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CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING MAY(26, 1909
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77; Meeting Largest At-
! & Do a good
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At misted Bur well Wel
comes I he Visitors,
This Morning's Session
Dcvnscd to The Reading
of VaisisMr. W. O.
Jcnes of N. York, Made
an Interesting Talk.
ir.
ruing session of the Hankers'
- .i.i'uni vus called to order at 10
,( ( k ;;ad after the roll call and
;i.Y:. o( the minute of last night's
. . riitv. rivsid. nt Herbert W. Jack-
t.
niont.il onninmnut
banker should encourage his
Tl.'.j . 9 in maiie use or a Me nrmnr-
tcnaea in msiory or Hie mmu, .)RPibi0 fol. tl.ainins; aim;elf
a .(.n.r'ifi'nN r j 'lor tho '"ess in which he is en-
AfSOCtatlOtl J Udg efg?4. speaker spoko of the
i "iuner w. rave s in the mt nf nirt
, ideas and hods and thereby be
comes narro his ideas. One of the
best method, of remedying this con
dition and of raising himself out of the
nit is to subscribe to the up-to-date
banking journals and to keep fully
posted on all matters pertaining to the
nnancial world. Tact is another es
, sential quality of the ideal banker. He
I must learn to say no to an undesirable
borrower and to say it in a way that
j will, sound as pleasant as "yes." Senti
ment iiKewise plays an important part
in the success of the banker.
His speech was enthusiastically re
ceived by the audience and a vote of
thanks was entended to Mr. Jones.
The assembly hall of the Selwyn
hotel was the scene, last night, of a
notable gathering of distinguished
representatives when M. H. W. Jack
son, of Raleigh, president of the North
Carolina Hankers' association, called
the body to order in its thirteenth an
nual convention; and the splendid ad
dresses of the evening, the address of
welcome by Judge A misread Burwell.
I of this city, and the response by Mr.
I John II. Carter, of Asheviile. were lis
tened to with intense interest. The
enjoyableness of this, the first ses-
sion of the convention., was greatly
added to by the presence, in the
, largo audience of a number of ladies.
wives of visiting delegates, and sev
eral distinguished friends of the bank
era from a distance. Among the lat
ter was Gen. Win. F. Draper, of Hope
dale, Mass., a man prominent, in the
industrial world, and at one- time an
influential political leader, having serv
ed in congress and held an ambassa
dorship to Italy. General Draper was
called on for a speech and responded
in a happy manner.
Convention Calied to Order.
The convention was called to order
shortly after t o'clock by President
H. W. Jackson who announced that
the session would be opened with pray
er by Rev. V. M. Kincaid, and this
eloquent divine, pastor of the First
church, offered the invo-
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a I'.U:
his annual address,
of the most Interesting
morning's session. The
now the largest meni-
history.
i "Association work" the
u the following sugges
t to broaden its useiul-
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fi
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lecommended on simi-
-is, i his association should
tUld of usefulness, as the
:v banks desire to see ac
in the way of returns from
:1 dues. How can this be
i ii'tter for this association
n.
recommend the following:
creating of some form of
vork to aid the banks in
ag and avoiding bank erim
swindlers and default
ing standing rewards for
and conviction.
authorization of the pub
a Hankers' Buletin. to be
"itain stated periods during
iving all the legal opinions
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"WOT'S the SCORE?"
Raleigh's New nr ljljlp New Building
auditorium III f or4' fifM'
iiiLSiunuiyiiLU in
ILtiT STORM
PRICE 5 CENTS
Conference On
The Strike Held
At Atlanta, Ga,
COMMUTED TO LIFE TERM.
Negro
Who Was to Hang Friday
Will C-o to Pen.
Special to The News.
Raleigh. May 2. Governor Kitchin
today grants a commutation of the
death sentence of Charles Fodercll.
colored, to life imprisonment. Foder-
ell was to hang on Fridav of this
week at Winston-Salem for wife
nirrder.
