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SlJoTYEAR IN ADVANCE IN T
Weaver Ann
For F
In a letter from Congressman
. zebulon Weaver to The Jackson
County Journal, Mr. Weaver announces
his candidacy for the
nomination of Representative in
Congress for the 11th Cofigr&sional
District. Mr. Weaver says:
It will give me pleasure to
have you announce my candidacy
through your paper. In doing
this, j wish to thank the
people of your county, and the
I. entire district, for the very loyal
support I have received during
the years I have served them
' in;Congress.
-It is my purpose to ask the
Democrats of the district to renominate
me* as their candidate,
upon my record of service to the
party, and to the whole district
regardless of party, during my
incumbency.
. In the many years I have
served in Congress, I have un- i
dertaken to bring to the district
- the highest measure of general
welfare posible. My efforts have
been dictated^ by ho class or
group. I aspire to give the char-1
acter of service so great a district
deserves, and in all legitil
mate and honorable ways, again
| to represent a great people, inF
diridually and as a whole."
REX. PAUL THROWER
SPEAKS HERE SUNDAY
Rev. Paul P. Thrower, pastor
of the Bryson City Presbyterian
Church, will preach here Sunday
evening at 8 - o'clock in the
Woodmen of the World Hall, in
the McGuire Building.
The Presbyterians and others
who are not' attending either of
the other churches at this time
k are cordially invited to the serI
vice. If the need and opporI
tunity presents itself Mr. Throwf
er will arrange to conduct reg'
ular worship services here, either
once or twice monthly. For the
time being the services will be
held in the McGuire Building.
Presbyterians and others who
may be interested in such services
are asked to contact Rev.
Mr. Thrower at Bryson City.
I THIS WEEK'S
QUESTION
Rules
* 1. $1.00 will be paid to the
child who mails or brings the
iirst correct answer to me question
of the week, each week.
2. Every child who is in any
high school or elementary
school in Jackson county is eligible
to participate in the game.
3. No entries must be made
prior to Tuesday following the
publication of the Journal. Boys
and girls living away from Sylva,
and those living in Sylva, if
they prefer, can mail their answers,
requesting their postmaster
to write the day, hour, and
minute when the answer was
mailed, upon the envelope, and
also his initials thereon.
4. Each correct answer will be
recorded, and the boy or girl
sending in the greatest number
of correct answers, between now
and July 4, will be presented
with $5.00, regardless of whether
he has won any weekly game.
5. No boy or girl will be allrvxirr^
1 4- ? 1 iU /x 1TTAA Irlxr *1 nn
"JVYCU WJ will tuc wcwuj "C*'W
more often than once a month.
The Question This Week
Name all the North Carolinians
who are in the Hall of
Fame at Washington.
The answer to last week's
question is the Cherokee Nation.
The Cherokees, at the time of
the removal across the Mississippi.
were a nation, so recognized
by the United States, and by
Great Britain. Sequoia had invented
the Cherokee alphabet,
which was so simple and easy,
that a child could be taught to
read in a few days; and every
udult in the Nation could read
his own language. These statements
can be verified by records
m the Library of Congress in
Washington.
No cortect answers were received
to the question. .
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REV. DUMONT CLARKE
HEARD SUNDAY AT
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
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(By J. V. Hall)
The Tuckaseigee Associational
Sunday Schools met for their
regular second Sunday Convention
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
March 10, with the Tuckn
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oaptisb i^nurcn. mneieen
Sunday Schools were represented
at this convention with more
than two hundred people
The following Sunday Schools
were represented by a delegation,
Cullowhee, East Sylva, East La
Porte, Jarrett Memorial, Locust
Field, Old Savanah, Scotts
Creek, Sylva First, Little Savannah,
Oak Ridge, Tuckaseigee,
Webster and Neddy's Mountain.
Of this group twenty-one were
officers and teachers and ten I
were ministers. Some visitors
from the Tennessee River Association
were also present.
