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THE HORN SNAKE.
horn snake ten feet tyng was
^ killed in Pickens county recently. As
this species x>f snake is almost extinct
in South Carolina the incident
attracted quite a lot of attention. The
Columbia State says the horn snake (
Is harmless, and iln ian editorial in ]
which it took a few good-humored ,
jabs at the tlayer8 of the snake. The ,
State says in part: "That a creature
Pjr so useful was filled is one of the J
iew tilings increaiDie mat nag come
out of Pickens." The Pickens Senti- ]
nel, holds, however, that the horn ,
snake Is a deadly reptile and quotes ,
its follows from Logan's History of
Upper South Carolina:
"Bertram met with a reptile which t
he calls the horn snake in his travels
in>Carollna, and speaks of it as fol- ,
lows: ' ,
" 'The pine or bull-snake is very ,
large and inoffensive, with respect to ,
mankind, but devours squirrels, bird,
rabbits and every other creature it ,
can take as food. They are the largr- ,
est snake yet known in North Amer- '
lea, except the rattlesnake, and per- (
haps exceeds him in length; they are .
pied black and white. They utter a (
terrible loud, hissing, noise, sounding ,
very hollow, and like distant thun-- ,
der, when irritated, or at the time of (
incubation, when the males conten4 ,
-?-?^with one another for the desired fe- ,
male. These serpents are also called (
horn-snakes, from their tail termina- j
ting with a hard, horny spur, which ,
they vibrate- very quickly when disturbed,
but they never attempt to
strike with it. They have dens in the:1
earth, whither they retreat precipi- 5
tatly when apprehensive of danger. '
"Lawson, who traversed the same *
region about seventy^ years, earlier *
than thp botanist (Bertram,) de- 1
scribes another under the name of 1
the horn-snake serpent, 6f a totally '
different character. Of the horn- 1
snake, he says, 'I never saw but two 1
that I remember. They are like the 1
rattlesnake in color, but rather ligh-M
^er. They hiss exactly like a goose <
when anything approaches them J1
They strike at their enemy withj<
their tail, and kill whatevsoeever they 11
wound with it, which is armed at the'i
end with a horny substance like a'l
cock's spur. This is their weapon, 111
have heard it creditably reported, by!
those who said they were eye witness-1,
es. that a small locust tree, about the ,
thickness of a man's arm, being')
struck by one of these snakes at ten' i
o'clock in the morning, then verdant! j
and flourishing, at four in the after-1)
noon was dead, and the leaves red 1,
and withering.. Doubtless, be it howj
it will, they are very venomous. I J]
think the Indians do not pretend to i
cure their wound.' I,
"^his singular statement of the
old surveyor, in relation to the locust,
tree, could scarcely have ever come ]
to the knowledge of the good, but i
plain people living on Coronaka and i
Wilson's creeks; yet there is still e*-j
tant in that region a tradition in
which it is related that many years |
^ <40 a man in the lower part of the j
district or in Edgefield, being closely
pursued by a horn snake, took
refuge behind a tree, when the en'
ranged serpent, rolling swiftly after
him lika a trundled hnnn nlnnced
horny sting deep into its trunk, where'
it was made fast, and so diffused its
vetaom Into the circulating sap as to I
destroy In a few hours the vitality
of the troje.
"Bertram, with all his acuteness,
and enthusiasm as a naturalist, has ,
certainly confounded the names o?
two distinct native serpents pf Caro-'i
lina. The bull snake, as he describes!,
it, was well known in the upper coun-',
try at the period of his visit and!
long after; but the old people had
seen and talked much of the horn !
snake a8 well, whofce sting they dread- ,
ed as the visitation of death. Hewit
Informs us that the horn snake was '
found in Caroliina and owed its name,
not to a horny excresence growing!
jipon it8 head, as some have suppos-|
ed, but to the horn-like sting at the'
extremity of its tail, with which It '
defended itself, striking it with great 1
force into every Aggressor. I t was
also deeemed exceedingly venomous;
Mtd the Indians when stung by it
did not resort to their usual anti-;1
dotes, but instantly cut out the 1
wounded part a8 the only rfafe pre- 1
ventative of the deadly poison being
infused through the system. 1
Mills, in his Statistics, enumerates,)'
among the indigenous reptiles of
Carolina, both the horn and butt,!
