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BROWNSVILLE.

DR.. Rainey, of Mayhem, was
visiting in town Saturday.
The ladies belonging to the u.
D. C.'s are getting up a Christ
mas entertainment.
Mrs. NJ. 7. Helm has been in
Macon and vicinity the last few
DAYS with her son, Mr.. Watt
Helm and other relatives.
Rev, P. F. Luter, Of the Cock;
rane circuit. came up Sunday and
went to conference in Starkville
Monday with Rev. j. j. Baird,
pastor of the Brooksville work.
Mrs. Lille Mauldin is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Martin.
Miss S. Mauldin, who has been
employed here for several months
returned to Macon this week.
Rev. T. L. Sasser was in Stark
vile with relatives Wednesday.
Mr.. Howard Memories is on a
visit to his mother, Mrs. P. W.
Memories.
Mr.. Charles st, John, of the
Agricultural High school, spent
a short time with his home folks,
Miss Georgia McCuen has gone
on a trip to see relatives in West
Noxubee. Mr.. Davis St. John is
filling her place in the post Office
during her absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lutte Minor, OF
Macon, were in town Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alsop and child
rem, from Tennessee, have NOV
ed in and are occupying Mrs. W.
A.. Madison's cottage in south
Brooksville. He has rented the
Bate farm near town. All such
are very welcome.
The Methodist bazaar was quite
a pecuniary success. The few
articles still on hand will be fol
sale at the Millinery store Satur
day.
The following invitation has
been received by friends of the
contracting parties:
Mrf. N M. Hudson
requests the honour Of your presence
AT the marriage Of her daughter
Josie lncZ
to
Mr.. Robert Marion Stewart
onWednesday afternoon. the sixteenth ofDect mbe
one thousand nine hundred and fourteen
Mt three O'Clock
Baptist Church
Brooksvillc. Mississippi.
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W. N'D |
Mississippi which will serve the best
dinner prepared from products grown
in Mississippi, during Thanksgiving
week, 1914.
cate those from the farm. Make the
number grown outside the state as
small as possible, but be sure to list
every one Of them.)
Program, 20 Per Cent.
1. Speakers.
2. Songs.
8. REGULATIONS.
4. Recreations.
(Give name Of each speaker and
principal subject handled. Give list
of songs. Name Rotations and those
who recited, together with the subject
of recitation. Give full description OF
games, etc, together with names OF
winners. Games can be such as catch
ing Grown in Mississippi" creased
pig; climbing Grown in Mississippi
pole; potato race, using Grown in
Mississippi" potatoes, etc. /.
Publicity, 20 Per Cent.
/. Newspaper notices.
2. Circulars printed and distributed.
3. Letters and other communica-
tons. =.
4. Photographs.
(Submit clippings of all newspaper
notices published, together with the
names of papers in which they ap-
peared. Send two copies Of each cir
cular printed aQd distributed, together
with the number. Enclose two copies
of letters written to parents and
friends, together with number thus
sent out. Include two photographs oil
the dinner, table or participants.)
Service, 10 Per Cent.
/. By whom prepared.
2. BY whom served.
3, Order of service.
Qf prepared wholly by the students
partially by the students or wholly b,
others, so state plainly and specifical
". Same applies to service. Give
/; order of service if served In courses.
Sugar, salt, black pepper and mus
j tard not to be listed. II Mississippi
grown substitutes for coffee or tea ar
n used, SO state and list. If coffee AM
} tea are used, so state and list. Nam
e and list all breads used and stat
49,, x.ou ,~xxx. H. khn rk0&
or not. Everything used, grown Out
!, side the state, except the four article
mentioned, will tend to decrease tn
! credit given.
Have principal Of school certify I
the correctness Of list and send. Il
gether with all data called for, to
H. E. BLAKESLEE,
jackson, Miss.
laea &az ~AAt
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NOTICE.

Sealed bids are invited on Monday, December
7th, 1914. at 200 o'clock p. M. for the following
contracts. to go into effect on January l, 1915 and
terminating January /. 1915. viz:
l. Overseer of Convicts for year 1915.
2. Superintendent of County home for 1915.
3. Physician for Jail and County Home for
year 1915.
Board Of Supervisors r~eserving the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
BY order of Board Of Supervisors, this Novem
Der 9Th. 1914.
JOHN A. TYSON. Ch'y elk.
By W. o. BARNES, Jr,. DC.
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NOTICE

