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VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 30
Large Crowds
Are Attending
Local Revival
I)r. A. F. DeGafferelly
Continues to Draw
Large Audiences
The evanglistic services at the lo
cal Christian Church continues with
increased attendance each night.
Dr. A. F. DeGafferelly, the evan
gelist, preached Tuesday night on the
subject, "A Stranger at Your Door."
The speaker aaid that Jesus has
condescended to come down and to
come within the touch of all men with
His grace and love; that God sent
His Son to teach men that He was
always near to those who seek Him,
but those who refuse to pen the door
and invite Him in were as far from
God as the remotest stars of the
heavens. Continuing, Mr. Gafferelly
said that while we have some imagina
tion of the wonders that God has cre
ated on this earth and the things sur
rounding us, when it comes to think
on the .marvelous love, mercy, power,
beauty and glory of God it is far be
yond the power of the human mind
to describe.
The fact that Jesus, the King of
earth and heaven, comes down and
places Himself on a level with man
and offers His own love to replace any
evil or hate in their hearts is a mar
vel, and the fact that He knocks so
leng and so patiently is evidence of
His great love, even for the vilest of
men. t
Jesus knocks at the heart of every
man fojr the purpose of presenting
him with an abundance of wealth, not
in silver nor gold, houses nor land,
but with light and life, peace and par
don, hope and joy and eternal glory.
Mr. DeGafferelly described the
friendship of Jesus as one who knows
all about you and still loves you;
how He loves you in prosperity, in
adversity, in time of joy and sorrow.
He always loves. Yet if you would
rfeeive that love, you must answer
the call. Some time it will be too
late. If we fail to open the door
when Jesus calls, He will fail to open
the door when we call, and amp, "De
part, I know you not."
The sermon Wednesday night was
cn "Is Conscience a False Guide?"
The evangelist based his remarks on
the words of St. Paul in his defense
before the Jewish Sanhedrin when he
said, "I have lived in all good con
science before God until this day."
Dr. DeGafferelly said that we often
hear the experssion, "Let conscience
bf. your guide, but alone conscience
is not a safe guide. Conscience de>
pends on other guides, and if it alone
could lead a man aright, we'd need
nc Bible nor preaching, and Christ's
coming to the earth was unnecessary.
Conscience depends upon knowledge
or education. Men know what they
are taught Conscience also depends
upon experience, memory, the influ
ence of others, conviction. Conscience
is not a safe guide, because some
consciences are seared or branded as
with a hot iron. St. Paul said, con
cerning the Romans who had sinned,
"Their senseless heart was Hardened."
Conscience does not dictate what is
r>ght or worng. That depends upon
faith, and faith upon the Word of
God. Conscience alone la not a safe
guide, because it does not present one
from doing wrong. One might over-1
ride it and do evil In spite of it Is |
a man responsible for the condition
of his conscience? Yes; he can see
that it is properly edocated by study
ing the Bible."
Last night Evangelist DeGafferelly
brought a very helpful and instructive
seimon on the important question,
"What Is the Change of Heart?" He
said that this subject is much mis
understood and has led to some be
ing condemned with having head re
ligion and not heart religion. "11l
make this suggestion," he said," You
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SATURDAY
I GEORGE O'BRIEN
in
I The BLUE EAGLET
I A great fight pic-
I ture with a thrill in
I every foot of it.
Also
I Two - Reel Comedy
And the Serial
1 Always a Good Show
THE ENTERPRISE
Last-Minute Rush Expec.
By Local License Buteau
200 License Plates Sold Up to Last Night; To Give
No Extension of Time This Year
"Present indications point to a
rush for license tags," stated Messrs.
J. D. Woolard and N. C. Green, man.
agers of the local license bureau last
night. When the bureau closed yes
terday approximately 200 tags had
been sold, and there are around 34200
more to go. The sales of the local
bureau have reached into four coun
ties, Washington, Beaufort, Martin,
and Bertie". Sales to local people, ac
cording to bureau officials, have been
very light, in fact almost negligible
thus far. With such conditions, noth
ing but a last-minute rush can be ex-'
Pected. (
Reports from many of the 35 bu
reaus state the conditions to be prac
tically the same as they are here.
