The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 02, 1911, First Section, Image 1
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VOL XXIV.
. Dempsy Potter Slays Willie
Nance Near Little River
IN DEFENSE OF HIS CASTLE
Four White Young: Men from North
Carolina Got Full of Booze Saturday
Night and started Out 4 'to Raise
Hell", and They Did?Result, One
| |[Dead?Potter Exonorated by Coro;
ner's Jury.
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; Little River, S. C. Jan 30?Saturday
night about 7 o'clock Lee Nance
with Willie Nance, Wavne Nance
, and John Holden, from North Carolina
raised a row with a negro at B
N. Gore's store, all uncalled- for.
they being drunk. The negro was
perfectly sober and harmless. They
then left Gore's store, going out to
Mrs Ellen Thomas', about two miles
from Little River. They were curs
ing and saying all manner of blackgard
one could mention, saying that
they had just raised hell at Gere's
and that they were going out back
and raise still more hell and have a
big time. They were not at Mrs
Thomas' more than ten minutes before
they raised a row and using all
kind of profane and vulgar words
before the young ladies, as they
were having a social at Mrs Thomas'
and quite a crowd was present.
- Mr Dempsy Potter, a son-in-law
. of Mrs Thomas' went out to stop the
cursing and Willie Nance made for
him with a knife said to be about
six or eight inch blade. Potter, then
to protect himself, shot Nance two
or three times in the breast or
stomach. Nance then went out
doors and walked around the yard
with his brother, Lee When they
found that he was dying he was
brought back into the entry or pasqnhAt
wppn t.wn rr?nm? and l ivintr
down soon died all of which occurred
in less than forty minutes
News reached Little River that
there was a riot or fighting goiug
on at Mrs Thomas' and that they
needed assistance. Quite a crowd
went out there but found the dis
turbance all over and the results as
above stated.
However, strange- to say, that
Lee Nance, the dead man's brother,
with his cousin, Wa.yne Nance, had
ran away and left only young Holden
with his dead friend.
Public opinion is all favorable to
Mr Pettier whe is employed at the
Hammer Lumber Company's plant,
and is considered a v*ry quiet and
industrous young man and is from a
worthy family in North Carolina:
Later news states that, an inquest,
has been held in this case, by OaptA.
A. Moseley, Magistrate, and that
the coroner's jury exonerated the
slayer of all blamo, in effect finding
that he committed the- act in self
defense.
The defendant surrandered to the
authorities, aud it was stated that
be would be brought to Conway on
Tuosday and lodged in the county
jail to await trial.
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Married at Wampce.
o ? 4Vvo minnln.* nf .Taiinai>tr
V/ Li out- c vuuiui; v/i wfitiuwi j Mwu)
at the home of the bride's parents,
Mr and Mrs Fletcher Bellamy, of
this place, a beautiful home weddiLg
was solemnized when their
daughter, Miss Ray, was happily
married to Mr Harmon Graihger.
The room was beautifully and arfis
tically decorated for the occasion
and filled with friends and relatives
who had been invited to witness the,
ceremony. 1
The attendants wore Miss Emma
Skipper with Mr Fred Bellamy, a
f brother of the bride and Miss Early
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WOOQ WllQ n?r 002 Livingstone, ?jr
The bride and groom approached
Magistrate A. C Thompson, and
in a very brief and irapro>sive man^
ner were united in the bonds of
* holy matrimony. Tho bride was
^ pronounced by many tho most beautiful
in her life
Soon after the marriage ceremony
supper was announced and all invited
to which, of course, we responded
and found a table laden
with so many good things of which
we were able to only partially relieve
it. The popu-arity of the newly
wedded couple was best shown by
the numerous congratulations which
were tendered them.
Both are of this section. The
bride is a beautiful and accomp ished
young lady and ha* many friends
who wish her a long and prosperous
life. The groom is a prominent
young man and is to be congratulated
on wiuning the heart and hand
of this loveable young lady. A
short while after supper they left
for the home of the groom it being
only a short distance, carrying with
them the best wishes of all who was
present. A Friend.
