ftftJC It)mmlW WATCHMAN, getOBehed April, ISM. *Be Jut Ud Pe*r not?L*?t mil the ends Thon Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's." THE TRUE SO?THHON, tejj|j||| June, n
8?MTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1912.
Vol. XXXIV. No. 41.
* PROVING BMFT flUBGES.
DNsTMTIYI-: BIH.NS HAS look 1.1 >
l*V hi.f \si"s lU (oitl).
Be?t K IK mil in.I Most Successful t>c
uvilir of the Bay Say* He IIa? the
Fnoi-? to Prove That Cole Blea*t? a
*>?tor and Governor Ha> Been a
Graftrr.
Augusta, Ga? July 12.?Backed by
William J. Burns, the detective ot
^International fame, and the dicta?
graph that has played such an im?
portant part In the conation of
gratfers in the United states. Thomas
B. Felder, the Atlanta attoi ney. today
began his official attack on the r? -
^frd of Cole L. Blease. governor of
-wouth Carolina.
We are going to OtaaM out the
Augean stables today." he said.
Previously Mr. Felder had prom?
ised the people of South Carolina that
be would, when he got on the wit?
ness stand, "lay Cole Blease's record
?feare to the bone."
William J. Burns. the detective
who put the Log Angeles dynamiters
behind the bars, uncovered a dvna
mite conspiracy extending across one
side of the United States, and has fig?
ured In the apprehension of more big
hg rim Ina Is than any other one man
In the United States, wast quoted from
the witness stand as declaring that
the gan Franelsco graft case was In?
finitesimal "compared with the con?
ditions which have existed in South
Carolina,"
^ Piece by piece Felder, In his testi?
mony, charged alarming and startling
conditions of official corruption In
Houth Carolina. For five hours or
more he was on the witness stand and
In a connected story made the charge
of unlimited graft, legislative "syndl
tJ^Ates" controlled by Blsase as sena
^^err. or money demanded by the "syn?
dicate" to block legislation, of par?
dons alleged to have been purchased
from the governor, one in Charleston
having cost 12.000 of corruption
rsUroads for
7ut of the legislature
li the railroads didn't want, oi
frame-up made In Atlanta by Bis I
and Hub" h. Kvans with Bluthen
thal A Btckert. ? wholesale vvhbkev
house, fur adding rebates to the COB'
"f whiskey gold ihe BtatS tttptMaT)
^*o the ret> if- - I OVM ht turned over t ?
^f? hoard <>t eoatrol by the whole*
salers; of tt.ono In one lump sum
paid Into the hands ??f Oole L Bbu-e
and Hub II laam by Monroe Btckerl
when the deal was first trained on
the occasion of a visit to the ItqttOf
house In Atlanta; of the schedule <d'
^BssAim iioii i i\ levied on Ihs Charles)?
in blind titters by l; . ami ot his
share with ? hlef Coaatablt Mothall
In that monthly tax.
Finally the asantoti ? laaed toalsjht
with the testimony of William J.
Burns, who*, partinu shot v\a.s a di
dj^#. t statement in re| |\ to i question
from Bep; . s.-ntativ .? Cu v, that t'nie
L. Blease la a graft sc.
The commltteeman had asked:
"Will JSJSSJ i ceoi d (referring to the
dteiasraph record* and nthduv it-)
-h- w that Cole I.. Bh a-e lias grafted,
^i- ?enator slid ftg goxcruoi, under the
*f*vm)uor law** of South Carolina."'
Mr. Burn-' reply was plain, short
him! pointed: "Yes, iltcy will."
The hearing had adjourned until
la |... k tomorrow morning when
ludertlve Be. u. of telephonic device
fame. *a II1 ft at tha stand.
IfV \ .?r 11 nt.iiIons for the islon
lomoirow wie prom i -"d tonight by
Mr Felder. More of the dl- ta*ia|di
testimony wlll.be presented, and it is
known that -everal wall-kmeaii South
Carolinians will be Implicated. The
session will be resumed tomorrow
Jmornlng at 11 >>'> I
The committee has restricted 1.1
der to the offP l.i I foe Ofd ??f Gov.
