The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 03, 1917, Image 2
TO BJC MANY MILLIONS 8hort in
whk, Ith?,
Secretary of I Im Treasury MoAdoo
F.*Ua*s*sn thai < on*! <m? Moot Raine
ha of tA7t^tt?\oao.
Washington, Deo. .1,1. -Secretary
McAdoo estimated tonight that undor
existiog eevsou? Uws the govern?
ment's deficit on Jun? 30, 1918, will
bo l279.ooo.oou and that In order to
most this condition f nd gift, the
treasury ihe nejessary working bal?
ance of $100,001,000 congress will
have to raise $::79,00?,000 additional
revenue nustnf th^.soiulng fiscal year.
The secretary takes U for grantsJ
that bond* will he Istued, for $184,
til.008 to reimburse the.general fund
for. $112,141,, ^estimated expendi?
tures, fox the Mexican border petrol
up to June, 3), U17. and for 321.833.
ooo. estimated expenditures for the
Alaskan railway to J mo 80. 1918.
This would leavp $191,817.000 to be
rales*.by taxation.
"T*e wealth liffd r< sources of the
country are sq great," Mr. McAdoo
said, "that It nl|| not. bp difficult to
raise this amount (approximately
$10O,eOe^Hi0) bj Internal < taxation,
whkrj one he clstdbited In such a
way as not to boar heavily or unjustly
upon engpody.
Congress has already authorised
the leans of boods to provide the
$19.800,000 authorised for a merchant
marine and tho 9t0,000,ooo author?
ised fog Oy ni train Plqnt- I presume
tho^koada.wJU. bs authorised by the
congross foe the $2B,aiio.ooo required
for the purchase of the Danish We t
In??dnv.,
"*$he*e is not included In tho fore
going anything for an omnibus pub?
lic buildings kill.,
"I ee/anethj haps) teat even, as to
somp of Mm IUits wh>h erf .included
? the estimate* ,$aa4?riel reductions
and saving* pay bp e? acted,"
Tb* escrsaafy jref^cod his comment
with, , the ats^nsp xnl M?fct it wan not
*?r Ihe tteaeur* department to pre?
pare reuenur ms^surss and that what
ho said ?e*eU expj eese* hie tWr
?^YHrWi? #e sek) he oppvatd upo4
tssuee |o mfttt Durrani expenditures
but tha* it ?$0 f) rones to issue. bonq>
'?* a^ permanent .investments *r
**? eVw*N ra?fi>a4 a^d PurcMsf *f
&mm *rej* .lid^ss an we^l go fog
l^reeAe ^f^eV^rnr.
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Wcjh|ag^.ftsc.,31 -r-ln. a signed
doounse#t s^wnptl te the . ngtum.
saooe. |han^H^94otan and. NMstn ?4
various . donompiatlpni* represent log
mane/* aeqtions ^( tho coiinUi', ha,vv
unite* ?>% wn*n?if 040^ wh*t they
declare n*ay he n preuvature peace lp
Kumps, which "meg bring a curse
intend *t a biewu^'- . .. .
Amor* the alters o{ t^docu^neut,
madp PebMe hers todiy, are Ljrman
Abbott. Brenidsnt Hibben of Prince
ton. Winston Churchill, the author;
President King of Oberlin college.
Clifford Ptnchot, Ueorge W. i'tp ts",
Philadelphia.. tits Ren. Wuhan. . A
(Billy) Sunday, Junes A. Speer, chair?
man pf tho Laymen's Missionary
movement; the Its v. C. K, Nelson,
Episcopal bishop of Atlanta; the Rev.
Philip JM ? Rhtselnndor. Episcopal
bishop of Pennsylvania; the Rev.
WllUnm Utwrsrue. Kplagopal bishop
of Massachusetts;, tha Hex, Harry F.
Froedyck of Union Theological semi?
nary; the Rev. Charles P. Anderson,'
Episcopal bishop of Chicago, and the
Rev. William T. Manning, rector of
Trinity church. New York.
