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CT from the Virginia league; Elm melt Perryman. elongated twirler from last years team; Bob Love less. local amateur hurler, and Roberts. another youngster who Moley has hopes for. It is thought that Roberts and Loveless will be sent to some smaller leagu for seasoning and the fight will prob ably narrow to Douglas and Per ryman.
 Douglas looks to have all the qualities for a good man. He has plenty of stuff, fields his position well and appears to be a fellow who likes to work. He made a fine record last year in the Virginia league with Wheeling.
 Perryman must show better form than last year or it is thought that he will lose his berth with the Bar ons. Perry had some awful luck in his games and that accounts for much of his poor work. He had plenty of stuff, but the team couldn't win for him.
 Moley has a fine little catcher in Homer Haworth. He swats the ball to all corners of the lot and besides has a fine peg. He appears to be an able successor to Mike Hauser
 The arrival of Doc Johnston in camp livened things up at Rick wood. Doc saw young Burke in practice Saturday and was inn pressed with his work Doc will be the regular first sacker of the Baronsl this season and he is cer- tainly some first sacker. The fact that he has spent several years in the majors has not slowed him down. He's the best first baseman seen in action in these parts for sometime.
 Moley has figured for the past several seasons to get a good first sacker and now he has a pair of them on hand. Burke will prob ably be farmed out but strings should be kept on. him by all means. He has the prospects of developing into one of the stars of the game.
 Webb is another youngster who will stay in camp until the very latest moment Eddie Mcdonald must show some class to oust this youngster from his job at the hot corner.
 We'll. we could talk on Baron prospects all night. but what's the use-you'll see them yourself soon. It looks mighty good for one of those real winning teams, how ever
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Statistics ShoW MdJor
 Leagues Almost Balance
American League Showed Superiority In Base Steang ana Run Getting-Supremacy of National League m
 Other Lines Baances Figures

periority of the American league over the National could be fully accounted for by the extraordinary record of Ty Cobb, Iris Speaker and Joe Jackson.
 This is how the leagues conlssre en the offensive:
 Bal. Bal.
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GENERALS SLOWLY GAINING FORM ID
 CREW OF PROSPECTS
Squad Begins to Show Some of the Form Expected by Coach Donahue-S Strong
 Team Is Expected

Lexington, Va, March 18.-(Special) After a week of practice the Washing ton and Lee basbalI team has begun to acquire some of the form Coach Donahue expects it to display this sea- son. The squad has been developing g rapidly and the indications are that the Generals will have stronger nine this year than they have had since 1912, when the White and Blue was con sidered one of the strongest college teams in the south. Most of the work this week has been confined to bat ting practice and some fielding, but the first real tryouts for the candi- dates will be given tomorrow, when Donahue expects to send the likeliest members of the squad into a six or seven-fnning game.
 All of the regulars have been show ing up well and the preliminary work of the new men encourages Donahue to believe that he will have well-bal- anced team. Bill Bryan at first and T. s. Jones at third have started the season in good style with what ap- pears to be an improvement in their hitting. The places between them promise to be we'll taken care of by the work of Waller and Collins at short and Conner and Hussey at sec ond. Each of the last four men is ap- parently all that can be asked for as a fielder and Waller and Conner aug ment their usefulness with reliability at the bat. Kehoe, Rawlings and Stew art are running a close race for catch ing honors. with honors apparently favoring Kehoe.
 [ As practice progresses the pitching of regulars Graham, Pierotti and Bryan and new men Tipton and Eng land is improving, and it looks as if the Generals array of beavers will be a formidable one.
 In the. outfield Captain Young, Gregg and Vance, all of whom played last year, are expected to take care of any thing that comes this way Barrow, 2 regular in 1916. will not come out again on account of the pressure of work.
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needs a little more seasoning before hopping into the big ring. Danny knows he's working under the best manager in the league and is cer- tainly taking advantage.
 He is 22 years of, age and is not married. Danny always emphasizes the fact that he is not married. He is the leading ladies man" on the club. Dan- ny winters all around Last winter ne visited Bill Lindsay in Madison, N. C.. and remained there hunting for a number of months. His given name is Daniel Curran.
 If there ever was a youngster with a big league prospect Danny is one. He has yet to receive his first trial Tn company faster than Class A All he has to do is to take care of himself and Moley is confident that he has a youngster who will make the fans in the north sit up and take notice. TOMORROW WILLARD RED) SMITH. CATCHER
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WHITE SOX WALLOPED
 BY THE DALLAS TEAM


