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A. F.JOHNSON. EDITOR AND Mi
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FARMERS OF FRIUKUK
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will cotton growers commit
financial suicide?
tt& Wal1 strVl lMt* that they wl11
?At Present Prlees of Supplies
it will notft? to Bay
.Them Been to Make 16o lotton?Two
Rules
- A'torn?T-#?n?r?l T. W. Biekatt
uki the above irapnrtfoeat qneatioo
and girea tome good reaeens (or doing
to in "the folio wieg ?rtioU:
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financial independence.
Then, not only will entton be
king, bat the men who make it will
F have a abate in the Kingdom.
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T. W. Biourr,
Franklin Co., W. C. ?
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Coneert Ton* Oxford Orphnntare
Sinrlng cu??.
The Singing OUaa ef 1*10 from
the Oxford Orphanage will etait on
its first or Eastern oonoert leer oa
Jbodaj March 28th. 'The first tour
will sloes before Jane 24th, the date
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.j. A" great temptation to-aay oon^
fronts lbs farmers of the Cotton Baft
?tha temptation to raiae~~teo mash
ootton. Will tha farmsr yield to the
temptation? Wall street beta lis will.
" r Wall a treat eoafsaaes that it iapowerleaa
te'permanenUy keep clown the
price af ootton, bat to-day It is batting
its millions that the farmers
themselves will hammer down the
prise twenty dollars k bale. As I
write than is before me a press dispatch
front New York whieh reads:
"Everybody believes that : en
enorraeos acreage still by planted for
I the next crop, and that the next
yield will exesed anything in the
history of cotton osltarai."
Wall street concedes that it cannot
control the farmer bat at the same
timis it proelaime to the world that
the farmer eanaet control himself. It
to-day treats that lack of sslf-eontrel
as an asset. Will the farmer this
year justify Wall street's appraisemsnt
of his ehsraetar? Will he commit
, financial suicide? Ho will, he
E will destroy htm sslf, bis family sad
his fellows, nnlsas be shall follow the
one and bnly way ef essepe frtm tho
temptation. That- way ia to make his
own supplies. Let eaeh farmer in the
Cotton Belt write these two eentenoes
on the fly leaf of bias Bible; fer reverently
speaking, I believe that in
them lien his temporal salvttion:
1?If I make my own supplies,
then te save mv fife I can't make too
much cotton.
8?If I do not ranks my ewn sapplies,
then to save my lifsl can't
help making too mash eotten. :?
One more word. Ftfteea-eemt eetton
will net pay for year stppliee at
preeaat prices. The negro and the
male, big factors in the predoetien
of oottoa, h^ve mora than daubied in
priqe; aad here ia what too hare to
pi y far what yen bay: ]/
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uuian pbodoci viiiit.
Reported daily by M. Roaenthal <fc
Ca?wholoa?le and ratal! grooora.?
Butterc / 30 to 36a
Egg" ?0o
Hams?Sugar oarad IT 1-2 ta 18Jo
. r x North Carolina 26a
Virginia 37 l-2c
'[ / Baoea . >. 16a
Spring Chiekena 86 ta 40a
ileng (6 to Oio
Iriah Potatoes > 11.36 bu
Sweet Potatoes '80a hi
Cabbage ' 6 to 16a
W'' Onions t 40o pk
Flour * 87 to>7.60 bb'l
mr-/. Marl IJOUbag
Peas 16c qt
.- The above prieSl are what the
container who buy* for eash moat
^ pay. If ha buys an time?wall, be
E will simply starve.
Let all good man pray that this
year the farmers of th* Cotton Belt
may riae above the temptation which
confront*' theei, anu from smokehouse
and arib iaaua *' declaration of
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LNAGBR
of the annual Saint John's Day ^ex- c
excises on tba grounds of tbe inati
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Naarthe laat of July tbe second a
<>r Western tour will begin.
Theee annual oonoerts bave reaoh- r
ed a really high standard of excel- <
lenoe Tbe children and those who
aooompaay tbeiu tepraaent a canau -t
very near to the hearts of oar people, i
Even if tbe toar and entertainments a
were not in the interest of a great 1
work, tba oharaoter of tbe oonoerts
wtaid merit Isrge and liberal patrou-1,
age. An admission fee is, as a rule, i
eharged and for this the children \
certainly give fall value and mere. |
The funds brought to ibis institution
through these tears help qiuoh
in its raaintenanee. Today i( is providing
for 880 ohildten and, ainoe
it was established in 1872, by the '
Grand Lodge ef Masons of North '
Carolina, more than 2,800 girls and .
boys bave some directly under its
blessed ministry. Never have the
benefits of this noble institution
beea restricted te the children of
Masons. The primary conditions of <
admiasion have always baas the destitution,
the need of the oSildreD. 1
While the management of the Ox- '
ford Orphanage strive te exercise the 1
strictest economy consistent with
effeetiveneae in the work, we have
information that an increase of its
annual income ia now essential for ,
its maintenance even op to its pree- ;
ent standard' of efitoieaoy. Surely \
oar wbola people will see to it that j
this wotk is not restricted because ,
ot leek of financial sapport. j
~~ Oar people-will delight te patronise
the ooncarte'seen te he given.
