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The Tupelo journal., 1916-11-03
COUNTY News
Sherman

On Gay Majors and family, Of
HARRISBURG, spent last week
with relatives here.
Mrs. Dunbar Wood and son, of
Birmingham, spent Wednesday
with her parents, MI. and Mrs.
Thos. Parks.
Mrs. N. L. Nash and son, of
Belden, visited her parents Sun
day
Messrs. A. D. Tucker, w. D..
Lilly, Doad Crisis, James Hit
and DR.. J. w. Gillespie went on
a fishing trip Wednesday and
succeeded in landing 108 pounds
of fish.
James Terry, of Phoeba, is the
guest Of his sister, Mrs. F. K.
Rice.
C. l. Wade left Monday for
Clarksdale where he has en-
ployment.
Hugh Helms has returned from
Arkansas where he has been for
the past few weeks.
Miss Corrie Miller spent Sat
urday and Sunday with Mrs. j.
A. Witt.
Rev. E. H. Broome, of Corinth,
filled his appointment at the
Christian church Sunday.
A large crowd from Belden,
Tupelo and Ecru attended the
unwilling ceremonies OF the w.
o. w. at the graves of A. A.
Bruce and J. D. Witt Sunday
afternoon.
Prof. and Mrs. F. K. Rice and
Miss Pat Jones mOtOred to Iu-
pelo Saturday afternoon.
Misses Mamie and Vera Lit
tlejohn, of New Albany, spent
Saturday afternoon here.
Steve Parks is visiting at Gin
ton and Jackson.
Miss Alice Campbell, of Hous-
ton, spent Saturday and Sunday
at home with her mother.
Mrs. G. D. Parks, Misses Nan
ME Cypert and Sadie Lee Parks
aid Mr., S. C. McNi=l motored tc
Tupe'o Monday afternoon in Mr..
NcN.el's car
The Tupelo journal., 1916-11-03
Education by the "Movies."

Though motion pictures may never
Supplant the SchoolmaSter, they are al
ready supplementing his work, and
make it possible to facilitate teaching
by illustrating of a varied and effective
kind. Not least important is the aid
that may give the practicing' doctor
and surgeon, especially in rare and diff
ficult emergencies. The perfection
reached in this new art was. demon
strated in motion pictures of intricate
operations lately shown the New York
County Medical society. 1t was noted
that every movement of the surgeons
could be seen more clearly than when
viewed directly in the ordinary clinic
amphitheater, for the pictures were
taken from the best viewpoint. With
films from the great surgical centerS of
the world collected as Il part of the
medical library, the local operator sud
denly confronted with a strange case
may promptly find needed details of
new or special operations by referring
to the stored pictures.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-11-03
Sunday School Institutes

There will be held at the Meth
odist church in Tupelo Saturday,
November 4, and Sunday, No
vember 5, a District Sunday
School Institute of special inter-
est to all Sunday scho | workers
in this section Of the state. Miss
Minnie Lee Kennedy. of Nash
vile. Tenn. who Is at the head
of the elementary work for the
Southern Methodist church, TO-
gether with Mr.. r. H. D. Glad
ney. the conference field secce-
tary. will have charge of the
program. Entertainment will be
furnished all out-of-town guests.
A very helpful conference is
planned.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-11-03
SEVERE BRONCHIAL COLD
Yields To Delicious Vinol

Philadelphia, Pa.-"Last fall l was
troubled with a very severe bronchial
cold, headaches, backache, and sick to
my stomach. | was so bad | became
alarmed and tried several medicines
also a doctor, but did not get any relief
A friend asked me to try Vinol and it
brought the relief which / craved, SO
now l am enjoying perfect health
JACK c. SINGLETON.
We guarantee Vinol for chronic
coughs, colds and bronchitis.
St Clair Drug Co, Tupelo. Also at
the Leading drug store in all Mississippi
towns.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-11-03
were found to be over advanced
for their ages, 80 per cent nor-
NAL and So per cent We're found

