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The Miller County Liberal
MN , vou X.
OLNER AJUCKER
He So Styles Himself Re
garding Bunco Canal Deal,
HIS ANGER IS AROUSED
Declares He Was "Whanycioodled” ty
Roo.cvelt and is Preparing a
: Hot Roast for Nation’s
• Chief Executive.
Wi liam J. Oliver, contractor, is
mad clear through as ther esult of ths
way In which he has been treated
by t._ auu ,.„.. A , ovxvxa the
of the canal contract, says a Wash
ington dispatch. He states very em
phatically that he has been “whang
doodled,’' and proposes to tell how it
was done. He is preparing a detailed
statement of the case that will, i) is
believed, equal In many respects the
sensational feature of the epistolary
deal between President Roosevelt and
th Storers.
Mr. Oliver announced that he spent
“bout 140,000 in incorporating the
construction company which was to
assume the obligations of digging the
canal, being Ina-iced to do this by
assurances, which h<a declared clearly
indicated that the contract would
finally be awarded him.
"Do i look like a fellow who wov id
invest 140,000 in rainbows’’ he in
quired.
Not only Mr. Oliver himself, "but
several of those who were in his con
fidence, have declared that he had pos
itive assurance from headquarters
that ho would get the job, when he
straightened his hand. He declared
emphatically: “I dug up the men
and the dollars. My bid was the low
est, and according to the terms re
quired. I have been handed a very
diminutive line in exchange for $36,-
000 or $40,000 of my good, hard
money.’’
Mr. Oliver illustrated his condition
by reciting a story of a spiked poker
game out west, in which a "whanc
°vßr'■fbur' aces,.a“<l took »
tenderfoot. The next night the rules
were changed, in order for four ace»
to beat the tenderfoot's "whangdoo
dle.” •
‘ln this case I’m the sucker,’’ an
nounced Mr. Oliver. “I entered the
canal game, made the lowest respon
Bible bid, called Ihe administration
hand, and got ‘whangdoodled out ot
the job.’’
Because Oliver was too sure of suc
cess and indulged in a species ot
boasting, or because some newspaper
men assumed to send out premature
reports as to what. Oliver proposed to
do, is given as the explanation of
the president’s action in turning
down the Oliver bid.
The same explanation is made to ap
ply to the acceptance of Engineer
Stevens' resignation. Stevens had
done well, it is admitted, but he
ranted to complete the work with
out any dictation or intervention by
a contractor, and wrote the presi
dent that he wpuld resign if Oliver
was given the contract. It is de
cla.xq ]j e was very much surprised
when »5 S resignation was really ac
cepted, although another story has it
that he really aid not aspire to be
known as the' “mwn who built the
canal,” but resigned take a posi
tion with a western contractor, at
twice hie e<*l**e s .
In accordance with the president s
instructions as set out in his letter
to the isthmian canal commission dis
posing ot the bids received for the
construction of the Panama canal, Mr.
Rogers, the law officer of the commis
sion, sent a notice Thursday to Mr.
Oliver, of the decision to reject all
uo.,.>i-r. sic nwn. The certified
check which accompanied Mi. Oir
evr’s bid was also transmitted to him.
but was returned by him to the keep
ing of the commission until later.
SENATOR BACON APPOINTED
By Governor Terrell to Succeed Him
self for Interim Term.
Governor Terrell of Georgia has ap
pointed Senator A. O. Bacon to suc
ceed himself for the interim term
between March 4 and the meeting of
the Georgia legislature in June, at
which he W>“ De elected United States
c nator for another term of six years.
' In a letter to Governor Terrell
Senator Bacon stated that he had
found ample precedent tor such an
appo’nunent.
BROWNSVILLE INVESTIGATION
Is Adjourned to March 11th by Com
mittee on Military Affairs.
The Brownsville investigation by
the senate committee on military af
fairs was adjourned at Washington on
Wednesday until March 11. By that
time it is expected that white officers
of the discharged battalion ot negro
soldiers will be available as wit
nesses.
FOR DAUGHTER’S MURDER
John Bullard is Sent to His Doom In
Marietta Jail—Died Protesting
Tnat It Was an Accident.
John Bullard, convicted of murder
ing his 17-year-old daughter, was
hanged at Marietta, Ga., Friday. The
execution was private.