Sealed bids are invited on Monday. December
7. 1914, at 2 p. m for the furnishing of supplies for
convicts for month Of December 1914. Supplies to
be delivered to convict overseer as called for at
Brooksville, Miss.
Board reserves the right to reject any or all
bids. BY order of Board Of Supervisors.
This November 9Th. 1914.
JNo. A. TYSON. Chancery Clerk
BY W, o. BARNES Jr. DC.
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NOTICE

Sealed bids are invited on Monday, December 7.
1914. at 200 o'clock. p. m for constructing bridge
across ditch between G. M. Gilmore's and Davis
places on Crawford and Louisville road according
TO plans and specifications on file in Chancery
Clerks office of said county. Bids TO be for work
ing up lumber by the Thousand Board measure,
County to furnish all material. Board reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
BY order Of Board of Supervisors, this Nov. 9Th.
1914. John A. TYSON. Chancery Clerk.
Rv w q RARNEC II Ii Z
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CITATION NOTICE.

The State Of mississippi.
John McKewon In Chancery Court
No. 1887 VS.. OF
Kate McKewon. Noxubee County
To defendant Kate McKewon, whose place
of residence and post office address are I'M
known to compliment and cannot be ascer-
tain by him after diligent enquiry:
We command you to be and appear before the
chancellor of our chaneery court at aterm thereof
to be holden at the court house, in the city Of Ma
con, in said county Of Noxubee, on the 4th Monday
in April, A D. 1915, then and there to plead. an
swer or demur to the original bill in said cause
wherein you are defendant
Witness my signature and the seal of said court
affixed at my Office in city of Macon. Miss, this
oath day of Nov, 1914. JNO. A, TYSON, Clerk.
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Office CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids are invited on Monday. December 7.
1914. at 200 O'Clock. y. M. for furnishing and
constructing Flat Boat for Noxubee county, Miss.
according to plans and specifications now on file
in the %chancery clerks Office Of said county.
Successful bidders to furnish bond in penalty
and all bids.
BY order Of Board Of Supervisors, this Nov. 9Th,
1914. JOHN A. TYSON, Chy. elk.
BY w. o. BARNES. in, G.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

No. 1872 of of Noxubee County,
H. H. Brooks. deceased Mississippi.
Letters of administration on said estate having
been on the 4th day of November 1914 granted to
the undersigned by John A. Tyson, chancery
clerk OF said county of Noxubee.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to have same probsted and register
ed by said clerk within one year from this date,
A failure for one year to probate and register
any claim will bar the same.
This 9Th day of November. 1914.
H. H. BROOKS,
Administrator of said estate. C. t. a.
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TRUSTEES SALE.
of Mississippi, Noxubee County.

State of Mississippi. Noxubee County.
BY virtue of the provisions of a certain deed of
trust executed on the 18th day of December, 1913.
by w. ]. MURRAY, Elizabeth Davis and Lula Rob
ertson, to George Richardson, trustee, to secure
to w. 7. Martin a certain Indebtedness therein
mentioned; which deed of trust is duly recorded in
the office Of the chancery clerk of Noxubee coun-
ty. Mississippi in trust deed book ia, page s.,
and whereas the said w. ]. Murray, Elizabeth
Davis and Lula Robertson have defaulted in the
payment of said indebtedness, and the said W; T.
Martin has requested the said trustee to foreclose
said deed of trust, |, George Richardson. trustee,
will therefore sell on Saturday, the 18th day OF
December, to the highest bidder for cash, in front
of the gate of the court house yard, in the city OF
Macon, Mississippi. all the right, title and interest
of the said w. J. Murray. Elizabeth Davis and
Lula Robertson. being three-fourth undivided in
terest in the land hereinafter described, which
was inherited by them from Bristow Murray,
And also the interest of Kenny Willie and Sam
Robertson in and to said land; which land, lying
and being in Noxubee county, and described as
follows. to-wit:
The east-half of the northeast quarter of sec
20, T.. IA. r IS.
The said above described land to be sold to sat
isfy said Indebtedness and the cost of this pro
ceeding.
This the 2ith day of November. 1914.
GEO. RICHARDSON, Trustee.
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SEATS NOW SALE AT BOOK STOTE
The following recommendation will speak
Southwest Corner of Courthouse

The following recommendation will speak
for itself
To Whom 1t May Concern:
1t gives us pleasure to recommend MIR. J. L. Jackson
as an expert horseshoer. He has done all our work for two
wears and we know that he understand his business. He
puts the shoes on so they never get loose and so the horse
never corks himself. He treats successfully the diseases of
the feet. He is an expert when it comes to shoelng both
driving and draft horses. We have never known a horse to
be famed from his shoeing.
Respectfully,
Edward M. Livingston, Atty, Walter Splva, Md.
G. B. Inch, Marshal, 9. Watson,
w. D.. Miller, wagon team, Louisville L. q Eco.
]. I'll. Watsby, N. L. Tomlinson,
Tomlinson & Reed, 9. L. Inch,
c. c.. NicoIs, W. P. Hammond,
W. M. Dixon, PC. Smyth,
M. c. Smith, w. A.. Shoolar, Jr.
Chas. L. Bennett.
Louisville, Miss.
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NOTICE.

