... SEVENTH YL Where friends and'"the Outdoors Meet 2-Year Wildlife Struggle Won by Tarheel Sportsmen; South Carolina Hits Snag With a victory in North Carolina and a loss in South Carolina, sportsmen this month have re-emphasized the part organized effort can play in the administration of conservation. North Carolina hunters, fisher- PRICE ELECTED men and farmers hurdled their last barrier in a two-year struggle to remove gam~ and fish from NEW HEAD OF their Department of Conservation and Development. Legislation setting up a separate agency was DALTON CLUB almost unanimously adopted by the North Carolina House and Senate. It was sponsored and carefully DALTON, Ga.-T. W. Price is guided through legislative manip- the new president of the North ulation by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, which claimed Georgia Game and Fish Protective 20,000 active members. Strong Association. He was elected at a and vociferous county and district meeting of the club last week, at units generated and maintained which plans were announced for a sufficient support among law- drive to revive interest in consermakers to win their fight. The new set-up will get into vation of wildlife. harness in July. It calls for a Elected to serve with Mr. Price commission-director plan similar were Henderson Wyatt, vice-presi__ ,,.._,.....,.~~~~. t"o Georgia's, but does not enjoy dent; Len Tracey, secretary; Ned constitutional protection. Porter, treasurer, and Bill Davies, South Carolina's reform meas- chairman of publicity. ure, authored by Senator Shep K. The meeting, which was at- Nash, was killed by a 23-12 vote tended by over 150 sportsmen and in the Senate. Following this re- farmers, was addressed by Charles versa!, sportsmen looked hopefully Elliott, director of the State Game to a similar bill that was to be and Fish Commission. 3-Shell Limit HARD TO GUESS-The weight of this bigmouth bass would fool most fishermen. Austen Todd, introduced in the House by the of Toccoa, Ga., couldn't guess it either. The scales balanced at II pounds, 9 ounces, one of the Charleston delegation. South's largest bass for the first quarter of 1947. Todd's 251f2-inch fish was taken March 24 at Lake Wildlife observers and leaders Still Ignored Louise, which was impounded in 1939. 1A8T7LAENNTTARITERSIASLMAMSAHRK ISummary The Atlanta Field Trial Club hurdled adverse weather conditions and a serious accident to President Guy Stancil to set an all-time record in its 17th bird dog test over the Phone by Jim Minish AMATEUR PUPPY 1st - HILLBRIGHT TONY B. M. G. Dud- ley, owner ; R a y Ca rter, handle r. 2nd-JILL, Dr. Gilbert E. Fishe r, own- er and handler. . 3rd- PATSY, Dr. Gilbert E . Fisher , own- er and handler. AMATEUR DERBY 1st- AIRBORNE'S SEAVIEW JIM , A . C. Mills, owner and handler. 2nd- ALABAMIAN, Dr. G. E. Fisher, owner and handler. in the fight concluded that until sportsmen organize county groups they can. expect no progress in co.nstructive conservation legislation. It was pointed out that with two exceptions, senators from counties having sportsmen's clubs supported the Nash bill. Many leaders expressed belief that defeat would provoke a statewide campaign that will ultimately 'lccomplish the desired results. Although the three-shell capacity law has been in effect four years, Georgia hunters still have difficulty remembering it, figures compiled by the State Game and Fish Commission indicate. During the season just closed, over 100 gunners were fined for infringing on the regulation Twenty-five hunters. were convicted and fined for this offense during Feb- ruary. The fines ranged ftom one Chattahoochee River course March 8-12. The annual spring trial ran five was unusually close, but the de- 3rd- LULLABY ANN, George Collum, owner and handler. AMATEUR SHOOTING DOG Hoglan To Judge dollar and cost to $51.50. full days and attracted 187 pointers and setters. This was 31 more dogs than had ever been cast in the event before and was one of cisions of the judges were unanimously approved by owners and handlers. Hillbright Tony B, a son of famous Hillbright Susanna, won 1st- FURR'S SPEEDY DIAMOND, Dr. J ack Hunter and Jack Curran, owners ; Jack Curran, handler. 2nd- GEORGIA PAT .PROCTOR, C. N . Crawford, owner and handler. 3r d- LUCKY DRAW, W . C. Satter- TRYON, N. C.-Mason Hoglan, M. F. H., of Nashville, Tenn., will judge the Spring Hound Show to be held here Aril 23, accord~g to Dynamiting Costs 6 Tarheels $1276 CLARENDON, N. C.-Six local the largest fields ever to competition in America. run in the first event, finishing ahead of 25 rivals in the Amateur Puppy. thwait, owner And ha ndle r. AMATEUR ALL-AGE 1st- STEIN CITY SUE. R. Z. Cates, Elbert Nanney, manager of the show and an official of the Tryon men were recently fi.ned $200 and court costs of $12.60 each on On the third day of the trial, Tony is owned by M. G. Dudley, of owner: John Martin, handler. 2nd- BEAU'S UNCLE SON, Dr. Jack F'oxhunters Association. charges of dynamiting fish. P resident Stancil was run over by Greenville, S. C., and was handled Hunter, owner and handler. a frightened horse and suffered a by Ray Carter. Srd- LUCKY DRAW. W . C. Satterthwait, owner and handler. broken-leg to mar what otherwise Dr. Gilbert Fisher, of Birming- OPEN ALL-AGE was the club's most successful trial ham, placed Jill and Patsy in the 1st- DURATION BOB, John R. owner ; Georgo Crangle, handler. Shaw, in history. That morning Stancil other two slots. 