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THE MARKET.
Cotton, per lb. .........—.... 9'ir
Cotton Seed, per bu. -.27c
Showers Thursday.
Todays North Carolina Weather
. Report: Cloudy with showers
Thursday, and In central and west
portions tonight. Slightly warmer
tonight.
Cleveland Boy
Will Represent
N. C. In Contest
PoUtville Youth Leaves With Teach
er For St. Louis For Dairy
Contest.
A Cleveland county farm boy and
his agricultural teacher left today
for St. Louis where the former will
represent the state of North Caro
lina in the judging contests of the
National Vocational Dairy and Poul
■ try convention.
The county boy, Elmer Withrow,
of the Polkville school, won the trip
ta the national contest by taking
first place in The recent state-wide
contest at Raleigh. The North Caro
, lipa team in the judging' contests
will be composed of young Withrow
and two other North Carolina boys,
and they are accompanied by Prof.
E. L. Dillingham. Withrow’s Voca
tional teacher, who also won the
trip because his student made the
highest score in the state contest.
The trip was made by train.
• Prof. Dillingham is confident that
the Cleveland county boy will make
’ a good showing in the national con
test. “I don’t see why he shouldn’t,”
the teacher said. "Not because he
is one of my students, but because
he matched his Judging ability with
the best vocational students in
1 North Carolina and won, and they
must show me that North Carolina's
best isn't pretty hard to excel,”
Baptist Team Will
Play Four Contests
Here During Season
Boiling Springs Meets Lees-McRae
Eleven In Shelby Saturday
Week.
Shelby and Cleveland county fqot
' ball fans will have three oppoi
tunities of seeing Coach Rackley’s
Boiling Springs Junior college foot
ball eleven in action in Shelby this
season.
The junior Baptists, with one of
the fastest stepping grid outfits in
the history of the school, will play
• their first game in Shelby Saturday
week. October 18. The opposition
will be furnished by the Lees-Mc
Rae Institute team, one of the best
prep school elevens in the state. On
the following week, either Friday,
October 24, or Saturday, October 25,
the Baptists will play one of their
two outstanding games here with
. the Wake Forest freshmen. The
game will be played on Friday un
less the Shelby highs have a Fri
day game here, and on Saturday if
the highs are using the gridiron
Friday. Two weeks later, on Satur
day, November 8, Bolling Springs
and Wingate college, rivals of old,
play in Shelby, with Campbell col
lege coming on the next Saturday,
November 1’.
Several Shelby boys are on the
varsity line-up at the county col
lege, and Coach Rackley does not
hesitate to say that he has a strong
first eleven but is handicapped by
not having sufficient reserve
strength. In the first game of the
year the Junior collegians lost to
the Furman fresh 12 to 0. On the
. following week the reserve team de
feated Cliffside 20 to 0. The var
sity line-up at the Baptist school
is as follows: Forney, Gooch, Mulli
nax, ends: F&lkenberg and Harri
son, tackles; Moore and Vaughn,
guards; Jolly, center; Wall, quarter
back; Boney, Hendrick, Harris and
Scarborough, halfbacks; Stroud and
Hunt, fullbacks.
This Saturday Boiling Springs
plays Mars Hill at Mars Hill. Sev
eral of the Baptist players are suf
fering With leg injuries, there being
some doubt that Stroud the big, pile
driving fullback will be able to
play. However, Bolling Springs fans
are hoping to see another win as
was recorded over Mars II1H last
year.
The schedule for the year follows:
Sat., Oct. 11.—Mars Hill there.
Sat., Oct. 18—Lees-McRae in
. Shelby.
Oct. 24 or 25—Wake Forest Fresh
In Shelby.
Nov. 1.—Oak Ridge at Winston
Salem.
Nov. 8.—Wingate college here.
No. 15—Campbell college here.
Nov. 22—Appalachian there.
Nov. 29—Weaver college at Ashe
ville.
Singing To Be Held
Sunday, Oak Grove
The annual singing will be held
Sunday, October 12, at 11 o’clock
>at Oak Grove church, one and a
half miles east of Polkvllle. W. W.
