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THE GREATEST CLOTHING OFFER
_ EVER HEARD OF IN SAVANNAH.
OVER 1,000 SUITS ON SALE!
BEGINNING THIS MORNING. DEC. 28,
AX 9 O'CLOCK,
We Will Offer a Magnificent Line of Men’s Suits.
TWO LOTS AS FOLLOWS:
I
THT MO I ABOUT SIX HUNDRED SUITS, AEZ
LsKJ 1 INIVy. % SB.OO TO SIO.OO VALUES, AT .... $0.40
T fYT Mn T ABOUT EIVE HUNDRED SUITS, mn Ag
l nw. & sn.oo to $14.00 values, at .... O a 9u
THIS sale covers an advantageous purchase made some time ago to close out several manufacturers' ends and reserved for an after Christmas
treat, to enliven the lull usually intervening between Christmas and New Year’s. These handsome suits need no commendation beyond their
own appearance and impressive value. See examples in our Eastern Window. This sale appeals to the most economical as well as to those able
to gratify their tastes without stint.
BOOZ NOT A COWARD
Ml Hl** IIHO'IIIKN Tt:*TlFllfif> U>
TKHim.
NOR WAS HE STUPID OR A LIAR.
good i:\amiaatioa at
I’R KI'AH ATirtt A M HIHIL.
Kt-Ctmirratmaa §••* 11 i f> Tesltlles
Thai Up 1)10 Ant Visit Academy to
Keep 111. tun From tiring Hoard.
Nili*l I'rarr Toll. of sonic ot
llretl*'* experiences—AA tineas F.n
deavored lo I phnld llnslng.
AA'est Point, N. V.. Dec. 27—There was
an unusually large attendance of ipcr:t
tor. at both the morning on) oftornoon
sessions of the military court of Inquiry
ot fh academy to-day. The fact that
taro wltncse* from tlltttant points would
h- t .tiled upon to te.tlfy war the cause
of the Increased Interest
One of thee u Horace C. Booz a
Civil engineer, of Buffalo, and tbe other
I* O. Phillip, of Cleveland. The teatl
mony given by the former waa princi
pally a refutation of the siatcment made
about 111- brother, Oec.tr I- Boo* of Br|s
lol. Pa., who died recently. Several of
the ca.let wltneaaea during the program
of the Investigation aecuaed Boo* of
having tthnwn cowardice In hi. tight with
Cadet Keller In Angu.t I<9*. nnd they
ai-o accused him of untru.hfulne*..
Inatrurtor of Mathematic Blent. Coe, 'n
hi. teatlmony tael week, stated that Boot
wa. not possessed of -.iifTh'lent mental
ca|Htcity to pa a. the peccary examina
tion at this academy HI. brother etat' .l
to-day that thka wa. not no, a. the man
ner ID which the former cadet had |>n*d
hi. examination* at the preparatory
.cbool In Bimtleton. Pa., wa. .ufnclent
to prove U>at Oucar wa. possessed of suf
ficient Intellect. On the other hand, ne
..id O.car wa. not untruthful ami he
tva. nnvthlng but a coward.
Mr. Phillips' principal reason for ap
t.wring before the court wa. to .how lilt'
he had not vUltd the academy I. IW.
for the purpose of saving his son from
being hased. He said that in hi* opinion
Boo* aa. not of the kind ot material out
of which good army officer, could be
made.
Cadet Wil’d. Q Peace of North Carolina,
ild he kaew former Cadet Hreth and
i.tar him loml in the tent of ex-Cadet
l:dcr In tamp In 1907 The wltne.s. after
Bing frequently asked to describe the
form* Of hazing to which Breth wa. rub
le' ted. replied:
1 cannot exactly rte.erlbc them in de
tail. hub 1 think they were th' usual
tor ms. such * holding out Indian clubs
until n became tiresome, doing "Wooden
willle" and other things which were In
'ogte at that time. Breth wa. a very
awkward man. nnd did not seem to Is*
able to do anything right. He was sub
ject to nervousness and wan easily ral
lied. •
Continuing th. witness said:
•*! got ■■ letter from Hreth abuUi >!<
month* after he left here. In It he tried
to explain his difficulty In doing "'lnge
right while at the post here and
shot he had been suffering from *lcßß*t*
all tho time he waa in camp. * “ 4 ‘ J i
hoped to get better In liarrack*. but did
not
The witness in reply to lien. Cions, .aid
that he knew of nixiut eight fight, hav
ing o< urreil during the first two yeurv
he was In the Kcademy. and about nine
during the next two years
In reply to Oen. Hates. Cadet Peace sail
that whenever a fourth cla*. man wa. In
trouble or wanted advice, he would come
to an upper man for Information and h<
would Invariably gel ll.’