2nd- COLONIAL JAKE. Dr. H. E. had watched his top entry, Alle- Airborne's Seaview Jim, A. C. Longsdorl, owner: Earl Crangle, handler. 3rd- ALLEGHENY DAN. Guy Stancil, gheny Dan, make a perfect find Mills' pointer, pulled an upset and owner; Hermt:.n Smith. hnndler. that gave him third place in the decisively defeated Alabamian in OPEN DERBY 1s t- MR. ATR SAM, Dr. L. 0. CrumP- Open ,All-Age when the final re- the Amateur Derby. Lullaby Ann ler . owner : Herman Smith, handler. sults were compiled. COMPETITION CLOSE was third. Jim had two cleanly- 2nd- SEVERIN SAM, James H. Doyle, owner : PRul Mottern. handler. handled finds, to gain a leg on the 3rd- SPUNKY ESSO PETE, Dr. W. H. The whole show was a fitting beautiful Quill Orme Memorial Wallingford, owner; dler. C. Bert Black, han- tribute to the officials of the club, Trophy. OPEN PUPPY who worked tirelessly before and after hours -over the five-day The Shooting Dog Stake captured by Furr's Speedy was Dia- 1st- ACCOLADE ANN, John Shaw, owner: George Cran~le , handler. 2nd- AGRTPPA'S JILL, Dr. G. E. Fish- stretch. Those who contributed mond, owned by Dr. Jack Hunter er. owner : John Gates. handler. 3rd- REACTTON; Carl W . Shattuck, mQst to the event included Stancil, and Jack Curran. Diamond was owner: Paul Mottern, handler. Chairman C. M. (Slim) Bowden, handled by Curran and climaxed a Secretary John W. Huey, Treas- good searching heat with a brace er, was third. The imposing John llrer W. 0. Lindsey, Jack Curran, Buck Baker, Dr. Jack Hunter, Ray Carter and Bill Floyd. Competition in all seven stakes of clean points. Georgia Pat Proctor, owned and handled by Clyde Crawford, was second and Lucky Draw, Satterthwait's stylish point- S. Blick Trophy went to the winner's owners. Stein City Sue, R. Z. Cates' en- Continued on Page 6 GUN DOG CHAMP-Furr's Speedy Diamond won the Shooting Dog stake in the Atlanta Club's record spring trial lest month . She's shown here with her proud owners, Dr. Jed Hunter, left, end Jed C~rren. The new champion is holding quail in her mouth as proof that she can do it ell. "' Texas Ranger =~t- MemorialWon ~By Pelt's Pup ~ .MOORESVILLE, N. C.-Pelt's 0 0 ~ ~ Ariel Vandal, a pointer male owned by Captain Chester H. Pelt of Fort Bragg and handled by R. ~ E. Bevan of Burlington, won both 0 the amateur and open stakes of ;z; ' the second annual Texas Ranger ~ Memorial Puppy Trial at Moores- ~ ville March 3. :~:Z:: The trial ,sponsored by Price Sherrill, local sportsman, was run 0 over the. William Barber farm W. near Mount Ulla. Renfro Belle, pointer bitch, owned by Dr. 0. B. Kirby, of DEAD LAKES OFFICERS-One of the South's largest conservation clubs is the Dead Lakes Sportsmen's Association, of Florida. The club had e big meeting lest month at Wewahitchka, Fla., end elected 1947 officers, most of whom ere shown here. Seated at left is President C. L. Morgen, of Wawahitchka. Charlotte, and handled by Allen Dead Lakes Association Short, of Boonville, was second in the open stake, and Skyrocket Sonny Boy, setter, owned and Re-elects C. L. Morgaa handled by S. E. Beam, of Kan- napolis, was third. In the amateur, Renfro Belle was second, and third was divided by Sonny Boy and Knolwood Honey Child, point- er bitch, owned by Price Sherrill and John Cashion, of Mooresville, WEWAHITCHKA, Fla.-The Dead Lakes Sportsmen's Association elected 1947 officers at its annual mee~ing here in Mach and inaugu- and handled by Cashion. rated a program designed to curtail violations and to support Florida's The open purse was $325 with restoration projeCts. 13 puppies entered, and 24 started C. L. Morgan, of Wewahitchka, It was upon its recommendation in the amateur stake. The weather was reelected president of the As- that the season on black bass was was cold and the greund frozen sociation. Vice-presidents were closed during March, April and until noon, but a crowd of 500 chosen from five counties as fol- May in the huge Dead Lakes Area, turned out. Judges were R. W. lows: J. W. Lowry, Panama City; one _of the country's finest natural Norman of Salisbury and V. B. D. B. Hayes, Blountstown; Basil fishing grounds. Gilmore of Kannapolis. Von Gammon and Montague Gammon Training Kennel for Field and Trial Dogs HURTSBORO, ALABAMA Kenney, Sr., Port St. Joe; W. F. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Randolph, Apalachicola, and Gary Bill Would Save Larkin, Bristol. Pure Turkey Strain Floyd Lister was named secre- WASHINGTON.- under the tary; H. 0. Pridgeon, assistant provisions of a bill introduced. in secretary, and Dave Gaskin, treas- the u. s. Senate recently by Bur- urer. All are from Wewahitchka. net R. Maybank (D.