Milford chronicle., 1914-12-18
MILFORD MEN HUNT
IN SOUTH CAROLINA

The first Of December Thad Windsor.
proprietor of the new Hotel Windsor in
Milford, and Howard G. Sapp, the well
known automobile man of this town
went to Sans Soucie, North Carolina and
thence up the river to the hunting wilds
OF North Carolina, for two weeks hunt
with friends at that place. A letter from
Mr., Sapp received last week by Milford
friend, tells the story of their experiences
IN an interesting manner. He says:
This is Sunday evening, and we are
at splendid old place-a real Southern
plantation, 1t being on an island of about
lo,OOO acres. Three thousand acres are
IN partial cultivation, and the balance is
wild and timber land. The house is a
great big old southern home, with host
and hostess of the kind that make YOU
feel that your being with them is pleas
ure, and their house full of big manly
sons, all enthusiastic hunters and splen-
did companions.
1t has rained all day and have rested
Yesterday we ran a deer for several hours
but did not get him, and we are going
again tomorrow for another deer hunt
when we hope for success. We have
shot some small game, and am having
the time of my life in hunting exper-
ience.
Thad Windsor fell out of a canoe in
the river yesterday, and how he did splut
ter and yell it may be my experience
tomorrow, but | hope not. We have
caught many raccoons-you know that is
Windsor's speciality and one of the boats
ran into bear at the edge of the river,
but there was no guns in their boat, and
before we could get there the bear had
gotten away into the swamp.
If you could see me eat at meal time
not to mention between the meals when
any apple, chunk of pork, or a pumpkin
pie is always welcome to tide over until
the next meal is served-you would be
amazed that a human being could ac-
complish so much destruction of food at
one sitting. l am a liberal feeder at all
times, but down here after a day in the
wood and fields, it's simply awful to
contemplate. And sleep-its wonderful.
After one of those meals and a smoke
before blazing log fire, we finally man
age to drag ourselves to the great big
sleeping room and to then fall into fea-
Yer bed which simply and actually swal-
= YOU bodily, could sleep ten hours
6%s etch, if it were not for Thad with
It SA> q, and eternal early and late
MS snofA. after raccoons. I am sure
rising to q uch eating and wonder
hat with the - would soon get fat,
lul sleeping thsS only thing which
3nd the hunting - %,
this resRIt. This is some
rake it from me, that will lin
No, ting life down here ~hrSa cry
ler in me eufory for my lifetime; hF : y
moment is a pleasure. Mrs. Styles, -
lostess is one of those fine mOthef1g
vonen who can't do too much for youN
omfort. and to make our stay pleasant
We two are Just two more cogs III tre
Wheel of their every day family AFFAIRS
nd that makes it pleasant all around. /
Trs STYLES is the kind of woman that
VERY man instinctively removes his nat
q when in their presence, and the entire
amilv are delightful companions. i
In one of the fields which was planted
vith cotton last spring, the stalks are
yhits with tn e cotton yet clinging to the /
oils for the, had not finished picking |
vben we arrj,-e ed. In another field are
thousands of s, nall shocks OF peanuts
vhich will be pi cked from the vines later,
md sent to mark ct; for this part of North
'arolina grows tile peanut in great fields
md many acres. The corn fields are on
he same scale.
Quail and rabbits are plentiful, and
yent out Yesterday morning for short
,unt win a couple of dogs, but soon
lfter , getting into the woods they struck
! ira trail and they followed it away and out
If NV hearing, so I quit then and there.
thought it was a foA, but one OF the I
bows with ME said, "dog-gone the luck
be[ have Jumped bla.Ied 'hawg'' -.
logs run wild in the woods on this plan
alton. and the dogs have tAn chasing
he Younger hogs, but steer clear of the
I'D sows and the boars, botl OF whom are
dangerous fighters for dogs to tackle.
We hope to get deer and a wild tur-
-a'' hIt the law prevents shipment of
game out of the State, and we can Drine
either home with us. -