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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
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TWENTY-SECOND YEAR.
HOT WEATHER ,
CALLS FOR
COOL CLOTHING
The past week we have received another lot of those
striped Flannel Suits worth $10; to sell them quick
we price them at $7 00.
Double-breas ed Serge Coats worth $5 oo reduced to $4 00.
Double-breasted '•’ergo Coats worth £4 50 reduced to $3 25.
Blue& black Serge Coats ec Vests red u< eci to 4 50 this week
NEGLIGE SHIRTS
Big lot just opened in plain white, “cool and neat”
and all the season new shades and colors.
UNDERWEAR
Nainsook and Check Muslin Underwear from 25c to
soc per garment worth at least one-third more. Big
line of Balbriggan Underwear Ur those who prefer it
• at 25c. 35c, soc, 75c, $1 00 per garment.
NECKWEAR
Don’t forget that we have the nicest, newest and
prettic..' line of Neckwear in Americus. 75c Ties
for so< 55c goods at 25c this week.
NICE LINE
Os the latest in Collars, Cuffs, Hosiery and Suspen
ders al ways on hand for well dressed gentleman.
Very Truly Yours,
Lee Allen
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terian church. e
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Tenders hi.- professional services to the pub
lic. Calls i< t at Hudson's drug store will
receive prompt attention.
DOBT. L. MAYNARD,
’’ Attorney at Law,
Office in V eatley Building; Room 1.
Will practic- a all courts except County
Cour: of Sumter countv.
f Il A k , JR,
Attorney at L*w.
over R« ibert’FUrug ttore, Forsyth
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£o • .orney at Law.
® mice in Wu Hey building op|K»slie th
court house.
. YV, ELLBOK. F.
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T SIB 4 .amar Street. Americus. Ga
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Z Americus, Ga.
r Give special tention to the Bankruptcy
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fenders his professional services to the
people ot Am icus and surrounding coun
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surgery, dine es o1 women and children.
Office I. ksou street. Ca ls left at Dr
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ton ,
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Oilice over Bauk of Southwestern
Georgia.
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:
STEVE V OTEN Las the only relia
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orders attended to promptly it left at
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Orders for .ght trains must be left
before p m, Respectfully,
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express prepaid; 12 bottles for 39.50, express
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-2 gallon jug, express prepaid, 35.50. No
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We handle all the leading brands of Rye
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Quart. Gallon.
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Elkridge Bourbon 40 150
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Monogram Rye 55 2CO
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O. O. I’. (Old Oscar Pepper) 65 2 40
Old Crow 75 2 50
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Hoffman House Rye 90 3 00
Mount Vernon (8 years old).. 1 00 3 50
Old Dillinger (10 years old).. 1 25 400
The-above are only a tew brands of the
many w r e carry in stock. Send for catalogue.
All other goods by the gallon, such as Corn
Whiskey, Peach and Apple Brandies, etc,,
sold equally as low, from 31,25 gallon up
wards.
We make a specialty of the jug trade and
all orders by mail or telegraph will have out
prompt attention. Special Inducements of
fered,
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E#~Mail orders shipped same day receipt of
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formally opened June 15th
11 cost ovex' $125,000, and accommodates 250
guests, is modern in all appointments, rich
iy furnished and conducted upon a high
plane of excellence.
The city of Winchester, made famous by
song and story, rich in historic reminis
cences, is located in the heart of rhe Shen
andoah Valley. Its elevation is over 1,100
feet, the atmosphere cool and dry. The Inn
is located upon the hillside westward of the
town, and a cool, bracing air fans it at all
times.
The many places of interest ;n this beauti
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those seeking summer rest. A visit to the
old battlefields is interesting.
Beautiful shaded grounds surround tne
hotel, a chance for the children to romp: no
signs “Keep off the grass,-’ excellent high
ways, saddle riding, cycling, tennis, fishing,
bathing, etc,, afford means of enjoyment.
An excellent orchestra during the entire
season, Rates from $12.00 to each per
week for single rooms; $25 to $49 for double
rooms. Rooms en suite with bath. Write
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Winchester. Va.
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(2 miles of city)
Now open for the season. BOATING,
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A Silver Half Dollar Will Get a BotLe from Druggists
A postal card to the
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BLOODYMHK
AT TH TSIN
Allies Attack the Native City
and Are Repulsed With
Heavy Losses.
THE DEFEAT WAS DECISIVE
Chinese Fought Desperately and Put
the International Troops to Route.
I’Oured a Terrific Hail of Artillery,
Rille and Machine Gun Fire Into
Them—Americans Suffer Terribly.