Bullard stuck to his last statement
Chat the shooting was accident;.!, and
done in a fit of coughing.
He called reporters to 1- a while
standing on the gallows, and said he
wanted the people to know that he
uno th, truth, and that he, hßd made
.his peace wua ms God.
The trap was sprung by Sheriff
Frey at 11:15 a. m., and JI minutes
afterwards B»u>~ *
It on Monday motalng, Stp
ten> b * r 24th ’ &t rar 'y breakfast, his
daughter, Ruby, was murdered. She
was out the night before attending
religious services, and came home in
company with friends, and spent some
time outside the house in friendly
conversation, during which several
matches were lighted.
Bullard had retired, and claimed
he was disturbed by the noise of
striking matches, and the talk.
At the breakfast table the next
morning he claimed to have reprov
ed his daughter for making so much
noise, and disturbing him. Some
words followed, Ruby going to au
adjoining room and putting on her
bonnet.
Mr. Bullard claimed he went to bis
bed, secured his pistol, and started
to put ft in his trunk, when Ruby re
turned to the room, and picked up a
fork from the table. Bullard alleged
she started to attack him, and he
threw up his hand to protect himself,
and in doing so the revolver was dis
charged, the bullet finding lodgment
in her head.
He said: “I saw her stagger, and
I thought she was dead, so I might
as well fire the rest of the shots,
which 1 did.”
Bullard was tried and convicted at
the October term of the superior
court, and sentenced to be hanged.
His case was appealed, the decision
of the lower court being affirmed.
It was then claimed. Rnitard
insane, and a special commission ap
pointed by Governor Terrell examin
ed him, and declared him sane.
His case was then carried to the
prison board, who. in turn, rcffisw
As a last effort to save his life the
governor was appealed to for a stay
of execution, on the claim that Bul
lard’s physical condition was such
that it was only a question of a few
more weeks until Bullard would yield
his life to the dreaded disease, con
sumption.
Governor Terrell sent a committee
of doctors to Marietta Thursday morn
ing to examine Bullard as to his pry
sical condition, and they reported his
tempera:ure slightly above normal,
and pulse normal.
With this report, all hope for clem
ency from the governor fled, and Bul
lard resigned to his fate
DEFENSE SHIFTS PLEA.
Unwritten Law Relegated in Trial of
the Strothers.
The defense in the Strother trial
at Culpeper, Va., Friday shifted from
the "unwritten law” to “emotional in
sanity," and almost the entire day
was devoted to argument on the prop
er form ot a hypothetical question,
which was asked Dr. Charles N. Clark,
who was called as an insanity ex
pert.
The prosecution showed no sur
prise whatever when the defense set
about to establish a plea of emo
tional insaiiit*. w ■
REDUCED FARES FAVORED.
North Carolina Senate Adopts Report
on 2 1-4 Cents Per Mile.
The North Carolina senate, Friday
night, after prolonged discussion,
adopted the report of the conference
yprJ»trinE MSPnoor rates
to 2 1-4 cents per mile on roads of
more than sixty miles in length, and
abolishing first and second class
fares. w
JAP FOR fDN-IN-LAW
Meets No Objection on Pert cf Govern
or Carter of Hawaii.
According to advices from Hon
olulu, nothing that has happened in
a long time in Hawaii has created the
tame widespread interest as Governor
Carter’s announcement in an inter
view that he had been willing that
his daughter should marry a Japan
ese.
It is the subject of discussion every
where The newspapers are bombard
ed with communications condemning
it
JAP COOLIES LANDED.
Over Two Hundred Reach San Fran
cisco and Allowed to Disembark.
Two hundred and thirty-one Japan
ese steerage passengers arrived in
port at ’Frisco Tuesday night on
the Pacific Mall liner Mongolian.
No orders werq received from Wash
ington by the local officials relative
to debarring them from California
snore, and, after a perfunctory exam
ination, they were allowed to land.
COLQUITT. GA. WMESDAY. MARCH 6. 1907.
CURSES BY BAILEY
Heaped Upon His Enemies
in Texas Legislature.
HOUSE EXONERATES HIM
Senator Wins Out With Flying Colors
l.n Galling Investigation and
Comes Back at His Traducers
In Hot Fashion.
