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1900.
Austin, C. Il. Giffin ; Blue Mound, E. W. Jokisch ; Decatur, J. A. Davidson, H. A. Aldridge, John Allen, James Hollinger, F. W. Kipp, W. J. Magee, J. H. Record, G. W. Stoy, J. W. Weigand; Friends Creek, F. R. Querrey; Harristown, R. O. Van- Gilder : Hickory Point, HI. Hayes; Illini, C. J. Tucker; Long Creek, E. B. Chapman ; Maroa, David Weilepp; Milam, W. Best; Mt. Zion, W. L. Riber; Niantic, J. A. Cus- sins; Oakley, M. A. Nickey ; Pleasant View, WV. H. Bean ; South Macon, H. R. Wood- cock; South Wheatland, John Ward ; Whit- more, G. W. Reynolds.
1901.
Austin, George Johnston ; Blue Mound, E. W. Jokisch ; Decatur, J. 11. Record, II.
A. Aldridge. John Barron, James Henson, James Hollinger, F. W. Kipp, W. J. Magee, W. Neidermeyer, J. W. Weigand; Friends Creek. F. R. Querrey : Harristown, R. O. VanGilder; Hickory Point, H. Hayes; Illini, C. J. Tucker: Long Creek, E. B. Chapman ; Maroa, C. G. Persinger ; Milam, W. Best: Mt. Zion, E. R. Huriburt; Nian- tic. J. A. Cussins; Oakley, M. A. Nickey; Pleasant View, W. 11. Bean; South Macon, HJ. R. Woodcock; South Wheatland, John Ward; Whitmore, G. W. Reynolds.
County Officers.
The following is a list of county officers : Circuit Judge-S. D. Lockwood, S. T. Lo- gan, William Brown, Jesse B. Thomas, S. Hf. Treat, David Davis, Charles Emerson, A. J. Gallagher, C. B. Smith, W. E. Nelson, E. P. Vail, W. C. Johns.
Judge of Probate-D. McCall, Charles Emerson.
Probate Justice-Kirby Benedict, John G. Spear, Thomas HI. Reed.
County Judge-William Prather, John Ricketts, S. F. Greer, W. E. Nelson, W. L. Ilammer, O. W. Smith.
State's AAttorney -John HI. Pugh, D. HI. Campbell, Josiah Lamborn, John A. McDu- gall, David Campbell, Elam Rust, J. R. Eden, James P. Boyd, D. L. Bunn, M. B. Thomas, C. C. McComas, I. A. Bucking- ham, W. C. Johns, E. P. Vail, I. R. Mills, W. E. Redmon.
Sheriff-William Warnick, John McMen- namy, James Stephens, William Warnick, William Wheeler, Samuel Rea, William Wheeler, Samuel Whitehouse, E. McClel- lan, W. Wheeler, George Goodman, John W. Bear, .A. A. Murry, John E. Jones, James Travis, George M. Wood, I. D. Jen- nings, M. Forstmeyer. W. W. Foster, John 11. Mauzy, Peter Pearl, J. P. Nicholson, G. W. Lehman, Charles Thrift.
County Superintendent of Schools -- Will- iam S. Crissey. C. C. Burroughs, Edwin
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Park, O. F. McKim, John Trainer, T. L. was kept for the farmer's use in producing Evans, J. N. Donehay, John G. Keller, A. 1. Jones.
Master in Chancery-I. C. Pugh, William A. Barnes, R. Il. Merriweather, John A. Brown, J. J. Finn.
Circuit Clerk-D. McCall, H. M. Gorin, W. W. Peddecord, William Prather, J. Q. A. Oder, W. L. Hammer, E. McClellan, D. L. Foster, John Allen.
County Clerk-D. McCall, H. M. Gorin, W. W. Peddecord, E. B. Hall, W. W. Ogles- by, Samuel Rea, I. C. Pugh, H. W. Wag- goner, George P. Hardy, James M. Dodd.