 Dallas, Tex, March 1s.-The Chi cago White Sox regulars were defeat ed 3 to by the Dallas, Texas league, team here today. Coleman's double scored two runs in the fourth. Eddie Collins scored on Felsch's double in the eighth Score: R.H. E. Dallas ... ............. 2 Chicago ...H. 5 Batteries: Conley and Coleman; Dan forth. Scott and Schalk.
 was played in the circuit than during the other three yearsaof the little league. The clubs were welr managed and Grif- fin was the only club in the league to change managers. Talladega is the only club in the league this year that has not changed managers, as most of the other managers in the league secured positions at the end of the season managing other clubs in higher leagues.
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ALLISON LOOKS GOOD

Allison, a Baltimore semi profession al, is playing brilliantly in the outfield and meets the ball well. He is plenty good enough to start the season, if no other outfielders are secured, and a lit tie improvement on his part will make him a regular.
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Exhibition Games
 Of Second Teams of
 the Big League Squads

At Fort Worth. Tex: Fort Worth. Texas league 8, Chicago Americans (second team) 2.
 At Shreveport La: Cincinnati Ma tionals (second team) 3, Shreveport; Texas league l.
 At Galveston. Tex: New York Ma tionals (second team) [. Galveston Texas league g.
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TIGERS BUNCH HITS
 AND WIN OVER WACO

Waco. Tex. March 1s.-Detroit. American league, regulars punched hits in the tenth inning today and defeated Waco of the Texas league, f to 2. The score: R.H E. Detroit .................. 4 Waco ..................
 Batteries. Roland, James. Cunning ham and Spencer, Yelle, Stanage; Bunk, Teague, Donalds and Vann, Harkins.
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CARDINAL PITCHERS
 HURL IN TRUE FORM

San Antonio March 1S.-Meadows
 and Watson pitched in midseason form
 for the St. Louis National league reg ulars against San Antonio of the Texas league today and the cardinals won. ' to 9. Score: R. H E. St. Louis .................. IA San Antonio ................. 2 Batteries: Meadows. Watson and Snyder, Gonzales. Schulte. Friday and Cook Umpire Browning
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ZION
Activities In And Around Jack.
son Township

Remember the annual Mt. Zion pic.
mic the third Saturday Of August Good
music and speaking will be a feature
CT the day, SO cone and meet your old
friends.
Mrs. Vincent Boggs arrived here last
week from her home in Los Angeles.
Cal Mr. Boggs came several weeks
ago and they will make their home
here.
Mrs. Mary Van Winkle was called
to the bedside Of her mother, Mrs. G..
w. Kidd, Of Martinsburg, last week.
Mrs. Kidd SUSTAINED a stroke of paraly.
sis but is somewhat improved.
MIR. and Mrs. Guy Taylor Of Mt. Yer.
non, accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
John Wolfe and Miss Wave Schooler.
motored to GAINESVILLE Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cary Harris ard daugh.
ter, Lily, Misses Leone and Lillian
spang of Winding Fork and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Harris spent Sunday with
Willis Johnson and family.
Patrick Conroy and family of Colum.
bus spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Milton Hayes.
Miss Faun Nichols spent Monday at
Mt Vernon.
Miss Edna Burch has returned home
after spending several weeks with
her grandparents at Newark 3sl'.
Mrs. Harrison Ebert of Newark is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Cora Burch.
Several from here attended the
Homecoming at Front Royal Saturday.
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charge, effective only as long as the
cause for their discharge exists.
The following men either have not
yet been re-examined or the board has
suspended It's decisions on their cases |:
Frank b. Lepley, c. J. Wagner, Rich.
ard Arlington, Harold C. Parker. Har.
ry r. Sharp and John c. Barber.
The board will reject a man for
physical disqualfcations only afteY
he has failed in two examinations.
Claims for exemption and discharge
still flood the board The time limit
for filing these is up Wednesday even.
Ing. II. X. Christman on Tuesday filed
triple claim of exemption. He based
this upon the grounds that he ia n
minister Of the gospel, that he is the
sole support of his family and that he
has widowed mother who relies up-
on him for her support. Three mem.
befs Of Battery E-F'letcher Popham,
Walter Schorr and Harry Carroll
have also filed their claims of exemp-
ton and these will, of course, be
granted as long as the men are mem.
bers of the organization. Joseph w.
Craig, who was rejected for physical
reasons, had already filed a claim OF
exemption on the grounds that he is
a divinity student.
Harry S. Vance filed his claim for
discharge, stating that he is the sup
port of aged and infirm parents. The
following claims Of discharge, because
of dependent wives or families, have
been filed: G. T. Tucker, A. l., Chris
man. ]. A. Kemp, l.. B. Earnest, w. C.
Frost, J. ]. Scholes, Lawrence Bricker
and Cliff Carter. lt'
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DR.. E. w. UPDEGRAFF
Former Local Physician, Dies Sudden
ly of Heart Failure at Home In
keysport, N. J.

