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Feb 4, 1898 - A Sacred Relic: J. A. Parrish, now of this city, but who was raised near the battlefield at Shiloh, has in his possession a small piece of oak which came from the stump against which Isham G. Harris laid the body of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston after he died in his arms. Some time ago the stump was dug up by the owner of the land on which it stood, and it was cut into pieces about two inches long, and these pieces sold. At last spring's celebration there he is said to have sold $260 worth of this relic.
- Memphis Commercial Appeal
Feb 11, 1898 - Shiloh Park: Perhaps most of the readers of the Courier have visited this historic place, but for the benefit of those who have not, we will say that it is situated in the 15th civil district of Hardin County, Tenn., nine miles from Savannah, twenty-two miles from Corinth, Miss., and twenty miles from Selmer.
About thirty six years ago grim visaged war held high car-nival here, but today the white winged Angel of Peace broods over us and finds us with the following: Two stores, two postoffices, three telephone offices, two graded schools, three churches, two gins, two mills, one saw mill, two black smith shops, one doctor, 4 preachers, twelve teachers, two civil engineers, two magistrates, one constable, four photographers, four widows, two widowers, 12 young ladies, 12 young men and children galore, two hundred cannon, ten thousand cannon balls, and a popula-tion about ten thousand but the sad part of the population is that most of the inhabitants sleep the sleep that knows no waking. Our visitors are legion - over ten thousand annually.
Apr 8, 1898 - The race in McNairy for the county
offices is a free for all, neither party taking any official action as
to the selection of candidates.
} The American Navy: Interesting statics on the U. S. Navy
ships, their guns, and other items about them.
} John P. Broom of Hickman county, was
here Wednesday on his way to Shiloh to again view that famous battlefield
which bears so much of interest to him. He was Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston's
orderly, being only 18 years old at the time, and was by his side on the
day Johnston was killed, and probably knows more of the circumstances of
the death of that famous southern general than any man living. He does
not agree with the late Senator Harris as to the locality of the
death, and thinks he can produce unquestioned authority as to the cor-rectness
of his position. He has a number of relatives in this and McNairy County,
and will be in this section several days.
} So far as the information we have at hand goes, there is only one Hardin Countain in the American navy. He is George L. Franks, a son of Jim Franks, deceased, who lived near Paulks, and a grandson of Joseph Dillon, who lives five or six miles above Savannah. Mr. Franks is a young man, about 26 or 28 years old, and has been in the service some five or six years, and is now located at Mare Island, Cal. Mrs John T. Bain, of Cherry Grove, third district, is a sister of Mr. Franks.
Apr 29, 1898 - Sheriff Story returned
Tuesday from Jackson. The murder case of Gus and Dick Thomas will
be heard in supreme court there Saturday.
} Savannah gets the name of being a "dry town",
yet whisky is sold here very extensively right at our doors. The people
should rise up in their might and suppress further violation of our revenue
laws. This matter should be thoroughly investigated by the coming circuit
court.
} Sheriff Lon Story of Hardin county, arrived in the city Sunday night with Dick Thomas, brother of Gus Thomas. Dick Thomas is under sentence of life imprisonment as accessory to the killing of Joe Kennedy two or three years ago. He was very glad to see his brother Gus Thomas, whom he had not seen in nearly a year. The meeting between these brothers, one condem-ned to death and one under life sentence for the same crime, was very touching. Dick was very anxious to see his brother, hardly waiting till he could get into the cell. He remarked to Sheriff Brooks that he had never been so anxious to see anyone before.
- Jackson Whig. April 24
May 6, 1898 - War News Brief: The Spanish-American war is on. In this issue and earlier ones you can read of its build up and related items.
May 13, 1898 - Sleeping Heroes In Shiloh Park:
Long and inte-resting article.
} Shiloh Park: The government is preparing to build a fence around the trees where Gen. A. S. Johnston died, to protect them from intruders. The fence is to be made of barbed wire, and will be eight feet high.
May 20, 1898 - Announcement of the new proprietor of the Courier: H. C. Thompson
Jun 17, 1898 - Given His Life: Gus Thomas, the Famous Hardin county Moonshiner, Gets Life Imprisoment.