Patterson is president of the as
sociation. 4
Cleveland Welcomes Her First Chief Executive
Bailey And Gardner
Enthuse Great Crowd
America Now Looking To Democratic Party
For Another Wilson, Bailey Declares.
Gardner Says Republicans Made Own
Bed And Must Lie In It, Not Lie Out Of It.
An enthused gathering which
packed the county court house
here last night heard the record
of the Democratio'party lauded
and the Republican party crit
icised for making impossible
pledges and then cringing be
cause they arc being reminded
of those unfilled promises. The
two speakers who so ably pre
sented their views were Hon.
Josiah W. Bailey, Democratic
senatorial candidate, and Gov.
O. Max Gardner who introduc
ed Mr. Bailey.
It has been many years since two
such forceful campaign talks have
been made in Shelby on the same
occasion, and the meeting served to
Inject new stimulus in the Demo
cratic organization of the section.
Governor Gardner m introducing
Mr. Bailey paid the Raleigh man
high tribute, declaring that he was
fitted by ability, experience and
education to soon become a leader
in the United States senate. The
tribute was supported by the pre
diction that Mr. Bailey would be
elected in November by a majority
| of more than 100,000.
• Several minutes were devoted by
Mr. Gardner to a review of his ad
ministration. He outlined the re
duction in taxes upon land, the
payments on the state debt, the cut
in appropriations, living at hdhie
|and living within the state's to*
' come.
Turning his attention to national
matters he derided the Republican
party for promising something it
could not give and then being un
willing to stand criticism for fail
ure to fulfill, such promises. He
said: “I have never preached the
false doctrine that political parties
possess the inherent capacity to
create national prosperity, but for
forty years the Republicans have
gone up and down this land saying
that their party did control pros
perity.
"The Republicans have preached
with sustained persistency that
their party controlled, created and
directed the prosperity of this na
tion. They have always contended
that a Republican president and
congress constituted a positive
guarantee against unemployment,
depression, low prices, and hard
times. Two years ago they warned
the nation that the election of a
Democrat meant cheap cotton, low
priced tobacco, empty dinner pails,
bankruptcy and hunger. The Re
publicans carried the country on a
platform of insured prosperity and
they should not complain now if
they are ‘fried in their own grease.”
Made Their Own Bed.
"They made their own bed,” the
governor declared. "They have to
lie in it, and we do not propose to
let them lie out of it.
"Yet they say the depression is
world-wide and too big for them to
handle. Would they offer this alibi
if a Democratic administration was
in charge? Their insincerity is
shown in that they say in one
breath that the depression is world
wide and beyond their control, and
in the next breath contend that the
distressing conditions in North Car
olina are to be attributed solely to
Democratic mismanagement. Ac
cording to this senseless logic North
Carolina is not a part of the nation.
They are about right in that by
their own views, for who remem
bers when North Carolina has been
noticed by a Republican administra
Remembers Friend.
In opening his address Mr. Bail
: ey paused to pay tribute to the late
! Judge James L. Webb, and silence
. enveloped the big gathering, which
| packed the main court auditorium
and the upstairs gallery, as the
veterah Shelby jurist was descriD
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High Eleven Plays
At Hendersonville
• _|
The Shelby high football eleven,
recovered somewhat front the in
juries which kept several regulars
out of the Forest City game here
last week, will go to Hendersonville
Friday where they will meet the
strong Hendersonville outfit. The
line-up of the local outfit ^pr the
approaching game will not be
known, Coach Morris says, until aft
er the last scrimmage and practice
session prior to the game.
Government Puts
Cotton Yield At
14,486,000 Bales
Bril Had Ginned To Oct. 1st. 6,304,
608 Bairs. Estimate Is
Raised.
The census department of the
government places the cotton yield
this year at 14,486,00(1 bales, ac
cording to figures issues at 11 o'clock
today. Trading was suspended on
the exchange for ten minutes and
when resumed, the market was off
only 5 points from yesterday's close
showing that, the size of the crop
Is now pretty well established. The
government's estimate is 146,000
bales more than was estimated two
weeks ago. The yield is given at
154.7 pounds per acre and the num
ber of bales ginned to October 1st
at 6,304,608 bales.
