The Rocky Mo
VOLUME 2, NO. 33
Dr Truett To
Be At Ridgecrest
The Southern Baptist Christian
Life Conference is scheduled to be
held Avgust 18-25 at the Baptist as
sembly grounds, at Ridgecrest. Dr.
P. E.. Burroughs, secretary, and Dr.
Clay I. Hudson, associate secretary,
department of church administra
tion,. Southern Baptist Sunday school
board, Nashville, Tenn., will direct
the a (inference.
A capacity crowd is expected to
attend from the District of Columbia
and the 18 states of the Southern'
Baptist convention territory.
Conference leaders will include Dr.
George W. Truett, president of the
Baptist world rtngress, past presi
dent of the Southern Baptist con
vention, find pastor of the First Bap
tist ehurch, Dallas, Tex.; Dr. John
L. Hill, book editor, Southern Bap
tist Sunday school board, Nashville,
Tenrn.; Dr. W. H. Tribble, professor
of theology, and Dr. W. Hersey
Davis, professor of Neiy Testament
interpretation, Southern Baptist
Theological seminary, Louisville,
Ky.; Mrs. W. J. Cox, past president
and present treasurer, Woman's Mis
sionary Union auxiliary to the Sou
thern Baptist convention, Memphis,
Tenn.; Dr. David M. Gardner, pas
tor of the First Baptist church, St.
Petersburg, Fla.; Dr. Sparks W. Mel
ton, pastor of Freemason Baptist
church, Norfolk, Va.
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Curb Market Is
Breakfast Host
I Commissioners of Two Counties and
City Officials Guests of
Local Mart
Two score friends of the Rocky
Mount Curb market, embracing the
I directions of that organization and,
i especially invited guests, the Rocky
Mount board of aldermen and the
county commissioners of Nash and
Edgecombe counties were entertain
ed this morning at a rather novel
breakfast in the Cobb-Foxhall ware
house at 7:30 o'clock.
The occasion was sponsored by the
I market with Mrs. Effle Vines Gordon
' in charge, while the Bumptious repast
from foodstuffs drawn entirely
from the farms of the two counties
with the single exceptions of the
coffee and the sugar.
After the breakfast, the invited
j guests were taken on a tour of in
spection of the market, and, in fact,
the breakfast table was spread at
the end of the market displays and
in plain view of the assembling
farmers and their wives, whose task
of getting ready their displays went
on preparatory to the market's open
ing at 8 o'clock.
While there was no declaration of
the intent of the meeting it is gen
' erally known that its purpose is to
1 enlist support and aid for the mar
ket upon the part of the law mak
ing bodies in the undertaking which
i has already been started to secure
a modern building as a home for
the local market. The need of such
a building is particularly felt right
now as uncertainty prevails as to
where the market may be hfld with
| the opening of the tobacco market
less than three weeks away.
Roosevelt Asked
Continue Loans
Washington.—Continuance of the
yl2 cents a pound loan on cotton for
the 1935 crop was urged upon Presi
dent Roosevelt today by Chairman
Smith of the Senate agriculture com
mittee.
The senator, in a long talk with
the President, also advocated estab
| lishment of a government agency to
accept foreign credit "to aid ex
-1 porting."
Senator Smith offered no predic
tions on the government's attitude
toward loans on this year's crop.
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i PAID DOCTOR'S FEE IN PENNIES
I Dr. J. F. Gamble walked into the
First National Bank at Lincolnton
one day the past week, and tossing
a bag of coins in the teller's win
-1 dow, stated that ho wished to make
[ a deposit. And when the clerk
opened tho bag he counted 2,050
one-cent pieces.
Dr. Gamble explained that he had
presided at the birth of a son to Mr.
and Mrs. Coy Stamey on Monday
morning and when he started to
leave Stamey handed him the bag of
pennies in payment for his ser
vices. The money sack was sup
posed, to contain just 2,000 pennies,
but a check at tho bank revealed
J the extra 50. These were returned
v. to Stamey with a request from Dr.
Gamble that they be used as tho
nucleus of a hank account for the
latest Stamey heir.
The bag of pennies weighed 13
pounds.
