The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1927 Page: 1 of 16
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“The Best Newspaper Milam County Ever Had”
Rockdale Reporter Established 1893
ROCKDALE, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1327
parry*
NO. 50
wles increase output
OF THE ROCKDALE OIL FIELD
, nf paHt Two Weeks Slows Up Operations To Some
father ot ‘Field Stitl Active—Rumors are Made of
Extent Another Test South of Rockdale
, h bgd weather of the
S m the‘Rockdale oil field to
^ extertt, five new pro-
>ia"^e C dM; In
last seven days,, and casing is
Srekdv to set on several wells.
£ WtVfor oil will be made
f“f Rockdale la the near fu-
according, to' rumors circulat-
lean,
j£jngo!d for fifteen barrels per
north of the city limits,^ stood
r i ;« twelve hours after it
”, ^.tiarrcltr wF » placed on the
^ ^ t Seelke was drilled
tosdav, February 1, by Earnest
Vack Tuesday, its estimated ' pro
barrels, per day.
in the
.Company’s No. 6
Wednesday of.this week, and it is
OLD SOL COMES BACK AND
GROUND HOG GETS CHANCE
out weane
day,^February 2, and if there
are any ground hogs in this sec-
tion'of the state, they could have
seen their, shadows very easily
if they had opened the front
door, and Walked out into the
broad open spaces. If they Were
int-
ktnd, accordingr;to'the old adage,
Rockdale 'nitist be in for another
six weeks of bad weather*.
taction was twelve barrels! P©
Mk anil Lannipg' drilled
laither, rioductioir-"
n Wednesday of fh
..ported a
ly fifteen barrels a day.
The J. B. R. Smith No. 1,
jje by Coffield & Uak, was brought:
ami
I«.rnrted as a good;producer. Qof-
leld & Hale are this week drilling"at
psjff.T 590 f et oirthe J. B, H- South
a
under
The Phillips and Ferry No. 1, drill-
ed iu last Saturday, was given up as
(bad job at first due to a shoeing
h£_saii r, laUir r.T rrt. are
to the effect .that it will probably
Bake a fair.produeer.
The Pm? FuriiS.'Txm Hudson No.' 1
Oh well, we’re willing to say
The- aun did look good for one
day-rat least, and we are aft un-
customed to the clouds, anyway!
CAMERON MAN HELD FOR
DfeATH OF YOUNG WOMAN
Lydia | Bartfk Found Dead Monday
Night—Luthef Edmonds
• Under Arrest
COUNTY TEAMS WILL BE
ENTERED IN TWO-DAY
BASKETBALL TOURNEY
SIX SENIOR AND FIVE JUNIOR
TEAMS REGISTER FOR MEET
~ at rockdaleT1-'
Six definite entries for the senior
division and five for the^ junior di-
vision have been recorded for the twy-
day 'basketball tournament to be held
at thfl- TWkHaU - higW-’SCftMT courts
COUNTY MEET WILL
BE HELD AT CAMERON
ON MARCH 18 AND 19
TWO-DAY MEET TO BE FEATUR-
ED BY ATHLETIC AND LIT-
ERARY EVENTS
BANC! GOES THE STARTER'S GUN;
OPPORTUNITY CLUB MEMBERS TOE
THE LINE FOR FIRST HEAT OF RACE
A meeting of the Executive Com-
mittee of the Milam Courity Interscho-
lastic League was held’last Saturday
afternoon in the office of County Su-
£
5, according to T. V. Montgomery,
Rockdale high athletic coach and di-
rector of basketball for Milam county.
Montgomery states that he expects
several more schools to..enter teams
before the tournament iyStarted to
morrow.
—According to the schedule-announc-
ed Wednesday, the games will begin
at 9 o'clock Friday morning
two high school courts. Two games
of senior basketball will be played
•each morning ofthe meetytwoFriday
afternoon, with the finals coming
Saturday afteihnoon. Officials of the
tournament, as announced by Mont
superintendent of the Thrall. school;
and Saturday, Sneed, of A. and M.
