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?>. ? ?l)e tl)ntc 1)mnn mt? Sontfyroti. ^-'--.-!-?-?-------- ? I Tan SDMTBB WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850? "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's. THE THUS SOUTHRON, Enablished Jase, 186 ?* fwiMfttad ? issi RTTMTTT.T?. S Ci.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1904. New Series-Vol. XXIV. No. 20 Published STOTT TCetaosday, -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. muss : (1 50 per annum-io advance ADTISTIBIIIXT: One Square first insertion..51 CO ?very gabeequeat insertion....... ......... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wili de made at reduced ratee. ] AU co otan oration s which ?observe private h: tercets will be charged for asad vertieoaentg. Obituaries and tribe tee of respecta will be Charged for. , TIE WORLD'S HIB CLOSES. The End of the Greatest Exposi? tion the World has Ever Seen. Tie Last pay Devoted to Honoring David B. Franois, Wno Made lt a Success, St. Loni?, Dec-I.-The Louisiana P?rchase Exposition wilt* ? officially close at midnight tonight when the errand illumination which has de? lighted the eyes of millions daring the past seven mont ns will be turned off for the last time. The final day is known as "Francis Day,," being devot? ed to honoring David Francis, the pre? sident of the exposit?onx?ompany-, and the man to whose efforts the magnifi? cent success of the exposition was largely dne. Ix is probable that with today''s attendance the total for the season will be close to nineteen mil Man. ?UT FOR MU BILLION BOLUSES. Greatest Law Suit On Beoord Be? gun in Chicago Today. Penn? sylvania Railroad the De? fendant Chicago, Nov. 30.- The largest suit .ever filed ia any city in the world, in? volving harf a billion dollars, began today before Judge Kohlsaat, of the United States Court, when the heirs of Alnon G. Stewart and General Hart Stewart began sn attempt1 to make good claims against the Pennsylvania Railroad. The heirs seek to recove1* for use of several miles of Stewart avenue by the railroad company, and as .this is the principal entrance of the railroad to the city tb,is action will be bitterly fought. The property in dis? pute came to the original owners as govrenment land which they acquired when Chicago was merely a trading pose and the land in question was ten miles or more from the centre of the present city. The, Stewart heirs gave the property to the ciy, with the restriction that should the land be used for any bnt original purpose it should revert to the heirs. The Pennsylvania Railway got the right of way and the heirs are now sning. President Roosevelt^ family are among the claimants. HRS. OBIDWICK TO PAY HER DEBTS. Has Settled With Her Largest and Most Pressing Creditor and Will Arrange to Pay Others rn Full. New York. Dec. 1.-Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, the Cleveland society wo? man, whose financial dealings caused .so much stix, bas satisfied Herbert Newton, of Brookline, Mass.-, one of those holding big claims against her. that she can and will pay $190, 000 which she borrowed from bim. Asa result, iesral proceedings, brought by Newton will be dropped. It is stated here that Mrs. Chadwick has made preparations to leave this city and ?0 to her home in Cleveland. It is thought she will there be able to arrange all her affairs ?tnd she will soon leave for some health resort in the South, where ?he can recuperate from the trying time she experienced lasr week. Mrs. Chadwick, leaning on the arm cf her son, left the Holland House this morning at ll o'clock and drove down town. It is believed this marks her departure from New York. Washington, Nov 30.-It is an? nounce at the Navy Deprtment that the President will offer to Rear Admi? ral Charles H. Davis the membership on the international court of inquiry which will > investigate tbe firing on the British' trawlers by Russian war? ships. Columubia, Nov. 30.-A commission was ietued today to the Charleston and Summerville Railway Cmpany which proposes to build an electric line from Charleston to Summerville. The capital is $1.000,000 and the cor? porators are J.J. O'Connell, Congress? man George S. Legare and Geo. S. Evans, all of Charleston and Warren Fe Martin, of Philadelphia. Fight Will Be Bitter. Tho=e wno will pe<-s>Pt ra closing their ears t?t?aiuet 'he continual recommenda tiou of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, will have a long and bitter fight vi' h tneir tronbk s if not ended earlier by fatal termination. Rca i what T. R. Beal] or Be* ll, MI<-P. rta-; to say: uLast fa?l my wife had every symptom of r u-u iiptioa. She t?