THURSDAY, JXJLY it, 1926
The Polk County News
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY
LOUIS LEHMAN, Editor
Sintered at the Postoffice at Tryon, N. C., as Second-Class Mail Mdtte
Under Act of Congress.
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THE WILL OF THE SENATE
Prediction has it that if nominee Vare is elected to the U. S
Senate from Pennsylvania his seating will be seriously object
ed by the Senate on the ground that he spent too much to ge
to it. The Senate has the right to exercise its Constitutiona
powers, but before there can be a justifiable precedent estab
lished there must be proven actual fraud on the part of. o
knowingly permitted by, Vare.
Th? first thing necessary to curb questionable campaigns i
a restrictive law, the enforcement of which will benefit the can
?,?n r.onnlp The nrooosition in the Vare casi
UlUttlCfl Ad ITCil C4iO litlV ? 4 r
appears to be that if he is elected this fall in the face of things
and if his election is not tainted with mal expenditure it i
doubtful whether- in all fairness, the will of the Senate shoult
raise a conflict with the 1 ** Pennsylvania as expressed b:
his election
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PURE WATER VS FACTS
Human beings demand pure water. All animal life require;
it. One great conservation problem before this country is t<
cleanse the streams, lakes and rivers of untreated sewage.
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According to a survey of the health departments, in 19 of th<
States 10 percent or less of the populations are served by sewage
treatment plants. This means that natural waterways an
polluted or carry potential contamination. Even in such pro
gressive states as Massachusetts, New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois
Iowa, South Dakota. Kansas and New Mexico the report show
only 20 percent or less of the respective populations accorde<
sewaare disposal by the treatment process. To complete thi
comparison it is said that only Maryland and Rhode Island havi
treatment facilities above 50 percent population.
Pure water is costly, but impure water is vastly more expen
give. There are several methods of treating water waste mat
ter, some meeting with more approval than others. Sparsel]
settled regions do not present the problem that is encountere*
in more populous areas. But the people are getting to the in
side of things in the matter of good water, just as they ar
L . getting at the heart of things with respect to government an
I education. Water is now the national beverage, and every pos
sible effort should be directed toward keeping it pure thru thi
combination of scientific knowledge and engineering skill.
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LONG POLITICAL CAREER
That John W. Weeks held the offices of Mayor of his horm
town, Congressman and U. S. Senator from Massaehussetts
and Secretary of War in the cabinets of two Presidents durinj
his political career shows that more fortune attended the mai
than sheer luck.
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WHOLESALE BANDITRY
Three bank robberies in one afternoon in Los Angeles, Holly
wood and Pasadena, respectively, with a combined loot of $14,
800 and the bandits call it a day. But the police say all th<
jobs were not done by the same parties. Even so, it may hav<
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oeen ine worK 01 several members of Bandits, Inc., or sorrn
other lawless outfit. The problem confronting the nation i;
not only crime, but organized criminality.
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COSTLY JOBS
Senator Neely, of West Virginia, proposes to disqualify anj
Senator who spends more than $10,000 to get elected. That':
right. ne year's salary is enough to spend to get any job. W<
have often heard of complaints against employment bureau:
that charged as much as the first month's salary as commissioi
for securing a place for a laborer. Surely the people's laborer:
should not be required to pay such a high price for honor an<
the chance to serve.
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When it comes to holding the highest office in the land
President Coolidge hasn't anything on the top floor tennant o
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IVKC TT wiwurtll DUIIUIII^.
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NO VACATION FOR POLK COUNTY NEWS
A big blue sedan whizzes by. Then come some others o
the species of lesser cost. Gears rattle, motors purr. Finall;
the ubiquitous flivver comes, carrying the family, the tents
blankets, stoves and the what not. All vacation bent.
