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VOLUME XXXVII.
NUMBER 8
HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH 4 CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEB. 24, 1922.
FIVE CENTS .COPY
COHTRIBUHOilS
TO RELIEF FUND
AMERICAN LEGION
PLAYT0BETJCH.3
INVESTIGATION PROVES ,
QUEEN THEATRE SAFE
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Liberal Contribution , For
1 v Relief ' Reported " By
" Workeri.
Jewuh
The Times has been furnished
with the following list of contribu
tors to the Jewish relief fund with
, a Tequest to publish : " ' : 'V
v H. Patterson assisted by F. A. Ew-
. bank and R. P. Freeze, $546.55.
E. W. Ewbank ,..$ 2.00
E. L. Ewbank 2.00
Bertha Jamison : 3.Q0
R. H. Staton ....,... 5.00
Jas. H. Patterson .i. 5.00
TG. H. Blankenship 4.00
W. A. Smith - 10.00
W. L. Ray I... 1.00
- Burckmyer Bros. . 10.00
Dr. H. H. Carson 8.00
H. T. Kershaw 1.00
R. M. Oates 2000
J. D. Pullen ... 1.00
A. L. Barber 1.00
A. P. Baker 1.00
E. E. Lott .5. , 2.00
G. W. A. Waddell 1 2.00
H'W. Dinkins 4.00
Mrs. W. A. Smith 5.00
E. P. Mallett . 1.00
W. H. Vander Linden ...... 2.00
H. I. Hodges 1.00
C. S. Fulibright 5.00
W. C. Rector . 1.00
M. B. McDaniel 1.00
B. L. Foster 2.Q0
A. L. Justus 1.00
Mrs. Claud Bpnd - 5.00
J. H. Rollins . 5.00
Hestley A. Stepp 5.00
J. Allen Rhodes 2.00
A. Y. Arledge 2.00
F. Jordan 1.00
Mrs. F. K.' Bottom 2.00
Edna Thompson 1.00
C. N. Allison 2.00
Dr. Wright 3.00
John Ewbank .60
J. Mack Rhodes t. 15.0p
J. C. Jamison ., 1.00
Dr. E.'A. McMillan 10.00
J. T. Beason ... . 1.00
B. F. Staton 10.00
W .Mack Jones 2.00
Dr. A. H. Morey 5.00
Blaine Jackson -' 1.00
Hunters Pharmacy .1 f 1.00
6. M. Bailey si-) 1.00
Miss Louise Lane (Saluda) 28.55
Luther Pushell 10.00
M .S. Schas --. 25.00
M. S. Willis 1.00
G. H. Valentine - 2.50
W. B. W. Howe 5.00
J. O. Bell 10:00
J. L. Rose 10.00
James Thuex -- 1.0
Dr. J. L. Egerton 5.00
E .B. Wooten 5.00
Erie G. Stillwell 10.00
Hodgewell 25.00
A. Ficker 5.00
H. D. Sea :. 1.00
Callie Dixon 1- 1.00
R. A. Leonard -- 1.00
C. W. Weiking 5.00
Mrs. H. D. Kendall 1.00
Nick Christakos - 5.00
J. Howse 6.00
E. C. Lachan 1.00
Dr. B. F. Cliff 1.00
J. C. Morgan .50
Wm. Lott 5.00
C. L. Grey -- 10.00
Dahlia Clouse - 2.00
S. E. Powers- . - 3.00
O. M. Brown - 1-00
A. W. Honeycutt 5.00
J. L. Grey -js. 5.00
C. A. Hobbs 10.00
I. W. Sargent .... J 1-00
Emily Ewbank '60
First Bank & Trust Co. 50.00
H. Patterson 60.00
Mrs. H. Patterson 10.00
Alex Patterson T .15.00
Morris Fred 15.00
Nathan Fred 10.00
Jakie Fred 5.00
Anna Fred . 5.00
Geo. Lazarus 5.00
HHarkins '- 800
B. R. Penny 5.00
Lillie McCall .100
E. Lewis, assisted by Harry Ew
bank and C. F. Bland, $128.00:
E. Lewis -x$60.00
Mrs. E. Lewis 10.00
I. Harkins 6.00
B. Cohen 5.oo
Ewbank & Ewbank 10.00
C. F. Bland -'- ----
J.W.McIntyre
Hendersonville Auto Co
J. W. Bailey T y.
H. M. nynn
L. A. Chapin -'-
Southern Supply Co.
