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Prion, 40 Osata a Xonta,
CONCORD. N. C TUESDAY. AUGUST 1.1911
Slmcto Oeyy.
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OUK WATTE BUPPLT.
Col Water Creek Will Yield Fins
8pply. Bapply ia City Wells
Diminishing . Present Supply Ade-
suite fw DoMMtic Purposes Onlr
Ob account of the almost nnnie-
eedented drought, no better time
"'. ever presented itself o test the va-
rioua sources of water supply within
tbe piedmont section of North Caiol.
na. As Concord is now' eonirrooi-
iar a. water 'line that will furnmli
' water for this city for probably scon s
, or years. . Superintendent Kutledge
. made an inspection trip along Cold
. Water ereek to ascertain lint hand
this creek's capacity to furnish wa-
ter, even when conditions are' as they
bow are, which is not likely to occur
witnin ' several decades, and he re
ports that he is highly gratified with
the conditions. '' . v
The ereek was inspected for a mile
and a half above where it will be
tapped for the supply.Eight inches of
water was found and it showed a flow
of fifty feet within thirty four sec-'
onus. This measurement was taken
on the surface and no test was made
of the sand bottom, which is from
12 to 14 feet deep and eontainj a
large quantity of water, which would
prove of an rnestiranble value in a
crisis in tbe water situation like the
present. Another feature of the
sand. bottom ia the fas t that it causes
a natural filtration, which is looked
upon by engineers and water experts
aa a decided advantage when the pur
ity of the water supply is considered.
As several streams were eonsider-
, ed when it was decided to enlarge
the water plant an inspection was al
so made of Coddle ereek, which show
ed a flow, where it was found, of 10
feet in ninety seconds, but it was
found to he dry in most places. .
Another fact that tbe drought has
demonstated is that it would im
possible to get a sufficient supply of
water from either of the ' creek or
the river at a time like the present
unless a dam was built.
The "present city water supply is
proving sufficiently adequate for do
mestic purposes only. That is with
an uninterrupted power, and, with
the Catawba river in is present state,
it is doubtful- if the Southern Power
Co, ean furnish, an uninterrupted
current. . Nothing short of this will
l suffice however, aa it is necessary
Jo operate tha pumpy night and day I
10 supply sumcieni waier lor aomes
tie purposes only, and without do
ing this it will be impossible to fur
bish the supply.
.It requires a 50 horse power motor
to operate the air pumps that lift
the water out of the wells and a 150
horse power motor to force the water
to the stand pipe, and it requires
continuous power to keep 4Mb ma
chinery in operation. The stand pipe
can be filled within three hours, but
. the city is straining every resource
to keep a surplus supply of water
on hand in case of fire. There are.
three artesian wells that furnish the
supply, two on Spring street, 150'
feet deep and the other 75Q feet deep
but on the same vain as the larger
well, ' and one at the pump station
850 feet deep. While the supply of
these wells has decreased consider-
ably, there appears no immediate dan
ger of their., becoming exhausted.
Three years ago these wells furnish
ed a supply of 300,000 gallons a day.
Tbe supply how measures about 150,
000 ' gallons. Government statistics
show that wells geographically locat
ed as these are have an average life
of about ten years. And from the
decrease in the city's wells it shows
that it is in accord with the report. -Every
property owner and resi
dent should be extremely careful as
to fire and use every precaution in
this regard; so let thjs be a timely
-warning. .
Situation Serious at Salisbury.
""t' Salisbury, July 3l.-The water sit-
nation in Salisbury has become acute
' and tbe shortage-thut now stares the
-it:o'S in the fuce hu caused much
anxietv An the Dart of the mumoi
v ' pal authorities." Mayor P. MThonip
son has addresed a card to all tili
- sens to save their water ami warns nil
against a waste at this timo. The
supply comes from a ereek neat tin
citv. which has shown a raaiked d
' eline. and. until it rains, the shortage
will increase, v There is talk of run
ning a pipe line to the Yadkin river
north, of Spencer at a cost of $100
" 000, and placing a large filtering
' plant on -the plant. ' ,
A Suggestion to Auto Driven. '
X X has the following in the Sal
isbury Post, which applies every
where just now : - N '
Editor Post Plemite allow through
vour caper a suggestion that the auto
mobile, drivers show some considera
tion for a man who "lives in a bouse
by the side of the road." During
when no water is available for
. sprinkling the dust is simply awful.
