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#1 Ju»r4«U--lJr. W. a. Ds Wolf
Iat( rTlew*d-fbo Georgia Midland.
i ?f several daja past Mr. W. S. De-
Wolf, of Columbus, Ga, inspector of fer-
tili*<*rs appointed by Commissioner Hen
derson* ha* been in Athens, and as ho is
a KT«‘»t popular favorite here, met a
hearty welcome on every hand. Mr.
IteWolf is» retired journalist, and a
irhole-fouled, genial gentleman. He has
been toToccoa, KlbertonjHarmony Grove
other points in this section, inspect*
j ng commercial fertilisers. During his
sUV in Athens “a Banner-AVatchman re
porter had the following interesting in
terview with him, while the gentleman
w -is talking about his business:
••Why, I theught all fertilizers were
inspected before they were shipped into
th« i country?”
••So they are—either at the ports or
the manufactories/’
••Then what are you doing around
here monkeying with them again?”
-Tor the purpose of preventing the
possible re-usage of tags, the substitu
te of goods for that originally inspect-
, ,1 or any other irregularities in the
trade. When a manufacturer desires to
jdact* his goods on sale in Georgia he
makes application for their inspection,
signing an agreement that if after official
analysis they do not come up to the State
standard 1° cancel and forfeit all sales
mad«-. The samples are then drawn by
an inspector, the tags issued, which are
attach* 1 to each sack as an evidence of
inspection, and the goods allowed to go on
s.n!-\ These samples go to the Depart*
iru-nt of Agriculture and the analysis made
and pubh-hed as rapidly as possible. In
addition t«» this, an inspector is sent out
lnmissioner to draw campies of
is brands in the hands of the
th» different sections of the
. t . s< *■ that the goods on sale
riginallv inspected
were issued. It is
n 1 am engaged. These sam-
ily/.ed and the results pub-
reports presenting a com par-
lent «*f the analysis of sam-
frotn the goods in the hands
faeturer and samples of the
U m the hands of the local dealers
d b. ir.j sold to the planters.”
•U'. ll, I never knew much about the
li.-p-ftion of fertilizers before, and it
certainly looks as though there was little
oj , i’unity for fraud.”
••There is absolutely none. There is
i.i-i a ton "f fertilizers otiered for sale hv
tii 1. al'-rs of < ieotgia that are not rep
resented by sample in the laboratory of
the State chemist. The inspection laws
arc \ery rigid, and ( omniissioner Hen
derson is using eve^v ell'ort to have them
stringently enforced."
•Will the sales he as large as last
the
deal
a- tit:
ch the t:
r the
"At one time 1 thought there would
bo a great falling off, hut I now think
there will he very little difference,
though sales will hardly reach the figure
•*t‘ last season.”
•‘That's enough about guano. How
about the (leorgia Midland?”
”lt's all right. We are going to build
it. Already the contracts have been let
for the grading from Columbus to Grif
fin, and ’before the robins nest again'
the iron horse will he whistling through
l*ine Mountain. Why in the world did
you Athenians shake us so completely?
It hurt us. Already we are hound to
you by ties of love and affection, and w
are the most anxious people in the world
to have them supplemented by cross-
ties and steel rails. Think better of it
and meet us at Griffin. You’ll never
regret it.”
mutten as Fauna ta -*RlrhuyT Shu
Store.
A reporter of the B.-W., while mean
dering around, dropped into the fine
drug store of R. T. Brumby & Ce., on
College avenue, and after being presented
with a fifty cents cigar, went through
this large establishment. In the rear is
stored oils of every kind made. Paints
are kept in abundance, and painters
would do well to visit this establishment,
as the firm buys in large quantities and
can afford to fiell cheap.
The prescription department is man
aged by Dr. K. K. Kimbrough, one of the
finest pharmacists in the South. He
keeps this department in splendid order,
and has everything so arranged that it is
impossible to make a mistake. This de
partment is one of the specialties of the
firm of R. T. Brumby & Co.
Patent medicines of every kind are
kept on hand, and whenever a new med
icine is discovered they immediately
order a lot of it, so that they can fill any
order for their customers.
A largo lot of the best brands of cigars,
from 50cents apiece down to 2'»c. sre
koj>t on hand. They carry one of the
lr.igost stocks of cigars in the city, and
their retail trade is -mmense.
'I his firm does a large manufacturing
business. All the liniments, extracts,
perfumery, cattle powders and other
compounds are made in the house and
can he sold cheaper than those who order
them from the Northern market. On the
left as you enter the store can he seen a
long line of show c^ses filled with soaps
from two cents up, hair brushes, combs
and the largest lot of tooth brushes ever
brought to the State. The attention of
physicians are invited to the preparations
made by Wyatt, which are kept in large
quantities.
This large drug store was established
ed in 1H70, and has steadily increased until
now it stands as one of the largest drug
houses in Northeast Georgia. Every
thing about the store is kept in first class
tyle and the clerks are polite and atten
tive. Don't fail to visit this house when
you come to Athens.
OVXKHKAXD>*Y A SSPOBTUL
'“Sayv Shake, vot yob dink von dot
hinee comes to lire mil Admits?” * Particulars About Him, HU Crime and His
“Yell, I don't dink he’s got some pees- j Flight,
nessltore, don't it, und I dink dot der i Rochester, N Y., April 17.—A
sooner he vas runned avay dot* it vas ®P cc,a ^° the Post and Express,
fetter. He don’t vas American zitizens, I ^ rom Angelica, in relation to the
und it don’t cost him somedings to live, bunk cashier Robin
son, says; Cashier Robinson left
THIEF SHOT.
Dick Hassell, living out in Brooklyn,
has been troubled a great deal lately by
some one who made nightly raids od his
corn-crib ami hen-roost. Monday night
he concluded to watch for the thief and
give him a load of shot. The thief was
seen to ge to the crib and Dick went for
ln>- gun, and as the thief ran he fired and
the fellow dropped. It was thought for
awhile that he was killed; hut while MORGAN S CONTEST.
1 Vk went in the house to pot up his gun Checring news coni ,. s fronl our prohi .
th, -dead u.»n" got upan.l left. 8omr | bition fr j ends in Morgan county. The
physician will probably he called to
CHANCEY CHANCED IT.
