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3 n-.-.v-i'!wr.wf i . T-rwpw,T?,7'- - .. ;.-:V''-'ff, " . . rfi l' lV,' MADISON COUNTY RECORD 'Established Jane 28, 1991. ft )t i it " - CI 7. CoBoIidat4 NovamW 2, 1911 ' . . i it ....... . . w ;:. PRICE A-YEAR Mj K , ETHffc' rfe ; W' ft W V i- Then PROGRESSING . FARM ERv ! jl ' i; ffijl Of Hf A .if.- j- : -THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY vol. xxi Wmarsh ;r circulation-1975 " --' i I - ' " .;- MR. DELARD NOT TO BLAME FOR DEFICIT IN Some days Ago The Citizen publish. ed a special from "Marshall about an alleged deficit in the public school . funds. It develops that this deficit Ir- was purely technical and was report ed by the retiring superintendent, Prof. 0. S. Dillard against whom no sort of blame attaches. In justice to Prof. Dillard The Citizen publishes the following communication which gives the facts in the case and ex plains in detail the matter of the al leged deficit: Asheville, N. C. Aug. 13, 1927 Editor Asheville Citizen, Asheville, N. C. Bear Sir: In your issue of Aug. 4th you car ried an article on the front page of your paper in which was alleged that there had been discovered a shortage tf $40,000 in the public school funds of Madison county, in which I had been serving as County Superinten dent for the past two years. In this statement it was alleged that my re cords were "inadequate and incom plete" and that "the only explanation as to what disposition was made of the sum was a verbal one and not re- i corded in the books in his office, and, further, "that an audit had been or dered by the board to discover the alleged shortage." Since this article has been broad cast I ask that the same prominence be given to the cpntents of this arti cle as to the one which appeared in your paper of Aug. 4th. First, I wish to state that my records and reports had been checked by Dr. W. E. Fin; ley and were left with the proper au thorities at Marshall upon my retire ment from office' July 1. Since that time they have been rechecked and verified and found absolutely correct. I, herewith, present an affidavit sijrn. ed by Superintendent C M. Blanken ship and also a statement given oat by Dr. W. E. Finley, Special Auditor and J. N. White, County Auditor sub stantiating my statement. State of North Carolina Madison County C. M. Blankenship, County Super intendent of Schools of Madison coun ty being duly sworn deposes and says: That the said deponent is County Superintendent of Schools of Madison county, and that he assumed said of fice on the first day of July, 1927, succeeding O. S. Dillard to that posi tion. That on the assumption of said office all records, etc., of said office T were left in his care or in the safe of the county auditor. And further that on the morning of Aug. 4th, 1927, that there was published in the Asheville Citizen a daily paper published in the City of Asheville, an article headed "Deficit $40,000,00 Found In Madison School Funds; that the article named above was a purported interview by the cor respondent of the Asheville Citizen with the said Deponent, Carl M. Blankenship. - The said deponent further swears that the matter of a deficit aggrega ting from $30,000 - to "$40,000 has been known by the Board of Educa tion for several months, that a certi fied public accountant in conjunction with the county 1 superintendent of schools at that time made, an esti mate of the deficit that would exist in the school funds as of July 1, and that said report of said auditor was published- in the News-Record, under the signature of the chairman of the Board of Education, Wiley M. Roberts shortly after the incoming of the pre sent administration, r ";' Aw The deponent further avers that he did not state to the Correspondent of the Citizen that the records of Super intendent Dillard were "inadequate"; and incomplete, and that the only ex-. vplanation of said jieflcit was a ''verbal' .. one, ana lurtner that no statement was p;iven to the correspondent that the expenditures were not recorded or were not recorded properly, ,:v, ' ' The deponent further swears that superintendent are a true ';opy of these vouchers and when checked and audited, show that . nofv cent was spent except for legitimate expense and by order of the County Board of Education. These vouoners are in tne Connty Auditor's possession. "Until the present time, the County Auditor has had nothing to do with these accounts and therefore siirns this statement From now on he will have charge under the new account ing system. "Not the least stigma can be placed against the name of Mr. Dillard, as he accounts by voucher lor every cent, and shows exactly where it was spent "Every item of expense was al lnweH bv the Countvv Board 'Of Sdu cation in open session and alt, teachers salaries were paid by order- bf local committeemen.