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February 2, 1876
Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County
principles, not men
ASHEBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, JULY 25. 1937
Changed To The Courier
September 13. 1879
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PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY
NUMBER 74
. R.’s Farm Bill
Faces Trouble In
Senate And House
. embracing Agriculture
Measure “Desirable”
By Roosevelt.
Republican favors
emocrat Member Classes
Proposal With AAA As
Unconstitutional.
Washington.—Further difference
;ween Senators and Representa
were indicated yesterday
|th the introduction of President
isevelt’s all - embracing farm
res
[Favorable and unfavorable com
ents were issued from congress
nal leaders after introduction of
bill. Representative Clifford
Hope (R-Kans.) chief farm ad
in the Landon campaign, en
trsed the bill, saying it followed
[e lines advocated by the Repub
ans in that campaign.
[Representative Edward C. Eich
(P-lowa) said the bill was as
^constitutional as the old AAA
cause, “it purchases compliance
|id under the Supreme Court de
jsion is unconstitutional.”
JThe house committee must now
ludy this bill, as well as other
Ills that have been introduced and
ggested from powerful farm or
anizations. All the legislative
ages loom ahead of this measure
Lfore it can reach enactment.
[The new measure—an amnibus
11, rolling together several differ
Bt appioaches to the farm prob
|ni, includes soil conservation,
arity prices, and the ever-normal
anary—was introduced in the
louse yesterday by Representative
(Jartin H. Jones, chairman of the
gricultural committee.
I’residentRoosevelt has termed
“desire d legislation.”
Measure Outlined
The new measure, containing al
most everything is outlined as fol
lows by Representative Jones, Us
nsor:
1. It continues the present
il conservation act as a basis,
e present program has worked
’ell and should not be abandoned.
‘2. Its declared objective is to
dish and maintain so far as is
icable parity prices for alt
irm commodities and parity in
line for all farmers as well as to
ntinue soil conservation.
8. It provides an ever-normal
narv, warehouse or storage
serve for the five major non
xishable commodities which are
irdinarily produced in surplus
luantities. This would benefit botli
roducer and consumer.
4. The measure provides a
raduated scale of soil conservation
nd benefit payments so that there
ill be a reduction in payments to
large operators.
"5. it provides a fund for
rch for new uses and new mar
;ets for farm commodities and the
rocedure thereof, including a re
earch laboratory for each produc
ng area.
“6. Provision is also made for
e use of a fund for the purpose
f disposing of our surplus com
lodities both at home and abroad,
is would tend to promote world
:rade, in which the entire nation Is
iterated.
“7. Another new feature auth
irizes the Secretary of Agriculture
file application on behalf of far
ers or co-operative organizations
if farmers for adjustment in
reight rate schedules. The freight
rates on many farm commodities
|are opt of proportion to the gen
iral rate schedules and absorb too
ge a part of the value of farm
production.
“8. As to certain crops a mar
ket control provision as a further
safeguard is provided.”
Divorced Couple
Remarried Here
“The First Love
“is The True Love.”
After twenty years of wedded
life with H. C. Westmoreland,
which culminated in a divorce in
Superior Court here Monday, Viola
Addie Westmoreland Hughes, Ram
seur, remarried her first husband,
Jay F. Brown of Greensboro yes
terday morning. The bride is 1*5
and the groom 66.
j Mr. Brown was the bride’s first
husband. The couple, as Mr. and
Mrs. Brown were divorced twenty
years ago. Mrs. Brown then mar
ried Mr. Westmoreland. Monday
she divorced Mr. Westmoreland
and Saturday saw a re-marriage
at which J. T. Lambert, justice of
the peace, officiated.
Auto Coupe Burns
An automobile coupe, owned by
"• F. Butler, Jr., was destroyed by
nre Friday night. Mr. Bulter left
the car parked in the northern sec
tion of AshebOro and upon his re
turn found it in flames. It was
towed to the Auman-Vestal repair
shop Saturday.
Barkley and Garner Smiling Over Senate Plans
Although they are pro
ner threw his arm over the shoulders of Senator Alben Barkley, the new Senate
majority leader, and
neither let political worries interfere with their smiling good siprits as this informal picture was made.