Indicated yield by states was not
obtainable at noon today. Ginning
figures for Cleveland county will be
issued in a few days as soon as the
figures are released from the Wash
ington bureau. Spot cotton was sell
ing at 9 1-4 cents per pound. Much
of the local cotton is going Into the
cotton growers association when the
advance Is nearly as much as the
spot price.
Mother Mr. Brabble
Died This Morning
Hotel Proprietor Leaves To Attend
Funeral Of His Aged
Mother.
Mr. A. Dick Brabble, proprietor
of the Hotel Charles, was called to
Southern Pines early today by the
death of his mother, Mrs. John J.
Brabble.
Mrs. Brabble died this morning at
5:30 at Southern Pines where she
has been living for several yeafrs.
She was 75 years of age and had
been an invalid for 10 or 12 years.
The remains will be taken to
Washington, N. C., the old Brabble
home, where funeral services will
be conducted some time Thursday.
Mrs. Beam Winner
In Young’s Contest
Large Crowd Attends Drawing At
Local Store Monday Night.
Five Winners.
Mrs. Miles A. Beam, of Shelby,
won first prize, a diamond ring, in
the Young's jewelry store contest
drawing held here Monday night.
The drawing, resulting from a dis
tribution of tickets at the Cleve
land county fair, was attended by a
large crowd which filled the store
and jammed along the street out
side.
The winning tickets were drawn
by little Miss Jacqueline Smith, of
Salisbury. The other winners were
Mrs. C. L. Harrill, Shelby, second;
Mr. Miles A. Beam. Shelby, third;
Mrs. W. S. Walker, Lattimore,
fourth, Mrs. Fred W. Baber. Shelby,
fifth.
Home Coming Day
At St. Paul Church
There will be a home coming day
at St. Paul Baptist church three
miles east of Casar on the third
Sunday in October. Anybody who
has ever belonged to this church is
expected to attend, also all former
pastors. Those who attend are ask
ed to bring lunch. There will be
speaking and preaching and a good
song service. R. A. Newton, church
clerk invites all quartets to be pres
ent to help with the singing. Serv
ices will begin at 10:30 a. m
Publish Jurors Frida'
The list of jurors who will serve
at the term of superior court con
vening here Monday. October 27,
will be published in Friday’s Star.
The jurors were drawn at the meet
ing of the county commissioners
this week.
Smith Answers
Arey On Book
i Cost In State
i
School Book* Not
High In N. C.
Shelby School Man, Member Ol
State Board, Gives More Facts
On Topic.
The cost of textbooks foi' the
schools of North Carolina is being
used now as political propaganda,
declares Supt. B. L. Smith, of the
Shelby city schools, and member of
the state textbook commission.
In a statement issued today Mr.
Smith replies to a statement made
this wreck by Mr. Homer Arey. of
Hickory, who charged that school
books in North Carolina are priced
too high. The statement follows!
' As a piece of accurate informa
tion on text book cost and change
Mr. Homer Arey's articles are a
blunder; as political propaganda,
they run true to form. Apparently
he is more interested in substanti
ating an argument than in getting
correct facts.
"He states that text books in
North Carolina cost annually $10,
000,000. The tacts are that ill the
thirteen states in which the patrons
buy books paid the wholesale deal
ers only $13,253,045, Superintendent
A. T. Allen says, “The best informa
tion now available from publishers
and dealers indicates that the
wholesale cost of elementary text*
in North Carolina does not exceed
$650,000. When the commission of
the dealers is included at 15 per
cent, the retail price to the children
would not exceed $750,000. It is very
probable that the actual figures are
below, rather than above, the esti
mates made.” He further states that
"if North Carolina buys its propor
tionate part of books, its entire and
total bill for both elementary and
high school texts would not exceed
$1,250,000. Mr. Arey just missed hid
calculation by $6,750,000. In other
words he was 87 1-2 percent incor
rect.
‘Mr. Arey condemns North Caro
lina for its system of change, where
not more than one major and two
minor: subjects can be changed in
any one year and where the only
major charges made since 1922 were
in language after a use of six years
and reading after a use of htirteen
years. Tire minor subjects have run
for correspondingly long periods of
time.
