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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 23, 



Court. But some one interested (in 

 the local postoffice, probably) stole the 

 pamphlets and substituted an old 

 newspaper In the wrapper, before de- 

 livery. Then I sent more in a sealed 

 letter in a plain envelope. These were 

 duly received, tor it was too serious a 

 matter to intercept letters, and thus 

 call down the penalties of the United 

 States law for so doing. 



When the case was called for trial, 

 the prosecuting attorney asked for 

 more time, because he stated that he 

 was not ready to go to trial. The de- 

 fendant was ready and demanded a 

 jury trial. The other side weakened, 

 offered to settle, and Anally induced 

 Mr.; Bradley to consent, which he 

 reluctantly did. This was a mistake 

 which he regretted ever since, because 

 they would have been badly beaten. 



WINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA. 



Last June, Mr. Eflrd wrote to the 

 General Manager as follows: "My 

 neighbors are making complaint, to 

 my detriment, about my bees, and as 

 a member of the Union, I desire to 

 have your advice as to how to proceed 

 in the matter. It seems that I have 

 done about everything in my power to 

 satisfy them, but they are not yet 

 satisfied, and seem about to take 

 action against me, unless I will dis- 

 pose of them entirely, and I do not 

 think it at all necessary, as my bees 

 are very much closer to me than to 

 any of my neighbors. My children 

 and people are not annoyed with tliem. 

 If the Union can sustain me in keep- 

 ing tliem, it is my desire to have its 

 assistance; but, at the same time, I 

 stand more than ready to do anything 

 in reason for the comfort and satis- 

 faction of my neighbors." 



The Manager of the Union armed 

 Mr. Eflrd with its documents, to fire 

 at those in authority in Winslion, and 

 directed him to select the '• best 

 attorney" in that locality to attend 

 to the case for the Union. That can- 

 non was promptly flred, and the Win- 

 stonians now rest in peace, as well as 

 the bees. 



FAIRFAX, JIISSOURI. 



Joseph W. Blevins had about 45 

 colonies of bees, in Fairfax, !Mo. Some 

 of his neighbors, being envious of his 

 success, had two ordinances presented 

 at tlie City Council, declaring the 

 keeping of bees a public nuisance. 

 The first imposed a tine of from $1.00 

 to SlOO.OO for keeping bees within 

 the corporate limits. This was passed 

 but was not thought to be strong 

 enough, and another was passed, 

 making it a separate offense with a 

 penalty of SlOO.OO for every week 

 that colonies of bees were found in 

 that city, and authorizing the Street 

 Commissioners to remove them, etc. 



This was in direct violation of the 

 Constitution of the United States, 

 and the General Manager of the Union 

 directed Mr. Blevins to distribute 

 copies of the Decision of the Supreme 

 Court of Arkansas to the Mayor and 

 Councilmen, and employ an attorney 

 to defend his rights. This was done 

 and the ordinance was promptly re- 

 pealed. The masterly argument of 

 Judge Williams was too strong and 

 overwhelming to give them a foot- 

 hold. They saw it at once and sur- 

 rendered gracefully. 



WEST BRANCH, inCHIGAN. 



The Village Council attempted to 

 pass an ordinance, declaring the keep- 

 ing of bees, a nuisance, subjecting the 

 owne_r to a fine. Mr. Slirigley had 107 

 colonies, and two envious neighbors 

 intended to "complain" under the 

 ordinance if passed, and compel the 

 removal of the bees. 



The Manager counselled Mr.S. what 

 to do, and instructed him to employ 

 a lawyer to prevent the passage of the 

 ordinance, supplying him with copies 

 of the Arkansas Decision, and that 

 action ended the trouble. 



NELSONVILLE, OHIO. 



Here, Dr. Cabel introduced a bill in 

 the City Council to prohibit the keep- 

 ing of bees within the corporate limits, 

 and in a vehement speech denounced 

 bee-keeping, declaring it a nuisance. 



Mr. Kosser's apiary is at the edge of 

 the city-limits, about one-half mile 

 from the business center, and he said 

 that they were in no sense a nuisance 

 to any one. Other bees to the number 

 of 50 colonies were similarly situated 

 there, and if the ordinance should 

 pass, trouble generally would ensue. 

 Prompt steps were taken and that 

 trouble was averted. Upon receiving 

 the Decision of the Supreme Court of 

 Arkansas, which I sent to Mr. Rosser 

 to distribute to the Mayor and Alder- 

 men, the case was killed. Tliey said 

 that if the Bee-Keepers" Union in- 

 tended to take it in hand, they would 

 not pass the ordinance. So much for 

 the beneficient influence of the Bee- 

 Keepers' Union. 



But to further particularize will, 

 perhaps, be unnecessary. I will, how- 

 ever, briefly say that other principal 

 cases of complaint were located at the 

 following places : 



Strawberry, Gentry Co., Missouri. 

 Utica, La Salle Co., Illinois. 

 Toronto Junction, Ontario, 

 Stephens City, Virginia, 

 Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

 Connersville, Indiana. 

 Benton, Franklin Co., Illinois. 

 Bridgeport, Connecticut. 

 Elmira, Chemung Co., N.Y. 



The General Manager Instructed the 

 bee-keepers in each case what to do, 

 and supplied them liberally with the 

 Decision of the Supreme Court of 

 Arkansas, showing that bee-keeping 

 was not a nuisance, jjer.se, and could 

 not be legislated against by any cor- 

 poration, either Village, City, County 

 or State. Where it was deemed essen- 

 tial, a good lawyer was selected and 

 instructed to attend the meetings of 

 the legislative bodies and watch the 

 proposed ordinances, so as to prevent 

 trouljle and annoyance to the bee- 

 keepers. These efforts in each case 

 frustrated the designs of the enemies 

 of the pursuit, and settled the dis- 

 turbance. 



The National Bee-Keepers' Union 

 knows no dividing lines of States, 

 Provinces and Territories — 



"No pent-up Utica contracts our powers. 

 The whole unbounded Continent is ours.'' 



The Union defends its members 

 from the assaults of the enemies of 

 the pursuit — no matter where they 

 may happen to reside — if, upon 

 investigation, their lawful rights and 



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