Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-08
LETTER FROM HO0DT0WN.
Repaired the Bridge-Good Friday Plant
ing-Ready to Put In the Cotton-Plenty

Repaired the Bridge-Good Friday rant
ing-Resdy to Put In the Cotton-Plenty
of ofMeat-Secured One of the Children.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
HooDTowN, April 6.-Mr. E. McSwain
recently repaired span of the Gillespie
bridge, whic was overlooked before when
the first contract was let out. Some
thought at fret that it would have been
cheaper to build new bridge, as it
would not take long to spend enough
money in the old structure, in repairs, to
build a new one; and it would have to be
done before very long anyhow.
The heavy rain Of last Wednesday af-
forded an excellent opportunity for
workin ng the sections of the roads, which
had been neglected until then.
Although the ground was rather wet,
quite number of our citizens followed
the old custom of planting beans and
other garden vegetables on "Good Fri
day." A few planted watermelons then.
Those who wanted to ''get ahead" OF
everybody else planted earlier.
A considerable amount of land is about
ready for the cotton seed. I notice that
some fields are "bedded up," ready fol
planting, and I learn that several will
com mence planting today; while others
will commence towards the last of the
week. I think the majority will plant
part of the crop now, then prepare the
balance of the land and plant it later, to
avoid the rush incident upon having the
corn and cotton all up and ready for work
at the Same time.
With favorable weather, from the pres
ent outlook the farmers are 80 well ad-
vanced with their work that there will be
no necessity for cotton to be planted later
than May. can safely say that more and
better work has been done here than fol
several years. There has been general
disposition to take in the hedge rows and
breir patches, and in that way to utilize
the best spots of land in many instances.
I am glad to see, too, that terracing Is
gradually coming into favor, and it is not
too much to hope for, that in few years
fewer barren and gully washed fields will
be seen.
Anyone who has observed things at all
closely lately, must have come to the con-
clusion that although meat is cheap, there
is general tendency on the part of the
people to keep it cheap by raising their
hogs. Pigs and shoats are no scarcity here.
In fact they are rather too numerous to
feed through the summer, but grass and
weeds will doubtless come on in sufficient
profusion to tide them over until the corn
crop is harvested.
Several who purchased young Western
stock are having trouble in getting them
broken to work. Mr., B. L. Jenkins has
had to return a young horse to its former
owner, it having proven too refractory for
him to conquer in any reasonable manner.
Sam Nance, colored, of Blacksburg.
parted from his wife sometime ago. and
in the separation he failed to get either
of their two children. He came down
to his father-in-law's on Sunday, March
%, and attempted to steal one of the
children. He told the boy to wait for
him in hollow near the house, until
he would come for him. His little ruse
did not work we'll, as he only got off a
short distance, until tie mother, having
missed the child, COLLECTED crowd OF
three or four women yand pursued and
overlook him, and triumphantly bore
the child back. During his wife's alb
sence on Tuesday, he returned, and the
old folks being willing, he took the little
boy and went trudging happily on tow
ards home. :,
Your correspondent recently lost a
whole brood of young chickens in one
night, and we suspected it to be the work
of mink. Last Tuesday night an old
hen was killed, and its head eaten off, sc
that night we put small quantity of po-
tent drug in the dead body and next morn
ing mink was lying near the dead fowl
Last year we lost IS in one night. and in
all nearly 100. Others in the neighbor-
hood have had an experience but little
m ore flattering than the above in poultry
raising.
Mr.. Elijah McSwain killed hog weigh
ing about 200 pounds last Friday. The
W Gather has been very favorable on his
meat.
It is quite rare coincidence for two
brothers to be drawn as jurors the same
week. Mr.. Jno. j. Wallace from Hood
town, and Mr.. Geo. R. Wallace, of York
township are drawn to serve this week.
The sacrament of the Lords supper will
be administered at Shady Groxe the third
Sunday in this month. Services will be
held Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights, and at II o'clock on Sunday. Rev.
Thacker expects someone to assist him in
the services. VoCE.