The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 17, 1903, Image 2
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‘’DBLISHKU TtTKSDAV AND FRIDAY.
BY
Ed. H. DkCamp.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Mr. Clev«l»n«l h» » lionrt Heller.
LSpiirtanbufjfJournal.l
The esteemed and usually well in
formed Gaffney Ledger quotes an
item from this paper relative to the
thriftiness of the friends of Grover
Cleveland in buying bonds from him
at 104 and telling them immediately
Be charitable towards the faults of thereafter at 117. and desires infor-
others, remembering that you may matioc. The Ledger says:
have even greater faults. One
loses anything by being blind to
shortcomings of humanity.
novpr I A man sometimes hesitates to display his
! jg.norunce, because it is embarrass!nj?. But
the
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS.
in Gaffney
right
Did you ever stop to consider how
easy to make a mistake? There was
was a time when we believed ourself to
be as near perfect as it was possible
for humanity to be, but we have long
since realized that we were mistaken,
and now the wonder to us is that we
do not make more mistakes than we
do. There is one thing, however,
that it would be well to bear in mind,
and that is that the next best thing
to avoiding an error is to promptly
correct it and endeavor to avoid re
peating the same.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
“Life is twofold." Its path
meanders through a bright and beau
tiful world—a world where the frag
rant flowers of friendship, nourished
by the gentle dews of sympathy and
the warm sunlight of affection, bloom
in perrennial beauty. Ihrough this
bright world, though, flows a stream
whose turbid waters cross and reoross
the path of every human creature.
It is the stream of sorrow. As the
rose bush contains the sweetest flow
ers and the sharpest thorns; as
the clouds sometimes darken the sky
and the heavens are alternately
tempestuous and serene, so is the life
of humankind intermingled with sor
row and joy, with pain and pleasure.
The bridal party often treads close
upon the steps of the funeral cortege
and gladness follows sorrow as the
dazzling sunbeams chase away the
shadows of night. We pay the last
sad tribute to a departed loved one
and turn to greet the joyful maiden
arrayed in bridal robes.
These reflections are suggested by
the reason that our last issue was
burdened with the grief of the death
of our friend, Seymour Lewis Cut
ting, while this issue is made cheer
ful by the merry chime of wedding
bells.
We tai: ’ '-are in publishing, in
another . j. . an, the Spartanburg
Journal’s rejoiner anent our enquiry
concerning Mr. Cleveland in our last-
issue. It will be observed that the
Journal disclaims any knowledge of
Mr. Cleveland’s having personally
profited by this deal but it intimates
that his friends did profit thereby,
and that Mr. Cleveland was a party
thereto. Referring to that part of
the article which takes us to task for
not being a closer reader of the news
papers along 1895 and 1896, we beg
to say we have never taxed ourself
with political history, and while it
may be true that Mr. Cleveland and
Carlisle made the bond issues re
ferred to without “authority or sanc
tion of the law," but if we mistake
not it was the extravagance of the
Harrison administration, which pre
ceded Mr. Cleveland’s second term
that compelled the latter “to take the
bull by the horns," as it were, to
save the credit of the country. At
any rate, such matters of state are
too weighty for us, and what we
wanted to know was whether or not
Mr. Cleveland benefited, personally,
by this bond issue? Our Spartanburg
contemporary seems unable to place
this charge upon the shoulders of Mr.
Peter Sterling, therefore we submit
that it is unfair to even insinuate
that he was a party to an evil trans
action.
sometimes the only way to acquire knowledge
is to show your lack of know.edge. Now,
we have a hankering after thetirover Cleve
land wing of the democratic party. We have
always thought;.Mr. Cleveland embodied
that which was honest and patriotic in poli
tics, and we hate to have our faith in him
shaken in this manner. We are not Inclined,
therefore, to accept the insinuation of our
esteemed contemporary, and at the same
time we do not wisli to doubt so able an au
thority, therefore we would suggest that the
Spartanburg Journal give us, in as concise
a manner as possible, the history of this
transaction. Please state when this occurred,
and whether or not Mr. Cleveland was di
rectly responsible, and also if he profited
personally by the deal.
Our Gaffney friend must have been
a very careless reader of the newspa
pers along in 1895 and 1896 if he does
not know that during those years Mr.
Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle made two
bond issues for $50,000 000 each and
one for $62,500,000 to replenish the
so-called gold reserve, for which, by
the way there is not and never was
any authority or sanction of law.
On the first two occasions, “kill
ings" the devotees of the race track
would call them. Mr. Cleveland sold
the bonds to private parties, August
Belmont, J. Pierpont Morgan and
others, without public bidding at 104.
Such bonds had been selling at 111
immediately preceding this trans
action and immediately thereafter,
not more than two days these 4 same
bonds changed hands at 117.
It happened that the negotiations
for these bonds in behalf of Mr. Mor
gan and Mr. Belmont were conducted
by Francis Lynde Stetson, with
whom during the four years between
his first and second administrations
Mr. Cleveland had practiced law in
New York. There was $5,5000,000
profit in the transaction to Mr.Morgan
and Mr.Belmont, who were represented
on this occasion by Mr. Cleveland’s
law partner, it does not matter
whether Mr. Cleveland got any of it
or not. We have not so charged.
But it was a dead loss to the people
of this country and so much clear
profit to Mr.Belmont and Mr. Morgan,
and we have no doubt they would be
glad to have Mr. Cleveland president
again, as stated in the item in this
paper referred to, as $5,500,000 is
not picked up every day.
Shortly thereafter it became neces
sary in the opinion of Mr. Cleveland
and Mr. Carlisle to make another bond
issue and preparations were made for
making the deal in a similar manner
A cry of indignaiion went up, how
ever, and Mr. Cleveland was forced
to accept popular subscriptions for
the nood i c -oe. The result was that
the issue - us largely oversubscribed
and me price which was secured was
in the neighborhood of 110, as com
pared with 104 realized by Mr. Cleve
land’s private transaction when the
bond buyers were represented by Mr.
Cleveland’s law partner.
We have stated the above entirely
from memory, not having at hand
any records from which to refer, but
the story as related is substantially
correct and is well remembered by
most newspaper readers of the time
It was this, more than anything else
which destroyed the confidence of
the democratic party in Mr. Cleve
land and caused the national con
vention of 1896 to refuse to endorse
the administration of the party’s own
president. And we do not believe
the party is any more ready to do it
now than it was then.
Cotton was sold
Friday at 11 05.
'The balance of you come
and take The Ledger.
About 200 bales of cotton were
sold in Gaffney Saturday at 11 cents.
Ed. Durham, to the delight of bis
friends, bin rejovored from his recent
illness and is out again.
John R. Tolleson is building sev
eral cottages near the oil mill at the
terminus of Johnson street.
Mr Oscar Williams and Miss Le
ona Hendricks were married in this
city Sunday by R. F. Gibson, N. P.
The riaany friends of Alex Poag are
glad to see him on the streets again
after a week or two of right serious
illness.
Mr. John Gladden and Miss Daisy
Goode were joined in the holy bonds
of matrimony Sunday by R. F. Gib
son,N. P.
While we have had many light
rains and they sustained the crops re
markably, the ground has not been
thoroughly wet since the 6th of June,
the time of the disastrous freshet.
J. C. Ratliff returned from the
northern markets Friday and will be
followed in a few days by another
cargo of ammunition for his big guns
n his “Battery" and lots of good
bargains for the workers who are in
and who go to the “Bee Hive."
As the smallpox season is approach
ing and a few cases having been re
ported, Mayor Little requests us to
urge upon the people the importance
of vaccination. He says where it is
not convenient for parties to incur
the expense ot vaccination that the
city physician Will be sent to do it
for them.
Through the kindness of Dr. W. A.
Fort, we have been nlaced in posses
sion of a copy of the Manchester
City News. It is an eight-column,
eight-page paper—a penny paper—
and treatajinterestinglyjof commercial
and general business matters, poli
tics, science and cumnt events in
England, and is altogether a very in
teresting paper.
Mayor McBeth Young, of Union,
came to the city Friday and went
out Saturday to examine some of the
many mineral deposits in the county.
He is one of the best mayors in
the State and has done much to ad
vance the material interests |of his
native town. He is of old South
Caroline stock to be proud of and
does himself credit by properly ap
preciating his ancestors.
