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ROXB0R0, NORTH CAROLINA,
Evening,
19th, 1917.
Number:50-
HAVE YOUR HOME WIRED FOR
ELECTRICITY FOR CHRISTMAS
Vhen he family is gathered around
the fireside Christmas night, wouldn't
jou like to have the cozy glow of elec
trie lamps? What is t your family
wduld appreciate more for Christmas
or would be more sensible gift?
Everything is advancing in price but
electricity. Everything is getting
scarce and hard to get bat electricity.
We can furnish it when you want it
and at no advance in price.
Only a few days before Christmas.
Gite us your order today. ;
The government is urging and ask
ing us to assist in conservation. And
what is conservation but doing without
needless and useless tilings. Why not
help by giving something practical
and useful this Christmas instead of,
the usual useless things we gite. Prac
tically everything electrical is useful
because it has a definite service to per
form. What would be. a more sensi
ble gift than a carton containing 5
lamps? Or an Electric Iron? Or a
Coffee Percolater? Or an Immersion
Coil for heating liquids of any kin&S?
Or aSewing Machine Motor? Or
many other Electrical appliances.
"GIVE SOMETHING USEFUL THIS
CHRISTMAS."
ROXBORO LIGHT &
POWER COMPANY.
AN APPRECIATIVE -
LETTER
Roxboro, N. C. Dec. l&tb, 1917.
insuring Public of Roxboro,
erson ana Adjoining Counties
TO ALL COUNTY FOOD ADMINIS
TRATORS.
Gentlemen :-
We have had complaints from sev
eral points in the State of exorbitant
charges for sugar and other food pro
ducts. We feel that 10 or 10 l-2c a
pound for sugar affords the dealer a
fair profit, but until present condi
tions are relieved Mr. Page has fixed
11c as the maximum that might be
charged in North Carolina. If any
merchants in your county arc charg-
.Jre... an that rp.ricJeioagttrfTrf-
please warn them that they must put
their prices within that figure and if
they persist in profiteering after hav
ing received warning from you please
report their name and 'the circum
stances to this office promptly.
We desire to call ypur attention to
another condition. We have had in-
o.imonuu xiuxii vim county mat a
number of consumers have purchased
sufficient flour to last them until the
next harvest. The Food Control Law
is designed to prevent, and does for
bid, hoarding by consumers and indi
viduals as much as by dealers, and
this office desires any definite inform
ation it can securfe regarding this
practice. Of course the producer of
wiieai oi- any other food product is
privileged to have it ground and, keep
it in his hands as long- gS he desires
but after it passes from the hands of
the producer it is under the control
of the Food Administration and it is
Jmperaive that no hoarding be allow-
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a letter through The Courier;
I am sincerely grateful to each nnp
of my patrons for their unflinching,
wyai support tor the past sixteen
years. The SatterfieH
Agency started business in 1&01 when
there was no regular Insurance Agen
cy in Roxboro. Each year since the
beginning the Agency has increased
its business. The vear'1917
coming to. a close, was the best of all.
I attribute this, to efficient service.
For sixteen years, day in and day out,
we have been on the job. It now
seems as natural as going to meals.
The Agency represents fourteen nf
the strongest and most liberal Fire
Insurance Companies in the United
States and Foreign Countries. It
also represents one life Company. Th
JEFFERSON STANDARD, the stron
gest in the South, anoHends its money
to the community oJHt's policy-holders
thus keeping your monev at.
hme.
The success of the Agency has been
beyond our fond - expectation, for
wnicn w eare under lasting obligations
to our many friends, and I thank sin.
cerely each one who has contributed
to this success and trust to so conduct
the business as to merit a continuance
of their patronage.
I would not forget to mention Miss
Annie Laurie Barnette, my steno
grapher and bookkeeper, who deserves
lots of credit for rendering polite and
cfiicient service to the patrons.
wjsnmg each of you a most pleasant
CALTOLINA NEWS.