- "We do say that the County Board of Education has spent more than the budget each year and now has to make the reckoning. Trusting that you will give this the same prominence in your paper as you did Ahe other article, I m, Yours very truly, O. S. DILLARD. "Niirht f Love" A Romantic Spectacle win. hand to hand fisrhting be tween dazed Spanish grandees and courageous outlaws; with a Moorish Raonhannlian orsrv featuring beauti ful women dancing to the cracking music of a Spanish bull whip; with fights and duels and a ri&rvelously impressive "miracle"; tender love scenes and a dozen spectacles rolled into one, the George Fitzmaurice production of "'The Nisrht f Low." which comes to the PRINCESS JHE ARE f; Marshall, N. C. should nJeeierbody. In a big scene of the picture Ron ald Colman faces death at the stake with the lighted fagots already flam ing around bis knees. .In one of the opening r5nes, the1 beauitoJ-yilma BankyUuria herself over a BOO-foot cliff, rather thin suffer rt the- hands of the bandit ' v . ... The nicture is replete witn tnrius enousrh for a dozen productions. ' It opens with a gypsy wedding ceremony staged in the style, beauty and color of four hundred years ago. The first thrill comes when the bandit-outlaws under the leadership of Konajd Col man, storm the castle of the duke and kidnap their duchess (Vilma Banky) on her wedding night There is hand-to-hand fighting on the steps of the huge castle with bandits and Spanish nob.lemen hurled through seventy-five feet of space as they are shoved over the edge of the ramparts - In one of the moat unusual scenes ever staged for any production, Ron. aid Colman serves dinner to the duke and duchess whom he has kidnapped on their wedding night and taken to road at ieast suf fluently to provide ARY TRIAL FOR ROBBERY John Perkins, whose home is said to be in or near Asheville, was given a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace, Clarence M. Gage, at his office here Saturday, on a charge of assisting in the robbery of the stojte of J. S. Brown, prominent merchant of Waverfyj. some time ago. He was bound over to the August term ol court His two alleged accomplices, a man named Johnson, an another, who gave his name as Reagan, are already serving sentences for criminal offen ses, one of, them on tne Buncombe County chain gang, and the other for three years in State prison, al though the State prison man is said to have escaped a few days ago. How ever, the Buncombe County chain gang prisoner was brought here at the hearing. The trio removed a quantity of merchandise such as overalls and candy from the Waverly store, and also took about 26 cents from the postoffice located in the same build ing, according to Mr. Gage. THEAI1ENSTAD ROAfr WORK Mr. F. W. Webster, Division Engineer of the State Highway Department at Knoxville, Tenn. Department writes Mr. A. W. Whitehurst the following in re gard to the Greeneville-Allenr stand road. The letter explains itself to our readers : Mr. A. W. Whitehurst, Secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Marshall, N. C. Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of August 11th, I wish to advise that the con dition of the road referred to in your letter between. Greeneville. and Allen stand is so bad that I do not believe, anything would be gained by immedi ate work, on the mountain In v order for this road to be f any real service,! my judgment is that the whole length of the road will have to be recon structed, and it is our plan to do this. It is our plan to use every means ;n our power to expedite this work. We believe that we will have the work practically completed before winter so that the route will be open, but this we cannot guarantee because of poss ible uncertain weather conditions. I can only say that we expect to en deavor to the best of our ability to complete the whole work. The con dition of our organization with re spect to equipment is such that we are not able at this time to move an other rorce on tne mountain as re quested, but we do expect to use every endeavo'r in our power to ex pedite the work with a view of