A very fine program was rendered.
The devotion was led by
W. H. Smith of the host church,
reports were heard from the different
Superintendents present,
and some fine special music was
given by the Woods sisters, from
Wolf Mountain. Kay and Laverne
Hooper were heard in a
special number entitled "Every
Sunday School Should Grow."
The Rev. Dumont Clarke, of
Asheville presented the Lord's
acre work in a very fine way.
The last speaker on the program
,was Miss Ethel Richardson, one
of our fine state workers, who
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maae a wuuucnui tain, uii i/iic
Daily Vacation Bible School
work. Plans were discussed for
conducting a large number of
schools in our Association this
summer. r The
next convention will meet
at Sylva the Second Sunday in
April for a big Sunday School
Rally. Plans are being worked
out to have every church in our
Association represented, if possible.
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Methodist Zone Meets
At Maple Grove
Meeting in the lovely, new,
brick church, Maple Grove, successor
to Turpin's Chapel, over in
Haywood county, the Methodist
women of this missionary zone,
wpirnmed three newly organized
societies, Maggie, Delwood, and
Elizabeth Chapel Seven members
of the Sylva society were
} present.
District Superintendent
Hutchins, in speaking to the
women, urged even greater diligence
on their part, stating
that a lo^s of 272 members in
church schools for the district
has been noticed for the year.
Speakers were: On Study, by
| Mrs. Sea well; Spiritual Life, by
' Mrs. Hampton; The World Outlook,
by Mrs. Tompkins; and A
United Church With Its Theme,
Love, and its Slogan, Advance,
by Mrs. Francis E. Branson.
Rev. A. P. Ratledge was named
as zone superintendent of study,
and the book to be studied will
be, "Methodists United For Action,"
by John R. Mott. A gen
eral meeting will be held on
March 31, and following that the
book will be studied by each
society.
The Missionary Conference
. will be held in Salisbury on April
16,17 and 18. On the last day the
Bishop is calling a provisional
conference, at which there will
be nine delegates from this district,
of which Mrs. E. L. McXee
will be one.
On May 3, the district missionary
meeting will be held in
i Waynesville. On May 24, the
S o u t heastern Jurisdictional
,, Conference, comprising ten
1 states and the Republic of Cuba,
i will meet in Asheville. Three soi
cieties in this zone were reported
as having reached the efficiency
aim. They are Sylva,
Canton, and Cullowhee.
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SYLVA, ]
COUNTY MARBLES
TOURNAMENT TO
BE MARCH 30TH
The second county-wide marbles
tournament, participated in
by the pupils of the schools of
the county and sponsored by the
Jackson County Recreation
Project, will be held in; Sylva, on
Saturday morning, March 30,
beginning at 10:00 o'clock.
Tournaments have been held
or are being held in the schools
of the cqunty and the winners
of the first and second places
in each school tournament will
be given prizes. These winners
will come to Sylva on March 30
for the finals. The prize for the
winner in this contest will be a
fraa fyirv Oroon chrtrrt in Mow
A A CC l)U VllbWIOWVlU ill 111UJ ,
where a state wide tournament
will be held. The finals will be
played' on the official mound, at
the Sylva Community Center,
I and the public is invited to see
the contest.
Last year the marbles tournament
in the county elicited considerable
interest among the pupils
of the schools. Wayne
Jamison, of Sylva, was the win|
ner in the finals and made the
j trip to Greensboro.'
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Republicans
Jarrett
REPUBLICANS HOLD
COUNTY CONVENTION
The Jackson County Republicans,
in their convention, held
in the court house in Sylva,
Saturday afternoon, endorsed
R. F. Jarrett, as their candidate
for congress,-and-JeterHBnyderas
a delegate to the National
Convention. The following dele[
gates and alternates were named
to attend the Congressional Convention
in Brevard, on Monday:
H. C. Stiles, M. D. Nicholson, J.
O. Parker, Milas Parker, S. L.
Parker, R. F. Jarrett, A. H. Weaver,
C. M. Green, Hubert Quiett,
W. H. Smith, Mrs. Joseph E.
; Keyes, R. G. Snyder, Jeter Snyj
der, W. C. Hennessee, H. E. Mon1
teith, Grady Smith, H. R. Queen,
S E. P. Stillwell, R. L. Holland, C.