“1* there any hatred or feeling In ex
istence bet ween tirst class men and torn It
ilas. men? - ' asked the general.
"I don't believe there I. any feeling on
the pari of the first class men against
fourth ilas# men but then- may Is- on the
part of fourth class min against the np
t.er class. This may be accounted for by
the treatment of the lower class, but tht
reeling |ui.ses away when the cadet, nr
advanced to the ihlrd class
Peace went on to say that he did not
consider exercising brutal.
Then you don't think that being re
quired to exert yourself physically against
.out will almost lo the point of exhaus
tion brutalT" exclaimed tien Hates
”1 was exercised myself, sir, and I did
rot think |i was brutal. It was uncom
(ortable but I never knew It lo result
In permanent injury ”
The witness said there were some men
who used to ha*e more than others and
tbal some of them seemed to be without
the faculty of judging when a man had
enough
After being closely questioned as to
what he would consider brutality In har
ing. the witness replied
"I should say that If a cadet were nax.d
to such a degree that he would lie Injure.!
or had to he helped by hi fellows tit*
fluxing would be brutal."
This snawer was given after Gen
Bales had Intimated to the arttnese that
In ease ti cadet died from the effect* of
such hazing the taw would hold all thoa
who took part In It responsible for the
man’s death.
cadet Clarence II Knight of Florida. In
reply to tien. Clous, said h*- had taken part
In a fight when he was a third-class man.
Hl* opponent was a fourth-class man
named AA'ory. Who wn. since dismissed
The tight took place In lass, and Knight
won Neither wn. a selenilflc boxer.
Cadet Walter H. 1-ee of North Carolina
tout the court that on one occasion he
nii.de a fourth-claw man do the "eagllng"
exercise about three or four hundred
time at one session
What was hie name?"
"T. F. Smith."
"Do you know the sweating process*"
■Ye* air, I went through It. I bad to
v.ar a r.iin coat and then a blanket out
side I perspired freely This wa* In
my tent In summer time and lasted
about twenty minutes "
Which would you rather do. one bun
dled and fifty eagles or the sweating pro
eies*" asked tien Hate*.
"I’ll take the DO .-agle*. sir." Was the
reply.
The court adjourned until 9:30 o'clock
to-morrow morning
X 1.1M2 TO *1 MWKIIt 11.1. K.
flty of Charleston Ashed for Street
Hallway Franchises.
Charleston. H. C\, Dae. 27 —The City
Council of Charleston wa* asked to-night
to grant right* of way through certain
streets to the BtJiurban and Summerville
Hallway, a corporation that propose* to
construct a trolley line between here an-1
Summerville The petitioners are J W
Herf*. J. W. Blmons. J J OConnell and
Jonathan Buena
The company has not been organized,
but men who are Interested In the un
dertaking claim that . notigk money •* In
sight to carry It through auccessfully. At
fhe some meeting of Coimel the city wa*
asked to appropriate IM.IWt to aid the
ftouth Carolina Interstate and West In.
I iilau jigpoaiUuo,
THE MOKNING NEWS: Fit I DAY, DEO EM BEK WOO.
FOOD FOR MILLIONS
I
\'!'ii I'm nnn:\n: rHoi'f*
i on IMJO.
FIGURES ARE ASTOUNDING.
V| UhTHIU IIYUF. IMIEU HIM
REPORT PON rill*; YKIH.
\\ lit-m < ro| for ll••• \ rnr F.iinmfril
n t 11% rr font
More Than 2.4NMMMMMNHI BubrU,
On !• \*nrl> I Hrlry
.ItMMMMMMI, II >r. 24.4NHMN10, Hni L
%% lit'ni IO,INMI,iNNI, I'olnf>•>•
<HHi, anil Hay SW,tMW.tMM> Tons.