The leadership election just over, the two mapping out plans for control of a rebellious Senate, to restore
party harmony and to salvage as much from the President’s program as possible.
Tar Heel 40 & 8’s
Win High Honors
North Carolina Chapter Will |
Lead Parade In
New York.
The North Carolina chapter of
the 40 and 8, fun making unit of
the American Legion, has been
assigned the honor position at the
head of the parade, during the na
tional convention in New York |
city. The Tar Heel representa- j
tives have more than doubled their
membership during the past year.
Last night, several new mem
bers of the Asheboro chapter were
initiated at the state session which
opened in Durham. The delegates ■
from this county were E. B. White
head, Bob Hammond, George
Burkhead, Henry Ingram and A. I.
I Feme. . .....
Madrid Shelled
Madrid.—Twice shelled within 21
hours and with at least 15 killed
and a score injured by the insurg
ents’ big guns, Madrid was ab
ruptly thrown back today to the
grimness of a bitter siege,
James H. Shaw Dead
James Henry Shaw, prominent
Greensboro resident and since 1930
assistant tax collector of Guilford
county, died at Wesley Long hospi
tal at 8 o’clock Friday morning fol
lowing an illness of three weeks
He was 67 years old.
Randolph County Library
Seek£ Commissioners Aid
Local Association Asks Ap
propriation to Carry On
Work in 1938.
Miss Virginia Barker, president
of the Randolph Library associa
tion, with other members of the
club, appeared before the Randolph
county commissioners, Friday re
questing financial support for the
continuation of the local library.
Miss Barker stressed the fact the
library has been made possible by
individual and civic and church
organizations as well as the sun
port of many influential residents
of the city of Asheboro and Ran
dolph county.
During the discussion it was
pointed out that the library has ac
quired books valued at more than
$18,000 and with affiliated asso
ciations, it has a circulation list of
more than 28,000 volumes in the
city and county.
The library work, the speaker
asserted, has been carried on by
members of the library association,
a group of young women who in
stituted the work a short time ago.
Since that time the young women
have continued to handle the
problem at no cost, have gained
the support of the Rotary, Kiwa
nis, American Legion, Legion Aux
iliary, Daughters of the Confeder
acy and of the churches in carrying
on the work of providing residents
of the city and county with read
ing, not only for an entertainment
feature but from an instructive
standpoint.
Miss.Barker called attention to
the fact that it will be impossible
to continue the library here unless
the county makes some appropria
tion towards the expense for the
ensuing year. The commissioners,
headed by Chairman M. E. John
son, stated the board would con
sider the request and if possible
make some provision for an appro
priation in the budget which will
be completed in about twenty days.
Asheboro Rotary Plans
Eye Clinic for Children
To Provide Specialist And
Nurse; Continues Cripple
Children’s Clinic.
The Aslieboro Rotary club, at its
meeting Friday in the M. I\
church, decided to carry on the
crippled children’s clinic which it
has been sponsoring and in addi
tion to add a program next year
for a clinic for correction of defec
tive eyes in school children. With
pledges already received the club
has about $1,000 to carry on the
work for the ensuing year.
The eye clinic will be in charge
of Dr. George Sumner, county
health officer, who will be assisted
by an eye specialist and nurse from
the North Carolina state commis
sion for the blind. This clinic will
be a county wide affair.
Other plans of the Rotary in
clude a program of boys work with
a special view to vocational assist
ance. The committee will gear in
with the Chamber of Commerce
in promoting community better
ment and with county organiza
tions for rural betterment. A rec
reation park in the Uwharrie
mountains will also receive the
able attention of the committee.
The meeting Friday was a com
munity service affair and was in
charge of Cleveland Thayer.
Visitors included J. T. Moffitt,
Asheboro; H. A. Dumont, Rich
mond and Rotarian; George G.
Taylor, Florence, S. C.
Veterans Off For
State Convention
Randolph County Will Be
Well Represented: To
Parade Monday.
Asheoro’s delegation to the Am
erican Legion state convention at
Durham left this morning to at
tend the annual session, scheduled
to open in that city tonight.
Dixon Post’s delegates and alter
nates include W. H. Grimes, Henry
Ingram, Fred Kearns, Harris Birk
head, Bob Bunch and R. F. Routh.