Like the balance of this section ou
community is snowed under and verv?
uwie traveling 13 being done. ThifJ
QUESTIONNAIRES Hare been mail
d to registrants from order No. 1 to
scribe helped the boys catch 43 rab
bits last week, and having enough bi
It wuld require a great deal of
timA an1 Awjn 1 4 , .
w write a letter tot i
each, of my patrons. . As it i 1? we snow off 9 miles of the
custom each Christmas
, I am writing Oord. I might do euchvipec. -LOCAL BOARD FOR PER-
WL These must be returned to the
tocal Board in seven days from date
mailing. ..Be sure vou trL vnnr
, ---u up , muies to tneN0 excuse accented and' fidlA t
fi m upninft iu . , . j if.-. w -
- ...Mv....uw fwiiuy mo ruing anu.
turn means prompt inductiod into ser-
$ON COUNTY.
thing toward Roxboro if there were
not so many holes in the road. Remov
ing snow from roads is the best work
that can be done during the winterlOLDIER
months. . IM' :
Willie Sherman "Viivian Corrin arulf Tommorrow the soldier boys in the
Grady Elliott have returned fronv thejt?0118 camPa will be remembered
Army Camp exempted. The latter isf1 a Christmas dinner, that is th6
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GENERAL ALLEN, EX'S
ENTRY INTO JERUSAXBS1.
BOYS REMEMBERED.
GOVERNMENT WILL AID
POSSESSORS OF INCOME
. ; TO FIGURE OUT TAXES.
- : v . . rionaon.uec. iz. in th hohraw.
: Y6u Wont have to figure out your r Commons today Premier . Lioyd--Ge r:
vW w aa Dy yourself Here- rge read the following telegram fxva: -
aiier. ine iovernment is going to General Allenby .dated - Jerusalem,
sena out men to heln vnu. if will twov .- c - ,
be up to you hunt up these men, who: "I entered the eity officially at noon
will be sentinto every county "seat ' today with a few of my staff, .ike"
town, and.,some other towns besides, commanders of the French and ItaT-.
to meet the. people: Postmasters, ! ian detachments the heads of the
bankers and newspapers will be able j itcal missions and the military n-
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recovering from measles. Ernest Da-t
vis another one of our boy is at
,Camp Sevier" arid is connected with
the hospital. Ben Blaine and Wil
liam O'Briant, sons of Augustus
O'Briant are also at Camp Sevier.
Car school closed last Friday for
the holidays and will open again Jan.
1st, North Carolina Day will be celeT
brated after school opens again.
W. T. Calton and family are, visit
ing tnends and relatives in Cleveland!
and Rutherford Counties.
We are delighted with the progress
of our school this year, and favorable
comment is common among the pa
lms
xboro Baptist Sunday School and
the Roxboro Presbyterian Sunday
school will send every boy from this
county, regardless of church affilia
tion, a box containing a bountiful din
ner for his Christmas dinner. That is.
f the parents were kind enough to
send in the addresses of the boys. Ev
ery effort has been made to get the
address of each one, and if your boy
does not get his Christmas dinner it
will not be our fault if you failed to
send in his address.
AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NO
EODY GOOD.
Misses Ragland and Adcock are do
ing some good work that will tell in
the future. Reporter.
Last week the wind was blowing,!
snow was falling thick and fast, and of ?1000 for the
to tell you when the government's
income tax man will be around, and
where to find him. He will answer
your questions', swear you to the re
turn, take your money, arid remove
the wrinkles from your brow. Re
turns of income for 1917 ' must be
made between January 1 and March
1, 1918.
"The , Government recognizes,"
says Collector of Internal Revenue J,
W. Bailey, "that many persons ex
perience a good deal of difficulty in
filhnii out income tVfnTm8 Tf
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cognizes, too, that taxpayers resident
at points where collector's offices are
not easily accessible "find it hard to
get proper instruction in the law.