Readers, when you pur
chase goods advertised
in these columns tell the
merchants you saw it in
THE HERALD
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Home Security
Agents Leave
For Convention
The annual convention of the
Home Security Life Insurance Com
pany will be held at the Nansemond
Hotel, Ocean View, Va., on August
14-15-16.
About 150 representatives of the
company qualified for this conven
tion, among whom were L. P. Mor
gan, pianager of the Rocky Mount
district, and members of his staff,
Assistant Manager V. C. Morgan of
Roanoke Rapids; Assistant Manager
L. O. Hooks, Agents J. W. Davis, O.
M. Proctor, H. J. Tew, F. R. Bowen,
R. T. Jeffreys, all of Rocky Mount;
Agent Lionel Leßourget, of Enfield;
and Agent R. H. Ruffin of Tarboro.
Funeral Rites For
W. T. Ransome
Prominent Enfield Citizen Burled In
Virginia
Enfield.—Funeral services for W.
T. Ransome, 50, prominent citizen
who died Thursday night, were held
Saturday afternoon at the Baptist
church in Cumberland, Va., his old
home. The service was conducted by
the pastor of the church, Rev. Rey
nolds, assisted by Rev. E. O. Peeler,
of Enfield. Burial took place in the
church yard cemetery by the side of
his parents.
Mrs. Charlie Miller, of l?nfield,
rendered solos in the church and at
the gr»ve.
Mr. Ransome was a member of the
Enfield Baptist church, of which he
was an honorary deacon. He was a
member of the Enfield Masonic
bodies and the Sudan Temple of New
Bern. He was also past patron of
the local chapter of the Eastern Star.
Surviving are four children, Mrs.
Elizabeth Ransome Ray, William
Ransome, and Margaret Ransome, all
of Raleigh, and Harry Woodson Ran
some, of Enfield; three sisters, Mrs.
H. 0. Cooley of Williamsburg Va.,
Mrs. Cleveland Davenport, of 'Cum
berland, Va., and a Mrs. Higgins, of
Pennsylvania, an/| one brother, B. C.
Ransome, of Washington, D. C.
FORMER RESIDENT DIES
IN DANVILLE, VIRGINIA
James Sydney Strickland Taken by
Death Yesterday
James Sydney Strickland, Sr., 48,
a former resident of this city, died
in Danville, Va., yesterday afternoon
from a heart attack.
Mr. Strickland was raised in Louis
burg and lived there a number of
years. He lived in Rooky Mount un
til about five years ago.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elliee
Alford Strickland, and son, James,
Jr., three sisters, Mrs. Myron Pleas
ants, of Louisburg, Mrs. John Foster,
of Louisburg, and Mrs. Ben Brown,
of Petersburg, and a number of
nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
morning at 10:30 o'clock in Louis
burg from the home of Mrs. Pleas
ants. Burial will take place in the
Louisburg cemetery.
JOSEPHUS DANIELS, JR.
ELECTED LEGION HEAD
Josephus Daniels, Jr., of Raleigh,
was elected commander of the North
Carolina Department of the Ameri
can Legion at the annual convention
held in Fayetteville this week. He
was unopposed. The 1936 convention
will be held in Asheville.
The convention again adopted a
resolution calling for immediate
payment of the adjusted service cer
tificates, and heard National Com
mander Frank N. Belgrano, of San
Francisco, pledge the efforts of Na
tional Legion leaders to continue
their fight for full payment.
Josephus Daniels, Jr., son of the
Ambassador to Mexico and war-time
secretary of the Navy, enlisted in
the Marine Corps as a private upon
the entry of the United States into
the World War and rose to the rank
of captain. He served a year over
seas with the 13th Marines and was
aide to General Smedley Butler.
Active in the American Legion
from its formation period, Mr. Dan
iels is a past Commander of Ra
leigh Post No. 1 and for several
years was chairman of the Legion's
luncheon club in the State Capital.
He is past Grande Chef de Gare
of the Grand Voiture of North Caro
lina of the 40 and 8, and also is
past Chef de Gare of the Raleigh
Voiture of 40 and 8. He has at
tended several national conventions
as a delegate from thi3 State. Mr.
Daniels has also been a delegate
from the Raleigh post to several
State conventions.