The people came to the city Satur
day. They were from all over Chero
kee, from adjoining counties in
this State and many were here from
the “Old North State." Combined
they filled our streets and business
places and did not seemdo be fooling
away time, but were .on business
bent, and they were attending to it.
The crowd was orderly. Business
men report the day a good one for
business in all lines.
MaKiiellHint
|Our Dumb Animals.]
last It 13 ll0t generally known, but
often, when a man's watch refuses to
} n keep good timt-, the fact is due to the
magnetism of his body, says the New
York Telegram. This is vouched for
by a well known jeweler who, in
talking to a customer, declared the 1
electricity in the body sorneiimes
makes it impossible for a man to get
any use from a watch that is not non
magnetic.
“I had one customer." the jeweler
said, “who had trouble with his
watch for years, and wi.en he pur- !
chased a new and more expensive one i
he had no better luck. Finally, af
ter he had left other jewelers in dis
gust, he came to me. I tested him
with several watches, and then de-1
cided that the trouble was with him
and not the watenes. He has a non
magnetic watch now^and it keeps per
fect, time.
“It is a thing I do not understand,
but the electricity in the human body
certainly has an effect upon watches.
Generally the effect is too small to be
noticed, but I know of one man who
cannot carry an ordinary watch and
keep it going It invariably stops af
ter he has worn it a few days and re
fuses to run. When I carry it it
keeps excellent time. The magne
tism in different persons varies to a
marked degree, and often ono man
can carry a watch and have it keep
good time, when another person
would find the same watch useless.
If a man has a good watch and it
fails to keep good time he can he
pretty sure it is because his body is
too heavily charged with electricity/’
DRAMATIC READING.
A rrogrttmof Exceptional Merit on Tliankti-
KlvIiiK Night.
On Thursday night of next week at
the Star Theatre, Miss Mae sJusong,
a dramatic reader of unusual talent
and ability, will appear in a classical
program, Jone that will interest and
Miss o
THE OLD RELIABLE
entertain alUthat hear this splendid
■'usong will be assisted
iady.
For Sale.
by local musical talent, both vocal
and instrumental.
The reading will he under the Ho
spices of Grenard Lodge F. A. M.
I'astor Called.
At a conference of the members of
the First Baptist church Sunday, the
committee to secure a pastor made
its report, which recommended Rev.
A. M. Sitns, of Hawkinsville, Ga., for
the pastor. The report was unan- j
imously accepted and the church ex
tended a call to Mr. Sims to serve it.
Mr. Sims has had several impiurtaut
charges, is highly spoken of and we
trust it will suit him to come to the
First church.
Jealousy makes a woman thina she
can secure a monopoly on a man’s
love by acting up.
Beware of the man who never did
anything wrong There’s a first time
fo reverything.
It’s easier for the average woman
to land a husband than it is to keep
him landed.
^'Advertisements under this head will
oe inserted for one cent a word each inser
tion. No ad inserted for less than ten cents
F OU SALE—Lot of fine
W. D. Kirby.A Torn pan
Tuesday
Tennessee Pigs
fcov. 17-1 a. w. tf.
■piOH SALE—Tract of 156 acres of land with
•t- house thereon; located five miles from
Gaffney. Apply to J. L. Glover Spartanbnrg.
8. C. Oct. 10-17-24. Dec. 1. pd
F oil SALE—The place where I now live—a
nine room dwelling. 11-5 acres of land.
New barns—otiier out-L>uildings;in 3 minutes
walk of the depot. Will sell or trade for
farming lands. Virgil McOraw. Oct. 27 1m
A
Absolute?:/ rare
THERE iS MG SUBSTITUTE
Pupils Concert.*
The second pupils’ concert will
take place in the auditorium at Lime
stone College on Thursday afternoon
next at 4:30 o’clock. Works by
Schubert, Chopin and other well
known writers are down on the pro
gramme, which is a most attractive
one under the direction of Prof. G.
Fryatt Mount ford, L. Mus.. L. C. M. t ,
musical director.
For Rent.
IpOU KENT—About Dec. 1st; f-'ivo-room
house where 1 now live. Apply to .1. B.
