Friday, May 22, 1931.
THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North Cardro
Page Three
Eldridge Johnson Begins Work of
Replenishing Supply of Quail
Estate on Drowning Creek
Getting Beyond Experimental
Stage ui Development
By Bion H. Butler
\n experimental piece of work is in
prooress at the Eldridge Johnson
plantation on Drowning Creek which
of prime importance to the future
pf the whole Sandhill region. With
the interest taken by northern visi-
tor< in the sports of the Sandhills
the old attractions have been found
necessary of enlargement, and new
have grown to prominence.
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46 Killed in April
North Carolina Has No Auto
mobile Operators’ License
Law
ones
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More' than one-third of the people
killed in automobile accidents last
month were pedestrians, according to
the monthly ^port of the motor ve
hicle bureau of the State Department
of Revenue. Of the 46 killed 16 were
pedestrians, and of the 347 injured
74 were pedestrians, the report show
ed.
Four of those killed were children
triking feature has been the creation :
of rural estates, and especially some
large ones some distance out from
villages, these big holdings at
tempting to establish within their
areas those things that will serve to
entertain their owners and such
friends and guests as may come this
way.
Bird shooting is an old sport in the
Sandy region, with wild turkeys,
quail and other birds the principal
game. Because Nature picked Cen
tral North Carolina as one of its fav
ored spots for quail a reputation has
gone abroad that quail shooting in
the Sandhills is of exceptional order.
dren were injured in this manner. Au
tomobile collisions accounted for sight
deaths and 162 injured, auto collisions
with horse-drawn vehicles for one
death and three injured, automobile-
train collisions for one death and six
injured; auto collisions with fixed
objects for three deaths and 23 in
jured, and non-collision accidents for
17 dead and 69 injured.
Speeding was the most serious mo
torist violation judged by the num
ber of resulting deaths—nine. Six
died and 31 were injured from reck-
tt
less driving; two died and 17 were
injured from driving on the wrong
side of the road; four were killed and
17 injured by drivers who lost control
FIRE PAYS REPEAT CALL
ON SWETT RESIDENCE
MASCOTS ENTERTAIN FOR
CARTHAGE SCHOOL SENIORS
Fire was discovered in the shingles
of the roof of the Webb house. Ridge
street near Pennsylvania avenue.
Southern Pines, now occupied by
James Swett and family on Mondlay
morning. A telephoned alarm brought
out the chemical apparatus. Mr. Swett
being out of town for the day, Mrs.
Swett called his brother-in-law, Hugh
Betterley, who responded with the
Warehouse fire equipment. A second
call to the fire company brought up
the big pumper but the blaze was ex
tinguished without recourse to this
apparatus. Fire damaged the same
house some six months ago.
Mrs. Charles Barringer and Mrs.
Alexander Flinchum were joint host
esses at Carthage on Friday evening
when little Betty Barringer and Ken
neth Flinchum entertained the Senior
class of Carthage High School, of
which they are mascots, at a beau
tiful party given at the Women's club.
The guests were met at the door
by the little mascots and shown into
the library. After two interesting con
tests Mrs. H. Lee Thomas gave a
reading from Mark Twain, after
which a series of games were play
ed. In the advertising contest Miss
Katherine Cagle and Elwood Snipes
were the successful contestants, while
in the kitchen contest Miss Jimmie
Cobper and O. T. ParKs were the
winners. Prizes were presented by the
mascots.
Characteristic souvenirs of the
evening were given each senior by
Mrs. Barringer. The special guests
were: The high school faculty, Mr.
and Mrs. H. Lee Thomas, Miss Janie
McLeod and' Mrs. Frank Hester of
Charlotte, sister of Mrs. Barringer.
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and so many men come this wa • for of their machines; two were killed and
that purpose. Nature is a great econ
omist, and year by year from the
day of creation has maintained a cer
tain relative equilibrium in most
things. But man is a disturber, and
is constantly upsetting that equili-
brum. It has come to the point where
quail do not multiply naturally as
fast as the hunters desire to find
them. So the skill and intelligence of
the men who are establishing the big
shooting reservations in the Sandhills
has come to the heir of Nature.
The Johnson farm has entered on
a program of replenishing its hun
dreds of acres with game birds. Some
time ago Mr. Johnson asked Burlin
game, King & Dunk, of New York,
an agricultural engineering concern,
to send a capable man to his big
place in Moore county, and J. B.
Lea, a man of wide experience and
sound judgment was selected. He has
been studymg the conditions, and fin
ally a few months ago plans were
made to begin the breeding of quail
on a considerable scale at the farm.
W. A. Cook, who has been active in
15 injured by hit-and-run drivers, and
four were killed and 36 injured by in
toxicated drivers.
