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VOL. XXXI.I
cals,
Mrs. Jno. E. Phillips spent the
week in Atlanta.
Mr. Henry Wolfe and little son
visited-in Gainesville Sunday.
Go to Cumming Garage for bat
tery service.
Mr. Bill Reid made a business
trip to Atlanta Wednesday.
Tax Collector Hurt is out after
money again ihis week,
Messrs. Rarney Wallis and Ed
Gilstrap spent Sunday with rela
tives at McConnel, Ga.
C. B. Otwell will sell you good
high patent flour 50 lb sack for
$3.00
Remember the election for Jus
tice of the Peace and Censtables
next Saturday.
Miss Grace Miller, of Atlanta,
spent the week end with rela
tives here.
Go to Cumming Garage for
overhauling, tires and accessories
Prices reduced.
Goods can be bought from G.
W. Heard at 25 per cent discount
See his ad.
Col. and Mrs. J. P. Fowler and
Mr. Jep Elliott spent Thursday in
Atlanta.
Mrs. J. E. Puett has returned
from a visit to relatives at La-
C ange.
■ ~ Messrs. T.P. Eurruss and J.P.
Fowler were in Atlanta on busi
ness Friday of last week,
* Do you need galvanized metal
roofing? Then see me. I have
all sizes, J. G, Puett.
Carry your storage battery to
Cumming Garage and have it ex
amined free.
Misses Catharine and Antoin
ette Merritt, of Gainesville, were
week end guests of relatives here
Miss Ruth Bennett, of Gaines
ville, was the week end guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Otwell.
Mr. John Black and family
spent Sunday and Monday in
Gainesville.
You can buy ten pounds good
granulated sugar at G. W.Heard’s
for One Dollar.
See J. G. Puett for your gal
vanized metal roofing. All sizes
on hand.
There was ginned in this coun
ty up to Nov. 14, 1920, 6.161
bales cotton against 10,753 to the
same date last year.
Misses Winslow Daniels and
Alva Willy, of Gainesville, spent
the week end with friends in
Cumming.
Lost —Between Cumming and
Norcross. one Miller Cord Tire,
37x5, mounted on rim $5.00 re
ward if returned to the North
Georgian.
Don’t forget that J. G. Puett
has on hand a large lot of good
galvanized metal roofing in all
lengths. Come and get what you
need.
Farm wanted:—l want to hear
from party having farm for sale,
Give price and description. 8.8.
Howard, Champaign, Illinois.
I am offering practically every
thing in my store at 25 per cent
discount. Come in and get my
prices and be convinced.
C- B. Otwell.
THE iS|'( )RTH GEORGIAN
If you want to forget >our
troubles be at the couit house
Saturday night and see “Hell to
Pay Austin.”
C.B. Otwell will sell you goods
cheaper than the other fellow,
regardless of what price he might
make you,
If you hurry up you can get
the North Georgian and Thrice a
week New York World both one
year for one dollar and fifty cents
Farm wanted—Wanted to hear
from owner of farm or good land
for sale reasonable. L. Jones,
Box 551, Olney, 111.
Mr. J. Han . Pruitt is a candi
date for re-eleeti-sn to the office
of Justice of the Peace for the
879th District, and will appreci
ate your vote.
Miss Louise Fisher, who has
been seriously ill for some time,
from a relapse of measles and
pneumonia, is some better, we
are glad to learn.
Come to my store for your sup
plies of all kinds. Am now sell
ing goods at a 25 per cent reduc
tion. Does this reduction inter
est you? If so. come in and let’s
talk it over •
C. B. Otwell.
For a short time we offer you
The North Georgian and the
Progressive Farmer, both one
year for #1.50.
Mr. Arnold Williams says tell
the people he is a candidate for
Justice of the Peace for the 879th
District and wants their vote in
the e'ection to be held here next
Saturday.
If you fail to see G.W.Heard’s
mammoth stock of goods and get
his|low prices you’ll sure regret
it. His prices can’t be duplicat
ed in North Georgia.
“What is a Woman’s busi
ness in life?” See your ansv er
in the photoplay “A Woman’s
Business” featuring Olive Toll
and appearing at the courthouse
next Saturday night.
