The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 05, 1912, Image 1
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('AMI)KN, SOtTfi CAROLINA, Wlll>\Y, Jtxv ft, IVI2.
CASES TRIED
SUMMER TERM COURT
IkK Ml ltlMvJt HKHtl/l
i .uvnrr \lh. ? ciHANii
nuv i'hkhk.ntment
srii
uijuuiuer term of general ses
"ourf for Kenj??w eous.lv eQO
here Monday morning, with
_ KrneBt (Jury presiding, A
, crowd of witnesses, Jurors and
attorneys were in attend
LP until Wednesday night
follow Iiik cases had beeh dispoB
/die end Krnest Moody, charg
Htb assault and battery wlthf in
to kill, were found guilty. The
shot Mr. Boven several
Itha ago In West VVateree near
Kichland county line.
foowas Johnson, a deaf mute,
WUM charged wiht smashing a
jow, was discharged.
r_ Banks plead guilty to assault
'battery with intent to kill and
sentenced to six months on the
B. Pate, Jr., charged with the^
filer of Jenkins Manning, in the
part of the county several
ago, was put on trial hnd
jltted. The Jury deliberated on
few minutes.
mel Kush, colored, received a'
of nix months oh the gang J
jassa,u 1 1 and battery. I
[ena Thompson, charged with sel>
?jiJlkkey^ was found guilty and
a fine o7"fT0ftFr="
,j)ii Simons, who attempted to1
jlarize the Blackweil Jewelry
fe, was sentenced to serve three
HlhK on the gang. [
fomeroy Hilton, charged with;
rder and .carrying concealed wea
was acquitted on the first
rge but found guilty on the sec
charge. Hilton wa? charged
the killing of C. L. Kirkland
Westville several months ago.
iarrison Thomas, charged with
killing of John IJorrity at the
3ii mill village last Christmas,
acquitted.
there will ho no session of the
next week. r
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j (ii'kikI Jury Presentment '*
His Honor, EmeBt Gary, Pre- (
1 siding Judge at the Summer.
\ Term of Court for Kershaw
County: ?
ye, the Grand Jury, for Kershaw]
pty, beg to present to the Court ,
following, to wit: . '
iVe have passed on all blll?
ded us by the Solicitor, and we
e visited the varlouH public
Idings, and find that the repairs
le on the Court House have not
n altogether satisfactorily done,1
?it still leaks, and , is doing con- j
Table damage to the building,!
we beg to advise that the pro-j
authorities look after it at
8. I
Ve find that the cook room at j
Jail is in such condition that in
,d of the water running to th5
it of the building or room, it,
s to the back, and should be at-,
led to at once. We further re-1
mend that ice be furnished to'
prisoners at the jail during the!
weather, and we also recom
d that the steel floors be paint
in the cells' Our reason for:
recommending is, $hat thq bed-!
; used on these floors .rust so|
ly, and thereby entailing use
expense on the county in buy-!
new bedding, and we further bo- J
to that It will be more sanitary i
ihave the floor painted. We al-|
?Want to call attention to the fail-j
?d crossing mentioned In our.
Bentment at the last term of
irt. We recommended that a !
tesing about 3 miles south of!
roden, across the Southern rail?,
Kl is in a very undesirable condi- 1
o. and at this time nothing has'j
>n done to relieve this conditio?.]
i would be glad that this matter
Pild receive immediate attention,'
i there is one about 4 miles
th of Camden on the same road, j
1 is in the same, or about the
fie condition. These crossings]
uld be attended to at once,
'he committee appointed on roadB
m bridges report that as a general
they are in good condition. J
* desire to call attention to the
ft that the Malvern Hill sclvdol'
l Hot been provided with a pUMp,
recommended in our last pre
tu>tnt. We would ?iketf*lVimend
this provision 1 at >Vater be
de before the , conveAlftg of the
? session of the sVvfc&bl at that.
_ce, as the watefr cf&Ytditions are
Ply arrange^ th*r?..
[The comMitf^fe Tor examining the
*\tnty books will be in shape to
we a fpH import at the next aes
w vf u. e court.
|v?e desire to thank his Honor and
p> Court officials for, courtesies
l?*n us at this term of the Court.
