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King Hiram Royal Arch Chapter had sixty-five charter members at the date of precedence, March 7, 1876. The membership in 1923 was 322, and the officers were: High Priest, Charles D. Blaikie; king, Benjamin W. Taylor; scribe, William P. Orr; chaplain, James E. Totten; treasurer, Fred E. Briggs; secretary, William W. Josselyn; captain of host, Charles Thomas.
Bristol Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar, had seventeen charter members when petition to organize was granted May 26, 1871. The mem- bership in 1923 was 418, and the officers for the year ending September that year were: Commander, Eminent Sir Lewis S. Chilson; generalisimo, Sir Robert L. Cooks; captain general, Sir A. Vernon Wilson; senior warden, Sir George A. Knowles; junior warden, Sir Adelbert M. Barden; prelate, Sir George E. Osgood; treasurer, Sir Fred H. Richards; recorder, Sir Har- old W. Mason.
Hope Chapter, Order Eastern Star, at its precedence, October 23, 1893, had forty-one charter members. The membership in 1923 was 449. The officers for the year ending the first Monday in January, 1924: Worthy Matron, Mrs. Alice A. Joselyn; associate matron, Mrs. Margaret T. Gil- more; worthy patron, Robert L. Cooke; secretary, Mrs. Minnie A. Briggs, P. M .; treasurer, Mrs. Caroline T. Sears, P. M .; conductress, Mrs. Mabel B. Dunham; associate conductress, Miss Phyllis W. Sadler; chaplain, Mrs.
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Elizabeth B. Stevenson; marshal, Mrs. Ella P. Rogers, P. M .; organist, Mrs. Eva L. Kent, P. M.
Odd Fellows .- Orient Lodge, No. 165, I. O. O. F., was at first com- posed entirely of members of Aurora Lodge, thirty-four in number. Gideon Horton and twenty-nine others petitioned for a charter, and the lodge was instituted October 2, 1873, at Briggs block, in the present G. A. R. Hall. August 10, 1884, Orient Lodge removed to Horton's block; and in May, 1887, to new quarters in the Bates Opera House. The first elective officers were: N. G., Gideon M. Horton; V. G., John Baxter; R. S., Elijah R. Read ; treasurer, Stephen T. Smith; P. S., C. H. Pond. The membership in 1923 was about 400. The officers at that time: N. G., John Perry; V. G., John Torry; secretary, Harold Pierce; financial secretary, Henry Pearce; treas- urer, Elmer Potter.
Occident Lodge of Rebekah was at first known as Esther Lodge, and was instituted in 1886.
Canton Attleboro Patriarchs Militant, was instituted in December, 1886.
Gideon M. Horton Encampment, No. 80, I. O. O. F., had for officers in 1923: C. P., Adolf Reitzel; S. W., John C. Torrey; H. P., Joseph Kershoff; J. W., Harold B. Pearce; F. S., John W. Perry; R. S., Carlos T. Clark.
The cornerstone of Odd Fellows' building was laid in 1896.
St. John's Council, K. of C .- St. John's Council, No. 404, Knights of Columbus, has had a long and pleasing history, and ranks well up in the front with the councils in this part of New England. It was instituted by James Gorman, district deputy of Fall River, February 13, 1899, with Thomas E. McCaffrey as the first grand knight, and with fifty-five charter members. The following-named have been grand knights of the council since the start: Thomas Nolan, Thomas Bradley, W. J. Kenney, James Currie, M. A. Galligan, Hugh Gaffney, John Foley, W. J. Corcoran, Charles Crehan, Dr. J. L. McCarthy, Hugh E. Butler, Henry V. Kelly, George J. Leach, H. Earle Brown, W. E. Coffey, W. J. Duffy, John H. Lahey, Joseph A. Smith, Edward F. Colvin, James J. Murphy. Few councils can show so fine a record for World War service as this one, as fifty-five out of a total membership of one hundred and sixty-five entered the military and naval service of the United States during that war. The sum of $3600 was raised in the Attleboro Knights of Columbus drive in the year 1917, this being apart from their contribution to the general drive of 1918. The mem- bership in 1923 was 265. The officers in 1923: Grand Knight, James F. Murphy; deputy grand knight, Richard A. Cleary; recorder, John Lyons; chancellor, Fred J. Franz; financial secretary, T. E. Colman; treasurer, W. J. Duffy; warden, John Gaboury; inside guard, Louis Clarkin; outside guards, Frank Brady and Louis Mulligan; advocate, Russell Blaine; board of trustees : Joseph A. Smith, Edward F. Colvin, Louis J. Blaine; chaplain, Rev. Father D. F. Sheedy.
