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SHELBY, N. C, SATURDAY, ' JANUARY 13. 1917.
VOL. XLII HO 2
PRICE. $1 l0 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
RIVER AND HARBOR! PROHIBITION SEEMS OFFICIALS DENY GOOO RELATIONS
BILL FIXED BY HOUSE : SDRE FOR CAPITAL RESPONSIBILITY EXISTS WITH U. S.
N. C. ELECTORS CAST BALLOT
MISSED A THRILL
Ai'Ti; '. e n a f o r c i o . e r
AGREEMENT ON APPROPRIATIONS
IS REACHED BY HOUSE COM
M ITT E E
I
$38,000,000 ARE CARRIED
Virginia Will Receive $438,434; Norh
Carolina's Part is $709,775; anu
South Carolina Will Get $355,000 as
Her Share.
Washington Final agreement on
thi annual rlverr anil harbrm appro
p, laticn bill was i earned by t in- house
committee. Th measure carries $L!V
155,339, of which something over $10.
000,000 is fc" new projects l.ih! the
remainder for continuing or maintain
ing existing projects.
Chairman Sparkman will report the
bill at once with the hope of having
it taken up as soon as the pending
poBtoffice bill is disposed of. An ad
verse minority report will be made
by Representative Freer of Wisconsin
The bill carries $438.4:14 for Vir
ginia, of which $311,434 Is tor now
projects; and $355,000 for South Caro
lina, of whirh $120,000 Is for new pro
Jects. These figures do not include
$1,000,000 for the improvement of the
Inland waterway between Norfolk and
Beaufort Inlet; and $3,000 for the
maintenance of the Inland waterway
between Savannah and Beaufort. S. C.
The new projects i.re as follows:
Virginia Norfolk harbor $270,000,
Tangier Channel $16,434, Pagan River
$25,000. '
North Carolina Shallow Bag (Man-
'4-teo) Bay $28,000. Beaufort harbor $15,
900, Scuppernong River $31,800, North-
'"last River $26,375, Newbegun Creek
nooo, hdougbfare Bay $6,200.'
'n cajouna'nwrttiBion naruur
"vree' River $56,000
,. luuuitiMic are
. - irginia---Mattaponi River- $2,000
' -.Pamunkey: River $3,000, Rappahan
,"tnock River $10,000, Hanzmond River
$6,000, James River $56,000, Appomat
' tox River $50,000.
- - '.North Carolina 'Shallow Bag (Man
teo) $500, Cape Lookout harbor of
refuge $425,000, Beaufort harbor $4,
500, Beaufort Inlet $14,000, Morehead
City harbor $2,000,. Roanoke River $2,
500, Scuppernong River $3,500, Pamli
co and Tar Rivers $4,500, Contentnea
Creek $1,000, Neuse River $2,000,
Trent River, $4,000, Waterway from
Pamlico Sound to Beaufort Inlet $15.
000, Northeast River $3,000, Black
" River $2,000, Cape Fear River at and
below Wilmington $115,000.
South Carolina WInyah Bay $150,
000, Charleston harbor $50,000. Great
Pee Dee River $5,000, Congaree River
$30,000.
NEW CRISIS HAS ARISEN
IN POLITICS OF RUSSIA.
New Premier, Prince Golltzine, a
Strong Reactionary, Makes Signi
ficant Statement
Petrograd, via London The politi
cal, situation during the last two
months, for which the word "crisis"
seems entirely inadequate, has taken
a new turn with the resignation of
Alevander Trepoff from the Premier
ship and of Count Ignatieft, Minister
of Public Instruction, and the appoint
ment of a new Premier. The official
announcement of this change, which
has fallen upon the country, continu
ously excited and emotionally exhaust
ed by the drama of swift changes and
vlimaxes, hardly created the effect
which would have been natural under
other circumstances.
This time, the tide has suddenly
shifted and Is running strongly In the
reverse direction. Prince Golltzine,
who succeeds Trepoff, Is a member of
the extreme conservative group, who
always manifested the strongest re
actionary, principles and as a member
ot the Imperial . Council has always
shown little sympathy for the pro
gressive tendencies of the new re
gime. The ostensible reason for his
replacement ot Trepoff was the ap
parent Inability of the latter to pre
serve a strong, united Cabinet'.
