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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-06-21

Mrs &. II. Dobvns. of Danvile. is
visiting Mrs. j. +. Robinson.
Mrs. Ellen Ow sley has returned from
a visit TO Mrs Dave Dunn of Danvile.
Miss Lena Bright spent several days
IN Dsnville last week the guest of Mrs.
Dave Dunn.
Miss Margaret Cook is visiting Misses
Hope Gardener and Beatrice Jefferson
in Louisville.
Miss Virginia Widdie, of Moreland is
the attractive guest of Miss Annie
Belle Ballard.
Mrs. John NJ. Farra has returned
from Martinsville and Covington much
improved in health.
Mr.. Ernest [. Ray. Of Decatur, ILL.,.
is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. J. A.
Jones and daughters.
Mesdames J. A. Rowland and f. II
Smith are visiting their parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Solan Henry.
Miss Sarah Letcher Brewer, of I.eb-
anon was here for the dance the guest
Of Miss Margaret Cook.
Misses Josephine English and Eugene
Dudley. of Richmond. are here visiting
Miss Elizabeth Dudley.
Mrs. j. o. Ceilings and Mrs. Bette
X. Smith spent SUNDAY in Danyile, as
guests of Miss Hattie Burns.
Mrs. John Mount and handsome little
son, John McRoberts Jr. of Atlanta.
are with Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Mount.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Speith are en-
Joying the summer on farm near En-
hence Ky. known as Pine Park Place.
Miss Mable Ganstine, of Indiana. and
Mrs, Cyrus Easan of Salvisa. are here
visiting friends and relatives in the
county.
Mr., Tom Walker, MIR and Mrs. 4. NJ.
Wilson of Bowling Green motored from
that city in Toms car and are in our
midst for few days.
Misses Dorsey Lee Henry. Mary
Rowland, Anna May Smith and Master
Robert Smith are visiting their grand
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Scion Henry.
Mr. Joe Bot" Haselden the PRO
moter' and land seller" is here
shaking hands with friends, he has just
closed successful sale of lots at Leb-
anon.
Mrs. and Mrs. Hunter Irvine, Mr..
and Mrs. George Harris and Miss Lena
Irvine motored from Louisville and
spent the weekend with Judge and
Mrs. Z. II. Harris.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-06-21
PERKINS.PHILL!PS

A wedding Of unusual interest to
their friends both in this county and
Lincoln wss the marriage of Miss Cora
Perkins. of this county 10 Mr.. Frank
Phillips, of Stanford The happy coup.
lie took the early morning train for
Louisville "wednesday morning ard were
married in that city last night.
The bride is the lovely aud attractive
daughter of Mrs. Emma Daniels and is
exceedingly popular in this county. Mir.
Phillips is the junior member of the
firm of Phillips and Phillips. of Stanford
and is splendid young business man.
On their return from short bridal trip
they will be at home to their friends in
Stanford
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-06-21

+. Hughes and Judge Homer Batson.
Both have made enviable names for
themselves in the Falls City as well as
acc1mulating their share of this worlds
goods.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-06-21
RED CROSS WORKERS
WHO HAVE HELPED MAKE THE LOCAL CHAPTER A SUCCESS.

The above
when five hundred added
all
did splendid work They hope to have 1000
interest in the work is growing daily
to
E Sue Shelby Mason Helen Gill; Chairman
and DR.. W. A Wheeler.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24
DEMAND FOR TRANSIT CERTIFICATES
ADVANCES PRICE MORE THAN A POINT
Buying Based Belief of Agreement Between City and
Company on Original Plan-Cambria Steel Falls
Seven Points-Money Market Tighter

All OF these movements were bro,,pb, =.
on light trading in the individual stoon"
The annual report of the United Gas T..
provement Company. which is given In ..ru- .In-
detail In another column. had yirtpa,,, sone ne
erect on the company's stock Tho a.. ac
was unchanged and later the prices 90. 'art ~,
Is, but In the afternoon Il stood ar az up
changed from the close of yesterdav M, rn-
figures of earnings had previously been Nh ne
lished. and the report today was simn,, puo- ..-
pamphlet report containing the remarI. hs
President Bodine and the results of Tho ~. oI
In detail. One pleasing thing in the ro,'sar Sear
to the stockholders was the suggestion r,Ss
by President Bodine of extra dividenasaue aue
intervals az
Within the last few days there has
stifening In the local money ma Zen
This was to be expected in view of the rNs' net
ernment financing. a large part of a, :
5000 600. 600 loan of the Government ha .ne
been taken out of the local market Tas
view was expressed today that II us..,e ,ne
not be surprising to see the call MONEY uu.u uu.l
marked up from 3k per cent in tho nase ase
future. Several hundred dollars, wnr,h near
four to six months paper was boupbt ,as W. Oh
by one of the largest banks. the irs,t..y
ton getting not less than Az per cos. s
the money Payment for the $50 ooo nos ,os
pennsylvania Railroad general mtevv mortsoos
~ per cent bonds is to be made tomousse
and this will take some money ont - Vw, w.
local market. VI 'hs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24
LIQUIDATING VALUE
OF u. G. l. $1OO A SHARE
Figure Named by President Bodine in
Annual Report-Earned 13
Per Cent in Year

