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Through the very fortunate purchase of the machinery abore referred to, the mill is worth double the amount of its paid up capital stock, and in- deed even this amount of $30,000 would be insufficient for its purchase. The first incorporators were Henry S. Carroll, S. A. Drake, J. M. Clifford, & John O. Roberts, J. A. Wirick, B. G. Read, Walter Keightley, and William McIntosh, all of whom were directors except J. M. Clifford, who has acted as secretary of the company. S. A. Drake was president until its increasing duties requiring too much of his attention from his private business, he tendered his resignation and J. A. Wirick was chosen to succeed him. Henry S. Carroll has been treasurer since the organization of the company, and to his enterprise and indomitable perseverance is almost entirely due the credit of the erection, while with his associates he has been largely in- strumental in the successful operation of the first and only paper mill in the great commonwealth of Missouri.
MAJOR & MACKEY TOBACCO COMPANY.
The first tobacco factory was started in Clarksville by W. D. Major and W. N. Ogilen, under the firm name of Major & Ogden in the year 1863. Mr. Ogden having died, James M. Major and John M. Woods became the purchasers of his interest and continued the business with W. D. Major,
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under the firm name of James Major & Sons for a period of two years, when they sold their machinery and engaged in mercantile pursuits. The Major & Mackey Tobacco Co., one of the largest establishments of the kind in the county, was incorporated in 1880, W. D. Major, W. J. Mackey, and J. M. Major being the incorporators. The capital stock of the company, all paid in, is $6,000. Since the incorporation of the company, James !I. Kissenger, of Linwood Farm, a gentleman well known as a breeder of Short Horus, has been admitted as a member of the firm. The officers of the company are W. D. Major, president, W. J. Mackey, secretary, and John M. Major, treasurer. This company manufactures about one thousand pounds per day, although this amount is much below their actual capacity. The ma- chinery of this large establishment is all run by steam, even the immense entters and powerful hydraulics deriving their motor power from the en- gines hidden away in a remote portion of the spacious building. The fac- tory is one hundred and ten by thirty feet, four stories high, including base- ment, and it is in contemplation to materially enlarge it at an early day. It is well supplied with all the latest and best improved machinery, which has cost in place about 88,000, and with the use of which most of the goods of the factory are made. About forty hands are employed here, under the supervision of Major R. M. Penn, a manufacturer of large experience and well established reputation. Every variety of plug, smoking, and fine cut are manufactured here, and the product of the establishment finds its market from Iowa to Texas, and from Illinois and Kentucky to Colorado and Montana. The outlay is necessarily enormous, the government tax alone approximates one linndred dollars per day. Besides this the stock is to be purchased, the employes to be paid, and innumerable items of expense are to be constantly met.
W. P. BOONE'S TOBACCO FACTORY.
This factory was established in the spring of 1871 in a building on Front or Water street, and has since that time been kept in constant operation during those seasons of the year at which it was possible to successfully manufac- ture. The building itself is thirty-five feet wide by one hundred and ten feet deep and two stories high, with rooms for drying purposes built above the second story. At first Mr. Boone manufactured much less than he has for quite a number of years since that time. In the beginning fifty thous- and pounds a year was about the capacity of the factory, but since that time with the use of additional and improved machinery he has increased the capacity to almost one hundred and thirty thousand pounds a year. Year
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after year improvements have been constantly made, until at this time he has one of the best arranged and equipped factories to be found in the county. The splendid hydraulic machinery in place in this establishment is inferior to none in the county, and according to the capacity of the factory, as good as any in the state. Mr. Boone has always had ample capital with which to conduct his business and hence has had no partner in the factory. At this time after having built up a splendid trade and won for his goods quite an enviable reputation, he has turned over the use of his factory and his name to his son, Col. D. Boone and his son-in-law, James T. Sinith, who are very successfully conducting the business under his casual supervision. The factory has for years employed from thirty to fifty hands who are well and promptly paid for the service rendered, while it disburses thousands of dollars for the raw material and other articles necessary to the successful conduct of the business. The stock required for use here is purchased for the most part in Pike county, while quite a quantity of the finest leaf, espe- cially for wrappers, is bought in St. Louis or Louisville; among the justy popular brands manufactured by Mr. Boone may be mentioned his fine "Natural Leaf," "Boone's Best," "Old Virginia Weed," several kinds of "Navies," as 3s, 4s, etc., together with quite a number of other and well- known brands. These goods are sold in St. Louis and other cities of Missouri; in Arkansas, Texas and other states of the south, and also in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas, as well as others of the northern and western states. It is grat- ifying to know that from the beginning the enterprise has been successful and that the proprietor has made a handsome interest or profit on his in- vestment, and that at this time, after twelve years of experience in the man- nfacture of these goods, they are even more popular than before, and the bus- iness is now in a more flourishing and prosperous condition than at any pre- vions time in its history. This factory has been of much benefit to the city of Clarksville, and as it continues to grow from year to year will contribute more and more to its prosperity and material wealth. 3
FOUNDRY.