-S. c.), popu- President Morgan said the Asso- lar sportsman and statesman of ciation hopes to restock the Dead Charleston, an area within the Lakes area with wild turkeys. Francis Marion National Forest Small Mouth Bass Large Mouth Bass Shell-Cracker Bream (Strawberry Bream) Blue Gill .Bream Crappie Live del ivery guaranteed. Write for prices and information. Jas. H. Reave Calhoun. Ga. After an open discussion, members would be set aside and maintained voted to allow officers and direc- as a sanctuary for the wild tur- tors to decide on recommendations key and other species of native the Association would make to the game birds and animals. Game and Fish Commission. Senator Maybank's action fol- The Dead Lakes organization, lowed a proposal by Herbert Rav- which has 700 members, is one of enel Sass, nationally known out- the South's largest and strongest. door writer of Charleston, that such an area be created to per- petuate one of the last remaining flocks of turkeys having a domi- nant wild strain in the southeast. In sparking this movement, Sass was joined by Henry E. Davis, of Florence, S. C., who is widely rec- ognized as an authority on the eastern wild. turkey. fishing taekle from HOOD HIP BOOTS e $10.95 For Safety and Wading Comfort MASLAND FISHING JACKETS e e e 10.95 With many outstanding features UTICA FLY REELS e 6e95 A low priced favorite (automatic) MARTIN AUTOMATIC FLY REELS e e 10.00 Flywate In Green and Aluminum DUNK'S MINNOW BUCKETS e e Famous AIR-MIX model 3e95. LEVEL FLY LINES e $2.25-3.00 Sizes C, D~ E made by Ashaway, Marathon, Gladding, Sunset and Ralnbeau. 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They prefer to forget the bad ones, which have become the rule in recent years. Until another one comes along, Will S. Crawford, of Atlanta, is the South's hard-luck champion. Take a quick look at some of his adventures. "I've been deer hunting several times every year for the past 10," he confesses. "I haven't fired a shot. The only venison I've had were gifts from a few sympathetic companions. On one trip I was lost a night and a d~ in North Georgia's mountains." Instead of quitting, though, Crawford last fall increased his hunting activity. He. iurned to scatterguns. He opened the dove season at the choice stand on a field full of doves. His shots were either too far in front or too far behind. He banged away 35 times and still hasn't seen a feather fly. Several other expeditions produced similar results. He invaded Florida for fish, accompanied by Mrs. Crawford. On the west coast he went fishless. On the east coast he picked up a bluegill .slightly larger than a half dollar. It was undersized and he returned the fish. But he is still optimistic. He's ready for the law of averages to work for him this summer. And he'll greet the hunting season with a new Browning and a remodeled Winchester 95 deer rifle. He consoles himself by admitting he can't do any worse than before. "And after all," Crawford laughs, "I fish and hunt for sport's sake-not for meat." You have to admire a fellow with that kind of philosophy. There ought to be more like him. A "Comeback Kid" at 73 Montague Gammon, of Rome, Ga., is the country's most notable example of a "Comeback Kid." At 73, three score and 13, Gammon has returned to the rugged game of professional dog training. His partner is Nephew Von Gammon, with headquarters 'at Hurtsboro, Ala. Montague Gammon boasted last November during the Floyd County Gun Dog Trial that he would again train dogs if he could regain good eyesight. An operation did the trick, and he's a new man. He has returned to the game he loves will all the enthusiasm of a puppy bouncing through the kennel gate. Gammon is the most educated 'dog trainer in -history. He holds an M. A. from Columbia and an A.' B. from Georgia, where he was class president in 1895. When you're talking about heart and courage, don't forget Montague Gammon, who deserves more than moderate success in a game which smiles only on the fittest. Satilla Sam Wins National Amateur Congratulations are in order for Lester Varn and Carl Cooling. Yarn's young pointer, Satilla Sam, is the 1947 National Amateur Quail Champion. Sam ran to the title February 28 with a sterling two-hour heat against seven finalists in a record field of 53 dogs at Union Springs, Ala. Although winning .:Ss nothing new for Yarn's fine pointer (he has 14 wins), this was his most noteworthy performance. He was top dog in his one-hour preliminary race. And he increased the margin with four perfect finds when the chips were down. Yarn, who is cltairman of the Florida Game and Fish Commission, was in the saddle and on the whistle when Sam rode to i victory. . The white, black and ticked pointer will be just three on July 1. Carl Cooling, whose grounds are near Montezuma, Ga., has brought Sam a long way in one season. What we like about Sam most is his birdiness. When he goes down he has quail on his mind. We predict a big career for the new Amateur Champion. Notes from a Tattered Cuff John Rush, of Jacksonville, Fla., is the new president of the Amateur Field Trials Club of America. He is the owner of Flak z. .and is one of the country's most popular. field trial men. . . . R: Cates, of Spartanburg, S. C., was elected second vice-president at the Union Springs meeting. Cates is owner of the Stein City string of pointers handled by June Welchel. ... Alabama and Louisiana still have an open season on turkey toms in the spring. . . . The gobbling season in these states runs April 1-15. Alabama hunts are being held in the Bankhead and Talladega National Forests and are limited to 950 gunners holding $1 permits. JAMES G. WILCOX INSURANCE COMPANY GfNfRAL INSURANCE 301 Ten Pryor Street lulldlng ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA Phone WAlnut 4410 THE SPORTSMAN'S FRIEND YELLOW CABS WA. 0200 A. G. Hendley, Prelclent ATLANTA, GA. $200 Fine Imposed On Quail Hunter Violators of the game and fish laws in Georgia during February paid $2,434.60 in fines, according to a report of the State Game and Fish Commission. A $200 fine imposed on W. E. Robinson, of Carrollton, who was convicted of shooting quail un- lawfully, topped the assessments. Shooting a doe cost Jesse Steedley, of Argyle, $100, while fire-hunting of of deer backfired Perry, Fla., on to W. H. the tuCnroesboy1t $61.20. COLD WEATHER CATCH-Sub-freezing weather didn't stop this fisher- man or the fish he strung. W. B. Willingham Jr., and W. A. 