H. Nicholson, J. B. Ensley, Dr.
; John Pointer, Miss Bonnie Rogers,
W. C. Cagle, Burke Ferguson,
Mrs. Gola Ferguson, David
Stillwell, Z. V. Watson, A. F.
Arrington and S. C. Cogdill.
J. B. Ensley, chairman of the
executive committee, appointed
a committee, composed of E. P.
Stillwell, H. E. Monteith, H. R.
Queen and R. F. Jarrett to
draft resolutions of respect to
' the memory of the late J. J.
Britt of Asheville.
Members of College
Faculty Initiated Into
Delta Kappa Gamma
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1 Cullowhee, Mar. 12 (Special)?
Miss Trixiq^ Jenkins and Miss
Winnie Alice Murphy became
members of the Delta Kappa
Gamma Society, national honor
fraternity in education, at an
initiation service held by the
Gamma chapter of this organization
at a recent meeting held
at the George Vanderbilt hotel
in Ashevile.
The initiation was followed
with a banquet at which time
Mrs. R. H. Latham of Asheville
spoke on Charm.
i Other members of this organization
from Western Carolina
Teachers College are Miss Cor
delia Camp, president' of the
i chapter, Miss Alice Benton, and
Miss Fannie Goodman.
VEGETABLES
Vegetable supplies for the late
winter and early spring are expected
to contnue short until
the first of April, due to the
winter freezes which destroyed
a large acreage of tender vegetables.
NORTH CAROl|ttA, MARCH 17, 1!
OLD. LAHMARK
RAZEDIBY FIRE
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The "Town Hace" or the "Old
j Chastain Hoiajf," names by
I which the restifence of L. A.
1 Ammon, on the Junpus of Western
Carolina liachers College
was known in ? long-ago-days,
was completely destroyed, with
the contents, early last Saturday
morning. ItAs thought that
: the fire was caused by a defec-,
tive flue.
Mrs. Ammon* J and her two
daughters were Awakened by the
smell of smoke, after Mr. Amt
mon left the house, to superinj
tend work on the college farm,
I and fortunately escaped without
injury.
Students of the college, who
fought the fire^ were able to
save the nearbw buildings, but
could not save anything of con- (
sequence of thl furniture or|
clothing of the Ammon family.)
jA diamond belonging to Mrs.]
I Ammon, was found, after the
fire, by sifting the ashes in the
vicinity of the place in' the
house where the ring was known
to have been. The ring in which
the diamond was set, was, however
melted.
The building, which was about
seventy-five years old, belonged
to the college and was insured.
Noininate
For Congress
R. Frank Jarrett, hotel proprietor
and poet of Dillsboro,
was nominated as the Republican
candidate foi* congress in the
llth district by the district convention
held Monday in Brevard.
The Jackson county man was
unopposed for the congressional
utai^ama maa
nuniuiauuii. *ft"v ji-flr?i- " ,
Monteith,
by Halsey B. Leavitt, of Asheville.
Mr. Jarrett was born in AsheviUe
and lived in that city until
he was 20 When he moved to
Madison county. Within a short
time he moved to Jackson county
where he has resided for
nearly 50 years. He is proprietor
of the Jarrett Springs hotel at
Dillsboro and is widely known as
the author of many poems dealing
with the Cherokee Indians.
The best known and longest of
these poems has been published
in book form under the title
"Occoneechee, the Maid of the
Mystic Lake."
