Fifth annual report of the Department of Game and Fish of Georgia, July 1st, 1915, to June 30th, 1916 [1916]

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FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF
GAME AND FISH
OF GEORGIA
JULY 1st, 1915 TO JUNE 30th, 1916
CHARLES STERLING ARNOW
State Game and Fish Commissioner

FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF
GAME AND FISH
OF GEORGIA
JULY 1st, 1915 TO JUNE 30th, 1916
CHARLES STERLING ARNOW
State Game and Fish Commissioner

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Atlanta, Ga., July 1, 1916.
To. Hon. Nat E. Harris, Governor, and Members of the General Assembly of Georgia.
Gentlemen: I beg to submit for your consideration this, the fifth an-
nual report, covering the operation of the Department of
Game and Fish.
I have served ten months, as head of this Department.
During that time I have given my best efforts towards
bringing about increased interest in the protection and conservation of our wild life and fish, and a greater respect for the laws protecting the same. I have received from the county wardens and their deputies, in the various counties of the State, with but few exceptions, hearty, vigorous and sincere co-operation. As time passes the people themselves are becoming more and more friendly towards the laws pertaining to this Department.
Believing that most of the opposition or indifference on the subject of conservation of our wild life and fish came from lack of information or thoughtlessness, I have not hesitated to use printers' ink and postage freely. In this publicity or educational work the Department and the people are under obligations to a friendly press that has given freely of its space in efforts to create an active interest in the work of the Department, particularly as applying to
the protection of birds.
When robbed of all sentiment, the importance of pro-
tecting our birds because of their economic value cannot
be exaggerated. The farmers of Georgia now realize that
the birds are not only their best friends, but their salvation, for if deprived of this, nature's greatest and only ef-
fective check on the spread of insect life, the day must soon come when it would be impossible for them to raise a crop.
The song and insectiverous birds once regarded with indifference and contempt, except by a few of our more sentimental people, are now coming into their own, and are valued at their true worth, and given the protection that comes from a fuller realization of that worth.
The State Superintendent of Schools, who is himself a great lover of birds, has done much to awaken interest in

this great subject, through the teachers and the school
children of the State.
A few months ago I sent out personal letters to the Su-
perintendents of the Schools in every county in Georgia, and also to the Principals of all of \he city and town high schools of the State. In those letters I asked that their great influence be used in efforts to create an interest in the important subject of bird protection. The responses
were general and enthusiastic, and as a result we were
flooded with requests for information and literature, and
we are now daily receiving letters from the school children themselves, evincing their awakened interest in the birds of our State. While I realize fully the value of our game
birds and animals, and fish as well, I have not nor shall I
confine my activities to efforts to conserve and protect the same, but will do all within my power to protect our own
non-game and insectiverous birds, and those of a migratory nature as well, all of which perform a great service,
besides adding so much to the life and beauty of the world in which we live.
There is a very perceptible increase in the deer and wild turkeys in this State. Doves were very abundant in some
sections of the State the past season, the distribution of
this bird, however, appearing scattered and indicated an
average decrease. This may readily be understood, for the
dove reproduces but two of its kind to each pair in a season, and too liberal laws must ultimately result in the ex-
termination of this great game and otherwise useful bird. I trust that the bag limit on the dove may be reduced to not more than twenty-five in each day, and as a further measure of conservation, I strongly recommend that ade-
quate legislation be enacted to protect this bird from being shot on, over, or around baited fields, and that sufficient penalty be provided to deter this destructive sport, as some-
times indulged in.
The partridge or Bob-white were not so abundant the
past season as usual, due doubtless to unfavorable weather conditions, during their hatching period, but there was far less hunting than common, and this bird being capable of rapidly regaining lost ground, under protection, and aided by what has been an almost ideal season during their
hatching period this year, the indications are for a large
increase. The hungry prowling dog is the chief menace of our partridge during their hatching season, and in the
absence of law that would bring relief I have, and am now,
appealing to the farmers and others interested to confine their dogs until the little birds are old enough to fly.
The pursuit of game is a healthful and manly sport that
should be encouraged, under limitations, and the real