No extension of time will be grant
ed to procure license plates this year,
and with no days of grace the last
Store Entered;
Two Arrested
Trail Car Used in Rob
bery by Rim Track;
i One Escapes
Thieves broke into the little store
of J. D. Bond, who lives on the Green
ville road, near the old county home
Saturday night, and took practically
his entire stock of groceries, consist
ing of candy, chewing gum, snufT, to
bacco, sugar, flour, canned goods, etc.
They were not satisfied with taking
his merchandise but took his store
fixtures as well. Three negroes have
been arrested and are charged with
entering the store.
Mr. Bond, with some of his neigh
bors, and Deputy Sheriff Grimes went
to tfie store Sunday morning, and
took up the track of the automobile
that had been to the little store and
which was running with no tire on
j one wheel. They followed the trail
I to near the Everetts road, where an
other tire htd gone bad, forcing the
thieves to run on two rims instead
of one. From then on the trail was
easy to follow. It lead to the home
of John Purvis, an old colored man,
near the McNaughton Mill. He told
the officers that his boy and some
others in the neighborhood had used
the car and did not return it until a
bout 4 o'clock that morning. One or
the boys had gone barefooted on the |
trip, and his tracks had been seen at |
several places along the trail. He
was found still barefooted. They
were all found at another place; two
of them were arrested and placed in
jail; the othei one ran and is still at
large.
It seems to be a growing habit foi
gangs to break into country stores.
Methodist Services
At Hamilton Sunday
The regular service at Hamilton
SuiM'ay morning will be held at 11
a. m., but there will be no evening
service there on 'account of the spec
ial service at the Episcopal Church
at that time.
J. S. Whitley Buys
Local Lumber Plant
Mr. Jesse S. Whitley has bought
the Roanoke Supply Co. property
from Mr. V. G. Taylor.
After the firm went into bankruptcy
lost year, Mr. Taylor bought the mill
and equipment and has operarted it
since, but as he has so many other
affairs could not give it his personal
attention and the plant to Mr.
Whitley, who will take it over Mon
day. He expats to increase the op
erating force t»nd increase the output
o.' the mill.
J ask church folk, and even some
( preachers, what is the change of
heart and see how far from Scriptur
al are ,many of the answers. What is
the heart, according to the Bible T
Not the fleshly organ on which the
body depends for life. The spiritual
heart is the mind, or intellect, and
understands, reasons, and believes.
The heart also loves and is the seat
of affections. It also wills, and, last
ly, it condemns. How is the heart
changed? Not hy prayer. The in
tellect is changed by testimony. The
affections are changed by love. The
will is clianged by motive, and the
conscience is changed by right do
ing. The result is faith, devotion, de
cision, peace and satisfaction."
The subject for tonight is, "Can a
Man Be Saved Without Joining the
Church?" There will be no services
tomorrow night. The sermon themes
for Sunday will be, in the morning,
"Going Forward With Christ," and in
the evening, "What and Why I Be
lieve."
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x Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, June 10,1927
minute rush has a bright future of be*
ing the greatest yet experienced by
the license bureaus. A letter to the
local office from C. W. Roberts, vice
president of the Carolina Motor Club,
states that R. A. Doughton, State
commissioner of revenue, has assured
the motor organization that there will
be no extension of time to procure
plates. Heretofore, it has been cus
tomary to allow car owners who fail
to secure tags by July 1 several days
of grace, but this will be dispensed
with this year.
The bureau here will remain open
through the month of July, but after
July 1, according to officials, it will
sell tags for cars sold by dealers af
ter that date. The commissioner's
statement to Mr. Roberts says that
all cars sold before July 1 trust have
the new tags by that date.
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Order Extension of
.Town Water Lines
The Board of Town Commis
sioners held a special meeting
Thursday, when, after disposing
of a number of minor matters,
the question of extending a wa
ter line along Washington*
Street came up for considera
tion.
After fully discussing the
question, the board ordered the
extension built. The cost is es
timated at around )3,200, and
will give lire protection to a
large section not now served
and the use of water to all that
section of town.
