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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-10-28
FROM THE FRIEND OF SOME OLD
FRIENDS
FKIEN DS.

Dear Sir: l am native Georgian,
born in Dooly County. I was in the
Civil War. Served under General
Joe e. Johnson of Virginia. Have
been living in Tennessee for the last
thirty odd years. Am a minister OF
the Gospel. Have been preaching in
Southeast Georgia off and on for the
last twelve or fifteen years. l know
many Of your old friends. For ms
lance the Waldens, Knots, Aliens
and many others l could mention in
and about Gibson, Mitchell, Avera,
Grange, Longworth and many other
points.
ton to you some years ago at Beal
Springs, near Mitchell, Ga. Heard
you speak on the occasion.
Have read to some extent your
Magazine and Jeffersonian in the past
several years. My condition has been
such as to render it out of my
power as regular subscriber.
Am delighted with your manner of
dealing with men and principles.
You go to the bottom and you show
it's true character without fear or
favor. That's the very principal that
has immortalized and spread your
name upon the annals of history in
this age and the ones to come.
Will you be so kind as to send me
your magazine for August past, also
three or four of your late Jefferson
ians.
l am sir, yours very truly,
A. F. MANNING.
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-10-28
7 SINCERELY REGRET THE
DEATH OF THIS FAITHFUL
OLD FRIEND.

Dear Sir: Your old friend w. J.
Glover has passed away. He was
buried Sunday, October Sd at
CROSSROADS Church in Hart County.
Mr.. Glover was an old soldier, a true
pop. a faithful friend of T. E. W.,
and on untiring worker for the
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-10-28
PAGE TEN THE JEFF
Additional Letters From the People

"Jeffs. He has sent you many
subscribers. His P. o. address was
Bowersville, No. 2.
Very truly,
J. r. LIZARD.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-10-28
THE DIP LAW is UNCONSTITU-
TIONAL AND TEST CASE
SHOULD BE MADE.

Dear Sir: Please give us the tick
law and your opinion of it in the
weekly Jeffersonian.
We are getting tired of dipping our
COWS every two weeks. Our inspec-
tor says he may force US to dip I'M
til November. 1t looks like the grass
as going to take our crops and we
have not got the time to lose every
fourteen days out of our crops to
make good Baptists out of our COWS.
FROM AN OLD FRIEND.
Dear Sir: We, the undersigned
citizens of Ebert County, take this
means Of expressing our thanks and
most profound gratitude for your
noble defense of the womanhood of
Georgia, as we'll as her laws and ms
titutions.
o. D. Field, Lon Carruth, S. G.
Booth, e. E. Hall, J. r. Booth, ]. G.
Hall, J. M. Hall, R. J. Parham, Jr.,
n. L. Hanney G. N. Webb, Jr., J. T.
Seymour, Jr., G. w. Webb, Geo. w.
Webb, w. NJ. B. Moore, ], w. Colts,
". T. Power, w. J. Scoggins, j. G.
Donald, w N. Bond, w. S. Living
good, E. w. Fair, e. w Barton, NJ
L. Bond, w. N Butler, A. r. Bell,
J. w. Andrew, Joe J. Guest, J. T.
Field, A. J. Moore, L. H. Pippus,
J. B. Tate, C. S. Tate, D. J. Owens,
j. J. Dunbar, M. D. Moss, N. B. Roe,
e. w. Frost, Pat S. Roe.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
INDIANS WILL LEASE
RICH OIL HOLDINGS
Usage Nation Plans Rental Of Lands
Worth Millions in Oklahoma
Tribal Grounds.

Neutrality-suspicious. TO- leasing Of
oil lands of the Usage Indians in Ok
lahoma worth millions of dollars were
agreed upon Friday by the tribaI
council Of the Usage Nation and an
proved by Secretary Lane of the in.
terror department
Later. clothed in their native cos
tunes, the Indians made a formal call
on President Wilson Ind told him of
their first agreement in fifty years
with the interior department on the
disposition of the lands.
The arrangement eliminates the In.
dian Territory Illuminating Oil Com
pany. which now owns the so-ca,led
Foster lease covering $50, 900 acres of
land in the Usage reservation.
The Foster lease expires March 1s.
1915. After that date the new plan.
which limits leases to 4s0o.acre
tracts of quarter section units, will
take effect.
Sublessees now holding land under
the Foster lease will be given an on.
portunity to lease direct, subject to
the 4'S0O-acre Limitation. Quarter sec.
ton units, however, which are cana.
bic OF producing twenty-five or more
barrels day on July /. 1915, will be
withheld, and with the land not taken
up oy the sublessees will be offered
Tor lease at public auction under rules
to be prescribed by the secretary Of
the interior. All OIL leases will pro.
vide that the government may have
an option to purchase all oil produced
at the highest posted market price
on the day of sale.
Leases will be made on a ROYALTY
OF one-sixth of the production, excent
wnere the wells in any quarter sec.
LioR snail produce 100 barrels day
-or calendar month period when the
royalty Will be one-fifth. Unless lands
are developed within one year after
me approval of lease by the secretary
u the interior the lessees shall nav
IL an acre year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
Rupture in carranza Cabinet.

