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BOND AND BRIDGE
WORK IN STATE
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HIGHWAY COMMISSION'S CHART
SHOWS PROGRES.
Projects in 20 Counties
Estimated Total Cost of Work Under
Wa.r and in Prospect
$829,203.05.
Columbia, April 20.?The extent of
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* and in prospect in South Carolina is
graphically shown by the progress
chart gotten out on March 31st by
the State Highway Commission. The
v road and bridge projects which the
'' commission has under way are located
in twenty counties, and besides
these projects located in single coun
ties there are three additional projects
in each of which two counties
will share. The estimated total cost
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of the projects under way and in pros__~pect
is $829,203.05, of which amount
it is expected that the federal government
will pay $313,748.31. Up to
April 1, 1919, a total of $61,047.17
had already been paid over by the
federal government to the counties
- to reimburse them in parts on road
" and bridge projects under construcjj
' tion or completed.
The State Highway Commission has
' Trr?Tr r\y* PnmnlofpH
' roau projects uuuci ???
" *: which cover a total of 215.09 miles.
These roads have been or will be surfaced,
under present plans, with con,
crete, asphaltic-concrete, top-soil or
sand-clay. . Out of the 23 projects
surveys have been completed . and
v plans made on 15. Surveys have been
made and plans nearly completed on
live, and of The remaining three, one
project has been covered by a reconnaissance
survey, and the remaining
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one partially surveyed.
The labor situation together with
f* * the exceedingly high prices for building
materials which have prevailed
have combined to hold back actual
construction work abnormally. However,
despite these handicaps imposed
V- by war conditions, construction work
has been started on five of the 23
projects, and-these five, are now in
various stages of completeness, ranging
from the grading stage to the
* point where the roadway itself has
been graded and surfaced, but the
sy shoulders have not yet been completed.
In addition to the five projects
, on which construction is under way,
contracts have been recently let for
two additional projects, and bids from
contractors have been advertised for
on certain other projects.
- Work County by County.
\ Taking up, county by county, the
road and bridge work which the State
Highway Commission intends to do in
co-operation with the counties and
* federal government, the progress
, chart issued on March 31st by the
highway commision gives the following
facts:
Bamberg .county: . 12.17 miles of
sand-clay road, Columbia to Savannah
highway. Approved for federal aid.
, ' - ' Estimated total cost, $30,315. SurN.
_ veys and plans completed. Construction
not yet started, but contract let
-April 2 to J. R. Beazley of Norfolk,
, . Va.
, Calhoun county: Three concrete
- bridges on Old State road near St.
Matthews. Approved for federal aid.
:*. x Surveys and plans completed. Conf
struction work not started, but contract
let March 27 to General Road
and Drainage Construction Company
of Charleston and Columbia at a cost
of $15,771.50.
< Charleston county: 4.01 miles of
concrete road on Old State road from
entrance to Navy Yard to Berkeley
county line. Total estimated cost,
$130,454.26. Plans and surveys to be
made and project to be submitted to
federal government for approval. A
project similar to this one was apr
proved by the federal government, but
the plans were changed on account of
change in conditions, and new plans
and surveys will be made.
Cherokee county (two projects):
First, 9.26 miles of top-soil road on
the national highway from Gaffney
to the Spartanburg county line by way
of Thicketv. Approved for federal aid.
Total estimated cost, $39,561. Surveys
and plans completed. Construction
work not started. Second, steel
and concrete bridge on national highway
at Thickety. Total estimated
cost, $40,000. Reconnaissance survey
made.
Chester county: 9.46 miles of topsoil
road and bridges on Chester to
^ Rock Hill road from Chester to the
county line. Approved for federal
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aid. Total estimated cost, $53,769.42.
Surveys and plans completed.
Construction work not started.
Chesterfield county: 2.14 miles of
1' gravel road on Washington-Atlanta
highway from Cheraw to the Society
i Hill road. Approved for federal aid.
: Total estimated cost, $14,310.02.
j Plans and surveys completed. Construction
work started -bv Rolader,
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PVi?-r "Palmer nf Pnl 11 m hin Prm
tractors, on February 24. One mile
of the road has been graded.
Edgefield county: 8.42 miles of topsoil
road on Dixie highway from Edge-,
field to Turkey Run creek bridge. Total
estimated cost, $35,062.36. Sur,
vevs completed and plans nearly com|
pleted. Construction not started.
Greenville County.
Greenville county: 0.95 miles of
concrete and 3.95 miles of top-soil
, road on national highway from Greenh
villd to Taylors. Total estimated cost,
. $35,540.37, of which the federal gov;
ernment has already paid to the coun.
ty $10,523.85. All surveys and plans
. completed. Construction completed by
, county convicts and free labor forces,
all except road shoulders.