County Treasurer-B. R. Austin, John . Miller, B. R. Austin, James Johnson, Joseph Hostetler, Joseph Stephens, J. Renshaw, Henry Snyder, Thomas H. Reed, George IV. Powers, S. C. Allen, I. C. Pugh, William Cantrell, Ira B. Curtis, William M. Boyd, R. H. Park, George M. Wood, George R. Steel, Clay Montgomery, Charles Patter- son, Joseph Miller, E. R. Moffett.
Agriculture.
"When the county was first settled the rank grasses retarded the evaporation, the result being a moist climate, that gave too luxuriant a growth to wheat and oats. This caused the lodging of the latter and pro- duced rust in the former, but culture and pasturage have modified these conditions so that the latter is becoming one of our great staples." On account of the chinch bug spring wheat has entirely disappeared and the acreage of fall wheat is not what it was in an earlier day. While we produce rye, wheat, oats, timothy, clover, millet and bluegrass, corn is the main crop; not less than two-thirds of the tillable land in the county is each year planted to corn. For- merly it was thought that corn could not, safely, be cribbed in the fall, consequently it remained in the field until spring. Much corn was cut and shocked for cattle feeding. in fact, the entire crop, except that which
the next year's crop. It was no unusual thing to see farmers husking corn and at the same time cultivating the ground for the next crop.
All kinds of vegetables are produced in abundance. Fruit, such as strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants and gooseberries, also cherries, pears, plums, quinces, apples and peaches grow and yield well; our extensive nurseries verify the fact that this is a fruit county.
Stock raising assumes no mean propor- tions as compared with other localities both in number and in grade produced. The grade of cattle, hogs, horses, sheep and even poultry is constantly improving.
The cattle are of beef and dairy grades, the former are represented by the Short- horn, Galloway and Hereford, while the latter are represented by the Jersey, Guern- sey and Holstein.
The hogs now in favor are: Berkshire, Poland-China, Chester White, Jersey-red and Yorkshire.
The horses are of three grades, the draft, the coach and the roadster.
Every farmer grows stock to some extent, hogs are grown more extensively than horses and cattle owing to the short time re- quired for their maturity ; at the age of nine months a hog will weigh from one hundred and fifty to two hundred pounds, while it requires several years for horses and cattle to develop into "shippers."
Since Decatur contains more than half the population of Macon county, not half the inhabitants of the county are engaged in agricultural pursuits. This affords a good local market for vegetables, dairy products and fruit ; none of the above are produced in sufficient quantities to supply the de- mands of the county ; carloads of vegetables, potatoes especially, cheese and all kinds of fruit are shipped in every year.
Hay, oats and corn are also in great de-
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mand; Macon county does not yield much more than half the amount of hay consumed within the county ; our flour mills afford an excellent market for all of our wheat and our cereal mills can grind all the corn raised in the county.
But if we do not see fit to sell here, we have railroads entering the county from twelve different directions, making Decatur one of the greatest railroad centers in the state, thus affording ready access to the eastern and the southern markets of the United States.
The Illinois Central Railroad.
In 1850 an act passed by Congress granted lands to the state of Illinois for the purpose of building a railroad through central Illi- nois. In 1851 the legislature of Illinois in- corporated the Illinois Central Railroad and transferred to this company the lands held in trust by the state upon a compliance of the company with the conditions embodied in the charter. .
Work began at the north end of the road and in 1854 was completed through Deca- tur, and in a short time was opened for traffic through its entire length. A senator from Macon county was the first one to in- troduce and carry through the legislature a resolution urging our senators and repre- sentatives in Congress to secure the re- quisite aid from the national government.
Senator Stephen A. Douglas, acting upon the resolution, secured the passage of the law giving to the state for the use of the railroad each alternate section for a distance of six miles upon each side of the right-of- way ; providing, that had some of this land been previously granted to private parties, the company be permitted to go as far as twenty miles out in order to secure the re- quired amount of land.
The power of peneration into the future, possessed by Mr. Douglas, is well estah- lished by his persistence and final victory in
compelling the construction from Cairo to Chicago and Dunleith, which in a remark- ably short time developed the most fertile lands in the state. He lived to see his pre- dictions verified and his expectations fully realized.
An effort was made to carry the road, in Macon county, across the Sangamon river at the "Cut Off" six miles west of Decatur ; this would, in all probability have doomed Decatur to remain a village. But through the efforts of the citizens of Decatur, led by E. O. Smith, the present route was selected.
