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PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mrs. J. B. Black, Jr., is visiting relatives in Charleston this week. ?L. H. Grandy, formerly a coni tractor in this city, spent a few days in town this week. ?Rev. S. O. Cantey returned to ^ a ^ Vil c (tn6 City Saturday ait^r <x viau 'iv parents at Sumerton. ?Mrs. D. C. Murph, of Orangeburg, spent a few days in the c:ty last week with relatives. ?Miss Yarn, of Augusta, returned home Sunday night after a visit to Miss Xell Beard in the city. j I ?Miss Willie Stokes, of Charles\ ton, spent a few days in the city last I week with Mrs. J. C. Moye. i ?Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Denbow, of t Columbia, spent a few days in the city last' week with relatives. ?Raymond Matheny, of Columbia, spent a few days in Bamberg this week with his mother, Mrs. D. R. AfnthATlV. ?Miss Eleanor Pate returned to Winthrop college Monday after spending a few-days at lier home near Bamberg. ?H. B. Weaver, of Blaekville, district manager of the Southern Bell and Telegraph company, was in the city Friday. ?President J. C. Guilds, of Columbia college, accompanied by Mrs. Guilds and Mildred, spent the past week-end in the city with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Folk. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. N. McMichael, " Mrs. L. J. Izlar, J. I. McMichael and Clare Bishop nfotored to Bamberg Sunday afternoon and visited relatives.?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. JAMES HENRY RICE GIVES FACTS. Tells What "Horn" or "Hoop" Snake Really Is. Well, here are the facts about the "horn" snake, or "hoop" snake: 1. It's name is the red-bellied snake (Farancia abacura), not the rainbow snake (Abastor erythrogram. mus), to which dt is related. 2. Snecimens grow six feet or longer. The head is flat and not distinct from the neck; the eyes about the size of a pin point. Its tongue can not he used as other snakes use theirs; it is aborted. They rarely bite, and the bite is not poisonous. The tail is firmed with a minute spine, sharp as a needle and sometimes a wound is inflicted with it, when the snake is threshing about. There is no poison in this spine and no danger from it, except from blood poisoning, whic*h may result from any wound. 3. The snake is subterraneous in habit, rarely seen for that reason ana hence the inventions. The notion that it takes its tail in its mouth and rolls along like a hoop is a gratuitous invention of ignorant white people and negroes; 4. The allegation of trees being killed by the penetration of the "horn" hardly merits serious consideration. The poison of a diamond. backed rattlesnaks would not effect a ' tree. This as a lie that does not deserve immortality; for it lacks the 24 hours' start. ** ??J J nnoVft ic" TT'oll | O. 1H6 rtJU'UCIUCU Duano 10 n vn known to scientists. Ditmars gets plenty of them. There is nothing new about it, not even the stories told. I !have received a flood of inquiries. One came today from Ohio, containing a clipping from The State, and asking my opinion as to the "horn" snake. Animals of all sorts are scarce in f - i the mountains, and the mountaineer sets out t osupply the defficiency. He invented the "catamount," which is an animal of indescribable ferocity, combining the terrors of all the wild beasts known in the world, with a few special ones of its own. * In Logan's time the "horn" snake had not retreated into 'tne muuui,?iju?. < but it is far within them now. Spec:- j , mens are seen by farmers living at a distance from the centers, or by old persons "in their youth," when, as [ there were no revenue officers, the i reason for such, invention is not clear, ft What is known is given above: r what may be invented and palmed off B on the succeptible no man knows. James Henry Rice, Jr. SB The Dark Cloud. It is not surprising that clouds | Iome in for more or less criticism. Ley live high, are often dissipated, W can usually be classed with the Bs.?Juplin Globe. Old Friends. |Heddy's mother took him out to park the other day, and as they Hi watching the birds in their Hmous cage the little fellow ob-; Bed a stork gazing at him. Boh, look, mother.