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TWICE-A-WEEK
VOLUME 52.
DISAPPEARANCE
OF BAGGETT IS
STILL UNSOLVED
Atlanta, Ga. —Expert divers and
volunteers continued the search Sun
day for the body of P. R. Baggett,
Douglasville farmer, who, it is be
lieved, was murdered near the Chat
tahoochee river, at Mayson and Tur
ner bridge, early Friday night. No
trace of the body nor any other evi
dence which might shed light on his
mysterious disappearance was found
during the search.
Belief was expressed Sunday night
that Baggett had been murdered and
his body taken in an automobile to
some point in order to hide evidence
of the crime. Persons living in the
vicinity of Mayson-Tubner bridge
told relatives of Baggett that a big
roadster in whic htwo men were rid
ing was seen near the bridge about
7 o’clock Friday night, about the
hour it is thought Baggett was mur
dered. It was stated that the car
drove at a terrific rate of speed to
ward Atlanta when it left the bridge.
A description of the car hsa been
furnished officials and the clue will
be followed.
Baggett, a brother of the sheriff
of Douglas county, is about 40 years
of age, married, and has several
children. He operates a truck farm
and made daily trips to Atlanta with
his produce. When he did not return
to his home Friday night it occa
sioned very little interest because he
often remained overnight in Atlanta
with his brother, an employee of
Beck & Gregg Hardware company.
Sheriff Baggett stated that when the
missing brother did not sell all of his
produce during the day, he remained
over and disposed of it the next day.
Late Saturday when he did not re
turn home his family and friends
became anxious and began making
inquiries. When his absence be
came known several Douglasville
citizens who had made the trip to
Atlanta Friday night or Saturday
recalled having seen a truck standing
near the north abutment of Mayson-
Turner bridge. Investigation devel
oped the fact that the truck belong
ed to Baggett and the missing man
was last seen repairing a puncture
about 6:30 o’clock Friday night. No
one has been found who has seen
him since that time.
Further investigation revealed
that Baggett had purchased a box of
tire patches at a store near the
bridge and had returned to repair a
tire which he told the storekeeper
had been punctured.
HALLOWE’EN JAMBOREE.
The Centerville High School is
planning to give a “Hallowe’en Jam
boree’* at the Centerville School
house, Centerville, Ga., on October
31, 1923.
We have several different things
that will be of interest to the ooys,
such as, “The Great Love Potion.’’
Boys if you at “outs” with her and
don’t know how to go about making
up, drink some of this and you will
be able to fix things up. Another
interesting feature will be, “The
Great Cut-away”. Then there is the
“Great Commentator” and “The
Gret Spectator.”
There will also be some “Ameri
can Beauties.”
One heartbroken girl has prom
ised to show us the “Broken Match.”
Then we will have still another
feature that will make the girls
“wonder” and the boys “go to see.”
That is the booth “For Men Only.”
We will have plenty of refresh
ments such as, ice cream, candy, pea
nuts, etc.
The admission will be five cents
for everybody.
New President of
War Mothers
if*
LSrs. H. H. McCluer of Kansas
t -itv is the u«w present of the
Wationa War Mother* of America.
Headquarter* have been moved to
Washington.
The News-Herald
“UNCLE ICHABOD” WRITES
ON THE PRODIGAL SON
A certain man had twos sons;
Luke 15. Nothing strange about
that. Many other men have two sons.
Give me the portion of goods that
I falleth to me. And he divided unto
them his living. Nothing out of the
ordinary about this. The older must
have received his portion too, for it
says he divided unto them. And not
I many days after took his (the
younger) journey mto far country.
A little out of the ordinary. Hard
ly any boy wants to leave home.
There can only be two reasone for
him leaving. His environments at
home or to go out and try it out for
himself. There is no reason to be
lieve that there was any differences
between this boy and his brother.
For he divided unto them, and you
will note later the welcome he re
ceived when he returned. This boy
was his father’s son when he left
home. When he was feeding swine
and when he came home. Nothing
in the recoords to show any feeling
between he and his older brother.