Washington. Dec 27 -Statistician John
Hyde of the Department of Agriculture,
i estimate* tbe United States wheat crop
; of I9W at 522 225*. Vi.' uuahel*. the area nc-
I tually harvested being 42.495.385 acres, and
the average yield |>er acre 12 29 bushels.
The production of winter wheal Is esti
mated at 250.025.tf1t* bushels, and that of
! spring wheat, at 172,SMASH bushel*, the
area actually harvested being 26.225.5V7
acres In the former rase, and 16.259.1 M
acres In the latter. Winter wheat arr
,g< totally abandoned in Ohio. Michigan,
j Indiana and Illlnola Is finally placed at
| 2.522.7*7 acres, and the spring wheal acr
nge totally abandoned In North Dakota
and South Dakota at 1.792.46? acres.
The extraordinarily rapid rale at which
the winter wheat average of Nebraska Is
gaining upon the spring wheat averag
of that eiafe. has necessitated a special
Investigation of the relative extent to
which the two varieties were grown dur
ing the past year. The resuM of the
invtwtigatlon Is that walle no change la
culled for In tbe total wheat figures >{
the state. 590,575 acres have been added to
the winter wheat column at the exi<en*c
of the spring variety.
The newly seeded area of winter wheat
is estimated at 311.2*2.564 acres. While this
acreage Is slightly greater than that sown
In the fall of 1*99, as estimated at the
time. It la W 1.451 acres less than fhe area
that was actually sown, the discrepancy
being due lo that remarkably rapid devel
opment of winter wheat growing In Ne
braska with which, as above stated, 'he
department report* had failed to keep
pace. A comparison of the newly seeded
acreage with that of the fall of 1*99 shows
that of the elevea slates amt territories
that sowed I.OX).ADO acres or upwards with
winter wheat one year ago. Pennsylvania,
Missouri. Kansa6. California and Oklaho
ma. report an Increase amounting to 571.-
eM acre*, and Ohio. Michigan. Indiana. Il
linois. Texas, and Tennessee a decrease of
1 7M.191 acre*.
The average condition of the growing
crop on Dec. I, was *7.1 per cent, or tho
normal There ate many complaints of
the Hessian fly. but th* low condition fig
ures reported from Ohio. Ml. hlgau Ken
tucky anil Tennessee, *6. 90, 97 ami *4, re
spectively are fully offset by the excep
tionally high i ondiilon* reported from
Kansas. MlaaourLCallfomka. Dktohoma.ind
other states. In all of which It la above
ii ri *
The production of com In 1900 Is esti
mated at 2-1Ai5.in2.51il bushels; oats. .-
125,999 bushels: barley. 69.985. *33; rye. 25.-
995.927 bushel*: buckwheat. 9.4M.3M buah
els. potatoes. 2H1.936.997 bushel*, ami hay
g,Uv,9V wn*. fiat ufea from wtUob these
i ro|w w*r K'Uhpml a* follow# In
a# r*H, corn, R3,33*),?£!. oat#, 27,K1,7K; bar.
I loy, 2.8W.2H?; rye, I.I0I.:,*£; buckwheat #W?.-
potatof* 2.611,<&4; anl luy
The corn *ro|o of IMA* wa# one of the
four laryeat I'Vft altbi'inl. While the oat
t rop h** only once lwen e*ce%Hlel in
the other botul. th# barley ami rye crop*
are the amalleat, with one excfitiot In
ach cane #lnce IW7, th#* Imrkwheat *ro|*
i# the #malle#t #luce lsH.l atvl th# hay crop
ihe #malle#t with one ext #*|Hk>it. aln#
Uhs
ROBBED A^mSPENSARY.
the One at KlttSXlree. H. 1.. Mlnu
|I,MH>-Thr Krr|rr' Han 4 *lh
9 ihiri'tl hii#l ••late tin*
buffer !.*••.