About two years ago John U. Chancey,
a young man of good appearance forged
an order on his uncle, Mr. Malcoin,
brought the order to Athens and traded
if to Louis Morris. The order was for
two dollars and on its presentation to
Mr. Malcoin he refused to pay the
order and declared it a forgery. This
case occupied the whole of the day, and
when the case closed late yesterday
evening the Solicitor General declined to
make any argument, as he considered
that the witnesses had clearly made out
the case. Mr. A. J. Arnold, of Monroe,
made the opening speech for the defense,
and made a good argument before the
jury. He was followed by Geo. C.
Thomas, who did his best to clear his
client, and made one of his best efforts.
The jury retired and brought in a ver
dict of not guily.
18 IT DEAD OR ONLY 8LEEPETH?
Capt. Harry Hill, in copartnership with
another ex-conductor, has bought a liv
ery stable in Atlanta, and is enlarging
the buildings and increasing the outfit
generally. It is reported that he will
not Tesunie his position as conductor on
the fast train. We wish him success in
his new venture.—Washington Chroni
cle.
And what has become of the Union
Point <k White Plains railroad? We are
anxious for Capt. Mill to complete that
needful work before embarking in new
enterprises.
und der fust ding you knows he sthardts
a cloding store, und sells goots sheeper
as anvpody, und such dings makes ag
gravation. I say run him oudt”
“Dot’s shust vat I aay. I dink it vas
a fine ding dot abeT such low down hee
bies as him gomes mit dis gountree. Dalk
aboudavree gountree, und den have
such vellers like dot in it. I shust dold
yer, Shake, ve must run dot Shinee vel-
ler avay sooner as bossible. I dink
shust like you—dink dot he vasn’t no
American zitizens, und off he sthay here
und do somedings, der vust ding yer
knows dem Shinees all gome der Addens
und live sheep und sell sheep, und den
ve American zitizens don’t have
peesness. I say run him oudt.”
some been recently paid for private tele
grams, indicating a feverish state of
HO INDICTMENT.
Dear Banner-Watchman: For the in
formation of the public I will state that
no member of the grand jury has had a
hill of indictment preferred against him
at the present terra of court for election
frauds. Yours, Peter Culp.
[We know the members of the grand
jury well enough to say that even had
bills been preferred against any member
they would have fairly enforced tlu?
law.—Ed. B.-W.]
AN OLD VEHICLE.
Mr. E. Swann, of Lexington, has an
old buggy and set of harness that he
bought at the Hodgson shop, in Athens,
in 1868, and it has been in use ever since.
There has never even been a tap tighten
ed on the buggy, and both the buggy and
harness are about as good to-day as when
rolled from the shops. Mr. Swann paid
$180 for the outfit.
OLD AND NEW BUGGIES.
A workman tells us that the reason
tin* new style buggies don’t last so well
as those put up before and just after the
war is that the old vehicles were built
much heavier than now, and consequent
ly were stronger. Now a man wants as
light a buggy as possible, and this ad
vantage is at the expense of its utility.
A WITNESS.
One of the witnesses before the grand
jury against “blind tigers”stated that he
went into a certain house and paid $1.50
for a 4 *lamp,” hut when he carried the
package given him home it was found to
be.a bottle of liquor. The investigation
was continued yesterday.
STORE ROBBED.
The little store of Stepney Hutchins,
col., was entered through the window,
Tuesday night, and robbed of some
flour, cigars, etc. The police are
the track of the thief. Also, on Tues
day, a dress coat was stolen out of Mr.
T. C. Hampton’s store.
the town a week ago, ostensibly on
a short trip to Niagara Falls for his
health. He is 77 years old, and has
been in feeble health for two or
three years. The bank examiner
arrived Wednesday of this week.
On his last previous visit in Decem
ber he discovered certain irregular
ities, and hence came agiin sooner
than usual. He unearthed enough to
cause him to summon the directors
Friday. At noon the bank was
indefinitely closed. As far as is
now known the defalcation is about
$41,000, of which sum $5,Soo has
been fictitiously charged during the
last forty-eight days, and $200 has
things growing out of the cashiers
speculations. The bulk of the.
money was lost in wheat margins
in Chicago. The bank was organ
ized in 1864 on a capital of $100,000,
with Rolilnsou as cashier. Theie
are about twenty stockholders, no
one of whom is au active busi
ness man here, and hence the loss
will fall less heavily on the town.
It is proposed to reorganize the
bank on a $50,000 basis. Robinson
was also executor of the Graves es
tate. This estate will lose $12,000,
which is unaccounted for. The
New York account was overdrawn
about $2,000. There is now in
bank about $5 000 in cash, besides
the securities. Robinson took only
about $20,000 with him to Canada,
where his aged wife has now join
ed him. A telegram from there
ays he is ill, and will in all proba
bility, live only a short time. A dis
solute son of Robinsons is some
where in the west, and there are in
dications that he had some connec
tion with his father’s downfall. The
chief of police telegraphed that
Robinson is at Niagara Falls, On
tario.
EX-CONFEDERATES.
attend the wounded man. Dick has no
idea who the thief is.
BADLY NEEDED.
Our country friends complain because
tin y can find no horse-racks or other ac
commodations in Athens when they come
here to trade, ami sometimes they have
to drive all over the city before finding a
latching post. This is a most important
matter ami should he attended to. Our
country tiade is the backbone of Athens
Young M en's Club is thoroughly enthus
ed, and are doing some good work. The
colored voters are rallying around the
banner of temperance, and the outlook
is bright indeed. The Atlanta whisky
men have worked among the negroes, and
are using all their efforts to carry the
day.
CHANOINU AROUND.
Mr. C. J. O'Farrell, who has been
j traveling several years for Tahnadgc
Bros., wdl quit the road and take the
prosperity, and we should extend these I agency of the Fortes Manufacturing Co.,
patrons every help and courtesy when | a „d Hiram Crawford will take his place
they come among us. They should have | on the road. O’Farrell and Crawford
horse-racks, a good and convenient feed- I ar e now travelling together over the ter-
ing ground, and other public conveni- | ritory.
enccs. Mayor Heaves should attend to
this.
PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING.
Capt. W. W. Thomas, architect, yes
terday presented us with a drawing of
the public school buildings to be erected
in Athens. The white and colored
buildings will be exactly alike, and the
design is most handsome and conveni
ent. There are two stories, and two en
trances—the girls to occupy the lower
floor and the hoys the upper. In each
department there will he one large room
and several smaller ones for the classes.