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Editor and Publisher Tarheels Show Sandlappers the Way 00 ~ ASSOCIATE EDITORS If our South Carolina sportsmen needed a lesson in the immediate 0 CHARLES lUtOn EDDIE FINLAY CHARLIE WEST need of militant organization, they got it in a one-two punch last 0 LOU WilliAMS I. M. ATKINSON, JR. PARSON S. GUNN Q HENRY P. DAVIS TOM WALKER BETSY CROWELL mo.nth. :~:;:J 0 'l'6oaling ' l ' i m e Southern Outdoors is a trade and technical newspaper, publishinq trade and technical news for sportsmen, sportinq goods dealers and the industry. Issued semi-monthly by Southern Outdoors, Pryor at Auburn, Atlanta 3, Ga . In 'l'lle Bills FIRST, they read in the papers that 20,000 Tarheel sportsmen, organized in county and community groups, returned this year to Raleigh under the banner of their less-than-18-months-old state Wild- ~ YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50; SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS ,..... REPORT ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS TO US AND TO THE POST OFFICE. Your post office April 1st is generally known as life Federation Bill enacted. and quickly got their proposed Wildlife Resources t~ :r:: ~ will not forward your copies of Southern Outdoors unless forward postage is provided by '!All Fool's Day." This designa- you. We cannot replace copies not delivered through your failure to notify us at least IS days before the date of issue. Send both old and new addresses. Southern Outdoors is not tio.n may be perfectly proper for At the biennial session of the North Carolina legislature two years ago, this same-but then UNorganized-group, proposing identical O,_.., responsible for advance payments to representatives or ~ents. All publications are entitled to use for republication all news credited to Southern Outdoors. Entered at the Atlanta post a great many individuals scattered legislation, got the well-known legislative brush-off with barely more OO office In May, 1940, as second class matter under Act of March 3, il79. hither and yon, but I prefer to than a smirking nod of recognition from the politicos. call it "All Trout Fishermen's SECOND: In tallying the 27-11 vote by which their senators, upon Sportsmen Could Do It Day" in Georgia. the motion of Sen. 0. L. Long, of Laurens, killed the Fish and Game Except in the management Commission bill introduced by Sen. Shep K. Nash, of Sumter, the All states, particularly in the South, need their share of areas tional of the Chattahoochee NaForest, all trout streams in South Carolina sportsmen find that, Counties Cherokee and Greenville, the excepting the senators from senators from counties having at least a $5,000,000 appropriation in Pittman-Robertson the mountains open on the first organized sportsmen's groups voted for the Commission bill: funds. But the House sub-committee in Congress has recom- day of April. To the glades and The clubs in Cherokee and Greenville counties, it should be pointed mended only $2,500,000, despite the pile up of $16,000,000 in a special unused reserve fund provided by the 11 per cent tax on arms and ammunition-paid by hunters. dells and quiet valleys come the migrating warblers, the spring flowers and a host of eager fishermen. From skyscraper and farm, out, were not organized early enough to be effective in this instance. Too, it is said that Greenville County harbors a former pill-roller, who, masquerading as a fisheries expert, was as active in lobbying against the sportsmen's bill as he is in county politics. It seems to us to be false economy to continue to add from hamlet and village, they to this balance at a time when game and fish resources are facing perhaps their most serious crisis. The coming sea- come to try their flyrods and cane poles and worms and flies and spinners in the clear mountain How Our Sandlapper Solons Voted For your future reference and guidance, here's how the politically son will net at least $5,000,000 more. Why not spend at waters. minded and conservation-minded of the S. C. senators voted on the least this much to help offset the increased pressure that an Three kinds of trout inhabit the sportsmen-sponsored Commission bill: all-time record number of gunners will impose on an all-time cold water streams of our state. AGAINST THE BILL: Senator Abrams, Brinkley, Brown, Dennis, low supply? The brook, or native trout, is him- Ellerbe, Grant, Gressette, Hester, Kearse, Kennedy, Homer R. Long, self one of the aborigines of the 0. Langdon Long, Lyles, Mars, McCravy, Moss, Mozingo, Pruitt, A committee. of the International Association of Game, mountains. The rainbow and brown Rivers, Rowland, Thomas, Thompson, Paul A. Wallace, Warren, Ray Fish and Conservation Commissioners, headed by I. T. Bode, trout have been brought in from R. Williams, W. Bruce Williams. ()f Missouri, has gone to Washington and