It makes us swallow a lump. There is no vacation for th
Polk County News. True it is that its editor may slip awa;
for a week end now and then. Its hardworking employes ma;
get the customary two weeks. But not so with the institutioi
? the newspaper itself. It must serve its readers regularl;
ATI/1 fftitllfllllv + V>c? xrnovo T4- ~ - U 1.: 99
v*>i u wni' j taio. XL lictS I1U VUCiLllOIlS,
The Polk County News simply coundn't go away on a vaca
tion trip. There are too many "chores" to do at home. Some
times it is a birth, or marriage, or a death, or all three. Th
folks must know what's going on. Your acquaintance ma;
have spent Sunday at Blue Ridge Forest and the Polk Count;
News has got to tell about it, and you are not satisfied if i
Hi doesn't. Occasionally somebody gets into trouble or perform
Bp x noteworthy service. This is news if it's got to be told fo
the benefit and information of society, and if it is wholesom
Ht'j clean and consistent with the performance of the news
ft' paper's function. ^ A newspaper truly is NEWS on PAPER.
/ the pduc county rirfcwc ,
I DUE FOR A BUMP ) I
At regular intervals (the more regular the better) business
s has a message for the public. New stocks have arrived. A
business launches itself. Facilities are added for better service.
e A special sale is at hand. Established firms must keep estab,
lished. So they call on the home paper for advertising service,
g And advertising is also news. It is bread and butter news.
i So on with the big blue sedans and the less pretentious vet
hides. On with the steam and electric cars that get one out into
the big world for vision and recuperation. We bid you goodspeed,
while we make the Polk County News a "better place
to read in.'' For a newspaper is neither people, nor paper, nor
presses, nor type. It is SERVICE, of the kind that helps to
s bring peace, progress and prosperity. Just how far the Polk
3 County News attains this ideal depends not alone on its own
organization, but upon the good-will and confidence of its patB
rons and readers.
So the home paper has no vacations, but finds its greatest
e source of recreation in the sincere endeavor to make each issue
- a little newsier, a little more serviceable, a little better in general
than the previous one.
s Are you with us?
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B FREIGHT CAR BEATS GOOD AS JTAR AS IT GOES
B' SPECIAL DELIVERY LETTER
(From Asheville Times)
Officials of the High Point. Thom- According to The Salisbury Post,
- asville and Denton railroad have Walter Mnrpliy. who will be a mem_
long been boasting about the good her of the next legislature, "has anv
service that can be obtained by ship- nounced his intention of defining the
, pers over, this locally owned and op- rights and duties of enforcement of
erated line. ..Now they come through i ficers more clearly."
with factf| to bear out their state- Mr. Murphy evidently "views with
e menu, regarding the excellent serv- alartn" the increasing number of fad
ice oKered- tallies incident to the acts of offiI
A furniture concern at Martins- oors on the highways in wait or in
^ | villc, \a.j shipped a carload of fur- pursuit of bootleggers, rum-runners,
! niture from that city to High Point high jackers or other violators of the
Iin ?"e dayjrom the time the car left prohibition laws. For most of the
Martins vine it arrived in High Point, killings and maimings in such onThe
fujniture wil be displayed at I counters acise through the efforts ot
the exposition that opens there to- I prohibition officers Lo enforce the
day- 'aw- Tlie speed cops in some coune
But the part that impessed of- lies are also, no doubt, in the mind
, ficials of the High Point, Thomas- of the Rowan county legislator.
^ ville and Denton railroad most was The Charlotte Observer has this to
the fact that bill of lading which sa>' on the subject:
1 was mailed, special delivery, arrived "ft appears a fact that almost ev.
in High Point after the car of furni- ery officer employed on the highture
had been standing at the High ways has his own ideas as to the
Tliomuu vilx> onH Donton ofn ; lwr
, ? v>?v, uu>?wurMV i/VHVWi. W??- UUHVD 111 M/H 111^ U|'Wll 11 I 111 , IIII^IIL/
tion here for some Utile time. few pay so much regard to the
The car was started over the rights of the people as they do to
' Norfolk and Western lines, then assumption of their individual privi
switchad to the Winston-Salem leges. Many are rough to whomever
g Southbound and thence over the they may apprehend and shorn of all
e High Point, Thomasville and Denton sense of the courtesies resuired of
to High Point. them. In short some of the men
Officials of the same railroad say employed on the highways operate
S a car of newspaper was shipped from 'n nature of privileged bandits.