-o c Dr. King** New D'-c*'Yt ry af*e*>wryti?sr.g H-H had failed. 1 j>pr.->vem~nt cwn? ac once nnd f.rar .or.r>e eriti elv cur-d he : (iunranteei' by J F. lV D*?,V?ru,e. jtr-.ii/- i-\ Price 5 ?, ni; J $1.00. Tii 1 bott:* free. COLUMBIA MERCHANTS PLAN A BIG TREAT. Will Extend Their Out of Town Trade by Special Theatre Parties. Columbia, Nov. 30.-At the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce the secretary Col. E. B. Clark, told of efforts which are being made to ran in Columbia five or six special trains during the winter, on which trains passengers will come at the invitation ofJ Columbia merchants and will pay no railroad fare. The details of the plan have not been completed but Mr. Clark has about perfected the plans, and some of the railroads have signified her will? ingness to co-operate. Under the laws of the passenger ser? vice association, railroads belonging to that association cannot charter trains for commercial purposes, except for theatre parties. The arrangement after being worked up will be enter? ed into by the merchants and Mana? ger Brown. Those merchants who have been approached have assented to the proposition. The plan in a general way is to pick half a dozen of the better attractions which will be staged here during the winter and to run to Columbia a char? tered train on each of those days. The first train will come over one line, the train on the day of the next attraction will come over another line, and so on as long as the merchants continue their support. Each merchant who contributes will be permitted to inpvite a certain num? ber of visitors from out of the city according to the amount subscribed by himself. Each visitor will be a i ven a certain number of tickets at the theatre with purchases of certain amounts at the stores of the merchant subscribing to the fund. This will keep up the na? ture of the theatre train. . Other plans have been suggested but ail Irave the same object in view tn get representative people out of the stat3 to come to Columbia on shop? ping trips and see the growing whole? sale quarter of the city. The details are still in a formulative state and may be altered. REPORT OF S0?T0N GINNED. Census Bureau's Report by States and Territories of the Crop of - * 1904. Washington, Nov. 30.-The census burean today issued a report by States and territories of the quantity of cot? ton ginned from the growth of 1904 up Ito Nov. 14, showing that 29,611 gin? neries had been operated this season up to that time, and that these had ginned 9,906,057 running bales. Count? ing /round bales as half bales, the number is 9,786,646. ' To the same date last year the run? ning bales ginned numbered 7,070,437, which proved to be 69.4 per cent, of the entire crop of the year. The gin? ning output in running bales by States for^the present year, up to Nov. .14, was as follows : Alabama, 1,073,319; Arkansas, 556, 433; Florida, 60,2?1; Georgia, 1,545, 513; Indian Territory, 321,981 ; Ken? tucky, 850; Louisiana, 678,970: Mis? sissippi, 1,051,906; Missouri, 28,217; I North Carolina, 519,427 ; Oklahoma, 222,939^ South Carolina, 930,713; Tenessee, 196,387: Texas, 2,727,198: Virginia, U6.518. LARRY GANTT GOES TO GEORGIA. He Buys Interest in a Rome, Ga., Evening Paper. Larry Gantt, now of this county, who has been closely identified for considerably more than a quarter of a century with the press of South Caro? lina and Georgia, has closed a con? tract by which be becomes part propri? etor and editor in chief of the Rome Evening Herald, assuming this fpo si - tion at once. There is perhaps not a newspaper man in Georgia better known to the profession, or to the public generally, than Larry Gantt. He won his first spars in the newspaper field wbeu he established the Oglethorpe Echo, at Lexington, thirty-two years ago. The Echo's success established. Mr. Gantt reestablished the Athens Banner, mak? ing it a daily and putting it on the road to the highly successful career it "has since enjoyed. Then the Elberton Star was established, after which Mr. Gantt became editor of the Southern Alliauce Farmer, the official organ of the Farmer's Alliance, a newspaper which was published in Atlanta dur? ing the days when that organization was at its strongest in Georgia. Mr. Gantt has been, during his ca? reer, editor of the Columbia, S. C., Register, and he also founded the Piedmont Headlight, ?t Spartanburg. He knows every detail of tbe news? paper business, from the type case to the press room, and possesses a strik? ingly characteristic style which makps his editorial work of exceeding inter? est. For several years past Mr. Gantt has been engaged in farming and in the real estate business in this county, occasionally contributing to the press. -Spartanburg Journal. Belgrade, Dec. 2.