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SEVENTH YEAR- NUMBER 1

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Where frlenas ATLANTA, GA., JULY 15, 1946

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South Loses $100,000

In U. S. Game Funds

25 Shots Required

Fourteen Southern states have been allotted $510,715 as their share of Pittman-Robertson funds during the fiscal

To Stop Big Bear

year beoinning July 1, according to' a report released last

LAKE CI'17Y, S. C.-A 420- week by"'Dr. Clarence Cottam, assistant director of the U. S.

pound black bear, one of the larg- Fish and Wildlife Service at Chicago.

est ever reported in the state, was

This is approximately $100,000

LICENSE SALES killed heer recently by four Ne-
groes. The bear was first seen near the outskirts of the town and

less than had been anticipated by game an<l. fish officials of the participating states. When the alloca-

was trailed for most of the day.
IN GEORGIA SET The men overtook the bear sev-
eral times and he was shot 25

tions were announced sportsmen over the country were served notice that they have a little hunt-

times before he was finally killed.

ing to do around the gates to the

Quail, Deer
Seasons Cut In Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss.-The season on wild turkeys has been closed for two years and other seasons and bag limits reduced by the Mississippi Games and Fish Commission.
The changes were made followi.g an open hearing here at which sportsmen made many recommendations ta assure restoration of disappearing species.
The deer season was reduced to 13 days : November 20-November 26 and December 26-January 1. Last year hunting was permitted November 20_.:.December 1 and December 20-January 1. The limit is one buck.
The quail season also was shortened and the limit was reduced from 12 to 10 birds. Legal gunning begins this year on December 10 and ends February 10. Last year the season closed 10 days later. The squirrel season is changed, but the limit was from eight to six a day.

ALL-TIME MARK House of Representatives in Washington.

CUT BY HOUSE

Georgia's Game and Fish Com- It was the House that gave the

mission, handicapped the first two double-cross to sportsmen after

years of its existence by shortage the Senate had approved the

of funds and personnel, finally has recommended $3,000,000. The

raised a bloody head above the sur- House held out for only $2,000,000,

face and now entertains hopes of and a compromise was reached at

brighter days ahead.

~2,500,000. This is just one-fifth

Receipts from sales of hunting and fishing licenses during the fiscal year that ended June 30 set an all-time record for the department.
The total was $294,230, which is $71,000 more than the receipts of 1939, when under the direction of Charlie Elliott the Game and Fish Division of the Department of Nat, ural Resources collected $225,000.
Elliott was cheered by the 1945"46 collection figure and predict'ed that this was "the beginning of better thjngs ahead for our wildlife program." The director of the commission has always contended

of the surplus that has accumulated in the Unite<!,- States treasury from excise "'taxes paid by hunters on arms and ammunition.
Allocations of funds and Pittroan-Robertson restoration work were greatly curtailed during the war and sportsmen had expected a more generous allotment in this, first post-war year, which is certain to witness the heaviest pressure in history on game resources over the entire country.
Many states had set up tentative projects that would have put

that $500,000 would be a reason- the anticipated revenue to work

able figure if all persons of whom for the benefit of sportsmen.

licenses are required would buy They were prepared to match

them. The

$294,230

total

is

. approxi-

the funds with quired fourth.

their

states'

re-

mately $100,000 more t11an last TEXAS LEADS

year and double the figure for Despite the reduction, all states ~

1944.

will receive increases over last

Stronger enforcement by wildlife year.

rangers and a better understand- Texas leads the list in the South

ing by hunters and fishermen of with an allotment of $119,818. Vir-

the importance of game and fish ginia is second with $36,109; North

were cited by Elliott as the prin- Carolina will receive $35,615.

cipal reasons for the notable in- Maryland trails the Southern

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3-POUND RAINBOW ROCK CREEK, Ga.-Dick Hawkins, of Atlanta, used a worm on a spinner to hook and land a three-popnd rainbow trout in this . heavily-fished stream last month.

FOLLOW THE ARROW-Top photo shows archers firing at target 100
yards away ; center, B. 0. Evans records scores while H. C, (Tommy) Thompson removes arrCI'W from bullseye ring !lnd W. D; Willio~ms waits 'on totals;
bottom, squads le.ove targets on return to firing line. Thele photos were mo1de during the Southeo~stern tournament in Atlo~nto1, which Williams won.

s Archers. Walk Miles BASS SW~LL_gWS 31-INCH SNI'KE

FISH FRY TO SPUR NEW CARROLL CLUB
CARROLLTON, Ga.-lt's a long, was organized .in May when 45 hard pull ahead to restore game <:harter members agreed that and fish to thei-r former abundance, "5omething must be done for our

In Single Tournament

COLUMBIA, S. C.~alph Booz- but the farmers, hunters and fish- wildlife resources before it is too er recently caughl a two-pound ermen of ~arroll County (Georgia) lotr:-.''

bass that struck r,at" his Yellow. are preparing to do the job.

Serving as officers with Dean

If you're going into this growing game of archery get your legs in shape first and worry later over your accuracy.
It requires more than a strong piled up 1,907 points for third

Perch plug and Jle noticed that the fish seemed rather heavy for its size. He opened it up and found a 31-inch green snake in

A large crowd will gather at M. C. Roop's clubhouse near here July 30 to launch a conservation program which leaders hope will

Gunn are Secretary Dillard Wood, of .Bowdon, and Vice-President He:rschel Reid, of Villa Rica. The officers, assisted by Cou'nty Agent

arm, a keen eye a:nd coordination
to send' an arrow home. This was demonstrated during the South~ eastern States tournament July 67 at Atlanta's Piedmont Park.
W. D. Williams, of Atlanta, won the tournament with a score of 1,952 points. H;e dethroned H. C. (Tommy) Thompson, also of Atlanta, who finished second with a score of 1,918. Jack Hyde, wildlife

place.



In his march to the title, Wil~

Iiams turned in a brilliant all-

round performance. He used two

bows, one a 42-pound yew bow

made by George Cook, who was

field captain of the shoot. The

other was hewn by Williams from

a piece of osage which he had

bought, as a fence post for 35

cents:

its stomach. From the state of digestion the snake had just been swallowed, but . the fish still had enough appetite to strike.

provide recreation in the woods and fields and waters for this and future g.enerations.