urged an allocation of at least $5,000,000. We think this is a modest demand. Odds are that this bid will be lost in Democrat-Republican foreign waters, and because they will endure higher water temperatures, have been planted generally throughout the South. We suggest that the sportsmen represented by the foregoing solons, staple the above list to their hunting and fishing licenses, then get busy organizing an active~ militant group of sportsmen and others sincere -conservationists in their respective communities. debate. The blame, however, cannot be laid to the House The stocking programs of most FOR THE BILL:' Senators Baskin, Bryant, Cantwell, Jefferies, committee. It must be traced back to the sportsmen .wh6se Southern states are a year-by- Mays, McEachin, Nash, Parler (Chmn. Senate Committee on Fish, money provides the fund. Until and unless we quit dozing in our duck blind or on our deer stand both the ducks and the bucks will be gone before we can rub our eyes. year operation. Each fall and winter, Georgia releases around half a million trout from state and federal hatcheries. They are Game and Forestry), Sawyer, 0. T. Wallace, White. Regardless of the fact that it was probably better that our bill, emasculated as it was by undesirable amendments, be defeated, .nevertheless the sportsmen and other conservationists of S. C. owe If every state had a strong organization of sportsmen functioning sufficient demands could be made to obtain these reared to the legal size of seven inches before planting and a large percentage of those which survive the above gentlemen a vote of thanks. They kept faith with the sportsmen, and put the interests of their state's wildlife above that of county politics and petty patronage. . additional funds that are so badly needed right now. are caught out before they are 10 Letters of appreciation are being written by the clubs in their inches long. Many of those. in the respective counties, but they deserve, and should receive, an expression Pheasants or Gold? larger waters escape, and there of apprciation by every hunter and fisherman in the Palmetto State. are always deep pools which might Have you written yours yet! hide a .big rainbow or brown. The NOT VOTING (9): Allen, Ellis, Harvey, McFaddin, McLeod, Nalley, The "gold rush" for South Dakota pheasants may be largest known record of a trout Smith and Yonce. approaching an end. The hordes of gunners from every for Georgia waters is around nine The sportsmen of the counties represented by these non-voters state in the country who invaded the land of the ringneck pounds, althought the record rain- should quickly organize in order to help 'em make up their minds by last year have convinced the Dakotans that something must be done to discourage the slaughter. bow_ taken in the United Sattes was 29 pounds and the record brown lacked a half pound of the next General Assembly. And, more importantly, in case the bill is reintroduced in the House, as is now rumored that it may be. Under a bill before the 1947 Legislative Assembly nonresidents will be required to wait 15 days after the season tipping the scales at 40. There may be some huge rainbows or Why Waste the Sportsman's Money? opens to obtain a South Dakota hunting license. The bill browns streams hidden in or lakes. the Georgia It seems to us that it is but a shameful waste of the sportsmen's dollar to expend them on such sport fishing projects as proposed for also closes duck and goose shooting to out-of-staters. Another Each year for a month before the Clark's Hill recreational area. For example, we recently read proposal being considered provides for a special stamp. The the trout season opens on All where thousands of dollars are going to be spent on establishing and stamp would cost residents $4 to hunt outside their counties Fool's Day, I look forward to it stocking, and maintaining areas for game fish in . the proposed im- and non-residents would pay $10 in addition to $20 for a with an eagerness and anticipation poundment. Two days later, we read this in another S. C. newspaper: license. Half of this $10 would be set aside for acquisition of public hunting areas. that is matched only by the fear that I might not be on hand the opening day. "Fishermen remarking that when the Santee-Cooper authority lowered the water level in the basin by five feet, thousands of game fish were trapped in shallow pools, there to die and rot as the pools South Dakota sportsmen appear to be greatly concerned At night I fondle over flies, dried up." over the rapid and unexpected ,decline in the pheasant pOpulation. They are sponsoring these measures to curb the mad s~arpen _my hooks, polish spinners, 01l fly hnes and put my favorite fly rod together a hundred times. For that matter, why spend any money at all in South Carolina on restocking areas with game and fish as l~ng as our Department of Game and Fish is denied the power of selecting and employing the dash of hunters to the pheasant fields. The sportsmen Something as vital as life itself wardens to protect th_em, and as -long as it has,.no scientifically trained undoubtedly prefer a good crop of pheasants to a harvest of stirs in my aging joints. I find personnel to x;ecommend and : supervise resoration projects ? $10,000,000 from invaders. It is evident that they realize myself looking, staring at a