Next year when every married person
living with wife "or husband and hav
ing a net income of $2,000, and ev
ery unmarried person ' not the -head
of a family and having a net income
yeas 1917 must
EDUCATION
Faithfully yorrs,
S. P. SATTERFIELD
Our Educational Governor C B. Acock
Said Give Every Boy and Girl in
North Carolina an Equal Chance
For an Education.
To The Editor:
Our great school Governor. Charles
B. Acock said every boy and girl
gloom was on all sides in Roxboro, for mke return of 'income on tha- form
hardly had a third of the families in Prescribed, there will be hundreds in
town enough coal to make a decent every community seeking Kent on
the law, and help in executing their
returns. My own and
fire. But when daylight came the fol
lowing morning it was found that the
efforts of the Fuel Administrator had 1 collection district in the natiop will
Vtl$l$ f am; ; r - Set an education. j
Auce is an urgent need for cir
RED CROSS NOTES.
ncuiurn that will educate country
people, for the country as efficiently
as town and city schools.'educate city
people lor the city; one that will dirni
1 he workers of the Red Cross Chan-! Iy country life, create and foster a
ter have decided to meet at the Crow- Iove for the out of dors, and teach in
ell garage - Thursday of Christmas ternls of cuntrv lifeJ ne that is closely
week at the usual hour.
The ladies of the Red Cross met
Thursday Dec. 13th and packed two
boxes of Red Cross supplies, contain
ing the following articles:
First box, 33 sweaters, 17 mufflers,
20 pairs socks, 10 helmets, 30 pairs
wristlets, 24 pairs pajamas, 50 bed
shirts,
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yeen rewaraed and two cars of coal
were placed on the side tracks during
the, previous night. The coal was turn
ed over to the Town authorities and it
was distributed to those most in need,
so, that notwithstanding the ten inch
with the
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'"" "it; me ana needs oi larm
boys and girls, and whose practical
benefit is sufficiently evident to hold
the majority of children in school be
yond the legal school age and enable
them to leave the elementary school
with the 'fundation for an education
which will lead to the intelligent pur
5 operating gowns, 2 nightin-i SUlL whatever vocation they may
gales, making a total of 110 knitted : r "
articles, and 81 hospital garments, j . This kind of education must be fur
Second cox 203 rolled bandap-P or ; nished'to the farmers' children with.
fourtailed bandages, 120 T. bandages, I ?ut the necessity of breaking up the
S80 abdominal bandages and 185 tri
angle bandages, total 1245 bandages.
The ladies have worked faithfully and
were delighted to get this nice ship
larm home, as is the case when child.
ed. Food commodties, where held by ment off. Appeals are coming in dailv
warmers or dealers in amounts
greater than their requirements for
a reasonable period, are subject to
confiscation and we do not hesitate to
say to you, and you need not hesitate
to pass the word along, that those
who attempt to hoard foodstuffs and
to disarrange the whole food situation
m the country will be dealt with
promptly and vigorously.
In any expression regarding this
matter be careful to make it clear
that the actual producer is excepted
insofar as those products raised by
himself arc concerned.
Trusting that you will keep your-
Self J n f aiw , J - i i , . s .
-utlacu ana seep tnis oince in
formed of conditions in your county
with regard to food prices and sup
plies, we are, The Food Committee
fr Person County ask that the peo
ple read this letter carefully, and es
pecially the merchants, and gover.i
themselves accordingly,7 E. J. Tucker,
Chairman.
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Very truly yoavs,
FOOD ADMINISTRATION.
John Paul Lucas
Executive Secretary
for the knitted articles, so anyone
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wno can help us knit, m town or coun
ty, are urged to do so, and we assure
you it will be very much appreciated,
as we are anxius to get off another
lot as soon after Christmas as possi
ble. We were late getting in our wool
and all these articles shipped were
knitted in six weeks. All the sweaters
they can get at headquarters at At
lanta, are being sent to our own boys
in the camps; six thousand having
been sent to Greenville recently. A
new supply of wool is expected in a
few days, and needles can b efurnish
ed at the work room. We want to be
gin work with renewed energy after
the New Year, so let everyone rally
to the great cape of the American
Red Cross.