By a vote of 70 to 40 out of a pos
sible 128 votes, 13 members being ab
scu., i.nitca State, ,
.senator Joseph
W. Bailey was exonerated by lr „ ,
er house ot the Texas legislature at
Austin Wednesday night ot charges
of irregular acts in public life, as al
leged by Representative Cocke of the
lower house on January 14, last.
Action which resulted in this exon
eration was precipitated at the time
stated, after three days of private
consultation between house members
and friends of Senator Bailey and con
cludes some six weeks of investiga
tion that has occasioned Senator Bai
leys constant attendance In Austin.
On Monday last, by a vote ’of 15 to
11, the senate exonerated Senator
Bailey without waiting to hear the re
port of the investigating committee,
and Wednesday night the house look
like action to the extent ot acting on
the recommendation of a majority of
the investigating committee for com
plete exoneration without the submis
sion of the evidence.
Tho opponents of Senator Bailey
pleaded to have the evidence submit
ted before being asked to vote, but
the Bailey forces, slightly In the ma
jority, forced a vote and won out
as outlined above.
The galleries of the house had been
crowded with spectators, many la
dles being present since early after-,
noon awaiting thu drams tic event,
and once Senator Bailey's exoneration
was assured by the adoption of the
majority report declaring that there
xvuc? n.rthlmy in 1 lift G i.A*axxo<* Im
way reflecting upon him, the climax
was reached when Senator Bailey ap
peared and addressed the house.
H —-vvg every evidence of labor w
the past few especi.«lJ*”.wth its
intense mental strain, and delivered
himself of a speech decidedly critical
and emphatic in the matter of review
ing those who have seen fit to oppose
him during the investigation.
Senator Bailey, while bitterly abus
ing those who opposed him, announc
ed that he was going to continue as
United States senator from Texas for
at least three terms. He raid in part;
"You have just concluded the most
remarkable campaign ever witnessed
In any state of the American union,
and be it said to your honor that you
have concluded it in accordance with
the will of the sovereign people.
The conspirators have been given
a wholesome lesson. Never win they
attempt it again within this genera
tion. Never again will they wear lhe
honors of Texas democracy in their
life. Such inen would betray a repub
lic if Hessians were for hire. The
leader of the contest was a man who
has gambled with negroes, and it he
attempts to deny it I Will prove it
on him.
“One of them was convicted of em
bezzlement and yet he, is here draw
](eScrnno’Xep the democratic com
niandmcnts.
•These “ re hard words and 1 ln ”
vj mem to be. I wish 1 had words
'‘.hate with which to criticize them.
See what they have done. They have
lied about me. Their master is Hearst,
who has led this fight against me in
Texas. The leader in this fight is the
man who had this telegram publish
ed lying on the legislature, claiming
that it was corrupted by wine, wo
men and song. Hearst has his emis-
Kfirkocrxmta in thxx Tovqq lC4fja
iatine today.
"They seek to destroy my useful
ness, but thank God I am too far
above them to hurt it.”
WRONG MAN WAS NABBED.
Sleuth Hotel Keeper Thought He Had
Absconding Banker.
Harry Buckley, of the White House
at West Point, Ga., won't get $5,00)
or any part of it for, the sleuth act
he played a few days ago, an act re
sulting in the arrest of a man in Ope
lika, Ala., Friday, who, Buckley de
clared, was William F Walker, the
defaulting New Britain, Conn., bank
cashier.
After passing twenty hours in th*
Opelika jail the prisoner, who gave
his name as W. Harper, was released
by order of Mayor Williams. /
HONDURAS OPENS HOSTILITIES.
Nicaraguan Town Attacked, But In
vaders Are Defeated.
A special from Managua, Nicaragua,
says: The troops of General Bonilla,
president of Honduras, at 3 o clock,
Monday afternoon, attacked the fore
es of General Zelaya, president of
Nicaragua, which were guarding the
Nicaraguan frontier. Alter many
hours fighting the army of Honduras
was defeated.
THEY JU ON bailey.
Hl» Cauetio Causes Storm of
Wrath A|i|'g Opponents
in Texas .-gislature
A special frof satin, Texas, says;
The aftermath I he premature end
ing of the inwr.gation ot charges
against United 9 .« s.
