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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
n. C. Crop Pest Commission.

s. L. Patterson, Chm'n, Raleigh; DIR. Geo. T,
Winston, Raleigh; J.. Van Lindley, Pomona.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06

OOHpOuuU LdIU III
The above Lard in following packages
Tubs, 80 lbs. Ac. over tferces.
Tubs, IS lbs. nc. over ~tierces.
Pals, 20 lbs. nc. over tierces.
Cans, gross weight:
so Id. case of 2 cans, nc. over tierces.
20 Id. case of 4 cans, &c. over tierces.
10 Id. case of 6 cans, &c. over tierces.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-22
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The regular midsummer examina-
ton of applicants to teach in the pub
lie schools, was held in the court house
Yesterday. In all 46 applicants were
,present-16 whites and 80 colored.
HSpeaking of the increasing produc-
Hon of wheat in this section, the 9TH
'er day, Mr.. M. c.. Willis remarked that
it is about time to be considering the
erection of an elevator in Yorkville.
-EA commodious two story residence
IS being erected by Mrs. G. E. Thomas
on her farm in the outskirts Of town.
The building will occupy the site Of the
one destroyed by fire several years ago,
being at the time owned by Mr.. H. F.
Adickes.
ELadies of Yorkville have organized
An association to improve the condi-
ton of the Yorkville cemeteries. Miss
Rose j. Lindsay is president; Mrs. j.
K. Aston secretary; and Mrs. G. H.
O'Leary treasurer. Citizens are being
asked to subscribe funds for the pur-
poses of the association and are res
ponding literally.
THE Kings Mountain Military Acad-
emy catalogue for 1901 and 1902, is now
ready for distribution. The catalogue
has been gotten up in the same form as
the two previous ones; but contains
much additional information and de-
scriptive matter and new illustrations.
The new academic staff is strong and
complete, being composed entirely OF
educators of experience, ability and
reputation. The next session begins
Wednesday, September 4.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-22
MERE-MENTION.O

Andrew Carnegie has given 10000 for
the establishment of library In Ma
con, Ga..... The treasury department
has issued an order forbiddlng the use
of alcoholic liquors on revenue cutters
in Florida waters. Senator Martin,
of Virginia, says the suffrage clause or
the constitution or his state Will not pc
so far reaching as that incorporated IN
the constitutions Of other southern
states for the reson that the Negro pop
ula ton is comparatively small. ....Ex-
Governor Pingree, of Michigan, died in
London last Tuesday. Bronze busts
of Washington and Lee were unveiled
at the Washington and Lee university
at Lexington, Va, last Wednesday. go.
Alabama's new constitution will make
the governor Ineligible to the United
States senate. Il The czarina of Rus
sa gave birth t9 another daughter last
Tuesday. This Is the fourth time that
the hopes of Russia for a male heir
have been disappointed. The prize
money due Capt. Gridley for his work
at Manila, has been paid to his widow:
The amount was $4,967. Lieutenant
Brumby's mother gets s5lI;. ..'Ine e
condition of Mrs. Mckinley shows but
little change. IL Andrew Carnegie has
decided to erect monument to the late
American line steam& Deutchland has
reduced the time across the ocean to 81
days. fW. A. Clark, Jr., son of the
multi-milffonaire senator, was married
at Butte, Mont, last Wednesday, to
Miss Mabel Foster. Senator Clark
gave the bride a check for 100000 as a
wedding present.. The state depart
ment has issued a red book, giving the
foreign relations of this country during
the Spanish American war.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-22
CARE OF WHEAT.

Mr.. John NJ. Thomasson, Of Bethany,
is an experienced wheat raiser. He has
been harvesting from II to 25 acres for
years past and knows something about
the best methods of handling the crop.
Mr.. Thomasson was in Yorkville on
Thursday, and in a conversation with a
reporter, he gave out some pointers
that are likely to be Of benefit to many
other farmers who have not had so
much experience
You might publish" he suggested,
1.-The fact that it is not good idea to
thresh wheat too soon after cutting.
Unless it has been properly cured
wheat is liable to spoil, and the best
place for curing it is in the field. A
crop should be allowed to stand in the
field at least three weeks"
How about those people out In Cali
fornia who thresh their wheat as 1t
stands in the fields?"
IT would say that they allow the
grain to get dead ripe before they go
into it, and then tney must have better
ways of taking care Of it than we have.
have known more than one crop to be
lost in this section, however, as the re-
suit of threshing too soon after cut
ting"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-22
1rHE COTTON GROWERS.