The Clarksville Foundry was established in 1865 by William A. Fletcher, its present proprietor. At first there was but little capital invested, but as occasion required additional machinery has been added mitil now its cost aggre- gates not less than ten thousand dollars. Mr. Fletcher is prepared to do any work within the limit of the capacity of his machinery, and while he has de- voted his attention principally to repair work, such as farm implements, porta. ble and stationary engines, merchant, planing, and other mills, he has also
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built portable engines; and a neat little yacht, ready for launching, has been turned out from this foundry. There is attached to the shops a wool card- ing machine, which is kept running during the carding season. We failed to mention that an air compressor, for use in the mines of Colorado, had also been built at these shops. From three to five men find constant em- ployment here, and the enterprise is one of the greatest importance to the people both of the city and country.
LUMBER INTERESTS.
The first lumber yard was started in Clarksville in the year 1857 by T. C. Kelsey and L. W. Haywood, who had a monopoly of the business until the year succeeding the close of the war, when Hughs & Wells, Denny & Co., Thos. Edison, Turner & Knight, and C. H. Nichols & Co., all entered the lists as competitors for the business of the town and country. In a short time Edison, Nichols & Co. consolidated, Turner & Knight aban- doned the business, and Hughs & Wells bought out Denny & Co., thus leaving but two firms engaged in the lumber business. About 1870 An- derson & Blaine bought out Edison, Nichols & Co., and soon thereafter sold their yards to R. B. Campbell, who consolidated with Capt. Ben. Hughs, the latter having bought the interest of his deceased partner, Mr. Wells, and tlins from five yards the trade was redneed to one, and is still conducted by these gentlemen under the firm name of Hughs & Campbell. These gen- tlemen buy their lumber in rafts, from parties who mannfacture it on the Chippewa and Wisconsin rivers. They also purchase largely in car lots, buying at both Hannibal and Chicago. In addition to ordinary lumber they deal largely in shingles, laths, doors, sash, cte., while flooring, mould- ing, siding, etc., etc., are manufactured at their planing mill situated in their own yards. These gentlemen have invested $20,000 in lumber, $5,000 in mill, and $2,000 in yards. They do a business aggregating from $30,000 to $40,000 per annum, handling about two and a half million feet of lum- ber each year. They employ from five to fifteen hands constantly, while the increasing demand for lumber must, ere long, make additional help a necessity.
SHIPPING INTERESTS.
Formerly most of the products grown in the country were shipped from Clarksville to find their markets in St. Louis and other manufacturing cities. At this time, stock and fruits excepted, the produce of the farmer is sold at home, and Clarksville manufactures the wheat, tobacco, and straw,
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with a large per cent of the apples raised within a radius of fifteen miles of her corporate limits. The facilities for shipping, however, have been in- creased, not impaired, and the railroad is made to assist the river in bear. ing to other markets the products of both our farms and factories.
GRAPE CULTURE.
