The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, May 17, 1904, Image 2
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THE LEDGER,
Published Tuesday and Friday
by
Ed H. DeCamp.
We Invariably discontinue sending
The Ledger when a subscription runs
out, for we have no way of knowing
that a person wants It except by re
ceiving his or her renewal. We ui^
gently solicit a prompt renewal, on
the ground that the paper is worth
the money. We are trying month
by month to make it better and bet
ter.
THE VETERANS IN CHARLESTON
The noblemen of a lost cause will
assemble in Charleston this week.
Many a hearty laugh will be indulged
in and many will be the tears of joy
—silent but earnest symbols of de
votion—that will be shed. Great and
glorious was the magnificent fight
they put up, and we honor them for
their bravery and courage. As the
years go by their ranks grow thinner.
Soon, ah, too soon, will they be but
a hallowed memory. The cause for
which they gave the very best that
was in them was lost. Those who
engaged in this heroic struggle for
States rights may never become rec
onciled to what they are pleased to
term the new order of things. We
believe the outcome was the best
thing that could have occurred for
this glorious Southland. Those of
us who were made paupers by the
result have arisen from that pauper
ism. Thrown upon our own re
sources, no longer relying upon slave
labor for our sustenance, we have
taken up the work and performed
the duties set before us as best we
could. How well we have succeeded
is not for us to say. To do so would
be out of place. Sufficient it is to
add that out of a devastated land
a people whose spirit was crushed as
the spirit of no proud populace was
ever crushed, have wrough wonders,
and are today commanding the
admiration and respect of the
entire world. Forty years have
told a wonderful tale of progress,
and it will not be many years before
we once again occupy a position in
letters and commerce that will be
akin to that of former days..
Let the old heroes enjoy the few
remaining years left to them. Let
the young people, the worthy de
scendants of a noble race, add as
much as they can toward making
their declining years happy, and in
doing so they will but add to their
own happiness.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The city graded school will close
its 1903-4 session on Friday. Both
teachers and pupils deserve a rest
and we trust they will enjoy their
vacation.
• • •
Onward and upward to higher
ideals of life should be the watch
word of every man and woman. No
person is perfect but all persons can
improve upon themselves if they will
but try.
• • •
A high diver over in North Caro
lina made his last dive last week. He
plunged 110 feet and instead of go
ing into the water he hit the side of
the tank. The result was a funeral.
The high diver and the loop the loop
men are on a par and they both
should be locked up for lack of sense.
• • •
The Methodist conference of the
Spartanburg district is a thing of the
past. All Gaffney was delighted to
have these faithful embassadors of
a risen Christ in her midst. The glo
rious religion they preach—a saving
Christ and a loving Father—is sooth
ing to the aching heart. May they go
onward and upward in this magnifi
cent work.
• • •
We acknowledge receipt of an in
vitation to attend the Children’s Day
exercises at Goucher church on the
fourth Sunday. These occasions are
educational as well as social and as
such should be encouraged by all
thoughtful people. The Ledger sin
cerely hopes it may be the most
pleasant and profitable of its kind
yet held in Cherokee county.
• • •
South Carolina ought to send un-
instructed delegates to St. Louis, but
make certain that they do not belong
to that school of re-organizers with
Cleveland as the chief.—Kingstree
Mail.
Our friend seems to forget that it
was Cleveland and the re-organizing
element that gave the Democracy
the only two victories it has achieved
in forty odd years.
• • •
A shiftless, lazy, indolent man is
the most contemptable creation of
the Creator, and sometimes we are
constrained to think that God had no
hand in such work. We don’ believe
any man should kill himself work
ing, and we never knew one who did,
but any man who fails to perform
the work that he is able at do falls
short of the object for which he was
created.
• • •
It is estimated that 28,000,000 acres
of land in the cotton states have been
planted in cotton this year. In this
State it is estimated the acreage has
been Inc-eased 8 per cent. If the
general estimate is anything like cor
rect, the crop of this year is not likely
to be much greater than that of last.
It is a good thing for us to make cot
ton, but whatever is made at the sac
rifice of abundant provision crops will
be a loss to the planter.