Respectfully submitted, ^
W. C. Seagle, Foreman,
1'l.v of Mr. West to Present*?e*it
of (Jnrnd Jury.
JMr. M. C. West had read* In open
f n on Wednesday afternoon the
?lowing reply to the presentment
?the grand jury:
'I, the undersigned, M. C. Vfrost,
,u?ty Supervisor of Kershaw eoUh
as a return to the ptesehtt&eht
the gtand Jury* made to this
at this present term. aiid in
that this court aicjd the pub
generally may bo ItifOt-mad as to
rtain matters therein. wOUM re
jctfuliy state to thU Gtfum
J*t. After much difficulty 1 have
^ntly found a waft who wowld un
F1V>: MKM KUXK li. ?
Wlwii lilK Hag of Dirigible li?l%
loon Kx|?i<hH in MM Air.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 1 Whll
three thousand spectator* aloud, too
atartled to uttter a alngle sound,
the big dirigible balloon Akron wuh
shattered by the explosion of the
gasbag and blown to atoms at 0 .38
thin morning, a half mile from the
shore over Abaecon inlet. Melvin
Vaniman, who had built the airship
vltii I'jUitt of Hylnj/ h (* roHH the
Atlantic ocean; Calvin Vaniman, hla
younger brother;. Fred Elmer, Wal
ter (i ut'wi and (leorge Hourtllllon,
hla crew, were instantly killed. No
trace of their bodlea has been dla
covered. #
The dirigible was Hailing at a
height of 1,000 feot and had been iu
the air aluce t>:15 o'clock when the
accident occurred. 8he wax a quar
ter of a mile Houth of llrigautlne
Beach, which la acroaa the inlet
from this city. The huge envelope,
containing thouaanda of cubic feet
of gaar waa rent by the terrific ex
ploaion, probably cauaed by expan
sion from the aun'a raya.
it burat near the middle. A
maag1 of flamea hid the ahlp from
view. For a apace of poaaibly 10
aeconda the half million dirigible
waa invisible, while the air about
the apot where ahe had been hov
ering aeemed to be all in flamea.
The fire diaappeared and then the
ahip'a outline agalnat the aunrlae
waa seen to fall like a plummet.
First - t he underatructure, or car
in which were penned the unfortu
nate men, held in by a mesh-work
put on after the aecond trip of the
balloon, three weeka ago, unable to
eacape, broke away from the envel
ope. It up-ended, the bow turned
firat in a slow ape. Then it. revers
ed suddenly and plunged downward.
Directly above twisting in a long
spiral was the gasbag, a smoking
mass of rubber and silk with the
flames shooting out from* a dozen
sectiona as it collapsed. It flutter
ed a moment and then streaked af
ter the car. ?
In the descent something which
appeared to be the body of a man
aliot out to the left of the wreck- j
age and hit the water before the|
reat of the descending mass. It
was reported that this was the head
less body of Calvin Vaniman.
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VOl'Xd LAD KIliliKl).. !,
i ijilx >n Kstridge Meets Death By a'
Mailing Tree. V-J
i Labon Estridge/.ihe ten year old
son of Mr. K. T. Estridge, of near
Bethuno, was the victim of a pecu
liar accident Wednesday afternoon,
when he was killed almost instant
ly by a falling tree.
The young fellow was helping his
father and laborers on the farm in
putting up wire fencing. In stretchy
ing the wire one end was fastened]
to the trunk of a tree not more!
than fifteen feet high near which]
the boy was standing. The tight
ness of the wire caused the tree to
fall and in his attempt to get out
of the way he stumbled and the
tree fell across his back. He, spoke
only a few words after being struck
and died about thirty minutes af
terwards.
| The remains of the unfortunate
lad were brought to Camden Wed
nesday night and carried to Ker
shaw for interment Thursday.
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Death of a Child,
The remains of Eleanor, the one
and. a half year old daughter of
| Hev. and Mrs. W. H. Mills, of Clem
son College, were brought to. Cam
i den Tuesday for Interment in the'
I Quaker cemetery.
