Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, January 26, 1911, Image 8
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
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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."
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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.
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