'snake. The former, however, muatj'
have been exceedingly rare; for at.
a comparatively early period/it hadi"
already become a creature of curi-j
cub tradition- Lawson, it has been
* observed, saw but two of them as,
? eariy^as 1718, notwithstanding noj
/ white man of his day enjoyed bet-'1
ter opportunities for making such
discoveries in Carolina. Among the!
innumerable facts that may be gath-;
ered from natural history illustra-J
,tl?-e of God's goodness, there are!
few more deserving of notice^ than
this rareness of a reptile so fierce
jy. and deadly as the horn snakc must
munquestionably have been. Had it
been as abundant as the other venemous
species the Indians even,
though furnished with their potent
. antidotes, could hardly have inhabited
the country. The imagination is
taxed to conceive of an object more
repulsive or truly terrible. It possessed
scarcely a single redeeming
feature. There was nothing of the
admirable craft of the eye?nothing
p'" of the begutlful changing of colors
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THE DILLON HER
E. B. McEacJiern Badly Injured.
High-Powered Car H? Was Driving
Turns Turtle.
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Mr. E. B. McEachern, well known
;otton dealer and farmer, was seriously
injured when a big Cadillac
limousine he was driving turned turtle
a mile north of Dillon early Saturday
afternoon. In the car with Mr. |
McEacherA was Mr. W. B. Whaeler of
the Braddy-Wheeler Co.
Messrs. McEachern and Wheeler
had been out on the Stafford's Bridgfe
roifc and were returning to town,!
with Mr. McEachern at the wheel.)
When they crossed the railroad and
were on the good stretch of road between
the crossing and town Mr. McEachern
speeded up the car. Persons
who witnessed th P nrpiHpnf onlH 1
the car was coming down the road at
a lively clip?the speed being estimated
at from 25 to 70 miles an hour
?when Mr. McEachern attempted to
make the curve about 300 hundred:
yards this side of the railroad crossing.
On the inside of the curve the
car met a horse and buggy and In
"hugging" the outside of the curve in
order to pass the buggy the car
swerved too far to the right, jumped j
a ditch, struck a stump and turned]
over. It is evident that the car turned !
over once, but eye-witnesses say it!
turned over two or three times. The
;ar almost reversed itself and was1
lying side-up with the front end to-1
ward Hamer.
Mr. McEachern was pinned under!
be wreck and Mr. Wheeler mounted |
i passing truck and canie to town as]
luicKiy as possiDie. -Men rusned to|
the scene of the accident and remov?d
Mr McEachern from the wreck.,
He was lifted into an automobile and
wrought to'town where an examina-;
tion disclosed a serious cut on thej
'oreliead, a broken collar bone and
;wo broken ribs. He was suffering
terribly from shock and for a while
lis condition was critical. He wasj
aken that afternoon to Florence,
where an X-ray examination failed to
iisclose any internal injuries and the
report from the hospital Sunday
uorning stated that he had recovered
from the shock and was out of danger.
Mr. Wheeler had a miraculous escape
from injury. He was in the car
luring its perilous flight through the
iir and escaped with only a small
scratch on one of his ears. His experience
was so thrilling, however,
that it was several hours before he
recovered from the shock.
The car Is almost a wreck. The
body is badly torn and twisted and
the top damaged beyond repair. The,
chassis, fenders and wheels also suf-J
fered. It is the Opinion of those who'
viewed the wreck that Messrs. Mc-j
Eachern and Wheeler owe their lives'
to the stout steel top which held the',
up as it was iurning over, other-1
wise it is likely that they would have
been badly crushed* by the heavy
body.
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It Happened IUght at Home.
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Some weeks ago The Herald told j
the story of a Florida man who drop-;
ped his eye-glasses in a barrel of
Irish potatoes and recovered them af-1
ter a lapse of six months when he!
ordered his spring seed potatoes'
from New York and the same barrel!
i\a8 shipped back to him unopened.