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Confesses to
Killing Baby
Oscar Wynne States He
Killed Child While
Victim,of a Fit
Oscar Wynn, who., was placed in
jail two months charged with
killing his 5-days old baby on Sunday,
April 10, at his home two miles from
Cross Rouds, has confessed his guilt.
He attempts, however, to shield him
self by saying that some time in the
forenobn he felt something like a fit
"coining on" him and rushed toward
the bed. He says that gome time af
ter that he regained consciousness
and found his arm across the baby's
neck. He claims to have had fits on
previous occasions.
He will be placed on trial for the
offense on the 20th of this month at
the regular term of court.
New Law Forbids Cars
Chasing Fire Apparatus
The new automobile law forbids
any automobile to follow any fire
fighting apparatus traveling in re
sponse to a fire alarm closer than one
block. It also forbids parking any
such vehicle within one block of
where fire apparatus has stopped in
answer to a fire alarm.
This statute seems to be very ap
propriate, as it is the general habit
to crowd the streets with vehicles
just as soon as an alarm is turned in
and some drivers will deliberately
trow (I and jam up with their cars,
and in many cases run over the hose.
Getting in the way of the firemen
is not near so bad as endangering
the lives of people by theirTapid
driving.
Everetts Woodmen
To Meet Monday
The regular meeting of the Modern
Woodmen Camp, of Everett*,, will be
held Monday.night, June 13, at which
time there mil be an iniMation, a*
there are two candidates to be taken
through the forest.
All members of the camp are urged
to be present, and a cordial invita
tion to all Woodmen to attend.
.Sunday Services at
Christian Church
Rev. A. J. Manning, Pastor
Sunday school session at 9:46. W.
C. Manning, general superintendent
All those who do not attend Sunday
school elsewhere are invited to at
tend. The attendance goal is 150.
Help to "reach it
Morning worship at 11 o'clock. Se»
mon by Dr. A. F. DeGafferelly, of Dan
vilie, ill. Subject: "Going Forward
With Christ."
Evening evangelistic service at 8
o'clock. Sermon theme, "What and
Why 1 Believe."
State Dentist *
Finishes His
Worl# Today
Reports Show Actual
Work Done Worth
$2,314.00
•' Today brings to a close u nine
weeks dental campaign in this coun
ty, and that it has been of much
value is clearly shown by the figures
completed by Dr. L. 11. Butler, who
has been carrying on the work under
the supervision of the State depart
ment of health. Should the children
of 'he county who have had treat
ment had gone to practicing dentists,
an amount equal to $2,413 would have
been spent. Hut Dr. Itutler did not
measure the campaign in any such
terms. He attached fch value of the
campaign to the word, "educational,"
and he stated that from that stand
point, children all over the county
have avoided much trouble and ex
pense and will be more able to care
for their teeth in the future.
When asked how he found condi-]
tions throughout the county, the doc
tor stated that there are very few
school children who for their
teeth as they should, and that as a
result diseased gums are evident and
decayed teeth arc numerous.
The reports to the Stute depart
ment, including the one for yesterday,
showed that 810 children had been ex
amined, 651 teeth filled, 337 teeth ex
tracted, which when figured at a low
cost for each operation would amount
to $2,413.
The reports show large flguies tn
certain instances and small ones in
ethers, and where they seem out of
proportion it must be remembered
that the examinations were only giv
en to children between the a*es of fi
"and 12 years of age. At that period
there are few teeth that ure perma
nent.
Besides making these examinations,
Dr. Butler has made lectures in prac
tically all the schools of.the county.
Visiting each room in these schools,
he has stressed the importance of
properly caring for one's teeth and
insisted that the children make a prac
| tice of brushing their feeth regularly.
Of the 28 schools in the county, 15
have been visited. Where the doctor
could not get to the schools on ac
count of the short allotment of time,
| the chidren have had the opportunity
j to call at other schools in their town
! ships for examination. Dr. Butler
j states, however, that the work is not
1 near complete, and that two dentists
would have to work several months
in the county to correct the condi
tions now existing in children's
mouths.