Jackson Whig, June 9 - Judge W. C. Caldwell speaking for the supreme court, yesterday delivered an able opinion in the case of the state against Gus and Dick Thomas, offering the opinion of the court below, but modifying the sentence of Gus Thomas to imprisonment for life, the same sentence as his brother Dick.
The two men Gus and Dick Thomas have been regarded for years as desperate moonshiners in Hardin county. They have been before the federal court. The case against them was dismissed that they might be tried by the circuit court. The crimes with which they had been charged with was the killing of John Ken-nedy in Hardin county early on the morning of Dec 13, 1894. A place where the two men had been concealed was found near Kenn-edy's body, not far from the front door of his home. The dead man had received four wounds from a Winchester rifle, one of the balls passing through his head. A 38 calibre cartridge of the rifle was near by.Suspicion pointed to Gus and Dick Thomas as the perpetrators of the bloody deed. The illicit distillery in which it was understood that they were interested in, had been raided two days before by a possee of revenue officers and Ed Thomas, a nephew of Gus and Dick Thomas had been killed. The Thomas boys believed that Kennedy had given the information which lead to the discovery of the distillery and also the death of Ed Thomas. A trial was had and the jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree.
They said there was some mitigating circumstances in the case of Gus, but more in the case of Dick. It was the theory that Gus did the shooting and that Dick who was with him aided and abetted him as an accomplice. The trial judge sentenced him to be hung and Dick to life imprisonment. The supreme court held that the trial judge was wrong in this and exceeded his auth-ority. The supreme court believed the jury had in mind the exasperation of the men over the killing of their nephew and that while still hot they took the like of Kennedy. The opinion was therefore affirmed and modified as to Gus Thomas, making it life imprisonment for life.
The two brothers were in the court room. Dick showed more agitation than Gus. The latter was fanning with his hat and his dart steel grey eyes were fixed on the judge. As Judge Caldwell reached the closing sentences in which the life of Gus hung in the balance his hand poised in the air a few seconds as he slowly fanned himself. The suppressed emotion was scarcely visible, however, in his face. A sign of relief seemed to float through the court room as the judge gave life instead of death to Gus Thomas.
As the prisoners were led back to jail, Gus said to
Marshall R. I. Chester that the "flax seed had not yet been planted that would grow the hemp to hang him." He made the same remark a year or more ago. The prisoners will probably be carried back to Hardin county before being sent to Nashville to begin their lifetime imprisonment.
} The flurry Monday evening tore down the telephone
lines connecting Savannah and Bethel and other points, rendering communications
impossible until the line is repaired.
} Tuesday morning about 9 o'clock as earth quake was felt very perceptibly by a number of Savannah people. The shake lasted only a few seconds, but was heavy enough to shake windows and doors on the buildings.
Jun 24, 1898 - On To Cuba: You will find the
names of Capt. C. F. Sevier's Lightfoot Infantry solders.
} George Pearsons, col., the murderer
of Sam Walker, col., was hung at Jackson, Tenn., last Saturday.
} Gus and Dick Thomas together with eleven other prisoners,were carried from Jackson jail last Saturday and placed in the peni-tentiary at Nashville. The Thomas boys were the only life pris-oners in the number, most of the others being sentenced for short terms.
Jul 1, 1898 - In Memoriam: Little Mary Grace Armstrong Miss. Eliza Jane Fraley and Little Ellen C. Cox.
Jul 22, 1898 - War News Brief: Santiago Now Fallen - Santiago, Cuba has been taken by the U. S. Forces from the Spanish Forces.(More to the article)
Jul 29, 1898 - A Hardin County Boy: Private Neil Tatum, a cousin of Frank Shelby, died in San Antonio, Texas. He was 28 years old. (There is more to this article)
Aug 5, 1898 - Col. W. G. Rutledge: A
Noted Revenue Man Resigns. Tells the story of Gus Thomas and his
distillery.
} Germany now mourns the loss of one of her
greatest statesmen and rulers, Prince Otto Edward Bismarck.
} The City of San Juan, Porto Rico, was established
by Ponce de Leon in the year 1511.
} Al Phillips, who was shot some two months ago at Adamsville, the ball entering above the heart and passing through the lunge to the right side, was in Selmer in apparent good health, hav-ing recovered almost entirely from the wound.
