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Fort Mill Phone (with iotiK distance
i onnectlons) No.
NOVEMBER 2. 1H04.
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Tile liopti 1)1 leans seem t<? lie
ii)ote clisploaKeil will) .Judtie Park
r s speeches than they were with
liis silence.
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Political nietiu: llreakfast?
Lod^e on Koosevelt; dinner
i idi;e and Olney on Parker; sup
per?Tuin Watson on both.
Mr. Kongpvelt lias just had his
forty-sixth birthday and expects a
"present" next week.
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Hon. Tom 'Watson sayH lie cares
little where the votes come from
ho lou^ ^ bo (>lds them. Tom is
the nonparticularist pussou we
ever homed of.
Field Marshals (jyanm and Kitr
ipatkiu both claim to be short of
#111) til (111 111? Ml. Ull Ml IS BKIO Ot Ml ft
water Field Marshals Taggart and
iiud Cojteylou are secret ely making
the same complaint.
Several of Henry Uassawny Davie'
railway shops were burned recently,
but we haven't heard of
any of hit) "bridges" burning lately,
ft
A western furmer lias shipped a
Hue ct)w in a parlor car. This is a
|ittle novel though we have several
Junes heard of "hogs' traveling in
parlor oars.
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The tfapa have called o ir attention
to the fact that while they
may aisridently violate a rule of
warfare they have never yet uttaekuii
a tishirig crew.
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Botbcampaign uianagers claim
to be friends of labor. Why not
join the jupiotiV
If Grover Cleveland makes ninny
more speeches it will he necessary
to get up a pew dictionary.
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Tljpfio who- are looking for
iiuninrbvis literature might gave
up the campaign prophecies and
read them after the election.
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The General Election
WitTj-in a week the vpterg of the
country will again render their
verdict at tho ballot box and declare
whether they wiah a return
to constitutional methods of government
or whether they prefer
Roosey.eltism, militarism, extravagance,
.brag and bluster. The indentions
are good that the former
will be triumphant, and that good
sense, good government and a regard
for law and precedent will be
established.
There is little doubt that every
n 'rve is being strained by people
who expect to prosper by a continuance
of the "big stick" policy
to elect Mr. Kooseveii. Money is
being poured out like water in
what is known as the doubtful
States. Campaign contributions
are b?ing m<>st uublushingly and
unscrupulously levied and the
trust magnates the continuanoe of
whose enormous, oppressive and
outrageous - pruliis depend upon
the further existence of Republican
policy, are responding with
lavish hands to the demands.
Were this the sole element in the
campaign, lovers of honest and
good government might well d<'8paiv
of the result. Hut the Bound
dense of the American people,
a onetimes temporarily in abeyance,
< may still be relied upon,
and the prospect is most good that
it will make itself felt at the polls
next Tuesday.
From New York and other pivotal
States oom*B cheering {intelligence
and while the tight is by no
means won and the battle is a desperate
one, there is flo occasion
yet for those wl\o love their country,
adhere to her laws, revere the
/? constitution and hope for a return
to the "old paths" to despair. The
chances are very good'that it will
President Parker on the fourth
ol&tfvU, ue*i,
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j Charleston the Unhealthlest City.
The latest bulletin iwuiecj by tin
j oensus bureau ou tlio vital statis
I ties of the country, ways the Co
, hinibia Record, shown that tin
death rato of Charleston is tin
highest of any city in the Unitec
States, with Savannah, (in., 6ec
ond. and .Jacksonville, Flu., third
Tile death rate in all three of them
cities is immensely increased bj
the death tate among the colorei
people, but the white death rati
in the three cities is likewise high
er than anion" the white people o
any other ?'itie.s in the country
The average annual death rate pei
J.,000 people in Charleston at tin
time of the taking of the census it
11)JO was .'$7.5 per cent, the aver
*is_r?* among the white people beinj,
25.0. The Savannah death rati
per 1,000 people, among all classes
was J4..'>, the white death rate be
ing 24.7 The Jacksonville deatl
rate for both white and black wai
j 2D per cent, but the white doatl
rate was as great as Charleston
beilit? 25 (> per rout. The vital sta
t.sties tit" all these cities is said tf
have great! v improved since tin
census of 1890.