' dertake the stopping of the leaks,
1 in the roof of the Court House and
' the severe and blowing rain of the
j first of July shows that these leaks
have been effectually closed for thel
1 present atlqastl. ? ... ..........
2nd. As to the matter of the)
two railroad crossings reported to
be in undesirable . condition i be?
to state:
That J, haV*} found it a very hard
matter tO.get the Southern railroad
to l\i proper road crossings or
to kGfep them In good condition.
YVie law lays It upon the railroad
company to provide and maintain
proper crossings and the Company
does not allow the county to take Xipj
or change those crossings as put
in by them or to do any work on
tluro.
That 1 have repeatedly V&ften up
with the railroad company the mat
ter of" improving these' crossings in
question aAd have reported the con
ditions* to the Camden Chamber of
Commerce with the "request that the.
take the mater up wih he railroad
and assist me In inducing them to
correct the ^existing conditions.
That the railroad company has
not compiled with the repeated re
quests made for better crossings
at the .plates mentioned, and theauu
dersighed himself reported the mat
ter tO'the foreman of the grand Ju
ry at this term and asked him to
present the matt,er to this 'Court so
that If possible here might Issue
'from this Court some rdle or au
thoritative command directed to
the said road to correct the condi
tions existing, as the undersigned
finds himself entirely without pow
er, without the aid of this court,
to force the said railroad company
to carry out Its duty in the premi
ses. even after most urgent solicit*
tatlons.
Respectfully submitted,
II. C. We?t,
Supervisor Kershaw County.
Camden, g. C., July 2,
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HJ^ONTANKOUH COMlHSTlON
Farmet'H Cautioned About Storing
Hay Not Fully Cured.
Spontaneous combustion in hay Is
causing a number of fires through
out the state, according to Insur
ance Commissioner McMaster. He
says :
A small store was recently burn
ed In Columbia, and it has been
satisfactorily established that it
was due to spontaneous combustion
in several bales of hay which the
store keeper had purchased the day
before. The store keeper on a Sat
urday morning had purchased from
a country wagon, several bales of
hay which had recently gathered.
It was piled in the back part of
the store and the evening sun beat
ing on the rear end of the store
caused that part of the store to be
considerably heated. This seems to
have set the hay on fire, and about
4 o'clock next morning the flames
were discovered In that end of the
store. The building was consumed.
Mr. Boozer, who lives near Cross
Hill, hauled in several loads of un
cured hay into his barn. A hand
who went to feed the stock found ,
that the hay was heated, but paid
no attention to }t. At midday, when
there was no one about the barn,
which was in a field, the hay burst
in^o flames and the barn was con-(
sumed. ' * ?< ,
Mr. Lewis Cook, Who lives near
Blshopville, on the tl'a ybefore- his j
fire, had hauleti into his barn some,
uncured oats In' bundles. The next'
morning, at feed time, the oats
were foUftd to be quite heated, but
no attention was paid to it, and j
before 12 o'clock in the day, flames
hraA started in the oats and the barii|
was consumed, ]
The Boys Corn Club. . |
There will .be a special feature
for the members of the Boys Corn
Club of this county during the far
mers Institute to be held at the
court house, July 9th, and every
member is earnestly requested to
be present, also the member? of the
Tomato Club of this county are cor
dially invited to attend a. county In
stitute to be held at Camdeti on
July 9th. The meetittjg Will be held
at the Opera H<oUfce and Xvill begin
at 10.30. This Institute is held es-,
peoially for the Tomato Club Girls,
the^Cforn Club Bays* and those who
are interested in better farming and
home improvements.
Mr. W? L. English, state agent
in charge of Demonstration work.
Tomato Cttib and Corn Clubs, and
Mr. Elliott, district agent, will be
her* and will give talks to the
demonstrators, and com and tomato
club members.
Miss ATtee PeCk will talk to the
Institute on a very interesting sub
ject. There will also be a talk on
canning in the home.
Civic LeagM to Meet.
Tl?e Civic League will bold their
regular meeting on Monday, July
&th, 6: SO p. m., Episcopal" Sunday
*&ool room. ? ? _
Gertrude 2emp, fifcct'y.
| CLKAN^' WKKK.