W. A. Keith
CH. T. Bly .1
yRigby-Morrow Co. ..
Henderson County Bank
F, H Kincaid .... ..:
, Allen. & Clement
R. P. Freeman ...
w; B: .Wilson, -
6.00
5.00
6.00
5.00
10.00
1.00
1.00
2.00
2.00
5.00
2.00
1.00
2.00
1.00.
1.00
E. E.
N. urenner, assisted oy uv.
" Biimarj R. L. Edwards and Chaa.
i RoitelleV $119.50 r
Mr. and Mrs.' N. Brenner $35.00
, T L. Durham 25.t0
i R. JU Edwards ' ..;
'?iHn. Walker J 6.00
C J. E. Shipman 6.00
4M. M. Shepherd . - - 5.00
rl. Harkins . J.a-.., i ' o.uo
W. A. Young
t S.00
A. A. McCall U U
6.00
Chaa. Rozzelle
2.50
2.00
2.00
QfMlM t. Clouse.
.00
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"AH a Mistake" It Name of First
Play to be Presented by
American Legion.
The American Legion will present
its first play, "All a Mistake" at the
Opera house, Friday, March 3rd -at
&:15 p. m. The Legion has presented
several review8,and minstrls which
were well received, but this is the
first real play it has yet attempted.
"All a Misake" is a farce comedy
in three acts and is lively and amus
ing from beginning to end and run
ning over with mistakes which cause
each character to doubt the sanity
of the other.
The cast has been practicing dili
geritly, under the able direction of
Earl Penny,, and as each character
has been carefully chosen for his or
her part, the cast represents the best
local talent available.
An interesting feature will be a
black face entre act by Earl Penny
and Bill McCall.
The proceeds from this play will go
towards purchasing a car for the
Public Health nurse whose services
have been recently secured for Hen
derson county. Two days before the
5 lay tickets will be on sale at the
ustus Pharmacy.. Reserved seats
will be 75c and general admission
50c.
Following is the cast of charac
ters: Captain Objdiah Skinner
. Lee wnitmire
Lieutenant George Richmond
James Duff
Ferdinand Lighthead Fred Justus
Nellie Richmond Elsie Jncker
Nellie Hunington Ethel Boyte
Cornelia Nellie Skinner
Louise Evans
Nellie Mclntyre ,Sara Ward
The Legion also announces that on
June 10th they will give their an
nual black face minstrel.
"WHOSE LITTLE
BRIDE
ARE YOU?"
The high school senior class play,
"Whose Little Bride Are You?"
completely filled the opera house
Wednesday night and scored a com
plete success. The plot dealt with
the misfortune and4raaila of , ,pne
Mrs.' Tobin, a matrimonial veteran
who had divorced three husbands
and buried another, and her earnest
attemnts to venture forth again into
the troubled waters of married life.
The play was amusing and interest
ing from -beginning to end.
It was the purpose in having the
nlav to raise money for the high
school annual, to be called "The
Land of the Sky." This will be an
interesting and valuable volume,
dealing with every phase of high
school life. It is hoped that the pub
lic will come forward generously and
assist the high school in issuing this
volume.. Orders for it will be taken
by any member of the senior class,
and the books will be on sale at Pat
terson's Dept. store immediately
after their publication.
Following is the cast of charac
t6rs i
Dr. Benjamin Bellows Ted Ray
Florence-Bellows ..Phyllis Leighley
Algernon Clawhammer -
Alonzo Gilreath
Mrs. MacEckron Ethel Reddin
Dolly MacEckron Lila Jordan
Maggie Brady Sarepta Bowen
Agustus May Jakie Fred
Mrs. Tobin Wylma Clevenger
George Tobin - Mack Colt
CONDUCTING REVIVAL
SERVICE AT CANDLER
Rev. E. H. Willis, presiding elder
of the Asheville district, Western
North Carolina conference of the
Southern Methodist chureh. is con
ducting a successful revival at the
Mt. Morenco Methodist church. Can
dler, during this week. A number
of 'conversions are reported as the
result of these services.