NAL and So per cent We're found
to be in grades lower than their
ages called for. La other words.
our per cent of retardation is So
per cent. 1t IS rather high as
compared with other similar
schools. Among public schools
show a retardation of about A
per cent. Some schools in our
Northern states show retardation
very much less than either So
per cent OR A per cent. There
are several reasons for this con-
dltion of retardation. Both rea
sons for, and remedies for, will.
be discussed in the next article.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-11-03
Saltillo

Miss Lillian Morgan spent Sun
day with her sister, Mrs. Brown,
near Plantersville.
P. F. Archer left Mondar for
Columbus.
Will Wilson and wife, of Gun
The Tupelo journal., 1916-11-03
Notice of Election

Notice is hereby given that there
will be held in the county of Lee, State
of Mississippi, on Tuesday, the 7th day
Of November, 1916, the same being the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November. 1916. an election for the
purpose of choosing a United States
Senator. a Congressman from the First
District of Mississippi, Presidential
Electors, Judges of the Supreme Court
of the State of Mississippi and also to
vote on the Referendum in the matter
of House Bill No. 264, IAN Act to
promote temperance and to restrict the
consumption of splrituous. v%inous, fer
mented or other Intoxicating liquors in
this state" and also on Senate bill No.
252. known as the Game and Fish Law,
for the purpose of ratifying or reject
ing under the amendment to the con-
stitutlon submitting said statutes to
the people for their ratification or
rejection
The polls will open at s O'Clock am,
and close at 6 .. m.
We do hereby appoint the following
named persons to hold the election at
the various voting precincts in Lee
county on November 7. 1916:
Guntown-R. b. Epting ticket com
missioner, l. A. Mitcher. W. p Hunt
or judges. Bonnie McCarlev, DIN Nor
ton clerks, M. S. Mcmillan peace
officer.
Charpl vile Prev. A Roper T G.,
\ f. Phillips. Hardy Houkius J. Fraok
I'"|T['oo' l.. Luse {, Luther Bar
'eIt N.
oorora PRE- C Horton T C. XII n.
Ennu ~. wv. A. Gibson VI. rf Jones.
U r.. White CT. III. Wad.p0
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Tom McCa,ty, RAYMOND Witt ]. Ike
McCartv Aihe,t McCartv Tnn,
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East TnneIo-Georoe Snencer II e
T. F Sanders w = RiIev 7 OShnrn
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Jim Cole ! Ren Gnnter ! r CoIs =
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less Ro1ars Joe Johnson n '0''
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Austin r 7 V
Caldwell. i. A Morgan ]. r l. Me.
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Wade p q '"'''''eS = Jesse
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Merchant W. Y Pound ~ p SIN.
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Roger Mahrv G + d HowaIi ~
Plantersvii,eIJ g Jam;son TC 7
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The Tupelo journal., 1916-11-03
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take LAXATIVE BROMO Ouinine. II stops tn.
Cough and Headache and works of the Cold
refund money II it fails to cure.
r. w. GROVES signature on each box. Csc.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-11-03

Drives Gut MaIar;a, Euil15 Up System
Old STANDARD general strengthening tonic.
GROVES TASTELT82 chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria. enrichest the blood and build9 up the sys-
tenn. true tonic. For adults AID children. SOC.
Putnam patriot., 1916-04-21

Primary Song
@ol0-Tbe CIV Divine Bonbeur
Miss Gladys A. Farmer
Exefcise-The New Life KhOda Oil
patric. Geneyiege Letters. Kathleen
Beard
Song. / Bring Fair Blossoms Helen
Phillips, Annette johnson, Elizabeth
WheelOek, Dorothy Beard
Kecitati0n-A DanOdil
Blanche Greene
EKefcise-He I > Risen seven Girls
song bS school Shine, q sun
Reel tati0n-The Touch Of Jesus
Ted Bt0usse8u
Orchestra The Ginning Easter Bells
Exercise Easter Bells six Girls
solo, mIs. Charles Letters, Mis- &. l..
TOrtey, ace0mpanist
Easter Exercise six Boys
Anthem-We Weeping for Him, Schneider
BenedleLIOn
Putnam patriot., 1916-04-21