Saturday night at the court
house Olive Tell in A Woman’s
Business,
If you need shoes I have $2,-
350.00 worth of samples to go at
wholesale price, and also a large
stock of medium and high grade
shoes to sell at a very close price.
Come and take a look.
G. W. Heard,
fax Collector’s Third and Last
Round.
I will be at the following places
on the dates named for the pur
pose of collecting taxes:
Monday, Dec. 6.
Hightower c. g. 9 a m
J A Lawson, 10 a m
John Smith place, 11:30 a m
Heardviile, 12:30 p m
Ducktown, 2pm
Pursell store, 3:30 p m
Tuesday, Dec. 7.
Mat store, 9am
Silver City, 11 a m
Wallace store, 12:30 p m
Chastain store, 2:SO p m
Coal Mountain, 4pm
Wednesday, Dec. 8.
Roy Westbrooks store, 10 am
A B Wood place, 11:30 a m
Rich Brice store, 2pm
R M Montgomery store, 3pm
A J Smith store, 4 pm,
Books close Dec. 20 and 7 per
cent interest collected. Please
meet me on Eastern time. I will
also collect Drainage tax and
Road tax.
H. L. Hurt, T. C.
I have a bargain counter lorn!
ed with shoes, all kinds andsiz.
which I am closing at "a big dis
count. If you want a pair of
shoes for yourself, or anv mer.
ber of your family, call and see
these and get my prices.
C. B. Otwell.
GAIN OF $286,000
IN TAXES SHOWN
PUBLIC SERVICE TAXABLE PROP
ERTY INCREASES $2,377,-
264 IN VALUE
STATE KEWSJf INTEREST
Brief News Hems Gathered Here and
There From All Sections
Of The State
Atlanta. The total taxable public
service corporation property in Geor
gia will show an approximate in
crease for 1920 of $2,377,264, which
will yield an additional $286,000 tc
county and state treasuries, officials
of the comptroller’s office announced
recently. These figures bring about
a very interesting comparison and re
veal to the public for the first time
the fact that through the operation
of the tax equalisation law the pro
portional valuation increase of pri
vate property has outstripped that ol
corporations by about $193,800,000.
Corporation property shows an ag
gregate value this year of $165,393,-
453, according to H. A. Hickson, state
Public service corporation tax col
lector, who stated .that the total
amount of state taxes which will be
collected will.he $[.’6,967.99. This
sum is an increase of $11,885.56 (H'er
the $515,052.13 paid into the state
treasury last year.
Basing his estimates on the receipts
by county and state treasuries of
$3,914,786 in 1919, and those by the
state this year, Mr. Hickson stated
an approximate total of $4,200,000 will
be received in 1920, showing an in-1
crease of $286,000. When this in
crease is compared with the increase
of private property taxes shown on
the digests in State Tax Commission
er Henry J. Fullbright's office, it is
readily seen that the latter exceeds |
the former by almost eight hundred
thousand dollars.
In comparing these figures, it must
be remembered that the entire SBOO,-
000 increase is paid into tha state
treasury, while the corporation tax in
- crease is divided, according to the
individual tax rates, among the 155
(under the old enumeration) Georgia
counties, while the state also receives
a portion. With the two increases
carefully compared, the private prop
erty tax revenue of approximately $5,-
550,000 and corrporation taxes paid
into the state treasury of $826,967.93
shows a great diffefence.
The total taxable property in Geor
gia for 1920 is $1,326,194,316, and this
will luring in a total revenue of ap
proximately $6,00b,000 to the state
treasury after the expenses of col
lections are paid.
An approximate total of $450,376.69
will be paid into county and state
treasuries this year by the Georgia
Railway and Power company, accord
ing to Collector Hickson. The com
pany refpmed its property as valued
on Janua-y 1, 1920, at the following
C'gurec; Power line, $1,550,000; street
railway system. $11,092,200; Gaines
ville railway $62,100; Camp Gordon
line, $60,000; Stone Mountain line,
$150,000, and the Atlanta - Northern,
$250,000.