College
“Although definite plans-for a tro-
phy to be presented -to the.'winning
team have not yet- been- completed,
’some suitable ayvanl. will be made to
.the -winning teams of.'|>oth,the senior
and juiiior--divitdons-r1*: "Montgomery
stated. *:The trophies will be present-
ed to the teams at .the -County Inter-
Lydia Hurt: k, about-20 years -of scholastic League Meet, which .will be
age, was found dead ifl a room ofthe held in Cainefon‘during the later part
-G
perintendent Kathryn K. Robbins, and
bruary 4 an<j Friday and Saturday, March 18 and
19, were chosen as dates for the
Gounty Meet which will be held in
Cameron.
The boys’ basket ball-tournament
will be held Friday jmd Saturday1,
February 4 and 5, and the girls’ bas-
ket ball tournament will be held Fri-
-day and Saturday^ - Mar-eh 4 and 5.
Both basket ball tournaments will be
in charge 'of Coach T?V?_Montgomery
Moore building,, at 9:30
O’clock Monday night,- at Cameron, | After the final games '.have been
of 31 arch.
Texas, and Luther Edmonds, 40,' was
placed under ' arrest- by Sheriff- Blay-
lock pending a further investigation
into her death. _ > .LI .
At an inquest held K. ia thfe office-of tho -dwx..
English it was held that the girL-died
L , »a a result of an attempted criminal,
lb drilling. Wednesday afternoon -at (i[)(in'yonT' ^ceordmg:toreports from
■pet
faftdifflft thkwgckr Unless trouble is
pcoantcrod.
Groik'man Bros.Tiavo traded for the
likcre Chandler lease-ami are prepar-
pg'-to begin drilling operations at
. Groneman Bros, fouhd a dry hole in
ling tTieir No. 2 well. on the Mc-
wiey Bros. • lease. No. 1 on This
Cameron, Edmonds
vestigation was to
tinuedt Wednesday.
Dr, A. Si Epperson .was called in to
nnke an’examination of the body _of
played Saturday . afternoon, an all-
eomvty team will be picked by the
coaches and officials; jj
. Senior teams officially entered
tpr of basketball' in Rockdale are:
Cameron, .Buckholts, ‘ Rockdale, Oak
-HU!,.Yal Verde, aild Sa'fl Gabriel. Yar-
relton, Jhorndale, and probably oth
the irEj ers, will also Tie entered. ,. The
H con- division list, Wednesday,, included San
Gabriel, Came rot., R< -clabde, Sharp.
jfcf the Rockdale high; gchool.
*' The tennis tourna,ments for
both
boys and girls will be held' in~Camer-
on beginning at 9:00 o’clock Satur
day, March 12th'. \ "
School exhibits Will be displayed
nr sp-eial feature of the worlc of
the jLeafeu^ this year. Mrsr-Kathryn
K. Robbins will be in charge of dll
exhibits, which will be placed on the
first floor, of the Ada Henderson
school building, and must be in place
not later than 10:09- o’clock Friday,
March 18.
_Special features.’appearing for 'the
first time as a part, of the League
program are the Three “R” Contest
and • the Rural -Pentathlon; open- only-
tabijie and two, teacher schools.___
:A wider interest jis being shown
There is Still Time to Get in on the Ground Floor. Send in Tour
. Entry Blank Today And Climb Aboard the Oppor-
. tunity, Club Special r
All aboard 1
SteamJ8 upl ,.l
The Opportunity Club Special, laden down with $2,500 worth
of rich^ and valuable prizes for the folks of Rockdale and the sur-
rounding territory, is on its way; " ---: - --------^
The pink ballot is the only ticket you need to ride this spec-
ial tr&in. Make your reservations NOW at Opportunity Club
Headquarters.