Samuel T. Bodine president of the United
Gas Improvement Company, says in the
thirty-fifth annual report to the stockhold- :
ers that the companys stock has a liuui.
dating value Of not less than 500 a share.
The par value of the stock is $50
For the year ending December 31. 1919
The total earnings were $9,440,557, COM
pared with $9,071 ,3S9 in the previous wear
After the payment of expenses the net
earnings were $7,269,095, against 81 100
a2o. Dividends amounted to s4,440,236. the
same as In the corresponding year, and the
paiance was S2,S29,095. The earnings up-
on the $55,502,950 capital stock were "a
per cent
Mr.. Bodine, in his remarks. calls attain
tion to the disposition of the undivided
prof1ts: In answer to the suggestion mad
from time to time" says Mr. Bodne "that
your management is ultra conservative In
.ot making distributions f,om undivided
pronts call your attention to the fact
that the capital of your COMPANY. incIud
ing these undivided profits. sr1 900 Ooo ~,
excess of the securities now held in var
ious sinking. funds) are invested in working
capital, and extensions and betterp,ents
FOR account of the Philadelphia Gas works
and will not be liquidated through tho on.
erations or the sinking funds until the er-
piration OF the lease; and the balance is
Invested In the securities of various gas ga
dends from which go to make up the eros,,
income shown In the treasurer's statemant
several OF these companies such as ths
Connecticut Railway & Lighting Comnan,,
and certain New Jersey gas and electriS
companies, are no longer operated bv ths
united Gas Improvement Company, but are
leased to other corporations. Neverthn
less they stu receive constant attention
from your executive officers, and in ,S"
judgment of your board of directors ,hie u'ie
securities should still be retained in ''i.,e the
company's treasury " ue
"Your-board Of directors appreciate ~.
natural desire of stockholders for res,,rns .as
from their profits which have been invas,ns
In extending the business, and are ~ 'eu .,su
opinion that the company is now esta h,,s, ne
on such firm foundation that n tisned a. sa
to adopt the policy of distributing bv sas, Saie
OF extra dividends larger proportio"a way
the earnings than heretofore. when ann,, .,
earnings and general business cond,.,oa
VIII permit. In pursuance of this no,,a
on April IL, 1877, an extra dividend OF
per cent was paid out of profits .r, y.
prior to December 81. 1915 'ued
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24

NEW YORK April 24.-Better cables
than due were entirely ignored at the OPEN
ing of the Cotton Exchange today and the
tone was only barely steady, prices de-
cling . to 8 points on the call. There was
some good selling, especially in the near
months, by spot houses and room traders.
Local operators and Wall street pur-
chased Commission houses operated on
both Sides but sold on balance.
After the CALL the demand increased and
within a few minutes rallies of points
had been recorded.
the early part of the session, and it was
estimated aroun6. the ring that about $4,000
bales of May were liquidated, largely against
purchases of July and October. once this
liquidation subsided the market developed
steader tone. and during the middle of the
morning showed fair rallies, with May
ruling about 5 points under last nights
close. while later months were to points
higher
Most of the demand on the rally was at
tributed to covering, but there was also
buying for reaction.
A sharp advance in New Orleans started
a buying movement here toward midafter-
noon which rallied prices about 81 points
from the low point of the day. Traders
who frequently act for spot houses were
buyers Of October, although crop and
weather news was generally more favorable
today, and some of the spot markets were
easier
Exports for the day were 1879 bales.
including 1916 bales to Great Britain, 5000
bales to France and 613 bales to the other
points on the Continent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24

