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The Democratic advocate., 1921-10-21
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Mrs. Margaret Caples and family
had as their guests Monday Mr..
Scott Caples, Of JOhnsyille, Pa, and
MIR. and Mrs. Oliver Caples, OF
Blooms.
Mr. and Mrs. James Schneider and
family spent Sunday with Mrs Susie
Williams. near Bird Hin
Mr.. and Mrs. o. C. Zepp had as their
guests Sunday Mr., and Mrs. Albert
Lutz and Mr. Arthur Lutz. Of Owings
Mills. Mr.. and Mrs j. y. Wagner,
Misses Treva and Alyerta Wagner
and others.
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Ludwic and
Miss Margaret Ludwic and Mr. Ralph
Ludwic spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs George Weber.
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Shanck and
Miss Beatrice Shauck we're Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs Paul Wagner,
near Fenby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Polster were
Monday guests OF Mrs. Mary Ditman,
Church street, Westminster.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Rupert and fam
lily visited Mrs. Catherine Rupert and
family Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph r Hook, Mrs
John NJ Hook. Miss Mary and Pauline
Hook spent Monday in Baltimore
Mr.. and Mrs. David g. Hook and
family and Mrs. Gladys Bair spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs Lester
Waltz, at Flohrville
Mr. and Mrs. John A, Polster had
as their guests Sunday Mr.. Lester
Polster, Of Sykesville.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Schneider aud
Miss Eolya Ludwic visited Mrs. Rach-
Ell Shipley, at Gist Sunday
Mr. Albert Jordan had as a caller
Sunday Ephrais1 Williams.
Mr., and Mrs. Emory Arbaugh spent
Sunday with Mr., and Mrs. Noah Ar
baugh, at Carrollton.
Mr., and Mrs. Earl b. 0wings and
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilhide visited Mrs
Laura Frizell and family, also Mr.
and Mrs Roy Killer and George Carr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dayton Waltz and
family spent Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs, y II. polster
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Farm Wanted /!

wanted to hear from owner OF a
farm or good land ior sale, price rea-
sonahie.
l.. JONES.
oct gi-it Box ISL. OIney. H.
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FOR SALE!

Red Cross Herald Range only been
used q few months.
Spring and mattress Apply to
MRS. ELMER HOPPE,
Penna.. Ave.
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Smith 6 Reifsnider
WESTMINSTER, ND.
DWELLING FOR SALE.

Two story weatherboarded House.
galvanized roof; some fruit. outbuild-
lngs. aumer house weiiefenced, price
$1,000. Also a lot for sale on Church
street. Apply AZ ADVOCATE.
oct2i -it'
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Joseph Masicgtt
THE AUTO SHOW
OCTOBER 20 % as 30.
THE BIGGEST ROOM IN THIS CITY
THE ROOM POR IMPROVEMENT.

Lets all cut out that pessimistic
talk, because that doesn't help any
There Will be steady Improvement
from now on in the business situation
We are giving better coal and better
service than for long time.
The Democratic advocate., 1921-10-21

By virtue Of Deed Of Trust Clarence
wte Charles among Land Records of
Carroll County In hber o. C. No 13s, folio tS9, N
10 1929 Equity the County
signed Trustee will offer public premises
cupied by said Clarence + Blacsten known
County. Maryland
The Democratic advocate., 1921-10-21

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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-28

and he whispered: I'll jest sneak
through the laurels and gyard Bill
from ahind him. I heard him say 1t,
Mrs. Dale.
$50 he went sneakin' along the foot
o. the north end O. David Moreland's
mountain, with his rifle in his hand, to
guard your son. Bill didn't know he
was bein' followed, because Heck is as
crafty as cat. I got nervous about
Bill, so vent into the laurels and fol-
lowed Sam Heck. When I overlook
him, he was standin' behind clump
O. sheep laurel and lookin' toward the
river.
II whispered, Where's BillT
"He said, BE still, BabeP And then
he thumbed his rifles hammer back
without a sound.
II looked toward the river and saw
Bill Dale a-walkin' up the nearest
bank, and l saw Black Adam slip be-
hind tree not far away. Bill saw
Adam, and he slipped behind a tree,
too. Adam shot at Bills hat, and
teased Bill. Bill shot at Adams hat
and then Adam Ball jumped up groan-
in like he was done for, and fell, all a
twistin', to the ground. But he wasn't
hit. He put his gun out by the tree to
kill Bill as soon as he showed himself.
1t was one o. his old tricks"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-28

