Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-24
BETHEL BREEZES.
An Ideal Spring-DescribedI In the Bible
One Hundred Acres In Clover-Mr. Lem
Woods Has Cotton Uphill Campbell
Improving-sambo's Use For x-Rays-
Presented With q Cane.


Woods Has Cotton Uphill Campbell
Improving Use For X-Rays-
Presented With a Cane.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
FOREST HILL, April 22.-Spring, in all
its glory, is upon us. The leaves on the
forest trees are almost fully grown, and
the cool shade they make is very pleasant
and the woods are full of beautiful flowers
that perfume the air with sweet fra
GRANGE. The fruit trees are loaded with
fruit and there is hopeful prospect that
we will have an abundance of fruit this
year. The farmers are further along with
their crops than they have been in years.
Wheat is looking well and the corn and
cotton is springing from the ground. =,
Aswe look around at the bright prospect
that stretches out on all sidsa, we thank
the giver of all good-eeadt ne can say with
one Of old 'This is good land, a land OF
brooks of water, of fountains and depths
that spring out of valleys and hills; a
land of wheat and barley and fig trees
and pomegranates a land of olive oil and
honey; land wherein thou shalt eat
bread without scarceness, thou shalt not
lack anything in it; land whose stones
are iron, and out OF whose hills thou mayst
dig brass" This is truly good land and
exceeds in climate and production the
land spoken of in the quotation I have
made.
Many of our fields, owing to improper
cultivation, are washed in gullies and are
poor but they are capable Of being raised
to as high state of cultivation as they
possessed when the original forest was
first cut off of them. 1t only requires a
little time with the proper kind of tilling
to make them better than they ever were.
DIR. Campbelrs plantation presents not
able example, A few years ago it was one
of the poorest places in the county. Now
it is one of the richest. What has done
this? We answer brains intelligently
used, backed with energy and persever-
ance. The doctor commenced by sowing
down his land in clover, pasturing it
awhile, and then turning it under with
turning plows. The doctor has now more
than 100 acres in clover. After cutting of
what hay he wants he will turn the rest
under, which makes very fine coat OF
manure for anything that is planted on it.
Clover is a better fertilizer than peas, as
may be seen in DR.. Campbells fields.
There is a field of wheat, the quality of
the land is all the same; either side
of the field was sown in peas and the
centre in clover. 1t was all turned under
and then sown in wheat of the same kind.
The wheat on the clover ground is much
the best, as anyone can prove to their
satisfaction by going and seeing it.
Mr.. Lem Woods is wide-awake plant
er. He planted cotton when the weather
was so cold that we saw one darkey, r''n-
ming a planter with an overcoat on. We
laughed at Mr.. Woods at the time; but it
seems that his judgment was right, for
his cotton can now be seen from one end
Of the row to the other, and before this
letter is published we expect he will be
narrowing it.
The farmers generally are ahead with
their crops and most of them could have
been through planting but they have been
waiting for the cold wave to pass over
first. I hope it won't come now, and if it
does not and we get seasons I do not
think our farmere will have any reason
to complain.
There is no one that we know of seri-
ously sick in the neighborhood except
Billy Campbell, and we are glad to state
that, he is now mending some. DIR. Big
ger is kept quite busy, however, and is on
the 60 almost continually. His practice
extends over quite large territory. The
farmer is kept busy from daylight until
dark, and when he is not eating or Sleep
ing he spends the balance of the time i'll
discussing religion, politics and science.
I was amused at story told me the
other day by Mr.. j. r. Cook. He said
that some gentlemen, do not remember
who, had been telling his confidential Ne
gro Sam about the great N-rays discovery,
and explained to him how it was now
possible with these lights to see through
anything, a mans body, or an iron safe.
When he got through, Sam scratched his
head and grinning with delight said,
"Mars Bob, won't dat be de berry trick