The meeting will open at 6 p.m.,

arrows and events reveals that and a fish fry, wildlife movie and

Williams walked five miles and casting exhibition have been sched220 yards bef~re he was awarded uled, according to W. F. Gunn,

the championship. Archers fire six president of the Carroll Co;mty

arrows at the target and then . Sportsmen's Club. Efforts are be-

check their scores. They must ing made to have delegates from

walk from 40 to 180 yards after all sections of the county on hand

John Mauldin, WildL'e Ranger W. R. Perkins, Vernon Folds, Mr. Roop and other leading sportsmen, have bPen working hard to enlist the support of citizens and landowners lJi.roughout C~. crod County.
They hope to begin on the restocking of streams most capable
of supporting game fish. U is
likely that they will follow the pattern set by the Floyd County

ranger from Lake Burton, Ga., A compilation of yards, targets,

Continued on Page 2 to join the movement. The club

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HUNTING .AND
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-Kentucky Lake in West Tennessee and Southwest Kentucky is destined to become a waterfowling area that will rank with t he finest in the country if it is properly developed. West Tennessee sportsmen, headed by F rank Vestal, president of the Tennessee Out door Writers, are urging the Tennessee Game and Fish Division to place the area on a management basis.

against the move is that the earlier season gives the hunters an extra day of hunting on Thanksgiving which they wouldn't have if t he season is changed. But if the birds become practically extinct because of the early shooting, then what good is that extra day of hunting. This column hopes that the question is soon sett led by changing t he season, since it has been coming up annually f or t he past several years.

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It is recommended t hat t he dewatered fringes of the lake be disked and planted to millet, chufas and other gra sses t hat are favored by geese and ducks. The lake, which is TVA's newest impoundment, borders the great Mississippi flyway, and plantings to foods should attract the migrants in great numbers.
We'd like to see the Kentucky and Tennessee departments join hands with the Fish and Wildlife Service to develop a waterfowl refuge where managed , shooting will be permitted.

Valley Captures Writers
J udging by the numerous letters and newspaper clippings from all over the country being received at OWAA Convention headquarters, the recent Tennessee Valley Trek was a huge success. Many of the old-timers, some who have attended ever y meeting of the organization since it was formed, say t his Tennessee Valley meeting was the g reatest ever. The writers were entertained by the states of Georgia; Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Louisiana,

OFFICIAL-George Coo~ . of Atlanta was field captain during t he Southeastern archery tournament in Atlanta. H;t is preparing to blow the whistle for bowmen to ta~e t he firi ng line.
Archers
Continued from Page 1 each round of six, depending on the event. Then they must walk

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SCRA TCHING
IS NO FU N I

For Shorter Quail Season

and Tennessee. They spent four days sightsee- back to the firing line.

If the farsighted conservationists have any ing, fishing, boating and eating.

sayso, Tennessee hunters will concentrate their

quail shooting in a shorter season.

'Cover Man' Lands Bronco

Nash Buckingham, famous yarnster and au- Chris. Zahnd, one of Chattanooga's most pop-

thor from Memphis, is leading the movement. ular anglers, whose picture was on the cover of

He has polled the Game Committee 6f the Ten- the May issue of Hunting and Fishing magazine,

nessee Conservation League on the question. caught a largemouth bass r ecently that weighed

The season now opens November 25 and Buck- 9 ~ pounds. It was one of t he largest bass

ingham thinks this is too early for the good reported in this section in recent years. The

of the bob-white. He t hinks December 10 is big fellow was caught in Hiawassee Lake, on

early enough. He says because of the early the North Carolina-Tennessee border. Zahnd

openin~, which has been in effect for several expects to enter his catch in Field & Stream's

years, the immature birds are slaughtered in national contest.

great numbers with the result that they are

vanishing from a section where they have always Tellico Report

been plentiful. With the increase in hunting Percy Swainson and Charley Craig waded

pressure, he feels that if we are to have good into Swainson's Drug Store with 15 rainbows

shooting in West Tennessee, particularly, we from North River. Craig took two 16-inchers,

must take steps to give the bob-white greater but the fish averaged 11-12 inches.

.

protection. One way to do this 'is to have a

(Editor's Note: If any fishermen takes a

later opening.

24-inch rainbow in the Tellico with a Tellico

If the Game Committee votes favorably on the Nymph in his jaw, keep the fish, but please

question, it is the plan to have the League return the fly to Mr. Williams. He reports

push ~~e movement in an effort to get the losing the monster between Davis Creek and

authorities to change the season, which, some Beaver Dam. He has recovered from shock

say, has to be done by . an act of the .legislature. and exposure after the battle.)

Here are the events, with num~ ber of arrows shot and walking distance in yardage:
Clout-36 arrows at 180 yards, 2,160 yards; York-144 arrows at 100, 80, 60 yards, 4,160 yards; Double-American-90 arrows at 60, 50, 40 yards, 1,500 yards; Wand36 arrows at 100 yards, 1,200 yards. Total 9,020 yards.
The archers scoff at this fiveplus-mile jaunt as a mere tune-up. They say that 15 to 20 miles is the average day's reading on their pedometers when they go hunting a f i (' ld.
In the two other divisions of the tournament Bobby Smith, of Atlanta, won the junior title and Vera Hoover, of Memphis, captured the women's shoot.
Senion men's scores : W . D. Williams, 1,952; H. C. Thompson; 1,918; Jack Hyde, 1,907; C. J. Turner, 1,680; J . A. Dulin, 1,501; B. 0. Evans, 1,443; Elmer Erickson, 1,384; B. E. Spencer, 1,273; William I. Stevens, 1,173; Jim Mitch-

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states with $15,376, Ca~lina is next to witJr $20,575. . Other allocations are as follows: Louisiana, $35,224; Alabama, $34,090; Tennessee, $33,793; West Virginia, $33,734; Florida, $31,247; Mississippi, $31,003; Georgia, $29,814; Arkansas, $28,686; Kentucky, $25,631.
Amounts awarded are based on sales of 1944-45 hunting licenses and the areas of the states.

