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SATURDAY, .MARCH. 31, 97-
ESTABLISHED MAY, igoa.
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LET OLD GLORY
PROUDLY WAVE
.;?c Kctary Gab of this city,
r I. lari ma'e a remarkably strcrg
jr-rc It. ecrr.c when we must lorn
- . is the ar wc lot. There it rx
can be mete
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?.ikt r,n r-oripct.
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ihc c? X:rr of
the
t-- r.rr L Te Te:or;c IcaJcf arc
a- ! i cur t!-! to ;yei;tr
, mhttt the? -.i to vo Harm.
r-in t not stI:rj: to dcfer.4 hi
t rti'h ht newt pa ff. ht pa, hs
i p-sr ar.3 hU ko? J. let h.m be
it' i
h-,?,c rra.n vca rr.uil blow est f
tiff
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in rr.ai.icc irrn. joa tr.uil get
tve ia bu;!i;rt a Creaicf
a a-! h.trhca rr.ul tSe rr.tlt-
X r ? AU who corr.e lofta irom xr-r
t""-. p1? a at.cn rr.u.t b tie a!t ish
r;,c are urufraid. But if frcr.i
r jc: thry cc.-r.c fenh rcaiy to
,; ft .;, etffr.cr.:! txlu a a r;:ral
j5;:r thn a wotthy ci?ut
t-.f r!fn,,l ta l hem the frier. 4 ..; I Jul
.t:.r - -:v rvari may e:er. ! l another,
f .To cf h; rare cr ren.
t f-.e hun-ire4 ft crr.t Arr.ctj
r: h-i the trve f.r.C ar.l fcir,: ihr way
. r-'ti cr-Ztr ccr Sai:. Jcl whrlher tht
Ux Ut are iniarc tie co rcl kr.ow,
- i l .r-i 'y r.Mxrct: and heart
-- ,:-rr..r. ha hae dreamed of wrr! !
: hxiZ whether ir.iar.e or rot. at
.f
- . i "the !:r.f ha ccme
we
?-5 rlcf t;t ia the :'.r we for." That
tr h.V :rr. turn ccr face to ihe f.Jg
t," ar, ! h-ho-!d hate a J led. ght fwr
.t;e for it if need he.
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; f ' af
nf u: !c a&J msfders, ci r...r.g
:: ar.l cla;m of the fcrexga tr acro
:, ,-. No.h;rg starting,
t prav. thaJ k:r.d c: new i etprcted?
. : ! tt tr !?:.;.- new to hear that CJer-
, t t fcJ sur.k another h;p cr another dojen
.mertcaa Cilixer.s? Wc woi not.
. ;"! tt te starthrg new to hear that Grr-
ha 5 attemrted to m.e
reraratson
anJ 4; !nt want the United State f
K! ti!l that a slate ol war now
tweeni thi country and Germany, it
-I r :t te :a:t!;rg new, tecasie we hate
mV Kxn tar:.e4 by Germany's defiance
', :'v mvr f'T she has done.
V r tx-.Tjni c n-ete anv rartciutarly starthr.g
1-- j-,; r-Kr co-rxermrg the re,at;ca cf th;
v ;:h fcrercn rowers, ar.4 we iace
t?t
$ the -beci
which eryjui-
4
" ! f -r ma le.
v
w-r r-t 4a now i la slop talking about
K-ntd th; thir-r t ettlei. All of u
it-it
c are la! nthe rtag.stanj squarely
la.k fcr h.m. al wit.i
! inn. i that he i the One Man ia
j '.. -it
! le hrard in th: crisis, After
r. ar i er tnen we may a.i
t jxa.r talk: we may in:st that
If n m re war: we may spend
! t r-mft to bring aVut such i
. ..! -r--. --.! -r-i hut now I
. a
W f.r war. tecauc Germany it
-! . al the t!ag m! be de- i
I
? hther wr in the al;e r not. ?