The connect for putting up the buildings
will soon he advertised and let.
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
It was reported on the street yesterday
that a committee went before the grand
jury and preferred charges against sev
eral of our leading citizens for buying
votes at the last municipal election. By
BIG BUSINESS.
Toomer <Sc Hazleton has sold in the last
ten days eight Organs, one fine Behr
Piano and eleven Sewing Machines
Their cash receipts for this month is al
ready three times as large as for the
whole month of April 1885. The branch
house at J ug Tavern is on a boom.
ALL OF US MUST GO.
A Colored Preacher Who Sage the Devil le
Dead.
Rev. B. VV. Ford, says the Balti
more American, a well known blind
colored preacher, has begun a series
of religious meetings at the hall oc
cupied by theKightsof King David
at the comer of Pearl and Lexington
street. Yesterday his theme was
“The funeral of the Devil.” He
announced his text as follows: “O
Lucifer, the first son of the morning,
thou art too high,” from Isaiah.xxi.,
the real words being, "How art
thou fallen from Heaven,O Lucifer,
the first son of the morning.” The
preacher vehemently insisted that
the devil was dead, as he could not
get back to Heaven, and was dead
to pardon hut alive to this world.
“Lucifer is the first son of morning,”
he exclaimed, “and gets up before
any ot you. The Lord said to him
'O Lucifer you’re too high; you
must come down,’ and we all must
come down. Vanderbilt, you had
money enough to give us all two or
three dollars apice; but you must
come down and get into the grave
Grant, you saved the nation,but like
Lucifer you must come down. There
no help lor it. Lincoln, you were
the Moses of the Ethiopians, but
Case Involving Their right to Collect from
the Government.
Washincton, April 14.—An in
teresting case, involving the whole
question of the right of ex-confed-
erates to collect claims against the
government, has just been submit
ted to the first auditor. It will be
made a sort"of test case, and there
will probably be a reading of the
attorney-general upon it. The
points in ine case are as follows.
Lieut. J. E; Eggleston was in 1S60
lieutenant commander of the United
States ship Wyandotte. In the line
of duty that ship captured the bark
William, loaded with slaves from
the coast of Africa. According to
the law the officers and crew wete
entitled to $25 head money for each
slave so captured. Eggleston’s
share, which was preperly appro
priated by congress, was
$420 60, but before he collected it
the war broke out and
Eggleston entered the Confederate
service. A law was passed in 18(17
that all persons who had partici
pated in the war should not be paid
any claim thai was made before that
time. In 106S President Johnson
pardoned everybody who had any
part in tile war on the Confederate
side, except a few leaders, who
were mentioned by name. Then a
few yeats ago, in the case of Os
born vs. the United States, the su
preme cou-t decided, Justice Field
delivering the opinion, that a par
don by the president restores to the
recipient all rights of property lost
by the person pardoned, unless the
property has, by prosess of law, be
come vested in other persons. It
is believed that this will give Egg
leston and many others their money.
A BABY ELEPHANTS DEATH.
Little Bridgeport Joins Jum'oo- The Arri
val of Alice.
The famous baby elephaant
Bridgeport, named after its birth
place, where the headquarters of
Uarnbm’s show are located, died
there Monday. When Bridgeport
the way, several of the accused arc serv- you were too high and you ha j to
FACTORY OPERATIVES PREPARING
TO STRIKE.
The Knights of Labor Send a Petlon to HllL
Presidents, Who Thereupon Issue a Clr- ,
cularto Employees, Protesting Against.
Outside Interference—The Result.
Augusta. Ga.. April 20 —Two
weeks ago the executive boaad of.
the Knights of Labor petitioned the
presidents of cotton factories to
abolish the “line of pay system,”
that no knight be forced to take the
place of a discharged knigh’ until
investigation by the executit e board
of knights; that all machinists re
ceive $3 for S hours’ work; that 50
yards shall constitute one cut; that
where one mill pays one dallar and
thirty cents for card grinding and
another pays one dollar and seventy-
five cents, the average price be one
dollar and fifty-two and one-half
cents; that the average price thus
obtained be raised 15 percent. This
advance to begin May 1st. The ex
ecutive board asserted that the op
eratives have quietly submitted to
from 30 to 35 per cent reduction in
the last two years. They askan ad
vance now because the mill can af
ford it. They desire a conference
with the superintendent and
overseers on any vacancies or dis-
discharges that they may fill the va
cancies. They ask for a holiday for
theemployes on May 1st, when they
will discuss the labor question and
kindred topics, and invite the presi
dent of the mills to attend and invite
two speakers to address them.
Theie are eight cotton mills in Au
gusta employing three thousand
hands. Ir is thought most of them
have joined the Knigh's of Labor.
The presidents ol the mills held a
meeting toJay and issued the fol
lowing circular letter to their em
ploye- in the tni'ls, not noticing the
executive board of the Knights of
Labor:
“Your attention is requested to a
calm and careful consideration of
this paper. We have received a
communication pnt poling to have
come from an organization kpownas
tile Kr.ightsof Labor, and signed by
the master workman and executive
committee ol that order. That com
munication pretends to set forth
certain grieviances under which you
are suffering, and demands their re
dress. This order claims to be ac
ting at your instance and in your
behalf. If this be true we decline
mo-t positively to recognize any out
side interlereuce between our em
ployes and ourselves. We are rea
dy to confer with you as employes
—but in no capacity—upon all sub
jectsof common interests. We rec
ognize that the rate of wages is a
fair subject of agreement between
the employer and employes, and
that the right to work or'quit work
ing for another belongs absolutely
to every person who is not a convict
or a slave, and the right to employ
or not to employ is absolute and in-
contestible. These rights can only
be limited by the parties themselves.
We shall therefore be glad to re
ceive and fairly consider any com-
municatien from our employes as
such, but we will not allow any out
side parties to manage our affairs.
'11 conclusion we would call your
attention to the fact that at present
the mills are eai ning very little more
than the expenses, and that up to a
recent period they have for several
years been run at a heavy loss, their
stockholder receiving no dividends
while their employes certainly
have at least received a living.”
The Knights of Labor held a
meeting here tonight, which was
largely attended and the following
preamble and resolution adopted.