' Drivers can win the, ingratitude1 and
praise of many citizens by running
tbeir machines at a low rate of speed
so as to, keep the amount of flying
dust at a minimum. '',
Mr. W. C, Houstim fa visiting rela
tives ia Monroe. . " ; !: ,
DELIGHTFUL HOUSE PASTY.
Jolly Week Spent at Flows A Time
Always to be Remembered,
Written for Tbe Triban.
Tbe young people who left last week
on n boose party trip, chaperoned by
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Robinson, thor
oughly enjoyed themselves and it was
a perfect success ia every way All of
them had tfce time of their young
Uvea. Tbe party was given in the
Burleyson borne at Plowes. - ",
All kinds of amusements were en
gaged in, dancing morning, noon and
night. A grand old-fashioned aquaro
dance' was participated in by all.
with delightful music .furnished
by a darkey with an old ; time
melodious ;. banjo, and every ' one
retired V when daylight was ap
proaching, not to deep, but to think
or the jolly time all were having. A
little country store was . visited daily
by tbe crowd for coco-cola and stick
candy, which was even better than
Huyier'a. Watermelons were to be
had at all times and were delicious.
On Wednesday night at the big square
dance were visitors from town, Misses
Nellie Herring, Mary Griffith, Mildred
Wallace, Louise Means, Frank Morn-
son, Paul Means, Mike Uomseur, of
China Grove. Thursday night, Messrs.
Uowan Dusenbery and Fred Patterson
came out to see the happy crowd. On
Friday a- big barbecue was prepared
by the chaperone, Mr. Robinson, and
Mr. and mm. w. u. ttobinson spent
the day with the jolly house party.
jFTiaay nignt we young men bad a
stag hop, which couldn't have been
surpassed. Several young men came
here from Uamsburtr and took oart
in tlhe dance.
Those who were on this delightful
house arty were Misses Kathleen
Smith, Mary Bingham. Alice Brown.
Helen Archey, Jean Moody, of Rich
mond, Va., Louis Beason, of Lexing
ton, . C. Mrs. Bertha Mood v. of
Richmond, Va., Messrs. Frank Crow-
ell, Wiham Moody, Warren Moody,
William Snernll. Unas. Wadsworth.
John Porter, Cy White, Donald
Smith. Chaperones, Mr. .and Mrs
Graham Robinson. - -
Here's hoping that this meets with
the approval of the entire party and
that we may meet again in the new
future. .
Knights of Columbus Gathering"
Detroit, Mich., August 1. The -an
nual convention of the Knights of
Columbus, which opened here today
with a solemn mass at Holy Rosary
church, has brought thousands of
members of that order to Detroit.
Every State and Territory in the Uni
ted States, the Dominion of Canada,
Mexico, Cuba, fortinco tun. even the
Philippine Islands are represented in
tbe gatbenng and many of the
knights are accompanied by their
wives and daughters. , The convention
will last three days and will be de
voted to business as well as pleasure.
Today was principally devoted to the
reception and registry of the arriving
knights at Columbus clubhouse. The
program for the evening includes a
banquet at the Hotel Cadillac to dele
gates and a minstrel show at the club
house auditorium for the visiting
knights.
Ensign Young Must Report to Nor-
, folk. ,
Washington, Jiuly 31. Dr. Young,
father of Ensign Robert S. Young, Jr.,
Who recently placed the young officer
in a sanitarium suffering from a com
plete nervous breakdown following his
disappearance in New York has been
instructed by the Navy Department to
have the young man report to 'the
commandant of the Norfolk navy yard
wnen be is physically alble to do so.
A court of inquiry will probably , be
necessary to determine what action, if
any, shall be taken in the case. .
