The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 09, 1909, Image 8
WAR TO THE END"
f
Independent Telephone Companies Plan
to Fight the Trust
? ?
MAKE NATIONAL FIGHT
?
Tliojr Will Appeal to President Taft
and Will ln%oke the Aid of th<*
Com in in Their Campaign Against
the Hill ion miliar Telephone mid
THegraph Merger.
Declaring that President Taft and
the highest courts in the land vsiU
t?e invoked to check the monopoly
of communication that 1h threaten
jhI by the billion-dollars commne,
recently announced by tbo Hell telephone
trust, representatives of the
independent telephone interest
through the country are planning In
New York a national tight for the
principle of open competition.
With $400,000,000 of the savings
of the people of almost every locality
Invested in the independent telephone
plants that the new wire trust
is determined to rule or ruin, leaders
in this movement assort. the
Interest of the public demand that ,
the government take Immediate a(*Uou
against the giant merger.
At a convention of the Independent
Telephone association that has
been called in Chicago for December
7, represent stives of the 12,000 '
Companies, that with 4,000,000 subscribers
are now competing with
the telephone trust, will make a formal
protest to Washington against
the restraint of trade mat they beli'eve
will be effected by the absorption
of every telegraph interest by
the Hell system.
To the attorney general of every
one of the many States in which
they assert Wall street money Is now
being used to illegally force a Hell
monopoly, the independent telephone
forces are pro(K>scd to appeal
, ..i.... CI..I, I.,
fvi I'liiirvimu. oiiu iu pi riviu vuu
acquisition by tbc telephone trust
of important systems built by the
people of Ohio, Indiana, Missouri,
Iowa and Michigan, hnvo already
been instituted in St. Louis and
Cleveland, and the independent leaders
declare every similar move to
throttle competition will bo fought
to tho last ditch.
t Unless tho now wire trust is at
ouce prevented froin carrying out Its
achonie to illegally absorb all competitois
throughout tho continent,
the independent telephone men
prophesy, tho people of the country
will aeon he forced into the power
of a monopoly greater and more arbitrary
than that of either tho oil,
beef or sugar trust.
As a possible rival to tho billion
dollar communication trust in tho
telegraph and long distance telephone
fields, independent forces are
preparing to build a trunk v. ire
system that will reach from the
Atlantic seaboard to the Missouri
river, for the benefit of the people
who use the telephone exchanges
they have built Independent at home,
as well as for general telephone busnoss.
Unlike the Hell system, this
>nterprlse will seek not to kill comfvotitiun
but to foster and incroAso
It, it is declared. Already $f>0,000,fcfth
have been subscribed towards
this i?lati for preventing the proposed
monopoly of the wire trust.
Tlml the cost ol both telephone |
aud lelegruph serivco will he i i\ creased
if the now wire trust obtains
a monopoly is proved already by the
past history of its promoters, the
Independent telephone men declare.
iMxojMrilanl -nates and either poor
nervier or none at all wore offered
by tile Hell combine in all the years
of its former monopoly through patent
rights, it is pointed out. As
those conditions brought about the
birth of the independent telephone
movement, thoy must resume on the
Instant of its death, it is urged.
"We foci we owe a moral as
well as a business obligation to the
army of Americans throughout the
country who have placed $100,000,.000
of their earnings in the home
telephone plants, built to rid them
of the Hell monopoly," said 10. 11
^MouKon, president of the Indepon
dont association. "Wo shall oxer
'ourselves in overy poalble way t<
show the government that it, too
'has an obligation to protect thes<
Investors as well as the 20,000,001
A i ?
Mil ti ia ) 111 wrn in iiiiiupiMiuuui i?ii?|iuuu
systems. Wo shall not stop our ttgb
for the right of competition, eve
with all the Wall street capital t
this new billion dollar trust arraj
od against us; but will push It t
the highest courts and udimnistr;
tlve authority."
A Slick Ita.scnl.
A well-dressed, smooth-look li
person appeared at some farm horn
in South Dakota. He announci
himself as an Inspector of live slot
flo proceeded to Inspect tlio catt
eheop, etc., and then presented
bill of froin $2.50 to $5.00, as t
case might bo. Later the farm*
discovered that vhe Inspector w
an lmposter.
?