The charter of this road provided that seven per cent of its gross earnings be paid into the state treasury. Since 1854 it has paid a total of $20,000,000 to the state; it pays now ycarly about $800,000. The com- pany operates over 4,000 miles of road, which reaches from New Orleans to Omaha and through Chicago to St. Paul; numer- ous small roads cross it at various points along the line of the main tracks. This road is the gateway to the south from which a large export trade is now made. This road affords two direct rapid routes to Chi- cago, either by way of Champaign or by way of Clinton. The Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railroad. now the Peoria Divi- sion of the Illinois Central, extends from Peoria to Evansville, from northwest to southeast, through the most productive part of Illinois. Through the favorable connec- tions made at its terminals, with through lines, it is enabled to do a large amount of through business.
The Illinois Central has done much to de- velop Decatur and in fact, all of Macon county. Recently it has erected a hand- some depot at an outlay of $65,000; the building is 200 fect long and is built of stone and yellow pressed brick, surmounted by a neat tower; the central part of the building is two stories, the rest of the build- ing is but one story ; the entire roof is of red tile. The style of the structure is the Eng-
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lish gothic ; the walls are frescoed, a very handsome tint being selected; the appoint- ments both inside and out are modern and are arranged with a view to symmetry and convenience.
The road originally known as the Decatur, Monticello and Champaign is now part of the Illinois Central, making a convenient connection between the two original branches of the road.
The Vandalia Railroad.
The Terre llaute and Peoria division of the Vandalia passes through this city and joins the main line at Terre Haute. The Vandalia line with 700 miles of track is part of the Pennsylvania system which gives us direct communication with the eastern trunk lines. This was originally the Illinois Midland, which, until thrown into the hands of a receiver, who placed it on a paying basis, had a continued struggle for an existence.
The Indiana, Decatur and Western Rail- road.
The Indiana. Decatur and Western ter- minates at Indianapolis on the east and Springfield on the west : the extension from Decatur to Springfield was completed in 1902. The entire length of the road is now about two hundred miles. The road is part of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton system. It carries large quantities of east- ern merchandise and western farm products as well as being a very popular passenger route.
The Wabash Railroad.
To give a history of this railroad it be- comes necessary to begin with the enact- ment of the legislature in 1835 and 1836, known as The Internal Improvement Scheme. In this scheme was included the Northern Cross Railroad extending from Quincy to Danville, chartered in 1837. The first locomotive engine in the state ran over
this road from Meredosia to Jacksonville, in 1839. The road was completed to Spring- field in 1842. This road was constructed of wooden rails, faced with strips of strap- iron. The cars made three round trips per week from Springfield to the Illinois river. The track finally became so insecure that the engine was taken off and mules sub- stituted for motive power. Eventually the road became so utterly dilapidated that the expense overran the income; the state then disposed of it for a mere song.
In 1854 the road was reconstructed and extended through Decatur and Danville, over the original route, to Toledo, under the name of the Great Western Railroad. The cars entered Decatur in 1854. The advent of the railroad gave new life and impetus to Decatur and the surrounding country. Instead of carrying goods to Chicago and St. Louis in the old-fashioned broad-tired wagon with the proverbial tar bucket swung beneath its axle, we received our consignments by freight, new and fresh, in a few days after ordering.
Much objection, that now seems peculiar, was urged against railroads when first pro- posed. Some argued that the horses would be so frightened by the cars that the lands near the roads could not be cultivated ; that the ranges would be rendered useless and the poor people would be compelled to keep up their stock ; that the game would all be driven away by the whistling of the engines.
The name of this road was soon after changed to The Toledo, Wabash and West- ern Railroad. In 1876 this road operated 473 miles of track between Toledo and Quincy: 110 miles between St. Louis and Decatur: the Keokuk branch of 41 miles and the Naples branch of 3 miles ; a total of 627 miles.
In 1877 the name was changed to The Wabash Railroad, which name it still re- tains. This road now operates over two
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thousand miles of track and is a through line from Kansas City to Buffalo with through passenger trains to New York City. It has a line to Kansas City via Hannibal and Quincy ; another via St. Louis, and a third to Chicago, a fourth to Detroit and the east.
