A UVWWWJ , EXPERT TROUBLE MAN British Premier Great on Delicate Problems. ? -? # KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS AND WHY Is Remaikab'c for Resource and Achievement, Little Welshman Finds Successful Solution for Many Prob- j lems that Have Pioved too Much for His Contemporaries. John Sptneer Rassett in American 1 .oftioii Weekly. .Many men have remarked that I .loyal deorgc is "an onitinn. Morn without social in?silia>n. lie has had to light his wa\ forward b\ any way he could Ibid. Had he hocn less than tin' xt raonlinnry man he is. ho would # never have broken ibto public life in a country in which it is assumed that j *' t lit!,.Ml r-ni-oni' i i!1C nrjsi iui <*. ? f is no i.il influence and a university j ele grce. I!ut ne was bold, and he early i determined that he would have a en- j r? er in parliament, lie began by | speaking for the workinsmen, and he did it so well that they found him essential to their progress. Then he swung forward into tlx leading mat 1- of the world policies; that (treat liiitain had to laic. In all he undertetok lie suece'-ded. He ue<|ilircel the reputation of being a man who could j j,< t things done. Karly in the World war he was taken into the cabinet as sei-retary ol munitions, beeaiise ii was felt that be could keep the armies sup- : plied in the field. In December. 1916, whe n there was ' a general lex-ling that Asipiith was tent getetel-nature-et ie? carry on the war e-n- | ergetically, the* country tinned te- 1 Uoyd (tcorgc fe?r prime minister. Siix-e- then lie- has he*e*n at the lie-ael etl tlx naliein that has itael to make- tlxpae-c ten- ,forcign policy of the world, j Mue-h lias be-I ll Saiel IIbollt liis polie-ics I thai was mit ceiiiipTiincnlnry. but Ix- j still remains in power. It is not often tliat a prime* minisI* i in ( i*e*at I'.rilain lias been aide to kee p bis place* feu- four and a half years. Te? keep it that long at a tiiixw Ix'ii tlx* worlel*is in cetnvulsieins is a jjeat ai'liicve-iue-nt. Since he- assume-*! power I*"ranee and Italy had se veral changes in ministry, (Serinany lias j I - " I throirgn Her revolution, in i wliielt one regime wjis s^vept :i\v;?y I ninl another was established, . Itnssia j passed tlir?>nv:li livn revnlnlions | tiinl sei in. ; headed tnwaril ;inotfier. the ft Austrian empire has disjtblvcd and a whole covey of small stab s have Leon | created in Kiirope. Amid all these | changes the ministry of Lloyd (icoige has gone on and still sums Iii ml;, es i tablished. Whatcvei the future hft< torian Jliinks of Lloyd Scorgc as a : late- liiall. lie wit! ll.'lVe Li eonei .! hi f \\ on.!, i : 11 at! : li it I.' * I he e eritieal .tears in 1 lie woild's hi lory. This article is not concerned uii'ij the supremely dilTieult domestie problems which have confronted J.loyd leor.tr the lahor situation. Kgypt. ' India, the attitude of Canada and Aus- j trnlia towiird the .l ijianese alliance. | alid Ireland. Hut it i.- eoneerned v. i'!t| the fact that while great evints threatened at home and in the empire, the affairs of. the world seemed to hang in the halanee. To some it seemed that 'lieat Itii.ain was ahoiti to lose that eummanding position in international policies that she litis held since Ilic battle ??! Waterloo. ,\ of l. :idi is in France scented l?? aspi e 14> take Ihiit position for their own < onntry. As the days passed in'o months and months into years one lived In 'U'ly xpeetation of sunn snddc ;j roup that would fcivc the journalists the yioimd for s.i> iiijr 1h:it Itritish leadership in w.-rld affairs was no , inoii'. it has not come. On the con- 1 tra y two notable cm nts have happen- j I n| lately that have made it seem that ! I British prestige is as .firmly estah-1 lisle d today as formerly. The tTst incident was the fin.d set- j tlentMit of the amount of money (Jerniany was to pay as reparation nndei tl.e Treaty o| Versailles. The t1 el*? mans bad adopted the pulley o| blitlf. They seem to have thought that by j pioelamiinv inalnlity to pay they could ; el the Mlies to consent to a coinprooiis* tl.it would leave them in a In ttir position than th? y mla rvv ise had a ri:;ht to expect. Tin French profile lei it'll alai'lted .it the sit uution and began to fi .:r that they woitfd 1 not lie tiiinlv snpi.oi ted by their f Mill i - . >c-i:i i - in I in* win. wiiii .1 I .ii i i \ tn vie intrigue in iii .iioiiihi tic-iii, tlie\ jiiiii|ii-i| ni lie- i 111ii liisinii I li:iI lli 1111;111\ \v:is i11111 in r 'Jii'iit ISiitnin. 