Alcazaba Council, No. 65, Daughters of Isabella, meets the second and fourth Wednesdays in Manchester Unity Hall. The officers in 1923 : Regent, Eleanor Robinson; vice-regent, Agnes Garrick; secretary, Katherine Foley ; treasurer, Monica Bowen.
Other Fraternal Organizations .- Attleboro Lodge, No. 463, Loyal Order of Moose, was instituted January 30, 1911, by Arthur W. Hayden,
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of Boston Lodge, No. 34, New England supervisor. The first dictator was Louis E. Porter, the secretary Ernest M. Fuller. There was a charter membership of 661. The membership in 1923 was 648. The dictator was William H. Oldenberg; the secretary, George E. Keagan.
Mary A. Fallon Court, No. 178, M. C. O. F., was instituted June 8, 1900, with eighteen charter members. The membership for the year ending 1922 was 160. The court is located in Emmett Hall, 45 Park street.
Pythagoras Lodge, No. 70, Knights of Pythias, of Attleboro, was insti- tuted May 26, 1885, with forty charter members. The membership Decem- ber 31, 1922, was 189. The officers for the year were: Edward Sanford, Jr., chancellor commander; Walter Peckham, vice-chancellor; Edward Lane, prelate; Ellsworth Fields, master of work; G. G. Bullock, keeper of records and seal; W. P. Waugh, master of finance; John F. Hempel, master of ex- chequer ; Theo. Wrightington, master-at-arms; Robert Crook, inner guard; Leon Walker, outer guard; William Hochberg and Charles H. Bliss, repre- sentatives to Grand Lodge.
Attleboro Lodge, No. 1014, B. P. O. Elks, with meeting place at Odd Fellows' Hall, the officers for 1922: Exalted Ruler, George A. Sweeney; esteemed loyal knight, George E. Macdonald; esteemed lecturing knight, John P. Eagan; secretary, Virgil Blackinton; treasurer, Ernest M. Fuller.
Pennington Lodge, No. 44, A. O. U. W., was organized in June, 1882. The officers in 1922: Master Workman, August B. Gurn; recorder, Willard I. Alger; treasurer, George A. Sweeney.
Hospitaller Commandery, No. 279, Knights of Malta, organized March 6, 1900, meets the first and third Tuesdays at Odd Fellows' Hall. S. Wesley Hollis was recorder in 1922.
Bernice Sisterhood, No. 19, Dames of Malta, meets at Odd Fellows' Hall, first and third Mondays. The officers in 1922: Queen Esther, Mrs. Sarah Peck; Ruth, Mrs. Ella Fletcher; Naomi, Miss Marion Fountain; keeper of archives, Miss Oliva Ricketts.
Royal Arcanum, Attleboro Council No. 366, meets at Arcanum Hall first and third Monday evenings each month.
New England Order of Protection meets at G. A. R. Hall the second and fourth Tuesdays. The officers in 1922: Warden, Harry Fisher; vice- warden, Ralph Gunner; secretary, Ernest M. Fuller; treasurer, James H. Rogers.
Miscellaneous .- The French people, skilled in jewelry-working, as well as in cotton-manufacturing, have become represented here in numbers by their families during the past twenty years. As almost everywhere else in this country, at least, L'Union St. Jean Baptiste was the first fraternal organization, it having been established about the year 1893. It was this first nucleus of the French inhabitants here who secured the foundation of St. Joseph parish. Soon afterwards, the Laurier Club was formed, that later became merged with the present Civics Club. Then in turn came the fraternal societies such as Les Artisans, and the Forestiers-Franco-Ameri- cain, organized in 1908; its president in 1923 was Omer Dupuis. There is a Court of Women Foresters that has been in existence since 1915; Mrs. Omer Laponte is the president. The Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Associa- tion, also a French society, was organized with Miss Eunice Danis as the
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president. Club Nationale, formerly the French Tireurs, was organized in 1921, when Joseph Tharl was the president. The president in 1923 was William Audette.