Full speed ahead, is the slogan the few live, widb-awake folks
who have so far become full fledged active club members, have
Just a few so
their share ofthe rich prizes to be awarded .just five short weeks
from now. There is plenty of room at the topt of the list for a
By a glance at the first list of active club members published in
this week’s issue of The Reporter.
All aboard! All aboard: that’s going abcfard! The prelimi-
naries «re al oveT with', and the ’•Opportunity Club Special is on
its way through SUBSCRIPTIONVILLE to SUCCESS.
* ' r 1 T jpi, mil yi]ii>i,hj-vil i" n rnii.iMii.nm.iii I ",-.........—-
\ -_t ‘ Enter Now—^Tuday • .•
Come on; - climb aboard! Grasp
YOUR one big OPPORTUNITY
RIGHT NOW, for„ in less than five
short weeks it will be gone, never to
return. Remember The Reporter is
your home town paper. You need it
a ml it. needs you. It nee'ds your co-.
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REV. J. A. HALL, BAPTIST
PASTOR, MOVES TO WACO
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Accepts Pastorate, of Turner Street
- Baptist Church After Nineteen
And Half Months Here
operation. It is the biggestAfactor
That will carry yoium home towji tQ
Rev, J. A-, Hall, pastor of, the First the goal of success,„and remember it
Baptist Church of Rockdale; fij>r the only honest-to-goodness team work
past'nineteen and one-half' months, that will win tRat -goal for you; so
in the music memory contest due to left Tuesday for -Waco where he has pt Into the game. Play fair vvitk'
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the fact that the department of . ex-
tension of the University of Texas is
able to furnish phonograph records of
the Contest selection's.
In .order to stimulate Interest ,
literary events, silver loving cups will held each Sunday, according to mem- hearfs .desire,, Play fair with your
. ! . . —* . 9 • l L n 4- lft 1«4- rt avm w\ 1 4* 4* AA t ' ~ . . _ u 2 I*
be ‘awarded to the "winners, in each
of these events. The only athletic
awards; Willm be for the all-around
/Class “A” championship in athletjcs,
junior Class-‘4Btt cha|npionsyp. in athletics,
and in the rural pentathlon.
fRe purpose' of betraying the ex-
penses: of the' meet,: charges for the
the Lorenz lease. Both of these.leases
the ^casb. -V—No^ statement .had been
made public Wednesday morning in
regard,.to the cause of Miss
death.
base,'-drillmh-bi■■♦<■<11a> 4i-m» ago, a
NoSck and McCormick set easing
fedSsday.on the AY. II. Marshall No.
[l, under lease by Coffield and ,Hale.;
Iris a test well aiid Js located' dn"
pb extreme western edge of'the field.
Henry bavis is 'running casing on
|the Billy Smith- No. 2. " ,
; wniliari^- ’bak . leased tKF
sftlett tract and will spud in his No.
B today (Thursday ), ‘on the extreme
Iwestern edge of the' lease.
|on the Dr, II. T. Coulter old Arnold
B8e, derrick is up,- nod drilling' wall:
gin soon.' • *
A avihlettt
96.900 BALES OF COTTON
STOKED INOKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City, - Oklm, Jan. 24.—
Reduction of the 1927 cotton acreage
will not fall below'25 Rer cent of that
of the 1926 acreage, according to re-
j > o its of prog re in the- campaign
now being conducted in—the. cotton
counties. Eugene jrGum of this, city
heads a general" cbmm'iUee having hr
cjharge the .work of securing pledges
from cotton growers that^tliey_Witt
not devote so dtany acres to cotton as
they did in 1920.
Although only being .’Successful in
placing OR.nnO bales in storage,-when-
..the.amy^:yk«mia,laad8.-,thA-2Ki:0UP. Lause; Atmeuc^, ... v. reruns, pastpy, aL ai^iir^s np
ryrfth one officeor: every 2$W of [eron;--Essay Writing, J. O. Hugh^ ^tudy •courses, including W. M, U
- '••• *• — •• • ” Sunday schobl, and-B; Y. P. U., and
n.g 4riUftd.L
& Baggttt- Bros. in’, tie- Da villa sec-
p northwest of _thg Rockdale field'
%.,Mrs. Tom Fowler tract. They.
