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2 NEWS OE THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS ALABAMA MOBILE. Mayor Harry T. Hart- Well telegraphs Henry Ford, asking that he reconsider withdrawal of his bid for Muscle Shoals project. EUTAW. Eufaula is chosen as 1925 meeting place for Alabama Pres byterian Synod, at closin session here, defeating Anniston by several \ Otes. MOULTON. Lawrence county • -hool apportionment as made by state for year beginning October, 1921, is 136,760.89, or S3OO less than last year. DECATUR. South will be in dustrial savior of entire nation, ac cording to Major Z. T. Smith, of Washington. D. C., general indus trial agent of Southern railroad, in speech here. ~ GADSDEN. “Uncle” Joe Rog ers. wealthy citizen of Gadsden, who died here recently, leaves greater part of his wealth to his adopted daughter, Mrs. Esther Joe Smith. Two nieces of deceased, Ann Simp son .and Ida Rogers, of Lynchburg, Tenn., each file suits to collect ?10 ; - 1)00 promissory notes, which they claim were given in lieu of inheri tance. GOOD WATER. Recently burn ed buildings on Main street will soon Ire replaced with modern brick store ANNISTON.—In address here. Dr. Henry J. Willingham, president of Florence State Normal school, raj s Brandon administration for cutting Alabama’s school funds. He advo cates $20,000,000 bond issue for edu cation. HUNTSVILLE. —Huntsville citi wms subscribe $130,000 for new hos pital. Only $20,000 more is needed. FORT DEPOSIT.—Peter Kolb, 71. dies after short illness, at his home near here. EUTAW. —Alabama Presbyterian synod in session here indorses re moval of Presbyterian Theological •seminary from Columbia, S. C., to Atlanta, Ga» HUNTSVILLE.—Max Myerson, for many years one of Huntsville’s most prominent merchants, is dead. ANNISTON.—CoI. R. S. Knox and other army officers are here to irrange for establishment of forest reserve on part of army reservation not needed for military purposes. TALLADEGA.—Mrs. M. T. El liott, 87, is seriously injured in au tomobile accident. SYLACAUGA.—J. E. Vdnn, 50, ind his daughter, Ida May, are in stantly killed, and his wife perhaps fatally injured, and Miss Dora Mose y, of Equality, and Miss Marjorie Williagham, of Hartford, schcol eachers, are painfully injured when heir automobile goes over fifteen .’oot embankment here. MONTGOMERY.—Ad valorem tax issessments in Alabama for fiscal year ending September 30, 1924, •each hitherto unprecedented grand otal of $1,018,049.M1L GADSDEN.-LHugh G. Weaver, •onductor on ’ Gadsden-Guntersville livision of Nashville, Chattanooga md St. Louis railroad, takes first holiday in 25 years’ service to at tend annual convention of “Old luard,” at Nashville, Tenn. HSEFFlELD.—Government st earn power plant at nitrate plant No. 2, under lease to Alabama Powercoin pany, is put into operation for pur pose of supplying power to industries in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, where irouthi ciirtail supply of hydraulic (iovver. CENTERVILLE. Proceeds from half acre o' sweet potatoes will de lay school expenses this year of Nathan Wood, who realizes S2OO rom sales. JASPER. Walker county is mak ng big plans for centennial celebra ion to be held on November 1. Mrs. I. S. Freeman is director. GREENVI LLeT*— General J. B. Stanley commence on his sixtieth ears as editor of Greenville Advo- i ate - . ANNISTON.—Mrs. F. I. Hayes, of Hartselle, is re-elected president of \labama Congress of Parents and I’eachcrs, at fifth annual meeting tere. BIRMINGII AM. Mrs. Mary ■lchols, Birmingham's only woman dty commissioner, is recovering rom major operation at local hots •i t al. (DECATUR. Mrs" W. E. Black, L member of one of Morgan count r s oldest, and most nvominent fanti es, and mol her of Dr. AV. F. Black, f Birmingham, dies here. TROY. Eight, murder eases are et for hearing here at October term f court. MONTGOMERY.™ I,ailed Into 1 op by sedative effects of butter nilk, John Miller and Tom Ware, os aped convicts, are captured by sheriff W. C. Carroll, of Pike conn s’. as they lay sleeping peacefully n stolen Ford car. DECATUR.