK tllat any should
days, MnETtiro-Kvory sp. M., firm and third Satur¬
in the Christian Church, corner
Jessamine ave. and Sgormau at.
Y ’'?” n>ct*t drat and third Wednesdays In
Mrs. i. TebeaU’s studio at 4 p. tn.
Vice Pres’t.—Maude Stewart.
Cor. Sec.—Dora Pros’t-at-lnrge.—Mrs. -ffebeau.
Hoc. Hoc,—Dell Wightinan.
Troiis.—Hattie Thompson. Herrington.
Object—T o unify the method* of woman’s
temperance work the world over, ,tb person¬
ally carry out our pledge, nnd educate pub.
lie sentiment along that line.
helping lkdo k— "I, hereby solemnly promise, God
me, to obstaln from all distilled, fer¬
mented and malt liquors, including wine,
beer and color, and to employ all proper
the means to discourage the use of and traffic ip
same ”
lb\O we—A knot of white ribbon.
Hour ok Prayer—N oon.
Methods—A gitate, educate, organize.
Departiuents—P reventive, educational
evangelistic, social and legal.
The Wise (“Y’s”) Young Women,
At the invitation of Mrs. Tebeau
several young ladies met in her
studio Saturday afternoon, Jan. 29,
for the purpose of organizing a
Young Woman’s Christian Temper¬
ance Union. Mrs. Hall proceeded to
organize them. The officers elect
are:
President—Miss Maud Stewart.
v * oe Pres’t-at-large—Mrs. Tebeau.
Cor. Set.—Dora Wightman.
Treas.-Hattie Thompson.
Vice Presidents—For the C. E. of
the Christian Church, Miss Plopper;
Presbyterian Church, Nellie Graves;
Epworth League M. E. N., Lucy
® eck; Baptist Church, Hattie Mil
U. B. Church, Miss Ash; M.
E. 8., Mrs. flitch; Episcopal Church,
Nettie Holleran; Catholic Church,
n Dr. p Powell.
It was decided to meet the first and
third Wednesday of every month, at
4p- in. in Mrs. Tebeau’s studio.
On last Wednesday they met again
and report a very interesting meet
in fG This Young Woman’s Union, or
‘ Ys ’’ as the ? ar8 usually termed,
wil1 talre charge of the Reading
^ oom started by the Mother union,
which fact guarantees the future sue
cess of that undertaking. Ail young
people, married or single, men as
weB as/'omen, who are ..nterestec
tal ® nt8 f° U " eVer ima « ined you
possessed.
A gentleman threatens to publish the
names of tlje boys, who stood in a row
before the bar of a saloon, Satutday eyg
when the saloon keeper chased them out,
if thev are seen in there again. The law
gives these boys "to the mothers to lead,
to love and protect until they are twenty
one, and that blessed day when he steps
forth in the majesty of manhood, with his
past life a clean page, the law says the
druukard-maker may take him and send
him to perdition on the lightning express,
Notwithstanding this law, minnors fre¬
quent the saloons, and we mothers, now,
call upon the people to enter complaint,’
It is no lime to stick your finger in your
eye and sjjjtieze out a tear, but goat it ac¬
cording to law and give the police a
chance to do their duty, which they can
not until complaint is properly entered,
and anybody can enter complaint if you
have facts to sustain vour complaint.
But, in the first place where qru tiff! par¬
ents? The boys are on the streets, hang
ing around the saloon door, if not inside,
but where are the parents? We insist tl^t
the Curfew Ordinance should have £a ( sjmd.
If parents will not protect their children
the public has a right, for ihe safety of its
future, to step in and save the boys. Give
us the Curfew whh full power invested in
the police, to enforce it.
The Saltation Army must hereafter
hold their open-air meetings on a vacant
lot and not obstruct the streets. We trust
the saloon patrons will hold theirs on
vacant lots, too, and let us pass along, on
business intent, without obstructions on
th? corners. ,
The new Post, lately organized,
and named John A. Logan Post,
came in too late to, hold the name of
Logan, and the name of Neal Dow
p os t was adopted which, with all bon
or t0 Ch i e£ Logan,we think is a talis
man i c name. Live worthy of it
“Boys” and honor the memory of
the man who never flinched on the
m0 ral battlefield any more than
wbe n facing the cannon’s mouth.
Temperature table by our Weather Report-,
e r, Mrs. M. E. Pugh, ter.-acre tract No. 2214 .
The week ending Tuesday, Feb. 1.
6 a. m. I 2p.m. I 8 p. m.
---------------
Wednesday......I 62 67 62
Thursday........ I 32 48 47
Friday 34 52 80
Saturday. Sunday 40 53 47
....... 47 48
Monday....... 43 54 45
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