For the benefit Of those interested
THE ENQUIRER has been requested tc
repubish the names of the committee
men appointed at the meeting, held In
Yorkville on the first Monday in May
to perfect township organization of the
York County Cotton Growers Protec-
tive association. These committeemer
are as follows, the first named in each
group being the chairman:
Bethel-D. G. Stanton, ]. w. Jackson
J. B. Ford, Perry Ferguson, DR.. T. w
Campbell.
Bethesda-W. B. Love, P. E. Moore
John H. Steele, ]. L. Starr, Adgel
Huey,
Broad River-R. w. Whitesides, ]. P
Hambright, R. M. Whitesides, j. A
Brown, w. S. Wilkerson.
Bullock's Creek-T. A. Gwin, w. T
NJ. Beard, Agur Bankhead, j. c. Blair
R. NJ. Carroll.
Catawba-John NJ. Williford, Brant-
ley Rawls, w. l.. Crook, Julius Freid-
helm, A. H. White.
Ebenezer-J. A. Shurley, ]. A. Nc
Fadden. Henry Massey, T. M. Caroth-
ers, w. J. Miller.
F. ort Mill-W. H. Windle, S. H. Epps
B. NJ. Faris, ]. r. Halle, S. L. Col
tharp.
Kings Mountain-D. NJ. Hall, J. NJ
Thonasson, c. T. Thomas, ]. NJ
Stroup, J. D. Smith.
York-S. NJ. McNeel, D. c. Clark, ].
L. Moss. ]. B. Neil, J. E. Lowry.
According to a resolution adopted at
the meeting above referred to, the fore
going committees are expected to or
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-22
I,rond River Township Bond Case.

News and Courier: A verdict for the
defendant was allowed by Judge ST.
monitor, in the United States court
Yesterday, in the suit of Walter M.
German, of Pennsylvania, against
Broad River township in York coun-
ty. The suit was an action of law
brought on certain coupons clipped
from bonds which had been issued by
the township to aid in the construction
of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chi
cago railroad. The legislature some
years ago, authorized townships inter-
ested in the construction of this rail-
road to subscribe to the capital stock
such sums as the majority of the Vo-
ters, at a special election, should agree
to subscribe. The subscriptions were
to be in per cent coupon bonds, pay
able in twenty years. In his opinion.
Judge Simonton recites the fact that an
election was held on October II, 1885, at
which there was a vote for $24,O
subscription. These bonds were sign
ed. Later, when the road was COM
p.eted through the township, the engl-
neer of the construction company re-
uuested the county commissioners TO
make the ISSUE but they refused to do
so. A case, which was meant to test
the validity of these bonds, was heard
before the state supreme court some
years ago and the court held that the
bonds were invalid, and it was held by
the court that the validity Of the cou-
pons rested on the validity Of the
bonds. The decision from the su-
preme court had established the value
of the coupons and following this the
United States circuit court decided that
the coupons were not valid. verdict
for the township was entered accord
ingly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-22
CROP SITUATION SERIOUS.

The cotton situation is much more
serious throughout this section than
most people are aware, and in some re-
spects the corn crops are promising as
little.
The reporter has heard of number
of instances during the past week
where farmers have decided to throw
out large portions Of their cotton crops
because of their utter inability to han
die the rapidly growing grass. One re-
port refers to almost rs acres of cotton
that has been abandoned, and another
to IS acres to be plowed up and sowed
in peas or planted in corn. The owner
of the IS acres had not definitely decid-
ed at last accounts what he would do,
as he still had a faint hope Of being
able to get a sufficient number of
hands to hoe out the crop.
The scarcity of labor throughout this
section is more noticeable than 1t has
ever been before, and the price Of a
days work is gradually going up. To
get extra hands in the cotton fields,
however, seems to be next to impossi-
BILE, and the situation is daily growing
more serious.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-22