Forty-one years of age, Mr. Dan
iels is business manager of Tho News
and Observer.
Mrs. Daniels was Miss Evelina Fos
ter McCauley of Nashville, Tenn.
She is a member of the Raleigh unit
of the American Legion Auxiliary.
They have one son, Edward Foster)
a charter member of the Raleigh
Chapter of Sons of the Legion.
CCC to double its school facilities
to accomodate 500,000.
Midwest trade is the best in five
years, Chicago leaders say. •
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1935
Bi-County Med.
Society To Meet
Tarboro Local Doctors To Talk At
Nash-Edgecombe Session
Three Tarboro doctors and an in
terne of a local hospital will present
papers and case reports as features
of Wednesday night's monthly meet
ing of the Edgecombe-Nash medical
society in Tarboro at the Ferrar ho
tel at 6:45 o'clock, it was announced
today.
The program, as drawn up by the
program committee, includes a
report of Dr. Spencer Bass, Tarboro;
a paper jointly prepared by Dr. A. C.
Norfleet and Dr. Borden Hooks, both
of Tarboro, on the topic of "Viscero
tosis"; and a case report by Dr. E.
C. Powell, of the Parkview hospital
staff.
Dr. J. L. Lane, city, president of
the society, is expected to preside.
The program group has Dr. A. T.
Thorpe as its chairman and Dr. R.
8. Anderson, of the Rocky Mount
sanitarium, and Dr. A. M. Wooten,
Pinetops, also serve on it.
For the September meeting the
group is expecting to have Dr. J. K.
Hall, of the Westbrook Sanitorium
in Richmond, Va., to deliver a speech
at the session which will be held
here at the Ricks hotel on the elev
enth of the month.
L. M. Allsbromk
Dies[At Tarboro
Tarboro. —L. Martin Allsbrook, 66,
was found dead in his bed at his
home on North Main street, near
the A. C. L. depot early Monday
morning. The belief is that he died
of a heart attack. He was a well
known citizen here and had many
friends. Surviving are his widow,
three sons, Eugene, Robert and Don,
and one daughter, Miss Mary Alls
brook.
The funeral service was held Tues
day afternoon at the home, conduct
ed by Rev. Bertram E. Brown, rector
of Calvary Episcopal church and
the interment was in the family
burial grounds in the country in the
Lawrence section.
Party Makes
Survey Of Tar
Group To Determine Cost and Ad
visability of Snagging It Between
Here and Greenville.
Captain Ralph Mills, district en
gineer of the Wilmington office of
the United States war department,
today left here with John King
Brewer, representing the Chamber of
Commerce, on a trip down Tar River
to Greenville to determine the ap
proximate cost of snagging it.
Captain Mills will report the re
sults of the survey, which will take
about two days, to his superior,
Chief Engineer Edward Markham, of
the War department, and if tho
snagging of the river is approved,
mom>y can be obtained from the
Federal Works Progress administra
tion, it was explained. Approval
will come provided officials feel it
is needed.
The snagging of Tar river between
here and Greenville for flood pre
vention purposes has long been a
project of the Chamber of Com
merce here and other organizations.
The cortimittee working on it for
the Chamber of Commerce has Mil
lard Jones as the chairan and H. L.
Battle, T. L. Simmons, W. L. Thorp,
Norman Y. Chambliss, and J. L.
Home, Jr.
The survey which the party is now
making down the river will deter
mine the extent to which the clear
ing process is considered necessary
by the War department under whose
guidance the work will proceed, if
at all.
Laymans View
Of Attorneys
(From The Goldsboro News-Argus)
The lawyers of North Carolina are
among the groups which this year
aee having their annual conventions
while on boat trips.
The lawyers, at least those of them
who are going on the trip, appar
ently being more prosperous than
members of some other groups, are
going to Nova Scotia and return.
The following was reported to us as
a true conversation between two law
yers who were discussing plans to
go on the trip and a couple of ac
quaintances.
"Just consider," said one of the
lawyers, "what a gathering of fine
minds, there will be on this trip.
