WEATHER
Ctoady followed hy rata Tkered.y and
Friday Ml mask «kMH ta iraptra-
VOLUM *Xf NUMBER Ml
PARDUE RELATES ALLEGED CONFESSION TO JUDGE
Gatlin Case Defense
riniiwa Confession To
Pardue Not Competent
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10 ,l *“oSfwB > So«HINO
EflM Nk»
qaeetton srbgthar • te***" *
. . .»>•«•< 01 rr
VTL inMr ~—» t Tta«nc« wm raised
' {odAX for llta A** tlBMi *“ th * courU
Hetty iHUta. charged with the »«•
atr 4«r of her tether, S« llh lh *
STirtata r. PirlH w« naked to
relate hla etary that the girt oonlra-
M 4 || |ip a t o«o of W* raettrol **r
vice*. «
Instantly detent# attorney* entered
and objection «o*tag that the presch
af* itory h* declared lncoa* patent
Two boar* ot latanae ergmnent fol
lowed with the )«ry ahaant from the
courtrodns and at tha coaclaaloa of
tba verbal tilt. Judge Mcßaa anaouac
ed be would taka tkf »»H* r «* d » r
advisement aad could auk* no dec l
rtan before tomorrow morning. Court
then adjourned for the day
A courtroom crowded almoat be
yead available etandlng room heard
tba mlatatar ralata for the Information
of Jadgo Mcßae tba circumstance*
—.... .kteb ba aaya Mr*. Oatlta ooa
taaaad tba murder of bar fathar.
In a voice that barely wee audible.
Pardue. e thta-fueed man with pierc
ing 4ye*. told how ba wa* coadiictlng
a revival earvtoe at Raldavllle laat
Kay.
•*l gad preaoked oa contention of
aln aad tbaa aaked tboaa who wlahad
to coma up for prayer Mr* Oatlln
tan* up with the other*. Bh* lingered
oa bar boo** attar tit* real had gone.
Finally I meat to bar and »ald Aim*
I don't uodorataad til*. Why do you
linger. Why do you linger. Then I
told bar Alata you ara atlll undacld
rd. You kaow aomathlng that aUnda
between yea aad Ood and It coma# be
tween You aad God. I then want over
to talk with aom* otfcar member* of,
the congregation aad later ah* cam*
to me aad aald I want to speak to
yoa personally."
Thla waste tk* rkolr loft, Pardue
aald. aad than he declared Mra. natlln
aad: &
•Mr. Pardee. !*m guilty of two »»f
the biggest alna In tb# world. I»o yon
think J egg be forglvant"
“I told her," continued the avenge-
Hat, "that aa far aa I knew tkara wa*
no ala that cannot be forgiven *■-
rept th* uapardoaabl* ala mentioned
In the Bible.
"She said I am guilty of murder. I
dropped my bead Intending to any bo
more. Than ah* aald It I* not what
you think It la.
"I asked her whether It wa* a child
or gjnwn per*on.
"A groera person." ahe aald "! killed
jay fathar.**
Pardu* waa about to continue but
the Judge interrupted* aaytng he had
heard anougb for hi* Information.
Defense counsel then Insisted that It
waa alleged other parts of the confes
sion ware obtained at a differed
place and aavaral days Ister. Defense
«ousel asked Pardue If he did not
Invite Mm. Oatlln to supper at his
born* a saw days eft*.- the alleged
confession at th# church.
Pardue aald b* did and eiplatuad
that be did not know tha clrcumstaqc
c* and wanted to "get her right with
Cod."
riOPdll PBOB* COAL SITUATION
WASHINGTON. Fab. 1* —(A*)— Th*
Eanat* I at*relate Commerce Commit
tee today approved th# resolution of
tenet dr Johnson. Republican of Cali
fornia, for mi Investigation of the bit
uminous coni situation In Panneylvnn
ta. Ohio aatk Waat Virginia. _
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
READ IN THE MORNING .WHILE MINDS ARB FRESH-READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY. BUT,
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LAST RUES FOR
E.L MIDDLETON
<i is
Number of fUteUvw aa4
Friends From GoMsboro
At B«rvko
DURHAM. F*b> 16~ funeral ser
vice over tha remains of K. L. Middle
ton, deceased secretary ot North Caro
lina Baptist Sunday* school work, was
held at tba Flrat Baptist church. *bur
hem. Wednesday at 3
o'clock with Dr. C. C. Coleman, paa
tor, In general charge of the eervlce
Other prominent mlnlstera ot the
Etate who ggelsted in tko service,ln
rind* Dr. C. R. Madry. Dr. R T.