Several other members of the lo
cal post plan to attend at least one
or two sessions of the affair. The
annual street parede will take place
Monday evening and the election
of officers is scheduled for the fol
lowing day.
Ministers Plan
For Union Meeting
A supper meeting will be held
at the First Baptist church Mon
day night, July 26, for the pur
pose of setting up the organization
to promote the community-wide
union evangelist meeting to be
held in Asheboro during the month
of September. The meeting will
be composed of representatives of
all the churches of the city, and the
pastors of each church. The sup
per will be served at 6:30.
Dr. Louis S. Gains, pastor of the
First Baptist church, Lexington,
has just gone through a month’s
meeting with Dr. Anderson in
Lexington. He will be in this
meeting Monday night. Dr. Gains
is to lead the singing in Septem
ber meeting in Asheboro.
News Flashes
-Irom —
Everywhere
$6,000,000 Plant
Washington.—The Carolina Alu
minum company submitted to the
Federal Power commission yester
day details regarding its plan to
construct a new $6,000,000 hydro
electric plant at Tuckertown, on the
Yadkin river, near Badin, N. C.
War Cools
Peiping.—Chinese and Japanese
hatreds in North China, at boiling
point for 16 days appeared la3t
night to have cooled enough to
make wor in the near future un
likely.
Arrest Federal Agent
Knoxville, Tenn.—Federal 4ffent
L. B. Hood announced Franfc W,.
Clark, 22, was arrested in Laredo,
Texas, yesterday on a charge of
attempting to extort $2,000 from
his wife through a kidnaping hoax.
Dr. Boseman Dead
Enfield.—Dr. Claude A. Bozeman,
43, one of the founders of the; Pine
Bluff sanatorium, died suddenly
Friday night of a' heart attack at
his home here.
According to members ofk the
family, Dr. Bozeman was stricken
during his sleep.
Fairbanks, Alaska.—Half-dressed
men and women Tan from homes
and hotels, frame buildings sway
ed and merchandise tumbled to
floors as a strong earthquake
struck Fairbanks and the Alaskan
interior yesterday.
Miami, Fla.—The Knights Tem
plar concluded their triennial con
clave yesterday with adoption‘of a
resolution to combat communism
and the election of officers, head
ed by Marks Norris of Grand Rap
ids, Mich., grand master.
Washington. — Representative
Robert L. Doughton of Laurel
Springs, N. C., Said today that
James Roosevelt, the President’s
son, had accepted tentatively an in
vitation to address the North Car
olina Young Democrats’ convention
September 11 at Winston-Salem.
County Tax Rate
Is 11 Cents Lower
The Rate For Coming Year Is
$1.12 on the Dollar Against
$1.23 Last Year.
Randolph county’s tax valuation
for the coming year has been 3et
at $1.12 on the $100 valuation. This
is a reduction of 11 cents on the
hundred dollars over last yearns
valuation which was $1.23. This
figure was arrived at after the va
rious funds had been computed by
the county commissioners and by
the county auditor.
The total budget requirement of
the general county fund is set at
$6S,842.05; poor relief fund, $36,
934.94; bond interest fund, $128,
279.77; school current expense
fund, $31,349.26; school debt ser-,
vice, $64,982.13; special purpose
fund, $6,060.00.
President Cites
Court Defeat As
Partial Victory
Claims Fight Created More
Favorable Action By
High Justices.
Presses Congress
Wants Action On “Desire”
Measures; Hints Call Of
Special Session.
Washington.—In spite of the fact
that the Supreme Court proposals
of the administration have been
relegated into the background of
future legislative action, President
Roosevelt yesterday expressed the
thought that he had obtained a
modicum of victory as seen in the
“more tender regard of the court,’’
manifested towards new deal legis
lation especially the Wagner labor
relations act. It has not, he inti
mated, been a fruitless fight.
The administration’s plea for
enactment of wage and hour legis
lation, a farm program and a hous
ing bill before the session closes
has been renewed. In fact, it was
anti mated today the President was
considering a call for a special ses
sion ip October in event Congress
adjourns before taking action of
these “desired” measures.