But, you will notice later the wel
come that he received from his
brother when he came home. It
might have been the overbearing dis
position, the bossism, the uppity way
in which the older treated the young
er. The older might have said to
the younger, “I am the whole cheese,
I am the manager, I am the custo
dian, I am the prognosticator. You
haven’t any voice in any matter. I
rule. I dictate. What I say goes.
What I do is right. What you do is
wrong. If you don’t do as I say I’ll
consign you to the bottomless pit of
everlasting damnation.” Let’s look
at it from a backslider’s point of
view. Here he is a member of the
church. A democratic church (so
called). He has been loyal to the
church in attendance and ni an hum
ble way doing the best he could. Fi
nancially he has made sacrifices, not
being able to much but willingly do
ing what he could in his little way.
Yet, hving an opinion of his own and
having the right to have it. Makes
n effort to get his way of thinking
before the church. The matter is
legitimate, is progressive. The Pow
ers That Be say No, No. You can’t
do it. The door is closed. You can't
come in. I got to cater to the whims
of the older brother. The boss. The
prosecutor. The prognosticator. The
slate maker. The public lambaster.
The driver away. The securer of
false reports for public sympathy
(by the way some reports are not so
false as you have heerd they wus).
He’s the dictator of all policies.
Wait for his move. • Cut and dried.
Dee-Mockery-Cy. May the Lord have
mercy on us. Every 1 thet gose sway
may not be a backslider or a fallen
sum grace. Not everyone will put
on thee yoke of any man or ret of
men. Some folks will stand for a
principal of right although they may
stand alone. The mill of God’s jus
tice grinds slowly sometimes but it
grinds. You can freeze out folks in
this world all you want to but after a
while a drop of cold water will be a
most desirable thing t osome folks.
Drive them away all you want to but
look to it that at the last day that
you are no driven away. He that
is so anxious to inquire into other
folks faults and misdeeds and those
that are tempted should first, al
ways first, look well to their own
household and see if there is any
straightening to be done.
May God help all of us to get the
ego out of our own heads, the beams
out of our own eyes. We needn’t try
to straighten the other feller when
we are crooked ourselves.
Your Uncle,
ICHABOD.
The next will be “Starving But
Honest.”
P. S. In order that the reader may
not think that the writer is trying to
hide behind Ichabod, the Editor has
the liberty as far as we are con
cerned at any time to give the real
name (though pretty generally
known) to anyone. ICH.
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CONDEMN CAR.
State of Georgia vs. One Five Pas
senger Ford Automobile. Gwinnett
Superior Court, October 3rd, 1923.
Condemnation proceedings.
Aplieation having been filed to the
superior court of Gwinnett county,
Georgia, on the 3rd day of October,
1923, to condemn one five passenger
Ford automobile, tag No. 123010,,
model 1923, motor No. 7810199. No
tice is hereby given to owner under
order of court granted October 3rd,
1923, that if defense to same is not
filed wthin thirty days from the
grantnig of said order, judgment
condemning said automobile by de
fault at chambers will be taken and
automobile sold pursuant to statute
in such cases.
E. S. GARNER, Sheriff.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1923.
LIGHT CARS
IN DEMAND
Detroit, Mich.—Looming lareg as
one of the important factors con
tributing to the improvement of
traffic conditions, not only in metro
politan centers but on main travel
ed highways where congestion devel
ops particularly on Sundays and hol
idays, is the increasing tendency to
ward the use of the small light car.
Personal convenience, the element
which enters strongly into the lives
of all of us, appears as the principal
incentive back of the growing swing
of sentiment toward the more com
pact motor car unit.
Th public, quick to respond to
things which insure further comfort
and safety in motoring, has been ob.
servant of the advantages the small
car has in the traffic line, its abili
ty to stop quick, the ease with which
t gets ni and out of parking spaces
and its general flexibility.
The response is apparent in the
constantly growing demand for the
small car, a demand which has been
unusually heavy since the first of
the present year and which is fur
ther expressing itself as the enclosed
car buying season approaches.
Men whose business keeps them on
the move about town all day were
not long in discovering the excep
tional facilities afforded by the
small car and they were quick to
adapt it as their standard motor car
equipment.