WOMAN EXECUTED BY VILLA
SOLDIERS AT PARRAL.
Juarez, Mexico. A telegram was re
ceived here by Miss Maria Chavez
from her brother, Guillermo Chavez,
whlcr read : "Our mother was execut
ed by Francisco Cilia's forces Jan. 4."
The girl's mother was Mrs. Celsa
Caballero, a widow, living In Parral.
The telegram added that the yilla
officers, thinking the widow was
wealthy, demanded a forced loan and
.upon being refused, they ordered the
woman shot by filing squad.
OILL TO ABOLISH SALOONS IN
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AFTER NOV. 1, 1917.
PASSES SENATE 321 TO 55
Friend of Sheppard Bill Say it is Cer-
tain to Get Majority When it is
Brought Up in House. Party Lines
Ahnh.heri
Washington The Sheppard bill to
' abolish salo.iiis in the National Capi
1 tul after November 1. l'.17. was pass
1 ed by the senate and now goes Lo the
house, where Hs friends claim It Is
assured of passage The vole In the
J senate was f.f. to :I2.
While the measure prohibits the
: sale of liquor in the District of olmn
I hia. It permits unlimited importation
i for personal use An amendment
j whirh would have submitted the pro
' posal to a referendum of citizens of
' the District lout before passage by a
tie vote. 43 to 43.
The vote oi passage follows:
Ayes :
Democrats -Ashurst, Beckham, Bry
an, Chamberlain, Chilton, Johnson, of
South Dakota; Kern, Kirby. Lea. Mar
tin, Myers, Overman, Pittman, Rands
dell, Robinson, Shafroth, Sheppard,
Shields, Simmons, Smith, of Georgia;
Smith, of Maryland; Smith of South
Carolina; Swanson, Thomas, Thomp
son, Vardaman, Walsh, Williams 321.
Republicans Borah. Brady, Clapp,
Clark. Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham,
Fall, Fernald. Galllger, Gronna, Jones,
K- nyon, McCumber, Nelson, Norris,
Oliver, Page, Polndexter, Sherman,
Smith, of Michigan; Smoot, Sterling,
Sutherland, Townsend, Watson, Works
27.
Total, ayes, 55.
t Democrats BankheiS,
Culberson, - Hardwlck,
oroussuru,
Hitchcock,
Hughes,-Hustings, James, Johnson, of
Maine; Lee, Lewis, Martine, New
lands, O'Gorman, Phelan, Pomerene,
Reed, Saulsbury, Smith, of Arizona;
Stone, Tillman, Underwood 22.
Republicans Brandegee. Colt, Du
pont, Harding, Llppitt, Lodge, Mc
Lean, Penrose, Wadsworth, Weeks
10.
Neither the vote on the referendum
amendment nor that on the passage
of the bill wtis on party lines. There
were 26 Democrats and 17 Republi
cans voting for the referendum and 22
Democrats and 21 Republicans voting
against it. Most of the Republicans
of the so-called Protiressive group vo
ted against it.
HARRY THAW INDICTED ON
CHARGES OF KIDNAPPING
Slayer of Stanford White Breaks Into
Limelight Again Man Said to be
His Bodyguard Also Held.
New York. Harry K. Thaw, who
was legally released 15 months ago
from an asylum for the insane where
he was sent after he killed Stanford
White, was indicted here, charged with
kidnapping Fred Gump, Jr., of Kansas
City, Mo., a youth of 19, and assault
ing him with a whip.
With him was indicted on the kid
napping charge a man described as
George F. O'Brynes supposed to have
been employed by Thaw as a body
guard. Word was received that
O'Byrnes had been arrested in Phila
lelphla and'detectlvns were then look
ing for Thaw.
