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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1911. One Dollar and a Half a Year.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS:
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
* County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, Dec. 26. ?Last week
'** has been a very damp, wet week;
raining nearly the whole time. Autos
are not moving about much, as the
.* mud and water makes the roads too
tough for them.
.Mr. Frank Kinsey, son of Dr. C.
E. Kinsey, who has been here for
some time clerking for his brother,
Charley Kinsey, died at his home after
a short illness. He had all the
attention that medical- aid could
y give him and all the nursing tnat
could be had, but he was called and
had to go. Thus his earthly career
ended. A young, hopeful life, in the
prime of manhood, is taken from
among us. Frank, we will miss you
in all vocations. Jolly, good-natured,
sober, energetic and honest was his
record while among us. An allround
good young man in every way lies
now at his last resting place at the
cemetery at Williams, S. C., leaving
his many friends to mourn his un^
timely departure from this life and
place flowers on his grave in memory
of past friendship and tokens of
respect.
On Thursday last one of Col. J. C.
Folk's sons was at work around their
ginnery, when his clothing was
hv p set screw on a revolving
* shaft and in a short while whirled
the young life away from the body
of the young man.
Our school shut down for the holidays
on the 22nd of December. Can't
say when they will start up in 1912.
Teachers have gone to their homes
* for a short stay with their parents
and help them devour their Xmas
turkeys.
Moving picture shows have been
going on nearly all of last week and
k had very good audiences every night,
notwithstanding the rains and bad
weather. This week fortune tellers,
horse traders, and a carnival will
hold forth. Think they will get most
of the money that whiskey and clothing,
by mail orders, has left in the
hands of our people.
Monday night the Ehrhardt Luth:
eran Sunday-school had a Christmas
tree for the school. Equality presents
was the main idea for the little
ones so as to make them feel that
none was above the others in the
thoughts of the superintendent and
teachers. Recitations and songs
were rendered by the little ones. It
surely makes one's heart glad to hear
A u ~ U + nnflo cinfr Alorft Of it
LilC I1U1C VUVU wug.
should be indulged in by all of our
schools and the result would be far
better than any one has any idea of.
You hear little tots singing to their
dolls, why not let it be a spicy Sunday-school
song in place of some
other that is not so good. Then, too,
it makes them less bashful on other
occasions when you want their services.
The Christmas service was a
success and we feel happy by making
the little ones happy. JEE.
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Garris-Chitty.
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Denmark, Dec. 23.?A notable society
event in this section of the
State was the marriage Thursday
night of Miss Floride Garris, of
Denmark, and Mr. Floyd Chitty, of
Olar. As an event of wide social in
terest, as well as 01 unusuai ueauiy
the wedding and the reception which
followed it, attracted one of the
4 largest assemblages that have ever
attended such an occasion in this
section. Both bride and bridegroom
are members of- prominent '
families. The bride is the daughter j
of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Garris, of Den- \
mark, Mr. Garris being known!
| * throughout the State through his ac- I
tivities in political and financial circles.
The bridegroom is a graduate
of the class of 1911 of the University
of South Carolina and is now principal
of the Lees school. :
The wedding ceremony was performed
in the Bethel Park Methodist
t church, which had been beautifully
decorated. The entire church was
carpeted in white. Smilax and lilies
of the valley formed the decorations.
Over the altar hung a huge white
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wedding bell. The wedding inarch j
: , was rendered by .Miss Emma Stead- <
man. Edwin Xeeley sang "Love's
I Old Song" during the ceremony. Mr.
Xeeley and Miss Steadman together J
sang "Because" and "I Love You I
Truly." The ribbon girls were
Misses Clara Wyman, Vera Wiggins,
Gertrude Cox and Daisy Tillman.
\ The ring was brought in in a calla
lilly borne by Miss Caroline Starr. ;
Little Miss Daisy Riser brought in
YKGGS' WORK AT SAVANNAH. I
Thieves Carry Oft' Safe Containing!