It was from Babe Littleford. Since
he paid so little attention to the letters
Of his parents, they had requested her
to write to him-they wanted him to
come home for Christmas dinner.
Wouldn't he Gomez
He arose and paced the office floor
for two or three minutes, then he sat
down at his desk and dashed off a let
ter that contained only two sentences.
By Heck sat beside the stove and
watched his god with thoughtful eyes.
He understood, he believed. How any
woman on earth could turn down a
man like Bill Dale was utterly beyond
him. BY Heck was great deal like
good-natured dog.
If Bill would only laugh, 1t would be
good for him. 1t had been so long since
he had heard Bill laugh. BY Heck de-
cided that he would make Bill Dale
laugh.
"Old boy?"
"Well?"
"Do ye want me to tell ye funny
tale?' drawled Heck. He barely heard
the answer:
II guess l don't mind, By"
Heck's sympathy made him gulp.
But he swallowed the lump that came
up in his throat and began bravely:
zone time the was a feller named
Smith Odd name, Bill, amt it? 'Hoss-
fly Smith, they called him, cause it
was said at he could easy shoot a
hossfy often hoss's ear and never
break hide on the animile. He was a
hellion, too. One time Hossfiy, he was
a-tryin' to git app'inted the chairman
O. some sort O. politics doin's, and on
that same day he was a-drinkin' sort
O. tol'able heavy. They agreed to
make him the temp'rary chairman, but
Hossfy, he didn't want that. So he
hops right up in the middle O. the meet
in, and he hollers out and says:
"'Feller citizens he says, I want
to be the permanent chairman l amt
a-goin' to act In the capacity of a
burned temp'rary chairman; l abso.
d-n-lutely amt!
"His old inemy, Eb Wright, he yells
back and says smart-like: Set down
thar, Hossfly,' says Eb-'you're drunk,
and you don't know the difference a.
tween temprary and permanent?
swell, they knowed Eb had it a.
comm to him right then, and they lis
tened TO- It, Hossfly, he addresses the
whole meetin'. and this here is what
Hossfy says:
"'Feller citizens says he, 'Eb
Wright thar lows l don't know the diff
ference atween temp'rary and perma-
nent. I'll prove to you that do know
the difference. Eb Wright says I'm
drunk. / am. That's temp'rary. Eb
Wright is a poke-nosed idjit. That's
permanent ="
Heck finished with a lazy laugh !:
"Haw, haw, haw! Hee-haw, hee-haw |"
"That story" Dale said wearily,
has been told on dozens Of politicians.
1t has become a part Of the history Of
this state"
"Well. nv gosh !" mOaned Bv Heck
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-28

Elizabeth LlttletOrd raised her head
slowly and went on in voice that was
much shaken:
II had always talked against killin',
and yet l stood there and begged Sam
Heck to finish him. The rest happened
In no time. Ball was already a-lookin'
along his sights. Bill Dale was nearly
out in the open. L" she faltered, and
then came a rush of words: II wouldn't
marry him without tellin' him, because
it wouldn't be fair to him; and If ]
told him, he-he wouldn't have me.
The woman he marries mustn't be a.
a s-savage."
She stopped and stared at Mrs. Dale
almost defiantly. Her head was high,
and her hands were clasped In her lap
so hard that they trembled.
II think you have made a mountain
out of mOlehill, my DEAR" the older
woman said gently. What you did
was right, not wrong; any good woman
would have done just what you did,
Elizabeth, am sure"
Elizabeth Littleford faced Mrs. John
X. Dale squarely. There was strange
glow in her eyes.
"But l haven't told you everything"
she murmured-T took Sam Heck's
rifle from him, and killed Adam Ball
myself"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-28

