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TJHK AT LA.VI A U LUKU1AJN AN1) NEWS.
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FIGHT FOR IWiTEfi SUPPLY
WON BY HEARST PH
3
u \sHINGTON, Dec. 8. — For
,rs, just so long as the city
Francisco has sought to ae-
Hetch-Hetchy Valley as a site
r.servoir for its water supply,
■ long has William Randolph
ought with all the power of
.viI papers to get. this pure wa-
\ for the hundreds of thou-
inhabitants of that ’city, an j
ampaign more than to any
,ik‘ thing is due the victory just
mh and out of season the
papers, from Boston to At-
from New York to San Fran-
i ve urged editorially that Col -
the people of San Francis 'o
to convert the mosquito-
naccessible valley of Hetch-
into a reservoir for the im- (
n ng of the pure mountain
to safeguard the health not
r ilie c itizens of the city, but of
ons who pass through it an-
:i their way to other destina-
ing weeks of the campaign
i i-"i by two great achieve-
irried out under the direct
orders and supervision of
Hi ist. which struck -tremen-
ws in behalf of the project
1i.• h illustrate better than any-
\<r done before in any coun-
ihi' world just what is meant
w i per enterprise.
Special Edition of Paper Aids
T ,->• were the special Hetch-
rdition of The San Francisco
.miner, published in Washington
.« sday, and the preparation of
t petition from the citizens of
■ Francisco and the residents of
ntiguous territory appealing to
- ss to grant the plea,
w persons outside the newspaper
ff-ssion realize just what it cost in
■ • ', energy and talent to prepare
publish the special Hetch-Hetchy
of The Examiner, which pro
fited to the members of the Senate
graphic form the facts in the argu-
ni of San Francisco and the falsi-
s in the argument of the water
•wer interests which oppose the
n Mr. Hearst issued orders for
prei rition of the special edition.
ii P iited that no expense should be
jr d to make it the most impressive
that possible could be
mailed.
Mr Fdward L. Hamilton, vetera 1
t San Francisco office, was
dud L -t with a special staff of
u■ >. every one of whom was thor-
- d\ conversant with the situation,
i c ^ a no men skilled in preparing
ind making up newspapers
irried to Washington from
•I The entire Washington
? s .e Hearst service, num-
tout 2:; men, were placed al
tii 'Mil’s disposal. The work of
; tring the edition, including writ-
the articles, gathering tlie inter-
making sketches and cuts and
ng the edition was accomplished
ibout three days.
'n Tuesday morning, four days be-
• • the date set for a vote on the bill,
i y member of the Senate found on
desk in his office a copy of this
ml edition, on the first nage of
disappeared a sufficient reason for
being, and a reproduction of a
e issued by the company which
v supplies San Francisco with wa
ter warning the people to conserve
every drop, as “the water consump
tion now exceeds the dependable sup- \
ply available for distribution.”
Plea* by Noted Persons.
Accompanying this warning, on tlie
same page, were statements by Vice
President Marshall, Secretary of
State Bryan. Secretary of the Inte
rior Lane and Secretary of Agricul
ture Houston, urging that San Fran
cisco's appeal be not heard in vain
The remaining fifteen pages of the
special edition were filled with simi
lar statements by noted engineers.
State and city officials of California,
members of Congress and other men
and women high in public life, all to
the same effect.
Mr. Hearst’s San Francisco Ex
aminer. which has been, of course, a
devoted advocate of the Hetch-Hetchy
reservoir site for many years, lent a
great stimulus to the fight for the
adoption of the Hetch-Hetchy bill in
the preparation of the petition above
referred to.
In repeated editorials The Exam
iner asked its readers to write per
sonally to members of the Senate,
urging upon them the imperative ne
cessity of a water supply for San
Francisco and its neighborhood, and
requiring them to vote for the Hetch-
Hetchy bill.
As a result of this appeal, thou
sands of letters were sent to Wash
ington. among them letters from the
most influential citizens and organi
zations in the State.
As a final argument to lay before
the Senate The Examiner had print
ed and circulated throughout San
Francisco and all the territory tribu
tary to the metropolis a petition to
the Senate of the United States call
ing for its favorable vote upon the
bill giving San Francisco the only
available water supply adequate to
Us present and future needs.