Cornith. N. Y? on July 10 and ar- Th<> officers who draw the gun and
rifed at High Point four days later, shoot at the tires, however constiThey
point with pride at this service 'ule> the menace of the highways,
record. " Legislator Murphy should succeed
The H. P. T. and D. railroad is all in Pacing a safe curb upon their
^ in Davidson county except about activities and bring about an in3
three miles In Guilford. It recently telligent understanding on part of enJ
paid a dividend on Its earnings de- forcement officers in general, the
3 spite the fact that the operating com- people of the State would feel unpany
isonly a few years old and has der obligations to * Rowan county
spent much money in rebuilding the 'or having sent Murphy one more
3 road and adding new equipment.? time to Raliegh."
1 Lexington Dispatch. i Unfortunately, the North Carolina
I lorr{c<1n4ii?A -/? ? 4 1 1? ~' ' m
luhioiniinc i:ciii uwniroi oniy stsis 01Fashion
hint: Striped suits are ficers. The most flagrant offenders
worn every season in the penitenti- against the bill of rights are the fed|
aries. eral prohibition officers, and those
^ men are virtually immune from disSome
senatorships need censor- cipiline in the state courts. These
ships. agents are instructed by their supe
riors to shoot only in defense of
When the arm of the law delays lives; neverless they have made it
the teeth in the law decays. common enforcement practice to de?
flate either the tires of automobiles
Modern chores consiBt of awfully suspected of unlawful transportation
V hard work. Sometimes the padlock ?or the lungs of the occupants of
I, to the garage sticks. the cars, using pistol bullets as the
_ instruments of deflation.
g The modern youth probably has When fatalties occur in the enthe
idea t,hat Custer's Last Stand forcement of the federal laws, the ofwas
a hot dog emporium. ficers are usually tried in the fed
eral courts; they are seldom puntl
Iif conditions don't get better pret- ished. In fact, it is the exception
y ty soon the earth will quit quaking when such officers are crimen .??.
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and go to squaking. just discipline for the abuse of their
authority over the lives and liberties
Those who talk about the gay of citizens.
j_ nineties now havt grandchildren who What can a sovereign state do
g will talk about the jazzy twenties'. >about that state of affairs?
^ When a fellow is "vitally interest- "Chicago, Calif." ? Error in dates'
ed" in something you can bet it af- lyine, intended for "Chico, Calif."
t fects either his pocketbook or his has stood for many indignities but
s pet hobby. it's going a bit too far to accuse her
of having a Chicago.
The name of "Silent Cal" again ?
e proves its appropriatness by the fact Too much ocmpetition will turn
- that he refuses to talk about that the life of trade into a business funfish
he caught. eral.
HIGHWARY TRAFFIC DEN3ITIES
There Is'not exactly a controversy
between the Greensboro-High Point
community and the Charlotte-Gastonia
community as to which has the
biggest big road in the state. It is
occasionally stated in the latter
community that its section of Route
20 has the heaviest travel current
casionally stated in our community
I that the mightiest volume of flow
I of vehicles, humanity and freight is
on the original good road, the old
"boulevard" section of Route 10.
) The question which is correct? is
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answehed by the staie cvuwu?..?
road census recently completed. And
the census' answer Is "neither."
Last fiscal year from June to
June, Route 10, Asheville to Old
F*ort, averaged 3,080 cars a day and
in traffic numbers was the premier
piece of road in the state. No. 10,
Raleigh^Durham, was second, 3,016,
Charlotte.Gastonia beats GreensboroHigh
Pdlnt for third place with
about the same number, while our
Guilford stretch of Route 10 declined
in a year from an average of
2,919 to 2,496. The decline is "largely
because of narrowness and con
gestion of the road"' is one way of
I putting it. Another * is that construction
of paving on 60, Greensboro
to Winston-Salem,, was completed
within the year, and during
construction a lot of GreensboroWinston-Salem
traffic went by High
Point to get hard surface all the way.