He was an enthusiastic fisherman.
Tha 1Sofoot oeeaugaiag schooner
Endymion has been sold III Greenwich
By the estat- OF the late Gaorge
Lauder jrs % c. d. Vail Of New
York.
The state banking commits 81 has
granted a charter to the SouJhlngton
BaHk and Trust company
a R.eUal ground has been purchased
from John Bostek fer s2Q04 fer the
erection 81 "a new school house en- the
sariue ia road at Thompsonvlle.
The town las appropriated $4,000 for
the land ana building but made no
provision ar lts payment
Tile music .nal tree eemmissien Of
New BI4fan IS planning to plant one
thousand t#ees Arbor day and it is
hoped 10 eet al of the schools and
the various civic organizations inter
/ ested
Scarlet fever continues to be a
dreaded menace at Southington and
during The past week there have been
several new cases reported. despite the
strenuous precautions which are be-
ing taken 10 prevent the spread of
the disease
The voters of the North Thompson
vile Fire District have voted $3.50 for
the erection Of a one-story hose house.
Try This.
Stepping on a squawky doll in the
Il B. 1.
worst case OF chronic rheumatism.
Putnam patriot., 1916-04-21
81. Mary's Church Notes

There Will be special Easter music at
all masses next Sunday.
AT the 9.l5 Mass the Catholic band
will play. The nine o'clock choir will
render Ashmoll's Mass in + MAJOR.
At the i0:80 Mass the choir will also
render specially arranged music which
they have been fohearsing for some
wee6s.
Al the yesper service the children
Will furnish The music.
The mission for the married men
has been vel attended this week,
Putnam patriot., 1916-04-21
HELP Wanted

in all departments of the American
Apply at oliiee. If.
Putnam patriot., 1916-04-21
Memorandum
Parish House Account

The y. A. class held a social at the
home ot Miss Hazel Johnson, Meehan
les sire T. Friday evening, March 3oth.
The following officers were elected
President, Elizabeth Hayward.
Wee president, Trina Greene.
Secretary, Florence Hitchcock
Treasurer, Lucy Ellis.
Social committee, Ethel Ellis, Jessie
macdonald, Hazel johnson.
Lookout committee, Mya bates,
Dorothy Wright, Alma Harrison.
\ social hour followed aud dainty
refreshments were served
Attention, Welcome Glass Take the
7.85 eur Friday evening, April 2lst, "a
sunny Brae, II. NJ Wheaton's home,
The host Will take Us on an interest
ing trip 10 New Brunswick. All
Bmnswickians cordially invited.
Putnam patriot., 1916-04-21
L YOU want clean hands,
AlAkdeO
ALI SRocERS.
Distriet eiIEAsTFoRD S.. Court of.frooate.

Distriet ofIEAsrFoRDs S. Court of .erooate.
L April 10 isi6-
Estate 81 Miranda Johusof, late Of Easttord.
in said district. deceased.
Tpan ne application 81 Charles d, Tafem
Executor therein named PRAYING thar an
Instrument in writing parperunE 70 he tie
last viii ara testament OF >aid decreased. may be
admitted 10 Probate as per application on file
more fliliy aupears. II Is
Ordered thar said application Be- heard and de-
rermfnea Il the Probate Ot1ce in EaSttord.
ia saia district, on the 18th day Of April, A,
D. faie At I o'clock in the afternoon and
that notice thereof be given TO ali persons known
be Interested In said estate to appear II they
see cause at said tiFne aud place. aud be h9sro
thereon oy Publishing in some new paper having
! circulation ia said district and by msih in
letters aadrs sssd "a each Of the persons named
in saia will. a copy of this order. all al least
DAYS beforv,said day OF hearing, and return Of
notice to be made 10 this court.
Attest,
Arthur NJ. KEITH Jad &c
Putnam patriot., 1916-04-21
First Baptist Church

There will be no preaching service
at the church sunday morning. The
Easter Sunday school will be held in
The morning and the choir will assist.
The music and other features have
been in preparation for some weeks
and the innovation will prove an at
traellve and appropriate form of wor.
ship,
Putnam patriot., 1916-04-21
Congregational Church Notes

