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VOLUME XXXV1L
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HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUG. 18, 1922
FIVE CENTS COPY
IlEWJtEIBERS
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APPLE PACKING
DEMONSTRATION
Prise Will Bo Awarded For Best
Exhibits of Pacjking at Mooting
in Corwith Orchard.
DATES ON WHICH
IIUDGINS CASE
CITY MARKET PLAN
SCHOOLS OPEN
BEING HEARD
HEARTILY ENDORSED
One Hundred Members Signed Up
Todays Tuesday Will Conclude
Campaign.
The membership campaign of the
Chamber of Commerce has been
pushed forward by : enthusiastic
workers to the halfway pointy and
today's efforts brought in approxi
mately one hundred! new and. re
pledged members, according -to P.
L. Wright, Chairman of the Member
ship Committee.
F. S. Wetmur and Raymond Ed
wards so far hold the record for
memberships brought in in one day's
time, they having registered twenty
three charter memberships, with J.
Adger Smyth and A. W. Honeycutt
following as a close second. The
latter team brought in seventeen
charter memberships. Most encou
raging results were obtained also by
W. F. Penney, Sidney E. Powers, E.
E. Bomar, N. Brenner, Frank Bright,
J. S. Brown, A. R. Hanson, Noah
Hollowell, Win. R. Kirk, George R.
McLean, John D. Mauney, W. H.
Vander Linden, J. C. Waldrop, Stan
ley H. Wright, and J. R. Sandifer.
The workers reported that at
every turn they were greeted with
such expressions as: "Well, we are
glad to help the Chamber of Com
merce in its efforts to make Hender
sonville a larger and better city,
and "You fellows are doing a splen
did work and it is to be hoped that
Hendersonville will rally to the call
of this progressive movement."
In one firm every member of the
organization became charter mem
bers of the new Chamber of Com
merce, paying their dues through the
firm's treasury, many being enabled
to do this by the firm's paying some
portion of the amounts. Plural
memberships are encouraged. The
owner of an establishment, for in
stance, may take, say, three or more
memberships, paying for one' or two
of them himself and apportioning the
remainder to his employees on the
part payment basis, designating the
employees as full members of the
new Chamber.
By-laws for the new organization
are now in the hands , of the com
mittee swbieh is headed, by W.sA.
Smith, and whose associates are M.
Schenck and W. B. Penny.
These laws will not vary a great
deal from the old Board of Trade, of
which the new organization is the
' successor, except that they more
nearly subscribe to a .uniform prac
tice, and are broad enough to cover
more minutely the needs of a great
er Hendersonville. They will be the
same democratic working rules,
creating what will be known as a
Members' Council, through which
every trade, business and profession
will be given a direct voice in the
management of the organization.
In no instance has an old member
failed to re-pledge his support to the
new Chamber, and a great many in
dividuals and firms who never before
belonged to the commercial organi
zation have signed up and have en
thusiastically entered upon the task
of helping Hendersonville to make
greater progress.
Tuesday, August 22 will be the
clean-up day, and the pledged work
ers, with many recruits, will go forth
on that day bent on winding up the
campaign by doubling the results al
ready obtained.
Chairman Wright has issued an
urgent call for recruits, and at noon
today a dozen business men, not
heretofore pledged to service, said
they would pick up the banner of a
greater Hendersonville and go forth
on Tuesday prepared to carry it to
success.
At a meeting of the Kiwanis Club
at Tyn-Y-Coed on Thursday, Chair
man Wright, Dr. W. R. Kirk, E. W.
Ewbank, Dr. E. E. Bomar, Dr. Frank
Bright and F. S. Wetmur made stir
ring pleas for a greater effort, and
were rewarded by a unanimous voice,
speaking the slogan of the Kiwanis
movement: "We build." This slo
' gan, Dr. Kirk declared, "would never
fail Hendersonvilel in anything that
Hendersonville needed.
As a result of this outburst of civic
enthusiasm, the Kiwanis Club will
ut a special committee in the field
uesday to see if it can not "Bring
back the bacon" 100 per cent.
NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY
A number of new books have been
received at the Carnegie Public - Li
brary, among them some of the most
popular ones written this year.