For twelve years at least the Jewish people have been active in Attle- boro in the business, social and patriotic lines, and in their own religious and fraternal interests. The synagogue, Agudath Achim, on Pearl street, a building purchased of the society of the Swedish church, was first occu- pied by the Jewish people in 1911. With Louis Rotenberg as chairman, a committee composed of the following-named, brought about the purchase of the building and the settlement of a regular rabbi for the congregation : M. B. Sholevitz, Charles Fine, Samuel Friedman, Max London. The first president of the society was J. Rotenberg. Joseph Finberg, prominent in the affairs of the city, is an honorary member of the congregation. Rabbi Zitomersky is the rabbi in charge.
Attleboro Lodge of the Independent Order Brith Abraham, was insti- tuted in 1907, with thirty-four charter members. Maurice Spector was the first president; Joseph Rotenberg was secretary. There are sixty-four members at the present time (1923), both men and women. Oscar Mosh- kowitz is the president, Joseph Rotenberg is the secretary: Louis Roten- berg is the district deputy. The Jewish people have built forty-nine tene- ment houses here within the past twelve years.
Historian Daggett declares that it was his belief that the town had four organized companies of militia during the Revolutionary period, namely, the North, South, East and West companies; and that one company was organized during the War of 1812 for special service. In 1832, he states at a muster of brigade in Berkley the Washington Rifle Corps of Attleboro was among the organizations present.
CHAPTER XIV.
ATTLEBORO INDUSTRIES
Industry denotes the beginning and the crescendo continuation of Attleboro's story of action, that being so of all these Bristol county town- ships, although for the sake of uniformity in the system of this work its elaboration is designated for a final chapter. In industry the town was founded; industrially, the city is known throughout the world for its lead- ing product, jewelry-making. Farmers, builders, mechanics, millers, foun- drymen-such industrious yoke-fellows firmly established the settlement; and in later years there succeeded the even more ingenious manufacturers, and then the jewelers and their remarkable occupancy and persistent pos- session and growth. We have the Attleboro historian, the late Hon. John Daggett, to thank for making the way clear as to the beginnings of in- dustry here, for this work; and the present-day Chamber of Commerce comes to our aid with its questionnaire to Attleboro industry in general for our review of the present-day activities.
Careful research has failed to disclose the identity of the Frenchman who, at his small forge in North Attleboro in 1780, began to make brass
OLD WEST VIEW OF ATTLEBOROUGH
WESTERN VIEW OF FAIRHAVEN IN 1850
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butts-the inception of all jewelry-making and its allied production in the Attleboros. His monument is a business that employs a city full of people today; and the memory of him survives in the spirit of a very successful specialty in industry.
The first French jeweler here is simply set down in the records as "the foreigner"; and with one other exception in South Attleboro, he was the only French-speaking townsman at the time. We are sure of his having been a jewelry artisan, and that his forge stood on the premises of Jesse F. Richards, the factory having been demolished in 1810-this much, only, of the skilled Frenchman. But it was he who opened the door of great opportunity to Attleboro. Thereupon, Colonel Obed Robinson started jewelry-making in earnest at his manufactory at Robinsonville. Then, in succession appeared the shops that have made history for town and city, and whose ownership and the dates thereof have been recorded in Mr. Daggett's volume, where the story has been so thoroughly detailed that it is unnecessary again to repeat. In their sequence, then, those first fac- tories were as follows : Manning Richards, at the head of Cumberland Road in 1810; Draper, Tifft and Company in 1821, the firm name being changed in 1850 to Draper, Tifft & Bacon, in 1851 again to Draper, Tifft & Company, again in 1859 to Lincoln, Tifft & Bacon, in 1862, to J. F. Bacon & Company at Plainville, and to Lincoln, Tifft & Company in New York, in 1880 to Lincoln, Bacon & Company. This firm became one of the largest of its day in the country. Richards & Price started in 1830; Dennis Everett and Otis Stanley in 1831. E. Ira Richards & Company began business in 1833, the firm name being H. M. & E. I. Richards; the name was changed in 1834 to Ira Richards & Company, and again, in 1875 to E. Ira Richards & Company. The firm of Stephen Richardson & Company was organized in 1836 or 1837; in 1843 the name was changed to Rich- ardson & Miller, and in 1859 to Stephen Richardson & Son. The plant was twice burned, in 1870 and 1882; it was the first Attleboro jewelry firm to ship goods to Europe. The firm of Daggett & Robinson was begun in 1837, the name being changed in 1850 to Robinson & Company. Thompson, Hayward & Company began to manufacture jewelry in 1851; the first change in the name of the firm was to Hayward & Briggs in 1855, so con- tinuing for thirty years. The plant was burned in 1859; in 1885 the old firm was dissolved and the new association was known as C. E. Hayward & Company. In 1886, the name Hayward & Sweet was assumed.