The Faster service, Vii upen sun
dry morning with toe sunrise prayer
meeting Nt % 'Cieck
At 10 30 the usual morning service
viii be hold with sn bastef sermon by
the paslot followed ey the Eastvf can
tata, "Ftom Death lo life, Icy j, g.
Bartlett.
Putnam patriot., 1916-04-21

AlFA DHt t1AAAH5 aia tt'@' att'@ -
Easfefame.
~ 80 =. III.
Voluntary. Pilgrims Chorus, from
Wagner .sTauuhaeuser,
Miss Grace Bennett, ofganist
Hymn -
A p9sties freed
Prayer
Anthem, Awake! Thou That 5leepest,
Eiehhefn
Psalm read Respectively, followed by
Gloria Patu
Scripture reading
Notices and Offering
OtenoIy duet, The Savior Liyelh,
" ilson
Mrs. Thomas Rawley and Miss Ner-
win Cutler Violin obligato by
Frank Stanley
Hymn Is
Easter sermon Rev. O. d. Stanley
Hymn 30
Benedicliou
Postiude Selection from Inndel
sunday school Concert at p. m.
Voluntary, Esster March, flagier
Hymn Congregation
Greetings Primary claas
Saliee. and Offering
Anthem, Ian ap 1onf Heads . 4e
Cate. Adams
Invention PHsEpH
Natures Easter Miss Edith Cutler
Eaat beunets Gafa seekina
o rltal tio4t = l3'',a' e.asz
+ Ile,se3yg n isa.aW ll3eq 4eeElB5
d Little r6ings enmafy eless
seng Com 7et sla-
l-aslzI ~ z41s'iss l.#.,si5.fiag
y Due .-gfin5 som R4binsteIa
Mrs.Gtotpe fellow. Mrs. sna3a Handy
0ur knstef Is ftof eeg .'iiee5t
a nc Aas'e5 - te's'h i't''sei 's"ii
h Essfer Ieff1r Primary class
s. The Easter STORY Lester -gsb4as
q song i.l5la41t '.i.'s =
= y -, 80! ie9'. ts's '7''s', '9
qhe Us5.#s. f#sfer sfIz- tf#z4I PefF.
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f.T..5ifz t.ItI= nam TI5I5
i som Ie.ae E ran lzlaf. 5aaiaI
aiI
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mons F5Eta= EIaII. Waiter aHaa
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pasftftds 4aIeFFf=4 fTam KaHaeI
The HTet. Nf B6e. vas given IN
Putnam patriot., 1916-04-21

Al tN uN tiH usual AtofhAHA mffAtNF
VIII be hold with sn Eastef sermon bs
the pastor, followed ey the Eastyf cam
tata, "Ftom Death 10 life, Icy &c
Bartlett.
PROLOGUE
Bass Reeitaliye = Behold Unto the
Jews the Saviour Pteaeheth
J. " allsee Smith
PART THE cRrou1NIoN
soprano keeitatlYe = Aud the " hole
Multitude
Miss Gladys A. Farmer
Chorus-We Found This Fellow
Soprano Solo-isol All The Earth
Miss Farmer
ChoruS-Father In Heaven
Tenor Solo-Nniled 10 the Cross
Kenneth Sharpe
Ghorus-N hen the Vale of Life
PARr II THE REst RREortoN
/ Recit- Benold There Was
soprano Man Named Joseph
SolO-SuIl is the Earth
Miss Josephine NJ clifford
Baritone Reeit-Now Upon the First
Day OF the Week
Mr. smith
soprano solo and Chorus - Behold
They Tome
Miss Farmer
/ Recit But Mary stood at
Soprano the Sepu ehre Weeping
@olo--feaT Not Ne
Miss Gladys ROBBINS
Soprano solo aud Chorus-Ihe Night
il Gone, ;he Shadows Flee
NJ - clifford
Solo-Now All These alien Whom Jesus
Loved
Misses Farmer and Ellis, Messrs.
sharpe and Smith
Chorus-Pe&ee Re INTO You
FlNAI.E
Soil and Chorns-O Thou Who Rulest
Miss Clifford, Aiiss Farmer, Mr.. smith
The SeNenfold Amen
The Easter concert OF The Bible
school will be held at o'eloeksunday
evening with the following program;
Prayer
song ns School All Hail
The Primary lteeitaiions
Recilaila u - feli The story "a . aeIs
Elnora Fisher
Putnam patriot., 1916-04-21
WANTED