Dr. J. D. Davis was the first to undertake the cultivation of grapes on the bluff's near the river. Starting a small vineyard in 1865, he continued to increase his acreage until in 1872 he had planted not less than fifteen acres, embracing the Concord, Delaware, Goethe, and other popular varie- ties. In 1869 he built a substantial brick cellar with a capacity of 20,000 gallons, at a cost of $2,500, and in the fall succeeding ho manufactured 10,- 000 gallons of wine, the first ever made at Clarksville. Since 1866 J. Winn Davis and other parties have planted vineyards, ranging in area from two to eight acres, until now not less than thirty five acres of vines may be seen growing luxuriantly upon the bluff's adjacent to the town, and yield- ing about 125,000 pounds of grapes, or about 12,000 gallons of wine, worth on the market not less than 86,000. This is almost a clear gain to the town, as the cost of cultivation is merely nominal, while the lands upon which the grapes are produced are totally unfit for the prodnetion of any other erop.
CARROLL. HOUSE.
The history of Clarksville would be incouiplete without at least a passing notice of this splendid hotel. This house was built in the summer of 1876. It is forty-eight feet front by one hundred and eight feet deep, three stories high, and with a splendid basement under the entire building. The house was built by Henry D. Burghardt, with some assistance contributed by the citizens, and at a cost closely approximating twenty thousand dollars. It is well furnished and well kept, and is now recognized by the traveling public as one of the very best hotels in northeast Missouri. The north bound train on the C., B. & Q. Railroad stops here each day for dinner, and apart from this the house is supported by a large and growing patronage. Mr. B. F. Yates is the present polite and accommodating proprietor, and his guests all speak in the highest terms of the excellent accommodations and considerate attention which they receive while stopping here.
BUSINESS HOUSES, ETC.
The growth of Clarksville has never been rapid, and at this time, with a population of sixteen hundred souls, it is probably as large as the surround-
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ing country is able to support. The business interests of the place are, in- cluding its manufactories, in excess of those of towns of its size, and she is represented by nearly every branch in a greater or less degree. Below will be found a list of the business houses, churches, etc., at this time:
Dry goods stores Hotel. 1
Grocery stores 6
Boarding houses. 3
Drug stores 3
Barber shops 3
Hardware, tinware, etc. 2
Shoe store 1 &
Agricultural implements .3
Shoe shops. 2
Millinery stores 2
Broom manufactory 1
Dressmaking 1
Livery stable 1
Harness shops 2
Printing office 1
Meat markets 2
Lawyers. 2
Carriage and wagon shops 2
Physicians .6
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Blacksmith shops 2
Churches 8
Restaurants 3
School-houses 2
Bakery 1
Important factories 8
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The oldest native female resident of Clarksville is Mrs. John O. Roberts, who was born here about fifty years ago, and the oldest native male citi- zen is John Middleton. Among some of the early citizens who have gained more than a local distinction may be mentioned Judge T. J. C. Fagg and Col. James O. Broadhead of St. Louis, while Gen. John B. Henderson, of the same city, spent a good number of the years of his early manhood in the township, following the honorable, if not lucrative, avocation of a country school teacher.
SCHOOLS.