Signatures Pour in.
The petition was first circulated on
Saturday. November 22. Citizens
everywhere seized the opportunity to
sign it with enthusiasm. A minia
ture petition was printed each day in
The Examiner. Readers were asked
to sign this and return by mail.
Every mail following the first pub
lication of this petition brought hun
dreds of signatures.
Wednesday. November 26. was the
last day upon which the petition was
at the disposal of citizens. Although
the five days during which the peti
tion was in circulation included two
holidays. Sunday and Jupipero Serra
Day, a state holiday, more than 15,000
signatures were affixed.
This petition, signed by the Gov
ernor of the State and the Mayor of
Han Francisco, was brought to Wash
ington in charge of Mayor Rolph, of |
San Francisco, and was laid before
the Senate.
The mass of signatures affixed to
the petition indicates how earnestly
the people- of California desire this
water supply for San Francisco, for
which that city has been fighting for
twelve years.
Every class of citizen was repre
sented among the names on the peti
tion. Entire communities remote from
San Francisco, which rely upon the
metropolis for their welfare and de
velopment, signed the petition en
masse.
co-operation and friendship of San
Francisco, will he the garden spot t f
the United States
It shall have abundant water all
the year; shall bloom as the rose |
by day. and shall sidne by night '
w ith abundant electric light, cheap- j
er than in any other spot on earth, i
Truly it was an epoch-making
day for Ban Fruit is< o t and ihs la
duly grateful to those Senators
who have heard her prayer—fore
most among whom are Senator
Pittman, of Nevada, and that grund
old warrior, Perkins, of (California.
GEORGE C. PERKINS, Senator
From California—The passage of
the Hetch Hetchy bill is an impor
tant step in the development of
California. I am sure the future
will demonstrate that there is suf
ficient water in the Tuolumne River
to furnish an ample supply not only
for San Francisco’s needs, but for
HUNDREDS OF BABIES
EXAMINED BY EXPERTS
One of Atlanta's leading doctors examining a yonngsler at the
Child Welfare Show.
iSrotLiGffl's
GEORGIA
POLITICS
l JAMES B- NEVIN
A well-known citizen and taxpaver
of Houston County, who for reason*
of his own asks that his name be not
used, talked moat interestingly in the
lobby of the Analev to-day of the new
tax equalization law’ as it effects his
county.
The condition of things in Houston
is so typical of the condition in many
other counties in Georgia that what
this man said is significant, and mav
well he considered thoughtfully by all
i itizens. especially officials. In other
localities.
He sold “The Houston Board of
County Commissioners met in regular
monthly session in Perry recently, and
among thn business transacted was
the selection of three representative
i Itizens to serve as local equalizers of
taxes, as required by the new tax' law
enacted at the la at session of the leg
islature
“For this very important, work the
commissioners chose Messrs K. M.
Fagan* of Fort Valley; Jerry H Davis,
of Lakeside, and J. F Hammock, of
Dunbar. These gentlemen all are suc
cessful business men. and if they will
consent to serve, can render a dis
tinct and valuable service to the coun
ty by carrying out fearlessly and
without favor the spirit and intent,
as well as the expressed provisions of
I he new la w.
“Where it is published to the world,
as It now is. that a county as large
as Houston has returned tax values
amounting to but a fraction over $3,-
000,000. and that the lax rate is $18
per thousand, prospectors and in
vestors alike are frightened off un
less special inquiry is made as to the
real and not apparent condition of
affairs: but let the equalizers perform
their sworn duty, as the above gen
tlemen unquestionably will, and as
sess property for at least, half its
value, the returns will easily show
a four-fold Increase, and the rate of
taxation will be correspondingly de
creased. which showing will prove at
tractive alike to foreign capital for
Investment and the homeaeeker.
“Now, I am a taxpayer in Houaion
County—not the biggest one. but a
substantial one—and I have a selfish
interest in the intelligent enforce
ment of this new law. 1 believe it
will furnish the State much more
needed revenue, that it w ill approxi
mately fix values at the REAL status,
and that ir will eventually LOWER
my tax rate, and my aggregate
amount of taxes, perceptibly.