Mr. Jarrett is also the composer
of numerous songs which
have been published and widely
circulated. He is well known
as an entertainer, and, during
the last few years, has appeared
before several organizations in
Asheville as the principal speaker.
He was last heard in Ashe??n<*
nm TPnhnmrv 10 when he
vuic un > vw* < ?.,,
was one of the two speakers on
a Lincoln day program.
Kite Tournament For
Boys and Girls Saturday
(Jackson County Recreational
Project)
Boys and girls^ let's make a
kite! Now that we have the old
March wind we can have some
fun. There will be a kite
tournament Tuesday afternoon
March 19, at one o'clock, If the
weather is bad, the date will be
postponed.
We will meet at the community
house and go to Love Field
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for the tournament,, ouya auu
girls under 16 years of age may
enter. All kites must be han?
made. There will be a 1st prize
going to the boy's kite that is
flown the highest and a 1st
prize to the girl's kite that is
highest. There will also be a
2nd prize to the boy's next highest
flyer and a 2nd prize for the
girl's next highest flyer.
Make your kite as gay as you
can. You can paint them or use
colored paper. Come on and
enter and well promise that you
will have fun, and you may win
a prize too.
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STOCKHOLDERS OF <
FARM FEDERATION
MEETS SATURDAY,
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The annual meeting of Jackson
county stockholders of the
Farmers Federation will be held
at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, p
March 16, in the cooperative's y
warehouse on Main street, ac- a
1 cording to an announcement by t]
j James G. K. McClure, federa- ti
I t-inn nrociHonf. I ]f
Il/iwxx ^AVMmv^iW.
Mr. McClure and other executives
are expected to attend and n
to submit reports on the fed- V
eration's business during the "
past year. Principal business to si
be taken up will be the election E
of a county advisory committee J
and the nomination of one of C
two directors to represent Jack- E
son county on the cooperative's P
board. 1
Music will be furnished by the
federation's string band and re- V
freshments will be served at J
noon. B
Patronage dividend certifi- C
cates will be distributed to pa- A
trons of the Sylva federation V
unit on the basis of their 1939 L
transactions. E
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Federation Stockholders t
Meet In Asheville On ^
Saturday, March 30 F
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Asheville, March 13?The date 1
for the annual meeting of stock-' 1
holders of the Farmers Federa- ?
tion has been changed from 0
Saturday, March 23, to Satur- 1
day, March 30, according to an *
announcement by James G. K. j ?
McClure, president of the farm J
cooperative. The meeting will-' ?
be held in the Buncombe Coun- SJ
ty courthouse, Asheville. ^
Principal business to come be- ?
and four directors at large. Later ^
the same day the directors will (
meet to elect officers and an ex- c
iecutive committee.
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Each of the counties where the ^
Federation is organized is en- ?
titled to two regular directors ^
serving overlapping terms of t
I two years each. In addition ^
I there are seven directors-at- p
large, four of whom are up for j
election this year. Two direc- p
tors are to be named from n
Swain and Yancey Counties, p
new Federation units, and one q
each from Buncombe, Hender- ^
son, Polk, Transylvania, Macon, j(
Jackson, Cherokee, Rutherford, p
McDowell, Burke, Caldwell and p
Haywood. s
Reports on the Federation's C
business ana iarm promotional e
activities for the past year will d
be submitted by Mr. McClure, \
president, Guy M. Sales, general. J
manager, and various depart- , I
ment heads. C
The Federation's string band
will be on hand to add a touch
of entertainment and at noon 1
there will be a i get-together
luncheon served b? the Federation.
In view of the fact that the
cooperative has extended its ter- v
ritory to include two more coim- P
ties?Swain and Yancey?and J
has increased its membership by 5
approximately 500 new share- C
holders, with a total of about>
4,400 Federation officials are
looking forward to an unusually
large attendance at this year's y
meeting.! t
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W. A. LONG t
DIES IN TEXAS '
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Word has been received here r
of the death of W. A. Long, at n
his home in Bluffdale, Texas. p
Mr. Long was a native of Jack- p
son county, and left here more ?
than thirty years ago. He was s
the youngest son of the late n
| Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Long, Sr. He t
is survived by his wife and three
children; also two sisters, Mrs. b
Hester Henson, of Webster, and y
Mrs. J. W. Bumgarner, of ?