The list follows:
St Teresia Harrison. :
Gentle Julia Tarkington.
Vandermark's Folly-iQuick. s
Silver Cross JohnBton.
The . Moon Out of Reach Pedler.
, Lucertia Lombard Norris.
The Man in Gray Dixon. .
Eyes of Love Harris. -
One Man in His Time Glascow.
Daughter of. the Middle Border
Garland. W .vi'V'?, '3
City of Fire Lute," " ' -;-
.Three Men and a Maid- Wood-
boused ";f-SV'ff: . c,-.pk::M.
The "Vanishing PpihtDawsbn,, v;
The Great Prince Shan Marshall
RoWn Burnett 1
House, of Mohttmibbsva
'," The Country Beybnd-i-Curwdod.
- The - Shorn Lamb--Sampson,'
' The, Breaking Point Rinehart; ;
rsi;;Ktrklaii4 and Ion
' The State Horticultural' Society
will hold a meeting on the orchard of
H. P. Corwith on August 25th, for
the purpose of familiarizing growan
of fruit with better mehods of pack
ing and grading. Mr. Corwith is
President of the society and is very
active in his - endeavors . to have
North Carolina fruit put up in better
packages. It is through his efforts
that experts will attend the Saluda
meeting for the purpose of aiding in
this work. Men well informed are
aware of the lack" of attention to
these details when growers are pre
paring their products for market, and
they well know that North Carolina
products will never command the top
prices until more attention is paid to
proper grading and packing. The
society is using a great deal of its
efforts along these lines.
As a special inducement and in
order to put a little "pep" into the
meeting Mr. Corwith individually
is offering a prize of ten dollars to
the member who packs the best box
of apples, and five dollars to the one
who packs the next best box.
The Society extends an invitation
to all persons interested in better
fruit' to be present at this meeting.
John Ewbank, Secretary of the so
ciety at Hendersonville will answer
any communications pertaining to
the activities of the society or the
fruit industry in North Carolina.
Garber Announces Big
Carnival Monady Night
Monday night, August 21, there
will be a fancy dress ball at the Caro
lina Terrace dancing pavilion, the
music for which will be furnished by
Garber-Davis.
This will be the gayest and most
attractive feature that Garber has
offered this year. One of the attrac
tions will be a fashion show, in which
many of the local young ladies will
take part, attired in costumes fur
ivshed; Jby. the department, stores.
TneseTOBtro,nUb"'he- best ana
the gayest that the stores have to
offer.
A dancing exhibition will be given
by Mrs. Garber, and there will be
prizes for the best dancers. Several
acts of vaudeville will be on the pro
gram. At the conclusion oi tne pro
gram, all the dancers will join in
the Grand March.
Garber, whose presence here with
his orchestra has attracted many of
the tourists seen on the streets,
promises some stunts never before
seen. There will be many surprises
on the program.
The pavinion is Deing aecoraiea
for the occasion with streamers and
tho spona will remind one of a car
nival. Confetti will be in abundance.
No effort will be spared to maKe tne
niht co'orful and picturescue.
Thoro ia rnnm for BOO spectators
in the pavilion besides the dancers,
and many are expected to anena on
the night of the carnival.
Asheville Cavalry May
Visit Hendersonville
Hendersonville may have as her
visitor troop F., Asheville cavalry for
a three days visit
This troop offers" a good exhibition
in horsemanship and trick riding.
Moving pictures of the -troop in ac
tion were made at the Biltmore For
est Riding Club grounds July 13,
and these have attracted considerable
attention at the Pack theatre in
Aahoville. If it is arranged for the
troop to come here, this picture will
be seen at a local tneatre
Troop F. recently made a trip to
Camp McClellan where they staged
their show,, winning the applause of
representatives of national guard
units of several states and of the
regular unit at the camp.
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Commissioners Levy .
Taxes August 26th
The Henderson county Cpmmis
sioners will meet the 26th of this
month for the purpose of levying
taxes. This was resolved at a meet
ing early in the month. . What the
tax levy will be this year is a matter
of' conjecture, as there have been
material changes in property valua
tion since the- last assessment.
