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' One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C? THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1917. Established 1891
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME IX TE REST I X(* HAPPENINGS
IX VARIOUS SECTIOXS.
News Items Gathered All Around thej
County and Elsewhere,
f Colston Clippings.
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Colston. Aug. 7.?Miss Laura Mcmillan
was the pleasant guest of .Miss
% Alberta Kearse Sunday.
.Miss Azile Donald, of Norway, returned
to her home Sunday after a
short visit to friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Clayton spent
Sunday with their parents. Mr. and
Mrs. George Rentz.
Mrs. Matt Inabinet departed this
life last Wednesday at the home of
her niece. Mrs. W. P. Sandifer. at I
Denmark, and her body was laid to
rest in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
The bereaved family have the sympthy
of the entire community.
Miss Nettie Clayton spent Saturday
night with her sister. Mrs. B. \Y.
Beard.
Mr. Perry Lee McMillan, of Cheraw,
is at home on a vacation.
Mrs. Ogreta Beard spent last week
with Mrs. B. D. Bishop.
Mcsdames Thos. Clayton and D. J.
Zorn. Miss Mary Clayton and Messrs.
Samuel Clayton and Vernon McMil>
lan spent Sunday with friends at
Govan.
~~ Messrs. Vernon McMillan and Malone
Varn were the guests of Mr.
* Sammie Clayton Saturday night.
"V T J ^ ? D c- i I.'irl.-ldnfl was tllo JTllOSt
->i I OS- UCJ-'IC IV 11 aiuuu .. ...v ^ ^ of
Jier cousin, Miss Hattie Kirkland.
Saturday night.
The many friends of Master Monroe
Kolk are very sorry to learn of
his illness.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Beard and family
visited relatives at Ehrhardt Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. All and Mr. and
Mrs. C. B. All and family spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. F. \Y. McMil^
lan.
^ Miss Evelyn Kirkland was the
guest of Mrs. Leila Bessinger Saturday
night and Sunday.
Messrs. B. \Y. and J. C. Beard and
J. B. Yarn motored to Atlanta Tuesday.
Miss Inez Clayton spent Sunday
with her sister, Mrs. B. W. Beard.
Clear Pond Cullings.
^ Clear Pond, August 6.?Miss Ethel
W Collins, of Govan, is the attractive
guest of Mrs. Herbert Folk this week.
Miss Mamie Morris returned to Aui
f gusta Saturday to resume her studies
L'> at Osborne's business college.
[ Messrs. Roy Williams and Claude
Kirkland, of Charleston, were visi^
tors in this section Sunday afternoon.
Mr. C. E. Hughes, of Varnville. visited
his uncle. Mr. P. K. Hughes,
last \<eek.
Mrs. Mac Creech, of rimers, spent
last week in the community with relatives.
^ Miss Doris Folk is visiting her
sister near Denmark.
Messrs. Earl Summers and David
Smoak. of Branc-hville. visited at Mr.
J. B. Folk's Saturday and Sunday.
| f Mrs. J. F. Mitchell is spending
' some time here with her sister. Mrs.
P. K. Hughes.
Miss Ruth Morris is visiting rela
tives in Augusta.
.Miss Gracia Black, of Hilda, is
visiting .Miss Reba Steedly this week.
.Miss Allie Morris, of Ehrhardt. is
the guest of her aunt. .Mrs. J. J.
( Hughes.
t Branohville Breezes.
! Branchville, August 4.?Mrs. J. B.
Henderson is visiting relatives in Atr
* lanta.
hMiss Katherine Minus is spending
some time with relatives in Ashe-1
ville. |
L ' Miss Freda Butts, of Charleston.
m is the guest of Mrs. P. E. Dukes.
Mrs. L. H. Thomas is visiting relatives
in Spartanburg.
Mrs. C. E. McHonaker has returned
from a visit to relatives in Auc
gusta.
Mr. C. L. Bruce, Jr.. of Lynchburg.
\i Va.. is on a visit to relatives here.
Mr. J. R. Henderson is spending
k some time with his father in Laurens
county.