St. Joseph, Mo., is reported H)
being tin4 healthirst city in tin
country, the ijeath rate being 9.1
per 1,000 people. St. Paul, Minn
was next, with 0 1, hut sotm
doubt is cast upon those Hgurei
by the suggestion that the dentin
in theae cities were not fully re
corded, the statistics being inac
curate.
Census
Cotton Figures.
The second bulletin showing
tlie quantity of cotton ginned uj
to October 18th was issued Thurs
day and puts the crop at l,9(i9,t?7f
running bales, as against 1,273,155
running bales reported to the sane
date in 1903. The report coven
300 counties of tlie vurioua cottoi
producing States.
The figures included 22,128 rount
bales for 1904, as against 4(5,771
round bales for 1903. These Hia
counted are counted as half baleH
and bring the total bnleage fo:
hum down to nu equivalent oi
1 .{158,til 1, und for 1S?03 to 1,24(.(,771
Tim production of tlie countiei
(represented id compared with tin
! production of the same countiei
in 11)05, and include 12 in Ala
| batna, (i in Arkansas. II in Fhu i
da, OS in (Teor^in, 10 in Louisiana
22 in Mississippi, 0 in Misouri, 51
in North Carolina. 25 in Soul I;
Carolina, 20 in Tennessee. 50 ii
Texas and 8 in Virginia. Tin
counties covered in Thursday's re
port include those embraced ii
tlie first cotton ^iutiin^; report is
j sued last Tuesday. The total trin
na^e for the entire season of iDOi
j was 5,88(?,G'J7 bales collected frou
St 2 count ies.
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Few Carolinians In Office.
A bulletin just issued by tin
| cesus bureau shows that on dub
1, 1 S?03. there were employed bj
the government in the District o
Columbia 25,(>75 persons, not in
eluding several thousand clerks
J engineers, laborers. etc. Of tliii
I number, Virginia is the onb
Southern State which seems t<
: have its share of government em
piuycu, which is perhaps due !
the close proximity to the capital
On Judy \, l(.k)3, the govern men
; had employed in the city of Wash
I'ington 1.11 'J persons who clniinei
| Virginia as thoir legal residence
North Carolina hud 44); Sontl
Carolina, 21K), and Georgia, 51?
It would appear from these ligure
i that South Carolina 1ms beei
slighted in the matter of govern
tnent appointments. South Care
linn's quota of government ap
pointments is not mora than t>
per cent exhausted, and at th
present time it would seem to be
comparatively easy matter fo
young men and women from tlii
! State who stand high upon thei
Slate registers to gel appointment
in Washington.
LETTER TO V. O. WHITIX>CK,
KOKT MILL, S. O.
I Dear Sir: If it took 10 gallons to jx\in
' your honso last time witlj somebod
' else's paint. ami takes S with Devoe, w
I save yon *s or <10; for painting cost
two or threo times as much as puiut,
Mr. Bern Hathmell, Williamsport Pa
always used 11 gallons of mixed pain
for his honso; Devoe' took 6.
Hut that isn't all; that's only tirt
' post.; how long will it wear?
The paint, that go^s furthest in oo\
1 ering, wears best too.
All paint, true paint, antl fall-men!
uro, are on one side; part paint, fnh
paiutv atul Hhort-ineaauvo are on tli
other. "What do yon expeat?
Your* truly
22 P W Dbvob & Oo
P. S. W. B. Axdrey A Co. sell gnr p^iv
HONOR ROLL
* Of the pprt Mill Graded School for
. I the Month of October.
First G bade.
Advanced ? Morrhio Oulp, VioJ
] let Culp, .Jessie Little, Floyd
' j Skidmore, Jolitinie Gun?s.
Class A.?Margaret Spratt, Cor*
nolia Harris, Lawrence Hope, Finest
Patterson, Clarence Link.