trying to finish up the whole length of this THERE! -A Written by Ina Plemmons. his outlaw stronghold. The situation becomes -tense and dramatic as any ever made by such skilled artists as Mr. Colman, Miss Banky ana Mont gu Love, i A GREAT PICTUREDON'T MISS THIS ONE. ' WOMAN IS HURT Mrs. E. E. South Of Hoi: Spring: ' In A Scriou Condition Mrs. E. E. Smith. - wife of E. E Smith, merchant and bakery operator of Hot Snrinirs. is in a serious condi tion in a Newport. Tennessee hospital where she was carried Saturday, after having suffered a severe blow on tne head sometime, probably late, Satur day night . ., -i i - ;a. It seems that. Mr., and Mrs. Smith had attended a party at the home of Mrs. Ricker at-Paint Rock' Saturday night ' and were r e t u r n i n g to their home v at ' HotM Springs, when, according to Mr.' Smith.- his wire leaped irom tne car ana was in jured. According to a deputy sheriff, the man gave no other explanation as to how his wife was injured. She nroo s tiA tiAfMO ' lint Vi o a kann .1 ' " " CTtDO v A (VVI W MVS. UVtV WMV KI w wU financial repprt of the receipts anaj-in an unconscious condition since, it uuDunemenu gi superintendent UM-'iwas said. lard were left with the authorities be fore his going away, and that the audit just completed by Dr. W. . : Finley, shows that the expenditures j ana receipts as reported is saia report of Superintendent Dillard agree to the penny with what his audit shows, and that then is no evidence of any taonoy misappropriated. : j' h A ' '. Further the said deponent sweareth nof . . -- (Signed) . C. M'BLArJKENSHIP Co. Supt schools, There is some mystery, about , the affair and it is very probable that an investigation will be, made,; ' Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are Well known in Hot Springs. Whether, or not anyone was with them at thctfme Mrs. bmith is alleged to have leaped wura m car. u not itnowiv FIRE SIREN TOWER BUILT; ''in-?!-. 2'- r'v'-'"v"'V- 'l'-is t iuBuiBuii uuii-.jr ,or tn i:irv Hall hn nn vhuh ) Sworn and subscribed to before me, hare, fjre ainnn siren, wliich'.'. was ii . . t. - mji. i... ji . innH mis me oui cay ox Aug. ivzi. c (Signed) . C,?M, GAGE : i: JJusiic of the Peace The following statement taken ordered by the Board of Aldermen several day ago, ' will be' plaeedii now underway.. The siren-cost $4ft0i it is said, and can be heard for sevorai from report of W,E. Finley, Special :truck costing more than S3.000 are JI Auditor, and J. - N. White, County II f Auditor, as published in the News- - l necora oi Augusi ltim t - 'A We wish to say that there is a vou Achcr or ever cent spent during the year and that the books of county expected to arrive soon. , ,1A N9 friendship will standf ihq. tcst that .stands on sordid interest, and mean self -loved erected. Coroperv, reasonably winter. fair traffic service this Very truly yours, F. W. WEBSTER, Division Engineer., SOUTHERN EXTENDS USE OF TRAIN STOP DEVICE OVER NEW ORLEANS LINE Cincinnati, Ohio, August 18 The entire2 line of the Southern. Railway System, between Cincinnati and New Orleans, 835 miles, is now protected by the automatic train control system as well as by automatic electric block signals, the installation of train con trol having been completed and the apparatus put in service August 8, on the line between Meridian, Miss'., and New .Orleans-202 miles.. Train con trol was put in service on the line be tween Chattanooga and Meridian, 297 miles, on July, 6. f ' The line between Cincinnati and New Orleans is the longest continuous line of railway in the United States e- auipped with automatic train control with the single exception of the" Sou- them's line between, Cincinnati and Jacksonville,840, miles. ,v -x Ihe Southern now has automatic tr ain control in service on2,507 miles of track and is eauiDnine 867addi. tional miles which will give it 's grand total of 3,874 miles protected bv this modern safety device. X AIM One" ship drives' east another Tvest, With the self-same winds that blow; AW UIO OCb WJ. tllO MUiS 'Ana not tne gaies, wliich decides the wav to sro. "j Like the winds of the sea are the f ; ways of fate. - Allie t-"Why ! We are iroiriir to live Vf of rear estate." r ,4 ; -, , ,. a t . Miss Moore "Oh.: t" JUn't ha was a farmer 1 : The American Sovhpun A ;- tiop meets . at Washington, North Carolina, on August 9. j ? . ' The early moltlnar hens should ha ulfld r-n't sold. Keen the late molt. ers for breeding. . . : 'i In the year 1925 the federal tax