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South Carolina's Mr. Finlay
The fishingest Finlay in the famous Finlay tribe of South Carolina, Mrs. Finlay's Eddie, returned to his desk at the Columbia Record last week rested and reassured that angling is the greatest
of all sports. This time it was vacation channel bass, off Pawley's Island, that put new throbs in the temples of Scribe Finlay. He took six, three over 35 pounds and all over 25.
Ironically, Eddie is a fishermen of few words, but he broke down and admitted that it's "real

50 yards will have an opportunity to make your claims to casting greatness official August 11 at Knoxville, Tenn., in the first Southeastern casting tournament
since 1942. The tournament is open to any
caster and is sponsored by the "East Tennessee Rod and Gun Club and the Knoxville Journal. It is sanctioned by the National Association of Anglers and Casters.
Officials in charge expect 200 fishermen and casters to compete.

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Most of the entries are expected to be from Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Florida and Georgia. Write Ralph Watson or Walter Amann, Jr., Knoxville, Tenn., for particulars.
BLUEBILLES AT J UNIPER JUNIPER LAKE, Ga.-G. F. Johnson, of Buena Vista, recently took 14 bream here that averaged ewht ounces ~;ach.

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and going after salty bass. hear he'll have City Editor Jack Foster deserting bigmouth bass
Eddie is a thinking sportsman and active conservationist. He's

"One of America's finest"
AT FIVE POINTS - 10'/2 EDGEWOOD AVE., ATLANTA

ATLANTA

the man to show the way for his state's, long-delayed climb out of

the dark wildlife wilderness.

Biggest Holiday Race
It was Finlay's outdoor page in the RECORD that provoked

the biggest July 4 races in the Palmetto state. Without thinking

of the consequences, he ran a picture of two Columbia fishermen

who had taken six striped bass from the Saluda, within a politician's

holler of the lleapitol building.

A ribbon story heralded the run of s tripers in the nearby

river, and ' a story told of a 19-pounder being beached by Colie

Schumpert. That was all the Richland county anglers needed. Next day

they made the solemn Saluda look like a New J ersey trout s~re!lm

on opening day. The day afterward property owners were bmldmg fences and painting "keep off" signs.

H itch ?em high and wade in deep!

What few jointed pikie lures left at the sporting goods and tackle shops, were sold out in a waiting line. This was the lure used by Joe Watson and Jim Hook, whose pictures appeared

Let 'em down and hike 'em over the roughest trails. Dori't spare 'em, wear 'em- because they have

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Goodwin, of Col umbia, won the Jun e prize with a nine-pounder, taken give co m(ort. Made th e scientific

on a Dalton Special. The prizes are donated by the following Columbia firms: S. B.

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Hank Bruns, who authors piscatorial pieces for the mags, has

gone fishing for. keeps. This time it's for South Bend. He's got

Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. Hank and the Mrs. are

dickering for an ante-bellum home near Atlanta. Like all other

tackle men, he hopes . for early shipments, but offers little

encouragement.

Harold Bird and Brother Tom, of Atlanta, insist that Blue Ridge

Lake yellow j'ackets are the hardest-hitting bombers since the war.

On a recent fishing trip, Harold unwittingly placed his kapok cushion

over a jacket nest and sat down to eat lunch. Returning jackets,

blocked from their front door, lost no time protesting. Tom ex-

plained to Harold that they were not bad. actors if treated gently.

So he undertook to rescue the cushion. He got the cushion all

right, but the jackets covered him. Harold was out of sight and

didn't see Tom's tangle. I saw no percentage in arguing with those

striped B-29's," he confessed. "When yellow jackets get mad I like

to let somebody else do my fighting."

Dean W.- F. Gunn, of West Georgia College, is one of Georgia's

outstanding conservationists. He heads up the Carroll County Sports-

men's Club, "\hich is just beginning to baptize new members. "We

will must do something and do it fast to save our game and fish

resources," says Dean Gunn. The Carroll Club

start rolling

late in July, and we predict it will make a success of its restoration

program.

Gus .Russell, our Florida correspondent, says that Georgia's polio

quarantine wrought havoc with the commercial fishing business along

Florida's west coast. Charter boats at St. Marks were tied up with

nothing to do on the first week-end of t he quarantine. Georgia furnishes a large percentage of the anglers at west coast camps.
Wildlife Ranger D. C. Long, in Georgia's high hills, says black bears have not disappeared from his area, as had been reported.

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Long saw two cubs last week in the Blue Ridge area, and warned trout fishermen to give them a wide berth.
Ranger W. M. Coheley, :w~o compiled the highest score in activities during the fiscal year ending June 30, has checked thousands of licenses. But not until he encountered J. R. Hall, of Hampton, Ga.,

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J. L. (Jack) Elliott, Covington, Ga., bass killer and setter man,

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W. C. (Buck) Lewis called into praise Charlie Elliott's "Game

Log" of the last issue, in which he paid tribute to the late Arthd'r

Woody. Mr. Lewis, one of our most loyal readers, has been sidelined

by arthritis for several months and plans to retire from the insurance game next month. He has our strongest wishes for an early re-

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Tarpon Bun
OIIGeorgia
A letter from Charlie Hood, at Waycross, (Ga.) brings the information that tarpon are striking off the Georgia coast. Charlie is one of the best fishermen in the southern part of the state. A tarpon is one fish that Waltonite Hood dreams about at night and about which he talks during the hours

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We shall always be alert to any opportunity to hail the he is awake.

virtues of the South from every tree top. And we believe I once went on a tarpon trip

the South offers its native citizens a wider variety of hunt- with Charlie and his Commission-

ing and fishing and recreational section of this country.

facilities

than

any

other

er dad in South Florida. passed up winter trout on flats, big snook ani reds in

We the the

But we cannot join in the notion that the South is ready edge of the mangroves, for the big

to entertain the world and- grab the dollar of millions of tourists and fun-seekers. We cannot subscribe to the popular belief that the bobwhite quail is a money crop. The quail is not a money crop in the South and it will never become

silver fish. The two Hoods taught me the rudiments of tarpon fishing, how to point my rod at the fish to take up slack when he jumped, how to handle him in

one. Limd use is going in exactly opposite directions to shallow water. I caught some of

those required for the production of more quail.

their enthusiasm, too, and in spite

su.r14ace Strz.kes Our 'fishing perhaps is in worse shape

than our hunting.

of weather, mosquitoes and insufficient sleep, the trip was one of

-Neither is good enough to satisfY our native citizens. If the most enjoyable I ever had. ~----------------------------

the fellows at home are not pleased, how may we expect

to attract visitors and have them go home satisfied?