-The members of the cabinet handed their resignations to King Peter today. The reasons for th'?ir action was not related. Mother Be Oarefti! ?>f the health of jour children. Lt ok oat io;- Co ;tfhc. Colart. Croup ai.d Whooping Cosgh. Stop them in time-On* minute CoJgft Cure is the bf?t remedy. Hirmles. e.jjd pea MI'. Sod ly (J. !'/. Dan-5. A NEW DISEASE AMONG CATTLE. The State Veterinarian at Clemson Tells of Some Recent Investi Coiumbia, Nov. 30.-Within the la3t month Dr. Loni s A. Klein of Clemson, the State veterinarian, has rceived letters from a number of farmers con? cerning a disease, unfamiliar to them, which was causing the death of their calves and yearling cattle. This dis? ease was manifested by the following symptoms : Gradual loss of condition and strength, with the animals feed? ing well; a soft, sack-like swelling under the jaw, which was not hot or tender; scours; sometimes a watery discharge from the eyes. The animals usually lived one to three months after being attacked. Only young cattle were affected, even where the old cattle used the same pasture and barn. Of the cases reported only three re? covered. On one farm the young cat? tle had been carried off in this way for three years. Investigation of the%disease has not been completed, but on several farms visted it was found that the trouble was caused by small worms, one-half to one inch long and about as thick as a hair. In fact, at first sight, they had the appearance of short white hairs, but on closer examination the larger worms show a red stripe curling through the body like a cork? screw, the red stripe on the white background presenting the appearance of a barber's pole. These worms, which are known as the twisted-wire worm, also as the stomach worm, were found by thousands in the fourth stomach of the affected animals ex? amined, lying in the mucous of the stomach wall and scatterd through the contents of that organ. They live on the blood and body juices of the ani? mal they inhabit, thus depriving the animal of the nourishment which it should derive from its food. out of the affected animal, dropping cn the grass or into pools of water, and when other cattle eat the grass or drink the water, they become infect? ed with the disease. The escape of the older cattle from the fatal effects of the disease is explained by the fact that because of their greater strength they are able to withstand the attacks of the worms, but, although they do not show the symptoms of the disease, they may, nevertheless, play an im? portant part in the infection of the pasture. Farmers who have had the disease among their cattle should not, there? fore, put young cattle on the pastures which have been used by the sick cat? tle, or which have been used by the older cattle which have been running with the sick cattle. If it is not pos? sible to put the young cattle in a clean pasture, the infected pasture should be burned off whenever the grass is in suitable condition, lt is important also to see that the pasture used by the young cattle does not re? ceive drainage from-the infected pas? ture. If this coursb is followed, the disease will be eradicated from the farm. Medical treatment of the sick ani? mal usually yields satisfactory results if begun in time. The details of this treatment can be had upon application to the State veterinarian. BEPORT OF SECRETARY HESTER. Decrease Shown in Amount of Spot Cotton Handled. New Orleans, Nov. 30.-The annual report of the board of directors and Secretary Hester of the cottou ex? change was made today. It shows a business in "spots," "free on board" arid "costs, freight and insurance" of 1,300,000 bales, against 1,400,000 bales last year and 1,300,000 bales the year before. In futures the transac? tions more than doubled the large business of 1902-1903, with New Or? leans holding its position in the front rank of the great markets of the world. Notwithstanding the decrease in the receipts of cotton, due to les? sened production in territory tributary to this market, New Orleans handled over its wharves 22.24 per ceut. cf the cotton crop of the United ?States, against 2^.18 last year. Complaint is made that the exchange is still ham? pered by lack of telegraph facilities to pjints in the cotton belt, although remarkable results have been obtained in the expeditious handling of mes? sages between New Orleans, and New York and Liverpool. Washington. Dec. 1.