$t)0<) from ThunderlH)It.
Savannah, Dec. 26.?The near-j
beer saloon and grocery stx e of William
Sawyer at Thunderbolt, a resort
a few miles from Savannah,
was entered shortly before day this
morning by yeggmen who tried to
blow the safe open. Failing in this,
the visitors took the safe, which was
a small one, and loaded it into a
wheelbarrow, carried it some distance
down the road where they evidently
had a vehicle waiting to carry
it further. Officers are now on their
trail. The safe contained all of Sawyer's
Christmas receipts amounting
to about $900.
BODY GROUND TO PIECES.
Railroad Carpenter Killed in A. C.
L. Yards at Florence.
Florence, December 25.?Xorphie
Pleasants, a white carpenter, who
was employed in the car repairing
department of the Atlantic Coast
Line shops at this place, was run over
by a Coast Line work train in the
freight yards here last night and
instantly killed. His body was literally
ground to pieces by the wheels
of the train, which was backing
through the yards.
Coroner Cooper held an inquest
and the verdict was that Pleasants
came to his death by being struck by
a Coast Line train through his own
carelessness. The body was shipped
to his old home at Aberdeen,
North Carolina, this morning.
a white pillow, on which the bride
and groom knelt during the ceremony.
The bridesmaids entered with the
groomsmen. The bridesmaids were:
Misses Wilhelmina Antley, Gladys
Milhous, Martha Ray, Bertha Rich,
Lalla Byrd, Florence Bell, Ruth Gil\
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liam, Alexina Sauls, Metz Starr, Kate
Patterson and Zelma Riser. The
groomsmen were: Atticus Neeley,
W. B. Lane, D. G. Yarborough, Geo.
Morris, James Chitty, C. Grant
Wyche, Wesley Crum, Algie Guss,
Eert D. Carter, Kelley Browning, Ira
Garris. Following these came the
maid of honor, Miss Livy Ray, gowned
in pink satin trimmed with gold
fringe and satin ribbon and forgetme-nots.
She carried pink roses.
Following the maid of honor came
the bride with her father. Miss Garris
wore a lovely creation of white
satin, trimmed in real pearls, pearl
rnoHollirmc noarl frinfck and nnint
Uivuuinv^k;, + A. A ~~~~ ~ tr ~
lace. She wore in her hair a pearl
crescent the gift of the bridegroom.
At the altar the bride was met by
the bridegroom with his best man,
Charlie Chitty. Rev. T. E. Morris
performed the ceremony.
The bridesmaids were gowned in
white crepe de chine, trimmed in
white satin with crystal fringe and
allover lace.
The ushers were: Frank Starr. Dr.
Hartzog, Homer Kearse and J. W.
Browning. Joe Matthews carried the
bride's train.
Immediately after the ceremony
the party was conveyed to the home
of the bride's father, where an elaborate
and beautiful reception was
held. The house, like the church,
was decorated in white and green,
smilax and lillies of the valley continuing
the color scheme.
The many beautiful presents added
to the attraction of the scene.
Members of both families were assisted
in receiving by Dr. and Mrs.
J. W. Wyman, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
James. Mr. and Mrs. Sigman Walker,
Mr. and Mrs. John Martin, Mrs. Joe
Corbett, Miss Pauline Turner, Miss
Lillie Cooper, Mrs. Leighton Hartzog,
Mrs. Frank Starr, Mrs. Smith,
Airs. Homer Kearse, Mrs. J. Arthur
Wiggins and Miss Pauline Turner.
Mrs. Garris, mother of the bride,
wore light blue satin with black overdress.
Mrs. Chitty, mother of the
bridegroom, wore a gown of black
satin trimmed in heavy beading.
Elaborate refreshments were served.
including white ice cream with i
the date, December 21, 1911, in J
green.