For years the South, politically, has
been the cats paw of national politics.
The Republican convention and their
candidates for the nomination juggle
with the colored delegates from the
South. The delegates to the Demo-
cratic convention from the south,
while making the bone and sinew and
meat of the party vote, are nevertheless
wheedled and cajoled by outsiders from
minority states from the east and west
on candidates and declarations, as the
party eXpediency. Hasn't the time
about come when the Southern Democ-
racy can formulate and insist on a
thoroughly national, representative,
rational and up-to-date policy? What
difference does it make if the western
states are a little put out by the new
policy? Surely the South has right
to it's own opinions and right to ask
the party to adopt them. It is safe to
say that no votes would be lost in the
electoral college, as the south is about
the only section If the country now
furnishing Democratic votes to that in
titution.-Augusta Herald.
A good, strong, sensible observation
this. Except in the south, there is no
Democratic party, yet the interests Of
the south are never consulted in party
platforms. Formerly the wirepullers of
the north, and Of late the so-called
Democrats of the west, have been pre-
scribing the policies for which we were
to furnish all the electoral votes that
were to be cast. The minority fills the
bottle and the majority sticks on the
Democratic label without examining
the mixture. Give the nation real pure
Southern ideas one time and watch the
result.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-22
SHREDDED CORN STALKS.

"By shredding his corn stalks, man
gets about twice as much roughness on
an acre as by the old plan, and pound
for pound, it is pretty nearly as VAL
uable.'
This is the opinion that Mr.. D. M.
Hall expressed to the reporter IN an
swer to questions on Thursday, and as
Mr.. Hall has had about three years
experience with the new method
against some 40 years or more expert
ence with the old method, he ought to
be pretty well informed on the subject.
Yes, you can say shredding Is the
thing" he continued, and that the man
who follows up the old way Is wasting
his time and money
Mr.. Hall devoteS more or less atten-
ton to cattle feeding, often having on
hand as many as 25 or 80 head at one
time. He pastures during the summer
and feeds on roughness during the
winter. Last winter he used nothing
but stover. On this subject he says:
up to last winter, I used great
many cotton seed hulls; but the price
last fall was rather higher than I cared
to pay, and I used nothing but stover.
The cattle came through In better con-
dition than with cotton seed hulls, and
1 have no hesitation in saying that,
pound for pound, stover Is much the
better feed
What would you say would be the
value Of stover for cattle as compared
with fodder?
Never fed fodder to cattle. and If 1t
had not been for stover, could not have
fed them at all last year." Mr.. Hall re-
piled.
well, would you say that $50 pounds
of fodder would go as far as l'ooo
pounds Of stover?"
mo, it would not. OF course, stover
cannot be as valuable as first-class
fodder; but it Is hard to estimate the
difference. In fodder pulling you often
lose the boot, which Is the best part
Of the blade; and in corn pulling you
often lose the slip shuck. When you
harvest for shredding, you get every
thing, and it is all of food value except
possibly the pith, which can't be worth
much. OF course, the value OF your
stover is going to depend upon your
treatment of the crop. You must har-
vest at the right time.-about ten days
after fodder is ready TO pull-and you
must be careful to see that the corn Is
well shocked. Then you must not let
it stay in the field too long. If you get
your corn up in good condition, and
you have a good shredder, your stover
ought to be all right"
Does the corn cure as well under the
new method Of harvesting as under the
old method?"
Every bit as we'll, if not little bet
ter. My corn is as sound and as plump
as you ever saw"
Mr.. Hall said that last year he shred
ded about As acres Of corn, and the
roughness from it fed II head Of horses
and mules, and about rs head Of cattle
up to the 10th Of the present month.
He gave the horses and mules no other
kind Of roughness, and he did not give
the cattle, except milk cows, anything
else but roughness. All of the stock
have done we'll, and Mr.. Hall Is satisfied
that the farmer who fails to shred, loses
fully half the roughness he should get
from his corn crop.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-22

ALTHOUGH THE ENQUIRER is unable
to speak with authority on the necessi-
ty of thoroughly curing wheat before
threshing, there is no reason to ques-
tion the soundness of the advice given
by Mr. John NJ. Thomasson. Mr.
Thomasson speaks from experience,
and evidently knows what he is talk
ing about. While the contrary might
appear at first blush, as matter of
fact there is no comparison between
conditions in this country and the
west, where wheat is threshed from
standing stalks. An atmosphere that
would prevent the decay of dead ami
NAL would also save wheat. Under all
the circumstances. it is quite likely
that Mr.. Thomassons advice will prove
of value to those who will follow it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-22
Great Fire In GreenYillt.