The firm of B. S. Freeman & Company was established in 1847, under the name Freeman & Brother, and was among the first in town to make rolled plated goods. The name was changed in 1860 to Freeman & Com- pany, and in 1879 to B. S. Freeman & Company. J. F. Sturdy & Company began business in 1849, at first organized as Draper, Sturdy & Company. This firm introduced the manufacture of rolled gold plated stock and jewelry in Attleboro. F. G. Whitney & Company began operations in 1849, and was among the earliest firms to manufacture inexpensive jewelry. White & Shaw, oldest of the jewelry concerns in South Attleboro, was organized in 1852. H. F. Barrows & Company started in 1854, and was first known as Barrows & Sturdy. H. D. Merritt & Company was begun in 1855 as Merritt & Draper. C. E. W. Sherman & Son was first organized in 1854 as George K. Davis & Company. Bates & Bacon had its first
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beginnings with the firm of Skinner, Viall & Company in 1857; in 1858 the name was changed to Bates, Capron & Williams; and in 1867 to Bates and Bacon. This firm introduced the manufacture of watch-cases here.
G. A. Dean & Company began business in 1857 as Everett, Dean & Company ; the name was changed in 1860 to Everett, Day & Company, in 1867 to Day, Bliss & Dean, in 1871 to Bliss & Dean. Blake & Claflin, suc- cessors to Sturdy Brothers & Company, was organized in 1859 as Sturdy Brothers. The firm of V. H. Blackinton was launched in 1857. Short, Nerney & Company was organized in 1862 as Nerney & Company. T. I. Smith & Company began business previous to 1860 as Codding & Smith, and in 1865 the style was changed to Codding, Smith & Company. J. J. and J. M. Richards started in 1864 as the firm of E. S. Richards & Company. J. W. Luther & Company started in January, 1865. The firm of F. S. Draper & Company was formed in 1865 as Draper, Pate and Bailey. A. Bushee & Company commenced operations in 1868. W. S. Blackinton began business in 1869. The firm of Horton, Angell & Company was formed in 1870. The organization of the firm of Young & Bennett took place in 1870. Stanley Brothers began business in 1871; Cummings and Wexel, as E. N. Cummings & Company in 1871. P. E. Witherell as Hayward & Carpenter in 1873, changed to Hayward & Witherell in 1879. R. F. Sim- mons & Company in 1874; Bliss Brothers & Everett in 1873; Watson, Newell & Company in 1874 as Cobb, Gould & Company, changed in 1880 to Watson & Newell, and in 1887 to Watson, Newell & Company. R. B. MacDonald in 1874; Joseph J. Doyle in 1875; John Etzensperger in 1876; Nerney & Lincoln as Short & Nerney in 1876; S. E. Fisher & Company succeeding Demarest, Fisher & Company in 1887; G. K. Webster as G. K. Webster & Company in 1883; Marsh & Bigney in 1879; S. W. Gould & Company in 1880; J. M. Fisher & Company as Harris & Fisher in 1880; John P. Bonnett as Cheever & Bonnett, the firm dissolving as such in 1880; L. E. Sadler in 1880; W. G. Clark & Company in 1881; D. F. Briggs in 1882; Daggett & Clap in 1882; H. H. Curtis & Company in 1883; Riley & French in 1883; F. S. Gilbert in 1884; C. R. Harris in 1885; J. N. Hugo & Company as Knight & Berry in 1885; T. J. Halliday & Company as Bennett & Halliday in 1885; Wheaton, Richards & Company, as Wheaton & Richards in 1886; O. M. Draper in 1862 as O. M. Draper & Company ; R. Blackinton & Company in 1863; E. I. Franklin & Company in 1874; Sandland, Capron & Company in 1876; Demarest & Bradley in 1874 as Demarest & Fisher; Mason, Draper & Company in 1870; Smith & Crosby in 1872; W. H. Wilmarth in 1872; Streeter Brothers in 1867.