Wheieas, our executive board has
been positively ignored by the mill
presedints and as it is positively
contrary to our constitution for us
to adjust any grievances other than
through our executive board there,
lore be it
Resolved. First, That all the
operatives and employes of the mill
do absolutely and positively decline
to confer with the president or any
other person except through an
executive board.
2. That we indorse fully the ac
tion of our hoard
3. That we lot ward to each of the
All acknowledge the impoctaoce
of turning under green crops for the
ammonia. I have made money by
giving uiy land one year in four to
gather ammonia and humus. Am- ’ Wlrat It Costs to Maintain a First-Class
GOOD FINANCIAL BACKING BE-
yt’IRKD TO PROPERLY CON
DUCT THE GAME.
monia is the foundation of English
agricultute. '
Willi a little ammonia We can
gather large amounts every year, :
and put it at compound interest.
I believe in natural laws,study na
ture; trace all things from cause to
ellect and from effect to cruse.
Theie are just an many ways to
improve land as there is to waste it.
Nature helps to waste, and helps
to restore and return.
Providence intended the earth to
improve in fertility as it increases in
population.
The richer you make the land the
more plant food you can draw from
the atmosphere.
If the guano comes in contact
with the seed the farmer will have a
bad stand.
Rotation—Fiist, rest; second,
cotton; Third, corn; fourth, make
grain,then rest. Cotton after rest;
corn after cotton; small grain after
corn, and rest after small grain.
Everything made on the farm,after
it has been used or eaten must be
returned to the land excCpt the lint
of cotton.
All vegetable matte: p’ ceil on
your land may, in cl le come of
time, he made to turn to corn.cotton,
or other field products.
Handle manure as lightly as possi
ble, hut handle a good deal of it.
Manure looses every time it is turn
ed over and piled.
Of all manures ammonia is the
cheapest and best growers,and does
not exhaust the lands.
The best time to break land for
planting corn is ten days before
planting, hut the rule is, commence
in time to break it.
In about one year in seven, fall
plowing is the best for the crop,and
improvement ct the land.
Plant Corn from March 10 to
April 1.
When the winter is warm and the
rains abundant late plowing is best
by 25 per cent, in the crop.
Land must he well broken before
planting. Commence in time to do
it, but the later done(in this climate)
the better for the land.
A man only gains hard work,and
more of it.by early planting.
Lay oft’corn rows 7 feet apart,
with a shovel, and Open out the fur
rows with a stilt longer shovel.
The corn row should stand open
S inches deep.'
Drop the maure 3 feet in the bot
tom of the furrow.
Drop the corn within 3 or 4 inch
es ol the manure, on the near side
of the manure, as the dtopper goes.
Cover with a harrow inches
deep, going the same way the drop
per goes.
First plowing use 22-inch wide
sweep, the right wing turned down
a little, four furrows in a row.
Second plowing use same sweep
with right wing more elevated.
Split middles with same,both wings
up; five furrows to a row.
Third plowing side the corn with
22-inch sweep; sidling the corn first,
then tile peas.
From 1st to 20th June plant peas.
Run shovel furrow in the middle.
Drop six to eight peas every two
feet and cover with harrow.
Mr. Dicxson first used Peruvian
guano in 1846. He was the first
man in Georgia that used it.
IS THE BOYCOTT LEGAL ?
was born, four years ago, she ► P residents * who -; e na mes appear on
weighed 145 pounds, and was the j circular distributed througn the
object of great curiosity to scien
ing on the jury
TURNER TALKS.
Capt. J. C. Turner has been in the
city for a day or no with hit friend*. He
will leave next Monday ta accept a posi-
lian as enginear on the Memphis and
Birmingham railroad. He has n!«o been
tendered a place by Major Green on the
•leorgia Midland, but will accept the
first offer, as it is the most lucrative.
• apt. Turner aays he thinks that Athens
v- ill get both the Macon road and the
Georgia Midland.
BANKS FLOURISHING.
K. 1). Owens, the high sheriff of Banks
county, was in the city yesterday, and re
ports farmers as hard at work planting
and getting ready for the coming crop.
1 he Ordnary is busy having the bridges
washed away by the late freshet re-built.
Banks is one of the best counties in the
►late. They always hsve plenty of
■Bossy in tho treasury, and are always in
a flourishing condition.
BLOOD OH THE MOON.
Yesterday’s Constitution contained a
card from Col. J. W. Merritt, of Mays-
*'lle, in reference to Dr. Smith, of Clay
t*. The Colonel goes for the Doctor,
and the indications look as if there was
blood on the moon. Col. Merrit is a
Brave man, and says he is ready to meet
' )r - Smith at any time. It is hoped that
the matter between these two gentlemen
ftav lw peacefuBy settled.
A BED MAN.
lb. llunnicutt has a large vat, some 7
or 8 feet deep, in which he immerses the
Pannelg for his Georgia fence. Yesterday,
•Bile one of his Workmen was engsged
'f> drenching the tlipn he fell into the vnt
'ad over heels and came oat dyed n
Beautiful acarut It will take time to
wear him white again.
MR. FHINIZY'S OPINION.
Mr. F. I’hinizy says it matters not
whether the Augusta & Chattanooga
road passes through Athens or not that
its building will benefit our trade. He
thinks it of course best to come through
the city, hut even if it does not we can
utilize its advantages from the point
where it crosses the North-Eastern.
IS IT INDICTABLE?
The grand jury yesterday had wit
nesses before it to investigate the matter
of certain parties taking orders for whis
ky, shipping it to Athens and collecting
the money here. We do not think
this a violation of the law.
HUNTING GOLD.
i W. Alfonso England, the California
miner, is now in the Free State develop
ing the gold mines so often spoken of in
that county. Mr. England is an old mi
ner and if there is gold in that county,
coined or uncoined, he will find it.
RED JACKET.
Mr. Jim Price, of Oconee, yesterday
received from Virgin ia a beautiful dark
chestnut trotting-bred horse, named Red
Jacket, which is -the finest animal we
have seen in -years. 'He is eight years
old and has a splendid pedigree. Mr
Price will not toueh $1,000 for the steed.
come down. Garfield, the nation
mourned for you, and they prayed
for you; but it all was of no use,you
had to come down.” The preacher
insisted so strongly that the devil
was dead that, when he asked his
hearers if he was right they agreed
wi.th him that he was. In one
of his digressions he said: “I
served the devil twenty-four
years last December. He’s al
ways ready to get you into a scrape
but he never helps you to get out.
