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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-28
James A Dudley's !.
Funeral Today

Funeral services over the body ol
James Allison Dudley. whose death
occurred on Saturday, were held this
moSningsat 10 o'clock from the rest
derce on Locust avenue. DR.. ]. G
Brootnheldg OF the NJ. P. Temple, con
duetedS the sservices, Mr.. Dudley's pas
tor, Rev, q. e. Goodwin, of tho First
ii III church, being Ill. S
Al the conclusion Of the services
ard Mil Run, whsre interment was
made IN the! Dudley cemetery by I'm
ieftaker Cunningham, The funeral
party drove a across tho country.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-28
Panama Freights
Are On Increase

PANAMA, March 2S.-Frelght
ratss from the United States to PAN
anna are increasing rapidly, according
to merchants here. 1t is stated that
the rate on cement has recently been
increased from $1:20 per barrel to a.55
which is more than the value OF the
cement at the factory. Cement is now
selling here at $S.75 n barrel.
It is understood that the Panama
Association Of Commerce Is fnyestf-
eating the rate situation in view of
the many recent increases that have
been made by the steamship compan'
les,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-28
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Lack Of Transport Facilities
Reaches a Critical
Stage.
fBy Associated Press)

Ell PASO, Texas, March 28.-The
pursuit Of Villa may be hampered II
not actually halted unless Mexican rail-.
roads are made available as the main
line OF communication for the Ameri.
can army in Mexico. Military men ex'
press that view today after studying
dispatches from the front that Villa
was still in full flight south and meet
ing with little if any opposition.
The American forces are more than
200 miles below the border. Every
mile the Mexican bandits advance into
the interior increases the difficulties
of maintaining the already attenuated
line Of American communication.
There Is much pessimism in army
circles over the prospect OF capturing
Villa and it felt that unless he is cor
nered within week the bandits will
have outrun the pursuers and many
months hay pass before he and his
band can be fcrreted out of hiding
places in the mountains.
Dispatches from the advance fly
ing column pressing villa closely,
make no mention Of having come in
contact with any OF the bandits men.
WASHINGTON, March 2S.--A mem
; orandum to General Carranza pressing
for an immediate reply to its request
for permission to use Mexican rail-
roads in supplying American troops
in pursuit of Villa was prepared today
at the State department. It will be
forwarded to Queretaro probably late
todayyand be delivered by special rep
resentattve Rodgers to General Car
rama and General Obregon.
The. memorandum points out that
the problem Of supplying troops now
more than 200 miles from the border
is pressing one and need not be de:
1ayed for the protocol covering the
general subject. General sCarranza's
suggestions as to dlfcation and ad-
dition to the draft OF the protocol are
staill under consideration in the State
department. AS considerable time may
be required to bring the agreement
into final form the American govern
ment may urge that the immediate
use of the Mexican Northwestern line
be considered separately and at once.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-28

Villa Dead May
Serue: to Boost
an Undertaken

Field Heaquarters, American
Experditlonary force Colonia, Dub:
Ian, Mexico, March 2S, via aero.
plane to Columbus, N. M, March 2S.
"A lotter requesting Villas body
has been received by Brigadier Gen
eral j. ]. Pershing from a Dyers-
burg, Tenn, firm. The letter reads:
General Pershing, Dear Sir; 1s
1t possible for us to get the body
OF Villa II he Is killed? We want
to hold 1t by embalming and keep
ing in our undertaking department.
We will pay good price for his
body. Please let US hear from You
in regard to same.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-28
Russia Also
Studies Defense

. PETRoGRAD, March 2S. - More
than 1000 members Of organizations
generally known as military indus.
trial committees have assembled here
from all parts Of the Russian empire
to discuss what still needs to be done
to- turn to account all the resources
oftthe country for the purposes of ma:
tional defense.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-28
Plague 8of| Documents
AMicts Capita:
IfRx9 A,ssociated Press,l J

