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PICKENS, S. C. SISHED EVERY TIJURSDAY, $16O a Year Invariably in Advance. Entered at Pickens, S. C. Postoflce as Se'ond Class Mali Matter. GARY IIIOTT, Editor and Mgr. THE""HORN SNAKE" OF PICKENS Greenville Daily Piedmont. In another column of this page will be found an editorial from The Pick ens Sentinel setting fortII statements o f various persttms in Pi: kn's county wh-o say t.hey 1 have sLe!1 lite 'horn MSMhi:Co" ove'r :here. The Piedmont has no rea1so1 to! 'disp)utm1g their truth fu!nii ss and s does not <uiiubt that they t ih( o:g ht the, saw the re ptile which we L e r cntenllid .mist(d only inl the ii..: na io : of.U! l t:-.!l liit-- t) The {{. - .tIt~s look somevwhat as if he has I 1"a Is to thiS stralge sernetit. ' shall not c('nc'de his triumph 1ur i1q uirlieS 1!) the most em i;t:t Amlericani herpe)(tologList: have . ci ans. wered. I ntil '.hat infr.j;s tiOn i.; f-:upplied ''he' !'i aiini'm ..i rt.t its case. . 1t' The e nn 's 'nf}ot. ,.uts de1sc11)ib' the'.E "h1on: snOake' (1.- b)&iing "'1 ii!.' nine fet" l n d o as larrge .on averag mnm's t0hh1rh" anl -'as a ian's le at the knee.' aich . ssert ions heavily tax (ur .\n ld 01(1 racher i) 8nt'( tli s'me b~y, of4 th:' 3iblI' le..1n he was " ing t' rcad the nlext ornlliin::g at clhurch. 'ill b ::. findii thL place, i'nl hi Bible glued together the connecting .ages. .The lWet lorning he read ('11 the bo tcm of on: page, 'W'W:en Noah was one hundred and tw.:.;': .yar. (l(1 he took unto himself a wife who was."-thenl turning te )a1 ..--" "140 euhit's long--4i; cuhits wide, built of gopher woo---and couV 'rel with pitch inside and out." I!' was naturally pm::Ie(d at this. He r ad it again.verified it, and then u i."My friends, this is the first t inw I ever met this in tthe Bible, hut. I accept this as an evi'lenoe of .he eLssertion that we are fearfully and wonderful ly made." So we accept the statements in The Pickens Sentinel as evl .nee of the assertion that snakes over there aro i "fearfully and wonddrfully- made." aron r Editor (.ta& liiott'o. "f the Pickens Sentinel' in att'lairmi to prove to the 'Greenville Piedmont that a hoit~ed snake is a familar sight in Pickens County. And' it seems that this Pickens brand of hornAl shake is aQso the celebrated, hoop-snake. When stiruck a mortal blow it jumps up spits in its hand and sticks its horn in .the ground. When it Jekyll-H'ydes 3 itself into the hoop variety of varmiut andic strikes a troo-tho tree withers and (lies, The Sentinel p)roven it~s case by old1 :nd r'eliable (itien.<. who havo eaught or killed these snakes from way-ba-k-y-. nder until the present time: We are taking not part in this btter controversy, l':iwirr * ittle about snakes and carin-.., less. Otar Pet aversion was a turkey: gobbler'. I M'r. Editor: I will give' y-m a few (lots from this side. as we s04om [not to be reprlVeented of late ini' the couni ty paper. The meetings have close d at Peters Creekc and Mount Tabor .churches. We had seine able and d(eep) preach in'g at both places. Brbther Garner 4 ~ of l7nion was at Peters Creek andi Brother Simmoins of Piekens was at II **~'~!'r, SonW' .of the new memnbers' were around sixty years of age. Well, we are having someW warm weather, indeed; but not near as, warnm as our Uncle Sam will make it for these fellows over in West Vir ginia if they don't quit. their mean 'ness and1 go to work. The young peleI .2ooyed a nice si-nging at the home of Mr. IE. TI. Ed ns on the fourth Sundlay. Prof. . E. Lark conducted the aingirug and we thought, it was fino. Mess. Juln Anderson, Euggw* h Edens andl Lloyd Hlend~ricks, of Oole ney. attended' the singing~ at Mr. E T. Edens :the fourth Sunday. 'Th< .Misses Mary and E fi 1..'ti Lo~oper of Nino Forks, also attendeI'd thh | A~nging. '' The many friendsl of Dr. . MI. (nenshawv will be sorry to learn tha' he is seriously sick at his home ii Oolenoy. The latest arrival at Mr.'