The bride's cake was cut by all the j
bridesmaids. Miss Byrd drew the j
ring, Miss Antley the thimble, Miss \
Bell the button. .Miss Milhous the!
dime and .Miss .Martha Ray the rock, j
A large number of guests were!
present, including visitors from Olar.
Bamberg, Orangeburg. Blackvilie, i
Columbia, Williston, Spartanburg.
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Augusta, Aiken, Johnston, Edgefield, j
After the reception .Mr. and .Mrs.
Chitty left on a three weeks' honeymoon
tour to include Jacksonville.
St. Augustine, Silver Lake and other i
Florida points.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quirk
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Standard Burrows, colored, was
shot and instantly killed by a pistol
in his own hands, while tussling
with two other negroes in a buggy
near Timmonsville Tuesday. Martha
Jackson, seeing the act, fainted and
fell in a fire, being burned so that
she died some time later.
At Harvin, Clarendon county,
Bruce McCall, white, while handling
a 38-calibre pistol Tuesday morning,
shnf his wife. T.nla Nichols McCall.
through the right breast, inflicting
an ugly wound, which may later
prove fatal. Mrs. McCall is getting
along very well and resting fairly
comfortably.
The Lutheran board of publication
have sold their building in Columbia
to the Carolina Casualty and Insurance
association for $80,000. It is
said the board made for the church
$47,000 in the difference between
v. hat the property cost five years ago
and its selling price. The board
will buy and build on another street.
Deputy Sheriff \ow a Bride.
Uniontown, Pa., Dec. 21.?Deputy
Sheriff Miss Lucy Beench Johns,
daughter of Sheriff and Mrs. Peter
A. Johns, was married to John Cummins
Greer, of Pittsburgh, to-day.
Mr. and Mrs. Greer left on a western
trip. On their return they will
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live m rmsuuigu.
For eleven months Mrs. Greer has
been deputy sheriff in her father's
office, being sworn in to be able to
act for him in his absence from the
court house.
As the only woman deputy in the
country she gained much newspaper
fame, but contrary to some reports,
she is far from being the "terror of
bad men" that she was pictured. Instead
she has made good friends far
and wide over the country by her
never failing courtesy.
On December 4 she handed over
the badge of office and revolver presented
to her when she was sworn in
and became a society girl once more,
being honor guest at many affairs
given by girl friends.
TOURIST GONE; CHECKS RETURN
Supposed Citizen of Los Angeles,
Cal., Has Left Aiken.
Aiken, Dec. 23.?J. E. Borden,
who last week came to Aiken after
having leased for the winter season
a furnished cottage and who was
purported to be a prominent citizen
of Los Angeles, Cal., has left here
under peculiar circumstaiflces, after
several irregular transactions. Borden
leaves behind him several "certificates"
but worthless checks, which
he gave to several mercnants in exchange
for goods and cash. These
checks were drawn on a Los Angeles
bank, and in every instance where
Borden gave one, he secured amounts
from $25 up in cash. He left Saturday,
stating he was going to Charleston
to meet his wife and children
to bring them here, and since that
time has not been heard from, but
in the meantime the checks he gave
have been returned from Los Angeles.
CHILI) SHOOTS SISTER.
Tliirteen-year-old Boy Kills Girl of
Eleven.
Olive, Ark., Dec. 23.?Bryan Bridwell,
13 years old, blew his 11-yearold
sister's head off to-night with a
shotgun after she had refused to divide
her Christmas candy with him.
Tho phiidrpn were returning home
after making holiday visits. The boy
asked the girl for a portion of the
candy they had bought. The girl refused,
and he threatened her with
the gun. As he pointed the muzzle
at her the trigger caught in his coat
and discharged the weapon in her
face.
Heaven help the man who imagines
he can dodge enemies by trying
to please everybody! If such an
individual ever succeeds pass him
over this way that we may have one
look at his mortal remains ere he
vanishes away, for surely this earth
cannot be his abiding place. Now we
do not infer that one should be going
through this world trying to find
beams to knock and thump his head
against, disputing every man's opinion,
fighting and elbowing and crowding
all who differ from him. That,
_ -?* ? Avfo Othpr
again, is imumci cau&iu^.
people have their opinions, so have
you. Don't fall into the error of
supposing they will respect you more
for turning your coat every day to
match the color of theirs.