The mai who thinks all his o'
actions are perfect and all tin
of other people Imperfect, star
alone In hla opinio#.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
riiM iu:(k>iu> of nkw con- a
hthikttion of lxdvhthik8
And of Clio General rrogrcw Along s
T?%o of the SoulJieost's Hallways,
for a Year.
The showing made in the fiscal
year, ending June 30th, last, of the i
new Industries, additions to estab- ft
lished industries and the expenditures j
for improvements of various kinds v
in tho cities and towns along the >
Southern Railway and the Mobile &
Ohio Railroad, is a remarkable one,
w hen it is considered that the period (
( ovnriul liw>liiitou I Iwi Inut tin If (it'
f VI V'\? I If VI I MV7 ? % fc" l *?? * \/i
the your 1908 and the first half of (
I ho present your, a time when the *
demand for manufactured goods of *
all kinds in this country was at a
low ebb, and capital was hard to '
II nd for new investments of any v
kind and in any portion of the '
country. Some of tho figures for
the industrial investments along the ?
Southern Railway have heretofore
been published. ^
They show a total of 453 new in- r
itustrles, calling for an investment H
of $30,413,830, and additions to 1
existing industries costing $7,883,[ 63.
In tho same period there were
put under construction new indus- J1,
tries to be completed later in which
$6,4 73,000 will bo invested. Since
the close of the Soutnern's fiscal
year there has been a steady im- j*
provoment in all business conditions, 1
manufacturers and operators of
mines havo felt warranted in renewlng
plans for new plants and
capitalists and bankers havo been "
more ready to supply needed funds
for industrial Investments. The new a
industries started in the last half
of 1909 greatly outnumber those 0<
begun in the first half of the year,
so that for the llrst time in two
years, tho normal industrial advance ^
of the Southeastern States may be
said to be under way.
\
It is confidently expected, and all
the indications show that the present
year will greatly exceed the
past in tho amount of factory building
and in tho invesments made in
ail kinds of industries. That over t;
$38,1)00,000 should be invested in t
industrial development in the pe- p
Hinl fiwcri'il itlrtiif* aiii> lin?* i\f rnui! r
In the Southeast shows in the moHt ^
narked manner the advantago of f
thai section for various lines of c
industries. e
The growth of industries along ^
the lino of the Mobile &. Ohio Hail e
road was also marked. In the 8
stretch of 1,000 miles of territory \
covered' by that road there were g
constructed in 1908-00, ending June
3 0, 55 now industries, at a cost of
$2,123,000, while additions to existing
plants raised the investment
to $2,254,700. The figures from the
two lines show duplication at four
or five points. Taking out these
the two lines show an aggregate of
4 89 new plants coating $21,149,535
and a total Invostmont iu industries
of $3 5,809,071, including the amount
which went into new industries under
.construction on June 3 0, to he
completed at a later date.
In general improvements during
the year there were invested along
the Southern Railway $69,315,051.
J lie aggregate amount invested along
the Mobile & Ohio Railroad wan
$ 1 2,387,554. It is noteworthy that
during the year along the Southern
$3,802,280 were spent for new
schools, $1,846,1 15 for new churches,
$10,270,818 for new business
structures, $3 2,212,963 for now
residences. A.t the same time the
amount oxpoudWd for public improvements
was $6,558,801 on
streets, $3,530,283 on sewers, $3,*
060,204 for water works and water
supply of towns and cities. These
figures show in the most conclusive
manner the growth of the South In
wealth and ability to make needed
Improvements as well as the continued
expansion of its business.
There were built In the twelvo
monttis along the Hue of the Southern
Railway, in cities, towns and j
villages on less than 13,000 resi
deuces.
The statistics nro not available to
show Just what the gain has been
during the year agriculturally, but
that the same advance In agriculture
' has been made as lu the various iu
' dustrios is cortaln. Indeed, there
0 was probably oven a much greater
advance. The statistics published
by the United States department of
1 agriculture show In the nine South11
eastern States, through which the
' Southern Railway and the Mobile S
'* Ohio Railroad run, returns fro mtlu
? staple crops of cotton, corn wheat
li' oats, potatoes, hay and tobacco ii
isfw* or $?u?,uuu,uuu.