Vann, Dr. Livingston Johnston and Dr.
«. H. Templeman. Wlnston-Balem.
with local Baptist pastors attending
In a body.
Mr Middleton waa at one lime
teacher tn this city, having been the
president of th* Baptist Female Semi
nary, operated her* in the early nine
ties, and laler teacher In th* public
schools here. Ill* whole life, sine*
his graduatlan from Waka Forest col
lege In 11*3. waa devoted to leader
ship In ifte religious 4 and educational
Ufa of the (Mate.
He died at the Baptist hospital in
Whthtttti-Salem after an Illness of sev
eral mihuhs and tji* body wa*
brought to Durham to tha home of
hla widow who baa mown! to Durham
from Raleigh aluce the beginning of
hit Hints*.
Hundreds of denominational lead
era and friends from all parts of the
f:tat* were here to attend the service
A number of relatives and friends
from Goldsboro were present.
FOLLOW CLUES
REDDICK CASE
Thomanvillc Offieera Baekinx
Negro Who Shot PaHce
man On Only
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PITTBBORO, Fab. H—(A*)—Chief
of Polk# Smith and Sheriff Sink of
Tbomaavlil# ware hef* teday for tha
PWrpoae of running down clue* In con
nection wlih the slaying of policeman
Raddlct at Thomaavllle last week.
The visiting author!!!** bad planned
to visit Burlington. Iteldsvllle and pro
bably Lumberton In the'eame caea.
Brings Suit Against
Goldsboro Lumber Co.
NEW BERN. Feb. iiy-Attnrneys
have not finished their arguments In
th* caas of John Moore against .1. W.
Rawls, the Ooldsboro Lumber Com
patty and ih* Dover and Bouthbou?id
Railroad, started Monday In super
ior court before Judge W. C. Harris.
Two more lawyers will make address
ee to Ih* Jury today, before the case
la turned ovor to th# jurors. Mr. Moore
I* suing for tS.OOfI damages as the
result orinjurle* In 1935, when two
rib* were broken on th* aklddlng ma
rlin# on wtnc|) he was loading log*
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Contractors Get Ready to
Rush Paving of New Routes
Road builders who have been award
til the contract for hard surfacing the
route* from Adamavlll* lo (he Gredn#
county Hue and from Genoa to the
Sampson county line at Newton Grove
are moving their equipment to the
county and it Is poaalbl* that both new
paved route* may be completed before
th* end of th# year. It waa learned
yesterday
McGuire la getting settled to. start
paving In earnest on th* routs from
Adamsvlll* to tb* Green* county line
which will be about X.l miles In the
county. He also has been award**! the
work from th* Wayna line fnto Snow
Hill. *"
A representative of this contractor
waa quoted yeeterday as saying that
FOREST EXPERT
IS HERE TODAY
Demonstrations In Pomotry
IlMUtcomcnt Will Bu Csm
doclud in County
■very owner of timber land ta
•Wayne county l» InvUad and urged
to attend demonstrations iu Forest
fanagemeut to be given Thursday
and Friday by Mr R. W. Crasher, Ex
tension forester of North Carolina,
at tbe following places.
Casey Brothers-10 to 13 o'clock.
Thursday February l«th.
Grant haras Wore—2 to 4 o'clock.
Thuraday February I Mb.
D. H. Put# (Belfast cfommunlty)—
10 to II o’clock, Friday February 17th.
J. D. Hlnae and C M. Braswell
(Rosewood Community>—3 to 5
o’clock .Friday. February 17th.
Bring a sharp axe, aald County
Agent Robertson in announcing tba
At Mr. I’ale's farm
there will be elaged a wood cutting
contest with tbc li)*a qj arousing some
friendly competition among lbote
present.