A mule for every kind of can
be found at the stables of K chardson?Collins
Co, Come and make
your selection, ,
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A Runaway Match.
The town was a little excited on
last Friday by a runaway match,
and hurried wedding at the residence
of the Rev Barnes at Bucksville
The contracting parlies were Miss
Mildred McCoy, eldest daughter of
Mr A B McCoy, and Mr% Claude
Dusenbury, coungest son of the
late George H Dusenbury,
These youog people had been
planning their wedding for several
mouths, but as the p treats of the
young lady were opposed to the
match, they (pand it up-hill' work
until last Friday when they ran
away. The young lady was on her
way to the school, when she was met
by the groom in a buggy. They
drove to the parsonage at Backs. 11
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vine aooui len mites away, ana me
knot was tied, just a few minutes
before the arrival on the scene of
Mr McCoy, who had been informed
of the intentions of the couple, jus
a little too late, but_who had madt
haste after them, just the same, te
try to prevent the marriage if pos
sible.
When the father arrived at the
home of the preacher, he found the
ceremony had been performed, and
the bride and groom were in the
house. There was no disturbance
it seems, further than some words,
and the determination of the officiating
minister to refuse Mr McCoy
entrance to the home.
After the departure of the father
from the scene of the wedding, the
newly married couplo returned to
Conway and they are now rosiding
on Main street, with the former's
mother, Mrs Sarah Dusenbury.
The obj-ctionr raised to the wedding
were chit fly on account of the
young lady's ago.
Blanche Items.
Health generally good.
Farmers prepiring for another
crop.
Mrs. Sxrah Skipper is very ill at
this writing
The writer had the pleasure of
attending the marriage of Miss Bett.i*i
.T.iriP R. ihiin t./i VT i* \\7 I^. I/la A I.
Ion, on Wednesday January 25th, a*.
4 o'clock p. m,, at the residence of
the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. M Rxbon of the Cool Spring section
The ceromouv was performed
by Rev. J. V. Jones. After the
ceremonv, ail was invited to the
dining room where the table laden
with good things to satisfy the
wants of the inner m?n. The bride
is the accomplished daughter of Mr.
and Mrs W M Ribon, of Cool
Spring, S C
The groom is one of Blanche's
most prosperous farmers and merchants,
Mr Alien Is very popular
in both business and social circles,
Rambler
Debute.,
lne Hampton anil Conway Liierarv
Societies of the Burroughs High
School will give a public debate Friday
Feb. 3rd 1911 in the School Au
oitorium. The Query being Resolved
"That the Negro should be Deported."
The Hampton Society
have the Affirmative sfde and will
put up as their speakers Kathleen
Sessions, Ross Johnson and Julian
Dusenburv. The Conway Society
have the Negative side and have selected
as their speakers, Laura Jenkins,
Whiteford Sessions and Frank
Thompson The Debate will be eonducted
by Mr. Frank Green, one of
ToddsviJlo young men but now a
student of the Burroughs High
School. Every one is invited to
corneas it will cost nothing but the
walk there and back. X
Tortured for 15 Years
by a euro defying stomach trouble
that bathed doctors, and resisted all
remedies he tried, John W, Modders
of Moddersville, Mich , seemed
doomed. He had to sell his farm
and give up work His neighbors
said, 4 ho can's live much longer."
44Whatever I ate distressed me," he
wrote, till I tried Electric Hitters,
which worked such wonders for mo
that. I can now eat things I could
not take for years Its su e).v a
grand remedy for stomach trouble,"
Just as good for the liver and kid
neys. Every bottle guaranteed.
Only 50c. at Norton Drug Co,
Married.
Married Jan 18th, 1911, at the
residence of the officiating minister
Rev. D. D Anderson, Miss Emma
Jordan to Mr, Clarence Tompkins.
On January the 25th at the home
ot Mr J W. Todd, Miss Km ma
Turbevilie to Mr. Daniel Brown,
Rev. D. D. Anderson performing
the ceremony.
Perhaps one of the best satisfied
crowd of purchasers over seen was
that at the store of J. E. Nicholas.