TO THE PUBLIC
In the next issue of The Times
which will bear the date, Friday
March 3rd will appear the first co
operative advertising copy of the
Neosho system which was organized
in this city a few weeks ago. This
copy is similar to that used by the
Associated Advertising Clubs of the
World, and has the endorsement of
the best business people of the
United States. , If the endorsement
of the business men of Henderson
ville means anything to an - enter
prise we want to say to our readers
that the . Neosho system is support
ed solidly by the people nere wno
have your interest at heart as well
as their own. Don't fail to see the
n. Don't tau to see tne
nf Th Times it will
OI me nines n .win
K mege TO
fookinfe for. . t ; y The yalue of quarters, subsis-
twiNNm win HAVE 1 tence, laundry, heat and light fur
SWANNOA WIIX HAVP n and employes 0f the
NEW SCHOOL BUiLUlHlpubIic Service constitutes in-
) Dissolution a temporary. AZXi "
tion rrestraining the commissioners r?8 retUrns must
froni' selling $Bo,000 school honr. "1 . W Snightof
nA n Cw.nn.nno .ti.triot f . be filed on or beiore mianigm, Ui
erection of a new school building in J
the consolidated uistnci, was oraer-
ed fast Saturday "by Judge Shaw, of
the superior court. , u,
' This action marks ; the; 'end of a
school fight between patrons' of the
school, '. and; tt Ms believed the r erec
tion of the building will now be done
hernoniously. "?l'Thr differences ' of
c; '..ion erose over the enount yoted,
", r ' r r 1 Yf f -tVat tve
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HOW THE QUEEN THEATRIC WILL LOOK WHEN COMPLETED
INCOME NEED NOT : il
ALL BE OF CASH
"In filing their income tax returns
for the year 1921, taxpayers must se-
necesaarily cash." is a statement by
UUliam unssom, collector or inter
nal revenue for the district of North
Carolina, in a bulletin received here.
"Where services are paid with some
thing other than money, tnc jair
market value of the thing taken in
payment is the amount to be includ
ed in income. For example, the val
ue of merchandise received by a
clerk of a grocery store as part pay
ment for his services must be report
ed as income. Compensation paid an
employes of a corporation in shares
of stock is to be treated as i . the
corporation sold the stock at its! mar
ket value and paid the employe in
cash. . . '
"Promissory notes received Inpay
ment fos services and not merely as
security for such payment oojtr itute
inpomp tn the amount of tVir ( fair
marka?. value. Living !iaMUmi'
meals furnished as compensation for
services are to be reported as in
come. A hotel clerk given ja room
and his meals as part payment for
his services is required to report as
income the amount he would have to
pay for board and lodging else
where. "The value of Quarters, light and
heat furnished army officers, wnetn
er stationed at an army post or paid
from funds allowed for such pur
poses when officers are stationed
elsewhere is taxible income in an
amount equal to the cost to the
government of furnishing such
quarters, etc. Where an officer or
enlisted man is allowed certain com
mutation in lieu of quarters, light
and heat, the entire amount received
for such purposes for the- taxable
year' must be included in gross in
come. l . ,
"Where living quarters, food,
clothing, etc., are provided for an
employe solely for the convenience
of an employe, the value thereof
need not be included in the income
of the employe. For example, where
because of the location and nature
of the work, it is necessary that em
nlnvps eneraeed in fishing and can
ning be furnished board and lodging
hw th emnlover. the value of such
board and lodging may'' be considered
as contributed for the convenience
of the employe. Board and lodging
furnished seamen in addition to their
other compensation is held to be
furnished for the convenience of the
employer, and the value thereof need
not be reported in the returns of
such employes. Uniforms, rations,
and medieal or hospital service afj
forded enlisted men or seamen need
not be reported as income. These
are furnished by the government for
its own purposes, arid are not com
pensation for services. .
"The value of board and lodging
furnished employes of hospitals 'as
part compensation lor services ia w
be reported as income. If, however,
an employe of a hospital is subject
to immediate service on . demand at ,
any time during the tweniy-iour
hours of the day, and on that account
is obliged to accept quarters ana
meals at the hospital, the value of
such need not-be reported as income.