SIMPLE RITES
FOR GREAT MAN
iJord Oxford, Slate*man. Will
Be Buried From Pariah
Church
BUTTON COURTENAY. England.
Feb. IS—UP)—While eminent men and
tbe press of great Hr Ulan praised th*
Burl of Oxford's Ilf# of eervlce and
mourned hla death, tbe body of tbe
aged statesman who died at Ms home
hare today was carried tonight to the
Pariah church her* where it will rest
uatll Interment.
Th# Rarl win bo burled privately
and not In Westminister aa h,ul
been expected. Thla announcement
was made tonight by tbo family in
accordance with a special wish ex
pi eased by % Lord Oxford. wMillfH
ago.
A Memorial service Tor the former
premier will be held lu Ihe Abbey at
noon February 31*
BOYCOTT BRITISH COOHM
CALCUTTA. India. Fab. IS UP)
With the Simon Commission on In
Ulan Reforms due tier* Monday, the
Swarajist and Nationalist leaders of
'Bengal today proclaimed a boycott or
Wrltlah goods Th# iSSycott effects
cotton cloth especially.
LEBRIZ MEETS
RICHARD BYRD
Frenchman T«il* Him He Could
Not Have landed Ai (a*
Bourget on Flight
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NK'Jif YORK. Feb IS-UP)--Com
itiandcr Richard K llyrd learned to
day from expert fellow that
even had the commander Mcaccnded to
ward when he wm hover
ing therabout" on hla uTjftrrCh-Fsai'c*
last'summer ho could not ligv* land
ert owing to the Yicavy fog and rain
It waa Captain who with Cap
tain CosteaAiad flown the Atlantic and
the Americas, who' acquainted Byrd
with the fact that a landing could not
have been eJXccted.
Uiai pari of tbe
county would he completed by Octob
er 1. McGuire Is a builder of eatab-
Iteller reputation and local road au
thorities any Gut he will rush th*
work In ihnuble quick fashion. Th*
completion of this rout# will give a
highway Into Green
ville from Onldaboro and bring Wash
ington and that part of the state
Nearer this aectlon.
The Roberta Construction company
baa been awarded th* paving of Ihe
highway from Genoa on which the
company can unload it* road building
material and machinery. This com
pany mores to Wayne after recently
' I avlng a road from Wilson to Zcbulon
In record breahlug time.,,
GOLDSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 16. 1928
RALEIGH LIONS |
HEAR LANGSTON
CandMwtc Fwr Lieutenant Gev
cmonchip Is Well
tygctlvgd
(Special To The News)
RALttlott. Pvb. lA-Ia an Illuminat
ing review of tkc mrteetlve servUm law
na U waa administered in th* nation,
particularly ta North Carollaa. 001.
,'ohn D. Imageton. Culdaboro. deliv
ered a particularly Intereatiag ad
dress before tba Raleigh Moos club
here today h
Col. Langston contrasted tb# highly
efficient and" economics I administra
tion of th* draft taw in Ih# World
•War with the administration, by army
officials, of conscription during th*
Civil War. •
Civilians, he said, worked whole
hcartcdly with lh«f military authori
ties In the World War emergency
while lu the Civil War tha recruiting
waa left entirely to army officer*.
la North Carolina. Col. Langston
pointed out. tha aelectlva service waa
ndralnlatered moat efficiently of any
idate In lho union ancf at next to tk#
lowest coet of any State. Thle Stale,
he added, also hud Iho distinction of
tendering Its entire medical society lo
th* government. Aa director of aelec
live service In th* State, and later ns
aide lo General Crowder In Washing
ton, Col, I sing at on took occasion to
| compliment especially Ih# lawyers for
Ihe sacrifices they made during the
emergency.
