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DO SNAKES ?Oi THF Pf ' Jk A AMmM t ^ Strange Stories of Infill Over Other An Barnwe No question in connection wit \ snakes is more hotly contested tha whether or not snakes have the pov er to ''charm" other creatures t their death. Probably as many pei sons can be found to take the affin ative as to take the negative. Whs do you think about it? Have snake the ability to subdue other creature and to cause their death simply b going through some bodily motior before them? In the case of the average huma > being, he is first frightened, or i least greatly shocked, when comin suddenly upon a snake. But in ma fear is frequently replaced by th instinct of self-Dreservation, and th snake is promptly killed. It ofte happens that man is angered by snake. The defiant, angry look of snake is apt to arouse kindred emc tions in man. In either case ma will not often run away from a rej tile, but will seek to put it out of th way. Unfortunately for them, the low* order of animals, for the great* part, know only intense fear?a soi v - of terror?in the presence of a snak< Their first impulse seems to be t S avoid detection. If instinct warr them that they are seen their mos natural incentive is to escape. Bi "? some times for one good reason c another small animals and birds ne ther remain quiet nor run awa; When, for instance, the protectiv instinct of the parent is aroused i them these little creatures will def any kind of a snake to the very en< The Snake and the Wrens. The following incident, which i lnctratps the fearlessness of parer birds, came under the writer'6 obsei vation: While fishing one day nea Summerville, S. C., the persister cries of a little Carolina wren dre' the writer's attention away from hi book. On the ground, about twent feet away, and close by the log o which he was seated, was an ol( rusty tin can, once used by some on as a bird can. Back and forth froi the log to the can the little bir flew continuously. Soon its mate ai rived and both seemed greatly ag tated. One by one they would fl from the log to the can, and bac again, crying and calling loudly a the time. It was an easy guess the the can contained a nest full of youn ' wrens, and that the fledglings wei in danger from some quarter. Wh< threatened them? Cautiously tun ing and searching the ground wit his eyes, the writer at first could n< see anything unusual. Growing bo der the little birds began to fly neart and nearer the ground close by th log. Taking the hint, a further ar. more careful search was mad' Stretched out. well under the log. i such a way as to protect its hea , from attack above, was a fair-size black snake. Its forked tongue whi] * ped out restlessly, but it gave n other signs of activity. The repti! seemed to be working up its cou age to the point of braving the shar bills of the wrens. A quick forwar thrust of its head and the little tei der morsel in the can would be ii reward. But the incessant flutter ( wings so near its head and the bee lam of cries seemed to bewilder an v intimidate the snake. At this jun< ? ture the writer undertook to interfei in the little wood tragedy, and aro* intending only to scare away tl; snake (a black snake is too valuab a creature to ruthlessly destroy. But before the plan could be carrie out the reptile darted out. like flash, in the direction of the cai then rapidly disappeared into tl: thick underbrush. Whether or n< . it secured a victim it was impossib to tell, because of the rapid movi ments of the snake. In this case tl little birds certainly gave no evident of being panic-stricken, but, on tl contrary, their movement was cajci lated to protect their young by coi fusing and intimidating the reptn Dogs Will Fight Snakes. In a former article dealing wit * snakes, it was suggested that dos and snakes are not on the best < terms. The meeting between a ra tlesnake and a deer hound was pi' tured, in which the intense anger < each creature was set out. But a dogs are not so cautious about attaol ing snakes as the hound referred t The writer had a fox terrier whic did not hestitate to "play" wit snakes wherever he found them. Or afternoon in the thick woods net Summerton the dog discovered a