11 :i I \ :i in I tinI nil. -I SI.il< ' . 'I'ii. mi-lie- n.-ii inii:ili>-i <-In ! Aii.li'- T:i rilii-u |i:i.itii.li-i! 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On tiie other hanil, the British let it in* known that they would not turn over the vali ley to Franco lor :m indefinite period I to lie exploited for French advantage. < on .a" ttiis: oYehunsro of views came i Ilic announcement tli.it Britain would j . 11?i>< it occupation it' it appeared. :it?- i ter fair warning, that Hormany would j not accept. the rc|iaration terms demanded by the Allies. Hut it was al- t ai announced that no force should ' I march to the 1 tiiln* until Allied cumj missioncrs had formulated tlx- plans ; and limits ot occupation, ""'is tone t , of tnoderalion for which L!o,..i CSeow I was responsible, reassured the people t of the Allied nations, and it furnish- i cd to the moderate leader of France a ' pivot for tallying; public opinion. ' A week later, on April 30th, the t representatives of the leading; Allied I Pavers?Hritain. Fiance. Belgium and '< Italy?met in London to consider re- t pa rations, 'lite treaty provided that (Jermstny should accept by -May 1st. i and she bad not Accepted. The London conference first declared that the < sum to lie paid was $33,500,000, thus < accepting; iffr report of the allied ex- i perts. They thon ?1< manded lliat tier- i many accepted this award hy May ' 12th. in default of which the French ' iimy of occupation would march. 1 The French extVemists were in fav- s or of marchin r at once, claiming that 1 tfcnnnny had already defaulted. When ' Itriand accepted the terms of the con- 1 ference they declared that he was 1 weak and that France should have n ' premier who diad enough force of ' character to deal with the situation. ' Hut liriand was already rallying to s himself the conservative opinion of ' his country, and he whs safe front ' their attacks. The next move on the hoard was (iennany's. What would she do? The hoped-for division of the Allies had ( not materialized. That (limy 'dream ihat the 1 nited States would do something for her had heen summarily cle- r droyed h.v the curl announcement of r Secretary Hughes. Withoiy hope of t help from a world which, before l'.tl t. I she had flouted with her militarism she | found it necessary to how the head in i defeat. She had to accept the terms i of leparatioh. and it was necessary h 1 tind a ministry whoso promise to carry tlx m out would lie accepted. When she hail done these things in S I'.III. III.. i I \ past. Hriatxl went home lo I'aris, where ho ) : ?] tn deal with tho feverish stiito til iipi 11 ii>11 tin* extremists ha?l worked up. 1111w s 1 lio cooled it ami restored tho French mind to a state of sanity is now history. Ho *o i lit I nut havo done it had not tho spirit of moderation and co-operation still lioon in opciatinn in llio Council* t tho allies. Tin- oihor instance of ion ill interI'oioiioi hy 1.11>>11 < ioncKo in tho tutornational situation to turn ha ok tho policy ot tho French extremists is the curt stah ho made at tho Silosian situation only a ft w days after tho reparations oontrovorsy cleared up. To understand why it was made we must know tho situation in Fppor Silesia. Tho plebiscite was tak'*n in March and j ri riiiltml in a la rye majority in favor of (lormany. Hy tho treaty of Versailles it was provhh I that after tin plohisoito the supreme allied council should lev out I lie boundaries of '.he | province, due care being? taken of the ! vote by el:!nmlines and other fat tors. J It was clearly tin- turn of tin J council to proceed. Hut before it could j art the I'olish element of the popula- 1 lion of rpper Silesia took up arms . under Korfanfy. seized a number ol ! rich tnwns. and declared they would ! never jjive ,tlx in up. Their example j 1 ....... ..... I i.. 11,.. i? Hw.il province'. and the* result was 1 listt soon 1 two strenjr armies <>l irregulars stood ' faring i-sieh other, with tlie pmspert j ' thiit whntcver ini^lit l>e the decision I ' of ilie* eouneil.it would hove to bo en- ^ 1 forced by ;m allied army. |' It seems that the Polish government | gave support u K'oi fanty. and it was . 