While pollllns was taboo a| th*
luncheon meeting, expressions after
ward clearly Indicated that aa a can
didate for th* Democratic nomination
for Lieutenant Governor, Col. Lange
toa won maiyr supporter* here today
41a ta locally bald ta Ma aataam and
In political circle# It la the general
!Impression that he will be th* high
men lu a three cornered race for tha
corn loti'on , o
As hp'-Hui a d* t > Governor IPrVnli
dnrlug the war. Col. Inur.Klon rtHddiM
In Raleintt for more than a year and |
during that time ha made strong
friendships which have been renewed
wilhf' hie entry Into State politic It
is the conconaus of opinion hern tint
ho will be ihe next Lieutenant Gover
nor of North Carolina
3 o
HILL Jl IIY Ik DKABLOI'K
OTTAWA. 111., fbb. 15-(A*)~ The
Jury de liberal Ink Ihe fate of Harry
IUII, Strcatolr youth accuand of inatrl
tide today waa in ,a deadlock.
Ilecelviug the case at 3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon the Jury 'tellhoratiHl
until II or lock. Tim Jury waa brodght
back Into totirt this 1 morning at kt3b.
£_
SPECIAL TERM
CHATHAM COURT
.w . "
Srt To Hear Cum* Again*! Al
IfKtd Gang of Hob her* Who
Operated In Stale
I’ITTSIKIRO.- PVR I*—(ip)- A apn
lal Icrm of crimlnnl cmirt In April for
trial here of several prisoners held
In cotynijcUon with recent robberies
snd auto tlieirts waa practically assur
ed today aaM local authorlllea. The
presiding Judge probably will not be
Judge R. A. Nunn, who Is understood
’<> be tied up with sessions expected
to run past April.
LINDBERGH
HT~J/OfUt, Feb IS UP) Aviation
lias developed more rapidly In the last
25 years tbau has sny other mdW* of
transports!lon within a similar period
Col. Charles Lindbergh declared to
day at-'-'k luncheon In hli honor.
"Ten year* ago a filer couldn't b*
In tbe air In atorm, In high wind, or
rain.*' Lindbergh sa(d "Today It I*
possible to fly In any weather. Our on
ly unconquered obstacle* ars fog and
aleet and these will be over me In a’
few years. Already Ihe radle and
ara marking the way for Iran* >
port at lon through fog "
Effect of Manipulation
Os Market on Prices 01
Cotton Is to Be Found
y * -
Hubpuen* Atilhmily Vetrtcd in SuM'ommitiec of Honatc Given
AuUmrily lo Ael Under Kcnoiution of Bens tor
Smith of Houtk Carol inn
WABNINUTON, Feb. U -
(il’i • loihlag Ms agrirattare
cemmHlee wRb (ba power as sab
peeaa the He ante teday directed
M ta determine by a tbereagb
going regain wbriber declining
rotten price* have melted I ram
gay maalpalaikn of the market or
say asdar haflraace.
Tbe eeqelry probably will ba
road acted by a aab-eemalttae
kaided by Senator Smith at Heath,
rerelie* aether as (be reaeladea
eeqalry, wbe declared (bet Jl wa*
bis perpe»e ta ear all (be brand
COOPER GETS
, HIS FREEDOM
"V-.
Term In CommuUUtm Gave Him
Überty Before Dair That
Wa* Expected
•WILMINGTON. Feb. IS
Thom** K Cooper, former VGtmlngton
banker, tala leaving without Incident
wrote rtnis (o hla New Hanover county
prison term today aa ha inrned hla
bock on Ihe county stockade where he
had been Imprieousd for It months.
The rommutMtiou of hla eight year
sentence by Gov bfcLewn, Monday ter
minated the sentence several daye
earlier than had been anticipated
„ The term commuted for tt month*
with ihe usual Urn* off far pood be
haviour‘mad* Cooper *llgt|»f# tVr Im
mediate release Cooper when Inform
ed he was to be released.- retired lo
Ms toll where friends awaited him
i ailed for his pet dog. and departed
■v «‘i a simple farewell to prlenb otfl
, flals. jp %
WALSH WINSHIS 1
UTILITIES FIGHT
Federal Trad* Cmmlmion Will
Investigate Financing of
Utißliea "
" WASHINGTON. »h.
out a roll call th* Henate tonight
passed Ihe Wsieh power resolution af
ter It hail been amended In direct the
Federal trade commission to conduct
an enquiry Into Ihe financing of pub-
Ik utilities corporation*.