WASHINGTON, March 2S-Con'
Eress is endeavoring to regulate the
prfntihg and distribution of the mil
lions % fsdSGuments turned out by tho
Goveinments each year SO as to prevent
thetr accumulation and storage here.
nnring the last seven years 6,s0569S
pnbiicat atoms estimated to have cost t
the goHernment at least 0'oOO
we're condemned as waste paper.
States is today the greatest publisher
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-28
Chestnut Blight
Sweeping Country

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-From
obscure beginnings in Eastern New
York about 10 years ago, the chestnut
blight has swept into 10 states, and
now affects about all the northern
half of American native chestnut
stands, doing damage estimated at
close upon S50,000,000. The federal
and state governments are cndeayor-
ing to check the disease.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-28
RI IFEREE MEATS .EALL. oEE

I. LIVERPOOL, March s2S.--i:As an evil
dence otithe prosperity OF Liverpool, 1t
is announced that the free meals CIV
On poor childrenlin elementary schools
now average less than $500 a week,
as compared With 25, 900 a year ago.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-28
AgaeFic cans Say
Boat Was Torpedoed
#(IBy I:I3I Associated Press

LONDON, March 2S.-Two Ameri.
can citizens, Arthur Mackenzie, Of
Savannah, and Tom Fifer. of Della,
Svare. who oawere on board the steamer
Manchester, have made aftidavits be.
fore the American consul t;lat tho
steamer&was torpedoed without notice,
according to a Central News dispatch
fronf Queenstown.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-28
British Steamer Is
Reported Destroyed
/ 9(By Associated press)

LONDON, March 9S.-Tho sinking
% the British steamship Empress Of
MidlanIl is reported in Reuter- dis.
patch4 from Amsterdam. The steaEu-
ship Crolner; from London. arrived
last might at Maassluis, Holland,
with all the crew OF the Empress OF
Midland. She was vessel of 2,94O
tons gross and sailed from New York
January IS for Cardiff. Wales.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-28
House Committee
Sidestep Suffrage
lRv Associated a Pressl

WASHINGTON, March 2s. by a
vote Of 10 to; niue. the House judi.
Ic!aryS commit tttee today: voted to post;
jpoie indefinitely considerati Ion. Of ell
'sutfrage and prohibition propo ose g ItotSl
trtLore Il. i,g;3 4
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-15
new HIGHWAY
EAST NOW IN
VERY fine :
SHAPE
CRISP AND WILCOX OFFICIALS
HAVE DONE FINE WORK ON
ROAD TO ABBEVILLE-FlNE
WAY TO FITZGERALD.

The new highway between Cordele
and Abbeville by way of Seville and
Rochelle has been completed over it's
entire length. The finishing touches
were put to the roads last week by
Warden Cox of Crisp and the warden
of Wilcox county, and this highway
has improved methods of construction
such as no other highway in either of
the two counties or the entire section
show. Such improvements were
brought about through the heavy rains
of the past summer, which destroyed
the roads as never before, and the
study of methods in construction to
meet such emergencies.
The highway places Abbeyille, dis
lance of approximately 81 miles in
less than an hours drive from Cor
dele for Automobiles, and other in
termediate towns can be reached in
less than half the time required for
travel heretofore There is perhaps
not a more travelled highway in the
section. Automobiles make regular
boulevard Of it for their pleasure
drives and owners of other vehicles
find comfort and pleasure in their
trips over it. The advantage to the
the farmers in bringing their pro-
ducts to town and carrying home their
supplies can scarcely be estimated.
Several neighboring towns are on
this new highway.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-15
NEXT
FOR BAPTIST
MISSIONARY
UNION
INVITATION EXTENDED BY THE
CHURCH PEOPLE HERE WAS
ACCEPTED BY THE STATE BAP-
list UNIoN--ABOUT 700 COM
ING.