fai sized coral snake in the act of swa lowing a little brown snake, and 1 promptly began to drag the t\\ snakes about with his paws, barkir and frisking around in a lively wa i The coral snake is a very poisoaot species, as you know. Prof. C., of Charleston, tells tl r r 5SESS | )WER TO CHARM Ki in ience Rattlesnakes Possess W1 imals?Incident in en 11 Related. ll! en ni ! > fftllnwintr ctnrv rnnrernins: a d0? his n father once owned: "I was out hunt- 'K . ing one day near the edge of a pond. r" o in the low country of South Carolina. is1 r- With me was a very valuable setter n1' l- of great courage and strength, nam- en it ed "Othello." The dog was ahead of ot ;s me some distance, when of a sudden ^1 ;s it gave a loud and peculiar cry of ^ 'V pain. I knew at once that something is serious had happened to make Otiiel- re !o cry out as he did. As I started *s n toward him he approached me drag- ,.or it ging himself by his front feet. I saw g that his hind legs were paralyzed, and Co n I jumped to the conclusion that he ie had been bitten by a snake. \Acting lla te on the theory, I searched the place Ci n! where he had first cried out, and ?r a found a large black snake, which ap- er a peared very angry and excited. I C1! j- killed it and returned to Othello, to w< n find that he had been struck in the C( )- flank in such a way as to completely a? ;e paralyze his hind legs for the space of half an hour. Eventually he got ra ;r entirely well. I suppose the dog at- fo ;r tacked the reptile, for he killed many rt black snakes in my presence." 3.; A Discriminating Sense. pe .0: It is a well-known fact that when mi is i angered or excited other species of 3t1 snakes besides the rattlesnake viitjbrate their tails vigorously. If you >r should corner a black snake or a i- j coach-whip snake they will whip \y j. I around and about with their tails in e1 a way to make you stand back in n: fear. But this fact does not seem Ai !y I to deter some dogs from falling upon 1.1 them and destroying them, as in the ' case of Othello. Would Othello have g2 1- attacked so recklessly a rattlesnake? it There appears to be some age-old inr-; stinct in creatures of all sorts which g2 ir! teaches them to discriminate between it venomous snakes and the harmless ft*: ones. At the Bronx park, m .\ew gj Is; York city, in interesting experiment y | covering this point was carried out. n j A large cobra, from India, was con- g2 1,1 fined in a cag? and fed from time to e time on snakes native to America, n One day a large specimen of the com- g2 d mon brown water snake (tropidonor-j tus taxispilotus.) popularly known in i-' the South as a water moccasin, was g2 y; dropped into the cobra's cage. (It k | is not commonly knoft'n, but this spell | cies is non-poisonous, and is very fe- g2 it i rocious and pugnacious in appearigj ance and habits. WiWthout a mo e ment's hesitation the cobra flew at g2 it the big snake and sank its deadly i- fangs into it. The victim, always ^ h ready for a fight, put up a valiant re >t i struggle for life, thrashing the cobra se: 1-j about the cage in an alarming manir ner. Death was inevitable for the sa ie big reptile, however, and in the space *t? d of two minutes it lay lifeless. The ?? e. carcas was removed, and immediate- st: n lv t large specimen of the .highly nc d poisonous cotton-mouth moccasin on d (Ancistrodon piscivorus) was put into ue ?- the cobra's cage. The Oriental V/J 10 snake at once started toward the new lia le intruder, but when within a few inch- at r- es of it stopped stock still, raised its m' P head spread its hood, and slowly se d swayed from side to side. For some i- seconds it intently surveyed the moe- sn ts casin. whipping out its tongue in a T0 >f puzzled manner, then slowly backed 1- away into a far corner, leaving the m' d visitor in undisputed possession of t'1 c-1 the cage. What subtle sense re-M'? "e strained the cobra from flinging it;e self upon the poisonous reptile? Both en species placed in the cage were stran- 111 e gers to it. being natives of the Xew WJ ) World. In appearance and size the ev d poisonous and the non-po sor.ous snakes were much alike. And. still ai 2. it took but an instant's survey for the w' 1 - ....... " 'lit' ed m copra to Know mai uiea- u?