—Over 16,000 bales of ■ Iton has already been compressed •re this season. Last season total umber compressed was 35,000. FLORENCE. —Approximately 125 embers of Illinois Manufacturing jQkCDIDIM IrCIN SAY “BAYER ASPIRIN’’ and INSIST! I Unless you see the “Bayer Cross*’ on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe ■ by millions and prescribed by physicians 24 years for \ Colds Headache \W )\ P a ’ n Neuralgia \ °othache Lumbago \ Neuritis Rheumatism cep, oil. v Bayer package which contains proven directions. Randy "Bayer'’ boxes of 12 tablets—Also bottles of 21 ind 100 Druggists. I Irrlrta la the trade mark ci Bayer Manufacture of Monoaeeticacidester ci Salleylicarid THE ATLANTA TRIWEEKLY JOURNAL association, from state of Illinois, t visit Muscle Shoals with view to lo l; eating various kinds of manufacture 1 ing plants. ALBANY. —Six-year-old son of T. < B. Johnson, near here, picks 101' ( pounds of cotton in one day, while 1 his brother, 11. picks 106 pounds, i MONTGOMERY. —Clarence Bailey. 1 life convict, loses legal fight against death penalty. He will hang here November 28, unless Governor W. 1 W. Brandon interferes. While in < prison he killed James Culpepper, I fellow convict. JASPER. —Considerable cotton is 1 being marketed here, but majority 1 of farmers are holding for rising market. t BIRMINGHAM—Mrs. Mary T. < Jeffries, of Birmingham, is reelected ; president of Alabama Woman s 1 Christian Temperance union, in an nual session here.. i UNIVERSITY.—John J. Barber, of Birmingham, will lose his left eye. as result of explosion in chemical labor atory at State university. BIRMINGHAM. —Birm ingha m K u Klux Klan buries Senator Oscar W. ' Underwood in effigy, at big ceremo- . nial here which is attended by 7,000 people. , BIRMINGHAM.—W. B. Cloe, com- ; missioner of public safety, threatens , to resign. He charges other commis- I sioners with “butting into” his de- > partment. Several applicants for | place announce., ATTALLA. —Policeman Henry In- I gram is indicted on two charges of graft. , . DECATUR. —For first time in 30 years Decatur and Albany are with out street car service. Cars didn t pay operating expenses, officials ot Alabama Traction company say. BESSEMER.—J. T. Rogers 58, prominent citizen of Central Paik, is dead after short illness. SOUTH CAROLINA CLINTON. South Carolina Pres-, byterian synod votes approval of ! plan to move Columbia Theological I seminary to Atlanta, on condition Georgia synod raises $500,000 for in stitution. GREAT FALLS. —Truck operating from Rossville to school here turns over in ditch, as it passes another vehicle, and five children suffer pain ful injuries about faces and bodies. | COLUMBIA.— City council votes to have annexation election in January, i when several suburbs will vote on ■ question of joining city'. GREAT FALLS. R. L. Broom, j textile operator here, kills self by | sending .38 caliber bullet through | brain. Bad health is believed to | have caused deed. His first wife I committed suicide six years ago. ANDERSON. Question of toll rates on Alford bridge between here and Hartwell, Ga., is referred by South Caro’ina and Georgia state | highway officials to war department, | following conference here. GAFFNEY. —C. D. Kirby provides [ family of o possums for Spartanburg ; public park. CHESTER. —Judge M. L. Bonham, | of Anderson, holds first court here ! and makes favorable impression. I, Y MAN .—Com pa n y “F,” 105th ' engineers, national guard, Is mus- | tered into service here by Adjutant ■ General Robert E. Craig, this unit ; taking place of company “F,” re- | cently mustered out at Columbia. ROCK HILL? Charleston P. I Broadwell is "injured in accident at ! Catawba river dam near here, and ' dies in hospital in Charlotte two days later. He was 26, and was married only two days before acci dent. AIKEN.— E. F. Coch ran directs verdict of $6,T00 for plaintiff in case of First National bank of Richmond, against Mayfield. SRARTANBURG? Consent ver dict bf $3,033 is signed by Judge De- Vore, who hears case of Lizzie Wells, suing Pacolet Manufacturing com pany for $5,000, alleging damages as result of husband’s death from fall from load of cotton. Wells was truck driver for company. S PARTANBURG-.—Henry Aber nathy, 16, and Paul Abernathy, 12, are sent by Probate Judge Hicks to state reformatory at Florence, Henry retorting to judge that he will be back in Spartanburg in two weeks. COLUMBIA. - Clemson college alumni chapters in many parts of state meet and discuss “strike” of cadets at college. Most chapters urge students to return. SPARTANBURG.