Cordele is to have the next annual
session of the Georgia Baptist Wo-
mans Missionary Union. This was
decided at the concluding session of
the body in Athens An invitation
was extended the state body through
the attending Baptist women All de-
nominations here joined in extending
the invitation and the body readily
accepted. The gathering here next
fall will bring about 700 of the most
prominent Baptist women of the state
here.
Local Baptists are highly elated
over getting the next session of the
union ana they are to start soon to
make sure that the sessions here are
provided for in every detail The
ladies who went from Cordele and ex-
tended the invitation were Mrs. U. V.
Whipple and Mrs. A. I. Webb.
The following were the officers chos-
en- for another year:
President, Mrs. w. j. Neel, of Car
tersville, reelected.
Corresponding secretary, treasurer
and editor OF the Mission Messenger
Miss Evie M. Campbell, Atlanta.
Auditor Mrs. Hope H. Hale. Allan
ia.
Chairman personal department, Mrs.
P G. Awtry, LAGRANGE.
College correspondent and leader
of young peoples work, Miss Pearl
Todd, Atlanta.
Vice president (six divisions of the
state): Mrs. j. C, Lanier, of West
Point, general vice-president, Mrs.
Charles Cater, Quitman; Mrs. D. B.
Hamilton, Rome; Mrs. ]. P. Nichols,
Griffin; Mrs. G. H. Williams, Dublin;
Mrs. w. H. Prior, Greensboro, and the
northeastern division vice president
to be selected by the executive COM
mittee. ,A1sns
Executive committee: Mrs. C. w.
King, Mrs. Rush irwin, Mrs. ]. c.
Greenfield, Mrs. e. D. Crawford, Mrs.
Samuel Lumpkin, Mrs. Cody Laird,
Mrs. r. B. Adair and Mrs. Porter King,
all of Atlanta, and Mrs. Lucy L. Olive,
Stone Mountain.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-15
UNADILLA LOSES
ON DAMAGE SUIT
LOCAL ATTORNEY J. T HILL. WINS
VERDICT SECOND TIME FOR
LITTLE FIELDER BOY.

| Attorney ]. T. Hill has just won a
second verdict in a damage suit in
which the city Of Unadilla was defend
ant, this time jury awarding $2,250
A parent named Fielder sued the city
for damages to a small son whose eye
was injured while he was at play in
the streets.
1t was set out in the suit that the
child sustained severe injury to an
eye from water splash at the curb
line where carbide residue had been
allowed to accumulate from an acety-
line gas plant A little playmate was
said to have splashed the carbide
from the curb in the eye of the FIELDER
child.
The father entered suit and at the
first trial a jury gave a verdict oi
$4,000. The case was carried to the
supreme court and a new trial oc-
Cured with the additional $3.50 verdict
as a result last week
For damages the case is an unusual
one and has caused considerable com
ment.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-15
SCHOOL SOCIETY
HONORS POET RILEY
ELEVENTH GRADE SELECTS THE
GLASS FLOWER, CLASS CoLoRS
AND MOTTO-PROGRAM OF
LITERARY SOCIETIES AT La
NiER.
BY FLORENCE ALLEN.