Men from all over North Carolina
will be on that one boat. Can you
imagine what a terrible blow it
wuold be to the State if the boat
should sink and all of those men be
lostt What a condition the State
would be inf"
The other lawyer appeared agree
ably Impressed, but a non-lawyer by
stander commented as follows:
"I don't know about the condition
of the State, but there certainly
would be an awful jam at the gates
of hell!"
Step Right Up and Tell the Time
The natives of Walla Walla, are so proud of their consistently
sunny weather that they have'designed this large "sun clock" on the
public square. Anyone wishing to know the time of day steps on the
center dot and looks at his shadow, which serves as an hour hand.
Teachers Sal
The teachers' salary schedule has finally been raised by
the SJate Board of Education 20 per cent, the amount that
the legislature intended. It is expected that more money
will be required than the amount appropriated, but this can
be paid out of the emergency fund. This is nothing but
common justice.
Last year it was the desire of the late Attorney General
to fix the salary schedule of teachers higher than it was
fixed, and in that way the State could have gotten some help
from the National Government. In this position he was sup
ported by the auditor, but the Governor and other members
of the Council of State took the opposite view, so the salary
was fixed at the rate spent last year when it should have
been higher.
SEATS NEEDED ON CAPITOL SQUARE
After the enormous amount of relief money and that be
longing to the State was spent on the capitol grounds, all of
the seats were removed and there was left not a place for
the weary travelers to rest, unless he was permitted to sit
on the capitol steps..
It has been frequently expressed that it would have been
better for the people if this money had not been spent, since
the improvements have become so fine that the people could
not sit in their own capitol grounds.
It is generally expected that probably the next governor
will give some assurance in the campaign that the citizens
of the State may be permitted to sit in the capitol grounds
and pass out a few peanuts to the squirrels and pigeons that
live in the capitol trees.
Below is a paragraph from the pen of Mr. Duke, Raleigh
newspaper correspondent, giving his views on the capitol
grounds. It is as follows:
"Let's by all means have a special session of the Legis
lature—not to rectify any muddles, for that would be im
possible, but to repair, if not replace the benches in Capitoi
Square. I have visited .a number of cities and towns, but
Raleigh is the only town that I have ever seen with as many
as three public parks with not a bench in either. This does
not include Pullen Park, this being strictly a money-raising
proposition, which has to be considered above the common
man's comfort."
LEROY MARTIN RESIGNS
We notice through the press that Mr. Leroy Martin, ex
ecutive secretary of the State Board of Equalization and
School Commission, has tendered his resignation to the
School Commission with the intention of engaging in a pri
vate practice of law, and will become counselor for the Trust
Department of the Wachovia Bank.
Mr. Martin is one of the State's most capable young men
and his work for the School Commission has been of the
highest order, and whatever success that has come to the
State Board of Equalization and the State School Commis
sion in administering the finances has probably been due to
his work more than many other factors.
At times there has been some criticism and oftentimes he
was compelled to take the lead in explaining the work of the
commission. Oftentimes the commission was without funds
to supply the real necessities for the running of the school
systems; yet it was his object at all times to try to give
equality to all the schools and to every child as far as the
money permitted. ,
We wish him every success in his new field, and he leaves
the services of the State and School Commission as being
one of the most faithful servants the State has ever had.
Prof. Fields Is
Teacher Of Agri.
Tarboro. Prof. N. E. Gresham,
superintendent of education, an
nounced yesterday that Prof. T. M.
Fields of Wallace has been elected
agricultural teacher to succeed Prof.
P. H. Gaston, of West Edgecombe,
who resigned recently and accepted
a position with the federal govern
ment. Prof. Fields was elected by
the West Edgecombe school board
with the approval of the Edgecombe
school board.
The state board of education must
also approve the election,
COUNTY HAS 2 WHITES.
Pierre, 8. D.-—Armstrong county,
according to the 1935 state census,
contains two white men. Both are
married to Indiana.
R. Mount Market
Pays Much Money
The Rocky Mount tobacco market
has averaged paying out to the
farmers of Eastern Carolina an av
erage of $7,500,000 each year for
their sales on the floors of local
warehouses, officials of the board of
trade recalled today as they pointed
to good times ahead for the farmers
of this section.