• • •
The Chester, S. C. Reporter says
“At least one thing is certain—the
Democratic party is not in a state of
mind that will allow it to be cap
tured by a little cheap oratory at the
next nominating convention.” And
the Charlotte Observer adds: “It
would be interesting to know who
this is aimed at." W T hich indicates
that the dean of North Carolina Jour
nalism is rather fond of jesting.
The State convention of Democ
racy meets tomorrow in Columbia.
There are some mighty good men who
will take part and some mighty sor
ry ones, too. Perhaps It wouldn’t
do to have all good ones, for then
it would be impossible for the dema
gogues and mountebanks to ply their
trade.
• • •
Mr. William Randolph Hearst an
nounces through the Associated
Press that he will support the St.
Louis nominee. Some people would
like Mr, Hearst to bolt the conven
tion. We are glad to hear that Mr.
Hearst will support the nominee, as
we will need all the support we can
get if w'e expect to win, and if we
don’t win this time we will lose a
mighty good chance. No one can
blame Mr. Hearst for being ambitu-
ous enough to desire the nomination.
That is commendable. And it is also
very commendable in him to say he
intends to support the nominee, no
matter who he be. We don’t believe
Mr. Hearst is the proper man to lead
the party but we do think he has
been painted blacker, or yellower,
than he really is, and we like him be
cause he is a Democrat.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
PARAGRAPHS OF THE PRESS.
The descendans of George Wash
ington and Andrew Jackson have a
prominent place at the St. Louis ex
position. It is too bad that neither
of them had any children.—Durham
Sun.
From the indications South Caroli
na will send a solid Parker delega
tion to the National convention.
Hearst will not be in it even a little
bit, despite the extravagant claims
which his satellites have been mak
ing for him.—Sumter Herald.
Possibly the Pittsburg murderer
who objected to being hanged on the
same scaffold with a negro, would
not appreciate the courtesy if his
Satanic Majesty should detail a
black angel to show him the points
of interest—Greenville News.
Several contemporaries are not
willing to have Aycock in the second
place but now’ declare that he should
be the nominee for president We
agree. He would wake things up in
this old republic and without any
bluster, too.—Spartanburg Herald.
Secretary of the Navy Wiliam H.
Moody announces that after the
fourth of next March he will resume
the practice of law in Boston. It
seems rather strange that the sec
retary should concede Republican de
feat and announce his retirement to
private life this early in the year.—
Anderson Intelligencer.
The Stanley Enterprise says that
only a few' years ago, and yet fresh
in the minds of the young generation,
the Yadkin river was prolific with
shad and other large fish. “Of late
years,” it says, “practically none
have reached this far into the interior
and we would like to know the
cause.” Nets across the river below
the South Carolina line.—Charlotte
Chronicle.
People You Know and People You
Don’t Know.
J. C. Ratliff has returned from the
northern and eastern markets, where
he went to lay in a new supply of
goods for The Battery.
C. J. Wall returned Friday after
noon from a visit to Chick Springs.
Mr. Clarence Henderson left yes
terday to attend the Charleston re
union.
Our old friend L. M. Cobb paid us
an apprec’ated visit Friday.
Miss Edith Rogers has returned
from Baltimore, where she has been
for some time.
Senator A. C. Lattimer arrived in
the city Saturday afternoon. He is
tin struck.
Brook Carter, of Allens, was in the
city yesterday.
Mrs. J. J. Quinn, of Grassy Pond,
was shopping in the city Saturday.
Miss Myrtle Borders, a charming
young lady from Stice, N. C., visited
friends in the city Friday.
L. C. Warmoth and Dr. W. K.
Gunter went to Cowpens Sunday.
They said they went to attend
church.
Miss Mollie Brown, of Pacolet, is
in the city visiting her brother, Dr.
B. R. Brown, on Frederick street.
L. U. Campbell was down from his
North Carolina mine Sunday spend
ing the day with his family.
Rev. George Huggins, formerly of
Lawn, this county, but now stationed
at Laurens, attended the Methodist
conference held here las week. He
is a Cherokee boy that we are all
proud of and whose friends in the
county have our best wishes for his
success in his chosen field.