Decatur is the central point through which all this enormous traffic must pass. It is an aggressive road, having recently acquired a large number of feeders, which penetrate some of the most remote regions of the middle west.
Decatur is the home of the Middle Divi- sion of the Wabash. Superintendent .1. Robertson and the Middle Division officials reside here, the largest force of dispatchers in the country is located here ; the car shops employ between 200 and 300 men ; a branch of the locomotive shops employs a number of men ; and most of the train men live here ; not less than 1.200 men connected with the Wabash live in Decatur. The pay rolls ap- proximate $900,000 per year on the Middle Division.
The new Wabash station, just west of the north end of the Central station, with which its platform connects, is one of the hand- somest stations on the Wabash system. It is 230 feet long, two stories high, built of yellow brick and trimmed with stone and terra cotta. The architecture is colonial. except the tower ; the main portion is two stories, while the mail, baggage and express rooms are but one story. The interior is finished in tile floors, marble wainscoting, frescoed ceiling and walls ; lending a charm- ing effect. The cost of the building ap- proximates seventy thousand dollars.
Black Hawk War.
Muster roll of Captain Johnson's com- pany of mounted volunteers belonging to the Fifth Regiment, commanded by James Johnson of the brigade of mounted volun-
teers of Illinois Militia, commanded by Brig- adier General Samuel Whiteside.
Mustered out of the service of the United States at the mouth of the Fox river, Illi- nois May 27, 1832. Date of enlistment, April 24, 1832 ; term of enlistment. 35 days.
James Johnson, captain, promoted to colo- nel May 16, 1832: William Warnick, first lieutenant, absent with leave; 1. C. Pugh, second lieutenant, promoted to captain May 16, 1832; J. D. Wright, first sergeant, ab- sent on extra duty ; James .A. Ward, second sergeant, promoted to second lieutenant ; Walter Bowls, third sergeant, absent with leave; Joseph Hanks, fourth sergeant; Henry M. Gorin, first corporal ; S. R. Shep- ard, second corporal; G. Coppenbarger. third corporal, absent with leave; James Milton, fourth corporal, killed in battle.
"Privates-Asher Simpson, Abram Black, D. McCall. D. HI. Stewart, Elisha Butler, G. D. Smallwood, John Ilanks, Jacob Lane, John Henderson, James Querrey, James Miller, John Manley, James Ennis, John Clifton, Jesse Dickey, John Williams, John Murphey, John Black, James Ilerrod, Kin- ian Ingram, C. Hooper, Robert Smith, S. B. Dewees, S. Miller, S. Troxel, Thomas Dey- enport, William Hanks, William Adams, William Miller, William Hooper, William Cox. Joseph Clifton.
There was also a company of rangers or- ganized during the summer of 1832, com- manded by Captain William Warnick. They went as far as Kickapoo. a town on Big Vermilion river, but finding no Indians, soon returned.
Mexican War.
War was declared with Mexico in May, 1846. Under the call for volunteers Illinois was entitled to three regiments. Under proclamation of Governor Ford, the sheriff of Macon county calling for volunteers. Company C, afterwards forming part of the Fourth Regiment, was raised, consisting of
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seventy-eight men. Thirty companies had reported when Company C' reached Spring- field; in all three full regiments. E. D. Baker, a prominent Illinois man, asked President Polk for permission to raise a fourth regiment, and in this were the Ma- con county men. Baker was elected colonel, Lieutenant Governor Morris was elected lieutenant colonel, Thomas Harris major general, I. C. Pugh was elected captain of Company C. Senator R. J. Oglesby first lieutenant, Anderson Froman second lieu- tenant, John P. Post third lieutenant, Ste- phen Osburn first sergeant, G. W. Galbreath second sergeant, B. F. Oglesby third ser- gent, B. L. Martin first corporal, James Hollingsworth second corporal, W. J. Usrey third corporal, G. W. Nelson fourth cor- poral.
List of Volunteers.
