The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-11
HUNTING LICENSE
PROPOSED BY THE AUDUBON so,
CIETY FOR THE

Protection OF the Game and Oth..r
Sir2s in the State OF South Car
olina.
1t almost goes without saying tha,
# birds. game and fish are worth pre-.
serving, then they must be intel!i-
gently looked after, and 10 do this
-ntails expense. How shall this ey.
pense be met? The question ha:
oeea agitated for long time, AMI
the net result is that all States and
countries that are preserving game
have adopted the license system
None has ever tried it and abandon
ed it. This universal experience
ought to weigh nightly in deter
mining States policy.
Fortunately for South Carolina
game protection is undertaken at a
:ime when the State has the bene:if
Of observing the operation of this
license system, as it has operated
other States. and can profit b.
heir experience with abundant ov-
portunitv for improving on thsir
systems. There is no need of Ions
and costly experiment.
Outside of what has been done
At the North and in the West, many
Southern States have adopted the
plan OF putting license on hunters.
Among these are Florida. Alabam:
Mississippi. Louisiana, Texas, an
Arkansas. In these the conditions
are fairly similar to the conditions
= South Carolina, and N Mississippi
hey are almost exactly the same.
The plan. as proposed by the All
drbon Society OF South Carolina
will be carried out in this wise
Upon passage Of an Act by the Gen.
aral Assembly a number of book:
will be issued and sent out to tn;
Clerks Of Court. These books vii
attached, both being numbered
With each book Will go 100 meta
rags in box, similarly numbered
\ warden Will be appointed for eac'
county, whose duty will be to col
'ect these licenses. The license vii
.ost s1.00 and be good for one year
rhe warden will be required to fu:
aish bond to the Clerk Of Court, t.
oe approved by him, in the sum o
$500. Having taken the oath an
furnished the required bonds tn
warden will proceed to collect tn
license, failure to pay which vii. b
punished by fine Of from SO t
. ,125, or corresponding imprisor
'nent. The warden will be comper
<ated by % per cent of what he CO.
ects, OF 25 cents or the dollar. Thj
viii furnish employment for goo
'nen at remuneratiVe rates Will
hey are at work. that is for sever
months in each year. On furnis'
ng the hunter with his license th
warden will also furnish a met,
ag on the front OF the gun stocl
he size and shape of the tag ben
hanged each year as that any wa
Zen may be able to tell at glanc
whether any tag is out Of date.
The money so collected shall :,
transmitted by the Clerk. less s:,;
enumeration as shall be allowed n:
rfTcer for his work. to the Sta
treasurer AMI placed to the cred
: " the Game Protection Fund
my amount over and above what
! 'ecuireG for the enforcement OF tt
aw NAV be turned into the Schot
@und by the Legislature.
The wardens collecting this !icen:
re rot to be confused with II
J. egular warden force, which is char;
d with the enforcement OF the la'
: these regular wardens will be put ::
salary AID their expenses PAID hi
5 y discharge CT tat:r duty.
II people will raf2ct OIL the pre-
ut condition of afsirs and "'l'
;ast and permanent benefits ere to
:ariveG from SUCH :onsrrFaticn
ne States resources there can be {
9oubt that that license will becor
~ md receive the support OF tt
'eonle. 20, in tho last aEalvsis
IS the pecp,- who are the sufrer7l
2ler tut rresen: wssrsfEl practic
The whole body OF the n,:0pl., VI
,e the s4iners unde' the c:,arge
'6er.
i Within few years South Ca
,:;ra would again be stocked wit
came and fish and the cnornOr
'osscs row inflicted on the cror
py insect ravages woGld hs CT
lown. thus adding in another wa
ar greater benefits to the State an
IS people than any amount Of gam
nd fsh could add. ne Dlan
MS frankly outlined, for there
10 reason for ccncealing anythln
srcrl the people; l. IS their Cause an
here is 70 greater before the p"opl
# America.
Some time since had occasi ;
% call attention to the fact, ofte
commented on by the worlds think
.rs, that here in America delnocrac
s on trial and that trial will &C
he be determined by any Of the rc
iitical parties now battling for ST
! oremacy. Tie Issue is before i
,ourt Of the ages. aaA the ans%2
IS in the womb Of TINE.
IN old times the king, advise
5y the educas led priest, preserved hi
game, his Ash and his forests. Fl
hsd these things with their res II;
ing benefits in great abundance
Never once did royalty let go az
u these valued and precious prero.,
,rives until royalty ceased to hav'
! Jurisdiction.
Now the people have succeeded i: