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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS,
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 61.
CARNIVAL OPENS
THIS AFTERNOON
—♦—
Berger Exposition Com
pany is Now Ready
for Business
10 SHOW IN MAGNOLIA PARK
Tents Have all Been Placed in Po
sition and the Street Fair and Car
nival Will be on in Full
Force Today.
Owing to the fact that the question
of a location was not decided upon un
late yesterday, the street fair did
not open for business in the afternoon
as was expected, but will open for
business today.
Manager Berger yesterday moning
started out to look for a good loca
tion out of the fire limits of the city
and late in the day he succeeded in
securing Magnolia park, which Is very
suitable place.
He had once put a large force of
hands to work erecting the differ
ent tents forthe shows and preparing
for the opening today. The work will
be completed this morning and the
street fair and carnival will be on in
full biast this afternoon.
As stated in these columns yester
day morning, the matter of license has
been satisfactorily arranged, and the
company will pay a license of $25 per
day. The company will give the
exhibitions as one show, just as a cir
cus gives the big show and the many
side shows, and the performuace will
be considered a continuous one.
Manager Berger stated to* a News
reporter yesterday, that everyone of
his attractions was a clean and high
class one, and that no gambling games
whatever are connected with the af
fair.
\ The company has been pretty well
over the surrounding coun
during the past few day.s and it is
jgtpected that it will attract a few hun-
Sed visitors to the city during the
fpjek. All of the railroad lines enter
ing the city have offered a special rate
|to the city.
.BRUNSWICK ELKS TO
HOLD SOCIAL BEBSION.
,
Enjoyable Time Promised Latter Part
of This Month.
Th Brunswick lodge of Elks will
hold a social session in their hall over
the National Bank on December 31,
which promises to be a most enjoy
able affair.
The Eiks gave an entertainment of
this kina in the city a few years ago,
which proved to be a most delightful
affair. Besides the members of
the organization their family and
..... ~.0-jably toe invited all ot
whom are looking forward to it with
much pleasure.
COAL 13 UP NOW.
The Cold Weather of Fate Has Been
the Means of Causing a Raise.
The coal dealers are in clover but
the consumer of the bituminous Ala
bama product is not so happy.
For the present winter seems to
have formed a sort of trust arrange
ment with the cold weather during
November, and the first half of De
cember as has prevailed this year.
It is a fact, according to those who
profess toi have kept strict accounts
that we have already had more freez
ing weather this winter than prevail
ed during the whole of last. On a
number of mornings since the latter
part of November have the thermom
leters registered temperature below
the freezing point, and so far we have
had none of those sultry days which
are ordinarily so common in the early
part of the winter.
And tube coal dealers have been
reaping a harvest of gold as a result
of these unusual conditions. The
average family finds that it burned
nearly twice the usual quantity of coal
and many a man who thought he laid
in his winter's supply during the sum
mer while coal was cheap finds that
he will have to buy again at the ad
vanced price befzre spring comes
again.
Afeter the Game violators.
The News understands that. me prx .>-
out grand jury is closely looking i&U
the frequent violations of the game law
in this county. It is a well known
fact that this law is really violated
by a certain class of people at their
will and to the genuine lovers of game
it will be a pleasure to know that the
grand Jury is looking Into the matter.
UNTIL JANUARY 11.
After-a Very Busy Session the Grand
Jury Recesses for the Holidays.
Aftr a very busy session this week
in which a very large amount of work
has been done, the grand jury for the
fall term of Glynn superior court re
cessed yesterday afternoon until Jan
ary, XI, when It is understood that
the court will meet for the purpose of
finishing the work on both dockets
left undone at the regular session.
The present grand jury has been
quite an active one and has disposed
of a verv large amount of routine
york.
While it has not returned a very
large number of true bills, it has at
the same time (been very faithful in
the matter of looking after the public
good.
THE OLD 80LDIER8 TO
BE PAID OFF SOON.
State Will Give Them Their Money
in January.
The state will pay all pensions for
next year the latter part of January
or the first of February.
The pensions are always paid the
first of the year, just as soon as the
money comes into the state treaury.
The total amount of pensions which
wj.ll 'he paid out wtill be (between i
SBOO,OOO and $1,000,000.