Misses Thelnia Witiiersnoon and
gne Dukes aiv visiting Miss Louise
McKeown.
SchotieM Skotrh<">.
Schofield. August 7.?Miss Verna
French has returned homo after an
extended visit with friends in GeorI
gia.
| Mr. C. A. Peters, who has been
I sawing here for the past two vears
r
m: \tii pkx.alty roit i:i:sisi i:ks;
rederal Government Will Press Case'
Against Two Hundred in Okla.
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Oklahoma City. Okla.. Aug. ?
Without waiting for a conclusion of|
the State's campaign against organized
resistance ot the selective draft
in Centra! Oklahoma, the United!
States government today moved to I
punish the men under arrest in J
connection with armed opposition to
military service. Warrants charging j
treason, were served on the prisoners
who were taken to the penitentiary
at McAlister or the jail at Muskogee j
to await trial at which United States
District Attorney McGinni> will ask |
that the death penalty he imposed.
Viinminepmenr that extreme nun
isment would bo asked was expected
to aid materially in bringing to terms
the few resisters still sheltered in the
hills. Posses in three counties?Seminole.
Hughes and Pottawatomie?reported
tonight that isolated groups
refused to surrender, but that they
apparently were discouraged and
seeking to avoid encounter. Except
for the fact that several agitators,
regarded as leaders in the disturbance
and dangerous to remain at
large, are among those maintaining
a show of resistance, the authorities
would be inclined to let the bands
break up. confident that the less important
members could be arrested
later.
Dynamite is Seized.
Determination of the possemen to
run down all of the leaders was
strengthened today by confiscation of
half a freight car of dynamite found
on a siding in Seminole county. An
investigation is being made to establish
ownership. The car was unaccompanied.
Clashes between the resisters and
posses have cost three lives and numerous
injuries. Two objectors to
the draft have been killed and a
traveler was shot when he failed to
heed a posse's .warning to halt.
Will Have Their Way.
It was at an evening party in Cambridge
and Dodge asked Keller:
"Who is that impressive-looking
woman over there?"
"That's Mrs. Moore." was the reply.
"She's a remarkably strong
minded woman. It is said she commands
a large salary."
"Indeed." said Dodge, reflectively
as he looked at the woman with interest.
"How does she earn it?"
"She doesn'r earn it," said Keller.
"Her husband earns it. and she commands
it."?Denver News.
has accepted a position at Owensburg.
Ky.
Mr. G. D. Inabinet. who is in camp
with the -nd S. C. national guard at
Columbia, spent the week-end with
his parents here, Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Inabinet.
The men who were drawn in the
national army from here are being
examined every day. and we notice
that the majority of them are passed
upon as able bodied men.
The recent rains that have fallen
horn have caused a considerable drop!
in the temperature, which was glad-j
ly welcomed hy our citizens.
Mr. R. \V. Schotield. general manager
of the Saltkeatehie Lumber Co..
[ was a visitor here last week.
I Mrs. X. G. Calahan. of North, is
spending a few days here with her
daughter. Mrs. A. T. Inabinet. *
Oak Grove Greetings.
Oak Grove. August 6.?Some of
the farmers are very busy pulling
fodder now.
Mr. G. C. Folk, of the Colston section.
was the pleasant guest of Mr.
and Mrs. A. K. Rentz last Sunday.
Mrs. L. \V. - Copeland spent last
Saturday night and Sunday with her
sister. Mrs. D. E. Fender, at Ehrhardt.
A good many of the folks around
here attended the meeting at Carter's
Ford last Sunday.
Mrs. J. L. Copeland and Miss Lonie
Copeland dined with Mr. and Mrs.
D. P. Smith last Friday.
Miss Kate Hiers spent several days
last week with Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Fender, of the Colston section.
Miss Grace Hoffman dined with
her aunt. Mrs. George McMillan last j
Sunday.
The protracted meeting will start:
! -T >?* i.ovt Cnnil-H' TllO lillll-!
T ill I'VllUKi* 1 i I ?-.Ui tu.- . * j' ? - - |
! lie is cordially invited to attend,
j Messrs. C,. F. McMillan and Till-;
I man Carter atl'-nded the picino at !