I remember well one day he said to
me, ‘Aunt Dinah’s asleep, and she’s
got a nice, big ash cake in the fire;
you go and take . it out.’ I wcr.t.
and sure enough, there she wa-
asleep, and there was the ash cake
in the fire. I took it and ran, and
her husband saw me,and nearly skin
ned me alive.”
The sermon lasted over an hour,
As Ford was concluding the ser
mon he said: “If the Lord lives, I
will preach heTe again to-night.”
JACKSON GONE TO PRISON.
SIKES' BOND.
Solicitor General Brown says that
Sikes has until nsxt court to appear, and
if he does not by that time give himself
up, or furnish a good excuse, that the
court will declare the boud forfeited.
HOUSE BURNED.
Louis'Billups, living on Mrs. 11. E.
Martin’s place, had his house burned
’Sunday evening. It ia not known tow
it canght on fire, as Uhl family were
away from home. • t ‘ ,
POLITICS IN RABUN.
Th e oontoat for the senate - in -Rabun
county is getting rod hot. The old time
democrats, Horace' Cannon, Capt. Wm.
Pickett and Mr. Scruggs are in tho race.
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Tho Melancholy End of a Brilliant Caretr—
A Notable Case.
Augusta, Ga., Ayril 19.—The
remitter in the case of the State vs.
George T. Jackson was entered
upon the minutes ot Richmond su
perior court to-day, and the body
of the defendant was delivered nver
to the sheriff. The sentence goes
into effect immediately, and Major
Jackson left to-night to enter upon
his term of imprisonment. This
case stands out prominently
in vindication of the digni
ty and impartiality of law. No
defendant ever stood higher
the esteem ot his fellow citizen; no
case of like importance involving
such like amounts and such woeful
consequence has been pushed to a
speedier trial and final sentence.
While this vindication of the law
inspires renewed confidence on the
part of our citizens, there is nothing
but sympathy and compassion in
Augusta for those who suffer from
this fearfufblow. The Old Town
convict camp, Jefferson county, is
tho major’s destination;
tisls. Many distinguished scien
tific men watched her growth, and
Pi of. Doremus obtained some inter
esting results. Barnum insured her
(or 633,00 o, and when the com
pany carrying the policy declined
to renew it at the end of the first
year, he made up a syndicate of
Hartfoid insuronce men to insure it
a second time. For some time the
baby elephant has been in delicate
health and, in spite of careful nur
sing, it could not be saved. Prof.
Ward of Rochestet, has sent a man
fo Bridgeport tq skin the dead ani
mal, and will make a pair of ele
phants, just as he did of Jumbo.
The small skeleton Will be exhibited
side by side with that of the colus-
sus.
William Newman, the elephant
trainer for Barnum, is positive that
there will be another birth in his el-
phant family and that Jumho is the
father of Babe’s unborn offspring.
Queen, the mother of Bridgeport, is
with the show at Madison Square
Garden, but the father, Chiet, was
sold to anuiher menagerie this
spring, Barnum now has thirty-
nine elephants, fourteen of which
will travel with his show. Alice,
the widow of Jumbo, is on the
steamer Egyptian Monarch, that
was due yesterday. She will prob-
ahly be here to-day and will be
driven up Broadway to Madison
Square Garden and placed beside
Jumbo.
mills today a copy of these resolu
tions.
Editor Schewitsch, of the Volks
Zeitung, addressing workingmen
in New York upon the labor ques
tion, advised his hearers to provide
themselves with guns as rapidly as
possible, and prepare themselves
for future troubles. Rifles could be
had for six dollars each and ammu
nition was cheap. The crowd
cheered these sentiments.
Chicago, Ill., April iS.—Late
last night the Lakeshore officials at
tempted to take out a freight train
from their yards. A rush was made
for the engine, and before any pro
tection could be offered the engin
eer and fireman were dragged from
their posts. Etch was given a ter
rible beat mg before being allowed
to escape.
The employees of James Irving check for $500.
& Sons’ extensive cotton mills at
Irvington, Pa., have struck tor an
advance in wages. The firm re
fused to accede to the demand and
the mills have been closed.
DIVERS REACH THE OREGON.
Wliat the Mek Who Went Down to the
Steamer Oregon Discovered.
New York, April 17.—The
wreck company thai has been at
work on the Oregon since she sunk,
has made its report to the Cunard
Company. The statement says in
substance that the divers were un
able to do any work, owing to the
high sea and heavy wind until last
Friday. On that day the diver first
discovered a big hole in the hull of
the vessel, about 25 leet forward of
the bridge on the poit side. This
break measured at the top iS feet,
and about three-fourths of the way
down about 12 feet. The after part
of the hull is twisted out of line.
Wedged in the split was an iron
ladder and a boat davit. The steam
er had broken in two exactly be
tween hatches two and three. The
line of hreakage on her port side
runs down straight. The iron sides
of the steamer had been turned right
in and even smashed a 'part of her
cargo, but the boxes were not suf
ficiently broken to show their con
tents. The top of the break takes
in two of the dead lights, and just
forward of it is one of the coal
chutes. The diver’s examination
did not go beyond the break. The
hole appeared to him as if it might
have been made by the crown of an
anchor. He found along the mid
dle line both fore and aft long
scratches which had tor/i off the
paint as though the fluke of an an
chor had cut along the ship’s side.
A representative of the wrecking
company said to-day {hat they wete
unable to say yet whether there
would be any further report on the
Oregon, but they would continue to
search for baggage and cargo.
The Cunard Company’s agents ac
cepted the report as satisfactory,
and it wss sent to the Liverpool
office. It seems to settle beyond
doubt th at the Oregon was sunk
by a collision with another vessel,
but nothing was found at the bot
tom of the sea of the other vessel,
which disappeared so suddenly that
no one on the Oregon saw her.
Jay Gould sent one of his men
who was injured by the strikers a
Savannah Times.
