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r PICKENS EDI lip ; . TELL. % Gary Hiott of Sentinel it. cent Story That h Several weeks ago The Sentinel I published the report that a horn (or hoop) snake had been killed in the Rocky Bottom section of Pickens county. The Greenville Piedmont copied the item and said there was no such thing as a horn snake in this counity and the hoop snake existed in imagination only. The Columbia State also ridiculed the idea that such a snake really existed, as did several others. EM'" Last week The Sentinel reproduced from Logan's "History of Upper South if Carolina," facts that proved the 'horn j snake was in this section before the j Revolutionary war and was greatly j dreaded by the Indians and early settiers. We are bringing the proof closer t home this week. In an effort to learn more of the horn snake The Sentinel has interify" viewed several people who have actuallv seen these reDtiles and we be lieve the information we have gained I*:. is sufficient to prove to any one that '' v there is not only such a serpent as the horn snake, but that it has been known to make a circle of itself and roll like a hoop. s . Not Many Seen. Most everybody has heard of the . horn (or hoop) snake, but few have actually seen them. The belief that there is such a snake is so general and tales of it so numerous that there I is bound to be some foundation for it. However, in this attempt to prove that there is a horn snake The Senti?. nel is using no hearsay evidence at f r all, but all statements made can be proven by some of our most reputable and honorable citizens. The snake referred to .in the recent news item was killed in Rocky !>? ;; v Bottom by Messrs. Frank Stewart, / Charlie and Homer Gravley. We "/ have seen one of the Messrs. Grav& ley and he tells us the snake was nearly nine feet long and as large as an average man's thigh. The snake's head was in the wagon track of the fj - road when first seen and was shot, ftes ' When shot it violently brought its ll'v^y tail over its back and struck it into the ground. An examination of the snake proved that ttwo or three ?< { inches of the-extreme end of its tail i was a hard, horny substance which [ tapered to a sharp point and in the 7. end of this point was a pin-like ''stinger." It is supposed that the snake puts out his poison with this " stinger. Find Dead Cattle. * For the past several years many cattle in the Rocky Bottom section have been found dead and no cause for death could be found. It is now thought by the people up there that the large horn snake recently killed in that seotion* was the cause of the death of the cattle. There is no proof of this, but it is likely supposition. Mr. "Buddy" Patterson, who killed jgEj . ' two horn snakes (this summer, was interviewed by E. D. (Liege) Chastain for The Sentinel-. Mr. Chastain is one 3k",*: "*f of our best known citizens and his i word can not for one moment be doubted in the least. He knows all Ejjjfcr-y ; parties mentioned in his interview and vouches for them. The first one of these snakes that Mr. Patterson killed was near Mr. Lee Stansell's Lrtm a An T? i cr Fcfotno A T r?c* C * o r*i _ LLV-LLI^ UX1 1-OLUlUt. .Uio. UlU li." sell discovered it and called ;to Mr. Patterson, who was nearby. He came and shot the snake. After its head was shot entirely from its body the snake threw its itail over and struck its horn into the ground exactly as did the one killed by Messrs. Stewart , . and Gravlev. The Stansells and Patterson never having seen such a snake before, they called in Mr. Cling Bowen, ithe oldest citizen of the section, who said it was a horn snake gig and that he 'had seen them before. The other horn snake Mr. Patterson killed this summer was at Standing Rock on the line between North and South Carolina. It was first seen by IN GAINFUL OCCUPATION. m 11 About 40 Per Cent. South Carolina's # Population at Work. r < ' Washington, Sept. 24.?The census iooiiad nraliminarv UU1 UttU IUUCIJ IOOUVU statements which show that there * were 674,OSS persons ten years old and over in South Carolina engaged in gainful occupation in 1920 constituting 40 per cent, of the population of the state and 55 per cent, of the population of ten years of age and . over. In 1910 the 728,627 gainful workers were 4S per cent, of the population of the state and 68 per per cent, of the population ten years and over.. Of the state's gainful workers in TOR S OF SNAKES I Submits Proof of Relorn SnaJ^e Exists ' a daughter of Mr. Coleman Aiken. She called to her father to come kill it. He came with a hoe, but after seeing ithe snake decided it was too big and serious looking to tackle with a hoe, so called to Mr. Patterson to come with his gun. After being shot, it acted like the others and stuck its horn into the earth. Both these snakes are described as being six or seven feet long ana as large as a man's leg at the knee. Their bodies resemble a rattlesnake, except that some six or eight inches below the neck there were stripes that run up and down, and their heads are thick from top (to bottom instead of being broad from side to side. The horn on the end of their tails are something li^e a cock's spur, except larger, and in the end of the horn is a stinger. Without exception every person who has seen one of these snakes describes its horn and stinger exactly alike. Fight With Tail. County Auditor X. A. Christopher once killed a horn snake and