The address declares the Christians
of America shou d cons.der the right
or wrong of the occupation of Bel?
gium, Poland and Servia, the Ameri?
can massacres, the deatrtctlon oi mer?
chant ships, the hardships of Jews
and Syrians, the 18 attempts to array
Moelem against Christian In holy war
and to bs reminded that peace Is the
triumph of righteousness and not the
mere sheatlng of the sword.
It further declares tha<*. the signers
"view with some concern the organ?
ised and deliberate efforts now being
made to stampedo Christian sentiment
so ss to create a public opinion blind?
ly favorable to stopping hostilities
without adequate consideration of the
Issues which ths war involves."
sSesS ? i ? ? ? -i - - *** i ?* ? *? SJ m
aWhtimsi eowrou markict.
gernitoa Dally o?
harbt A CO.. Cotton Buyere
* Good Middling 1$ M
Htnrt Middling 18 3-8.
Middling 18 1-4
Strict l^w Middling 16.
Ljssj Middling 11 I t.
Corrected Daily by
KRNK^T Fli:Lt?. Cotton Muyer.
flood Middling 16 1-1.
Strict Middling 16 3-9.
Middling 16 Ml
Strict l*w Middling 16.
Low Middling 16 1-3.
Staple cotton 20 to 23.
till I I ? I I ? -~ ?
BROTHERHOODS SHOW FIGHT.
Trainmen Determined tc? Defeat Com?
pulsory Arbitration Measure if Pos
si Me.
Washington, Jan. 1.?The stage is
set for a test of strength between
tee administration and the railroad
brotherhoods, .which are seeking to
lucent the passage of the oompul
sory arbitration bill. The senate com
m ip.ee begins hearings tomorrow.
Chagrined aver the refusal of. the rail?
roads to make the Adameon law ef?
fective today, he brotherhoods are
preparing to exart their entiro In
(?uencs to defeat the compulsory ar?
bitration law. As a last re*><t a
strike may be called before the meas?
ure earn be made a law.
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GREEK HING DEMANDS TROOPS.
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TeOs 1 UleX of Staff to Hasten Thos
I sal la um Southward.
Athens, Friday. Dec. 29 (Via Lon?
don. Dec. 3D?a cabinet meeting to?
day, at wh*ch the king presided, dis?
cussed the situation m the country,
which is desperate, according to dis?
patches received here from the inte?
rior of Greece.
"The king has instructed the gen?
eral staff to hasten by all possible
means the tra nsport southward of the
Thessalian troops. The chief of staff
Informed the Associated Press that u>
spite the difficulties, the transporta?
tion pf the. trQQpa should be com?
peted by January 5, whereupon the
government hopes the entente block?
ade will be lifted.? .
PoQle-AMon. . ; ,
L*urens. B$c.30.~-A wpddipg in
which was centred general interest
was solemnized Thursday , at ppon
wheji Miss Mary Frances. Poole,
daughter qX Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P
Popie. became the bride of Dr. Wil?
liam-A. Alston of Hagood, Sunitev
county. The marriage took place, gt
the home of the bride, seven miles
east of the <?ity and was attended by
a V^rge company of friends and rela?
tives.
The Poole home was decorated for
the occasion, potted, plante and carmv
tlons belRg used, in the decorations
thrqugjiout. The charm of the geu
eral feUiug was the large, open fire
in each room. **r v,
The guests were Vfh?w4 M? D>
Boyji Hebe* and Martin, ?Eoolp. <
Pljeceflinw the ceremony MM Kto
Alexander of . .Chester saryj ypry j
ft**, fetf ^eeja^^womuanlment]
hffrig iisVved, by^ha pianist, Mrs. Lu?
ther Rojw*o*,Le arena,
AX the appointed hour the notes of
(he Loheqgrln . wedding march W^V*
pounded as vbe UrU^al party entered.