-President Roosevelt this morning promised to appoint the only living grandson of Stonewall Jackson, Stonewall Jack? son Christian of Charlotte. N. C., to the Military Academy at West Point. At the same time the president pro? mised an appointment to Harry Still? well Edwards, the son of the Postmas? ter at Macon, Ga., to tho academy. Washington, Nov. 30.-Senator Cockrell, ot' Missouri, called on the President this morning and had a talk with the executive over the offer, of either ii place on the Panama canal commission or interstate com? missioner. He i< inclined to accept the Panania commission position. Revolution imminent A sire sign cf approaching revolt and serious trouole in your system is nervous? ness, sleeplessness, or stomach upsets. K'ectric liirtvrs will quickly dismember the troublesome cau-e-. It never t?ti?- to tone thc stomach, rt^ulate the Kicne s and Bowels, sti nulate the Liver, nm! ciaiify the blood. Kiri d'>v:i systems benefil partie i!ar!_. anda ! the usual attending at he; van sh nuder ifs searchipg ami thor03gh tffectivene*?. Electric Bitters only :>(u%. and ?:?H: I- returned if it don't 5<ave perice? sitj-faeiio i Gua "?ntced by .i F \V. I) Lonne, Dru. . g?tions He Has Been Making. These worms are constantly STATE CAPITAL CORRESPONDENCE. The Story of a Mule That has Won Fame and Caused the Courts Much Trouhle and the Liti? gants More Than Many \ Mules are Worth. By W. H. McCaw. Columbia, Dec 1.-In the opinion just handed down here in the case of "the State, ex rel., oj. K. Kirven, plaintiff respondent, against R. J. Scarborough, respondent, appellant," there is a thrilling account of the lightning-like transfer of possession of "one brown mare mule of the value of $150." This mule should have a name to assist her iu carrying the great amount of legal trouble she has been through the past twelve months in the shape of magistrate's orders, mandamus proceedings, con? tempt orders, warrants for larceny, supreme court appeals and the like that is, if she is still in existence, of or according to the record there is a strong intimation that she has passed ont of her turbulent career in the form of thin air. Kirven is the man from whom Scarborough, a Magis? trate's constable, seized the mule un? der an order from Magistrate John Floyd of Darlington on an affidavit from F. T. Odom charging Kirven with larceny. . The case was transfer redjto another magistrate, who decid? ed ?bat there were no facts ou which to Sase a charge of theft against Kir? ven} and ordered the constable to re? turn the mule to him. Bot in the meantime Scarborough had turned the mill over to Odern, who passed it on W. 33. Erunson, "the man from whom he rhad purchased it, Branson had turned it over to N. R.^Harrel, a part? ner of Johu K. Kirven in the firm of Harrell & Kirven, who told the con? stable when he came for it that it had been disposed cf. The curions upshot of the whole business is that Kirven is out a mule,'which the courts decided was wrongfully seized from him and Odom was given a mule which evidently did not belong to him. The constable had to resort to a techni? cality to escape a term in jail for con? tempt of court, the contempt proceed? ings against bim being dismissed by the supreme court because Judge Watts who ordered him to spend sixty days in jail for failing to restore the mule, which it was a physical impos? sibility to do, signed the contempt or? der outside of the county in which the cas? arose, and because "a judge at chambers has no jurisdiction to pass judgment or sentence for criminal con? tempt, except such as may be commit? ted in the immediate presence of the court." . The story of the constable's curious, and at times apparently serious, trou? bles with the mule, is best told iu the language of the opinion : "Upon failure or refasal of Scar? borough to obey the order of Magis? trate Sanders, Judge Watts at Cham? bers issued an alternative writ of mandamus commanding Scarborough to deliver the mule as required by or? der of Magistrate Sanders, or show cause at Cheraw why he did not obey said order. In his return Scarborough claimed that it was a matter of physi? cal impossibility for bim to comply, inasmuch as the mule having been turned over to the prosecutor Odern nnd?r the order of the original magis? trate it was no longer '"n the consta? ble's control. Jndge Watts held the return insufficient and on the 13th of January issued a peremptory