The commutation was granted on
the recommendation of the iudse. so
licitor, jury and many citizens on
the ground of a probability at least
that the prisoner was insanely jeal
ous at the time he committed the
crime. D. D. Hawkins, attorney, was
here to procure the commutation.
"Pass The BUI9'
Says Cannon
U. S. Labor Commission
et Neil, Gov. Smith,
General Manager Scott
And Vice President Ball
of Brotherhood Meet.
v vour attorney and such
saiaMon as tno banks would Fresbytor:an
1
of the opinion that the
n. if it can be organized
"mM be- of advantage to
"ii n. as well as to the
Ti.-ing it, and with this In
!veotiiniend the appoint-
to
si'cial committee.
m w leature and report
"ii cut ion of this associa-
I! a.j any other changes
ft roiiinit'ii'l to be made in
hill !".il by-laws.
1 1 .-pi cu'tilly ask the con-
i' t!n'-;e three recomnien
1 am of the opinion that
1 of benefit to the As?o-
Mr. Burwcl! Introduced.
Judge Armistea.d Bui we'll, wlio had
been selected to deliver the address
of welcome, was then introduced by
Mr. Geo. E. Wilson, president of the
Merchants and Farmers' National
in-j Hank, of Charlotte.
Mr. resident and Gentlemen, said
?.Ir. Wilson, "if is always a pleasure
to iho good people of our city to have
conventions meet with us whether
Special to the News.
Raleigh, May 2G. Raleigh's move
ment for a new municipal building and
auditorium attached that will accom
modate the largest state conventions
has taken definite form through a deal
just closed for the Old Law building
property at the corner of Fayetteville
and Davie streets, the purchase price
being $25,000. It was bought from the
Grimes estate and has a frontage of
7-5 feet on Fayetteville street. It runs
back 73 feet parallel with the south
wing of the Yarborougk hotel, then
north 53 feet back of the Yarborough
(Wing, then east 140 teet to llmin'r-
ton street where the frontage is 130
feet. The Davie street front is 210
feet.
The auditorium portion of the build
ing will be on the rear wider portion
and its capacity is to be 5,000. , Archi
tects are to be invited now to prepare
plans adapted to the lot for the best
building to come within the amount of
money available, which is about $115,
000. It is expected that work on the
new building will begin before the fall.
The Most Troublesome
Problem is to Prevent
the Strike brom Spread
ing to Other Sections of
The South.
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., May 2fi. The problem
of how to save the railroads of the
South from the danger of the spread
of the Georgia railroad's Bremen's
strike with its disquieting negro prob-
I lfim u-ic gk tf i-iirbw't i-rvn1lfc:rrii
Washington. D. C, May 2. "Of all
the letters on the tariff that I re
ceive, and I get a good many," said
Speaker Cannon, "not one in fifty
makes any objection to the tariff ! issues presented at conference to-day
bill as passed by the House or to .between United States Commissioner
they bo industrial
t it is an
ht to have with n
the bankers of our
a -
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committees were ap-
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of
with their friends
i thor.o men accustomed,
'me'tsu'.e, to fhaning the
'. cies r our country and, by the
hinder their control, to foster
tries and eii"ourage financial
Continued on Fa go Two
political or relig
especial favor to
ft convention
-late together
from a distance,
in a great
financial "poli-
means
indus-
enter-
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delivered
Winston, of the
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!!.' M the subject of reeinrocal
pl" to the banks and the
!)eople," said Mr. Win
;i tit tlie matter sharply
the hlea which 1
md follow this up with
which would seem to
"ticbisioiis. The public and
I include courts, legisla
"i 'i everybody except tne
fair, iiK-t and liberal
banks, and in turn
tlr- banks generaus ac
aiid first, safety, sec-
t'td third, safety. ' Let it!
i hat whn a bank breaks'
that depositors and
pt'id" in full, the direc-
. 1 ;i: ' 1. 1 danger of going to
'' )' will 1, no tnnro hrotit-in-r
A friend of mine in
sMd to quaint. Bob Hen-'
''. -''.v. Henry, if we 'don't
ite-i we can not. get any
on our houses."
raid, "if you will stop
will stop the fires."
bunks-, well managed,
are essential to the
community. The
batik is its commercial
'lainly declare and rig-
law of commercial pa-luoviii'-e
of everv self-
"!,'!t. This law is some
ll" ! the M-iw merehant,' or mer
'i will he interesting to
'' ;i ineiiient ii,f. origin and the
"i '"it ihi'jisl) Piercuntilo laws.