;: tt M help hert in whipping
-s". :r. her to a tandtitl. She j
a! arr?ecr:
s.;e
wa the one
i
-.um i-:i c f holes when I:r:-m
r: ? a a newlv I ?n babe and 1
! crity cf a treaty
. m m
th-nk wc are helping
l.-jt we are first he!p-
.
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a
llon tV'r.cr.
st :..! t eligible will enlist.
'!! an re hi couniry Will
r- i ewarS hen the call i made.
: t war can at leat gitc
r t'-.r -f.ternmcnt and a lhc
ir-.f Vi:. Peace mast sidestep
t '4 ?n.
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v.
rk .rr.erjcan finis thai Mr.
'iir ar.4 Mr. Dcpcw, all now
e war. fa-.lol to respond when
:ar,grr
II
ia tf.'t. A pretty
' taC ll.
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ir-fc"r is tkhat it most to be
tif ef-,r;. There are ten mil-
r. thi. cour.trv and to them
n i
i dear. And it
hath
than
that Mood i thicker
fc . lhoght of reace. Bat so long has he post-
r re r.oth cc ?a:t..rc Utery caj ' hc jr,evitable many people have come
r f men ca.l at th; occ ang at .o h.rJc aRtJ hr.etly think, that we need not
p.-nt;me hoir ar.4 a. Hat i.,erc tttn j a jJal mc must. We are already at
!ar::.rg newt tc iayT Wc tr.l i. tm jrJ h u tiJT( row of al Fcafc adv(.
tr ha ltn c-aih:rg otcr -T wire et M,f4 ftJ j-hdraw and let ihe war be proe-
r !.r.MT crs v( the dar Ihe ame p.3 4 fc ttni!cj natjon Uhind it. each cili-
k- 'mc war aga:r.: r.trr weriaimy r.oi. j br f)Uf own ,urTcnjrr nf honor, are misguid
s r i-rtr:y ha atftady declared war ard i uf wf da rol iJjCc lhcv arc ajj;Cf Q( lhc
z ar.-.t th; Nation, And certamly : rwj4nf, cr that tj.cy wish dishoner to come
Crr;re meet and cur pos:t;oa i uc- . j. t, CT courtrt.
NO PEACE NC ;
WE MUST7 JHT
The New York Herald, which want war
tti'.h Germany and wanu tl right now with no
iff rcr and, ia commenting: on the Feace meet
inc ia New York the other night make ihit
anertion. which, we lake it. i rather severe :
The h?chet compliment thai has been
pa.d to Mr. Vi!on wai the hiding: of bis
name at that Garden meeting Saturday
night. Mr. Vi!on H for peace, but he it
r.oi for ku'k or xutiJc or surrender. In
al! I'ac lime he hai been working for peace -ia
hi own way no man ha tuirctcd
that he wa a willing tool of the Pruniin
pmaganda in thi country. Ilt impo
;h!e to beiete anything e!e than that
ome of the men now advocating $kuJk
and cutt!e and urrcnder arc not o.nlv
t&oU of PruManini but have full knowl
edge of the fact.
We fear the Herald goe too far. We un
derstand perfectly well thai there are hun-
ifrrd cil tnoutanc ci people in tnti couniry
I ho want rxace. and who will bnally see the J
I r,ecrM;.y of f;gh.mg Germany. Uut ine tr.nii
mut come. Let a man go down town today
I and bur a pound of beefsteak, and if he had
been ,atr.g f.ftcen cent for it and the price
j had gtir.c up over night to forty cents he
S no-li be shocked. He would curse the day
f lhai he wa born and wonder what the world
a coming to. lie eouicn i c toir.joricvi
for about a week. But. unl:kc Rachel, he
ww.: J not keep on crying. In a week he
wwjld le f;aprg hi forty cents and compla
cently eating hit beefsteak. In other words,
ihe thrill wa gone he accepted what was
naturatlv taken for granted.