C D. WEEKS, WILMINGTON
ATTORNEY LOCATES HERE
Mr .and Mrs.- C. D Weeks and
daughters, Miriam, Annie and Fran
ces, of Wilmington, N. C, who pur
chased the Rhodes house on Fifth
avenue last year, will, occupy it this
winter,' movmg here . permanently
from Wilmington. - ,
UMr. Weeks is one ' of the a most
prominent attorneys 1n Wilmington,
and- he, announces ; his intention of
opening an office in Hendersonville.
He is a partner of Dr. Brown's in the
apple business, having purchased An
interest in the orchard last year.
Mr, Weeks ' and his' family; have
been making Hendersonville their
summer residence for several years,
end they rave beeir'j eo i 1
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Three Prep. Schools and City Schools
Open Next Month; All Announce
Strong Faculties.
The three prep, schools of the city
and the high school will all be open
next month with probably b5gg"er
enrollments than ever before. - Ap
plications for entry have been com
ing in rapidly the heads of the schools
state, and Hendersonville is bacom
ing more and more to be known as a
city of good schools.
The three prep, schools, Fassifern,
Blue Ridge and C. M-N. A., are ex
pecting to be filled to overflowing,
and the high school will have a ca
pacity attendance as usual.
Fassifern School for Girls opens
September 26, and will probably not
be able to accommodate more . than
the number attending last year,
which was over 100. This number
filled the school to capacity. "
A strong faculty has been an
nounced by Fassifern's principal, in
cluding many that served last year
and many new ones who come high
ly recommended from other schools.
There will be over 18 members of the
faculty this year.
C. M-N. A. opens the 12th of
September, and is expecting an en
rollment of approximately 200.
Starting here several years ago with
about 50 students, Carolina Military
Naval Academy has steadily grown
in popularity under Colonel' Wood
ward until it -is getting to the place
where it can hardly accommodate all
that wish to become members of the
student body. Colonel Woodward
is planning great improvements to
the Flat Rock property and is under
taking an extensive advertising cam
paign which will make the enrollment
over 200 next year. His factulty,
announced some time ago, is an ex
cellent one.
The city schools will be open on
the 11th, as was previously announ
ced as was the faculty. There will
be more students than the school can
accommodate in all probability.
Following is the Fassifern faculty
for the 1922-23 session:
Academic department Miss Eliza
beth Louise Steinbrenner, A. M., B
S.,' Latin: Mia Helen Louise Abbott,
B. "A., French;' 'Miss Marian Blair,
English; Miss Letitia T. E. Ricaud,
history: Miss Vera Beecher. mathema
tics; Mrs. Bruce Drysdale, biology,
general science and intermediate
work; Miss Maud Schaffer, English
and history. Music department
Miss Martha Dowd, director piano,
theory, history of music ; Miss Martha
B. Wright, 'voice culture, sight sing
ing. Expression department To be
supplied. Art department Miss
Gizella R. Weiss, B. A., B. design,
director. Household economics
Domestic science to be supplied ; Miss
M. H. Sampson, domestic art, sup
ervisor of health. Physical training
Mrs. Bruce Drysdale, educational
gymnastics; Miss Marion Blair, di
rector of sports and games. Riding
school Mrs. Arthur S. Wheeler, in
structor. Miss Jenny Fletwood
Westfeldt, secretary and busar; Miss
Evelyn Byrd Graham, chaperon ; Miss
Sarah W. Hanckel, principal's assist
ant. Blue Ridge will be oen on the
19th of September. Professor San
difer, principal of the school states
that there have been more applicants
for entrance this year than at any
time previous, and that he is looking
forward to a fine school year.
The Blue Ridge faculty has been
announced, and iwill appear in the
Tuesday's edition of The Times.
Tomorrow Will Be Observed
lin This City as Poppy Day
Tomorrow is Poppy day. On the
streets you will see many of Hen
dersonville's charming young ladies
offering for sale the flower which has
been adopted by the National Memo
rial University Association. With
the proceeds from the sale of these
flowers, the Association hopes to
erect a university, centrally located
as a tribute to the memory of the
men who gave their lives in the
world war, in which special scholar
ships and privileges are to be extend
ed to the children of these men and
to the sons and daughters of all men
who served . in the Army, Navy, or
Marine! Corps of the United States
between April 1st, 1917, and Novem
ber 11th. 1918.