“If onl.\ the best men obtainable
may be elected to. and will serve, on
the local boards throughout the State,
the new law will prove to be the very
greatest blessing that has eotne to
Georgia since the war!"
The Rockmart News has had Its ear
to he ground up in North Georgia re
cently, and it thinks it may have
heard something
The News aavs “Notwithstanding
the fact that the General Assembh
has a. measure before that bodv radi
cally changing the plan of aupplyln*
achoolbooks *o the children of the
State, the State Board of Education
on Thursday last adopted schoolbook*
for the next five years. It is to the
credit of Governor Sla.ton. State
School Superintendent Brittain and
Professor T. J. Woof ter that thay did
everything in their power to prevent
action at the present time. As w e
understand it. for the first time th*
Stale attempts to prescribe the books
that arc to be used in t.he high schools
of the State, leaving local boards m
authority whatever We have noi
heard the laat of this schoolbook
adoption.’’
The News doubt leas is correct
likely enough we haven't yet beard
“the last of this schoolbook adoption
not by a long shot!
According to Commissioner of
Commerce and |jf*bor H. M. StanJej
i he textile industry has grown to be
the most important in Georgia.
At the close of the year 1912 there
were 177 mills in operation in Geor
gia. representing a capital invest
ment of $77,000,000 The Cornmis
sioner’s report for the same period
showed in detail the other manufac
turing enterprises of the State, and
attracted much attention at the time
This year's report will not show
any very great increase in the num
ber of manufacturing enterprises, al
though there have been some addi
tions. All plants that were going a
year ago are going to-day’, however
and none of, them are running w a
loss.
The past year has been a good one.
and the next should, in the opinion
of the Commissioner, show a decided
Increase in manufacturing invest
ments. and likely will.
CASTOR l A
for Infant* and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Citizens of San Francisco
Rejoice Over Great Victory
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Some of
most prominent citizens of San
o expressed their joy over
■ ssuge of the Hetch-Hetchy biP,
-En for which was led by Willi un
udolph Hearst. Some of the opin-
uiis ;ire given below:
JAMES D. PHELAN, Former Mayor
of San Francisco—Hard as Sail
1 ncisco has worked for a water
ahe does not know the value
her victory. Water she will have
for domestic uses, for street and
hr*. for trees and fountains; power
and street car propulsion
.■mi universal mechanical use for
FORSYTH
ATLANTA'S Daily 2:30
Busiest Theater Nights 5:30
THE WIHRLWiND VIOLINIST.
YVETTE!
Direct From Follies Bergere. «
Australian Boy Scouts, Goldsmith
A. Hoppe. Hickey Bros.. Nichol
Sisters, the Rosalres, Eldridge &
Barlow.
LyricTheater
ELEANOR MONTELL
ATLANTA TO £' s GHT
Klaw & Erlanger Present
Robert HILL2ARD
In the Great Detective Play,
“THE ARGYLE CASE”
Also Tues., Wed. Mat. and Night.
Nights, 25c to $2; Mat. 2 5cto $1.50
thurs.,fri.,sat.,
H. H. Frazee Presents
Famous Ail-Star Cast
FINE FEATHERS
By Eugene Walter.
j Robert Edeson
Rose Coqhlan I
'•'•ton Lackaye
Lydia Dickson |
1 ‘•• 1 ax Ftqman
Lolita Robertson |
SEATS NOW SELLING
J'-s. 25c to $2: Mat. 25c to $1.50
home and factory. The Army Board
reported that the power privilege
alone was worth $45,000,000. which
is more than the cost of the present
plans of construction and distribu
tion. in good season we must fittingly*
recognize t£e services of the Sen
ators and Congressmen and admin
istrative office at Washington and
our public servants at home. The
special edition of The San Francisco
Examiner was a stroke of enterprise
which greatly aided the fight and
which should be included in the
unanimous vote of thanks.
M. M. O’SHAUGHNESSY, City Engi
neer of San Francisco—The city is
to he congratulated on the success
ful outcome of its efforts on secur
ing a perpetual grant for a future
permanent source of water supply.