It is our privilege to eontinne to assist
in this and in any other way a .
oaoee so worthy.
iddrtii to lutM ClaeeMr.
Kenneth W. Robinson, ef Syraeuae,
M. T. wilt be in Leuisburg J
en Monday night. Marsh 98th, to deliver
an add reee te the
of the Methodist oh or oh. The addressed
will he delivered at the
Methodist ehwdfc and a speaial in- <
vitaboo is ertaaded all other hihle i
elneeas, regardless ef denomination, ]
and the pshhe generally te he pree- <
ent. Mr. Robinson is a man of mash \
at peri ease ia work of this kind sad <
his address will be of gnat interest
to averyone who ia iatareetad in
8anday school work.
The Mass Meeting
The mass meeting ef the base ,
hall tana ef Loaiaburg which waa t
sailed te meet on Meadey night, met ,
in the eoert heaps with psite a good j
number of the citiseaf - of Lenisbarg ,
present. ,
The nttttti was called te order j
by Mr. J.-dL Turner and Mr. J. R, r
Cellia was Sleeted temponry ehsir- j
man, and Mr. W. I. Uaieli, was t
elected teinpenry Secretary. Upon ,
t^e oBoers tsklng their seats it was c
anneuaeed that business was in order,
whereapen Mr. Turnar was ask. <
ed te etate t)>e objeot ef the meeting.
This be did in a few well oheeea remarks.
The two main objects be- '
fere the meetiag wen, first, should .
Louisburg have an erganiped ball
teem this year. The second wee
whether Louisburg should be one of the
teams ia the six oluo league for
this section. "" 1
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After several interesting talks
from those present, ameng wticMKleserve
special mention en aeoeunt ef
the bearing tbey bad upon the er- 4
giniMu?D war* tnoaa of Maaara. F.
B McKinne and K.B.Ford,it wan da- 4
oidad to naa tba plan ( * aloak oompaay
and to tall tba aharaa to the oiti- {
aana of tba town. Upon motion of B.V. '
WliUameen, a oommittaa af fiva waa
appelated, aompea>id of Mfara M. 8. _
Fart, U JL Turner, ?. B. MoKinna,
and Dra. 0. H. Bwkt and A. H. I
Flaming, to anil pi the people af I
Loniabarg fee Map pirpaea *f aaaar- 1
taming tkeii toaUaga m tba aiattar d
TWa oaauialttee waa iaaWnotad t*
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LOUISBURG, N. C.. FRIDAY,
nil a meeting ( the holder* u "|
co u their oould pleoe a ehffioient
iiaonnt ot etoek lor the purpose of ^
aekiog a permanent organization.
The idea ot the six elab leasee
net with the approval of thoee prea- ^
int and if oar people wieh to eee
one good ball playing in Loniaburg
hie aeaaen?thoy -mvf?m
eady te go into the their pooket*
ad aaaiat thoee who are takinc the
ead. . - u
The boya aay that all they need to
ria Loniabarg a repntation in play- f
ag ball ia a little enoourageinent and
he aupport of the home people. Now \
(entleaieD lete pat it np to them.
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' ExcavatingMr.
M.F. Hooek ia exoavating the j
>ld Jeaea . hill aide of the railroad
preparatory to araetiBg a large whole- f
tale eetebliehment for Mr. P. A.
Reavie.
* aprnmmmmmm
. Free Seed. s
We have a lot of Government garlaa
aeed sant ua by Hon. -8. W.
Poo for distribution among his many
Friends in Franklin coanty. If yen
lav# not rseeived a paekaga call at
ihia office and gat one. *
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Assigned. T
Mr. J. F. Murphy, whs baa been j
loing a grocery basineas here on
(fash Sleet, made an assignment on
IfonJay of thia^-wsyk. Mr. ?. ?. 1
Hick, was mad*' assignee. No 1
lUUneit has been given eat yet as
to his assests and liabilities. *
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toys Cora Clab
Mr. Sshuab, of the Agricultural 1
Department of tbs A. A M. sellaga 1
sill deliver an address 'ft'tbe public
m Loniaburg en 'next Saturday, '
If arch 26 th, ia the interest of or- 1
[Bailing a boys sorn olab. Let evirybedy
eeme out and. bear him. t
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Laoture at the College.