But an incident almost as strange
aj the Florida incident happened in
Dillon a few days ago. a Dillon merchant
gave a traveling man an order,
for some groceries. The traveling!
man represented a wholesale house
in a distant city. In the order was;
an order for a bag of chicken feed.
The shipment arrived in due time, but!
very much to the Dillon merchant's
astonishment he found that the;
wholesale house had shipped him a:
bag of chicken feed manufactured byj
the Carolina Milling Company.
There is a mora! in the incident?
and that is that it pays to buy at
borne. The Dillon merchant paid the
freight both ways. !
rattlesnake?but with dull eye, in-'
ic-nsate skti and vengeful spite, ready j
to dart it8 dreadful sting into every
approaching intruder, it lay a ' horrible
oompound of all the hated qualties
of it race?the incarnation of
leath.
"On an 'afternoon, nearly forty
years ago, a party of gentlemen
were riding from Abbeville village towards
the Calhoun settlement, and
when approaching the place now
known as the Cabins they paeeed a
dwelling near the wayside, just at
the moment when a little girl, whom I
they had seen to cross the road some]
distance before them, gave a pierc-,
ing shriek and ran back into the
house in an agony of pain and
flight. Perceiving that something
serious had occurred they hastily
alighted to ascertain the matter; and
entering the room found the child
stretched upon a bed and already n
corpse. She had lived 'ong enough
however, to whisper to her. mother
that a snakc had struck her while she
was in the act of gathering firewood
on the roadside. The party distantly
sought the spot and there discovered
a large specimen of the horn
snake which they dispatched. The
skin of this serpent waR stuffed and
preserved by an ntelligent gentleman
of the neighborhood; ana it was longi
an object of great curiosity at his
residence, and afterwards fit Old
Cambridge, where it was last seen."
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ALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA,
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HOME DEMONSTRATION DEPARTMENT.
(Conducted by Miss Etta Sue Sellers) ,
Community Meetings.
A community meeting wag held at
Oakland on Wednesday, August 10th,
and one at Oak Grove on Thursday,
August 11th. The attendance at Oakland
w&8 about 300 and at Oak
Grove 250. These meetings proved to
be very worth while- At the Oakland
meeting Mrs. S. O. Plowden, District I
Agent, demonstrated the Steam Pres- j
sure Cooker, Mrs. Frances Y. Kline!
demonstrated table service and talked j
on marketing. Miss Amanda Ed-|
vturati, wrmeny uisinci Ageni, gave
a jelly demonstration, and interesting
talks were made by Mrs. R. S. Rogers,
Rev. John McSween, and Mr. J. W.!'
McKay. The program at Oak Grove |
was similar to the one at Oakland;
with the exception of the last four
mentioned. Delicious picnic dinners
were served at each meeting.
Collecting I/eaves and Hark for Sale.
It is a matter of interest, primar-',
ily to the former, that certain of the
well known weeds now either gener- j
ally or locally infesting the country ,
are the sources of crude drugs ob-,(
tained wholy or in part by importa- ,
tion from abroad- Roots, leaves, and'
flowers, of several of the species
most detrimental in thP United
States are gathered, prepared, and
cured in Europe, and not only form
useful commodities, but supply to a
considerable extent the demands of
foreign lands. Hence It appears probable
that while weeds can hardly be
made desirable still in his fight to
exterminate them the farmer may be
able to turn some of them to account.
The prices paid for crude drugs
are not great and would rarely tempt
anyone to pursue this line of work
as a business. Yet, if in ridding the
farm of weeds and thus raising the i
value of the land the farmer can at
the same time make these pests the :
source of a small income instead of
a dead loss, something is gained. In
older to help the farmers to obtain
the best possible prices for such products.
instructions for collecting and
preparing crude drugs derived from'
weeds are here briefly given. The
collector should observe them carefully.