There is a very great danger that
the boycott in these United States
will be overdone by its advocates,
and certain it is that it has been push
ed to such 3n extent already as to
make it ridiculous. The case of the
boycott of the bakery and pie shop
of Mrs. Gray in New York is a
conspicuous instance of this. She
is an enterprising little woman, who
was conducting her business in a
manner perfectly satisfactory to her
customers, her employes and her
self, and simply because she em
ployed non-union bakers who did
not wish to hecome union men, a
boycott was declared against her
and against them. Against herin the
hope of breaking down her business,
and against them in the hope that
they would be thrown out of em
ployment and be starved into plac
ing themselves under the control
and subject absolutely to the will
and order of the union.
It is ridiculous enough for men
claiming to be championing the
cause of human rights and human
justice to be guilty of such tyranny
as this, and the end of this boycott
has so prosen. So far from injuring
the plucky little woman against
whose fair treatment of everybody
with whom she was connected
nothing was ever charged, it has
turned out a positive blessing to her.
Public sympathy has been aioused
in her behalf; patrons have been
drawn to her wtio never dealt with
her before, and she has made,and is
making, money faster then she ever
dreamed 01. In her case the boycott
was certainly a most lamentable
failure and few more such instanes,
and it will be always failure. I will
only serve to advertise the boy
cotted, and instead of doing harm
will prove a decided benefit.
This Gray boycott also threatens
to develop another interesting fea
ture. For sometime past the ques
tion has been mooted whether or
not boycotting was an unlawful con-
piracy. This question will proba
bly be tested by Mrs. Gray, who
has had all the money given her
necessary to defray the expenses of
such a test. It has been very truth
fully said that the boycott violates
the first principle ot national justice,
inasmuch as it makes a party to a
cause the judge ot that cause, and
that when a body of men resort to it
they first assume themselves to be
aggrieved, and then proceed to sit
in judgement and pass sentence on
those by whom they assume they
have been aggrieved, unless these
latter shall agree to submit uncon
ditionally to his assailauts. This is
tyranny pure and simple, and if the
law declares it a cbnspiracy, those
who indulge in it hereafter will lay
themselves liable to punishment and
imprisonment. It is all right lor
men to seek by all legitimate means
to better their condition or repair
any injury done them; but no man
has any right, especially in this free
country to try and cram his ideas and
opinions down the throat of anoth
Club—Blent Leadlnf Organisations on a
Sound Basts—High Priced Flayers—Tbs
$3,000 Limit—Notes About Flayers.
Mail and £xpreas.
Twelve or fourteen years ago it
was predicted that base ball would
ere now be one of the the things ot
the past. In those days clubs were
organized on the narrowest mone
tary margins, mostly by speculative
and irresponsible men, who, in
many cases, when it came to pay
ing their debts, failed to do so, and
at once declared that there was
nothing in base ball, and that it
would soon die out. But instead it
has struggled along, year after year,
until now it is the leading Amer
ican sport, arid is backed by some
of the wealthiest men in the coun
try. To day there are thoroughly
organized and fully equipped eight
associations, as follows: The Na
tional League, with eight clubs; the
American Association, composed
of eight clubs; the Eastern League,
with eight clubs; the Southern
League, with eight clubs; the New
England League, with six clubs;
the Inter-State League, with eight
clubs; the Northwestern League,
with six clubs, and the Gulf League,
witH six clubs. These eight organ
izations employ over Soo men, whose
salaries for the season will aggre
gate one million dollars or more.
Therefore it has rendered the em
ployment of hard cash capital a ne
cessity. The expenses ot running
a first-class team are enormous, and
all statistics on the subject of main
taining a club, even by those who
are well posted, is purely guess
work. The base ball, officials are
loth to talk about the matter. The
managers also have little to say
about what the men receive.
The players themselves never di
vulge what they are getting. The
motive for all this secrecy can
scarcely be imagined. But it is
claimed that if these facts were
made public it would have a bad
effect on the men. If every player
knew just the amount of money that
is being paid to men of an equal
position in his own nine, or to men
who had similar positions in other
nines, it would cause a feel
ing of much discontent among
the players. The salary list
alone of any first-class club foots
up from $25,000 to $40,000 a year,
and individual salaries, in some in
stances, have nearly reached $5,000
a season, and in many cases they
have ranged from $2,500 to $3,600 a
season. But there is no class of
public amusement or sport which,
when properly conducted; gives
better'returns than baseball. * ■
TRAVELLING EXPENSES.
The travelling expenses of a club
form quite an item in the expendi
tures, and generally foot up to $10,-
000 or more during the year. This
includes all lailroad fares and ac
commodations. Each club has
about twelve thousand miles to cov
er during its regular championship
season, not to mention how many
more while playing exhibition
games. Then there is the addition
al cost of keeping the grounds in
proper playing condition, besides
paying gatemen, ticket sellers and
special men employed about the
grounds. A11 these things are well
understood by those who have stud
ied the subject, and they know
that a large capital is requir
ed to conduct the business proper
ly. The day has gone by when
half a dozen men can organize a
club, unless they can show satisfac
torily that they are financially able
to carry out their engrgements dur
ing the season. A year or two ago
fancy salaries were paid in a great
many instances, and players who
happened to receive a little notice
demanded such exhofbitant prices
that itjeame near ruining some of
the clubs. To avoid any unreason
able prices by players the lfcading
organizations have passed a rule
limiting a player’s salary to $2,-
000 and doing away with the ad
vance money system except just
enough to defray travelling expen
ses at the beginning of the season.
The paying of large sums ot advance
money during the earlier part of the
season proved a great burden to
most of the clubs and the
abolishing ot that system has
met with general satisfaction
throughout the country. A year or
two ago a good first or third base-
man could not be engaged for less
than $1,200, and from that up to $2,-
200. A first class second baseman
could obtain from $3,000 to $3,000.
A short stop with any reputation
wanted from $2,500 to $3,000 a
year. Outfielders commanded from
$1,500 to $2,500 for the season. The
pitcher, who is a very important
man in the nine, especially it he has
any known abilities as a twirler,
would make a modest demand of
from $2,000 to $3,500 for a season’s
work, and then he wanted a good
man to alternate with him. There
are some men who are really worth
more than the $2,000 limit, and they
should be paid in accordance with
their merits, but there must be a line
drawn somewhere, and the men
who make unreasonable demands,
simply because they happen to do
well during the season, should be
kept down to the'Iimit. $2,000 for
one hour’s work, six days in the
week, for seven mouths in ‘.he year,
is good compensation.