Washington. - General Venustiano
Carranza, original leader of the Next
can constitutionalist movement, is
face to face with situation that NAV
eliminate him as factor in Mexican
politics, unless he yields to the dicta.
ton OF his commanding general, AL.
Varo Obregon, and other high officers
in his army. Official adyicas Sunday
revealed that four of Carranza's cabi-
net ministers had resigned and that
General Oregon was insisting on
their retention as we'll as the dismiss.
al OF the members to whom they were
opposed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
ARIZONA, WORLDS LARGEST
.BATTLESHIp, IS LAUNCHED
She Was christened by Miss Esther
Ross of Prescott, Arizona-Thou.
sands Viewed the Sight.

New York.-The new battleshiI
Arizona was successfully launched al
the Brooklyn navy yard Saturday
The Arizona shares with her sister
ship, the Pennsylvania, the honor of
being one of the worlds largest battle.
ships. The Arizona slipped into The
water at LIP o'clock.
She went to the river with wine and
water OF her christening trickling in
rtVulets down her bow from two
broken bottles that swung, bound to-
gether by long red, white and blue
cord of silk, that dangled from her
deck. Miss Esther Ross of Prescott,
Artz.. the battleship's sponsor, made
a fair throw as the big hull quivered
and slid slowly forward; the froth Of
the wine spattered her gown and the
clothes Of those Of the party.
From the navy yard, black with q
holiday thronS; from the spans of the
Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges;
from the docks and piers along the
Manhattan and Brooklyn water
fronts; from scores Of craft hugging
the far shore of the East river, and
from every vantage point of windows
and housetops In the vicinity, tens Of
thousands saw the newest of Ameri.
can battleships glide down the ways.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
Rryan's Third Statement.

Observation-Disclosures Secretary Of
State Bryan, in the third and coneIud.
Ing section Of his statement on "The
Causeless War;" issued Friday. sug.
gests mediation as "the way out" AS
preventive of war, Mr.. Bryan pro.
poses universal extension OF his IN.
vestigation commission peace treaty
plan. Mediation" the statement
says, lis the means provided by In.
ternational agreement, through which
the belligerent nations can be brought
snto conference; time for inYestiga-
zion OF all disputes is the means by
which future wars can be averted, and
the cultivation of international friend
ship is the means by which the desire
for war can be rooted out"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
SAW NO REASON FOR SpErl
Some Food for Thought In EuI,n,
Made by Moroccan statssm,.
About the Lusitanjs.