Previous to 1865 the schools of Clarksville were conducted npon the old district plan then common all over the country. In the fall of this year, . however, Prof. M. S. Goodman and James Reid purchased one entire square (eight lots). a beautiful site in the southern portion of the city, and erected thereon a double two-story frame building, containing six rooms and with capacity sufficient to aecomodate 275 scholars; the outlay for the site, buildings, and apparatus closely approximated $7,000. Under anspices of the most favorable character and with a full and competent corps of teachers, this school began its career and gave a new impetus to the educational in- terests of the city. Extending its term through the entire scholastic year,
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liberally patronized by the citizens of the town, and drawing largely from Pike and adjoining connties, this school for nearly five successive years fully sustained the object of its creation, the preparing of young men for the best institutions of the country, and established the schools of the city upon a more permanent, solid, and successful basis than they had ever be- fore enjoyed. When this private enterprise had rightly prepared the way and the public school law of the state having at this time been inaugurated, the people of the city availed themselves of its provisions and erected a maguifi- cent building on a commanding site near the western limits of the city, at a cost of $15,000. At first this school gave little promise of ultimate success; much prejudice was entertained against the system, and the attendance the first year was comparatively small; an additional drawback was inflicted the second year by confining the course of study to the primary English branches. During the third year, under the management of a liberal board, an efficient principal, sustained by a corps of intelligent teachers, thoroughly trained to the work and with the hearty indorsement of all the people, to- gether with a curriculum of study in keeping with the wants of pupils, the school moved forward on the high road of positive success. The languages, both ancient and modern, mathematics and cognate branches, with the sei- ences, belles-lettres and everything appertaining to thorough mental train- ing were then successfully taught. The school numbered 300 pupils, with a gradual continued increase from mouth to month, and independent of its home patronage was beginning to be liberally patronized from abroad. From under the instruction of parties who theu controlled the school young men passed directly to the classes of Yale College and other institutions rec- ognized as among the best in the country. In the offices as lawyers and phy- sicians; in the counting-rooms as clerks and book-keepers; in the field, as practical surveyors; and on the public works as efficient engineers, are to be found men who have gone ont from the school at Clarksville, to discharge aright the duties which their stations imposed and to fill up successfully their mission in life. In the year 1875 the curriculum of study was again reduced to the branches prescribed by the law for common district schools, and Clarksville surrendered her former high position in the field of educa- tion and took her place with the poorer class of country schools. This humil- iating position she maintains to-day, and the ambitious few of her many children are forced to seek abroad that character of useful knowledge denied them at home.
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MASONIC LODGE.
"Blue Lodge," Clarksville Lodge No. 17, A. F. & A. M., was organized some time during the year 1830. The charter bears date, October S, of this year. This lodge is thought to be the third organized in the State of Missouri.
The first officers of this lodge were William Bowles, W. M .; William Bell, S. W., and John R. Carter, J. W. The portraits of these good and venerable men, two of whom have been called to work in the temple above, hang in the lodge-room. Among some of the well-known men who have been members of this lodge may be mentioned the names of W. S. Hongh, C. C. Eastin, James O. Broadhead, T. J. C. Fagg, Peter Carr, Thomas R. Vanghan, Samuel and Parson Brown. J. W. Booth, Dr. M. II. McFarland, J. W. Davis, Dr. John H. Hughes. George Vaughan, Robert . Lindsay, Dr. R. T. Hawkins, Jeptha Ousley, and Dr. J. W. Hemphill. This lodge may be said to have colonized to a large extent the country in northeast Missouri, for from her membership have gone out masons who have aided in the or- ganization of other lodges in all this portion of the state. The present offi- cers of this lodge are: L. R. Downing, W. M .; W. L. H. Silliman, S. W .; W. F. Oglesby, J. W .; J. Winn Davis, Treas .; F. M. Reynolds, Sec .; W. D. Goile, S. D .; John Kelly, J. D .; Thornton Johnson, Tyler. The lodge has fifty-seven members at this time, and peace and prosperity are said to pre- vail therein.
ODD FELLOWS.
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Clarksville Lodge No. --- I. O. O. F., was instituted February 23, 1852, by District Deputy Grand Master Theodore Betts, aided by B. H. Boone, Flei Calvert. and others. The charter members were Dr. J. M. Porter, W. K. Sturgeon, W. W. Wilson, George F. Turner, Solomon Pol- lock, H. S. Hersbey, Wm. Partridge, John M. Clifford, William Sparrow, Daniel Douglass, and Jasper Jewell. The first officers were Dr. J. M. Porter, N. G .; W. K. Sturgeon, V. G .; W. W. Wilson, secretary; George F. Turner, treasurer; Daniel Douglass, P. G. The present officers are: Lee [Middleton, N. G .; Thomas II. Edwards, V. G .; F. M. Brasin, secre- tary; T. E. Deri, P. S .; John Fern, treasurer; T. H. Edwards, Lodge D. The lodge has thirty-one members and is said to be working harmoniously, while it is represented, so far as money is concerned, to be in an exceedingly flourishing condition.