, The plans contemplate the raising
of a sum of money equal ty orte dol
lar for each man who was in the ser
vice' at any time during the world
war,making . the aggregate some
thing j like $5,000,000. The raising
of this amount is apportioned to the
various counties of the United Stat
es in ; proportion to ,he number of
men : entering, the service, from that
particular county. ; - '
this, movement to found a permanent
memorial to our men.?: "You may be
come an associate member of the as
sociation for ne , year by .contribu
ting one dollar, five years for' five
('ill-rs, and 1Q vi'l : eK''.Ie -the
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Trial of Ex-Tax Collector Continued
On Wednesday, Allowing Time .
For Auditor to Arrive.
The case of the Commissioners of
Henderson county against Hudgins,
former tax collector -of 'the county
was heard before a referee at the
county courthouse Tuesday and Wed
nesday, and will te opened again
next Wednesday.
The plaintiffs insisted upon trial,
and put on the stand their chief wit
ness Mr. Miller, the representative
of the state auditor, Dixon. . Mr.
Miller gave a mass of evidence and
stated his findings of the books of
the former tax collector, which are
in the neighborhood of$40,000short
When the examination of the wit
nessed been concluded, the plain
tiffs offered the defendants the op
portunity of cross examination, but
they pleaded for time in which to se
cure the presence of Mr. Scott, of
Scott-Charnley company, which made
one of the previous audits. Mr.
Scott, it is stated, is on a pleasure
trip to Atlantic City, and whether the
defendans can get in touch with him
in time to have him here for the cross
examinations next Wednesday is a
matter of conjecture.
The trial was sparsely attended,
and as the majority o fthe evidence is
of a technical nature, it is hardly
interesting to the average person.
Lutheran Committee
Is as Yet Undecided
Many excellent sites have been
shown the Lutheran committee which
will recommend the location of the
Lutheran assembly grounds, but they
have yet been able to render no de
cision in the matter.
Besides Hendersonville's offerings,
other cities have made attractive
propositions. Asheville especially
has shown the committee many ad
vantages for the location of the as
sembly there.
Among those sites which the chair
man of the committee, Rev. Brent
Seb suffer, investigated .. . durinsr his
stay here of Over three weeks-;wi
Indian Cave Park and Lake Summit
At Lake Summit an attractive propo
aition was made the Lutherans bv the
owner of the property 3. 6. Bell, and
a fine site offered them. At many
other places, also, inducements were
made.
The committee is, however, unable
to render a report at present. The
advantages that Asheville has are
the accessibility by railroad and the
wider opportunity for advertising,
the committee states. Henderson
ville, however, has advantages in the
way of location which offset these,
and the decision of the committee
hangs fire for the present.
The members of the committee are
Rev . Brent Schaeger, chairman,
Kings Mt. Mr. Swink. Winston
Salem, and James D. Heilig, Salis
bury.
The committee is now in Ashe
ville looking over a site offered them
near the Vanderbilt property.
GROVE ST. CHURCH SERVICES
Rev. Thomas Spence, well-known
Bible teacher, of Jacksonville, Fla.,
will have charge of both morning and
evening services at the Grove Street
Church on next Sunday. The public
is cordially invited to attend. Sun
day school at 9 :45 a. m.
contribute for. It will be hard in
deed to find a worthier cause.
Comments on the movement have
been made by some of the country's
best known men. We print a few of
these in order to give an idea of the
manner in which the Association's
proposition is being received in othef
places:
Said Alfred E. Smith, ex-governor
of New York: "The idea is a worthy
one and worthy of the support of the
patriotic citizens of the country."
Hon. A. H. Roberts, ex-governor
of Tenn: "I approve of this plan
most heartily and shall be glad to aid
in any way I can in putting over
your program."
lion. Thomas E. Campbell, gover
nor of Arizona: "The plan for a
national University, as a tribute to
the men who gave their lives for their
country, in the late war, meets with
my unqualified endorsement."
DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS ARE
STOPPING AT- FASSIFERN INN
Willette Wilbourne, composer,
pianist and singer of wide reputation,
and her "mother, Madame Rita Wil
bourne,. contralto and teacher of in
ternational experience, are guests at
Fassifern; Inn, -v - . .
; The artists-have been most gene
rous, with) their gifts, and have given
a great deal of pleasure at the Inn
with their exceptionally' rare talent
': ; Willette WlbOurne when,' butta
mere ' ' f 11 vesrs, was honored
by T . ; - S r ion
Second Conference
to Close Sunday
t The Bible conference closing to
morrow at Bonclarken, the A. R. P.
assembly grounds, is the endmsr of
the second successful meeting of a
religious nature to be held at Bon
clarken during its first season.
The first conference was a Y. P.
C. U. meeting, and was well attend
ed, especially by the young people,
and the second, just coming to a
close is a Bible conference, at which
there have been addresses by many
recognized authorities on the sub
ject. To this also, there has come
a great crowd, who besides taking ad
vantage of the opportunities for in
struction offered, take advantage of
the many recreational facilities
afforded and enjoy to the fullest the
scenery from Bonclarken.
With so auspicious a beginning,
the A. R. P.'s are greatly encourag
ed, and are making extensive plans
for the conference to be held next
summer, when it is hoped even
greater numbers may be accommo
dated.
Mr. and Mrs. Brownlee are in
charge of the assembly grounds and
the hotel this summer, and to them a
great measure of the success of the
first conference is due.
In a recent meeting of the direc
tors at Bonclarken, it was decided to
greatly improve the property so that
many people can be accommodate
next year than was this season.
The erection of new cottages will
take place, and the main building
will be improved upon and additions
made to it that will greatly increase
its capacity. -
A large assembly hall also is
planned, which will be one of the
most attractive features of the as
sembly grounds next year.
There was a great deal of enthus
iasm manifested towards the close of
the meeting. Many gifts have been
made for the purpose of improving
the grounds, one of these for the sum
of $10,000. Property which had
been purchased for building pur
poses was voluntarily returned to
the assbclatioii' when It was iound
that the erection of the homes on ! Some tjme after he returned, and
them would mar the appearance of f0Und that his boyhood friends had
the property. formed a Chamfer of Commerce,
The directors state that they are 1 that there were a number of factories
expecting a wonderful season next ; in the citv and that everything was in
year, and every preparation will be j a flourishing condition. He urged
made to accommodate -the many more j tne members of the Chamber of Corn
people who will request room at that merce here and the KiwaniaWs not to
time. jet the vouner neonle of Hehderson-
117th Will Return
From Camp Monday
The 117th Coast Artillery, which
has been at Camp Bragg for ialmost
two weeks, returns next Wednesday,
at which time the. two weeks allotted
them will be up.
Reports are that the boys are en
joying almost every form of out-door
exercise, practically in their training
especially the water. The artillery
men have seen some real drill work
and have been inspected by some of
ficers of high rank, whose opinions
of their training and deportment
were favorable.
It is to be expected that the corps
will return to Hendersonville tanned
and greatly benefitted by the exper
ience in camp. There were 75 of
the local young men who made the
trip.
CITY PLAYGROUND CLOSES
The Children's Playground will be
closed after Monday 21st. Miss Gene
Gardner is on a two week's vacation
at her home at Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
returning to take up her work as
Physical Director for Girls in the
City Schools on September 7th.
Parents sending their children to
the playground will do so at their
own risk, after Monday, as there will
be no one in charge.
Meeting of Laymen
Carolina Association
A meeting of the laymen of the
Carolina Baptist Association was
called by a unanimous vote at the
meeting of the Association at Mud
Creek Baptist church to be held in
the First Baptist Church, Henderson
ville August 24, at 2:30 p. m.
This will be the first meeting of its
kind that the Association has ever
held, and it is earnestly hoped by all
concerned that it will tbe begin
ning of something worth while in the
development of the work of the As
sociation. The men were enthusias
tic in voting for the meeting, and
all indications are that it will be well
attended. No less than 100' men
are expected to attend on the day
set
A. I. JUSTICE,
Enlistment Evangelist.