W. Bailey came n tne how-,.- ot i
representatives?) ■ at 3 oclock
Wednesday in a. sslng himself to
resentative rose denounce Senator-
Bailey for tiw Itijttage he had used
last evening in L< easing him-elf to
the men who iil.oted against him.
Senator Bailey j&ertlmis were ds- 1
nouneed as lie ids language as la- I
decent and abut*!, end nrs man it I
an insult to th/ se of represents
■ nt Toxae- pretl'Utat ■ ' —"U
JohStoii, l)Iie O s I 0 , ,1
nounced Senate,
malicious and prt Stated liar
Representatl vt Beatty w>.
tremely sarcastic . his remarks, auu
spared neither t senator’s public
or private recoi . atty claimed
that Senator Bai . ,p,. ot been all |
that was good d o .ole, back in
Mississippi, and 1 ottered to pay the- I
expenses of any amber ot tne legis <
lature who want, a fyv to Missis
sippi to find our. 'I. r to '
exception to Bal-’s i.ts, mad* 3
by innuendo a;;atst p.ember ot
the house, to themed that "he had
gambled with netoes, and had been
used as an examje by the ministers
of his home tow.”
Representative chitins, author of
the minority repcrjfpndemning Sen
ator Bailey, plerfW guilty to the
charge of once hiring been a popu
list, but said he recame a populist
when the Democrtic party had vic
lated the priacjl«s*of the demo
cracy.
Representative n frien< *
of Senator ; e to a question
of perso::,>^P rlvil( gi W eulogize Sen
ator Repijs-Xtative Dodd, a
mend ot the sentSi also spoke in
his behalf.
In consequence >f SAntor Bailey’s
caustic speeah, jam-maht Governor
Davidson and a the minor-
u» meubersiMv ' ■ rhe nouse
have announced , erfcdldacy two
years hence, an > Bailey
to defeat t* ifil, T -
..R--”.v.'gir. Fl., . Thurs
ERRING ACCESS KILLED.
Brunswick, Ga., | sts Into Limelight
With Rc ’ n Tragedy.
Lillian Davenpc. an actress, was i
shot and almost hantly killed, and !
W. H. Brown, a rcemler, who was i
with her, was a_> shot, and will
probably die. In 1 secluded part of
Windsor Park, n Brunswick, Ga.,
Wednesday night. R. L. Davenport,
manager of the Mjestlc theater, : id
husband of the dad actress, was ar
rested, suspected >f the killing. I <
-was soon release, however, having
proven an alibi.
Brown and tb actress went to
Windsor Park togther. They were
seated upon a be h in a secluded
part of the park, : d had been there
only a short while not knowing they
were being watch I, when a pistol
report sounded, Ivo shuts followed
this. Brown was * d Mrs.
„ . . ,xl to delend him
Davenport, who it ~ L
. .... assailant, was
and started toward
. ~ , . started to bring
herself shot. Bros , “
. ♦>, ...unded woman, out
assistance to the v.
. .. , . . .p could arrive,
she dim' .
crown told it) police that he
thought the shoolig was done by
Davenport. Later,he stated that he
was not positive tat Davenport did
tho shooting
Brown only iociv 1 in Brunswick a
short while ago, ad is a bartender
at the Mecca salon.
Davenport arrival in Brunswick
last January with re Parker Amuse
ment Company, an is new manager
of the Majestic th ter. He and his
wife came from If -
Mrs. Davenport . m on the
•vjuj, aiin
njsv hille ’■ t
the’'leading attrition of the com
pany which DavlporT brought to
Brunswick. She ’as about 20 years
o" age.
WOMAN’S CO PANION DIES.
Double Tragedy n Brunswick Re
mains
The shooting * th actress, Lil
lian Davenport, id her companion,
A. R. Brown, ini secluded pot in I
a park at Bruns ck, Ga., is stin as 1
great a mystery I-
A. R- Brown, dentftr
companion oi thad' died at
city hospital a 1 lock Friday •
morning. Before is th he made
a statement, in ich he exonerated
the husband of tl actress.
much mail vjs DESTROYED.
Three Hundred ouches Burned in
Recent Wreclon G. S. 4 F.