Greenwood county: 7.29 miles of
top-soil road on the Dixie highway,
. Greenwood to Hodges. Approved for
, federal aid. Total estimated cost,
$19,977.98. Surveys and plans com,
pleted. Construction work not startf
ed.
Horry county: , 20.42 miles sand
. clay road from Conway to uainvants
Ferry on the Little Pee Dee river.
, Approved for federal aid. Total estimated
cost, $44,573.76. Plans and
surveys completed. Construction work
, not started.
Lancaster county: 22.34 miles of
, top-soil road on the Lancaster-Charotte
road from Lancaster to the North
Carolina line. Approved for federal
aid. Total estimated cost, $49,296.50.
Surveys completed and plans partly
, completed. Construction not started.
Laurens county: Nature of surface
. not yet determined, probably top-soil.
From Kinards north to Clinton. State
Highway Commission has survey
. party running transit line, of which
11.1 miles have been completed.
- Lexington county: 29.2 miles of
. sand-clay road from New BrooklandJ
to Batesburg. Surveys completed and
plans started.
McCormick county: (Two projects)
First, 8.25 miles of top-soil road and
, one concrete bridge. Approved for
, federal aid. Total estimated cost,
; $14,574.02. Surveys completed and
, plans partly made. Construction work
. not started. Second, concrete girder
; bridge over Hard Labor creek. Apnroved
for federal aid. Total estima
. ted cost, $22,545.82. Surveys and
plans completed. Construction work
, not started.
Newberry county: 5.663 miles of
top-soil road from Prosperity to Little
, Mountain. Approved for federal aid.
, Total estimated cost, $21,182.59.
Surveys and plans completed. Construction
work not started.
. Pickens county: Easlev project, 23
, miles, from Easley to the North Caro.
lina line. Surveys of 5.7 miles from
Pickens to Easley completed. Con>
struction not started.
Richland County.
Richland county: 2.12 miles con
crete road and concrete girder bridge
from eastern city limits of Columbia
; east along Garners Ferry road via
, Camp Jackson. Approved for federal
aid. Total estimated cost, $51,961.11,
i of which the federal government has
already paid the county $15,961.44.
Plans and surveys completed and 1.75
miles of road surfaced with concrete
and two miles of road graded. Bridge
completed.
Salrda county: 2 miles from Lex;
ingtoD county line by way of Saluda
to Greenwood county line. Twenty
! miles of bench levels run and 11.3
miles of transit line.
Spartanburg County.
Spartanburg county: Section "A,"
i 2.84 miles asphaltic concrete road,
i national highway, Spartanburg to
Duncan. Approved for federal aid.
Total estimated cost. $07,713.59, of
which the federal government has al'
ready paid the county $22,554.45.
Plans and surveys completed and construction
completed by Southern Paving
and Construction company, contractors.
Section "B", 12.06 miles of
top-soil road on national highway
from Spartanburg to Duncan. Total
estimated cost, $54,002.99, of which
the federal government has already.
|paid the county $4,293.72. Surveys
i and plans completed. Const rnction
started in July, 1918, by coun:y convicts
and free labor forces. Four miles
of road have been graded and 3.2
miles surfaced with top-soil.
York county: 3 miles of concrete
i road from Rock Hill, toward Fort
i Mill. Approved for federal aid. To.
tal estimated cost, $37,549.69, of
NEWS LETTERS
FROM COUNTY
ITEMS OF LOCAL AM) PERSONAL
MENTION.
Of People and Things
Written by Herald Corresi>ondents in
Various Sections of Bamberg
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County.
Colston Clippings.
. Colston, April 21.?-There was a
picnic given at the Bluff Saturday in
honor of Miss Rebecca Lyles. All reported
a very nice time.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. McMillan, Sr.,
and family, and Mr.'and Mrs. W. G.
,Kirkland and children were the
guests of Mr. Frank Kirkland Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clayton dined
with and Mrs. Joe Beard Sunday.
Misses Flossie Davis, Pearle Hutson
and Cora McMillan, and Messrs.
Copeland Zeigler and Marion McMillan
spent the week-end in Orangeburg
with friends.
Misses Evie Kirkland and Mamie
McMillan visited in Summerville and
Charleston last week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Jannings and
children spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Will McMillan.
Misses Bessie Kirkland, Daisy Tillman,
Annie Fanning, Mrs. Love and
Mr. Frank Bolen, of Denmark, were
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the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Kirkland Sunday.