If, the employe is on duty a certain
number of hours, and could, if de
fiiniri nhtain meals and lodging else
where than at the hospital and at the
same time ' perforM the duties xe
nninut n him. tht ratable value of
rt-'-r" wt - ". - niKupj i.im
the board and lodging furnished mm
.. . ,,if;.nn romnensa-
considered additional compensa
March 1 5
THE COLD WAVE
; the Btorms and cold wave which
have made' the northwest ice nd
snowbound will probably reach the
Gulf Coast today, , and spread pver
the Atlantic Coast region. If it
strl'f s 1'1-rida some of the Hehder-
k-v;a may be coming .fcoase;
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CONTROLLING INTEREST IN
WALKER FURNITURE BOUGHT
W. W. Walker, formerly the con
trolling stockholder 6f the Walker
j Furniture Co., has sold his interest
This business was started here last
fall, and at that time Mr. Liverett
was a minority stockholder.
The furniture company will re
tain thesame name for the present,
but will be conducted by M. C. Bly-,
the and Mr. Liverett, these two own
ing the entire interest in the com
pany now.
Mr, Liverett is a man who has had
great success in the furniture busi
ness, having had 23 year's exper
ience selling furniture. His furniture
business m Piedmont wil,l occupy
some of his time.
.The Walker Furniture Co., which
began business here last fall has had
its full measure of success and is
valued at $10,000. One of the
Store's specialties is fine rugs. Only
of fine rues was TPeeyived
of the largest ever received in this
city.
BOARD SELECTS NEW TEXT
BOOKS FOR FIVE YEARS
(Special to The Times)
Raleigh, Feb. 17. After a week
spent in considering a multitude of !
text books, the board of education
this afternoon announced its selec
tions for elementary grades of the
state's public schools, these to con
stitute the courses of study for the
next five years.
The announcement was accom
panied by a statement setting forth
fully the position of the board in
making new selections and assuring
the people of the state that the best
interests of the students received
principal consideration. The board
had had due regard both for the
needs of the child and the cost of
books to pupils, and it has made it
possible for the schools to meet the
needs of the children in a large way
without placing any financial burden
upon the patrons.
Publishers Represented
Twentv different publishers are
represented m the adoptions, which
as as follows:
Scott-Foreman company, second
grade arithmetic, language and
grammar for grades four through
seven; Ginn and company, arithme
tics, grades three through seven; D.
D. Heath and company, fifth and sev
enth grade history; Silver, Burdett
and company, sixth grade history,
music series grades two through
seven; Thompson Publishing com
pany, seventh grade history for one
year, fifth grade history, supplemen
tary, sixth grade North Carolina.his
tory, supplementary; Alfred Williams
and comiianv. North Carolina his
tory for sixth grade; John C. Wins-
ton and company, primary geogra
and
phy, supplemental; American Book
comnanv. eeograDhies. grades four
)gl!
two through seven; Row, Peterson
and comDanv. nrimer and reading,
grades one through three, elemen
tary science, grades six and seven.
B. F. Johnson company, primer
and redding, grades on through;
University Publishing company, read
ers, grades four through seven;
Iroauoia Publishing company,- spell
ers, one through seven; Houghton
Miffen company, health education,
grade our.; Charles E. Merrill com
pany, health education, five through
seven; Allyn and Bacon, civics, five
through seven; Zaner and Blosser
comnanvi writing, one- through
seven; A. N. Palmer and company
writing, One through -seven; drawing
for grades one through seven will be
furnished by Laidlaw brothers; At
kinson, Montzer and company, and
Practical Drawing company.
- Study Course Broadened
The coarse of study has been
broadened and the subject matter to
be taught greatly improved from the
first to the seventh grades, the board
announced. -The text books commis
sion prepared . the outline course of
study before recommending books in
order to see the needs of the school,
and the state board has followed' that
out in sel'rg books.
, ,lhe r" t be affected by the'we are tired and Very tired of drives.! manufactured iear ettoush to rent.:.
: iU 1. on Page It) mU ITVKfmfr Continued- on fthW n ,,
COMMISSIONERS
SUE BONDSMEN
Billi
of Complaint Filed Against
Bondsmen of Former Tax
Collector Brown.