Tom Sipes, the man who did the shooting, has joined the army and is said to be fighting the Spaniards at Porto Rico.
- Selmer Symposium
} The death of Gen John H. Meeks, at his home on Clear Creek, McNairy County, on the 23d.ult., removes from that county one of her best and most useful and influential citizens.
Gen Meeks was the father of lawyer M.
H. Meeks of Nashville, and Elder R. H. Meeks, one of the leading
Ministers of the Christian church in the state. Gen. Meeks was 84
years old,and was a devoted member of the Christian Church, serving as
elder in that church for a number of years. In his death, his com-munity,
together with McNairy county, loses a good citizen.
} Savannah has no saloons, yet drunkeness is galore on our streets some Saturdays. If intoxicants are being sold here on the quite order, it doesn't matter if it is in the shape of beer, "hop-tea," or what, those dealing out such"stuff" may be held to account for it when circuit court meets here in Septem-ber. The law prohibits the sale of intoxicating drinks, and an infringement upon this statue, in the word of the law,subjects the violator to a penalty.
Aug 12, 1898 - August Election: County wide elections held Aug 4 of Judge, Sheriff, County Clerk, Trustee, and Circuit Clerk.
Aug 17, 1898 - The County At Large: Van Buren,
PA.: Interesting article written by T. M. Hurst on Pennsylvania,
N. Y., Vir-ginia, and the boundary line of "Mason and Dixon."
} Mr. Evans, of Fayette, County, five years before his death paid $132 for his coffin, carried it home put the top and trimmings away and fed his horse out of it until his death. He also dug his own grave.
- Cookville Star
} Geo. W. Thacker of Adamsville was committed Monday night to the Selmer jail a raving maniac. He has taken neither food nor water for several days. The first indications of insanity were noticed a week ago. There is no known cause for his present mental condition. He is a mechanic and many good houses in the county attest his skill as a carpenter. It is hoped his insanity may prove only temporary.
- Selmer Symposium
Sep 2, 1898 - Jas T. Carter Dead: This article is his obituary.
Sep 9, 1898 - Changes in Office: This article
names newly elected officials taking office in the county.
} In Memoriam: More on James T. Carter.
Sep 23, 1898 - Miss. Winnie Davis, Daughter
of Jefferson Davis, after weeks of suffering,died at Narragansett
Pier, R. I., the first of the week.
} The election for the incorporation of Mt. Pleasant was held last week and favored incorporating by a good majority, over the necessary requirements of two thirds.
Oct 14, 1898 - M. H. Meeks Honored: Was nominated by the Democrats of Davidson county as a candidate for Senator. This article give some of his biography which in part states,"he was born in McNairy County."
Oct 21, 1898 - Seventeen Sailors killed and
eighty-four casual-ties all told was the total loss suffered by the war
with Spain. (There is more to this article.)
} Quite a few young folks from here went to the sulphur well near Saltillo Sunday. This well is 900 feet deep and was bored many years ago by a party prospecting for salt but instead of salt found sulphur. It sends forth a stream of pure sulphur as was ever drank. Persons desiring to use sulphur water for health can't find any purer than this. It is situated on the Tennessee River, and why it has not been made a health resort, is something I can't understand.
- Mud Creek Correspondent Selmer Symposium
Oct 28, 1898 - The smallest man in Tennessee
is said to be Tillman Landers, of Green County. He is 52 years old,
weighs 60 pounds, stands 46 inches high and wears a number 11 childs shoe.
He has two sisters living in Washington County said to be smaller than
he is.
} A Bit Of History: Talks of high mounds for
miles up and down the Tennessee River on the east side. (More to this article)
} A bloody war is being waged between the whites and the blacks at Harpersville, Scott County, Mississippi.
Nov 11, 1898 - Destiny of the United States as Indicated in Prophecy: A vision of King Nebuchadneezzar. (You read it)
Nov 25, 1898 - There are strong indications
of a renewal of war between the United States and Spain.
} Gen Don Carlos Buel Dead: Died at his Kentucky Home last Saturday. (More to this article)
Dec 9, 1898 - The Southern Star, the first Mormon paper published in the South, made its appearance at Chattanooga last Sunday. It represents thirteen conferences, distri-buted in ten southern states. The paper is edited by Eler D. P Felt.