. J. D). Me Connoll's is a: fir b)oy. Wonder i~ *ils name Is Warrn G. Ha'rdihg? I Looker On. Rlea'd Sitston's ad anno)uncing re 4ttiop in price of Fords. 0/"' V.t. im T/I '7*i F Catastrophe TI~t Overwhelmed .t: City of P b o Can Be' Avoided by Proper Action. A disastrous. good occurs, caugl1I a loss of; tloldy hutuna lives and mill. lions Of dollars' worth of property, What hapens next? What precautions are taken to prevent disaster? Usunaly what happens Is that the suf. fering tiununity courageousiy under. take's the task of reconstruction. The tioot4 is called an "act of God," , and confidence is falt that there will be no repetition of the calamity. But tihe conditional that gave rise to the disaster contute to exist, and such being (he cae, there is no assurance Itiut it will not repeat itself. If the catastrophe that overwlielinei the city of Pueblo is not to be repeated, agn In and yet again perhaps, pre Ventive mueneures inust be adopted. I'uus inust be built and reservoirs constrilcte at the leailaters of the Arkansas river to inpoulnd i1.-i floods. The government reclaiuation service ponts out that floods not its destrue tive might occur in any year on the iot) Giralle if the wateris of that ttreain wera not held in leash hy lie r''at llphe4int lutte hiti. Iefuor tha41t 4tht10. With Ito vast rester4voir, wus 44nstru1'cted, 11))d litne and again 'rea !.(d hatvoc in t v1iebiity of iEl Thie .ephaitt Butte d1mt 1s 1 n 014'Of the lea t e1i enginte'lring works on t hl, Ei"'- 11. Is 3'i ftet high. ne'arly -14. th1ird1 f ft utilt! long,, 1t( er."utt s the+ ltart 1A1 Iri tion reser',o4l4 in it wi("11 --'44! r4 ritic:hI hiL:e covering 6:1, sqlua4re nite- 11n11 aveatging 7 feet Iil de4'pl1. 'Th "att-r ('011 co lnct i in tin re tr\'.ir wan'41b1 r4E(4.4 'ie whole st1at ' tii 'toi n tl ? t is n!II t a le 41t of Iitn 0in-la 4wlie 1 it?'r~ue'nt of similar works on t he 1., 1:11 Ir of ' the Arkan sas river u 1 -i not only i)revent futttr' tlu- ., !1 t' 411w 11hJ -stort: wtit r f'or lrrigatil::: of thousanls of or' ac . al 1 4ir::h water power for ill tle 184uan Ineinring industries in hiat art of the. 4(1tmt.ry. NOTHING "SOFT" ABOUT THIS Heavy Outfit and Intense Heat Make Life Miserable for Sentries at Buckingham Palace. A reporter of the Lnt1' i lially Neows 'writing sketches of (he heat wave Is especialily sorry for Ile s(u tries outside of H1 uckinighin pallie-. "'heir pljght, hr wvrlits, Wo uh(1I have melted the heart. of Mir. Winstou Churc'hill ctul le hm e seiln them. In t lit' 1. g!ru Of the sun, clad In thick se'r': trousers, hlea vy searlet tuules, with tight helts and hearskin ihu1l.4it$ thie guar(ism1en stoiod piersir. Ing 11nd11 half stitlet1. Their abftilo)k was upont a roadway stainee with oil and reeking of p'trol, lbatrigij ., bedt s of scarlet geruniurns, it.orelieict brown grass ill the shiik inftitig 1aext retlecting coplper work firmto(ifrfI'in.g the Victoria inemlorial. TIP 7 i'rintain wits not plhtying aend the stIrrotulugu were, as devoid of eco0l neSw ns at alfalfa plain. One ul most e Tt'et'l to set seturrying taittuiiias un4i li-zards. It was tropical military service ,t English kit. Small Clouds on Jupiter. .P.rof. W. 11. 1i'kering, in a rcn athlrees before 41(m lirit isht A st rolnom ical associaion, r'ecntld t hefctha nl((4Ced thait the surfa4'ce of1 ,4up: ter, Inl h(:11uds' of yoliowisht white or' brown, reatilly t'(imda14td 4814' ani enormou141(s nlum-4 hhilig'rund. ~lThe etfect of' belts wia: prodced~ where t he c'ludlet s we'cre nu 11n1r(4us, 444nd the light. sialtes whert'P l'.ny were'4 144:mr4'. lit' (compared' the appe'4 44tranet of theso.e spots' to thle well kntoo 4n "rice4 tins" 1 on''(4 tile sunI. Thiri of thle Ulbme4t. 11ie said( he1 hadl sint ('bserved 4'th uIcloud4il(ets lin .htaien,:i :1n4 theyQ* ha ve been S' 4e1 in 1i~ngland ~ Ib 'illips~ and1 Xt('eesonI.