LONG WAIT For years now, Charlie has been

Dismissing the possibility of entertaining hunters on a watching for the tarpon in the St.

large scale as something that we shall never see realized in th~ South, let us consider fishing and scenic attractions.
Several states, notably Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and

Mary's river, between St. Mary's and Fernandina. The other day he received a telephone call, advising that a school of big fish had been

Louisiana, have made a success of the tourist-sportsman spotted at the mouth of the river.

trade. But these states didn't do the job with rundown tour- He had on his hat before he hung

By B. M. ATKINSON, JR.
Here's to the "week- end widow ," In the summer, a lonely lass. For news of her tr ue love, She has to ask a bass.

ist camps and a juke .organ.

up the telephone. He arrived too We'll probably get our poetic license revoked for that limping bit

late for the best fishing, but
The traveler wants above everything else appetizing caught six of the silver kings.
meals and clean, comfortable beds. Taking Georgia as an His letter was no surprise to exampl~; perhaps a poor example, how many places in this ; m.e. For so~e. time the Game ~nd state can you name that would offer you pleasant surround- i Fish Commission has been tryn~g

of doggerel, but there's truth in them thar lines,. if not meter. It was a snake that betrayed Mistress Eve, but a f1sh does wrong by the "week-end widow" whose mate heads for the fishing grounds at the drop of a tackle box.

in~rs comfort and o-ood food tonight? That poses a hard ! to finance plans to mall:~ a big More men would take their wives fishing, if the gals were not

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one to answer.

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1 game survey off the Georg1a coast. 1 We believe that the big game fish

It .seems to us that the establishment of more and better i ar.e there. The ~ulfstream, 50 motor courts, restaurants and tourist camps is in order be- l mllesh fr~mththeb ttldbalt flfats and

such good swimmers. It wouldn't go well revealed that your wife was weighted down she accidentally fell overboard.

in court, should .it be with the anchor before

fo!e ~ maJOrity of t.h.e Sou.th ~rn. st.at es can rnake a con- 1. Tmuanrass,es,brISoadbeillses ande , oothceor urbsieg.

It takes a brave woman to dare a man to choose between her

scientwus play for VISitors. fhis IS JUSt the first step, and ; game fish which migrate north and a trout stream. Both may babble all the time but one runs

accomplishing it perhaps is a long way off. Then must come ' from the Bermudas and the Span- .to the sea and the other to the beauty parlor.

the task of providing better fishing and organized guide ish Main, go by the route of the The biggest batch of fish landed this year must be credited to

service.

Gulfstream.

Mike Jacobs. The fight fans were such suckers they were sporting

Our recreational advantages sound pretty at luncheon meetings and on paper, but we are just ribbing ourselves when we say we're ready to offer anything worthwhile to more than one boatload of fishermen, hunters or tourists.

Last year, in a conference between the coastal authorities, the fishermen and others, it was mutually agreed to provide a fund to make the game fish survey off the

gill slits before the bell.
The weather has been just right. Too hot to do anything useful around the house and ideal for casting. Medicine men are still trying to figure how a man can get a sun stroke mowing the lawn in 80

We sincerely hope these conditions will not always exist. coast. Incidentally, there was a degrees and goose pimples fishing in 100.

thought that a school of shrimp

Short Season Trend

such as was discovered a few As usual, a lot of the boys are having to get off work to bury years ago out in the Gulf of Mex- grandma. That's another puzzler for science. Why are more grand
ko, might be found off the Geor- mas buried when the calendar shows black. . gia coast.

The trehd is toward shorter seasons and lower limits on game birds and animals in Southern states. Sportsmen themselves are playing an important role in these reductions,
just as some of their friends who overshoot game-in and

The state was never able to put up its share of the funds and the project fell through.
BIG FISH-BIG BUSINESS Charlie Hood has definitely

At least we have a . hint as to what becomes of the antlers that

buck deer shed. They are being harvested to flavor some of this

Mexican beer on the market today.



If you are worrying about the price of pork and beef going up,

out of season-have helped hurry the decline of important proved that tarpon fishing in our think how a rabbit must feel. He'd better get his "doging" shoes

species.

salt waters is a fact. Some of the retreaded before this fall.

In Mississippi drastic cuts have been made in the shoot-

other states, with vision, and enough money to promote their

These high prices will probably cause a sharp reversal of opinion

ing of deer, turkeys and quail. Action of the game and fish big game fishing, make millions about the edibility of coastal catfish.

Commission was provoked by aroused sportsmen who want out of the angler!? who seek out

to protect the game supply and thereby insure their own that type of sport. A man fishing The whole business makes you long for the day when there were

future sport. Mississippi has closed turkey shooting for two for broadbill swordfish, and tuna, more spineless specimens in the ocean than in Washington.

years. Deer hunting was slashed to 13 days with a season's and sailfish, doesn't spend pennies

limit of one buck. The quail season the limit from 't:Z to 10 birds.

was cut to 62 days

and

for his fun. Boats and tackle are expensive items, and he is willing to pay for the ,Privilege of their

Subscription Order

North Carolina is expected to reduce its season on use.

bobwhites from 71 to 45 days. There are many arguments There is big business in the big

for and against these reductions, but we must admit that fish off the Georgia coast. There

the changes alone indicate more active interest in conservation. There are few, if any, who know where we're headed in the business of game production. The Georgia Game and

remains only someone with enough foresight to develop it. The recreational possibilities would far surpass the amount r eceived for

Fish Commission has seen fit to allow the 101-day quail the meat itself, which, in 100- or

season to remain. South Carolina and Georgia have the long- 200-pound fish, is no small item.

est upland shooting seasons in the world.

Sometimes I wonder why it is

(MAIL TODAY) SOUTHERN OUTDOORS
~omer Pryor & Auburn Atlanta, Ga.
Here's my $1.50. Please send a year (24 issues) to:
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that we cannot see any further

. A fe w more year s will tell us how much effect the length than the edges of the freckles on Address............................................................................................City........---

'" ;,ceasons has on game populations.

the ends of our noses.