Dec 16, 1898 - Hohenwald, the county seat of Lewis County, a town of some two hundred inhabitants, seem to be getting right in the push. She has at present, two newspapers - one German and one English - and ere the year closes she will launch her third, which will be christened the,"Chronicle." Hurrah! for Hohenwald, there is nothing like it. Her people have longed for something good and now they have it.
Dec 23, 1898 - John Sibley, who has been an invalid almost helpless, living near Purdy, was burned to a crisp last week. He and his aged wife were living alone in a cabin, which took fire about 11 o'clock and his wife being unable to remove her prostate husband from the house, he was left within to suffer the horrors of cremation. He has been partially insane for many months. He served under Gen. Scott in his campaign against the City of Mexico.
- Selmer Symposium
Jan 6, 1899 - Quarterly Court: Report of Quarterly Court meeting, Picture of Z. J. Thompson who was reelected County Superintendant of Public Instruction.
Jan 20, 1899 - Monday morning last, before
the inauguration of Mr. McMillin as Governor, Bob Taylor
with his pardoning ma-chine, was grinding out convicts pardons rapidly.
Forty-three pardons, commutations and releases from fines were granted
that day. (There is more to this article)
} Some of the people of Henderson, Tenn., are
discussing the incorporation question, while the non-incorporators are
very active with their side of the question in the way of petitions to
the Legislature to stop such an act.
} Some of the leading negros of Chattanooga,
are strongly urging the colorization of the black race in the west, with
the right of self government. An application for a charter has been filed,
and their wishes will be submitted to congress.
} School Talk: There are three articles discussing
the building of a college in Savannah.
} In Memoriam: Mrs. Lucinda Reed and Mrs
Margret Roan.
} Mrs. Ann Godwin, of Turkey Creek, age 83 years, is the mother of 13 children, 61 grand children and 53 great grand children. Total 127. This is a pretty good record.
Feb 10 1899 - An Old Paper: J. T. Foust, of near town, has our thanks for an old copy of the New York Herald, dated,15 April 1865. The paper has been well preserved, and the print is as clear as a fresh paper from the press. This copy of the paper gives a full account of the assassination of President Lincoln, while sitting in the Ford Theater, at Washington, D. C., with his wife and Cabinet, witnessing the performance of a piece titled the "American Cousin." At the close of the third act J. Wilkes Booth, an actor, entered the box occupied by the President and shot him through the head, the ball entering the back of his head coming out above the temple.
About the same hour the assassin was getting in his work on Mr. Lincoln, an assault was made on Mr. Seward, Secretary of the U. S. Treasury, while at his home confined to his bed sick. Mr. Seward was stabbed and seriously cut about the throat, but recovered.
Mr. Lincoln never regained consciousness, dying a short time after he was shot. At that date, marked the most exciting and bloody period of the war.
Feb 17, 1899 - Capt. W. T. Powers, of Cerro Gordo, Harding County, Tenn., is now a citizen of Selmer, moving Monday in the Dr. Atkins mansion on Cypress Avenue. He and his family are valuable acquisition to the town.
- Selmer Symposium
Mar 10, 1899 - A Monster Meteor: The American of Tuesday morning March 7th says: A huge meteor leaving in its wake across the heavens a stream of fire in the dead of night, three loud reports a heavy shock that shook buildings and made win-dows rattle - these are the things Nashville people who were awake at 11:45 o'clock last night saw and heard.Within half an hour after this, telegraph operators in Northern Indiana were talking over the wires to Nashville operators, stating that they had seen the body that far north.
Twenty minutes before the meteor was seen snow was falling and the wind blew a sharp gale. In a very short while the clouds disappeared and the stars shone brightly. The flash came with the suddenness of lightning. Those who have become skep-tical in regard to weather prophets and who are prepared to see sunshine at midnight on account of freakiness if the elements, thought at first that it might have been lightning.
When the meteor passed over Nashville it travelling a little west of north, leaving a brilliant trail of blue light and sparks in its path. In about two minutes after the body was seen, three distinct explosions were heard, the first louder than the rest. This was followed immediately by a rumbling noise and a shaking, as of an earthquake. The shock was not violent enough to cause any damage, but it was distinct and made windows and doors rattle. In a few minutes the telephone in the American office began to buzz and many voices asked if anybody had seen "it." The central of the telephone company was also kept busy by similar queries. A gentleman living three miles north of the city saw the meteor and said that the light was strong enough to almost blind someone's eyes.
