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Swamps Are 'Happy Hunting Grounds' Best Territory Is Under Lease To 2 Hunting Clubs Discovered by the Indians hun dreds of years sen. the old Boan oir Rirei torn in KuHn still remains a sportsman's paradise tor hunting and fishing, the ter ritory being recognized as one of the best hunting grounds in the east for deer, turkey and squirrel, not to mention numerous fur bearing animals that are taken by the thousands. Things have been pretty quiet in the lowlands for several months, as far as hunting goes, but the guns will start booming the middle of September when it will be lawful to take deer. The major sportsman generally goes after this sport on a large scale, the individual hunter wruting for the squirrel season to open on October 1 to do his heavy shoot ing. just before Thanksgiving time, or around November 30. tur keys can be taken lawfully, and these birds roam the swampe in fairly large numbers 'Coon and 'possum can be taken with dogs legally on and after October 1. tut the trapping season does not open until November 1. Old-time hunters turn to their traps dur ing tig season for a livelihood While tch trapping is not what it used to be. scene hunters mak several hundred dollars each fall and winter by trapping fur-bear ing animals in the vast swamp areas Host of the area from near Hamilton almost down to the mouth of the Bnannke is COB HUNTING AND FISHING HEADQUARTERS rirtarrd ab*vr b the headquarters for the Rainbow Hunting Club on the old Roanohe about two utiles below Hamilton. Organized in 1ZZZ, the club has 35 members, many of whom live in lihnuai ille. The club has sleepini and dining quarters for all its members and controls about Za.M* acres of choice hunting territory. Names of Robersonville members are: Herbert Pope, Har vey Rshrrssn. J. C. Smith, W. B. Rogerson, Joe Winslow, Jim Rawls, Claude Smith, Gilbert Smith, and Henry Baker Smith. trolled by two hunting clubs, the Rainbow Club and the Conine, or Williamston, Hunting Club The Rainbow unit has a range of as many as 18,000 acres, the mem bership being made up largely of county citizens living in and around Robersonvillt The Rainbow Club has a size able ramp on Rainbow Banks, overlooking the Roanoke, and hunting and Ashing headquarters are maintained there during the season. The club has sleeping quarters for all its members, and a large dining hall, a regular keeper remaining near the prop erty at all times. During the hunting season, th< Conine club members anchoi their houseboat down the river and make headquarters on it (01 hunting trips last sometimes a long as three or four days. Redrying Plant Is Ready for Opening Of Another Season year by several thousand square feet, and adding to its equipment, the W I. Skinner Company is well aware of the increasing growth expected of the William ston Tobacco Market this season. In the advancemenet of the mar ket here last year, the W. I. Skin ner Tobacco Company played a prominent part, and the firm is in fore to boost the market this year With its larger storage quai ters. the company will be able to handle larger purchases of tobav co, and aid in the orderly mar keting of the crop throughout the season on the Williamston market. During the past eleven years, or since it was founded by the late W. I Skinner, the company has bought millions of pounds of tobacco in competition with the largest companies in the world. I and its activities are recognized as valuable factors in promoting the market and the interest of the market's patrons. The company values the good will of everyone, offering in re turn its every facility in boosting the interests of the market and ? the farmer patrons. During the past week or two, the plant has been operating in handling tobacco from the border markets, and everything is ready for handling large orders when the market opens here next Tue> dayr t ~ ? . Hearty Welcome & Genuine Values AWAIT YOU AT Rose's 5-10-25c Store WILLIAMSTON, N. C. __ ROBERSONVILLE, N. C. We are proud to be a part of Martin County?proud to have two up-to-date 5-10-25c Stores in a county so modern and progressive itself. We take great pleasure in cooperation with other lead ing firms and organisations in Williamston and Robrsonville in boosting their respective tobacco markets, and trust you will visit our store when you are selling tobacco at either place. You are al ways welcome. Carolina Owned and Operated When you enter a ROSE store, you are in a Carolina-owned store . ... The employees are your own local people who have been carefully trained and instructed to give you service and treatment you will heartily approve?for price, quality and variety of merchandise to be found, or expect ed to be purchased in a popular-price 5-10-25c Store. We want you to always feel at home here, and cordially invite you to come to see us, whether you buy or not. Rose's 5-10-2 5 c Store WILLIAMSTON. M. C. ROBERSONVILLE. N. C.
The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.)
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