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OUR DISAPPEARING GAME Si);irt?nbunr Journal. James Henry Rice, the efficient representative of the Audubon society in this State is making an earnest effort to instruct the people on the value of birds and how to preserve them and increase their number. He is doing good work. But game, whether animals or birds, disappears from a country as the population increases. The entHnor r?f t imliAr rlrivoa the larger game. They will never be brought back. It is pretty evident that the buffalo, beaver and catamount, called tiger, were once found in our woods and on our streams. As late as 1830 to 1840, deer hunting was common in all the up-country. The last wild geese reported in this region were over in York county 1865 to 1870 in the thickets on Broad river near the head of the Ninety-Nine islands. As late as 1850, wild turkeys were common and large flocks couid be found in 1865 to 1808. It was not unusual for one riding along the roads in 1840 to 1850 to see a dozen or more turkeys leisurely feeding. Wild pigeons were most abundant in 1830 to 1835 and they continued to visit this part of the State as late as 1845. We have heard men tell about visiting the pigeon roosts at night and killing them by the bag full. When they Selected a roosting place they would sail out to the feeding grounds early in the day and return in the afternoon. They would assemble by the hundred and by the thousand. oomeumes mey would ny in a large bunch and again I hoy would mo\e in a long thin line. The hunters would fonn in groups and at a given signal all would fire at the same time. The pigeons would rise and fiy a short distance and light again. They would follow them up and keep shooting until they were tired. Sometimes a dozen groups or more of hunters would meet at the same roost and I hey would keep up a lively skirmish for hours. .So numerous were the pigeons that often the limbs of trees were broken off by the weight. Such were the stories told in the '40s by men who had done the shooting. The hunters remained near the roost till morning and then picked up the dead and wounded pigeons. Wild geese in the early decades of the last century used to stoi here to rest and feed. Ducks were abundant on our largei streams, where there were lakes and feeding places. It was nol unusual f'i years ago for travelers on the old Spartanburg anc Union road to see large flocks ol wild get - e walking about in th< Broad iv, er bottom., below Shel ton. The r; ccoons, squirrels anc opossums are all gradually dis appearing from the country. Snow birds once visited us bj the thousands and spent the win ter and about April they woulc assemble and start on the north ward journey. It is a rare sighl to see a few of them now. St with the blue bird'and wood pecker family. They are dimin ishing i?i number every year. The partridge is still left, bul on many farms there are no nest ing and hiding places and thej are becoming scarcer. Even 01 the large farms where there an woods, thickets and hidingplace: .they do not multiply very much The partridge and rabbit wil perhaps be the last game to dis appear from our Piedmont ses tion. Crippeo's State Room. Stateroom No. 52 on the Whitt Star liner Megantic will in th< future be used as a store room, Although it is situated on the -shelter deck and provides excel tent accommodation for ocear travelers, no one will occupy il now, savs the New York Ameri :a_ l_ - i ?. can, as iuj ihsi occupant was mt late Dr. Hawley Crippen, wh< was hanged in I<ondon a fev weeks ago for the murder of hi: wife, Belle Elmore. The Megantic was formerly ii the Canadian service of th White Star line and, after Crip Ren was arrested at Rimouski e was put on board the Megar tic and taken back to Liverpoo He was given stateroom No. and F.thel Leneve occupied cabin immediately opposite. Bot cabins are looked upon as ho< doos, and whenever they ha\ been ottered to travelers th nuestion has been asked, "Is tin the cabin Dr. Crippen had." iiv c . j. Lee's Unselfish Heroism. It is to be noted that Gen. Lee'j conduct from beginning to enc was absolutely free from al thought of personal credit or ad vantage, says The Atlantic. H< gave up the highest position ii his profession for what was, U say the least, a dim uncertainty He was fifty-four years old, an< such dreams of clorv as he mn have ever cherished had doubt less long faded in the hope o peace. One consideration an< one only, the desire to do right prompted him in all he undertool and in all he accomplished. An< when the fearful failure came when everything was sinking t wreck and ruin about him, thougl his heart was torn in anguish fo the sufferings of others, for hi i own lot there was nothing bu superb tranquillity, a calm, un yielding, heroic self-control whicl rested upon the consciousnes that he had done what man coul< do. and all the rest was God's He might have used the splendii words of Demosthenes: "I sa? that if the event had been mani fest to the whole world befori hand, not even then ought Allien: to have forsaken this course i | Athens had any regard for he glory, or for her past, or for th< ages to come." But he hat words of his own as apt, perhap: as splendid, as those of Demos thenes, the well known and oftei quoted, "Duty is the sublimes word in the language." Annual Meeting. Claim* Against York County Must b Presented by Monday, January 30. Yorkville, S. C. January 5, 1911. Notice is hereby given that the ar nual meeting of the County Board o Commissioners will be held in the ol tice of said board in Yorkville on Wed ; nesday, February 1, 1911, at 1U o'cloc { a. in. All persons having past due claim I against York county are hereby not ! fied to present the same to the clerk c I this board on or before Monday, Jani I ary 30, 1911. All claims against the county muf be itemized and sworn to in an afiidavi setting forth they are just and tru( due and owing; that the labor or sei 1 vices were actually rendered, or th supplies actually furnished, and thatn . part of the account has been paid b discount Or otherwise. ' Claims not presented during the yei i in which they originated, or during tf ' year following, are forever barred. , All persons authorized to administt oaths are required to probate clain against the county free of charge. > By order of the board. ; T. W. BOYD. I Supervisor. ; AN NIK I.. VY A KI, ACE, Clerk. 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BUIST'S Seeds cost no more ^ than the inferior products of other ^ growers. You get the best when you ^ buy BUIST'S. J r-l 1?| ^ Parks Drug Company 5 "It seems fitting that we should here express our appre- | ciation of the generous patronage of the people." A word to the wise People By spending less than n they make. .The very Become . best place to put your Wealthy Savings is with The Pineville Loan and Savings Bank, PINEVILLE, - - - N, C. Z3]gg-E^5H5B5Z5HSa5B5HSg 5H5H 5a5H5BScL5g5H'5HSaSa5H5ZSg|p | Saw Many Needful Things. | p H ja a [jj "I called at W. F. Harris' Place the other }| Iday and found more things I needed than ever be- fjj fore. There were Buggies, Wagons, Harness, [}j Robes, Whips, Blount's Steel Plows, and all Jjj Joints and Bolts, Collars, Pads, Lines, Bridles, [} |? and all kinds of Repairs for harness, saddles, jj halters, and everything at such reasonable prices. [} K C q{ "Harris' Livery is complete. He has single [J j| and double teams, and Two Automobiles for |j u u [Jj quick and long distance service. Call and see for [* jjj yourself what he has or phone 28. g S "PROF. GEO. M. SNODGRASS." ? ja5Z55a5E5Z5H5HSHSH5H5H5^5H555a5ZH5agE5HSE5H55H5H 2>???8?????0O0?????O?????<2hS) INew Meat Market 1 We are complimented daily on ? the quality of our Meats. They are ? g cut from stall-fed cattle and hogs. ? g Our Steaks are tender, our Roasts g g are juicy and our Sausage appetizing, g IJLet us till your next order. Tele- <?) phone No. 82. 8) ^ L. A. Harris & Company, g ?????@@????? && k.