Py~^P°rF'd Drilliny: Wednesday at
"100 feet mlthr Austdh!jwilk ■ and will
1° fqrtb kji_SZ4i:jh:vt' the Edwards]•'
fir Fv,n ^'Jisade^ably IfTh account of
thffl'. ‘Several shallow’
her, quota was 40Uk090, Oklahoma
m;ulci rnnsl. stales. In the'Bpinion of
work at Baylor 'University, where she
MILAM UfMTNTY t'QTTON ItEl’fffl-T^rlTiTtrTriTTTr-y^ -midm TtT'rs now enrolled as a junioh
Therc^were 68,291 bales of .cotton,
counting" round as half bales, ginned in
Milam County, from.the crop of 1926
ed-with l-1,316 baLs ginned to J anuary
16, 1926.
.BASIL McGREGOR,
....... -—"■Special Agent,
and p'ublic speaking, 10 and 15 cents;
to track and field events, 15 and 25
m-par-Lcents; to finals in debate ,^apd Rublim
speaking,-lb and 15 cents.'
federacy have, 22 .pCr.lcent of th white
furnish 27 per cent of the officers-in
During h4s stay in RockdaTe. Rev.
lake
_ -Ltlt
Hall has made, quite a .record for him- ! along,
self as-well aif’-the Baptist church of
tyg/hgyingg^aehe^. 148 people
All^teachers. are. urged; to^acquaiht, building, during Bro. Hall’s period as town. It is your one, big opportu
themselves with ttye . constitution-and
Tales of the Lcuguti and to give -spceral
study *to eligibility! rules.
The states "tfiat comprise the Con-j_.- A list of'the dirdptors of the; League
are a"s follows: Dir*Actor General, T. A.
population of the United States a,ncl' Fjsher, Cameron; Declamation, Henry
- - -- - Ross, Thorndale; Debate, Rex,Colder,
Cause; Athletics, L. V. Perkins, Cam-
its population
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(Continued on
j Opportunity
Is* Knocking, ^Ringing and Calling Today at Your Door
Yutjir door bell is-ringing,, then a Lviwl t-nncV ^.l tli.n a k.
‘ call to Vound GPFAT thk ddur that is the only bdrrier between YOU
rfnfl'Vmir ffhmcgiof. S2.50() wui’ttr.of nUiv.'nificent and costly prmyh of-
I'crml liiy The R'eporter in a short, snappy,-six weaks’ subscription
campaign. A
Herewith-listed'' below are-I-lVo names of^hose whoJarc- so far
entered 'in the Opportunity "Club. ' \Vc'tell you frankly and honestly
tled there nr.- LESS ACTIVE CAND1 DATEf&~IN XHE_RACE THAN
THERE ARETMtt^ES AND COMMISSIONS TO BE.AWARDED.-
SlTCad^^trr^-^^-dtnW-n^ • Think it. aver... readers; anil —
friends, and don’t let OPPORTUNITY ’S CALL go uiiif nsw.er d. “
■ , 7.First List of Entries'. ' ' t.
CI»b ~below in alphnbeticM\ ord-r tog.?thor
with all credits cFsT~aTid^ru)itgJ fid1 publicaDon of
day}, F .lmuqr-y 3rd. , . .
j 1 ' * 1 District No. 1 *4
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Mr. Lqon Albrecht ..............................- ........--mi-ATwr
Mrgr~7^5nf~Wrforfl '■7F*.~ikF7TrT.T.~k;:.'FT -• ...............