The vole on the George amendment
was 46 lo SI. Kevenlcen Democrats
lolnrd 29 Republicans In vbting for
the ameridnieHtl. while eleven HepuJiH
«nn* Joined with 20 Democrat* in vot*'
Jit#, axainxt II '■ “ '
Senator Overman voted for Ihe
iini ndmeut while Renal nr'fUmmons
who was for It was paired with Fra*
tar. Republican, who waa against.
lllmint TO CilYB YIgWS '** rm
I 0> H4M fOYTROI,
*WAKItINGTON, kVh' If-(/P) Sec
retary Hoover tats» be called before
the,Senate Commerce Committee to
c.ive His views on the administration .
plan for flood control.
Faison Banker Recounts
How Truck Market Made
NEW BERN. Feb. K, Somethin!
over s hundred njcn composing thi
klwtnls anil b’aimcrs ddbs wilt
Ihany Inyllcd guegta, md at the Jaa
per Conwilldaled school last wight to
bear M. Mr!). William* and A. D.
Andrews tell about th* workings of
the Faison Iruck growing and market
farilltle*.
Horace Hill pcpeldcnt of the Klw
anis club, presided over the meeting,
and called on L. B. Human to' Intro
duce the first speaker of th# evening*,
Marshal! Williams of Faison, a bank
et-farmer. who for Gv'rty minutes
gate to the assemblage a vivid pk
: lure ot conditions about hla home,
[raison for th# paat forty year*. H#
| -aid it waa;a long and tedious task
power granted by tb* reset#(ten
“to determine whether aad a* ta
flatmeee from say »ew*as bar#
* reaiMiMalklg (esr Ik# dlußttlEfe
vev - il irspwnaiwiv aa awv a
agy fcrlrßg gklglßlii fma* il** orpa .
WEg WWMHEWE ew—
— gLgag*4 uya J!
-Rv RRaR—• w
Hemal*r HmMb declared bis re
holbllob gave to tbe eamaiMtaa tbe
pewar to regain % eabpeeaa ar
etbcrwK# (be atteadaare as saeb
w Kar use* aad tb* prsdatdtaa as
sarb derma** at* aad to (aka saeb
IgaHlMßf RA Mil givku
abta." ;
MAKE BIG HAUL
IN LOCAL STORE
Thieve* Secure Over IKMUe
etmh and Qua*lily as Grok
Ai (Mi Star Stare
Thieve* of unkown Identity broke la
io the local Gold Star Mora sometime
Tuesday n(ght, making a clean gat
eway. and carrying vrtih them over g
hundred dollars In cask, a quantity of
Hour and other articles ot ralaa, H
waa learned reel order
Entrance Inta tb* store W*F aald
to bare been gashed through a tran
t.om over a Moor la tb* rear of tb#
place., th* glaaa in tba traaeom being
lonud broken whan tha start opened
for haoiEpas yeeterday morning It to
I hong hi by facet police thgt fttbriT
must have lieen at least twa men. owe
boosting tb* nrtorr trp tir tbg tran-'
aom*. and than waiting on (ha outat#
to give tbo alarm In case anyone
should coma alpag.
Up to Igte yesterday afternoon a
complete"check-np could not be (pad#
ai.d to tha exact extent of merchan
dise stolen, could not be determined.
The time, and Ih* circumstances of
this last robbery, were said to ba sim
ilar lo the series of abta* robberies
which occurred her* several week#
I ago. -
Police era working on the case.
PRINTER SPJARL
IS CONCLUDED
BMh Accepted Yroterdgy Cee«
, (rerted For SUte Priniinß
For BienniuEi
» RAIJEIGH. Feb IS <d*) -The State
printing commission—printers *0
celled tangle—came to an end today.
Ihe etale accepted tads from prlntarn
In and out o( North C’aroUna to do the
work for th* btenntum and after N
months of conferences and statement*
experts figured Ih* new contracts wilt
save the state about IW.tabi.
The Commission pointed out that
Ihe amount of printing for a formal
hlueumn coet about f26#,000. They
estimated work let within th* state for
the present period wav $190,000 out
of the state about .|M,OOO.
o get the people to line up with
ba truck growing program, tail by
constant (Rtcntlon and persistant
work, they shipped laat year over
no cars of a variety of vegetable* and
fruits, that brought to Ihe section ov
•r a halt million dollars.
lie told of the struggle In a graph
*e way. dfid that It waa not all alter
ing but constant aud careful work:
that the people had become efficient
in growing and packing until now
4he Faison vegetable rrqps were In
great demand In tbe big markets of
the country.