Mar 17, 1899 - Freak Of Nature: Henderson, March 7 (Special) A strange freak of nature is reported from Jacks Creek. Mrs. Mayo, wife of a prisoner in the county jail, gave birth to a stillborn child weighing nine pounds perfectly formed below the shoulders, but with the head like that of a frog. Some time ago, it is said a cat brought a frog into the room of Mrs. Mayo, badly frightening her, and to this attributed the remarkable freak. Dr. Roby the attending physician, says it surpasses anything in his medical experience.
Apr 7, 1899 - The Selmer Symposium had enlarged from a four to an eight-page folio, half-patent, and presents a nobby appearance under the management of Brother Abernathy. We wish him all kinds of good luck.
Apr 24, 1899 - A bill was introduced in the
Senate Monday by Senator Buchanan to incorporate the town of Clifton.
} The law passed by the present General Assembly authorizing towns of less than 2,000 population to incorporate without whiskey being sold is causing some corporation talk among Savannah people, and it is probably an effort will be made to incorporate the town.
May 5, 1899 - The gunboat Nashville, from which
the first gun was fired in the American-Spanish war, reached Memphis Monday
evening about 6:30 o'clock and was accorded a royal welcome.
} Resolution Of Respect: Whereas, God in his just dispensation took instantly from our midst, Mar 31, 1899, by the falling of a rock while loading a wagon with gravel on the Shiloh National Park, our friend and brother, Walter, the son of Pinkney and Mary Washburn. He was born in McNairy county, Tenn. In the summer of 1880 he professed faith in Christ, and became a member of the M. E. Church, South at Shiloh. (There is more to this article)
May 12, 1899 - An Aged Colored Man Dies: Uncle Jimmie Marks, one among the oldest men in Hardin county, died Tuesday evening in Savannah. He was nearing the century period when the summons came.
May 19, 1899 - From Joppa to Jerusalem is 29 miles. A railroad has been in operation between the ancient cities several years. This does not accord with the statement of a lecturer in Selmer, who stated that the only means of going from one place to the other was on the back of a donkey.
- Symposium
May 26, 1899 - The boys, six in number, who
raided the "Flats" neighborhood several nights ago, appeared at the court
for trial Saturday evening, but the case was compro-mised, the boys laying
down $27 in "cold cash."
} Two prominent young men engaged in a fight on the streets of Saltillo Saturday in which one of the participants received a pretty bad scalp wound. The trouble grew out of an old fued existing between the two youth.
June 2, 1899 - Loss By Fire: Wednesday night, last, at 11 o'clock, W. T. Wilkinson & Son's livery stable at Saltillo, was destroyed by fire, together with eleven head of horses. Two of the horses belonged to Edwards & Below, liverymen at Lexington. The origin of the fire is shrouded in mystery. The damage is estimated at $1500.00 with no insurance.
June 23, 1899 - A Lifetime Convict Dead: He was a moonshiner who killed an informer. Nashville, June 20 - Dick Thomas, as a life-time convict, died at the penitentiary last night, after a short illness. Thomas and his brother were sent to the peni-tentiary from Hardin county on June 18, 1898, on conviction of murder.
The Thomases were moonshiners and very
desperate characters, and they killed a man who had informed revenuers
of their wild cat distillery.
} The colored Teachers Institute will convene
in Savannah Monday June 26, 1899, continuing six days.
} Scotts Hill Postoffice Robbed: Scott's Hill, Tenn., Which is about 12 miles from Lexington was visited Saturday night or Sunday morning by a thief or thieves, and the postoffice was relieved of several dollars, all the registered letters and valuable packages that could be found were opened. The postoffices in that section of the country have been visited several times by thieves in the past few weeks.
Jun 30, 1899 - Picture and Story of The
Hon. Thomas H. Paine,State Commissioner of Agriculture. He was
a former President of Savannah College and State Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
} Gen. Joseph Wheeler has been
made glad. He has been ordered to get ready to go to the Philippines. It
will not be long before he will descend upon them like an avalanche.If
there is anything that tickles the little general half to death it is fighting.