The complaint alleges Thaw enticed
the youth to his rooms at a hotel here
Christmas night and there beat him
with two whips three different times
until he bled and became almost un
conscious. Testimony describing the whipping
of young girls by Thaw made up some
of the most sensational chapters In
the numerous actions on the ques
tion of Thaw's sanity after his acquit
tal of the murder of White on the
grounds of insanity and his commit
ment to the Mattewan State Hospital
for the Criminal Insane. Alienists for
the state testified that whipping was a
mania with Thaw."
RESIGNATION OF RUSSIAN
PREMIER IS TENDERED
London. According to the Reuter
correspondent at Petrograd both Pre
mier Trepoff and Count Ignatieff, min
ister of public Instruction, have re
signed. Prince Qolttlzlne, a senator
and member of the council of the em
pire, has been appointed premier. Sen
ator Kultchitsky has been appointed
minister of public instruction. Mr.
Neratoff, deputy foreign minister, has
been appointed a member t the coun
cil of the empire.
LANSING AND TUMULTY MAD NO
KNOA LEDGE OF PEACE NOTE
BEFOREHAND
PRES'T WILSON ENDORSES .
Maie of Intimations and Heated Colo-
quies Mark Session of Committee of
Inquiry Lawson Fails to Substan-
e '
tiate Stories.
Washington Through a bewilder-
lug n.H.e of Intimations and heated'
. H -i is : t s which turned the killing
n to an uproar, the House Hub's i'oiu-
tulttee wrest led for !
i'liuii.a-. V I.awsnr
out obtaining any
tioii ',i suhantialr
leak to Wall Sir,
; he President pi a.
Karlii-r duting tl;
irveral In
of Ho;!.
definite
the stot
el In ad
e note
ins with
iii, with
iiifin ma
il's ot a
1,111' e of
Jo-
ph
P Tumulty, Secretary to Pi
lent
Wilson, whose name was mentioned
by Representative Wood In Ihe ru- '
mors be laid before the committee :
last week, appeared to give an era- j
phatir statement, endorsed by the
President, that he had no knowledge
of the peace note before it waa given
lo the press lie also denied the re
port repeated by Representative
Wood that Mr. Tumulty and Bernard
Barurh. a New York broker, had con
ferred in a New York hotel a few days
before the note was made public.
j Mr. Tumulty denounced the action
of Representative Wood in making
I public charges based on a letter from
j an unidentified man, and declared
from the witness stand, looking Rep
i resentative Wood In the face, that
. he waa still awaiting the Congress
man's apology. 't
UUtDLVCMVAM DDnlll RITtHM t
... u, r
Victory Is Most Sweeping Ever Won
In Fight Against Liquor.
Washington. In the most sweeping
of all decisions upholding prohibition
laws, the Supreme Court upheld as
constitutional and valid the Webb
Kenyon law prohibititg shipments of
liquor from "wet" to "dry" states. It
also sustained West Virginia's rece v
amendment to her law prohibiting im
portation In interstate- commerce of
liquor for personal use.
After having been vetoed by Pres
ident Taft. who held it unconstitu
tional, and having been re-passed by
Congress over his veto, the law was
sustained by the Supreme Court by
a vote of 7 to 2. Leaders of the
prohibition movement declare it is
to their fight second only In Import
ance io -the proposed constitutional
amendment.
Lawyers for liquor interests who
heard the jdecislon admitted it upheld
and applied the law "In its fullest
sense."
"BUFFALO BILL" FACES DEATH
AS CALMLY A8 ON THE PLAINS.
Denver, Col. Col. Wliliam F. Cody
(Buffalo Bill) dying in Denver, faced
death In the same manner that he
has faced It many times on the -Ins
of the West in conflicts that mane his
name famous.
The Colonel was warned of the ap
proach ot the end oil lls life by Dr.
J. H. East, lh;8 physician and friend.
He had summoneff1 the physician to
the home" of hie Bister, where he Is
spending his last hours. When Doctor
East walked Into his room, Colonel
Cody said:
"Sit down, doctor, there is some
thing I want to ask you. I want you
to answer me homlstly. What are
my chances?"
Doctor East turned to the scout:
"There Is a time, Colonel." said he,
"when every honest physician must
commend his patient to a higher
power."