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INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS.
Clarksville Lodge No. 94 was organized on the 5th day of February, 1870. Among the original members were L. R. Downing, I. A. M. Thomp- SOD, W. A. Shaw, William Idle, E. L. Denslowe, L. Hickman, John Jewett, W. E. Jones, John Middleton, William Spencer, and William Ballenger. The present officers are J. W. Collins, W. C. T .; W. L. Terry, P. W. C. T .; Bettie Collins, W. V. T .; R. K. Downing. R. S .; Delia Guile, financial secretary; Blanche Downing, treasurer; H. C. Denslow, chaplain. The lodge is represented as having a fair membership and as being in a reasona- bly prosperous condition.
. UNITED WORKMEN.
Crescent Lodge No. 27, A. O. U. W., was organized by the Grand Deputy on September 28, 1877, with twenty-nine charter members, as follows: W. M. Anderson, J. M. Blodgett, Dr. J. R. Buchanan, Charles E. Carroll, S. P. Cochran, M. R. Eidson, C. G. Gorham, A. D. Gnile, J. M. Givens, T. H. Hurd, A. T. Jamison, Rev. J. H. Ledbetter, W. D. Major, Elder J. IL. Matthews, A. M. Mounce, J. S. Mantiply, S. F. Mayes, W. W. Mantiply, Dr. C. T. Pepper, T. A. Omohundro, Dr. W. A. Pharr, E. Pepper, N. M. Pettingell, R. A. Pegan, John O. Roberts, M. A. Renean, J. A. Shaw, W. B. Buchanan, and T. E. Whitlock. The following named gentlemen have since been initiated: John E. Forgey, John A. Wirick, John Lundborg, William Jeans, Francis Simonds, R. M. Renean, John T. Ellis, S. O. Eastin, S. J. Buchanan, Dr. J. D. Davis, Walter Keightley, and James Buchanan; and by card the following have been admitted: Elder E. B. Cake, W. J. Seaman, Win. McIntosh, A. MeIntosh, and E. A. Williams. The first officers were J. Il. Matthews, P. W. M .; W. D. Major, W. M .; J. R. Buchanan, G. F .; J. M. Blodgett, overseer; W. M. Anderson, recorder; T. E. . Whitlock, financier; W. A. Pharr, receiver; T. A. Omohundro, G .; C. T. Pepper, T. W., and A. M. Monnce, O. W. The present officers are A. McIntosh, M. W .; Francis Simonds, G. F .; A. T. Jamison, overseer; L. R. Downing, recorder; John O. Roberts, receiver; S. P. Cochran, finan- cier; J. S. Mantiply, G .; P. B. Norman, T. W .; Walter Keightley, N .; John A. Wirick, P. M. W. The order has at this time thirty-one members in good standing and is in a most excellent condition. The assessments paid by each charter member for deaths for the five years ending September 28, 1882, was $82.00, an average of $16.40 per annum on a policy of $2,000. The total amount of assessments paid by this lodge aggregates 82,378, which has gone to assist the other local lodges of this benevolent order to meet
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fully and promptly the insurance carried on the life of their deceased mem- bers, and to supply the pressing wants of many households whose head has forever passed away.
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KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Calumet Lodge No. 1968, K. of H., was organized with twenty-two char- ter members, by Deputy Grand State Dictator W. L. Grayden, on Jannary 7, 1880. The names of the charter members are: M. B. Eidson, W. D. Major, W. B. Nieklin, T. A. Omohundro, John A. Wirick, J. S. Mantiply, R. B. Campbell, B. F. Yates, J. G. Anderson, S. F. Mayes, Frank Simonds, Dr. J. H. Story, Dr. J. D. Davis, John Fern, Lee Middleton, T. W. Lock, W. MeIntosh, A. McIntosh, S. P. Cochran, J. W. Simonds, J. W. Collins, and E. R. Perkins. The officers were W. D. Major, dietator; W. B. Niek- lin, vice-dictator; John S. Mantiply, reporter; John A. Wirick, financial reporter. The present officers are: J. A. Wirick, dictator; John Fern, vice-dictator; C. L. Carroll, reporter, and James Blain, financial reporter. The order has gradually increased until now it has thirty-five members, har- moniously working together, and mutually assisting each other in the dis- charge of all the duties and obligations growing out of the relation which they sustain to the lodge and to each other.