Bleu??., and h is cimUtently refused
to hear testimony beafiSgj on the pri?
vate life of the < hlef executive
The legislative . ommiMce arrived in
W\a UMMJst I fr?fj| their hones In South
Carolina l?-t nu!.:. TtM RMjUlbani ul
the conniltt.e her. afi Beanlars t'tr
lid?\ Clifton and MulIB mi and Rente*
tga4gdJKaM Cmf} ind Brans Mr, Dan?
lei was detained it hat home on ..< -
ait of seen,
Mr Kei.b-r was repri anted il the
hearing ??> Burh-n Sn.dh ind Carl
M.it-h.-on s4 \n mi !. Boykln Wright
w. K. Mm. i iad C B. 1 htiib ir, all ol
Augu-ti . .mi W ?i Els Is of Waynes.
\ arev
The no-, tu, - I ? ill< I t order ?t
w
gdjt h f.riii.tn.
There v ia irr? ?? lUtRCt |g II.art
r.n w hen Mr P dd< I if lit le d
danga Ho- .on, it? Hi Introduced
rm ? asjtaaal i ad i ,: that I ha he i r?
? j i . . j d mtll nooj,.
"Gentlemen," said ml Felder. "Wil?
liam J. Hum*. Whom you all ha\.
doubtless heard ot as a great detec?
tive, was placed In charge "f this case
several months ag<>. He was ?Hon
entire charge ol the South Carolina
situation. He will arrive in Augusta
s..me time before noon. I desire that
he bf the ti 1 >t witness, in the QOUrsS
of the testimony you will see why 1
make this request. Mr. Hums will
arrive in Augusta from the East."
The request was granted by Senator
Carlisle ami the several hundred anx?
ious spectators left the court room.
i Mr, Felder arrived in Augusta last
night from his home in Atlanta, a< -
ompanied by BttttOH J. Smith. In
his preliminary statement he promis?
ed a sensation and declared that he
would prove every charge that he had
I made against the governor of South ,
Carolina. He declared that he would
expose the official and private record
of Cole L Biegst.
The committee adjourned at 11
o lock until noon. Mr. Felder re- j
turned to the court house at noon,
accompanied by several of his ;it
torneys and a man whose name was
given as E. 8. Reld. Col. Felder said
that the real name of the man would
be given later in the day. He declar?
ed that his friend was the chief lieu?
tenant of W. J. Hums.
The first witness to he put up by
Mr. Felder was Heid. The witness
was put up to give a practical demon?
stration of the working of the dicta?
graph. Mr. Felder *ald that it was
necessary to give the demonstration
to prove certain records to be intro?
duced.
While the apparatus was being
prepared William J. Hums arrived.
He was loudly cheered by the several
hundred spectators in the office. De?
tective Hums was Introduced.
Heid devoted several minutes to the
preparation of the dictagraph. Two
Sgagsbgffg of the committee. Senators
Sullivan and Clifton, went to a dis?
tant room in the building to test the
dictagraph. The other members of
the committee heard distinctly the
voices of the comtnitteemen in th*
distant room. Th* voices were reeog
r.;/< J. The members Of the commit?
tee reversed positions with the same
result. This was done to show the
correctness ol Ihe dictagraph and its
reliability. Tin- newspaper men pres?
ent SlSO tested the apparatus.
The dictagraph a m accepted by the
commutes.
? I think that Is all light." said
Sen itor lCarlisle,
Detective Bums Teatlnea,
Augusta. C?a.. July 12.?William J.
Burns, who has uncovered moi graft
schemes than any other living Amer?
ican, tonight took the stand before
the South Carolina legislative Inves
tiuating > otnmittee and told of his
work in investigating the record of
Gov, Cole i.. niea-e in connection with
tin- affairs of the old state dispensary.
Severe] hundred persons crowded the
Richmond county court room lo suf
foeation, and there was supreme si
h ue.' as the lit. it detective told his
story.
lb- said that he bad gone into the
affair, made a thorough Investigation.
ami that he did not propose to stop
until every mattet had been thorough?
ly aired, He recommended that the
entire matter be placed In the hands
of i m y. ii.- lold of laying before
Senator Tlllntan the testimony he had
ei liected, He promised ihe use of hi*
men until the "glatt situation" has
been Snail) ( baled Up.