Senator Barkley, the majority
leader, outlined a program for the
remainder of the session and pre
dicted that Congress will not ad
journ until the measures are en
acted.
Besides the new court bill now
being drafted by the Senate judic
iary committee, the list included
the wage and hour and housing
measures and a bill to plug holes
in the tax laws. Barkley did nor
include the farm bill, or the reor
ganization of the government ask
ed by Presidet Roosevent.
Meanwhile, Vice President Gar
ner continued his efforts to 'close
the breach which the court bill
opened ir. the ranks of Democrats.
At his suggestion, Senator Burke,
Democrat, Nebraska, a leading op
ponent of the measure, called on
President Roosevelt.
Friendly Session
* While Burke reported -a very
happy and friendly discussion, Ste
phen T. Early, the President’s sec
retary, was at pains to inform the
press that the Nebraskan had been
received as the result of a request
from Garner.
Herman Parker
Church Speaker
Asheboro Man Gives Talk At
Deep River Friend’s
Sunday Meeting.
High Point, Route 1, July 24.—
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Parker of
Asheboro were very welcome visi
tors at Deep River Friends church
Sunday. Mr. Parker spoke on the
financial problems of church. This
was also children’s day and nearly
all the children in the community
took active parts in the exercises
and showed by their way of pres
enting their parts that they had
received careful training. The
pretty parts of the exercise were
the costumes which the childdren
wore.
Terrance Thornton is spending
his vacation this week at Grey
Stone camp.
Misses Ruth Homey and Mary
Frances Williams spent the week
end at Myrtle Beach.
Sid Jones happened to have a bad
“slip and fall”, as we often ex
press such minor accidents, hurt
his side and fractured a rib. Not
serious, but painful.
The Deep River Young People’s
class is a- very active class. Some
time ago they purchased a piano
for the Sunday school room. Re
cently they had a chicken stew
which amounted to enough to fin
ish payment for the piano. Then
on Friday night they had their class
meeting with^ Misses Pauline and
Frances Thornton. Most all the
members were present and they
planned several social features
which will probably appear in la
ter issues of this paper.
Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Furgeson
and daughter, Lucy, of Atlanta,
Ga., are spending some time with
Mrs. Furgeson’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Newton Ingram of High
Point and with Mr. Furgeson’s peo
ple in Randolph county. They
will also visit relatives in this
community.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards and his
daughter-in-law and children all of
High Point and Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Ingram and children of James
town spent Sunday afternoon with
Miss Eula Parrish and brother.
0. C. Dillon visited Will Parrish
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Eula Parrish spent Friday
in High Point shopping and visit
ing her uncle, I. N. Ingram and
cousin, Mrs. O. D. Stutts and Mrs.
Ernest Furgeson.
Youthful Governor To
Succeed Joe Robinson
In U. S. Senate Se®.
Apology ‘Rights’
Peiping Incident
Japanese embassy apologized af
ter Mrs. Helen R. Jones, above,
of Detroit, was' kicked and mil
treated by Japanese sentries in
Peiping, and the U. S. legation an
nounced the matter “closed”. With
Miss Carol Lathrop of Washing
ton, Mrs. Jones was returning to
her hotel past Japanese fortifica
tions when the incident occurred.
Take No Action
On Teachers Pay
State Commission Appoints
Committee To Study
Education Plan.
Raleigh.—No action on the prop
osition to increase teachers salar
ies in North Carolina was taken by
the school commission which met
here Thursday evening. A sub
committee, however, was appointed
to make a complete study of the
subject. The committee includes
A. McL. Graham, Clinton; Lloyd
Griffin, and Dr. B. B. Dougherty
of Boone and Edwin I’ate of Lau
rinburg.
The commission authorized the
establishment of white high schools
at Speed, Edgecombe county and
New Hope in Wayne county and
approved the calling of a supple
mentary tax election at Red
Springs, Robeson county.
Mystery Plane
New York.—A second radio
message which appeared to con
firm a report of a mystery air
plane over the Atlantic towards
Europe, was received here yester-,
day by Radiomarine Corporation, i
Veterans Loan Fund Ready
To Assist Local Builders
Superior Court
Reopens Monday
Mrs. Ellen Luck Obtains;
Judgment Against
Hogan Estate.