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.12,000
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accepted the pastorate of the Turner your neighbor and yourself. e
Street Baptist Church of that city. A1- if for some unusual - reason YOU
fnough the Rockdalq. church has not cannot take an active part in the Op-
yet secured a .pastor to succeed Rev. j po^turdty...Club yourself, help your
Hall, regular church Services will be | to win the prize of her
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hers of the pulpit committee. , j community by doiiig your share to-
The Wacos church boasts a mem- ward bigger and better things fur
bership of 660, and pays its pastor Rockdale, - -v '
$10.0 more per year than is paid by j if fB on]y when EVERYBODY gets
the Baptists of Rockdale. Bro. Hall inf0 the game that1, Rockdale will
stfttes that by moving to Waco his achieve its, ambitions, a bigger trade
wife will be enabled to complete her ^center, more •'business, more indus-
tries, a better place to live in and
t’s go! We are going! Gome
for Christ in the "church. The church .created especially for, you and your
Opportunity for You
3^ki0ppgrtuirttyy Club has treeir
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pastor, has-been thoroughly -renovat- L nity to make more mbhey in the next
ed 'and—worked- over, and is ’ aaw--.jnJ five weeksr;thtm -you reveF::»BFdg~'4ir‘
excellent Condition, "and, according to | your iife before, or ever will again in
...ii-LL-..;
.the pastox, fhe church now maintains
a . substantial budget and is able to
meet' all bills at the first of- each
month with sufficient _ funds. . The
pastor at nil.times has taught three
school it was found lacking only two
p o ints of an. A -1 rating.
such a short time.
Clip your„Yentry blank which you
will find in the^ big page advertise-
ment about “the Opportunity Club, and
your first subscription RIGHT NOW.
Further - delay is dangerous, -as it is
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at a recent grading of the Sunday only just a short time till the big
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credit schedule, w.ill be redheedr ‘ NOW
Ik ,the time to enter, when the club
^o":lVsTOnr- and Subsoriptions are •
...... _ ..... - -- * » easy to,ge^7g§~yet nghne..whcM^t^
any advantage and you can .start on
fnotincr with th^ others.
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church newspaper edited by Rev. J; A.
Hall, ceased publication with the is-
sue of Saturdav. Januarv 29. This „m,nt
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paper, Velf-suataiiifiip:* and indep^ndynt [ THerc is
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notping else in this, world
nf*'tlu> cbm-rlv \v:ig lone of Bro. Hall’s i Mrin »Tmf )„»intifnl p)if>vr/t-
most noteworthy undertakings, d^nd | coach or that handsome Ford Tu-
was probably^ilio first church news- j dor sedan -hutuUREblTS. Credits
papers'published in Rockdale in re-1 alone, will win—so get them. NOW
■cent, years. ...... —------------^while' subserjpfions are easy to -get
and count the most. YOU- owe it to
yourself to make SURE that your
name will be in the next list of stand-
ings, if it is not in today’s. /.
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i -........... >•*. ttrfht^TTrinity.
has morrd rig from the
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A demonstration in toi>*w<yking ]>e-
.can trees . will .be givetT byj County*
■--4~Ig'gi.ug._ wlthin-
Sgjains.nF BeR 'musTTm are
^ticai faFihe bat-hropm' as they' dot
rij—: r- «>".y .wlivii'dan i pel!
Z a'r’ and as they may be
BrifchW them
k.a.k,1.1-..ftT-npji]l'rfni:~of c'oU
“l sweater, measure
ilflp.j.y11^ 9tnvn the dimensions.
S,'yaSheJ' ,,nd cinsed, spread
ikhed <l0W”* Wil}‘ 8>cves ouf
•of dean ’Sof" “tv;iraL/lnt thicknesses
f ■'. '' “al. Shape it ac-
to original ' dimonsions.
^IPunliidry. ]J
a; one-armed may-
Agents Banzhaf and. L. D. RomberjSr
“pecan- expert at the hnine ;of
Kathryn Robbins on JRfley Heights:
in Camerbn on^ Friday, February 4,
at 1 p.- in.
those working on the matter of acre-
age 'reduction these activities have
ailed materially In. keeping the price
high, aa it has been. .