. Pref. Highsautb, of Wake Fer- '
>et Vol legs, will deliver an
iddresa at tbs college V en
Friday nigbt (tonight) at 8 1
'dock. The ffablice is eordially In- '
riled to sttend and bear hia dia- 1
wuraa. <
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Spring Recital ... *
Meaday eveaing, Mar oh 28tb, '
it 8:80 e'alook, in the college abapel ri!l
be the eoeaaien of the annual 1
ipring nunc raoital ef tha college. 1
rhe programme consists of a nam- >er
of places of gsed inula and tha
'sot that it ia given under the super- 1
rision of Miee Bailie Williams,teaeh- '
ir ef tha music slaaa at the college, 1
suffioient to say that it will ba
each enjayed by our people. The i
>ablio is aapecially invited to attend b
hia reoital and wa are sore there I
rill be a large number in atten- _t
tanoe. r
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ihows 10,868,240 Bains Ginned
Washington, Maroh 21?The oan- *
a* oottoa report shows the crop of 1
909 to be 10,368,240 belee, oouot- J
sg round ? half bales and including h
inters, compared with 18,482,181 *
or 1908. ? *
Cotton eelimated by ginners as renaming
to be ginned and included *
n the statistics for 1909 is 40,488 '
tales. ?
The average gross weight for the *
rep counting rouod ss half bales,
nd inoluding haters, is 496.6 pounds *
lompsred with 806.8 for 1908.
The number of ginneries operated
or 1909 orop was 26,660, oompared
rith 26,608_for 1908.
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noting of Farmers Union. ^
Ths next ooaatf meeting of the ?
Farmers Union -will be held in ^
jostobarg on Thursday, April 7tb,
910. Alt Looale wUl please send ?
T- 811W1, fl
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(TATE, THE UHIOH.
MARCH 26, 1910.
TOIL MOVING PMPLE
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HEIR H0TK1KHTS IK ARB tw
QOT OP TOW*. jjj
'hose Who Have Visited Louis- pa
bur* the Past Week?Those ju
Who, Have Gone Klsewhare
for business or Pleasure. da
W. J. Coo\>?r visited Raleigh Sat- Ihi
rday. pit
JT. W. Mana left yesterday for *?
iaoforCfT ?h
J. E. Thomas went te Raleigh
Wednesday.
Mr. C. R. Stimpeon ia visiting his m<
laopla at Conoord.
an
Dr. 8. Rapport, of Durham, waa
n town Wednesday. ^
Dr. A. H. Flomiag paid Raleigh da
i business visit yesterday. M,
Sen. Bee T. golden spent Wed- on
lead a r in RalsigE on business. tit
Messrs A. 8. and M. E. Blount, of
Suffolk, Vs.,were in town yeeterday.
Walter Egerton, of Warren ten, u
riaited relatives in tewn tba past
reek. '
John Stovall, of Ste^aJl, visited "
lie brother, H. X. StotalVtba past '
reek. I V ^
Mrs. Ida Hale left Teener for j?
leaky Mount to visit hsr brothsr,
r. H. Beddingfield.
Mr. L. W. Bowden sad wife, of "
isleigh, apeat last week with the
amily of W. J. Cooper.
Mrs. E. A. Joaea left Wedaaedar
- _;.u " w.. a La? *jr? -d i mi
v? !? u HOI vsuguier, an. n?. 01.
?1 wards, at Norfolk. fr
Leslie Allen, ef Spartanburg, S. C. 10
irrired Sunday to spend the satanar
with hia people near town.
Meeare 6. W;Fard, K. S. Ford and -J
*- f 1 10
LG. Hioka returned Wedneaday pI
tight fram a trip t? Riahmead. la]
Misa Katia Furmaa, who has been p?
aching aobool at Northeide, ratara- qt
id home one day the past weak. ai
Rar. A. J. Parker left Saturday pi
in a two weeks trip in the interest Fi
>f the Leaisburg Female College.
Mine Bessie Coeke, ef Loaisbarg K
3ellage, spent last Sunday with
Kiel Irene Sledge, ol near Maple- M
rttle. * hi
Miaa Stbel Green returned te her af
ions near Henderson Tuesday w|
iter a short rlalt to Bex awter, all
Irs. R. B, Wicker. or
Misa Lillian Id wards, who has P'
wen visiting ( ssr u. L.. w. feg- wi
UH, returned te her home in Hen- da
lereon Monday. ' up
W. H. Yarboronghjr., and W. 117
Viun vent te Raleigh Wed need ay
o witneae the game of ball between '
Philadelphia and A. A M. oollnge.