The outlook for the season of 1S86
is vetv promising. AH the league
and association clubs and most of
the clubs of the other organizations
are comparatively strong in a finan
cial sense, and aU the players under
contract are reasonably sure that
their salaries are safe and that the
clubs will certainly fulfill their en
gagements, as each management is
required to make a deposit as a
guarantee that his club will faithtul-
ly add regularly finish the schedule
of championship games. This is as
it should be, and it is but reasonable
to expect that every properly con
ducted club will find itself . in a
prosperous condition at the end of
the year.
Rxhchers are hanging horse—
thieveilo Texas.. 7/
The blockade on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad has ended.
John Carpenter, New York wife
murderer, suicided in the Tombs.
They are arresting the boycotters
in New York. .
Mr. Powderly was this week be
fore the House labor committee.
A negro ravisheris being hunted
by dogs near Birmingham, Ala.
Mr. Ker Boyce has been confirm-
firmed as postmaster at Augusta,
Ga.
The Washington Capitol believes
that the Blair educational bill is
dead.
The eight-hour question is at
tracting the attentien of the work
ingmen.
The Weaver brothers, Danville,
Kansas, murderers, have been
lynched.
East Lee, Mass., was inundated
by a broken dam to a reservoir and
many lives lost. The flood de
stroyed everything in its path.
The supreme court of Georgia
confirmed the sentence sending Eu
gene Beck, the Rabun murderer, up
for lite.
A bloody fight between Ameri
cans and Mexicans occurred at
Murphyville, on the Texas Pacific
road.
The tenant farmers at Kildgast
Ireland, denounced the land pur
chase bill as simply a measure for
the relief of the landlords.
Because of dullness ot trade, the
canning department at Armour &
Co’s packing house has been closed
and nearly 600 men dismissed.
The treasury received a certifi
cate of deposit for twenty-five
thousand dollars, the amount of the
forfeited bail of George Q Cannon.
George Coleman, a Baltimore
colored democratic ticket holder at
the last November elections, was
tried Monday and convicted of
having voted illegally in the first
ward. The judge sentenced him
to six years in the penitentiary.
The Grand Lodge of Good Tem
plars will meet in Columbus in July.
The Columbus lndge is already pre
paring for the occasion, and ar
rangements will be made to enter
tain the visitor^ in a manner credi
table to the city.
The Lake Shore officials at Chi
cago attempted to take out a freight
train from their yards. A rush was
made for. the engine, and before
any protection could be offered* the
engineer and fireman were dragged
a terrible beating before being al
lowed to escape.
The decision made by the su
preme court ol Georgia in the Beck
murder trial, will be quoted as an
authority in similar cases hereafter.
The declaration of the court that
the frenzy which excuses guilt
must be chronic and permanent,
and not a mere temporary drunken
delirium, will be greeted not only
as sound law, but as common sense.
Alluding to. the announcement
that the Mexican government had
contracted for 600,000 Chinese the
Atlanta Capitol exclaims: “Phew!
What a graft! Half a millian opion
eating pigtail scions ot leprocy plant
ed in the lazy piratical Mexican na
tionality, constitutes a spectacle of
hydridization of bad bloods that has
no parallel. It is like coianizing the
slums of New Yord with the worst
elements of Africa. The mixture
must give a terific result of physical
and moral de generacy.”
ATLANTA LETTER.
Texai Knights of Labor are or
ganizing colored assembliea. The
move is regarded with apprehen
sion.
Mr. Walter Wray, whose post
office is Maxeys, made 22,800
pounds of hay on one acre of land
on his farm' ia Greene county. He
was the first man in Middle Georgia
to bale Bermuda hay and place it
on the market.
The Bishop of Madrid, was shot
Sunday morning in Madrid, while
ascending the steps leading to the
entrance of the Cathedral. He was
shot by a priest standing at the top
of the steps. The priest fired two
more shots.
The "statement of the Rev: Wm.
Cleveland, brother of the president,
that the latter will marry Miss Fran
cis Folsom, the lovely daughter of
the late Oscar Folsom, leaves no
doubt of the fact that the white
house wedding will take place.
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Gordon's Candidacy and ths Society of the
Executive Mansion—Bishop Beckwith and
Dr. Armstrong at Oats—A Duel Fending
Between Westmoreland and Smith.
Correipondence Daily Times.
Atlanta, April 17.—Nothing
has been heard yet as to the inten
tions of General Gordon on the gu
bernatorial question. The General
may flash up as suddenly, however,
as his resignation of the senatorship
was sent in, and his silence now
does not prove that he will not
be in the race. It either Gordon
and Bacon should get the coveted
prize, the executive mansion would
be a great society center. Mrs.
Gordon is fond of society and the
General has a lovely daughter who
would grace the parlors of the man
sion., Major Bacon also has a
daughter who is wondrously beau
tiful, and who is a reigning queen in
society. The mansion is in a fair
way to have a most charming young
mistress during the next term. Gov
ernor McDaniel has a beautiful
daughter, who is, however, in
school. Mrs. McDaniel, while a
most accomplished lady, cares very
little for the frivolities of pink tea
society,
THE ARMSTRONG EVIDENCE.
It is expected that the evidence
in the Armstrong trial will be pub
lished within the next month. The
copy is now being prepared for the
printer. The book will contain
nearly a thousand pages. It will
contain some lively things that the
public knows nothing about so far.
It is said that there were some hot
wards spoken in the court room.
Bishop Beckwith feels very keenly
the attacks that have been made
upon him by the press and people,
but he is waiting for time to vindi
cate his course. They say all things
come to the man who waits, and
the Bishop seems to be that sort of
a man. St. Phillip’s is without t
rector, and is talking about supply
ing the place temporarily, in the
hope that an Appellate Court will
he established that can try and ac
quit Dr. Armstrong, in which event
he would be re-instated as rector
of St. Phillip’s. Those who are fa
miliar with the Episcopal church
law say that such a thing is impos
sible—first, because it woujd take
three yeats to change the constitu
tion and establish the court; and,
second, because an ex post facto
law is an unheard ot thing.
SMITH AND WESTMORELAND.
"the trouble between Convict
Lessee James M. Smith and Peni
tentiary Physician Westmoreland
continues, and grows more serious.
It is quite likely that a challenge
may pass. Dr. Westmoreland inti
mates »s much in an interview pub
lished this morning.
. The Boycott Definsd.