First came the ushers. Boyd Bob.) and
Martin Pools,, followed by the Key.
William H. Barn well*. Ahe officiating
clergyman. Next same the brides?
maids aad groomsmen. MUe Matti
Hobo Poole..a sister of the bride, with
Herman Mycra^ Miss Cpfipne GleaUm
with Joshua Craig Poole, a brother pi
(he bride. Miss Ruth Dutfose wit:
Percy Harvin. .Mise Ina Mao Pitt*
with Vernun Keels. The bridegroom
entered with his best man, Nathan^l
Walker. Next came the little ring
bearer, Luclie Poole. a. cousin of th*'|
bride, followed by Miss Grace Poole,
a slater, who was maid of honor. Im
mediately following them came the
bride with her brother, Eurman
Poole. Who have her away. The mar?
riage ceremony of the Episcopal
church was used.
Tlie bride wore a suit of green
broadcloth with accessories to mnU
and carried a bouquet of bride roses,
orchids and valley lilies. The maid
of honor was gowned in a frock oi
white messaline with silver trimming:
and carried a bouquet of pink roseo
The bridesmaids wore dainty blue
frocks and carried bouquets of pink
carnations.
The bride is a charming young:
woman and Is a graduate of Landet
college. During the past year she ha*
been teaching in the eastern part of
the State. Dr. Alston is a large and
successful farmer of Sumtor county.
after a wedding dinner Dr. and
Mrs. Alston left for their home al
Hagood.
The bride's guest register was i:
charge of Mise Lila Clark and Fowler
Boyd. and among the guests present,
for the occasion were: Miss Coriniv.
Gleaton, Springfield: Miss Ruth Du
Boss, Lamar; Mrs. W. H. Poole am
daughters, Misses Mary and Lucile.
Union; Mrs. John As he Alston and
Miss Grace Hermeyne Mitchell, Ha?
good; Mies Ina Pitts, Benno; Miss
Virginia Alexander, Chester; Percv
Harvin, Sumter; W. G. Walker, Rock
Hill; Vernon Keels, Rombert; Her?
man Myersi Sumter; the Rev. W. H.
Barnwellt Stateburg; Mtaa Helen A) <
ton, Orson wood; Miss Helen Alston,
Charleston.
Norfolk, Jan. 1.?Allied warship*
off the American coaat Hashed wire
lesH warnings to all allied shlpplnu
I earl/ today to be on guard against
submarines. German U-boats are ex?
pected to become very active in the
I Atlantic from now on.
SENDS NEW YEAR'S WARNING.
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Commissioner Watson Sends Holiday
Greetings to Farmers With Word
of Advice.
Commissioner' E. J. Watson of the J
State department of agriculture has:
mailed about 2r500 elaborately pre- j
pared post cards to the farmers of
this State* in which he vigorously
warn3 them that "prosperity in 1916
does not forecast luxury in 1917," and
that "the divers^ ti cat ion programme
is tho proper weapon with Which to
meet the invasion of the boll wee?
vil/'
No: only is the card artistic in de?
sign, but the 11 verses of poetry it
contains, written by Col. Watson,
plead with the farmer that "if he'd
be hi.ppy and rich, let diversification
ha hin aim." |n the centre Cql. Wat?
son Li standing upon the edge of a
cut of South Carolina, lecturing to
the tnrongs seen in the background,
while in the upper right hand corner
is a farm house, wretched looking ,
with fences down and barns empty,
The farmer stands by, mustache
drooping, a tired, whipped look, on
his ft.ee and beneath the picture are
the words, "The All Cott n Pro?
gramme!" In the lower left hand
corner is a luxurious appearing home,
With well k^ept lawns, painted barns
and green shade trees. A recent is?
sue automobile stands in the . fore?
ground and a well fed farmer smiling?
ly observes (by the look on his face)
that he took the warning. Under this
picture is the caption: "The Diversi?
fication, Programme."
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JOIN WITH COLLEGES.