1 eeitain that the French (Seneral be- i rond. commandint: tie French siriny J 1 oc? npat ion in behalf ot the allies, had | 1 lone nothing to restrain the outbreak j ' of Korfanty. The situation had every I ap|-earnnee ol an enterprise in viola- I lion ot Hie treaty. The From ii government showed no ! signs ot restraining its protege, the j I'olish government. Who else was there to do it, if not l.loyd (JeorgeV <>n May Pith tie took upon himself to give a rebuke that would bring public opinion to a head. II was made so 1 lioldlv that it did add all thai was e\peeted. a lid pro|.ali|> moie. Ip-ferring to the trend ol events, he said: "I am alarmed. I sav deliberately I am lightened of what may happen unless eo|| tide III e c.iu 1,1' lest ore.I to the world so that it may gel tor's! her .'main in a >e|i.-.e <-i ii.niiv." lie demand*1 in tic plainest terms thai lie' n in upeil In allow, d to.earrv oiil j III" dl'lie- iaip-i-il 111 <: 11 il by III* . treats. In elo in" he warned the til-! Ii" that tin", i oilld Hot espial Pel . i ? ! I.I.I in |.I I I i i II .111 \ iii 1,1'j : In i the i \ m11|.- ni' viiil.ilin^ il \vln*? | il *iii11*! Ilii'in. Tlii |iH" u|' Itriliiin, linly :in\ ;> I. Th" l-*i ui-li iimvs-|iii|H'! v Iihi.'v il .-. : it insult In l-T :i iii-'- :nii| ili II t -11 11 (In | ii i K i i I i i 11 I > Tit 11 it in In- iii.til- i ; I -. in mi i ii 11 i -. i i \\ 11n 11 | WiiS lint i-.ili ||I.1(. i| In |. .-|| Hu ll' ir-' ritiitinii. 'Tin* luiliii," In- m:ii?l. "nf i 11 . 11 i 11 i \ i r\ i \ |iii-s- inn id : 111 i I n|. ' itlinil \\ 11 I I| ill." lint I-I >i IH-iiii- Willi H?< ir ?>\\ it :is :ni im|n-i t ini-nr" is I h ntrlH with mi i '- I. Th.'t miml. il' |n ( i !<'I ill. will l.i I"; 11:11 '.I :111\ I'liiiiili'. TIhi xtan?l taken tii. I'.iiti'li \iiii-rii;iM :in-1 ll.ili.-m |> 11?In mi (!; Sii. niii <111 i >n iiii::lii niii Id i>. I'll- II iii- Id l-'rilllrc. Tlit-\ - -1: i! i * j I > 11 in . 11 \ dI i;;;?i I li. Tin'. mean to apply the terms to th?' treaty! justly, whether tliey happen to be for ur against (lermany. The fate of l*pper Silesia must be decided by the supreme < mini il. and not by Korfnnty. i The children of the treaty cannot he allowed to break crockery in Kurope." The appeal had tin* deal red effect. I'oland did not dare to flv into the face ( i o!" world opinion. She soon announced thai she would recall all ior own cilizens serving under Korlanty. This was followed l?y the dispatch of British troops lo the |rrovince to aid in the occttpancy ponding the firi.il de ision. , The trend of things toward war was ti rested. For six weeks the situationremained as it was, with a slight 1 lendeney to recede. Thfn it was an- 1 iionnei i that the two irregular arm- ' ies. I'olish and (ierinan, would dlsliand. At this point the situation ' stands as I write. Hut it seems cer- i lain that it has been saved from Kor- i funty, and that the ultimate decision is to t'pper Silesia will he made by he supreme council. The important lesson ofthfse events. I n France and Great Hritaln as well is elsewhere, is the continuation of i he Kntcntc Alliance. It is not to be i lo?l>t. 1 iead<|iierters ol the National (ieo- i fraplflc Society." Tills was the port to which Fnited ' states gunboats were sent recently ' vhen the closing down of American ' dl well:; and refineries because of : navy .Mexican taxes threw thousands; f men out of work, and disorders ' vero feared. ' "Tampieo, long a port of no great 1 mportance. has bad a niushroom 1 jrowth in the last fifteen years," con- 1 inn<-s t lio bullet in, "its population in- 1 Teasing from less than 17.000 in 1910 o will over 100.000 today. And 11 ? i 1 -Xplaiiation lot this great stride lor- I Aaid can be given iii 0110 word?oil. I The biggest 'gusher' the world had m i- Uiii?wn was drilled near Tampion J n . 