Owpers of large cars, finding their
movements more and morer estricted
as traffic congestion increases, are
rapidly reaching the conclusion that
an auxiliry motor transportatoin
unit the small car is an essential bus
iness convenience.
Another interesting feature is the
partiality which women drvers are
showing for the smaller car. They
find it more convenient and less fa
tiguing to operate, affording them a
quick and convenient means of
transportation for the shopping
tours, for little trips to market, for
afternoon calls and for meeting oth
er family requirements.
And new buyers, profiting by the
experiellW "t# Others; in investigate
ing the merits of the small car, find
it meets all modern motoring de
mands with the additional advantage
of easier handling in the traffic line,
thereby effecting a greater element
of safety.
Short wheelbase, small touring ra
dius, ease of steering, the impossibil
ity of failure to accomplish gear
shift and do it noiselessly, positive
brakes and a motor noted for its de
pedability are features of the Ford
which have contributed largely in
making it the most popular of all
small cars.
And a much higher degree of
owner satisfaction has been effected
in these cars by recent impiove
ments in both open and closed types,
resulting in better style and greater
riding comfort.
NOT YET DECIDED ON
race, says McClelland
Atlanta, Ga.—Judge £. F. McClel
land, of the municipal court of At
lanta, has not fully made up his mind
as to whether he will seek election
to the superior court judgeship now
held by Judge G. H. Howard, he de
clared Sunday night upon his re
turn to Atlanta after aweek’s ab
sence the city.
NEGRO KILLS SELF
FIGHTING SNAKE
Huntsville, Ala.—Will Brooks, a
well known negro farmer, was killed
late Saturday by the accidental dis
charge of his shotgun when he struck
at a snake with the butt of the weap
on. He had forgotten that he had
cocked the gun to shoot a bird and
a companion calle dto him that a
snake was near his feet. Brooks
hastily turned his gun into club
and it was discharged into his abdo
men inflicting a wound which result
ed in death within a few moments.
CAPTAIN TAPPEN, OF COAST
AL WATERWAYS, DEAD
New York.—Captain Fred A. Tap
pen, who for years cruised the wa
ters of New York bay and the Indian
river, Florida, in charge of "arious
commercial and pleasure craft, died
Sunday in the United States marine
hospital, Staten Island, from appen
dicitis. For a large part of the year
Captain Tappen made his home on
his launch, Ananias, taking it to
Florida in the winter. He was 69
years old.
Birmingham, Ala.—Two mei were
killed and a negro seriously injured
as the result of art explosion at the
Stockham Pipe and Fittings c ,iupa
ny plant in East Birmingham
£ojele •Jihas' tibsft
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OP THE THINGS' THAT
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LA HISCHITEMS
Editor-in-chief—Quill Sammon.
Business Manager—Ellis Cooper.
Class Reporter*—Senior Class,
Dorothy Thompson; Junior Class,
Janette Harris; jSophomore Class,
Robert Whitwortl), Jr.; Freshman
Class, Louise Ware.
At the faculty .meeting on Mon
day a committee \was appointed to
decorate the stage'for the entertain
ment to be given by the Oglethorpe
Orchestra on Tueiday evening, Oc
tober the thirtieth! This committee
is composed of jA-s. Carson Smith.
Mrs. N. L. Hutchi|s, Miss Matthews,
and Miss Youngblbod.
The committee, on arranging for
the two literary, societies, selected as
the presidents, Daisy Hewatt of the
Senior Class and Dean King, of the
Junior Class. j
The two presents chose their
sides from the higfh school. Every
pupil in the High School was taken,
from Riley Powell to J. C. Williams.
A name has not yet been chosen and
there has been offered a prize for
the best name that is suggested and
the prize will go to which ever so
ciety that he or shfe is on, so we are
expecting to have two real good
names for our societies.
As the fair is ever everyone is
studying hard, for it is only two
weeks Bfttil quraterly examinations
and everyone is wanting td get a
good report as it is the first report
of the year.
Senior Clats.
Everyone is ready to settle back
down to work after a week of fun
during the fair.
e are very proud of our record as
no “O. D.’s” have been received by
any member of our class.
Our efforts are to keep this up.