Sealed bids are invited On Monday. December 7.
1914, ct 200 o'clock. D m. for the furnishing the
following Tents and Flys for Convicts. viz:
One Tent 70 It. x14 II. Of 10 OF. Duck. no Fly.
One Tent IL IT, K IL IT. Of 10 OF Duck. with Fly
for Tent. Said bids to be for Tents delivered at
Macon, &iss, The Board reserves right 70 reject
any or all bids.
By order Of Board Of Supervisors. This Nov. G.
1914.
mo A. TYSON. chancery Clerk.
By w. O. BARNES. Jr.. D. c.
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@TRESSPASS NoTICE-Mrs. NJ. A. Johnson's
place. the whole of the Rryson's place is posted
and all parties are warned not to 4 resspass, Bird
hunters are especially warned.
WPs. NJ, A. JOHNSON,
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TRESSPASS N0TICE-All my lands west OF
Macon on both norlh and south side of mine IS
posted and ~violators will be prosecuted to the full
limit. Coon and Opossum hunters are especially
warned. Parties are also warned not to cut
any HOLLY from any of my lands.
j.. +. AMES.
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NOTICE.

Sealed bids will be received Monday, December
21st, 1914 for maintaining roads in district y Tor
the year of 1915. =.
To drag. machine, keep bitches open and cut
grass and weeds from side of roads and bitches on
the following dirt roads;
Alleged road, Starkville road, Columbus road,
Mashulaville road and DeKalb road to the district
line.
Shuqualak road frcm Mashulaville road to Over
head bridge. u.
Misso road from Fairfield road to CoohsviIe
road.
Bid bond or certified check for 900 must &C.
company each bid
viii receive bids for machining gravel roads.
WIN receive bids for hauling and spreading gray
el on gravel roads. u.
sand and clay on dirt roads.
Rid bond or certified check for 5000 must &C.
company each bid
Commissioners reserve the right to reject any
anu ." N. Scales
1. F. Holberg
S. M. Thomas,
Nov, 9th. 1914. commissioners ~
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BMEN-Our illustrated catalogue explains
we teach the barber trade in short time. ms
free. Write MoKER BARBER COLLEGE
New Orleans. L
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FOR SALE OR RENT-Plantation. $40 acres
abundant buildings. on M. n o, RR., near Arte'
4la, Miss. Address MRS. RE. SMITH,
Sherman. Texas.
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LONGSTREET PLACE PoSTED-An pad
and hunters especially. are warned not to Ia
PASS on the Longstreet place one mile east of ]
con.
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POSTED-This to notify the public that the
,lnccs known M the McKaskill and the Molten
re posted, ard all hunters are warned to keep of
- they will be prosecuted TO- treaspa ssing.
; 81 MRS. j. w. A
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FOR SALE Mammoth Bronze turkey for sale;
elected breeding stock. Any one wishing to
purchase soon should place their order now. for
ve will soon ship out for holiday purposes. Also
or sale Rhode Island Red cochrells
WATKINS Bros Prairie Point. Miss.
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FoRBIDDEN-Al hunters and
o,hsr tresnassers are warned to keep oil my land
ain miles west Of Macon. W. A TAfLoh
lands are posted; no hunters OF
any lind allowed, 50 keep of, don't get IN trou-
ne.
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FORM l-si2510 EACH.