Decatur 7-Cent Car Fare Hearing
Atlanta. —After hearing arguments
on the merits of the city of Deca
tur’s petition to enjoin the Georgia
Railway and Power company from es
tablishing a 7-cent fare in place ol
the 5-cent fare now in effect until
December 4, Judge John B. Hutche
son took the question under consid
eration and announced he would ren
der a decision soon. Attorney J. Hew
ell Green, represen! ing the city of De
catur, had not completed his argument
when the judge announc.-d his order,
and he will submit a brief of his con
tentions to Judge Hutcheson during
the early part of this week in the
chambers in the offices of Rosser, Sla
ton, Phillips & Ho skins.
Deny New Trial To Jack Kelloy
Griffin. —Motion for anew trial in
the case of Jack Kelloy, convicted ol
the murder of Leroy Troxler at the
special term of the spalding county
court in September, was overrul and by
Judge Searcy. Attorneys for the ae
cused pleaded that sufficient time was
not allowed them tn which to prepare
proper defense, and stated that the
case will be carrried to the supreme
court. It was also claimed by the
defense that witnesses who lived at
a distance did not have time to come
to trial. Kellog was represented by
John R. Cooper of Macon and Attor.
ney 11. A. Allen of Atlanta. Attorney
Allen announced immediately that the
case would be carried to the supreme
court. Kelloy was convicted and sen
tenced to be hanged on October 29.
but sentence was suspended for the
hearing of bis motion for new trial.
The hearing was originally set for Oc
of the great amount of work neces
sary for the court reporter to finish
Fight For Control Of Trade Board
Columbus. —A warm fight is on in
Columbus over control of the cham
ber of commerce and the outcome will
be eagerly awaited. Some ten day?
ago the regular nominating commit
tee, hca.’. _d by W. E. Page, named a
list of dh -rtors for 1921, to be voted
on at the annual meeting December 9
A self-aj Anted committee nominat
ed another list of names as directors,
practically a brand-new ticket being
“trotted out.”
ctjmmingl ga December a iovjo
DOORS TO LEAGUE
ARE OPEN TO U. S.
WORKS TO LEAVE THE WAV
OPEN FOR UNITED STATES
TO HAVE HER SAY
AFRICAN AIK iY AT GENEVA
1
Visit Of Major Churchill Has No Sig
nificance, But Pjpts Delegates
To Talklhg
Geneva, Switzerland,—The arrival
here of Maj. Marlbtuliigh Churchill
assistant chief of the* military Intel
ligonce division of general stafl
of the United Stat #army, which sc
far as appears now hts no real sig
nificance except to himself and hit
department, has created a mild sensa
tion in league of natyyis circles.
The “United State# has been on
(lie lips of almost evrj spokesman
in (he assembly of the league and
probably in the minds of every dele
gate. '
The hope that the United States will
some day join the league is unmistaka
hie. The entire w'ork of the assembly
has visibly been directed so as not
to prejudice the most important ques
tions at issue regarding the league
covenant, and so as toileave the way
open for the United -States to have
her say in its eventual revision.
The appearance during this assem
bly of any official or unofficial repre
sentative of the Americas government
w’as the last thing hoped for. Major
Churchill, consequently, was all the
more an object of attention when hie
presence here became known.
Major Churchill conferred with th 6
United States members of the league’s
secretariat and also with Colonel Re
quin of the French military delegation
in attendance here.
Major Churchill explained that he
w r as on a tour of inspection of all the
United States milUjfcry attaches in Eu
rope and came to Geneva to find out
the manner in which the military com
mission was organized and become ac
quainted with the activities of the as
sembly regarding intelligence work
and other military questions.
The United States, Major Church
ill said, is interested from the stand
-point of the future and naturally is
anxious to know what has been done
or may be accomplished in a military
way by the league.
TO LAUNCH LARGEST
VESSEL IN UNITED STATES
NAVY AFTEfI NEW YEAR’S
Quincy, Mass. —It is authoritatively
announced here the keels of the su
perdread naught Massachusetts will be
laid soon after New Year’s Day.
The Massachusetts will be larger
than any vessel in the United States
navy. With a length of 660 feet over
all and 106 feet beam, her displace
ment will be 43,200 tons. She will
have electric drive and engines ol
60,000 horsepower, and her speed is to
he twenty-three knots. The armament
will comprise twelve 16 inch guns and
a secondary battery of sixteen 6-inch
guns.