The Keysport, N. j., Weekly tells
of the death last Thursday evening of
DR.. Edward Watson ypdegraff. former.
ly Of this city. The deceased succumb.
ed to heart trouble, his wife finding
him dead in his bed. DR.. Updegraff
was about 40 years of age and leaves
his wife and several children. He was
buried Sunday. Dr. Updegraff was born
here and lived here for a time, leav-
ing however many years ago. He
leaves a number of cousins in this
county.
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Talented Young Woman OF
This City To Appear With
Murray-Lane Co.
WILL HAVE LEADING
ROLE WITH SINGERS
Takes Part OF Dorothy In
Sketch Given Here On
Redpath Circuit

The coming of the Redpath chau
tauqua to Mt. Vernon took Miss Ger
trude Fleming, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. G. Fleming of West Sugar
street, from Mt. Vernon in the role Of
leading lady with the Murray-Lane
Light Opera Co., OF which j. X: Mur.
ray, an actor of high repute, Is the
manager. .' ~" G-r
The actress who took the part of the
leading lady in the opera, Dorothy"
which was produced here on the Red.
path circuit Monday evening by the
Murray-Lane company with great sue
cess left the company after the per
formance here, and Mr Murray, having
heard Miss Fleming sing. took her to
Mansfield Tuesday to make arrange
ments for her going with the company
to Gallon Wednesday to produce the
opera there. Miss Fleming accepted
the proposal and will now complete the
season with the company. Miss Flem-
ing is singer of great talent and has
received training in the east
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MILFORD
Attractive Items From Western
Knox County

Mrs. Marie Jackson OF Centerburg
is spending week with relatives here.
Mrs. John Mitchell spent Friday in
Mt. Vernon.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. F. Higgins spent
Sunday with G. d. Rine and wife of the
old Delaware road
A number of our people attended
the meeting of the colored Baptist
church at Lyons Lake Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Okey Wyker of Fred
ericktown are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. Gearhart. ,. OK .f
Mrs. Henry Spearman of Condit Wis
tied their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Frazier, over Sunday
Harry Thompson of Columbus spent
Sunday with relatives here.
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porn and raised on a farm in Butler
township and taught school in that
township for a nu;nber of years. ..
For the last Is years, Mr.. Ralston
has lived on a farm in Monroe town
ship and for eight years has served as
assessor there. He is a graduate of
the Ada Business college. In 1915
when assessors wer put under the civil
service law, Mr.. Ralston passed the ex.
animation with the highest grade of
any man in the county.
simultaneously with the announce
ment of the appointment of Mr., Raj
ston as deputy treasurer, A. d. Rine-
hart, auditor-elect, announced that he
has chosen Allen Johnson as deputy
in his offive. Mr.. Johnson needs no
introduction to Mt Vernon people, hav,
ing spent his entire life in this city,
and he is also well known throughout
the county. He was formerly clerk of
the election board in this county and
has great deal of experience along
the line of work that comes within
the duties of the auditor. Mr.. Johnson
has been employed as clerk in the
auditors office for some time.
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MARTINSBURG
Some News Items From the Clay
Township Metropolis

Rev. Porter of GAINESVILLE preached
in the Presbyterian church Sunday af
ternoon.
The homecoming of past and pres
ent members of The Hill church was
largely attended and greatly enjoyed
Sunday.
Miss Myrtle Painter is visiting Mrs
A. N Tilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyers Cooper and
daughter of Cincinnati were calling on
friends here Sunday.
Mrs. Semmie Mckee and Miss Oh
lie Mckee have returned from an eX,
tended visit with Mr., and Mrs. c. r.
Brown of Pittsburgh.
Mrs. j. S. Schooler and daughter,
Clare, of Columbus are guests of Mrs.
e. E. Kerr.
Mrs. Ross Blackburn entertained the
members of the Embroidery club at
her beautiful country home Friday af-
ternoon. A chicken dinner was served
to the guests.
Otho Cummins has been employed
as principal of the high school to sue.
ceed Prof. Lopp.
Mrs. Mozelle Toland spent the week
enc with her brother, John Ewart OF
Owl Creek
The Veatch family held its annual
reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Irwin Veatch Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harl McCamment and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Sterl Brown
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Ross
Pumphrey,
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Clerk Devin Indicates Nine
OF Ten May Be
Exempted
FAVORS NOTIFYING THE
NEXT 300 TO APPEAR
Fourteen Of Twenty-Five Ex-
amined Tuesday Found
Physically Fit