Had Mr. Wdsoa. when ihe first American
h?p wa sunk without provocation, dedared
war against Germany or insisted that we were
ia war. thai Germany by her overt act bad
declared it arainst us, behind htm i an hour's
lime ti!J hAtbxt.OUa4C4kei
ten tarv.r.g s-quarely by the President and
t&e flag.
Lei this houe burn up and tr.cn organize a
fire company to fight ihc next f.re. The con- l
ttnued lalk I Peace row is hkc scnd.nc for
a doctor after the patient hat ex p:r cd. There 4 by a Higher Power. It may be that the in
shc! I be no more peace meetings. The talk i anc wcxk of the Kaiser is not his own work.
or.lv keep down the enthusiasm of thoe still
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horirr but hortnr acainsi hope. Wc feel
h,,lhOM.
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Planting Day.
A April Fifth approache people should
I ell hat desecrated lhat day at "planting day"
and call upun etery man, woman and .child
la gel out and plant something. He wants
lhc Mat or of ail ihe lowns to call the people
out and see lo it that all vacant lots arc
plowed an J planted to grass, pea, potatoes
anything that will produce food for man and
beast.
Th; i a most excellent idea, and if war
come win be dublv appreciated by our peo-
p.e. II war cocsn t iai long, ine nign price
!.. ' It t . .. .t .. . . M 't
ct living wni oe mex ana ir.e cost lowerca u
fo4tu:J worth a million dollars is produced
and if every citizen would heed this call
and exert him'self the crop would run over a
'.!. W'jf in f Hi stitr.
The people are living al too high a r.atc of
red. Thev are not slopping to think what
i ahead. Thi icea ol lamng a cay on ana
planting something, getting tc gTound in
rcad;ncss. if carried out as intended, would be
trorih more than any one imagines. Let us
hce
that all back lot and vacant lots will
Kr rrrnared. and let the tall witness an in
created crop of foodstuffs ia North Carolina.
Ireparcdnes. my brothers, Preparedness.
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The Contractor.
There it running in this paper a column
under the heading The Contractor,- and the
idea of running it i to impress upon the citi-
ten of Green4oro the importance ol pa iron -
i. - irg home builders and contractors.
Each dav ihcre is a new story setting forth
the ffiwin. and yesterday wc were doubly
t leased to see that the contractor were de
lighted bccaue in fnirf; out the order for
plans fcr the new Y. W. C A. building a home
architect had been employed with no ifs nor
and.
This i as it should be. The home man is
here: he it capable, and when all things arc
etjual he should be first considered.
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And in all thi hurly burly we haven't
heard the toice of Old Ben Tillman. He is
perhaps reserving his watted strength to hand
out a patriotic arpeal when Congress meets.
'The eld pitchfork soldser will ring true-
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WAS I1VGHANCE
WE GOT WILSON?
Funny how wc put all our trust, in the
hand of one man follow him blindly if fie
ha the emUance of right in hi favor.' Just
now thi Nation i. going to follow Wilson.
It is to be taken for granted that Congress
will do just about what be wants done in this
question of war. X '
But suppose the case.
Wilson ha been for Peace. He has delayed
week after week and month after month, hesi
tating, doubting, hoping and doubtless pray
ing for some other course to pursue rather
than declare war or declare, that war already
exists. He is one type, yet cmr destiny as a
Nation is in hi hand ? V-
Had Mr. Roosevelt been President Teddy
of the Eal-'I-.m-AHvc chool of warriors two
year ago, no doubt he .would have had two
million men in Europe attempting to avenge
the outrage perpetrated against Belgium.
He even now wants to be given two million
men in order that he may sail the seas, land
ihem on European soil and go after the gen
tlxmen of hyphenated color.. He is another
lyreyct our destiny a a Nation might have
been in his hands.