It has been stated by officials atj
the Capitol that all pensions would
be promptly paid just as soon as the
taxes had come in and the money was
in the treasury. By the latter part
of January there will be ample funds
to pay off the pensioners. Commis
sioner of Pensions J. W. Lindsay is
busy making out a list of days upon
which he will pay the different coun
ties. It will be good news to the old
Veterans, '.who ape on the pension
rolls, to know that they are soon to
receive the money which the state
pays them every year.
The indigent widows will be paid at
the same time.
DISCUSSED PLANT
* ’ f 1
$25,000 Worth of Stock
Subscribed for Refining
Plant
A meeting of those interested in
the formation of'The National Tur
pentine Refining Company was held
in the office of Messrs. Brohston, Fen
dig & Cos., last night.
A number 'of the gentlemen who
have subscribed stock to the enter
prise were out of the city, but those
present were, Messrs. L. T. McKinnon,
J. J. Lott, E. H. Mason. J. M. Burnett
and H. F. Dunwody.
The report of the committee on
soliciting stock showed that in round
numbers about twenty-five thousand
dollars had been subscribed. As only
thirty thousand is necessary foe the
success of the company it is safe to
say that the remaining five thousand
will be raised in the course of the
next day or two.
At the meeting la6t night it was de
cided to incorporate the company and
Attorney H. F. Dunwody was authoriz
ed toi prepare the articles of incorpora
tion.
The meeting was full of enthusi
asm and it’s an established fact that
the refining plant is now a certainty
for the city.
As soon as the remainder cf the
stock has been subscribed the stock
holders will meet and perfect a per
manent organization.
A CHANCE FOR THE BOYS.
J. A. Smith, the Shoe Man, Has Some
Fine Goods for Yeung America.
Probably the largest and unquestion
ably the toandsomest stock of boys’
shoes ever displayed in this city has
just been, received by J. A. Smith,
Brunswick’s exclusive shoe dealer
The line of goods is the famous
Crown biand for boys and is among
the best bays’ shoe in th- country.
The prices range from one to two dol
lars and the goods are guaranteed to
be of the best article for the mime., j
on the market.
There can be no more app opriah
Christmas present for a boy thin a
pretty pair of shoes and parents are
invited to call at the stort of Mr. icihs
at 214 Newcastle street and inspect
this thoroughly handsome lino ol
goods.
In this connection Mr. Smith has
been the only successful sole shoe
dealer Brunwlck has ever known. He
believes in fair treatment to all and
by a close application to his business
has built up a splendid business in the
shoe line.
He carries at all times a full line of
ladies,’ gents’ and misses’ and boys
ehoee and invites the public to call
and look at the class and quality of
the goods ha constantly keeps on
hand. 1 f *
BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1903.
SHIPWRECK CREW
ARRIVE IK PORT
W
Pleasure Yacht Edna Was
Caught in a Heavy
Gale
CREW HAD A HARD STRUGGLE
Schooner William C. Tanner Arrived
in Port Yesterday with Captain
• Thornton Jenkins Hains, His
Wife and Crew.
Aboard the schooner William C.
Tanner, which arrived ; n port yester
day morning, wa,s Captain Thornton
Jenkins Hains, his wife and the crew
of the pleasure yacht Edna.
Indeed was it a thrilling story that
was related by Captain Hains and
the crew. The little pleasure craft,
which was bound from North Caro
lina to Florida points, was wrecked,
having encountered a gale a few days
after leaving Ocracoke, N. C., and for
three of four days the crew worked
day and night In an effort, toi save the
yacht and their lives.
The Edna sailed from the above
place on December 7, and was struck
by the hurricane December 9, while
g>n the westerly edge ot the Gulf
stream, and was blown several hun
dred miles out of her coast.
Again on December 11 she was
eftruck by the gale and received ser
ious damages. All of the forerigging
was carried away, the bowsprit was
snapped off and the cabin and after
parts covered with water.
The crew made every effort to save
the boat, and a few days later a jury
steering gear was rigged up and an
effort was made to reach the Bahamas,
a few hundred miles away, but no
headway could be made.
The captain and crew of the yacht
were pretty well worn out ere this,
and it was thought that the yacht
and the entire crew would be lost.