- ' Dane Last Night -
;" There was a delightful informal
dance at the Elks'Jiome last even
ing. Those dancing were: Misses
Ashlyn Lowe, Jean Moody, Hohi Ar
chey, Louise. Means, Louise Reason,
of .Lexington, -and , Alico Brown;
Messrs. Ross Cannon, William, and
Warren Moody", John Porter, Fred
Patterson, Eugene Bamhardt, Gowan
Dusenbery, Luther Brown and Frank
CrowelL Chaperones: Mrs. J. W,
Cannon, Mr. and Mm. E. T. Cannon,
Mrs.. S. J. Lowe and Mi. and Mrs.
E. C. Barnhardt.
The
proverbial "million dollar
rain" soaked Minnesota and the
Northwest Sunday. From points in
every state in the wheat belt eame
the reports that water enough to
eary growing crops through the
crucial state has fallen," The Winona
potato growers assert the rain there
for the late crop; Advices f from
North Dakota say that a good flax
erop is assured. v r
All records for high temperature on
the Mojave Desert were broken early
last : week, when , the thermometer
reached 140 degrees at Salt Basin in
Death Valley.; " :.-
- Mr, John Cannon is visiting friends
n Winston-Salem. ; -
. XX POLICE OOTJRT.
Duncan Cook Up Oa a Charga of Lar-
eeny and Sailing Liquor,
Duncan Cook, a frequ-nt offender
in police circles, is again in the limbo
and will have to satisfy the court be
yond a reasonable doubt that be k
not guilty on tbe charge of larceny
and selling liquor before be is allow
ed his freedom. From the facta that
have been given out concerning tbe
ease it seems that Cook and L. C.
Canop a young man from the coun
try, were together yesterday after
noon and night. When the timo came
for Canup to go home he states that
Cook induced him to spend the night
here. The two securing adjoining
rooms at the St. Cloud.
; The following faet are from tbe
account of the robbery as told to Po
liceman feloop, who made tbe arrest:
Canup stated that he was awakened
by Cook and told to get up ae it was
time for him to go home. He got np
and eame to tbe front of tine hotel,
where be looked at his watoh and
found that it was 2 o'clock and when
be put his watch in his pocket he
sed his money. He told Police
man Sloop of tihe matter and he ar
rested Cook. Cook declared that he
was innocent and told tthe officer to
search him. He was searched but no
money found. Cook was locked up,
however, and during the morning he
told the officer where the money was,
and he in company with the police
man went to the lear of Gibson Drug
Store, where tfhe wallet containing the
money was found in a coal box. It
ia believed by the officers that Cook
put it there while Canup was report
ing the matter to Policeman Sloop.
Canup stated that he 'had $12.00 when
he went to bed but only $9.00 was re
covered. Cook is hlso. charged with
buying a fiint of liquor for Canup
during the evening.
John Koonce, colored, was fined
$24.88 for being drunk and firing his
ttristol at .his home near Lovetown.
Good Roads Picnic at Earrisburg.
At the last meeting of the Harris
burg local of the Farmers' Union, we
decided that the most important thing
confronting all our ,cople today was
tbe permanent improvement of our
public- highways. And in order to
arouse, the feople to-a duller: concep
tion of what we were loosing by bad
roads, it was agreed that we would
have a "Good Roads Picinc" at Har
risburg on Wednesday, the 23rd day
of August.
We hope to have with us some of
the best informed load builders in
the state, and also some one from the
National Bureau of Public Roads, to
make addresses on the subject of im
proving our common dirt or clay
roads.
Everybody interested" in the improv
ed condition of our roads is invited to
be present and help along a good
cause;
Everybody interested in the improv-
tain the crowd, and as many as can
will be expected' to bring baskets and
a regular picnic dinner will be spread.
itetreehment8 will be served on the
grounds at moderate prices. Let all
who are interested in the improvement
of our roads andi the uplift of rural
conditions come and help us enjoy the
day.
Very rospeotfully,
W. W. AUTAN,
L. H. QUAY,
J. E. THOMPSON,
Committee.
The Farmers' Institute. "
The fanners' institute is in session
here today and a ,'arge crowd of farm
ers and their wiv s are in attendance.
Tii session for the men is being held
at the court bouse as we go to press
and the the following in the program :
boil Improvements and Legumes
E. S. MiUhaps.
Poultry on the Farm J. P. Kerr.