Jones ll-13-4t-pd
rpo KENT—Good two-horse farm near Gaff-
-*- ney ferry. J. IX Kennedy, Blacksburg,
S. C. ll-il-tf
'OR KENT—Five-room house No. 307 Rut
ledge Avenue. J. T. Rodgers. 11-3 tf
F OR RENT-The G. C. Wilkins house on
Montgomery street. Apply to J. N. Lips
comb. 10-16-tf
TH) RENT—Good two horse farm with nice
-*• five room cottage, Apply to J. O. Lips
comb. W. O. Lipscomb.
Wanted.
TXTANTEI) -Ono hundred head of young
’ • cattle .from three to twelve mouths old
W. D. Kirby A Co.
Tuesday, Nov. 17-1 a. w.-tf
The press is the great pantomine
of nature, and the fellows who are
having so much to say against its
“freedom" are simply afraid of having
their characters silhouetted by this
agency of civilization and conservator
of public morals.—Carolina Citizen.
—Only drugs that are absolutely
pure arc putin the presiriptions that
you have filled at The Gaffney Drug
Co.
Trespass Notice.
All persons are forbidden to trespass
on our lands for any purposes whatever.
. R. B. LeMaster,
11-17-31 pd G. W. LeMaster.
AMONG OURSELVES.
BRING THEM TO ME
The editorial fraternity in South
Carolina should adopt steel armor.—
Pickens Sentinel Journal.
The present high price of cotton is |
making the farmer laugh, and when
the farmer laughs the world should
laugh with him.—Mill News.
If the Risinger that wrote to the
Spartanburg Journal was not a jury
man in the Tillman case he was cer-
The cold season Is approaching. How
about those last winter suits that are
too good to throw away, and yet need
brightening up a little V BRING THEM
TO ME and have them overhauled—I’ll ;
make them look fresh and new. Clean
ing. pressing and tailoring done by an
expert.
W. H. ROBINSON, Tailor.
Over W. U. Telegraph Office.
Tax Notice.
A* a rule the orator who uses the
biggest words has the least to say
Real Estate Sale.
State or South Carolina, \
| ^County of Cherokee, f
By virture of authority to me directed,
by the term of the last will and testament
of Mrs. Onie Jones, alias Onie Griffin, de
ceased, recorded in the office of Probate
Judge for Cherokee county, in Book of
Will No. I, pages 134 and 135, and the
Statute in such cases made and provided,
I will sell before the Court House door of
Cherokee County on the first Momlay,
Salesday, in December next, 1903, during
the legal hours of sale, the following des
cribed tract or parcel of land:
All that certain tract or parcel of land
lying and being in Cherokee County,
State of South Carolina, bounded now or
formerly by lands of Mary E. Lockhart
and children, Robert McCraw, J. L.
Spake and lot No. 4 estate lands of David
Lipscomb, deceased, and being known as
lot No. 1 in the partition of the real estate
of David Lipscomb, deceased, (See judg
ment Roll No. 7648 in office of Clerk of
Court for Spartanburg county) and the
same conveyed to Iona or Onie Griffin by
George W. '.'icholls by deed dated May
27th, 1897, and recorded in R. M. C. office
for Cherokee county in Deed Book C.
page 424.
TERMS OF SALK: Cash. Purchaser
to pay for papers.
J. P. Shuford,
Administrator, with the will annexed,
of Iona or Onie Jones, deceased.
Published in the Gaffney Ledger,
Nov. 17, 24 and Dec. 1st, 1903.
W ANTED-Fouryoung ladies and one young
man at The Dixie at once. Apply to
Will Switzer.
■yy ANTED—Family
of
Fort.
Nov 13 17-20-24
sufficient force to
1. Dr.
11-6-tf
RYSftlE’S TONIC
A REAL CURE FOR
It has recently been discovered that
the germs that produce Malaria, breed
and multiply in the intestines and from
there spread throughout the system
by means of the blood. This fact ex
plains why Malaria is hard to cure by
the old method of treatment. Quinine,
Iron, etc., stimulate the nerves ami
build up the blood, but do not destroy
the germs that cause the disease.
Rydale’s Tonic has a specific effect
upon the intestines and bowels^ freeing
them from all disease breeding mi
crobes. It also kills the germs that
infest the veins and arteries. It drives
from the blood all poisonous matter
and makes it rich and healthy.