sportsmen are ever ready to assist this Department in its efforts to protect our game, realizing as they do that conservation and moderation is essential if they and those
who come after them are to hope for a continuance of a
reasonable supply of game. As regards the season bag limit on deer and wild turkey,
if it appears best to reduce the same it should be done, but
I am not in sympathy with the present restrictions, the
purpose of which was to prevent the killing of the female
of the specie. This provision may have been productive of
some good by causing certain hunters to forego* entirely the shooting of deer or wild turkeys, but any sportsman knows that under the circumstances or conditions which they are compelled to shoot those varieties of game it is impossible to distinguish between the sexes, the result
being that really law-abiding citizens inadvertently violate
the law. This having a demoralizing effect and providing
but little, if any, real protection.
One of the chief obstacles in the way of the enforcement of our game laws is the exemption which allows a person to hunt in his own militia district without a license. In
the first place such district lines are not clearly defined.
The Game Wardens themselves do not know where they are. While the hunter, it* apprehended outside of his own
district without a license, enters the plea that he did not
know he was out of his district, and had no intention to
violate the law. Such a plea is often sincere and honest,
but the people, who are not disposed to respect a law,
unless forced to do so, continually take advantage of this
situation, and the result is that it is almost impossible to
convict a man for hunting beyond his district, and the sale of
county hunting licenses is restricted to that type of citizens
who buy them merely because they are law-abiding, and
are not willing to violate this or any other law of the State.
I recommend that all persons who hunt "except on their own land" be required to purchase a license. This would not only make it possible to enforce the law, but would eliminate a class of worthless negroes, and some others, who take advantage of this weakness in our law to prey
upon the property of their neighbors and to trespass upon the same whenever opportunity offers.
I find that there is a strong feeling of resentment on the part of the sportsmen of the State, and others as well, because of the provision contained in the Act of 1911 which established this Department, which provides that any sur-
plus remaining in the game protection fund at the end of the year should become a part of the public school fund of this State. They contend, and I believe with reason, that the operation of this Department and the good work

accomplished by the same is not a tax upon the Treasury of the State, that the funds which come into the Department, in the manner, and from the sources provided in
this Act, should be used exclusively for the protection, propagation and conservation of the wild life and fish of this State. It is true, though perhaps not generally undeistood, that if this Department were to turn into the public school fund of the State every dollar of its revenue it would not add one minute to the length of the school term
nor conduce in any manner to the success of such schools,
for the reason that the Constitution or the Legisla-
ture has provided in what manner the common schools should be supported, and the maximum sum to be drawn from the general fund of the State AFTER DEDUCTING
ALL REVENUE OR FUNDS COMING FROM OTHER
SOURCES. It may, therefore, be readily seen that the
popular belief that the schools are benefitted by the small sums which have from time to time gone from this De-
partment to this fund is entirely a misapprehension. I believe that this Department should be placed in a
position to build up and maintain some surplus against the time when, because of the increased work and widened scope of the Department, and further because it appears
evident that our efforts to protect the wild life of the State
has the effect of discouraging hunting, thus gradually
reducing our revenue, that the day will soon come when such surplus will be much needed or else we would be confronted with the necessity of calling upon the Legislature for appropriations to continue the important work of
the Department.
It is also true that any lack of efficiency on the part of our Wardens is due to insufficient provision for their com-
pensation. I believe that provision should be made to at least in a measure remunerate those Wardens for the ser-
vice rendered, which would greatly increase their zeal and effectiveness and encourage them in their work.
I am of the opinion that the open season on shore birds
and all migratory game birds should be made to conform
to those promulgated by the biological survey under the operation and direction of the Department of Agriculture of the United States, and that the bag limit on such migra-
tory game birds should not exceed twenty-five in any one day, of any one specie.
The open season on cat squirrels as it now stands makes it lawful to kill them during their breeding season and also
furnishes an excuse for the lawless hunter to go into the woods, beginning August 1st, ostensibly in quest of squirrels, but really bent upon killing young turkeys, deer, or
other game protected at that season. An insistent demand