There is no record in existence of
such vicious, malignant, deceitful
and persistent antagonism as has
been offered against this measure.
The citizens of San Francisco and
the bay cities should tender their
gratitude to those honorable num
bers of the House of Representa
tives and the Senate for their ear
nest advocacy of the measure. Too
much can not be said in praise of
the good missionary work of Con
gressmen Kent. Baker. Nolan. Kahn
and Knowland in the House and
Senators Perkins, Pittman. Myers,
Norris, Thomas. Walsh, Reed.
Thompson of Kansas, A shut at and
Mar* Smith of Arizona and Lippi*i
of Rhode Island, each of whom i 1-
vocated the city’s rights to the
grand. eMssrs. Kent and Pittman
were untiring in their efforts all *bo
past summer in the city’s cause, and
made many personal sacrifices to
ward its success, for which due ap
preciation can not be given.
ALEXANDER T. VOBELSANG.
Member of San Francisco Board of
Supervisors —The* people of the bn v
counties and of Stanilaus County
are to be seriously congratulated on
the passage of the Hetch-Hetchy
bill. It is now imperative that the
city undertake speedily and in ear
nest the settlement and construction
of an adequate water supply, both
locally and from the Sierras. When
both supplies are owned by the city,
her growth and development will
astonish the world. The farmers
who have expressed fears that their
welfare will be injured or imped* *1
by the city’s development soon will
learn that their apprehensions arc
unfounded and baseless. For hT
time Stanilaus County, with the
Our coals will please you.
Call. us.
CARROLL & HUNTER.
the irrigable lands below the dam
as well.
1 feel deeply grateful to Sena
tors. my colleagues, who have
given the measure their patient
and thorough consideration.
I congratulate the city officials
and the patriotic citizens who have
advocated and worked for the
Hetch Hetch.v bill. The press has
rendered most valuable aid, and
Mr. Hearat's special edition of The
Ehcamin< i eat
credit for the final victory.
PERLEY V. LONG. City and County
Attorney of San Francisco—The
action of the Seriate to-day means
that San Francisco has progressed
along the lines of public owner
ship. The Hearst publications have
contributed very largely to this re
sult. Standing almost alone among
tlie great publishers of the East in
the advocacy of the Hetch Hetchy
- measure, Mr. Hearst has consis
tently and earnestly urged that San
Francisco be given the grant. The
measure of his influence has been
great, and San Francisco is the
beneficiary. The result is far-
reaching. and the ready response
by Congress to our appeals is grat
ifying.
HENRY F. ASHURST, Senator From
Arizona—The Stat • of <Jalil
as usual, came oui victorious in
this contest, notwithstanding the
fact that a most wicked and insid
ious lobby had developed in oppo
sition to the Hetch Hetchy bill.
The enterprise of Mr. William
Randolph Hearst in publishing a
special edition of The Examiner,
giving all the facts and developing
all the reasons why the bill should
pass, was a powerful factor in sup
plying the requisite and accurate
information on which the Senate
was able to form a proper opinion
a8 to the necessity and propriety
of this legislation. Mr. Hearst has
frequently shown his great loyalty
and love for his native State, and
on this occasion he measured up to
the fullest requirements of loyalty
and devotion.
East Point in Lively
Pre-election Battle
An election for three Councilmen and
a Recorder will he held in Fast Point
Tuesday and some lively scraps are
looked for
The announced candidates are C. L.
Hutchinson and •) I’. Cochran, to suc
ceed themselves: \N L. Orr. J. S.
Winn, J. H. McConnell, B. K. Carroll,
IT. E. Johnson and S. N. Thompson.
The altter two are running on a plat
form calling for a commission form of
government.
The candidates for Recorder are C.
R. Henry, Guy Parker, A. K. \\ ilson
and Pierce Oliver.
Suffrage Monument
Takes Hold in Macon
the annual institute of the Atlanta
Sunday School Superintendents at
the Central Congregational Church
Sunday afternoon.
“Nothing is more vital to the world
or greater in scope and importance
than the business of child training."
he said. “It is more important than
the coal and iron industry, and of
agriculture. Sunday school is the
greatest means of salvation f,or the
child in the face of its neglect by
the world, and to this end the Sunday
school has a powerful mission to per
form.