Dr. Butler is in Farmele today,
end he will leave here tomorrow morn
ing for Raleigh, where he wil be giv
en a new territory, probably a county
in the western part of the State.
Supt H. M. Ainsley
At Summer School
Prof. H. M. Auinsley, superintend
ent of the Oak City schools, with his
fiimily, passed through here Tuesday,
en route to Chapel Hill, where he will
take a course in advanced education.
Mrs. Ainsley will take a course in
handicraft and community singing;
I ar.d their son, Ira, will continue his
work toward his A. B. degtee in edu
cation.
Professor Ainsley said that all
the teachers had been secured for the
Oak City school, for the next term,
except for the second grade and the
teacher for high-school history and
science. He said he hopes to make the
1927-28 session better than ever.
Bishop Darst to be at
Local Church Sunday
The Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst,
Lishop of the Diocese of East Caro
• Una, will visit the Church of the Ad
, vent here Sunday and will preach at
j that church at the morning service.
He will also preach at Holy Trinity
Mission in the afternoon and at Ham
ilton Sunday night. He will confirm
classes at the local and Hamilton
churches.
Bishop f)arst's last visit to Wil
liamtfton was just a year ago. His
work now calls him front his regular
Diocesan duties, as he is at the head
of the evangelistic work of hia church
in America, which takes much of ht»
time.
Sunday Services for
Baptists of Everetts
Everetts, June 10.— Members of
the B. Y. P. U. will have charge of
the preaching service Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock, at the Everetts
Baptist Church, in the absence of the
pastor, having as their program top
ic, "Training in Service."
The evening service, at 7 o'clock,
will be conducted by Mr. 1. K. Moore,
of Hobgood. • The public is invited to
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Larger Schools Are Cheaper
According to County Figures
Final Settlement
By Cotton Co-ops
The North Carolina Cotton
Growers Association will have a
representative at the city hall
in Williamston, on Monday,
June 20, at 10:30 for the pur
pose of making final settlement
with all Martin County mem
bers for their 1926 cotton. All
farmers who delivered cotton
are asked to be present and re
ceive settlement.
. The association will settle
with its Beaufort County mem
bers on June 16 at
Bertie County farmers will be
paid at Windsor on the after
noon of June 20.
I Windsor Gets
I Branch Office
Ahoskie Loses Office of
East Carolina Cham
ber of Commerce
Directors of the Northeastern di
vision of the Kast Carolina Chamber
of Commerce met at the Atlantic
Hotel here Wednesday night. Newell
G. Bartlett, secretary, was present,
and representatives from most of the
towns in this .taction.
Headquarters for this division will
be established at Windsor, where an
all-time sees eta ry will be located. A
meeting will be held in that town on
the 21at, when the office will be for
mally opened. Ahoakie has been the
headquarters fur some time, but the
office there will be discontinued with
,the establishment of the one at Wind
sor.
Only three Windsor, Au
-1 under, and Kelford, bid for the loca
tion of the new headquarters, Wind
sor winning out by a very small mar-
Kin over the others. Williamston
either forgot to bid or the bids were
opened before she woke up.
Sunday Services at
Memorial Baptist
"What About the Sins Which the
Christian Commits?" will be the sub
ject at the Baptist church Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock, and the text
for the theme is found in IJohn, 2:1,
rinding like this: "And if any man
sin, we have an advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous."
Many people are interested in this
theme, and all such will be welcomed
at the church Sunday morning.
Because of the series of meetings
which are going on at the Christian
church, there will be no services dur
ing the continuation of the .special
services. J
ft will delight the pastor' the
church if his people will go to these
services a very great deal. The Chris
tian church has been very gracious in
its relationships with our church. And
now is a good time o return every
courtesy and to join with them in
making the meeting a blessing to the
entire community.
First Williamston Girl
To Graduate at N.C.C.W.
Miss Emma Bell Harris returned
home Tuesday from Greensboro. Miss
Harris brought with her a diploma
from the North Carolina College for
Women, evidencing the completion of
the full four-years A. B, course.
Miss Harris the first Williamsrton
C.irl to complete the full course. A
lurge number of girls from the town
have taken, the normal course of two
and some bf three yean>.