"Give the committee, In narrative
for in the history of your connection
with this Investigation." said Thomas
H. Cider.
Home months igo I me! Col. Fel?
der >?' Washington, i?. c." *ald Mr,
Burns, "and he told me of tins situa?
tion that he wanted Investigated. A
year or two previous tu that hs had
endeavored t<> securt mj service* In
this mailer, but I was making the In?
vestigation of graft in San Francisco,
This la^t time, however, the colonel
had endeavored to got ms lake II up
personally, but I told him U would be
Impossible as i hid a meat deal "i
Work on hand, lb- then explained to
in> what Ihe situation was. ind when
1 food that nu n itecilpyllig high pa'.
i? position* a < i e involved I felt ihui
n a my duty lo take it up, ind l??ld
bim I Would.
We nrrunged fur ? conversation it
Augusta, and l canie down here and
ii,< i Ho- colonel at..| i < ou de ol gen
Iletneit front Hotith CarolInn and ? r?
ni Ik gentleman f i mi AI into, Oa.
We u. ni n\ er the ? i *e. Thi e gen
llenieii m ole -t (t. i.,. n' lo me ?..heb
I confess *ho ked me, not v ihstand
lug the fact i on making Im ? llga
I Ion? ill the i line Invol in - m< n In
high plaei *. I fell from the. state?
ment thai b id been m ide that II 1
absolute!-, true b. iure it i- not dlnV
cult to determine from the details of
a case whether they are well founded
or ie>t. l told Col. Felder i would
take it up. 1 detailed Mr. Bailey. He
is o<e of the men that made the In?
vestigation at Columbus, Ohio, that
resulted In the conviction of a num?
ber <>i men In the legislature. I in?
structed Mr. Bailey as to what he wa^
to do d<>wn there, and i particularly
cautioned Mr. Hailey that I wanted
him to learn for my personal infor- j
mation whether or not many of the j
things Col. Felder and the other gen?
tlemen told me about were true. I
was unable to take up the matter in
the first place for Col, Felder and he
was unable to get the best. A private
detective sometimes falls down. All
over tlie country in my public utter- j
ances 1 am warning the public of pri- )
vata detectives, becauss so many of
them cloak themselves with this call*
ing solely for the purpose of robbing
and blackmailing and selling out their
clients. I was interested in the mat?
ter, although not prejudiced against
those I was investigating.
"We always approach these matters
with an open mind and even when we
find our clients In the wrong we state
the case to them and drop it. Just as
Col. Felder told me I found that sit?
uation was there. I then decided to
take It from another angle and select?
ed Mr. Heid. Mr. Heid has done some
of the cleverst work in the country.
He has just finished at Atlantic City,
where he caught a dot of those crooks
up there. I placed him on the case
to take up ?x certain part of it. I
think we will Ik? able to lay before
thTs committee evidence as to the
character of the work that we have
e ivered fttlly In our investigations,
fhere are facts, as I suggested to Col.
Felder, that ought to be withheld for
the present. 1 think that all ought to
be shown up, because personally I
feel that at this period in the history
Of the country WS ought to show up
these matters where men in high
public position are Involved. Men
representing the public should be
made to do so in the interest of the
people. That being true. I told Col.
Felder I thought it was his duty to go
to the bottom of this and prosecute.
'i was not particularly Interested
whether he would ever send anybody
to the penitentiary or to jail. I think
it far more Important that light
should be turned on rather than sen<|
a thousand of them to the peniten?
tiary. 1 think the day has come In
this country when the people them?
selves are becoming enlightened as to
everything, i think they are taking
tremendous Interest In everything
public, The people are Interested thai
just stub in Investigation as this
should be t arried to its conclusion, i
think it would be a splendid thing to
the country it large If all this Is
shown ap, because If you can succeed
in doing thai it isn't any question but
what man) of those men become use?
ful cltlsens, it la when men are
tempted, when they lake advantage of
a situation Of this sort. I think all
that should be shown up and shown
I up thoroughly, i do noi think it well
and wise to go perhaps as far as you
gentlemen insist on their going. My
idea is it would be best for fl grand
jury to go into the matter. All the
iincn I have detailed on this will be ac?
cessible .'it any time, You can see the
men a*ho made the Investigation Jost
as you can see m r, 1 laid,
J "I think the people themselves have
become convinced that where there is
[sufficient prool the day has gone
i by when the personal Ceding of peo?
ple themselves Will permit men to
go unpunished. It has been <.\\<\
many, many times that a legislative
investigation has never amounted to
anything but to whitewash, in the
Way you are going at this l am per?
fectly sutlslled von are going to see
that jllStlce Will be (huie to every 111 iIt
and are not going to smirch anybody
for spite. The evidence will be Ihere
and if it does not ebnvlnce we will
not participate in it. We ure going
to continue in ihIs matter until the
close."