Had Mr. Bryan been President, without
any shadow of doubt he would have implored
Congress to secure peace; he would have
cracked his parly whips; he would have
pleaded as no man ever pleaded before for all,
the Congress to hold hacds oil and at least
submit it to a vole, knowing the vote, where
so many women vote, would be against the
measure. He is still another type yet our
destiny as a Nation might have been in his
hands.
We mention these three men, one a Presi
dent, another an ex-President and ambitious
to come againt and-od three times a. candi
date for that high office.-'
So it rauit occur to us iffer all,' that" there
is a destiny that shapes oar ends rough hew
;bro Jk;v..c X'ixt destiny. arrjf;
rmty cfcoe "Mr.5 Wnvorf fuflhls Kouruhen'
the world-wide crisis is on. No doubt of that.
There be men who dcvoutlv believe that
Abraham Lincoln was called from the log
cabin in Kentucky to do the great work which
he did. Apparently obscure in one of the
greatest campaigns this country ever knew he
was seated in the White House and made a
name and fame that will endure forever.
We mustn't, in criticising people who are
placed in such responsible positions, to rule.
m a wjiy, millions of people, think that it is
their own iloings they doubtless arc guided
It may be, in order to accomplish some great
end. he is the chosen instrument and must,
perforce, perform what he was sent to per
form. Those who look not deeply into the
subject, those who fail to read the histories
of N'ation. will assume lhat God Almighty
could not "have a hand in such murderous
work. But in order to save to us the plan of
Salvation and give to the world the Christian
hope it was necessary to murder the only. be
gotten Son of God, and it was necessary for
Judas Iscariot. gentleman, to play the part of
traitor. It took the betrayal and the cruci
fixion to present the great picture lo do what
had been foretold.
And it isn't necessarily dope from a bug
houe to say tha t this worrd-wide war in
which perhaps all nations will become in
volved before it ends, is for a great purpose
which wc cannot sec beyond the veil.
Certainly it is true that the three most con
spicuous men in America are widely divided
on what policy to pursue and the one chosen
to lead lhc people has acted with more moder
ation than ordinarily a. man in his position
would act. However, wc arc not preaching a
sermon, we are not asking you to think as we
think; wc arc just handing down our opinion
and theorizing a little.
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Old Glory.
Dr. Banner, who owns the handsome office
building on North Elm street, yesterday threw
to the brcee a Hag about forty feet long
and Old Glory certainly looks proud floating
from that high eminence. Wc would like to
see every store and every house adorned with
NOJd Glory. There is something about the
flag, something about those stars and stripes
thai makes even an old fellow feel proud that
he lives under them. Up with the flag, and
if any man dare to pull it down, in the lan
guage of the immortal John A. Dix, "shoot
him on lhc spot."
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Wants Men In The Navy.
Secretary Daniels is calling for men for the
Navy. There should be response at once and
on the first call as on the last conscription
should not be necessary. While it is under
stood that the navy boys will see more service
than the land forces, yet for all of that there
should be half a million men respond to the
call, if that many are needed. And it should
be done in ten minutes" time.
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The good news comes from the eastern
part of the state that the outlook for the berry
crop is exceedingly good this year. That
means some of. the up North money coming
dowrthis way, and right. soon now.
END OF UNION
MAY RESULT
The Columbia State, original in its utter
ances, finds, it thinks, some good to come
from the eight-hour a day law concerning
railway engineers. It says tneir labor is
shortened, but their pay remains the. same,
and this is an easy job, and that enginemen
will finally be drawn from those highly edu
cated in technical schools, and then it argues:
We might go further and suggest that
when the engineman's celling attracts
educated men it will become individual
' istic and there will be uo "brotherhood'
just as there is now no "union labor"
among lawyers, surgeons and railroad
managers. So far in the history of the
labor movement it seems impossible to
" level or standardize any calling in tyhich
the rank and file are composed of highly
educated men. When the enginemen
have lifted their trade to the rank of a
profession they will have taken it out of
the ranks of "labor," using that term in
its narrowed sense.