Greenville was visited just after -
o'clock Tuesday morning with one of
the most disastrous fires of her history.
The three-story Beattie building, cor
ner of Main and Washington streets,
the principal street crossing Of the
place, and three adjoining buildings,
are total loss. Smith & Bristow's
stock of clothing, Avery & Patterns
stock Of groceries, w. r. Hales' jewel
ry stock, ]. S. Deals bakery, ]. F.
Burns &; Bros jewelry stock, Reynolds
& Earle's drug store, J. E. Payne's beer
dispensary and Bert Baumann's restau-
rant were included in the fires rava-
ges. The fire started in Deals bakery
and the policeman who saw the smoke
did not report at once, thinking that
baking was going on, and the alarm
was somewhat delayed on this account.
There was much delay in getting to
work at the proper pace and the fire
made great headway in a short time.
The water pressure was insufficient.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-22
United States and Subsidy.

THE YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER notes the
recently reported shipment of 10000
bales of cotton goods from Pelzer to
China by way of Canada, and remarks:
This looks like a pretty good object
lesson for subsidy. The freight refer
red to, of course, goes to China by the
cheapest route. 1t is British subsidies
that make the British line the cheaper
An American subsidy would take such
shipments by way Of Seattle or San
Francisco"
The ENQUIRER is evidently the au-
thority we have been looking for to
give us some information for the pub
lie on this subject. What we wish to
know is exactly how much British sub
sides the British line gets to enable it
to haul goods over thousand miles
longer route than that of the American
line for less money. Will our contem-
porary kindly state the amount, as we
would really like to know what it is;
or. if it does not know the exact
amount. whether the British subsidies
to the British line are greater or less
than the American subsidies to the
American lines across the continent to
Seattle and San Francisco?
Our Pacific roads are, we believe, the
most heavily subsidized lines in the
world. They were constructed mainly
at the government expense, at cost
of hundreds Of millions of dollars
Why have not these generous Ameri-
can subsidies enabled the American
lines to carry freight as cheaply, al
least, as it can be carried by the Cana
dian line? If there is "a pretty good
object lesson for subsidy" in the con-
ditions and conduct of the two systems
of subsidized lines, what is the lesson
exactly? Why cannot the system that
has had the larger subsidy compete
with the system that has had the
smaller one?
The explanation will be interesting
certainly, If THE ENQUIRER will kindly
supply it.-News and Courier.
1t is true that our Pacific roads are
or rather Were" the most heavily sub
sidized lines in the world, and if this
had not been the case the probability
is that there would be no Pacific lines
yet. But the subsidies were given fol
building, and the government neglec-
ted to take steps that would ensure
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-22

L. D. c., and D. A. R. organizations,
and it will doubtless be carried into ef-
feet.
Mr.. w. B. Wilson won an important
suit in the courts Of Tennessee recently.
The Herald of Saturday tells Of the
case thus:
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Wilson returned
from Somerville, Tenn, Wednesday
night of this week, being accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Louis McElwee and
MIR. and Mrs. S. T. Frew.
as the attorney Of Mr.. J. Louis McEl-
wee to defend a suit brought to set
aside the last will of Mrs. Jane B.
George, who was sister of the late
Jonathan n. McElwee, of this county.
1T seems that Mrs. George died in
January, 19O0 aged about SS years,
leaving an estate consisting principally
of L. S. bonds, to the value of about
$4,000.
I'm her last will she left her proper
ty, with the exception of few legacies,
to be divided between the children of
her brother, Jonathan n. McElwee, or
their children. Some time before this
she had made another will, by which
she gave the bulk Of her estate to her
nephew, John Harvey McElwee.
This suit was brought in the interest
of those who were preferred in the first
will, seeking to set aside the last will on
the ground of mental incapacity and
undue influence.
The case first came to trial before a
jury last December, which resulted in
the last will being set aside. The judge
granted a new trial, however, which
has just been ended.
"The new trial occupied some nine
days. It resulted in verdict sustain
ing the last will, and giving the estate
to be equally divided between Mr.. j.
Louis McElwee, John H. McElwee, of
Statesville, Mrs. Lizzie Riley, the chill
dren of Mrs. Emiline Erwin, late Of
Mecklenburg county, n. c., with the
exception of a legacy Of $1,000 given a
Tennessee party.
Motion for a new trial was overruled
by the judge, and notice of intention to
appeal was given, but it is probable the
appeal will not be prosecuted"
A proposition to reorganize the Ca
tawba Rifles in this city has met with a
quick response from the young men.
Nearly the number expected, viz: six
ty, have signed the roll. Mr.. H. M.
Dunlap and James Beckham, veterans
of the Spanish-American war, are agi-
tating this movement. They want an
other taste Of soldier life.
Second Lieutenant e. Ross Tomp-
kins, of the U. S. army, has been as
signed to the cavalry service; but his
command has not yet been designated.
He is expected to be returned to the
Philippines, where he spent fifteen and
a half months in the infantry service,
having only within the past two months
been mustered out of service at San
Francisco.
The heaviest rain your correspondent
has ever known in this section, fell on
Sunday night, doing great damage to
culverts and drains in the city, flooding
all the branches and running many
acres of farm lands in the country. In
the Harmony neighborhood the down.
pour was terrific and the farmers are
blue. Another big rain here tonight.
The prospect was never so blue and
complaint comes from every quarter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-22
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
York Drug Store-Gives you some

