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The Macon Daily Telegraph
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ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA, SUNDAY MOBNING, OCTOBER 25, 1908
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JOS. M. BROWN GOES INTO OFFICE
WITH STATE’S TREASURY EMPTY
AND PRESSING BILLS UNPAID
New Form Special Taxation Is
Likely to Be the
Outcome.
TO 6AIN SOUND FOOTING
1-2
Present Administration Has .Seen the
Revenue of State Reduced Nearly Half
n| Million—Principal * Loss Comes
Throuoh Abolishment of Saloons and
Change In Convict Law—Approprla-
tlons Have Been Increased and the
State Now Faces Serious Problem.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Oct. 24.—Not in a
Score of years will a state administra
tion have begun under such financial
embarrassment as will be- probable with
that of Gov. Joseph M. Brown. Unless
some unknown sources produce consid
erable revenue between the present time
and June of next year, Mr. Brown will
Co into office facing a practical deficit
of about 9800.900. maybe a million dol
lars in the state’s revenue.
Unfortunately, it will constitute a sit
uation that his administration must
face without having been in any wise
responsible for the same. it Is probable
that the first work the next legislature
will be called upon to do will be the
providing of some means for meeting
the obligations >f the state, and owing
to the constitutional restrictions sur
rounding the levying of taxes the prob
lem will tax the Ingenuity of the ablest
members of the administration.
Revenue Reduced.
The present state administration has
"TSB * *Sa.2Sf“ 2X3.
million doimn, without. «o fur.
any to the same. Through the
m of saloons approximately Irak
is lost; through the new convict
i about 9100.000 will be taken, or
from ‘he state trmsurv. mating a
>f about 9950.000 shortage for
ddltlon to this the »chool anorp-
n alone lias been Increased 9209.-
"mf2nd 1250,000 formrnw;
L Increase in appropriations, oyer
ve those for last year, to the
t of the decreases made bytwo
•oops In the revenue of the state,
i last session, of tbs*kgtwature
Imatelv 9125.000 was “added to the
lone of the. State tor the present
-joc/iMJieln: There will be a re-
i of 9210.000 In tbs-state's income
• present year; and for the oomlog
In ease no provision Is made tor
£ the situation next summer, the
will b- 9450.000 less, and possi-
l;air million less than for 1907.
cpensr* tor 1906 will amount to
9300.000 more than for laet year.
10 the same increase will be fa
*ven if no r.ew appropriations
th«- ipk ■ '
ask for New Administration.
m m to w jKj—i•««•£?*
, raise between JtOO.OOe or ai.wv
fettle out,Me of pre»Bl I»u-
cJtiSSluM ol mi lopueion
the whisky revenue and added 9200.000
and 9250.000 respectively, to .the school
funds of 1908 and 1900. over and above
f irevlous appropriations *to that source,
t was expected that property . value*
would keep up the rate or lncreaeo as
was shown for that year. On this
•hypothesis—and, at that time, it was a
reasonable one—the lawmakers calcula*
ted that the deficit made probable by the
prohibition act would bo met by Increas
ed revenue from direct taxation.
The panic came and values dropped.
Instead of pbout I30.000.U04) Increase in
property values for 1909, as was the case
In 1907, tho uuthorljJLre will count the
state fortunate If the digest retains Its
1907 standard of returns.
Reports of Tax Receivers.
The reports of tax receivers show an
Increaso of about 95,000,600 In the re
turns Of property as made to them for
the present year. This will be more
than- met by the decreases In the returns
and fixed assessments on corporate prop
erty. Practically no big corporation will
pay taxes on a larger, assessment than
was paid In 1907; the assessment on -
large majority of them will be leas than
for last year. Many have contested the
assessment of Comptroller General W.
A. Wright, fixed in nearly every ifuitance
at the figures of last year, and have car
ried the quarrels to arbitration board*.
In no case has a board of arbitration
fixed an assessment at a figure higher
than that prevailing for 1907. and In a
large majority of the .cases passed on
tlwJlIUmmtely (I.M valuation ha. boon
much lower than that of last year.
