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Monday, October 25, 2021

Jesse Griffin, Herbert Taylor, Jesse Lilly Get Bears, Oct. 25, 1921

Bear Hunting Time

Last Friday morning a bunch of hunters went out on the road near Smithwick’s Creek Church and then dogs soon brought a bear out to Jesse Griffin and Herbert Taylor, who killed him. One Sunday another bear was seen on the road near the same place and a hunt was arranged for Monday morning. Many of the neighbors came out and had the bear going pretty soon. He was shot at by several people but was not killed until he passed Jesse Lilly, the last man on the line. Lilly’s nerve was steady enough to take good aim and he succeeded in bring the bear to the ground.

A real bear hunt is worth going to. The excitement and thrill is great.

From the front page of The Enterprise, Williamston, N.C., Oct. 25, 1921

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