(Mass B.?James Young, Zenas
' | Grior, Alice Harris.
J | CIhhk C.?George Stutts, Eli
| Bailee, Jim Gaston. Floy Gordon.
M Second Grade:
Polly Gams, Daisy Starnes,
1 I David Gaston, Brevard Merritte,
Olive Harris, Bessie Smith, Joe
1 Beik.
Third Grade:
Jackson Massey, Maggie Skid3
more, Sarah Culp. Ereell Willson.
' i Lilly llaile, Willie Gordon, Elbert
i Ray.
1 1 Fourth Grade:
* i Clarence Patterson, Carl W hite1
1 sell, Willie Worrells, liosa Culp,
' Lila Hall.
Fifth Grade:
Lucy Merritt, Aline Barber,
' Lana Parks, Jessie Harris, Edwin
Branson.
Sixtii'Grade:
a
I Carrie Merritt, Marie Elms,
. j Lena Whitesell, Eugene Ferguson.
3 Sarger Kimbrell.
' Seventh Grade:
Juanita Gordon, Sunie Elms,
. Mannie Oulp, Leon Massey.
Eighth Grade:
j Carrie Culp, Dora Grier, Paul
Hoke, Louise Parks,
r Ninth Grade:
j Mary Harris, Lady Bird Thorn -
well, Mamie Gordon.
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] Inoreass of Immigration.
A correspondent who is interesti
ed in immigration says the situai
lion looks good for i in migration to
the South this winter. Thousands
1 from the middle Western States
I ' will find homes in the South. 1 m'
' migration agents seom to be more
' ' active and hii?im'wn nl.nnr llmf lin
p is meeting with greater results.
For years the rice industry at
4 tracted agriculturists from the
> North and middle West, while now
i the South's cotton industry is get
ting a share of thein. Most of them
- will locate iti Louisiana and Texas
, Pennsylvania will furnish most
I j of them, the correspondent says,
i This is duo partly to the fact that
i many farmers have sold their
1 i lands to oil companies upon the
i discovery of coal and oil on lands
i they were using for agriculture.
- I They received good prices for the
I lands, and will invest in the
i: South.?Southern Textile Journal.
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Where Are They 1
Where, oh where has the young
man gone, who graduation clothes
" : put on souie time along the last of
r' May, and owned the whole wide
) world for a day? Arid where is
^ ftlA Birout trii*l itrurl nnio n>lw. nl.m.t
I V..V. wf? vv/? mm J^niviuiu V, H IIU L linilf
I ed ait essuy dreud with fate, and
' | started out with a gigiiug frown
H , to turn this big world upside down?
v And where is that last summer's
'.candidate, who had things iixod
for next year's slate; who carried
around as you'd believe, a couple
' of oountiea in hia b'iled shirt
t sleeve? And where is the scribe
" with a vaulting will, who tried a
j long-felt want to till, and counted
shekels and renown with a minion
' i paper in a burgeois town?
^ j The lad haH divided the world
! up fair, holds but his own eights',
billionth share; the sweet girl
n "grnd" is a grRnd surprise, and
conquers the world with well
i- made pies; the candidate with
?- deathless "gall" is fixing himself
5 forauolher fall; while the journal
e ist with haughty crest has gone
a the wuy of the last year's nest. So
r year by yoar and day by d iy thf
s world runs on in the same old
r way; the balloon that's the biggest
s round about is the flabbiest rag
when the gas is out.
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More Tralm and New Sohfdules,
^ Owing to the increased travel
y south during the winter month*
" the Southern and other railway
systems in this State are arranging
to put on a number of new trains
necessitating a general change ol
lt schedules, withing a short time
' The number of visitors from tin
North to the various Southern
mi winter resorts has been on the in
e crease for several seasons, and the
railway people are looking for tin
approaching season to break al
$ records in this respect.
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OPPOSE A CHANGE.
?Strong
Article In Opposition to Bi"
Ennial Session.