Let us not be tardy! Tardy pupils
not only lower their attendance rec
ord, but they often miss some of the
rarest treats of the chapel exercises.
For instance, Tuesday morning, Mrs.
Espy told in her interesting and en-
Pertaining manner, the story of the
Lady of the Lake." which was shown
at the Palace Saturday morning. She
also offered, in behalf of the d., A. R..
prizes for the best comparison of the
story and the picture, written by the
pupils.
The two literary societies held their
meetings Friday afternoon. The Ste
vonians were in the chapel and the
following very interesting program
was rendered:
Duet-Thelma King and Pauline
Wheeler.
Reading Scandrett.
Piano Solo-Grace Williams
Girls Dumbell drill.
Story--Ida Marsh.
Piano Solo-Mittie Mae MCCARTHY.
Parliamentary Drill-Boys.
Quartette-Cliff Wilson, Clyde Will
son, Clyde Smith, Ernest Taylor, Glov-
er Macarthur.
The Laniers met in the Eighth grade
room and the most of the program
was composed of Riley's poems. The
Child Rhymes read by Miss Jackson
were especially enjoyed by everyone.
The following program was carried
out:
Roll call, answered by quotations.
Declamation-Lee Macarthur.
Book contest.
Jokes-Robert Harris, Morris At
kins, Alva Youngblood.
Biography of James Whitcombe
Riley-Audrey Dekle.
Tributes to Riley-Grace Denison,
Lillian Bland, Howard Conner.
Two selections from Riley-Effie
Wilson.
Reading-Mary Mccoy.
Reading-Martha Fox.
Readings-Miss Jackson.
The eleventh grade held a class
meeting this week in which the colors,
flower and motto we're chosen The
colors decided upon were white and
gold; the flower, white daisy with a
yellow center; the motto, cat the
foothills, climbing"
Events seem to be croWding upon
each other, and we hardly realize
that the fall term is nearly at its
close. With the lovely fall weather
and the interesting school work, we
can fully understand that Time flies. y
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-15
MANY PEOPLE ATT
SUNDAY SERVICE
DIR. AINsWoRTH HEARD BY ALL
CHURCH GOING PEOPLE OF
CORDELE AT OBLIGATORY SER
VICES.

DR.. w. N. Ainsworth, pastor of the
Mulberry Street Methodist church Of
Macon was the principal speaker at
the dedicatory services conducted
Sunday at the Methodist church. The
speaker was heard by one of the larg-
est congregations that has ever at
tended a service at the new church,
the other denominations having held
no morning services SO the entire
church-going public could be present.
DR.. AinsWorth was in happy mood
and his discourse fitted the occasion
He is powerful pulpit orator and his
sermon on this occasion was one of
his best. Choosing his discourse from
the scripture: MY kingdom is not
of this world" he held his large au-
dience through the hour with great
fervor and interest.
The specially arranged music for the
occasion was rendered by choir COM
prising singers from all the churches
and the proJam was very impress
Sive one.
Rev. C. A. Jackson, now of Bruins
wick, the pastor who was in charge
here at the time the new church edi-
flee was started, preached at the
evening services. His presence was
a matter of pleasure for all the Meth
odists who have been. members
through the period Of time in which
the building was in course of construc.
ton and being paid for.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-15
HIGH PRAISE FOR PRESIDING
ELDER J. p. WARDLAW GIVEN

Methodists at Unadilla have ex-
pressed an appreciation of Presiding
Elder J. p. Wardlaw of this city in
resolutions which commend his fine
character and official administration.
The following note of the high ap-
probation in which Rev. Mr. Ward
daw is held appears in the Christian
Advocate of the past week.
The Unadilla Quarterly Conference
at the fourth Quarterly Conference
passed without a dissenting vote reso
lutions appreciative of the character
and official administration of Rev. J.
P. Wardlaw, presiding elder of the
Cordele District, whose full term ex
pires with the approaching session
of the South Georgia Conference
Quite number Of the Quarterly Con
ferences of the District over which
Brother Wardlaw presides have odopt
ed resolutions similar to those adopt
ed by the brethren at Unadilla.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-15
THANKSGIVING BOOKS.

Stories, reading and party books
about Thanksgiving which can be Sc
cured from the library, are as follows:
Colonial stories retold from st.
Nicholas.
Persons History of the United
States.
Swinton's first lessons in our coun-
try's history
American girls hand book.
Children's book of games and par
ties.
Blain: Games for all occasions.
Dame Curtsey's book of novel enter
tainments,
Dame Curtsey's party pastimes.
Delineator, November, 1916: Nuts
as a November treat; Five Thanks
giving dinners; Ye old time Puritan
party
More guessing contests by Dame
Curtsey.
American Boy, Nov 1916: Thanks
giving (poem).
Golfers, Nov. 27, 1915: Thanks
giving (poem)
Days and deeds: poetry and prose.
Dickinson: Children's book of
Thanksgiving stories.
Ladies Home Journal Nov, 1916:
Bed time stories-the school enter
tainment.
LeROw: Pieces for every occasion.
O'Neill Recitation for assembly and
classroom.
Our holiday retold from st, Nicho-
las.
Schaufler: Thanksgiving.
Werners reading No. 40.
Womans Home Companion, Nov,
1916: A Thanksgiving page for chill
dren. Nov. 1915: Thanksgiving (Ben-
efits of life).
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-15
SAFE BLOWERS
WORK AT SEVILLE
GOT AWAY WITH THIRTY DOL
LARDS FROM POST OFFICE MON
DAY NIGHTTIME OTHER
PLACES ENTERED.