cer- no bird can stand the shooting to which their fabulous ringneck has been subjected during the past two seasons. tain picture on my wall, thinking of a rock ledge or a bend in the river where I missed a monster The Most Needed Proiect in S. C. We've been asked by several sportsmen's groups in South Carolina we believe any restraining steps that are imposed are none too soon, although they are certain to be unpopular among many gunners. trout in the fall. I keep thinking of the gray, windy dawns and the cold water tugging at my knees. The very thought of the new tree what would be a good project for their outfit to undertake. Invariably we have told them that unless they first educate the Tom Smiths and Mary Jo.neses of their county in the critical need for adequate fish and game legislation, all their other efforts, time and money shall leaves, of dark pools, of the soli- be wasted. It is the uninformed, and therefore uninterested, Tom tudes through which my favorite Smiths and Mary Joneses who elect the men who make the laws. Tile trout stream flows; brings a surge Without sound, intelligent basic statutes and an inter ested, cooper ative of strength and peacefulness that general public, no conservation or restoration program can succeed. comes only from living close to the earth itself. VARSITY FRESH FOODS CURB SERVICE If you'll you are a know what tIromuet anfi.sheIrfmyaon~ are not, go stand beside some roar- ing white river that storms its way down the gorge, and feel the slow fire burn along your veins. Fish Ponds We can't deliver them to you finished and full of fish. lut If you have the water and want a pond or lake built on your place, well, that's our business. Call or write now for free estimate. ATLANTA, GA. ATHENS, GA. If it doesn't, put up your rod and go on home. You can buy fish across the counter of your favor- ROY MABRY 2161 Piedmont Road, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia ite butcher. Audubon Society Urges CLYDE KING HEADS CAPITOL GUN CLUB The Capitol Gun Club, of At- Halt in Duck Hunting lanta, has announced plans for the most extensive shooting activity in its history. The National Audubon Society advocates that the hunting of Clyde King has been elected migratory waterfowl in North America be discontinued for one year, president of the club and, with with the understanding that 11uring that time basic revisions of man- other officials, has perfected plans agement and regulation policies be worked out and adopted, according for a greatly enlarged member- to John H. Baker, president of the_ Society. ship. Construction of three skeet "Whatever the differing beliefs lrrnlll::l:------------- fields and two 16-yard traps is un- may be as to the principal causes of decline," said Baker, "the fact der way. A new club house also will be built. Officers elected to serve with remains that control of the kill by King are Dr. H.' N. Alford, vice- man is the only means we have of quickly contributing to the restoration of an adequate breeding president; Tom Sims, treasurer; ___ _,j, Bob Autrey, secretary, and Jack Tway, manager. stock. The duck-hunting fraternity throughout the nation well knows that the duck population is at a new low. They do not need to await the government release of the January count to find that out. "The Society is not opposed to hunting and recognizes the recreational value of field sports legally pursued," according to Baker, "but it does believe in regulation of de- All-Year Foxhuntlng r=l::s'Mi~J.~&-:==:~1 COLUMBIA, S. C.-A bill to permit fox hunting at any time, A"11'"Jia!-..,W:r!1":.-~ -."="'"""<'-II and without a lice.nse, in game .t_~~~i!~~~-,.~U I zone 2 (Anderson, Abbeville, Lau- ,. rens, Greenwood, McCormick and .Jt."--'---'="._..!!!!i!;:3!'=------~l Newberry counties) has been in- "You'll have to dry them in the basement, Henry, the neighbors ere eompleining." troduced in the General Assembly here by Representative Cartee, of Anderson. liberate take such that there inay be no net depletion in the breeding stock. "There is no historical precedent for the termination of a downward cycle in waterfowl population in as short a period as three year," Baker continued. "There would, therefore, seem to be no need of awaiting word as to this spring's breeding ground results before arriving at the conclusion that there are only two reasonable alternatives: (1) further drastic restrictions on allowed take, or (2) a temporary closing." HUNTING AND HUNTING is G ~~GmGgG- ond zine crGmmed full of hunt in g , fishing , camp- ing, dog Gnd boGiinQ l..r---J,.__, stories and pictures, invaluable informatior. about g uns, fishinq tackle , gGme low changes, best places to fish Gnd hunt- countless idees !hot will odd more fun to s,...,., vour dovs oheod . Friel Olfer Send 2Sc in stamps or coin ond we will send vou HuntinQ & FishinQ for six months . ~H.UN_TIN,G_&.fi1SH...I.NG M.A..O,A..Z.I.N..I... DERBY WINNER-A. C. Mills, of Atlente, end Airborne Seeview Jim, Amateur Derby winner in the spring triel of the Atlute Club. ._,..., _,. n ....ly . ....,,. CONSERVE TIP-TOP ROOFERS Trout Limits Taken In Sleet and Snow g Falling sleet and five inches of C'/.l snow failed to stop Taylor Britton, of Atlanta, on his first trout fish- ~ ing trip of the year. Britton anci = his partner, Johnny Gous-e, ot t.l!j ~ z Kingsport, Tenn., laughed at the signs and weather and waded int inch Eastern brook. Average size- was nine inches. -~.... 