Just nine years ago the people
1 of South Carolina assembled in
' convention by delegates to revise,
alter and amend her old constitution;
in fact, to udopt a new one. ;
These delegates wen; supposed to
be her ablest, wisest and most ex1
perienced representatives; and indeed
proved to bo all that was exi
pected of them.
After nearly three months of
| calin deliberation and faithful
; labor they promulgated the pres;
ent constitution, known as the
; constitution of 1895. The cost of
| this assemblage is said to have been
' #50.000. As preamble and pu. t of
this constitution a "Declaration of \
Rights was adopted, which proini
| ii'-niiy proclaims ui article i. rieetion
3. tlmt the General Assembly
, ought frequently to assemble for
redress of grievances and for making
new laws, as Iho common good !
may require,
i This constitution iH modeled in
i spirit, even in letters in many pa? :
tmolars, after the old state instrui
inent, and both after tlio Federal
I constitution. Thus most of its
j provisions are hallowed by time
! and experience. I'nder this Seo;
lion 3. Article 1. our General Assemble
s have met and lived, respeeted,
honored and admired by
our sister states for more than a
century and have trained,equipped
and given to our National Counsels
many of its greatest and most
valued statesmen, amongst the
many, Calhoun, McDuffie, L.egare,
i Hayne and l* res ton.
Then why a change? Why remove
the ancient land mark? Why
should we deny the wisdom of the
: father's of the Republic.? AN hy
I glinnh) u'a itrnoi'i) tl??? (roiling nl ?int?
government? Why should we deny
the young men of our state the
arena or training school, for oratory,
eloquence, statescraft and civic
usefulness? Because forsooth, the
demagogue, declaims '"it saves expense!"
Because aay& the honest
economist "it saves expense. '
This is the sum and substance of
the argument. When ali is heard.
! "Thrift Horatio, thrift." Well,
I does it save expense? When the
I claims for extra sessions and the
probability of increased length of
] term is considered, it seems at
least, very doubtful. Georgia has
tried the hi-eunial session plan and
Iihh returned to the annual plan.as
her people are very like ours, her
I experience should suflice for uh, or
at least give uh pause. But it is
p. gued most of the other
states have bi-ennial sessions.
Granted, hut do not all the other
states grant, divorce? and ure dissatisfied
and ashamed of our pro '
hibitory land? Besides majorities,
i as experiences Iiiih proved are not
| infalible. The House of Kepre !
sentnlivos, represents population? j
j the people anil popular govern- |
1 ment, such a a ours, ought to be J
"of the people, for the people and !
by the people, and our representatives
ought to be very near in
touch with the people; under con
stnnt eurveilnnce; amenable to
advice and instruction; subject to
responsibility, and speedy change
if desirable.
Are we willing to change the
whole spirit and genius of our
present government more aliude
more independence and less re-'
sponsibility? I think not, after a
bitter factional war under the
name of reform against clerku,
rings are we willing to force opportunity.
and give encouragement
to our Representrtives by long
terms and intimate association! 1
hope not.
Even now most of our stnte of1
ficials are are ex-members either !
i of the House or Senate.
I name only a few to wit: Su- ;
I perintendant of Penitentiary. Li-i
quor Commissioner, Board of Con
1 trol, Penitentiary Directors and
j Railroad Commissioners. Does it
look well for the chances of an
1 outsider?
The House of Representatives i
inaugurate all financial bills, and
is thus, our quasi financial agent, j
Shall we entrust the same mem- .
' | bers four years with our business?
1 or Would it not he better to imuril
' against mistakes or unfaithfulness? j
i Don't let us abjure the check and j
; I balance system of the old instru- 1
! j ment. Two houses and one fresh
I fioin the people every two years,
a four year term for the' Senate is !
portnis^abio because at its birth
I senators were divided in two class
es, half for long and half for short ,
1 terms, and new blood is infused
' into that body every two years.
[ The United States Congress assembles
every year and members
^ come from far distant, Maine, Ore|
gon, Texas and Florida, and we
have no complaint of distance or
expense. If we must tamper with
i our constitution, let us icvert to
the old 30 day sessions, with limit
j of 40 without pay. At every gener
al election now, there is a consti1
tutjonal amendment proposed, and
if we continue that practice wo
will soon'have a "ciazy quilt" eon- i
glomeratioii, which will require all J
the time and ingenuity of our Supreme
Court to in let pref,?Ciyie (
in Greenwood Index.