'Ef the world was made In six days,
by God, 1t shorely looks like BY Heck
could make six miles In a hour, don't
itY
The tall hillman left the Moreland
Coal companys office with the letter in
one hand, his rifle in the other, and
tears Of JOY in his eyes.
For Bill Dale had laughed, actually
laughed
BY Heck put the letter on the train.
The train carried it to Bill Dale's home
city, and the postman carried it to the
stately mansion of Old Coal King John
X. Dale, and black Isham, the servant,
carried it to Miss Elizabeth Littleford
Miss Elizabeth Littleford was sitting
alone on an iron settee among bushes
of lilac and cape jessamine the wealth
er had made another Of it's remarkably
sudden changes, and the day was SUM
ny and pleasant. She was about to
tear open the envelope when the tall,
straight figure Of Jimmy Fayne ap-
peared before her. He had on riding
clothes, and there was a rawhide quirt
in his hand.
"You scared me, Jimmy!" laughed
Miss Elizabeth, trif1e nervously. 81
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-28
Copyright. By DOuAlsAAs, Page b o.

Whatever it is you're a-grievin'
about, o. course. Babe Littleford she
went back to yore home town this
mornin', Bill. Sort O. quare, thought,
at you never went with her over to
the switch. Sort O. quare, too, at
she never rid over on the little ingyne
instid O. walkin'. But mebbe she was
afeard O. gittin' her fine city clo'es all
smutted up. Say, Bill, old boy,
wisht l may drap dead in my tracks
eff you don't look like id corpst,
igod. 1t haf to be HI, or you
wouldn't grieve about it. 'Smatter?
Babe?"
Dale rose and glared at By Heck.
"Pm going to have the truth, By
now get that Did you, or did you not,
kill Adam Ball to save me?"
By Heck realized that he would have
to be very cunning If he evaded the
question now. Bill Dale, his god,
would not be put off longer.
So By Heck answered: 81 wisht
may drap dead this minute and turn
into a cross-eyed mink with a green
tail and pink eyes; l wisht the devil
may take me and spend ten thousand
etarnities a-sticking' red-hot, pepper
coated pitchforks in me and not let
me have any tobacker; wisht may
be struck blind and deef and dumb
and paralyzed and ha' my tongue cut
out and my ears and toe-nails tore
off-ef l killed Adam Ball to save you
or anybody else"
And then, having answered, he fav-
ored Dale with an odd look, took up
his rifle and. strode out Of the Office
humming:
when l die, don't bury me deep
Put no tombstone at my head and feet
Put a bears jawbone In my right
hand"
But he's the biggest liar In the
state," muttered Dale, turning back
to his desk.
He closed his desk, and he didn't
work any more that day. Babe Little
ford had gone without even bothering
to tell him goOd-byel
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-28
CHAPTER XVI.
Confession.