The July term of Superior court
in Randolph county was adjourned i
Friday until Monday morning at 9
o’clock.
One of the closing cases of last
week’s session was that of Mrs.
Ellen Luck against J. A. Brady, ad
ministrator of Hettie Hogan.
The case involved a note and
mortgage held by Mrs. Luck
against the Hogan estate. The
jury granted Mrs. Luck an unpaid
balance of approximately $1,200.
The defense was based upon the
statute of limitations. H. M.
Robins appeared for the plaintiff
and J. G. Prevette for the defend
ant.
Judge J. A. Rousseau will con
tinue the calendar tomorrow.
Malcolm M. Davis
Buried Saturday
Seagrove.—Funeral services for
Malcolm M. Davis who died in a
hospital in High PoMt, Thursday
night, were conducted at the Pleas
ant Hill M. P. church, yesterday af
ternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Davis was 75 years of age.
He was ill a short time before he
was taken to the hospital.
The survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Carolyn Owen Davis; two
sons, James Davis, High Point
and Clyde Davis, Seagrove; six
daughters, Esther and Ina Davis,
High Point; Mrs. Walter Scott and
Mre. H. T. Hancock, Seagrove and
Mrs. Sherman Venerable and Mrs.
Garland Brower of Asheboro.
Bailey Named In
Democratic Fight
Arkansas State Chairman Re
signs; World War Vet
Plans Opposition.
Eelction Sept. 14
State Party Split Wide Open;
Congressman to Offer
Third Man.
Little Rock, Ark.—Carl E. Bail
ey, 42-year-old governor of Arkan
sas, yesterday was nominated to
fill the vacancy in the United
States Senate caused by the death
of Joseph T. Robinson.
Bailey was nominated at a meet
ing of the Democratic state com
mittee. He will enter the special
election, which, he himself will call
for September 14.
Like other disturbances in na
tional Democratic circles the nom
ination of Bailey met with opposi
tion. J, Rosser Venable, Little
Rock World War veteran who ran
against Robinson in the 1936 pri
mary, announced he would seek the
seat as an independent.
Osro Cobb, state Republican
chairman of Arkansas committee
called for support of an independ
ent Democrat or a Republican can
didate, in opposition to Bailey.
Robert Prather, state commit
teeman who favored a primary an
nounced he would seek to assemble
a state convention “to nominate a
candidate to represent the Demo
crats of this state in the special
election,”
The party split badly over the
question whether the Democatic
committee should nominate or call
a primary. Congressman Claude A.
Fuller, of Eureka Springs, had an
nounced he desired to offer for the
senate in a primary election, and
other possible candidates had been
mentioned.
Thomas Fitzhugh, chairman of
the state committee, resigned from
the committee yesterday afternoon
before the Bailey nomination.
Mrs. Annie Dail
Mrs. Annie Dail, 68, mother of
George Dail, Asheboro, was buried
in Washington, N. C., Thursday.
Mrs. Dail died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. A. C. Hughes, Eliz
abeth City.
Mrs. Dail made her home with
her children since the death of her
husband, William Dail, five years
ago. She sepnt her early life in
Pamlico and Craven counties. Mrs.
Dail died Wednesday after an ill
ness of over one year.
$500,000 Available For Home
Construction; $3,000
Limit.
The World War Veterans Loan
Fund, North Carolina, located in
Raleigh, realizing the rapid de
velopment in Asheboro has advised
Dr. B. M. Weston, adjutant and
commander-elect of Dixon Posv,
American Legion, that it stands
ready to assist veterans in con
structing new homes in the city.
According to information receiv
ed from Graham K. Hobbs, com
missioner of the loan fund, it has
more than $500,000 which may be
loaned to World War veterans who
desire to construct new homes.
Applicants must be honorably
discharged and residents of North
Carolina at the time of entry into
service. The fund operations is
not confined to loans for dwellings
but may be applied to men who de
sire to purchase farms.
Dr. Weston was advised that six
percent is the rate and $3,000, for
12 years, is the maximum amount
and time of loan. No loan is
made by the veterans association
in excess of 60 per cent of the ap
praised value of the security offer
ed and must be repaid in monthly
or semi-annual installments. First
mortgages are required.