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. Atlanta, Dec. 31.?Harry Hodgson,
president of the Southern Fertilizer
association. . today announced that
headquarters of the association with
an active "farmers: service organic- ,
tiop" would be opened here tomor?
rows The service bureau will be
headed by . Prof. J. N. Harper who
resigned as dean of Clemson college
to enter this work apd associated
with Litt? will be Prof., J. C. Prid
moref who recently resigned from the
faculty of the University of Tennes?
see. The bureau members expect to
cooperate with spu,thern a^fricuUural
schpe?a and experiment stations in
afforta towards soil and crop improve?
ment.
Jintertains for. Miss Miller.
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"a^^^ep^sjs^r fa* ^ifw^uw
of Beqpet^svUle, the eiuuming young
gueejt of Miss Mary Knight. Tables
were tastefully arranged for the
game of "travel." Mise Blanche
Starnberger, having scored the high?
est was awarded a lovely box of
candy. ?? v -
Delightful refreshments consisting
of marsh mal low whip and cage were
?served, at'ter. which the players en?
joyed, other games and conversation.
Those attending were; Misses Sarah
Miller, Vuriuello Pitts, Mary Knight
and Blanche Stern berge r; Messrs.
John Green, Milton PearUtlne, Herlot
Rember.t and Alva Solomons.
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Reception Given Miss Storciberger.
Tuesday evening Mrs. L C. Strauss
appertained, for -her niece, Miss
Blanche Sterpberger of Greensboro,
N. C, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Irving Ryttenberg on Church Street.
The spacious rooms of the lower
floor were thrown into one for danc
,ng. vwhich was enjoyed by all. Cards
were distributed during the dance and
ach couple told to make a New
Year's resolution. Mr. A}va Solo?
mons and Miss Blanche Starnberger'*
rt solution was voted the best'and. the
latter received a dainty party bag as
prise. A salad course was served,
and punch during the evening.
Those attending were:' Misses
Blanche Sternberger, EJissabeth
Osteen, Caroline Dick, Jeanette White,
Dorita Moise, Vermelle, Pitts, Mary
Knight, Mary Bland, Bessie Hood.
Marion Jackson, Bessie Nash, Ruth
Lyon, Messrs. Harold Mqiso, Mac
Stubbs, Julius stubbs. Alva Solomons,
Alwin Burps, George Rowland; Ralph
Flowers, Bub Shaw, Mac Brower,.
John Green, Whit Shaw, Kay BlanqV
ing? Milton, Pearlstine, Albert Phelps.
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Deutschland Commands High Mail
Rates.
Berlin, Dae. 29.?'The merchant
submarine Deutschland and her taster
ships will carry on future voyage spe?
cial mail at rates recalling the trans-,
continental post in the days of the
forty-niners. The special charge of
two marks for a postcard or letter not
exceeding SU grams in weight. will
be levied in addition to the regplur
international postage. A similar
churg-3 will he made for each further
20 grams up to a maximum weight of
?10 grama As letters svnt by the or?
dinary route take many months in
transit, six mouths being nothing un?
usual, it is expected that the subma?
rine post will he in heavy demand.
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LouitiVdle, Jan. 1.?During n Now
Year celebration Mrs. Sophia Apple
house accidentally shot and killed her
13-year-old daughter Margaret,
FIVE ARMY AVIATORS RETURN.
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Airmen Suffer From Cold in QuaUil
cntton for Government Pilot l.i
. oenses. i
Hempstead, N. Y? Dec. ?,1?Five ot
the ei?;ht army aviators who dew
from the aviation field here yesterday
to Philadelphia in qualification test
for the government pilot licenses re?
turned today after having suffered se?
verely from the cold on their 115 mile
trip at an altitude of from &.000 to i
8,000 feet. W. H. Biakeley, flight in- ?
structor with C. H. Reynolds as a pas?
senger in a 130 horsepower machine, !
wm i
covered the distance in 72 minutes.