The closing of the road between
them for reconstruction will diminish
much of the commerce of one
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sort and another between me iwu
Guilford cities which has swollen
the volume of traffic on their mutual
road. By the time the road is reopened
the people of the two places
may be on the point of being strangers
again. As long as there is no
bridge, ferry or ford acoross the
creek is per se and ipse facto a
wicked heathen who should be exterminated
by all means. If the
creek is fordable, he is a low fellow
and a great rascal. Establish
a ferry and he becomes merely an
inferior being, with few redeeming
qualities. Build a good bridge, which
a body would rather cross than not,
and the man across the creek becomes
a good neighbor, entirely respectable,
and merely the least bit
queer. When the Greensboro-High
Point bridge is restored to use, better
and finer than ever, the mutual
commerce and visting will begin to
j pick up and will rapidly increase,
ad again Greensboro and High
Poiat^will be merely Ihe two ends
| of a short street. T,he fine, wide
road will attract other traffic and
with its key position on the state's
greatest line may hit top place in
traffic census.
A MUSSOLINI PHASE
(From The Greensboro Daily News)
If you read the Mussolini interview
in yesterday's Daily News you
noticed that at one point in the proceedings?probably
the point at
which Mussolini paused to catch his
'breath?a definite question was asked
and a definite reply sought. The
Italian premier was asked to "state
jthe precise meaning of his oft repeated
phrase. "Italy's undeniable
Colonial rights' and to tell how he
Intends to achieve the fruition of
them." Or, if the pasage is regarded
as part of a conversation between
Mussolini and the interviewer it
might be put down like this:
"You have used orten the phrase,
'Italy's undeniable colonial rights.'
Will you be so good as to state the
npaoiao moonintr nf Vi a f r?Vi ro a o art/?
|/l w?ov ?n^i??nup) V4 vuuv 1'"? ??'V. ?*"?
tell how you intend to achieve the
fruition of those rights?"
Now for the reply, Mussolini speaking:
Our colonial aspirations do not
constitute a menace to anyone. Italy
asks only what is indispensable to
her and what it is just that she
have. It is certain that she will obtain
fulfillment of these desires by
a policy of peace and friendy agreements
since no nation would want to
assume the grave responsibility of
obstructing the achievement of such
legitimate and, in reality, such unexcessive
aspirations."
That is the answer. It is interest
ing and impressive, but will Premier
Mussolini please state the precise
meaning of his oft repeated phrase,
"Italy's undeniable colonial rights"
and tell how he intends to achieve
the fruition of them?
"Chicago Beer Baros Dies With
Boots On." A bootlegger to the end.
It looks as if church and state
were about to get together in Mexico.
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Another thing the Democratic
party complains of,I as we get it, is
that it has been bady blocked here
of late.
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The blode ladies of the ensemble
who threaten to strike hold that ,
it is not so muc hthe princiDle as
the publicity ot the thing.
As we get the recent statements (
from the Texas preacher and his
friends, perhaps he might as well
ikll jail the grand Jury and get the
thing over with.
When prisoners in the Cook (
county jai lwanted beer, they whist- i
led once; when they wanted whisky,
they whistled twice. The chaces are
that if a prisoner couldn't whistle
they brought him both and let him i
have his choloe. i
THE POLK COUNTY NEWS 1
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. W^G^-!! ?v, i^ hv the suicide of I more . ldr^r
town wa? uuvvnv- -j ?.
a man of wealth. Nobody could un- are wn?nir 'j ? ,J
derstand why anybody with several tion of u,. ? j,h 4
thousand dollars would want to hy th<- iu.-n '' li
leave Jacksonville for parts un- of the Th.
