Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-04
RABBIT RUNNERS R0MP !
Lovers Of The Chase Had'1 Annual. Il %
Hunt. Last. Friday. y {: B
GOT Bag Of FIF1Y.slx ] BUHNlEs

GOT Bag Q Qf Flf1Y.sK BOANlEs !.
Twenty Guns, Twentys Hunters / and
j Seventeen Dogs-Lots OF. Shooting:
and Lots aof Fun-some Pursued
Policy Of. Safety First-Two Rabbits
! at One Shot Killed by One Of the.
| Hunters. q q
(By Views and Interviews:)
j Fifty Six rabbits and four partridges$
in a day, twenty guns and twenty peo-a
pie and:seyenteen dogs and notia single
casualty except to the: aforesaid bbitss
and birds! & = >:
& Not a bad. record, eh. and itiproves
conclusiYelydthat; { the rabbit popula-
ton Of York, county is or was stilli
pretty thick. II. = .S s ,.,s ~ q
R.That was the bag of the annual rab-;,,
bit hunt of the Rabbit Hunters Club
of,sY orkville heldplast Friday : on the
plantation of Mrs. W. R. Carroll on
Big Turkey Greek, nine miles SOUTH
west Of Yorkville. The RABBIT Hunters
::E5Club Of Yorkville has been in existence
for number of years. but had never
been formally organize1 until last Fri-s
day.. Officers have; been nominated as
follows; President, John R. Hart; vice:
president, Dan T.. Woods. secretary,
Charlie Caldwell; treasurer, -. Cal
Steele; chief guide, John Darby; chief
chauffeur, OllieeFaulkner chief inlerri-S
ment maker, Allen White; chief Ecusto-:
dams of the dogs, cady Woods and;
Sam .Wylie: .s2 4, - '..ss .s.::
rs Plantation Famous for Rabbits. s,s.i
! Two. Ford automobiles - carrying
Senator John R. Hart, County Came
Warden, Dan T. Wood $, Chief fsof Police
J.. Cal Steele, Charlie Caldwell Some;
times called &C christian because OF his
patience as a hunter); 4 Jas I. Grist,
Charlie Steele and William J: FeWell,.5
left early Friday morning for the Carr:
roll place ON Turkey {. creek f;supe perin-s
tended by Mr.. John Darby, we'll known
farmer. l5. !;ss
Just tfahead of the fiYvers was big.
autorho bile truck, the property off,. e. 8
Cannon; driven by Ollie Faulkner. and
!: coupled by sam lie;s Sam saK K,oods.3S
tAlenW White, well .kno owl: colored rabbit
hunter and twelve other colored men,
Eseyenteen rabbit hounds were ALSO IN
/ the truck with the col ored meTS each
/ whom had asshot iglsn: and not a single
Getting down to Darbys shortly be-
fore 9, o'clock thef party of rabbit
hunters Immediately began to get busy.
mo use to go far fellows" said Darby
who knew the country thoroughly.
Just circle around the house here for,
a hundred yards and you'll get all the
rabbits you're looking for" f s.
The rabbits were there.
Hunt close together boys" advised
Game Warden Woods.
Like Military Company.
The crowd lined up reminding one
much Of an infantry platoon in skir-,
lmish formation. Single barrel guns,
double barrel guns; pump guns and
automatics with gauges IL to 20.
In five minutes a rabbit was jumped.
The poor thing didn't have a ghost OF
a chance against Sam Nyiie.
A covey of partr.dges was flushed.
Billy Fewell shot but the birds gave
him the high sign and went on.s5;..I I
ought to have got that one," he said. {
But he didn't. - =:
The crowd began toss scatter despite
the warning at the beginning and soon,
firing was general: !! Began to sound
like small boys on Christmas eve.
Boom! S's'E,.
"Oh, yes, Mister Rabbit, 'Yo' all Is
done galivantlng around TO- de:season,"
q negro away across the hollow was
heard to say. y -5:a
Senator Plays Safety First &.
Boom! Boom! Boom! and the rattle
Of shot.
Mr.. Hart lay fiat on his stomach.
I've been elected to the state senate:
from York county and want to live to
do my duty in Columbia beginning in
the next few days." he explained. 1T
is all right to get up when the barrage
is lifted he explained to Chief Steele.
This is a little dangerous" smiled
the chief who said something about
having been shot at by one man time
or two or three, but who didn't like
twenty cracking at him.
The party crossed Big Turkey creek
and coming up a cotton field, John
Darby saw a peculiar track. ut is a &
gray fox track" explained Chief Steele
who knows bit about foxes.
How you know it isn't red," he
was asked and the explanation was
that "a rcd fox makes a. round track
and a gray fox long one. Thistis a :
long track"
Scared by Cat.
| A long loud wall came from Allen J.
White who was some distance away.
II Jest put muh foot on somethin' and
it holered and ran through the woods" y;
she said Thought it was 4 fox; but !,
seen it was nothing but a cat" He was
too excited to shoot, he said.
TIE party was widely separated and