Mr. Jones Soeaks.
,' ''' ' ' "f Mr. Jones' address
h" I'b-nl Country Panker," and
'''i- ' .itiipreiiensively treated
"'" ilMl1 disease,) the essential
"essar-,- to make the ideal
"''I owing to the length of it
' ' ' teit aide In rnnwuli ifr Inn
Iteniooil.
'loke (,f the benefits of
'H"ans Of linvulr.nln.r 4 1,.-,
May 20. The
sovereigns for
colts and fillies foaled in 100G, distance
about one mile and a half, was wn
tin - afternoon by King Edward's ho:se,
Minoru.
Heavy Weather.
Epsom, England, May 20. A heavy
down pour of rain which began early
this morning and continued until noon
Avith threats of showers during the af
ternoon, kept thousands ot casual race
goers from journeying to Epsom downs
to-day to witness the historic Derby
Interest, in the race, however, remained
undiminished.
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Missions Up
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By Associated Press.
Denver, Col., May 20. The consid
eration of foreign missions and the
selection of next year's meeting place
were the principal matters before the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
church to-day.
By Associated Press.
Bilboa, Spain, May 26. A violent
tempest has been raging for many
hours on the Bilboa coast. Over sixty
vessels of the fishing fleet have foun
dered and it is estimated that not less
than one-hundred fishermen have been
drowned.
St. Mary 's
Commencement
Special to the News.
Raleigh, May 20. For the graduat
ing exercises at St. Mary's School this
morning at 11 o'clock the commence
ment address was delivered by Rt.
Rev. William Alexander Surry, bishop
of the Diocese of South Carolina. Di
plomas were presented to the follow
ing graduates: Miss Sallie Haywood
Batte, Miss Georgia Stanton Hales,
Miss Minnie Leary, Miss Julia Louise
Mclntyre, Miss Eva Rogerson, Miss
Frankie Lenare Self. The marshals
for the occasion were Miss Annie Caro
lina Wood. Miss Iva Jeaue Rogerson,
Miss Bessie Smedes Erwin, Miss Mary
Parker Bourne, Miss Mildred Bordom,
Miss Bessie Wilson Arthur, Miss Hal
lie Jordan Garrison.
"Pure Olive Oil" is
Just Cotton Seed
Cumberland Presbyter
ians Urge Prohibition
Special to the News.
Raleigh, May 26. The trustees of
the A. & M. College held a business
session in connection with the com
mencement just closed and determined
to erect an engineering building during
the next year and equip it, the money
to be saved out of the general budget
in the way of special economies that
will not impair the effectiveness of
the work done. The board also decid
ed, finally, to erect a new barn to cost
something like $0,000. This is to be
beyond the railroad so that the por
tion of the college grounds now oc
cupied by the old barn will be added
to the college campus. The trustees
adopted the usual budget for the sal
aries of the officers and faculty of the
college, the aggregate being $52,000.
the amendments proposed by the
Senate. And that one is usually a
kicker. These letters come mostly
from farmers, but more particularly
from the small shopkeeper and re
tail dealer and from manufacturers
throughout the country.
"'For Heaven's sake is their
tenor, 'why don't you pass the reve
nue bill and let us know to what
we have to adjust our business.'
of Labor Xeill, Governor Smith, Gen
eral Manager Scott, of the railroad and
Vice President Ball, of brotherhood ot
locomotive firemen and enginemen.
In view of the race question involv
ed, the widely separated residence of
three of the parties to the negotiations
was noteworthy.
New Facts Com? to Light.