"He cites Rhode Island as an
Ideal. There “ The school commit
tee in each town or city selects text
books. They may not be changed
more often than once in three years
without permission of the state
board of education.”
“He cites Pennsylvania as an
ideal example. There "textbooks are
adopted by local districts and for r
period of five years.”
"He cites Massachusetts as a
model where ‘all Introductions are
made by authority of the local
school committee.”
"Manifestly his examples were
poorly selected.
"Mr. Arey cites Louisiana as a
model of Inexpensiveness in text
book cost. The state furnishes the
books free. The cost is $2.34, which
is 44 per cent more than it is in
North Carolina. Moreover, he was
not concerned to explain that the
total books furnished the children
included 212.000 second hand books
purchased from pupils and 247,810
free text-books already on hand in
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As R-101 Burst Into Flame?
A monster of the air, th* R-101,
torn asunder and exploded as a
heavy storm forces it against a
hilltop near Beauvais, France.
\W3 is an artist’s conception of
the terrible tragedy which took
* toU of forty-«x Jives among:
the nfly-thfee occupants. The
of the
disaster is one of the worst of
ita kind in the history of avia
tion- W1^ ***>***f*j*t&
Historical Pageant One Of
Big Celebration Features
Three-Hour Production Colorful And
Interesting. 4 Performance*
Given.
One of the outstanding features
of the Kings Mountain battleground
sesquicentennial celebration was the
four performances given of the his
torical pageant The first perform
ances were given Monday afternoon
and night and the two others Tues
day afternoon and evening.
Thousands attended each per
formance.
The three-hour production was
presented under the personal direc
tion of Miss Laura Plonk, director
of the Southern Workshop and
school of expression and the arts in
Asheville, and was sponsored by
the chapters of the Daughters of
the American Revolution in Meck
lenburg, Gaston and Cleveland
counties of North Carolina and
York and Cherokee counties of
South Carolina.
The historic'/ episodes were hap
pily interspersed with allegorical
scenes of rare beauty and symbolic
Significance The parts were played
with sympathetic understanding and
dramatic intensity by descendants
of the Kings Mountain heroes, who
have been bom and reared in an
atmosphere filled with revolutionary
traditions. The scenic design and
pantomimic action in each of the
well known episodes followed sug
gestions received from famous paint
ings of the events.
More than 300 persons composed
the cast that depicted the thrilling
scenes with minute historical ac
curacy and on a heroic scale. The
elaborate costuming was handled by
a Philadelphia firm with a fund
provided by Mayor Wiley McGinnis
and the city board. Music by the
WBT orchestra of Charlotte, danc
ing by pupils of the Burkhimer
school of the dance in Charlotte and
the lighting was handled by the
Carolina theatre of Charlotte. The
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Co-ops Continue Advance 90
Percent On Cotton; Some Low
Only 8 And 7 Cents On Cower
Grades According To Pooh
Increase Staff.
“The North Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative association will
continue to advance approximately
ninety per cent of the value of cot
ton on the present market,” an
nounced Vice President and Gener
al Manager U. B. Blalock this week.
"On account of the increasing
percentage of lower grades and some
gin cuts we find it necessary to al
low the member to draw only eight
cents per pound on seasonal -pool
cotton arid seven cents per pound
on optional pool in order to avoid
overdrafts from some of our mem
bers. As soon as the cotton is class
ed additional checks will be mailed
out on seasonal pool cotton to bring
it up to approximately ninety per
cent of the average price being paid
on local markets.
:We fully realize that the pro
ducer needs all the money he can
command right now and it will be
our purpose to mall out checks once
a week covering these additional
advances and will only be prevented
in doing so on account of the ex
ceedingly heavy receipts just at this
time. Jn making up these checks,
the average values for the week
covering these deliveries will be
used.
"These checks will also carry the
amount due on each bale for grades
and staples better better than mid
dling 7-8, As an Illustration, this
means that if the ninety tier cent
average market value for the week
entitles the member to it he will be
given his additional one cent per
pound; and if his bale should
grade strict middling, one inch
staple,' he will be entitled to draw
25 points for grade better than
middling and 70 points more on ac
count of the extra staple, making a
< Continued dh page five.)