Tien Tsin, July 13, via Sanghai, July
16.—At 2 o’clock this evening 7,000 al
lied troops are attempting to storm the
wall of the city. The attack began at
daylight. Its success is doubtful. The
Chinese on the walls are estimated cen
ter vatively at 20,000.
They are pouring a terrific hail of ar
tillery, rifle and machine gun fire upon
the attackers. The Americans, Japan
ese, British and French troops are at
tacking from the west and the Russians
from the east.
The Americans suffered terribly. The
chief surgeon of the Ninth infantry said
a conservative estimate was 25 per cent
of the Americans were hit. Colonel
Liscurn is reported to be mortally
wounded as he was walking in front of
the troops. Major Regan and Captains
BucktHiller, Wilcox and Noyes are
among the wounded.
The marines losses include Captain
Dails, killed, and Lieutenants Butler,
Leonard and several others, wounded.
The officers declared that it was hotter
than Santiago.
The Americans were lying in the plain
betVfeen the wall and the river under an
infiliadiug and a direct fire. It was
equally difficult for them to advance or
retire. Three hundred wounded men of
all nationalities were counted.
Story Confirmed.
Washington, July 16.—The navy de
partment has received official confirma
tion from Admiral Remcy of the reverse
of the allied forces at Tien Tsin on the
morning of July 13. The dispatch is
dated Che Foo, July 16, and says:
“It is reported that the allied forces
attacked the native city on the morning
of July 13, with the Russians on die
right, the Ninth infantry and marines
on the left. The losses of the allied
forces was heavy.
The Russians lost 100, including an
artillery- colonel; Americans over 30;
British over 40; Japanese 58, including
a colonel, and the French 25.
Colonel Liscurn, of the Ninth infant
ry, was killed; also Captain Davis, of
the marine corps. Captain Lemley and
Lieutenants Butler and Leonard were
wounded. At 7 o’clock in the evening,
the allied attack on the native city was
repulsed with great loss. Returns are
yet incomplete and the details are not
yet confirmed.
Allies Lose Heavily.
London, July 16.—The Evening News
prints a dispatch dated at Shanghai to
day, giving a detailed account of the
attack of the allied forces on the native
city of Tien Tsin.
According to The Evening Nows dis
patch the allies were repulsed and com
pelled to retreat with a loss of more than
100 killed, the British losing 40 and the
Japanese 60. The Americans and Rus
sians, it is added, also suffered heavily.
Among the Americans killed was Colo
nel French of the Twenty-fifth infantry
and Colonel Liscurn of the Ninth infan
try. A Russian colonel of artillery was
also killed.
Tho dispatch adds that the Chinamen
fought with great desperation and their
markmansixip was accurate and deadly.
BOERS TO COME TO AMERICA
Ten Thousand of Them to Emigrate to
1 his Country.
Cape Town, July 16. —When tho war
in South Africa is over 10,000 Boers,
chiefly naturalized citizens of the Trans
vaal, will emigrate to the United States.
Irish-Americans are xirranging the pre
liminaries for this movement.
The latest Machadodorp advices state
that President Kruger will refuse to
surrender until his supplies are ex
hausted.
Attempted to Kill His Daughter.
Columbus, Ga., July 16.-~ Alex Pruitt,
a nogro who lives east of town, has been
arrested, charged with assault with in
tent to murder. He became angry with
his daughter for marrying and shot at
her husband, although he did not hit
him. Ho then took his daughter and
strung b or U P ki hi® house with an iron
cnain, tying the chain around her neck.
Some neighbors, who went in, found hex
hanging and unconscious.
GEORGIAN SLAIN IN
BATTLE AT TIEM TSIN
Captain Austin Davis, United
States Marines, Killed.
»
COLONEL LISCUM FALLS
He Was Slaiif While Directing the
Ninth Infantry In the Attack On the
Native City—Colonel French, of the
Twenty-Fifth, Reported Killed.
Washington, July 16.—Colonel Emer
son H. Liscum, of the Ninth infantry,
„ who was killed at Tien Tsin, was one of
the most gallant of the old civil war vet
erans still in the service.
Colonel Liscum was in the Santiago
campaign with the Ninth infantry, and
was badly wounded at the battle of San
Juan hill. The war department has
taken note of his splendid service there
and his name was to have been presented
at the next session of congress for pro
motion to the rank of brigadier. .
Captain Austin R. Davis of the United
States marine corps, also killed, was a
native of Georgia. He entered the ma
rine corps as a second lieutenant on July
1, 1894. He wont out to the Philippines
in April, 1899, in charge of the marines,
who took over the cavite naval station
from the military branch. His commis
sion as captain in the marine corps is
dated March 3, 1899.
