Horn snake and legend in Carolina natural history
The article recounts Bertram and Lawson on horn snakes of Carolina, noting their venom, tail sting, and deadly reputation. It recalls colonial observers, local lore about a horn snake behind a tree, and a preserved specimen from an Abbeville incident where a girl was bitten and died.
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North America
Coronaka
Wilson’s Creeks
Mdeefield
Tne
Bertram
Carolina
Hewit
Mills
Lawson
Abbeville
Calhoun
Gabins
Old Cambridge
Horned snake tale shocks Pickens County readers
The Pickens Sentinel reports a ten foot horned snake killed in Rocky Bottom, Pickens County. It claims the creature is intelligent and useful, with a horn that signals danger to locals at a small “factory” and warns travelers. The State and Greenville papers are accused of ignorance while claims about horned snakes and Paris Mountain are debated.
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The
Pickens
Rocky Bottom
Pickens County
Dss
Anti-Saloon League of
New York
Greenville Piedmont
Piedmont
Greenville
Paris
Piekkens
Bifland
Weevil Crisis in Piedmont Cotton District Warns Farmers
The Mexican boll weevil covers the Piedmont area due to a mild 1920 21 winter. Experts advise farmers to focus on crop care rather than immediate pest fights, and to prepare winter quarters by cleaning ditch banks and leaving no winter food plants. The county agent will detail further methods in future articles.
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Piedmont
York County
Pinken
Walhalla
Unis
Tts
Witter
Cause of Appendicitis Tied to Constipation
When bowels are constipated the large intestine fills with refuse matter and germs reach the appendix causing inflammation. Take Chamberlain's Tablets when needed and keep bowels regular to reduce risk of appendicitis.
Thrift Banks Offered Free To School Children
To encourage thrift, school children may obtain thrift banks without charge from the Savings Division of the Treasury Department. Requests for the banks should be mailed to the Government Savings Organization Box 1 798 Richmond Va.
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Savings Division
Treasury Department
Government Savings Organization
Richmond
Hot Weather Diseases Warns of Bowels Dangers
In hot weather bowel disorders are extremely dangerous, and readers are urged to protect themselves and families with Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad asserts the product can be depended upon and cites many have tests.
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Pickens, 5. C
Ickena
Postoffice Ag
Gary Hiovy, Pibser and
Meer
Logan
Upper South Carolina
Jogan
Bertram Roes
Hes
Garelona
Itoas
Fitory
Chael
Kodak Filme
Odom-Schade Optical CC
A. A. Odom
A. H. Scade, See’s, & Treas
Masonic Temple
J. R. Martin
J. H. Earle Pickens, S. C. Martin & Earle
Attorneys-at-Law
Court House
Togo
Ladies Oxfords
J. W. Hendricks
Picken
Official Paper of
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