Directions for Collecting leaves, i
Leaves should always be collected
in clear, dry weather, in the morning.'
after the dew is off. They are at1
their best when the plant is in bloom '
and should be collected at this time. J
Leaves of biennials are most valuable
during the second year of their,
growth. In drying, spread out thinly,
on a clean floor and stir occasionally
until they are thoroughly dry. Re-'
move all stems from leaves and re- \
member that the leaves which are
worm most are those which retain
thrir natural preen color. Dampness
will turn leaves black, so be careful
not to let them pet wet.
Directions for Collectinp Harks.
Barks may be gathered either in
the fall or spring. AH rough barks
should be rossed before peeling?that
Is, the rough outer bark must be
scrapped or shaved off, and the inner
bark then peeled. Barks 'may be dried !
in the sunlight, except green wild j
cherry.
The Jimson weed is one of the
so called pests. The club girls of Dillon
county have been asked to gather
a generous supply of jimson leaves
and seeds.
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HARDING A PAINTER
Washington, Aug. 19? Everybody
in the country probably knows by this'
time that Warren G. Harding, before
he became president, was an editor.
But few can remember when he
was a painter and a good ?ne. He
proved his craftsmanship today. On
hi8 way from the executive mansion
across to his office this afternoon he
stopped to watch some of the painters
engaged in the business of making
the White House white.
"Here, you don't know how to do
that," the president jokingly remarked
to one of the astounded workmen.
"Let me show you."
Taking the brush, he dipped it in
the paint pot and went to work.
"When did you learn the trade, Mr.
President?" asked the man.
"Why, on the day President Garfteld
was shot I got my first contract.
It was for painting a Baptist
church near Marion. I did it too" said
the president.
"Have you got your union card?"
he was asked.
"They didn't have painters unions
in those days out in my country" said
the president as he was forced to give
up his painting job for an important
conference.
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I LAKE CITY FARMER
I./OSES IRON SAFE.
Lake City, Au?. 17?Some time
| between Sunday and Monday night,
during the absence of S. W. Young,
a prosperous farmer, about eight
miles west of here, his house was
I entered and the iron safe in which he
[kept about $30,000 in Liberty bonds
and an almost equal amount of mortgages
aiu other securities was removed
and tracks in the yard indicate
that it was hauled away in &
wagon. Mr. Young was appraised of
the fact upon his return to his home
Ifcesd&y afternoon and is making evleyp
effort to apprehend the robbers.
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THURSDAY, MOI{ NIXG, AUGUST, 23
FIRST NEW BALE
COMES TO MARION.
Marion, Aug. 18?The ginning of
a 400 pound bale of cotton belonging
to T. M. Moody, route No. 1, at
the Marion Cotton Oil company today
marked the first of the season
in Marion county. 1
The cotton crop in this county will
fall far short of previous years. In
audition to a material cut in acre- 1
age, the ravages of the boll weevil
are beinc extensivlv felt. ITn until
about two weeks ago, the boll weevil
had not made its appearance in any 1
great quantities except in the lower
part of the county.
Now there is hardly a field which 1
is not infested. It is believed that
all the crop which is not already !
made will be destroyed by the <
weevils. In the lower part of the !
county not only the blossoms are be- i
inj, attacked by the weevil but large
well developed bolls are being punc- <
tured. \
The weevils are rapidly moving j
northward- Evidences of them are i
reported in Dillon and Marlboro coun. \
ties. It is believed that they will
cover the entire cotton growing belt
ol the Pee Dee section before the i
i?nH nf tho qonsnn FcirniArs nnH hn?- 1
iness men are very blue over the outlook.
Although persistently warned,
people in this section have done lit-1:
tie in the way of diversified farm-j i
ing, cattle raising and dairying in J
preparation of the boll weevil ii
menace. I
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?VTIjOOK FOK COTTON.
Many lndieutions Seem to Make For!
Higher Prices.
The past two weeks, or rather the
period since August l.^has witnessed|
a recovery in cotton value of $5 or *6'
per bale in the futures market and I
similar advances in the markets of |
the Soutlv This would be regarded!
as a healthy sign of recovery under |
ordinary circumstances. It might
mean that th? cotton farmers would'
stand a chance to break even on thifc
year's crop. Indications in the market !
point to even higher levels for futures
after the first burst of new crop'
selling is out of the way. Also a!
healthy sign under normal conditions.'