If the impulsive, fighting Bill Dale
could have heard across the interven-
ing miles the conversation that took
place in his old home the next evening,
he would probably have followed Ben
Iittleford's daughter by the next train
Of an honest blue gun in order to get
aboard 1t.
John K. Dale and his wife had gone
into the library with Elizabeth at her
request. The three sat down facing
each other. The younger woman was
i'll at ease; she was glad that the lights
we're subdued and soft. When the
silence had become heavy, she straight
ened In her chair and blurted out fall
teringly:
"Bill asked me to m-marry him, and
l wouldn't do it. IL thought maybe
II ought to tell you"
The Dales exchanged glances; then
they looked back at Elizabeth Little
ford. Dale smiled a fatherly smile.
Mrs. Dale's eyes narrowed. The old
stiffness rose within her and began to
make stubborn war against her more
recently acquired common sense.
"Have you quarreled?" she asked.
"No."
WELL" old Dale said bluntly, whats
wrong"
ut isn't his fault" Elizabeth told
them. I'm a savage" she went on
desperately-"and he isn't my kind"
John K. Dale retired very early that
night. When the sound Of his foot
steps had died away, his wife bent to-
ward Elizabeth and said curiously:
"Why did you call yourself saw
ageT
Elizabeth told of her early life in
the hills, of the feud between her peO-
Pile and the Morelands and of how she
had hated the bloodshed. She told OF
the coming of Major Bradley, of her
burning thirst for education, Of the old
paper each day, and Of the coming of
Bill Dale.
II was lonesome" she continued,
"and nobody ever seemed to under
stand how / felt. That Is, until Bill
Dale came. After met him, couldn't
see anything but him he seemed to me
like somethin' I'd had and lost. :"
"Then," said Mrs. Dale, "why did
you refuse to marry"
"Wait-you don't know it ALL" Eliz-
abeth interrupted her. 'There was the
KILN O. that heather, Adam Ball. |
went to tend the trial because knew
/ could clear your son If Major Brad
ley couldn't. You see, Mrs. Dale,
happened to know who did kill Adam
Ball, and I meant to tell If 1t was nec-
essary.
ION the mornin' of the KILN Bill
had started up the river by himself. 1t
was dangerous for him to go off like
that, on account o. them Balls and Tor
reys. Back in the Big Pine country
there Is tall, thin man named Sam
Heck. He's big eater, an awful liar,
and worshiper Of Bill Dale. Sam
heard my father say it was dangerous
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-28

ne rnougnt deeply for a moment, de-
cided that Bill Dale wouldn't laugh at
the story of Tom Jones' pig-which
had drank all of gallon-pal of but
termllk and then gone to sleep In the
self-same pail-and went on:
"Here's one, by Jake, at amt been
told on dozens O. politics men. And
every word Of 1t is the solemn, dyin'
death-bed truth, too.
zone time ! was out In the noun
tains a-huntin'. a-goin' along slow and
a-lookin' fo squirrel when all of
student l hears a skeery noise right
ahead a. me in the laurelS-Z-z-7-7-0
Z-Z-Z-Z-z! Jest like that. stops.
stops de-e-ad STILL | looks keen. Thar
was a den O. rattlers, and the very
least one was as big around us my left
hind laig Then ! hears turr be
growl right ahind O. me. looks keen.
Thar stands a big old she-bear with
her teeth a-shOwin', and two cross
eyed cubs Then | hears whine at
my left. | looks keen. Thar stands
she-panther as big as boss, with her
eyes jest a-blaZin' Then | hears a
gpittin' sound out to my right. looks
keen. Thar was seven full-groWn wild
cats, and all of 'em had been bit by
mad dawg! Some fix to be in?
well, | thinks to myself. Eff !:
shoots the rattlers, thinks to myself,
the bear and the panther and the Wild
cats'll git me. And eff | shoots the
bear, the panther and the wildcats
and the rattlers'll git me. And eff |
shoots the panther, the wildcats and
the rattlers and tie bear'll git me.
And eff | shoots the Wildcats, the rat
tiers and the bear and the panther Ii
git me. And eff don't shoot none of
em, they'll all git me! Some ongod y
fix wasn't it, Bill? Now how do ye
reckon got out of it?"
Bill Dale only smiled. Il cant inn
agine, By" he said.
81 CANT imagine, neither gr1nned
Heck. "But anyhow Fiu alive today.
Well, now that ye're in a good humOr
one time more, I'll tell ye some news.
| hated to ruffie ye up like yaller
goose a-fyin back ards whilst ye was
so cussed DANCED blue. Bill, old boy,
it amt but five days ontel Christmas.
A lot o. them Nawth Ca'liner Turner'S
from Turner's Laurel is a-visitin' their
kinfolks, the Balls, and they'll every
dadslatted one of 'em git drunk on
white lightnin' ticker fo' Christmas,
and-they'll shore think O. Black
Adam. The Morelands amt with ye
no more, Bill, rickollect; only the Lit
tlefOrds is here now"
Bill Dale rose and stood there star
ing at BY Heck with eyes so bright
that they sparkled.
IF they came down on us looking for
trouble, I'd be a sort of clan chief,
wouldn't II" he asked. Without wait
ing for an answer: 81 wouldn't mind
that, y'knOW. I've got a letter here,
BY, that l want you to put aboard the
next southbOund train that passes the
Halfway switch. You've got about an
hour; can you make it?"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-10-28
CHAPTER XVII.
Bill Dale Laughs.

