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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
t IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around the ard,
County and Elsewhere. yean
' Ehrhardt Etchings. ^ard
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Ehrhardt, February 7.?Mr. Joe stree
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Copeland and family, of Baltimore, YVltu
Md., are spending some time with his Willi
father, brother, and sister. Joe looks foun
well and shows that his work agrees chan
with him. hand
head
i Business in the fertilizer line has Nobc
^ commenced. Our merchants are busy must
giving prices and scheming for the viole
trade already. Both
mur<
Drummers seem to fancy the auto- in
mobile service. Quite a number of T1
them hire them; say they can save furn:
' time and money in making their denc
rounds. Next we look for them to Fish
" 3 TOi'th
come over m nying macnines ana " *?
light down in our midst and take ed *
orders and treat to cigars and cigar- bank
ettes, as one faricies, and then go up was
and fly to the next town and do like- er aI
wise.
u
Conrad Ehrhardt Co. have the
painters at work on their new dwelling.
Sami
looki
The Baptist preacher has his goods rec<^
waiting for the paint to dry, so he foun
can move in. a Se
the <
Mr. Jacob Ehrhardt is fitting up a M]
portion of his ice cream parlor for the an(*
post office. Says he will put in some Sixty
t lock boxes for the merchants and w- F
others to rent. This will give the answ
public more accomodations for their
mail. flom
the
The shingles have arrived for our was
new passenger rooms and office. it pr
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~ Fairfax Fancies.
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Fairfax, Feb. 7.?We all enjoyed Fred
* a fine lecture of the lyceum course
Wednesday evening from Hon. Jos. swap
Camp, whose words should instill me(jj
higher conceptions, purer patrotism, tra(j(
and nobler manhood. ? .
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that
/ Mrs. G. W. Barber and Mr. G. D.
Sanders have gone to Brunson, where t j
they expect to meet that excellent jan?
4 dentist, Dr. Campbell Richardson, Jour]
who is near us once more.
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Mrs. Henry Ulmer, of Brunson,
spent a few days with relatives here ^
bis' week. the (
H0SS
^ Mrs. C. C. Moye, one of our great- '
est home makers, has taken a little . *
holiday and is now visiting relatives n **
- In different portions of Georgia. In reste
her absence Miss Annye attends to noon
I all domestic affairs, besides giving pe^'
music lessons and attending civic im- an 1
provements. ma
year.
Mrs. Maggie Youmans has returned
; from a visit to Virginia and has established
a chapter of the U. D. C.'s
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Mrs. Mary Youmans and herself youn
% have just returned from a visit to Beat]
relatives near Lawtonville. mitte
the i
Mr. O. C. Manor visited his friend, and
i Mr. G. B. Sanders, here this week. As h<
He tells us that his mother, who so the c
long lived near Allendale, has broken ward
up housekeeping and is living in smile
Spartanburg with one of her sons. Wi
, Miss
Mr. Angus Kearse and his bright She 1
and talented bride (nee Miss Anna- the i
r , belle Boyntoni visited Mrs. S. L. stop
Sanders this week. Mr. Knopff has into
the contract for building their new was
house, which they hope to be in soon, ried :
^ falls.
The teachers are preparing for an On
* entertainment to continue improve- and i
ments in the school building. The "M
Woman's Missionary Society also ex- forgi'
pects to give an entertainment to help disgr
with church affairs; so Fairfax will your
never be called "Sleepy Hollow." Fath<
? . Our citizens are wide awake. have
will 1
Mr. S. Talley is continuing great your
improvements on the Youmans' (
house, which he has rented. an(j
Mr. S. L. Sanders paid a flying
^ VJ51X IO Augusut icwuu.v.