NORTH CAROLINA DAY.
Announcement"
FIRST BAPTIST ; CHURCH
Reaching Sunday morning. The
B- Y. P. U. will have charge of ' the
evening service. They -promise us
Sod program. Bible school Suri
dy 9:30, J. W. NoeD, Superintendent.
Prayer and praise service .-Wednesday
evening at 7 o'clock, v : , v
The B. Y. P. U desires to "give the
J of the community something for
give you art opportunity to make
ciiii jrui may,-aiiHj-,ior, mus
PPose.' ' BrmganVthfe' toys,
tto''ete:':t;1tivoShrins
Hhirg fur tfcerwr. ' -
Last Friday evening the Roxboro
Graded School celebrated North Car-!
olina Day in a very patroitic manner.
The exercises were greatly enjoyed
by a very large gathering of the citi
zens of the town -and nearby country.
We are very glad that the Superin
tendent gave the town the pleasure of
attending such exercises, for no one
can listen tothe patriotic songs and
loyal recitations without being more
m love with his country, as well as
bis State and County.
towns or cities or town high schools
or the family moves away from the
farm during the school sessions. The
farmer should not be obliged to pay
ior two school systems, one at home
in the form of taxation, and one in the
city iorm ot tuition. The kind of
organization, administration and guid.
ance of public opinion which brings
aoout such results demands that the
county Superintendent and teachers-be
well paid, and receive proper salaries.
The county scool districts should have
high schools and graded schools as
well as the towns.
As Gov. Chas. B. Acock said, give
to each boy and girl in North Carolina
an equal chance.
Unless this is done, Mr. Editor, the
people will continue to leave the coun
try, and flock to the towns, to get
equal educational advantages with
the city people.
Our country sections are being de.
populated each year. Give each child
an equal chance in North Carolina
said C. B. Acock.
Signed "Observer."
Miss Margaret Borden 'returned
Monday to her home in Warsaw after
a visit to relatives here, she was ac
companied to Durham by her aunt
Mrs. S. G. Wmstead and Mr. Sam
Merritt.
The many friends of Mrs. S. P. Sat
terfield will be glad to learn that after
a very successful operation in St.
Luke's hospital, 'Richmond, Va., she
is recovering rapidly and will return
to Roxboro in a short time.
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itars. J . Jti. Dixon and ro. T
way left today for Chatham
spend the holidays with relatives, Mr.
Dixon will join his family the:? -;ho
latter part of the week.
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Misses' Louise v Thompson, Orphie
'iigood, of Randolph Macon Institute
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ren are sent away to the neighboring dD2in oen ot Averett College,
towns nr o.iea v fTTTv. . i 'Danville, Va. will arrive tnmVhf
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v Col. Jno. S. Cunningham left lien .
day morning for Raleigh, after spend
ing sometime in town. , on business.
In a talk with Col.Curmingham he
stated that he had enjoyed Tery much
mas, and Sunday, evei5'mi they I theettera of Mr. A. R. Foushee publ
lished in The Courier from time to
time, and auo patedihat thege letters
should3 "gt5tfe'up''inlook form and
preserved. r 1 "It would be a onuinent
to ?Tr. Fcrfe's r:?w ".'
For Sale.
At Hambrick & Austin's Drug store
Adcock, Warn and gold leaf tobacco
seed, cleaned by "a new machine. Sell
for fifty cents ah ounce. Raised eight
years without fertilize. By
J. W. Ashley, v -Timberlakc,
N. C.
Red Cross Campaign
i - The Red Cross Organization is wag-
mg a campaign this week for new
members. Five hundred new members
is the t portion for this county and ,if
there is any one who desires to join, see
one of the ladies in the Post Eeo;or;
the peoples Bank,-, wherei .theyj hive
booths to solkit new. members.''
orjnizea lor ssrric? m
spend the holidays with home folks
run aALJi ro nice pigs, York
shire and Berkshire cross, $5.00 each
at 6 weeks old. E. G. Slokes, Box.152
ivenonoge, Va 11 1 4t pd
Buy building material of quality
and bank the cost of repairs: Get it
at ROXBORO LUMBER CO., and note
the difference. '
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NOTICE-A meeting of the stockhol
ders of the Person County Fair Asso
ciation is ealed to meet at the Peoples
Bank at 1 p. m. Saturday December.