Mr. Sammie Clajton and little
neice, Margaret, w^re at home Sunda^
Mrs. B. D. Bishop* is visiting her
brother, Mr. C. W. Clayton, in Columbia.
Miss Nettie Clayton spent this
week-end with Misses Mamie McMillan
and Evie Kirkland.
Misses Inez Clayton, Hattie Kirkland
and Eleanor Goodwin spent Sunday
with Miss Aileen Beard.
Mrs. Sudie Barnes and children
visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beard
Saturday night and Sunday.
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News From Brier Creek.
Brier Creek, April 21.?Mr. Dewey
Donald, 'of Augusta, spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
B. D. Donald.
Mrs. C. B. Steedlv and Mrs. S. M.
Goodwin visited Blackvjlle Saturday.
Miss Fairey Steedly is spending
some time with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Smoak, at Walterboro.
Mr. Calvin Padgett and daughters,
Misses Cuttie and Leila, of Colston,
dined with Mr. and Mrs. George Bessinger
Sunday.
Rev. Walter Black, of Walterboro,
will preach at Brier Creek church the
fourth Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to
hear him.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Sandifer visited
their parents in the Spring
Branch section Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kistler Sandifer spent
the week-end with their sister, Mrs.
Lillian Folk, at Ehrhardt.
Misses Bertie Adrine and Sennie
which the federal government has already
paid the county $7,713.37.
Surveys and plans completed. Construction
started in May, 1918, by
county convicts and free labor forces.
Two miles of road graded and 1.75
miles surfaced with concrete.
Lancaster and Chesterfield counties:
(Joint project). Sand-clay road
and bridge at Cook's mill on Lynches
river, 2.45 miles of sand-clay roadway
approaching bridge. Total estimated
cost, $10,000.00. Plans and
surveys completed, and'project submitted
to the federal government for
approval before starting construction.
Marion-Horry counties: (Joint
project.) Timber truss and trestle
bridge across Little Pee Dee river at
Gallivants Ferry with 3.5 miles of
earth embankment and eleven timber
trestle bridges through Little Pee
Dee swamp approaching bridge. Ap- j
proved for federal aid. Surveys and j
plans completed. Construction work
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not started, but contract let for
bridge work to Chitwod & Palmer at
$39,799.50 and grading to Massey &
Company, for $40,668.43.
Union-Chester counties: (Joint
project.) Steel truss bridge across
Broad river at Lockhart with approaches.
Total estimated cost, $44,868.18.
Surveys completed and plans
of bridge partially completed. Construction
not started. Bids asked for
from contractors on April 30. I
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GUESS-WIGGINS.
Beautiful IIotitic Wedding at "The
Pines," Beninark, Last Week.
Denmark, April 18.?The marriage
of Miss Ruth Guess to Mr. Reynold
Connor Wiggins took place on Thursday,
April IS, at "The Pines," the
home of the bride, and was witnessed
by the immediate families and a few
close friends.
An artistic color scheme of pink
and green prevailed in the drawing
room. The ceremony was performed
before an improvised altar of trailing
vines and ferns against a white background,
lighted with the mellow
glow of pink candles.
Preceding the ceremony a musical
programme was given by Miss
Annie Lee Crum, of Orangeburg.
At 5 o'clock the strains of Lohengrin's
wedding march announced the
appearance of the bridal party. First
came the maid of honor, Miss Frances
Guess, youngest sister of the
bride, wearing an exquisite dress of
pale blue georgette draped over pink
charmeuse, and carrying an armful
of pink Killarney roses.
Next came the dame of honor, Mrs.
Hubert Willard Matthews, sister of
the bride, attired in her wedding
gown of rose point lace over ivory
duchess satin, carrying white Killarney
roses.
Then followed the bride on the
arm of her father. At the same time
the groom, with his brother, James
Arthur Wiggins, Jr., entered from an
opposite door, meeting the bride at
the altar. The ring ceremony was
used, during which "To a Wild Rose"
was softly played by Miss Crum.
The bride was very winsome in her
wedding gown of princess satin with
silk net over draperies held in place
by pearl ornarifents. Her filmy court
train of silk net and satin fell in
soft lines from the shoulders. She
carried a shower bouquet of bride's
roses and swansonia.
After the ceremony was performed
ana congraiuiauons onerea, tne
guests repaired to the dining room,
where th# cutting of the bride's cake
afforded' much merriment.
When the bride had changed her
costume for a lovely traveling suit
of blue, with hat and gloves to
match, the young couple left for their
wedding trip.