M. E. CHURCH .SOUTH.
This, the oldest church in the city of Clarksville, was organized in the year 1835. The house, a substantial frame structure, forty by fifty feet, was built in the same year at a cost of twenty-five hundred dollars, and was dedi- cated in 1836 by Rev. Jacob Lanins. The house is well located, being situ- ated on Main street and near the center of the town, and is for this reason eligible to almost the entire population of the city. The ministers who have officiated here within the past half century are Revs. Jacob Lanins, Win. A. Rush, C. I. Vandeventer, A. P. Linn, C. E. Sexton, W. A. May- hew, Thomas B. King, W. A. Tarwater, P. D. Vandeventer, J. F. Shores, J. H. Ledbetter, and J. M. O'Brien, the present minister in charge. The original members were Dr. Thomas Booth, Henrietta Booth, William Bal- lenger, Elizabeth Ballenger, Agnes Guathmey, Ezekiel Ferrill, Eliza Ferrill, John Davis, Margaret Davis, W. S. Hongh, Martha Hough, Jeremiah Rob- erts, Mildred Roberts, and Mary Swain. This church has a membership of one hundred communicants, and more than fifty scholars regularly attend the sabbath-school. J. M. Clifford is the church clerk, and W. L. Teny superintendent of the Sunday school. In this connection it may be proper
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to remark that the M. E. Church South has in Pike county ten churches, with sittings for four thousand people, five pastors, eight hundred and fifty members, and property valued at $21,000. Few clmurches have done more for any community than has this for the people of Clarksville. Planted here at a time when the population was meager and when there were but few churches in the country, it became at an early day the one sacred place where pious Christians for miles around assembled to worship. To hun- dreds, perhaps to thousands, its solemn ordinances have been administered and multitudes that have passed away learned here to believe those sacred truths that make life and duty and death a joy.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
This church was organized by Revs. A. G. Mitchell, S. W. Marston, and J. D. Biggs, on January 22, 1874. The constituting members were James Major, W. D. Major, Kate Major, B. F. Yates, Margaret Yates, G. W. Pen- dleton, Susan E. Pendleton, S. A. Edwards, Mary J. Edwards, Emily Lim- erick, C. C. Kunkel, Mary Kunkel, Martha Berry, Theodore Berry, W. H. Bibb, Martha J. Bibb, Elizabeth Beamer, Jeptha Ferrill, Elizabeth Ferrill, Madneia Edwards, and W. H. Nicklin. The first minister called to this church was Rev. W. H. Burnham, the Rev. Bibb having officiated before as a supply in the absence of a regular pastor. The Revs. Wm. English and D. W. Morgan have since preached to this congregation, the latter for nearly two years, and continues at this time to serve them very acceptably. The Baptists worshiped in both the C. P. Church and the M. E. Church South previous to the time of providing their own house, which was erected in 1876, and dedicated by Rev. M. H. Pogson in April, 1877. Their church building is a beautiful somi-Gothic structure, built of brick, forty-two by fifty-four feet, well provided with suitable furniture, aisles carpeted, and pews comfortable and free. As an incident connected with the building of this church it is but just to state that the bell, which is a very superior one, was mostly paid for with money contributed and solicited by Master Al- bert Yates, a very young boy, and who is now a member of this church. May we not indulge the hope that the earnings of his maturer life may be as well expended as the slow accumulations of his almost infantile years? The church is at this time in a flourishing condition, numbering about sixty communicants, with sixty-five Sunday-school scholars in regular attendance, and the prayer meetings not only kept up but well and regularly attended. The officers of the church are S. A. Edwards, B. F. Yates, and W. D. Ma- jor, deacons. The latter gentleman is also clerk of the church and superin- tendent of the sabbath-school.
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