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Prizfc* -U> i>f ' Awiwlwl for Olcunwt
1'reiniHCH.
Beginning Gn Monday, July 8th,
and lasting until Friday, July 12th, |
will be clean-up week in Camden.
The Civic League will offer seven
prizes for the most sanitary prem
ises in the city ? one to he given in
each ward and one. for Broad street
from DeKalb down through the bus- 1
iness section.
At the request ofv occupants de-J
siring wagons to haul away trash,
garbuge and refuse of all kinds, t he j
mayor or the . health officer will
send wagons, provided the trash is
put into boxes or barrels or some
receptacle, that maybe handled with
out difficulty. The judges to award |
these prizes have been selected by
the Civic league and will inspect
each and every occupied yard in
the city and will decide on the wln-|
ners of prizes on Friday, July 12.
It is to be hoped that everyone will
enter into the spirit of clean up
week, in the way it is intended, as
each and every citizen is the ben
eficiary. - - ......
Following clean-up week Dr. J.
A. Haynes will addreBs the cltiaenB;
of the city, Irrespective of race, On
the1"' prevention of typhoid fever, j
His adflr?88 will be illustrated^ by]
stereoptican views.
MNlHNtJ .MARKETS
For Produce tUiKcd in Southeastern!
Territory.
Washington, . D. C., June 29. ?
With a View to making the South
ern Railway as helpful as possible
in the development of markets for
commodities produced along its
lines, President Finley has inaugu
ratd thee policy of having all agents
of the Freight Traffic Department
of that Company at points outside
jjf the Southeastern States submit
reports as to the possibilities for
developing markets for Southeastern
products in the localities in v which
they are stationed. While the rep
sentatives of the Company cannot ac
as selling agents in any wa,y Presi
dent Finley will be glad to receive!
suggestions as to ways in which thejf;
may be of practical aid in the build
ing up o^ markets for the agricul
tural and industrial products of the
products of the territory trvaresed
by the lines of the Southern sys
tem. Agents of the Freight Traf
fic Department of the Company are
stationed at tthe following points
outside of the Southeastern states:
Boston, New York, Buffalo, Roches
ter, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Balti
more, Washington, Cleveland, Cin
cinnati Indianapolis, KvaYisville, Chi
cago. East St. Louis, Peoria, Cairo,
St. Louts, Kansas City, Detroit, Min
neapolis, Omah^, Denver, Little
Rock, Dallas, San Francisco, Los An
gelea, and Seattle.
~ 7- ? ? ? .
^U<W. 1W at dandy tirwvc.
Children's day will be observe^]
at Sandy Grove Church on July 2'
An interesting program is being at^-l
ranged and the public Is cordially]
invited to Attend. '
MAN AN J) WOMAN KILLKI).
Fell lYtmi \? it?|?|un?- a IliHtMiuv of
<>???' illOUHMItfl Ff4*(.
Boston, July 1.? MiHh llarrlvde
Qulmby of New York the first wo?
mau to win an aviator's license in
Amerlett and th? first woman to
cross the Kugllsh ohannel in an
aeroplane, was Instantly killed with
her passenger, NV. A. Willard, mali
nger of the Boston aviation meet,
at Atlantic tonight, when her Ble
rlot monoplane fell into Dorchester
Hay from a height of a thousand
reer. Y'h? \v*wziv&\ %l>?u
Miss Qulmby and Willard were re
turning from a trip over Boaton har
bor to Boston 1 1 k h t , a distance of
| 20 miles in all. The f 1 Ik hi wan
made in 20 minutes. The Blerlot
'one of the latest modela in milita
ry monoplane, circled the aviation
field and soared out over the Havln
Hill Yacht club, Justt outside the
aviation grounds.
Heading buck into ho eigh-inile
gusy wind MIhs Qulmby surt.ted to
| volplane. The angle was too sharp
and one of the gusts caught the
(tail of the monoplane throwing the
machine up perpendicular.
For an instant it poised there !
Then, sharpily outlined against the
aetting sun, Willard was clear of
the chassis, followed almost imme
diately by Miss Qulmby. Hurdling
over and over the two figures shot
downward, striking the water 20
feet from shore. They splashed out
of sight a second before the mono
plane plunged down 1 ft feet awily.
