Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-04-16
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

There is the cruelty in the neglect
of the domestic animals by careless
owners, in which feed and shelter are
irregularly provided, as well as the
overworking of the draft animals, OF
course the most frequent abuse. Hors-
es have been killed by overwork on
the streets of Fitzgerald in times gone
by. The disposition of hard drivers has
not changed, and doubtless at times
and places this is recurring abuse.
Selling old and increpit horses and
mules to negroes for small sum
knowing they will be underfed and ov-
erworked till they drop dead in their
tracks is common cruelty practised
! by owners who only think of their own
possible los sand lack that spark OF
humane feeling which should prompt
them to let the old animal roam pas
ture and die natural death.
The Poet A Champion
Longfellow wrote poem called the
"Bell of Atri" which tells in pretty
way, the story of steed turned out
to die by his miserly owner whom he
had long served, and how his hunger
led him to the market place where the
bell hung that called the judge when
needed. A wisp of straw clinging to
the bell rope caused the horse 10 IN
advertantly ring the bell, and W ell the
Judge and people gathered 10 s. whose
petition should be judged, they discov,,
cred the true plight of the faithful old
horse and their indignation was turned
against the knight who was then tor
ced by the Judge to make provision tor
the old forsaken animal till his death.
VALUABLE STORIES
No list of childrens' books should be
called complete without some stories
of the type of "The Dog of Flanders
and Black Beauty" which teach in
positive way, the beauty of tenderness
to dog and to horse, and the repellant
features of the Indifferent and abusive
qualities Little children love animals
as pets at first, and too often lose their
tender sentiments toward these dumb
creatures through the indifference or
really bad example of their elders.
/ Uncle Remus has high value as
story teller, because of the human en-
dowments he gives the little creatures
of wood and field, making them OF
greater value in the eyes of children.
WHAT TO DO WITH 1T
Gifts may be SO munificient that
their acceptance becomes prohibitive, as
in the former case of vice presidents
mansion that even as gift would
have proved too costly for the govern
ment in its upkeep. Now the Metro
politan Museum in New York City is
about to turn down the gift OF
nNn 000 ct c111acf Of the Ia re
Senator Clark, because of the neces-
sity of building separate establish
ment for its housing and the mainte-
nance OF it as distant unit. The de-
cision must be made within four
months from Senator Clark's death,
which occurred March 2, and presents
no small problem to those IN author
ity, because of the conditions imposed,
The Corcoran Gallery in Washington,
D. C. will fall heir to the same gift and
conditions, should the Metropolitan
Museum fail to accept it. incidentally
a maintenance fund of 100000 was
left for the upkeep of the widows pa
latal 5th Avenue home until 1873,
while the entire estate was over SlO,-
100000.
ANIMAL TRAPS
A new society that aims to check
cruel methods of trapping the tur bear
ing animals is called the Humane Trap
ping Committee. The steel traps that
do not kill the animals are considered
more cruel than those that cause quick
death. A national headquarters in Wash
ington is being arranged to obtain en-
actment of state laws against the non
killing traps.
TRAINED ANIMALS
The claim of animal trainers that
they use only kindness and persever-
ance has long been accepted for truth
yet there are times when the spectator
reflects on the hours of restraint and
drill so contrary to animal natures as
something bordering on cruelty even
if not accompanied by threat and alb
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