The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22

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The Audubon Society has created
healthy public sentiment through
,ut t,.e State on the subject, had sue
,eeded in convicting number OF
;iolators of the laws and lacked
,nlv funds 10 make the work
thorough and effective in every part
ii the State.
TIE legislature having failed to |
take action there were only two
courses open. One was to take the
nsu9l course and express regret that
nothing could be done further. the
Audubon Society having discharged
its full duty to the State and 10 the
cause. The responsibility would
rest on the legislature; they could
face the people and explain theln
non-action.
The course actually adopted was
The alternative Of keeping up the
work in the field by might an main.
Conviction has followed CONVICTION.
The game laws of South Carolina
are better enforced today than are
the laws OF Alabama or OF North
Carolina. This enforcement has not
only been self-sustaining. but II mas
NOT cost the State of South Carolina
a red cent.
Please remember that this work
has now been going on for nearly
a year and half. The only income
the Audubon Society has had have
been membership dues and the trac-
Ion cf nonresident license that was
collected. There is nothing wonder
full about collecting a NONRESIDENT
and resident hunters license with
rhe whole machinery Of State back
of YOU and plenty Of money to set II
in motion.
The work of the Audubon Society
of South Carolina has been latter
day miracle. and any thinking man
is bound to admit it. If there IS
any lingering doubt in any mans
mind let him go out into the field
and try to enforce law, collecting
money as he goes from individuals
for publishing laws and other no
tices, paving lawyers fees and eX-
penses incident to trials, paying
travelling expenses. paying wardens
and so on. Such man will get eX-
perience very fast and be wiser IN
his generation.
The fact cannot be disputed that
the Audubon Society Of South Caro-
lima has handled every case reported
10 it. and justice has never mlscar-
ried through lack of proper effort
being made by the Society.
The Society had bill introduced
at the last session providing for a
one dollar gun tax, and this would
place all necessary revenue IN Its
hands.
| The point to emphasize is that
Mr.. B. F. Taylor has given freely
| fully half of his time to the cause OF
protecting the birds, game and hsh
of South Carolina He is large
business man, as is we'll known, and
ne has never received any kind OF
compensation for his services. More
than that, he has given a stenogra-
pher to the cause. Mr.. Taylor
efforts, which are in line with the
most advanced patriotism known to
civilization, should be appreciated
and they will be. This fact of his
assiduous care, coupled with the
further fact that I know more peo-
pie personally than any man in Soutl!
Carolina, and have the good will OF
most of them. has made possible
the work of the Audubon Society
But all my work would have failed
at the start and dozen times since
without Mr.. Taylor's assistance and
friendly confidence in me.
The News and Courier has been
valued friends to the cause, and
would be among the first to hail
such an achievement as has actually
been accomplished by the Society
against the heavy odds described
From three different kinds of license
the State of Alabama collected s20,-
900, and, of course, the most OF this
came from resident hunters. We
can take similar license law with
our present organization and collect
';va times as much
The only sufferers have been Of
fcrs of the Audubon Society. Of
South Carolina. who have been work
ing with almost no compensation.
for my own salary is so small that
I am almost ashamed to mention
what it is. l have to make that.
Now to show a comparative state
ment Of the work done by member
ship. which is the pith and marrow
of any game enforcement, whether
done by the State or otherwise. I
shall cite the figures from the North
Carolina report. as Mr.. Pearson is
Justly esteemed as the head of his
class in the United States.
~ tllS ISSOII Oi NV = Se%A W. AA'
backed by the National Audubon So
ciety and paid salary by them.
Mr.. Pearson shows in his report,pages
1898, made to the Governor and
people Of North Carolina. life mem
bership of 14S, who paid $40 each
one time: he shows a sustaining
membership of 1872, who paid $
for the membership and an annu
dues of 81. as members of the South
Carolina Audubon Society pay.
This makes a total Of SO members.
little over half of which keep IN
active touch with the Society by pay
ing annual dues.
In its last report to the Governor
the Audubon Society. of South
Carolina, showed regular member
ship Of 113 paid Since that time
the membership has increased over
200 per cent, and is still growing at
:, ,,n;;3 ,ofo last month beinG one