The bride is one of Denmark's
m
most popular young ladies and has
a wide circle of friends, who regret
to see her leave the community. The
groom, formerly of Denmark, now
holds a responsible position with the
Edisto National Bank, of Orangeburg.
He is the son of Mr. J. Arthur
Wiggins, of Denmark.The
out-of-town guests were: Miss
Cornelia Meyer, of Newberry; Miss
Fuica Cockrell, of Jacksonville,
Fla.; Miss Annie Lee Crum, Mr.
George Whitsell, Mr. J. C. Abergotti,
Mr. and Mrs. G. Milton Crum, of
Orangeburg, and Mrs. H. W. Matthews,
of Birmingham, Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiggins will make
their home in Orangeburg.
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"Remember, my. son," said the
father, "that politeness costs nothing."
"Oh, I don't know," returned
his hopeful. "Did you ever try putting
'Very respectfully yours' at the
end of a telegram?"
Goodwin, Mr. G. Hugh Goodwin and
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Spring Branch Sunday afternoon.
Rev. John Williams will preach at
Brier Creek the first Sunday morning'at
11 o'clock. '
Mr. and Mrs. Jervie Richardson
and children, of Bamberg, visited
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Page, Sunday.
Mrs. Virginia Boyes, of Charleston,
is spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. W. L.AlcPfail.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wyman Hi^htower
and little son spent the weekend
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Page.
Little Johnnie Goodwin entertained
a few of his little friends Friday
evening at a birthday party, it
being his fourth birthday. The afternoon
was spent at games of amusement
and at 6 o'clock they were
ushered into the dining room, where
c-aKe ana cream were servea oy .Misses
Bertie and Adrine Goodwin and Miss
Fairey Steedly. At 7 o'clock they departed
for home, wishing him many
more happy birthdays.
Miss Bernice Prince, of Embree,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with Miss Reba Steedly.
Mr. George Kearse, of Colston, visited
Brier Creek Sunday.
Mr. Tom Hutto and sister spent
Saturday night and Sunday with their
sister, Mrs. John Steedly.
Mr. Jack Smith was the guest of
Mr. Rudolph Richardson Sunday.
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CAMPAIGN FOR
VICTORY LOAN
Qi;OTA ALLOTED COUNiTY IS
$283,000.
Government's Last Call
Chairman Guilds Calls on Bamberg
County to Respond as Liberally
as in the Past.
To the People of Bamberg County:
The VICTORY Liberty Loan?the
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name is signnicam. w uat wuuiu uc i
Germans give if they were boosting a
Victory Loan at this hour instead of
, signing their death warrant! How
grateful we should be that we have
the privilege of investing in a Victory
Loan instead of paying a German in
demnity! Now, our government has
contracted many necessary debts, and
is still under enormous expense.
These obligations must be met, and
the only two possible methods are:
first, to raise the money by taxation,
or second, by borrowing it from our
. citizens. Now, I think we will all
agree that taxes are high enough already
and that the bond is the much
better proposition. Our taxes are
sure to be raised still higher than
they are if the government cannot
secure the money on the loan proposition.
This is the last call of this kind
that the government will make, and it
is by far the most attractive that it
has ever ^uade. These bonds mature
in four years and pay 4 3-4 per cent.!
interest.
We are proud of the record that we
have made in Bamberg county in the
past campaigns, both for investments
and for contributions; surely we will
not fall down on this one?the last
one and the most" attractive one. It
is the duty of every man and woman
to invest in these bonds to the limit.
One of the prominent citizens of
Bamberg said to the county chairman
a few days ago, "The boys who went
into the service from our county have
dohe their part, but we who remained
at home have not. completed ours." I
The quota for our county is as follows:
Town of Bamberg:
Bamberg Banking Co $ 69,500.00
Enterprise Bank 14,800.00 j
Peoples Bank 39,400.00
Total .$123,700.00
Town of Denmark:
Bank of Denmark $ 51,200.00
, Citizens Exchange Bank.. 32,650.00
Total $ 83,850.00
Town of Ehrhardt: *
, Ehrhardt Banking Co $ 16,500.00
! Farmers & Mer. Bank.... 29,800.00
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Total $ 46,300.00
1 Town of Olar:
Bank of Olar $ 30,000.00
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Total $ 30,000.00
urana totai ror uie
county-. $283,800.00
s The Victory Loan committee has at
its disposal several of the German
r helmets which were made by the Ger
mans for their triumphal entry ipto
1 Paris, but which were captured by
General Pershing's army, and have
' made a triumphal journey across the
' Atlantic to help boost the Victory
Loan. These helmets will be distributed
to individuals or organizations
showing special faithfulness in this
campaign, and the probable plan will
be t'o award a helmet to each bank
whicli secures its quota.