Robbers visited Seville Monday
night. They broke into the postoffice
Wilcox Mercantile Company, and the
drug store, blowing open all the safes
They got about thirty dollars from
the postoffice.
officers Of the law are working on
the case. trying to locate the thieves
Miss Mamie Grindle spent the week
end with her parents, returning to
Abbeville Npnday.
DR.. J. N. Dorminy was in Pitts a
short while Monday.
DR.. Smith and wife of Abbeville
visited their parents, Rev. and Mrs
D. S. Grindle Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Faircloth, with
Misses Lucille Dorminy, Lizzie Lemon
Sallie Nixon, and Lula Belle McMich
ael, Dewey Dorminy, with Misses Ma
mie Grindle and Bernice Faircloth
motored to Rochelle Sunday afternoon
DR.. and Mrs. J. N. Dorminy were
in Hatley a short while Sunday will
T. S. Roberts and family.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-15
NIGER IN THE
WOOD PILE
NEEDED
NOW
SHORTAGE OF COAL CARS HAS
CAUSED CONSIDERABLE EN-
BARASSMENT IN BIG PLANTS
HERE-WooD NEEDED.

Get your axe and go to the woods!
This is not written to help out the
coal dealers. They are too mean for
that. They would let you freeze if
you didn't happen to have the price
of ton of coal on a cold day. But
that's their business. This is story
about wood.
There is a scarcity of coal cars that
has excited everybody on the Amerl-
can continent and all the coal cars
are being held now above the Mason
and Dixon. line and the great manu-
featuring concerns that need them to
move their material and products are
simply holding the cars and paying
the per diem, using them as they want
to-
This coal scarcity shut down a big
plant in Cordele last week. 1t has
hit the water station here and made
things look squally around the cleo
trio light plant. This caused adver
tisements to be placed for 1000 cord
lots of pine wood, served any stlye
and the word now is, your axe and
to the woods"
Mayor Jones anu superintendent
Webb of the waterworks decided that
it would be we'll to get force and
go after a supply of wood sufficient
to tide over the car shortage. They are
to do this, but great quantities of cord
wood are still in demand in Cordele
and the farmer who has vacation
now ought to get busy. He can sell
every stick he can cut and deliver
here this winter. 1t doesn't matter
about its being green, or whether it is
pine, oak, or other hardwood.
Tic ccal supply is greater than ever
in the world, but the car supply has
made many a concern bump stumps
for tile past ten days. Many local
managers are saying bad things al
the coal jobbers. The coal jobbers
arc saving things to the railroad man
agement and in the meantime Uncle
Sa.n is nosing into the row. trying to
see if it is a business matter of his.
This is an opportunity for the man
with the wood -and the help to cut it.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-15
SOLDIER BOY is
THINKING OF HOME
DURWOOD MERCER WRITES
FROM TEXAS BORDER-HAS
BEEN MADE LIEUTENANT.