I
Crochet ville "last Wednesday. They I
, repotted a jolly uood time,
j Mrs. Monnie Rontz and her son.!
| Monnie. Jr.. of Columbia, spent last j
I week at the home of Mr. 1. W. Rent/..
I
There is a lot ol" sickness in our
section.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
somi: o( <ti;i;i:\< i:s of vaiuofs
KINDS IN SOI TH ( AKOLINA.
State News Hoi led Down lor Quirk j
Heading.?Paragraphs About
.Men and Happenings.
Henry Lindsay, 17. of Greenville,
was drowned Tuesday of last week j
while swimming.
Forty \\ hitc and ten colored couples
were married in Spartanburg
county during the month of July.
Harry Fauhert and \\\ P. Ritts,
white prisoners in tiie State peniten-j
tiary. made their escape last Thursday.
The third infantry regiment, national
guard of the district of Columbia.
will lie sent to Cunp Sevier.
t:i Green\ille.
I). \V. Gaston, of Aiken, sold o.'ll
bales of cotton last week at IF" cents
a pound. A check for SJ^. k ,x 4 wagiven
in payment.
Farmers of Orangeburg county ar<?
making an effort to secure a licensed
federal cotton grader for the Orangeburg
market this fall.
Jacob Ford, a negro of Charleston.
must answer at the next term of
court to tlie ciiarge 01 receiving mu
quarts of liquor in a month.
Walter Burns is under arrest in
Spartanburg, charged with obtaining
several hundred dolar- by means'of
bogus mortgages and checks.
During the month of July the office
of the secretary of State collected
i'lom corporation fees, notary public
fees, etc. a total of Sl.TL^.SS.
The first car of wheat ever shipped j
from. .McBee, Chesterfield county, was!
shipped to Darlington Tuesday, where
it will be milled. Several more cars
will be forwarded at an early date.
The largest and most perfect specimen
of pure bred Jersey cow that
was ever seen in Gaffney was sold
in that town Thursday for beef. The
cow weighed 1,13"> pounds.
John Sharpe Williams, distinguished
United States senator from
Mississippi, has accepted an invitation
to deliver an address at a picnic
to be held at Bisliopville this
month.
The city council of Florence has
passed an ordinance forbidding the
sale of Jamaica ginger in that city
except upon the prescription of a
physician. Grocers 01 norence na\ei
been selling Jamaica ginger mixed
with cider, it is said.
A shortage of S9.3"0.50 has been
discovered in the accounts of \V. \\\
Huckabee. deceased, formerly sheriff
of Kershaw county. The sheriff is
alleged to have failed to turn over
to the county treasurer a large sum
of money collected on tax executions.
SLAVS HIS WIFE.
Objected to Her Visiting Her Parents,
at Whose Home Tragedy Occurred.
Greenwood. August t'?.?Enraged
because bis wife had left him to visit
her parents, after he had told her she
should not do so. Frank Boyd, aged
2o. shot and killed his wife yesterday
afternoon at four o'clock and
wounded his mother-in-law with four
shots from his automatic pistol. The
mother-in-law, Mrs. Crane, is now in
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lieved she will recover. She has two
bullet wounds in the face and one in
each arm. The dead wife. Mrs. Minnie
Crane Boyd, was shot twice in the
left breast and once in the head.
The shooting ocurred at the Crane
home in Grendel mill village Xo. 2
in South Greenwood. Boyd and his
wife lived in the Greenwood mill village.
Mrs. Boyd wanted to visit her parents
and he told her not to go. She
went anyway and Boyd followed later
in the day and as soon as he walked
up on the front piazza began shooting
at his wife and when she fell, turned
on his mother-in-law. After the shoot-j
ing he submitted quietly to arrest at
the hands of Deputy Sprouse of the {
village and made no resistance what-j
...1.^., OI,?,.;(V My.Milloji n rl Mr !
ever wneii onei in .< ?. .m n.?<. ,
Chandler, chief of police, put liiin in!
an automobile and earned him to J
the county jail. He is still in jail1
and refuses to make anv statement!