It Id well known that the greatcs
advance Is taking place in tho moth
iK oda of cultivation, aoil preservation
os crop diversification, and in every
ed thing which goea to tho prosperit
:k. of the farmer; and alao that o
lo, Southern farms more and more cor
a vonienccs and improvements of a
he kinds aro being added, while th
^ra groat value of Southern aolla is b<
aa lug demonstrated aa never befon
Thero has been a steady movemor
of people from tho North, and th
wn Northern Nuropeau countries, to th
>so territory reached by tho lines. Thi
ids movement is gaining all tho tlm<
as tho value of Southern farm land
RUNS AMUCK
lN OHIO MAX KILLS TWO PKOPMC
AND HL'ICIDKS.
iliot and Killed His Own Mother
and an Officer and Wounded Two
Other People.
At Greenville, Ohio, after murderng
his mother aiul an officer who
lad attempted to arrest him, and
>robably fatally injuring another
zoman and her uusband, Clyde Wener,
114 years old, Monday complotd
the tragedy by committing suiide
Weaver was declared by physiians
to be aOllcted with "cxaggoratd
ego." He was under suspended
entence from the Probate Court.
herifT John F. Haber and Deputy
heriff Win. H. Farra went to Weaor's
home to arrest him. The apearance
of the officers seemed to
rive the man mad. He opened tire
n them from an upper window with
shotgun and Farra fell wounded,
t moment later Weaver's mother
ashed from the house, crying. ' I'm
hot!" and fell dead at the feet of
I... ?1. .? uv
it j nun in.
While Haber was trying to revive
ic woman, Weaver walked from the
0u80 to a woodshed into which
arm had crawled, and flred twice
t the wounded otllcor, killing him.
!o then Jumped into tho buggy in
hich the otlicors had reached the
ouae, and drove to tho home of
,evl Minnlch, from whom he delanded
protection.
When iMinnich hesitated. Weaver
hot Minnlch through tho Puck.
'eaver then turned on Mrs. Minnieh
nd shot her twice.
Armed citizens qutcKty surroundd
tho house and two deputy sheriffs
rolto through the rear door. They
iscovered the body of Weaver uner
a bod. lie had used his last bul;t
to kill himself.
The condition of Mr. and Mrs.
Iinnlch is critical.
THK NKW FKHTILIZKK,
+.
A discovery of far-reaching imporance
to the farmers of tho South is
he new fertilizer which has been
er fee ted on one of the islands near
Charleston. S. C. It has long been
nown that lime is an essential food
or plants of all kinds and that they
an not live when It has been exhaustd
from the soil. It has also been
mown that old worn-out lands nre
ixtremely deficient In lime, and that
our, badly-drained lands have their
line Is a for mthat is not usable by
growing crops.
Farmers' Bulletin No. 124, U. 8
Jept. of Agriculture, says: "All
he applications of lime increased the
ields * The best yields were
)t>tained with the lime In the form
vf en rKenotik Kn B?% nl t?
M v/tij UUIUHUI tnu unci; uuuu u;n
er shells standing first * Lime
-vith fertilizer was more profitable
han depending upon fertillzei
ilono."
This new fertilizer which present!
lime in Its most usable form Is mad'
by a new process of burning oystei
shells and using a burner that cai
supply potash. The result Is a higl
grade fertilizer costing tho couaum
er only $7.00 per ton. It reclalmi
worn-out lands in a murvelous man
ner if applied broadcast two monthi
ahead of ainmonlated goods. It'
sweetening effects on sour lands 1
almost magical. Charleston frelgh
rates apply on this new fertillzei
The factory is located on Young'
Island, S. C., but all letters ahoul
be addressed to K. L. Commins, Sale
Agent, Meggetts, S. C. Free deecrir
tlve circulars will be sent to any on
on request.
(i(M>d to Have Around.
The National Magazine says
A I % ?w iitrili am M n .. 1.^ ^ ^ A
11 I t A I Ilia/ lit* U1U<J
at homo, aud if kept always on hnn
will sometimes prove of great valu
Take twenty pounds of common sa
and ten pounds of sal ammoniac <
nitrate of ammoniac, which can I
bought at any drug store. Dlssoh
these in seven gallons of watc
I'ut in thin glass bottles holding
quart each, cork tightly, and se
to prevent evaporation. When
fire breaks out throw one of the
bottles so that it will break lu
near the flames; or If this is not p<
slble, break off the neck of the b<
tie and scatter the contents on t
ilro. This has been tested. Son
times it is necessary to use aove
, bottles.