known; and we were all reasonably to niak< it ,IS|
certain that people who took their Secnr-tv ,,r ,r K" u-'ivH
i' '4 jn-rtv i i
own lives went to hell, direct, with- need of i >.- |
out change of cars. Most m<m ti,,?/?*0r"
A few days ago a New York brok- They nw ,|
er jumpted from a seventeen story of sle--p|.r,y T~I
window. He was worried because not charm t.-tj/,. (l
he had only thirty-five thousand dol- seeking t.. ,_ :n<"'
I lars left. place, it mark-- ^
[ And in the thirty years between it and is i,'" ",4E Hjfl
these two events, every day has curity of ''lSt ;t fl
brought its new stories of money- health. M .t,. .
mad men?and women?who have property ,..
killed themselves because their bank nervous ran- t
' ;pp(t i .
accouts were smaller than their , man" is un ,, . '
?t i. 1
i?"i.otinn Thev had plenty of j symptom. l|.. :''H
iiliagiuutiuu. - ? - ? _
money, but .were harassed by finan- about mote :| ;i,,. |(
cial worries. What ji.- is u Vviu? af
|safel>- SI-P Is J
nerves r? injir |?
Think of the tradegy of it! While 1 Tjlat j,. vvjlv
other men who have nothing are' animu ^ a
happy, contented, healthy, enjoying | quatft jnsur;il:(n 0
life, a man of means is led to take I, aC(.j(1(n( w;;]
his own life because he feels that the avorag, j, f tl
his financil position is insecure! |0j maij n<:rT'jMti|H
It aws the thought of this that led ,nsilran(,.
William Dean Howells to say "It pineS8
is not work that kills man; it is the 1 f . "
peace 01 ini!!-! in, ., M
dread and fear of want." , '"
wards are fill, d u;rh
| fear something USUi|-j'/
One of the causes that lies at the j happens. Mori' rb.-i:i than. vJJ
bottom of this condition is that many are filled wit!, t|4., "B
business men, feeling the horrid piness is destroy. i| i,y tj.(. "
touch of insecurity, can think of no i most of such ctis.-N (i,aj^ ^
better way of escape from it than I by a first-class insurance &. I
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THE LIFE BEYOND MAYOR INVITED TO \T
TEND MEETING AT
(From The Sunday Citizern) MOREHKAD CITY, X
Death does not end life but this
carries on to the kingdom beyond My Dear Mr. May. r:
the grave, believe Christians, and so On Thursday and Friday. j-?sB
take comfort in the blessed thought ber 2nd and -Ird 1926. at Xs^B
that those who love and are loved City, N. ( . tlie .Nurtti caroIiuhH
in this world wille be reunited in estry Association ?ill holdiii'.tl
Heaven annua] convention.
_ , . , . . . . . . _ . The welfare of the State U rati
John, banished to the Isle of Pat.
. . . , Oo dependent upon certain
moa, had a vision of the risen Sa- * .
. . , . , areas being maintained in
vior, a vision so glorious and awe.
, . . ,, , IT. - . ?? and that these forest lands siiH
inspiring that he fell at His feet as
, e? ? * i u u- !??. be protected from tire Tie !?
one dead. But Christ laid his right .
, ., , .... , . . - . . growth has a decided infis-no?:*
hand upon him, and filled, his faint- , I
* ?. ?? ? j r u water supply, and therefore a3 o
ing spirit with fresh life. And John , . .
..... <T, . . icipalities are interested in rhttsH
heard Him say. Fear not; I am the . , .
.. . ,, . , . . i . i8 being done to conserve
first and the last and the Living
_ ,, . . jvuut tect our forest areas.
One; and I was dead, and behold I L
... ,? At this convention there v.* v
am alive forevermore.
c. ? t< r* . ,, , , . thorough discussion of tn:t .4
So said Dr. R. F. Campbell in his ,
, . _ , , .. lem of how to protect anc aae**
sermon last Sunday morning. It I
. . .. , . our forests, and legislation to *
no pale spirit of ghostly presence ... ' , . , ,nl
... . . . , .. , . comp]ish this desired result vim*
that stood before the apostle but one *j'
of earthly form and as such he van- t0"8 ere "
, . . We feel that every city in w
lshed. / ?