York Drug Store-Gives you some di-
rect pointers on where to get a cigar
that is not dried up.
Riddle & Carroll-Tell the farmers that
they have on their hands 100 bushels
of COW peas for sowing purposes. If
you want any they say for you to see
them quick, as seed are scarce. They
have wagon wheel rims and spokes.
Yorkville Buggy Co.-Calls you atten-
tion TO their repair shop, and promise
to give none but the best work at low
prices. They sell wagons, buggies,
whips, robes, farm implements, etc.
I. w. Johnson, the Grocer-Says for
you see him for fresh crackers and
pure apple vinegar.
Loan and Savings Bank-Tells you
how to acquire the Saving habit,
and the benefits to be derived there
from.
]. @. Wray-Talks of fashionable neck
wear, and tells about the line that he
has just received.
]. J. Keller &, Co.-Say that they are
prepared to furnish screen doors OF
any size, moulding Of all kinds, man.
tells, doors, stair work, etc. They car
ry a stock of carpenters tools and
house-building hardware.
w. o. Rawls-Tells you to get good oil
for your machinery, and that he has
it. He can furnish you with water
hose, engine castings and fittings,
and all kinds Of water and steam fit
tings.
H. c. Strauss & Co.-Say that to dress
comfortably Is q sensible fad, and tell
you how to dress comfortably at a
low cost.
Sam M. Grist-Says that in fire insur-
ance you are entitled to the best pro-
lection that your money will buy,
and says that he can furnish that
kind of insurance.
]. A. Ware, Manager-Gives informa-
tion in regard to Piedmont springs,
which will be open to guests on July
1St.
W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pls.-Gives
notice to the creditors Of the Morrow
Mills and also Of D. ]. Glenn, Sr.,
deceased.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-22

freight rates that would meet with pos
sible future competition. 1t is the
steamship lines working in connection
with the railroads, however, that gives
our Canadian and British friends the
advantage over us. For further infor-
nation on the subject. we beg to refer
The News and Courier to the follow
ing extract from a recent report receiv-
ed by the state department from Consul
General Goodnow, at Shanghai, China:
In 1900, 1907 vessels entered at and
cleared from Chinese ports in the for
eign trade. Of this number 144 were
under the American flag. Our trade
with China represented IA per cent. OF
her total foreign commerce: we fur
nished only per cent. of the shipping.
In connection with this matter I would
call attention to the fact that all
steamer lines engaged in this trade, eX-
cept the steamers owned by Americans,
are subsidized in some form by their
respective governments. In some cases
the subsidy is direct; in others it takes
the form of a contract for carrying
mails at rates which are far beyond
prices paid for any other freight. The
Nord Deutcher Lloyd, Germany, the
Messageries Maritimes, (French,) the
Pacific and Oriental and Canadian Pa
cific, (British), the various Japanese
lines, the Russian lines, all are sub
sidiZed directly or by liberal mail con-
tracts. Even the Japanese line, (Toyo
Kisen Kaisha), running direct from
San Francisco in direct competition
with the American line from that port,
is subsidized by the Jananese govern
tln X q l.
sha. sailed from Seattle in competition
with our lines, has begun to receive a
subsidy from the Japanese government.
In sharp contrast with this policy of
other governments, we pay no subsi-
dies to American lines bringing our
goods to this coast, and pay only first
class freight rates on the actual weight
of our mails carried between the Uni
ted States and China.