I
or even answer ?jitestions. maintain-;
inir a stolid silence. He is a native!
of Laurens county but litis lived in
Hreenwood county almost all of his
life.
Last year the State of California
from " (?.nun acres harvested
oon,nun pounds of rice. This cereal;
is a very stood substitute for potatoes.1
and much cheaper at current prices, i
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I Jural Carriers and i'ostoflire KniploytVs
Not Kxemptcd from Draft.
A ruling by the postofliee department.
Frida> shows that department
officials will make few requests for
the exemption of postal employees
from military service. Postmasters
are instructed not to ask for exemption
for carriers or laborers or for
clerks in second class oliices below
the Sl.nno grade, clerks in fir>t class
offices below the $1.1 ho grade, or any
above these grades unless they are
qualified distributers of mail.
The ruling is the brst formal action
by an executive department in com-j
pliance with President Wilson's order'
directing that department officials in-j
dicntp evonmtions and that the re-1
uuirement ot' indispensability lie rigidly
enforced. As generally construed.
the postal ruling shows the purpose
of the administration to inakei
the government leaders in freeing
valuable employees for war service. I
The entire mail carrier force, numbering
thousands of men. of whom
a considerable percentage are within
the draft age limits, is excluded from
exemption unless for physical reasons
or because they have dependent
families. Every portion of the country
is reached by the ruling, as even
the rural carriers are included.
The department's ruling in regard
to clerks leaves railway mail clerks
within the exemption class, as they
are highly specialized distributers.
Reduces Exemptions.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
took steps Friday to reduce the number
of exemptions because of dependent
families. Instructions were sent j
to tlie governors of all States pointing
out that the minimum pay of soldiers
is now .>*:;< a month, and that
local boards must consider whether
a man's dependents could not be supported
on that amount. The telegram
follows:
"Please call attention of local
hoards to the fact that a soldier's
pay is not less than thirty dollars a
month, and that all clothing, subsistence
medical treatment and hous
ing are furnished him. Under the
law he may allot any portion of his
pay to a dependent. .Many soldiers
receiving thirty dollars a month are
easily able to allot twenty-five dollars
monthly to the support of dependents.
Tn case of death in line of duty, the
government will pay to the beneficiary
designated by the soldier six
months' pay.
"Section 4 of the selective service
act provides that those in a status
with respect to persons dependent upon
them for support which renders
their exclusion or discharge advisable
may he discharged, but it does
not require that they shall be discharged
in all such cases. The discretion
of local boards is invoked by
this provision and such boards may
well take the facts recited above into
consideration in deciding claims
for discharge due to dependency with
a view of fact, the person claiming
such discharge will not be in as good
or better position to support his de
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service than lie was before. If such
is tlie case, of course, the discharge I
should not he granted*."
Knotty Problems.
Government officials generally are
beginning to take tip the individual
questions that arise where government
employees are called for service.
Secretary Daniels said Friday that
knotty problems were arising in the
navy department as to what individuals
in the clerical force, navy
draughsmen or skilled workers at
the navy yards are absolutely indispensable.
The number of exemptions asked
by the various departments will be
reduced to the absolute minimum, it
is indicated, even if some temporary
derangement of the clerical work results.
General Crowder has suggested
to the governors that each assemble
full membership of all district
boards in his State for a general
conference to insure uniform proceedings
regarding appeals. The gov.
ernors were asked also to appoint
o? > in oofli lncnl district TO
clll UliiV 1U1 lit \.UV U ? V/ v?? ? X,.. v. .? V j
file appeals. County attorneys were |
suggested.
eleventh Hour Ties NO Immunity.
Washington. August _.? Local exemption
hoards were .formally in-|
structed hv lTovosu Marshal C.en.l
Crowder tonight thai the> ma> well j
hold that a marriage recent 1> r-on-j
suniniated. especially !>y a registrant j
j
after he has been called for examination.
does nor create a status ofj
!
dependency justifying immunity j
from conscription. The hoards are
instructed to exercise their disc-re-j
tion in such cases. I
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MEN EXAMINED FOR DRAFT j
Mom; i;i:<;ist!l\ms will ilw
to in: i:\.\mi\i:i).