Madison Bradshaw, P. T. Bebee, G. M. Braden, A. Botkin, W. W. Chapman, G. W. Church, Laban Chambers, George Car- ver. J. B. Case, J. M. Dickey, G. W. Dillow, W. Dean, W. P. Davidson, Daniel Davis, A. Greenfield, James Greenfield, David Huffman, Sterne Helm, J. Horner, D. How- ell, S. K. Harrell, Williams Hawks, M. M. Henry, W. D. B. Henry, Levi Hite, John Henry, I. Inman. T. Johnson, J. A. Lowrie, J. C. Leadbetter, H. Lord, Thomas Lord, A. B. Lee, J. C. Malson, G. J. Malson, Ben- jamin Martin, I. Martin, H. Martin, Will- iam McDaniel, Chris. Mayers, Charles Nel- son, William Nesbit, J. S. Post, J. Perry- man, S. Riee, James Rea, William Robinson, E. Rice. J. Sheppard, Jason Sprague, R. H. Stewart, D. G. Stephens. W. E. Lee, Daniel Spangler. J. A. Shepley, T. Souther, J. Saunders, James Turner, F. E. Travis, J. B. Travis, J. D. Travis, T. D. Turney, William Wheeler, W. R. Wheeler, Lewis Ward, B. E. Wells. W. E. Warnick, J. W. White, B. White, Robert Warnick, James Freeman, J. M. Arwood. Richard Barnwell, Miles Bos- worth. Jesse Butler, David Bailer.
Company C marched from Decatur to Springfield about the middle of June, 1846, where the regiment was formed. After a time they moved to Alton, where arms were in store which were procured by Colonel Baker and Captain J. S. Post ; Colonel J. J. Hardin protested against this and a warfare of words followed between him and Baker, nearly ending in a duel. From Alton the regiment was sent to Jefferson Barracks, where Colonel Churchill, the commandant, took charge, giving them thorough disei- pline and drill.
July 20 the regiment was mustered into ·service by Colonel Crogan, of Ft. Meigs notoriety ; after a few days they embarked for New Orleans thence to Brazos, Santiago Bay on the Rio Grande river, where they disembarked. They next marched up the Rio Grande eight miles, where the first death occurred, that of Second Sergeant George Galbreath.
A squad of twelve Macon county men un- der Colonel Baker were detailed to bury the body; on their return to camp they heard a disturbance near by on a steamboat and on going there found that an Irish com- pany, in a drunken melee, had driven the Kenesaw Rangers from the boat. Colonel Baker ordered his men on board to settle the trouble, when a hand to hand encounter ensued in which the Colonel and his little band were soon overpowered. Colonel Ba- ker received a rapier thrust, Captain Post wounded in breast and rib broken ; Charles Dillow, killed; R. H. Stewart, bayonetted in thigh, and seven others were more or less injured. Orders were now received to move to Matamoras on the Mexican side; a few days later they moved on to Camargo, where many of the boys took sick.
Returning to Matamoras they proceeded to Victoria, thence to Tampico early in June. 1847, where preparations were made for an attack on Vera Cruz. About the mid- alle of February Company C assisted in the
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construction of batteries and also in the bombardment of the city, which surrendered March 29.
General Scott's army marched from here to the City of Mexico, meeting on the way General Santa Anna at a mountain pass of Cerro Gordo, where a battle ensued April 18; Company Chad forty-eight men in this engagement ; two were killed and ten wounded. J. C. Malson and George Nelson were killed. Santa Anna came near being captured in this battle; in his effort to es- cape he left $25,000 in silver and his cork leg, in his carriage, which articles were cap- tured by Company C.
After the battle General Scott went on to Jalapa; Company C remained here a month. When time of enlistment expired, the company returned to St. Louis, reach- ing home June 1, 1847, carrying the banner given them when they left.
But four Mexican war veterans are now living in Macon county. The list is: Rob- ert Warnick, living near Boody ; Madison Bradshaw, living near Harristown ; David Blalock, of Mt. Zion, and Walter Elworthy, of Decatur.
Civil War.
