Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-05
'POSSUM AND 'TATERS
Animal Banquet Of The Perfectly
Projected. .,,
UNIQUE SOCIAL EVENT At SHARON
Girls Who Hunt 'Possums Also Know
How to Entertain Their Friends-ln-
teresting History of now Famous
Huntin1 Club.


Hunting Club.
Sharon, Dec. 4-Mr. and Mrs
Walter Maloney were hosts to members
of the Perfectly Protected Possum
Club of Sharon, and number of their
invited guests at 4 regular 'possum
supper Tuesday evening. There was
'possum and potatoes, done to a perfect
turn and cook ed only as Mrs. Maloncy
knows how to cook them, and there
was in addition to the main article on
the menu, a variety of other delightful
edibles including chicken for those
who lose all interest in 'possum after
il is caught: as well as rice and gravy
and pickles and cakes and fruits. The
table in the dining room fairly groaned
with good things to eat and some of
those present, in particular the county
game warden, did considerable groan-
ing after the table had been relieved of
it's burden because Of the fact that he
could not resist the temptation offered
| by the savory viands placed before
him, and under the circumstances for
got the fact that the average man
when he reaches 40 or better is not
possessed of the stomach of elastic
steel that he had when twenty years
Younger, all other things being equal.
SO numerous were the invited guests
that no attempt was made to seat
them; but they were instead directed
to take standing room around the
dining room and go after the tempting
viands in picnic style. Grace was said
by d. T. Woods and then the genial
hosts invited their guests :" help them
selves. This they did and members of
the club were happy in assisting them
in a task in which they needed no as
sistance, the young lady members OF
the club serving as mattresses.
After supper there was a musical en-
tertainment furnished by an orchestra
composed Of Mrs. w. A. Fewell and Mr.
Edward Shillinglaw, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
II. Good and Mcssrs. Walter and Ed
Maloney. Old time 'possum hunters
told wondrous tales of wonderful
'possum hunts in the long ago, young
people and people not so young be-
came keenly Interested in the music
and others older still and some per
haps not quito so old became greatly.
interested in watching those who apS
peared to be so interested in the music
II was a most enjoyable eVenlng-So
pleasant in fact, that it was very late
in the evening before the last OF the
company took leave of their entertain.
ing hosts. Th )sc present included: Mr.
and Mrs O. Nj, Spurlin, Mr.. and Mrs
l.. IL. Good, Mr. and Mrs. ID. II. woods,
Mr.. and Mrs w. A. Fewell, Misses
Hannah and Lucy Stephenson, Susie
Hartness, Margaret Boyd, Annie
Whitesidcs, Annie Ferguson, Daisy
Anthony. Stella and Penninnah CAM
Pauline Turner, Nellie Kicker, Mary
RclI Good, Mamie Mac pleXico, Eunice
Cain, Myrtle Henry; Mcssrs f.. H.
Shillinglaw, Ralph and Gus Cain, j. r.
Paysinger, Ross Kicker, Jas. d. Grist
Brown Baird, w n. McClain, L. ID.
Turner, Jim Youngblood, Clyde Potts
The annual 'poSsum supper OF the
Perfectly Protected Possum Club OF
Sharon, is a yearly event here which
is always looked forward to with much
interest and pleasure. 1t is always
hold at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
,,,l,n iS.
as one Of the finest 'pOSSum COOKS III
the state, the brown turn to which the
numerous specimens of the nocturnal
roscr which graced the Maloney board
Tuesday evening and the sweet taste
of the "'taters," on the side OF the
mates. being conclusive evidence tc
sustain her reputation as cook for ali
time.
The Perfectly Protected PoSsum Club
of Sharon, like the annual Maloncy
sumner, is likewise IN institution. IL Is
the only 'posSum club in the state ana
very likely in the south duly organized
under the rules and regulations OF the
! Ancient Association of PoSSum
Hunters whose membership includes
Iadics-young ladies, pretty girls, mem
bcrs of some OF the first families IN the
county. They go 'po$Sum hunting nc
causc they like the sport and because
II furnishes for them novel entertain
mcnt. 1t is great, they say, to tramp
thc woods and hOllOWS on a moonlight
or moOnlcSS night in December ac-
cnmpanicd by father or brother or
| "r,icud." TO listen 10 the talking OF a
good 'possum dog, hot on the trail OF
the ncculiar little animal that made the
syycrt uotato famous. 1t furnishes a
thrill to the feminine heart to hear
,hr cracking of twigs and the swish
inp of branches in the dead of night
wbcn all is solemn and silent except
for the march OF the hunters and
hounds.
Thcn again, membership in the Per-
rectlv Protected pOsSum Club furnishes
its pretty girl members with di-
version and change altogether separate
and distinct from the routine of work
in tine home or in the office or the store
in sharon. They even grow tired oc-
casionally of receptions and parties