Mr. Stubbs was very generous in
granting us, and the rest ot the
school, a half holiday on Wednesday
to go to the fair. Although it was
raining we appreciated much
as we got out of several classes.
Margaret rown and Chloe Teague
were absent Thursday on account of
sickness.
The Juniors and the Seniors are
planning a gret event for Hallowe’en
We ar e to be joint hostesses at a
Masquerade Party on Saturday even
ing, October twenty-seventh.
We have started having tests and
we know what follows them, re
views, then—EXAAMINAATIONS.
DOROTHY THOMPSON.
Junior Cla«s.
Everyone is studying hard for the
quarterly examinations.
The fair was reported a great suc
cess by everyone in this class. We
are looking forward to the one next
year.
The girls of the Athletic Club,
which is composed of the girls of
the high school, will begin their
basket ball practice next week. They
ful year they have ever had.
Many in the class are planning to
go to the Sparks Circus in Gaines
ville, BSaturday.
Mary Hagood spent the week end
in Atlnta. Janette Harris will at
tend the Oglethorpe-Suwanee game
Saturday.
Gwynay Williams was the week
end guest of Ethel Fowler.
Charlie Pentecost was a visitor to
Atlanta Friday.
JANETTE HARRIS.
Sophomore Clast.
Since the last writing the window
shades have arrived and have been
put up. This adds much to the ap
pearance of our new school building
and also to the working of the pu
pils.
Th sale of candy is still good. The
pupils have sold nearly one hundred
boxes. Going some I’ll say. The
school gets thirty-five dollars for
selling it and the company gets the
remainder.
In the school house there are four
fir ehose, two up stairs and two on
the main floor; two boys have been
appointed to each of these, and when
the alarm is given they go to their
hose.
Our class has elected the follow
ing officers:
President, Robert Shackelford.
Vice-President, Herbert Smith.
MEMPHIS ROCKED
BY EARTH QUAKE
Memphis, Tenn.—Slight, but dis
tinct earth rtemors were felt in
Memphis and over a large part of
Arkansas and Mississippi at 11:14 a.
m., Sunday, indows were’rattled in
this city and newspapers \v< re de
luged with telephone inquiries from
Pine Bluff, Ark., Tunica and Tupe
lo, Miss., and numerous other towns.
Although no damage of anv conse
quence was reported following the
tremors at Marked Tree, Ark., sever
al old chimneys were shaken down
and large windows in a bank build
ing were broken. No official infor
mation is available here as to the
nature of the tremors or *heir ex
tent.
FIFTH DISTRICT DEFEATS
SEVENTH DISTRICT TEAM
The Fifth District team defeated
the Seventh District Aggies in a hard
fought game.
The Seventh District says that al
though they were outweighed by
their opponents and stood a good
chance to lose anyway, that they
were defeated by unfair methods and
bad decisions.
Marveloui!
Oscar (reading): “Three thous
and four hundred and twenty-six
elephants were needed last year to
make billiard balls.”
Ollie: “Isn’t it perfectly wonder
ful that such great beasts can be
taught to do such delicate work!”
WALNUT GROVE.
Regular preaching day Revs. E.
Walker Davis and Holt were both
present making good talks.
Rev. Polk Ewing will preach at
this place the first Sunday in No
vember.
School is progressing nicely undCT
th management of Miss Phillips, of
Norcross.
Mr. Howard Bradford, of Atlanta,
spent the week end at home.
Bfiaa Lola Tullis, of Buford, spent
end at home.
Mr. and 1 Mrs. Brownlee, of Lil
born, spent Sunday with Mrs. Geor
gia Ann Davis.
Mr, Fred Tyson, of Buford, and
our old neighbor, Misß Ruby Hut
chins, of Decatur, were married Sat
urday evening in Lawrencevclle. We
Wish them success.
Mr. Hardigree has bought out Mt.
A. J. Ivey.
Mr. Cross has bought the farm re
cently owned by Mr. Hase, of Bu
ford.
Mrs Claud Cash and children made
a business trip to Gloster the past
week.
Mr. Ezra Gunter, of Atlanta, was
in our midst the past week.
Mr. Marcus Bradford and Mr.