from all sections of the State suggests that the season on cat squirrels open on November 20th and extend to March 1st following, and that the bag limit on such squirrels be fifteen in one day.
I regard as a serious defect in our game laws a failure
to provide for the taking and having in possession for
scientific or propagation purposes any of the game animals
or birds of this State, under certain carefully considered
restrictions, or the taking of the nests of eggs of birds strictly for such purposes, under proper regulations, and
to provide for the shipment of such game birds or animals from one county of this State to any other county in this State for such propagation or scientific purposes. Under existing laws even this Department is inhibited from taking or transferring game birds or animals from one
part of the State to another for the purpose of stocking
such portions of the State as may be in need of the same, while even parks and zoos may be regarded as technically violating the law by having certain game animals or birds
in their possession during closed season.
As the courts have decided that a person who hunts must
comply with the license provisions regardless of whether
or not the game hunted be what is known as protected game, which has the effect of making an open season
during the entire year on such unprotected game, and as
I am sure it was never contemplated that a person should
buy two hunting licenses during one year, I suggest that hunting licenses issued be good for one year from the
date on which they were issued.
My attention has been called to the abuses which arise
under the operation of Section 18 of the Act of 1911, above referred to, which provide "that persons following hounds in pursuit of foxes or deer, or any other animal not men-
tioned in this Act," may follow such hounds upon the lands
of another without that land-owner's consent, has the effect of permitting thoughtless and reckless persons to enter enclosed lands without the consent of such landowner, often trampling and destroying growing crops and
otherwise making themselves objectionable to such landowner. As a relief from this abuse I would suggest that this section be amended in such manner as would prevent any person from following such hounds in pursuit of deer or other animals on to or over any enclosed lands, without
the owner's consent.
Early in the present year the State of Georgia was given control of Blackbeard Island, situated in Mcintosh County, in so far as the wild life on that Island is concerned, and a lease on certain buildings on the North end of this Island was given for the occupancy of such custodians or War-

dens as this Department might place there. The Department took possession of this Island, which is situated about thirty mile from Darien and ten miles from the nearest main-land settlement, on February 1st of this year. This is unquestionably one of the greatest natural game preserves in the country. At the time above mentioned it was conservatively estimated that there were not less than five hundred deer on the Island, while the increase since is probably not under three hundred. Under strict protection, which we are giving, Blackbeard Island is capable of stocking, within a few years, liberally with deer other portions of the State, where this game animal has become almost extinct, and yet keep at all times in reserve a great number for propagation purposes.
Of the fur-bearing animals on the Island the 'coon largely predominates, while there are a few otter and minks. Fortunately there are no wild cats, skunks or o'possums on the Island, those animals being destructive to other wild life, particularly birds and their nests of eggs. There are approximately one hundred and fifty varieties of birds on the
Island; in fact, it may be described as literally alive with
birds. While during the winter months thousands of migratory ducks and other migratory birds seek refuge there.
Many portions of the Island are so densely wooded as to
be almost impenetrable, affording abundant protection from the elements to the wild life there. This Department is at a very nominal expense absolutely protecting the wild
life on Blackbeard Island. A gun is never fired there, while
the custodian of the Island with his assistant are con-
stantly patrolling the same, and the results, as I am in-
formed, show that the deer are already becoming, in a sense, tame. They at least come out and expose them-
selves in droves often of a dozen to a bunch.
FISH.
The Act of November 27, 1915, which we will refer to as the Salt Water Fish Law, gave to the coast a much
needed protection, and its operation has proven effective
and satisfactory, though, as is true of most new laws, it is perhaps susceptible to some minor amendments. The
patrol boat system, as created by this Act, has not only
given protection to the game and fish on the coast but the Inspectors so provided for are now being used on the fresh water rivers of the State, from time to time. The
cost of this patrol has been far less than estimated, and the revenue arising from the sale of boat licenses has thus far been more than sufficient to defray the expense of the same. I believe that the oyster industry will never be fully

developed in this State until provision is made for the StaU
to lease the public oyster bottoms. That has been the experience of other States. The leasing of such oyster bottoms would, within a few years, provide considerable revenue to the State, would not affect the riparian rights of the people
nor interfere in any manner with those who might wish
to "pick" oysters above low water mark, as the bottoms leased would be covered by water at all times.
The shrimp and prawn industry on our coast the past season reached a magnitude beyond our expectations. At Brunswick alone this industry represented a value of more than a quarter of a million dollars, and the salt-water fishing interest is today worth to the people of" Georgia
approximately half a million annually. Protecting the fish in the fresh waters of* this State is
one of our greatest problems. In this work we are called
upon to expend a considerable portion of our revenue,
while it is true that we derive not one cent from this source. Some revisions of the laws on this subject, as pro-
tecting fresh-water fish, would be beneficial and will doubtless be proposed at this session.
I am pleased to report a very healthful and rapidly in-
creasing interest in the laws of this State protecting gamu animals, birds and fish, and as the people become convinced that those laws were made and are enforced for
their benefit and protection, and for no other purpose, their attitude will naturally become more friendly.
Your attention is called to the financial statement of the Department which is appended. I have carefully avoided any extravagances, but have not hesitated to expend the
funds available where, in my judgment, benefits were to
be derived commensurate with such outlays.
Respectfully,
State Game and Fish Commissioner.