'TWO DEER HUNTERS FINED $500

Deer hunting out of season and I Florida,

apprehended

Brown

and

opponent of g-ame law violations in

r.n 0

at night is a costly pastime in Register. They were charged with Georgia's judicial circles. He was ~

CJinch County (~rgia).

hunting out of season and fire in rare form on this case.

Two Lake City, Fla., hunters inlllting.

Judge Smith im11osed fines of

I have learned this the hard way, Brown and Register pleaded . $12:> each on Brown and Uegister.
~nd their advice to oth~r viol~tors gui~ty and awaited sentence. Ho_m- That was for hunting out of seaIS to stay out of Georgia's Chnch. erv1lle Court Judge E. J. Sm1th 1 son. Then he tagged them $12:>
i Luther Brown and Sam Regis- I conducted the trial. He has es- apiece for "fire hunting." Total:

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ter crossed the border from Flor- tablished a record as the No. 1 $250 each; $f)OO for two.

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ida on June 21 prepared to take

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But their night hunt backfired when wildlife rangers from Geor-

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1cia and Florida pulled the strings to their patrol net.
Ranger Charlie Smith, of Homerville, Ga., and Officers Lester Mikell and Colon North, from

GENERAL INSURANCE

301 Ten Pryor Street Building

ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA

Phone WAlnut 4410

BARTLETT'S FERRY RAID-Georgia wildlife rangers recently made big haul of seines, neh, baskets and traps et Bartlett's Ferry, on the Aint River. Shown with part of their take ere Rangers A. E. Thornton, Jeue Smith,
Perkins, J. W. Harrell and Thomeuon.
STRIPERS RUN

TO CITY LIMITS OF COLUMBIA

TBE Letters to the eidtor are invited,
and especially those expressing views and opinions on conservation questions. TheiJ shmtld -rwt exceed

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COLUMBIA, S. C.-The rock- 200 words and must be signed, but

fish have finally started runing in writers' na.mes will be withhela the Saluda ' river above Columbia upon request.

and live bait fishermen and cast- PICTURE 'TEST'

ers have been bringing in some Editor, Southern Outdoors: Was

ni:e fish.

the picture of the clubhouse in

The largest to date was a 19pound fish caught in the city lim-

Carroll County

county where the Carroll Sports~en's Club met re-

its !el"~ than a dozen blocks from cently printed upside down to test the state capitol building, but our powers of observation, or was

many others have been caught be- it an error?

tween Columbia and the Lake Incidentally, I am a regular

Murray dam.

reader of your fine publication and

Two bait casters brought in a am wholeheartedly in accord with string <f six that averaged 10 your progressive campaign and

pounds, all caught while wading views on conservation.

along the edge and casting into Barney Coogle, Atlanta, Ga.

the cunent above the pools.

Editor's Note: The reflection of

A stmng flow of water rushes the clubhouse in the lake fooled

through the turbines at the power our printer. It was just one of

house du1ing the week and the those slips in the dark that often

bf:st fish~ng is to be found just occur in the publishing racket, and

below the dam but on week-ends disproves the theory that pictures

when the water is cut off the fish never lie.

are .auJht in pools along the river. The bait casters stand at

RAI~IOWS

TRAVEL

the head of downstream

the pools, casting with underwater

~ditor, ~outhem 119-mch rambow 40

Omut_i ldeosors~: roAm

plugs, preferably a broken back h~me.1 Joe Hallman, o_f Gam~s

pikie or some bait with a similar ville, Ga., landed a 19-mch ram-

action.



~w below the old Dunlap elec-

The live-bait fishermen use a t~c plant on the Chat~ahoochee long cane pole with no float but River, at le~st 35-40 miles from a heavy sinker 18 inches or two wher~ the fish was released. feet above the hook. The favor- !his further pr~ves .that t~e ite live bait is a gizzard shad or rambow has the migratmg trai~s 1

Yow wUl find that Mareo1

big shiner

of the salmon. Most of the big

'

ones do.ubtless head for bigger

15 WHITE CRAPPIES

waters. Otherwise trout anglers

CORDELE, Ga.-S. H. Hatcher would take more large ones in

took 15 white crappies from Gum the headwaters.

Creek recently en live minnows. A 3%-pounder was caught 10

50 for the past

yeart

The catch '\l<cighe<i seven pounds. miles below true rainbow territory

in our Chestatee river in 1945. I

Jack Waddell & Soa

Jack Waddell

Deane Waddell Bill Waddell

P. 0. Box 1316 Nashville, Tenn.

Manafactarera' Repre.entatiYe

Gamemaater

New Era Cap.C.,

Ralnbeaa

Boaton Athletic: Slloea

Geo. A. Reac:h H. Herweo4 A Son

once saw a 24-inch rainbow near the same spot. There have been tens of thousands of rainbows placed in Georgia waters. Where they go, nobody seems to know. Don't you think there is another species that would give better results?
Dr. Clabus Lloyd, Gainesville,

hati :mai.nta.httl'rl a pollt~~y of t~eUhtf

oh qoa.lit~ :naert~~hR.ndi.-. 11t .falrp rl.~fll

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Editor's Note: We wonder, too,

Doc. However, we have long be-

lieved that the system of liberating rainbows in Southern streams

and re.derhtf eourteou serviee. . OPA or Bo OPA you lllill

has been wrong. Our contention

is that fundamentals-food, cover,

temperature--have been ignqred in

dJ.~CMJjt
All AlUMIIIM

most "plantings" of trout. Until stream surveys can be made by competent biologists the "dumping" perhaps will continue with

get a IIMJDare deaI at

Fresh Water Fishing Craft

FAST

SAFE

LIGHT

the same poor results. Most trout fishermen are leaning toward bro.wns for debatable waters,

HOVEN - DUIIIAIU

while some have suggested cut-

longth 12 ft.; beem 4 ft.; depth 16 throats.

in.; flet bottom; unsinkable; weight

100 lbs.; speed 30 mph. with 9 hp. motor. ,r_ Your Nearest Dealer

WOMAN CASTER MACON, Ga.-Mrs. R. L. Rog-

FEATHIRCRAFT IOATS

ers caught a 3%-pound bass on

A~NTA,GA.

a frog-finish topwater plug in Massey's Creek.