--S4'it'ntij Amet'lean. The Omnipresent Reporter. Amaerican netwspap ler's are4 spend'in II Canldi~erah11 il ore' on4 theIr servicet abroad thain for paralleI service ii Ameica. Whlo knows better the. things Americans are' tntere'stedl i1 .t.hanl the mannagittg edito4rs who 441 ttte this'? Any event of motre that1 lea) interesat in Europe cailis th~ A~lnericat jou rnallt4 to the splot. F~o gani4ple,. 0041 morn441ug at 10) o'chO4' in4 Lt~lldOl I ,t'roled ito a Britisl labor congJftes. I mei4t there si: Arnerictmn newspaprmen'1. 4411intthu three or four lBritish. l~et any43 tr'ou le start im Ireland04 and1 'e4vr Neu~ Y ork P4iaper w'ill have 1its two 4on ihl scenet inatlda of twelve hour's, if h" not) tht4 a11xtir4. Alt over4 EuropeI~ toig dilstIunen of aniythinig that 4on;4 hiapp)en.-eth)In thoi New liepltiiIc. Gen't Lose Their Addresses. New"" Jordy 41enaldet moit heris, wh'l hav~e been lalthel'ed In keetting tahl 4) thirI child~rt'11 have41111 a ('ote1 the4 me4tI o1 eof emlbroid4er4tig thleir add4ress4es4 o the back of' the bathbing stilts worn'i h the' y'ouInter. "I live at 37 Souit Tlexas a1ven4ue," read a1 nieatly eni brortldetted inaeri1pt44nf aernas81 thle shou)1 der's f Sts wornt by two y'oungi hat1i ers who s9t?011ed about the4 lhelse byeac'h the other day. WVhen they werI tikrejt of the beact andl br:eakers the4 tirined thirI .hada to the life' guard' atidJ tt5qu'ped "IHow4 do we~ get wher it is' avet backs?" 'The niecetjsart airections were given 41nd( - the teached hibmel safely. ;PUt Soparate Natioflality forUkraln Docs Not Seem to Suit ihe Great Ppwero. The Ukrainians aie. by far the nost numerous of the rapes aspiring to in. depentdence through the disappearance 09 the HonaiotI's and Hapsburgs. There are 35.000,000 Ukrainians, most of them in the six southern and south western forner Rtussian "govern Jients," or provinces, and in eastern Galicia, The Ukraine is larger than Ger Inany and twice as large as France. It stretches front the Carpathian Uoun talns to the Black sea and the Cau casus. It contains the oil lields of alullela and the fatnous Donetz coal and iron region. Almost all the cereals, (lttle, sugar ald salt exportel from the former Russian empire carne fromn the Ukraine, If the Ukraine manages to survive aid keep withht its bounal; ries the territories in which its race p)rlnt inates, it will be the Most pIptiulious and the richest of the new state< cre ated by the war, and next to ltiss'a, the ia rgest outlii I ry iii Eur'pe. .\N indllepenhlnl I'krai:i.. how'Aever, does Mot It! s IeIt t i t in w ith the inter ests of thie victors in the \'.', U r! war, Its these' interests :-.' ctceived by their ti:tesine'n,. I let't'e' every - hie elTori't it lein adeu to de'nty the' .t'X'ci(e of a larn:iiin;an race. IsI:r h-avte ilas t''!tf ..1w Ie r thei'}1t 't a urd inDI~~~~~ 'nta a sit1 et s abou th COMFORT FOR THE AVIATOR Electrically Heatea Coat Protects A;a~iist Eatrenme Cold Encoun t,::ed in the High Altitudes. All ''ie'i ria':l ly hr:sted garm'ent.' de si:111' t es i-ianlly' fir itse by aviators, h:, i11J1I' eeluloni by the genius of 3: itlii . Alit'nl:tll--lelu Neg}ri~oiinti of Ia lia. It has c'rtain very novel fea Iin i. I1 tih1 Iii . h renches . of the at uioitp;,ere', into which aviators ascend, the re is even In sunumer tiue cold so s'veire' that the thickest garments of u'0 h-iI :1t1:1 fur-trimied leather do not atford a leiutate protection. The Negroianti coat is woven of thre:ids whleh, both warp and weft. are electrically resistant wires coatel with a fireproof insulating material asestos or silk. The wires are connected with a source of electric currelt (which iay he a battery of aneutuult Intors), and also> with an appairatus whieh conitalins an aneroid haroitnti'r. The latter In strittnent is associat'd witth a therino stati( tube in such a way its to vary I electrical resistantc' of the wires aposing the coat. Thus, because