Hilman Simpson made a business
trip to Atlanta the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Sewell, Mr. and Mrs.
George Haslett, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Tyson, Misses Maude and Lillian Ty
son, all of Buford, visited Mr. and
Mrs. D. H. Byrd Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Hall, of Mon
roe, visited the family of Mr. John
Williams Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John illiams visited
Mrs. Wellmaker Sunday.
Secretary, Milton Harris.
Treasurer, Early Robinson.
ROBERT WHITWORTH.
Fruhman Clas*.
The Freshman Class is indebted to
Maude Green for the beautiful pic
ture which she presented to the room
this week. It is a picture of Betsy
Ross making the first U. S. flag.
We had a half holiday on Wed
nesday on account of the fair, and
enjoyed it very much.
• The Freshmen are busy writing a
synopsis of some book which they
were required to read during the
first quarter.
e are glad to welcome Roy Gun
terf back to awrenceville after hav
ing an operation for appendicitis at
Davis-Fischer sanitarium. We will
be very glad to welcome him back to
school as he is missed very much by
his Freshman classmates.
LOUISE WAKE.
Notice.
At the school auditorium, Tuesday
evening, October 30, 1923, the pa
trons of the school and the citizens
of Lawrenceville will have tha op
portunity of hearing the Oglethorpe
Orchestra in action. This promises
to be one of the best entertainments
of the yera.
The admission for school children
is 20 cents and adults 35 cents. A
percentage of the proceeds will go
for the benefit of the school.
Every true and loyal citizen come
out and enjoy a delightful evening
and help a good cause.
JURORS FOR TWO WEEKS
DECEMBER TERM COURT
First Week December Term.
E. B. Seay,
W. W. Hamilton,
R. S. Nash,
G. W. Johnson,
R. W. Bailey,
W. A. Waters,
R C. Powell,
R. L. Bowen,
C. A. Turner,
C. J. Phillips,
T. C. Shadburn.
J. M. Sewell,
R. H. Burel,
J. F. Hogan,
H. T. Bolton,
J. W. Marlow,
M. B. Gunter,
J. T. Forrester, ,
Frank Summerour,
A. B. Jordan,
Iverson Russell,
R. S. Cross,
J. R. Settle (Harbins;
W. H. Norton,
L. B. DeJamett,
L. T. Brow-nlee, (Cates)
L. J. Bradford,
J. M. Tumlin,
W. T. Cofer, ,
E. W. Davis,
C. M. Green,
H. H. Wilbanks,
,S. W. Carter,
H. T. Morgan,
Otis Puckett,
J. E. Jacobs,
C. W. Johnson,
W. R. Brogdon,
W. R. Wages,
R. E. Couey,
J. Henry Johnson,
J. A. Clay.
Second Week December Term.
L. T. Fowler,
H. S. Buice, | : (
A. J. Poe,
L. H. Letson,
L. A. Hill,
J. L. Bernard,
C. A. Woodruff,
M. H. Young, |.: :'
J. H. Bailey,
H. M. Braswell, • , ;
D. E. McDaniel,
W. L. Adams, • ,
A. A. Garner,
W. C. McDaniel, .
H. S. Ethridge,
L. H. Carter,
V. A. Huf f ,
R. N. Doss, • n 1 ‘
Garl J, Pirkle,
G. W. Bowen, , ( } |
J. R. Pirkle,
C. W. Crenshaw,
vW. P. Reese, Jr.,
C. H. Franklin,
T. E. Rbbinson,
R. I* Haslett,
J. L. C. Johnson, j ; ; **
Mack Lee, M
J. A- Alford, (
J. T. White, Sr., f T
J. C. Martin,
P. P. Ford, i ’ i*
H. J. McMilHan,
G. A. Huff,
A. A. Johnson,
N. L» Mauldin,
D. C. Atkinson,
J. R. Gamer,
J. W. Black,
R. M. Stanley,
V. O. Bramblett,
F. M. Mansfield, " 1
B. T. Melton,
J. F. Wood,
J. A. Webb,
Taylor Whitley,
J. A. Moore,
J. 11. Still, (Rockbridge)
H. C. Teague,
T. H. Evans,
C. S. Cross,
D. C. O’Kelley,
J. E. Pratt,
J. S. Corbin,
P. M. Garner,
D. E. Flowers,
W. C. Mann,
F. C. Jordan,
J. C. Bennett,
W. T. Stewart,
J. H. Hamilton,
Frank Bowden.