Boasting a three-year average of
$20.06, the Rocky Mount market
leads the way among other markets
in Eastern Carolina and tobacconists
here are predicting that the record
will be maintained during the season
which opens here on August 26,
Inflation group puts $5,000,000,-
000 on the "must" program.
PARAGRAPHS
PROBLEMS AT
Clash Seen In
W.P.A. Situation
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Hancock Charges 'One-Man Set-Up'
for 'Political Welfare' of Bailey
Washington, Aug. 13.—Announce
ment of the first approved North
Carolina projects in the Works Prog
ress Administration today coincided
with a sharp clash on patronage be
tween Representative Frank Han
cocki and Senator Josiah W. Bailey.
Mr. Hancock charged flatly that
the WPA in North Carolina is a
"one man set-up," operated for the
"political welfare" of Senator Bailey.
Announcement of the approved
program contained only two little
projects totalling $3,900 as compared
with initial announcements for most
of the states of scores of projects
totalling millions of dollars.
In fact more has been heard about
patronage than about projects since
the beginning of the WPA in North
Carolina and today was no excep
tion.
Considerable Friction.
There has been considerable fric
tion between the House delegation
and Senator Bailey all along and
Senator Reynolds has compllained
that he is even more "out in the
cold" than the House members.
While Mr. Hancock today spoke
the sentiments of some other mem
bers of the delegation as well as
those of his own, he assumed the
full responsibility for what he had
to say and his statement is the first
public utterance of any House mem
ber since the statement of Senator
Bailey several weeks ago in which
he informed those seeking positions
that he had nothing to do with the
district positions and that they were
solely matters for members of the
House. However, there has been
considerable muttering since that
statement.
Hancock's Statement.
Mr. Hancock's statement follows:
"Though deeply concerned with
the success of the program and will
ing to cooperate to the limit of my
capacity in assisting every worthy
applicant applying for a position
with the WPA from my district,
frankness forces me to say that un
der the existing order of things then
->eems to be little, if anything, that
I can do.
"Without charging the responsi
bility to any particular person or
persons, it is quite apparent that tin
majority of key appointments in the
WPA offices in our State are* being
made up on the expressed recom
mendation or with the tacit approval
of Senator Bailey.
"I therefore feel that the people
in my district should understand
what is really going on so that thf
fortunate ones may give him the
credit and the unfortunate ones may
register their complaints with him,
"Under our system of politics no
one can justly blame a man for
using every legitimate means of pro
moting his own political welfare.
''Considering all that has happen
ed since the program was inaugurat
ed I cannot but feel that WPA in
North Carolina is virtually a one
man set-up."
Today's open break between the
Fifth District Representative and
the Senior Senator probably had its
beginning with the appointment of
George W. Coan, Jr., of Winston-
Salem as State director.
W|lliams In On It
Although Mr. Coan is a resident
of Mr. Hancock's district, the Con
gressman knew nothing of the im
pending appdintment until asked to
approve it just before it was made.
Those in on the appointment early
were Senator Bailey, Representative
Doughton and S. Clay Williams, for
mer head of the NRA. Senator Rey
nolds was also consulted about the
Coan appointment, but apparently
has not been consulted much since.
The partial program for North
Carolina announced today inlcuded
oniy two sewer rojects. One at Con
cord is to cost $20,001, of which $15,-
037 is in Federal funds and the re
maining $5,964 in local funds. The
other, at Belmont, is to cost $22,080,
of which the Federal government is
to supply $14,264 and the munici
pality $7,823.
New Rules On
Sales Tax Rep.
Beginning this month, a (l mer .
chants, regardless of the size of their
sales, must make their reports to the
taxing authorities in Raleigh month
ly, according to an announcement
released a day or two ago by A. J.
Maxwell, commissioner of revenue.
Under the old law, if sales re
sulted in a tax of less than $lO, re
ports could be made monthly.
Another provision of the new law
is a uniform penalty of 5 per cent
(minimum penalty $1) on all returns
not made by the 15th day of the
month. This penalty will become
effective on all returns not mailed by
August 15th and monthly there
after.
712 foreclosure proceedings hare
been started by tMe HOLC.