Celebration
Sidelights
Although the big Kings Mountain
celebration was an event sponsored
by two states and attended by
thousands from both Carolina® and
adjoining states, Cleveland county
and Shelby, both named for heroes
of the battle of 150 years ago, took
leading roles in the program of tlie
day.
The greatest ovatioh of the for
mal parade from the railway sta
tion to the reviewing stand, through
the packed main streets of the gaily
bedecked town of Kings Mountain,
was accorded the automobile which
bore Governor Gardner. Just a few
minutes later Shelby and Cleveland
county people applauded lustily as
company K, the Cleveland county
militia unit, marched by in the
biggest parade North Carolina has
seen since the World war days.
America's first lady, Mrs. Hoover,
made a fins impression upon the
hundreds of women who lined the
streets to greet President and Mrs,
Hoover as they rolled by in their
open automobile. The eyes of hun
dreds of feminine patriots in the
great crowd gave the president and
the wave of his friendly hand the
once over, and then turned their
attention to the stately, gray-haired,
sweet-faced lady by his side.
♦ • » •
Peering down upon the parade
from the roof a building in the
heart of the town was a 10-yea’
old youngster from one of the Kings
Mountain mill villages. After the
presidential automobile and the
governor’s car had passed, both re
ceiving cheers from the eager, ex
cited crowds, the youngster tugged
the trousers leg of a nearby man
and asked, "Aint they gonna be no
more president here today?” Re
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Boxing Program At
Armory Saturday
Two Young Shrlby Boxers Mix In
Main Fight Of Night
Show.
Two youthful Shelby boxers, Babe
Carr and Jerome Spangler, both of
whom are promising ring favorites,
will face each other in the 10-round
main bout of a boxing program to
be put on Saturday night at eight
o’clock In the company K armory.
The youngsters, who top the
scales Just above 130 pounds, have
met before and fight fans of the
city are thriUed over the opportun
ity of seeing them in action again.
Phate McSwain and Lester Goins,
the latter of Cherryville, will : an
swer the bell tn the semi-final
Other bouts will see the following
participants facing each other:
Tommy McCarver vs. Gus Harding,
Esley Bridges vs. Jimmy Pearson,
Ray Ward vs. Vestal Carter, Albert
White vs. Lee Raid. Purp Barrett 1
vs. BUI Thompson ; J
Sixty Thousand Greet
Hoover On Mountain
Battleground In S. C.
I
President’* Party Welcomed At Town Of
Kings Mountain And Reviews Big Military
Parade Staged By Two Carolina*. Thous
ands Cover Mountain Side For President’s
Address On Spot Where Carolina Pa
triots Turned TiJe Of Revolution.
For the first time since Cleveland county was cut from
, tlie sides of old Rutherford and Lincoln counties in 1841, a
president of the United States yesterday set foot on county
soil. The occasion of the coming of Herbert Hoover, chief
executive of the mightiest nation on earth, was the celebra
tion Tuesday in the city of Kings Mountain, N. C., and at the
battleground on King's Mountain, in South Carolina, of the
150th anniversary of a conflict which preceded by iust one
year the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781.
Best Behaved Crowd
In County History
Attends Big Event
Not A Single Wreck. No Fights,
Few Arrests, Sheriff Enthused
Over Behavior.
"I don't know how many aud
iences will greet Mr, Hoover this
year or have greeted him-in the
past,'’ Sheriff Irvin M, Allen said
this morning, ‘ but I do know that
the president of the United States
cahnot. be received by a better be
haved mass of people than that
which welcomed him to Kings
Mountain yesterday,'*
Cleveland county and adjoining
counties should be very proud the
sheriff declared of the high class
behavior and soberness of the
mammoth throng which Tuesday
filled Kings Mountain and covered
the mountain battleground for the
big battle.
That It was a well-behaved crowd
is shown by the fact that only a
half dozen arrests were made by
the scores of officers during the
day’s festivities, and not a one of
the arrests was for a serious of
fense. A few drunks were picked up,
but taken as a whole Sheriff Allen
said that it was the soberest crowd
over 1,000 people that has ever as
sembled in this section.