Miss Belle Littlejohn, of Jones-
ville, is in the city visiting her uncle,
Mr. S. M. Littlejohn, and his family,
on Victoria Avenue.
Jes'.s Wright, of Abingdon, favored
The Ledger with a call Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Austell spent
Sunday in Cowpans.
D. L. Cooper, a prosperous farmer
of the county, was in the city a short
time Saturday.
Kenneth Baker spent several days
in the city last week. He returned
to Greenwood yesterday.
R. J. Foster, of Gowdeysville, was
in the city Saturday.
Dr. R. F. McKown, of Cherokee
Falls, was in the city Friday.
C. E. Smith, of Goucher, was in
the city Saturday. He called to see
The Ledger.
Silas Case, of Thickety, called to
see us Friday morning and added his
name to our list.
C. E. Roberts, of Shelby, spent sev
eral days at his farm down on Broad
river last week. He passed through
Gaffney yesterday on his way home.
J. W. Blackwell, of Gowdeysville,
came in to see us Friday.
A. B. Gaines spent several days
last week in Shelby.
Maj. Jno. F. Jones, of Blacksburg,
was a business visitor in the city
Friday.
Mr. Plaxico, an energetic young
man of Kings Creek, spent a few
days in the city the last of the week.
C. C. Hughes, a prosperous busi
ness man and farmer of Antioch, fa
vored The Ledger with a call Friday.
Chief of police Duncan, of Blacks
burg, was in the city Sunday.
G. Wash McKown, of Mercer, was
in the city yesterday. He expects to
leave for Charleston today.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Cumnock, Miss
Bertie Bryant, Miss Lizzie Dillard,
and Mrs. W. G. Robertson and little
son, of Spartanburg, are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Shuford.
The Mortal Enemy of Peace.
Grassy Pond, May 14, 1904.
Ed. Ledger:—I noticed in last
Tuesday’s issue of your paper a let
ter written by E. E. Marsh on the
liquor question.
I agree with him when he said,
“Give us dryness and soberness of
town.” Not only town, but the en
tire country; because whiskey is the
mortal enemy of peace. It is the
despoiler of men, the terror of wo
men, the cloud which shadows the
face of children, the demon that has
dug more graves and sent more souls
unshrived to judgment than all the
pestilences that have wasted life
since Joshua stood beyond Jerico.
O! my countrymen, loving God and
humanity, do not keep this grand old
country of ours under the domini-
tion of that power. It can profit no
man by its use. It can uplift no in
dustry, revive no interest, nor rem
edy no wrong. It comes to ruin, and
it shall profit mainly by the ruin of
the rising generation. It comes to
mislead human souls and crush hu
man hearts under its rumbling
wheels. It comes to bring gray
haired mothers down in shame and
sorrow to their graves. It comes to
turn the wife’s love into despair and
her pride into shame. It comes to
still the laughter on the lips of lit
tle children. It comes to ruin our
bodies and minds, to wreck our
homes, and it knows it must measure
its prosperity by the swiftness and
certainty with which it wreaks this
work. What do we expect our har
vest to be when our sowing is com
pleted, if we sow drunkenness and
die drunk?
P. C. J.
J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist.
Office Over The Battery.
’Phone 82^
DR. W. K. GUNTER,
i>i;rcTisT
Office in Star Theatre Building.
Phone No. 20.
Crown and Bridge Work a specialty.
Dr. D. P.FTHOMSON,
Dentist.
il^ r OfBce over Cherokee Dru? Co.
Williams. Hall. Jr. James A. Willis.
HALL & WILLIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
STAR THEATRE BLDO.
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“Notary Public intofflce. Prompt attention
riven to all business.
IN O 'r I C EX
We are anxious »o Increase the sale of our
nursery stock and we have arranned with the
nurs. ry to furnish better stock at cheaper
prices than was ever known t>efore.
It will pay you to see us or call on us at I.
M. Peeler’s store before buying
Jno. A. PaLLerson and D. Z. NewLon,
Agent Startow n Nursery Co.
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—5 Linen Collars for 25c, Pluett,
Coon & Co.’s make; all linen, 4-ply,
sizes 13 to 17%. At J. C. Lipscomb
& Co.