190S and scores of other hope ^ it reams of oil have been opened up in lie same vicinity since. Hundreds of 1 nillions of gallons of oil have passed | hrough Tampico. and the town lias ( oen the financial and business head- | piarters for llelds many miles away. I 1 "Money fimvs easily into the pock- 1 ts of a large numbei of American ! ; na lingers and technical workers who j ivere brought in. and into the hands of 1 Mexican landowners, merchants and ! lay laborers. Tile World war raised | he demand for iiipiid fuel to unheard ' >f heights and it seemed that every- ' no in Tampico was becoming wealthy, i j 'oiiditions closely paralleled those in I lie oil towns of the I'nited States, 'ilk shirts wciv not tfe vogue that ' hey were among the loungers along 'very American Main street, but in i heir way Tarn pica ns became equally ' is proficient spenders. There was lit- j : lie inclination to "count the change." I IK' eosi in ?i ii armors in non <11111 ?i| pl'ob - j a bI \ is I he port of i nt r\ for products | of greater nifcreifate vtilue. "The cit> of Tampico is not ilirect- | l\ on theseacoast but i:; sit tin ted a few ' mile up the Panueo Itiver, which i? broad and deep and affords enehortip.e lor a lar-a* number of oci an-f.oiii|t ships. At the mouth ol the stream at 1 ].: Italia is a supplemental harbor. Near tin- laller place is one of the liiiosi sea beaches to be found. "I tit11 Tampico found its buried 11ensure and shook off it : lethargy it was an i xeoi oiliulx llltliea It li.v place,1 often bein:? subjeet to epidemics of yellow lever. Mrainnxc and the appliealion of oilier modern methods of nuilnthoi 11a\e ^really improved the I 1111 e<>lnlitioiis. 'I'lii* l.iliiilii s of ii 11 - - i mis A ii :inil Knuleh 0111I"I H"' hit? "il ?'om|ianios luive I in, :iikI :i Ihrivinu Knulishs|m-;iKinj; colony exists 'in the .higher \\ 'f i II |? 11 ?.r t lie fit V." The jiren el the nri|*iti:il III Stales! was s;?lsi|iiare miles. SCIENCE OF TAXATION % Ible Discussion of All Important Suhifict. STATE NEEDS IMPROVED SYSTEM Visible Property Carries Heavier Load in South Carolina Than it Does in any Other State in the Union?People Who are Able to Pay Most Really Pay Least. Dillon Herald. All law-making bodies are ccmposed m men who are suppoaed to represent the people, and in this representative ['Opacity their earnest desire is to carry. out the wishes of the majority by whom they were elected. For this reason law-making bodies are more rep? resentalive man proKic?.->.?c. It is a pity that such is the case. I'rnlcr these conditions the people are the leaders and the law-makers the followers. This may not be sound I)enecrotic doctrine, as the meaning >f the term is constructed by demooats of orthodox ideas, but in the last iialf century times have changed and if our political ideas do not change ivith them we are bound to lag behind in the march of progress. If a majority of the voters of a state ire non-progressive in'their ideas of government it is political suicide for tn aggressive man to attempt to introduce progressive measures, and the result is that while other states keep jp with the march of progress his own date lags far behind. South Carolina is suffering from this ondition of affairs. At the last session of the general assembly several progressive measures were introduced irwl they died on the calendar or in iommittee. Law-nakers, as a rule, do not rise above the ideas of the people hey represent. Time and again efforts have been made to bring about tax reforms in :his state. Ii is well known that Sou#i Carolina has the most antiquated tax aws f any stale in the union, its tax on real property is the highest in the L'nited States. At a recent piceting of the "Kosmos Jiub" in Columbia, Mr. August Knhn read a very able paper on "Taxations in South Carolina." For many years Mr. Kolin has reported the proceedings >f the legislature for The News and Courier and he has been in position to ntidy the tax problem from every ingle. Mr. Knhn is convinced that if South Carolina is to continue to develop educationally and socially it must have no re money and as visible property is now carrying more than Its share of die tax burden, additional revenue ii list pome from other sources. After a very able and exhaustive renew of the tax problem Mr. Kolin makes ilie following practical suggestions: "(let all property on the tax books, 'specially all escaping visible property. (Set all matters of taxation out of politics. I.ct the Tax Commission appoint the auditors on the basis of efficiency and absolutely remove all tux officials from the primaries, but seek el'tlciency