Colonel Cody's hitad sank.
"How longT" he naked simply.
"I can answer that," said the phy
sician, "only by telling you yoar life
is like the hour glass. The sand, is
slipping gradually, slowly but soon
the sand will all b gone. The end
Is not far away."
Colonel Cody turned to his slste,
Mrs. May Decker:
"May," said he. "let the Elks and
Masons take charge of the funeral."
Then the man who made history In
the West when it was young began
methodically to arrange his affairs.
Villa and Force Flee,
El Paso, Texas.Carranza forces
now occupy Jlmenz, Santa Rosalie
and Parral, while tllla and his stall
have fled to the State ot Durango,
over the branch railroad from Parral
to El Aro.
0 H M A N Y IMPRESSES CORDIAL
IV OF RELATIONS BETWEEN
U S. AND GERMANY
GERARD GUEST AT DINNER
A encan Ambassador is Entertained
at Dinner in Berlin and Likened to
,ht Dove of Peace That Was Sest
Out From Noah s Ark
H'-riin. via ( ayiille A la... i 1111
her ..f the leading personage-, of (lei
11: ;. 1. says the Overseas New An- i:
were present at the dinner kiwi 1:1
'. .nor of James W tierard, the mrii
in Ambassador lo (iennany h (he
inern 1111 Association of Trade mni
. "miner, e of Berlin The diner- were
. 1 1 1 1 1 r 1 s s 1 1 1 by Ambassador (le.rar l bv
Vi.e I'hamellor Selfferirh. by l-'oreigii
Serrelan Zimmerman and by Arthur
von ilwi.iner. the dire, tor of the
DrutM he Hank. and mi all the
speei lies the t ordial relai uuiships ex
isting between the governments of
he Pnited States and Germain were
emphasized
Ambassador (iirard, who was liken
d by Diie.ior van Gwinner to the
peace dovt of Noah's Ark," is quot
ed by the Overseas News Agency as
saying that "never since the begin
ning ot the war have relations be
tween Germany and the I 11 It 1 States
been so cordial" and that he had
"brought back an olive branch from
President Wilson.
Vice Chi-ncellor Helfferirh said lie
was pleased to know that Ambassador
Gerard had visited the United States
"where he had an opportunity of de
scribing the real state of affairs in
Germany," and Foreign Minister Zim
merman declared he "felt sure the
friendly and trueaJTuture relations
feteii fh&siMrtriesrW-uujittet&d
by Mr. Gerard will!, continue."
A telegram expressing the "sin
eeresd wishes" of the association "in
this crucial time" was sent to Pres
ident Wilson, and another message j
was forwarded to Emperor William.
Doctor HeifTerich. In his speech as
quoted by the Overseas News Au-enry.
called attention lo the increase In
commerce between Germany and the
United States.
CARRANZISTA SAYS EARLY
ADJUSTMENT WILL BE HAD
'ersonal Representative of Mexico's
First Chief is Confident of Eearly
Settlement.
New York Nicifero Zambrano.
treasurer of the de facto government
of Mexico recently sent to Washing
ton by General Carranza as his person
al representative, and who came here
issued a statement in whirh he pre
dicted an early settlement of ihe bur
der difficulties. He based his belief,
he declared, on the fart thai the Amer
ican government is considering seri
ously lifting at an early date, for the
benefit of the Carranza government, j
the embargo on the shipment of arms I
into Mexico, the recall of den Per
shing's expedition and the sending to
Mexico of Ambassador .let. -her.
Mr 7mhmnn said he had tailed
on Secretary Lane ami Judge George I
Gray of the American commission,
with whom he discussed Ihe American
situation, lie let it he understood also
that he was received by President
Wilson and Secretary of State Lans
ing. As the result of his visit to
Washington. Mr. Zanihrr.no said he
had reported to General Carranza that
prospects for an early adjustment of
the existing diffi. cities are very
bright.
TAUSSIG ACCEPTS PLACE ON
TARIFF COMMISSION
Washington. Prof. Frank W. Taus
sig of Harvard accepted a place on the
tariff commission and probably will be
made chairman. The other four mem
bers will be announced later.