The arrests which were made
were handled by deputies and
Cleveland county officers .and dur
ing the entire day the state high
way patrolmen. watching every
move of the big throng, did not
make a single arrest. It was plan
ned to hold evening court in Kings
Mountain yesterday with Recorder
I Horace Kennedy and Solicitor P. C.
Gardner disposing of the cases
brought up during the day by the
patrolmen, but such was the con
jduct of the thousands who flocked
i the town that it was not necessary
| to hold the special session of the
county tribunal.
A remarkable sidelight on the day
was that not a single automobile
wreck of more than minor bumps
was reported, although the largest
number of automobiles in history
were centered about the Kings
Mountain area and battleground.
Patterson Springs
Ready For Baptists
Eightieth Annual Gathering Of
Baptists Takes Place
Tomorrow.
‘ Behold, all things are now ready,’
declare the members of the host
church. Patterson Springs Baptist
church, four miles south of Shelby,
to the messengers of 80th session of
the Kings Mountain Baptist associa
tion October 9-10.
Anticipating reports of marvelous
achievements, great (fellowship,
buoyant optimism, and a challeng
ing. constructive, forward local and
denominational program, the church
under the leadership of its pastor,
has made stewardship efforts in
preparation for such a program," by
the appointment and effective func
tioning of the following committees,
who will have complete charge of
the “hosting” phase of the gather
ing, viz: entertainment, fellowship,
serving, decoration, music, parking,
ushering, publicity, and finance.
Come one, come all! Welcome,
great:, welcome small!
Publicity Committee.
Notables Present.
Sixty thousand people gathered
for the greatest observance of a.
historical event ever staged in the
southeast. With them gathered the
most distinguished men who have
ever assembled in this section, Gov
ernor of North Carolina, Governor
Richards of South Carolina, Gover
nor Hardeman of Georgia, senators
and congressmen, the Right Hon
orable Donald Campbell of the
British embassy, high officials of
the army and navy, representatives
of governors of other southern
states, 70 units of militia from the
two Carolinas. a batallion of sol
diers from Camp Bragg, students
from military schools and heads of
nation-wide patriotic organizations
Thousand Pour In
Thousands had been pouring into
the celebration area for two day*
prior to the eventful day. For
nearly a year the celebration com
mittee had been working out the
details of the program and every
thing was in readiness in the city
and dt the battleground. The city
| was gaily decorated with flags and
bunting, free water was made avail
able, the stores had closed except
I to sell food and drinks at the usual,
price. All of the distinguished
guests assembled at Mountain View
hotel where a reception was held,
cameramen got a few pictures for
the press and screen. Milling thou
sands watched the traffic officers
as they handled the traffic with
care and speed. Through the street
moved soldiers and civilians, motor
cars and artillery mounts, until the
hour of 1 o’clock arrived when the
president’s special train was due to
arrive from Boston where he had
spoken twice on the previous day
to an American Legion convention
and Federation of Labor meeting
Salutes Are Fired.
A salute was fired at the station
in honor of Governor Gardner, chief
executive of the state on which Mr.
Hoover would first set his foot. In
a short while the train arrived In
due time after a 21-hour run from
Boston and the presidential salute
of 21 guns reverberated against the
hillsides. The intent throng gath
ered in close to catch a first glimpse
of Mr. Hoover who was accompan
ied by the first lady of the land,
his secret service men, secretary and
physician. together with veteran
newspaper men and photographers
representing the leading news-gath
ering agencies of two continents.
Chilly Crowd.
In a handsome open car President
and Mrs. Hoover rode to the review
ing stand through a lane of human
ity. Now and then there were hand
claps and greetings. but these
Southern people manifested little
patriotism. Indeed it was a chilly
reception to give the nation’s chief,
but the calm attitude was because
of no dislike for the president—
rather because Southern people are
slow to give vent to their patriot
ism.
Troops Are Reviewed.
The reception committee accom
panied the chief and the honor
guests to the reviewing stand when
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Business Increases
At Seaboard Depot
There is a noticeable increase in
the shipment of freight at the Sea
board station and Agent Stroup
says the switch engine which was
taken off during the summer
months, has been put back on to
help handle the local freight. Busi
ness is on the up grade and the
increase in freight has made it
necessary to re-establish this switch
rngine service in the local yard*
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