es were reduced three hundred and thirty six millions of dollars, and from the year 1923 to 1923 real es tate values increased two hundred and-" sixtv-nine Der cent, unenrdintr to te investigation of the U. S. Ag-J ricuiture department, this increase wasion farm lands. Thus it in seen that the Federal Government is re ducing the tax burdens on the big Corporations, while the State and counties are increasing the burden on ne ianners and smaller taxpay em 1 . u !he las loo-iolot 11 rn rfriAeA a commission for the studv of taxa. tionf in North Carolina, and the Governor appointed this commission andt when the farmers Waked nn Al J . .... ... ' tneyt iouna that not one single farm er was annointflH nn tViof hnorH 1 do hot quite understand what-. anH how' this commission is to make the! study, but I rather think that It is- for the purpose to find out if there is any way to put more taxes on the smaller taxpayers. This re maiOs to be seep, but our tax re- ceipte will in a year or so reflect the purpose of that board. To sav the east of it. it's rather difficult to understand why no farmer was put on this board. The year 1925-26 the state school expenditures was the enormous sum of .-832,443,426.07. Total current expenditures for the same period was. $22,812,833.65 sfee pages 13 and )14, tables two and three, State Supt, Report. The total number of teachers employed was 23,128 and the "total number of pupils enrolled was.:818,793. It is to be noted that the ! average expenditure for each child per year is 39.62. It would seen) from Mr. Allen's report that the school system is floating along very; cheaply, but if Mr. J. F. Spain- hour.is to be believed, these figures do Shot tell all the story. Mr. Spain- hour in a letter in the people's form in the News and Observer of July : 27 this year states that "It take more than $14,000 a day to fnniAUen s office. - He also say thaiEvrvbodv can gee- that- S20 000.00' could be saved -each year, and the schools improved, by let ting the summer school faculties is sue the teachers' certificates." I have never seen any denial on the part of State Supt. Allen to the charges made, and if there is no denial on his part we are inclined to accept Mr. Spainhour's state ment as true. If these conditions are true it's high time something was done. I cannot get it through my head that the State Supt. office requires $14,000.00 per day to keep it going to give the public the proper service. For the present at least I do not want to say anything about the defi cit in the school funds of our own County before I do I want to know the facts. Some time ago I wrote the County Chairman for the facts and so far have hot had a word from him. The papers claim that there is something like $40,000.00 deficit. The audit will be out before this ar ticle is published and we will have the report for study. Now let us turn to some of the in. justices of our own County system. If a justice of the peace tries a case and fines the defendant, that, fine must be sent in within thirtv days no objection to that, but if the same justice of the peace binds over the de fendant and he is found guilty, the cost is charged up together with the fine and all of it paid to the clerk of the court. - There are several witness es that have coming to them cost of a dollar or so. Now the clerk does not send out checks to pay these wit nesses or the justice's costs, but waits until they go to his office and .sign the books. Many times the cost re quired '.for L the Justice and the wit nesses to go to, the county seat is more than the amount due "them, so they just forget it and the money that justly belongs to them remains in the hands- of the clerk, and After two years it goes into the general County funds. To my mind this is not right.- Men, are, summoned to the courts and must attend, and it's right that the clerk be given the authority to send out their fees for the attendance tinrf tired of dividing with us when money U so carelessly or recklessly spent. If a State highway happens to run by a farmer-s home, the tax assessors at once increase the valuation of the farm, when the same farm will not produce one more blade of grass than it did before, and in most cases not one cent of damage is allowed to the farmer even if some of his buildings are removed. ' The system increases the overhead but leaves the income th same er lss. Is it right? JOSEPHUS DANIELS WILL SPEAK AT CULLOWHEE MILLION POUNDS OF TOBACCOSOLD Crop Is Perhaps