The following is the present-day group of Attleboro concerns, informa- tion concerning which has been obtained for this publication by the Attleboro Chamber of Commerce. Figures from the director of statistics in the State department of labor and industries, show that in Attleboro nearly $40,000,000 in manufactured product is turned out annually, and wages paid exceed $10,134,000. Figures for Attleboro show that the total in 1912 leaped in ten years to the mark of $24,064,331, for 1922. The jewelry total of $9,309,825 in 1912 became $14,278,022 in 1922. All told, over $18,450,000 worth of jewelry was made in the Attleboros during 1924, and over 4,000 people were employed.
The Elliot & Douglass Manufacturing Company was started in 1908
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and incorporated in 1912. The officers and directors at present are W. M. Bowman, president; S. E. Knight, vice-president and clerk; John A. Thayer, treasurer; W. M. Bowman, S. E. Knight, John A. Thayer, John W. Perry, directors. They employ nine male workers. They manufacture links, pocket knives, bracelets, bar pins, tie clasps, waldemars, etc.
The S. Dosick & Company was started in February, 1920, and has not been incorporated yet. S. Dosick is president and O. Dosick is treasurer. They have five male employees and three female employees. They manu- facture a general line of jewelry and novelties.
The American Metalcrafts Company, Incorporated, was formerly The American Emblem and Badge Company, started in 1918 and incorporated in 1923. Thomas Kelliher is president; John Maguire, treasurer; and R. J. Brown, secretary and general manager. They have twelve male em- ployees and two female employees. They manufacture emblems, badges, trophy medals, class pins and rings, automobile name plates and advertis- ing novelties.
Carter, Qvarnstrom & Remington was started March 1, 1899, and is not a corporation. E. J. Qvarnstrom is the chief executive. They manu- facture a general line of plated jewelry.
The Bay State Optical Company was started in 1894. In 1862 Peter Nerney and Mace Short started to make gold-filled chains. Their reputa- tion led to the establishment of the Bay State Optical Company in 1894. The officers are Frank J. Nerney, Edwin D. Nerney, and Stephen J. Clulee. They employ about 125 male workers and about the same number of female workers. Optical frames of pyroxyle and zylonite, gold, etc., are manufactured there.
S. O. Bigney Company started in 1894 and in 1920 became a corpora- tion. S. O. Bigney is president and treasurer, J. Arthur Payette is secre- tary, and Harold Treen is foreman. They employ seventy men and thirty women. They manufacture chains for men and women, bracelets, lockets, combs, cigarette cases, knives, etc.
Crown Manufacturing Company was started in 1910 and in 1911 it was incorporated. Lyman B. Goff, president; Kenneth F. Stood, vice-president ; E. D. Leonard, treasurer; B. C. Chase, general manager; the officers and E. Kent Swift and Darius Goff are directors. The Crown Manufacturing Company manufactures cotton yarns, Peeler and Egyptian.
John A. Cunningham & Company was started in 1906. They employ seven men and three women. They manufacture "Snappy Links".
Morse Andrews Company was started in July, 1913, and was incor- porated March 16, 1916. William J. Morse is president and treasurer, and Walter A. Briggs is clerk. They employ about 27 men and 14 women. They manufacture gents' belt buckles.