Plant Diseases und Spraying Dr,
F. L. Stevens. .
General discussion.
The ladies meeting was held at the
Elks' Home and most interesting
talks on tle following subjects were
bad: v ,
Health in the Farm Home Mrs.
Emelia Orr. . .:
The Cooking of Meats Mrs. Char
les McKinnon. " 1
Moral Training of Our Children
Mrs. Orr,
A report of the. meetings will ap
pear tomorrow. ' ,
Change In Express Business.
i New York,' August 1. In accord
ance with arangements - previously
made the Wells-Fargo Express Com
pany today took over the business of
the Pacific Express Company, whicit
has-been operating over the Wabash.
Wheeling Lake Erie, Misssouri Pa
cific, Iron Mountain, Cotton, . Belt,
Texas & Paoiflo and International &
Great Northern railroads. : v -
Believe Hospital in New York has
established n training school for mid-
wives. : Tho fact that the stork made
52,000 visits to United States homes
in 1910, without a doctor to welcome,
Convinced Bellevns f the need. - .
PZRSOXAL HXVTXOX.
.Boms af tao Peopl Est and ZUa
' wkare WW Ceeas and Oa.
Mr. Carl Spears has returned from
a week's visit to Jlontreat.
Mt. Roy. Duncan, of Norfolk, Va.,
is vwiitng fneads n toe cty.
Miss Elma Byles has returned from
a visit to friends in Charlotte.
Miss Ashlyn Lowe wil leave to
morrow for Lancaster to visit friends.
Mr. E. Y. Correh has returned to
his home in Ranyod.'
Miss Olivet Cline and Carrie Heilig
are visiting friend in Wilmington.
Mr. and Mrs. J, A. Cannon are
spending the day ia Winston-Salem.
Miss Helen Suther has returned
from Durham, wheio has been vis
iting relatives. -
Mro. H. B. Slack, of Mebane, is vis
iting her parents, Rev. and Mrs. N. R.
Richardson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Allison left last
night for Atlantis City to spend sev
eral weeks.
Miss Annie Belle. Mills, o2 States
ville, is visiting Miss Emma Cannon,
of No. 2 townshp.
Miss Sallie Murr, of Charlotte, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. George M.
Murr, on East Depot street.
Mr. Ernest Porter left this morning
for Greensboro- where he will enter
Page's School of Pharmacy.
Miss Hattie Ross ias returned from
Sanford, wiero she has been vriting
her mother, Mrs. J. Id. Ross.
Mrs. J. C. Hill, who has b.en visit-
ii.g Mrs. W. C. Correll, iics returned
to her homo in Abbeville, S. C.
Messrs. W. W; Flowe, V. R.
Archibald and W. S. Bingham have
gone to Linville to spend a week.
Mr. and Mir F. J". Haywood, Jr.,
Mrs. R. O. Burton and Miss Burton
will leave Friday for Blowing Rock.
Mr. F. B. Crooks', of Jacksonville,
Fla., arrived this morning to visit his
mother's family here for two weeks.
Miss Lucy Brown will arrive to
morrow from Tarboro where she has
been visiting Miss-Elica Pender for a
rortnignt.
Miss Bessie Bangle will leave Sat
urday for Portland, Me., to visit Miss
Alice Hersey. Miss Bangle will also
visit in New York.
Misses Carrie Heilig and Ollie Jane
Cline left this morning for Wilming
ton, where they will visit relatives for
a week.
Mrs. George Riehmond and little
son, Caleb, of Valdosta, Ga., are vis
iting at the home of Judge Mont
gomery. Mrs. Grover Love has returned from
No. 10 township, where she has been
visiting her father, Mr. Bunyan
Green.
Samuel Pemborton, wiho has been
visiting at the home of Dr.W.D.Pem
berton, will leave tonitflt fo" Freder
ickshurg, Va., to visit relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Deal audi son,
Walter, who have been visiting at the
home of Mr. John W. Cline, have re
turned to their home in Salisbury.
Rev. J. Walter Simpson left this
morning in his Maxwell car for Rock
Hill, S. C, on a visit to his father,
Dr. I. Simpson, who is an invalid and
is reported much worse.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Robinson are
sp' nding the day in Salisbury. They
intended to go on No. do, but missed
the train and were taken up by Mr. L.