Greatest Ever Grown in Southeastern N. C, Madison County Girl Will Be One on The Program At The Same Time. WILMINGTON, N. C, Aug. 15. Tobacco, growers of three counties in ' the,T56utheastern section of the State bordering on South Carolina went into the first full week of the 1927 season today by selling close to a million poojtds of the golden weed for an Awerajlre price of about $22 per hundred. While there was a lot of upstalk tobacco offered, which brought hand some prices there were thousands of baskets of primings or first leaves holding what would -otherwise have been a record-breaking average for the second Week to less than $25 per hundred pounds. Hon. Josephus Daniels, Editor of the. News and Observer, and Secretary of the Navy during Wil son's administration, will be the An- gust commencement speaker at the Cullowhee State Normal School, ac cording to information made public by President H. T. Hunter today. Mr. Daniels will deliver an address the subject of which has not yet been announced on the evening of August 30th, at which time the sum mer quarter graduates of the Nor mal department will receive their diplomas. At that time, the largest graduating' class in the history of the institution will have completed their Normal Course. The class num bers -27. The school, accordine to President Hunter, feels indeed for tunate in being able to secure Mr. Daniels for this occasion. An appro priate musical psogram will complete the evening's exerdises. Class day exercises will be held on Tuesday morning. They will be of a different nature from the us ual ceremonies held on class davs. Dannita tlirao tonino- flmiHa nnH;ine August beniors have chosen to occasional showers the proud owners ! haYe. an inspirational essay read of possibly the greatest tobacco cropwhlcn Wl11 present North Carolina's ever grown $ this section of the State ne?d for more supervisors. This es wont tn rtvnir rosnoHlvp mnrkota and'i say, written and read by Miss Rach- received in return profits which I el Eaton, of Cana, will serve, it is occasioned nMHssatisf action, accord-! "oped, to present an incentive for ing to those visiting the majority of the marts. Whiteville reporting officially for the first time shows 198,574 pounds sold for an average of $21.50 per hundred. This mart giving official figures for" the first four days of the season sold 788,427 pounds for an average Of $19,60 per hundred. Clarkton sola 66,524 pounds ior $12,374.48 or an average of $21.59 per hundred. This mart one of the fss tt oTnwimr itl -th belt is showimr inl'r Inufeent' 1srie'offlesi are as follow while the older' markets "are also Tenhie Pnvette, StatesvilK breaking their own records, From Fairmont' comes the official statement of 286,272 pounds for a total pf $66.7T1 an average of $23.33. the graduating students to continue their education in other institutions of learning. Other features of the morning pro gram will be the reading of the class poem, by Miss Maie Thelma Roberts of Marshall, class poet; presentation of the, c,lass gift to the school, Mor gan Cooper; reading, Miss Harrietts Brendle, of Franklin; group of songs, Mrs. H. F. Burley, Ravens ford;' folk dances by class groups; chorus, by the class. Class- officers are as follows ?-Mis Presi. dent; Mrs. H. F. Burley, Ravensford Vice-President; Miss Harriette Brin ble, Franklin, Secretray-Tflesaurer; Miss Emma Cox, Graham, Reporter; The mainrftv of the weed offered was Professor W. E. Bird, Sponsor; Sara with 32 ner cent, of the Ann Bird, daughter of Professor second and third topping and three Bird, Mascot. The class flower is the per cent fourth toppings. That the companies are looking for better grades and are prepared to bid briskly ing from pounds. $30 to $51 per hundred goldenrod, which grows so profuse 1 yln this section; the class colors are yellow and white. on the up-stalk is indicated PJT.j bCf .Seniors represent 18 coun sale of several baskets at prices tariff- I ties. Haywood county leads with four students: those having two re presentatives are Jackson, Alamance Lumberton likewise shows an in-1 Buncombe, Uuion; Cleveland, and Pitt Counties. Ihe fo.lowing are re presented by one graduate; Macon, Transylvania, Currituck. crease in 'pric)-. figures siving that market an average of $21.71 for the break of 2 10,67 or a total of $45, 774.11. ! Robeson's capital market is going strong this year according to information Alrom that town and record-breaking eales are being made. Markets' .reporting