RYDALE’S TONIC is a blood
builder, a nerve restorer, and a Malaria
destroyer. Try it, it will not disap*
point you.,
GAFFNEY DRUG CO.
i
Save Money
by buying goods from L M.
Peeler. J am now making
a run on Shoes and will save
you money on them.
I have just received a lot
of the best inserted Steel
axes, see them before buy
ing.
Groceries and ah other
FOR
Up-to-Date Job Print
ing, call at the
LEDGER Office.
Gaffney, S, C.
Town Property for Sale,
By order of the Town Council I will
offer for Sale on first Monday in Decem
ber, f903, house and lot on South Petty
street near Limestone. Lot contains
5and|37-ioo acres. Terms of Sale, Cash.
Purchaser to pay for all papers.
W. H. ROSS, Clerk,
11-17-31 Town Council.
LOANS AND INVESTMENTS
Parties wishing to buy Mill Stock, or
Loan money on Real Estate Mortgages,
will find it to their interest to consult.
J. C. OTTS, Atty. at Law.
DWELLING HOUSE AND
A STORE HOUSE
Terms to suit purchaser.
P'or sale
Apply to,
J. C. OTTS. Atty.
goods at bottom prices.
loads. James Gockshott, Charleston. South GiVC m6 3. Cclll
Carolina.
Oct. 20, 4 mo.
W ANTED—To make straight loans on city T If TT T"^ 1
real estate. No commissions. Several I l\/| I—* /> /y 1
thousand dollars to loan. X* XVX* X W w A
Apr2l)-tf
J. O. Jefferies.
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Notice.
XlTEdothe best of commercial printing at'
*’ prices commensurate witli first-class
work. If you haven’t time to call telephone
or write us and we will do the rest. Address ,
The Ledger, Box J. Gaffney, S. C.
Trespass Notice.
"M'OTICE—Hunting on
•LN Wood's plantation in
D. Baxter Wood.
ship is forbidden.
Nov. 10 13-17-20
Mrs. D. Baxter
Draytonville Town-
Trespass Notice.
All persons are hereby warned not to j
trespass on our lands for the purpose of |
hunting, cutting wood, etc., under pen- j
ally of the law. J. H. Turner, C. P. i
Turner PyState, U. S. Turner. Oct. 23-30,
Nov. 6-20.
Notice of Sale.
We Do The Trick
skillfully. Receive a bundle of soiled
inen here to-day and return them in 24
ITor -***
Building and Plastering L*tn»-
Ooal, and Plaster Hair
Plaster Pans
Shingles.
Portland Cement,
Dynamite,
Blasting Powder, Fuse
and Dynamite Caps, cat) on
Limestone Springs Lime Works
CARROLL & CO., Lessees.
T-deuhone
Notice to Bridge Builders.
I will be at Sarratts Creek near the Dock
Ross place in Limestone Township, Tues
day, November the 17th, at 11 o’clock to
let contract to build a bridge across Sar
ratts Creek.
Plans can be seen on day of letting. A
Nov. 10-13-17
County Supervisor.
In Your Favor
I will be at the following places to col-, . . _
lect taxes, or have a clerk there, on the reserved to reject any or all bids.
tainly a pretty good imitation.—Spar- dates listed below. !• V. Whelchel,
tan burg Herald. ^ W. H. Gooding, Co. Treas.
' Buffalo, Nov. 23d, 10 a. m to 12 m.
The result of the recent election Blacksburg, Nov. 23d, 1 p. m. to 6 p. in.
forecasts the nomination of Gorman Antioch, Nov. 24th, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.
and McClellan as the Democratic Kings Creek Nov. 25th, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
t. .. .* 1 1 _t .1 Cherokee, Isov. 25th, 4 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Presidential ticket next year.-Greea- cherokee ; Nov 2 g th ; J a . m . to I2 p m .
vl e ay Special term of court requires my office
open after 26th, until adjournment. No-
If the railroads would change the tice of any furtlier appointments will be
schedule ot wrecks, the public would < given,
travel with more comfort and the
railroads would be saved considerble
loss.—Gastonia News.