22nd, 1917. j. s. WALKER, Sec
JOE. H. CARVER, Pres.
Lieut. Guy Winstead left last week
for Camp Green, Charlotte, N. c. at
which -place he will be stationed, after
having received his commisssion as
first Lieutenant :at the second officers
training camp at Fort Oglcthrope.
We are in receipt of a letter from
H. H, Painter of the U. S. Marine
Corps of Paris Island, S. C Mr.
Painter says the boys are looking for
ward to the Christmas boxes to be
sent to the boys from Person. He also
states that the Marine Corps is the
one to join.
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Mrs. P. T. Freeland Jr. and son
BHly accompanied by her nephew Gus
Thomas teft Friday , for Charlotte,
where they will be with relatives for
some time. IfLtfc early part of ihc
ya.Mrr and Mrs. Freeland will "g$
to Henderson, N. C. to make their fa
ture home. It is with regret that the
people o Roxboro' give np this family,
they;have made teir home her or a
number of years and have made many
warm . frknds: . v :; - "
be divided into districts,
county as the unit, and a govern
ment officer informed in the income
tax assigned to' each district. He will
spend hardly less than a week in each
county, and income counties a .'.lon-
e-'ISJSJ5 the.-Coutt:
rroase af the county seat town. In
cities where there are collector's
branch offices, he will be there, and
in other cities possibly at the city
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nan. my ottiee will in due time ad
vise postmasters and bankers and
send out notices to the newspapers
stating when the officer will be in
each county. It will be unnecessary
for prospective taxpayers to ask my
office for forms on which to make re
turns. The officer who visits their
county will have them.
"It may be stated as a matter of
general information that 'net in
come is the remainder after sub
tracting expenses from gross income.
Personal, family or living expense is
not expense in ,4he meaning of the
law, tha exemption being allowed 'to
cuver &jcn expenses.
The new exemptions of $1,000 and
$2,000 will add tens of thousands to
thfi nnmhov rsf irnn i.
yi. , uiLumc taxpayers m
taches - of France, Italy and' America..
"The procession was all afoot and 7
at Jaffa Gate I wife received by the '
guards representing England, Scot-
land, Ireland, Wales, Australia; New1
Zeland, India, France and Italy. The7
population received me well.
"Guards have been place! over the
holy places; My military i governor '
is in contact with the acting custoV
dians and. the Latin and Greek rep- ,
resentatives. The "governor- has "de-'
tailed an officer to supervise the holy
places, me mosque of Omar and the
area around it have been placed un
der Moslem control and a -military cor
don of Mohammedan officers and sol
diers has been established around the
Mosque. Orders haye been issued that -no
non-Moslem is to "pass within the
cordon without permissioif.of the milir '
tary governor and the Moslem in
in charge." .
The telegram also stated that a -pro-'-clamation
in Arabic, Hebrew, EngT
lish, French, Italian, Greek and Rus- '
sian had been posted in the .citadelV '
and on all the walls, proclaiming
malrtial law and intimating that allj
the holy places would be maintained.'
and protected, according to the cos-s'-toms
and beliefs of those with whose)
faith they are sacred." fvV
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In Memory of Jamea Calton Duncan
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191T the death angel visited the homeMr- ' - -
of Mr. and Mrs. James Thaxton and
claimed for it victirii their little grand
son, James Calton. Little Calton was
sick for about six weeks and what he
suffered no one knows. His suffer
ing was gret but he bore it patient
ly. He had. always been in declining
health, suffering form spinal trouble.