JULY 1, 1915, TO JUNE 30, 1916, INCLUSIVE.

Receipts.

Balance in bank July 1, 1915 Received from sale of licenses
fines imposed sale of badges
Interest on deposits
Received from W. J. Speer, Treasurer
Counties in arrears paid
To balance account Lumpkin County Cash on hand July 1, 1915 Cash on hand July 1, 1915 (fines)

$6,618.15

15,967.75

310.35

1.75

115.05

7,726.81

-

52.00

|

.50

1.94

13.75

$30,808.05
-- Disbursements July 1, 1915, Through June 30, 1916.

Commissioner's salary, 12 months
Office force salaries
Special directions, paid wardens per diem Traveling expense of Commissioner Printing and stationery Postage Freight and express Telephone and telegraph
Attorney's fees Office furniture and fixtures Miscellaneous expense Oyster and fish protection patrol, up to February 1, 1916
W. J. Speer, Treasurer
Cash in bank, June 30, 1916 Cash on hand in Office June 30, 1916 Refund for over payments by county wardens Refund for badge Blackbeard Island protection

$2,000.00 2,947.55 1,629.95 416.64 847.15 467.48 100.46 112.96 125.00 485.26 462.01 211.65
16,656.30 3,854.89 2.98 .75 .25 486.77

FISH AND OYSTER PATROL.

Receipts.

Received from the sale of licenses

Received from the sale of badges

.

$30,808.05
$1,502.00 3.00

Disbursements.
Salaries
Expense Cash in bank, June 30, 1916

$1,505.00
$780.00 562.98 162.02

$1,505.00

WARDENS IN ARREARS TO SEASON 1915-1916.
Amount due by wardens in arrears Amount paid by wardens, cash

$143.33 52.00

Balance due by wardens

$91.33

10

STATEMENT OF LICENSES SOLD SEASON 1915-1916.

County.

Warden.

N. R.

State

County Amount

License. License. License. Remitted.

Appling

Jos. Williams

38

36

$103.00

Bacon

A. H. Roberson.

5

10.00

Baker

J. T. Edwards...

6

8

18.00

Baldwin

W. H. Hall

43

37

113.75

Banks

H. M. Furr

4

4

11.00

Barrow

J. W. Sims

3

3

8.25

Bartow

Martin Collins...

22

46

78.50

Ben Hill.!

T. J. Luke

100

30

222.50

Berrien

H. W. Dubose

10

3

22.25

Bibb

L. J. Kilburn

2

220

113

548.75

Bleckley

J. S. Abney

42

61

129.75

Brooks

J H. Hunter

3

88

72.00

Bryan

S. S. Sasser

11

10

28

173.00

Bulloch

F. D. Fletcher

1

67

119

235.25

Burke

Edgar Bargeron

2

32

85

151.75

Butts

J. G. Maddox

15

22

46.50

Calhoun

J. W. Andrews

2

4

7.00

Camden
Campbell

L. M. Vocelle
J. W. Elder

6

16

85

27

43

167.75 86.25

Candler

I. Coleman

Carroll

J. W. Ballard

Catoosa

R. H. Lane

Charlton

W. H. Mizelle

Chatham

F. N. Irving

Chattahoochee.... W. F. Cook

Chattooga

D. M. White

Cherokee

W. D. Miller

2

12

13.00

7

12

23.00

12

8

18

173.50

1

12

31

59.25

3

292

756

1,187.00

6

12

21.00

1

1

15

25.25

7

11

22.25

Clarke Clay

J. H. Lumpkin, Jr... J. A. Murphey

103

69

257.75

Clayton Clinch

J. R. Echols
Abe Hargraves

6

1

8

21

12.75 31.75

Cobb. Coffee Colquitt Columbia

C. M. Hicks
Ben W. Gray J. M. Norman John Lamkin

73

75

7

7

25

36

2

6

202.25 19.25 77.00 8.50

Coweta Crawford

L. E. Snead A. B. Young

50

103

13

17

177.25 38.75

Crisp
Dade Dawson

A. E. Jackson C. A. Bryan R. E. Burt

37

32

7

1

98.00 5.25 .75

Decatur

Geo. H. Fields

23

33

214

DeKalb

A. B. F. Veal

33

51

Dodge

.".