Sylva; and three brothers, T. F. y
Long, of Phoenix, Arizona; L N. C
Long, of Dahlonega, Ga.; and y
J. H. Long, of Erastus. J
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Zoad To Be
At Ann
54 CITY TAGS SOLD
IY FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Sylva Volunteer Fire Deartment
has for the past two
ears sold City license tags for
utomobiles owned by citizens of
tie community. This year the
ags have been sold to the foljwing
list of persons:
Dr. W. K. Chapma, M. B. Canon,
Philip Stovall, R. U. Sutton,
7. O. Allen, C. R. Smith, ROscoe
oteet, G. K. Bess, F. H. Pickleimer,
Dexter Hooper, J. R. Long,
!. O. Mashburn, Fred Henry,.
. D. Cowan, Frank Fricks, Jane
toward, James Kindley, F. L.
[ooper, Charles N. Price, Leon
icklesimer, Sidney Cagle, Sylva
aperboard Company, Roger
lonteith, Dan K. Moore, R. O.
/llson, Mrs. H. R. Hastings, O.
. Lessley, R. L. Ariail, A. H.
iryson4 Frank Massie, Frank
towan, Dr. D. D. Hooper, Frank
bernethy, Harry Ferguson, W.
7. Bryson, Davis Hooper,
awrence Reed, Velt Wilson, A.
Queen, J. A. Allman, Joe
Hyde Fisher, Mark Watson, Rev.
l. P. Ratledge, A. G. Huff, Jr.,
[. O. Curtis, Dr. C. Z. Candler,
V. H. Conley, A. F. Clouse, E. L.
IcKee, Allison Motor Company,
t. C. Allison, Sol Schulman, A.
V. Gaylor, J. C. Allison, Frank
)uncan, Charlie Bumgarner,
^red Allison, Grayson Cope,
Ars. D. M. Hall, Dr. A. A. Nichils,
Chas. Evkns, G R. Lackey,
7heo. Mashburn, Raymond
Jlenn, Lewis Cannon, T. C. Bryon,
Jr., Earl Padgett, Charles
Tiompson, Jr., Sam Allison, R. J.
Jnyder, Roy Reed, A. D. Parker,
ohn Morris, Mack Ashe, Dr. R.
V. Kirchberg, E. M. Lloyd, W. E.
Jrindstaff, J. C. Cannon, S. A.
harden, Claude Jones, O. E.
Jrookhyser, E. J. Duckett, Paul
^arrefv'^n ^ompkinsy Joe
>ietz, Woodrow Middleton, Ec?
?urry, Paul Kirk, The Radio
Ihop, Jack Warren, A. W. Wilon,
Dr. Grover Wilkes, Ben
jessing, T. W. Ashe, Jennings
Jrysort, W. R. Hampton, W. R.
]nioe, Chester Scott, Howard
Lllison, D. M. Hall, Mrs. O. E.
Jonteith, O. E. Monteith, A. J.
)ills, Ben Coffman, Coy Frankin,
Carl Corbin, J. C. Corbin,
talph Dills, J. D. Moore, Tilghnan
Bass, Frank Moody, Ernest
jewis, Joe Davis, T. E. Reed, W.
). Soderquist, W. T. Wise, CogLill
Motor Company, Gradjr Talr>%-?
4- Pni*tv\arc TXT T
Jill/, f aiuicio i buv/iai/iuii, tv . u ,
risher, W. L. Jones, Glenn
lughes, Adam Moses, T. N. Masie,
W. B. Cope, H. C. Lawrence,
,'iaude Campbell, Leonard Holdn,
Karl Wallace, Griffin Midileton,
J. R. Elkin, Dick Green,
r. V. Hooper, Ted Fincannon,
immy Gaither, Alvin Moore, A.