Tillman Back in Washington. beari
Washington, D. C., Feb. 7.?Sena- der.
tor Tillman returned to Washington body
* to-day lrom South Carolina, where
he has been in attendance upon Court ?
in the habeas corpus proceedings in- Bu
j. stituted for the possession of his two Snyd<
grandchildren by their mother. tea s
This case has assumed national since
importance, and its result is expected F. M<
to possibly figure in the next Sena- marri
torial election in South Carolina. ed th
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MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Said to be Bank Clerk and Woman
an Actress. !
iw York, Feb. 4.?Ethel Berna
pretty young woman of 23 !
3, was found lying face down[
on the floor of her well furnishtment
in west Ninety-eighth
t to-night, her cheeks smeared
blood. She had been shot by ;
iam T. Fisher, a clerk, who was 1
d lying in a bed in an adjoining ,
iber, a revolver in his nerveless
1, a gaping wound in his fore,
red stains on the white linen.
>dy heard the quarrel, but it 1
; have been as brief as it was '
nt. Nobody knows the motive.
. expired in a few moments, and
ler and suicide sums tne case up
te records of the police. i
le flat which was handsomely ,
ished in a well-to-do uptown resie
section had been rented by ;
er, who lived there ostensibly
his wife. A maid, who discoverhe
tragedy, said Fisher was a
clerk and that his companion
Ethel Bernard, an actress. Fish>peared
to be about 38 years old.
Stolen Buggy Recovered.
ist Wednesday Officer Musco
lels went down to Bamberg,
ng for the buggy which was not 1
rered, when the stolen horse was
d and succeeded in tracing it to '
ntleman who turned it over to i
officer. <
r. Samuels went to Bamberg, '
drove twenty-three miles to
-Six, where he learned that Mr.
'rederick who had a buggy which
ered the description, admitted
he had bought a buggy for $25, <
a stranger, and that if it was
one which was stolen, that he 3
willing to give it up. It proved I
oved to be the right one and it
taken td Bamberg and brought 1
iken Sunday night. 3
ter the thief had swapped the <
i for a mule he went on to Mr. 1
erick's and sold the buggy for 1
He rode the mule off and <
ped it for a cow, which he im- ]
ately sold back to the one he 3
id with for $17. He then 3
ht the train for Charleston and
was the last heard of him. 1
Seer Samuels has a clue which <
now investigating, and hopes to 1
the thief in a short time.?Aiken i
aal and Review.
Charged With Stealing. <
xington, Feb. 6.?Charged with j
itealing of a set of wagon har- <
a bridle and a buggy whip, J.
rilson, a white man, was lodged \
til last night, having been ar- i
d in Columbia yesterday after- <
. The prosecutor is Job Shum- ,
of Boiling Spring township,
:he theft is alleged to have been
i on the 26th of February, last
Goes Over Falls. (
agara Falls, N. Y., Feb. 7.?A (
g woman, thought to be Miss 2
ice R. Snyder, of Buffalo, com- t
d suicide to-day by wading into <
iver just above Prospect Point t
going over the American falls, i
ar body swept over the brink of f
:ataract she turned her face to- (
her would-be rescurers and j
d a farewell to them. f
thout a moment's hesitation t
Snyder waded into the stream.
:urned once and smiled towards t
nen who were calling to her to -y
and continued to move rapidly ^
deep water. In an instant she \
whisked from her feet and car- j
rapidly towards the brink of the <;
c
the bank was found a handbag j
n it this note: j
iamma and Papa: Oh, you both
ve me for bringing this awful
ace upon you in these years of
life. Also may our Heavenly
*r forgive all my sins. But I i
been very good, thank God. You r
and a slip for the money under l
dresser scarf. With my heart a
>f love for all of your kindness s
tender love, good-bye.
"Lovingly, a
"BEATRICE." .
ere was a card in the purse
ng the name, Beatrice R. Sny- r
There is little hope that the
ever will be recovered. c
A
ejected Since Fiance Died. g
ffalo, N. Y., Feb. 7.?Miss t
*r was chief clerk in a Buffalo t
store. She had been dejected
the death of her fiance, George a
eyers. They were to have been
led in a few months. She work- f
is morning. 1;
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
30ME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The new county of Dillon is now a
reality, Governor Ansel having signed
the bill creating the county last
Saturday.