BANE DOES NOT TAKE STAND
i W. P. Bane, chairman f the Hen
derson county board of county com
missioners was to have taken the
stand this morning in the preliminary
hearing of the case of a number of
citizens of Henderson county against
the commissioners in regard to the
expenditure of the 1 500,00t t road
bond money. , A r:rr ordr,
Kiwanians Heartily in Favor of City
Market Idea as Solution of
Street Vender Problem.
Meeting at Tyn-y-Coed, in Flat
Rock, the Kiwanis club discussed
many of the important matters be
fore Hendersonville at the present.
The endorsing of the city market
idea, the reports of various members
of the Chamber of Commerce who
made the campaign for new members
yesterday and the day before and the
announcement that the Chamber of
Commerce will meet every two weeks
featured the luncheon.
P. L. Wright reported on the work
that the members had done in getting
new memberships to the Chamber.
The results yesterday, he said, were
even better than they were the day
before, the first day in the campaign.
He stated that there would be a total
membership of over 200 when the
campaign is concluded.
Several of the campaigners who
had not made their reports were call
ed on. F. S. Wetmur stated that at
first he had been skeptical, but after
the meeting at which Itfr. Farns
worth gave the Chamber the benefit
of his services free of charge, and
after he had heard him talk, he be
came convinced, and it was with such
enthusiasm that he and his partner
began their campaign that they chal
lenged any other two men to better
it.
Dr. Bomar reported , the success
of his campaign and spoke with great
enthusiasm concerning the progress
of the work. It was here brought
out that the majority of the mem
berships that were being turned in
are for three years, and that in case
of death, change of residence or mat
ters similar, the member is released
from his contract.
One of the most encouraging talks
of the day was made by H. M. K.
Smith, an associate of Mr. Farns
worth, and to whose efforts the suc
cess of the pageant was largely due.
He told of the little town in Minne
sota in which he was born and lived
as a boy. He said that the conditions
in the town at that time were such
that he had no idea that there would
ever be an opportunity for a young
ville go away for lack of some thing
to do, but to bring some thing here
for them.
The city market that has been:
proposed for Hendersonville was dis
cussed by Dr. Wm. R. Kirk, president
of the Kiwanis club. He stated that
there are any number of peddlers
who injure the local dealers by sell
ing produce on the streets, and that
they also make much unnecessary
work for the street cleaners. The
solution of the problem is a city mar
ket, he said. He stated that he had
been to some of the local fruit
stores to get their membership to the
Chamber of Commerce, and that they
first demanded protection.
The secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce, L. J. Penney, in speaking
of the city market, said that the local
fruit dealers could have the protec
tion they wanted by joining the
Chamber ,and that they would then
have a voice in the meetings of the
business men which will take place
every two weeks.
The secretary stated that the
Chamber needed the tools to work
with in its efforts to make Hender
sonville a better place to live in.
That there have been many schemes
turned down which would benefit the
city materially if the necessary mon
ey to put them over was on hand.
The cause of the farmer was ef
fectively pleaded by E. W. Ewbank,
who was of the opinion that without
them, the city would soon be de
serted. The farmer cannot be pro
hibited from trading in the city, nor
can the citizens of Hendersonville
dispense with him. A city market,
he said, will solve the problem.
That the Kiwanis club must work
as a valuable helper to the Chamber
of Commerce was the opinion of P.
L. Wright. Friction between the
two will destroy the work of both,
he said.
The president, Dr. Kirk, . lounc
ed that the meeting of the - : te Ki
wanians would take place in Ashe
ville in the near future, and that he
hoped that Hendersonville could be
represented not only by the three
delegates alloted her, but by at least
25 or 30 Kiwanians. He suggested
that instead of making the trip in
private cars that the club charter a
bu3 on the night of the meeting and
attend in a body. He accordingly ap
pointed a committee which will se
cure the bus. The committee is com
posed of A. R. Hanson, F. S. Wetmur
and Dr. Frank Bright ,
Secretary State Board
Missions to Speak Here
Rev., Dr. Charles E. Maddrey, sec-
retary of the state board of Missions, "
will preach at " the : First ; Baptist -.
thurch. .next Sunday-v night at 8
o'cloek. . His subject will be "The ,
Seventy Five Million" Dollar " Cr-n
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