The Central of Georgia Railroad alone
will pay taxes on more than 91.000,000
* ss property this year. ‘
The- Income from the ad valorem
method of taxation will be Just about
the same as in 1907. There will be UtUp
if any increase In special taxes. Noth
ing has been collected from saloons.^and
after April I. nothing will come In from
the hire of convicts. The state’s income
will be so much less and Its obligations
so much greater than for 1907. that Mr.
Brown will have to face an unprecedent
ed deficit, unless sn unexpected remedy
is found.
No Relief From Beer Tax.
There Is no hope from the Wise near-
beer license act If the income from
that source Is even large. *nd indica
tions up to the present do not bear out
such a conjecture. It will have to be ex
pended on convicts and cannot go into
the general coffers.
Appropriations have been made for
1909. on the basis of present tax levies.
The expenditures were increased In the
hope that ad valorem tax returns would
grow to meet them. As Is ehown there
will be no Increase-this year. Prospects
for 1909 are even less promising. If cot
ton remains down In price the .tax digest
Is apt to bo lowered during tho coming
year, because of the depreciation in farm
Will Exhaust Resources.
If Governor ftmlth sees flt to meVt all
the state’s obligations as they fall due
during his half of the coming year—and
of his term. It Is doubtful-If the gover
nor could succeed. '.
The bulk of taxes for 1l»08 will come
in during December and January. Prac
tically all will have been paid by the
time the life of the. preaent admlnlstro
tloi\ expire*. It will be December. 3909,
Empty Treasury In Sight. .
It Is possible. In fhet highly probable,
that when the next general assembly
inducts Joseph 51. Brdwn into office. it
Will bo with an empty treasury, with
many pressing bills unpaid, nnd. may
be, with tho borrowing power of the
state already employed to tho constitu
tional limit—with the running expend*
of the state government to be 'met for
the succeeding six monthe’and practical
ly not e single unexhausted definite
source of revenue avallnblo.
what will bo a complex situation. And
difficulties will be met there. Tho con
stitution limits the tax rato to G mills.
at which it le now fixed,
the borrowing power pt
■MhflBl— —la
i. It also limits
- K _ _ .. _ f the governor.
Neither can bo changed except by ap
proval of tho people, and to obtain that
would require three or four months. •
Out of the situation Is apt to grow a
new form of special taxation.
It is tho comptroller general's esti
mate that It would require an ad valo
rem tax levy of 6tt mills to place the
state on reasonably sound financial
footing In 1909.
But the levy cannot go beyond 6 mills.
, U, D. G., MEETS
MARSHALLVILLE. Ga.. Oct 24.—The
October meeting of tho James D. Fred
erick chapter, U. D. C.. was one of un
usual Interest. The year’s report was
read showing several accessions, not a
member lost by death or removal, ail
dues and taxes paid, pledge to Wlrx
monument mid, as well as other benev
olent contributions. A —fefl
for Macon as the moai
the Wits monument.
"The Life of Jeffers
subject studied and tL. BBI ...
created by the fart that several of the|
Col. Georgt Grenfell, Englishman, f
Picturesque Figure In Civil War j
By B. W. DUKE, Brig 1 . Gan., C. 8. A.
w I..I
of the Civil War.
fif Lager arenf#-.
to America in the spring of
1862 for the purpose of eervjng in the
Confederate army.
He brought letters of Introduction to
Gen. Lee, And when he explained the kind
of service to which he had been most ac
customed, and which ho would like to fol
low here, tho general sent him to Mor
gan. with the request that he be given
•very opportunity to gratify 1 hl« .rather
extraordinary appetite ror haiardou* ad*
Morgan feU In lov# with ;Wm 9t first
sight, and Immediately took him upon his
staff. He became assistant adjutnnt aen-
erai of the brigade which was afterward
organised, but left us before the organi
sation of the dhrlalon. ,
His previous career had heen remarka
ble. and, Indeed, romantic; and, as he
related If. a* he did to me. when we had
S qtten to be well acquainted, I;thought 71
ad never heard or read anything mire
interesting In Its way. Ills eldest tore'to-
er, who was ifiuch older then himself, had
... ■■officer In the English army, and
had served under Wellington In the latter
part of the war In Spain., Wellington, as
is well known, waa a nev/r® and tinror
interesting Injts^wey. HIS •iteLfira
been t
hod s*
part of the — ... ....
is well known, was a sev/ra — «...