Warren Lee West, young son of Mr.
West, of Woodruff, Spartanburg county,
was burned to death on Saturday,
his clothes having caught standing by
the fire.
The colored Methodist church at
Bowman was destroyed by fire Sunday
night. The building was valued
at $4,500, and was insured for $3,900.
The church was completed
about a year ago.
The last of the stock of whiskey
on hand in the Orangeburg, dispensary
was disposed of Monday of this
week. The amount of money on hand
to be divided between the county,
towns, and schools will be about
$35,000.
An election was held last week on
the question of annexing a portion ol
Berkley county to Orangeburg, and
the vote was overwhelmingly in favor
of annexation. The territory includes
part of the cream of Berkley,
and Orangeburg county adds about
a million and a half dollars to hei
taxable property by the annexation,
Cnit loralnct ttnuthppn
Lexington, Feb. 6.?Through hei
attorneys, Thurmond & Timmerman,
Mrs. Tilla Bacon Livingston, of Columbia,
has brought suit against the
Southern Railway company and
Tames Alexander, the engineer, ir
this county for $50,000 for the killing
of her husband, J. W. Livingston,
an the morning of April 3, 1909. At
the time it was the belief of many
that Livingston had committed suijide.
Livingston was run over by a
passenger train about a mile below
Batesburg, just beyond the Lexington
ine.
He had spent the night in BatesLmrg,
supposedly, and was walking
iown the track towards Augusta
tvhen he met his death on the crossng
of a neighborhood road.
The complaint alleges that Livingsen
was struck with some serious dis?ase,
suddenly, and without warning,
md, therefore, was not accountable
!or his remaining on the track. The
jomplalnt alleges, also, that no bell
ivas sounded: that the engineer failed
:o blow his whistle, and that the train
vas running at a high rate of speed,
md that no effort was made to slow
lp.
Church Burned in Colleton.
Walterboro, February 7.?The
Bethlehem Baptist church was burned
)n Sunday at 12 o'clock, entailing
i loss on the membership of this
ihurch of about $2,000. No insurince
was carried. This was one of
:he best church buildings in the
;ounty, having been erected about
;en or twelve years ago, of the best
naterial obtainable. The fire caught
rom a defective flue, while the Sunlay
school was in session, but was
lot discovered until the top was so
ar gone that nothing could be done
0 save the building.
The Rev. Geo. A. Martin, as pasor,
is in charge of this work. Services
will continue to be held in the
iV. O. W. Hall until a new church is
milt, which will be done at once.
Ar. A. B. Rickenbaker is superintenlent
of the Sunday-school and the
leacons are Messrs. B. G. Hiott, P. S.
lill, J.B. Dodd and William Garris,
r.
He Told By the Weight.
A student of an English college
tad a barrel of ale deposited in his
oonT, contrary, of course, to rule and
isage. He received a summons to
.ppear before the president, who
aid:
"Sir, I am informed that you have
1 barrel of ale in your room."
"Yes, sir."
"Well, what explanation can you
nake?"
"Why, the fact is, sir, my physiian
advised me to try a little each
[ay as a tonic, and, not wishing to
n tn various nlanes where the
leverage is retailed, I concluded to
Lave a barrel taken to my room."
"Indeed! And have you derived
,ny benefit from the use of it?"
"Ah, yes sir. When the barrel was
Irst taken to my room I could scarcey
lift it. Now I can carry it easily."
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i VERDICT AGAINST UNION.
i
Interesting Outcome of a Case in
' Connecticut.
Hartford, Conn., Feb. 4.?"It is a
; new declaration of independence," is
what Attorney Daniel Davenport calls
the verdict of $222,000 rendered today
in the Unuited States court by
the jury in the suit of B. E. Lowe of
Danbury against 200 hat makers of
' this State for alleged conspiracy. After
having been out over two hours
the jury ordered actual damages of
$74,000 to the plaintiff but as the suit
was brought under the Sherman antitrust
law triple damages can be recovered.