Two Sessions Monday.
The institute will hold two sessions
each to-day and Tuesday, and Qr.
Brown will speak each day. A sup
per will be served to the superintend
ents at the church Tuesday evening.
I)r. Marion McH. Hull, president of
flie Superintendents’ Congress, pre
sided Sunday, while L. E. Floyd will
preside Monday night.
Subjects to be discussed Monday
are “Scripture Reading.” Major Ft. J.
Guinn; “The Finest of the Fine Arts."
by the Rev. William A. Brown, and
“The Bait that Catches and Holds the
Adults in the Sunday School,” by D.
W. Sims.
Table Shows Gain.
An interesting announcement made
at the Sunday session was that the
net gain in Sunday school attendance
for Sunday morning in Atlanta
churches showed a total of 94, the
average attendance being 418, as
compared with 324 for the same day
last year.
The following reports of attendance
were made:
NAME.
St. Paul
First Methodist
Tabernacle Baptist.. ..
Central Presbyterian ..
Second Baptist
First Christian .. ..
First Baptist
Wesley Memorial .. ..
Grace Methodist . .
I North Avenue
Jackson Hill Baptist ..
Central Congregational
I Inman Park Baptist
Harris St. Prosby. .
Gordon St. Methodist
I Druid Park Presby. ..
A ttedance
1912. 1913.
563
353
607
629
438
346
356
476
358
416
317
100
40
43
87
68
680
458
676
708
563
693
455
522
430
515
4 46
131
159
91
125
94
Atlanta Mothers Eager to Take
Advantage of Free Offer of
Welfare Show.
For the first time perhaps in Lite
history of the city, Atlanta mothers
are being given an opportunity to
have their babies examined free of
charge by competent physicians, in
the Health Conference of the Child
Welfare and Public Health* Exhibit,
n the old Leyden house on.Peachtree
street.
The work is being done by mem
bers of the Fulton County Medical
Society, which numbers among its
members the most prominent doctors
of Atlanta. They have donated their
services to the management of the
show, and are working in relays, half
a. dozen of the physicians being on
hand each day to examine the chil
dren.
The health conference is attracting
more attention than any other de
partment of the show. More than a
hundred children have been exam
ined since the show opened, and the
number is increasing every day
Do Not Give Treatment.
The physicians do not give or sug
gest any treatment—they merely tell
the mother what is the matter with
the child, and then it is up to the
parent to remedy the condition or not,
as she sees fit. Each child is exam
ined carefully and thoroughly, and a
report, covering 32 points. Is given to
the mother.
This report embodies the result of a
careful examination of the pulse,
bones, muscle, skin, head, glands,
mouth, teeth, tonsils, adenoids, eyes,
ears, nose, chest, abdomen, liver,
spleen, heart, lungs, spine and other
portions of the child’s body.
It is expected that greater and more
permanent good will come from this
health conference than from any of
the other departments of the show
With the aid of the report of the
physician who examined her child,
the mother knows exactly what ails
'Dolling Up’for Ball
Costly to Students A Sure-Enough
Kidney Remedy
her baby, and then the curing of these
ills is comparatively simple, if done in
time.
Should Be Examined Often.
“The greatest trouble with the
average mother," said one of the doc
tors Monday, “Is thal she never learns
what is the matter with her child
until it is too late. Babies should be
examined often, because there are
many diseases that get a foothold in
a child’s body and are not apparent
to any but the trained eye and mind
until it is too late to cure them.
“Many of the ills that ruin the
lives of men and women could be
prevented by proper treatment of the
child, at an age when the cure is easy
and simple.”
The conference will continue each
day until the close of the show, and
the general committee in charge of
the show invites every mother in At
lanta to bring her child and have it
examined.
Lease Can Be Broken
If Janitor’s ‘Sorry’
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—If your janitor
is “sassy” you are justified in break
ing your lease, according to a Supreme
Court decision in the case of Ellen -*
Purcell. Xtndlad\. against Maurice '■■■■CS
Leonard, a Tenant. The woman did not f—•
approve the janitor’s conduct.