1t may be necessary to summon 4O(
young men Of Knox county before the
local exemption board until 40 who
are physically fit and have no valid
exemption claims are certified for ser
vice in the new national army.
o., This was Indicated Tuesday evening
by Clerk II. G. Devin of the local
board after the second days physical
examinations had been completed In
MIR. Devin's judgment, it will be the
wise and expedient thing for the board
TO send out notices to the next 800 men
on the draft list and enlist the ser.
vices OF half dozen more physicians
SO that the work of selecting the young
men for national service may not be
unnecessarily delayed.
The situation is simply this. or
AZ men examined in the two days, 20
have been found physically fit, but
nearly all have filed claims of exemp-
ton and the majority on what appear
to be sufficient grounds to excuse them
from service. If this latter is true,
but one man in 1OEwaii be held eli
gfble and this would siecessitate, the
examination of 40Osinieri before 40 Iare
obtained ysyRsss}i 4aaparj%
w Clerk Devin'is also OF the belief that
the entire draft process would have
been expedited had the physical exam
nation been the last step He points
out that much time is being consumed
in the examination of men who will
surely be exempted because of de-
pendents and argues that, had all
claims been received and acted upon
first and the physical examinations
made afterwards, the saving in time
would be enormous. ii
= The second days examinations
found the machinery, more systema-
tized, % men being examined in an
hours less time than was consumed
for "a on Monday. Or. C. X. Conard,
however, was so swamped with his
task OF re-examining rejected men that
he was compelled to work an hour
and half after the remainder of the
board had finished. AS a result, the
board was unable to pass finally upon
a number of men found physically un-
fit and this condition verified upon re-
examination.
The IA young men who measured up
to the physical requirements were as
follows: S. p. Upham, John R.
Sheedy, John o. Long, Carl T. Tucker,
Lawrence Bricker, Guilio Bragone,
Carl F. King, l.. B. Earnest, Ross
Scott, w. c. Frost, l.. f. Perrine, A.
L. Shrisman, Alfred Carter and Harry
S. Vance. tlY. r. i
Up to Monday evening, IL men had
been found physically unfit on re-ex-
animation. In addition to the three
whose names were published in The
Banner Monday, there are: George |
Zellers, ]. A. Kemp, C.. ~ Cochran,
j. j. Scholcs, Merrill GLENN, Lester H.
Drye, j. w. Craig, Clarence Black and |
Charles c. Jewell. These men will |
later be granted certificates of dis
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Treasurer-Elect Hunt Makes
Announcement OF His
Choice
ALLEN JOHNSON TO
BE DEPUTY AUDITOR
Both Appointees Are Well
Known; People Pleased
With Appointments

lreasurerelect Clifton G. Hunt an.
nounced Wednesday that he has select.
ed FRANK A, Ralston of Monroe town.
snip as his deputy. Mr.. Ralstoa is
well known throughout Knox county
and his appointment as deputy will
meet with the approval of
all having business to transact with
the county treasurer's office. He was
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CANADIAN AVIATION
CORPS is JOINED BY
MARK CURTIS KINNEY

I Ralph C. Ringwalt, who is spending
several weeks in New York City on
business, writes to friends here that
Mark Curtis Kinney, formerly of this
city, has enlisted in the aviation corps
in Canada. Nh, Kinney attempted to
enlist in this country, it is understood,
but was rejected for physical reasons.
He was anxious to serve and so went
to Canada.
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Carl Clayton Pipes of Martins
burg is Knox county's only man
eligible to membership in new
ly formed national organization.
The organization is known as
"The Loyal Legion of ,25S."
Every man holding the draft
number 25S is eligible for charter
membership in the organization.
Eugene J. Parent, of Menomi-
nee, Mich. who holds number
25S and does not claim exemption.
launched the organization. He
declares it will be of no less i'm
portance than the Spanish-Ameri-
can War Veterans, the G. A. r.
and similar kindred organizations
fifty years hence,
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Real Estate Transfers.