Every purchase made was a money
saver and brought a satisfying smile
to the tace of the purchaser. Reader,
if you have not been there and
bought yourself rich, beltti do so
at once while the cream of tie slock
remain^
WiMK
CONWAY, S. C., THURSI
snjpon
Another Incident of Getting:
So .iething for Nothing:
SOME SIICKERSGOT CAUGHT
A Well Dressed Individual, Apparently
of Jewish Extraction, With the
Chracteristic Hooked Nose and Oily
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Tongue, lame to tonway some
Months Ago and Endeavored to
Work a Sliek Game-?The Exposure.
Some months ago, a well dressed
individual with a Jewish looking
face, appeared in our leading business
offices here. He solicited the
leading business men to subscribe a
contract which he presented to them
and in which it was stated that a
set of "'Current Cyclopedia of Refer
once" would be furnished to the subscriber
free of cost by Princeton
University.. The agent explained
hat the only consideration that the
University wanted for this valuable
set of books, was a nice letter or
testimonial signed by the gentleman,
and this testimonial would not
be required until the set of books
had been furnished.
Attached to this contract above
mentioned, by means of perforations
was orother order or contract blank
made out to another concern, who
in consideration of the man's signature,
would agiee to bind the said
books for a sum of money therein
stated This part of the agreement
was always mentioned to proposed
subscriber after he had sigued the
top portion, agreeing to take the
books free. Upon closer inspection,
it was usually discovered that these
books were to be furnished in unbound
form, and would not be bound
unless the subscriber signed the
second contract above referred to.
The price which was mentioned for
the binding was of course sufficient
to cover more than the selling price
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Ol lilt? HI1 111 IB UU tlx v, axx pi lutcu ?UU
bound. Tbis man secured the signatures
of several business men, as
we are informed, and we have never
been informed whether they receiv
ed the books yet or not, or whether
they have been sent to them bound
or unbound. This man was refused
signature s by some of those whom
he approached, but they have never
told on the others who were fooled
into signing his contracts. The following
letters received from H. b.
Fine, dean of the faculty of Princeton
University, ought to be sufficient
proof that this man bad no authority
use the name of the university.
This alone would be sufli
eientto brand him as an Imposter.
I The letters follows:
Princetou University.
OHije of the Dean of Faculty
Princeton, N. J , Jan 23rd, 1911
My Dear Sir:?
Having learned- that certain traveling
book agents have appeared in
various towns of South Caro'i^a
canvassing for the "Current Cyclopedia
of Reference", which they
represent as an authorized publication
of Princeton University, it
seems to me due to the people of
these communities that they be told
that Princeton University has no
connection whatsoever with this
publ'c-tion nor has she authorized
anyou , to act as her agent for the
sale or distribution of any book or
other article whatsoever.
Very truly yours,
H.'B. Fine,
Dean of the Faculty.
To the Horry Herald.
Wife Got Tip Top Advice.
"My wife wanted me to take our
boy to the doctor to cure an ugly ,
boil," writes D. Prankel, of Stroud,
Okla. "I said 'put Bucklen's Arnica (
Salve on it.' She did so, and it cured
the boil in a short time " Quickest .
healer of Burns,Scalds, Cuts, Corns,
Bruises, Sprains, Swellings. Best '
Pile cure on earth. Try it. Only
25c at Norton Drug Co.
Make Your Application. ,
Columbia, S C-The Herald: By
proclamation Governor Blease re- <
voked all commissions of Notary
Publics operative February the
tenth. Those in a hurry to be re- j
appointed or appointed will com- L
municate with me at Columbia I i
tfill forward necessary blanks ao- ,
companied with instructions rori
proper application, prompt, atten-l,
tion given same before expiration'
on the 10th. D A Spivey. ,
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A Correction. <
Editor Herald:?Please a'low me j
space to correct a statement made (
by "Hustler" who in your last issue
stated "that there would be an
entertainment at Qomswood on 1
February 2nd." The entertainment
mentioned will be Thursday
night February 16th, which will be
the closing exercises of the Homewood
school.