writ of , mandamus commanding Scarborough to forthwith deliver the property to Kirven. From this order Scarborugh appealed on the ground that Judge Watts bad no authority to hear the matter outside the county in whiajp the respondent lived. On the 22d of January Jndge Watts issaed* another order requiring Scarborough to show cause at Cheraw why he should not be adjudged iu contempt of court. To this the constable made return and ex? plained how it was impossible for him to obey the writ of mandamus, * * * that he,Scarborough, bad made.dili? gent inquiry as to the whereabouts of the property without being able to find ir, that he intended no disrespect to the orders of the court and would willingly comply if possible. A counter affidavit by Magistrate Floyd was submitted to the effect that Scar? borough did not apply to him either before or after the case was heard by Magistrate Sanders as to what disposi? tion to make of the mule." Judge Watts then signed an order j giving Scarborough twelve days in which to either produce the mule and turn it over to Kirven or pay a fine of 8150 "to be held by the said clerk of court.subject to the further order of this court," or "be committed to the common jail of Darlington county and there kept in close confinement without bail for the term of sixty days. After reading the opinion repeatedly until one is bordering on a case of blind staggers he is still left wonder? ing what became of the mule, whether Odom, Brimson and Harrell did not each get $150 worth of mnle for no consideration, and where the justice comes in for Kirven from whom the mule was wrongfully taken with a vicious affidavit, until in terror of stumbling into contempt of the su? preme court he ceases wondering. Xo More Suffering. If voa are troubled with indigestion yet a bottle of Konol Dyspepsia Core and see how quickly it wsll cure you. Geo A Thomson, of Spencer, la., says: ''Have had j Dyspepsia for twenty year?*. My ca-e wa* j almost hopeless. Kodo! Dyspepsia cure was recommended and ? u.-.ed a few bottles of it and it i.- the only thin^ that has relieved me. Would not be without it. Have doctored with local physician-? and also at Chicago and even went to Norwaj wit'? h<>j>">< o: getting some relief, but K<> io! Dyspepsia Cure i~ the oaiv remedy th it ha- (i ?oe tue any y<>ol, and I heartdy recO'i:m-nd i'. Every per o i suffering with Ind gestion or Dvspepsia sholld usr it." ><?'.d by < >. ?. D vi-. JAPANESE HAVE PORT ARTHUR IN THEIR GRASP. Having Captured Highest Hill Near the Stronghold Now Command All Parts of Forts and Harbor. Gen. Stoessel May Escape to Tiger Hill and Prolong Siege, But Japs May Cut Off Retreat and Force Imme? diate Surrender. Tokio, Dec. 1.-It has been officially announced that the Japanese forces charged to the tup of "Two Hundred and*Three hill" at seven o'cl?ck this morning and an hour later occupied the entire summit. The Eussians left heaps of dead rithin the fortifications. A Great Yictory for the Japs. Tokio, Dec. 1-The Japanese have Port Arthur all but in their grasp. The taking of 203 Metres hill is the most decided step toward final occu? pation of the Russian stronghold since the outer lines fortresses were assault? ed by the Japanese This eminence, which is nearest to Port Arthur itself is the highest point in that direction and from its snmmit the Japanese can sweep every inch of the harbor as well as every position outsideLiaotishan and Tiger hill. As a result it is'generally believed that news will shortly be re? ceived of the final demolition of the remaining Russian vessels in the har boi by heavy calibre guns which the Japanese have mounted on the hill. Gen. Stoessel mnst now undoubtedly retire toward Liaotisban. There are possibilities, however, thar, the Japa? nese will be able to cut off his retreat to this point and Gen. Stoessel will be compelled to surrender. London, Dec. 1.-The Rome corres? pondent of the Central News says that several Rcssian officials have arrived there and have obtained permission from the Minister of Marine to visit the dock yards, lt is stated that the visitors intend to order the construc? tion in Italy of four battle ships and six cruisers. London, Dec. 2.-A dispatch from Rome, received at the Japanese lega? tion, states that only the intensional forts at Port Arthur are now holding out against the Japanese. The town and docks, the dispatch adds, have been abandoned by th? Russians, as they are at the mercy of the Japanese cannonade. The Rome Giornale today publishes a dispatch from its Mukden corres pondent stating that General Kuro patkin Commander of the Russian forces in Manchuria, yesterday conven? ed the generals in a council of war tc consider the military situation. 