E. Boger in his automobile.
Mrs. C. W. Hopkins, of Atlanta, is
visiting at the home of Mr. T. F.
Hopkins. She will go from here to
Pittsburg, where she will join her
husband and go from there to Niagra
Falls. -
If ITi J QUESTION,
or unrr-ons a
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'OONOORD NATIONAL BANS
Capital 1100,000 Surplus $39 0'
- Deposits.
4 Per Cent, Interest Paid on Tim
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MILLS SHUT DOW.
Drought Closes 162 Plants In The
Carolina. Can't Get the Power.
Charlotte, Jury 31. As a elimax to
the unprecedented drought this sec
tion ia experiencing, 152 cotton mills
in North and South Carolina shut
down today because the water in Ca
tawba river is so low the Southern
Power company cannot supply the
plants with power.
. It is estimated that 70,000 opera
tives are thrown out of employment.
It is expected that work will be re
Biany weeks since rain of any conse
quence baa fallen anl local weather
bureau records show a deficiency of
mis section.
Creeks which have not rone drv in
45 years are mudholes, and distress
among the rural population depend
ent for water on wells is great.
Mountain streams to tbe west, upon
which flouring mills, tanneries and
cotton mills are dependent for now
er, have dwindled to mere brooks in
some instances, and many enterprises
have been torced to shut doWn. Crops
are burning up in the fields. Many
iarmers in tnis and adjoining coun
ties, despairing of a corn crop, have
chopped down the young corn and
are using it lor feed, while the hot
winds are playing havoc with the cot
ton Cities and towns to the north and
west of the city are facing the or
deal of a water famine that this city
is now experiencing. At Salisbury,
Concord,, bpencer, Monroe, Wades',
boro and othere places the water sup
ply problem has reached tbe serious
stae and measures of economy are
being rigidly enforced. The situa
tion in Charlotte has not been im
proved materiiilly, thonsrh the author
ities are working night and day on the
problem.
1 eehng that the distress of the peo
ple is not being relieved as promptly
as wns hoped by means of tank trains
from the river at Mount Holly,
the offers of water from Gastonia,
Shelby and Liucolnton were today
accepted and tank trains tonight
brought in a0,(00 gallons from each
place. This is being pumped into the
city mains by means of fire engines,
and an additional steamer borowed
from Columbia, S. C, will augment
the local fire apparatus in this work
tomorrow. It is hoped by Wednes
day to resume an economic service
through the mains. It has been cut
offlf since early Friday.
Special prayer services for rain
were held in churches throughout the
section yesterday. There was a brief
shower this afternoon and rain is fall
ing lightly tonight, with atmospheric
onditions that promise relief.
Mississippi Primary.
Jackson, Miss., August 1. A Dem-,
ocratic primary election is being held
throughout Mississippi today tor the
purpose of nominating a United
States senator, members of the legis
lature and State officials. The three
cornered senatorial fight, in. which
Senator Leroy Percy, ex-Governor
James K. Vardaman and C. EL Alex
ander are the rival contestants, is
the all-absorbing feature of the elec
tion. '
We again ask our good friends,
when telephoning to the office, to
give the message to the one who ans
wers the 'phone, whenever it is pos
sible to do so. Miss Sue Nicholson is
always in the office near the tele
phone, and will be glad to take any
item of news or other message.
Medium
Figure Try
Extra Long
American Lady
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Fishers
STCLEASS OVER A MILLION.
Gratifying Increase Shows in Amount
of Pre party Listed for Taxes. In
Cabarrus.
The following is the aggregate
amount ox real and personal property
listed for taxes this year in tbe va
rious townships:
Ward 3. 390,060; increase, 38,154
Ward 4. 896,511; li-crease, 93,188
No. 1 $ 441.665: increase. 1133.204
No. 2... 491.071: inert. 112JUK
No. 3 288,971; increase, 80,387
io. 1,0441; increase, 86,469
No. 5 205431; increase, 33,773
No. 6... 208,995; increase, 41,695
No. 7 169029; increase, 36.711
No. 8 477,062; increase, 76,182
No. 9 259,650 y increase, 53,734
No. 10.w 520,179; increase, 119,818
No. 11.. 510339; increase, 100,273
Ward 1.1,034,630; increase, 50,606
Ward 2. 623,966; increase, 57,201
7,362,565
1,122,763
To Probe Postal Rates.