. Columbia. C.. Dec. tl —The WlllMme
i buri county liquor iHnpeniary lit King---
! tree |# re|or;'4 to have been rol>bel *f
fl.NfMt in ca#h We4nead.> night. K M
1 Player, the #hii*#ner. la allegeil to nave
tflacoverad the lo*#* thi# morning
Thl# t# the argit lo# by robbery In
-1 rurreil i>> h county 4lapen#ary alnce the
i In.tuguratlon of the ll#jen#.ry. Mr. II
H Crum liquor <*oimnl##loner. 4la|Mitrhe I
an |n#pertor to Klng#tr#-
It i# remarkable that the Indemnity
l)oii<b of the Jhjwwft #*xplr*l lie#-. I, an*l
the #tate may #uffcr a total lo## T*ii
i rather large amount of ra*h on han-l
represent# the CNrlatma# aoiea. ,\ ap -
clal to the Btat# from Klng*tr*- eay##
that trie there |emat*l th#* re#lg
i-ation of the .ountv ltuar#l of #ontrol
the <ll#penaer ami all others connected
with the <li#|>enaary at Kkigstree.
A number of'country #tor# n#9 rail
road dopot* have been \l*liwl by burglar
thl# winter, uim) th#* e.ifeoracklng look*
like th* work of expert#. Dick# Sc Hal
ley. of Haliey*# Ntatlon. have Im-reu*# l
t* 11.000. iheir offer of a reward for the
capture of the burglars who robbed the‘r
store of $7.d00 in gold la#t Krl#)a> right.
4 HHI*TM% K%T.%MTIKS.
Inn %rel4ental Kllltnu* In linll
rllo*lire 4 iiuilt),
Columbu#. <la., Dfr 27.—That thl# se# -
tlon I# havlrg It# shaft* of Chrlstma# nl%-
haps 4* seen now that the return# are be
ing had from aorroundtivg counties
I intelligent** reach#*#! the r.ty to-lay of
two aceldc#ntal killing# in Chattahoochee
county. The pirtle# at#* i#*groe#. A l.iy or
two ogo a t*’gro riMii anl hi# wife came
j to f'olumltu# ftom that < ounty .tml l#ought
i shot gun while her# Oft the way horn*-
| the negro l>u<h*l an#l fir*#l Id# gnu #ev
iial time#, and It #ee##n# left It loo#le>l
When hi# wife went < get It from the
VMKuti ui##*i reaching home, she receive !
the full charge in her heck an#l wa# lulled
Instantly.
A negr> Ik* while nut hunting, started
over a fence. ll## OMiagle loader wa# #•!#-
• hargetl ami half IH# l>ea#l wa# shot off
OW. KIM.ICU. !%%4t KMt IFISIK
Three Xegroe# Mrsrli b> •., |*. A \\ .
‘I rain Willi |aeer Iteaulfa.
Thomasvllle. tla.. Dec. 27. -Three ne
groes tttmptfd to cross the Havannah,
Florida and Western Hallway track last
ivight In front of a fast moving train at
j |*eh In this county. The engine atni#'k the
arnip. killing one man atralghtaut an*l
taring the coat from another. Int not
uHouily Injuring either one of the two
who escaped Two saw th#*
uciddefH.
The hrsi elal*orate hall of the *w*oti I#
In progTaag to-night at thv Mitchell
iiouaa.
THE STATE SCHOOL FUND.
111 OF tI’FHOFniATIONS TO THM
IST I Ol M IK*.
I lifllhsHi. N* I Milml. Gels llnel. Xlm.ul
lisr-hsll U Itni She Pay* Into the
Fund—F 111 Orn I nsie. First XXltti
About 93T#91, While f haihaui Is
Sreond null *.ls.s!*o.l> e-II lehnionil
Gets 139,227.90 and Hlhh ffitl.ffilM.ito.
The Pity of Atlanta Gels 9t1.3M.T4.