Question by Mr. Fehler; Son,.'
months afa r mil meeting In the city
ol Augusta, l met you In the city of
Washington V
"Yes sir."
i i ailed your llttenlloii to in in
toTvlow that wan published in several
oi th. papers thai purported to i>. hy
Si nator Ttllmu n"'"
? Yes, sir."
i uggi st. d I?. you i hat a ? en II
Upon I he seiiatoi and submit the in
i.t lew to him."
"Yes, sir."
"The Inten lew was l he elTo? t
thai ii the evidence uddi.I it
lh 11 ihe senator lhat I In governor u
South i *.h olitui had been ? ngaglns
nt
ic
' That Is COrTOl t
ernor
?'What did we do with relation to
that matter and th.- result?"
"We continued our investigation
after that, and it was after that We
took up other features ol it. We sent
Mr, Heid from Ailantic City."
Didn't we call upon Senator Till -
man in his ottiee at the capltol?"
"Yes, sir."
"And ask him if the interview was
correct ?"
"Yes, sir."
"] then said: 'Senator, I have a
very great admiration for you and you
ewe it to the people of South Caro?
lina to live up to the utterances you
have made and that I have Mr. Burn^
here to substantiate it."
"That's correct" I
"He laid he was satisfied with it?"
"I think his expression was just as
Col, Felder has said; that if we had
the evidence to substantiate the
? harge.? we had heard then he cer?
tainly thought that Gov. Blease was
i >t entitled to the confidence of the
people of South Carolina."
"State to the committee the name
under whbh Mr. Bailey operated in
the city of Charleston and the State
< I South Carolina."
"Wilson. My instruction to Mr.
Bailey was to go into the community
and use the subterfuge of wanting to
start a high class Rambling place,
where it would bring people from all
parts of the country in a crooked
gambling scheme. The people who
were to go there would never get
away with their money. He was only
to play with men with large money,
and that he would have to be ab?
solutely protected; he didn't want to
invest his money unless he had ab?
solute protection. He did that, all but
open the garrhling house. Many peo?
ple do not agree with me in using
those tactics. We are perfectly justi?
fiable in using every subterfuge in or?
der to determine whether or not they
are the character of men they are
charged with being."
"How long did Mr. Bailey, alias
Wilson, remain in Charleston?"
"He was there a number of months;
a !or < time, and as you say he spent
a lot of your money."
Question by Mr. Cary: "Mr. Burns,
enlarge on this Interview with Senator
Tillman. The evidence that you sub?
mitted to hin , was it satisfactory to
the senator in taking a decided posi?
tion ?"
No, ire only gave him a verbal ac?
count oi tin- situation and did not
submit to him any written evidence.
Col. Felder told him what we had and
wdiat we could show. Col. Felder
asked me if that was right. 1 am sure
the senator will tell you exactly what
he said to us. My recollection is that
he said if we could substantiate the
charges we related to him then cer?
tainly the governor of South Carolina
was not entitled to the confidence of
the people."
j Question by Mr. Rvana: ?Would
this evidence connect in any way tin*
present governor with the affairs of
the stale dispensary?"
j "Yea, sir. What Col. Folder stated
to him covered the whole situation,*'
l Question by Senator Clifton: "Mr.
Burns, did your Investigation, and the
reports made to you by the Invest Igo
tors under your charge show whether
or not the present governor of south
l Carolina was guilty of grafting, cither
gs governor or state senator, in con*
jnectlon with the old state dispen?
sary?"
? I would prefer that you wail until
I you get the reporth on that."
j "Rc|>orts made to von will -how
that?"
? Ye-, sir."
??Will show the present governor
iltltN been guilty of gruftlllg, either RS
[governor or state senator, in connec?
tion with Hie liquor law? of South
I < arolina .'"
"Yc-. -ir."