Bad Cooking; Suicide;!
Doctor; She’s Saved!
NE WYORK, Dec. 8.—Following a
quarrel with her husband, who bad
criticised her cooking, Mrs. Annie Ol
sen took bichloride of mercury, after
which she quickly changed her mind
and rushed to a doctoY. She will re
cover.
RIDLEY A JAMES
AtlOITOK.
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it. Maxwell Haute Blend Tea is strictly
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Tali* I.AXATIVK BROMO QUININE
Tablets. Druggists refund money if it
fails to cure R. \V. GROVE’S signa
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I I
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No alarm clocks or frequent calls to dress and
hurry to the table when there is beckoning
to you—
CHAMPAIGN. ILL.. Dec. 8. Stu
dents of the University of Illinois who
will attend the annual Junior prom next
Friday night will spend $6,500 for tick
ets. cabs, candy, flowers, dress suit
rentals, etc.
COLDS RELIEVED
MACON, Dec 8.—The Suffragette
movement is taking hold in Macon, and
coincidently the organization of an anti
suffrage association is assured. Fol
lowing the return of Mrs. Cloa A Par
ker-Fuller from California, and the pub
lication b> her of articles In favor of
suffrage, the woernn of Macon have
manifested a deep interest.
A meeting will he held to-morrow j
afternoon r.t the home of Mrs. K. L. j
Martin for the purpose
equal suffrage league.
It you Lave tried external medicines
and find that your head is still stopped
up, throat inflamed and chest sore, we
want you to try the external treatment
—Vick’s “Vap-O-Rub” Croup and Pneu
monia Salve. Apply hot wet towels
over throat and chest, to open the pores,
then rub Vick's in well and cover with
a warm flannel cloth. The body warmth
I releases healing vapors that are inhaled
[ all night long, and in addition Vick’s
s absorbed through the pores, taking
ut the soreness. Sold by all dealers
of forming an l on thirty days' trial—try a 26c jar to
night.—Advt,
Stuarts Buchu and Juniper
Compound Acts Like Magic
on Liver, Kidneys and
Bladder.
No more bone pains, aching back,
headache, puffy eyes, swollen legs, of
fensive urinous cdor, diabetes, cloudy
urine, or frequent desire. Try Stuart's
Buchu and Juniper Compound, the new
and wonderful kidney and bladder rem
edy. We could talk till doomsday
j about how’ good this remedy is. but the
only sure wa* is fer you io try it your
self Buy a $1 bottle and take as di
rected on bottle. Stuart’s Buchu and
Juniper Compound has cured thousands
of sufferers where all other remedies
have failed. Stuart's Buchu and Juni
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acta directly on the urine through the
kidneys It keeps the blood health) it
strengthens the nepk of the bladder ;
regulates the kklpeys and does away
with backache and all * disagreeable
svmptoms. If discouraged with other
medicines, buy a $1 bottle of you; drug
gist to-day, and fake as directed on bot
tle.—Advt.
Sluggish Bowels Cause Gases,
Indigestion and Food
Fermentation.
<»►! a 10 < *-nt box now
That awful soreness, belching of acid
and foul gases; that pain in the pit of
the stomach, the heartburn, nervous
ness, nausea, bloating after eating, diz
ziness and sick headache, means a dis
ordered stomach, which can not be regu
lated until you remove the cause. It
Isn't your stomach’s fault. Your stom
ach is as good as any.
Tr\ Cascarets; they immediately
cleanse the stomach, remove the sour,
undigested and fermenting food and
foul gases, take the excess bile from
the liver and carry off the constipated
waste matter and poison from the bow
el*- Then your stomach trouble is end
ed A Cascarei to-night will straighten
you out by morning a 10-cent box from
any drug store will keep your stoma* h
sweet, liver and bowels regular for
months Don't forget the children
their little insides need a good gentle
cleansing, too.-—Advi.
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It appeals to tittle folks and grown ups
alike. ALAGA for breakfast puts a
smile on the face, a glow on the cheek
and a zest to the appetite. It satisfies.
Sold in sealed tins
by your grocer
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