L. M. Woodward, Jr.

6

17

Dooly

H. J. Morgan

36

28

Dougherty

J. W. Nisbett

144

48

502.50 104.25
24.75 93.00 324.00

Douglas Early Echols

H. P. Sibley

3

26

Drew Thompson

1

2

19

Will Moore

25.50 30.25

Effingham Elbert

G. W. Griner L. H. Turner

1

8

10

44

8.00 53.00

Emanuel

R. W. Coursey

7

11

22.25

Evans

R. E. Shufflebarger.

9

18.00

Fannin

C. M. Butt

2

13

13.75

Fayette

G. W. Dorsett

1

10

9.50

Floyd

F. L. Lumpkin

82

297

386.75

11

STATEMENT OF LICENSES SOLD SEASON 1915-1916--Continued.

County.
Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham.. Hall
Hancock Haralson
Harris Hart Heard
Henry Houston
Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis.... Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln
Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie Mcintosh
Meriwether... Miller Milton Mitchell
Monroe Montgomery. Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee
Oglethorpe....
Paulding Pickens Pierce Pike
Polk

Warden.

N. R.

State

County Amount

i

|

License. License. License. Remitted. |

Chas. E. Davenport.

Jas. T. Bentley
Will V. Zimmer

A. E. Sharp

1

R. L. Pool

R. T. Bunkley

IS

A. M. Hooper

2

A. L. Miller
B. F. McWhorter

Chas. O. Mahaffey.... H. C. Fry

B. D. Langford

W. P. Beman

2

J. B. Bailey
G. W. Andrews, Jr.... A. W. Adams E. W. Hearn Asa A. Lemon J. R. Mathews

T. M. Pollock
Chas. W. Cooper

Chas. E. Wellington..

C. J. Hughes

1

P. K. Wren

H. J. Witzell

3

W. J. Crawford

C. L. Green, Sr
W. L. Currie J. W. Tracy

T. J. Raulerson

J. E. Deason W. A. Belote

J. E. Tate

J. Harrison

N. J. Poterfield

J. H. Story

Joe D. Medicis

O. Hopkins A. Gresham ,
L. A. Free
W. C. Oliver

T. B. Twitty

C. M. Hooks H. C. McLemore

N. O. Smith W. D. Wilbanks

R. S. Grier

1

R. L. Cowan

W. I. Dooly

John Knox

R. A. Cooper H. H. Simmons W. L. McMillan W. P. Ridley

G. W. Peacock

12

10 24 646
2 3
148 10
1
40
9
21 10
9 2 3 2
15 26 11 13 22 22 15 19
4 18 39 10 18
38 1
40 11
6 7 8 20 8 9 17 20 9 36 2
178 27 18 7
6 17 14 16 26

11 12 99 24
8
154 34 45 92
5 19 38 59 51
4 18
7 16 33 30
2 45 31 24 42
7 44 51 16 88
5 55
4 11
1
13 10 35 50
3 13 60 53
4 77 17 123 30
3 10 42
6 7
35

28.25 57.00 1,366.25 34.00 12.00 627.50 69.50 35.75 149.00 21.75 56.25 48.50 86.25 42.25
9.00 17.50
5.25 42.00 76.75 44.50 27.50 77.75 79.25 48.00 105.50 13.25 69.00 116.25 32.00 102.00
3.75 117.25
5.00 88.25 22.75 21.75 21.50 42.25 77.50 18.25 27.75 79.00 79.75 21.00 129.75
.
16.75 460.25
76.50 38.25 21.50 43.50 38.50 33.25 32.00 78.25

STATEMENT OF LICENSES SOLD SEASON 1915-1916--Continued.

County.

Warden.

N. R.

State

j_.icense. Licens(

County Amount
License. Remitted.