Mr. P. S. Allen reterned Wed- *"
leeday from Baltimore where he had
wen under treatment far eome tiaae.
lis friends throughout the coma- an
y will he glad to kaow that he la
luob improved and is able te be eit
n the streets.
Mies Louise Allen, of Warrenton, A
rbo has been visiting relatives in town
he' past Veek, returned to ber home
eeterday. She waa aeooapanied on
er return by Mias Mabel Davis,who
rill spends few days viaiting friends
ndrelaliveethere. 001
Meadames J. A. Turner and J. S. ' P*
iSHOaster aoeompanied by little Mies '
'earl Lanoaatei*. left Monday for 'f
Elisabeth City as delegates from Ve
/ouiaburg to the meeting of the
foraan'g Hom? Mission bociety
rhich ia in aeasion at that place.
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Bishop Nelson Approves ubereuioals
Sunday. fee
Approval far tha movement tor a jj?J
ational tuberaaloeis Sunday on
ipril 2|tb, reoantly inaugurated by _
3e National Aaaooiation for tha .
tody and Prevention of Tabaroa- ^ '
m, m ffivta m i statement by The
light Rynrw* Riohsro H. Nelson, ?*'
i?hop Go?djotor of Albunv, K. T, J
ttiy protnrtnnt BpboopsI Churoh,
nnodtodny. "*?
Bishop KtUon ujri: ?I think mo
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U of the proposal that all tfie he
arobea should anile on April tb
enty.fourth in ereesntiog tbo truth ti
[learning tuberculosis and etimu- ao
ing public interest iu the cam- pi
ign lor iU prevention and cure. ao
"The campaign haa entered upon h<
aeoond ataga. Having ' labored ta
th soma auooeei to point out?the- *
nger, we ar? now oonoerned with gi
? onre, and tbu depends apen iroovemant
in oonditiona of personal
d social life. Whatever the
nrehee may be able to do along jr
la line, will be a double oentribn- ^
n to physical and spiritual batter- p|
snt and I should think that jH>nld
wish to have a sbsra inyeuch
enterprise." - b ^
Kaporia from all parts of tha
nited States indicate -that the J Sun- ?!
y set apart will be generally ebrvad,
by tha praaobiag af aarmena
i tuberculosis tad by the distribu>B
of epeoisl literature.
The National Association for the
udy aad Prevention of Tuberealoi
declare* that the oampaign
;aioat taberouloeia is a warfare p
gainst ignorance, and that aa soon
the people of the United States
i*w that tubercaloeis can be prented
ajd oared, they will demaad
jl the npedlees waste ot 200,004 m
res annnally be stopped. tt
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ov Much Fertilizer Should "
We Oee? *'
Perhaps, on average lands, from
*0 poands to 400 pounds of oortl'- j,,
troial fertilisers uader oern, and
SB 400 to 600 ponnda under eotn
is the latest for the general fsnp,
bat eome find it profitable to ose ^
en asore. For special erope.yield
K larg# groae monay return* per ^
re, larger queetitiee are generally ^
ofltable, ia *ome inetancee ere a*
rge aa hue 1,000 paauda to 1,000
tuud* per aore; bat theee large
tan title* aboeld only be oaed vbea *'
.perieoee or teet ahov that tber
17.-?Malaigh (N. C.) Pregraaaiv* *'
iraier and Oaaette.
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111 8rui Betftr* It Cobm Up- n
1 plant earn and eetten lerel, or a
tarly a*. My (oil ia elay. If a *i
wry rata fall* before plant* eeoie m
> I run over with barrew, and eroea tr
Ilk weeder. Tku will break eraat *j
I all the gr#und, daetroy any graa* m
weed* that may be apreated and
avant evaperatioa. If no raia fella g
seder alooe ia run fear, or flre |a
7* after plaatiag, ead I keep tbi* ?t
1 every few day* aatil plant* are tl
-ge enough to thiD. Tbia -part-Of
e work ia looked after eleaely, aa *
may aaan th* aaving of maak la- ot
r later on. If the graa* one* gala * ol
irt, th# harrow aad weeder- are ne 0t
od then?T. J. W. Broom, in Ral- ?(
jh (hi. C.) Troareeaive Farmer.
d Aaaatte. w
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MOMBYTN HOG1
Gaorgla Farmer Invested
$200 In Hags and Future f>
and Made $600 Clear n pi
Profit.