Finally, a boat was sighted, and a
feeling of joy passed over all on board
the Edna. The schooner soon sighted
the little steamer, and, seeing that she
was in distress, headed for her, and it
might be said that she arrived just in
the nick of time.
The schooner proved to be the Wil
liam C-. Tanner, Captain Johnson,
bound from New York for Brunswick.
The Edna was abandoned, it being
seen that she could not be saved, and
Captain and Mrs. Hains and the crew
arrived safely in this port yesterday.
The yacht was quite a handsome and
valuable one, and the loss will be
several thousand dollars.
Captain Hains is a well known au
thor, and has gained quite a reputation
for writing marine stores. He and
Mrs. Hains will be in the city for a
few days and will then go to St. Au
gustine to spend some time. The
crew of the ill-fated yacht will return
to their respective homes.
SOUTHERN BURGEONB IN SESBION
Interesting Meeting is Now Being
Held In Atlanta.
Atlanta, December 15.—One hundred
of the leading surgeons of the South
ern states and several from as far
west as St. Louis and as far north as
Buffalo thronged the large assembly
room of the Piedmont hotel today and
began a three days’ session for the
discussion of the latest discoveries
and improvements in the methods of
surgery.
The occasion was the opening of
the annual convention of the South
ern Surgical and Gynecological asso
ciation. The opening session was de
voted largely to addresses of welcome
and responses, officers’ reports and
other routine business. Dr. J. Wesley
Bovee, ot Washington, D. C., presided,
and the secretary of the convention
was Dr. W. D. Haggard, of Nashville,
Tenn.
The program prepared for the cotn
! vention calls for papers and addresses
1 hr many eminent members of the pro
i„s;..on.
Execution in Far Northwest.
Calgary, N. W. TANARUS., December 16. —
One of the most cold-blooder murder
cases in the criminal annals of the
northwest closed today with the exe
cution of Ernest Cashel Cashel’s
crime was the murder of Isaac Rufus
Bell, a settler in the Red Deer district,
who had befriended him. The body
was thrown in the Bow river. The
crime was committed in October, 1902,
but the body was not discovered until
last July, when it was Identified by
relatives. Cashel was traced from
place to place by the mounted police
and finally arrea(ted near Calgary.
CLUO MEN IRE
BEFORE IRE JURY
Glynn County Grand Jury
Had Them Summoned
Yesterday
THERE WERE NO INDICTMENTS
Members of the Pheonix and Progress
Clubs Were Questioned as to the
Conduct of Their Organization
by the Body,
The grand jury of Glynn couty is
after the clubs of Brunswick, the Phoe
nix and the Progress.
They want to know if these social
organizations are violating the gaming
and Sunday law of the state, and to
that end they yesterday summoned
number of the members of beth*Qlon
izations and both of the colored stew
arts to appear before .it.
The Progress club had its inning
before the body Monday- afternoon and
several members were closely exam
ined by the members of that body, but
it was impossible to bring any evi
dence to bear to show that there had
been any infringement of the laws,
in consequence, no indictmets were
The Phoienix club members were put
on the rack yesterday morning and
the same condition was established in
this case and no bill was returned in
the matter.
These two clubs number among its
members some of the most prominent j
business men in the city and the fact,
that the grand jury was looking into
the concuct of the organizations was'
the solq topic of conversation in club'
circles yesterday.
The .supreme court has recently •
handed down a decision regards the*
scope to be allowed the clubs in the
state and from all indications it seems j
that the . grand jury of tins county
ia.-going to see to it that the.if'*ter as
well as the .spirit of the law is lived up
to in the future.
HUNTING VOTE BUYERS.
The Grand Jury Makes Effort to Look.
Into tniß Very Important Matter.
The present grand jury of Glynr
county seems to see toi it that all
characters of laws that have been
violated in the past, must cease and
cease at once. In addition to a num
ber of matters that were looked into
by that body yesterday, they “examin
ed” a witness on the subject of voito
buying at the recent municipal elec
tion.
The witness had not seen any actual
case of vote buying and as a matter ot
fact there was no true bill returned in
the matter.
If the grand jury really wants to
look into the matter of vote buying it
would seem that that body would sum
mon some of the campaign manager)
and colored voters to testify.
y
WAS THE LONGEST CiVIL
CASE EVER TRIED hLrE.