Demand for Philadelphia Rapid Trahsl.
trust certificates. making them the NUS
active in many days. frightened up tne
trading on the local stock Exchange touay.
The price at the same time. was carried
up more than point, but all OF the gam
was not held to the close. There was no
particular news on the Street to account
for the strength and activity of this issue
but the encouraging thing to the holders
was the fact that the certificates mad
greater representation in the trading The
ma iority of the transactions which came
out during the day were In lOO-share iots'
The buying appeared to be based on the
belief that the original plan advanced py
the transit company to the city would go
through, and, while there was no real devel-
opment to back this up. the feeling around
the street seemed to be that such would be
the case.
The majority of the changes In prices
throughout the whole day were to lower
level than those ruling at the c.ose last
night. but those stocks which declined We're
generally those which are not represented
in the trading every day, while those when
usually make up bulk of the transactions
were either unchanged or fraction or so
up Buffalo and Susquehanna common
and General Asphalt preferred hit new low
marks for the year, the latter, in fact, sell
ing to the lowest point in two years, both
issues falling points. The widest decl'ne
was in Cambria Steel which lost points,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24
- FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. April 24.-The market for
foreign exchange was quiet in the early
dealings without particular feature. Swiss
shaded and rubles had heavy appearance.
On the other. hand French exchange and
pesetas were fully Ateady.
g Quotations were:
: Demand sterling +.75%. cables 4.7s ZIG
so-day bills nominalIy 47s. so-day bills
40. ~'-, -.
Franc cables s.7oh. checks s71h.
Lire cables sci. checks e.s2.
Swiss cables els. checks 5.1s.
Guilder cables 10 1915. checks 4ox.
Ruble cables 2s%5, checks 2s.ss.
Pesetas cables ATS. checks 2i.So.
Stockholm cables 1880. checks 2s.1o
Christiania cables 2s. checks %. so.
Copsnhagen cables 2s.2o. checks 20.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24
NEW YORK, April "a.

NEW "a.
outside
noor The traders
This demand made the
N
u' the short
"hen the urgent covering
more than points
time OF y to 11aN similar
standard issues n
display of strength was of short duration and followed by
ecedns or prices
n a o.
thee 1t
sod 06h
Special attention
low records The preferred
a a
loss OF points to 80 and Brooklyn Rapid Transit declined
Apparently
fact that Brooklyn
called
account.
The bond
the
All the foreign bonds heavily
ats to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24
Gotten Oil Production Heavy

WASHINGTON, April 24.-The Cen,r,
Bureau report issued today for the nar,us
from August to March 81 shows aso . 20 .
tons Of cotton seed. exclusive of resh,n-
ments, received at oil mills ana 3sss ~.
tons crushed also 4S2. .066 tons held ~ ',
mills March 81. Crude oil produced drr,.n
period was l,is5,6os,l74 pounds /: shinnas
out, l,os4.s+s.2s3 pounds refined. i'oee
4s2.s49 pounds and held March 81. i1s-
l22,sss pounds. Refined oil produced dnr.
Ing period. sSs:sts.s7s pounds. and stocks
during period. s,ll2,o22 pounds, and s~.
ported. s6.4s0,sl7 pounds cake and mas,
exported, 462.4s3 tons; unbleached lintsr.
l4l.ool running bales. and bleached linters'
96,041 bales
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

. Package Machinery Company, of sprinr6s,d
Mass. quarterly Of 81. IS per share on ara;
preferred stock. payable May to stock Of
record April 20. Directors resolved to adoU,
policy hereafter Of paying dividends on adfps tbIs
record April 25 OF
Market Street National Bank. regular ..r,,
sn,S snnHai Of per cent. payable May / to stoeh
Fourth Street National Bank regular sor,,
annual Of per cent. payable May / to storh- sci,
Riverside Western OF! Company ~ per can,
on the common and TX per cent on he rent nra
Ierred stocks The common is payable Nav Ok
sd and the pre- pTefeS5ed May s. both 10 holders os of
Greene Consolidated Copper Comnanv q,
months ago. ' as three
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24
FEDERAL BLOW AT STANDARD OIL
COMPANIES HITS STOCKS ON CURB
NEW YORK, April "a.

"a.
from
yielded 1856 Atlantic Refining dropped 900
with
rom D..
to
AandStew at "A. .
at to andc a o
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24
INDEPENDENT OIL STOCKS
MONEY.LENDING RATES

NEW YORK-Call money opened at 2%
per cent; high, az. low, az; last, s;
closed. .s%@a; ruling rate 2x per cent.
In general way industrial loans are
quoted at ~ per cent for sixty. days. ~
per cent for three and four months. and
4h@4x for nvs.and six nscnths, On good
mixed sN@t per cent Is quoted for sixty
days and 4@%k per cent for the longer
maturities. ;.,-.,.. t
Prime bank acceptances are slow at az q
. per cent for eligibies and t@ah per cent
for ineligibles.
Prime mercantile paper continues duh
on listed demand and equally small OFFER
ipgs. The minimum discount. figure is ~
per cent M =
PHLADBLPHIA-- = Call. sh per. cent
Time. ~ eb per cent. Commercial paper.
three to six months. ~ etx per cent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24
LIVERPOOL Cotton