~" o0'S .~SS'S'
Bill Dale sat thinking of what he
had done there in the Big Pine coun-
try. From the stone-and-clay Chin
neys of the cabins of the LittlefOrds on
the other side of the river the bowling
wind Snatched sprays of blue wood
smoke. The Morelands had gone to
farms lying around 'Cartersville in the
lowland, on each Of which fair-sized
first payment had been made. the Dor-
rowed capital was to remain borrowed
for another year. The MOrelands were
already losing their outlandishness
and growing into universal respect.
David Morelands dream was at last
being realized.
Then Dale frowned heavily. If only
he could do as much for Babes peO-
Pile! But he couldn't. The men OF the
LittlefOrds still worked the coal NINE
They received almost twice the custom
ary wages, but even that wouldn't buy
them farms and educate their children.
Under his eyes lay two unanswered
letters from his parents. He found
little pleasure In answering their let
ters. for he was still somewhat bitter
toward them-toward his father be-
cause of his fathers Ill treatment or
David Moreland and David Moreland's
people; toward his mother because she
had let him go hungry for mother-love
as baby, as child, as boy, and as
a man; toward them both. because he
had been reared a do-nothing.
The door opened suddenly, and BY
Heck came stamping in with gust OF
cold air at his back. He carried In
one hand the mail satchel; In the other
was his ever-present rifle. After throw
ing the satchel to the floor at Dale's
feet, he turned to the glowing wood
stove.
"Tm dang nigh friz, BILL" he chat
tered my gosh, couldn't be no cold
er'n what l em eff sI'd ha' clim' the
nawth pole neck-ed. Say, Bill, why'n't
ye burn coal std o. wood? IgOd, it's
hotter"
"Coal Is worth money. Wood isn't"
Dale ran through the mail hastily.
He threw aside letter from the Alex
ander Crayfield Coal corporation, which
took the entire output Of the mine at
an extraordinary figure, and picked up
letter which bore the postmark Of his
home city.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-08-29
KNOWS RIGHT TIME TO FISH
Mans Many Friends Have Furnished
Him Just the Particular Dope,
and the Rest Is Easy.

II have the accurate dope now on
just when TO go fishing at the lakes"
said man who expects to take a
vacation soon.
Il talked to man last week and
he said il / wished to do any good, TO
fish from II midnight to six In the
morning. He used frogs and spatted
for bass and caught lots OF bass and
also bluegills at that time. Besides
II isn't hot then.
Talked to a man Monday and he
told me just when to catch them.
learned from him that the time TO fish
was between shutdown and u mid
night. He caught lots of bass and
bluegills and crappies at that time.
Talked to another man and he told
me the best time to fish was from
sunup until about 10 o'clock, and from
p M. until dark
'There was another neighbor Of
mine who gave me good advice. He
never fishes after dark, but says he
never paid any attention to the heat
and that he always caught as many
fish In the middle of the day as he
did early In the morning or in the
cool of the evening.
so you see. / know just when to
do my fishing"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-08-29
Mud PIE Census.