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11 MAIL BY FAST FHKIGHTS.
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j Hitchcock says Government is Saving
Large Sums oil Yew Plan.
New York, Dec. 2G.?Postmaster
: General Frank H. Hitchcock intends
to extend the practice of carryingsecond-class
mail by fast freight
trains. He so stated in an answer
he filed in the United States Circuit
court to-day in the case of the Review
of Reviews Company, which
complained of discrimination because
I fte ni(i(r!i7infie u'pro mrriPf] hv frpie'ht
instead of by mail trains through
the middle West for distribution to
far distant points.
The postmaster general says the
government lost seven cents a pound
on all second-class matter transported
from New York to the Pacific coast
by mail trains in 1907-08, but that
since early this year, when the fast
freight rule was enforced on certain
periodicals issued at intervals of a
week or more a saving of $1,400,000
has been made.
The rule has so far been applied
only to the so-called third central
section, but as soon as contracts with
railroads in three other sections expire
the rule will be enforced there.
This, says the postmaster general,
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win maKe an annual saving 01 $6,000,000
in the transportation of second-class
mail.
LOCKOUT OF WEAVERS.
Lancashire Cotton Workers, 160,000
Strong, Shut Out To-day.
Manchester, England, Dec. 2 6.?
Nothing has happened to warrant the
hope that the lock-out of 160,000
cotton workers in Lancashire can be
averted. The lock-out is scheduled
for to-morrow, and officially both
sides maintain an uncompromising
attitude. The weavers in the Halene
Mill, at Accrington, went on a
strike December 20, because of the
employment of non-union labor. Two
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ua>s later uie cuniuiiiiee ui me i^aucashire
Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers'
Association decided to
lock out the workers in all the mills
belonging to the Federation as a protest
against the attempts of trade
unionists to force weavers to join
their ranks.
To-day was a general holiday and
few cotton men remained in Manchester.
Therefore, it was not possible
to ascertain the views of the
majority, bht among some there is a
disposition to refer the disputes to
the Industrial Council, of which Sir
George Askwith, the noted strike
settler, is president.
Meanwhile, the original cause of
the dispute?the refusal of a man
and his \Vife to join the union at
Accrington?is likely to be removed.
It is said that the man has agreed to
join and that his wife will leave
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The Federation of Master Cotton
Spinners will meet here to-morrow,
and it is expected, in the event of a
general shutdown of the weaving
sheds, that they will propose the early
closing of the mills in Lancashire,
as it is pointed out that it would be
ruinous to continue spinning yarn
while the looms are idle. This would
cause a general suspension of labor
in the cotton districts.
Thirty Times Wed.
New York, Dec. 21.?There is a
couple in this city who have been
married so many times that they
have probably lost count, and every
minister who smiled over them and
bade them good fortune and success
is the possessor of a $20 check, for
which he gave $10 in change. The
checks were bad.
It is an entirely new swindle and
it apparently worked with ease, for
the police have complaints from
nearly 30 ministers, who did not for
a moment doubt the happy couple.
Rev. W. F. Kerney, then of 33
West Twenty-sixth street, was the
first clergyman he police heard
from. On October 23 there called
on him a young man, who said he
was Eugene Keller, of 247 West
Thirty-sixth street, and a young woman
who seemed very shy and upon
whom Mr. Kerney beamed with corresponding
benevolence. They were
in a great hurry and were united
with all reasonable speed.
Mr. Kernev took a $20 check with i
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j alacrity, and when he came back |
j with the change he found the couple i
extricating themselves from an em-j
j brace that brought blushes to the
I cheeks of the bride. They were very
much in love, he thought, and as they
went down the steps and left him
with the check in his hand, the clergyman
meditated on what makes the
world go round and went slowly back
to his study.