The above Is the official report of
the stenographer of the committee,
j A great man) citizens m those sec?
tions of rfumter where the drain pipes
are choked with sand and trash be?
cause of the absence of sand trap
are making it rather warm for the of
'pi i.iis of tii,. health department, Thi
i health officer staled t<> t 1 hilly Item
i> porti i today that the ladles who ar.
making complaints are using ehoiei
ami select language, grammatical!)
correct in each ")'' every sentence
|f not complimentary-, A great man)
of the gentlemen, however are no
-io particular, and Borne are usin
I i iiKtl igi ? hi- h i - let < \ i' Hy pari la
meiitary, ind would stand disinfect
inu. withoul spoiling what pure Kn
glish there ma. he in the remarks
Vlining other Interesting
the c il ly life <', " \\
saying he sang tenoj to i
ivvv. No doubl he sings a health)
loafing bass now.?Charleston Poet,
GOVERNOR NOT HEARD FROM.
heard anything from Governor
Blease as to what action he would take
in the matter of the recommendations
Of the grand jury, presented at the
recent term of court, that Magistrates
John F. Ingram of Privateer, and
Geo. T. DesChamps of Mayesville be
dismissed. He stated that he had
on last Tuesday served all of the
parties interested with certified copies
of the presentment of the grand
jury, among these being the governor,
county commissioners and supervisor,
sheriff, legislative delegation and can?
didates for the legislature.
Governor Blease will now, if he de?
cides to take any action at all at this
time, have to dismiss the magistrates
or will set some time for a hearing
of the case in so far as the magistrates
are concerned as to why they should
not be dismissed from office. Whatever
steps he will take will be watched
with the greatest interest in this
county.
It is understood that Magistrate
Ingram, who had previously not been
an avowed candidate, has come out in
the race to supersede himself and
that several of the other candidates
who had announced themselves have
since withdrawn in his favor.
State Sunday School Convention to be
Hehl in Suniter Next Spring.
When the convention of the State
Sunday School Association was held
in Greenwood last spring, the Sec?
retary of the Chamber of Commerce
of that body called up Secretary Snell
and asked him if Sumter would care
to have the convention next year.
This body is composed of all the
Protestant denominations of the State.
There was no time to confer with the
various pastors < f the several church?
es of the city and so Secretary Bne*ll
took it upon himself to invite the
convention to meet in Sutmer and the
invitation was accepted, It was felt
that the Christian bodies of Sumter
would eo-< perate in making the con?
vention a success and that the homes
of Sumter would he thrown open to
the delegates.
At a recent meeting ?f the Men
ami Ibligion Forward Movement, the
pastors ami Sund iv School workers
there present endorsed the invitation
of On- Secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce, and it was decided to
leave the detailed arrangement* for
the convention t<? the Executive Com
mfttee, it was further deti rmlned to
take up the matter of entertain?
ment of the delegates with the In?
dividual churches. The response has
been hearty, proving Sumter's usual
reputation for hospitality, it may he
necessary t<? arrange for 50 to 100
mole delegates hut the eommittee
I feels assured that Sumter will be able
t.. pt o\ |de for these.
Iti reply to t letter from Sumter
t. King of the action of the meeting
of the Men and Religion Forward
Movement, the Secretary of the State
Sunday School Association writes;
Mr. A. v. Snell, Sumter, s. c.
Dear Mr. Snell: We have just learn
oil from Mr. Wood how generously
Suniter has acted concerning the next
state Sunday School Convention lu
that city, We ire very anxious to
make it the largest as well ;is the
greatest convention in our history.
Iti fart. we ate planing the
most remarkable religious gathering
ever seen in the state. We are trying
to secure the presence of Mr. Marion
Lawrence, the greatest Sunday
Schoo] man m the world. The music
ami ..th.f features will he of unusual
interest.
We at. working out our new let?
ter heads which will advertise the
convention across the top ol the
sheet. Hefore doing so we want to
decide "ii the date, and we want to
consul! the convenience of SumtcT
he fore deciding. Would March 'if*.
and 2" suit local conditions?