Atlanta. Dec 27—The school fund ap
propriated by ill* is-i I-eRi-l.itin•' has
been upportloned to each of the counties
rtf Genrßbi by h* eilucatlrtllnl d‘|Ml tmellt
Kach county ill Ret mure money thl*
year than last The apiiorOonmenl Is
based on the number of school children
in each county. Fulton county Rets the
larßesi amount. Chatham receive* the
next largest amount, her portion heiiiß
3Jt.M9.Or
Th* followiitß are the amount* appor
tioned to the counties
Appling 1 9.332 61
Baker 4.707 59
Baldwin Pi. 395 46
Hank* 7.599 13
Bartow . 11.370.22
Berrien 11,141 vi
Bibb 5t.6590S
Brook* 12.697 04
Bulloch 12.992 <n
Burke si m 1 02
Butt* 9.937.10
Calhoun 6.967.59
Camden 5,0H.t4
Campbell 7 9ft 00
Carroll 11.6J3 09
Caioo*n 4.0,2 *0
Chariton 2.026.14
Chatham 2.Uih<9
Chattahoochee 4 *32 42
Chattooga 9.130.40
Cherokee 11.07*62
Clarke 5.219.34
Athens, city -.'oo 96
Flay 6.191 lo
Clayton r, 709.91
Clinch r. 204 7*
Coffee 9.219.51
Cos 111 mb 7.000.29
Colquitt 5,199.96
Moultrie. cly 79*74
Coweta 15.16* 12
Newnan city xilTwt
Crawford T.Viiot
Dade 2,513.91
Dawson 1996 4
lie Slur l't.uV; 2!
DeKalii 1t.1t1.90
Kdßcwood. city 623.56
llc 10 511.12
Dooley 17,419 H
Dougherty 9.024.19
Irotißla* 6.291.94
Fatly 9.551 52
Fa tiols 2.093 72
Plffingham 6.231.30
Klhert It 395.94
Kmanuel 11.521 S4
Adrian, city 0,7 q
Fannin 7.252 11
Fayette 7,017 fl
Floyd .......#..,,..,17A97A
Rone, city 1.009.19
North Home, city 1.097*1
Forsyth * *.634.1*1
Franklin 11.C5 4*
Fulton 14 131.03
Atlanta, city 41 3X74
Fast Point, city 911.34
Hapevllle, city T 79.90
tltimer 7,STo 42
Gl iwock t*N9 11
Glynn
fbor.ton t*,37,n;
flrcene ....13.999 91
Gwinnett 19 Sia.99
il.t's rsham 9.167.11
Hail 14.W9.01
Hancock 14,799.10
llarralson 9.221.22
Harris U 974.74
Hart
Heard 7.72', 91
Henry 12.611.62
Houston ~15202 46
Irvin 7912.29
Ftl9R<-tald, city 1,231.4*1
Jackson 17 '46 61
Jasper 10.210.63
John-on - 7.541 96
Jours W-796
Baurena 1* 749 50
l.lberty 9.916 *1
LJneoin 4.621 To |
J.OWhde* 12.249 61
l.umpkln 5.152 9o 1
Macon 9.4*6 24 ,
Madison ... •**,
Marion 6.419 40
McDuffie 6.667 [
Mclntosh 4.996 4o j
Meriwether 21.1*9 76
Miller 4.144 911
Milton 4.994 6*>
Mitchell B.IJO M I
Monroe 14.524 ah 1
Montgomery 40.3* 42
Morgan - 11.972 P*
Madison, city !.4S K
Murray *-7#* #*
Most ogee 7.971 02 ,
falumhu*. city 9.919 14
Newton 10.193 *9t ,
Covington, city •.*•* *•
Oconee 6.391 90
Oglethorpe 11.944 10
Pnul-liiig **•* 14
Pickens 6.34* 49 i
Pierce '.919 41
Pike 12.19* 12 :
p„ 1, 10,950 26
I'uluskl H W* *°
Putnam 11.951 41
(jiiltmaii 2.AM 42 j
Kalnm - 4.642 04 j
Handolph 13.503 40
Htchinond 29.227 40
llockdale 3.057 T*
Conyers, city 1 A® 7*
44'hley . 2 701 93
Berevt n W.6M 70 |
Bpaldlrut 3,795 62
Griffin. City 3.1*5 64
Rlewart 12.4 C 54
Bumter 12 626 62
Amertcua. tity 4.972 63
lalbo- ••• 10*63 35
Taliaferro 6.479.21
Tattnall
T..yloi ...9.716.76
Telfair < <77 4 ,
Terrell lt7M.lt
Thomas A I
Towns J 347 91 !
Trou|t .16317 51
Twiggs 7 <*7.92
Felon 6,022. pt
I'nson W 99742
Walker 10 I*l*.
Walton 14.157 73
Ware 5.343 1*
sVa>cross city .'.7*291
W arren 4 462.e>
Washington j
Wavne 9.J1690
Je.up el| y ,**#?
W#s)f6t*r % mj.tr, j
woke l-rJ'JJ i
Whitfield * !