Sherman Jones vs, B. & B. Lasted for
Two Days.
The superior court this week has
established a record in the trial of a
civil cate, that of Sherman Jones ve.
the Brunswick & Birmingham rah
road company, .suit for damages.
The case was taken up by Judge
Parker Monday morning and was net
finished until yesterday afternoon.
The- case went to the jury shortly af
tre 5 o’clock and they returned a seal
ed verdict in fifteen or twenty min
utes.
lhe oourt will be in session again
today and will continue and probably
finish the civil docket.
Not Yet Organized.
It was announced several days ago
that the Cotillion club would meet
and organize for tlie winter but up
to this time the club has not had the
meeting and it is not known when
same will be held.
Successful Operation.
J. C. Lehman received a telegram
last nifht from Savannah announcing
that hii, son, Glodsmith, who is in tin
hospital there, successfully underwent
many friends here will he glad to learn
that he is improving.
lowa Fraternal Men.
Des Moines, lowa, December 15.
The lowa Fraternal congress began
its annual meeting in Des Moines to
day and will continue in session until
Friday. The principal business is the
discussion of possible legislation at
the coming session of the lowa state
legislature.
HNOTHER (ifflfCE
FOR I EE CRH
*
Attorney Quincy Filed Pe
tition for Trial By
a Jury
TO ESTABLISH HIS INSANITY
His Lawyer Appeared Before Judge
Parker Here Yesterday with Pe
tition—Man Sentenced to
Hang on Friday.
The attorneys for Lee Cribb, the
Coffee county murderer, are making
a very desperate effort to save the
uock of their client establish his insan
it” and commit him to the state
asylum at Milledgeville. To that end
ore of the attorney.! for Cribb, Judge
J. W. Quincy, of Douglass, was in the
city yesterday and went before Judge
Parker of the superior courts of this
circuit, wnich includes Coffee county,
with a petition praying the coiurt to
grant a i.ew trial by jury, iu Coffee
county, to establish the insanity of
the condemned man. This petition
was very promptly rejected by Judge
Parker, and Mr. Quincy left at noon
yesterday for Atlanta, where he goes
to ask the governor to grant further
respite in the case, until the petition
overrule! by Judge Parker can be plac
ed befoae the supreme court.
The committee of doctors recently
appointed by the governor to investi
gite the sanity of Cribb, have filed
their report with that official, and
while its findings have not been made
public, it is believed that the activity
displayed on the part of the attorneys
for Crilb, is sufficient evidence that
the con mission has reported him to
bo sane.
If that be the case, and the governor
fails to allow further respite tha con
demned naan will be put to death at
Louglas in Friday. Dec. 18.
Undei a law pased by the legislature
last August a certain procedure is out
lined in nuch cases, as this one, then
pending but Judge Parker contends,
that th< sanity feature in the Cribb
case is anew one and does not came
under the operation of the law re
ssntly paused.
It is not believed that Governor
le-rrell will grant any further respite
hi the case and th .t Cribb wii! die
on the fallows Frick .
fOSTER KILLED EFORE SISTER.
F rominrrt People , f Dallas, Ga., In
dulge in Fai I Difficulty.
Dallas, Ga., Dec* fiber 15. —Graver
Atchison, who shot ’ames Foster here
jesterdaj, is a son of Joseph A'.chi
son, a well-to-do ft mer, living aoomt
one mile north of Dallas.
Dr. T. J. Foster, father of the dead
man, i* one of the oddest and most
respected citizens of Dallas.
Atchison made his escape and has
not been arrested yet. Tha trouble
grew out of Atchison cursing in Fos
ter’s restaurant and Faster asking
him to quit and get uot.
Foster’s sister, Mr*. Sanders, and
her daughter, saw the shots fired that
killed the brother und uncle. Tl.ere
were three shots, two struck tn the
lower abdomen and one in the back
as Foster turned.
The shot in the back pierced the
heart, killing him instantly.
CHANGED NAME OF A CITY.
Commerce Now Name of Harmony
Grove in North Georgia,
Commerce, Ga., December 16.—The
hustling little city of Harmony Grove
is a thing of tbe past, so far as her
former name is concerned.
The postal authorities have changed
the name of the postoffloe from Har
mony Grave to Commerce. Tht post
master has been reappointed as post
master at Commerce, has given anew
bond and hap been commissioned as
there is now no such office as Har
mony Grove, in this state.