> <i unit f erf nee and to act 0:1 that knowledge. A Peculiar Power to t'liann. ?- Bat to return to the original sub- wi inject of this article. Has any snake ga - e the power to charm other creatures de to their death? It appears so. The ly i- rattlesnake alone seems to he endow- aj i-i ed with the ability to bring about Iai e. | fatal results without using its poison- to ous fangs upon a victim. It has nev- bi h er been the fortune of the writer to w: witness a rattlesnake engaged in a >f charming another creature. Xor has in i- ne ever neara or any outer suaf.e man m c- a rattlesnake causing the death of th )f i a fellow creature by simply standing 11! before it and going through some ju <-jl>6dilv motions?viz.. the incessant th o.! buzzing of its rattles. Several well- de :h j authenticated stories, all from gentleh men of integrity, have come to his pe ie attention. In each case the snake ta ir was a rattlesnake, and in no case had po r- the reptile used its fangs on the vie- ah 1- tint. The following story was told ly ie by a well-known educator of South an o Carolina: "Some years ago the 'Rev. in ig J. M. B.,' of the Barnwell Baptist th y. i church, was driving one afternoon tu is near that place, and while passing nr j through a cut in the road, heard the th ie loud buzzing of a snake's rattles. He in . \ BARN"WELL CAMPAIGN. rst Meeting Brings From Creech ^ Version of Fowles Dismissal. Barnwell. July 2 J.?The first meetg of the Barnwell county campaign as held at Williston Monday, be- _0 I een 20 u and 300 voters being pres- j it to hear the speakers. The only ar ing of a sensational nature inject- ~a 1 into the speeehes was the stateent of Thomas M. Boulware and ujj ,nies E. Davis, candidates for the use of representatives, that it is mored that a "dispensary ring" ex- j :s, the purpose of which is to elect en who "will perpetuate the prest officers in office." Several of the sij her candidates stated that they had . . ard the rumor, but denied being c e candidates of the alleged ring. Xorman C. Creech, who is seeking election to the house, said that he making the race on his past rec- ^ d. He also gave a new version to , fo 1 e removal of .Magistrate Fowles, ot . lumbia, declaring that the governor id removed him because Fowles . . ag id issued certain warrants against , 1 o ( eech. He also stated that the govnor had vetoed the $30,000 for the 1 adication of the cattle tick. De- t0 iring that the new primary rules 11 ?re made to "humiliate" the old 1?' fo 1 infederate veterans, he said he was ;ainst them. m( There are 41 candidates in the m pff ce this summer, as follows: Seven r the house of representatives: five 0T? j OA r suDervisor; one for treasurer; o for judge of probate; one for suTintendent of education; 23 for pr agistrate in the different townships. J ? pr The Summer Resort. on so Same old beach, V Same old peach, 0l 'ith the same old winsome smile. ne Same old stare, tir Same hot air.- ye nd the same flirtation style. ab Same old view,. on Nothing new, ea ime old skeeters there to sting. 0f Same old sand, ta Same old band, fr< ime old cash register to ring. Same old drones, tjr C'naperones. lia tting in the rocking chairs, Same old walks, tlj Same old talks. pr ime old spooning on the stairs. cn Same canned food, fol Boiled and stewed, gr ime transparent slice of meat. ot] Same old girls, fai Same old curls, nj, ime old slot machine to beat. fin nip nld iunk. 1?. " "" " ' l idJ Same old bunk, kg tme old stunt and nothing more. !un Same price list, Same bridge whist, fir ime old never-ending bore. ja] ?Brooklyn Eagle. . igned in his horse at once, and &>" arched the ground for the reptile. 3i far away, near a small bush, he fl11 w the snake with its head erect and w' ; tail vibrating. Although Mr. B. be t out of his buggy and secured a ca ick, and must have '^ade some iise in doing sc. the reptile never va ce took notice of him, but contin- us d to gaze ahead of it in an absorbed |flu iv. In another minute the snake |a d been put to death. It was just 1111 this time that Mr.