Gaffney Doctors Stand Examination.
Among the doctors to stand the re
cent examination to practice in this
State were Drs. M. P. Burnham and
B. B. Steedly of this city. All but
three of the candidates who stood
the examination for licenses to prac-1
tlce medicine In this State were suc
cessful. The examlnaions, it is
said, were more difficult this year
than in several years and the per
centage of successful men is larger
also.
Good Spirits.
Good spirits don’t all come from
Kentucky. Their main source is the
liver—and all the fine spirits ever
made in the Blue Grass State could
not remedy a bad liver or the hun-
Jred-and-one ill effects It produces.
You can’t have good spirits and a bad
liver at the same time. Your liver
must be In fine condition if you would
feel buoyant, happy and hopeful,
bright of eye, light of step, vigorous
and successful in your pursuits. You
can put your liver in fine condition
by using Green’s August Flower—the
greatest of all medicines for the liver
and stomach and a certain cure for
dyspepsia or indigestion. It has been
a favorite household remedy for over
thirty-five years. August Flower will
make your liver healthy and active
and thus insure you a liberal supply
of "good spirits.” Trial size, 25c; reg
ular bottles, 75c. At Cherokee Drug
Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison, Cowpens
A Chinaman’s “Howdy.”
In China, the customary greeting is
“How is your liver?” If Rydale’s
Liver Tablets were as well known
there as In some parts of America,
the answer would be: My liver is ali
right, I use Rydale’s Liver Tablets.
These tablets cure constipation, bil
iousness and all liver troubles. Gaff-
Drug Co.
Lightning Strikes.
The house occupied by Mrs. Eliza
beth Stowe, In the mill village of the
Gaffney Manufacturing Co., was
struck by lightning Saturday after
noon during the electric storm. The
back porch was damaged, together
with a shelf and some flower pots.
The same afternoon lightning
struck the house of Mr. Newman
Smith, going down the chimney and
severely shocking Mr. Smith, who
was in the house.
Little Joe Byars, who was playing
in his father’s yard, was also severely
hurt by lightning. For a time he
could not speak, but now seems to
be none the worse for his unusual ex
perience.
Ladies Call for Celebration.
Mr. E. H. DeCamp,
Dear Mr. Editor:—We think it is
just grand to feel that Gaffney is to
have a Fourth of July celebration; in
fact the town should do this every
year. We have always enjoyed our
selves greatly at the former celebra
tions; the most of us have always
had visitors to entertain whose en
joyment it was always a pleasure to
promote, and we are willing to assist
to the full extent of our ability to
not only making the forth coming cele
bration a success, but to assure the
permanency of Independence Day as
a fixture.
We are sincerely yours,
Six Young Ladies.
Gaffney, May 14, 1904.
Letter to J. J. Scruggs.
Gaffney, S. C.
Dear Sir: Here’s something every
painter and builder ought to know.
Mr J J Hall, Sheffield, Pa, painted
two houses. 5 years ago, lead-and-
oil; took 40 gallons. Last year, he
painted Devoe; bought 40 gallons;
had 10 left.
He is one of thousands. The knowl
edge is getting about pretty general
ly. that Devoe goes further than any
thing else.
Have you found it out In your own
experience?
How much further?
Suppose a job amounts to 10,000
square feet; how much less Devoe
could you buy?
Is It as easy to paint? Does It
cost any' more or less to put-on by
the gallon than anything else? How
much?
If it costs no more to put-on Devoe
by the gallon, it costs less by the
foot, you know; for the galon does
more feet. How much less, do you
find it, for wages?
Lasts, say, twice as long; that is
the owner s gain; but perhaps you
reckon it yours; some do. The time
when that comes-in, is when he aives-
out the next job. 6
Who gets it? Yours truly
58 F W Devoe & Co
P. S—L. Baker, Contractor and
Builder, sells our paint.
RjrjSale.
Advertisements under this nead w|l(
oe Inserted for one cent a word each Inser
tion. No ad Inserted for less than ten cents
F OR SALE—Three hundred bushels of
home raised corn. T. M. Littlejohn, Star
— “ " Mi
Farm, S. C.
