Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-22

| times aided us In our work. l take plea
| sure in commencing our agent, Mr.. EN-
NETT G. Taylor, who has discharged his
duty faithfully; also. the officers or the
society and the Executive Board for the
| faithfuiness and ability with which they
have performed their respective duties.
| TO the press we extend our warmest
thanks for the many favors rendered ana
the excellent support that they nave
given us.
sEcRETARY's REPORT.
| Number OF cases Investigated, 1S1; whole
number OF animals involved (abouO, l,av.
| admoniuons given. l29; horses unhitchea
| and sent to the stable, 81; dogs destroyed
| l24; horses destroyed, ST; cats destroyed
%; complaints made TO owners "a hoIsss
with CALLED shoulders and sore backs 10
horses lame, q; horses overloaded, o.;
no cause for complaint. 90: horses cared
for by agent. 72; cows destroyed. s: nails
pulled from horses feet 9; cruelty 10
| hogs, 4; cruelty 10 horses (beating, over
| driving, starving. etcD. q; drunken men
| taken from vehicles, G: cruelty 10 COWS
zone had tongue cut Off, :.
CONVICTIONS FOR CRUELTY.
Dragging steer on side and other cruelty,
fined SIS: horse with very sore back,
saddle working on same, $50; driving 10
| exhaustion and maltreating horse, slO,
| also. 500 for carrying concealed weapons
and sent to grand jury for resisting po-
| lice: horse starved. fed principally on
! potsto-peelings. s. and thirty days IN
jail; working mule with two large Sails
and bind leg hot and swollen, s.; cruelty
whipping horse. $3.50; driving horse 10
exhaustion, horse requiring attention Of
veterinary surgeon seven hours $40; over
loading and cruelty whipping horse, -;
horse overdriven (man drunk. $2A; over
driving pair livery horses 10 shamefu.
extent, so: cruelty running and whipping
horse. $40; working two very sore-back
mules. so; working sore-back mdle, 80.
cruelty kicking mules eyes ont. $40 and
thirty days In jail; working horse with
sore back, S. driving horse TO exhaustion,
s.; cruelty working sore-back mule and
in no condition to work Qined In County
Court. $50.
MANY PITIFUL CASES.
The secretary In his report gives a brief
description OF each of the cases which
were prosecuted and convicted. and some
OF them were OF the most pitiful nature.
In one instance two cows and two calves
were found on a farm just below Rich
mOnd in a half-starved condition. Upon
further investigation il was learned that
the cattle belonged to a poor family, con-
slSting of father. mother, and lg-year-old
daughter. The father was a drunken,
worthless fellow who did not take care
of his wife and child, much less the stock
and they were In little better condition
than the cows and calves. Traces Of
blood were found for a mile from the
house where the little girl. in a bare
footed condition, was sent TO a neighbor-
Ing field TO gather cornstalks, being the
only food that cows received. The society
used It's Influence IN behalf Of the family
and animals. and Mr.. Bickerstaff. a men,
Der of the society. took the animals and
cared for them during the winter. Assist
ance was also given 10 the family
In another case an incident occurred
where man whose COW had been badly
injured by an electrician objected 10 the
animal being killed. though she was in
terrible condition, and the officers had 10
use force before they could relieve the
COW from her sufferings. The man insisted
upon keeping the COW in the condition she
was, so that the officials % the railway
company could see what cause he had for
a claim for damage
An account is alse given Of country
man who had steer hitched TO the back
of a wagon. The animal fell down from
exhaustion. and the brutal owner prodded
It with a stick until the blood gushed
from It's wounds and then dragged IL sew
eral hundred yards by q rope. which was
fastened to It's horns. In addition TO this
the animal was found TO have several bad
sores upon lis body. The owner was ar
rested, and In the Police Court next day
was fined $25. He sold the steer to a
butcher and the meat was placed upon the
market When the officers OF the society
learned this DR.. Oppenhimer, President
Of the Board of Health. was notified, and
he ordered the meat taken OF OF sale.
THE HAMPERS CASE.
Ono Of the hardest fights the society
had in the courts was the case against
the negro Quarles for burning hampers
.Quarles based his defence upon the fact
II very old practice to burn a horse
with hampers Veterinarians were con-
suited. and the officers of the society
learned mat in nearly every instance the
supposed hampers in horses was erely
a case OF loss of appetite. or tefthing
and all the animal needed was a stimu-
liant and change Of diet The various
veterinary surgeons testified in court
that the practice Of burning hampers was
unnecessary and cruel. and the society
won its case.
The secretary's report also shows that
during the year the society distributed
quite a large amount of printed uatter
among which were 400 copies of BLACK
Beauty" and 900 copies of "Our Animal
Friend" The report also shows that
the new gas-box for destroying small
animals had been put to a very severe
test and was found TO be everything that
the society had hoped for 1t. Tire city
turned over to the society seventee' dogs
that the dog-catchers had caught ard al;
OF them were put into the box ~ one
time The gas was turned on and the
entire number destroyed in one minute
without a struggle or the slightest noise.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
After the reading Of the reports Of the
president and the secretary the annual
election OF officers was gone into. and the
following were elected for the ensuing
term:
DIR. Jud r. Wood. president: 6. "
| Halves first vice-president: Joseph Bryan.
second vice-president; w. Ben Palmer
| third vice-president; J. r. V. Daniel
| fourth vlce-presdent: James Lyons, fifth
yice-president; William CT owens sec
retary: w. Ben Palmer, treasurer; A. y,
| Guigon. counsel: W. a. Townes. assistant
counsel: T. c. Taylor. agent.
The society now has a membership Of
| 242 and It's officers are very anxious that
! the list should be increased 10 at least
| 1000. The annual dues are e for male
| members and 81 for female members
More Harm to the Rest of the World.
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war between the United States and
| England would, In all probability be cal
| culated 70 work more harm 10 the rest
! OF the world than to our country. The