promising disciplinarian; ami In warfare
like that which was then being.waged in
the peninsula, when It was as Important
to conciliate the native nepulatlon’i* to
keep his army In condition to cone with
a formidable enemy, the Iron* Duke
doubtless thought that unrelaxlng discip
line was more than ever necessary. At
one time when ration* were scant young
Grenfell’* servant took a kid from a
Spanish peasant and brought It to Gren
fell, Who, without asking superfluous
questions, made It the chief dish of -a
ho quitted Algeria, but still continued!
tho career of a aojdler of fortune. He
fought the dtlffe pirates off ths coast
of Morocco, and then served with Oarl-
baldi In South America. Finally, firing
of this Irregular and barbarous strife,
nnd desirous of “settling down” to H
more Christian tnd civilised kind of war
fare, he returned home and sought and
obtained a commission In the English
service. He fought In India during the
greater part of the Sepoy rebellion, and
then In the Crimean war, attaining the
rank of lieutenant colonel.
When the Civil War In this country
began he found It utterly Impossible to
deny himself such an excellent oppor
tunity for occupation and excitement In
his favorite vocation, nnd. resigning his
commission, came over here. Inos-
much us he sympathised thoroughly
with the south, he at once espoused the
' ’• ’ll('•• l‘ rite • :m • .
When he Joined Morgan he was near
ly sixty years old. but showed no sign
of age or falling physical powers; In
deed, he seemed to be.In the full vigor
of manhood. The description In "Ivan*
hoa" of the personal appearance of the
Templar, Brian Do Hols Oullbert, would
serve quite accurately for him. He was
tail, erect, and of thoroughly military
bearing. His frame was spare, but
sinewy and athletic, and lie preserved
the activity of youth. His bold, aquiline
features were scorched by the eastern
sun to a swarthy hue. nnd hli face,
wiiile handsome, wore always a defiant
and sometlmefl fierce expression
He proved an exceeding efficient officer;
energetic and constant In his attention to
duty. Ilfs great experience In a service
somewhat similar to ours he slways
raid tho Confederate cavslry raids ra-
Inded him of the expeditions mad* by
oh op pad l
i-edge' knife which he habitually
,. Jngllshman
:andlng .the disabled left hand, he
pushed both transactions with one
id without the use of weapon*.
2"K,;
carried
On the day afterward ha hnd occne!'
to thrash fils landlord on account of son.
ihlsunderstandlng. and also to chastise a
brother Englishman about u mule. /fot-|
wtthstandln^MtaMtam^Mritartaai^B
ncconipL
fist and
After ha left Morgan’s dommand,. Gfn.
Bragg made him Inspector of all the cav
alry of his .army, which position he held
for two or three ’months, and then, .going
east, served for a short time with ihe
army of Northern Virginia. In the lat
ter part of 1*68. he concluded to seek
qth*r fields of adventure; and, as he had
never rtgulaYly enlisted in the Confed
erate army, had no difficulty In leaving.
He went into the northern statue, wish
ing to see something of them bofore re
turning to England, and In Chips go met
Confederate prisoner* In Camp Douglas.
Ha knew them both very well, of course,
and so soon as he learned what 1 hey were
doing volunteered to assist. The hosard
of such an enterprise irresistibly appealed
to them.
Unfortunately the plot wns discovered,
and Grenfell was arrested, and tried by
eourt-martlal. He narrowly ereaped a
death sentence, but received nno nearly
as severe, nnd which eventually resulted
In hi* death. He was sent »•• toe terrible
prison of the Dry Tortuga* for lire. After
remaining there six or eight months, ha
attempted, with three or four others, to
•scape In an open host. Just after they
hnd put/ ' *
to set, a tremendous storm
none of the party was ever
heard of again, It Is supposed that all
arose, and
heard of
were lost.
His oM
mand a*ll| warmly remember him.
ills old’ comrades of the Morgan com*
older membi
seen and clasped nanas wun freemans; in- f -
Davis when ho visited Macon in 1863:4 aanrlce. „ This
another had this summer seen the celtj
In Fortress Monroe where he was im-
The Spaniard made complaint, and the
Kid was'“traced to Grenfell *• possession.