^B. noted with w' itch surprise a small yellow cur dog I'? ated on the ground within a very ort distance of where the rattle- So ake had '"^n coiled. He called the dog but got no response front Annroachinsr the little cieature ore closely he looked it over and en patting out his foot touched it -nf jhtly. Imagine his amazement len fhe dog toppled over sideways cj tirely rigid in death! It was leang against a small bush in such a j(j ty as to remain in a sitting posture en after it was dead. .Mr. B. took sc. e dog liome gnd after a careful ex- ;it nination failed to find any wounds a(. latever on it." It had been charmto death. rv A Woman Scared to Death. m A fortnight ago a correspondent I'e itinig from Rollins. X. C., to a .Mor- hr nton paper told of an unusual ->u ath there. It seems that an elder- u'( woman. .Mrs. .Jos. Daniels, dipped 1>a i a large moccasin from.'a spring re te in the afternoon. In its efforts ta escape the snake fell from the $1 icket onto the woman's feet. She !u ts so badly frightened that within few moments she died, after relat- < ^ g her experience. It was found at she ruptured a large blood vessel rough fright. It would be interesting to know st what takes place, physically, in | ose creatures who are done to ath by ratlesnakes charming them, po However improbable it may ap- ja ar, theoretically, it seems an es- in blished fact that rattlesnakes do E. ssess the peculiar power to bring ch lout death in fellow creatures simp- lit by going through certain bodily ed itics before them. The writer is de possession of further proofs of th is fact, which will be used at a fu- pr re time to strengthen the argu- da ent. In the meantime beware of bu e rattlesnake.?John Kershaw, Jr.. w< the Sunday News and Courier. a t "GROW LEGUMES." anting of Winter Legumes Will Reduce Nitrogen Bill. Clemson College. July 2f>.?Four ! rties of institute workers, all agri- \ Itural experts from Clemson college.' e going into every county in South| rolina and impressing upon the far-! ?rs the great need for winter leg- \ les as cover crops. They will take all phases, but all have been in ucted to leave no stone unturned encourage the planting of large reaees in cover crons this fall. One ?eting in every county has been debated "Vetch and Clover Day" and is institute will be devoted to a scussion of these subjects. \V. \Y. Long. State agent of dem-1 stration work and director of Clein11 college extension work, in the | lowing statement impresses upon . rmers the importance of cover crops South Carolina: "The limiting factor in Southern riculture," said .Mr. Long, "is the :k of vegetable matter in the soil. nave said this before and I expect say it miny more times, because is something that cannot be said o often. If we could make the rmers of this State realize the full waning of this statement and could ake them direct their agricultural orts accordingly, a large part of ? OsMi + lt PoT*/\lir?a Tvnnlri ho I laorv in. uvum vu* vi*um vv complished. ''Farmers should require no other oof of what is to be accomplished the use of cover crops than the oof given by the abundant yields virgin soils about them. Virgin il means merely soil with ample sgetable matter or humus. 'Worn it' soil means soil in which this cessarv element is wanting. Putig a clean cultivated crop on land ar after year is certain to bring out a 'worn-out' condition, unless e resorts to the use of cover crops ch winter, which is man's method restoration to the soil of the vegeble matter which has been taken jm it during the summer. "This State, according to a bullet of the department of agriculture d only 3S7 acres in clover of all ads in 1909. Today we have many ousands' of acres in clover. It is obable that the percentage of incase in acreage of leguminous crops r the four years last past has been eater in South Carolina than in any her State. Notwithstanding this ct, we have simply made a beginag "A farmers's first need is good id. The lands of the South have en depleted by a combination . of fortunate circumstances and caressness. The Southern farmer's st need is, therefore, to make his id good land and the most econo:cal and easiest way to do this is the use of winter cover crops. '"During the warm spells which freentlv occur in South Carolina in nter. large quantities of nitrogen come available in the soil and espe if there is no crop