W. A. Prince.
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)AY, FEBURARY 2, 1911.
Zoan News Notes.
Editor Herald:?Please allow us
space in your valuable paper for a
few words from here as we haven't
seen anything from here in quite a
while.
The Farmers here are about
Ihrnuirh sowing their tobacco beds.
We think there will be quire a lot of
4'the golden weed" in this section
this vear. We hope them much success.
Messrs. Guss and Fulton Page,
of Nichols, spent the week-end here
with Mr. JoelC. Strickland and family
Messrs. Homer Fowler, of A.vnor,
and Frank Strickland ' f Hehoboth,
attended services at / >an the third
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Bertha Graham spent last
Sunday with "the twins". We
were very Had to have Miss B3rlha
Mr. H H Anderson, of Gurley,
was in our section again lastSuuda}'
?same thing.
Mr. Vance Waid, went to Mullins
one day last week on business
Quite a number of the youug ladies
of our section attended a quilting
in the home of Mrs. Martha Karrelsoo,
Loris, No 1. last Saturday
and report a grand time.
Our Sunday School is doing verv
good work here with Mr. Bitbel Elliott,
Superintendent. We v.ill have
Sunday School next Sunday morning
at the usual hour. Preachirg
the first Sunday in February at 11
o'clock, Sunday School at 10:10
Public invited to attend.
Our public school here closed jast
Friday with Miss Alma Lewis, of
Galivants Ferry, teacher. Miss
Lewis has done very #ord work here.
Fruit suppers here still continue
numerous. All seems to enjoy th-jm.
Mr. Editor, for fear of help; ? to
fill the waste basket we will-eti p.
"Mamma's Twius."
Entertainment Posponed.
Editor Herald: Please announce
throutrh the columns c-f your piper
that the entertaininent at H >mewood
that was to bo on the nfoht
of February 2nd, has been postponed.
But will take place the last of
February. The correct date will be
announced later.
? Respectfully,
Homewood Literary S iciety.
Uucle John Floyd Dead.
The many friends of Uncle John
G, Floyd will be sorry to read I be
announcement of his death, occurring
at his residence in Flovds
township on Friday before last.. He
was about 79years of age, when he
was stricken by the grim reaper,
but up to the last day of life, he
maintained the cheerful and kindly
disposition, which always marked
him as a gentleman and as one of
the earth's noblemen. He wavS the
friendly advisor to many in their
hour of life's darkest problems, and
he never failed to bring sunshine
into any door he entered, no matter
how dark and dismal the surroundings.
He was .well known
and loved in Marion County as well
as iu home County.
For many years he nsver failed to
visit Conway during court week.
It was his greatest pleasure to tell
the Judge a good joke, and if he
could turn the point on the sheriff
or soms other county officer, the
greater was his delight, but his
j ikes were never offensive. Every
hndv like TTncle ,1 .hn. from the
highest to the lowest, and all his
large circle of acquaintance are.
pained to lose him from the land of
the living. lie taa/es a widow and
a larjje family ofchily, He was a
veteran of the civil war, having
served faithfully and with distietlon.
Conway Methodist Church.
Services for Sunday, Feb 5th:
Sunday School at 10 a. ra. Preaching
at 11 a. m. by U ;v R E Stuckhouse.
Presiding Elder of Marion
District. This will be followed by
the administration of the sacrament
of the Lord's Supper.
Epworth League at 3:30 p. ra.
Preaching again at 7 p m , by '
Rev. R El Stack house.
Prayer mooing on Wednesday 1
night.
Preaching at Home wood at 4
3'clock Sunday afternoon.
9 m. m i
Life Saved at Death's Door. 1
"I never felt so near my grave,"
writes W. R. Patterson, of Wellington,
Tex., as whenr flightful cough i <
and lung trouble pulled me down to i
100pounds, in spite of doctor's treat- i
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lllt'U U 1 Ul inn JCT?I a. !??< uva ^ '
mother and two sisters died of e >n- i
sumption, and that I am alive today i
is due solely to Dr Kind's N'ewDis- ?
covory, which completely cured me.