Pulaski

W. E. Taylor..:

12

33

Putnam

G. C. Greene

19

210

Quitman

R. G. Hogan

4

14

Rabun

E. S. Blalock

1

19

Randolph

C. Patterson

45

47

Richmond

W. H. Lanier, Jr

11

203

309

Rockdale

M. H. Plunket

7

17

Schley Screven

J. B. Bailey
Norman Harden....

10

3

7

50

Spaulding

J. D. Holman

22

70

Stephens

R. L. Carroll

8

5

Stewart

W. B. Simpson

7

34

Sumpter

W. T. McMath

135

69

Talbot Taliaferro

J. D. Calhoun R. F. Ray

6

78

4

20

Tattnall

H. M. Penuel

21

7

Taylor

J. A. Hollis

13

16

Telfair

W. H. Boothe

27

36

Terrell

Eli G. Hill

114

81

Thomas

J. S. Montgomery.

56

30

40

Tift

J. U. Parish

41

39

Toombs

M. A. McQueen

28

5

Towns

E. A. Hamrick

Troup

R. J. Willis, Sr

26

99

Turner

J. O. Roberts

1

22

24

Twiggs

J. G. Slappey, Jr....

8

1

Union

C. E. Butt

2

1

Upson Walker

E. R. Ingram J. C. Knox

2

35

6

11

24

Walton

W. H. Roberts

27

92

Ware

C. V. Stanton

78

99

Warren

C B. Reese

11

11

Washington

Geo. T. Gilmore

17

64

Wayne

E. S. Majette

24

7

Webster

G. W. Burks

1

Wheeler

J. F. Hall

2

White

J. H. Allison

5

Whitfield

W. S. Richardson...

6

33

34

Wilcox

C. M. Ham

19

18

Wilkes Wilkinson

J. D. Colley
A Chambers

4

72

2

13

Worth

M. E. Crow

5

35

72

48.75 195.50
18.50 ' 16.25
125.25 769.75
26.75 22.25 51.50 96.50 19.75 39.50 321.75 70.50 23.00 47.25 38.00 81.00 288.75 762.00 111.25 59.75
126.25 74.00 16.75 4.75 30.25
112.00 123.00 230.25
30.25 82.00 53.25
.75 4.00 3.75 163.50 51.50 62.00 13.75 184.00

Total.

176

4,493

6,493

$15,967.75

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PROSECUTIONS.
Season 1915-1916.

County.

Name of Offender.

Offence Charged.

Fine. State's Part.

Appling Bacon* Baker Baldwin Banks.. Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Berrien Berrien Berrien Berrien Berrien Bibb Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley
Bleckley

No convictions No convictions No convictions . . . No convictions No convictions No convictions _ No convictions No convictions No convictions.... No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions

R. H. Lyles

Shooting doves over baited

fields
W. C. Williams, Jr.., Shooting doves over baited

Jno. W. Dikes

fields
Shooting doves over baited

B. K. Richardson

fields
Shooting doves over baited

J. G. Padgett

fields
Shooting doves over baited

Jesse Newman

fields
Shooting doves over baited

Wallace Gables

fields
Shooting doves over baited

Wallace Gables

fields
Shooting doves over baited

A. S. Williams

fields
Shooting doves over baited

Gus Williams

fields
Shooting doves over baited

J. R. Smith

fields
Shooting doves over baited

Burke Bozeman

fields
Shooting doves over baited

John Padgett

fields
Shooting doves over baited

R. R. Richardson

fields
Shooting doves over baited

E. T. Mullins, Jr

fields
Shooting doves over baited

T. J. Abney

fields
Shooting doves over baited

J. B. Porter

fields
Shooting doves over baited

J. B. Medows

fields
Shooting doves over baited

Toe. Abney

fields
Shooting doves over baited

fields

$5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00

$1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25

5.00

1.25

5.00

1.25

5.00

1.25

5.00 . 1.25

5.00

1.25

5.00

1.25

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County.
Brooks Bryan Bulloch

PROSECUTIONS-- (Continued.)

Name of Offender.

Offence Charged.

Fine. State's Part.

No convictions
No convictions .. Tom Henley

Fishing without permission

25.00

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Bulloch Bulloch Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke Butts
Camden Camden

George White Haywood Hardee J. H. Brinson
W. H. Lanier, Jr
G. L. Jones
F. S. Palmer
E. B. Gresham
J. 0. Applewhite
R. L. Miller
Audley Hill
L. L. Mobley
H. J. Morton
Joseph Law
F. L. Brinson
No convictions No convictions Harold Morgan
Geo. Wilder

Campbell

Studor Daniel...

Candler

No convictions

Carroll

No convictions

Catoosa

No convictions

No convictions...

Chatham

Jas. Anderson

Robt Jenkins

Chatham

Henry Williams

Chatham

Angelo Leucardo

August Griebuer

Chatham

Chris P. Thomas

Chatham

Paul Rousekis

Chattah'chee.. F. W. McMurrian

Chattah'chee.. Curt Gordy

Chattah'chee.. Wm. D. Sheridan

Chattah'chee R. S. Cook

Chattah'chee.. Henry Curry, Jr

Killing doe
Violating game law
Shooting doves over baited
fields
Hunting without permis-
sion Shooting doves over baited
fields
Shooting doves over baited
fields
Shooting doves over baited
fields
Shooting doves over baited
fields
Shooting doves over baited
fields
Shooting doves over baited
fields
Shooting doves over baited
fields
Shooting doves over baited
fields
Shooting doves over baited
fields
Shooting doves over baited
fields