About Half I ailed to I'ass Physical
Examination.?Very Few Who
Do Not Claim Exemption.
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On Saturday. Monday and Tuesday
tlier^ were without doubt more men
in Bamberg between the ages of 21
and do. inclusive, than on anv three
clays previously in the history of the
town. The occasion was the examination
by ihe local selective draft
board of men summoned for the
selective draft army. The examination
began early Saturday morniflg.
One hundred and twenty-five young
men were summoned before the
board Saturday to stand the physical
examination. Dr. Cleckley. the physician-member
of the local board, was
assisted Saturday by Drs. S. P. Rentz
and Copeland. The board and physicians
worked far into the night before
the work was concluded. Monday
two hundred were summoned before
the board. Dr. Cleckley was assisted
that day by Drs. Hartzog, Rentz, Wyman
and Roberts. The remaining
two hundred were summoned for
Tuesday, when the examining physician
was assisted by Drs. Wyman,
Rentz and Hartzog.
More than half of those examined
failed to pass the physical test, and
were given certificates of discharge
on that ground.
About i?0 per cent, of those passing
the-physical examination claimnvfiiniitinii
/-v.-, niio o-rninul fllirl fin-i
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other. Of course, all those who claim
exemption will not be exempted, but
it is apparent that another increment
of registrants will have to be summoned
before the board. More notices
will be sent out just as soon as
the board can get the time to makei
them out.
The question of exemptions will be J
considered by the board at once. All I
persons who have claims for exemption
were given the proper blanks to
be filled out, sworn to before a notary,
and returned to the board.
Within the next few days all persons:
passing the physical examination will
be notified of the acceptance or rejection
of their claims.
At present it appears that many
more of the registrants of the
county may have to be examined before
the county's quota of 1S3 is secured.
Below is printed a list of all those
who passed the physical examination,
those not appearing on this list having
failed to pass:
91!) Jesse C. Rentz.
i>19 Samuel Edward Baxter.
90li Stacy Kearse.
1 ">43 Troy E. Ayer.
93 William R. McKenna.
1 I > I \ V 1111 cl 111 1. v. til Iti .
S71 Charlie Lionel Clayton.
14S."? .John Bessinger.
MO Spencer Scott.
07.0 Cleveland Faust.
! 44 Murphy Brelanu.
I 12SS Lennie Johnson.
I 1132 E. \V. Walker.
7,7.7 Ralph Archer Goolsby.
130 Charley Brabham Wiggins,
j 7,25 J. E. Bass,
j 7>7.o Winchester Graham.
7)30 Henry J. Creech.
7,71 Charles Wesley Jones.
10SS Sullivan Myers.
403 Arthur Halyard.
1217 Ezra Stewart.
12S2 Henry Green.
0S3 Hammond Green.
707 Frank Robinson.
147?7> Henry Wroton.
1 070 John Wilbur Kearse.
I 7,13 Timothy Washington,
i 1 0S7) Adolphus Kirkland.
072 John Harrison Ealey.
1178 Eddie Jennings.
437 Johnnie Walker,
in-ir. Daniel Sease.
1292 George Patterson Johnson.
784 Hosea Roney.
l.">39 Fletcher Wright,
r.4S Henry Wilbur Gibson.
l."72 Aaron D. Hair.
Reginald Hubert Driggs.
f*>(in Hardy Marion Tant.
148 L. Osborne Brabham.
12Hi Wilbur P. Williams.
12?',t; lien-ion Zorn.
1<',\ J? >! n Frank Connelly.
1:i 1 Barney Bessinger.
7." ^Jolin Knight.
Charley Henry Carroll.
1 \ 1 ! John Henry Dyckes.
]o7 James Kdwar-l Sanuii'er.
1 I'd Auuns'int- Sin>the Week ley.
I John S.-hwarting.
1Co William Otto Cook.
?; ?4 John .Shannon Tyler.
:V.m> Sam Saiulerowitz.