Wilcox !
53 lik-s s'2l'T!
, .<Kt.
Worth i0.963.ti
In ■ccordnmc with the recotnmendatli
of thr roronerie Jury at th# Inquewt hel.l
over th. Idv of Jom-ph IHtggs the oil
man who w. kl! l on ib itur wlreet.
James J. Crude, who was arrested on sus
picion at the turn- the tragedy occurred,
na* sent to jail yesenla> afternoon to
await the outcome of a preliminary trial
this afternoon
I4mt Hoke Htnllh l* very 111 at hie re*-
afen-r *•, We< IVa.htree otreet. He
spent a rery rsstlsws night. BMI I* said to
nc twlter thla omrnlsic. The news of Mr.
Smith** nine*, will he learned with re
gret by bl UU4UJ frtatvda, and It la hoped
that he will eoon lie well enough to re
! turn to his office.
I Thr Hlate of Georgia owes 95.794 <0 tho
Franklin Printing Company, which can
tos Is* paid until the seaati.n of the l-egts
-llt lire next year. The dellcll came about
on acs.imt of the largielature ordering
some of the old volume- of the Georgia
reporte printed. When the art was p-iss
ed no provision waa made for the pay
ment for the work except that It came
.us of the general printing fund which
amount* to 931.509. as a result the printing
whl< h was done for the state from Jtilv
I to the present time has not been paid
and the company will have to wall until
the net: session of the l-eglslJHUTe In
order to get the money
An appropriation for printing next
year was made by tbe legislature, hut
is, money was annroiirlated to pay tho
present debt
HISTORY ANoTeCONOMICS.
JnlMl lire 1 1 na of American l.enno
1111e Aeeorleflon and American
llisiorienl Asssrlatlnn In
Detroit.
Ib treat. Iter 27.—" An historian to mako
hla rnat k must show some originality
somewhere." said Dr. James F. Rhodes
In hie address to-night on "The Writing
of Ittelory." before the Brat joint session
of the American K-onomt* Association
atal the American Historical Association
in the t'etvtral Methodist Church. Dr.
Ithodes warned all historians against
nasty am] Imperfect genr iallssUona, say
ing that a historian la a sort of trustee
and as such Is baund to produce nothing
that he cannot vouch for.
After the &Vi members of bosh societies
gathered In the churrii had been formally
scl miicl to the etty by Mayor May
bury. President Richard T Kly of tho
American Kcooomlc Asooctallon. who
presided over the meeting, read a pwpor
on "Competition. Its Nature, tie Perma
nency ami Pa Beuoflcteaoo.**
The afternoon session of the Am.ric.tA
llls'orhai Society was devoted to a pub
lic session of the cnurch history ee- tlon.
A report on membership showed tks
total to be I Alt, an Increase of 281 mem
bers over last year. The cammlttoo OM
neat place of m— etlng decided to hold tho
mat sessions in Washington. In IWS.
I.IKIT 04, At h lit: AD.
Krnturlsy A olusleer Gives tp Hla
l.lfe In 4'hlllpwtuea.
VA ashlngton. Dec. TI.— A cablegram from
Gen. MscAriimr at Manila, received at
the War Derwrtmcnt to-day. innouncoa
Urn death of First Lieutenant Walter t-
Black Forty seventh Voluntr Infantry,
trom dysentery, on Christmas night.
Meut. Slack was a native of Kentucky
and was horn July N. 1975, at Grayson,
carter county.
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t uttnw Statistics.
Liverpool. Dee 3X —The billowing ore
the w-.'kly statistics: Total sales of all
kinds 13,909 bales; soles. American, 16.0 ft
KngUat) spinner* takings. 6i,fl9A Total eg
|ion. 9,0n Imiiort of all kinds. 94,(94: kat
fsirt. American. 122.A* Block of all kind*,
6ao. Mock. American, 531.99A. (jimmmHv
sdiMt. all k.nds. ; afloat. Amerlcaw.
276.999 Total valea on specuiMJgg, 390. To
tal sole* to exfioriers. ).
Flrleaanu sails far Hampton Honda.
New York, tree 27 -The United Hta’ex
torpedo hoot Friiwaon sailed for Hampton
Roods to-ds> H e will be one of ths
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