IN English speaking family 10
work in near BY textile piant. EX
peuenee Get necessary. Address all
n>weFs lo Putnam Patriot. i0.l7
Putnam patriot., 1916-04-21
ST. Philips Church

On Sunday, Easter day, the eommu-
Mon will be celebrated twice, at and
10.45. At the hitter service the anthem
"Chhst Our Passover" will be sung to
Schilline's setting A special Offering
will be taken 10 close the church year
without debt. Evening service will be
at five VIXEN the Sunday school viii
attend and present their mite chests as
usual as an Faster Offering for mis-.
slons.
The music list for the Easter morn
ing service Is IS follows:
Professional, Hymn 100, Welcome,
Happy Morning
Anthem Christ Our Passover, 5ehilling
Gloria PATH Schilhng
Te Deam from Mission Hymnal
Renedietas No 40 Hntehins
Intfoit, Hymn rs, At the Lnmb's High
Feast
Shoner KyHe No.45B, Hutchins
Glauu Tibi Ne $50, Hutehins
Hymn Ii5 The buy Of Resurrection
OHeaory, Hymn IL Jesus Lives
Presentation No. tsa llntehlns
Sanetas No. 10 Huichins
Communion lynn 20 Draw Nign and
Giofia Ia Exeelsis NJ 2ot Hntcbfns
&une Dimllus No. lua Hutehins
/ ReCessonal Hymn 40 tome We
Faithful
TINS week there viii be services eve
~ day rs follows: Thursday the Hoy
Communion At 3 80 p. m. Good hi
dizzy, Three Houfst service from T. To 3
p. M Saturday, Custer Even 81 10
p. ~
Monday, md Tuesday st Mark'
day, the Holy Communion viii be eel
elrHied at 8 a. m.
Monday evening at S there vii be n
business meeting Ia tae meeting Guild
room.
sunday April solR lsfael Putnam
l5oaae ot odd fei5sstwif atead ser
ace 10 a body Al le45, md the Arch
iaac5n WI make as visitation Al >
i, M Mhenthe chaifs fom D4nielsafi
plaa8efd, Brookiyn. ma Pom.fet
have been invited 10 join the local
singers.
-la s---
Captain Thomas BHven ninety.
eight mexican 8ar veteran Is dead
q ai# h8me hi North SJouinslnn. lie
Was Of Revolutionary seoeA his an
ce-tors coming here in 1913 Four
sons survive lin.
ny direction Of the navy depart
ment the annual cruise OF the Con
necticut navul militia for the sum
mer VIII be held from July 16 TO %.
The final accounts in the estate OF
Joseph Milbank filed AT Greenwich,
show the Inheritance tax paid the
state OF Connecticut to be S950.772.
the largest amount ever paid by the
Greenwich court
Henry b Marshall formerly a mem
Der of the Connecticut Legislature,
and for six years Warden OF the Bor-
ough. died at the Greenwich Hospital
following an operation for appendi-
citia. lie was siXtyfour years old.
Putnam patriot., 1916-04-21
TO LET

House with allmodefn conveniences
on Grove street neXi to dwelling of l..
NJ. Keith. Apply to
off CHARLES l.. T0RREY, Admr.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
Medical Weekly Approves o.
It, at Least in the Case
of the Sick.