KING'S SLAVER LIBERATED
JOE DAVIS, WHO KILLED BAMBERG'S
POLICEMAN', PAROLED.
Gov. Blesise Presents Thirty Convicts
with Christmas Presents in the
Form of Freedom.
Gov. Blease last Saturday paroled
and pardoned thirty convicts, among
them being Joe Davis, who, in 1903,
killed Chief of Police King, of this
city, while drunk, was paroled during
good behavior. It will be remembered
that at the time of this
killing public sentiment was much
against Davis, and it was feared at
first that the citizens would take the
law in their own hands, but cooler
heads prevented this, and the law
was allowed to take its course, and
Davis was tried, convicted of manslaughter
and sentenced to ten years
in the penitentiary.
It will be remembered that Davis
killed King at his (Davis's) home,
shooting him just above the heart
with a shotgun, as King opened the
door to enter, after having been
asked by Davis's wife to go with
her and try and make Davis behave,
who was drunk and threatening to
kill her. Davis shot Policeman King
at a house on what is known as Factory
Hill, killing him instantly.
The cases in which executive
clemency were exercised are from
many parts of the State and include
a number of offences, from non-support
of family to murder.
i AC IIS l Ul petitions 1U11UVVS.
Full Pardons Granted.
E. Winter, convicted of grand larceny
at the September term of court
for Richland county, in 1908, before
Judge Gage, and sentenced to 18
months' imprisonment; was pardoned
for the purpose of restoring his citizenship.
Marion Dawkins, convicted before
Judge Izlar, at Newberry, in March,
1890, of arson, and sentenced to 25
years' imprisonment in the State
penitentiary, was pardoned.
Walter Black, convicted of grand
larceny at the November term of
court, at Spartanburg, in 1910, was
sentenced by Judge Aldrich to nine
years' imprisonment, was pardoned.
Alfred Gray, convicted at the
March term of court for Barnwell, in
1897, of murder with recommendation
to mercy and sentenced to life
imprisonment in the State penitentiary.
was pardoned.
Frank Bailey, convicted in September,
1886, at Pickens, of burglary
and larceny and sentenced by
Judge J. H. Hudson to life imprisonment
in the State penitentiary, was
pardoned.
Frank Johson, convicted at Georgetown
in March, 1884, of arson, and
sentenced to life imprisonment in the
State penitentiary, was pardoned.
Fed Hodge, alias Fed Hopkins,
convicted in July, 1888. at Newberry,
of burglary and larceny and sentenced
by Judge Witherspoon to life
imprisonment in the State penitentiary,
was pardoned.
John Green, convicted of murder
with recommendation to mercy, and
sentenced to life imprisonment in
the State Penitentiary by Judge
Norton, at the June term of couit,
1888, for Berkeley County, was par
Released on Parole.
The following were paroled:
Frank Klutz, convicted in Richland
county, September, 1907, before
special Judge Johnston, of manslaughter
and sentenced to ten years
in the penitentiary, paroled during
good behavior.
Joe Davis, convicted in Bamberg
county in April, 1903, of manslaughter,
before Judge Gary, and sentenced
to ten years in the penitentiary, paroled
during good behavior.
W. L. Man ley, convicted in Pickens
county in February, 1911, before
Judge Gage, of breaking jail,
and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment,
paroled during good behavior.
Smart Floyd, convicted in Aiken
county in October, 1908, before
Judge Wilson, of assault and battery
with intent to kill, and sentenced
to five years' imprisonment in the
State penitentiary, paroled during
good behavior.
Ahram Ancrum. convicted in Bam
berg county in December, 1903, oi'
manslaughter, and sentenced to 20
years' imprisonment in the penitentiary.
paroled during good behavior.
John Westley Satterwhite, convicted
in Laurens county in September,
1 906, before Judge James Aldrich,
of manslaughter and carrying concealed
weapons, and sentenced to 15
years in the penitentiary, paroled
(Continued on page 4, column 5.)