3 Will Sell Kisses.
Twenty-five hundred dollars' wo
i of kisses?real lip-to-lip klssei
will be sold to all comers by two
t charming young women at Tur
- hall Sunday, in Chicago, at the rt
i, ox iweiny-nve cuius upwara pur k
to raise money to liquidate the d
y of the Temple Emanuel.
n
i- become better known.
II In the past eight years there
e boon invested in industries along
Southern Hallway and Mobile & C
?. Uailroad the enormous amount
it $518,000,000. This great indust
e expansion has come because the
ie coerces and other conditions wl
is affoct Industrial development
e, found to the best advantage in
la Southeastern States.
HE PAYS UP
L Troeger Coughs Up Nino Thousand
Dollars to the Board
FOR CONSCIENCE SAKE
Th? Winding-Up Hoard I'uys Out
Two lIuudiiHl and Mnotwo Thou#
sand Dollurw on UmJiiis, Which
L/oavea the Stuto Over Three Hundred
Thousand Hollars Clear.
Tho Columbia correspondent of
Tho News and Courier says I. Troeger,
who did business with the old
State dispensary, has forwarded,
through Col. Folder, of Atlauta, $9,000,
to be added to tho "couscience
fund."
This places tho amount received
from various llrms past tho $50,000
mark, being $54,000 in all. Tho
largest contributor was tho Hernhelm
firm, which handed across $.'{0,000.
Then came Welskopf with
$7,500 and other firms with smaller
amounts. Tho present contributor
is from Cincinnati.
Like the other firms from whom
such collections have been made, tho
Troeg^rs had no claim agaiust the
State. The "back charges" are,
therefore, represented in the money
"coughed up." As Col. Folder expressed
It when ho heard it: "No,
it's not conscience money. I don't
see why you fellows call it that.
They just have to come across because
we have the goods on 'em."
Chairman Murray, of the dispensary
commission supervised the paying
out of the last of tho liquor
claims allowed by the commission's
recent Judgments. The amount paid
put was $147,874.7 4, the largest
amount helmr 885.000 to fMnrk linw
$40,000 to Pleischmann and $18,000
to the Schlltz beer people.
The ouly claim allowed remaining
unpaid in that to tho Big Hprings
Distilling Company, which is suspended
ponding appeal. This was
the only concern allowed anything
which has appealed. The commission
has left about $400,000, which
includes about $50,004) "ocnsclenco
mouey," half of which goes to lawyers.
Chairman Murray said that
after all attorneys' fees are paid and
all other expenses met, the commission
would turn iu to the State about
$8 20,000.
The following is the list of claims
paid this week:
Klelschman Company . . .$ 45,645.30
Schlltz Company 18,813.73
Itosonegk Company .... 829.05
Darley Park Brewing Co. 235.01)
Moyso Bros 8.17 6.00
, G. A. Dickie & Co 2.700.00
, Ctnrk Bros. & Co 65.785.57
, Green Klver Dlst. Co.. 3,153.42
Richards & Co 1,112.45
, Delalr Dist. Company .. 1,423.Of
, Kst. of C. P. Flshburne . 7 9.5C
John McSmyrlo 83.881.91
K. A. Saunders & Co. .. 35.906.8J
s S. G. Pearce & Co 0G2.1I
? Acker Merrell & C'oudit.
r Company 645.81
j K. LaMontugue & Sons. 467.5(
)
Total $219,508.1)
e Mr. Folder's law firm in AtlantJ
. gets 10 per cent on the amount o
b reductions, which, with commission
b on claims previously ram out, wii
b bring tho firm's straight commission
t up to about $J7,000. In nddltioi
to this tho firm gets half of th
b conscience money and half of what
d ever can bo recovered on tho ovei
a judgments amounting to over $1'00
>. 000.
e ? ?
Girl Chased and Shot.