officially to day are as fqllows : 'w' Pounds Lumberton , j a 210,767 Fairmonti S-286,272 Whiteville 56,324 198,574 Average $21.71 23.33 21.89 21.59 MADISON TEACHERS CULLOWHEE GRADUATES A number of the teachers, who, ac cording to an announcement in the Asheville Citizen, have been enployel to serve in the Madison County Schools, during the following year officially ! ri! e,Z21d "S,Sr 'iS School. Mr. Homer Henry, who will be principal of the Marshall school is an alumnus of Cullowhee. Other Marshall teachers who attended this institute are Miss. Maggie Ward and j R. R. Cole, who will teach first and I seventh grades respectively. I Bonnie Ammons, and Bex Ramsey, j and Palma Carter have been students . at Cullowhee. Mrs. Fred Sams, Miss. I Bonnie Ammons, and Bex Ramsey, j who are to teach at Mars Hill high school, are former students. Misses nothinsr whatovr' tO'a. :v)th' the finances of when 'it's paid into his hands. . As I , nothing whate siwut the deficit in Markets not reportine in theiborder,-iCOunties were Tabor, Chadbdunx and , Fair Bluff. WHY SHORTAGE NOT PUBLISHED '-v. Editor. News-Record, MarshalV-N. C.',',?, '-' ' Dear Sins . -. ' I notice ' l&ter?to you published ch00l " fomer stadenMisse in the News-RecorcV from Mr, J. D. J enn, hdle.r andAda Whitting- UensWyvt Jthift jsprmgs, N. C, ask ing why the 'Shortage in the school funds had not Jeen published before Prof, Blankejjshipvwent in as Super intendent. .'aAVv'.V''(P' ' I wish to say ii.nswer to Mr. Hen sley's question that np until the pres ent time" that the'?,-Auditor of the County has, ha ,V absolutely ton, of Hot Springs school were train ed at Cullowhee. , , , ? . RETORD SALES OF CIGARETTES In 1852 was grown the first crop of the so-caled "bright" tobacco: th j tobacco out of .which 80. per. cent of understand the clerk has no authoi-itv tha Snhnni PnmW anvona io t odo this but it's perhaps within the 1 all cigarettes is made, at least in part. power of the County commissioners to ; the last stiisrion. o the- Leglstature at And recent figures show that the cig. direct him to do it. which time thevpessed m-state-wide s"r(wtn ha? been phenomenal. These are small matters but right law requiring the bounty Auditor to ly"'6 a negligible number were man wrongs no one, and the retention of : audit the School .'Books as well rs an ' of actured sevenfv-five years ago, the ' these fees fs onlv another wav of tax-1 statistics for 1926 show a sale of 85 f ing the fellow because it costs more to j raenta of the county,; showing just I billin. , Unn 1 i- ' .it. -TT 1 ... . . 1 - . - I . TT " . 1 . . . . . . Y ,j - rt" now M 9nnty;vtKTTds financially. " "nin leff years or the growing:, s should render-onto every man that: t That li .li. 1 i-,au - -. it iw- of the jFimt oti f thm 'hr;,t" mmm.-:'i that ig.his by right . " f v5'' vjHcnsley 'wiU read the News-Hecord -eigaTette ' maehine.s thi 'combina- brmg to, us? - A county-wide valna- complete-statement showing the con- -be t for cigarette, use and the machine . j?" r - ' a, tax rate ' tition f-lhe-isjuiitytc that cut cost arid increasid clen1W 5 Y " ocn.y eonanzation t a.; -Rehpfctfully, .ness had an .miuediate effecton tiia uswru raiseci rne Eiuauon n n . 00 so' we can have very less faxes than :, ' had last yeer. '' And should it come out that the deft- ' cit in 'the-school f-inrl $40,000.00 then Lean. see. bow either t I TALC MILL MOVES The nlant." f th '. Gcnrvin TV this or next rear the taxrnr.nr y : Company, of Asheville. located near --n- 4 .1 . J I . . . . '.f V. ..tt,.-. : 1 - . I I 1 ctu.ns w .uiui-a budu. iu( amoun. OI -.H--v-wiriu inj,wj, w ,a- case rna good greenback paint to cover. True ' town, e:ng tfiVnantled, and d will Lr. at an . market, as shown in fiarures of a tirr years, following. In 18fi9, m---. than 1 two billion cgarttt. vers srf"" d it, ? Europe and America! One ycv. later - . the figurea of the Waited Sta' s nion ' were inearly . fourteen, millior ?:id b 1890 had gone beyond the twj HHioir mark;.'..';...';' -- - . u we are to have from the SK-.W equalU t femoVed r a another locet'ou at an j Tom Tarheel jtoys. he haa -cu-Iest -.uu luuu nusiiv -u.uu'j.uu Dut It uavu. -.tt-ii.y iue eiecutc wiring put e.i ma o,d hens sn-l la-j.r fvr.m spent and gone even befora wa n. land a greater cart of the machinery hia flock ma that ho m-i n.f v,o - - - 1 - r - "k -"v v u v v W ceive it. I can understand why the a tir-AVf '...''.'. ; . , feed them this winter. . .- - . . - ; ',..-.".: - - -.