Captain William B. Lemley of the
marine corps, who is reported as wound
ed, was a native of North Carolina and
a nephew of Judge Advocate General
Lemley of the navy. He entered the
corps in March, 1899, being attached to
the staff as an assistant.
Lieutenant Lemley in the marine
corps, also wounded, was one of the new
officers in the service, having been ap
pointed from Pennsylvania in April,
1899.
Lieutenant Henry Leonard of the ma
rine corps was appointed to the service
of the District of Columbia in April, 1899.
He accompanied Lieutenant Butler to
the Philippines soon after his appoint
ment and joined Kempff’s forces at Taku.
Major James Reagan of the Ninth in
fantry entered the military service from
Now York as a musician in Company
H. He served throughout that war and
received a commission as second lieuten
ant in the Eighteenth infantry in De
cember, 1886. He was assigned to the
Ninth infantry as a first lieutenant in
1870, and has been attached tu that regi
ment ever becoming a captain in
1887 and a major in 1899.
The Captain Buckmiller, reported in
the dispatches as having been wounded,
is Captain Edwin V. Bockmiller. He is
a West Pointer. His first commission
was that of second lieutenant in the
Second infantry in 1889. He became
attached to the Sixteenth infantry in
1889 and joined the Ninth infantry by
transfer in the same year.
Captain Charles P. Noyes of the Ninth
infantry is adjutant of the regiment.
He also was a West Pointer, having
been appointed from Massachusetts in
1875. He got his first commission as a
second lieutenant in the Ninth infantry
in 1879 and has been with that organi
zation ever since, bee nning first lieuten -
ant in 1887 and captain in 1898.
Colonel French Not In China.
Washington, July 16.—The report
that Colonel French, Twenty-fifth in
fantry, was killed at Tien Tsin is not
understood at the war department here.
Officials state positively that Colonel
French is not in China. There is but
one Colonel French in the service and
he commands the Twenty-second infan
try. On June 30 Colonel French was in
New York on sick leave.
Was Appointed From Savannah.
Savannah, July 16. Captain A. R.
Davis, of the landing party at Tien Tsin,
who was killed on Friday, ivas appoint
ed to Annapolis from Savannah, in 1890,
by Congressman Rufus E. Lester. He
was the son of Rev. L. B. Davis, now of
Atlanta. He was attached to the bat
tleship Oregon when it made its record
breaking trip into Cuban waters from
the Pacific. _
May Be Captain Wallace. ,
Washington,- July 16. —It is stated
at the war department that no such per
son as Captain Wilcox, who was re
ported wounded, is in the Ninth infant
ry. The officials here, think it might be
Major Wallace, of the Ninth. .
TO PROTECT THE HARBORS.
Submarine Boats Will Be Stationed
Along the Coast.
Washington, July 16. Under the
plan adopted by the navy department
submarine boat protection will be sup
plied to every important harbor of the
United States. In the contract for the
six submarine boats now being prepared
by Judge Advocate General Lemley, the
Holland company will be required to
deliver the vessels at certain designated
harbors. Tw oof the boats are to be
built on the Pacific coast and four on
the Atlantic. The Holland will be re
tained at Newport. One of the new
vessels will be stationed at Boston, aif
other at New York, a third at Pnilaael
phia and a fourth at Charleston.
The Plunger will be stationed at
Hampton Roads for the defense of Nor
folk, Richmond and Washington, and if
the improvements can be made so that
the vessel can operate in a sea way, of
Baltimore.
On the Pacific cteast one of the boats
will be Rationed at San Francisco and
the second will be assigned to Portland,
Or., or Puget sound—probably the latter.
Colonel John Hamilton Dead.
New York, July 16. —Colonel John
Hamilton, U. S. A., retired, is dead, in
Brooklyn. He was appointed to West
Point from Indiana in 1847. For gal
lant service during the investment of
Fort Pulaski, Ga., in 1862, he was made
brevet major and was advanced to the
rank of brevet lieutenant colonel in June
of the same year. He was placed on the
retired list in August, 1887.
Power Plant Chartered.
Birmingham, Ala., July 16.—Article*
of incorporation have been filed by ths
Irondale Water, Light and Power com
pany. The capital stock of the corpora
tion is |IOQ,OOO.
10.0G0TR00PS
FORTHEORIENT
Cabinet Discusses the Situa
tion— Psesident to Has
ten to Washington.