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PERFECTIO N GRANULATED BISCUIT PllPPY FOOD Here's a food that, like Meat Meal Cereal, puppies, relish, and that grown dogs often pre fer. E specially adaptable Jor feeding toy breeds. Dl'I:ATION ROR TOPS In Ihe money ra\'es among .pro- fp~siorral handlers , Georg-e Crang- le, of Wa~ nesboro, paced the fi e ld. Crang-le hand led two of the three winners. Duration Bob won the Open ..\11-Age and Aeco lade Ann topptd I he Open Puppy pvent. Both an~ owned by John Shaw, of Jalkson,itle , Fla. Co lonial Jake and Allt'g-lwny Dan finished beh ind Dtn:tlion Bob. Jilt was seco.nd and Reac tion third among the j.uverr il eR. ML Air Sam, owned by n ... L. 0. Crumpler, of Danville, Va., and handled by Herman Smith , of Hatchechubbee, AIa. , g-rabbed the Open Derby over Severin Sam and Spunky Esso Pete. Hig-h class work orr two finds decided this test in which :l2 dog s competed. Judges in the Amateur stakes were ]{oy Persons, of Monticello, (;~t., and Frank C. Norman, o f l'roYide nce, R. I., and Wayn esboro. Clyde Morton, of Alberta, Ala., handl er of marry National champions, teamed with Georg-e> Harden, of Union Springs, Ala., in the Open races. 5 LBS. 65c 10 LBS. 1.25 25 LBS. 2.95 50 LBS. 5. 78 100 LBS. 11.55 Prices f.o.b . Atlanta HASTINGS' KENNEL SHOP Mitchell at Broad WA. 9464 FISHING and BATHING in the Gulf surf. . Fl y to Panama City BE>(Ic h: l.:~nd o n ou r 2,000 -foo t strip besid e the water. Plane service and refueling . AERO-AUTO SERVICE Joe Hutchison, Prop. Panama City , Fla . STANCIL RECOVERING FROM LEG INJURY <:AINI:SV ILLI:, <:a.- <:uy Stancil, prornirr ent Georg- ia s por-t~nran arrd prpsident of the Allanta l'icld Trial C luh , ha~ been disrni ~~ed from Down ey ho ~ pital and i~ recovc>ri ng- from a ~evere leg- injur y at hi s home here. Stanci l s uffered a bacl.ly broken lc>g- and brui~e~ when a runaway horse struck him during- the ~p ring- trial o f the Atlanta Club. HP was ru s h ed to l~mor y UniV(rs ity ho spital and late r removed a Gairresvil le hospital. CUTTER ELECTED BOATING DIRECTOR Ralph B. Cutter, of Atlanta, has been e lected Georg-ia direct o r o f the Outboard Boatirrg- Cluh of America. Purpose of the club is to promott' improved facilities and an increa~ ed interest in boating. Dogs Boarded I ~can offer you the best in boarding and caro of dogs . Sanitary a nd safe kennels and runs. Outside exercise if desired. Write for particulars. M. L. Brooks Kenne5aw, Georgia FOOD BY PROFESSIONALS Our famous K. C. steaks , with French fried potatoes, French fried onions and chopped vegetable salad, are the TALK OF THE TOWN I DUDLEY HOPEFUL-M. G . Dudley with his promising puppy, H illbright Tony B, who won the Amale.ur Puppy stake in the Atlanta trial last month . Tony is the son of Hillbright Susanna, one of the all-lime setter greats. llfSUlT$. GUARANTEED 2 oz. Size 1.00 I I oz. 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Georgia Lake The "Tiger of Nacoochee" has been captured by a Tiger man. ::Z:: For many years the "Tiger of Nacoochee" had been raiding schools tr:l of minnows and small bream. He had f ought hi s way to freedom ~ after tearing up the lures and leaders of numerous fishermen who were lucky or unlucky enough to hook him. 0 c:: But in mid-March the "Tiger" met a man from Tiger, Ga., who ured 29 inches from nose to tip of 1-3 g had the simple equipment required tail. He was the largest rainbow . fj5 to hold him. Jesse Welborn was trout taken in the South since 0 fishing with a strong pole and line. Ralph Carson, of Lakemont, Ga., > At the business end he had a glob caught one a few ounces heavier ~ of earthworms. in 1945 in the same Lake N acoo- The end of fast and sure. the He "Tiger" came swallowed the ~:~~- w~~~- ab~~ft~~ c::.::ks~e~~ '[ bait and Welborn set the hook. Ashland, Ga., took a six-pounder !'"' The Tiger man gave the "Tiger" in Tallulah Lake, Ga., and S. S. just one good r un. He then over- Stewart, of Nacoochee, Ga., landed ~ . powered the fish and beached him. a five-pounder from Lake Rabun :!::j The "Tiger of Nacoochee' meas- the same year. The delights of the sportsman are too numerous to Jist. Every person who reads this message knows what it means to take a a trout or kill a bass to flush 1 ....__._S_O..L_~E-M-N VETERAN-This dose-up is a good character study of , a covey of quail .. . to bring down Charley Sealy's 11-year-old hound from Cottonwood, Ala. His tattered left a deer . . . to hear a hound bay ear is everlasting evidence of a fight with a black bear in western Florida. Bill Runs Forever at the tr.ee . . . he understands the deep pleasure of the woods . . . the :1.est of camping bes ide a clear stream . . . the earthy joy of tramping the fi.eJds. J By JACK TROY COTTONWOOD , Ala . - They call Bill "Mr. Versatility" down here in the spacious low country. Eleven years ago Charley Sealy imported Bill from England . He was a gangling red puppy, and before his first birthday the stories abour But nature does not always stay him were being told over Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Whether it was fox, in balance. deer, or bear, Bill was the kingpin of the Sealy pack. He still is, although he's beyond the boneyard age for most dogs. Through all the ages, man in his