However, the important and regrettable
feature of the advance is thej
fact that prices are not going high-j
er because of increased mill buying,1
which means indirectly increased con-!
sumption. It is going higher because
the farms of the South have been
mutiliated by weather conditions
which are spoiling the crop and because
the crop when raised has to face
a voracious horde of destructive
weevils and their kindred.
This W'U mean that such portions
of the South as have the luck to raise
all or part of u crop will receive good
prices?comparatively?for their cotton,
but it will also mean that other
sections will have further losses to,
pile on the heavy burden which was
placed on the shoulders of the j roducer
in the 1920 deflation.
It must be agreed that true, prosperity
does not consist of high rrices
obtained for one product, which
means that some other consuming
class must pay more for an ; rticle
than the circulating medium of their
own production is worth. Rather,1
prosperity may be said to mean the
freest circulation of commodities,'
large production, giving employment
to many and with free circulation
and large production, large quantity,
trading bases, meaning large quantities
of commodities, are within reach
of the average man. This prosperity
cannot be obtained when it is necessary
t? cut cotton acreage because
that either means that land itself is
left to waste or that other crops are
raised, which makes for hardship on j
the producers who would ordinarily
raise that other crop. Neither can
true prosperity be attained by such
means or artificial stimulation of values,
or rather of costs, reduction of a
commodity supply for any reason,!
such as the destruction of cotton by
weather and weevil. The South Is to
be pitied for its short crop rather
than congrati/lated on obtaining higher
prices for a reduced supply. ?New
York Commercial.
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I.OOO (tales of Cotton Burned.
Hartsville, Aug. 22?At 12 o'clock
last night fire of unknown origin
broke out in the warehouse of the!
Hartsville Warehouse and Compress
Company, of which Ernest D. Sum-!
ner is president, and destroyed 1,000
bales of cotton valued at between *75,
000 and $100,000.
The cotton belonged mostly to
farmers of this section and had heen
stored.
Thf. fire company did splendid work
and battled for hours trying to allay,
the conflagration, which was suffi-;
ciently extingushed today to allow
the charred bales to be moved about. |
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Prof. W. H. McNairy of Chester
who succeeds Prcf. Roberts as super-1
intendent of the Dillon schools, arrhed
in town Monday morning and
for the next t>iree weeks will devote
bis time to arranging for the opening
of the schools, the schools being
scheduled to open Monday, September
12th. Prof. McNairy has leased
Mr. I. Blum's residence and Mrs. McNairy
and the children will arrive in
a few day?
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E L. Moore is in New York on busin
ess.
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Rockefeller Reducing Kxbile
New York. Aug. 22?The estate of
John D. Rockefeller, when he dies
will show less than $500,000,000 according
to a statement made here today
by Henry H. Klein, deputy commissioner
of accounts for New York
city.
"But that does not mean th-at the
wealth estimated at two billions of
dollars has been dissipated," he added.
"It will merely have changed
hands. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., not
hie father, is the richest man in the
I'nited States."
It was Mr. Klein's estimate of the
Rockefeller wealth that drew some
time ago a signed statement from
'he younger Rockefeller in which he
saiu nis iamers estate had at no;
lime reached one billion dollars.;
Since then there has been consider-;
able controversy, over the subject.
"When John D., Jr., challenged my
estimate and declared his father's estate
had been reduced largely by
irifts, he meant that those gifts were
to himself and his sisters, along with
Lite Rockefeller Foundation,' Mr.
Klein continued.
"The market value of all the Stanlard
Oil companies is about three
billion dollars, of which the Rockefellers
hold 30 per cent. Most of these
holdings are now in the name of the
son, as are many millions more in socalled
independent oil companies.
'As an illustration of the transfer
of securities from the father to the
son, the latest stock list of the Standarrd
Oil company are worth $70,000.000,
while his father's are a mere
$110,000.
"What is true here is probably true
ill the other concerns in which they
are the controlling factors^ It is by
this transfer that John D. Rockefeller
hhmself, is not worth the two billions
I estimated."