I
CONGRESS MAY CONVENE
Troops Will Be Sent From Cuba —If
Others Are Required, Congress Will
Meet In Extra Session to Provide
Them—News of the Massacre Re-
1 celved At the National Capital.
San Francisco, July 16. —Orders have
been received at the Presidio to prepare
at once five regiments of troops, which
will move shortly enroute for service.
The sailing'of the transport Sumner,
for Nagasaki, has been postponed, owing
to the failure of two battalions of the
Fifteenth infantry to arrive from Platts
ville, N.Y., on schedule time.
The Californian has sailed for Manila
with about 11,000 tons of military sup
plies.
Washington, July 16.—Secretary Hay
called a cabinet council this morning to
consider the' Chinese situation. Few
cabinet officers are in the city, and the
only attendants were Secretaries Hay,
Root, Long and Gage.
The council lasted for some time and
the situation was thoroughly discussed.
In all probability the president will
come to Washington within the next
two or throe days to remain a day or
two.
There is reason to believe that 8,000
or 10,000 troops will be gotten together
as rapidly as possible and hurried to
China. Some of these probably will be
taken from Cuba.
If the situation requires more men
congress will have to be called together
to provide for them.
Marines For the East.
Washington, July 16. —General Hey
wood, commandant of the marine corps,
is arranging for the mobilization of an
other battalion of marines for the far
east. They will leave San Francisco as
soon as transportation can be arranged,
probably Aug. 1. The battalion will be
composed of one company from Boston,
1 one from Now York and two from the
marine barracks in this city. The pres
-1 ent intention is to send the battalion di
' rect to Manila, but they maybe diverted
to China.
MINISTER WU HEARS NEWS.
He Expresses Horror At the Latest De
velopments In China.
Washington, July 16.—News of the
battle of Tien Tsin was conveyed to
the Chinese minister early in the day.
The minister followed the recital with
rapt attention, interrupting with ex
pressions of astonishment and profound
regret at this startling development. He
was particularly impressed with the de
tailed names of the Americans killed
i and wounded, which appeared to remove
every shadow of doubt, and he asked as
to the various officers and their families.
The scene of the fighting came home to
the minister, as he has lived for a long
time in Tien Tsin. He states that the
news of the fight at the walls meant that
the allied forces had advanced from
their position well down the Pei Ho
river and had attacked the city itself.
The outcome of this he viewed with
the utmost concern. He spoke with a
good deal of freedom, but asked to be
excused from any public declaration on
the subject. In the most sympathetic
terms, however, he expressed his horror
1 at the latest developments, declaring
that to no American home could the
news bring deeper regret than to himself.
At the other legations and embassies
the same feeling of dismay prevailed.
, KILLED OVER BUNCH OF FISH
South Carolinians Settle Their Dispute
With Revolvers.
Walterboro, S. 0., July 16.—W. P.
Felder has shot and killed L. O. Hern
don here. Felder fired three shots, all
of which took effect in Herndon’s abdo
men.
Felder purchased a string of fish from
G. B. Ferrel. They proved to be spoiled
and Felder refused to pay for them.
Upon the insistanoe of Ferrel he finally
consented to pay for them. Ferrel then
refused to take the money and went out
of the store and laid his grievance be
fore his friend, Herndon.
Herndon went into the store and be
gan cursing and abusing Felder. Felder,
being a small man and Herndon a large
one, he offered Herndon a pistol with
which to settle the matter Herndon de
claring when questioned by Welder that
he had no pistol.
Herndon refused to accept the prof
fered weapon, but continued to abuse
Felder. Felder asked him to leave the
store, which he refused to do. Immedi
ately after the shooting the men were
, on the floor, Herndon holding Felder.
Rich Vein of Silver Located.
i Athens, Ala., July 16.—The govern
• ment has a mineral expert, Mr. Lucas,
j in this county visiting the iron and
pyrites outcroppings, also looking into
the phosphate beds. Just across the
line in Tennessee a man has located a
valuable silver vein. It is said by those
familiar with the mineral to be very
i rich in silver and easily worked.
! Dollar Bills Raised to Five.
I Montgomery, Ala., July 16.—A very
dangerous counterfeit of $1 -bills have
\ made their appearance here. The bills
are of the new dollar silver certificate,
and the “one” is taken out and the fig
ure “5” is substituted. These bills wer?
first discovered in Nashville.
Ready For the Veterans.
Atlanta, July 16.—The details for
j the blue and gray reunion, which is to
be held in Atlanta Wednesday, Thurs
day and Frjday, have been disposed of,
and practically nothing remains to be
, done before the visitors arrive.