The State should remember that it was
once given as a reason why the lawyers didn't
have a union was because they took it all
any way and could make no furxlier demands.
This, of course, is a joke, because the poor
lawyer has been held up to ridicule so many
times. But the State must remember that an
cngincman assumes what is known as an ex
tra hazardous risk; insurance companies will
fight shy of him, and every day he stands a
greater chance of being killed' than any one
else, unless an aviator. Engineers on railway
locomotives generally arc well informed men;
good mechanics; know their engines and are
good citizens. The "brotherhood" would
doubtless always exist, because the engine
men must "take orders." The lawyer, the
railroad manager, the surgeon, the newspaper,
editor, many professions are not. unionized
because 'the :men C9rarosuicrthemvaret'tHe!?
X3v-A'bote" ai litey toyia make- fierce f
mands. burgeons generally hx tneir lees ac
cording to skill and reputation, as does also
the lawyer". If Charley Chaplin receives three
quarters of a million dollars- a year to act the
fool, why should. the want to belong to a
union? If a great surgeon demands five thou
sand dollars to swipe the bloomin' vermiform
apuendix of a multi-millionaire one day and
the next day performs the same chore for the
moneyless man for nothing, how could he be
long to a union and observe the rules? He
couldn't do it.
We take it that the average union man is
as enlightened as the average non-union
man. The union is essential it is for protec
tion. The trouble with the union is it doesn't
act square with itself it hurts itself when it
could improve itself.
Take it in the printing line. The union allows
blacksmiths to join men who have had prac
tically no experience, and if, having experi
ence, shown such inaptitude for the "art pre
servative of all arts" that they stumble, pull
their card and think that it is a diploma for
efficiency. All unions should have an exam
ination of the candidate who wants to join.
They should sec that he knows the game,
whatever it is, and if he doesn't he should be
sent on to work out his own salvation with
out a great union's endorsement.
We cannot agree with the State. ..So long
as Capital employs human beings, just so long
will those human beings be in rebellion. They
will make their laws and they will fight for.
them. It isn't a matter of enlightenment it
is self-preservation. The man who today
cusses out the union and says he will not join,
he doesn't endorse it, must remember that,
after all, the union is what establishes the
scale of wages which he rcqcives.
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Christian Science.
After all is said and done, Christian Science
is nothing in the world but an illustration of
mind over matter. It takes a dear head and
a pure heart to catch a glimpse of God. A
man must look to see Him and He isn't as far
away as many suppose. Many men who have
gone their way and not paid as much atten
tion to their religion as they should have paid
found disease and sin consuming them. When
they switch to the teachings of Christian Sci
ence they have better discipline they are put
on their mettle, so to spciik and wonderful
results arc accomplished. The votaries of
Christian Science will perhaps not subscribe
to what we say, but wc say it and feci sure of
our ground. The man who has the faith, who
has the mind and controls matter and it can
be done call it what you will, gets more out
of life, and is the master of his own destiny
because he is nearer God. That is all.
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We Didn't Mean To Interfere.
The Durham Herald has been quoting our
articles on the fight over there about a change
of city government. We hope we haven't
butted in and spilled the beans of any one. We
arc strongly in favor of a City Manager as'the
best way to conduct a city, and are sowing
seed along that line. The fact tht Durham
was changing made the subject current and
f more interest. That was all. We have
enough to do right here and do not expect to
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help snape tne acsiiny oi iyuruw viiuwitu
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A FAMILY ROW
IS PREDICTED
It is freely predicted that when the lower
house of Congress attempts to organize next ; :
week there will be '"family quarrels," and I
wise ones say there is no telling how things ;
may come out of the wash. ' f ' V
It is said that the wet democrats, and there
are a great many of them, have it in for the I .
dry democrats and seek reprisal of some 'sort. - r .
It s further claimed that the Northern demo-' r '
crats have just awakened to the fact that the
South is and has been in the-saddle under the
Wilson administration, and they are liable to
cause some opposition. Whether or not they ' v
will throw a monkey wrench in the works is . '
a matter of conjecture, but perhaps there will"
be something doing.