migrations westward has left ,.a blight on many of the If it's courage you're looking for in dogs , bend an ear to one of Bill's numerous adventures. Last year while chasing a deer Bill struck a bear trap in the swamp. The heavy jaws locked just above a forefoot. The trap was nailed securely to a tree. Most earth's most fertile areas . . . hounds would have perished. But Bill's powerful tugs tore loose the trap. He Lands and streams once teeming with nature's gift have been made barren j)y man. worked his way through the brush and swam a deep creek with the trap still gnawing into his leg. Tired, bruised and bleeding, Bill finally made it back to his kennel. He recovered, and just the other night he was in the lead again when the Sealy pack pushed a red fox high up a tree. This winter, his 12th in an eventful career, it'll be deer and bear again for "Mr. When nature ceases to be in Versatility," the red English hound that appears destined to run forever for the balance we can no longer have Sealys. the -beauties of nature-nor fish, nor game, nor trees . , not even water to drink or us: for power. Often we cannot survive except Mallard-Sprig Cross Is Killed on Santee !' GEORGETOWN, S. C.-Two by moving on. unusual ducks, killed this winter on the Kinloch gun club, North Only recently have we become; aware of the need for restoration Santee, and kept on cold storage have recently been given to the and replenishment . . . soil conservation . . . forest and flood control . . . vigilance against the 1 pollution of our rivers .. , breed- I 1 ing and feeding grounds for fish, fle&h and fowl. On these billion!! Charleston Museum by Dick Stanland, game manager of Kinloch, and treasurer of the Georgetown County Fish and Game Conserva-tion Club. ) One of the ducks, a hybrid from a cross between mallard and sprig of dollars have been spent. Much (pintail), showed the coloration of more remains to be done. both species, with the long neck of It is all worth it! A. L. BELLE. ISLE "My wife took over my business while I was in the army." a the latter, Stanland said. The other was partially albino mallard, showing brown to buff with a dappling of white feathers. Atlanta Baggage and Cab Co. Automobile Finance Co. Belle Isle Airport Service Belle Isle Realty & Investment Co. Yellow Cab Co. Harlem Cab Co. Belle Isle U-Drive-lt Belle Isle Truck Rental System Helle Isle Building 20 Houston Street, N. E. From where I sit ... Jy Joe Marsh Do Men Like Women? Maybe you read that reeent article iR a national magazine, elaimiq that American tnen don't reaDy like the company of women. They Just put them up on a pedestal and leave them there. But I wouldn't say tllat that was so in our town. Look at any married couple-like the Cuppers. Jane wouldn'biag it Dee spent his evenings "with the boys"-but actually Dee likes nothing better than to stay home by the fire, sharing a glass of beer with Jane, playing cribbage, or just talking. And when he does go out, for an ai'ternoon of fishing down at Seward's Creek, or for an evening glass of beer at Andy Botkin's Garden Tavern, Jane is almost always with him (except when she's got a spot of baking in the oven). From where I sit, respect doesn't rule out everyday companionship , . and never should. They go together-essential parts o! a successful marriage. ZACHRY'S ARROW GABARDINE Sports Shirts lD Rayon ARROW GABARDINE WASHABLE , 3 magic words in better sportswear these are of smooth rayon gabardinethe combination that makes cool days warmer and warm days cooler luxurious feeling , subtly cut for a carefree air. Long sleeves. Natural SPORTSWEAR, 2ND FLOOR ZAC-HRY 85-87 Peachtree St., N. E. 00 Georgia and South Carolina 'MARSH HEN' BILL COLUMBIA. S. C.-A bill that Divide 1946 Bass Prizes would designate the clapper rail (marsh hen) as a domestic game ALL-AGE LINE-UP-The fird three dogs in the All-Age ateke of the Atlanta Club's trial line up for the camera. Left to right: Stein City Sue with Trainer June Welchel; Beau's; Uncle Son and Jack Hunter; Lucky Draw with W. C. (Bill) Satterth1ait. A Georgia fish won first prize in the largemouth bass (Southern) gird, and provide a state season, Division of Field & Stream's 1946 fishing contest. The prize-winner, bag limit and hunting methods to caught at Wax, Ga., by C. B. Arrington, weighed 12 pounds, 2 ounces. conform with the protection af- This was 2 pounds, 10 ounces were: John W. Roberts, Rock forded other species of rails by under the top bass in the Florida Eagle Park Lake, Ga., 11-12; Hugh the Federal Migratory Bird Act, Division, which was led by R. B. D. Howard, Ludowici, Ga., 11-8; L. has been introduced in the House Altman, with a 14-pound, 12- Wallace Nichols, Lake Payne, Ala., by Representative Legare Rodgers, ounce specimen taken at Long 11-6; Floyd Casey, Lake Green- of Beaufort. Pond Lake, Fla. wood, S. C.; 11-2; .T. H. Crosby, Second in the Southern Division Jolly Pond, Va., 11-2; D. W. Gard- The "Big Ten" thus included was a South Carolina catch-11 ner, Ledbetter's Pond, N. C., 11-0; three bass from both Georgia and pounds, 14 ounces-by James L. Robert B. Findley, Santee-Cooper, South Carolina. Alabama had two Hook at Jacobs Millpond. S. C., 11-0; E. H. Eiland, Tyler, and North Carolina and Virginia Others and weights in order Ala., 10-15. one each. Quality refreshment C O PYR IG HT 1947, T H E COC A-COLA COM P AN Y