} Married In The Indian Territory: Miss.
Minnie Kendall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Kendall, formerly
of Lowryville, this county, now of Winny Wood, I. T., was married Tuesday
night of last week to Mr. Bob Garrad of that place. Miss. Minnie
is
a very accomplished young lady, and her many friends back here wish her
and her husband long life, prosperity and happiness.
} The remains of Dick Thomas were sent back to his home place in this county for burial Thursday of last week. He died with consumption.
Jul 7, 1899 - In Memory of William Sinclair: Obituary and resolution made by Green Mount Lodge,of which he was a member.
Aug 25, 1899 - A special from Waynesboro, of Aug 18, says: Sheriff Thomas H. Scott died here yesterday evening at
6 o'clock, age 28 years. He was serving his
second term, was a Knight of Pythias, a Mason and member of the Cumberland
Pres-byterian Church and carried life insurance of $2000 or $3000.
} The year 1899 will go down as a memorable year for Savannah in the way of growth and new enterprises. We can cease no longer to sit in quietness, and ere this year has passed away the hum of machinery will be heard in various parts of town. The ice factory, an enterprise which our town has just cause to feel proud of, is among the newest, and is doing a good business. In a few weeks the erection of a building for a machine shop will be in progress.
Sep 1, 1899 - An Arizona newspaper gives the following defi-nition of the word cigarette: A cigarette is a roll of paper, tobacco and dredge with a small fire at one end and a large fool at the other. Some of its chief enjoyments are condensed nightmares, fits, cancer of the lips, and stomach, spinal meningitis, softening of the brain, funeral processions and families shrouded in gloom.
Sep 8, 1899 - From the way the negros of our town have been killing each other up of late it seems that they have it in for each other. Within the past six months there has been three or four murders committed right in town. The laws of our country forbid such things as this and these crimes should be dealt out criminal justice to the full extent of the law.
Sep 22, 1899 - Rev. G. F. Howard, convicted
at Jackson, Tenn., in 1893, for fraudulent use of the mails, and sent to
Columbus, Ohio, penitentiary to serve a sentence of nine years, from whence
he escaped in 1897, has been recaptured in Michigan. The same Howard preached
in Savannah a sermon at one time, several years ago, and is remembered
here by some of our citizens.
} Cornelius Vanderbilt, one of the wealthiest
men in the United States, died very suddenly at his home in New York City,
Sept.,12th.
} For An Old Crime: Chap Hearst, of McNairy County, Arrested Charged With Killing a Man in 1867. Selmer, Tenn., Sept 12. -
The Sheriff of this county arrested and put in jail today, Chap Hearst on a warrant sworn out by Mr. Nailor,of Texas, for the killing of his father Dunaway Nailor, in 1867.
It is said Nailor was killed to prevent him giving testimony against Jack Hearst, a brother of Chap's, for killing a man,he being the only one present when the killing was done. Hearst is 58 years old.
Oct 13, 1899 - Remarkable Career: Some History of the Long, Eventful Life of Noble Wesley Covey, Esq.- A tribute made to him from the Masonic Lodges.
Oct 27, 1899 - Horrible Crime: At St. Anne,
Miss. - Negros burned to death a family of white people. (Lengthy article)
} A Monster Oak: Capt. W. T. Powers, who is operating a saw mill four miles east of Purdy, cut into lumber last week a white-oak tree which measured seven feet across the stump and seventy-two feet to the first limb, making six twelve-foot sections, the last section measuring forty-two inches. The tree made a total of five thousand feet of lumber which he sold for $165.00. According to lumberman's rules of estimating the age of a tree, it was more than 200 years old.
-Selmer Symposium
"Shorty" Young representing the Hartnett
Lumber Co., bought the lumber cut from the tree.
} A Seige of typhoid fever, we understand, is prevailing out in the Walker neighborhood. Seven cases are registered in that vicinity this week.
Nov 3, 1899 - Sad Ending: Jim Dempsie, a Stone Mason, found drowned in the river. (More to this article)
Nov 10, 1899 - Gus Thomas, and three other noted conicts make their escape. The Nashville American of November 3rd says: Gus Thomas, Frank Mitchell, George Lawrence and J. J. Johnson notorious convicts, made good their escape from the new penitentiary last evening about dark. (More to this article)
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