The town will transact, all legal
business under the name of Harmony
Grove until the legislature meets and
legalizes the now name as adopted
by our people and accepted by the
authorities at Washington.
Tonight.
The handppme piece of fancy work
being displayed by Capt. Duncan
Wrigfc*. will be rafflled at Patty Ho
rans at five o'clock this afternoon.
All parties having chance* are aikod
to be present
LITTLE NOTES ABOUT TOWN.
Item* Gathered Daily by the News
Reportere.
Mayor Crovatt will hold a session
of the police coiurt this mning, but
only a few cases will be tried.
It is not known exactly yet when
the different school* of the city will
dismiss for the holidays. The chil
dren, however, are anxiously awaitin
he arrival of the time.
A negro created some excitement
on Newcastle street last night, and
those nearby thought he was dead
when he suddenly fell to the ground,)
but ne proved only to be dead drunk, j
Postmaster Brown hae not yet de
cided exactly when he will be able
to move into the public building. How
ever there is now but little work to
be dome on the handsome structure.
A large number of visitors were no
ticed in the e’py yesteriav. Whether
tl y came lo sec the carnival or wero
our regular visi'ore is not known.
The superior court will probably
take a recess tomorrow until after
the holidays, as it will be impossible
to dispose of the civil docket before
Christmas. ,
Rufus Hughes, the young white man
who was soi seriously injured in the
fatal B. & B. wreck last week, is
reported to be rapidlv improving.
The civie league will hold a meeting
tomorrow and it is hoped that the
organization will decide to continue
the good work started last year in
beautifying the different squares of
the city.
The Weather
Forecast for today in Georgia:
Fair and colder.
For the Holidays.
It is very likely that the superior
court will take a recess on Friday,
until after the Christmas holidays
The present session has been quite a
busy one and many matters have been
disposed of.
bodylsidentified
%’ g .
Ala Clay Name of the Girl
Murdered in North
Georgia
Conyers, Ga.. Dec 15.—Investigation
by the coroner’s jury here today dis
closed the fact that the young woman
whose nude and partially decompos
ed coTpse was found near Lithonia
yesterday was Ada Cay, who ha* re
cently lived at Porterdaie factory near
Covington.
The girl was from South Carolina
where several brothers and sisters
are said to be living now, her parents
being dead. She came ta Porterdaie
about three weeks before she disap
peared.
When last seen she was leaving
Porterdaie for Almon, where, it i,s
said, in company with a man she board
ed a westbound Georgia train.
The identity of the man suppooaed
to be her murderer is known to tho
officers and they are now on his trail.
WILL SETTLE ESTATE OF PLANT
Contest Over His Will Came to an
End Yesterday.
New Haven, Conn., December 15. —
The contest over the $17,000,000 es
tate of the late Henry Bradley Plant,
the southern railroad and steamship
magnate, is probably at an end, the
case coming up for a final hearing
before Judge Cleveland here today.
The will of Mr. riant, who died in
1899, provided an annuity for Charles
E. Hoadley and Horace G. Hoadley, of
Waterbury. When the executors won
the Newi York courts’ approval of the
claim that Mr. Plant was a resident of
that state thev placed with a trust
company a fund to secure the payment
of the annuity to tho lioadleys. Con
test. was brought by the latter in Con
necticut to prevent the further remov
al of the estate, and also a suit was
brought praying for the removal of the
executors on tho ground that they
were acting illegally.
Today's hearing was on a petition
filed by the Hoadleys, asking that the
proceedings in this state be made an
ciliary to those in New Yark, which
action indicates that a settlement has
been effected, and that tho suit brough’
by tbe Hoadleys will not be pressed.
ODD FELLOWS PREPARE
FOR THEIR GRAND MASTER
Two Lodger. Held interesting Meeting
Last Night.
Brunswick lodge No. 4s and bcapi,,
lodge No. 68 I. O. O. F., held an in
teresting meeting last night in. tht
hall over Giogauer’s, the object of the
.jvitiig being to prepare tor Grand
'filter John A. Kyrd. of Atlanta,
will be here on a visit to the lodges
- nigUi.