I want ' o ? upress to \ ou in l?eha \\
of the State Association our appre?
ciation of your interest ami your
promptness and courtesy in attend
mil; til.-- first details concerning
Ith.- convention, I am va.in< to use
mv
.-ti. i.mh
um it a n marka i
am .it>- I -hill
tit '.?'Ii. ai
opei ii on from thi
l.o< kni?: forw ird
t
i iv
mi
I hoping to hear from \
11!\. ,.P Is ibilitj ot dat
Sincerely yours
Grace W
Vandb ? r
Fi. id Secretary.
VlUlJpff*' l>S TO FARMERS.
^.owart> Senate*? Attempt to
^"Change I otton Statist*? Bill.
Washington, July 11.?Repre?
sentative A. F. Lever, this morning
turned a neat trick in the interest of
the cotton growers of the country,
when he appeared before the com?
mittee on census at the request of its
chairman, in opposition to the senate
amendment to the house bill of which
he was a joint author, authorizing the
director of the census to publish
statistics concerning the amount of
cotton ginned, the quantity of raw
cotton consumed in manufacturing
establishments of every charcter,
the quantity of baled cotton on hand,
the number of active cotton spin?
dles and the quantity of cotton im?
ported and exported with the country
of origin and destination.
J The law now requires that statistic?
of the quantity of cotton ginned shall
be published ten times yearly and un?
der the resolution introduced by Mr.
J Lever and passed several years ago,
i the quantity of cotton consumed in
manufacturing establishments and
jthe quantity of baled cotton on hand
also should be published quarterly. A
{number of members from the South,
during the earlier days of the session
collaborated the bill, which not only
requires the publication of the full
statistics as to the amount of cotton
consumed in manufacturing establish?
ments, and the quantity of baled cot?
ton on hand and the number of active
consuming cotton spindles, and the
quantity of cotton imported and ex?
ported, and that these figures should
be published monthly, so that the
farmers would be given the same in?
formation, with respect of the con?
sumption of cotton and the demand
for it as the law new gives to the
consumers, with respect of the
amount of production.
This bill passed the house without
any serious trouble, but the senate
amended If so that the statistics of
the quantity ot COltdu consumed in
manufacturing establishments and
the quantity of baled cotton on hand
should be published only quarterly
in each year. But Mr. Lever was
asked to Come before the committee
and give his version upon the senate
amendment, and he very strongly ob?
jected to it on the ground that there
could be no hardship upon the manu
jfacturer of cotton to give a monthly
I statement as to the amount consumed
in h:s establishment, and the quan?
tity of i ahd cott??n on hand. He al?
so urged that it ^as only fair to tin
farmer that the manufacturer should
he made to give to the public the sit?
uation with respect of the amount ol
cotton being consumed in his estab?
lishment and tili? quantity of it on
hand if the farmer Is to bo com?
pelled to give i" the world ten times
a year the amount of cotton ginned
from time to time. The committee
unanimously disagreed to the senate
amendment and will urge the bill as
it passed the house. Mr, Lever ot
course is quite happy over the result.
believing! as he docs, that it means
only fairness and justice to the cotton
farmers and to the entire cotton
trade.
Mr. Panic! E. Turhevllle left Sunday
morning in his car acompanled by his
brothers. John arid Mike, for Georgia,
where he married Miss Ethel Purd?. n
on the 3rd inst, und after the cere?
mony the coui le took a bridal tour.?
Manning Times.
rhe State campaign Is indeed
reitchtng an odorous stage Unhap?
pily we have reached the place in
South Carolina where nun are no
longer elected to office on their merits,
and for this reason it i- impossible
to get tlu \ery best men to offer for
positions of publU honor and public
trust. The demagogue goes about the
state assailing everything in sight in
oiahr that he might advance his own
personal gain We believe that
thousands of people are watching ami
reading the reports of this high-hand?
ed farce with utter disgust. We had
hoped with man) others that when
tin liquor question was eliminated
that the polith i would turn their
eyes to the east nd work on a high?
er plant for the uplift of the people
!t nil for the ad v mc< menl of the
State v t *o, however, and the peo?
ple ot a onee proud commonwealth
t m irity bow their heads ?r.
hm.. i .exfugton I dspatch.
\ clergyman, after a sermon of
(seventeen heads remarked "Br?th?
en r'i i innot ivoid the conclusion!"
Thank heaven for that!" remarked
the \is?tor. 'Tve been afraid for th<
past hour h< was going to.**?Es
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