—Andrew Young, negro tenant on Boyce Pollard's farm, near Inman, confesses to shooting Floyd Matthew, young Tu capau textile operative, and is lodged In jail on charge ot assault and bat tery with intent to kill. GAFFNEY.—D. Rush, life insur ance agent, commits suicide by drowning self in pool of water near home here, body being found next morning with auto spring about neck. Ascribed to poor state of health and finances. CHESTER. Late. Rev. James Russell, aged Presbyterian minister, left several thousand dollars for cd- ucation of Presbyterian ministers,] according to probate of will made | here*. COLUMBIA.—State Baptist gen-1 eral board votes to postpone sale of! Caesar’s Head mountain, in Green-! ville county, and to use it for Sum-! mer assembly grounds. Mountain is now held "by Furman university, I Baptist institution. COLUMBIA.—Rev. Mark L. Car lile, one of state's leading Meth odist divines, and Rev. E. T. Hodges, are Methodist ministers here scheduled to be moved when Upper Soul li Carolina conference meets in Lxiurens in November. BENNETTSVILLE.—State Sena tor- R. L. Freeman is elected presi dent of organization formed at large gathering here for promotion of I Raleigh-Savannah highway. GREENVILLE.—More automo biles are licensed in South Carolina I Well, Here They Are Our 1924-25 Bargain Offers AFTER much wrestling with the other publishers we are able to an nounce what we believe to be Ihe best list of clubbing combinations ever offered by a Southern farm newspaper, at prices which represent a dis tinct saving to every subscriber. 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Osteen being eighty one years of age. COLUMBIA.—,fob~C. Swygert be gins service of four-year term in state penitentiary for killing of Dr. .1. C. Nicholson, of Leesville, in April, 1921. CHESTER.— Wylie Younge, 14. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ned Younge, is in serious condition in hospital here, from fracture of skull received when school truck turns over. COLUMBIA;—New ’city market, located in center of Assembly street, widest city street in state, is com pleted, and plans for opening No vember 1 are made. COLUMBIA.—State Superintend ent of Education J. H. Hope invites presidents and superintendents of all cotton mills in state to attend meet ing of mill school teachers, held in Greenville, for discussion of educa tion problems in textile communities. DlLLON.—'‘Bub’"McMillan. Dillon county boy, playing with St. Louis Browns, breaks ankle when sliding to base in exhibition game in Char lotte. He is brought here to recu perate. CIIA RL E STO N.—AI r s. George R. Lunz, of Charleston, is reelected president of South Carolina .Parent- Teacher association, at annual con vention here. COLUMBIA.—Dr? J. J. Watson, prominent physician and one of na tion’s leading authorities on pellag ra. dies at home here and is buried at Ridge Spring. S. C. FLORENCE.—Miss Grace William son is named queen of Pee‘Dee fair held here. BISHOPVILLE.—Word is receiv ed here of death of Harry 1,. Wood ham, a: Plains, Ga. He was native of this community. FLORENCE Mrs?" H. L. Skinner dies in hospital here, after brief ill- EASLEY.—Mrs. W. E. Mays, i Mrs. J, E. Russell, Miss Grace ! Wyatt, 'Miss Annie Johnson all sut | fee injuries when thrown from au i to, in wreck on highway near here, i Mrs. Mavs was driving. GREER. —Simeon Hughes, one of ] oldest and best known citizens of community, dies at home here at age of 79. Was Confederate veteran. FLORENCE. —Time allowed Ed mund Bigham, convicted of mur dering brother, for perfecting ap peal, is extended to December 10, by circuit judge. COLUMBIA.-—Knight of Pythias leaders from 18 towns meet here ami indorse plan to publish state K. r. magazine. ORANGEBURG.—Mrs. E. C. Bar ton, widow of late Senator 'William I S. Barton, dies at home here. 1 COLUMBlA.—Railroads of state, 1 announce free transportation for : Confederate veterans to State fair ! ■ here from all parts of state. NORTH CAROLINA RALEIGH.