A court-martial was Immediately h*M.
no explanation or defense suffledd, afid
iy —•— was dismissed from the
mortified nnd angered
prisoned for months; another had seen
Cabin John Bridge over the 1*0100100,
I • _■ ... W!-.<•! I >.t\ If w:.« f*e.*i < * ., • r v..t
under Franklin Pierce. High on this
Immenat structure is a marble tablet on
which are chiseled tho names of that
cabinet—all but one. Where should be
tho name of "Jefferson Davis, secretory
of war." is a blank space. National Jus
tice will some day replace that name.
Another member had carefully pre
served a sprig of fern, dropped on the
streets of Atlanta from the floral decora
tions of the caisson, on which Jefferson
Davis’ remains were taken from the
funeral train to the capitol, on the way
to Richmond for final interment
Quaint Fijian Plant.
There Is nothing under the r*“
as
it and propriety
according to state
not onlr the avaUabl.
of the treasury, i
of the 1
It Is i
.1 of th
best
■lied.
>‘*t
obligations.
the borrow-
nautsd ihe
arty
jn dollars, will fan «J»ie he for- . .
enter's term expires and he *il] doubt
lees try and meet them About a r—r
hselr pa? from foe State Wll ho
public school "teachers. No doubt bu
that be wW_ endeavor to west them -
grotesque specimen of the vegetable, king-
i».
of It
ind I'
I hi
lAe-.e.- 1 -ind twisted them ro
l^ter it straightens out n
It gr-m- it number of tall
Jt« foliage Is simple, a rvjrr.ner or aro>m
ing ragged tufts for all the World llki
pvjd* and varv mournful loofrtar. Amoni
the fruit in sh*p«'
a* stilts! i
- :■ •
*d and
of view.—London Standard.
■ European's point Wi
the father that he declared that no other
son of his should ever entar the military
service of England. George St. L«ktr.
however, was determined to lead the life
of a soldier, end finding his fater obdu
rate and unable therefore to serve hi*
own country, ran away, when only fif
teen years of age, went to Algeria and
enlisted In the moat famous cavalry corps
of the French army, the, Cha*%eurs
D He r, se l ived In this command for five
years snd rose to the ext I ltd i*nk of
corporal after having pertidpeted ln
SJSL& WM-JB J*g
SnSSSta to irr
Moor, ,n« l)«yno , r,,ldrnt ,nO cltl,?n
of tho rtty <.! Tanilrro Althouchi not o
convert in tho foltli r,f Mohomot. ho wo,
quit, willing, with , brood cotmopollton
view of 00c 1,1 motto tv. to conform to ll.o
premUont euotoiro of the community In
which ho dwelt, iin.r necortln.ly bo. amo
.•oim.rten try nwrrl»«n with » numb, r
of the Unit and m»*t Influential fami
lies of tlw flSBce. When. SPb««T
th- French atre-k-d »
town, he assisted in 1
hattorr I** command*
fhY.t of tiamsr* a ®s b-siegers
Although he.had been discharged from
the French orrvice acvernl yrere >re-
vlotrely the FTOOCbe W lllogloilly.
chose to regard him as « deserter and
threatened him vith military punlal:-
ment. Escaping their clutrv,t«i however,
h. n-.on.-l.iJ wov I.. AM.Kl.Kn.Kr the
Kahyle leader, and remained tor
than four years with that celebrated
•hleftalo. tor whom he expressed the
*rm**t aomhafton
After Abd-Ei-Kader's final surrender
■
i»onibard« <1 fho
and*d Inflicted a good
Ahd-Kl-Knder Into the territory held by
tii* French— was of Ijeneflt when h* acted
Morgan’s chief of staff. Ills gnllantry
In battle was superb. I shall never forget
the flrat time l wttnesaed his conduct In
this respect. It was at Tompklnavl le, ths
first fight 5forgan mad# on his July raid
Into Kentucky. Oano had gone to the rear
of the enemy with his Texans; a Georgia
battalion o fcavalry which was with us
under Col. Archibald Hunt, who was mor
tally wounded In the action, was charg
ing in excellent style on the left, and my
regiment was pressing hsrd on the right.