Isn’t it lucky that President Roose
velt issued his Thanksgiving procla
mation before the elections came off ?
Else we might not have bed any
Thanksgiving.—Anderson People’s
Advocate.
Notice to CoDtractors.
I will be at Gaffney Saturday, Nov. the
21st, at 11 o’clock to let contract to re
move the wreckage of the Skull Shoals
bridge on Pacolet river. The right is re
served to reject any or all bids.
J. V. Whelchel,
Nov. 10-13-17 County Supervisor.
When we weigh things for you, you get
the right count—no disadvantage on
either side. Our Groceries, Fruits and
Confectioneries are FRESH AND
PURE, too, and this is an advantage
in your favor when you buy from us.
Tobacco and Cigars
We carry a good, line of Choice Cigars
and the best brands of Chewing and
Smoking Tobacco. If you smoke or
chew we would be pleased to have vou
try something in our line. We solicit
a share of your patronage.
Hamlin & Radford
Goods delivered free in any part of city.
Will be sold Dec. 7,—salesday, to the
highest bidder, the Baptist school proper
ty. It fronts 160 feet on Logan street hours time laundered to perfection,
and runs back 200 feet. S. B. Crawley, ! . 1 • 1 • •
Nov. io-8t Chairman Trustees., The waslnn «’ starchln 8 and lromn «
' has been done by specialists. And each
has perfonned his part with skill and
care. There are no defects.
The plain things receive their full
share of expert attention. All work is
well done at
Jury List.
Writ of Venire Facias for Thirty-six
Petit Jurors for Extra Term, A. D., 1903,
first week.
J. T. Hames, Gaffney.
Ed Orr, Sarratts.
R. H. Randall, Blacksburg.
O. A. Allison, Gaffney.
J. B. Brown, Ravenna.
R. T. Lawson, Ezells.
W. S. Jolly, Ezells.
J. E. Austell, Gaffney.
J. S. Littlejohn, Gaffney.
W. T. Poag, Gaffney.
G. K. Martin, Blacksburg.
D. L. Jones, Gaffney.
J. F. Beam, Grindall.
J. N. Anthony, Gaffney.
J. J. Gibbons, Blacksburg.
G. A. Byars, Sarratts.
B. F. Petty, Gaffney.
M. B. Scruggs, Ezell.
J. L. Moorehead, Gaffney.
M. Bridges, Gaffney.
Rowan Jennings, Gaffney.
R. S. Lipscomb, Gaffney.
J. W. Sparks, Asbury.
J. C. Hancock, Cherokee Falls.
E. W. Jolly, Grassy Pond.
D. B. Hughes, Gowdeysville.
Ben Waddell, Ravenna.
S. G. Pridmore, Grassy Pond.
H. S. Sellers, Wilkinsville.
B. G. Clary, Gaffney.
J. Vinesett, Gaffney.
T. J. Jenkins, Gaffney.
R. H. Taylor, White Plains.
R. M. Rodgers, Gaffney.
W. H. Westmoreland, Kings Creek.
W. T. Broom, Cherokee Falls.
The Pearl Steam Laundry
Phone 122.
BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES
LUMBER, SHIN6LES, LATHS,
DOORS, SASH, BLINDS,
FLOORING, SIDING,
CEILING, MOULDING.
ALSO A FINE LINE OF
Paints and Ols
50c to tl-30 per gal.
L. BAKER
Wl
Stands to Reason
that the best Photo
graphic work is done ,
in the gallery where
there is fine light,
good appointments
and an experienced
operator.
Our s t u-d i o is
equipped with mod
ern apparatus for
the production o f
high-class
Portraits
and our work gives
satisfaction to all sit
ters.
Truth, beauty and
artistic ^finish are a
feature of our Photo
graphs.
JUNE H CARR
625 Limestone St.
’Phone 176.
Residence 171
Or. S. H. Griffith,
PHYSICIAN—SURGEON- -OCULIST.
Former pupil of the celebra
ted Oculist, Dr. Julian J.
Chisolm, of Baltimore. Has
also taken special post-grad
uate course in the Eye, Ear,
Nose and Throat Hospital of
Baltimore.
Classes Fitted Accurately
and Scientifically.
•^Office in Cherokee Drug Co. B’ld’g.
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