No.v 1 weigh 187 pounds and have
been well and strong for years."
Quick, safe, sure, its the best re lug
dy on earth for coughs, cold , lagrippe,
asthma, croup, r, all
throat and lung troubles. &0t and
$1 00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by Norton Drug Co.
It will soon be time for the farmers
to plant corn.
rahl.
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HnfhprpH hv a Herald Man
or His Rounds.
CAUGHT ON THE BOUNCE.
Stray Bits of News Gathered t>y
the Wayside for the Information
arid Instruction of Herald
Readers-Happen! u jgrs of Interest
About the Cltv.
C. N. Causey was in Conway la^t
Saturday. K
Mr Jeremiah Smith has returned
from Florida.
So far the wluler has been a very
severe one.
T. W. Dor man was in Conway
last Saturday on business.
Any kin J of Disc Harrow you
want at Burroughs & Collins Co.
Read the targe advertisement of
J. 15. Cox Company in this it sue.
John I. Ward of Lttle River was
in Co away ou business last Monday.
J. G. Rhodes was here on 1 ness
for a short time one day la* viek.
Just arrived. A solid of Disc
Marrows at Burroughs .v Collins
Company.
"1 Hon L. B. Singleton spent the
latter part of last week at home on
legal business.
Dan W. Hard wick, of Boris, was
among the business men visiting
Conway last Saturday.
W. C. G >re of Little River was
among those in Conway from the
country last Monday.
Magistrate Daniel Grainger, of
H )mewood, was in Conway on business
last Saturday.
See our lot of line Kentucky mules
before purchasing. Tney are beauties.
Richardson?Collins Co.
Just received a car of the finest
Kentucky mules ever seen in Conway.
Richardson?Collins Co.
LOST-Oue nickle watch Elgin
movement, deer on back of case, on
trip from Conway to Cool Spring
section. Finder please inform V,
D. Johnson.
Rev W. J Langston will preach i
at Wampee next 3rd Sunday at 11
a. m., at United churches at 3 30 p.
m.. and at Tillv Swamp at 7 p. in . !
the same clay. Public cordially invited
lo attend.
Most of the farmers are making
preparations for large crops this
year. They are now hauliug the
fertilizers away from the business
centers. Some of them are buying
more fertilizers than they did last
year.
We will sell our standard 8-10
Di sc Harrow at $22 50 ca^h. Easy I
terms for fall payment.?Burroughs
& Collins Company.
J. D. Rogers, of Fair BlulT, N. C ,
died on last Monday at his home at
that place. He was the father of
Mrs G B. Jenkins and Mrs Hubert
Jones.
Rsv. E F Scoggins addressed the
prayer-meeting of t he Conway Methodist
church l.?st Wednesday night.
He spoke on Paul's farewell address
to the Eohesian elders His words
wore instructive and inspiring, and
quite a helpful discussion followed
when an opporiucuy was guuu ilhothers
to speak.
Tre first Quarterly Conference
for Conway M thodist Church will
be held in the audit ndum of the new
Church next Friday at 7:30 p m.
The twenty-two oflicial mem hers of
the Church are urged to attend,
liev U. E Staekhouse of Marion,
the Presiding Elder of the District,
will preside.
There was a sort of "serenade"
last Friday night at the residence
of Mrs. O. H. Djsenbu-r, h->
bride and groom, Mr. aud M<s.
Claude Pucenbn,,v, -tr
the night. 6 >me one couipidiuud
to the town authorities and about
twenty-two of those wno participa
ted in the fun woro notified to ap
pear before the Mayor.
Ct jing out of Business! Yes, going
out of business, and to d o as
[ju'ekly as possible, t am -ring
my er.tire stock of dry goo? -lathing
and shoo9 at unheard ... iees
Clroakers may croak but fact re '
M. - ! _ f
maius, via quaiuy ... ? m
Lho goods tell the tale. Co mo and
see, J. K Nicholas.