Real Estate Transfers.
Birda Blair to Fred J. Harris, city
property, 81. a.
Jacob Childers to Fred ]. Harris.
parcel in Union, s4OO. .....
Cora M. Richards to Cordey Snow,
lot in Buckeye City. s2Oe. .
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Wanted, For Sale, &c

FOR SALE-Horse and buggy;
cheap If sold soon. Citizens COL red.
4,6da; los
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Mrs. Sadie Cheatle and Mrs, Ida
Sporry, beth of Utica, entered the NJ.
& S. hospital for treatment Wednes-
day.
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,Rannss ciassked Try them and be convince

7"f ut U1tTnI EIIrh "a h1s .n.i.,ntr5
.ho!iH5its 10 sIEis sR
,STaiiad ~ tESe rohR r'hob DoF"
SnB h7sod t.lna1ps11 ,nsmsiRJ, q 81
-1tnu "a IN tsszAlg ed ,Rtq ,-danr .tt
a1%qfGs1rn I'd 70 1sbs97 tnsaiilsj
.ann. ls1sran tn.i ioEt s1ntn hEI
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-10

STRAYED or Stolen-Jersey COW
from pasture field Tuesday evening.
Citizens 2033.F. 9d1OS
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,Admlnlstratrix. Appolnted-.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Appointed 81
\ Flora Irvine has been appointed ad-
ministratrix of the state of Eugene 1r,
vine by the probate court. She gave
bond in the sum of 5000 with Rosabell
Van Arnstedt and Mary Giles as sure,
ties.
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ASSIGNEE IS ORDERED
TO SELL PERSONALLY
Probate Court Authorizes
Private Sale Of Lower
Estate

An order was issued by the probate
court Tuesday authorizing the sale of
the personal property Of Jacob Lower,
bankrupt elevator proprietor at Dan
ville' at private sale. The application
was filed by A. ]. Workman, assignee.
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FOR RENT-Two rooms and kitch.
en-. School girls preferred. Rent rea-
sonable. Address "H," care of Ban
ner. D&Stf
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the complaint did not state facts
sufficient to constitute an offense
and dismissed the case.
CONSERVATION registered itself
on the faces of the big, strong
men-the complaining witness,
the doctors, the tailors, the law
yers for the prosecution and the
camp followers of the Lester
Park enemies of Madam General
German.
Assistant city attorney Neal
announced that he had a new
complaint against the defend
ants and that, as they were in
court, they could be arraigned.
Warrants had not been issued.
Mr.. Richards had told his eli
ents to get out of the courtroom.
AS they started to leave, the
court officers drove them back.
Capt. Fiskett was present and
he was very active in the mat
ter. He insisted that complaint
was ample and that no warrants
were necessary. Mr.. Jenswold
repeatedly asked Capt. Fiskett if
he had warrants but he avoided
a direct answer by saying that
he had a complaint and that it
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was ample. Mr.. Jenswold final
ly secured an answer to the
effect that there were no war
rants. When the matter came
properly before Judge tanners,
he decided that warrants were
necessary. Capt. Fiskett was
white with anger and, for a few
moments, there was much clamor
and intense excitement in the
courtroom.
Later, warrants were issued
and placed in the hands of an Of
ficer to serve but Mr.. Richards
arranged to appear for his clients
at $50 a. m. Wednesday.
Mrs. German has not yet been
"straffed."
Mrs. German and her little
army in The War over the Spuds
were arrested on a new complaint
Of trespass and arraigned We'd
nesday mornin. All day Thurs
day and yesterday were consumed
by the case. At noon, the lines of
the prosecution were wavering
and as the Rip-saw went to press,
wagers of 10 to l were offered
that the verdict would be in favor
of the defense.
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HARRY STEWART, son of Nose
Stewart and, for some years, man
ager of the Stewart livery and trans
fer business, now is purchasing
agent for the daughter of Lucky"
Baldwin, with headquarters in Los
Angeles. Mr.. Stewart has a very
profitable berth and he came into
favor with Anita Baldwin when
guarding her and looking after her
interests as an employee Of a de-
tective agency. ..-.
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WHERE IS bill BAlEY?"
why NOT GET HIM Home?

Literally
the cities and Chimes Some them
living
ndly remembered by who remain But all knowledge
that special should
citizen
briefly write the Rpsaw, being
business will without
and publish the information a received.