It was lovr tide and the water was
only five feet deep.
Men from the yacht club In mo
tor boats were on the spot quickly
and leaping overboard, drugged the
bodies out of the mud into which
they had sunk deeply. Several of
Miss Quimby's bones were broken
and there were many large brulseH.
Willard, who weighed 190 pounds,
hit the wat6r face first and over
one eye there was u gash from
which the blood was flowing. He
too sustained several fractures and
birulses.
The monoplane, painted a pure
white, darted at great speed over
the harbor. The motors develoepd
a speed at times of from 7 5 to 100
miles an hour. An examination of
Ing pilot had darted to a height of
the aneroid barometer after the
fall showed that at times the dar
ing pilot had darted to a height of
5,000 feet. On the return the great
machine was seen to wobble In the
gusty breeze.
The setting of the last act of
the disaster could not have been
more spectacular. It wa^ sunset.
The great white Wings ofthe ma
chine swept directly into the West
and dipped toward the earth. There
was an upward flash of the tall and
outlined In their red light of the
West, the man and woman were
seen to plunge from the seats to [
the bay ? 1,000 feet below ? to death
Castor for < J race Church.
Rev. F. H. Harding, of the Holy
Communion Church of Charleston,
lias accepted a call to Grace Kpls- ,
copal Church, 'of this city. Mr.
Harding waH In Camden last week
conferring with the vestrymen and;
looking over the ground. He will
come here on September 1st.
The Episcopal .Rectory at Ker
shaw Park will he torn down and a
modern two story rectory will he'
erected In Its place. This Is one of
the prettiest locations In Camden. I
Grace church has been without a
minister since the venerable Dr. W.
B. Gordon resigned in April. Rev.
A. S. Thomas, of Cheraw, filled the
pulpit on Suhday. !
Painful Accident to Hoy.
In a friendly tussle with Mortl- '
mer Boykin at the Boy Scouts' camp,
near Adams Pond last Wednesday,
George Brown, Jr., of Darlington,1
was thrown violently to the ground,-'
his head striking a stump, inflicting!
a severe scalp wound. Medical aid
was summoned and at last accounts
hi8 condition was not thought se
rious. His parents came over from
Darlington as soon as they learned J
of the accident.
At Montreal,
The Chronicle Is In receipt of aj
letter from Dr. T. H. Alexander, who
left last week with Mr. VVooten on j
an auto trip to Canada. The let
ter was dated June 29th, and says:
"I am at Montreal after a 1,600
mile ride in an auto. "The States"
beats this section and I think that
1 ought to be able to Judge, at least,
a small portkm. Will start back
today by way of New York."
DECISION AWARDED
TO JACK JOHNSON i
Telegraphic reports received in]
Camden yesterday afternoon of the
Flynn-Johnson< fight held at Las Ve
gas, N. M. ,* state that the decision
was given to Johnson and he still
retains the title of heavy - weight
champion. The fight went nine
rounds and by agreement the offi
cial decision was awarded the black
man on account of interference on
the part of the police and mem
berg' of the governor's staff. Wa
gers on Johnson win. Those who
bet, on a knockout lose.
' Marring? IjMt Sunday. <
Married on Sunday last, June 30,
1912, by and at the home of Vrobatt
Judge W. L. McDpweil, Mr. J. E.
Sowell and Miss Cyntlna J. Og
burn, both of near tf\e town of Ker
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CITY AND COUNTY NEWS
PUT IN CONDENSED FORM
M.vriKKs ok uknkiuIi ?sti:k
KHT HKCl HKI> IIY Ol'H
>K I | ;us,
MIND Homo LoVine, of Atlanta. is
the k uest of M Ihh Sara Wolfo.
MIhh Khetta Wilson left Tuesday
'.(> visit t riv Li'.ls. lit LHlUiU, ui.iii I** i u i
ence.
MIhh Minueite Hoy Km hun i:?tu .1
ed from an extended vUdt to ret
Uvea in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. 1'orter left
Sunday for a weeks visit to ivlah.t
in Bessemer, Ala.