The keel of the Lexington, a battle
cruiser, will be laid soon after that
of the Massachusetts. She will have
almost exactly the same beam as the
Massachusetts, but her length overall
is to be BSO feet and her displace
ment 43,500 tons. Her engines of 180,-
000 horsepower will yield a speed of
thirty five knots under electric drive.
She will mount eight 16-inch guns and
sixteen 6-inch guns and also will have
eight torpedo tubes.
These two huge warships embody
the latest developments in naval con
struction and incidentaly show how
rapidly types have changed in recent
years. The locks of the Panama ca
nal, which are 110 feet wide, will allow
only two feet margin on each side for
the passage of a vessel of the Massa
chusetts' beam.
Kitchen Strlcaen oy Acute Indigestion
Washington.—Representative Kitcb
en, minority leader of the house, was
stricken with an attack of acute indi
gestion as he entered the postoffice
department for a conference with the
postmaster general. Ills attack was
of short duration, however, and after
receiving treatment he was taken to
his home. His physician, Dr. Louis
Hattie, 3ays Mr. lCitchin's condition
is not in "any way alarming.”
Price-Cutting Wave Rolls On Asheville
Asheville, N. C. —Men’s wear, beef,
pork and bacon will be cheaper in
Asheville as the result of a wave of
price - cutting which struck the city.
Clothing houses advertised reductions
of 33 1/3 per cent in men's suits and
several firms included in their lists
other wearing apparel, silk shirts in
some instances being cut 50%. The
butcher shops announced reductions
of between 20% and 25% on all grades
of beef, pork and bacon.
Marine Is Accussed Of Killing Haltlen
Port-uu-I’rince, Haiti.—Dorcas Wil
liams. a marine sergeant, formerly of
Birmingham, Ala., accused of killing
a native of Haiti, arrived here in the
custody of officers aboard the destroy
er McCormick. The court of inquiry,
which is investigating the activities
of the American marines in Haiti, de-
P rred hearing Williams to enable him
to confer with witnesses for the de
fense. The Haitien Courier has been
printirg a series of extremely sensa
-1 tional charges against the marines
based on hearsay reports.
10 PER CENT GRAFT
WITNESS CHARGES
AUDITOR SAYS HE TOLD BOARD
LAST JULY GOVERNMENT
WAS BEING ROBBED
GERMAN SHIPS ARE INVOLVED
Alleges Government Suffered From
Overcharges, Favoritism And
Needless Repair
New York.—Testimony that 10% of
the $7,000,000 shipping board repair
bills in the south Atlantic district
was "graft,” was given here to the
Walsh congressional committee exam
ining into shipping board affairs. The
allegation was made by Charles Ban
zahf, a traveling auditor of the board
out of New York. It was contained
in a letter written by the witness
to the general comptroller of the
board last July, read here by Chair
man Walsh and identified by the wit
ness.
Means by which the alleged “graft”
was made possible, the witness testi
fied, included lack of inspections, fail
ure to check repair work, overcharges
for materials and labor and unneces
sary repairs. He cited an instance of
a repair engineer who, he said, had
set in a pilot house and approved re
pair bills amounting to “thousands of
dollars' without ever looking at the
work. He declared inspectors had
been told that “costs" were none of
their business, and that there was a
spirit of make, rather than cut down,
repair work.
Two of the former German ships
were brought into the inquiry for the
first time by Banzahf. He asserted he
had been instructed to check up bills
for the reconditioning of the former
German liner Hamburg, now the New
Rochelle. This ship was sold on a
charter purchase contract to the Bal
tic Steamship company. The sale
price, he understood, was approximate
ly' $985,000, and the shipping board had
advanced for the reconditioning of the
ship about tour hundred thousand dol
lars. The bill of repairs for thiß ship,
he added, was about a million and a
half dollars, which an audit of accounts
reduced approximately $337,000. The
discrepancy between the sale price of
the ship and the cost of recondition
ing, he said, he could not explain with
out the contract of sale, which he did
not have with him.
COMMISSION DEL’AYS HIGHER
RATES ON COAL UNTIL THE
28TH DAY OF NEXT MARCH
Washington.—The interstate com
merce commission has suspended un
til next March 28 schedules of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad pro
viding for a uniform increase of 20
cents per ton on coal in carload lots
from points on the Cumberland rail
road to points on the Louisville and
Nashville in Alabama, Georgia, Illi
nois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Caro
lina, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia
and connecting lines in Kentucky and
Tennessee.