I did not permit It to open fire until wo
were within sixty yards of the enemy,
and Just at that moment Grenfell spurrM
his horse forward between the two lines,
risking the fire of both, leaped a low
fence behind which the enemy were lying,
and began slashing at thern right and
left with his sabre. ., .
It was because of something which oc
curred In this fight that a rather curious
point of military ethics was raised Major
Jordan, of Wyncoop’s regiment of Penn-
vanla cavalry, was wounded and cap-
hired by a part of Oano’s squadron. By
the wav, he behaved very courageously.
Just nrter the fight was over, fie wss
brought to 5Iorgan. and Immediately pre
ferred a complaint against hi* e.iptor*
• but they "had violated tho rulee of civ
ilized warfare." "In what respect," said
that they "had violated tl
lllzed warfare." "In what
Morgan. "Whv. they fired «
men with double-b
cd with' buckshot.’
Gann’s men were much surprised hr
this accusation; not because it wasn't-
the yanks." they ssld; "do theyexpect us
to load our guns with birdshotr*
The stories that might be told illustra
tive of Grenfell’s areckles* eccentricity
would fill a book. Ind nearly every man
who knew nlm has an esprelal one to tell.
I shai relate onlv one. During Bragg’s
all refused Lj do-nr. mytng' that while
the recover? would he tedlou*. it wai
sore. Finally be «f*t**nnIneq to nerfro"
the operation himself, and placing hli
Why Japan Won't Fight,
Ths public debt of Japnn amounted
on March It, 1908. to £21,772,271. or
about 91.108.861.875. Ilor population, ex
clusive of her Island colonies, Formosa,
the Pescadores and Fnghallen. Is about
48.000,000. The national debt, therefore,
amounts to about 124 per capita, the
greater part of which Is owed abroad,
and the cost of her civil and military
establishments hi enormous. Her debt
has more than doubled since 1905. -Her
resources are meagre. 15 per cent only
of the superficial area of the empire la
under cultivation. "When crops are good
enough rice Is produced to ffed the pop
ulation. As a rule consld4pbte quan
tities must be purchased aifvad.
Her standing army at the tim# of the
outbreak of the Russian war numbered
about 100,000 men. Her army now num
bers at least loo.OOO.* Her navy has in
creased sine# that date from six battle-
sldps of the first clsss to eleven; from
a tonnage of 262,681 to 432,496, and th*
erJlated personnel from 27,111 to 41,070,
wltfe a proportionate Increase of officers.
Tho empire Is today literally staggering
under the burden of taxation. To meet
the national demands the following are
the sources of revenue:
Land tax. Income tax, business tax,
tax on liquor, tax on toys, sugar sxciac.
consumption tax, tax on textll# fabrics,
mining tax. lax on bourses, tax on the
Issue Of bank notes, tonnage dues, cus
toms duties, traveling tax. succession
sfnfir/ , oS lp ;S:.fsi‘ flftsw
S3£: rofiwaya. W58JS
other special and extraordinary receipt*
of_yar!ous kinds. i _ nt
corns tax Is graded according to a scale
of minimum incomes, as follow*:
$90.909 .........66 per cent
925.jM J® per -£ent
....» pc
20 pc
17 pc
AFTER HARD YEAR;
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION IS NOW
UNDER WAY IN *1ANY LO
CALITIES.
' • . - —— /1 r
RALTIMOnrc, Oot. II.—Revlvlnit op-
tlmlam as to prospect's tor much needed
resumption of rnllroad construction In
Ihe south Is Indicated In reports of pre
liminaries for th* building of railroad*
from Bergman to Harrison, Jasper nnd
Clarksville, Ark., from Garnett, to
Egypt, Ga, from Batesvlll* to Black
Rock Ark., from Abilene, to Winter*.
Tex., from Foley, Ala., to Blberta, and
front Fontaine to Marianna, Fla., and for
electric railway* from Uvalde to Crystal
City, Tex., from Augusta. Ga., to New
berry or Greenwood. H. C.. nnd from
Wlnston-Halem, N. C„ to Stuart. Vs.