U Pachtr St.-thru to Broalt

orld's Best' Fishing BOARDMAN TOPS ~.- ,rwr7

Locusts Blamed For Poor Fishing
This is locust year in northwest "are falling into the streams by

Georgia, according to Wildlife the millions."

TRI-STATE SHOOT : wat~~T!rE~~S,At~nt~-~:~:s a:eh0pr!:;:ci~~stfi~:::e toth;ro~~l~:;
~ also have the "best fishing in the world." Mrs. Thomas S. Eaton,

Ranger H. G. Forester, who says Fishermen attribute their poor that the 13-year species of locusts luck to the locusts.

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ex-officio Chamber of Commerce at Hatters, reports that the Atlantic View Hotel has been renovated and is a gain "a good place to stay," and that Mrs. Julia Oden's boarding house is open for the season,

SPARTANBURG, S. Boardman, of Augusta,

C.-Jack Ga., for-

- which is enough said for the sportsfishers who have been there. high-gun~over-all h o n o r s here

THE SPORTSMAN'S FRIEND

;;:J " The inlet (Hatters) is alive with large mackerel and blue fish,." won hig-gun-over-al! honors here

,.., and the wrecks of the last war are teeming with small fry which July 4 in the Tri-State skeet

800
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are attracting more and more of the larger game fish, some of them the "Florida variety" big games. Captain Nelson Stowe has added two good boats for inlet and outside fishing. The last week

shoot. T. B. Thackston, of Spartanburg, defeated ~uzz Mtichell,

YELLOW CABS
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~ in June, Captain Emmil Foster, guiding Fred Latham, of Belhaven, of Kingston, N . C., in a shoot-off E-4 and Dr. and .Junior Joe Latham, of New Bern, came hack with 17 with which to win the Class A ;;:J amberjack, a dolphin, a 5 ~pound blue, and "too many bonito to event after each had broken

ATLANTA, GA.
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Patten Trophy

Muzzle - loading of fi rearms reigned from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century-five hundred years, more or less.

Is Awarded To

Does YOUR Dol
"SCRATCH?"

~ Dr. Eschmeyer

-

By LOU WILLIAMS

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-Dr. R.
W. Eschmeyer, one of the leading
piscatorial biologists in the country and who does the fish research for the Tennessee Valley Authority, won the conservation tr~phy

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A clean fl.ea-tr~ d oc may sttll continually scratch, dtg and bite
himself because of an Intense Itching irritation centered in the nerve endings of his t ortured aldn. HE 18 IN MISERY and must sbclrmat-cqhu.lcWklayn?t to help

Try giving REX HUNTERS DOO POWDERS once each week. Used auccesafuUy for years by thousands of dbg owners to relieve the ITCH that makes doc SCRATCH. Trial S ize 25c, Economy ..size box- 5 times as much-only

ll.OO. At H. G. Hastings Co.

Is Sport

of the Tennessee Outdoor Wnters Association for the two-year period ending December 31, 1945.

Dr. Eschmeyer was selected by

Worth ,It?

the committee of judges from six or eight nominations made by t he

DOZEN BIGMOUTHS-Lake Hiawassee, near Murphy, N. C., is one of the

membership. He is he author of favorite fishing grounds among Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina

The ,deli ghts

of th.e spo rtsman

the year round fishing theory in TVA lakes. H is resear ch on fish

are too numerous to list. Every life and habits in Norris lake re-

anglers. Hubert Judd, L. R. West and W. M. Jones, all of Dalton, Ga., made this eateh of 12 largemouth bass at Hiawassee and called it a trip worth repeating.

person who reads this message sulted in his recommending to the
GEORGIA knows what it means to take a Tennessee Conservation Gommis-
a trout or kill a bass . .. to flush sion that the closed season on
a covey of quail . . . to bring down game fish be abandoned.

PISTOL

ANGLERS AVERAGE 9 AT MATTAMUSKEET
LAKE MATTAMUSKEET, N.C.

a deer . . . to hear a hound bay at the tr.ee . . . he understands
SHOOT BILLED the deep pleasure of the woods
. . . the ?.est of camping beside a
AUGUST 10-11 clear stream . . . the earthy joy

The announcement electrified the conservation world and resulted in numerous states follow-
ing suit. The trophy won by Dr. Esch-
meyer is awarded annually by the

-A total of 1,755 fishermen took 15,375 fish from this 45,000-acre body of shallow water in Hyde county during April, according to Refuge Protector War;en Lupton. This lake is more famous for its

of tramping the fi.elds.

Association from funds made

goose ,shooting.

available by Z. Cartter Patten, The Georgia State Pistol and This is an average of over nine

But nature does not always stay -in balance.

prominent Chattanooga. sportsman, and is known as the "Cartter Patten Trophy." The first award was made in 1943 to the

Revolver Championship will be fish per fisherman, a notable im-

fired August 10-11 at Fort Mc- provement over last year. The lake

Pherson, Ga., under sponsorship of yielded 7,731 white perch, 2,489

Pistol Club.

carp, 1,932 crappies, 1,670 catfish,

Through all the ages, man in his migrations westward has left ,.a blight on many of the earth's most fertile areas . . . Lands and streams once teem-

then Governor Prentice Cooper. Major Edwin Harding, Jr., . sec- 1,053 bass, 414 robins and 86 blue-

The Association was dormant in 1944, hence the two-year period in

retary-treasurer of the newly organized club, said that elaborate

gills. Dr.

Willis King,

. state fish bwl-

connection with the Eschmeyer plans are being made to assure the ogist, said that bass fishing shows

award.

biggest match of its kind in the a decided improvement.

South this year.

ing with nature's gifts have been made barrel! _by man.

Wingfield Short Named

It will be a Class "B" N. R. A. registered shoot, open to N. R. A.