Miss Tilllo Gable, a seventoi
year-old girl, had a Thanksgivin
a party nt her homo, No. 167 Leonar
^ street, Williamsburg, N. Y., whic
j ended in hor being chased dow
la-'onard street for a block by Wi
O
Ham Kenney, one of the guests, wi
was infatuated with her and shoo
jr
lag her because sho would not co
>o
sent to marry him. She was on
r slightly hurt.
j Many Japs Divwn.
a A fierce storm swept over the >
,BO cinlty of Shimonosekl, Japan, Tu<
or day night. Tho Klsagata Maru,
>b- Japanese vessel, foundered, and
[,r. Is feared that all on board were lo
he Twenty-five bodies have been wat
10. od ashore.
ral * *
Died a Hero.
At Chicago Dennis Kelly, a fl
man, was killed in the act of s
rlh Ing u woman standing bewildered
.j _ iih; 11 in;K t" HUIH ui tui
nty inK train.
ner
ites
ikh, It was in this very c<
iobt from Birmingham, Al
died of Fever. They t
son's Tonic cured the
ha? Viv.a.Vi'iHMMNNl
* ^ 0 The two physicians hero had 3 very
Ihlo wore Italians aiut lived on a creok
of months standing their temperaturo r
rial thing In vain. I persuaded them to 1
ro. ed matter and lot the medicine go out
^ j c^ foot In all three oases was immediate
was no reourrenoo ol the Fever.
are
the | Write to THE JOHNSON'S Ol
Southekm States
mi ni
Mji/ ?l^jj?l?2i
COLUME
A Feather !
we have many oil
?* dress K?ods, ac
tho finest fabrics.
THE W. S. CO
hu society biitci,
I>ocrtl and Lena
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
lied Foiled Cattle-^ Berkshire Hogs
and Augora Goats. Breeders. W.
H. Clifton, Waco, Texas.
Fop Kale?Pair of flno Kentucky
horsos. Address Box 9, Greenville.
8. C.
I
Salesmen?Best commission offer on
earth. New, all retailers, samples.
Coat pocket. "Very Profltaable,"
Iowa City, Iowa.
Agents Hustle?Only pancake griddle
in world thut bakes square
cakes, turns them. 150 per cent
protit. Canton GridJle Co., Cau-J
ton, Ohio.
A 9:1.50 Ha/or prepaid by mail $1;
Sells everywhere for $3.50; money1
back if not perfectly satisfied. J.
Anderson, 3 80 W. Garden, Pensacola,
Fla.
Wanted to Buy?Hides, Furs, Wool,
beeswax, tallow, scrap Iron, cow.
peas. Write for pric?6. Crawford
Co., 508-510 Reynold St.,
Augusta, Ga.
Wanted?To buy long and short
pine erossties and prime poplar
logs. Write us. Brannhvlllo Polo,
Tie and Lumber Co., 1204 Main
Htroot, Columbia, S. C.
Perfume-Gloss Id Starch gives clothee
lasting perfume of azure violets;
makes them white as snow ;sample,
4 cents; agents wanted. Shipman,
Lewis Block, Buffalo, N. Y.
Typewriters?Special low prices on
rebuilt and second-hand machines,
all kinds, for fall trade. Write
for price list. General Supply
i Company, Dept. O, Augusta, Ga.
Pretty Kimnos for Christmas, whole;
sale price, loss than material costs
, you, $1.15, $1.05, $1.95, delivor;
ed post paid; free samples. Herr
i Mfg. Co., Dept. N, 2 800 Dowllng
St., Denver, Colo,
t
' $2.50 iH'r day paid to one man in
each town to distribute free circulars
and take orders for concentrated
flavoring In tul>o8. Per^
manent position. J. 8. Ziegler
* Co., 331 Dear bo n St., Chicago.
* .
f
K 5-sliot Krag littles, $5, 43 calibre;
1 in first class shape. Just the thing
n for hunting. Cartridges 75c per
tl box of 25. No charge for packQ
ing. Sent by freight or express
on receipt of price. A. W. Llet
& Son, Williamsport, Pa.
> .
When medicine falls you, I will tak<
your case. Rheumatism, indlges
tion, liver, kidney and sexual dts
i_ orders permanently eradicated bj
g natural means. Write for liters
J ture, confidential, free and Inter
esting. C. Cullen Uowerton, F. S.
n Durham, N. C.