It is estimated /•' the postoffice de
p’artmeut at Wmingtou that 300
sacks of paper ijil from Macon and
Atlanta, and pols »<... aud north
west of those Ices addressed to
points in FloridiAnd Sorth Georgia
were burned inlhe wreck on the
Georgia Southerland Florida, near
Unadil'a, Ga., oiFebrunry 25.
• /
L
AROUbft) GARDSON CHURCH,
Malmesbury a Region Rich In Historic !
Interest and Picturesque Ruins.
No account of Gardson church and i
manor, and tbe Washington traditlwns '
which enrich them, would be complete
that did not make mention of the
beautiful region, riefj in historic in
terest and In picturesque ruins, which I
lies ebowt "■.• In.* .
:: -re has naaociatlons wutc>> would I
make it, even if it were not In its
stately decay a monument of exquisite
beauty, a structure of vivid and path
etic interest, and the region is or.e
rich in memorials of earliest English
history. To Malmesbury came, at one
r ,r j.ither. some cf the most
i r _,i.c- in carl.’-r English
i ecrteslwetfcat >.wrsr ( - life. The
I if.?,’.* -ho cottes here must, uiueea .
|tr .sida a little frem t.:e wentod ;
paths of ths tourists; and for this re a- ;
I son Wiltshire is far less known than
it shot*!;! be But modern English
literature has made every reader fam
iliar v.!t\ iinth, and though Bath is
n- ross the country l.n# Ln Somer
■.ets'.ire, it is easy to" tax's Malmes
bury on the way.
And It is worth while. Malmesbapy
I : bbey dates back to the tiweJfth cen-
I iiry, and long before that picturesque
, ucture was completed a monastery
I. d existed in Malmesbury, And Wil
lii. ii of Malmesbury, a monk and man
of letter?!, had written in T.atin a his
torx work whir*, r i . th**, "Sax-
OE ' - ■ ... .
considered the most valuable autn
orltiy for Anglo-Saxon times. Here,
in a portion ot the old f>bey, restored
end adapted to the uses of a modern
parish church, Is shown the tomb and
recumbent effigy of King Athelstan;
and in t.:e neighboring street stands
an old market cross of beautiful de
sign and a admirable preservation
Beycud this, the road takes a trim,
and the traveler comes in sight of
the “Kings Afifca.”
It is here that the visitor to Oars
don Church may wisely tarry. He
will find an English inn which has
preserved every best tradition of an
institution now rapidly vanishing
from the face of the earth, and in
It£ landlord and landlady & host and
hostess whom it will always be a joy
to remember. —From Bishop Potter’s
“The Graves of Three Washingtons"
In the Oentury.
' '
"Senator Bris-cum says he will not
try to be re-elected at the end of his
sraseuf term, because he is -V ’>le
- 4 -v*e uicAlilnston on. .!5 000? Senator
Roxieigh, ’is lie one of the fools who
think a statesman has no right to re
present a corporation between ses
flionsf”«-€hfcafio Record-Herald.
THEY'RE RUN UP ENOUGH.
He.— Everything in this house looks
run down 1
She. — But, dear, you bavin's seen
the bills this month! —Det oit Free
Frees.
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, . WILLIAMS, G. P. A.
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United S'ta.ics k s ?XSSillg iTOIFi
Age gs Individualism Wat:e’K?lism
By Dr. Lvman Abbott , --A.
Au iur, trial a- ivity .< sms, *"■ from t-g» .■
IF I ut ii f. r lilr
** I has poured out untold wealth, ami we have .. “<’•
it,” and men have •! no if. A man of .whom I knew put $60,000
! ' n, ° a £ r ‘d mine and in two years, without doing a stroke of
*ll iiiSii if work or usit:;; his brain, took out $2,000,000.
Thli system Is not just and we are going to leave it. in the rear When
! I say this 1 do not mean Hint we will leave it in the rear by socialism c’-omal
i ism as times that all functh ns can be done by the government. ThL nmy be
bo, but it is not prosen. We do not want the State to own al' : • mo's oi'
p:odaction, but we want the democratization of industry am fl .o o-4'r<“. >f
industry by the people for their own good.
A corporation is in its essence a democratic contrivance by which a largo
I number of men combine their money and share in the distribution of profits.