The Oroever Brother*, of Baltoek oj
inty, eorgia, have been growing hi
rk tor aeeeral yeara at a- eeat of p
M oenta to 8 eenta per pound on * M
a woed range and paatarea of val- K
t baana, aay beans, greend peaa, M
Id paaa, and awaet pel*toe*. Their R
ok of hoga ia a mixture batweaa ry
rkahire and the snm.nnn breeds j.
i?T run at large in the ewampa ta
rise; the apring and early winter,
ding en herbe and graaeea. In Aa- th
it they are turned iate the potate
Ida and tranaferred to the peanuta ^
1 aowpaae aa thaae or op a ripen. a
pOrkere are eold from Peptera- *
r ta December in the oity of 8aluah
at frem 7 oeata to 11 aenta Fl
pauad. The breading bagt are
)> througheat the winter on the
tret beana poda wbieh are very
rdy and do not decay far aeveral an
atha. Nothing la harreeted?the 01
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>g? b?ing allowed to graze on all
e' crops. The peanata, eowpeae,
lvet beana sad aor beans far fall
id viator paatarsa are utaally
anted in rewa. in the earn middles
id after the eora is harvested the
>gs grase off the remainder. Potoee
are plan'fed in a separate field
rly in the spring sad ate ready for
aaiag in laly and Augaat.
Bp fella wing this a v store for the >
st eight peart these farmers have
and that pork can be raised at
am 1 S-4e to 8 eenta per poand. In
107 they invested ^200 in hogs and
kttaree and reeeived a retara of
109. a profit of $600.
Meet of those hogs were pastared
a field of seven aares, which was
own in earn. ?'?
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mm. The prefit on the hegs,bowrer,
tu not ell the profits, ea the
>troveraent of the linf in thie field r- lOreeeed
the yield of dotton in 1908
ae-half bale per aere over what the
ime field prednoed in 1900 with the
ime eeed, methods ef aaltiration
ad fertilization. ? Raleigh (N. O.)
regressive Farmer and Oaaelte.
Plenle at Sandy Crank.
In epite of being somewhat oat of
laeen, qaite a large crowd attended
le pioaio atSapdy Creek Academy,
larch 18tb, 1810 given by the
lacbere, Misses Mary D. Bhearin
ad Mary Roser te the children,
treats and friends ef the soheol.
The ezeroiies consisted ef songa
T school, and a lectare by Rev. Q.
[.Daks.
About ten thirty the people began >
assemble, aad a ill anv one wonir
at the many busy farmers being
nobg the number when it wna
own that our much beloved minis
it, tad m?i eloqaant orator, was to
teak?
Haviag well, aod appropriately
Sesen far hia subject, "The Past, ?'
'reseat, and Fatare Kdaeation" for
beatoona and oae half hoara he bald
te very olaaaat attaatien of both
oeng and old. Realizing sa foraily
the past inability, the present
sgligaaes, and fatare demand fer
nireranl aduaatian, be spoke with
nek patriatia seal and eothasiasnt
I te idaprsaa apea the hearts aod
linda of his beared, hia earnest dere
to foiaksa them te higher additional
ambition. _ \
After sack an inspiring leotara all - .v' *
tkered aroand a most bountifully
dan. table and partook heartily of <
la 4*iJ*'su> things prepared by
is- kind and ever willing handa
f mothers and friends. ?
In tha afternoon baseball and !
her games wgr* enjoyed by the
tildren and parents, while inbjeets !'
! mars interest ware diaoheed By?
I'upids Victims." j" - I/'
In eonalaaion we add that the day
as a most pleasant and profitable
in to all. A
Fkibkd.
1 tenia from Grape VineWa
ary glad te knew that the
rmars uaion at Mitobinera is imroving.
W. T. Rogers gave an enjoyable
indy party last Setarday night in
tnaf nf Mian R aus MofiKea
ranklinton. Thou* present were
issea Salli# Jeyner, Rosa MoObes,
ate I ^ay ton, Mattie Mitchell,
easrs H. B.Layton, Otis Burroughs
slph Thompson, W. L. May, HenJoyner,
John Mitohell and little
lighter and O. W. Murray and
ily. *1
Miaa Mattie Hitonell is speeding ~
e week at L. O. Mltchiners.
N. B. Laytoa spent a portion of
e past week in Raleigh en keel- ,
as.
Beet wishee to' the dear old
uiun Tuns.
Blux Kris. , *
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?Qomt to the meeting Haturday
d assist la orgaalslng a boyi oon
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