LIVERPOOL, April 24.-Spot cotton was
in good demand today and l3 points higher
to the basis of 12.45d for American mid
ding. The sales aggregated 1900 bales
American Imports. 10000 bales all Ameri-
can. The market for futures closed steady
and unchanged to points net lower.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24
FINANCIAL NEWS |
SPECULATIVE ELEMENT ON THE FLOOR
CONTROLS MOVEMENTS OF STOCK PRICES
Covering BY Shorts Brings About Advances in Early
Trading, but Recessions Follow When Outside T.
--,,.. Interest Is Absent
High Points In Todays Financial Neps
Interest Is Absent

Otsae interest lacking
Marcy que silver
l4o0os an
money reached ~
earnsngs Of $uS,iA,O1S for March quarter. ~ - " ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24
Sugar Futures Lower

NEW YORK. April 24.--The sugar
futures market felt the pressure OF Nav
notices at the start. and hrst sales amounted
to about 4S5O tons, with prices to IL points
lower II was said that Z leading Cuban
intsrsst tsndsred ~ lots, wall 0trs8 ~
fse9ly Sc tsa esll "a ths esaf Ho1lhs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24

Tetal sales. $50 600 shares, compared with
100000 shares yesterdayi thus far this week
Isl 200 shares' same period last week, 1881. 500
shares. .
.Ex x.dividend General Cigar Company, 1; Amer.
lean Zinc. l; do pref. w TEX rights: Chill
Copper. ..... .---l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24

The shortage Of freight cars contInu..
Increase and Y serious problem. This ~ -
Amerieap Railway Assooistlons ,-rt.s y t1e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET

NEW YORK, April 24.-The market n.
cotee futures opened moderately active a.
decline OF to points. Sales on the caii
amounted to $500 bags 'a"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24
COTTON ENDS HIGHER,
AFTER STARTING LOW
Sharp Advance in New Orleans
Starts Buying Movement and
Advances Follow
COTTON BELT WEATHER CONDITIONS

COTTON BELT NEATHEh 0VNDIfV4>''
NEW YORK, April 24.-It was generally
fair in the cotton belt this morning.
The following temperatures were recorded:
AsheyilIe. 52; Chattanooga: 80; Merldian.
Brminghn,n, Knoxville and Nashville, 80;
Montgomery and Raleigh. 60; Shreveport.
San Antonio, Oklahoma. Del Rio. Nlcksburg
and Macon, 62; Abilene. Fort smith. Little
Rock, New Orleans, Mobile. Pensacola and
Wilmington, o.; Memphis, Augusta. Thomas
willie and Jacksonville, &c; Galveston. At
ianta, charleston. Savannah and Tampa.
90; Corpus Christi, 10. - =.
There was .Ol inch Of precipitation Mt
Jacksonville, and 80 inch ut Tampa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-24

~ Total sales. Ss;55s. 900. compared with 81 sse.
same period last week. &7,5ss. 900.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
FIELD EVENTS AT
NORTHEAST HIGH
Patriotic Features to Mark
Fourth Annual Meet at
School Grounds June Z
MAYOR SMITH STARTER

Northeast High School will hold It's
fourth annual field day on Thursday June
T. at ITS athletic field Twenty and
Somerset streets. In 1914 the faculty Of
Northeast decided to stage an exhibition
drill and field exercises in order TO show
the Board of Education the good work that
could be accomplished II n would give
Northeast gymnasium.
IN order TO do this Oscar Guornev a
Northeast graduate and n physical director
at Penn, offered his services The exercises
were such success that the lot back Of the
school is now under construction for one
Of the largest gyms i'm this section
Mr.. Guerncy was appointed physical di-
rector Of the school. and is striving to make
this years exercises the best ever held by a
school Glasses will he dismissed early on
the big day and the students wiz march
from the school to the athletic field, where
there will he a parade of the different ath-
letlC teams in uniform and a student drill.
There viii be a military drill in addition by
the members Of the e class.
After the drill the field will resemble a
siX-rnE circus for it Is planned to have
basketball, baseball, soccer, cricket, tennis
and track games going at the same time.
The school has been divided into two sec
tons the Red and Black. Captains have
been appointed by Physical Director Guer-
ney. and they are busy getting together the
hest material in tho school
Mayor Smith will fire the gun that will
start the quartcr-milo dash and at the same
instant all the other games win begin The
following captains have been appointed:
Track (RedD, Rogers (B'aCk). Drew; bas-
kcthall (RedD, Burnard (BlaclD. Lehr. SOC
Ger CRodD, hammond (BlaCl), MucnCh
cricket CRed), LouEhln CBlack). Paul ten
mis- CRedD, Mcars (BlaCk), Enkead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
BOYS IN SERVICE MAY
COMPETE IN ATHLETICS
Supervisory Athletic Committee So
Rules-Various Junior School
Schedules Approved