To Membership Group members and others who purchase

Expert and Timely Repairs
CONSERVE
Material and Labor

and 35 MILES OF PERFECT HARD-PACKED . SAND
BATHING BEACHES .
Vacation in historic, colorful
ST. AUGUSTINE and ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA
fOI PVU DITAIU, wam:

SHREVEPORT, La.- Wingfield a 25-cent N . R. A. credit stamp. TIP-TOP ROOFERS

CHAMBER f COMMERCE

When nature ceases to be in balance we can no longer have the beauties of nature-nor fish,,

Short, president of Walco Sporting Goods Co., in Atlanta, has been named to the membership committee of the National Sport-

The proram will include 11 individual, two-team and five aggre-

"When you ltear 'drlp-dl'op' caii'FipTop"

n

..cA/UoIUJ .i0T0IU. ,

Dillin FLOiiDA

gcaaltiebemr atwcheaepsonins. .22,Pl.a3q8ueasn,d

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nor game, nor trees . . . not even ing Goods Association, it was an- phies and medals will be awarded

water to drink or use for power. nounced by President Charles M. and limited quantities of ammuni-

Often we cannot survive except Evans, of Shreveport.

tion will be available.

by moving on.

Evans reported an unprecedent- Write or call Major Harding at ed progress of the Association, Fort McPherson for a complete and predicted that the 1947 show program.

$275
f.o.b. Atlanta

Only recently have we become aware of the need for res'toration and replenishment . . . soil conservation . .. . forest and flood control . . . vigilance against the pollution of our rive.rs . . . breeding and feeding grounds for fish, fle~>h and fowl. On these billions of dollars have been spent. Much more remains to be done.
It is all worth it!
A. L. BELLE I.SLE

and convention will be the largest

in its history.

E. T. BALES HEADS

Here are the committees and NEW ANGLERS' CLUB

members from the South during CHATTANOOGA, Tenn,_:_E, T.

the 1946-47 term : Membership - Chairman

C. L.

Bales, sports editor of. the Chattanooga News Free-Press, has

Higgins, Austin, Tex.; Wingfield started a unique fisherman's or-

Short, Atlanta; Martin Thoss, Mo- ganization. It is known as the

bile. Legislative-Chairman Paul Sportsman's League and is com-

F. Sheets, Clarksburg, W. Va. ; C. posed of clubs organized by com-

L. Higgins; J. W. Campbell, Jack- 'mercial and industrial firms, much

son, Miss.; Vint Lawson, Memphis, :Jn the order as these firms form

Tenn. Entertainment - J o h n n y softball, baseball and bowling

Lynch, New Orleans.

teams. Ten dollars per annum cer-

tifies 20 individual members of

IT H E

Atlanta Bag~;~age and Cab Co. Automobile Finance Co. Belle Isle Airport Service Belle Isle Realty & Investment Co. Yellow Cab Co.

Small Mouth Bass

Large Mouth Bass

Shell-Cracker Bream

(Strawberry Bream)

Blue Gill Bream Crappie

Live deli very guaranteed.

Write for prices and information.

Jas. H. Reeve

Calhoun, Ga.

any club or. team in the League.
Most of the proceeds will go for prizes for the fishing contest among club members during a given period each year. Bales says the League, although just started,
already has 500 members and is growing fast.

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Harlem Cab Co. Belle J sle U-Drive-11 Belle Isle Truck Rental System
Helle Isle Building
20 Houston Street, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia

POINTER BROOD BITCHES
PILOT'S VILLAGE DIXIE, No. 379237. 2 years old July 4, 1946. Beautiful white and orange ticked bitch. Weighs about 50 tDs. Dam, Village Boy bitch ; sire, son Air Pilot's Sam. Worked some last season and did fine, but not quite finished. Would make fine shoot.ing dog and brood bitch. Only $200.
WAYNESBORO DIDO, No. 363776. Kennei name, Russ, a beautiful 3-year-old white and deep orange bitch, with finest bloodlines. Has whelped one litter of nine and raised all. Offered only as a brood bitch. $200 .

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This buoyant, beautiful boat is the ideal light craft for fishermen, campers,
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transport it on top ol your ear, haul it out of the water with one hand, use it, turned over, as a leakproof shelter overnight.
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especially reinforced for outboard motor; finish- natural aircraft grade, synthetic resin glossy; fittings ~brass.
We take pride in offering to discriminating persons this indestructible ply wood boat made by Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation.

. I am saerir.eing my two personal brood bitches to make kennel room for puppies already here and more on the way. Four-generation pedigree with each dog .
J. S. PACE, 721 CHURCH ST., MARIETTA, GA.

CUTTER
BOAT & MOTOR CO.

1096 Peachtree St., N. E.

Atlanta, Ga.

Carolina Boats Ready

Red Worms Fool
12-Pound Blackfish
REYNOLDS, Ga.-A gob of

To Try for Tarpon

worms tricked a 12-pound grindle and Leonard -Windham, of Reynolds, had a busy session down on Taylor's Millpond.

By EDDIE FINLAY
GEORGETOWN, S. C.-Wright Skinner and Frank Bourne,

Windham won the scrap with the blackfish after a five-minute struggle on the end of a bream pole.

charter boat men who have been carrying out parties for

channel bass and other fish for.many years, are making plans

to start some tarpon fishing off the jetties on Winyah bay.

There has never been any organized fishing for tarpon along

.
25-Pound

-
Bluecat

the South Carolina coast, although Strikes for Bembry

Summer home of. a hornet colony.
Parker B. Smith Leaves Georgia

the fish are often seen rolling in HAWKINSVILLE, Ga.-W. F.

the shallow water or leaping far- Bembry tossed a hook-full of cut

ther out. A few tarpon have been bait into the Flint River the other

hooked accidentally, with a broken day and pulled it out, but not

line or lost fish being the usual without a struggle with a 25-

result.

pound blue cat. The big catfish

Right now the charter boatmen was 32 inches long.

READY TO RIDE - This actual photograph shows an adult chorus frog, scarcely an inch long, perched on the back of a 6'/2-inch bullfrog, which was coaxed into delaying his leap by a short sniff of ether. Either species is acceptable to hungry bass.

are kept so busy taking out par-
SUMTER, S. C., CLUB ties for channel bass that they've
been unable to take a day off to

experiment with the tarpon. But

HAS 1,000 MEMBERS they have_the big fish located and
with some of the rigs used in Florida waters hope to hang some

of the tarpon and start off a

SUMTER, S. C.-The Sumter County Game and Fish Association,

regular tarpon fishing business. for years the most active sportsmen's organization in South Carolina,

Small camp sites or large tracts for hunting and fishing preserves on this famous stream. Finest bass fish ing on earth . Abundance of ~eer, turkeys, quail , small game. Accessible by railroad and auto (U . S. Highways 19 and 41). Reasonable. Write-

R. D. HOGUE

P. 0. Box 163

AtIa nta, Ga.