The action grew out of the
boycott instituted against the plain
tiff's goods following a strike of its
. workmen in the summer of 1902.
There was a remarkable scene in
. court when the verdict was announced.
The defendants in attendance
were stunned for a time and then in
groups dejectedly discussed the blow.
It is estimated that the costs in the
case will amount to at least $10,000,
1 and these with the counsel fees may
^ bring the bill against the United Hat'
ters of North America to fully $350,'
000. The verdict in the case is said
to be the most important of its kind
. ever rendered in this country.
; The plaintiff, D. E. Lowe, said that
L if he had not won he would have had
. to go out of business.
Judge Piatt in his charge practical,
ly instructed the jury to bring in a
; verdict for the plaintiff. He said the
only question for them to decide was
one of damages, and these were to be
based upon the losses sustained by
the plaintiff between July 1902, and
September, 1903, the period during
which the boycott against the Loewe
, factory was maintained.
A Kill Thrill ho AloH
A UJLil Ui CAV.CJJ IIUUO VT AAA UC U1V/U 1JJ
[ the defendants and the case will be
[ carried to the federal court of apl
peals and the United States supreme
. court. The suit, which was for $240,000
damages, has been on trial for
; 11 weeks. It was instituted by the
Anti-Boycott society through Mr.
Loewe, but it is understood the dam,
ages awarded are to go to the Han- j
bury hat makers.
Legislative Appropriations.
The appropriation bill carries the
, following items:
Governor's office $16,150
Secretary of State 6,700
Comptroller General 11,550
Insurance commissioner .... 8,400
Treasurer 7,600
Superintendent of Education 6,520
Adjutant General 16,700 1
Attorney General 7,845 <
Railroad Commissioner 10,570 i
Librarian 1,700 j
Public buildings 47,078 1
Geologist .'. 3,400 i
Agriculture and commerce.. 15,120
Judicial 96,050 i
Health 17,000 ,
Tax department 81,943 j
University 96,883 ]
Winthrop 121,337 <
Citadel 65,000
Cedar Springs 31,900
Negro College 24,284 Other
education ?v 88,029 ]
Asylum 254,617 <
Reformatory 7,500 <
Penitentiary 6,550 1
Penal Com. and boards 810 (
Pensions 262,000 j
Historical commission 3,800 j
Interest on bonds 295,886 '
Elections 19,660 (
Miscellaneous claims 68,584 i
Senate 14,886 ]
House 32,995 ]
Engrossing department 5,808 <
Joint expenses 320 j
The bill totals $1,777,352.82 for t
this year, last year $1,632,429.19; j
an increase of $144,913.63. <
Begins Penitentiary Sentence. ,
Spartanburg, February 7.?Harvey t
Bradford, a negro, who was sentenced
to life imprisonment upon conviction
of house-breaking and larceny
in the April term of court, 1909, was
to-day taken to Columbia to begin c
his sentence. Some weeks ago Brad- 1
ford was remanded to jail pending i
a motion by S. G. Finley, his attor- a
ney, before Judge Shipp that the case a
be reopened upon the grounds of t
after-discovered evidence. The motion
was refused. c
Harvey Bradford is the negro who 1
was arrested for entering the room 1
of Miss Julia Reed, a student of Con- i
verse college, who roomed in the dor- 1
mitory. On being discovered in the n
room by Miss Reed, Bradford placed 1
his hand over the young lady's mouth s
and tried to choke her into silence, r
She fought him so desperately that t
she succeeded in screaming, where- t
upon Bradford fled. 1;
He left his hat in the college build- J
ing and by this clue he was arrested, x
SLAYER OF NIX CAPTUREI
negro held in savannah, ga.
identified as murderer.
Chief Hand, of Bamberg, Runs Mur
derer Down?Extradition
Will be Asked.