Application blanks may be ob
tained from Commissioner Hobbs
at Raleigh. The board of advis
ors include, Thad Eure, secretary
of state; A. L. Fletcher, commis
sioner of labor; Charles M. John
son, state treasurer; A. A. F. Sea
well, attorney general and W.
Kerr Scott, commissioner of agri
culture.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina; Generally fair
Sunday with scattered thunder
showers. Temperature range, high
88; low 66.
McCrary Hosiery
Mills Plan For
Wichita Exhibit
Merchants Association And
Chamber Commerce To
Meet Tuesday.
Completing Plans
C Industrials Here En
dorse Movement; To
Advertise Asheboro.
The McCrary Hosiery Mills of
Asheboro has notified the Merch
ants association that it is planning
an exhibit of its products to be
shown during the Asheboro Exhi
bit in Wichita, Kans., the week of
August 15.
The exhibit, which is being spon
sored by the association, along
with a publicity campaign on the
part of the Chamber of Commerce
is rapidly rounding into shape.
The Merchants association, rep
resented by Franz Strickland and
Russell Parks will meet with Cleve
land Thayer, representing the
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday to
complete joint plans for the affair.
The Chamber has already insti
tuted a publicity campaign which
includes the publication of a book
let containing facts regarding the
city, its industries, business and
other news of interest. The book
let will include a series of photo
graphs of industrial plants, resi
dents, and pictures of the new golf
links.
Other industrials are now plan
ning exhibits. The exhibits are
being collected by the Merchants
association where they will be list
ed and prepared for exhibition.
Mrs. Ervin Frye, secretary of the
association, Friday wrote to the
association in Wichita to obtain
show space in one of the larger
department stores there for exhi
bition of the city’s products.
Former Senator
Visits Capital
Senator F. M. Simmons Is
Warmly Welcomed on-Visit . ,
To Washington.
On his second visit to Washing
ton in almost ten years former
Senator Fumifold M. Simmons
was the center of considerable
attention. It was the Senator's
second visit to Washington since
he was defeated after 30 years of
service in the 1928 campaign by
Mr. Josiah William Bailey of Ra
leigh. The good Senator just
“couldn’t take” A1 Smith and was
sufficiently frank to say so. For
this he was chastized roundly by
his party and Mr. Bailey has been
Senator every since.
After a conference with Presi
dent Roosevelt, who paid him the
unusual honor of ontroducing him
to the 150 Washington correspon
dents attending his press confer
ence, the 83-year-old ex-Senator
spoke his mind on the state of the
to North Carolina correspondents.
Senator Simmons gave his full
and enthusiastic support to Presi
dent Roosevelt’s proposal for new
blood in the Supreme Court which
was shelved by the Senate yester
day. and gave it as his opinion
that the plan had the overwhelm
ing support of the people of North
Carolina. Senator Simmons stated
he believed that only a small mi
nority, whom he classified as com
posed largely of “lawyers, profes
sional men and special interest peo
ple,” supported the position of his
successor, Senator Josiah W. Bail
ey, who was one of the leaders
against the court bill.
Wants Tobacco Bill
Senator Simmons also declared
that it would be extremely unfor
tunate should Congress adjourn
this session without passing con
trol legislation for tobacco. But
events oi the day indicated there
is a probability that Congress may
do just that.
Although the circumstances un
der which President Roosevelt
manifested his high esteem for
former Senator Simmons were ac
cidental, many veteran newspaper
correspondents who had known the
aged North Carolinian when he
was a power in Washington, and
who recalled that Senator Bailey
had defeated Senator Simmons on
an issue of party regularity, pro
fessed to see significance in the oc
casion.
Senator Simmons was jokingly
referred to as the President’s “Ex
hibit A” of what happens to a Sen
ator who leaves his party, the for
mer Senator having been defeated
because of his refusal to support
Alfred E. Smith, Democratic presi
dential candidate in 1988.
Senator Simmons called to pay
his respects to President Roosevelt
shortly before the regular press
conference. The two knew each
other well during the Wilson ad
ministration when the former was
chairman of the Senate finance
committee and the latter the Assis
tant Secretary of the Navy.