For Tennesee Job CHANNEL BASS RUN

has reached a membership of over 1,000.



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The organization has supervision of part of the Poinsett state T

park area and has carried on a program of game and fish propaga-

Parker B. Smith, of Elberton, HARD AND HEAVY

tion, as woell as backing all law enforcement and conservation moves.

Ga., has resigned as Federal Game The spring run of channel bass

Slack Jack Seaglers

SCtorelqaumitt PFoiglluhttison I Agent for Georgia to become Proj-

ect Leader (Pittman-Robertson) on

the new Kentucky Lake waterfowl

development area near Paris,

Tenn.

.

Smith left the U. S. Fish a nd

Wildlife Service after six years of

duty, during which he matie an

outstanding record. His successor

in Georgia has not been named.

In his new assignment with the

Tennessee Game and Fish Division

he will supervi!je a gigantic plant-

ing project designed to provide

feeding areas for ducks and g.oese.

Smith said he felt that Ken-

tucky Lake offered him an oppor-

tunity to contribute more to wild-

life than any work he has done

before. He asked Southern Out-

doors to express his appreciation

is holding up well and the boats whose skippers know the best "drops" are bringing in fish practi(ally' every day.
The fish usually "slack off" from the latter part of June to late August, when the fall run starts, but this year they are keeping up their activity in the waters around Winyah bay.
In one day last month twc boats fr:om Wright Skinner's camp bel>W Georgetown brought in 65 bass, averaging between 20 and 25 pounds. One boat with .five lines out landed 29 bass weighing 636 pounds in four hours while the other boat, with 10 fishermen aboard, had 36. Several of the f1sh weighed around 40 pounds.

To Hold first Trial

CAMDEN, S. C.-The Black

Jack Beagle Club will hold its

first AKC sanctioned trial near

here on November 4-7.

MOULTRIE, Ga.-Pollution of Judges will be Mark Roberts,

streams must be stopped in Col- of Walnutport, Pa.; Johnny Burke,

quitt county and over Georgia. of Apponaugh, R. I.; Vernon Wel-

Members of the Colquitt County don, of Monroe, Ga., and B. F.

Conservation Club voted to take Neese, of Greenville, S. C.

action against stream pollution at The Black Jack Club was or-

their last meeting and President ganized last May and now has a

Ashburn Harper. appointed a com- membership of 100. R. B. Blyther,

mittee to investigate cause of the of Bishopville, is secretary-treas-

death of thousands of fish in this urer, and will furnish information

vicinity during recent weeks.

on entries for the November races.

Harper said that technical ad-

vice will be obtained to determine The Ojibway Indian name for

the source of pollution and that the red squirrel is Adjidaumo,

steps wi!l be taken to remedy the meaning, appropriately enough,

conditions.

"tail-~n-the-air."

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If you are waiting for a telephone you can be sure that our carefully-a-- handled record of your

to Georgia wildlife rangers for co-

"Pollution is a menace to both

$1 Each Paid operation in the past and said that
their work last winter in enforceme1t of migratory bird laws was

the health of our communities and to the fish life in running waters," Harper declared. "It must be cur-

For Fox Ears more effective than in any pre-
vious season since 1940. He leaves Georgia with the best

tailed." The club made further steps to-
ward carrying out a quail re-

wishes of sportsmen,

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tahndt a

DAWSON, Ga.-J. H. Fletcher, -ordinary of Terrell County, last

stocking plans for

project building

and discussed a c~ubhouse.

WEIGHS ONLY 56 POUNDS!

request will assure your getting service at the earliest possible moment consistent with the facilities siltJalion in your area.

he will make a big success in Ten- week reported that he had paid

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the past three months. The county silkworm, working continuously

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commission pays $1 for each fox for three days, produces a cocoon

For Cottage, Trailer, Camp, Homo. Bright, ear brought to the ordinary's of- with the reelable thread from 800

unfailing light with Now Generator Motor Set. WestinC)house ;enrator, Bri;qsStrat ton 6'/, HP engine. 110-volt, 2500-watt AC

fice.

to 1,200 yards long.

There was a sharp decline in the

model. Operates all farm or lodge appliances. DAN Y. SAGE, JR., P. 0. Box 1690, Atlanta, Ga .-Phone Vernon 0751.

number of ears "bought" the first two weeks of July, leading offi-

cials to believe that the rabid fox HOW THIY GO FOR THA

menace is being brought under

When yon asked for a telephone, the service representative made a record of your request. As she fills requests in your area placed earlier than yours, the date you

We can furhiah proof you've been fishing!
Neptune Seafood Co.
12 North Broad Street

control.
During a recent epidemic, 40 to 50 cows died from rabid fox bites, officials reported. Six persons were bitten and were given anti-

will receive service . is brought "that much nearer.

Elliott Gatohouso, Dexter Gatohouso
Owners

rabies treatment. A merchant was bitten by a fox as he came to open

As soon as we can se-

his store one morning.

THE bo.t men have dreamed of

cure and install the fa

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for yearsl Hughes Sportster, welded wood plastic, built with airplane precision. Uft with one hand,

cilities required to serve your telephone, she will

There is this about outboard motorsyou don't have to guess which one will suit you best. For more than 20 years we've said, "Get into a boat and see for yourself." This, together with the testimony of thousands of

FOR BIG WALLEYE
CHICKAMAUGA LAKE, Tenn. -Cliff Deck, of Chickamauga, Ga., caught a 28-inch walleyed pike here last week. He was casting with a Heddon's River Runt.
On Chickamauga Creek, Thurman Daniel, of Cooper Heights,

carry atop your ear with ease. 7 ft . long; 75 lb. capacity. Easy to handle with oars or outboud. $204.

get in touch with you to arrange for its installation. we know you are anxious to get your telephone . . and we are just as anxious to

owners, is the best way we know to Ga., captured a 12-pound blue cat impress you with the QUALITY of while fishing with a live minnow.

serve you.

Johnson Sea-Horses.

There is No -Substitute for Experience
Staacil Motor Co.
Gaines>Ville, Ga.

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