A Bamberg special to the Stat
says:
The murderer of Mr. Nix, a promi
nent white man of Denmark, is be
lieved to have been captured. Isa
dore Mimms, alias Isadore Hartzog
who escaped after a long and sever
chase by a posse of white men las
May, has been finally caught in Sa
vannah, Ga. Chief of Police S. A
Hand left here Thursday night, ha?
ing had the man spotted by a negr
of this community, and after a dili
gent search in Savannah he foun<
Hartzog in a pool room. The negr
did not resist arrest but stoutly de
nied his identity.
Asa Baxter, of Denmark, went t
Savannah by request by Mr. Hand an
says positively that the right negr
has been caught. Mose Read, a ne
gro from Denmark, also says tha
they have the right man. Hartzo
has refused to return to the Stat
and Chief Hand has applied to Go^
Ansel asking that he take steps t
have the man brought back. Sheril
Hunter will go to Savannah for th
man and, acting under instruction
from Gov. Ansel, will carry the ma
to Columbia, going by way of Charles
ton.
This case will be remembered a
nno whtnh raiiRad er pat PYritemeTl
at the time. On May 9 Mr. Nix,
farmer living near Denmark, went ou
to some tenant houses to see abou
some work that was going on. Th
negro man shot him apparently witt
out justification and when news c
the deed had reached Denmark an
the neighboring community, posse
scoured the country for days in ever
direction and it was reported severs
times that he had been lynched. Th
chase was finally abandoned, th
blood hounds having lost all trace c
the man. The conclusion was reache
that some one had aided Hartzog i:
making his escape by taking him i:
a buggy.
A reward of $200 is outstandin
for the capture and conviction of th
man.
The Picket is Off for Yon.
In a little suburban town, on th
line of one of our large railroad
lived an engineer. He ran one o
the large engines that pulled the fas
express from great Chicago, and, h
30 doing, passed his cottage home
His little daughter Bessie often cairn
to the garden gate to wave good-b;
to her pap, or welcome him home a
the case might be. One day sh<
managed to remove one of the pick
ets from the gate, so that she coul<
set outside to wave. This please<
her papa, and Bessie thought it sue!
i treat to get outside, that the picke
was not nailed on again.
One day on his trip in storm;
weather a washout was found, de
laying our engine at the other em
3f the line, and while there he re
?eived a message from home saying
'Hurry, Bessie very ill, taken sud
ienly!" At once he remebered th<
morning scene, "his Bessie wavin*
^ood-by outside the garden gate.'
rhe anxious father hurried home ai
iuickly as possible, arriving there ai
:he break of day, but too late to se<
his little daughter alive. Mammt
net him at the door and gently said
'Our little Bessie has gone before
?ut she left a message, dear, for yoi
:o meet her in heaven, as she hac
)rayed Jesus to leave the picket of!
)f the golden gate so you could get
Vit-/-,,,crVi " Th<\ atnrv has heen trans
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ated into song and set to music with
ouching effect.
Poisons Himself.
Saluda, Feb. 8.?T.. A. Jones, ar
>ld Confederate soldier and a well
tnown character in this community
8 thought to be dying in his room
it the Adams hotel in this town from
n over dose of ladanum, taken, it is
hought, with suicidal intent.
He has been on a spree for several
lays and a few days ago stated that
le was going to put an end to his
ife and exhibited a bottle of laudai.um.
Last night he was carried to
lis room and put to bed and this
lorning, failing to get up at the usual
lour, Mr. Adams went to his room to
ee about him. A physician was sumnoned
and all efforts to arouse him
o-day have failed. An empty bottle
hat was supposed to have contained
aud&num was found in his bed. Mr.
rones is about 70 years of age and
inmarried.
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| POLITICAL POT BOILING.
News and Gossip About the Campaign
'' this Summer.
Columbia, February 7.?In the
closing days of the General Assembly
the political pot bubbles a little more
than ever. As the summer time
draweth nearer and nearer those
e whose eyes are centered upon Gubernatorial
honors are watching the
_ turn of political events, and are framing
their platforms and basing their <
hopes thereon.