Bills of complaint have been
filed by the County Commissioners
to recover on the official bond of
W. F. Brown, former Tax Collector,
and upon a demand for a further
bill of particulars filed by the de
fendant's counsel, the commissioners
have filed a supplemental bill setting
forth that the accounts of the former
tax collector have already been
found to be short in the school fund,
by an expert accountant, represent
ing the School Board, in an amount
aggregating $14,000, and that the
auditors who have in charge the
business of making a complete inves
tigation of these records for the
county have stated that from the
present indications the shortage will
or may run to forty thousand dol
lars. . This alleged probable or seeming
ly indicated shortage is over and
above and without relation to the
shortage reported by. the State au
ditors against the present tax col
lector, and amounting to $37,000.
In this connection, Chairman
Bane, of the Board of Commission
ers, in an interview with a represen
tative of The Times, said that the
Board 'would engage in no news
paper controversy over matters in
regard to which a complete record
existed in the files and minutes of
the Commissioners official meetings
and to which the whole public had
unobstructed access, but that he was
curious to know what inspired the
movers of B. F. Staton's article
in last week's Times to choose him as
their spokesman when he, of all
men. was most bitter, in his de-
nuncihtion their tffrrfef tu hav the i
county's books audited and who de-im
nounced the investigation in the i
most unmeasured terms, even going ; Mr. Stillwell is a licensed Archi
so far, it is alleged, as to tell the : tect, and a good engineer, but your
auditor that he was not wanted here j interest in the matter is very com
and the sooner he departed the bet-1 mendable especially so in view of the
ter it would be for the public and I recent theatre disaster in Washing
himself. ' ' ton.
LABORERS BUILDING & LOAN
ASSN. MATURES, 8th SERIES
The Laborers Building and Loan
Association which has its office with
the First Bank and Trust Co. matur
ed last Saturday its 8th series pay
ing out to shareholders in cash ana Erie G. Stillwell, Architect,
cancelled mortgages $21,100.00. Hendersonvile, N. C.
The association began business in Dear Sir:
the spriii!,' of 1.909 and has matured We are in receipt of your letter
eight seiics payng out a total of 0f the 11th inst. and also copy of
$138,300.00 to shareholders in cash your blue prints showing the pro-
and cancelled mortgages. posed moving picture theatre to be
For the last year the association erected in Hendersonville.
has been lending to shareholders an The building, if erected according
average of $2,500 per week for to the plans and specifications sub
building purposes. It has furnished mitted, will meet all the requirc
the money to build over 200 houses I ments of the laws of North Caro
in and around Hendersonville. lina, and in the opinion of the writer,
The regular Spring series will be .
started Saturday. March 18th
Hendersonville points with just pride
to its Building and Loan work which
is accomplishing such lasting bene
fits for the people of our city.
W. C. RECTOR ENDORSED
Yes, Mr. Rector we have lost our
heads' on salaries. Why pay the
same salaries today that we paid
when it cost more than twice as
much to live as it does now?
Salaries were raised above any
thing ever heard of for such services,
because of the high cost of living,
then is it not right and just to re
duce those salaries since the cost of
living is less than half it was then?
I beleve I Voice the opinion of 90
per cent of the people of Hender
sonville and Henderson County when
I say that we have no $3,600 jobs
to offer, and to pay such a salary
is an imposition on the tax payers
of town and county and should not
be allowed, and let us not make
ourselves believe that we can't get
competent men for less. Call the
bluff, we can do without any one who
feels he must have such an unrea
sonable salary. Let us be conserva
tively progressive, but wide-awake
to business quit issuing bonds and
install more machinery and we will
pay less taxes and have more with
which to pay.
A town must have payrolls to have
a healthy substantial growth. We
have the finest suburban locations
for manufactories of any town in
North Carolina. We could have
manufacturing plants outside the
city limits ' around the entire town
and it would not interfere with the
tourist busness one iota. We
should get the kink out of our
heads that we can make enough in
60. days to last us 365. A town
should invest its money and use, its
credit to encourage . the building of
mills, plants and all kinds of enter
prises m order to give its people em
ployment and relieve them as far as
possible from the burdens ot . taxa
tion. VYes; like Rector we are pay.
ing too mucn zor .oreaa ana meat and
Wade.