Seven aviators started from Philadel?
phia on the return trip but two met
with mishaps. One was Lieut. A. 14
Coyle, who was forced to land on
Princess Bay, Staten Island, and the
other was Sergt. A. L. Kraus, who had
engine trouble and had to descend
at Red Bank, N. J.
While Lieut. Coyle was flying'alone
at an altitude of 6,000 feet, his engine
went dead over Raritan bay, between
Staten Island and New Jersey. Tlu
aviator glided and hit the water 25
feet off shore.
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ONE PASSENGER KILLED.
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While 19 Trespassers Meet I>eath on
Railroads.
Columbia, Dec. 30.?Qne passenger
was. killed by the railways operating
in South Carolina, according to the
annual report of the Railroad Com?
mission. Forty-nine trespassers were
MUOyd, and ninety-two injured. Sixty
,.at-sengers were injured. > . ,
Members. of the commission an?
nounced that the legislature will be
asked tq . enact, measures to prevent
trespassipg. The commission will also
agk fa? legislation to safeguard grade
crosaJeazs.
Djaj^ig tbe yoar forty-one miles of
double-track have been laid in the
State by the Southern Railway. Over
138 (j miles of new heavy steel rails
have been laid to take the place of
lighter rails. The floods in July
caused a loss of several million dol?
lars), the railways reported. Seven
new depots were erected during the
yea*. ?. , m , .
4 The Se^hoard Air, Line Railway ex?
tension, eighty-r>e miles, between Sa?
ve nneh and. Charlestun, is nearing
completion and wi\\ be put into onn*>
ation eaxlK ?*, the eprlng, Fifteen
railway employee were killed. ?-> >??
wJ/fat^mI3mll*\0$ hap handled many
ootoplai^ta.during the year. \
FLAMES DESTROY BIG HOTEL.
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Hampton Terrace Burned to Ground
at Augusta.
Augusta, Ga , Dec. 31.?The Hamp?
ton Ter?100, a half million dollar win?
ter hotel situated pn Carolina.Heights
ip North Augusta,, just across the
Savannah river from Augusta, and a
mile distant from this city, was de?
stroyed by Are at 3 o'clock this morn?
ing. The hotel was to have boon
opened, for the winter season Thurs?
day and had been completely reno?
vated and outtltted. One hundred
persons of the hotel help were in
the structure when the Are broke out.
There were no casualties. ....
The origin of the Are .is believed
to have boen in crossed electric wires.
Xtye hotel and furnishings cost ap?
proximately $600,000. The insurance
is $200,000. The directors of the
owning company meet at 11 a, m.
Monday to determine the future of
the property. The hotel was bought in
October by. a syndicate headed by
James U? Jackson, of Augusta, from
J. G. White and company of New
York at figures ont given the public,
Twenty thousand dollars hod been
expended on gutting the hotel in read?
iness for the 1917 season.
There were no water facilities tP
assist the Augusta fire department in
fighting the flames, which began in
the west wing fourth floor, the fire
continuing through tho main building
and to the east wing without serious
attempt to check it.
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NEWFOUNDLAND GOES DRY.
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Prohibition Act, l^ocomcs Effective; in
Island?
^Jty John?, N, S., Dec. 31.?At mid
plght fonlght the Island of Newfound?
land goes "dry." . A prohibition act,
becoming effective, stops the import,
manufacture or sale of Intoxicating
liquors and no alcoholic compound
will be obtainable within* the colony,
except for medicinal, manufacturing
er sacramental purposes. In order -to
prevent evasion of the law a long
list of patent medicines has been
placed under the ban.
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GERMANS SWEEP ON.
GJcip \on MaiiUeUwyi's Army Continue*
to Overrun Roumania.
Berlin, Jan. I.?Gen. vpn Maeken
onsen's troops have captured Heres
trau and Cngpreni in the Scabula.
valley. A thousand prisoners and
four .cannon wt*re captured in yester?
day's fighting east of Muein. There
ih nothing important to report on the
Western und Macedonian fronts.