He told ihe farmer* lo be cautious
4 not to put all of tbgfr ggxi ta tea
basket; to grow a variety as vagatab-i
(Continued on page flvsj (
MEMBER OP
*
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DENIAL MADE
BY FOUNTAIN
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Rocky Mo mH Mm flora Ho DM
Not Oppmm Bofkor'o ;
RAUCion, pvb l»~"TW kartora
taN iat me wroag." eatd H. T. PVwb
teln. ot Kooky Mount, apeaker o( Uw
I*l7 Mouno of Repieaaq|attrea and
candidate for Uenteaanl OMfin,
.who «u In tko cKy Taeaday OfH
Mr. KottttUtn' anki to now know
anything about tto bill to eef up a
lieeaatng board for tortore aatll It
rune on ito floor of tto Homo. H#
bod toon reported M totag a mem
tor of tko eoauktUM that tolled tto
Mil.
Tho Rocky Myaat au 4M Hat
aeon to to worried ow tto report -
that tko toaaortal artloU wore “or
latililnK" asalast bin and that tkey
Intoadod to throw ttolr anppert to
boro, who also with W. R Pnr
fwyn. of Northampton Oeaaty a ap>
poalns Mr. Vtopiitik.
■ Alt DIM M WMoT
MIAMI, rta.. Ito. 11. "MH" Mro
Atltosloatol Jekaeon, fl. of Norwtok,
t’onn . mother of Vtoak toward Jokn
aon former anototot aaorotary es tto
A m«fie*i>
board % train toM early today.
Mra.JObnoott and tor «an to an
ttolr lay to Coho.
RAtliSi?. fWTP-fIFMWI i# IT
projocta calliac for 111 mtloe on non
croto and dirt road* la mattered eeo
tioaa of Nortk Carollaa and oa pm
brtdgeln Jonaa couaty trill to walk
.ML- by Urn highway eomnteaioa to
March 11. *r V
The total project* t wJll mft akoot
H 7M.OM. It waa aaid
. ' . ■- . ' .» •
RADIO FUND
IS GROWING
Martha Way la Pint OntHll
tor To HatoJW On
DW * s
The progres* ato (Motor la to,
drive for a radio sot the tynaty Bog#
whit* hmII m*t «rh| Mfflcloni mm*
com to allow that tha gabtla <* Oohto
boro want to aao a radio la tho Mend
Mr. H. B. Psrkar ttfrawl tha to#
that ha waa wr» alad todaad to aw
ih<a movrment on foot and fait that
many othorn waro of tha aaaaa *|lr-
Son.
A radio will (artahlf ha a Mttto rar
cf penolrallag tho Rtoooa
which aioat noeoaaartly aylad 1* Ura
which ham baan alnoat Itood. tha
balance to ho agoatla tha hoadraai
routine of morn eating add fleeglM
Mu ale turnlahed aa U wilt ha froa
the goaoroaa heart* of tho paaglo of
Warae County will hare that feaaooaly
touch that will hotter gregare tor
that time after IMa.
contribution toil ha to
any member of the NfMMjggttr#Tat
Tha Nawa office.
Thla la a nightly good oyportun
ify for Baoday Bchoal elaaoea.wKh aa
overloaded treaanry to giro where It
la needed.
I tonal lona received eo far:
**•' *Jt
Ben Carr ~# *.••
Tom Hamilton l.to
Mtaaea Clator 1 M
Cash !.••
Judaa BlaniiaS. B. claaa ...... Mt
Ran Tlrldgera l.fd
Mra. C. If. Avery .. v . t#o
Mr*. J R Frlaaell IB
Charlee Brown I.M
M|#« Martha Ivey ............ IB
Oaah . I.o#
A modea| friend I*o
Caab l.to
Farley Clothing Co. I .to -r
j Mra. B. F. Wlnatead l.to
| Dr. L. yf. Corbett l.to
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