The sinking of the Lusitania re,,r,
an epigram about this ship which n
sultan of Morocco's grand viziern,s
to Jules Huret.
The grand vizier, a very old mn
received NJ. Huret, who is Fre,S
journalist, in Fec. M. Huret describa
the wonders of modern science and +
Vention to his host. He told him sbor
the LuSitania, then Just completa
which could do her II knots an hop
Think of it," said NJ. Huret, u
Enthusiastically. Think Of It! A ruI
ship that goes II knots an hour"
But the vizier yawned and said,
Why do you Christians alvln
want to, go so fast, when all road
alike lead to the grave?"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
LEAGUE IS FORMED TO
PROMOTE WORLD PEACE
Object Is to Unite All Nations With
View to Prevent Armed Conflicts.
Taft Chosen President.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Within historic
independence Hall ThursQay-the an
niversary OF the battle Of Bunker Hill
| there was formed an organization
whose object it will be to promote
the creation Of a league of nations
with view to preventing wars, or al
least to lessen the possibilities OF
armed conflicts. The name adopted
by the organization was League to
Enforce Peace, American Branch"
Former President Taft was elected
permanent president, and In addition
a long list Of representative Ameri.
can citizens waa name1 6 permaEeIA
vice presidents.
The conference was not an assem-.
blage of what one participant termed
pure peace men, but gathering Of
those who for the most part believed
in trying to bring about peace even
though they had to use force to DO It,
The report Of the committee was
adopted. as follows:
Throughout 5000 years OF recorded
history peace here and there estab-
lished has been kept and Its area has
been widened In one way only-by the
superior power Of superior numbers
acting in unity for the common good.
Mindful of this teaching of expert
ence, We believe and solemnly urge
that the time has come to devise and
create working union of sovereign
nations to establish peace among
themselves.
We then believe 1t to be desirable
for the United States to join league
of nations binding the signstories to
the following;
l. All tustifiable questions arising
between the signatory powers not set
tied by negotiation shall, subject to
the limitations Of treaties, be submit
ted to a judicial tribunal for hearing
and judgment both upon the merits
and upon any Issue as to the justice
Of the question.
2. All other questions arising be-
tween the signatories and not settled
by negotiations shall be referred to
a council of Cancellation for hearing,
consideration and recommendation.
3. The signatory powers shall Joint.
~ use forthwith both their economic
and military forces against any one
OF their number that goes to war or
commits acts Of hostility against an
other of the siSnatories bsfore any
question arising shall be submitted as
provided in the foregoing.
IL. Conferences between the sigma
tory powers shall be held from time
ID time to formulate and codify rules
1f international law which, unless
some signatory shall signify Its dis
sent within stated period, shall
hereafter govern in the decisions of
he judicial tribunal mentioned In ar
3ele /.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
FRANKS LIFE SAVED
BY GOVERNOR SLATON
WAS UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH
FOR THE MURDER OF MARY
PAGAN IN APRIL, 1913.
TROOPS GUARDED GOVERNOR
A Battalion of Militia Was Necessary
TO Save Georgia's Governor From
Mob When Communication of
Sentence Was Made Known

Atlanta, Ga.-Leo M. Franks death
sentence was committed to life i'm
prtsonment Monday by Governor Sla
ton of Georgia. The announcement
Of the governors decision came sew
eral hours after Frank had been Sc
cretly taken from the Jail at Atlanta
and hurried to the state prison farm
at Milledgeville. Frank was sentenced
to be hanged on June 20 for the muir
der of Mary Pagan in April, 1913.
In his decision the governor die
tated the following brief statement:
"All that ! ask is that the people of
Georgia read my statement of the rea-
sons why l committed Leo NJ. Franks
death sentence to life imprisonment
before they pass judgment.
Feeling as | do about this case I
would be murderer if l allowed this
man to hang. 1t may mean that
must live in obscurity the rest of my
days, but l would rather be blowing in
a field than to feel for the rest of my
life that l had that mans blood on
my hands"
With several hundred men and boys
clamoring for admission through gates
which had been barricaded by barbeN
wire and threatening to overpower the
twenty county policemen armed with
riot guns, Governor Slaton Monday
called upon the militia 10 protect his
home. -Four companies of state
guardsmen were rushed to the gov
ernor's country home in automobiles
and martial law was proclaim in a dis
trtct extending half a mile in front
Of his home, half a mile back and for
distance Of about a quarter of mile
on either side.
About noon crowd estimated at
$500 gathered on the capitol grounds
and listened to several speakers, later
taking charge Of the hall of the house
of representatives where several
speakers said they doubted Frank had
been removed from Atlanta.
A committee Of five was selected
to visit the Jail They reported that
Frank was not there.
Then sheriff Mangum, who, with
deputies, took the prisoner to Mill
edgeVille, gave the crowd his word he
had delivered Frank at the state farm
and explained his trip in detail.
At Marietta, twenty miles from At.
lanta, the former home of Mary
Phagan, Governor slaton was hanged
III effigy. An Inscription On the
dummy read:
John Slaton, Georgia's traitor gov.
srnoF."
At the prison Frank changed his de-
neanor, assuming the outward calm.
He again protested his innocence. He
was given No. S65, donned a suit de-
noting the lowest grade prisoner and
1t once began the routine Of prison
lie. i
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
Rather a Eacep