Jay 13 2t.
F OR SALE—The W. C. Petty house and lot
on Frederick street. Apply to T. C Pet
ty. 4l-ii.
For Rent.
M Y seven-room bouse on corner Depot and
Logan St. City water. Permanent tenant
can get attractive price. A. \V. Doggett.
4-1-Fri. tf.
?OR RENT—G. C. Wilkins house and lot.
Apply to Geo. M. Phifer. 5-3-tf.
F OR RENT—A five-room cottage. Apply
to J. I. Sarratt. tf.
?OR RENT—Four-room house, near enough
in for factory operatives. C. M. Smith.
4-29-tf.
F OR RENT—The John White house, rear
Smith Hardware Co. Also my residence
corner Race and Johnson streets. W. H.
Smith. 3-22-tf
F OR RENT—Nice b-room cottage, with ail
Improvements, on Grenard Street. Ap-
ply to J. C. Jelfeiles. 4-1-tf
?OR RENT—store room on Robinson St.
Apply to Webster & Jefferies. It.
WANTED!
All your clothes I hat need brightening up,
bring them to us. We will make them look
fresh and new.
All work done by expert tailors.
See us and join our pressing club
ROBDKMHI & JOKES, Tailors
Over W. D. Telegraph Office.
Phone No. 43.
S UITES of rooms to let In the Star Theatre 1
A. N. Wood. -tf
F OR RENT—A good two-horse farm with a
neat five-room cottage. Apply at once to
J. C. Lipscomb. 2-16-tf
_ _ W a nt e d.
W ANTED—Furnished cottage near center
of town. Apply, stating rent, P. O. Box
154. 5-17-3t-pd.
G ENT wants room with board; early
breakfast. Widow or private family pre
ferred. State terms and other particulars.
Box 390. 5-13-2tpd. i
\1/ ANTED—To make straight loans on city
vv real estate. No commissi
Brought that last pre
scription to our store
you got the very best
that was possible to get.
We are the peoples
druggists and we are
proud of our reputa
tion.
S.B.Cravley&Co.
813 Limestone St.
Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery
Prescriptions Properly Filled
and Promptly Delivered
thousand dollars to loan.
Apr20-tf
Jons. Several
J. 0. Jefferies.£j
Notice.
F OR SERVICE—Beginning May 24th, I offer
for service, a reliable Jack for ten days
or more; will be stood on premises of B. F
Bonner. ” ~
May 17.
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E. Bryant Bonner.
OTICE—We will buy cotton seed until
Saturday the 21st
N
OH Co.
iiy coi
Inst. Victor Cotton
5-13-3t.
Now for the New Year!
Start it right by com
ing to us for your ::
Stanle and Fane Groceries, Canned
Goods,ICiiarsJobacco, Fruits,
and Confectioneries.
Our lines are still complete and
contain nothing but the fresh
est and the best.
HAMLIN & RADFORD.
Found.
F OUND—Between my residence and Gro
ver. some money. The owner can get
same by Ide ntifying and paying for this ad.
l-17-2t-pd. C. C. Hughes.
Moneyj-ocmod.
L OANS on Improved farms for a term of
years at seven per cent. Interest. Ni
commissions. For Information apply to J. C
efferles, Attorney at Law.-
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cards under thle head will be in
serted from now until the primary for
$5.00 each for county officers; mag
istrates’ announcements, $3.00. All
fees must be paid m advance.
For a change, R. M. Jolly for Su
pervisor of Cherokee county.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-election to the office of
Supervisor of Cherokee county, sub
ject to the rules of the Democratic
party.
J. Y. Whelchel.
Patronize Home Industry.
Turning over your laundry
to basket going out of the
city you find a lot of incon
venience, as it will be de
livered by hand and ex
posed to the weather.
Why not have our wagon
call for your work? Satis
faction guaranteed and ar
ticles delivered promptly.
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For Congress.
I am a candidate for Congress, from the
Fifth Congresalonal District, subject to the
result of tne Democratic primary election.