New facts bearing on the race issue
came lo light todav. From the iu-
iow, tne senate can work iasiei. vesication alone the richt of wav of
when once it gets to work, than any',,,.. ,..l5iri,H it iMi,nwi th liiost
body I know of, for the reason that ! of Ule m)OI-te,i instances of throwing;
at trains were pure fabnea-
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Bv Associated Press.
Chicago, May 26 A distinct earth
quake shock was felt throughout the
northern part of Illinois at 8:40
o'clock this morning, the motion be
ing from north to south and laster
one half a minute. The quake
renorted especially noticeable
about Elsrin. 111., and as far
Davenport, la.
The shock was distinctly felt in the
i office of the local weather bureau and
at the following cities near Chicago:
Lamont, Joliet. Lockport, Riverdale,
Downers, Orland, Napierville, Evans
ton, Peoria, Kewanee and at Beloit
and Janesville, Wis.
No one was killed, none mjuieu,
nnv HiH i hp parlv renorts show any
save minor damage.
Noticed in Washington.
Washington, D. C May 26.--A very
I, iin .,!,... i, : ... st ..i:.,i,4 .i;c.t.,..honr.a lnistmff about a
' 111 1IJ UIHl nilMl. II1IDLU1 MHll-v, a
exnerieiif eii in fho minute was recorded on the seismo-
methods. The graph at the weather
Washington, May 20. Apropos of
the recent discussion in the senate re
garding the necessity for protecting
the American cottonseed oil industry,
Special Agent Julien L. Brode, of the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
has sent information from Marseilles,
France, that the American "ultimate
consumer" has been using his own cot
tonseed oil for his salad dressing, in
the belief that it was "pure olive oil"
from France. Mr. Brode adds that the
French ptire food Ir.w and the short
crop of olives is going to boost the
price of real olive oil for the "ultimate
consumer."
Those Southern senators who op
posed the placing of a duty on cotton
seed oil, contended that the industry
needed no protection on the ground
that there was no competition abroad,
but Mr. Erode gives a list of oils which
he says compete with the American
oil. He also refutes the contention
that cottonseed oil manufacture is
strictly an American enterprise, by de
claring that cottonseed was being
crushed in Marseilles when it wras oe-
ing thrown away in America. Frace
imports about one-fifth of the cotton
seed oil shipped out of the United
States, and Marseilles is the largest
vegetable oil producer in the world
having forty-five mills, which crush
about 465,000 tons of seed annually, in
addition to the large amount of oil
which is shipped there.
"Most of the cottonseed oil is mixed
with other oils olive, peanut, sesame
and some as 'table oil,'" writes Mr.
Brode. "Olive oil, arachide or peanut
oil and sesame oils are the oils most
used in competition with cottonseed
nil Tew olive oil will not come on
the market until December."
More Riots
arts
bureau this morn-
'r,,most quality, however, ing.
Paris Mav 26. The Revolutionary
Socialists' annual demonstration be
fore the. Communist monument in
the . Pere Lachaise, in which many
dismissed postal employes took part,
,o mo r-ircd lw violent scuffles with
W CIO mm u'-
Mip nnlice.
Manv on both sides were injured
and 20 arrests were made.-
Bentonville, Ark., May 20. Xot only
did the general assembly ot the Cum
berland Presbyterian church declare
its inherence to the principles of pro
hibition Monday, but went a step fur
ther, adopting resolutions declaring
that "no person or set of men who
favor the license or sale of lienor has
the right to accept or receive votes
of Christian men, and a candidate for
office who declines to speak openly
against the traffic deserves not and
should not receive our support."
The afternoon session was largely
devoted to the reading of reporis.
An Indian minister, Henry Bond of
McCurtain, Okla., delivered a sermon
and sang a. hymn, partly in Choctaw
and partly in English.
Pledges for legal funds to conduct
litigation as to church property total
$15,000.
The session concluded with a memo
rial service for deceased ministers, to
night other reports were submitted.
the program being considerably advanced.