Williams uncle was very tall, fns
looking man, while his father WI
very small. William admired his u.
Gle, and wished to grow up like BID
One day he said to his mother:
Mamma, how'd uncle grow 50 tl
and tall?"
His mother said: well, when unei
was a small boy he was always ysl
good boy, and tried to do what va
right at all times; SO God let him guy
up big and tall"
William thought this over serioudi
for a few mintes, then said: MAI
ma, what kind of q boy was papa
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
'0IIIH auFI0es say lne prospects are

good for the forthcoming German note
to the United States meeting the
American governments wishes re-.
garding the submarine warfare It is
intimated Germany may consent to an
examination before taking action.
ENGLAND is preparing to take stock
of hey national resources, bill bro.
viding~for this having been prepared
for introduction in the British parlia.
ment Psxt week.
Of the fighting on the Austro,Ita,.
ian trent a general connected with
the Itsaian war office summarizes the
campaign during the last month BY
the statement that the Italians. have
occupied Austrian positions along
front of 500 miles and that the Aus.
trian efforts have been devoted almost
exclusively to the Nbombafdment Of
Italiahsnosns on the Adriatics *
On the other hand, the Austrian war
office says that the Austrian troops
maintain the positions they have held
on or near the frontier since the COM
of the war.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
900 Patients Burn in Hospl..l

III Paso, Tex.--VilIa officials in
Chihuahua Wednesday telegraphed
complete confirmation of the burning
OF the Tivoli hospital, which YEAS nsed
py Vil-a as a base hospital. Three
hundred surgical cases were Inst IN
the fire. as the wounded Villa soldiers
were unable to escape.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
General De We. Sentences

: Bloemfontein, Union of South A.
rica'-sentence of six years imprison-
ment and fine Of $4,000 was I'm
posed Tuesday on General Christian
De Wet, one of the leaders of the
South African rebellion against the
British government, who was found
guilty of treason on eight counts,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
Lansing Is Secretary Of State,

Washington, Robert Lansing. who
as counselor of the state department
has advised President Wilson in law
and precedent in the policy pursued
by the United States toward belliger.
ent governments since the outbreak of
the European war, was named Wed.
nesday secretary of state to succeed
w. J. Bryan.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
Man Found Guilty of Homicide,

Ell Paso, Tex.--Juan Guaderrama
charged with the killing of Texas
Ranger Scott Russell and Deputy
Sheriff W H. Garlick. was found
guilty Of murder in the second de-.
gree in the district court and sen.
fenced to five years in prison.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
President Calls on Rru.n

Washington--President Wilson call.
ed at the home of former Secretary of
State Bryan Friday to bid goodbye
TO Mr. and Mrs. Bryan before thew
departed for a Southern trio
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
Its handicap.

First the Russians took Prsenya
from the Austro-G German forces ant
now the latter are attacking Il D
turn"
We'll, that is one place where
don't see how anybody can make !
pronounced success"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO
MARCH FROM GALICIA
PoPULAcE OF GALlclAN CAPT.
tai HOLDS GREAT DEMON
STRATION ON RECAPTuRE.
RUSSIANS EVACUATE CAPITAL
Great Britain Has Begun in Earnest
the Work of Producing Munitions
of War-Situation in France
and Turkey.
From Battle Fronts in Europe.

Petrograd seems to be in no wise
discouraged over the enforced retire,
ment of the Russian troops from Lem
berg the capture of which by the leu
tonic allies is being celebrated by
great rejoicing throughout Austria
and Germany Nevertheless the Rus
sian army is still In retreat so far as
advices from the Lemberg district in
dictate. although strong Russian rear
guards vigorously are opposing a fur
Their AustrO-German advance.
Farther south along the Dniester
river another Russian army is fight
ing desperately to prevent the Aus
trians and Germans from breaking
through
The Russians have lost Lemberg.
They occupied the Galician capital
early in September and held it until
Tuesday, when the combined Austro-
German forces compelled them to re-
treat from the city, which is only six.
ty-odd miles due west from the Rus
sian frontier.
Whether the fall of Lemberg means
thatrthe Russian army operating south
OF 1t in GaliCia is effectively cut off
from the army to the north, stretch
ing across Poland to the Baltic, can
not yet b said. The newspapers of
both Vienna and Berlin say this is
the case and that the Russian arms
received blow from which they can
not recover.
If the stroke proves as crushing as
the Teutons predict, It's effect, mill !
taryr observes say, soon should be
felt in the transfer of vast German
forces to the west, where for days
they have been hard pressed by the
French.
Te6grams from Vienna say the
Austrian correspondents with the
Teut9nic armies pay tribute to the
magnificent rear guard action fought
by the Russians, who are declared to
nave retreated eastward in good or.
der, leaving behind few prisoners and
even removing the Russian documents
from the city, which since the Rus.
SLAMS occupied it has been called by
them Lwow One telegram from
Vienna says Emperor William and
Emperor Francis Joseph plan to meet
soon in the recaptured Galician CAPT.
tai. :
Leniberg, capital of Gaiicia, was oe.
cupied by the Russians on Septem.
Der 2, 1914, about ona.. month after
the outbreak OF hostilities, In the
course Of the early Russian drive into
Austria. 1t has, therefore, been in
Russian control more than ten months.
For the last twenty days, since the
Austro-Germans took Przemysl, 1t has
been the'objective Of series Of fierce
and concentrated attacks by the leu.
tonic allies,
The capture OF LemhePg was one of
the earliest important successes OF
the Russians. Following II, they push.
ed 9nward rapidly through Galicia
The nigh water mark Of the invasion
found almost all the province IN their
hands. They approached within strik-
ing fistanceoot Cracow. at the west
e I'd OF the province, close to the
frontier; stormed the heights
Isses Of the CarpathIan noun.
which separate Galicia from
~ gary "a A 7sse9SS :; "a
Aroug kae q IN land 81 ko
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
i'suy.It-In-Texasu Movenar.