Justice Duffy, of the Jefferson
market police court of New York,
has given his opinion as to how far
a boycott cah go without laying the
boycotter liable to araest He says
that boycotters have a right, to ac
cost ana talk with men employed
by a boycotted firm, it such men
are willing to talk, and the discus
sion is not an anj*iy one, and does
not obstruct the stteet of cause an
noyance- .Bat the Jjpycolter must
not threaten, hustle, intimidate or
impede anyone, I*
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GEORGIA NEWS,
! Mr, John Heins, of D#f
1 pound ) bear • a few <
The Georgia Baptist Con
neets in Rome on Thursday
22d inst.
CoLC. C. Duncaa, of
will, it Is said, run against
for congress..c ' ■ .; i 1
Judge T. G. Lawson says
not a candidate for Governor,,
would accept the position if ten
ed him. > 1 . -Rf
While Mr. Elam, ot Americus,
was paddling down Motkaleie
creek a'few days ago,, a moccasin
snake six feet long -fell from a tree si
overhead into his boat . 8
In the 7th congressional district |
besides Mr. Joe Blance, the pros- 1
pects are that Mr. Clements will
have as competitors Judge Fain and
W. R. Rankin.
Larey, postmaster at Nahunta,
Wayne county, charged with open
ing letters, was brought before the
United States circuit court and re
leased on 8500 bail to appear at the
next term for trial.
Within the past two weeks sever
al counterfeit silver dollars have
been seen in P erry. They are of
1885 issue and much lighter in
weight than the genuine coins,
though very clever counterfeits in
every other respect.
Some of the Atlanta railroad
builders denominate the paper roads
that are built from that city to Haw*
kinsville and Hirschman’s lake
“routes to tide water.” If any tide
water was ever within a hundred
or so miles of either of these places
it was carried there in a jug.
The next issue ot the Americus
Republican will contain the valedic
tory of C. W. Hancock, who has
been its editor since the paper was
founded in 1S54. This action is
understood to be the result of the
management of the paper insisting
upon opposing the re-election of
Judge Crisp.
The “special” in yesterday’s Con
stitution from Greenville, Ga., to
the effect that Fred Freeman had
been working for a farmer in that
s;ction is wholly discredited by the
citizens of Toccoa. If, however,
Freeman was there and acknowl
edged the killing of Mauldin by
accident, the fact that Mauldin’s
money was missing, is strongly op
posed to such a theory.
In the First Baptist church in
Columbus, Ga., last Sunday, two
violins were played as an addition
to the music of the organ. We may
soon have a repetition of the an
nouncement ot the old fogy preacher
in a town in Pennsylvania, who,
when instrumental music was first
introduced in his church, gave out,
“We will now fiddle and sing the
49th hymn.”
Ralph Morris, of Montgomery
county, Ga., was before United
States Commissioner LocW, under
a charge of violating the revenue
laws. The evidence showed that
he sold far five dollars receipts for
making liquors of various kinds,
and made specimens for each party
to whom he sold the formular. He
was bound over for trial before the
district court.
Several days ago Comptroller-
General Wright placed in the hands
of the sheriff of Fulton fi fas against
the Pullman car company amount
ing to $5,700, and instructed the
sheriff to make a levy on the prop
erty of the company to satisfy the
claim, which is for back taxes. Yes
terday the sheriff levied on the of
fice furniture of the company, and
"n addition upon the buffet car “Pat-
mos.”
Henry Brewer, son of Daniel
Brewer, ot Irwinton. about 17 years
old, while standing with a light-
wood knot in his hand waiting for
a rabbit to run by, which the dogs
were hunting, he was approached
by a mad dog. He noticed the dog!s
peculiar actions and tried to drive it
away, whereupon the dog made at
him, but was killed by one well-di
rected blow with the lightwood
not.
Wednesday morning, while Mrs.
H. G. Findley, at Fairmount, was
out looking after her work, she was
attracted to the house by cries ot a
child she had left the family room a
a few moments before. Hurrying
into the room she found that Col
quitt, a jen-year old son, had been
taken with an apolectic fit, and was
lying full length upon a bed of
burning embers. The burn is a
frightful one. One side of his face,
one ear, his right band and thigh
burned ;to a crisp. One eye and
his tongue are also badly burned.
His death is only a matter of time.
GENERAL NEWS.
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Statistics show that in the whole
of Europe the women have a ma
jority of 4,576,000.
In some parts of Mexico precious
woods are so plentiful that the na
tives build pig styes of rosewood
logs.
San Francisco is startled by the
discovery that there are several
well defined cases of leprosy in that
city.
Montana wants to come in as a
state, with no restrictions as to suf
frage on account of sex in her con-
titution.
Senator Jones, of Florida, says he
will return to Washington shortly,
“if the members of the press are sat
isfied to give up their attack.”
Mr. Trenholm, the newly appoint
ed comptroller ot the cuirency, has
arrived in Washington, ana will
formally assume the duties of his
new office Monday.
A special from Centralia, Ill.,
says. Superintendent Bent, of the
Missippi and Ohio railroad, served
a notice to-day on all station agents
and foremen that their wages would
be reduced, in consequence of the
business depression resulting from
the southwestern railway ’strike.
The cut in the wages of the station
agents varies from five to fifteen
dollars per month.
The funeral of Elijah Fox, a Phil
adelphia lawyer, was attended the
other day by three wives, and a
fourth telegraphed that she was
coming. Each woman had believ
ed up to the time of Fox’s death
that she was the only wife the man
had.
Washington, April iS.—Dr.
Hamilton said to-day that there was
a steady improvement in Secretary
Manning’s chndition. He sits up
for several hours every day and has
recovered the free use ot his limbs.
He is gradually gaining strength
and will soon be able to walk. He
is also very cheerful in spirit and
frequently chats and jokes with his
attendants.
The Wilmington (Del.) News
states that the Lobdell Car Wheel
Company, ot that city, ia using an
nually from 3,000 to 5,000 tout of
Southern pig iron at its works, el-
thoughby far the greater pert of
their iron cornea from the compa
ny’s three blast furnaces in Wythe
county, Va., in the Southwestern
part of the state, about sixty miles
from the Tennessee line. They
consider their iron better thsa thst
made in Alabama and Tennessee.
Two elmsses.of iron come from the
South. The 61st is charcoal iron,
such as Js used by the Car Wheel
ufacturen. _ v , ^ *
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