to take care them. In addition to holding this luable element in the soil, legumes ed for winter cover crops take large antities of nitrogen from the air. prope/ty peculiar to them, thus iking the soil even richer than ien they were put into it. instead of orer. as do most other crops. "Legumes are the best friends the nth Carolina farmer has. Grow ;unies and cut the nitrogen bill." Treats Children to Circus. When Edward Tilden was a boy, wished very much to see a circus. ' it he did not have the price. The reus, for him, remained unss-en. That is why Edward Tilden. pres- ! ent of Libby, McNeill k Libbv, for < e third time has entertained tne hool children of Walworth county a picnic and circus on his 1,000re farm liere. A special train of entertainers carina: tlte Chicago band of 4." pieces, agicians.balloonists,parachute juni- . >rs and circus performers were ought to town. Six parachute nips from a height of 2,000 feet ere on the programme: also two md concerts. About 4.00o childn were at the picnic. The enterinment cost .Mr. Tilden more than .2,00o each year. The circus tent which the luncheon was served id room for 2.000 diners.?Delevan ATs) dispatch to Xew York Wo Writ) STARVFD WIFK. est Virginia Farmer Said to Have Dug (irave Iiefore Death. Samuel Cunningham, a farmer rented to be wealthy, is in the county il at Pnrkershnre. \V. Va.. await g a heat ing on charges made by J. . Mayhew. State humane agent. ' arging first degree murder. .May- ' ;w cltarges that Cunningham starvhis wife, Anne Cunningham, to ath. It is alleged in the warrant at Cunningham not only failed to ovide his wife with food for twelve vs prior to her deaMt, last Friday, it that lie purchased a coffin three ?eks ago and began digging a grave , week ago. i HBBBBHnBBnHHnBB Don't Scatter Your Cash ^S7 M ,nUsaveit- "Easy come, easy o," is an old saying, but be wise, and no matter how easily you make your money, hold on ,POI& o it. Let us aid you in laying I the foundation for a fortune. YduR jrvfOMfcy ^'e welcome deposits and offer Jmmi ood interest with ample se- I cunty. iou win ue giau uiai j JfPiPfihti? ^ m you had dealings with us, as it FT Q n^SF-*0.^ will be all to your financial Enterprise Bank 4 per cent. Paid on Savings Deposits. Bamberg, S. C. WEEK-END AND SUMMER Excursion Rates To The Seashore Via The A ^/\o or T inA miauut vuaoi juuiv The Standard Railroad of the South. i ROUND TRIP RATES From Denmark to Washington, D. 0 $21.20 From Denmark to Baltimore. Md $21.20 , From Denmark to New York City $30.20 From Denmark to Boston, Mass $34.75 Tickets on sale every day until September 30th, via Norfolk and Steamer, with final return limit October 31st, 1914. ^From Denmark to W ilmington. A. t *o.4u Tickets on sale for all trains each Saturday and for forenoon trains each Sunday until September ' 13th, 1914, limited returning to midnight of -. Tuesday next following date of sale. For Summer Excursion Rates to many Mountain, Lake and Pleasure Resorts, and for any information, reservations, etc., call on J. B. LILES, Ticket Agent, Denmark, S. C. / Or Address W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE, Pass. Traffic Manager, General Pass. Agt., Wilmington, X. C. )A \\ fi NEED A "BIKE" DOCTOR? : u. ^"e cure tlie most Il0Pe'ess i'r-\ cases. 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Try MOndaj nights at i loO p. rn. v iSlt- it the next time you need Quinine for any pur* ing brethren cordiallv invited. pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The A M DEXBOW name FEBRILINE is blown in botUe. 25 cents. - - - - 11 ^ o n H or unantenui v,uajiuouuv., , _ _ c. r. giluam, I DR. THOMAS BLACK, JR. Keeper of Records and Seal. DENTAL SURGEON. S. G. MAYFIELR. W. E. FREE. Graduate Dental Department University of Maryland. Member S. C. MAYFIELD & FREE state Dental Association. Office opposite new post office and Attorneys-at-Law ffl0ake BAMBERG. S. C. BAMBERG, S. C. Practice in all the Courts, both McCormick Mowing Machines and state and _ Federal^ Corporation Repairs. Hay Rakes. Cultivators. practice ana uie "'""'"s, Harrows, ana u?n .uowers. ramus, tates a specialty. Business entrust- 0ils and Varnishes. HUNTER'S ed to us will be promptly attended to. HARDWARE STORE.?adv.