I If a corporation was honestly administered it would be beneficial. The thing
to do is not destroy it. lut to make it serve th l puryos. for whi'h It was
intended. Wrat we want to do is to bring the corporations under governmeat
control, rhe same as we have the banks. A labor union 1 ’
liatlon. tVe want to make the unions broaden out and r- >:
capital are partners In a common enterprise. The InrPv’.ri ...
Inspired our country in the past has lei to vices for self-conceit, self-will and
greed. The remedy lies in the recognition of society as .1 unit
In government, too, we are petting away from the old indiviifualisi; if
oi l Id. a that the only function of government is to protect life an pc a ■
and lib-rty Is wrong. We no Itu-.-r regard government as simply a night
watchman. Municipal government ownt water and lighting plants ami ex
ercise.-. sanitary functions Tin State educates the children, the federal gov
ernment widens harbors and does many other things for the welfaru of. the
The Unwisdom gj
| the Ancientz
By Agnes Repplier.
I #“= M "' a “'*ATIN finds mischief *or idle hands to do.'
SHe doesn’t. How can he, when every moment of his ■ ■
able time is taken up with laying out work for 1-usy hands.
11 n—w 1■ w planning and contriv ng mine new invention tht
trious going? it has alv ays been as much e Hittm o
i run panting along with the- active oner earth,
channels of ids own the tide of their aetivi’ics vV:--s 1. idleness
I that fought the Thlrb ms’ War, or tent Napoleon's -irmh c*? "" ’
.A ..J ’ ‘ “1 VA'WAVk UiUle >V<l\S ill -• U Alb!
1 progrS'S 1 ? Have the genth hands of idleness fastened b*? 1 ■
' Our”backs, or sent us down to be a nursery governess to fr.i .Ic.
\re the idle- rich who ent e.-.-.-fy strawberries as devastating as t:
-- -J .4. ~_t r U rinK wh.O tW ?B.p tile h-'U 1 : </£ xl. • *» 4+ «Hlo»v<va«
that would snatch from out hands our old familiar sp. looks vitui,
j content with depriving us f our honor and our humtnopathy, -' ’ ■ .
let our cats purr (as If ant -at in Christendom could pur: i ar.' that h.i.
I impious hands upon the Decalogue? Societies for badgering the universe have
i never been organized by the idle. Automobiles and gramophones »r r -t
invented by the idle. Maxim guns and torpedo boats are nut the pet i lav-
■ things of the idle. And If Satan, with all these object lessors on his hands,
finds ever a n-omt-n. to spare, he isn't going to waste it hunting up some
■ trifles of mischief for idle hands to do. The busy and chpable ha ds of •;artu
await his inspiration. -Life.
Saving the Farmers’ Millions
By James Linn Nash.
' much Professor Bolley, of the North Dakota Agricultural C<
i j lege is accomplishing for the farmers of the world through is
: I M ■ patient and thorough investigations and unique experiments in
ITO . yiltUf plant life it is not easy to estimate. A single •ue of his dis
■ yOgjnn coverice—that cf the formaldehyde treatment fur smut —has al-
[ ready been iworth many millions of dollars to the agriculturists
<f the United States and the entire world. Thirteen years ago
j he found that this hitherto unconquerable enemy of the graimgrower cm
I be effectually prevented by bathing seed in a simple and inexpensive s®*”'
leal solution made by dissolving one pound of formaldehyde, forty p
strength, in forty-five gallons of water and using three-fourths of s . >n of
■ this solution to a bushel of wheat, oats or barley and ode-half to a
| bushel of flax.
For man - years he could not persuade a single farmer to , ? plan.
They looked upon him as a scientific dreamer, an 1 neuter
- and laughed at his theories. It was in 1900 that the farp-'' rs f"
i regard Professor Bolley and hie. ideas seriously. Then v 0
: progressive and wealthy ones, who own. 3 large tr-ncvs of .. and ft.
; they could afford to experiment, decldei* <> test his preseti;-.. n for wheat
i sm..t This was the first time the treat. ■> had been tried ■ v' extensive
| sci.' 'y practical avTlculturlsts. and the experiments prove) <u remarkabt" ’’
BUCCL- siul. The farmers suddenly awoke to the fact that tiiere wa».
i to be gained by tho scientific treatment of plant diseases. —The world I°'
Day. ‘ '
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