Patten Clears
$3,000,000
Chicago, May 20. James A. Patten
will be undisputed wheat king in Chi
cago this week, the closing six days
of his May corner campaign. So far
Patten has only had to pay for 2,
450,000 bushels of cash wheat and
he expects to get 1,200,000 bushels
this week. That will give him all
the contract grade of cash wheat in
Chicago.
A profit of close to $3,000,000 is al
ready secured by Patten and his fol
lowers in this largest play in wheat
since the Loiter deal, but which has
been unlike Leitcr's in sensational
features and from the fact that cash
wheat is scarce.
Holdings of the bull leaders at
their maximum were 18,000,000 bush
els and their followers had over 20,
000,000 bushels. In the three weeks
this month there have been only 1,
250,000 bushels received in Chicago,
of which 1,132,000 bushels came by
lake from Duluth and only 72,000
bushels by rail from the winter wheat
section.
This is the lightest run for this
season, when the high prices are con
sidered and shows to the minds ot
the oldest traders that there is little
wheat back in the country.
Chicago's Pioneer
Citizen Remembered
there being no cloture it
to get the consent of all
evident that the Republicans are nov,
ready to vote. The Democrats are
ready to vote. But the Republicans
with Populistic tendencies are not.
I would not be surprised at anything
the senate might do. It might pass
the bill in two weeks; on the other
hand, it. might take six. lint these
gentlemen who insist on talking, just
talkey, talkey, talkey and to anyone
who follows the debates it must be
apparent that they talk without
knowledge in the main if they insist
on keeping this thing up for six
weeks or two months, to the detri
ment of those manufacturers and
shopkeepers, why, I am inclined to
believe they will get hurt."
Kye witnesses at stopping places of
the railroad during the first days ot
the strike say that instead of stone
ihrowinc. crowds of men from the
j rural districts gathered around the
engines, many of ihem personal
j friends of the ngineers. and pleaded
Lacking Lid
Coney Is Gay
New York, Mav 20
inuuatiiiu in I .Jiin, ji. j? r iiiit 11,
went down to Coney Island Sunday
to watch the police clap on the lid
as threatened by Mayor McClellan's
recent declaration that the Sunday
closing law would be enforced. Those i
who expected a clash between the
law and the showmen were disap-1
pointed, for no friction whatever oc-
curred. All amusement resorts
as usual and only six arrests were
made during the day- Two of these
were peddlers, and two were for vio
lation of the excise laws. The gen
eral gayety of the islxnd was not. dis
turbed, which leads to the belief that
gambling and questionable places
alone are to be molested.
Coney Islanders are happy and pre
dict a passing ot the mueh-talked-of-blue
cloud.
with them not to force the race issue
by continuing to run trains on which
white firemen had been replaced by
negroes. The engineers were given
to understand that it might be very
dangerous to continue Mich runs.
It was learned authoritatively that
the strikers are willing to take out
engines drawing mails u request eu
to do so. They have reserved the
right, however. "to say whether they
will carry passengers at the same
time.
Heavy rains have dealt a heavy
blow to automobile transportation.
i Situation Unchanged.
I Au-r.ista. Ga.. Mav 20 The strike
situation is unchanged. There have
Two hundred ;,f.,.n no ttenmis to om-rate trains on
the oGorgia Railroad. Automobiles
and wa srons used by nearby towns to
obtain supplies were seriously inter
fered with today by rains.
Consul Wynne Resigns.
Bv Associated Press.
"Washington, IJ. C., May 20. Consul
General Wynne, at London, has re
ran ; signed and Consul Griffiths, at Liver
pool, will be nominated to succeed
him.
Governor Back in Raleigh.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, May 26.-Governor
Kitchin returned to the city last eve
ning after an absence of four days,
spent mostly at Scotland Neck with his
relatives there.
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia. May 20. The scout
automobile sent out by the New York
Herald and the Atlanta Journal in the
interest of good roads, left here short
ly after 8 a. m. to-day.
The party expects to reach Gettys
burg, Pa., a distance of 125 miles be
fore ' nightfall. The automobile left
New York yesterday and is making a
tour to Atlanta.