PecauBuddiTig Will
Be Demonstrated in
Triffisf SehooI House
Destroyed by Fire
Early Hour Tuesday
Fire of undetermined origin' totally
dill UIUUI uv/grtuci
k ■ •
'aV1 .
- Credits
.JFflg—Hie gghveglgnce "of"' ctrosg - why
■y.,1 !!>■ l.u-Minr
,.f. »„■ l.ii mile Jr 0£ffce wi„ imt,
"At thiaFtimo' a1 gooi!-
pecan tree- will
^ knd
TOTtl “rOTidlingtr
horrled^
of prodi
____ be cut-back or wde-
buddetl fdr the purpose
ng papri shell peennf*-.-' ^
paper . .
Work will be demonstrated to all w
attend with the idea of te-aching the!
how to “bud” pecans or Other trees.
M Rom berg" has five acres planted
to pecans for nursery purposes, just^
outside the northwestern limits of this
city and will offer pecan nursery stock
forr sale as soon as developed. Cam-
eron Enterprise.
“Give-: the children a variety of fid*
vors in their foods early ip life. In
tiuthy cases the foods people think
they do not li'ke are foods they have
never tasted. —' *y
.. Mrs. Clara Ashby
Miss Lorn- CJaro. ... ...
Missives,('raw!'o,l'd ,
Mrs. Ralph I.arnou .. .^1
Miss Vera Lofton ...... -
—Mrar. E. A. McGown ...........
M rut
Mrs. .Harley Stone ..........vr '
Miss Ora Vinton’ *r...... .............. /
* ‘District No. 2
Club Member— . - A - y/^y
Miss M4n«w-Bell, Tanglewood --------1~~:—
Miss Georgia. Caywood, Route 1 l------—-
■Miss Inez Gilstrap, Route 4
• MAs. James Heffington, LepdfiglUn
Mrs. Lulie Jinks,; Route 1 ..........
(Miss Helen McGtegqr, Milano
Min! 'UTvde - Moore," Da Villa .•......
Miss,-Sue Sanders, Mihorva ................-
Mrs. T. J; Shew, RoptO 1 .....................• -
south-
ing toy a report sent
tTti
perter by
f-p°rtdr Office will remain open-until
*'*"'”* “ There you will find the ckb manager
who will without any oBligation on
Tull dc-
Hicks
in to The Re-
correspondenL
■y.
WILL YOU BE U*THE-NEXT LIST!
} ANSWER <tPPDRTUMTY NOW
.v 14,9.90
•..12,900
Y6.S50
....... 46,500
Credits
L........14,700..
.......12,000
...15,800
...16^750
...12,000
.. 17,'500
14,700 -
...38.000 !
./15,500
-TODAY!
Np estimate of the amount ot the Toss
.Wfts made by the correspondent, ..wild
stated that “the house waft burned J^o
tails and any t other information you
may "Want regarding the" Opportunity
__ ___rlnh or^ subscriptions. The office
the .ground.” will romaTri open tveTy night until S
The building'will be rebuilt as soon p ^ receive entries, issue sup-
plies, credits, etc. t
ALL ABOARD—-LET’S GO!
as possible; it is . announced, but at
tb» present tioie it has' not begn de-
cided where school classes Will be /held
until a new building is constructed. DISTRICT JUDGES CHANGE
This ia the third fire loss suffered
at; Hicks during the past' few Weteks,
and r. porta are, to the effect that' all
three have b'ben in one certain section.
Tomatoes Ire rich in all \tiree.vita-
mins—A. B, and C. Tomatoes keep
the C vitamin even when cooked dr
canned. ’ -
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BENCHES FOR ONE WEEK g
District Judge Dodson of Marlin is }
holding court in Cameron this vwe'sk-'-
while Judge WatSon is presiding in-
his stead at Marlin. The change was .
madeygi account of Judge Diodson be-
ing disqualiffied to sit in \a case on\
(trial; there. Judge Dodson 'idlspatchek
business promptly, being very much
like Judge Watson in that Regard.—•1
Cameron Enterprise^ 1
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