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Found Conditions Bad.
Mr. L. C. Braddy is back from a
trip to Greensboro, Ga? where he
spent two days looking over a cattle
farm and making purchases for his
own fatyn. Greensboro is in the boll
weevil territory and Mr. Braddy says
he found conditions just about as
bad as they could get. The store
shelves were almost empty and business
was practically at a standstill. A
large oil mill in the town had been
idle two years. Only three car loads
01 fertilizer were shipped into Greensboro
this year and what cotton had
been planted showed the lack of proper
fertilization. The cotton is small
and will not yield much to the acre.
Cotton cultivation has almost been
abandoned and the people are raising
hogs, cattle, soy beans, peanuts, corn
and other food crops. Some of the
farmers have gone into the dairying
business and Mr. Braddy spent the
day with o'ie farmer who used to
make 500 hales a year, but who does
not now plant a hill of cotton. This
farmer has a large dairy farm and
seems to be prospering. One or the
cattlp raisers Mt;. Braddy saw prom-(
ised to brinp a car load of pure-bred
rattle to the County Fair this fall.
This pentleman said he was poinp to
offer his cattle nt a ve>" low fipure in
order to induce the people to make
all early beginninp in the cattle in-j
dustry. He said the boll weevil would
he here next year in swarms and if
there was a Dillon county farmer who
thought he could plant a normal
acreage and get ahead of the weevil
he was fooling himself. Mr. Braddy is
fencing in lots of land and will cut his
cotton acreage down to four or five
acres to the plow. Hp is preparing to
increase his tobacco acreage, and with
a fine herd of cows, plenty of soy
beans, corn and other food crops he
hopes to he able to cope with the boll
weevil next year.
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CLARENDON STUDIES BETTER
FARMING METHODS.
Clemson College, Aug. 22? Re-i
ports coming through County Agent
\V. R. Gray, of Clarendon, show that;
Clarendon county is looking towards
better farming methods to meet the!
conditions now existing. Recentlymeetings
have been held among business
men to consider the possible
necessity of erecting grain elevators,!
sweet potato curing houses, and
other means of caring for the new1
crops resulting from greater diversi-i
fication. Evidently the business men'
o' Clarendon are ready to be of the!
greatest possible assistance to the
farmers of the county in meeting the'
new conditions.
BeforP faking any definite steps it
has heen decided, reports the county
agent, to study the situation more
carefully. In order to have better!
light on the problems of diversified!
farming it has been decided that a
committee of four men, including!
the county agent, make a week's!
trip into Georgia and Alabama to!
study their system of diversified agriculture
with reference to grain1
elevators, storage and warehouses,
and other matters that have to do
with the business end of diversification.
It is like'v that this tour of in-)
\ertigntion will be made early in I
August. The expenses of the trip
will be borne by tHe business men
of the town of Manning.
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Dr. Joe Cabell Davis and A. K. McI.fllan
left Monday on a two week's
trip through Ohio. While away they
will visit several of the county fairs
and see their horses race.
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D. T. Hamilton of Florence spent
Sunday with relatives.
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KILLS WOMAN WHO
STICKS 11V HlSltAMU.
Porterville, Cal., Aug. 22?Waiterr
H. Alexander, who, according to J. ^
iluchman, a rancher near here, shot,
und killed Mrs. Baehinan yesterday
when she refused to leave her husband
and go with Alexander, warfound
dying on a ranch ten uiiler>
ft cut here by a posse today.
Alexander died before any aid couldJ.
be administered. Sheriff Court Smithy
leader of the posse, believed Alexan?
uer poisoned himself.
"Well, what are you going to do?**"
Alexander was quoted as demanding*
ol Mrs. Bach man.
"1 guess I'll stay here," Bachtnair
said his wife replied from her seat,
beside him in an automobile.
Thereupon, Dachnian says, Alexander
fired a shotgun point-blank at the
woman.
The shooting occurred at the rang*,
home of H. B. Collings, stepfather of "
Alexander, in the Popular district
near here. Alexander's mother and
step-father also witnessed the shoot
Ing.