—More than 1,000 vet erans of Confederate army residing in state died during past year, ac cording to state auditor after check ing over pension rolls, which results in increase of $lO for each of state’s 8.G63 surviving veterans on list. CHARLOTTe7=w7 L. Jenkins, president of defunct Security Sav ings bank, arraigned in city court on charge of giving worthless cashier’s check few days prior to bank’s close, is convicted and fined SIOO. He ap peals. CHAPEL HILL.—Dr. 11. W. Chase, ! ; president, and Secretary of State [ Evrett, deliver principal addresses I at Founders' day exercise Commem rating 131st anniversary of Univer sity of North Carolina. Kill METHOD IIHIS RUPTURE Kansas City Doctor’s Discov ery Makes Truss or Oper ation Unnecessary Kansas City, Mo.—(Special.)—A ' new discovery, which, experts agree, , i has no equal for curative effects in ■ all rupture cases, is the latest ac- ; complishment of Dr. Andrews, the well-known Hernia specialist of this I , city. The extraordinary success of j this new method proves that it holds , and heals a rupture. It weighs only : a few ounces. Has no hard, goug- i ing pads, no elastic belt, no leg' I straps, no steel bands, and is as ' comfortable as a light garment. It ; ' has enabled hundreds of persons to throw away trusses and declare, their rupture absolutely healed. j Many of these had serious double ruptures, from which they had suf fered for years. It is Dr. Andrews’ ambition to have every ruptured per son enjoy the quick relief, comfort and healing power of his discovery, and he will send it on free trial to any reader of The Tri-Weekly Jour nal who writes him at his office. 1 I 1211 Koch Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. He wants one person in each neigh-1 : borhood to whom he can refer. If j I you wish to be rid of rupture for [ good, without an operation, take | advintacp of -hr doctor's fre* s nff»r. i j w rtte him t? ay.—(AlvertlwmsnUj GASTONlA.—Congressman F. W. Dallinger, of Massachusetts, address ing packed courthouse audience in behalf of Republican campaign, stresses favor for protective tariff as “self-preservation” policy on part of voters of this industrial section and declares American standard of living can be maintained only by Republican tariff policy. SALISBURY. —Mrs. G. A. Ram seur, widow of prominent physician, falls dead on street of heart attack while walking to home of Miss Edith McKenzie. GREENSBORO. —State executive committee of independent pary, in conference, arranges to have work ers at every precinct on election day and arranges continuous speaking campaign for Rev. Tom P. Jimison, of Spencer, and A. C. Shuford, of New Bern, progressive electors at ! large. Finances are declared to be , in unsatisfactory condition and sale ; of “emancipation bonds’’ is ordered I speeded up. DURHAM.—Robert T. Marshall, of j Durham, is sentenced to fixle to : seven years in prison after convic tion of arson to collect insurance. Evidence shows he hired I. G. Finch, now fugitive, to burn Marshall’s home, two other houses also being destroyed, Mrs. Finch betrays hus ! band after admitting intimacy with | Marshall, estranged from his wife. DURHAM.—T~cr"prlce, 30, of Farmville, Va., is fatally injured when he comes in contact with 2,- 500-volt power wire and dies six ; hours later after efforts to revive ' him prove futile. j WASHINGTON.—North Carolina i Presbyterian synod votes to meet | next year at Mooresville. ! MOUNT AlßY.—State 1 Senator Rufus L. Haymore dies suddenly aft er several months of illness with heart trouble. MONROE.—Letter Parks, 19, is found not guilty after trial on mur der charge growing out of killing of ' father. Youth claimed he shot to ; protect mother. RALEIGH.—Hands of North Caro j lina officials are tied so long as Dr. ! J. AV. Peacock remains in California. I says Superintendent Pou, of state I prison, on return of Warden Hughes, I who was unsuccessful in California ito obtain extradition of Peacock, ■ fugitive from state prison insane ward, where he was to be held for ! life for killing of Thomasville police | chief. No appeal can be made from decision of California governor in ' extradition case. RALEIGH. —Magistrate Tom Par rish is arrested on charge of illegal ily possessing whisky. Parrish re | fuses to submit to search of person until warrant is obtained by officer ! accosting him at fair grounds. Pint i of whisky later is found on Parrish, j who led “clean-up campaign” arous ing intense interest in city several , months ago. ASHEVILLE. Between 15.000 i and 20,000 members of Ku Klux Klan i in this state are expected to assem ble a tGreensboro October 30 to hold ; great demonstration, including pa rade, public initiation, barbecue and adderss by Rev. Dr. W. L. Straub, of Kinston. Klansmen are expected to attend in full regalia. WINSTON-SALEM.