Fort Worth, Textile "buy.it.in.
Texas" movement, fostered by State
Labor Commissioner C. w. Woodmap
was launched Tuesday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02

Guthrie, okla,-Fruit growers have
contracted for the sale of 100 cars O
Elberta peaches, 18th OF August deliy
cry, at soc a busael t. 9. b.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
;hrranza Won't Treat wien gnenle,

ERrranza Won't Treat With Enemies.
Washington. - General Carranza
Afs informed the United States gov
efnment that under no circumstances
#Pll he treat with General Villa, that
ne viii not compromise with his op-
ppnents and that he will continue his
pEan to crush his adyersaries by mill
t8ry campaign.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02

commission Names An Engineer
AUSTIN, Tex.-Sulliyan SmRb q.
FORT Worth was Friday appointed on.
gineer by the state fire Insurance com.
mission.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02

To Hold Local Option Election,
Brownsville, Tex.-San Denito. Cam.
eron county, will vote on the prohi
bition question Saturday, July 3.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
In the Kitchen.

The Vanilla Beam have gfea
association with epicures as flavor
ing for desserts.
Nutmeg-Ah. but l have gratei
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02

Is generally believed that the court
went long way toward invalidatinR
much of the so-called grandfather
clause" legislation of Southern States
The immediate effect of the courts
decision was to uphold the convic.
ton OF two Oklahoma election Of
flcials who denied negroes the right
TO vote in a congressional election and
TO award three Maryland negroes
damages from election officials in An.
napolis who refused to register them
The court held that these election
officials could not ignore the potency
OF the fifteenth amendment in Winning
out OF state constitutions the word
white" as a qualification for voting
In the Maryland case the courts de.
clsion established the point that the
fifteenth amendment applies alike to
municipal as well as to federal cleo
lions. 'Ne
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02
SUPREME court PUTS END
TO GRANDFATHER CLAUSE
Decision Probably One Of the Most
Important In the History of the
United States.

Washlngton.-In probably one OF
the most important decisions in the
history Of the United States, the su.
court Tuesday Ennuifgr xs mn
susional the Oklahoma consti.
y amendment and the Annapo.
voters qualification ian -
the suffrage rights of those
WIN % not vote pr whose ancss.
Tor "a not vote PRIOR To the fatl.
EictI Of the fifteenth amendment
80 edaraI constitution
ca Justice e 3.
South e : former con
sdief, ouncad the courts
q nlcl unanimous except that
fics eynolds took no part ii tti
ING that conditions that a..
the IIstsenth amendment
idsa that the Hight Is vote
sha He'd Or .aBYie a or "a.
previous cos,,iI /.
n Ia 81 sse.ik.s
iTs 4 ~ e
l1slLiS b, 8 s5it
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-02

Asa8 60 sFapt down
Aroug 6e q n land 81 koS =
Fto the Ropmar frontier
witt now ID b aads,
Austri has simed Writ r. tfse
whole Oyincs GaIiela rs fight.
ing in Ihis s Of m.
usual nteR In & Z 1ossa.
The 4 sSs,,,na~,, gsss,sSsss
capturk d, d 81 esr.
man Al IN 3 4 ay1a,,ts
run in # ~ thonsa AZ
Grea begun ID earnest
the wd nan so,ss1 s q ~
assem- lIaa ,ro,.l, $,
necess SVs ban hlsp
David s1' s. s5,',;s
tons,
the Sc ~ + &
ter to Ne n
men B -.
results
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