of the harotnetric con trol of the electric current; the coat gives increasing warmth av the tlyint machine attains higher and higher il titudes. The higher t hie viator goes the more the heat f:rnished for hiq e('ttfort by the gartent he wears. l'hiiadIelphia Ledger. An Eye Test by Ear. Apr'oios of the oral mthiodl of in struttionii at pr~'eent in vogue,. a haich elor professior int otie of the' San ieri*n ('ise'i ttu'dical schtool's tells a story on hihnself in (-onne'tiont with a cl nle pa tienit turntedi over to himri for an eye ex. Doct or lantk put the chart on the wth td a cul etintlled a sititaliand sh rinhing six-yea r-old to Ii reiu whiat ht saw~ on it. T he chii he-cran paiust a tigly withi a strange aissortltit of grutlst and ht Isses. "Guh !IRuh ! T1uhi ! -r-r-r ! I.'1l-" "Nio n!" hit citintiedl impiil ent remilreadi wvhat's up there." T'~'hil lit lihy loked ir riieve and he.t t n o lt 'p u t tin e no1] t' l ett le n in t h is li e r i "Ti:h !" hi"i ei'tula ted e'xIpho! vely to the' ollice tnurse to he, Ith:en downt to te neurotfliti ''Itoh as$ a rtah fede am11 enil ightened thle igtornt i l'nchelor'. * Confessions of a Cynic. 'trne !:ers w'hlen t hey f aex' shtoft' over *in the neixt state. I like htmid we'the. but nti inla thie iio(ter .eopl- hatve s'io' to It. I :aas tal aill thii litIUi l magn - zines Iillnn tret. I thiini the' ads tare very' literest ig. Y tnevert worry ahoitit lit tle tin gs t!ke Iteirobies. Therie ar' so t:illiy hig T wotuh.1 like to halmw whit kindi of it I hti-e lleve'r hoil Itime to' j'ly tw n 01nd d10!' t hlIleve 1 havt e I:aissied v ert New 'Chutb. h army anirt servhimcel ltt T ii rusist 01 Y- ilrearyin elahe parn i the re n;t ) qplne t hnaedn nksi - : New Shoes For AT PRICES VERY NEARLY B Shoes, like every other line of merchandise, yearago. You don't have to pay $12.50 and $15. can buy good <ress shoes for both men and women and $3.50. All of our old stock in high irice shoes marked down on today's level. Our new fall and will soon show yot? as complete line as you will find A complete stock of work shoes for men, t'o give satisfaction. Your Walk-Overs are here and on the way, is unsurpassed at medium prices. None better than Walk-Overs. Few as go ee us for your shoe neods for fall and shoes of ouality, at prices that will fit your pocket FOLGER &I "The store where quality in price." C'lothing. Shoe's. tllats 1111d Gen&sl~ Call for. Pictarial 1 for y , ' than ed par gey.Yu : -lv reno unao ,-~n TOhe word~s hp payhs3 paint. ing cost? oet ~: ~~ Eachi kind and color of Certain. teed paint is pricedi according te~ -the ccst of making that particula: product plus a fair and unifotrr profi:. WKe p-i.: e thes~e goods tc you on the3 samne b.isis. PIC KENS Picke P~AUNT. VARN5IH * NOOING .UNLi fhe SetnlJol ment is well equip printing, wants of 1 Fal tr e A.CK TO PRE WAR LEVELS. are from 33 1-3 to 50 per cant cheaper than a ()0, or even $10.00 now to get a good shoe, but you for $5.00, $6.00 and $8.00, and even as low as $3.00 are about gone, and what few .we have left are winter stock is coming in every few days, and we in the county. wvomen, boys and chlidren. Every pair guaranteed for both men and women. Quality and style that >d. bsintar. We are prepared to fit the family with bodk. -1E NDFRICKS merchandise comes before the Furn~ihing Gods a Specialty Review Patterns. 4 WW:i )N thould pay less. orur paint - es pays Cr--.r.-ted paintsn nd vqrnishes. ur2 hi;.ihest quality-mnade onl frznx the best ingredients-'-.r fully groun~d anid mixed ie.a a forrnula which is printed on every labei. There are no secret ingredients in Cartain-teed. The Certain-teed poliicy tneans low er prices for ever yone-each cus torner pays for what he gets and it's always the ber.t. We have the right Certain..teed'Paint or Vamish fce everything~ inside and outaide you:- house, see LUMBER Co. ns, S.C. ped to handle the Lhe IulIc.