10.00 10.00 10.00
5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00

Seining in closed season.... 20.00

Illegal fishing

40.00

includ-

ing cost

Hunting out of season

10.00

Illegal fishing Illegal fishing Killing deer out of season Illegal fishing Illegal fishing Section 23 of Act of 1911.... Section 23 of Act of 1911....
Hunting without a license Hunting without a license Hunting without a license Hunting without a license Hunting without a license
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10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00

2.50 2.50
2.50
1.25
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50 2 50 2 50 2.50
2.50
2.50 2 50
5.00 8.50
2.50
2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50

PROSECUTIONS-- (Continued.)

County.

Name of Offender.

Offence Charged.

Fine. State's Part.

Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch

No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions
Abb Sirmans

Cobb Cobb Cobb

Sid Lovelace Fred Lovelace
,
Otis Hamby

Dynamiting fish

40.00

includ-

ing cost

Hunting without a license 10.00

Hunting without a license 10.00

Hunting without a license 10.00

2 50
Not paid Not Not

Coffee Colquitt Columbia.. Coweta Coweta Coweta. Coweta Coweta Coweta Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade
Dawson
Decatur...
Decatur Decatur Decatur Decatur Decatur Decatur Decatur Decatur Decatur Decatur DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb
Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early

No convictions

No convictions

No convictions...

Hunting without a license 10.00

Monroe Ballard . ^ Tang Ballard
- Raymond Hill
Theodore Hill....
Tom Gresham

Hunting without a license Hunting without a license Hunting without a license Hunting without a license Hunting without a license

10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00

2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50

Cuble Hill
No convictions

Hunting without a license 10.00

2.50

No convictions.

No convictions

. No convictions... .

L. T. Hornsby.

Seining out of season

20.00

5.00

Frank Covington Seining out of season

20.00

5.00

L. A. Phillips

Shooting fox squirrels

Gus Bell... .

Dynamiting fish

Belton Holmes

Dynamiting fish

Lon Jackson

Violating game law

Julian Hodges..

Violating game law.

Elwood Mock

Violating game law

Wesley Richardson. Section 7 of game laws

Geo. Peterson

Section 7 of game laws

10.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 20.00 10.00 10.00

2.50 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
5.00 2.50 2.50

Eddie Scott

Hunting without a license 10.00

2.50

Ed. Clark..

Hunting without a license 10.00

2 50

William Johnson
Ed. Holmes
Lem Blasengame

Hunting without a license Hunting without a license Hunting without a license

10.00 10.00 10.00

2 50 2 50 2 50

Julius McDaniel Hunting without a license 10.00 John James Scott Hunting without a license 10.00

2 50 2.50

Steve Shepard

Hunting without a license 10.00
or 2 mo nths on

chain gang,

Worki ng time

No convictions..

., No convictions

No convictions

,, No convictions

No
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convictions

ou t.

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PROSECUTION S-- (Continued.)

County.

Name of Offender.

Offence Charged.

Fine. State's Part.

Echols Effingham...
Elbert
Emanuel Evans Fannin
Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer. Glascock Glvnn Glynn Glynn Glynn Glynn Glvnn Gordon Grady Grady
Grady Grady Grady Gradv
Grady Grady Grady Greene
Gwinnett Habersham Hail Hancock Haralson
Haralson Harris Hert Heard Henry Houston
Houston

No convictions

Alonzo Scott.

Hunting without a license 50.00
or 6 mo nths on

chain gang,

Geo. Wooten....
No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions

Servin g time.

Hunting without a license 10.00

2 50

Jim Haines..
No convictions No convictions. No convictions No convictions. No convictions. D. M. Beckham W. A. Clark.... James Green I. W. Tyre
C. A. Sweat

Hunting without a license 10.00

Hunting without a license Hunting without a license Hunting without a license Hunting without a license Hunting without a license

10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00

2 50
2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50

Shelley Thornton Hunting without a license No convictions

10.00

2.50

Dan Worrick Sam Walden

Killing deer out of season Having a deer in posses-

10.00

2.50

sion

15.00

3.75

J. H. Baggett Bob Tyus

Killing a wild doe Killing a wild doe

15.00 15.00

3.75 3.75

D. L. Sellers

Killing a wild doe

20.00

J. R. Gray

Netting out of season

10.00

Not

paid

R. A. Tyrus

Hunting without a license 10.00

2.50

J H. Baggett

Hunting without a license 10.00

2.50

D. L. Sellers
Henry Metcalf....

Hunting without a license Dynamiting fish

10.00 50.00

2.5J 5.97

includ-

ing cost

No convictions No convictions No convictions. No convictions Tom Wyatt

Hunting out of district 10.00

without a license

or 30 d

ga ng.