*' he said. "The prk is trying to see if he remembers e still." BLACKVILLE BUREAU Death of W. H. Walker. Blackville, Oct. IS.?A message ( from Beech Island to Mrs. J. .M. Hal- \ ford was received here this morning, j bearing the news of the deaTh of her r brother-in-law, W. H. Walker, which ( occurred yesterday evening at six ( o'clock, at his home at Beech Island, c the interment to take place this af- s ternoon in the Beech Island ceme- t tery. Mr. Walker was from a prom- _ inent South Carolina family, and 'mvoc rnnnv rplativps tn monrn his t departure. Besides his wife, who was c Miss Mary Xarcissa Hutto, before her t marriage, he is survived by the fol- a lowing sons and daughters: Mrs. A. a G. Murray, .Mrs. Marion Simmons, e Miss Mildred Walker, W. H. Walker, \ Jr., George Walker and Albert Tap- t per Walker, all of Beech Island. j Death of Howell McCorniack. a Friends of Howell McCormack, i | who resided a few miles from here, i ? ' o 1- - J ? ? 4. T, n, V, i rJY\ i. I win regret to 'near 01 nxs ueam ?vun-u. i | occurred Thursday at his home, the i: | funeral and interment taking place at Georges Creek church and bury- h ing ground last Friday. He was n about 72 years old, and was a con- i sistent member of Georges Creek h Baptist church, in the Govan section, v having just bought a place and moved near here very recently. He had v been in poor health for^a long time, t but his family and friends kept hop- b ing for a change for the better. Be- s sides his wife, he is survived by a v large family of deserving sons and c daughters. j f Death of Mrs. Belle H. Diamond. o Mrs. Belle Halford Diamond died s at the home of her parents, Mr. and n Mrs. W. O. Halford Sunday morning, t at 7 o'clock, after a long and pain- a ful illness, having had two very se- a rious surgical operations recently, e and having ju,st returned from a hos- A pital last Wednesday. The funeral n and interment took place at the Long 'd Branch Baptist church, of which she t was a faithful member, Monday morn- s in<g at 11 o'clock, Rev. D. W. Heckle officiating. Besides her husband and parents, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. John Harten,? of Seiglingville, and Miss Gladys Halford, and four brothers, Jesse, Dorman, Bellen- c ger and Leroy Halford. Ci Blackville Defeats Denmark. r T" *5 -trcw foot sind inf-prAstine foot - AAA C* ?vi; ~ w , . II ball game played on the home field | ^ here Fridav afternoon, Blackville deCi feated Denmark by .the score of 13 ? ? e to 7. The Blackville team launched an aerial attack which proved very fatal to Denmark, though their deo fensive work was excellent. The stars for Blackville were Julian Walker, Judson Hair, Fanning and H. Still. Sanders and Smith did excellent work on the line. This game I: opened the gridiron season for the Blackville high and they have scheduled a game for each coming week. Coach, Gregory; umpire, Fanning; n linesman, Halford. F * D. A. R. Meeting. " - - A t The JOSepn i\.oger cna?uei, jlt. -ex. R., met in Williston Tuesday after- n noon, Mrs. H. J. Harvey being the charming hostess on this occasion, b and Mrs. W. C. Smith being in charge P of the meeting. This was a very im- w portant meeting, being the second t lesson in Roberts' parliamentary ci rules, consisting- of debate, stating ij and putting questions, and what mo- s tions to use to accomplish certain c< objects. After the business session, o delightful refreshments were served, h good music and other amusements t were rendered, making the social |tl hour unusually pleasant. j t h Personal Mention. v A ATva ' P MrS. HjHcl 13 U C A ci IIU. Jii . anu ( ? Joe Willie Bork, of Aiken, visited j t Mrs. John O'Gorman several days last; 1 week. t Dr. Harrison, of Varnville, veteri- r nary surgeon, was in Blackville on n professional business last Tuesday. Jim Morris, of Surreney, Ga., is the v guest of H. H. Martin. a Mrs. Charley Martin, Mrs. L. R. s Free, Mrs. Harry Rich and Miss Rosa t Rich were among the number of la- r I dies from here who attended the fed- g | eration of women's clubs in Allen- "v j dale Wednesday, and they report it o ' as being a very instructive and profit[ able occasion. c j Friends of Mrs. Judson E. Hair L will be glad to learn that she is bet- a I top aftpr a. <?nell of illness. S I LVA y M.* v%-. ? | m < > ? f An Elusive Mountain Top. 1 1 j The height of Mount Everest, the! s world's loftiest peak, has seemed, on | a recent triangulations. of the Ind'an I 2 survev, to vary more it:han 500 feet J t between sunrise and sunset. This has j \ teen a result of changing snow line j f and atmospheric refraction. The : ] mountain's height is usually given as \ ( 20,002 feet, but is found to be proba- } j bly at least 29.1 4 0. it "V A DEADLY FISH. ii tc rhe Xohn of Coral Island Awaits Its a I*i*ey on the Beach. w p; I joined a friendly native for a stroll ^ >n Kangura island (in the Paumo- w \ m? j?, ?i. ^ t! ,U5 J,, vv ril^> rieutsiiciv. di icn m ^.sia. Walking along the beach. I 11 larrowlv escaped a more serious acci- C( lent than the disaster of the reef. [the shipwreck of a small boat), for 01 >nly the warning of my companion, rc cayed me from treading upon a nohn, he fish that the French call lo mort c' ?"the death." H It lay on the coral strand, where sc he tide lapped it, looking the twin *s >f a battered, mossy rock, so decepive that one needed the sight of the borigine to recognize iit. If I had put cc * a ?j. t ? t r\4 L IOOl on 11, utJiort; i cuuiu iia,v<s uiu>id it, the nohn would have raised the te >ony spines of its dorsal flesh,' simul- g< aneously injecting into it a virulent of oison. - tli The nohn's mouth is very large and th , brilliant lemon color inside, so that "; f iit parts its lips it betrays itself, but t keeps its month shut except when t swallows the prey for which it Hes n wait. "If you can spit on the nohn before le sticks his taetae into you, it will lot poison you," sagely said my savor, as he stabbed the wretch with his ~" nifo artri T Tirns rpminripfl of PlinV. * rho says: "All men carry about them that \ rhich is poison to serpents; for if it >e true that is reported, they will no >efcter abide the touching with man's pittle than scalding water to light rithin their chawes or mouth, espeially, if it comes from a man that is asting, it is present death." Pliny in his day may have known if quick wiitted people, who, when asailed by a snake, had presence of lin-d to expectorate in its chawes, but t he most salivary man could hardly vail himself of this prophylactic .gainst the nohn, unless he recogniz- 1 & A Kofnra froa/lino- nnotl him. U. 111U 11 Oil UtlVi V Wl v%r g md treading on the nohn is no light 1 aaitter. If the venom is not speedily 1 Irawn out or netralized, ithe feet of | he victim turn black and. coma enues. Pneumatic Tire Substitute. ^ A new tubeless cushion tire is lhimed *tJo yield an average mileage f 25,000 to 30,000 without trouble, ire or renairs. It has tread and out r walls of very tough and durable ubber, and the interior consists of ighly resilient red rubber reinforced y layers of fabric, a small central ~7 avity giving greatly increased resili- ^ nee. The finished tire iias the ap- ^ earance of an ordinary pneumatic ire with which it is interchangeable 4$ n the same rim. ? 2 ? m THE UNCH APERONE1) GIRL. ? <X s in Danger, Especially in Automo- J bile at Night. % Mrs. W. N. Hutt, editor of the wo- ^ lan's department of the Progressive 'armer, writes as follows: ? "Yes,, we do," said a boy's voice. I can see the lights of A?B?. I'm J ired of riding so let's walk a few ^ ainutes." ^ The lonely midnight ride should ^ e considered a risky adventure and arents should so recognize it. There as a sensational case recently, called he Hollman case. For months a vi- J ous minded young man of good fam[y schemed and plotted, as the trial ^ howed, against a young lady con-1 ^ srning whom there was never a word f reproach. Being brought up in a ^ tome of rugged honesty where dis- ^ rust and suspicion were unknown, lere was never a thought on her part ^ ha* harm could come to her at the <j Lands of her escort, yet so dastardly 4t ras he that the jury hesitated wheth- ^ r to give him death of the limit of J he sentence in the penitentiary. < "he fault was not in the girl's going < o the party but in being unaccom- % ianied by an elderly person late at tight on a lonely road. V The automobile has a thousand ad- ^ antages but there are possible dis- J .dvantages. Nothing in all the in- ^ truments of world progress is so fine ^ hat it cannot be used for baser pur- ^ loses. It is for us to utilize it for ;ood and use the common horse sense nth which we were born to protect ? iur young people from the evils of it. J The value of the old-fashioned ^ haperone is illustrated by the fol- ^ owing recent incidents: There was ^ l dance at a small summer resort. 5weet young girls and boys came ^ rom all the neighboring towns. i'here was a long intermission about J he middle of the evening. I oberved that where mothers, fathers, ^i! A tnd other older people were part of a :roup of young people they spent the 4$ ime on the great veranda or walk- ? ng on lighted paths. Young people ? ilone without exception, as far as 1 observed, sat in the dark in their j :ars parked in the deep grove. <8 Trie seconci inciumu ?uciC|T| .hree or four carloads of people were ' -V , ' i the habit of attending church in ft )wn Sunday nights. They went for h year or more without a mishap p orse than a punctured tire. On this t' articular night it happened for the t< vet timp that rin olrtpr nprsmn was ri itli them. One of the boys proposed s< lat since it 'was such a glorious h ight, they ride awhile. All wel-j >med the suggestion with glee. Aia runken man met and crushed into ^ ne of the cars on a narrow strip of ? >ad several miles from anywhere. ! ruined car, a broken leg, painful i , its and bruises were the results. I ad there been just one older perI >n in the party the suggestion to go I likely to have met with disapprov- j The fathers and mothers of the mntry might well wake up to the ten neglected responsibility of pro cting the young people from danjrs of which, because of their lack : experience, and trusting natures, ley cannot be aware. It is the chick tat starts from its mother's protectFuneral Directors and Embalmers Motor Hearse J. COONER & SONS Bamberg, S. C. % CRIB, 225 Bushels $100 CRIB, 250 Bushels $110 Prompt Delivery L. B. FOWLER, Bamberg, S. C. Your 1 Yc The industries of yc is a mistaken idea c when they wish to ] J- ? ?? .ill AWA1 LU Wli Will XXCVCX glU When you buy froi self by helping youi taxes, pave your sti that yourselves, am expense. PATRO Lumbe: gles, Lc "Rom "ho to* T.iTml Aug jL/uuiwvig j->vuui cits your patronage ials of all kinds, am money with us. Oi not have to make a We can save you m give you what you b conform to those of Now is a fine time low, and building co era! years. Let us I Bambei I BAMBERG, S. C. j> Phone 394 . ....... ng wing that is the victim of the m awk. Young people want not less d< leasure but more; but they want h< bat type of it which results in in- of diligent and uplifting exhileration, tli ot that from which they find them- be elves precipitated into painful or th umilating mixups. b( To protect their young is a duty. nd no father can still his conscience v passing the responsibility to the si ??mmm I MORE BEEF AND LOWE /*ii. _ _ ni _ _ i_ _ _ Iunoice BieaK, p< Roast Beef, pou Stew Beef, poui Pork Chops, po Pork Roast, poi Pork Hi m, pou Hamburger, po . H. S. Ol MEAT MA Phone 86 BAMBER IRUST-0-! REMO Rust Spots, I and Some Ink 1 out injury to c] colors. OUR GUARAS THE PRO i Can dispose of mediately, but preferable. a Balzer, Moloi SB 67 Hasell I Chariest o | 1912 Phoi own>ur Mon< >ur HOME TOWN need YOU! >f many people that they shou purchase building material. I w and expand by the business n your home concerns, you ar r town. The outsider does n :eets, or educate your childrei i your home industries bear t NIZE HOME INDUSTRIES. r, Sash, Doors, iths, Brick, Etc. ber Company is a Home Ente . We carry a large supply of 1 you see what you buy when or materials carry our guaran trip off somewhere to adjust i oney, because we can show yo iiiv. Based on duality, we will "J " 1 V ' outsiders. to build. Prices of materials nditions generally more favor: give you an estimate today. rg Lumb 0 J orher nor any mother leave the bursa of it entirely on the shoulders of ?r husband. In fact the sentiment ; every community should be against le unchaperoned ride in the dark scause it is a social menace. And te danger is to be considered with >vs as well as girls and with your lildren as well as your neighbors' r neither the social nor financial potion is a safeguard. i iii\ nnnit 8 MV rUM I :r prices I jund 20c 1 md 17V2C a Id 12V2C 1 itad 17V2C m and 16c md 18c ' || und 20c I LOVER I lRKET ||j| No Delivery m G, S.C. | 5B9BHHHRBHBKHSSB , ! ! IIIIW?W-IBMIB ? mil l Hon fcxtfjM * HOVER I VES I ' odine, Fruit ff| Stains, with- H loth and fast || TTEE WITH I '/< DUCT. I counties im- M local agents If ly, Comar, If Street, jlf n, S. C. le 1912 p ijfj i _ _A_ w T t ^ <5* A A ey | ;:'l Y R business: It A Id go elsewhere A tememuer, your of the big cities. A e helping your-, A ot help you pay A i. Tou must do A heir part of the * ^ ======: A T Shin > t 'A <0 . v|j A I rprise, and soli- ? building materyou spend your X tee, and you do z. natters with us. u the goods and X make our prices X *| are low, labor is X ible than in sev- X t X . . >'1 ^ * 4 >er Lo. | iRANGEBURG S. C.