H 111 KAUAhlUlM UlAMAKLfc.
Acted in Self-Defence and in Discharge
of Duty.
Summerville, Dec. 2G.?S. P. Miller,
constable for .Magistrate Driggers
and acting assistant marshal, who
shot and killed a man named McCants.
was declared to have acted
justifiably by a jury yesterday, at
the inquest, it being the opinion of
the coroner's jury that Officer Miller
acted in the discharge of his duty
and in self-defence, when he fired
the fatal shot that caused McCants's
death.
According to the tsetimony offered
the iurv. it seems that Officer Miller
was trying to arrest McCants, for be->
ing disorderly in the town limits, on
the north side of the Southern Railway
tracks, when McCants raised his
gun to shoot Miller. A bystander
knocked McCants's hand into the air,
and the load of his gun passed harmlessly
over Miller's head. It was
then that Officer Miller, seeing his
life in danger, fired at and killed McCants,
death following the shot almost
instantly. >
Fired Four Shots.
Branchville, Dec. 22.?A. M.
T~ln r?fr?l Ot? f An r eli Ate o/ O T"> A(yi*A
by the name of West in Edwards
street on Thursday but luckily none
of the shots took effect and West is
none the worse off for his Experience.
Both of the principals were <
placed under arrest and a fine of '
$10 was placed on Dantzler by the
mayor of the town.
The row started in the store of
S. S. Byrd and was precipitated, it
is stated, by a dispute over a sum
of money which Danzler is claimed to
have said West owed him. The negro
acted in a most disrespectful
manner and when he did so Dantzler
hit at him with a board. The negro
got out of the way and backed out
of the store. The fuss was renewed
on the street and here it is said
Dantzler claims that the negro thre^r
his hand to his hip pocket as if to
draw a revolver. When he did so
Dantzler drew a pistol and began
firing. A bystander knocked the,,
hand of Dantzler up and all four
shots went wide of their mark.- The
negro is said to have had no pistol
on his person when taken in custody.
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Branchville's postal bank will be
open for business on January 11.
All of the papers for same are now
in the hands of Postmaster Byrd..
GARLIXGTOX-YOUXG CASET.
BI ea se Sends Letter to Seminole'
Trustees and Receiver.
Columbia, Dec. 24.?Gov. Blease
has addressed a letter to Messrs.
Thomas Bryan, Wilie Jones and W.
A. Clark, trustees of the Seminole
Securities Company, and to Mr.
Frank G. Tompkins, chairman of the
board of receivers of the Seminole,
informing them that he had under
consideration petitions for the pardon
of John Y. Garlington and James
Stobo Young, and telling them if they
can show any cause or desire to
furnish any reasons why Garlington
and Young should not receive executive
clemency, he would be pleased
if they would present the same on or
before the first of January.
This is the only development in
the matter of the Garlington and
Young petition for pardon now in the
hands of the governor. Both Garlington
and Young were before the
governor in person on Wednesday
and he announced then that he would
take the matter under advisement
and make known his decision later.
The letter addressed to ?he trustees
of the Seminole follows: "I am
informed that you are a trustee of
the defunct Seminole Securities
Company. I now have under consideration
petitions for the pardon
of Messrs. Garlington and Young for
their association with that company.
If you or your associates can show
cause or desire to furnish any reasons
why these parties should not receive
executive clemency, I wruld
be pleased if you would present the
same to me on or before the first
j day of January, 1912."
Practically the same letter was
sent to .Mr. F. G. Tompkins, the
chairman o? the board of receivers
of the Seminole.
A Great Lawyer on Work.
Rufus Choate believed in hard
work and struggle. When some one
said to him that a certain fine
achievement was the result of accident,
he exclaimed: "Nonsense! You
might as well drop the Greek alphaon
the ground and expect to pick up
the Iliad."
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