Decrees
Safe, After '
Viewing Specifications.
A striking example of the human
tendency to exaggerate and imagine
fanciful dangers and to spread by
talk such vague fears is the rumor
recently set in motion here to the
effect that the building now -being
constructed by the Queen Theatre
management is unsafe. Such a
rumor was of course, instigated by
the disastrous collapse of the Knic
kerbocker theatre in ' Washington
and the consequent loss of life.
The construction of the load-bearing
walls of the new Queen Theatre
is of a new kind to Hendersonville.
These walls are of hollow tile,; and
to the casual observer do not pre
sent as sturdy an aspect as solid ,
brick, which has heretofore been
sed in the construction of the ma
jority of modern business buildings
in this city. The rumor concerning
the pew building's faulty construc
tion reaching the ears of chief of po
lice Otis Powers, he, with commendr
able promptness, and in his capacity
of BuildBng Inspector, began an in
vestigation of the matter. The mat
ter was taken up by the State In
surance authorities apd the follow
ing correspondence proves conclu
sively that there is no truth in the .
assertions that the new theatre will
be unsafe:
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 9th, 1922
Mr. Otis Powers,
Chief of Fire Dept.
Hendersonville, N. C.
My dear Chief:
We have your letter of the f u
instant, relative to the thea
building being erected in Henderson,
ville and in reply will say that e"
cannot intelligently pass on the safe-' -tv
of the same without the plans and
specfications.
You do, however, as chief of the
Fire Department and as Buildng In
spector, have the rght to hold up
the work on any building in Hen
dersonville until you have satisfied
yourself of the safety of the pro
posed building, and we suggest that
you have the work held up until you
can forward a set of plans and
specifications of the building to this
Department. We .will take pleasure
Ins, Commissioner
Queen Theatre
going over them for you 'with tae-.-jfiSi
idea of safety in view.
Thanking you for your interest
and assuring you our thorough co
operation, we are
Yours very truly!
STACEY W. WADE,
Ins. Commissioner.
Raleigh, N. C.'Feb. 14th, 1922.
be safe for the use as intended.
With personal regards, we are,
Yours very truly,
STACEY W. WADE,
Insurance Commissioner.
Sherman Brockwell, Deputy.
Copy to Mr. Otis Powers, Chief of
Fire Dept., Hendersonville, N. C.
Raleigh, N. C. Feb. 14th, 1922.
Mr. Otis Powers,
Building Inspector
Hendersonville, N. C.
Dear Sir:
We are enclosng a copy of a let
ter to Mr. Erie G. Stillwell, Archi
tect, of your city and the same will
explain itself.
Thanking you for your interest
and appreciating your taking the
steps you did in the interest of safe
ty, we are,
Yours very truly,
STACEY W. WADE.
Insurance Commissioner.
Sherman Brockwell, Deputy.
The Use of Hollow Tile
In order to throw more light upon
the matter of hollow tile construc
tion, The Times requested a state
ment by Erie G. Stillwell. the archi-
tect in cnarge oi tne construction oi.v
the new building, in. terms not too ;;
technical for the reading rjublic to. ,,..1,
I i 1 1 . i . X ' .
comprehend. Mr. btillwell kindly
ing interesting statement:
PaKlnaVir 1A 1 0O0
Editor Western N. C. Times: v" !$J
Hendersonville, N. C. !" "'M$$.
Dear Sir : - r. 'Mlk '
I am glad to comply with your re- ' '
quest to inform you, .in "now technl-:,,' ;.
cal language",' concerning the use of -,
hollow tile in building construction,
with particular reference to the new '
Queen Theatre. 'j'.v:;" v
Hollow; tile has been used for '
manv vpnra in ownem! rnnjmeflnn
replacing brickwork, either in part?
vr wnvic, mc ucmicu result re-; ;
quired. 'yrivi:i'&:fa?
I havr not, save in .one instance iW
the building occupied by the lime ?'4 ;Jf
Electric . Company used tile before
In Hendersonville ;t to, r carry wall
loads, simply because it has net tect
i
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