Servin g time.

Remittance. No report.... 10.00

2.50

No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions Eugene H. Taylor.. Hunting

without

permis-

sion

10.00

2.50

Robert Reddy

Hunting without permis-

sion

10.00

2.50

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-- PROSECUTIONS (Continued.)

County.

Name of Offender.

Offence Charged.

Fine. (otctie Part.

Houston-
Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis.
Jefferson....

W. P. Stevens, Jr.
No convictions No convictions Dan Daniels (col.). No convictions
Jewell Adkins

Jefferson.

Oscar Kitchens.

Jefferson.

Millard Michael.

Jenkins... Johnson..
Jones Laurens.. Lee
Liberty....
Lincoln...
Lowndes. Lumpkin. Macon Madison..
Marion....

Shug Ruffin... No convictions
Edm'dStinson(coL)
No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions
Jeff Taylor

McDuffie.... No convictions.

Mcintosh.... No convictions.

Meriwether.... No convictions.

Miller

No convictions.

Milton

No convictions.

Mitchell

W. M. Bunch....

Mitchell

J. C. Dey

Monroe

Steve Wynn

Montgomery.. No convictions.

Morgan

No convictions.

Murray

J. E. Nichols....

Muscogee...
Newton
Oglethorpe. Oconee Paulding Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski
Putnam

No convictions... No convictions... No convictions... No convictions... No convictions... No convictions... Joe Andrews
Ellis Anderson...
Belton Sheffield.
No convictions... No convictions-

Hunting without permis-
sion .
Killing quail out of season Fishing without permis-
sion
Fishing without permission
Fishing without permission
Violating game law Hunting out of season.
Closing up stream with trap
Hunting without a license Hunting without a license Hunting without a license Hunting out of district
without a license
Shooting fish Hunting out of season. Hunting out of season.

10.00

2.50

10.00

2.50

50.00
or 30 d ays on chain gang.
Servin g time.

75.00
or30d ays on

chain gang,

Ser'n g time.

out.

1.00

.25

10.00

.50

15.00

3.75

10.00 10.00 10.00

Not
paid
Not
paid
2.50

10.00

2.50

20.00 10.00 10.00

5.00 2.50 2.50

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PROSECUTIONS-- (Continued.)

County.

Name of Offender.

Offence Charged.

Fine. State's Part.

Putnam Putnam

, Oscar Gillian (col.). Hunting without a license

Dock Jackson

Hunting without a license

Quitman Rabun Randolph Rockdale Richmond Schley Screven

No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions Edward Jenkins

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair

No convictions No convictions No convictions
Lonnie Jenkins
No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions Jno. Pace

Terrell
Thomas
Tift
Tift.
Toombs Towns Troup Troup Troup

No convictions No convictions J. H. Page W. P. Blalock No convictions No convictions G. B. Heard Lon Hall Lehman Ware

Troup

Jas. Carter

Troup

Isom Cameron

Troup.

Charlie Martin

Turner

No convictions

Twiggs

No convictions

Union

No convictions

Upson

No convictions

Walker

No convictions

Walton

No convictions

Ware

No convictions

Warren

No convictions

Washington.... Coot Youngblood

Hunting without permis-
sion
Hunting without a license

Shooting squirrels out of season

Illegal hunting Illegal hunting

Buying squirrels
Selling squirrels Fishing without
sion Fishing without
sion Fishing without
sion Fishing without
sion

permispermispermispermis-

Hunting without permis-
sion

10.00

2.50

10.00

or 30 d ays on

chain gang,

Servin g time.

10.00
Servin g time.

10.00

2.50

10.00

10.00 10.00

2.50

10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00

2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50

10.00

2.50

Webster Wheeler White

No convictions No convictions Mose Holcomb .

Dynamiting fish

10.00

Not paid

1!)

County.

PROSECUTIONS-- (Continued.)

Name of Offender.

Offence Charged.

Whitfield.
Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

.. No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions No convictions

Fine. State's Part.

TOTAL FINES COLLECTED

$310.35

Above report of prosecutions covers only cases where there were convictions or pleas of "guilty" entered, and where final report with remittance has reached this office.
There are many cases now pending in the courts and some
disposed of but proper report not yet received by this department.

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