1
10 Young ladles and girls over 14 year
t- of age can secure steady and profit
n- able employment and be taught t
ly make cigars. Will be paid whil
learning, good, cheap board ca
be secured near the factory. An
girl can make from $6 to $12 p
week (some much more) aft
,s_ learning. We need 500 young li
a dies immediately. Apply to Sel<
it enburg & Co., Opposite Union D<
pot, Charleston, S. C.
rttage in Brookslde, 15 mil
la., that three Italians neai
tad been sick 3 months. Jol
m quickly?read letter belo
Brook side, Ala., May 4, II
ohstlnato cases of continued Malarial Fevor.
00 yards from my storo. Thoso cases wero of t
anglng from 100 to 101. The doctors had tried ey
let me try Johnson's Tonic. I removed all tho p
. In n plain bottle aa a regular prescription. Th
and permanent. They recovered rapidly and 1
8. H. SIIIFLETT. v<
IILL * FEVER TONIC CO., Savannah,
0
Supply Company _
OH CI
^Supplies
BI A. S. C.
in Our Cap *
curling and dyeing feathers. But
ler feathers in our cap. We excel
reliig Gloves, Lace Curtains, all kinds
id even Carpets. We never injure
Our work Ls the best. Our price
11 will bring them.
PLESTON CO.
CHARLESTON, 8. O.
: Instance *Phoue.
CAN TUBERCULOSIS HE CURED?
According to Statement Issued by
the Michigan Department of
Health, It Can Be Cured and Prevented.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify
that I have suffered slightly for
several years, ond endured pains and
spitting of blood frofu tuberculosis
for the post year. Having taken tho
Saastamoinen Remedy for three
months, I feel myself perfectly well.
Two doctors, after careful examinations,
have pronounced me fully recovered.
(Signed)
For testimonials and terms, write
. .Tf?e Kunatumoinen Remedy Co.,. .
South Range, Mich.
L. M. Power, M. D.. In charge.
SAW MILLS
Saw Mtlla mounted on wheel a, as easily
wovcd^as^a mounted Thrcaher. Short
nms uummi'u (ill wmt'is lor M1T>
C:V?' jtuatler S?w Mill*
with Rochet Steel II oad Blocks. All sire**,
Htngle and Double. Hege Log Bo?m Saw
Mills with all modern conveniences ana improvements.
ALLwiuul to the boot And suEertor
to the rest. a Mill for every cIabb of
uyors. Writ? lor circulars, stating what jrou
want. Manufactured by
SALEM IRON WORkS. WlntM-Sgn. ft &
PECANTREES
Budded and grafted from choicest
varieties. Lowest prices.
K.YCiliK PECAN COMPANY,
Pittsview, Ala.
W^>P'moN A^2^n^x
ajuusta, OA
Special Notice.
Any one who will clip and send
this advertisement with $10 or P.
O. money order will receive a receipt
for $2f> to apply on a $95 organ,
the balance to be paid as follows:
$15 Jan. 15th, 1910; $15
April 1st, 1910, and $4 0 Oct. 15th,
1910.
For further particulars and tllus- f
tration of this excellent organ, write
Malouo's Music House at once, as
this is a Special Holiday Offer.
, Thoeo who prefer pianos will receive
sDocltti inducements. Write
for particulars. MAL,ONE'S MUSIO
HOUSE, Established 25 years, Columbia.
S. C.
: We will Boy Cow Peas
J EVERY DAY TILL JULY 15th.
, Quote us with samples for present
shipment, or contract for future ship.
ments on? >
MIXED PEAS,
1 STRAIGHT PEAS,
IRON PEAS.
y Will buy 5 bushels to a car.
N. t. WTLLKT NEED OO.t
, Augusta, Ua.
Killed in llunuway.
8 At Salisbury, N. C., while Wll0
Ham Watson and his two sons were
e returning from their country home
at Wood leaf their team bocame
j frightened nt an automobile and ran
>r away. Watson was painfully hurt,
>r the elder son Jumped and was u?Injured,
but the younger boy. seyen
1- years old, was dragged some dlse
tance, dying afterwards from injuries
to the head.
fienninc Armstrong Stocks aad Pies
BWv Do Not Hoodie Imitations
) Six Assortments Carried In Stock .
Threading Pipe % in. to 4 in. inclusive
Also Vises, Pipe Cutters, Wrenches,
*""" \ j Bard Bushings
' Columbia Supply Co., Columbia,S C.
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