Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-09-01
cuEsTER CORRESPONDENTS.

CHESTER, Aug. Il, 1909.
Mr.. Editor 1T might not be uninteresting TO
rany of YOUR subscribers in York District, to oc-
casionally have an item from Chester, particular
" those who find market here for their produce.
The trade from your District, he's always been q
source of profit to our merchants; and as the
ENQUIRER is doubtless read by almost every faul'
" in the District, few paragraphs will not be
devoid Of interest
I might here, very appropriately, say something
complimentary about the ENQUIRER, but knowing
both the editor and proprietor to be modest
men, will endeavor to spare your bushes Tor
the present must be permitted to say, howev-
er, that the ENQUIRER has no superior as a fan,i-
ly paper, in the State, and should meet with the
encouragement merited by the exertions Of talent
and industry. am pleased to learn from those
"well posted" that your list Of subscribers is
daily increasing, which speaks we'll. May you
continue to prosper.
propose to give you q few items of news, when
we have anything which will bear relating, and to
furnish you, weekly, with an account of our pro-
duce market; particularly the movements in Cot
ton, when the article begins to move. Just now,
there is nothing doing. Some few orders have
been sent here by manufacturers in North Carroll
ma, but they will scarcely be filled, as the limits,
Us to price, do not to be satisfactory to those
who have the article for sale. A few planters in
our District have been fortunate enough to hold
part of their last crop for higher prices, and as
they once refused twelve cents, they do not Ike
to take eleven cents now The new crop will very
soon begin to come in, and will, for time, be
likely to bring fine price-perhaps eleven cents
for the best.
Corn has been selling for one dollar per bushel {;
but Just now, about ninety cents is the highest
price offered.
Wheat will bring from ninety cents to one dol
lar-very little Offering. Flour 1915 to S3.OO
per sack, from wagons-stock very good.
suppose the reports you have given of the
prospect of the growing crop your District, will
apply very we'll to Chester. In many localities,
the corn crop was almost entirely cutoff by the
drought and the chinch.bug. The bug operates
mostly on the "black,jaek land" where the sub
soil is pipe.clay. Can any of your readers give
something of the history and operations of this
destructive and oderiferous bug? Some say it is
produced by Oats, and recommend cutting off this
grain as preventive. Who can tell where they
come from and what will prevent their destructive
operations!
In some sections, the corn is very good, parric-
ularly on the creek and river bottoms. Alto
gether the probability is that the products of the
District may suffice, as many will make enough
to sell to those who are less fortunate and will
have to buy.
The wheat was barely an average crop. Oats,
very poor.
Cotton will do well, provided the next two weeks
prove favorable for maturing the late crop. The
July crop was very good; but the tender growth
induced by the August rains. will depend very
much upon dry and warm weather, for maturity.
From all accounts, the coming crop will be very
abundant-perhaps the heaviest ever made
Four million of bales is about the estimate now.
Our District continues generally healthy.