80 Total '...'.'''''"' $b.2h 70
A true and correct list Of pensioners Of Noxu-
bee County, Mississippi. this November 9Th. IVA
JNO A. TYSON,
Chancery Clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-01
CHILD GETS SICK
CROSS, FEvER|sH
# C0NST|PATED
"California Syrup Of Figs"
can't harm tender stom-
j ach or bowels

A laxative today saves sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty
their bowels, which become clogged
up with waste. liver gets sluggish;
stomach sour.
Look at the tongue. mother! II
coated, or your child Is listless,
cross, feverish, breath bad, restless,
doesn't eat heartily. full of cold, or
has sore throat or any other chill.
dren's ailment, give teaspoonful OF
.California Syrup of Figs" then don't
worry, because it is perfectly harm
less. and in few hours all this con-
stipation poison, sour bile and Ter
menting waste will gently move out
Of the bowels, and you have we'll,
playful child again. A thorough In
side cleansing is oftimes all that is
necessary. 1t should be the first
treatment given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups
Ask your druggist for 50-cent bot
tie OF california Syrup OF Figs
which has full directions for babies
children of all ages and for grown
ups plainly printed on the bottle
Look carefully and see that 1t IL
made by the California Fig Syrup
Company" i
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-01
The Rubber Stamp.

Filson Young admits that it is no
longer thought impolite for busy per-
sons to send typewriter letters which
may not treat of business. But there
Is piece of laziness which should
not be tolerated, and that is the sign
ing of a typewriter letter with a
rubber stamp purporting to give fac
smile of the sender's handwriting.
This really, Is to reduce what is In
dividual in the communication to
the vanishing point There is nothing
to show that your correspondent has
ever seen the letter sent in his name.
1t is the least human of all methods
of communication. For my part, l
decline to answer or take any notice
of document SO subscribed. 1t has
all the dreariness, and none of the
honesty, of personal circular" Mr..
Young adds: Il notice that it is
the members of the Thos.. Chas. and
Jno brigade who are chiefly addict
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National Geographic
Soclety's War Primer

ten miles west of Laon and II miles
east of Noyon. in the heart of one OF
the most densely wooded districts of
that part of the country lies st.
Gobain, which proudly lays claim to
the distinction that it manufactures
the largest mirrors in the world. NJ
town in France is more thoroughly
French, and none has suffered less
from the successive Partisan earth
quakes of the past century. The
French government owns large tracts
OF land around and beyond st. Gobain,
the remnant of the immense "syl-
vacuum through which Agrippa opened
Ia great Roman way connecting Rome
with the British channel. The town s
1900 inhabitants owe their well being
to its glass company. One of the
most curious features of st. Gobain
Is subterranean lake about 800
square yards in area.
ANIZY-A small French town
eight miles southwest OF Laon, and ten
miles northeast of Scissors. which
seems to have been a fortress of the
Emperor Valentinian in the 4th cen
fury, and to have baen pfllaged BY
the vandals in the 5th. The revolu
ton laid violent hands upon the town
Its buildings were demolished or de
faced. its old trees were cut down and
Its fine old church, ste. Genevieve
was turned into meeting hall for the
electors. who, after putting on the
| sacredosal vestments. marched abou
the church carrying the dais, beat tbs
crosses and carved stalls to pieces
smashed the poor-box, and stole whai
was worth stealing. They sold tht
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-01
IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
says saekaehs 10 Sign you have been
eating too much

When you wake up with backacne
and dull misery in the kidney region
it generally means you have been eat
ing too much meat, says . wellknown
authority. Nest forms uric acid which
overworks the kidneys in their effort
to filter 1t from the blood and they
become sort Of paralyzed and loggy.
When your kidneys get sluggish ana
clog you must relieve them, like you
relieve your bowels: removing ali the
body's urinous waste, else you have
backache, sick headache. dizzy spells;
your stomach sours, tongue Is coated
and when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine IS
cloudy, full of sediment, channeis
often get sore. water scalds and you
are obliged to seek relief two OF three
times during the night.
Either consult good, reliable ply.
stefan at once or get from your phaf.
macist about four ounces OF Jaa
Salts; take tablespoonful in glass
Of water before breakfast for Few
days and your kidneys will then aes
fine. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice
combined with lithia, and has been
used for generations to clean anu
stimulate sluggish Kidneys, also 70
neutralize acids In the urine so 1t ~
longer irritates, thus ending BLADDER
weakness.
Jad Salts Is life saver for resu-
lar meat eaters. It is inexpensive
cannot iniure and makes 3 tle,iehffu'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-01