I. Ginn, Paul Ellis and Oscar
Jates.
VHAT IS OUR
POPULATION?
The population enumeration
rill begin on April 1, and a com?lete
count will be made of,
ackson county, and the town of
lylva, and of the State of North
Carolina.
We are all interested in Knowng
what the results will be.,
The Journal will give free, 1
ear's subscription to this paper
0 the persons who guess the
losest to what the exact popuation
figure will be for the
own of Sylva, and for the couny
of Jackson.
The contest is open to every>ody
but no one can send in
nore than one guess. All guesses
riust be mailed to this office
rior to the beginning of the
copulation count on April 1; and
he awards will be announced as
oon as the Census Bureau anlounces
the population of the
own and county.
How much have we increased
1 population in ten years? If
our estimate is the nearest to
he exact figure that will baanear's
free subscription to The
Jensus, you will be given 1
ear's free subscription to the
ournal, your county paper.
fANCE kiDE THE COUNTY
Speaker 1
ual Banquet
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The Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce will hold its annual
banquet Wednesday night,
March 20 at the Sylva Community
house. The date was originally
set for March 19, but was
changed due to a conflict.
The. chief speaker at the banquet
will be J. E. Coad, secretary
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J. E. COAD
of the Hickory Chamber of Com
merce, and organizer of the recent
Mayors' Tour of Florida.
Mf. Coad has had wide experience
in the field of organization
and community advertising.
He served for five years
as Dean of Educational Extension
Work for the University of
North Dakota; for four years.
as National Educational Director
for the American City Bureau;
was for three years Executive
Vice-president of the St.
Petersburg chamber of Commerce
and organization manager
of the Florida State chamber,
and did considerable organization
work with California,
Inc., the 10,000-Lakes Association
of Minnesota, the Land of
the Lakes of Wisconsin and the
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West Michigan Tourist and Resort
Association.
At a meeting Monday night
the president of the chamber,
J. Louis Hair, named the following
committee to make preparations
for the banquet: W. J.
Fisher, chairman; T. W. Ashe,
and T. N. Massie.
Other committees named by
Mr. Hair were: Folder committee,
M. B. Cannon, A. J. Dills,
R. C. Sutton, Dr. W. P. McGuire,
and R. V. Wilson: finance committee,
Harry Ferguson, J. R.
Long, R. U. Sutton, H. T. Hunter,
and W. R. Enloe; and civic
committee, Dan 'Moore, Chester
Scott, Sol Schulman, Roy Allison,
S. C. Cogdill, and Phil Stovall.
The Rotary Club and the
Lions' Club have been invited to
meet with the Chamber of Commerce.
Wednesday night.
SYLVA P.-T. A. TO
MEET TUESDAY
The Sylva Parent-Teacher Association
will meet Tuesday, at
3:00 o'clock. Features of the
program will be a talk, by Mrs.
W. K. Chapman, and several
musical numbers, presented by
pupils of the school.
Miss Walker, Miss Murphy
Judge Dramatics Contest
Cullowhee (Special) ? Miss
Edythe Walker and Miss Winnie
Alice Murphy were guests of
Mars Hill College on Tuesday
evening, March 5, when they
went to Mars Hill to judge the
North Carolina Dramatic Association
Junior College Preliminary
Contest. The contest, held
J in the college auditorium, had
thrde entries: "Write Me a Love
Scene," produced by students of
Lees McRae College; "Rosalind,"
given by students of Mars Hill .
College; and "The First Woman,"
by students from Montreat
Junior College.
"Rosalind," directed by Miss
Bonnie Wengert of Mars Hill
College, was the play winning in
this contest, and it will be taken
to Chapel Hill for the state dramatics
contest to be held later
in March. r*
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