Chicago, 111., May 26. Ferando
Jones, one of the oldest and most
respected citizens of Chicago, cele
brated his 89th - birthday today with
a reunion and reception held in Me
morial Hall under the auspices of
Chicago Pioneers' ' Sons and Daught
ers. Mr. Jones has been closely iden
tified with the growth and progress
of the Western metropolis for nearly
75 years, and many of those who for
a portion of that time have been as
sociated with him either personally
or in a business way were in attend
ance to do him honor.
Fernando Jones, by reason of Ins
Inn? residence and his prominence in
business and public affairs, is re
garded as Chicago's foremost citizen.
Born in Chautauqua county, New
York, in 1824, he came to Chicago in
1835, when old Fort Dearborn was a
conspicuous landmark at the mouth
of the Chicago river and when the
Indians of the vicinity outnumbered
the whites. In the early days of his
residence here Mr. Jones engaged in
trade with the Indians and became
a master of the Pottawatomie tongue.
As a youth he was employed in the
i t and offire ami when ne reaenc-u
his majority he engaged in the ab-
stract business and compiled ab
! stract s of all the titles in Cook
' county. These became enormously
valuable when the official records of
the county were destroyed in the
great Chicago fire. Mr. Jones was
active in civil war days and was one
of those who helped to establish
Camp Douglas, where many Confed
erate prisoners were confined.
Director North P.esigns.
By Associated Press.
Washington, I). C, May 20. S. N.
D. North, director of the census has
resigned. F. Dana Durand. deputy
commissioner of corporations, has
been named as his successor.
North's resignation was the result
of his recent controversy with Sec
retary Nagel.
SEI. IM'ENERY
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JIB.F.SBIPP
, Born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard A.
t Banks, a boy Henry Howard Banks.
Bv Associated Press.
"Washington, D. C, May 2G.-Senator
McEnery. of Iiuisiana, resuming tho
discussion of the sugar schedule, dealt
with the attitude of the Southern states
ami Southern statesmen toward the
policy of proection. He said:
"That there is a change of sentiment
j going on in the South in relation to
j protection was shown recently, and
ji hope that the senators from the
j South who have supported the pro
i tection of every industry in their own
' state may extend the vision of their
horizon and accord protection to all th
great national interests."
After pointing out that the Southern
senators had voted for the duty on lum
ber, which produces a revenue of only
$2,ino.000 annually. Senator McEn-
Bv Associated Press. i ery called attention to the vastly great-
Washington, D. C, May 2.0. If the.er income produced by sugar, which
supreme court ot tne Lnited States yields a revenue or jw.uuo.wf.
on Tuesday sentences former sheriff j "I want to appeal to the Southern
John F. Shipp. and five other residents ' senators." he said. "to abandon their
of Chattanooga, Tenn.. to prison for j absurd ideas and theories of tariff for
contempt of court as the result of the. revenue only- and vote to support the
ivnehing of Ed. Johnson, a negro, the j industries of the United States."
Tennessee congressional delegation Willi If the sugar trust, he said, had vio
probably appeal to President Taft to , lated the law, the guilty men should be
pardon the offenders. put in the penitentiary. "But, why
Informally the case has been dis-j crucify people to bring down ven
cussed by the senators and represen-i c-ance on the sugar trust?" he asked,
tatives but the concensus of opinion' Beveridge's Amendment,
is that no steps should be taken until Senator Beveridge introduced this
the court imposes sentence. J morning an amendment to the tariff
An appeal to the president would j bill, the purpose of which is to prohibit
raise' a unique question as to the au- the tobacco manufacturers or dealers
thority of the president to pardon per- from using any coupon or premium sys
sons who had been convicted of con-' tern to stimulate sales,
tempt. Clay's Amendment.
The exercise of the pardoning power- Senator Clay also introduced an
would be made more delicate in this' amendment to the sugar schiule
instance by reason of the offense being striking out the Dutch standard for
against the head of a o-ordinate "-'ding sugar and fixing a new sched
, branch of the government. ule. a
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