CRAONNE-The scene of Napol-
cons last victory before the end of
the first empire was laid in the VIII
lage of Craonne, France, in the hills
a little more than half way on a
straight line from Reims to Laon.
The battle took place on the It'll of
March, 1914, after Butcher had COM
bined force of 100000 men at Laon.
The emreror fell upon the advanced
guard of this force at Craonne and
drove it back upon Laon, where bat.
tie took place two days later Ma
poleon was here defeated and with
only 10000 at his back he was COM
PEELED to renounce all ideas of a
further offensive, and he retired to
Reims The town has changed but
little in 100 years, having scarcely
more than 1000 inhabitants 1t over
looks the valley of the Aisne. as it
threads its way through the high
hills to the northwest OF Reims.
TERGNIER-A point of strategic
Importance, a little to the north of a
line from Noyon to Laon, France,
much coveted by reason of its loca-
ton ON the northern bank of the Disc
and on the canal Crozat, which joins
the Disc and the Somme, and prin.
cipally because it is at the iuncture
of the double tracked railroad run
ming TO the north. From Tergnier are
direct lines to Noyon, Laon, Amiens.
ST. Quentin and many other points in
the battle zone. Tergnier's population
of about 5000. is interested principal.
" in large railway workshops located
of the Craonna battlefelds
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-01
Iowa Inventions.

DIES MONIES. Iowa, Oct. 31.-The
following patents were granted TO
Iowans during the week ending Octo'
her 90 1914, as reported from the
office of Wilfred c. Lane, patent at
torney, sos Croker Bldg. Des Moines'
Iowa:
No 1,114,669-Hot air furnace,
Robt w. Baily, assignor to Interstate
Manufacturing company, Oskaloosa,
Iowa.
No. 1,114.671-Bell ringer, Chas. A
Bates. Marshalltown, Iowa.
No. 1.114,427-Tree stand, Ulrick
Blomberg, Sioux City, Iowa
No. 1.14,427-Automatic railway sig
mailing system, c. L. Bopp, Hawkeye
Iowa.
No. 1,114,42s-Automatic railway
signal and relay therefor, c. l.. Bopp
Hawkeye. Iowa
No. 1,1144,42a-Automatic railway
signaling device, c. L. Bopp, Hawkeye
Iowa.
No -Pneumatically timed
air valve. C. l.. Bopp. Hawkeye, Iowa
.8a No. 1.114. 434-Automatic speed con
troll for railway trains. c. L. Bopp
Hawkeye, Iowa.
No. 1.1144430-Induction automatic
stop and cab signal system, c. l.
Bopp. Waterloo, Iowa.
No. ia signaling
device. C. L. Bopp, Waterloo. Iowa
No. 1.114, train stop
and cab signal. c. L. Bopp, Waterloo
Iowa.
No. 1.114.44t-Snow scraper. Chas
j. Brodie, Waverley, Iowa.
No. 1,114,1I2-Portable elevator, ]
V. Click. Clutter, Iowa.
No. Lila, 264-Poultry watering de
vice. H. E. HoyIe, Whittier. Iowa
No. 1.114,14S-Combinati poke,
billiard rack and register, c. G. Kite
man. Des Moir.es. Iowa.
No. 1.114,6S6-Indicator or detector
for lubricating systems. A. A. Nelson
Iowa City, Iowa.
No. 114,052-Fountain pen. Walter
a. Schaeffer. Fit. Madison, Iowa.
No 1,114,069-Self-sta G. F.
Trotter. assignor of one-half to A. NJ
NiIts~S NJ Nns~r- rc---
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many salt mines. Its capital OF the
same name. Is on the left bank OF the
San. 80 miles southeast Of Przemysl
and 81, miles southwest OF Tarnow. It
has q population OF about $500 and is
the seat OF an important cattle mar
ket.
KALISZ-On Russian Poland border
in Kalisz, one of the oldest and finest
cities of Poland, whose antiquity is
indicated by an abundance Of objects
of ancient art and coins, which have
been discovered on the site, as we'll as
by numerous burial mounds existing
in the vicinity. In 1706 Augustus the
Strong OF Poland decisively defeated
the Swedes and several minor con-
fiicts took place in 1913 and the town
was the scene Of the friendly meeting
OF the Russian and Prussian troops in
1888, in memory OF which an iron
obelisk was erected by Nicholas /.
Kalisz is on the banks of the Prosna,
which there forms the boundary of
Prussia. It's population, OF whom
more than third are Jews, is about
10000. Ribbons, cloth, sugar, leather.
and beer are its principal manuufac-
lures.
IvANGOROD-On the right bank of
the vistula, In Russian Poland, is the
fortified town Of 1vangorod which
forms with Warsaw. Novo-Georgievesk
and Brest-Litovsk. the Polish Quad
rilateral." It Is 81 miles by rail south
east of Warsaw, at the confluence Of
the Wieprz with the vistula. The
town is defended by nine forts on the
right bank and by three on the left
bank OF the vistula. The works are
about two miles in extent. The towns
industries are few, its activities de.
pending almost solely upon garrisona
stationed there.