his wife also killed one. While their son, Ernest, was hoeing in ithe field once, he dug a snake from under a root The snake immediately wrapped itself around the hoe 'handle and struck the handle with its tail several times. This is the one that Mrs. Christopher killed. Ernest Christopher is now manager of Benson's store in rickens and he also distinctly remembers this incident that happened when he was a boy. Mr. Wade H. Chastain killed a horn snake when he was a boy. Sheriff Roark killed a small one on Wolk creek near Pickens last July. W. W. Aiken saw one nhat was killed on his place above Pickens several years ago. Mr. Aiken also tells us that he distinctly remembers hearing his mother tell of seeing a snake rolling like a hoop. Mrs. Aiken did not 'hear of this snake but saw it with her own eyes. Mr. Alonzo Pace tells us that when a young man he was fishing on Twelve Mile river with several companions and they saw a snake rolling like a hoop. When the snake reached thp shrnhhprv npnr flip rivpr hank it straightened out and was killed by Mr. Pace and Jiis companions. It was a horn snake and Mr. Pace described its horn exactly like others have described them. Fastened to Tree. J. L. LaFoy, v,<ho is now an old man, says he killed a horn snake in the Travelers R,est section of Greenville county some 30 years ago. The snake was after a dog, but was j crawling. Mr. LaFoy also saw a i horn snake fastened in a tree on j Mr. Marion Hunt's place on the Cox | bridge road about 40 years ago. The j snake had thrown its horn into the i tree and could not release it. When t j Mr. LaFoy saw the snake it was dead and the leaves of the tree, "which 1 was known to have been alive a short ! time before, were withered. All of the above testimony is by Pickens county citizens who are absolutely honorable and reliable and ; whose veracity can not be questioned, I and we submit tha.t it is absolute proof that the horn snake does exist. We have heard of others who have i seen these reptiles, but we are nor ; publishing any hearsay evidence at all, and. besides, we believe the evidence we have produced is sufficient. | There is no doubt but there is such a serpent as tl;e horn snake and that it 'has been known to make a hoop of irsplf anrl roll like one. notwithstand ing .the fact that so-called herpetologists fall to mention it in their i bookg, and the learned editor of the I Columbia State has never seen one. We trust that this evidence is also ! sufficient to make a 'believer of the editor of the Greenville Piedmont. He is a good fellow of Pickens coun! ty and he should give us credit for I our snakes, too.?Pickens Sentinel. | were males and about 30 per cent, or I 205,619 were females. The* male workers constituted 77 per cent, of j all males ten years and over in 1920 | as against 87 per cent, in 1910, while female workers constituted 33 per ! cent, of all females ten years old and | over in 1920 as against 49 per cent, j in 1910. Of the gainful workers of South Carolina in 1920, about 62 per cent, or 420,507 were engaged in agriculj ture; 109.4S2. or 16 per cent in manufacturing: 21,945, or 3.3 per cent, in : transportation: 33.7SS, or 5 per cent. | in trade: 10,634, or 1.6 per cent, in public service; 17,896, or 2.7 per 1 cent, in professional service; 47,123, or 7 per cent, in domestic and personal service, 12,001, or 1.8 per cent. I in clerical organization. i GAS EXPERTS AFTER WEEVIL. Army Chemical Service Seeks Xew Usefulness. Washington, Sept. 24.?Proceeding along the line that the military ea.uipment of the country should be utilized for purposes of peace wherever possible, the war department has sought the cooperation of the department of agriculture and of the interior in the development by the chemical 'warfare service of gases to combat the boll weevil and other pests that prey on farm or orchard crops. The effectiveness of chemical warfare against rodents has already been established. A body of army experts was recently sent to Cuba with chemicals and instruments for destroying rats and other vermin dangerous to the health and comfort of the island, and their services were so satisfactory that requests have been coming to the war department from various congressmen for experiments of a similar sort in the cities of the United States. It is the belief of Brig. Gfen. A. A. Fries, chief of the chemical warfare service, and his staff, that there have been so many new gasses developed since the war as the result of the researches of the experts of the service that tfhere is n'ow real ground for hope of being able to use the new weapon effectively against other pests than rodents. At present, for example, the chemical warfare service is working on a request from Representative Swing, of Imperial Valley, Cal., for help in exterminating the black birds which are so destructive 4. ~ i 1, ? r 4-1 4. ...4i._ iu me iruiL cxups ui uai secuuu. An Interesting Pastime. "Me and my wife have a little game or contest that we've played for a good while," said the- giant Missounian. "It's one thaJt anybody having a farm, a comfortable home, plenty of fresh eggs, milk, butter, an occasional ham, and so forth, can plaj*. When the mail carrier brings us a letter with a city postmark on it we lay it on the table for a spell without opening it and guess who's coming down on us now to eat us out of house and home, as it were." CITATION FOR LETTERS OF AD* MINISTRATION. The State of South Carolina, Coun-~ ty 01 -Bamoerg. By J. J. Brabham, Jr., Probate Judge: Whereas, T. W. Dannelly made suit to me to grant him letters of administration, de bonis non, of the estate and effects of William Hampton Brabham. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all-and singular the kindred and creditors of the said William Hampton Brabham, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the court of probate, to be held at Bamberg on the 5th day of October, next, after publication hereof, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to shpw cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 20th day of September, Anno Domini 1921. J. J. BRABHAM, JR., 9-29 Judge of Probate. TEACHER'S EXAMINATION. By order of the State Board of Education, the regular teachers' ex animation will be held at Bamberg' on Friday, October the 7th, and Saturday, October the 8th, 1921, beginning promptly at 9 o'clock each morning. This examination embraces three groups of questions?the first for Primary Certificates, the second for General Elementary Certificates and the third for High School Certificates. The Primary examination embraces the following twelve subjects? Vnirlieli Cr!l m ^1 !1 r fl 11 ft T .f? 11 STllfl ETP. Arithmetic, Playground and Community Activities, S. C., I". S. and General History, Geography, Civics and Current Events. Literature. Pedagogy, Health, Nature Study, School Law, .Manual Training. The General Elementary examination embraces the following twelve subjects?English Grammar and Composition, Arithmetic, History, U. S. and S. C., Geography, Civics and Current Events, Spelling, Heading, Pedagogy, Physiology and Hygiene, Nature Study and Agriculture, School Law, Algebra. The High School examination embraces the following twelve subjects ?Grambatical Analysis and Composi tion, .Literature, rrmciyiea ot a earning, American History and Civics, Science, (General Science, Physiology, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Agriculture, Home Economics?seven offered, two required), Arithmetic, Algebra. Geometry, Foreign Language (Latin. French, Spanish, German? four offered, one required), Ancient and Modern History, School Law. Each applicant may choose the examination he or she prefers in accordance with the certificate he or she desires. All who are interested are urged to take the examination of thrir choice. \V. D. ROWELS. County Supt. of Education. Sept. 19, 1921. Colds Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c. S. a. MAYFJ'JLD ATTORNEY A" LAW Practice in all courts, State and Federal. Office Opposite Southern Depot. BAMBERG, S. C. Right and Wr<Sng. Smith had been picknicking and unfortunately, during a ramble afterward he had strayed away from the remainder of the party. Not being able .to find them after a thorough search around, he set out to walk to the nearest village, about three or four miles away. After walking a good four miles in the direction he had imagined the village lay, he chanced to meet a hand rrom a neignoonug larrn. "Am I on the right road for Hayfield?" he inquired. "Ay, sure, zur!" was the repliy. "Bilt ye be goin' the wrong way!" For eczema, itch, and skin disorders use ZEMERINE Two sizes, 50c and $1.00. Sold by local druggists. CREDITOR'S NOTICE. *" All persons or creditors having claims and accounts against M. A. Kinard, Ehrhardt, S. C., will present the same to t'he undersigned duly itemized and verified on or before the 3rd day of October, 1921. 9-29 W. E. 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At the same time and pi the highest bidder, for cash, the \ all notes, and bills receivable b Kinard. Eec I IMPROVED SE Southern Rail1 The through trains from to Washington and Xew Y of Charlotte over the perf Ilanta-Washington trunk lii way System. Effective Sunday, 1 / Leave Augusta : I-flUiVCUl 4 4 Trenton " Batesbnrg " Lexington " Columbia u Winnsboro I" Chester " Rock Hill " Charlotte A'ri'e Washington " New York Early morning conneetioi for Buffalo, Pittsburgh, anc and Pennsylvania points. The Augusta Special is High class coaches to ^ Drawing room sleeping ca: ing cars for all meals. CONSULT A I Southern Rail S The Double Tracked Trunk H Ga., and Washi: RUITS I rABLES iving Daily j s matoes 4 Lettuce t of the Week ! SEASON. 2 15 ucker ?, s. c. i SERVICE S SALE I [is Honor, Hayne P. Rice, erSj Aiken, S. C., on the 2nd file in the office of Clerk of 11 offer for sale to the high- i irniture and Fixtures, also and Caskets, now in by M. A. Kinard; .the _ J * 11 be offered for sale, 3 a whole, and if the 1 blocks then the same 1 nner, or vice a versa. Said 3 in the Town of Ehrhardt, )er, 1921, beginning at 11 the said stock of goods and sposed of. Terms of sale, ace, I will offer for sale to i books, book accounts, and elonging to tbe said M. A. i W. E. FREE, / eiver of M. A. Kinard. _ ' i RVICE VIA I ivav Svrfpm I f Vbvaia rag Augusta and Columbia L| ork are o]3erated north S3 . ected double track At- 3 le of the Southern Eail- Ij August 14, 1921. I Augusta Spl. No. 36. M 12:15 P. M. 12:20 P. M. ? 1:20 P. M. 1 2:07 P. M. 2:44 P. M. . 3:20 P. M. 5:10A.M. 4:40 P. M. 6:30A.M. 5:39 P. M. 7:20A.M. M 6:22 P. M. 8:05A.M. 7:25 P. M. 10:15A.M. ?1 7:30 A. M. 11:00P.M. H 1:30 P. M. 6:45A.M. n ttt n ^ qs made at vv asnmgton h Lall Western New York E|| imous for regularity. 1 Yaskington. Pullman I rs to New York. Din- || .GENTS. 9 f way System I Line Between Atlanta, gj ngton. D. C. 9