Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-05-18
week. Several contractors are figuring
on the building that the company Will
have to do.

week. Several contractors are figuring
on the building that the company will
have to do.
Monster Carp.
Mr.. w. L. Plexico, owner Of Plexico s
mill, on Allison creek, told the report
er Wednesday about the recent capture
of two monster carp in his mill race.
One Of the carp weighed 10 pounds and
the other weighed 12s. Mr.. Plexico said
that the fish were sweet and juicy, and
had no taste of mud common to carp
caught from ponds. He thinks these
big fish came up from CataWba river.
AS the result Of the unusual catch-lt
was the first of the kind that has been
made for several years-the mill pond
and creek below have been besieged by
fishermen ever since.
No Decision Yet.
The supreme court has not yet filed a
decision in the pension case. 1t is be-
lieved by many lawyers tnat the court M
will not uphold the additional s50,000;
but this Is only a matter of opinion. 1t
is expected that an order will be issued
in a few days on which pensions may
be distributed, and that the opinion of
the court will be filed later.
Scarcity of Labor.
One of the principal causes Of the
large increase Of the grain acreage
this year over previous years, has not
been discussed much. This cause is
the scarcity Of labor. Labor was scar
Ger last fall than had been known since
the war, and it is scarcer this spring
than it was last fall. Because Of
the probable difficulty of securing
the necessary labor to work their
lands, many farmers sowed them
down. These farmers hit it right. Not
withstanding the large acreage OF
grain, there is still scarcity Of labor
in the country and many farmers are
troubled to get hoe hands.
An Effective Ordinance.
The vagrancy ordinance recently
passed by the town council Of York
VILE, is a good thing. Almost every
body has noticed some of the benef1cent
results; but the best testimony comes
from Blacksburg. On yesterday the re-
days ago Mayor Willis received let
ter from a member of the town council
of Blacksburg saying, Kindly send me
a copy of your vagrancy ordinance. l
know the ordinance is good one. 1t
is dumping your vagrants on Blacks
burg, and we will have to adopt 1t to
get rid of them Mayor Willis had a
good laugh over the letter; Dut or
course he sent the copy of the ordi-
nance"
Cotton Conditions.
Cotton conditions at this time last
year were not very different from what
they are now as is shown by the fol-
lowing paragraph from THE ENQUIRER
of May 16, last year: From different
sections of the county are coming COM
plants of poor stands of cotton. In
many instances the seed has not yet
sprouted at all, and In others the
sprouts are unable to break through
the hard crusts that have formed over
them. A report from the western part
of the county is to the effect that much
cotton was planted Immediately after
the wet spell, before the ground had
dried out properly, and under such con-
ditions large fields are still as bare as
If nothing had been planted in them,
except that there is showing Of grass.
Narrowing has been attempted, but
with only limited success on account Of
the unusual toughness Of the top crust
In other cases there was no planting
until after the ground had dried out
we'll, and here examination shows that
the cotton seeds have not sprouted.
There is a good deal of cotton up where
conditions have been exactly favorable;
but even this is not looking we'll on ac-
count Of the cool weather Of last week"