The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-06-19
A GOOD START.
MADE BY THE AUDUBON SOCIETY
IN ORANGEBURG.
Mr.. James Henry Rice, Jr., State
Secretary, Holds Two Enthusias-

Sooe
Carolina, has begun work in Orange
burg in earnest Two enthusiastic
meetings were held on Wednesda,
by Mr.. James Henry Rice, Jr., Stat,
secretary. The first was at the OLE
school building where the summer
normal school is being held by Prof
Thackston, at whose invitation Mr.
Rice appeared before the teachers O
Orangeburg county He was heart
with attention and the teachers were
deeply interested in the wonders O.
the bird kingdom. 1t is an interest
ing story that the Audubon peopl,
have to tell of the fight to save thu
birds from destruction and of thu
great work done by the birds in max
ing human life possible. 4
The teachers promised their hear
ty cooperation in spreading birc
gospel among the youth of the State
Mr.. Rice was heard with profound
attention throughout and warml.
thanked at the end of his talk.
At the Court House.
At eleven o'clock by appointment
there was held a mass meeting O.
citizens to hear the account of wha
the Audubon society has been doing
to save the birds, game and fish o
South Carolina and also to learn how
the Audubon work is being carried
on. Some thirty-five or forty repre-
sentative citizens gathered to heal
Mr.. Rice who un, lded the plans O.
the society. .,.
Senator Thomas NJ Raysor presi
ded over the meeting and introduc
ed Mr.. Rice to the audience. A
this meeting attention was called tt
the secretary to the work done BY
the National Audubon society through
out America and Canada, and how
it has been spreading from state tc
state until now. it covers the Union
He said that the Audubon society oi
South Carolina, along with other
state societies was chartered by
the legislature. Under that charter
the society began work after organic.
ing and the first work was done in
Orangeburg in April last year, al.
though little was accomplished then
The society was embarrassed by
the panic that held up all operations
and 1t iabored all the time under. the
difficulty Of lack of funds. But work
had gone on and results were seen
all over the State "We do not ur-
dertake to say that there has been
anywhere anything like a perfect en-
forcement of the laws" said Mr..
Rice, "but we have secured numer-
Gus convictions in different quarters
Of the State and thousands of people
have been made to respect the law.
Any community that has given
the work a fair trial has been salts
fed with what it has received
The society does its work through
wardens appointed by the governor
on the society's recommendation
These wardens are paid by the So
ciety and their business Is to see
that the laws are obeyed. To which
end they bring cases against viola
tors of the law and disseminate in
formation in regard to the law and
further informations Of birds and
habits, showing what birds do for
the world. Mr.. Rice gave many in
teresting examples of what birds do,
dwelling especially on the work of
the South Carolina partridge, he
showed what enormous numbers Of
billbugs are killed by partridges and
he also showed how great was the
destruction to crops when the partri-
dge Is killed out. The Audubon So
ciety not opposed to sport, when
sport is had within reasonable Limits,
but it is opposed to slaughter, and
Mr.. Rice added number of examples
to show how much slaughter had
gone on in South Carolina.
He took up the case Of fish trap
ping in Edisto river and pointed out
that parties who had traps in the
river after sun down Thursday ran
a fair chance of going on the chain
gang. 'Dynamiting was also pun
ishable by six month in the peniten-
tiary.
He then pointed out how the So
ciety began and its mode Of work.
Regular members paid Six Dollars
for their tickets and this included
one full years dues. Contributing
members paid dollar annually. He
showed that Orangeburg could main
tain branch organization on secur-
ing fifty regular members, electing
their own officers and having power
to direct their own affairs, having
always the assistance of the State
organization when it was needed.
He was heard with earnest atten-
ton throughout and many of those
present enrolled themselves at once
as members OF the society, many
others followed suit after the meet
ing. Prominent gentlemen present
say that Orangeburg will have no
difficulty in securing its quota for a
branch of the Audubon society.
Mr.. Rice was Unexpectedly called
to Blackville to look after some par
ties who had made threats against