Professor Taussig U a teacher of
political economy and has written ex
tensively on the tariff. It Is under
Stood the administration had difficulty
n persuading hln to accept.
HONOLULU EXEMPTED
FROM COAL EMBARGO
Honolulu. That the British admir
alty has exempted Honolulu from the
recent coal shipment embargo was In
'dlcated when notification was Riven
that the motorship City of Portland
was on Its way here from Australia
With 2000 tons of coal. Representa
tions to he British government that
British trans-Pacific shipping would
suffer If the supply of bunknr coal here
tailed, were believed to be responsible
for its modification.
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m Mil,
Nor!. was !!..
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thlr'y
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loll'
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tile)' ' ,1 1 1 U 1 1 M 1
riglp. lll.es-.
gr.-... and
III. 1
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I'll
riKhts Ini I been b.i
Then . aine W'..,
brought with h::n
the government
'i i.- l .hi .1.
iro'A Wilson who
; ieii. we.1 .mil in
.'in... rat 1. all ad
ministered, and who. in -pur of peril
011s, danger fraugiii . t ise. has met
the needs of the ..iiintry and has kept
American honor untarnished, bright
and glorious.
"And yet," he declared, we are at
peace with all the world and we
alone of the great nations of the earth. ,
Our flag has written across it in let i
ters of gold. Glory to God in '
the Highest, Peace on Karth. Good
Will to Men.' "
Hhe characterized President Wilson
as the scholar, the master of the Eng
lish language, written or spoken, the :
most nerfect llvinc Interpreter of the I
historial soul of democracy, and the
greatest fighting man who has ap
peared to fight he battles of, right
eotisfiesifc afifl Sattftt ' '
"He has taught the world the high
est lesson in what is true govern
mental honor," he declared.
The seconding motion was made by
Felix E Alley.
The electors prepared '.heir ballots;
Thomas J. Gold and H C Carter. Jr..
counted, and the preside it announced
the result.
The same form fol'owHI for the vote
on the vice-presidency, G. V. t'owper,
making the nominating speech. T. T.
Thome seconding.
General Clements Says Farewell.
Camp Stewart. El Paso. Texas -Major
General Clements, commanding the
seventh division, made his farewell vis
it to regimental and brigade head
onarters and at noon the flag was
lowered in front of bis quarters for the
lat lime with impressive ceremony.
Music was furnished by the band of
the Thirteenth Pennsylvania and
speeches were made by General Clem
ents and others.
Private R. 1'. Gladden, Co D , Third
regiment, was sentenced to Iwelve
months in federal prison at For. Leav
enworth. Kansas, for forgery and
check flashing. He gave his residence
at York. S. C, when he enlisted He
cashed chec ks on various banks in El
Paso for a total of two hundred and
fifty dollars. The checks bore forged
signatures of Capt. Iloddie and Lieut
Dic kens of Co. D.
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS.
The Salisbury Equal Suffrage
League has sent a letter to North
Carolina senators and representa
Uvea at Washington asking if their
aid can he relied upon in regard to
equal suffrage legislation.
Demonstration in milk and soil test
ing for farmers will form a new de
parture in moonlight school instruc
tion in Wake county.
Walter Davis, well known and a
prosperous young farmer of Pinkney.
Wayne county, was killed this week
while felling a tree In the forest on
his plantation.
The tenth annual convention of the
N. C. State Optometric Society will
meet in Raleigh January 23 and 24.
Citizens of Gaston county will ask
the General Assembly to change the
Gaston-Cleveland county line again.
The pupils In the public schools of
Fayetteville are undergoing medical
Inspection.
The State Convention of the North
Carolina Anti-Saloon League will be
addressed by former Secretary of
State William Jennings Bryan in the
First Baptist church, at two o'clock in
the afternoon of the first session Jan
uary 15. The only other out of the
state speakers will be Judge S. D.
Weakley, of Alabama, who drew the
bill which the Antl Saioon League is
championing; S. J. Peters. Richmond,
Vs., prohibition commissioner of that
tat.
oc v b to Rrpt '
Can ;d t : f j : ' cs M Qh! at
W' , f be f Magnified Into
i :. rs V 'th While
"i j . m,
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:, 11 . lion io liars '
t ; -ng w or-i w In 11
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, I ot .11 l.i i 1 1 III 1s-
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: : ' . en 11. i ' 1 ee a re
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is nnsiiifi.i in hi, 1
"1..-H him 11 still
I In. 11 that the e
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ell !'.' ll!lle,.,j for a
as well be charged
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1 i I nil. I '-r.-
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is a hil.it. .
ni' in b. iii'i ot day books unh a
ly j INN. INNI I N Ml ..,s, h, aS ( $1'UU..
,MM And how much greater en-
i"n.iii it iiiiii I,;"i' alToldeil Mr.
'o.r. (aluas a s,,,-niii ami censorious
loan with a In. i:el to somebody's dis
i re In bandy i to say. "1 have been In
formed that ten billion dollars was the
actual figure "
"Mankind,' said Doctor Johnson,
"love to propagale a wonder." Man is
a romancing animal, and Mr. Gore Is
not exempt (to iuote i be doctor again)
from that "anfrartuosity of t lie human
intellect " He has imagination. All
it needed Was the hashish of sulh
ciently seiisniioiial misinformation to
builii on. The JIO.OOU.UHI yarn was
Interesting But what an Arablun
Nights fabric of spun glass unci rooou
shine be might have reared If "in
formed" that $HUKJt.0Ht.00() was the
amount actually spent by that com
mittee ! '
. iktesArl"j JHdca..:
Secretary McAdoo estimates the or
dinary expenditure of the United
States government in the fiscal year
which will begin next July at not
less than $l.J7S.(t()o.0O0. An Increase
of $JL'ti.iKK.(HK) over Uie expenditures
of the present fiscal year is expected,
uml by comparison with the fiscal year
which ended with Inst June the in
crease is calculated at the enormous
sum of Jii.VUKHUMK).
The high cost of government, it Is
plum, outruns all other changes in the
expenses of the American people, since
It Is to be multiplied by two, lacking
n small fraction. In Hvo years, and
there is no corresponding expansion of
the national income. A deficit of $-82.-(MKI.(KH)
in the next fiscal year is ex
pected by the treasury department, un
less large additional revenues shall lie
provided.
Manifestly the country cannot go on
long at that rate. If it did it would
encounter grave financial difficulties.
The way out will doubtless be found
in the piling up of new taxes, a situa
tion never, we believe, suggested, much
less foretold, by special pleaders for
the administration In the recent presi
dential campaign.
Republicans Beaten by Mistakes.
"It's useless to indulge In post mor
tems." observed former Secretary of
the Interior Wulter Fisher In Chicago,
at Washington. "We know that the
Democrats won a victory. In my Judg
ment the principal cause of the Demo
cratic triumph was the belief among
ti great many people that the president
kept the nation out of war. I do not
believe he did, but that does not mat
ter. The voters of Kansas did, and
so did the voters of some other states.
"As for the future, I am sure that
the Republicans are In n position of
vantage. I believe that two years from
now the Republicans will elect a ma
jority of the congress, and fonr years
hence we shall doubtless have a Re
publican president. That we lost in
the recent campaign was due to numer
ous conditions. In my opinion, the Re
publicans would have been victorious
had Mr. Hitchcock conducted the cam
paign. Many mistakes were made, but
it Is now too late to review them. We
were beaten, and that's an end to It."
$38,000,000 Mostly "Pork."
A bill appropriating $38,000,000 for
federal buildings to be scattered here
and there throughout the country Is
now before congress.
Secretary McAdoo In his annual re
port says congress In the last twenty
years has appropriated $18d,000,000 for
public buildings, and of this vast sum
the larger part has been spent In
small places where "neither the gov
ernment business nor the convenience
of the people Justified their construc
tion." - o v:c
The present bill la said to be a repe
tition ot this kind of extraTagancev
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