Ifcjustrotic Wrecks. (
Carelessness is responsible for many a ]
railway wreck and the same causes are ,
making human wrecks from sutl'crers of '
Throat and Lung troubles, lint since (
the advent of Dr. Kind's New Discov- (
erv for Consumption, Coughs and Colds ]
even the worst eases can be cured, and
hopeless resignation is no longer neces- *
sary. Mrs. Lois Cragg, of Dorchester,
Mass., is one of many whose life was t
saved by Dr. King's New Discovery.
This great remedy is guaranteed for all r
Throat and Lung diseases bv all drug- J
gists. Price 50c. $1. Trial bottles free, *
m ^ J
Hon. .Martin F. Ansel, of Green- '
vilic. who was defeated in the race (
for governor two years ago by such r
1 I * * * '
m email margin, iiiih announced | ^
111at ho will again ho a candidate
for governor in ItHJfi. '
Net a Sick Da7 Since.
"I was ta'.ien very sick with kidney ^
trouble. I tried all sorts of medicines,
none of which relieved me. < >ne day I (
saw an ad. of your Electric Bitters and '
determined to try that. After taking a 1
few doses I * '! relieved, and soon there- i
after was entirely cured, and have not
set n a sick day since. Neighbors of "
mine have been cured of Hheumulism,
Neuralgia, Liver ami Kidney troubles
and General Debility." This iswhat U.
F. Bass, of Freemoiit", N. (J. writes. "
Only 5dc at all drug stores. 1
Saturday a rare sight was RPen
in Spartanburg, says The Journal i
Mr. and Mrs. K. R Holder, of
Rich lie!, and the mother of Mr.
Holder each had a fair-haired,
lively hahy in arms. They were
triplets, burn Oetoher l2th, 1
They are the three I >'s, being
named Boyd, Boyee and Bernice.
When horn the aggregate weight j
was lt> pounds. Now the largest
hoy weighs that much and the
other two are nearly as heavy. ^
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A nuBAway xncysie. ^
Terminated with an ugly cut 011 tliu t
log of J. H. Ornor, Franklin (trove, ill.
It dev loped u stubborn ulcer uuyielding
to doctors situl remedies for four
years. 'J lien Hucklen's Arnica Salve |
cured. It's just us good for Burns, i Scalds,
Skin eruptions, and Piles. 25e, 1 ]
at all drugstores.
Tho eyolution of politics is
shown by the fact that n lute issue
of the Saturday Kvening Post,
published in i Mtilndolpli ia, con- c
tabled a pnge ad vei t isement ask- e
ing the American people to vote 1 1
for Theodore Roosevelt for presi- |
dent Tho advertisement is illustrated
by a half tone picture of the j <
republican candidate.
Doesn't Respect Old Age. j It's
shameful when youth fails to
show proper resp >et for old age, hut just j
'.he contrary in tin? case of Dr. King's i
New l ife Pills. They rut off maladies |
no matter how severe and irrespective j
of old age. Dyspepsia. Jaundice, Fever. (
Constipation all yield to this perfect '
Pill. at all drug stores.
A Correction.
The Times was in error last ^
week in regard to the funeral no- ;
tice of Miss L. L. Poag. The ser- ,
vice was conducted by the Rev. .
J. (I. Chandler, instead, us stated,:
by Dr. J. 11. Thornwell, the latter |
being absent from Fort .Mill ut [
?!,,.? t:.nn
I I Ml I VI III*'.
Fx*??.
Everybody tal
MONEY
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Now on exhibits
It's Absoluts
Some say it contains $100.00;
ever shown in Fort Mill. If yon lm
try your luck. A key divert with e^
from now until I lectin ber 24th. If,
The money is ,
This is n trade winner and fliou
sell aln.ost everything and have mon
31?- A.- ttu
SOU. RAILW A'
EFFECTIVE AUG
SOUTUB
rain No. 25 Lv Charlotte 6.25 p. Ar 1
?. ?< 27 ,, ,, 0?0.? a. ?