The commission also suspended
Pennsylvania railroad and west Jer
sey and seashore railroad schedules
providing for cancellation of an in
crease in water competitive rates on
lumber and forest products in carload
lots from Portsmouth and other Vir
ginia points to points on the Central
railroad of New Jersey,
Chaingang Prisoner Crushed To Death
Anniston, Ala.—Louis Mingo, negro
prisoner in the city chaingang, was
crushed to death by falling slag at
a furnace here. The negro was work
ing in a slag pit when the slide oc
curred. His body was buried under
tons of rock and considerable time
was required to extricate it. Other
prisoners working in the pit had nar
row escapes.
Soviet Troops Win Over Balakovittch
London.—The Russian Soviet forcee
operating against General Balakovittch
at the head of anti-Bolshevik forces
which remained in the field after the
Russo-Polish armistice, have rushed
the remnants of the Balakovittch
troops into the marsh district to the
northwest of Mozyr, it is announced
officially from Moscow. The pursuit
continues.
Cotton Exports Are Nearly Double
Washington.—Cotton exports In Oc
tober were nearly double those of Oc
tober, 1919, the total of last month
being 583,725 bales, valued at $91,307,
498, as compared with 352,231 hales
valued at $60,732,867, in October, 1919
It is announced at the department ol
commerce.
Two Injured In Washington, D. C., Fire
Washington.—Two persohs were In
the hospital here and others were suf
feting minor injuries as the result ol
a recent fire in the Hotel Everett
Latln-American’ Envoys Are Received
Washington.—Three Latln-American
ministers, who recently arrived in the
United States to assume their duties
have been received by President Wll
son. The three diplomats Emillc
Jouhert, minister from San Domingo;
Dr. Julio Hianchi, minister from Gua
teniala, and Dr. Octavio Beeche, min
Ist or bom Costa Itica were accom
panted to the white bouse by Under
Secretary Davis of the state depart
meat.
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home Cireiie Column.
Pleasant Evening Reveries A Column Dedi
cated to I ired Mothers as They Join the
Home Circle at Evening Tide.
THE CALL OF MOTHER.
You are tired to night. You
expected this morning to have
an easy day, but you have-an
swered to the cal] of mother i-n
til the sun is set and its and “part
ing glory almost makes you
long for the beyond. Now there
are the children to be put to
bed. Your limited circumstanc
es may not permit you to have
a nurse, but remember, you can
not keep them with you long
and your patient service will
be richly rewarded. Go loving
ly. prayerfully; you know not
when the last time may come.
Death wounds deeply even if
we have been kind io our good
friends. Comb the golden tan
gle carefully, smooth the pil
low and straighten the little
dream dress and laying your
cheeks close by your litle dar
ling’s, listen to “Now I lay me’’
and then wait patiently for the
ruby lips to slowly ask God for
some wished for toy. Kiss a
fond good night. In short, lock
the door of the day gently knd
leave the child heart-happy. Let
none of the shadows t hat come
with riper years slant athwart
the youthful threshold of the
soul. The weary foot that rock
the cradle may be lulling a fu
ture president or governor.
Rock on, fond mother; sing
your lullaby. God has use for
the frail humanity that smiles
in its infant dreaming. Never
let discontent enter your hap
py home. Keep a cheerful tone
and a helping hand and answer
the call of mother.
Doubtless thousands of young
people and not a small number
of older ones, wish every day
of their lives that they could
learn the secret of fascinating
others by means of their grace
ful, exquisite manner. The se
cret is an open one. It is easy to
learn that it lies all neglected
by the wayside, while they who
would give their dearest treas
ure to find it pass unknowingly
It is only this. Fill your heart
with good will toward every
body and then practise at all
times the best manners you
know, particularly at home. If
you begin at home this charm
ing manner will, so to speak,
! get settled on you and never
leave you. Be just as polite to
your sister as you would to
your best girl. Strive to gain
the good will of mother, father
and brothers, and sisters, and
children, exactly as you strive
to gain good will abroad.
