Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-29

rens and Newberry gave similar eX-
i perience the other day. They callet
their hands up and told them to gathe!
up the fallen cotton bolls in the fields
and burn them. They noticed decid-
ed and provoking hesitancy on the par'
Of the hands and asked what was tho
matter with them; to which they re-
piled that they did not mind picking
up the bolls and piling them, but they
were afraid to burn them. for, if they
should, they would be struck by light
ming. Seeing that the negroes were
sincerely afraid, they said to them
"You pick them up and put them in a
pile and we'll burn them;' and that
settled the matter-the hands gather
ed up the bolls and put them in piles
and the proprietors burned them.
Bear Cubs.
Replying to the letter Of friend in
Yorkvil!e, who had written to him ask
ing about the possibility of obtaining
a bear cub down state. Hon. James
Henry Rice, Jr., Of Virgins, S. c..
writes most interestingly about bears
as follows:
Bear cubs turn up now and then;
there was one here some time ago; but
it was shipped off to Florida. There
would be more, but for the foolish and
ineXcusable habit Of shooting them on
sight. They do almost no harm, and
are the finest ant >dcstroyers in the
world One bear is worth a fortune to
a community for this alone.
"A she bear and two cubs passed
close to this place two years ago.
II have some friends in the woods,
near Hell Hole swamp, who may be
able to find YOU one. / shall query
them. But bears have become scarce.
There are some around here, both in
Saltkehatchie swamp and in Edisto
swamp; and there may be stray one
on this Neck now and then (as there
were three two years ago..
1.-THE, only way to get bear cub Is
TO keep look k-out until one shows up
Within the past five years could have
got you a dozen, and the opportunity
may arise again.
There was an old bear den on my
place, in an immense Willow OAK
(what you call Water oak); but one of
my boys cut it down-a tree about 400
years old. l would not have had IT
cut down for $1,O0O-poor rs / am.
"There is plenty Of cover in this
country where bears might hide and
i've out their lives the Ti-Ti country
being an ideal location, for this Is
proof against the bushman even; il
will not bear his weight in many
places and it will not bear horses
weight anywhere; So the bushmar
keeps out and animal life fourishes.
This region is five or six miles wide
and about fifteen in length. with rivers
bounding it. There are all sorts or 49,
lands in it, some of them fine hiding
places and living places for Black
bear.
"Thcrc are some wild hogs down
here that are more formidable than
any bear in North America; and q
man needs Il tree and needs it quickly
when he meets one. unless he be wei!
armed
Some of the boars weigh $50 to 30C
hounds and are of huge size, with
tusks that will make your hair stand
up. They arc all muscle.
"I'robably they are descended IRON
domestic hogs. Certainly they are sc
descended, but how far back can mol
say
"A splendid specimen was KILLED
near here three years ago by trappel
that I had on my lands. This trappel
had u close call from the boar and TOOK
tree. after giving the hog two loads
of shot without running him. Mex
day he went to the same place with
pocket full Of buckshot shells. Th'
boar was there and he emptied his gun
badly wounding the animal and put
ting him 70 flight Several days after
ward, he saw buZZards circling ant
crossing a wild marsh, he came on al
island and found the boar dead in hi
bed, which showed signs Of long occu
pancy. He saved the tusks, but tn
body was too far gone for removal
They also have been thinned ana
shall not be sorry when the last ON
goes"
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