Jamesville 4-H Club
In Regular Meeting
(By Kuby Gurkin, Secretary)
Last Friday the 4-H dub held its
regular meeting in the Jamesville
high school building. Out of a total
number of thirty members on roll,
twenty-seven enthusiastic workers
were prevent, leaving only three ab
sent with an ample excuse of illness.
At this particular meeting, which
also explains the characteristics of
all the preceding ones, each girt cat
pressed an eager, willing and atten
tive attitude toward the demonstra
tion which was being made by our
leader and home demonstrator, Miss
Anna Trentham.
Having completed a course in sew
ing during the fall and winter, with
the approach of spring our needlee
were very reluctantly placed aaide,
waiting to be taken up again at Miss
Trentham's command, and with minds
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Overloading of
Cars Forbidden
Officers Authorized to
Weigh Suspected
Vehicles
Municipal traffic officers have for
stve.ral years carried chalk to check
cars in restricted parking zones, but
alter July 1 peace officers are em
powered to weigh vehicles they have
cause to believe are overloaded-, it
wuN pointed out this week by C. W.
Roberts, of Greensboro, vice president
of the Carolina Motor Club.
This uuthority is granted under
section 87 of the uniform motor ve
hicle code, enacted by the recent
legislature. No vehicle with a com
bined weight of both vehicle and load
exceeding 10 tons will be permitted
on the highway, and officers are (au
thorized to weigh such trucks on eith
er portable or stationary scales, and
may require such vehicle to be driven
t«> the nearest scales in the event such
scales are located within two miles.
Drivers of overloaded vehicles can
be required to unload immediately
such portion of the load us may be
necessary to decrease the gross
weight of such vehicle to the 10-ton
maximum.
Kupid growth of freight transpor
tation by motor, with consequent wear
uinl tear on the highways, necessitat
ed limiting the size and weight of
trucks and loads, Mr. Koberts said.
At committee hearings on the weight
section of the new code, officials of
the highway department pointed out
that oftentimes hundreds of dollars of
dumage is done to highways by a
single heavily loaded truck.
Other provisions of the act specify
that vehicles, unladen or with load,
tihall not exceed a height of I' 2 feet
6 inches nor a length of 30 feet, and
the combination of vehicles shall ex
ceed a total length of 66 feet. No
vehicle shall exceed a total outside
width, including load, of 90 inches,
*u|jd no passenger vehicle shall carry
any load extending beyond the line
of the fenders on the left rear side
nor more than six inches beyond the
fenders on the right. When loads ex
tend more than four feet beyond the
body of a vehicle a red Hag at least
12 inches square must be displayed in
the daytime, and a red light at night
ai the end of the load.
Mrs. J. B. Waters, of
Dardens, Died Sunday
Mrs. J. H. Waters, of Dardens, died
Sunday and was buried Monday even
ing at the Corinth Cemetry. The fu
neral was conducted by Rev. A. J.
Manning.
Mrs. Waters wus 74 years old, a
woman of those sturdy qualities that
enrich and build up community life.
She had been a member of the Free
Will liuptist Church for more than
BO years.
She left the following children: Airs
W. J. Alligood uml Mrs. D. B. Har
rison, of Rosemury, Mrs. Harry
Wheeler, Raleigh; Mrs. J. 11. Hardy
and L. F. Waters, Greenville; and
Warren W., and E. G. Waters, of
Jumesville.
.Highway Officials
Visitors Here Today
Highway Commissioner Frank C,
Kugler, of Washington; Frank Page,
chairman of the North Carolina
Highway Commission, of Raleigh;
und Mr. McDonald, district mainte
nance engineer, of Tarboro, were in
town today en route to the Chowan
bridge at Udenton, where they will
inspect the structural work, as well
a.s the grading from Windsor to
Kdenton, which is being done by Nello
Tcer, und which will -be completed
within the next few months.
Special Services at
Jamesville Church
'Special services will be held at the
Jamesville Christian Church Sunday
afternoon at 3:80. Rev. A. F. De-
Gaff erelly, of Danville, 111., who is
conducting the meeting at the Wil
liamson church; will preach. The
public is invited to attend.