Mrs. NV. F. Malond has returned
from a visit to relatives in Char
leston and Beaufort.
Mr. and . Mrs. A. 10. Gerald and
.Miss .NJlriaiii (J era Id ,of AuKUStu, are
on a visit to relatives here.
little Miss Charlotte Boykin, who
has been (attending school In Char
leston, Ih at home for the holidays.
M i hh Halite Hoggins in at home
for the summer holidays. Her
friends are always pleuHed to
her.
Allison 1'. DuBoso, who has been
in the I'hlllipine Islands for the past
three years, Ih at home 'on a vaca
tion.
Little Miss Gladys Latham, of Co
lumbia, is spending; a couple of
tveeks with her cousin, Miss LQl>s
Wllllams.
Mrs. James Clyburn and children
are spending a while with Mrs. Cly
burn'H father, ('apt.. L. L. Clyhurn,
o f DeKalh.
Mr. \V. I). Seegars, ot near '.lef
ferson, was here Monday In aucifd
ance upon the county honrd of coim
mlssloners.
"ranciH Boykin $pent laat
weetc' wun Mrs. ltobt. Johnson, who
Is now at her summer home, (J range
Hall, Liberty Hill.
Mrs. Harry Thames, who has, been
visiting her mother, Mrs. Benson, on
Pair street has returned to her
homo in (Charleston.
H. M. Kennedy, superintendent
of the Camden Graded Schools, has
been elected Librarian at the I'nl
j verslty "of South Carolina.
Mrs. Juo. W. Corbett. is at home
again after spending some time at
Beaufort, with her .daughter, Mrs.
Douglas , Richardson, who Is spend
ing a while tligre.
MIsh Sadie Davis, of Maryland, Is
the guest of Mrs. H. E. Halsall.
Miss Davis spends part of every sea
son here among friends who always
give her a warm welcome.
Misses Virginia and Minnie Craig
Taylor leave next Tuesday to attend
a house party near Augusta, at
"Gracewood," the beautiful Georgia
home of Miss Virginia JoneB, who
has been an admired visitor in Cam
den.
A valued subscribed living In a
neighboring city writeH: "Enclosed
find $1.00, my annual subscription
to your paper, which I could not
get along without." We return
thanks also to many of our subscri
bers who have come In this' week
and renewed their subscriptions.
We call your attention to, the
ad in another place of Messrs.' De- '
Loache & Co. This firm is located
near the Hermitage Mill. Their
trade Is not confined to the mill *
village alone, but extends into the >t
city,- where they, have many custo
mers. Head their ad and take ad
vantage of the goods offered.
Mrs. Dayid Wltherspoon and
daughter, Miss Madge, left Tuesday
to Join the other members of the
family in Columbia, in which city
they will make their home In the
future. Mr. and Mrs. Wltherspoon
are both "native to the soil," have
reared their children here, and have
a host of life-long friends, who are
sorry to see them "Bfcek fresh fields <
and pastures new." They have pur
chased a home in the midst of a
Camden settlement in the Capital *
city, and next to Camden, we know
of no delightful and charming place
than Columbia. V
Kilhnl by Lightning.
On Monday af'ernoon about six
o'clock, on the de Saussure State
Farm while a number of convicts
were hoeing cotton one of the num
ber was struck and instantly killed
by lightning and. five others wei;e
severely shocked. John Henry An
derson is the name of the man
killed.
Drainage in Thin State.
Mr. Fi G. Eason, United States
drainage engineer, stationed at
Charleston, has prepared tor Com
missioner K. J. Watson, a statement
showing the drainage work now
planned or under way In tills state.
An extract from the report says:
"Kershaw county ? Wateree River
Levee district, near Camden. ? A
large levee district Is about to be^
formed on this river by the land
owners along the river near C&m-*
den.".
Last Thursday afternoon light
ning struck the barn of Mr. C. W.
Molley In the Buffalo section of the.. ?
county,; killing , two horses and
slightly Injuring one of the laborers
on his platfe. Mr. Holley, two chil
I dren and seven laborers had taken
| shelter, in . the barn from a storm
' when the building was struck. For
tunately no other damage was done.
Horses Killed l>y Lightning.
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