Durward Mercer, an uncle of Thel-
ma Fitzgerald, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Fitzgerald of Cordele,
writes from Camp Cotton, Ell Paso,
Texas, and encloses a card on which
is printed poem, the creation of one
Of the soldier boys.
Mr.. Mercer is enlisted in Company
G, Second Regiment of infantry, Ma
tional Guard of Georgia. He has al
ready served about four years in the
army and was here a month ago on
furlough. He lived in Cordele until
he enlisted and has many friends here.
He has been made lieutenant in his
company and the honor conferred is
appreciated by friends and acquain-
tances alike.
The best stanZa of the soldier boys
poem he sends follows:
"When the greaser stops his sniping
and skulking in the sand,
When the raider HES himself away be-
yond the Rio Grande,
And the 'spick doffs the sombrero to
the old red, white and blue,
And it's calm along the border, love,
then I'll come back to YOU
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-15
HITTING IT Up
On HOME
STRETCH
NOW
LOCAL CANDIDATES ALL CONFl-
DENT AND WORKING HARD FOR
OFFICE-FINE FEELING OF RI
VALRY SHOWN.

They are on the home stretch with
one day less than a week in which to
"fix"- the vote for the municipal pri-
mary. Next Tuesday the decision will
be reached by those who WELD the bal
lot in Cordele and a mayor and three
members of the city council will be
named.
The final work is being carefully
done by all the candidates. Messrs.
Jones, Mcmillan and Land are busy
"log rolling" among the voters that
are registered and qualified Each OF
them wants to be mayor and each OF
them is sufficiently encouraged to feel
assured that he is going to win. Mes
srs King, Davis, Lindsey, Lamb and
Noble want to be members of coun-
Gil. Three of them are going to win.
All of them are sure of election and
the contest is going forward with a
great deal Of interest and good fellow
feeling.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-15
YOUNG MAN DROVE CAR AWAY;
ARRESTED ON THEFT CHARGE

w. B. Mashburn, a young white
man, until recently connected with the
Cordele Motor & Supply company, was
arrested at Unadilla Monday, charged
with the theft of an automobile be-
longing to DR.. G. M. d. Hunt The
young man was returned to Cordele
in charge of an officer, though was
shortly afterwards released.
Though the young man told several
different stories, he stoutly denied
trying to steal the car. He stated
that he had asked DR.. Hunt to hire
him the car to go to Unadilla, and
knowing how to drive the machine,
he took it for granted when DR.. Hunt
consented to hire it to him, that he
was expected to drive it himself SO
when the car was left standing in
front of the post office he drove off
with it and made the trip to Unadilla
by way of Seville and Tipppettville.
Mashburn was at the time considered
irresponsible for his act.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-15
THIS CAKE SOLD
FOR over 500
ZION HILL BOX SUPPER WAS
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL, MRS. A..
j. NOBLE BAKED THE CAKE
THAT REACHED HIGH MARK.
BY LOLA ADKINS.

Our school is progressing nicely I'M
der management of Mr.. ]. w Spires
and Miss Juanita Reid. We have en-
rolled II pupils to date, and have
few others yet to come in.
We are glad to say that our box sup
per was a great success. The pro-
ceeds amounted to $14504. Mrs. A.
j. Noble baked a cake that sold for
1O1.4O. Miss LuciI Bradd of Cordele,
received the highest number of votes
as the prettiest girl and obtained the
cake. We extend our thanks to Mes
srs. Goddard, Noble and Winfree, Of
Cordele, for their valuable assistance
in helping to make the occasion
great success.
Our teacher, Mr.. j. w. Spires, AL
bert Spradlin, w. H. Culpepper, c. 0.
Noble and Ralph Culpepper attended
the singing at Bethel last Sunday al
ternoon. They report pleasant trip
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-15
DEPRIVED OF OFFSPRING
UPTURNED CHICKENOLOGY

in a coop, where she remained for a
day and night, and was then given
her freedom. Her ambition to set
having not been gratified she went
back to her old nest and began to set
on the two epgs. The next morning
she came off with another little chick,
disproving the old idea that the eggs
wouldn't hatch after getting cold. The
chick was there to show for itself,
and it was suggested that perhaps an
other hen, or maybe the rooster, had
been accommodating and that perhaps
it was a case of who's been here since
I been gone"