This optimism appears A some extent
even In the reports of the operations of
great railroad s/stems during the peat
yenr of depression. Commenting upon
this, the 5!snufncturers* Record says:
Year Hardship for Roada,
"It waa a year of remarkable hardship
for the roads, practically all of which
have sustained heavy decrease* In gross
earnings from loss of traffic and at the
same time they have been In many* cases
subjected to ttie efforts of harassing leg
islation, which likewise helped % to cut
down profits. On oome of the road* the
effect of the panic was to reduce the
tonnage of high class freight so that ihe
business remaining was mainly tna* **
transporting raw materials at corre
spondingly low rates and the tonnage
of these was also In smaller volume. Few
of the reports displayed Increase*, ex
cept in cost ot operating and auppWu*.
Only here and there baa any gain In
groan, earnings been shown and Tn near
ly alf cases the Inc reared coat of .doing
1 a whole rulh'oad
How Roads Met Conditions.
"To make net reaufta as good as pos
sible tho rsllruads resorted to many
cessation Including
Improvements
of considerable importance,
linos which were planned,
surveyed to tho point of actual prepara
tions for building, were given up for the
time being snd are likely to l e resumed
only when conditions are
bio for railroad business. — 3
In equipment orders was tremendous and
only recently—In fact aome time after
the Cioee of the fisoSj year—liua there
been much evidence of a desire by any
of the companies tu add to their roll!:*
R tock. For a time there were practical
r no orders given for either cars or en
gines and even repair work wns postpou
ed until Imperatively needed In some In
stances, although most of the lilies mado
little If eny change in their
of hialntenaticc of equipment,
wns also practiced In caring I
ance of way and building*, only the most
essential work being done. In some
companies there whs- a reduction of the
salaries of officers snd clerks who rycclv
'ed annual salaries above a certain fig'
chnnlcal or malntenanci
1 lav off many
10,000 LBS. FISH
FROM ONE POND
• — t — ' % '' A
Grassy Bond Catch for Past
Week Almost Beyond
Belief -
VALDOSTA, Co., Oct. 24.—The;#tt*r|»
thnt oome from Grassy Pond Jn regard to
the number of fish caught there In the
past week staggers the bollef. Col. W.
8. West and BIr. J, P. Ouffeo, on whose
place tho loko Is located, ,nro Just iw'-lc
from there. Their euparlnt-n i :m. Mr.
J. L. King, estimate* that ten thousand
pounds of fish have been taken from
the pond in the past week and more than
that, many could have boen K"tren if
^hcr* luid heen nri? way to save thorn.
■ The pond wns on one. of it*| ‘ ■
%
acres nnd varied in depth frt
runs off from tho river whe
rets below a certain level,
day* ago the current In tho lake showed
that it was running off.
Pish Jump Over Seiners.
Day by day the current became
. v--. —-— • in a
educed
over the heads of sclnei
would bring them up by
while parties with hooks
fish faster than they
uok.
One of the nmnll streai
water fer the pond won danimnd up, no
that the pond formed by the dam coald
be tired to put the live flnh fn nnd thun
butt their
r that furnished
small, of course.
Many Left to Die, ’'
Thousands of fish were left fo dfe or
the bottom of the pond, while ofhei
thousands were carrlea off in the nnbter-
ranean pansnsc to the r+ver or wherevei
the stream goes. Lake OctahatcJ***, an
other btrye l.ik- near then% Is nlso run
ning off and many fish are being caught
there.
When the rnlnv season oome* again
these lakes will fill up with water again
and when the rivers get fw-ir usual v-.i
ume of water the fi-h will again appeal
in the lakes. It Is said that fish wf]
be as plentiful In them
upon tho seaso]
f largely
RathechHd’s Strict Orders.
’A New Orleans man nald the othar
day of the great house of the Roths
childs:
"Tho Rothschtlds push their strict
ness to the point of eccentricity. They
once had for agent here in New Or
leans a flno fellow. They telegraphed
to this ngent at a certain soaeon to
sell their cotton holdings, but he knew
tho price would go higher, and there
fore ho didn’t sell till four days later.
In conscquenco he netted an extra-
profit of 310,000 for his firm.
"When ho sent tho Rothschilds tho
monev and told them Joyously what ho
had done thoy- returned the whoTo
I amount, with a cold note that yald:
1 ’* The 140,000 you made by disobey
ing our Instructions is not our* be#
! yours. Take it. BIr. Blank, your wo-
. r»*ssor anils for New Orleans todav. JN -^
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