—This city is i chosen as place for first of series of addresses Governor-elect Brewster, I of Maine, will deliver in this state at request of Republican national I committee. He is friendly tn Ku Klux Klan. Other addresses will be ! delivered at Raleigh and Chapel H GREENSBORO.—Western North THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1924. Carolina conference of Methodist Episcopal church, south, is advised, in report of committee named to in vestigate charges against two former jfninisters of conference, that trials be ordered. Those former ministers are A. G. Canada, recently of Rural ; Hall and J. S. Capps, recently of I Stokesdale, whose whereabouts are unknown, each of whom is charged with dishonesty. MOUNT AIRY.—J. 1,. Harrisqp, leading merchant and highly esteem ed citizen, commits suicide by cut ting throat at home of son, J. G. I larrison. Elder Harrison had been in failing health several years, suf fering constantly. STATES V’J LLE.—United States Senator F. M. Simmons, of New Bern, arrives at Long’s sanitarium for treatment and undergoes minor j operation which hc»;pital attaches j say may require him to remain at , hospital week or more. NEW BERN.—Opal Gaskins is de ! clared winner of state prize offered I Iby United Daughters of Confederacy ' for best essay on life of General i John B. Gordon. RALEIGH.—With 16 warehouses failing to report, other 84 in state show leaf tobacco sales on auction market during September of 60,128,- 200 pounds, according to co-operative crop reporting service. This total compares with 56,078,576 for same month last year. Average price of $19.66 per hundredweight compares with $18.95 for September, 1923. W A SHIN GTON.—North Car ol ina Presbyterian synod is told in report that 411 churches made, every-mgm ber canvass last year; that subscrip tions amounted to $1,145,789, increase of about 50 per cent in two years; that there are 23,000 Presbyterian homes in the state; contributions of synod in past year totaled $2,222,379; of which $845,000 was for regular benevolences; $270,480, foreign mis sions; $251,000, home missions; $114,- 000, education; $141,000 orphans; $803,000, current expenses; $424,000, pastors’ salaries. RALEIGH—Dream of women of state is realized when whole build ; ing is set aside at state fair for i exhibits of farm women, where ! various activities of state home dem i onstration agents, under Mrs. Jane I McKimmon, state director, are be ; ing conducted during fair, supple ! menting interest in exhibits. RALEIGH. —Exhibits attracting I much interest and proving of edu- I cational value to - visitors at state fair include those of state highway commission, department of welfare, insurance department and geological and economic survey. RAELlGH.—Farmers’ day and ! North Carolina day, on successive days, draw thousands of visitors to state fair, officials of which say . attendance this year establishes rec ord. KINSTON. —Sales of tobacco at this market had mounted to about 12,000,000 pounds for season on Oc tober 6, for which nearly $3,000,000 had been paid to growers and about $5,000,000 will be paid this season to growers, according to E. V. Webb, market statistician. CHARLOTTE?=Answering A. W. McLean, Democratic nominee for ' governor, with denial that he had j spoken “actionable slander” against ! members of state textbook commis sion and calling McLean to declare I stand on Governor Morrison’s port ! commission plan, I. ~W. Meekins, Re publican nominee, reiterates favor ■ for textbooks for state's school chil dren. ! RALEIGH.— Here in connection j with his efforts in behalf of North Carolina. Democrats, Cole L. Blease, lin interview, declares “I didn't need i any vindication in South Carolina. All I needed was a freel ballot and a fair count.” RALEIGH. —Ten men now are in death row at state prison but none ! will be executed at early date. Sev- I eral of them have been reprieved by I Governor Morrison as a result of ab sence in California of Warden Bus bee, who is engaged in connection with Dr. J. W. Peacock’s extradition case. RALEIGH.