,. . 1 ? .. Carolina should have a repres??
"I am alive foreveftnore ? the
_ " j, .. .tive at Moreheaii Citv to tatejrH
preacher carries on to the inevitable . ..
. - .. . . in the discussion of these qjerj??
conclusion: The task that is un- . ,
_ .... . . . and we shall appreciate iufyot?B
finished here will be taken up beyound
the grave and completed in apP?int on? "r.
the light and atmosphere 0f Heaven. represent your B
The ties of love and friendship that have made y?"r ^ 1M
bind us together here will be broken P,leMe 8en<1 "W ' 'l ^ J
tii.*if lfrvrature
Only temporarily by death. Those formatiOI1'can he forwarded
ties sholl e re-knit beyond the grave We Mk (hat yon kind
to be severed no more." tQ ^ pubUcity this
It is an assurance of orthodoxy fey cal,iug t0 th(, attention o( !?
which appeals to the hearts of men Jocal press th(l con,ents of tit! *
- this assurance that all of this TrU5ting to have the favor 61
life is not to be swept away; that early rep,y , am
the grave will not partv forever Very trujv jours,
mother and child and the tender ties * JOSEPH IIYDE PRATT,
of this brief life be no more at Its President North Carol? I
ending. What promise so alluring Forestry Association- I
as that in the time to come vision ?
will become reality and once more Tom Tarheel says the best
the child will repoice in the presence work done on his farm recently?
of that loved face sweet and wind? wheQ the familv went gwimmin* ?
Without it other promise is but as then enjoyed a picnic supper in * I
ashes to the lips. nearby woodg
Others have sensed the vision the - ^
pastor portrays. Robert G. Inger- Lloyds insure married c
soil, agnostic, infidel, master of or- against having twins.
naie prose, seemed to have glimpsed presumably based o" ">e ^ ^
it as he stood by the grave of that the insurance co!npan|0(J(j c3use |
brother who "had not passed on will be donating to a g"( ^
life's highway the stone that marks 1>+4^+++++4.++++++<*+++++++i H
the highest point, but, being weary ?!> jc2J< I
Cor a moment, he lay down by the o t I
wayside and, using his burden for a X/f ( H
pillow, fell into that dreamless sleep o 4 H
that kisses down his eyelids still. ! | __ Yy\j } I
While yet in love with life and rap- J J p Out ' J 1
tured with the world he passed to ?| ryv J ! H
Bilence and pathetic dust." ? JOT! / / H
Nay, not to dust, for comes faintly ) J I / > I
a vision to the professed unbeliever: T ''w, >Mjj) { I
Life is a narrow vale between the | / '"?V' 4 H
cold and barren peaks of two eterni- X ' * I
ties. We strive in vain to look be. T *
yound the heights. We cry aloud, <| \ I
and the only answer Is the echo of ?? V 4
our wailing sry. From the voiceless {| > I
lips of the unreplyiiy? dead there ; | n v I
comes no word; but in the night of ?. X) "7 | I
death hope sees a star, and listening l^nW * I
love can hear the rustle of a wing. " W? J I
Behold the testimony which irre- < > You want balloon _
aistible conviction forces from the !! have them for you ^ {
lips of the protesting unbeliever in \} Made with extra du ^ ^ t
his hour of grief ? "the listening twist. To fit elthcrn^ st>" + I
love that can hear the rustle of a 1ent wheels or the n ? ^ *
wing!" 1 . I;: diameter wheels. pr,ce*a|| ?? I
j;; er than you think.
The will of the peaople is about |<> about them toray
is uncertain as the will of a rich st W. s' ^ 1 I
uncle. " Yousan fletTh^ c.* <
); Dowel I, Columbus, NOne
unfatbomable modern mystery 4,! Lnf Pfl J I
is that a speeder likes a long, J J II 111 AC MQlOl I
straight, smooth road, still he always < N C. ] I
tries like blazes to get to the end of , I Passion,
It as quickly as possible. *11II11
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