Little, Calton was six years nine
months and a few days old. He was
a bright, cheerful little fellow, loved'
by all that knew him. Surely little
Caton is resting" in the arms of the
Saviour. His funeral and burial ser
vice was held at Providence Church
and was laid to rest by the side of his
mother, Ida, as he called her. His re
quest sme.time before he died .was to
be burried by his mother who pro
ceeded him to the grave a few years
ago. Funeral services' were held
by Rev. C. T. Plybon. , The bereaved
grand Barents wish fn h0ir n
this district, inasmuch as practically being so nice and kind during his
every farmer, merchant, tradesman, sickness. A Friend.
proiess:onai man and salary worker
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and a great many wage workers will
be required to make return and pay
LctX.
xivc law maices it the duty of
uie taxpayer to seek out the collector1
Many people assume that if an in
come tax form is not sent, or a gov-
eniraeDt omcer does not call, they
are relieved from , making report.
is uvciueaiy-m error. It is the
other way round. The 'taxpayer has
to . go to the government and if he
doesn't within the time prescribed,
a violator of the law, and the
government will go to him with its
penalties. 4 .
Two Hogs Weigh 10S0 Pounds
Ben W. Pettiford, colored, a sub
scriber to -The Courier, of Bushy Fork
informed us thathe killed .two. hogs
this week that weighed 530 and 500
pounds maaking a total of 1030 for
the two hogs.
Presbyterian Announcements
ALL FORMER EXEMPTIONS
CANCELED BY NEW SE
LECTIVE DRAFT RULES.
"cw regulations every
person registered for selective draft
is restored to his original statusT sec- '
tion 4 stating that all exemptions and
aiscnarges made ; prior to December
15 are revoked. : - y '
The offiee of the Provost Marshal
General declares itlls imperative that
every registrant Itnow his "order
or should have registered oa June the r
5th is charged with a faiowleire of '
the selective service law and addi ¬
tional regulations, and failure to per-
rorm any duty so prescribed is a 1
misdemeanor punishable by imnris-
onment for one year and may result "
m tne loss of valuable fights 5 andr -
priveleges and inimmediatc. induction :
iaw military service. . x
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At. Roxboro Sunday School 9:45
a. m.-Preaching at 11 a. m. The night
service has been called off.
There will be no service by Rev. C
E. White at Caltolina or Allersville
Sunday us previously anaounced.
A woman 9G years old has written 4
the woman's committee" of the Coun- -
cil of National Defense askm-fbr :
war worx because, she save "m a.
w vw uiu w oe a soldier. A girl 9
years' old wants to go Jto France asa
messenger in the Red Cross service.
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Announcements
The fuel administration is authori-&
ior vne. siatemenr that, while the ,4
annual output of cbaLhas bcen'in-:
I creased approximatery 50000,000 tons, t
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. .The pastor of Person Cii siii - thfeincrease In consumption eaiised fwr
preacK at ;Oak tGroveSuriday a--lWOOO' tons.. An mr':
o'clock and at Woodsdale in the after-- 8taice.cied is tha o'thV BethUhem- r
noon at3. He wUl. preach at .Lea's P1 Company, which: demands';.an
rwjry.'. Mwj 'VMguiHiay-'in'.uus: month -r - rvri,vyi,v.; nppxuxiuiaKe-' V
Nit
U elock. THa t,ttw. iJ,uw,OW tons -avear. Th Vnr: V :
ly invited to all these services. ' mandsof public utility; plants, ?;par :
; LOST ALavalliefe andsrhaiW haye. increased 'a thirfb. l-.- -
A;Seir;i& three" pearls 'one pearl droa and'
msTj3asbeen j to Frajsar;ti cno-sapphire,: if found! please return ; Drhre3 TnVSyltzn . 1
hospitals jmnt;to(Kfe Hirs-Hcby Hc3-nf.d -rcrsiro re. HzAfr v'l f 7r T' '
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