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SAY THEY LOST THEIR JORS.
Governor Receives Letten from Men
of First Regiment.
Columbia, Dec. 30.?Gov. Manning
has received several letters from
members of the First Regiment who
lost their positions because of their.
absence for several months on the
Mexican border while in the service
of the United States government. The
men gave up their positions in ro-j
sponsc to the call of their country and
several of them had lucrative employ?
ment. On their return he me after
being mustered out they fcund oth
ere in their places. The governor is J
doing all he can to find these men
employment and asks anyone in the j
State who could give employment to
worthy and competent citizens to
communicate with him in Columbia,
and he will furnish them tiie names
and references to the men seeking
ejnploymtnt.
Gov. Manning told the men of the
first regiment that if they had any
trouble in getting employment on
their return to their homes or found j
others in their old positions to inform I
him and he is anxious to see every- j
one of these patriotic men placed in
positions. They can be had for bank
clerks, clerks in dry goods or other
stores, farm employes, and in other
capacities. No figures of th3 number
whp. are, deprived of means of liveli?
hood through joining the National
Guard are aavilable, but the governor
wapts anyone who is in a position to
give these worthy men employment to
Write him immediately so he can fur?
nish them with the names and refer?
ences of the man or men who would
fill the place.
Miss Helen Kol in Union Vice-Pres'
dent.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 29.?With the
election of officers and the selection
of Jacksonville, Fia., as the 1917 meet?
ing place, the second annual conven?
tion of the Southeastern Jewish Re?
ligious School union closed here
Thursday after a three-day session.
The officers elected aro: Rabbi
David Marx, Atlanta, president; Miss
Helen Kohn, Columbia, S. C, first
vice-president; Miss Dora Mendes,
Savannah, second vice-president; Mrs.
(>. Birlant, Jacksonville, secretary;
Miss Ida Borchardt, Brunsw ck, treas?
urer;' J ' * ' -*
Helen Keller and Hilly Senday.
Helen Keller, world's most famous
blind and deaf woman, went to hear
Billy Sunday, evangelist, who is now
preaching in Boston.
"The noisest man I ever heard,"
she said. "He is a monkey wrench
thrown into the machinery of the
social revolution that is surely com?
ing.
"He is doing a lot of good, but not
in the way he thinks he is.
"He is preaching an old faith, but
he has not heard from God in a long
time."?Augusta Herald.
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CASE AFTER CASE.
Plenty More Like Tliis in Sumter.
Scores of Sumter people can tell
about Doan's Kidney Pills- Many a
happy citizen makes a public state?
ment of his experience. Here is a case
of it. What better proof of merit can
be had than such endorsement?
I W. Moses Butler, retired farmer,
115 North Harvin St.. Sumter, says:
"I had a great deal of trouble from
my kidneys, and my back pained me
so intensely that I could hardly stpop
to put on my shoes, .1 suffered from
headaches and cpecks seemed to bp
floating before my eyes. The kidney
secretions passed too freely and
obliged, me to get.up at nighL .I^qc*
torcd but nothing, did me any good
until I got Doan's Kidney Pills at
Zemp's Pharmacj. Five boxe? remov?
ed all the ailments and my back is
now well and strong." !'? ?? ?
Price 60c, at all dealers. ? Du i t
simply ask for a kidney remedy--get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
W. Moses Butler had. Foster-Milburn
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BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY
AND FEED ?F ALL kinps. ..
BOOTH & McLEOD,
Successor* to BoottCShviler Lumber & Supply Co.
Goo, Epperson's Old Strand , _ Opp. Court House
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The National Bank of
South Carolina
$1,071,307.25 LEADERS
Our steady growth tells the story
? New accounts each day?The largest
binkjn this section ol the State.
Safety prat. Preparedness all the
time. Your patronage we want.
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