T. Y. WILLIAMS.
FOR
Building and Plastering Lime,
Coal, and Plaster Hair,
Plaster Tarla,
Shingles,
Portland Cement,
Dynamite,
Blasting Powder, Fuse
and Dynamite Caps, call on
LUESTOMB SPRINGS LIME WORKS.
CARROLL A CO.,
Telephone 67.
CllLHERE
For Photo Frames,
Passe-Partout Bind
ing, Passe-Partout
work, Photo Albums,
Gun Metal Photo
Holders, (for indi
vidual photograph).
Wire Picture Racks.
Films and the best
in all photographic
work.
Juno H. Carr,
Phone 176.
Residence, 171.
625 Limestone Street.
Notice of Election
Whereas, a written petition of one-
third of the electors and a like propor
tion of the free-holders of the age of
twenty-one years, residing in the pro
posed graded school district surveyed
and laid off by G. B. Fowler, surveyor,
and comprising the schools of Etta Jane,
Sunnysine and Pinckney Ferry in Gow
deysville Township, [Cherokee county,
has been filed with the county Board of
Education of said county, asking that an
annual tax of two and one-half mills be
levied and collected on property in said
District to ; supplement the school fund
of said District, it is ordered—
That the Board of Trustees of said
School District shall hold an election at
D. N. Fowler’s store in said District, on
the twenty-first day of May, A. D., 1904,
for the purpose of deciding if said tax
shall be levied and collected.
At said electiou only such electors as
return real or personal property for tax
ation, and who exhibit their tax receipts
and registration certificates, as required
in general elections, shall be allowed to
vote.
At said election the said Board of Trus
tees shall actlas Managers and’the election
nducted as is provided by law
shall be cont
pre
for the conduct of general elections.
At said election each elector favoring
the proposed levy shall cast a ballot con
taining the word “Yes” written or print
ed thereon, and each elector opposed to
said levy fsball cast a ballot containing
the word “No” written or printed there
on.
Within ten days after said election, if
the majority of those voting shall vote
for said levy, the said Board of Trustees
shall furnish the County Auditor with
the statement of the amount levied.
By order of the “County Board of Edu
cation of Cherokee County.
J. L. Walker,
Chairman.
R. C. Sarratt,
Jas. C. Jefferies,
County Board of Education.
May 7th, 1904.
5-io-4t
Notice.
Jonesvllle, S. C.,
April 1st, 1904.
The undersigned having purchase^
from the Pacolet and Clifton Manu
facturing Companies all of their
right, title and Interest to all lumber,
cotton, cloth or other material which
was washed away from their re
spective mills June 6th, 1903, lying
in or on the Pacolet and Broad rivers
in South Carolina, hereby warns all
persons from removing or Interfer
ing with any of said lumber, cotton,
cloth or other material as above de
sert bed.
A reward of Five Dollars will be
paid for any information leading to
the detection of any party or parties
removing or Interfering with saidFha-
terial without written consent of
owner, and a reward of Fifty Dollars
will be paid for same information
with proof to convict.
All previous contracts or agree
ments are hereby revoked.
THE HITT SALVAGE COMPANY,
By R. G. Hitt,
Manager.
May 23
Estate Notice.
All persons holding claims against the
estate of Hugh Moore, deceased, are
hereby notified to present the same to the
undersigned, properly proven, on or be
fore the 1st day of June next, and all per
sons indebted to said estate are required
to make payment to
Mary J. Price,
Executrix Estate Hugh Moore, deceas
ed.
May 4th, 1904.
Pub. in Gaffney Ledger May 6th, 13th,
20th, 1904.
The meet brilliant gam that *
taka from the earth would not
amount to much if then wen no peo
ple to appreciate its beauty and to via
with each other for its possession.
The most spacious store,
the most carefully selected
stock of goods, the clever
est corps of clerks will not
avail unless people know
about them.
Knowledge of such
things is spread in various
ways. A passerby may
drop in and be impressed.
He may tell his neighbor,
and he in turn may tell
somebody else.
That is one way, and
there are some merchants
who today think it is good
enough. Modern develop
ment, however, has sup
plied in newspapers the best
means. They go into ev
ery home in the land, how
ever humble, however mag
nificent. Through them all
of the information can be
supplied, not to one, but
to thousands.
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