Ten fatal and 116 non-fatal acci
dents occurred within city limits, and
28 fatal and 101 non-fatal in rural
sections, the exact location of the re
maining five crashes which resulted
in deaths not being given.
that means that the hawks and owls
that kill rabbits have been driven to
kill more snakes. Shooting the hawks
that kill snakes encourages snakes to
increase and that means more ene
mies of the quail. Another thing that
affects the stock of quail is the ex
tinction of the razor-back hog. He was
one of the foremost snake-killers in
the state. We have no more hogs run
ning at large to pick off the snakes.
But in looking for the reduction in
the number of quail man must be con
sidered. Better guns, better dogs, bet
ter powder, more of all of these, and
more skill and persistence on the part
of the increased number of hunters
has had its part. So to preserve this
the management of the farm and , u• j i
. ^ 1 niQPo 1 foremost of game birds artificial rais
forest and game sides of the place, _
a breeding and
receive plans for
hatching plant on the farm, and a
considerable number of suitable
buildings were erected, and now
breeding quail are laying eggs, which
are placed under bantam hens, and
the creation of a flock of quail is un
der way. These birds when old enough
to be turned loose will be separated
into three classes. One class will be
released in the fields and suitable for
est sections of the place, one class
retained for laying and breeding pur
poses, and some will be sold to
others who want to replenish the
flocks on their own premises.
The work has now begun. It is in
the experimental stages of the game
to some extent yet, for Mr. Cook and
Mr. Lea have yet things to learn about
raising and protecting the birds, but
as Mr. Lea says, it is necessary to
restore the flocks and necessity ac
complishes nearly anything. His com
pany specializes in the problems con
stantly arising in the handling of big
country estates and he regards this
problem as one that comes with the
rest of their kind. The first question
asked in tackling this job was why
2re quail scarce. Several answers
presented themselves, but no certain
reason seems to prove its case. Dry
weather in summers for several j^ears
ba>; reduced the feed supply, which
probably has its influences. The big
Same estates are all planting grain
and feed liberally in response. This
started at Pinehurst some years ago,
has now’^ become a common practice.
The Johnson farm is becoming a mod
el in this respect. Field after field is
now green with fine grain crops and
little strips are here and there in out
of the way places preparing for the
crops that will feed the quail that
will be raised naturally on the farm
a' veil as those that will be reared in
the brooding houses.
I^ut men have been severe on the
^'5rds. Remorseless and ignorant war
hajj been made on all wild life, and in
many cases in foolish manner. For
instance it is pretty well shown that
blue darter hawk is about the
^^ly one that catches a Bobwhite. But
^11 kinds of hawks and owls are shot
indiscriminately by men and boys,
a^^d in many places laws encourage
^^ch shooting by means of a bounty.
The big hawks and owls kill 3n .kes,
the Worst enemy of the quail. These
hawks kill rabbits. Rabbits have been
growing’ scarcer of late years and
mg IS undertaken.
The plant at the Johnson plantation
embraces a number of buildings, care
fully enclosed in a safe wire fence
that intruders of all sorts may be
kept out, including dogs, cats, wild
marauders, people, and anything that
is likely to molest or to frighten the
birds, for quail are not sociable. While
human visitors to the plantation are
welcome they are not permitted to
go about the hatching quarters, as
anything out of the ordinary fright
ens the birds to their detriment. In
the wild, quail lay about thirty eggs.
In the new surroundings, with the
eggs taken from them to give to ban
tam hens, it is possible to increase the
number laid to two or three times as
many. It is hoped that 75 eggs to
the laying quail will be realized in
the enclosures. The experiment starts
out with 30 pairs of birds. Three ban
tam hens are now setting, with others
to follow as fast as eggs are availa
ble. It is figured that 40 per cent of
the eggs should give birds, but that
is not yet definitely determined. How
many young ones will be realized this
summer is conjecture. At about six
weeks old the young birds can be
put out on the range to look out for
themselves, and curiously enough if
their father goes along they will be
well cared for, for the male bird in a
covey of quail is the natural leader,
and he looks after the young as well
as the mother birds do.
The ambition of the management is
to be able to raise the bird population
to an average of one to the acre. This
seems to be the standard number that j
experience shows can be sustained on |
the land, giving range, feed, safety, j
etc. While the Johnson plantation is
leading in the work in this section
the Mossgiel "arm is in close touch
and is working along, similar lines,
and Pinehurst has been for a long
time trying out various projects to
increase and maintain bird life. In
tensive study is going on it quail pro
duction in various sections of the
United States, in which work Mr.
Lea is in close touch. State and Fed
eral government are also studying
the game birds from all angles, and
an organization called “More Game
Birds in America” is working on simi
lar lines. So far on the Johnson place
everything looks promising. More will
be told about the progress of the ex-
I>€riment as it works along into the
summer.
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With all the expansion g’cing on in
making- rural estates and hunting clubs
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