—“Poorest cotton crop in state’s history” is description of | this year’s crop by Frank Parker, ! department of agriculture statistic ! ian, basing statement on October 1 ! condition, and placing crop at 47 per . cent of normal, with estimated pro ; duction of 723,000 bales, compared with record crop of 1,020,000 bales last year. RALEIGH. —North Carolina na tional guard in September reached strength of 3,809 officers and men. greatest peace-time strength, ac cording to adjutant general’s office. WILSON. Alleging fraudulent misrepresentations by agents of Fisheries Products company, of Wil mington, whereby he was induced to pay $30,000 for stock worth $20,000, J. W. Holliday, of Conway, S. C., obtains from- Judge H. G. Connor ordej- requiring receivers of $10,000,- 000 corporation to furnish list of stockholders. Holliday also alleges company’s liabilities are only $358,- ! 000 and that claim of Thomas H. | Hayes, company president, for $140,- I 000 is without value. GREENSBORO. —General assem j bly of Pilgrim’ Holiness church of | United States, in annual session, re elects Rev. W. R. Cox, of Greens- I boro, as assembly superintendent, I and Rev. R. G. Finch, of Kings -1 wood, Ky., foreign missons superin ' tendent. i GR E ENS RORO.—W. N. Shelton, jof Leakesville, business man, is tak en to hospital after heing injured j when his car is smashed at grade 1 crossing by Southern railway train. bib® A Vegetable Relief F° r Constipation Nature’s Remedy (hR Tab -3 l ets ) a ve S eta He laxative Sir® 4 *.* nature action. Relieves jaf' - '• 1 an d prevents biliousness, ■L. ,4 constipation and sick headaches. Tones and strengthens the digestion a nd assimilation. 1 2S c for 3 - over 30 OFF the Old Block W JUNIORS—-Little N?a ■ X 'XW Th* same hR-in one-third y xES doses, candy-coated. For ' n -jL M children and adults. SOLD 8Y YOUR DRUGGIST ASHEVILLE.—About 3,000 teach ers and school principals attend sec ond annual session of western dis trict of North Carolina educational association. A. W. Honeycutt, of Hendersonville, is district president. WADESBORO.—Various reports indicate severe shortage of corn crop has influenced farmers t of this section to prepare for planting of large acreages of small grains. GREENSBORO?—Board of publica tion of North Carolina’s two Method ist Episcopal church conferences, in annual session, re-elects Rev. A. W. Plyler as editor, and Rev. T. A. Sykes, business manager of North Carolina Christian Advocate, affairs of which are declared in excellent condition. YVILSON. Amos Raney and James Ballance, young white men, who escaped September 21 from Hali fax county state prison farm, are recaptured at Norfolk, Va., and are returned to prison farm to complete serving sentences for housebreaking. CHARLOTTE. —One thousand ap plications for operation are on file as tonsil and adenoid clinic,; to con tinue two weeks, is opened with Dr. M. L. Townsend, of Charlotte, in charge. Clinic is conducted by state board of health in co-operation with school officials. RAELIGH. —Registration of mo tor cars through department of state costs 17 cent seach; through branch offices, 12 cents, says Secretary of State Everett, announcing next year he will establish 60 branch of fices, compared with 38 branches this year. FAYETTEVILLE. Coincident with dismissal by state supreme costs 17 cents each; through branch Cumberland county commissioners begin work o nnew $400,000 court house, no other legal obstacles ex isting. ROCKY of Willie Mears, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mears, is found In orchard near home several miles from here. Hole, torn by shotgun discharges, exposes begin work on new $400,000 court irig, is believed to have shot him self accidentally. CHARLOTTE. Bishop Edward Rondthaler, of Winston-Salem, head of church in south, and Rev. J. K. Pfohl, pastor of “home” church at Winston-Salem, are on program as principal figures at services formal ly opening Meyers Park Moravian church, October 19. 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