Let us put Bamberg county over
and make this a campaign of victory,
gratitude and thanksgiving.
J. CALDWELL GUILDS,
Chairman Victory Loan Committee
Bamberg County.
Fatal Accident.
I
Greenwood, April 20??Thornton
Farmer, 9-year-old orphan of the
Greenwood mill village, was instantly
killed here this afternoon when he
came in contact with the trolley wire
of the Piedmont and Northern lines.
He was found dead about 4 o'clock on
top of a box car, under the wire, a
long piece of iron beside him, with
which it is supposed he touched the
wires.
"And so you sacrificed your good
name and everything for a paltry dollar?"
asked the preacher.
"Sure!" replied the village tough.
"That was all the fellow had."?
Yonkers Statement.
- ELECTION' OX MAY G.
Voters to Decide if Assessment Law
Will Apply to Baml>erg.
An election will be held in Bamberg
on Tuesday, May 6, for the purpose
of deciding the matter of giving
city council authority, to assess abutting
property to help pave Main
street. This election will be held
at the same time and by the same
managers as the election for, mayor
and aldermen. The notice of elec- *
tion appears in another column of
this issue of The Herald.
It is proposed to assess abutting
property on Main street for the purpose
of making permanent improvements
under the act of the general
assembly authorizing any or all incorporated
cities in South Carolina f
to Ipvv and pnfnrrp an asspssmp.nt
upon abutting property. The managers
of the election will be H. N.
Folk, B. T. Felder and J. H. Murphy.
While the primary purpose of the
election is to secure the authority to
pave the business portion of Main
street, the voters will not vote directly
on this question. What the voters
will be called upon to decide is
whether or ndt the act above referred
to shall become operative in
Bamberg.
All of the voters qualified to vote
in a city general election are qualified
to vote on this question. If the
elction is favorable, it will mean that
one of the several legal*steps necessary
to assess abutting property for
paving has been complied with.
This action is taken pursuant to /
the act of the general assembly ajn
proved by the governor on March 14,
1919. The act provides that after
being submitted to the voters and
passed on favorably it becomes ope- \
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rauve in any cny. rne act men authorizes
the city council to proceed
with paving such streets as twothirds
of the voters have petitioned
to be paved permanently, the city to
pay one-half of the.. cost, and the
other half to be paid by levying an
assessment upon the abutting property
on such' street, the property own- v
ers paying one-fourth of the paving
on either side of the street.
-The matter of raising sufficient
funds for the payment of th^ city's
pro rata part of the cost of paving \
is something that the city council
has to provide for. At present, we
are informed, there are no funds
available for this purpose. The city
now has a tax levy as large as it is
possible to levy without a special act
of the legislature granting the city
authority to increase it. For this
reason, it may be that no steps can
be taken until the next session of the
legislature is convened, at which time
legislative permission could be secured
to increase the levy. It is pos
sible, however, that other means can
be resorted to to raise these funds.
This matter will be up to the new^
council to be elected on May 6.
As we understand the matter, the
only question that will concern the
voters at this election will be whether
or not they desire the act of the
legislature ratified March 14 to become
operative in Bamberg. The law
does not affect the city until the
voters pass upon it. If it is carried,
the city authorities will. have the
power to levy the assessment upon
the abutting property. If it is not
carried,"~the city council wilj be
wheresjt is now?without authority
to levy a tax on abutting property
for this purpose. In other words,
this is merely a preliminary to securing
authority to pave Main street ?
?-"or any other street in town, for' ?*"
that, matter.
It fs understood that the petition
referred to, in the act has already
"been circulated.
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BOYS BURIED UNDER DIRT.
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Thurston Whetstone Meets Tragic
Deatli?Friend Narrowly Escapes.
The folowing is from the Orangeburg
Times and Democrat:
A very sad and unusual accident
] occurred in Bamberg county just
j across the county line Wednesday
I afternoon when Thurston Whetstone,
the 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
ij. C. Whetstone, met death and Von ciel
Hightower only narrowly averted
ja similar fate.
I The two boys were digging a cave
in a deep ditch, both working on the .
I same side, and were seen just about
20 minutes before they were found,
upon a search. They were both nearly
^vered with the dirt which collapsed,
and only their feet were
sticking out. The Whetstone boy was
dead, but the Hightower boy was rescued
in time to save his life.
The funeral services over the remains
of Thurston Whetstone were
held Thursday afternoon at Two Mile
Siamp. He leaves his parents, a
brother and two sisters, who have the
sympathy of the entire community,
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