It is said that when Wilson was inaugu- -rated
there were Jaut few people in Washing
ton. A resident of Washington City inform
ed us a few days ago that" it was hard to tell
that any strangers were within the gates:" .
This was accounted for by the fact that no '
longer was there much pie to distribute; civil .
service had taken all in sight and what civil' . , f.
service hadn't taken the South had then why J,
a pilgrimage to Washington t6 see the Ptesi-
dent? No reason in the world. .
In the old days, when pie and plunder were,
the unwritten law; in the old fiys, when, pa- -triots
were rewarded and it was understood
that to the victors belonged the spoils; the
old days, the days of old when offices grew on
trees and were to be had for the gathering
Washington filled up with politicians from
Kisseme to Kalamazoo.
But, alas! no more. In those rare old days J
it was a sorry sight to visit Washington after -j-a
presidential election and inauguration. The -
home papers would announce that Judge So -
and So. had been called to Washington and' - "
would perhaps-take a seat.on the bench. ?And;,--the
-judge of ;the 4 home towr,?iressed ia his
"the parks still waiting and hnally, the only '
bench on which he sat was a wooden one un
der the friendly shade of a tree, where he- . '.
dreamed and slept. Finally he would return ' .
home, a sadder but a wiser man. ' ,
But in these days Civil Service, one of the ;
great humbugs of the country, demands about
all that is worth while. It has now taken all
the first-class postoffices, .and wherefore
should a patriot howl? Why generate steam
to whoop it up for the party or the candidate? . '
Why journey to Washington to look for pie.-. V
when there is no pie? Why should Northern, . -J
and Southern democrats' be in full accord
when the apple is being eaten by the Southern
gentlemen and there is no core?
No reason on earth, my worthies, and un
less the war scare causes prompt and imme
diate action, there will doubtless be, as pre- f
dieted, a family row of some dimensions. '-,
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A State Scandal.
This Britt-Weaver hearing which has been
going on for some weeks in the wilds of Bun
combe county has now gotten as far as Ashe-,
ville and this week a "hearing" was had there. V
These hearings and their wery details de- ; :
tails of fraud and corruption on the part of
both democrats and republicans have a ten- :'
dency to disgust people who have been used
to hear the fairy tales about the "purity of the v
ballot" and the "voice of the sovereign f ;
people." '
It has been brought out in evidence that
both political parties were out to win, and
didn't seem to care much how the end was
accomplished.
We have before suggested that there should -be
a law that when fraud wa,s proven on both
sides, as has been amply proven in this case,
there should be a declaration that the seat .
was empty and a new election ordered.
If this were done in the Britt-Weaver case ,f -perhaps
the fraud would not rear its face.
The people who were guilty of fraudulent
practices should be dealt with in a manner be
coming any other law breaker, and after a , '
while we might see things a littre bit different
than they are now. ,
But as politicians are the ones who make- .
the laws and corrupt the voter we need look
for no such needed law. No, not now.
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Not Too boon.
The Asheville Times suggests that we arc a :
trifle early in nominating ' the Honorable
Claude Kitchin for President of the United
States. Not at all. It takes a few years to
get things in motion. In the meantime Kitchin
is already presidential timber and is growing
bigger each year. When the four years have, ?
rolled around, or rather' the three and a half,
and the nominating convention comes on you
will see Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina, ;
looming big as a candidate. He has the abil-.
ity and happily he has made a record for in
dependence and fearlessness that is worth
while. Again we repeat the proposition : For
President in 1920 the Hon. Claude Kitchin,
of North Carolina. . -'
Real estate is said to be just aoout to jump.
It has been getting ready to -do this a long"
time. However, we note that it doesn't jump
it just walksslowly.but surely, to higher, ,f
prices. And that is . tne Deiter. way. : . j -
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