If there is one man in South Caroe
lina who can tell to-day with any ,
t degree of certainty who the next gov_
ernor of the State will be, he deserves \
to be ranked with the prophets of
old. Even more so than in the days
0 when there were grave political issues
_ before the people, is the task of * <&
^ "picking the winner difficult."
0 It must always have something of
whiskey in it, this South Carolina
platform. For generations this qttee- .
tion has vexed South Carolinians. 1
o
d Yet fresh in the minds of politicians
0 and others is the State dispensary :f
fight, then the establishment of the ;J
t county dispensary after the old State )
g dispensary had passed away. Then
e came this new wave?prohibition.
r Although no Governor has gone into
0 ^office upon the billows of that heavy t
g sea?it so appears to be?it has been
e a plaform more than once. And again
8 it will be.
n During the approaching campaign, v.;
in so far as whiskey and alleged >
abstenance from it are concerned, . -J
s there will be three platforms snplt
porting candidates as follows, as the
a situation appears to-day. - ,
[t 1. A prohibition candidate.
lt 2. A local option candidate.
e 3. A high license candidate.
L_ Just at this stage of the game those :0
whose caps will fit the above bid fait
d to be: C. C. Featherstone, prohibl- . ,vg
lg tion candidate (announced;) R. I, ,
y Manning, local option; T. G. McLeod,
l1 high license.
6 In addition to these three upon
e specific platforms, Cole L. Bledse, of
^ Newberry, will be in the race with {
d his usual vigor. F. H. Hyatt, of Co- > V;
n lumbia has also been mentioned by
q his friends for the race. However, '< -[J
only two men have come out officially
g and they are: Cole Blease and C. CL 'jj
e Featherstone. John G. Richards; of h
Kershaw, has also been urged to run, :';' ?
but so far there has been no definite l?||
announcement from him as to wheth- ?gj|
er or not he would be-in the race. J. ' p
e Fraser Lyon, Attorney General, hads
pressure brought to bear that he run, 1
f but it is stated by his friends that 'S
t he will not be in the race,
i In this interesting line of possibiU- > jj
i. ties for the Gubernatorial battle there M
e ought to be some developments of \ vgj
y more than usual import. The probas
bility of the withdrawal of at least
e one of the above named candidates, ;
- if not two or three, will only add to n
1 the stiffness of the conflict in the
1 summer days, when the running will
i be the hardest.
Alleged Horse Thief CangM. //I
Orangeburg, February 7.?Infor- ,
1 mation was received by Chief Fisher
- this morning that Windham, the \
: party- who had disposed of a horse
- and buggy belonging to Mr. J. H. '
? Albrecht, of this city, at Holly Hill
I on Saturday, and had skipped for jj
' parts unknown, had been arrested
J yesterday in Augusta, and would be
t brought here this afternoon, as he
i would waive extradition proceedings,
i Mr. Albrecht has recovered the horse
? and buggy through O. D. Rhame, to ' \
, whom they had been sold by WindV,
V*
i ham, but will enter prosecution
I agafiist the latter at once. ,
; High School Girl Robbed.
i Kansas City, Feb. 3.?A clever
feminine "Raffles" with the appear
ance of a high school girl, has made
her debut in Kansas City. The girl - ^
appeared at the home of Miss Lizzie
1 Evans yesterday and asked for the
1 latter, and was told Miss Evans was
- not at home.
1 "All right,", she said, "I'll just go
1 upstairs and wait for her return."
1 At the top of the stairs, William
Evans, the girl's father, met the burglar.
Again she asked for Miss/Evans
; and was informed the girl was not
! at home.
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Taking it ior granted tutu cue uur
1 er was a friend of his daughter, Mr,
1 Evans permitted the "Raffles" to go
! into Miss Evans' room.' When the
1 latter returned home in the evening
' the stranger was gone. Several waists, v *
1 skirts and numerous toilet articles
! bad also disappeared.
It makes such a difference who }
. does it?when one falls on an icy
sidewalk, for instance.
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