Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-02-04

the day Of the mazzle-loader; we hat
never seen q breech-loader in roul
country. Only white men hunted, anG
comparatively few Of them. Besides i
required skill to load 4 gun, as vel! as
skill to Shoot it, and the weapon soor
folded. The bag was necessaril!
limited BY this and the time taken VI
loading Ammunition was high an6
money scarce.
| II have lived to see his prophecy
verified, and verified to an extent he
never dreamed. In those days Arkansas
was in the Far West. My two unclea
who went there driven out by theil
ku-KluX activitics) were Tourned as
dead, almost when they left US. The
buffalo and the grizzly We're both found
in Arkansas. Buffalo tongues and buf-
falo meat were on sale everywhere. We
bought both in Charleston, lili awlse
prairie chickens.
Il have myself shot prairie chickens
within the limits Of the present city Of
Fort Worth, Texas. There is not one
left in 500 miles OF Fort Worth today.
so far as l can learn The buffalo has
all but left the earth.
I'm my youth wild turkeys were
fairly common in the Up Country, at
| least in the less settled portions OF
Abbevilie and Edgefeld. l have also
shot wild turkeys in Chester county.
Now, had we known the facts OF
the situation. OF how rapidly game
was vanishing, there might have been
stop put TO it; hut we did not know.
We had no means of knowing.
ut is privilege of this generation to
know the facts and to restore the i'm
paired in 1acritancc. There is not the
slightest reason for game Or fish
scarcity in South Carolina, granted
adequate protection, as l can easily
demonstrate to anybody's satisfaction
by actual facts Of record, taken from
recent experience.
ITO get it before the people, pat into
the common schools. Inspire boys and
girls with correct ideals, based on
positive knowledge. and with that
kncw!e dGe save the race. The LORD
says in Hosea, chapter 1: MY people
are destroyed 70: lack of Knowledge
too true
Sand.
Put this in your pockctbooh," said
"Wednesday friend Of Views and In
tcrviews, "and when things arc NOT
coming your way, take it out and rcNd
ii. 1t will do you good:
observed locomotive, in the railroad yard.
one day;
It wcs waiting n. the round house. where the
locomotives stay:
It was painting Cor the journey itwrs coalcd
and fully manned
And i; Ea! Il hox the fireman was filling full
cf gard.
l; appears that locomotives cannot a.wa-s get
= grip
On ;hcir Slender ircn pavement. cause their
wheels are rpt to slip:
So when they reach slippery spot. their tac-
tics they command.
And to xct a grip upon the rail- they sprinkle
il with sand.
; Is anou. this way with travel alor% lifc's
slippery track
If your load is rather heavy, AID you n wa:'s
sliding lack;
Ii a common ,ocoHljtivc you completely un-
degsaId.
You'll provide yourself in starting with goad
supply CT sand.
Il yo"r tract; is steep and hi?!y. and you have
Il heavy ,:r;!d2.
And If these ws.o'vc comc before you have the
rails cutie slippery made,
II you'd ever reach TIE summit OF the upper
tGblclard.
ycu'lI find you'll have 20 10 i: Is 4 E1cra! use
Of sand
If yo- strike some frigid weather and discor-
or. TO your cost.
That you're Liable 70 slip upon a heavy c2at o.!
frost,
Then sa.pe prompt. decided action will be cali
Cd i"to demand.
And ;;Su'! slip way to the bottom i you
haven't any sand
You c:a ~: 10 any station tha: is Gil lifea
schedule seen.
If there's fire beneath the boiler CT ambition $
S.r0a:: machine,
AnI yCu'!i reach Il place called Flus!town IL
a rate OF speed that's grand.
II for all Inc slippery PLACES you've E;t 4 H'cd
s"priy Of sand.