LLOYD’S POSTS FORD
AS 50 TO 3 SHOT
London.—A $200,000 insurance
policy against the election of Henry
Ford to the presidency in 1924, has
been obtained by a wealthy Ameri
can.
He paid $12,000 in premium, ac
cording to the Sunday Express.
This would make the odds against
Ford 60 to 3, based on Lloyd’s pre
miums igures.
FOR SALE.
Purple Straw seed Wheat $1.50 per
bushel; good seed Oats SI.OO per
bushel. Stored at J. R. McKelvey’s
Mill and at W. M. Leatherwood’s
home.
029 c McKclvey & I.eatberwood.
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TWICE-A-WEEK
INCOME, PROFITS
TAXES DECREASE
$1,250, 000,000
*
W ashington.—The treasury col
lected income and porfits taxes from
7,018,573 individuals and firms for
the calendar year 1923, ieceipst
from this source totaling $1,420,-
962,438.
A statistical report made public
Sunday by the bureau of niternal
revenue shows that such revenue de
creased approximately $1,250,000,-
000 from 1920, while there was at
reduction of about 600 in the num
ber of persons an firms making re
turns.
Of the total number of returns
filed, 6,662,176 were by individuals.
Reductions in the amount of taxes
paid and the number of returns filed
as compared with 1920, extend all
alorg the line from the persons pay
ing taxes on income of SI,OOO to the
maximum class of $1,000,000 or
more.
There were only 21 in the latter
class in 1921, while in 1920, the re
cords show, 33 persons admitted
having incomes in the class of “one
million dolars and over.”
Detailed figures disclosed that 12
of the 21 paid taxes on incomes be
tween $1,000,000 and $1,500,000,
and none reported incomes between
$1,500,000 and $2,000,000. Three*
individuals paid taxes on net incomes
between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000,
and five on incomes between $3,-
000,000, and $4,000,000, while one
shared with the government an in
come “in excess of $5,000,000.”
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
ROBERT NEELY, PROMINENT
FARMER OF BURKE COUNTY
Waynesboro, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Robert C. Neely were held
at the Methodist church Sunday
morning at 11:30 o’clock, Rev. J. H.
Pearson, pastor of the Methodist
church, and Dr. J. P. McFerrin, su
perannuated Methodist minister, of
ficiating. Interment was. at Mag
nolia cemetery.
The largest audience ever in at
tendance at a funeral in Waynesboro
was in the Methodist church to pay
honor to the deceased. Every seat
in the spacious auditorium was tak
en, and the Sunday school room was
filled. Many stood through the ser
vice.
Floral offerings came from manjf
parts of Georgia, and were evidences
of the esteem in which the deceased
was held by his own home people and
by alt those who knew him. Services
wer simple, as the family had re
quested.
Mr. Neely was the outstanding
figure of Burke county, and was per
haps the largest planter in the state.
For several years he-had as many
as athousand plows a year. He loved
farming and especially was he inter
ested in the production of cotton,
PUBLIC SALE. • jg,
At Huff, Ga., at the T. C. Teague
home place, on Tuesday. November
6th, at 10 o’clock at public sale, will
he sold to the highest bidder for cash
the following property: 1 mule, 1|
two-horse wagon, 2 buggies, farming
tools, corn and fodder, and also 4
show cases and 1 set of scales--.
MRS. T. C. TEAGUE.
Her Uwn Company:
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FLORENCE MACBETH
To be of royal blood and a famous
opera star is not enough for Florence
Macbeth of tW- Chicago operatic
forces, who has now become a» im
presario, formed her own company,
and is planning to tour the United)
States with the opera “The Secret
of, Suzanne.” Other womep before
her, like Mary Garden, have achieved
distinction by directing an com
pany. Jly promoting the < ofiuj
which she vy ill lie the principal factor,!
Miss Macbeth has gone furtlier tluof
her contemporaries. _ J
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