New York. Auirust 1. The mem
bers of the commission appointed by
rresiaeni rail, to examine the re
ports of the Post Office Department,
its officers, amenta and emnlnvmi. nnrl
the exisiting evidence taken in res
pect io me cost to the Uovernment of
the transportation unH handling f
all second-class mail matter, and such
evidence as may be presented by per
sons having an interest in the rates
to be fixed for niwnnd-Alnaa mottar
of Associate Justice Charles E.
Hnghes, of the United States Su-
nreme Ponrt. rhnirmAn! A I awranna
Lowell, of Harvard University, and
it ti . .
narry a wneeier, vice president or
the United States Trust Company
of Chicago. Colley E. Bell is the
secretary of the commission. The re
port is to be made to President Taft
on or before December 1.
Mrs. E. S. Foil returned yesterda
from Spencer, where she went to at
tend the funeral of the infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Nussman. Those
attending from Concord and Mount
Pleasant were: Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Foil, J. C. Foil and son, Fran
cis, Mr. and Mrs. A. Nussman, Misses
Nina and Lillie Nussman, Mrs. Sal-
lie Misenheimer and little daughter.
IT'S A
GOOD
ONE!
Make it a Rule to make our
Store your headquarters.
We Buy and
Sell
Everything.
We save you money.
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Pleasant salespeople to show
you. Ask for what want,
ew have it. ; v
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Forty Veterans Leave Tain Xcnlag.
Per WOnrfnfton,
Forty members of th Cabarrus
Camo of Confr.U-L Vln.. L.ft
I this morning for WUmingtosi im.
' chanre of Commander H R PiAi tr
attend the State reunion. Tbe Veter
ans choir is among t jo party - and '
their musis is now a special featur
of all reunions. ' Those in the party,
were: D. C Dayrault, W. M. Wed
dington, D. A. Caldwell, C A. Pitta,
S. R. Andrews, & O. S. Miller, a B."
Parks, a C. Caldwell, John VM
S. W. White, J. C. Thompson, M. M.
Gillon, Rev. Jacob Simpson, P. R.
Lents, C. W. llman. IL CL McAllie.
ter, O. V. Manaey, J. C. Johnson. J.
R. Bradford, W. H. Hudson, J. W.
Walker, William Hunsaekar, Neal .
Ovcrcash. Robert RIxJ-mIv Tt If
Safirt, A. L. De more us, Joto Lowry,
w. A. uavia, O. W. Isenbour, P. C
Earnhardt. CUvmrn Rnat. J ft Rm
M. B. Goodnight, B. & Gray, C. Hol
shouser, P. M. Faggart, Joan Cook,
C. R. WILite, Alfred Klntts and C. F.
Walker. -. .
Alliance Want. ts Unite wttk rnrm-
rs Union.
Seiisbum Julv 28. Just before ad
journment last night tbe North Caro
lina Farmers' Educational and Co
operative Union fleeted the following
delegates to the national convention,,.
wiucn leets at Shawnee. Oklahoma,
the first Tuesday in September: Dr.
H. Q. Alexander of Mecklenburg, C. .
a Wright of Wilkes, J. Z. Green of
Union, K. J. Farns of Gaston, J. M.
uox ol rltt, T a. Hill of VinrUina.
Va.; alternates, J. M. Templeton of
Wake, P. E, Shaw of Duplin, A. F.
tar bo rough ol torsyth, a. A. Earn
hardt of Rowan, A C. Shuford of Ca
tawba, R. L. Nunn of Stokes.
A representative of the State
Farmers Alliance was present last
night and made overtures to, units.
with tbe f armers Union. The mem
bership of the alliance af present is
small A committee was named to
investigate the matter and report at
a future meeting. The State, meet- '
ing of the alliance will be held at
Hillsboro Thursday of next week.
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