The Seventh Illinois Cavalry was organ- ized at Camp Butler, Illinois, and mustered into service October 13, 1861. Companies A, C, I, and G were ordered to Bird's Point, Missouri, the other eight companies arrived December 25. In January all excepting Companies B, C, I, and L moved to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Company I engaged in scouting during the winter. At New Ma- drid the regiment again united. They next met at Island No. 10, from which place they moved to Hamburg Landing in Tennessee, thence toward Corinth, which movement in- volved them in a battle at luka and at Cor- inth October 23. 1864.
November 23 seven companies engaged Richardson near Somerville; December 1 the Seventh was assigned to Col. Dickey's
command ; they participated in the battle of Holly Springs, were compelled to retreat followed by Price to Coffeeville, from west- ern Tennessee: April 17 they started on Grierson's raid to Baton Rouge; December 20 the regiment fought Forest, also had an engagement at Moscow, Tennessee; went next to Decatur, Alabama, then returned to Nashville : from this point to Camp Butler, Illinois, at which place they were mustered out, paid and discharged November 17, 1865.
SEVENTH CAVALRY ROSTER.
Company I.
Colonels-W. P. Kellogg, Sept. 8, 1861, resigned June 1, 1862; Edward Prince, June 1. 1862, term expired Oct. 15, 1864, was lieu- tenant colonel; John M. Graham, March I, 1865. mustered out Nov. 4. 1865, was major.
Lieutenant Colonels-W. D. Blackburn, Feb. 10, 1863, died of wounds May 17, 1863; George W. Trafton, March 17, 1863, dis- missed Nov. 4, 1864; II. C. Forbes, March 1, 1865, mustered out Nov. 4, 1865, was major.
Majors-Cyrus Hall, Sept. 21, 1861, re- signed for promotion Feb. 9, 1862; James Rawalt, Sept. 21, 1861, resigned June 10, 1862; Z. AApplington, Nov. 13, 1861, killed in battle May 15. 1862; Henry Case, Feb. 1, 1862, resigned April 4, 1862: II. C. Nelson, April 24. 1862, resigned June 22, 1863; A. P. Kochler, March 15, 1862, resigned May 14. 1863: A. W. McDonald, June 22, 1863, mustered out Nov. 4, 1865 ; George .\. Root, May 15, 1865. mustered out Nov. 4, 1865. was adjutant ; M. G. Wiley, May 10, 1865, mustered out Nov. 4, 1865.
Adjutants-Ilenry Stockdale, Jan. 30, 1862, mustered out May 5, 1862; Allen W. Ileld. May 10, 1865.
Battalion Adjutants-George Bestor, Jan. 15. 1861, mustered out in 1862; Charles Wills, Jan. 15, 1861. mustered out in 1862. Quartermasters-W. A. Dickerson, Oct.
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25. 1861, mustered ont May 26, 1862; J. R. W. Hinchman. Oct. 28, 1862, mustered out Nov., 1805.
Battalion Onartermasters-James T. Meyers, Dec. 20, 1862, mustered out 1862; John W. Resor, Dec. 25, 1861, mustered out May 20, 1862.
Surgeons -- C. D. Rankin, Oct. 28, 1861. resigned Jan. 1, 1862; Daniel Stahl. Sept. 9. 1862. discharged Sept. 9. 1864; Thomas J. Riggs, Sept. 16, 1864, mustered out Nov. 4, 1865, was first assistant.
First Assistant Surgeons-Charles H. Novel. April 3. 1865, mustered out Nov. 4. 1865.
Second Assistant Surgeons-A. G. Gil- bert, May 29. 1863, discharged Sept. 9. 1864; M. W. Nesmith, April 16, 1865, mustered out Nov. 4. 1865.
Chaplain-Sinion G. Meinor, Oct. 3. 1861, term expired Oct. 5. 1864.
Commissaries-H. F. Barker, Oct. 1, 1862, term expired Oct. 15. 1864: Daniel F. Rob- bins, Oct. 4. 1864, mustered ont Nov. 4, 1865.
Captains-A. J. Gallagher, Aug. 19. 1861. resigned June 20, 1862: William Ashmead, June 20, 1862, term expired Oct. 15, 1864, was second lieutenant : Byron T. Tuller, March 28, 1865, mustered out Nov. 4. 1865.
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