Santos Company was started in 1917 and incorporated in the same year. William R. Piepenstock and Frederick Schwinn are the officers. They employ about seven men and ten women. They manufacture chains and a general line of jewelry.
H. A. Allen Company was started December 1, 1908. Harlan A. Allen is the owner and he manufactures link buttons, bracelets, knives, combs, etc.
American Carrier Company was started in 1911. J. E. Chase is the
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owner. From four to seven male employees. They manufacture carriers for manufacture of insulated wire, laces, tread wire, etc.
American Reenforced Paper Company was started and incorporated January 9, 1921. P. T. Jackson is president; John Noble, secretary; and C. H. Howard, treasurer. About fourteen men are employed. They manu- facture reenforced and plain waterproof paper.
The Appleton Studios were started July 1, 1921, with J. H. Appleton and F. G. Simmonds as officers. They employ about six men and four women. They are manufacturers and distributors of boxed art novelties.
Attleboro Braiding Company was started in October, 1915, and was incorporated in the same year. Sanford H. Cohen and Bernard Boas are the officers. They employ about 59 men and 66 women. They manufacture shoe laces and braids of all descriptions.
. The Attleboro Press Company was established as a partnership in 1892, and it has never been incorporated. The officers are Howard E. Patt, Charles H. Stearns and Francis Bottomley. They do printing of all kinds, and they manufacture jewelers' cards and tissues.
Attleboro Refining Company was started in 1899. Harold D. Baker is the owner and manager. There are about seven men and two women employed. They refine gold and silver and copper.
Automatic Machine Products Company was started April 2, 1922. They employ four men and three women. They manufacture screw machine products.
The A. H. Babcock Company was started in 1851 with A. H. Babcock and Henry McGill as officers. They employ two men and ten women. They manufacture paper boxes of all kinds and also display pads. The owners believe this to be the first concern to manufacture paper boxes in Massa- chusetts; the business having been started by H. S. Babcock, father of A. H. Babcock, when boxes were cut with jack knives and rulers.
Baker & Potter Refining Company was started as a partnership in 1918 and has never been incorporated. George M. Baker, and Elwin A. Potter are the owners. They employ six men and one woman. They refine gold, silver, platinum and copper.
L. G. Balfour Company was started in 1913 and incorporated in 1914. L. G. Balfour is president, secretary and treasurer; J. R. Brooks, vice- president; and William P. Yates is a director. They employ about 200 men and 100 women. They manufacture a full line of college fraternity badges and jewelry, class pins and rings.
The Ballou Manufacturing Company was started in 1910 and incorpo- rated in 1910. T. W. Cash is the president; C. A. Murphy, vice-president ; and Lester J. Murphy, secretary and treasurer. They have twenty male employees and fifteen female employees. They manufacture lockets, rosaries, buckles, card cases, combs, perfume holders and powder boxes.
Bates & Klinke was started November 18, 1919. They have not been incorporated. The partners are Harold Bates and Oscar F. Klinke. They have four male employees. They manufacture hubs, dies and tools.
James E. Blake Company was started in 1859 and incorporated in 1922. William H. Blake is president and treasurer. They have sixty-five male employees and ten female employees. They manufacture sterling silver and gold inlaid cigarette and vanity cases, dorines, belt buckles, etc.
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Bliss Brothers Company was started in 1873 and has not been incor- porated. Joseph F. Rioux is the owner. They have thirty male employees and ten female employees. They manufacture rosaries and rosary cases, knives, lockets, watch straps, cigarette holders, bracelets and waldemar chains.
Bliss, Holbrook Company was started in 1916 and incorporated Janu- ary 2, 1917. Clarence A. Holbrook is president; Edward N. Bliss, treas- urer; and Everett Palmer, secretary. They have five male employees and four female employees. They manufacture coffin trimmings.
The D. F. Briggs Company was started about 1885 and incorporated in 1910. Frank E. Tappan, president; F. C. Wilmarth, vice-president; H. R. Gardner, S. N. Sandfelder, M. L. Sandfelder, F. C. Wilmarth and F. E. Tappan, directors. They have fifty male employees and fifty female em- ployees. They manufacture chains and bracelets.
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