After the shooting Alexander left-,
carrying the shotgun, it was said.
According to the stoy Bachmai.
t< Id officers, lie had gone to Lindsay .
twenty miles from the Collings ranch,.
t>> bring home Mrs, IJachman. He
found Alexander also at Lindsay. h? *
>um, hiiu wa? torced oy him to ikivt
Mrs. Bachnian and Alexander to the-ranch.
He told officers Alexander*
held a knife at his back '.ill the way.
At tht. ranch Alexander dlablfed tlw
automobile, obtained a shotgun and '
approached Mrs. Bach man, the woman's
husbnna said. Alexander thei.
.demanded what the wbnian was going
to do. and receiving her answer, shoe
her, Bachnian said.
After holding Bachnian at bay with
|the shotgun half an hour, while Collinps
procured liquor from a neighbor's
house. Alexander fled across thefields,
the two men told officers.
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Carolina.
The Home Demonstration and Betterment
Clubs held their monthly
meeting at the school house on lasT
Thursday afternoon. A most helpfu?
lesson on yeast bread was given by
Miss Sellers. On account of car trouble
s^e was delayed and was unable
|to demonstrate the cooking of the
bread
Miss Blanche McLaurin is visiting
her sister Mrs. D. A. Alford at Wesley
this week.
Mrs. Mary Mclnnig returned liorm
last week from a visit to her daughter,
Mrs. George Whit,. an<j little
grandson, George White, Jr., of On
Hill. N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. David Overstreet and
Mrs. David Overstreet, Jr and children
of Hasty, N. C-, spent Sunday
w ith Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Henderson.
Master Clewell Mclnnis of Clio spent
a few days of last week with his urr
cle, Mr. D B. Mclnnis.
Miss Etheleen Smith visited at the
home of her uncle, Mr. Dan A1 ford of
Wesley, last week.
Miss Emma Kate Mclnnis is spending
a few days of this week at thi'
home of Mr. Neill McRimmon of
Raemon. N. C.
Miss Beatrice Rogers of Dillon is
visiting Verna McQueen this weekMiss
Beulah Mclnnis underwent a
successful tonsil operation at the
Clio Hospital last Thursday.
Mr. J. D. Henderson sp<_nt the week
end at Clinton. S. C.
Rev. Neill Mclnnis who is* spending
his vacation here, left Saturday
for Guff, N. C., where he will conduct
a week's meeting, after which hewill
return for the remaining days of
his vacation.
Mrs. Neil C. McLaurin of near Clio
virlted her daughters, Mesdames D.
L. and D. W. Mclnnis last week.
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THE HOI J, WKKVIIj A MX
HIS WINTER QUARTERS.
Cleinson College, Aug. 22. ? The
cottton boll weevil finds his hotel for
the winter in old stalks, weeds and
d- ad grass in the field. He will find
splendid winter-quarters in unkepf
terraces, weedy ditch banks and
fences, in neglected orchards, in underbrush
along the woods and roadsides,
etc.
The weevil requires for successful
n jihci a jMrttf w&iii ;
amount of moisture, failing in truck
places where moisture is heavy*.
Therefore the cover crop that is nsfxt
for preventing land washing and" th?
leaching of soil, fertility and" for
maintaining, soil texture is of" tbe
greatest value under weevil' conditions,
because it acts as a cleansing
crop which keeps down weeds and
winter fodll plants and destroys protective
coverings for the weevil ancF
other destructive insects during tiusr
winter.
It is time now for farmers to think
about these matters and not let this work
go until the last moment, advises
Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist
who says that w(. want to cleau
up our farms this fall as we havenever
done before. iThese wintering
places mentioned must not be permitted;
they must be removes! ordestioyed
by one method or another.
Humus is our greatest deficiency in
farming and for that reason vegetable
matters should be properly in- "J
eorporated in the soil whenever possible;
hut there are a great many
cases where this can not be done;
and yet should weeds, dead grass
etc., remain through the winter they would
form successful wintering *
places for the boll weevil. Burningmay
be the only resort by vlMi
they can be destroyed, and tf ?o>
burning should be employed' r
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