and character. Impose a tax if one |kt cent, per gallon on gasoline used in fnotor vehicles. Enact a moderate inheritance tax law without inn much inouisition. (Jet money from .host' who enjoy all the advantages of government and own no property, by enacting an occupation tax, us well as others for business. Collect a tax on all legal instruments, including mortgages, before the record is made. Provide a tax on luxuries -theatres, moving pictures, soft drinks, professional jusehall and other sources." In 1919 South Carolina paid into the federal treasury the staggering sum of $26.0ur own state treasury the miserly sum of only $9,090,01)0. This wide difference represented excess war profits taxes, taxes from cold-drinks, theatres, sports and other forms of amusement from which the state does not receive i penny. It is alleged that thousands of men whose annual business tuns into millions and whose ineomes run into hundreds of thousands of dollars each year ire paying the federal government huge sums in excess profits taxes while they are paying into the state government two m three dollars each on a handful of office furniture. Moving pictures, baseball and other forms of amusement are escaping taxation altogether while visible property is paying 90 per cent, of the total taxes <>f the state. There is little wonder that people are beginning to cry out against high taxes. New York is a progressive state, its people are the most progressive in the I'nited States. What is done is done in a business-like way and its a rule its law-makers are men who have the mirage of their roiivieliuns. When a measure entiles up its legislators do not ask themselves. "How many votes will support of this measure cost me back home." If the measure is progressive it is likely to become a law. In 1 ! I'? the levy on property in New York lor state purposes was one mill and six one-hundredths. In South Carolina t was twelve mills?more than ten times as much. Mil II! 1 .11 mill.i ii;i> 111- ill n>nr>i>>n.-> ?.r Ili'' legislature anil a member ranii"i serve inun- Ihau one term?four \i-ars. 'I'lie I'.iivimir serves only oil'* term four years. North Carolina has |?roy.ifs.-ivi laws. . North Carolina m our wife, "And you'd know why we did if you'd seen er."?American Legion Weekly. :riiv thf wiff_ U\J 1 11IU TIU U A HOOSIER KITCHEN CABINET. IT WILL LIGHTEN HER BURDENS AND CAUSE PEACE AND HARMONY IN THE FAMILY. We Have Them In All Styles? Priced at? $37.50 AND UP. M. L. FORD & SONS UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS CLOVER. S. C. A BARGAIN IN RAZORS | OUR ENTIRE STOCK of GILLETTE SAFETY RAZORS? Will be Sold at Greatly Reduced Prices? $5.00 GILLETTE Razors?At . $3 75 $10.00 GILLETTE RAZORS at $S.50 Those Razors aro all strictly NKW, illlll I'vri ,> ?ii a | Conic and I?*t us show them to you. ! Delivered liy mail at the above prices. .CLOVER DRUG STORE R. L. WYLIE, PROP. Clover, S. C. RIGHT ON THE JOB ! EVERY DAY IX THE WEFIK?TIIE ! '? H'ltTIl OP JULY INCLUDED? WE ARE OX THE JOB? SERVING OUR PATRONS WITH Til K I MOST IN' FRESH J1EATH AND COUNTRY PRODUCE. I'.KMMMIiKK OUR GROCERY I>EI'ART.MENT? LET US SERVE YOU THERE. QUALITY AND PRICES JUST RIGHT. awiTARV MARKFT uniuinni iiuiiuiui LEWIS G. FERGUSON. Mgr. I All kinds of Typewriter Ribbons at ' The Yorkville Enquirer Office. ? I STUDIES IN , NATURAL HISTORY ; I By JAMES HENRY RICE, Jr. THE DIAMOND-BACK RATTLER (Crotalus adamateus) This giant viper, the largest and heuviest puison snake in the world, is held in awesome respect wherever i found. It is "the terror by night" that haunts the mind of the rice field negro and keeps him out of the woods at night. Extant records show that the I female is larger and heavier than the 1 male. A specimen taken in Florida i measured eight feet, five inches, alj though a six-foot specimen is a large j one. Much larger specimens were 1 taken in Indian times, if one may bej lieve the accounts handed down, which were probably exaggerated, although j certainly more large specimens were ( taken then. Bite is Deadly. The bite is deadly, death ensuing in | a short while unless remedies are i promptly applied. *The bes( plan is to cut deep lengthwise in the wodnd, so as to avoid cutting muscles, tie the limb above the wound tight, so as to stop