V
gyIES/J
I Old Sol compels people to buy {straw
hats at the proper time but he fails to
induce many people to enjoy the maxi
mum foot comfort by substituting ox
fords for high shoes.
Better think about this matter “good
and hard.”
We have the proper oxfords at the
proper prices.
SCHUMPERT SHOE CO.
WAS COMPELLED TO
SHOOTJI S WOUNDED
Horrible Story of the Retreat
of Seymour’s Force.
MEN BEGGED TO BE KILLED
They Preferred Death At the Hands
of Their Comrades to Capture By the
Chinese—Foreign Prisoners Were
Frightfully Tortured By Boxers.
Tien Tsin, July 8, via Shanghai,
July 16.—Ineffectual efforts have been
made to conceal the horrible fact that
Admiral Seymour was compelled to
shoot his own wounded during the re- i
cent disastrous retreat of the Peking re
lief expedition.
All the wounded and prisoners who
fell into the hands of the Chinese were
frightfully tortured.
The bodies had been cut into pieces.
First the eyes had been hacked out;
then the cheeks, arms and legs cut off,
until death ended the sufferings es the
pdbr fellows.
When Admiral Seymour, in his re
treat, found himself so hard pressed that
he was unable to longer carry his
wounded with him, he asked them:
“Which do you prefer, to be left to
the mercy of the Chinese or be shot by
your own comrades?”
As Admiral Seymour put the question
the tears were running down his cheeks.
“We prefer death to torture, shoot us
now that we may die like men,” was
the piteous response of the helpless men.
A firing squad was told off and while
the little allied force stopped and beat
off with gun fire the Chinese horde that
surrounded it, inside its lines an act of
mercy was performed as the firing squad
carried out its orders.
A few merciful volleys from the rifles
in the hands of friends and the harassed
expedition was relieved of its burden of
wounded; the fanatical Chinese horde
was cheated of victims for its torture,
and the sufferings and fears of the un
fortunates were brought to an end in an
honorable death under their own flag.
GREAT BRITAIN IN CHINA.
Revolt Means Heavy Loss to English
Merchants and Manufacturers.
London, July 16.—Robert Verkbergh
has been the leader in the house of com
mons, who represents the British view
of the Chinese situation, said:
“The whole foreign trade of China in
1899 was £53,000,000, ($265,000,000) of
which the British empire had £34,000,-
000, and the success of the Boxer move
ment practically destroys that interest.
I consider the question of reparation
premature until it has been proved
whether or not this is really a rebellion
for which the Chinese constituted au
thorities are responsible.
“It is impossible to extract pecuniary
recompense from the Chinese govern
ment whose finances already in a
chaotic condition, are being annually
depleted £24,000,000 by corruption.
“It is evidently futile to attempt to
compel the corrupt mandarins to dis
gorge their wealth, evon if it were prac
ticable to fix the individual responsi
bility.
“Great Britain wants no territory, only
trade, and under the new order of things
Britain’s alm will be to open the inter
nal waterways, reduce the interest du
ties and pay the revenue under the con
trol of honest English or Americon offi
cials.
“The liberality of the viceroys is the
most gratifying feature of the gloomy
situation.
“There are 5,562 British subjects in
China, of whom about 650 were in Pe
king, for whose relatives, following such
precedents, the British government will
undoubtedly exact final compensation
on a heavy scale.”
Mr. Verkbergh said he know that Sir
Claude MacDonald, the British minister
at Peking, had foreseen the . possibility
of such tragedy as seems to have oc
curred and had in away prepared to
meet it. Sir Claude, said Mr. Verk
bergh, pledged his wife to shoot her if
it were necessary to prevent her from
falling into the hands of the natives in
the event of an uprising, and had pro
vided her with a quick poison to be used
in case of his inability to fulfill his part.
To Serve a ’Cue In aevV Y ork.
Washington, Ga., July 16. —Sheriff
Johff Callaway has gone to New York,
where he will serve an old fashioned
Georgia barbecue July 18. The occasion
will be the meeting of the International
Press Clubs’ league. John W. Carter oi
the Baltimore News, president of the
club, wired Mr. Callaway asking him it
he would manage the barbecue. The
club met in Atlanta a,few years ago, at
which time a ’cue was given the club at
Stone Mountain. Sheriff Callaway
managed the ’cue.
Judge Washington Dead.
Phenix. A. T., July 16. —Judge W. B.
Washington, of Philadelphia, direct des
cendant of Augustin Washington, father,
of George Washington, is dead, at Cas
tle Creek, FLot Springs, of consumption.
He was 4| years of age, and a lawyer ol
recognized ability.
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