SI.OO PER YEA*
ON NATIONAL
WASHINGTON
A Laugh Not Enough
Washington.—President Roosevelt
knows and those close to him real
ize that something more than a laugh
is required to kill off a rumor. That
is one of the reasons why the Pres
ident is planning if and when con
gress adjourns to make an extendad
tour of this country. He knows of
rumors going about the land his
health is not up to par and he it
taking this method of disclosing to
the American people by action rank
er than word the answer that he is
physically fit.
Whoever occupies the White House
is continually subjected to whisper*
ed rumors as well as open asser
tions of one kind or another. Some,
as in this instance, reflect on the
health o fthe chief executive. Others,
as happened within the last quar
ter of a century, reflected on tha
personal habits and practices of the
President. Still others have related
in times past personal fortunes and
financial dealings of the man in the
White House. Usually these "whis
pering campaifijis" are of a deroga
tory character. No one ever knows
exactly how they start Kor is it
possible for observers to put a fin
ger on the rumors as they float
by. It is a c9hdition that seems to
be bred by prominence of the indiv
idual about whom the rumor inon
gers can operate because people
are Wways interested in what a
President of the United Ctates is
doing.
In the current instance the "whis
pering campaign" was largely un
known to Washington until summer
resort residents began returning to
the city. They brought back all
sorts of stories that were being cir
culated in distant places concerning
Mr. Roosevelt's health . The gossip,
for that is what it appears to be,
spread like wild-fire in Washington
and became of so much concern thil
it crept into one of the White House
press conferences.
"Mr. President," one of the 200
correspondents present asked, "aro
you in, a little bad health f"
The chief executive's answer was
he laugh which has endeared hint
to many people. He was just back
froma short cruise aboard a yacht
>n Chesapeake Bay. His face was
sun-tanned. He leaned back in ki»
chair and demanded to know what
the correspondents thought about it
' h, t tat the news dispatches
from Washington that night indi.
® a ' ed , rathe, \ Nearly what the corre
of"the n p about the Ht nt*
of the President s health, for sure
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SfSfEaftgg
So, before tin Presidency.
lions • 18 ove "- mil
ns of Americans probnblv »;it
have an opportunity 'to see til
themselves just as th«
cuts saw at /ho correspond.
o'Se &°iZZ7.7.
ent part of that job.
One trip upon which Mr. Rooae
elt has set his heart is a tour to
Lrnv\? ° eolUlt and rot »rn. It will
Mr an opportunity for several
millions of Americans to see j
speak" ir er ,, n " m '' er to h '» K
speak. It will carry him thrnnak
crntory which contains probably
tion! 8 ° f the nations Popular
11 r ll roco ßnized in Washing
informed " 0 am ° Unt ° f denia, » S
informed persons or any amount a#
second-hand testimony is suffldeS
klndttlSi ma, L CloUa storil>s o' SS
the only one who is prenarnd fn ai
Pn-.id.m pSb,v h, i,r"Si
other trips during the late fall
early winter as well. Plans fat
hese are still in the making ani
their length and „ um | (( . r .lependj
somewhat upon the date of congress!
ionnl adjournment. ®
The program fits well into the
Roosevelt methods. In the 28 months
of his tenure the President has dona
a considerable amount of travel. He
has made three cruises on the yacht
owned by Vincent Astor, two of
which lasted more than two weeks
each He traveled to the east coast
crnft- A V' n - I"°' 1933 * a,>oard the
art, Amberjack, and returned two
weeks late* aboard na vv shin.
h ?*?*! ™ >' iM be remembered)
he visited tfaiti, Puerto Rico, the
\ irgin Islands. Columbia, the Pan.
ama canal, Clipperton island, and
Hawaii. On his return from that
cruise he crossed the Northwest,
making several speeches before
reaching Washington.
In 1933 and in 1934 he visited
Warm Springs, Georgia, the colony
where victims of infantile paralysis
are nursed back to health and with
which the President, because of his
own afflcition, has had much pes
sonal connection. In returning from
the 1934 visit to Warm Springs, Mr,
Roosevelt stoppped at Muscle Shoals v
Norris dam, and Birmingham for
personal visits to points and thines
which interested him. All of these
trips have been in addition to peri
odical visits to his home at Hyde
Park, N. Y., and, apparently, all
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