circulation, wash out the wound with permanganate of potash; then remove the bandage after thirty minutes to avoid gangrene. There is an injection, known as antivenum which is extensively employed. Bleeding alone Is a great help. I The Diamond -back ranges from FlorI ida through the Carolinas (eastern i portions) and westward along the Gulf , ! to the Mississippi river. Nowhere are ' ; they more numerous than on the sea I i islands of Georgia and Florida. While ! making a Biological Survey of Blackj beard is'and, thirty-miles off Darieti, ' Ga.. I came on five huge fellows with in a few feet of each other. They I manifested no attempt to attack and were left unmolested, as their value In checking rodents (rata, mice, rabbits and so on) is so great the authorities do not want them killed, If- it can be avoided. Persons a> "> rarely bitten, chiefly, for the reaso that the piamond-back is a night prowler, or at most crepuscular (a twilight dweller), and people do not often come in contact with Mm. It is fairly sure that he will not wantI pnly attack a man. Unless he is stepj ped on, or believes that he is going to j be stepped on, he lets the passer-by go his way. King Snake Conquered. Deadly as he is, the Diamond-back falls victim to the King snake. I have heard of this all my life, but have seen one instance only, and that on Back ? mm mmmmm^m m I Just Rece ? ' ?. f f , . A choice assortment of Cc pleasing of patterns that mid-summer dresses?let you'll lie pleased?the pri One Lot?A SPECIAL? A pretty lot?Priced the , I One extra pnitty assortm sirable Light Colors?P 25 CT I Solid Colored VOILES?" Very fine WHITE ORG^ v we have been getting $ I the Yard .... ...... SILK P< A very good quality?Yai n a rpTTTXT/ IDA A axil V Wo have a few Bathing Si want 0110, soe ns?Priced i KIRKPATRII U Sells It For Less ! Furniture WE HAVE TOLD Y REPEAT IT NOW, IS THE BEST TIM] TUBE AND IIOUS] THAT YOU IIAV YOU CAN BUY J NOW THANDURII BECAUSE THE FA GIVING MORE AT' QUALITY THAN rl BACK. DURING T QUANTITY PRODI ONLY CONSIDERS JUMPED AT ANY! GET. NOW THEY 1 ALONG WITH BE/I THEY ARE GETTI Come in and talk it ( ties and t lie Low Pri< I YORK FURI ' river. A tremendous splashing among the leaves ahead shoifpd unusual disturbance and , riding ap, v*re w*re iin time to see a combat a la muerfe (fight to the death) between a King snake ind a Diamond-back. The King snake, muc|i smaller than hii Hormidable fpe; had caught him back of the neck, had wound once around tfce Middle, or near miiiHln r\t the rattlesnake's bodv and given his tail a half turn below. The King snake's formed a loop around the rattlesnake. Holding his grip, the King snake was pulling on this I09D and the -Diamondsback was' being crushed. A steel cibW would not.) have don$o.3. tettex Job. Soon the Diamond-back ceased struggling. Thle King snake let go his ioof>, squared around and turned loose bis grip quickly, ready for action;, but lb? fight was over and thb Diamond-back dead. During October rattlesnakes are ways most numerous, for.then they are seeking the last gorge before goihg into winter quarters. Their sluggish' blood can not withstand. the slightest cold. Numbers hibernate in the same den, probably for warmth. Out west they inhabit the burrow* of the prarie "dog" and feed on the yoiing marmots. While it is generally conceded that the Diamond-back is the largest poison snake, some huge specimens of his first cousin, . the Timber rattlesnake, have been taken, scarcely, if at all, inferior to the largest Diamondbacks. j Not a Vicious Shako. Venomous as he is, the Diamondback is not vicious like the ' Watefr moccasin, or the Fer-de-Lanc^ of'the ; itr ? 11? 1# allMk(M? wessi iiiuiea. Kvaicijr, it cvci, vumivihb in the wild state, the Diagion^rbacip becomes an expert climber in captivity. His great fangs can easily penetrate ordinary leather, and cloth is no protection at all. Either would, ptpp the bite of a Cobra. His motion is as straight as an *** row; There is no' sinuousity In Hi* trail and anybody that lias.seen it wiU know it as once from tJ?M of othei; snakes. Huge, terrible,' menacing to the aggressor, the Diamond-back rattlesnake Was selected to typify the State of South Carolina. * v * ??? t ? The Question.?"Now, friends, ?nes will surprise you. \ FUTURE GO., -*