At a meeting Of the supervisory commit
zee or school athletics a number of subjects
OF interest TO junior athletes were consid
cred including that of PARTICIPATION i'm
games or boys enlisted in the service of tho
Government II was agreed that accented
boys Of the high or elementary schools
should be allowed to compete in games
After a discussion Of proposed changes
in basketball and rowing rules, IL was de-
cided to defer consideration to the next
meeting. The schedules of the Frankford
track team and of the Germantown track
and basketball teams were approved Com
mittees were appointed to prepare for the
athletic work in the junior high schools ana
In the continuation classes. A report from
the Hill School indicated that the military
training drills have proved satisfactory.
The committee on swimming reported as
follows: West Philadelphia High entered
forty boys in twelve contests and won ali
but two; Germantown High entered twent,
candidates in four contests, losing ali: Cen
tral High entered sixteen candidates in six
contests and won three
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
NORTHEAST DROPS
FRUGAL CONTEST
Archives Lose Game With
West Phillies - Central
High Wins in Rally

West Philadelphia High School eliminated
a dangerous rival from second position in
the lntergCholastir League when the Speed.
boys defeated Northeast High School yes
tcrday afternoon. to ;. Seldom nave the
schooboys witnessed more spectacular plays,
for the Orange and Blue youngsters were in
championship form.
This was one Of the most important games
in the league. Northeast realized its i'm
portancc and made "A gallant effort to win,
for in the seventh inning the bases were
filed and had II not been for a long run.
ming catch by Mearlile three runs would
have been scored
Again i'm the eighth a long running catch
by Hahn saved West Philadelphia from de-
ioai. Brilliant playing by every player on
captain Nelson EOrb's team hits by, Mcarllle,
Jacobs and Jones, helped the West Philles
TO WIN. II was an exciting game through.
out Two more games remain for the
Speedboys, the contest with Trades on Mon.
day and the Franlford game on esday.
central Highs eighth and ninth inning
rallies saved tho Crimson and Gold from
defeat i'm the league game with Catholic
liIEh Catholic High had ; to . lead
al the end Of the seventh. Then Cravis
started the bail rolling for Central with
a single, Hin, who batted for Martin was
Sal" ON an error and both scored on
Shark"y's double. Hacllman scored Sharkey
ana SteiieL In the ninth Harper weak
oncd ana when his teammates gave him
poor support Central scored four more
runs
The standing Of the teams in the Inter.
ScholaSilC Baseball League follows.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26

hight years ago Hugh Jennings won his
IL third successive pennant since then
Hughey has been scramblinE up the hillside
in vain drives Weak pitching has more
than offset the strong attack he has built
around Ty cobb each year. and now it
begins to look as If HuEhey was again to
be halted by the same weakness.
The Tigers had frst-Class chance TO
win in 1915, when they baEEcd 100 vic
tores-USually a pcnnant margin.
Through that season they gave the Red
Sox a great battle to the last few strides
of the stretch. A hundred victories would
have won a pennant almost any other year
After this close finish the Tigers looked
to have all the best of it when the Red Sox
turned Iris Speaker over to Cleveland
If Boston, with Speaker could only beat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26

Manager Admits Defeats
of Boxers; 'TiS Strange

\ new era in boxing has been started
Vito ColOnnn, Philadelphia fight manager,
ager ever returns from foreign field of
tsticuns and admits that his hOy was de-
feated. No matter how badly beaten, just
nS long as he stays the limit. wires are
sent to the four winds, collect, telling Of a
glorious victory. But. not 50 with Col
onna. Here is NitO's telegram, prepaid,
from Baltimore:
JOhnnY Mayo lost 10 Al Britt In ten
rounds. Battling Murray was shaded by
Bobby Burns In ten rounds Murray
broke his hand in the second round
Managers Of the COlOnnn Calihpr always
can he assured Of return dates for their
talent, especially when the promoter Of the
club happens to be manager Of the local
boxer. Yet, II Il more than can he eN-
peCted Of some managers 10 admit defeat
for their "mOst wonderful coming cham
piOns."