Ine meeting was well attended auu
ill plans ar.d preparations for ins t*n
crtaip.tient were completed
PRICE—FIVE CENTS.
jSIG OMDENDS TO
STOCKHOLDERS
Standard Oil Company
Leads All Other Cor
porations
WERE PAID OEE YESTERDAY
The Dividends Disbursed Amounted
to $l2 a Share Which is an In
crease of $2 Over Dividends
Declared Last Year.
New York, Doc. 15.—Those persons
j fortunate enough toi own Standard Oil
stock received a handsome Christmas
present today in ti.e shape of chocks
for their share of file 112,000/, JO, rep
resenting the fourth and last quartetly,
Uii menu iu Ibe year, i'ne uiviuuuu.-
disbursed today amounts to sl2 a
share which is an increase of $2 over
the dividends declared at this timu
last year. This bring* the total div
idends tor the year u> ft per cent., or
$4-I,OUt.i,(RKI in dividends for the fuH
year.
There is no regular rate of dividend s
distribution is made out of the earn
ns 'U tue quail, r v. nca tdie direc
tor* meet slips ot paper are presented
snorting Un* pri..,uu* un i , bate lor to
quarter, and the directors thereupon
decide v/hat amount shall bo distrib
uted iu dividend- to the stockholders,
in the fall and winter m aiths, when
tlio use of oh and Kindred prducts
is larger, the dividends declared are
proportionately larger.
John D. Rockefeller is credited with
owning U3 per : i. ci 'be :- ••■•k <>C
the Bluudard UU Cnnif.au.i, a.i.i i
receipt'! from the cumin *>t tii'- <• i
p(/ration during the cui rent year ap
pear to be appro:,n o 0,011..
The four quarterly dividends of the
corporation this year are as follows
,lurch, 21) per c *nt.; June, 7 per cent.;;
.September, 0 per cent.; November,
12 per cent. In the first quarter oC
1902, 20 per cent, was declared; second
quarter, 10 per cent.; third quarter,
6 per cent., and last quarter, 10 per
cent. The increase in the dividends
during the current quarter is due to
larger earnings, resulting from a sharp
advasnee in the price of oil. Accord
ing to an olilcial of tlie Standard Oil
the corporation carries no surplus,
giving the benefit of all earnings to
the ,stockholders.
The Standard Oil Company is now
disbursing more money to stockhold
ers than any oilier corporation in the
world. The United States Steel Cor
poration held lhnt place as a dividend
payer pr* un 1 the reduction In
the common dividends ;.nd the conver
sion of preferred stock into bonds,
it now ranks second to the Standard
Oil Company. Since January 1, 1897,
Lhe Standard Uii Company has paid to
stockholders more than $275,000,000
in dividends. Of that amount John
D. Rockefeller lias received more than
$90,000,000. Siuci !bill the disburse
ments of the corporation run close to
$375,000,000, or nearly four timoa
greater than the $i 00,000,000 capital
stock.
A fair idea of the magnitude of the
Jiv ae. ds of tin: Standard Oil Com
pany can be obra ied from the fact
that the Pennsylvania Railroad Cos.,
within the last 57 years, has paid
something like $215,000,000 to stock
holders, or $00.000,b00 less than tha
stockholders of the ltockeieller cor
poration have received in six years.
in view oi' Un* lie! that oil has been
advancing on the strength of reports
that pr-diimi-.il - lulling off very rap
idlly, tile present increased dividends
of the Standard Oil company has caus
ed considerable intercut m financial
circles. People iu close touch with
the situation say thus it l very un
likely that Rockofell ,r interests would
agree to an increase in disbursements
to stockholders ii they believed that
an oil lamiuo was threatened.
MENS' CLUB HELD AN
INT LR EL Ii N A MEETING,
Seveial Members Spake. Trusts Being
tha Subject.
The meeting * . .Mens' c.lub last
night was one of unusual interest and
1 large- n 1 nber 01 ine meinijors were
present.
lhe program arranged for Tues.l
night of t ■ .. . a ■ 1 rlcd out,
ied a number of ine pi ..,n;i...i. mem
bers of the o'. • .... 0:1 TniiitS. Ail
of the gentlemen delivered good
speeches whip were foiiov 1
. by all present.
The orguuuuti ,u
i". every ' .-spect -id several now
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