Sunday Services at
Church of the Advent
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Rav. C. O. Pardo, Rector
Trinity Sunday, June 12th, 1987:
10 a. m.—Church school.
11 a. m.—Morning Prayer; con
firmation, sermon by Bishop Darst.
8:80 p. m.—Holy Trinity Miaaion,
Bishop Darst, speaker.
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Comparative Costs of
Various Schools in
Township
A review of the costs and benefit
the diffcient types of schools of the
county furnishes a very interesting
subject for consideration, particularly
in view of the fact that a proposal to '
enlarge the Williamston school dis
trict will be voted upon by people in
the old district and those who live
within the boundaries of thp proposed
uddition on Tuesday, July sth.
Taking figures from the county
records, it is found that the one-teach
cr school has two distinct features,
viz: High cost and low service.
It is clear to everybody that one
teacher can not do as good work with
seven class as with one class. Of
course, this point will not be ques
tioned by any person with experience.
The cost, per day per pupil, shown
by actual figures of the four schools
in Williamston Township for the
year 1924-1925, was as follows:
Williamston school: Census, 323;
average daily attendance, 340; cost
per pupil, 18.8 cents per day.
In the Burroughs school, there were
21 pupils in the district, with an av
erage daily attendance of 13, at a
cost of 23 cents per pupil per day.
Biggs district showed a census of
111; an average daily attendance of
80; cost, 8.3 cents per day.
Whitleys district: Census, 50; aver
age daily attendance, 25; cost, 11
cents per pupil per day.
For the 1926-1926 term:
Burroughs district increased its
census to 36, with an average daily
Attendance of 19, at a daily cost of
.25 cents for each pupil.
No new territory had been added
to the district, but for some cause,
und in some way, the record shows
an increase of more than 71 per cent
in the number of children in the dis
trict, with an average daily attend
ance increase of only 46 per cent; also
an increased cost per pupil per day
over the previous year.
It is also noticeable that in the
year 1923-1924 the Williamston dis
trict had only 323 children upon which
to base its claim for funds, but at
the elope of the year the average
daily attendance showed Mft-pttpilsj
17 more than the total census, or
more than 5 per cent larger average
attendance than pupils in the district.
In the Burroughs district 40 per
cent of- the children failed to attend
their school. In the Biggs district
only 28 per cent attended their school,
and in the Whitley district only half
of the children attended their school.
It is assumed that many of the 40
per cent in the Burroughs district,
the 50 per cent in Whitleys, and the
72 per cent in Biggs attended tht»
Williamston school, where they knew
the opportunities were better. It has
been the policy of the Williamston
school for mt>re than u quarter of a
century to open its doors to every
needy child, whether in or out of the
district, und it has not collected SSO
in tuition within 25 years from out
side attendance.
Numbers of pupils have been ad
mitted who have taken the full course
and then finished in college. They
never could have done so but for the
fact that the Williamston school of
fered them its service free.
There has been no funds
red froirj, either of the above-named
districts to the Williamston school.
Whitleys, Bu-rroughs, and Biggs
districts together had 182 pupils in
the year ending June, 1924, and 68 of
them had attended school. William
ston had 323 pupils and 340 had at
tended school; and, according to un
disputed statements, it had a better
school than the other districts in the
townships, because of better oppor
tunities und better grading.
The qusetion of further consolida
tion for the purpose of bettering all
the schools, und especially the small
ones, will be gassed on by the people
of the district at the special elec
tion to be held July 5.
No one can help mako it a better
school without registering on or be
fore June 26th and then voting on
July 5 for the enlargement of the
district.
Masons to Elect
Officers Tuesday
Dr. W. C. Wicker, educational sec
retary of the Grand Lodge of North
Carolina, closed his series of lectures
on Masonic workings Tuesday night
ai the local lodge, fekewarkee, No. 80,
The members of the lodge were much
pleased with the service* of Dr.
Wloker, who stands wall up ia Ma*
sonic councils of the State and Na
tion.
The annual election «/ officers of
the lodge will be held next Tuesday
night, at 8:00 o'clock. Members ef
the organisation are urged to be pres
ent.
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