4 Bonnie Lee Hair.
10 James Clyde Boland.
I
l?;si? James Kirk land. Jr.
It.7k l.onnie Kearse.
27". Monnie Jones,
".on Duck Ross.
17:;2 Willie Shepherd.
1 :!! ". Sam Richards.
17of. Bennie Orr.
12o Jinimie Walker.
1 s2 George Daniels,
r. 1 7 Shellie Guess.
7S:i Carey Reed.
7JO Edward Lebby.
77 "> Albert Bow.
04 " Harvey Beard.
002 Edgar Hart/.og.
8:;7 Willie Williams, Jr.
1184 Ross Williams.
~?n7 Arthur Rice.
S."4 Sam Washington.
1066 Lee Williams, Jr.
433 Henry Washington.
966 Henry Dokes.
332 Ernest Moore.
373 Willie Robinson.
1441 Charles H. Holmes.
1 536 James Varn.
3 79 Luscius Staley.
390 Willie Stewart.
239 James Hartzog.
1020 Perry Loadholt.
1 636 Paris Draper, Jr.
1763 James Jamison.
1771 Robert Woods.
1751 Henry All.
1651 David Draper.
514 William Wright.
1014 James Kearse.
757 Henry Xelson.
721 Laurie Johnson.
S74 Bqu Carter.
114S Adam Carter.
1370 C. B. Garrett.
31 Manford Dubois.
14 17 R. L. Morris.
1 SO H. O. .Morris.
1016 Henry Lincoln.
130." Charley Odom.
15G5 L. I. Drawdv.
12.76 L. E. McCormack.
r?SS J. E. Stokes.
S7,6 Robert Williams.
1346 J. R. Peters. "
1337 J. P. Hiers.
1250 W. W. Lancaster.
1101 J. F. Hutto.
1339 J. H. Johns.
12S7 Solomon Jeter.
1010 Hab Kirkland.
1007 Wilson Kirkland.
711 John D. Jones.
1764 Sawyer Mines.
1765 George McMillan.
355 Julius Paul.
685 George Gregg.
760 Sammie Odom.
335 Clide Middleton.
1714 James Ray.
1677 Garrie Kirkland.
174 4 Jack Walker. Jr.
957 George Bamberg.
1730 David Stroman.
163S Jim Dyches;
1611 Dave Breland.
327 Albert Myers.
1167 Moses Green.
222 Y. R. Grant.
620 Ben Beavers.
441 J. D. Washington.
1S5 Willie Easterling.
12S1 John Green.
194 Caleb Frederick.
1 276 Joe Daniels.
105$ J. F. Gilbert.
356 Ben Patrick.
736 Monnie Kel ley.
I7t>!t Nelson Odom.
S09 Harry E. Storne.
7.".", W. H. Norton.
1300 Solomon Ximmons.
7 1 Franklin Kirkland Graham.
34.7 Ernest Nelson.
738 Joe Kelley.
664 Johnnie Fickling.
1 430 Raymon Donnelson.
726 Arthur Johnson.
391 Queenie Saxton.
1032 Bill Porter.
1366 Benjamin Franklin.
343 Curtis Nelson.
717 Thomas Jefferson.
1077 Willie Wright.
341 Joe Nelson, Jr.
12 77 William Daniels.
S14 John Sanders.
981 Johnnie Givins.
171 James Dowling.
1142 Clarence Barnwell.
4SS Norman Grimes.
1627 Willie Connelly.
1617 John Henry Bryant.
1054 Willie Stephens.
00 Tom Moody.
11 2 1 Ralph Rentz.
12??0 Henry Murray Ray.
1itfi L. McD. Reid.
1P?7 Rashie Ham Jolly.
1:141 George Kinard.
ill! John (1. Matthews.
sClarence J. Parish,
li'." I John Henry Morris.
S7S R. Tillman Carter.
11 ms Wilbert Lawcv Jones.
lit Fred Gaskins.
(522 Theodore Bellinger.
1774 Arthur L. Baxter.
1700 Elijah Trotty.
23 W. I). Coleman.
1284 Richard Holman.
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