MILAN, Italy, Jan. 15.-Herr Pot
hoff ex-member of the Berlin par
lament, a liberal in politics, advises
the killing off Of prisoners Of war
now in Germany.
The idea has found favor in the
sight of the we'll known medical paper
the Deutsche Medizinische Wochen'
scbrift German Medical Weekly,
winch advocates the killing off at least
all wounded or sick prisoners, fol
these reasons: "They are filthy; they
take IN a lot Of room; they cost Ger
many a lot Of money; and. last of all,
they are often infected and can spread
thousand diseases all over our
greater Germany"
A French army surgeon captured
nv the Germans and interned aftirms
in the Petit Dauphinois that he saw
French prisoners put to bed with Rus
sions who suffered from virulent
form Of typhus in order that they
might.catch the illness and die all the
quicker. The Prussian guard drove
400 patients from Or. Nuisart's ner-l
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
German Liberal Would
Kin An War Prisoners

vous disorder sanitarium near Rheims
into the adjacent woods, and then
hunted them like wild game, with Of
fcers as gums" and soldiers for the
beaters. Having killed the inmates
off in this way, they set fire to the
sanitarium.
/ have seen a list Of twenty-one
Italian Red Cross doctors lately shot
dead by the Austrians while fulfilling
their duties to wounded soldiers on
the Italo-Austrian front. There arc
also six medical students and one
chemist. Twelve more doctors have
been more or less severely wounded
under similar circumstances. One,
DR.. Domenico Belli, was killed by an
Austrian prisoner while attending an
other Austrian.
The Russians have also issued a list
Of names of forty-six nursing sisters
killed by the Germans, who bonn
barded Red Cross hospitals.
A fragment of German soldiers
letter appearing In the Boesenblatt
reads: I'VE marched into the village
and made 400 English prisoners. They
had been holding up their hands, but
before long we had them all dead, or
at least wounded. A New Testament
fell out Of one, mans knapsack.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
PO|eCQt Scents
Make Dollars,

eddy at first hand.
That more or less of the scent Of
crude ciyet oil should perpetually
hover over, through and around the
village of Modoc Is scarcely surpris-
ing when 1t is mentioned that in an
Enclosure of five acres near the place
there are something like 1,400 cap
tive polecats. 1t is one Of the most
populous skunk settlements in Amer
lea. Here the skunk is not an unwel-
come guest. His presence means sew
eral thousands of dollars a year in
revenue. Moreover, nobody minds n
more or less permanent odor, as wit
ness those who live in Chicago, or in
Armourdale, Kan, or on our own
downtown river front when the wind
is strong from the northeast. One
can get used 10 anything-stockyards
or skunk farms.
The Modoc skunk farm is the prop
erty of two brothers. F. A. and Ulysses
S. Thompson. F. A. spends most OF
his time in St. Louis. Ulysses s., who
I is the Modoc barber and town mar
shall, looks after the farm. Thanks
to their 1.4OO pets. the brothers are
the nabobs, the plutocrats of the vii
lage. The polecat is visible, tangi-
BILE asset-easily convertible into cold
unaromatic cash.
The Thompson brothers we're nat
ural trappers and, up to few years
ago. counted upon their catch of fur
bearing animals for an important part
of their income. Skunks, Of course
were extremely desirable from the
trapper's viewpoint, as skunk is
worth anywhere from SO to $3.50 de-
pending upon the markings. But
skunks we're getting scarce. The
trouble and expense OF catching them
almost ate I'D the profits. So the
Thompsons hit upon the bright Idea
OF raising their own skunks.
Three years ago they captured one
male and five female polecats, all Of
"three-quarter" markings, that is to
say, with stripes running more than
half way down the back. These they
enclosed in chicken tight wire fence
with an upper fringe Of galvanized
wire twenty-six inches high. to pre-
vent the captlves from escaping. The
fence extended in a semI-circle, its
back being a high, rocky bluff. The
ground was Of rock, so that the skunks
could neither climb out nor dig out.
Skunks breed rapidly and produce
from six to ten young at a litter. New
captives were added to the originals
as rapidly as they could be taken
Thus In three years the total grew in
to we'll over thousand.
The cost OF feeding them is small
They enjoy carrlon and every dead
horse in the neighborhood ultimately
finds its way into one of their two
corrals-there are two Of them now
the hide Of the horse selling for
lenough to pay for the carcass. In