? ,, 29 ? ,, 10.05 p. ?
? ,, 3S ,, tf 9.35 a. ?
NORTHB
Train No. 20 Lv Chester 10.00 a. Ar ]
,, ,, 2S ? Cola. 3.10 p. ,,
30 ? 6.10 a. ,,
H ?? 34 i? ii 5,15 p. ii
Note?Fort Mill is a regular stopping
Npg. 29. 33 and 34, which stop ou Hag.
FOR BIRTHDAY
SIFTS
M iss Petticoats
I rip of Honor
Daughter of the Sioux
David Harurn
Veil in
Joneerniny ['oily
[deaits Conraueoita
Dorothy Vernon
The Cavalier
Warwick of the lynohn
for 75 eentB each.
The \ irginian
The One Woman
The Choir Inviaihle
The Heart of limine
Calumet "KM
The Conqueror
Wedding Bells
Etc., etc.
r . ?
lor ow cen is each.
Dont worry thinking of scinehing
when n hook is always ac eptable.
Some of these are regllar
$1.50 editions, others Hre
ittle cheaper paper and binding,
l'on had better pick some out for
^inas at these prices.
Ardrey's Drugstore,
tVANTED?Purchasers for OO.OOO Hliingles.
Will s 11 at a bar pain.
A. A. bKADFORD, JH.
IVA! TED -At once, male teacher for
Pleasant Valley High School. Apply
to I). K. Hall. Osceola, S U., or.T. M.
Harris, Fort Mill, S. C.
TRESSPASS NOTICE?
All persons tire hereby forbidden to
resspass in any manner upon the lands
?f the undersigned, which include the
tuff man place. D. A. LEE.
TRESSPASS NOTICE.
All persons are hereby warned not to
resspass in any manner whatever upon
he lauds of the undersigned. The law
vill be rigidly enforce i against all who
lisregard this notice.
T. S. Kirkvatrick,
,T. W. Akdrrv,
,T. 13. WlTHF.RS,
Mrs. L. 15. Withers.
Thos. F. McDow, E. Earlo Thornwell.
W. W. Lewis,
T t'WlLi D_ rmfiAr^T -
uv uu ?t, >v lO IV UlUKiS W hLLi,
Attoruoys at Law, Yorkville, S. C.
Practice* in the State and U. S. courts
Our Mr. E. E. Thorn well will be in
air ofliee in Fort Mill on Saturday of
inch week to attend to any business iurusted
to us. Stu
J. U. Traywick & Co.,
DEALERS IN
FINE L.1QCJOK8
AND WINES,
No. 13 East Trade St.
3HARLOTTE. - - - N. O.
FOR
nrtATA MrTTTCtTrrrtn
mv>vyj/ lllOIVlUjiS,
V \ NES,
BRANDIES, ETC,,
CA1.1. ON OH WRITE TO
W. II. HOOVER,
flMKl OTTK. N C.
Free.
ks about the
!||| MONEY
>n at our store.
>iy FREE.
some SeOO.OO. Nothing like it
ve money and want to mnke rnoro
/ery dollar your spend with us
your key unlocks the money box
\LL YOURS.
Id hring us your business. We
ey to give away. So come along.
? SCHEDULE.
UST 2STH, 11*04OUND.
fort Mill 7.80 p. Ar Chester 8.SO p
,, ,, 0.40 a. ,, Cola. 10.15 a
,, ,, 10.85 p. ,, ,, 1.26 p
,, 10.07 a. ? ? 12.46 p
OUND.
fort Mill 2.IS p. Ar Charlotte 8.20 p
? ? 0.36 p. ? 7.10 p
? ? 0.18 a. 9.50 a
? ? 7.80 p. ,, ? 8.03 p
point for all tho above trains, excep
No*. 25 and 20 do not run Sundaye.
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