Doctor Russell, who tells us that In
q spoonful of good arabic land there
are more living organisms than there
are people in the United Kingdom.
has probably not wasted his time
making an accurate. count, but there
is no doubt he is well within the mark,
observes the London Chronicle.
A French bacteriologist recently
caught his little son playing with a
mud pie. and. borrowing small por-
ton of the mixture, carefully analysed
1t ia his laboratory. He found 1t
tee:ning with microbes. but only took
census of the harmful varieties.
lie found when he had finished his
labor that the little bit of the pie"
he cenlt with contained the following
germs: Diphtheria, 100000; measles,
2,45o.0o0; smallpox, 100000; fockjaw.
3.6000O0; .dysentery. 100000; pneu.
monia. $4,000: tuberculosis. 10000.
And the total of nearly III million was
only percentage of the organisms In
the delicacy.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-08-29
80 az (Tyc 4 W i akESS< Observation-Disclosures
6SE \ \ D J \ b

long. long time ago that day when
Mr.. Dog was a-chasing young Swiftly
Coon after he jumped from the tree
where lie thought he had him freed
for sure.
swiftly heard Mr.. Dog a-coming
behind him. and as he WIS running as
fast as he could he knew that some
thing had to be done right Off quick
or he would be a dead coon In a very
few minutes.
swiftly thought of the tree ahead,
but he knew that Mr. Dog would just
sit unGer II and bark and wait for
Mr.. Man TO come with his gun and
then all his trouble would have been
for nothing.
fright then Swiftly saw ahead of
him Mr.. Bears house with the door
wide open. just as IL he was expect
ing company, and he was going 10
have company only he did not expect
II.
"well, into Mr.. Bears house tum-
bled Swiftly and ran right under the
table, where Mr.. Bear was a-sittiRg
reading.
"'Oh, save me, Mr.. Bearr said
Swiftly. That awful Mr.. Dog is chas-
ing me and back Of him, expect, Is
Mr.. Man.
"Mr. Bear. he jumped right up. for
he was not bit afraid OF Mr.. Dog,
but he did not care for Mr.. Man at all.
when Mr.. Dog came up TO the door
there stood great big Mr.. Bear look
ing very cross and growing.
"'What you doing hereY he asked,
showing his mouthful of teeth, you
been chasing my little brother, and II
you don't run Off home this very min
ute | shall eat you up
'sAir. Dog, he just dropped his tail
and he legged IL for home so fast that
Mr.. Man never did know where he
went, and he had to go home. too.
"And ever since that time we have
been called the Little Brother to the
Bear"
The little CoOns waited for minute
to see IL Grandpa Coon would not tell
another story, but his pipe fell from
his hand on the grass and Grandpa's
head began to nod. and they knew
there would be no more stories that
day.
(copyright.)
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-08-29
EASY WAY TO GET MONEY
indianapolis Younaster Preferred Good
Time at Lawn Fete to Pos
session of Two Teeth.

This young man of eight years has
been suffering the loss Of his first
teeth, and his mother has had him in
the dentist chair several times. As
the teeth show an inclination to part
company with the boy, the dentists
bin Is running up. Until last week
the boy positively refused TO permit
his mother to pull his teeth. She told
him finally that he could pull them
and she would give him 80 cents for
each one. He thought 1t over and de-
cided to pull two loose ones himself.
1t was easy and he got 81.
A lawn fete was TO be given In the
neighborhood the other night, and the
boy wished to go. The day before the
affair was scheduled he brought four
teeth to his mother and demanded 81.
His mother was shocked, examined
the teeth and found they were sound
and would have lasted long time.
The youngster said he needed the
money. as he expected to attend the
lawn fete. He got it.-Indlanap0lis
News.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-08-29
Disappearing EaoIe.

Americans have made war to such
an extent upon the national bird
the American eagle-that few specl-
mems of the species are left in the
East. and when. one of these birds does
show itself the first impulse Of the
man or boy who sees II is to shoot
to kill. Yet the eagle is harmless
bird and does i'll TO nobody. Now and
then a bald-head eagle flies over the
national capital ard few are to be
seen in the region of Washington, bur
they have become rare. Last spring
large and handsome member Of~the
species WAS shot and killed in the
woods bordering Neabsco creek. about
thirty miles beloEy Washington and
close 10 the junction of that creek
and the Potomac river.