A limited number of copies of the
1 'Soil Survey" of the Conwa.v area
of South Carolina have been riceiv ed
from Congressman Ellerbo, and
will bo given out free gratis for
nothing, as long as they last on application
to the Herald < dice. This
is an important work, including as
it does, a map showing the different
soils in the several localities of Horry
and should ba in the hands of
every farmer.
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No 43
What Neat & Dixon Says About Tobacco.
The writer had a long talk with
Oscar Dixon an 1 J . S. Neal Christmas
on the tobacco situation and
the outlook for prices. Noal & Dixon
are considered to be about as
well posted as any body in the business
on the general tobacco trade
and when we quote from them wo
feel that we are making no mistake.
Jim and Dick claim that the tobacco
crop in the old belts of North
Carolina and Virginia are rough,
dark and strong The Kentucky
crop is also dark and rough. Neal
ci Dixon say that the general tobacco
trade will need a much larger
per cent of our mild tobaccos grown
in the bright belt of Eastern North
Carolina and South Carolina to blend
i p and color the dark tobacc >s in
the other States. Eastern North
Carolina and the South Carolina
crop was short last year and the
natural demand for ripe tobaccos
grown in ino bright belt will be
much better and prices higher than
they have been for two years. Neal
& Dixon are thrown with the b:g
guns nearly all the time and they
know what kind of wadding it lasts
to load these guns. Neal & Dixon
does not advise the planting of a
big crop this year, but a medium
s;z d crop, looked after well, will
bring guou results. But remember
t n 11 t- irconn ti i n t.nlvicr'iK VinvA hilt.
few friends in auy section. ? Mullins
Enterprise.
Sunday School Association,
Conway Township Sunday School
Association mot with Union Church
Sunday afternoDn Jan 29th 1911,
The following program was carried
out:
Devolional Exercises, J. F. Harper.
The Bible in the Sunday school,
Rev. A. D. Bebts,
The Big B ?y and B '& Girl Prob13in?Paul
Q lattJebaum.
What a Little Sunday School can
do?J. C. Spivoy,
Kouud Table.
How to Teach,?Dr. E. Norton.
Nearly all of tiie Sunday Schools
iu the town hip were represented
by delegates, very sorry that every
one could not be there.
The following new ollicers were
elected:
President, Mr. Fladlev H. Lee,
Home wood, S. C.
Vieo- Presideub, Mi*. J. P. Johnson,
Conway, ^ C.
Secretary, Miss Belle Powell, Conway,
IS C.
Treasurer ?Miss Bessie Burbnge,
Conway, S. C.
Supt. Home Department, Mrs. A.;
D Belts, Conway, S. C.
Supt. Adult. Department, Mr. J.
P. Harper, Toddvilie, S C.
Supt. Primary Department, Miss
Marjory Quattlebaum, Conway, S. C.
Temperance, Mrs. F. M. Petteuger.
Cunway, S C.
Reports froru Bucks Town-hip,
show that they are making more
progress than Conway Township,
ft is hoped that 'he ( flieers will arrange
to have township meetings
more frequently.
Belie Powell, Sec,
Box Supper.
There will be a L->< supper and
cake walk at Mt Pi-gau scho I
house Saturday night before the first
suuday in February.
We cordially invite the girls to
come and hrii g boxes and the gentlemen
to bring money to buy them,
Good order is expected.
Daisy Stephens,
t Teacher.
Nichols, S. C., R. F. D. No, 2.
Dots From Seven Mile.
Editor Herald: JP lease allow me
space in your most valuable pap< r
for a few lines as I haven't seeu any
tning from Seven Mile recently.
Tae health of the community is
very good at present.
Toe farmers are busy preparing
t' >r another crop and digging stumps
is the order of the d ly.
There was a fruit supper at the
home of VV U Graham recently and
all who were present had a tine
time. Blue Eyes
Meeting of Union.
The next meeting of Local 083 of
the F E C Union will be held on
February 3 d, lull, at Hoinewood,
at 7 p m. Otiicers are to oe installed
and other matters of importance
to be considered. The members are
all requested to attend.
I3v order of the President.
Mrs Ella D Smith, See'y & IVeas.
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