11 was decided that the troops should take the offensive along the entire front, and make a vigorous attack or the Japanese lines. Japanese Lose Two Hundred. St. Petersburg, Dec. 2.-It is re? ported from Chan Siamulunt thai Japanese lost two hudred men in the fighting at Second pass yesterday. Il is admitted that tho sortie of Cossack? at Dapingushangh ae fallen back. Russians Fail to Retake 203 Meter Hill. Tokio, Dec. 2.-It is reported thai Rusians attempted today to re-tak< 203 meter hill, but were repulsed witl heavy loss. It is also reported thai General Soessel, in command of the forces at Port Arthur is fortifying the heigts between Liao Tishan and Nan tusan. The rapidly increasing: belie, here is that the last stand of the Rus ?ians will be made there. STRIKE WiB AT ZEIGLER. ILLINOIS. Searchlights and Rapid Fire Guns in Use-Non Union Men Ter? rorized and Governor Will Declare Martial Law Zeigl'er, Ills., Dec. 2.-Firing be gan at 11.10 o'clock last night in the direction of the company's pumping plant here. The searchlight wai flashed and rapid fire guns responded. It is declared by those in authoriry that an attempt was made to wreck the pumping plant and the non-union men of Zelgler are terrorized to such an extent thiat all who are able tc will leave town at once. This it is said will undoubtedly be regarded by Governor Yates as a justification foi issuing a proclamation of martial law. Vienna, 30.-Count Pos&dowsky, the German secretary of the interior, today wont bacs to Germany after au unsuccessful attempt to negotiate an Austro-Germau commercial treaty. New York, Nov. 30.-James Lind? say Gordon, assistant Coporatiou Counsel of New York City died early this morning at his home, l? West 17th street from pneumonia. He was 44 years of age, and was born in Louisa county, Virgouia. Grip Quickly Knocked Out. "Some weeks ago during the severe win? ter weather both my wife and myself con? tracted severe colds which speedily devel? oped into the worst kind of la grippe with ad its miserable symptoms," says Mr. J. : S. Egleston of Maple Landing, Iowa. j "Knees and joints aching, muscles sore, head stopped up eyes and nos? running, I with alternate spells of chills and fever. j Wt* began using Chamberlain's Cough I Remedy, aiding the same wi?h a dose of j CharnK-i lai./s Stomach and Liver Tablets, and ty ir* liberal use soon completely , knocked out the grip.** These Tablets promote a healthy action of the bowels, ; liv rand kid nf vs which is always beneticial ?i cn the system is co- ge-^ted hy a cold or ; att ie* of the /rip. Fo sale by all Druggists A MATTER OF HEALTH POWDER Absolutely Pure HAS NO SUBSTITUTE DISCHARGED "WITHOUT HONOR." Private John T. Smith, Who Mar? ried Negress, Dismissed From Army. Washington, Nov. 30.-Acting Sec? retary Oliver today directed the dis? charge "without honor" of Private John T. Smith, hospital corps, sta? tioned at Fort Mott, N. J., who is said to have married a negress and whose discharge was recommended by Gen. Grant, commanding the depart? ment of the east, he having acted up? on the recommendation of the post sur* geon at Fort Mott. Gen. Grant's re? commendation was concurred in by the surgeon general's office. In the official statement given out at the war department in disposing of the case today it is stated that Pri? vate Smith married "-a woman of bad character whose previous marri? age has not been terminated by the death of her husband or by any form of legal separation." Christmas Holiday Rates. 1904-05. Atlantic Ccast Line announce rate I of one aud one-third first class fares (minimum rate 50 cents). Tickets ; will be placed on sale December 23d, ! 24th, 25th, 31st, and January 1st, 1905. ' Final limit returning to January 4th, 1905. To teachers and students of colleges, on presentation andsurrender of cer \ tificates signed by superintendents, presidents or principals, tickets \ may be sold at the above rate, Decem ' ber 17th, to 24th, inclusive, with final . limit returning to January 8tb, 1905. ? For full information, call on ticket , agents, or address, H. M. Emerson, Traffic Manager or W. J. Craig, G. P. A., Wiimingon, X. C. -- ? ? - London, Dec. 1.-The inquest into - the death of Elverton R. Chapman, t Jr., the son of the wealthy New York i Banker was held today. The jury b rendered a verdict that he committed 5 suicide while temporarily insane. 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