Suppose you are given to the
habit of profanity. You enter
into conversation with a man
| who never swears, or in other
words, a gentleman. By and by
you begin to see that he is the
superior man. Your own re
marks have a tame, flat, feeble
sound to your ears. Your cheek
begins to burn with a sense of
your friend’s excellence. Your
pert little drama sounds coarse
and drops out of your sentenc
es, ashamed to remain in the
company of good, honest, en
glish words, until you discover
that you are carrying on your
part of the conversation with
out swearing. You feel easier,
your intellectual stature in
creases by a foot.
It is a great pity that a girl
should ever think of manage
as a refuge, a means of support
or as the main object of life.
Such an attitude is bound to
weaken character. A girl’s ide
al should not be marriage, but
womanhood, as a man’s ideal
should not be marriage, but
manhood. We do not talk of ed
ucating our boys to be. hus
bands and fathers; ve train
them to be brave, true, pure
and gentlemen honest and r.t
hv and industr.ous, knowing
that such a man can not fail to
mat e a good husband and fath
er So it is with the girls. Train
them to be earnest and in le
pendent, teach them to be self
supporting, make them accu
rate and responsible in money
matters, as delicate and refined
in their finanical sense as they
are in their modesty; in other
words, train them to be woman
ly women, and they will make
the best wives and mothers
the world has ever known.
_ It is her own fault if a v—
man is unloved and neglected.
That is a harsh statement 1 >
make, but it is a fact. Mor',, /
man is a weakling who can i,<
more resist kindness than ~
rose can resist the sun. It is a,
weak, helpless woman’s du!v
to make herself attractive at. .
pretty in the very face of d.-
couragement. Call it hypocrisy,
tact, finesse, or by any oth< •
term, but she must 'urn in the
edges and make allies instep.i
i! ftllfcl l*--
about her. Spotless, noatne >,
becoming feminie attire, trull,
kindness, cheerfulness, love &
the loyalty that restrains hi-r
from speaking ill of her neigh
bors will make many a woman
lovely, even though she lacks
beauty.
Someone has truthfully said
that nothing but a mint can
make money without advertis
ing, It. might be added that the
mint couldn’t do it if it didr.T
put its competitors in jail.
He is a selfish being who,
having trouble in his trade or
calling or profession, always
brings his troubles home for
the purpose of making every
one else miserable.
Unkind words do as much
harm as vnkind deeds. Many
a heart has been wounded be
yond cure, many a reputation
(teen stabbed to death by a few
little words.
How much of your success
do you owe to your wife? It is
'only just to own this fact be
! fore her day by day. It wi’i
make her happy and keep her
youthful.
A noble purpose, a brave
spirit, and a patient soul can
never be defeated in the battle
of life. Don’t give up; you
will win yet.
No one is useless in this old
world who lightens the bur
den of it for another.
It is folly—and nothing less
lhan folly—that characterizes
the Conduct of far too many pa
rents in regard to their child
ren, and especially their daugh
ters, who in some weak mo
ment have behaved indiscreet
ly, and possibly shamefully. A
child is a child, and no act of
a parent can make it otherwise
Disinheritance, anger, unkind
ness and abuse only aggravate
such matters, and that what
might have been kept a private
family sorrow, becomes a pub
lic scandal, so crushing the
helpless victim that not even a
whole life of remorse and re
pentance can succeed in wash
ing out the blot on her reputa
tion.
Thousands of young men
who have comfortable homes—
whose parents are willing to
supply them with hooks and pa
per.s—instead of availing them
selves of these advantages
spend their long evenings .ei
ther in idle lounging around
corners, are in company with
frivolous associates, male and
female. Thus, winter after win
ter passes away, each one bring
ing them nearer to the age of
manhood, but not fitting them
for the proper discharge of the
duties that a full manhood re
quires. They enter upon the bus
y stage of life with none of the
safeguards which a cultivated
intellect throw’s around its pos
sessor.
Let us say to you, young man
that pluck wins more battles
than luck. Wishing is the eas
iest way in the w’orld to get a
poor living. Looking for the for
tunate star to rise is like stand
ing on the ocean’s strang wait
ing and watching for wealth-la
den ships to come over the sea
that never “put out.” Wishing
brings a small income, and the
taxes on it are enormous.
Times are not near so hard
with some men when they want
a plug of tobacco as when their
wives ask for a pair of shoes.
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