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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03
THAT FREAKIsH CORNFIELD.
Quite n Plausible Explanation as 20
Curious Developments.
Editor of The Yorkyille ENQUIRER:

Editor of The Yorkville Enquirer:
I have read with interest the recent
articles in your paper about the freak
ish developments Of the corn in Mr.. D.
NJ. Halls field.
1 first noticed the developments de-
scribed when engaged, as a boy. plant
ing peas in cornfield, and undertook
to find out the cause. From observa-
tions and tests made several years ago,
I satisfied myself that if. stalk Of corn
was cut by a bud worm, or other
worm. just above the first joint, while
young, it would put out suckers. If
these are allowed to grow to maturi-
ty they will invariably put silks,
grains of corn and tassel where only
the tassel ought to be.
Now my explanation is that the first
Joint holds the embroyo materials nee
essary for the formation Of silk, tassel,
grains, etc.; but when there is an in
terruption in the main stalk, which
affords the proper channel to convey
these elements to the places where ma
ture intends them to go, there follows,
instead Of an orderly deposit of corn
on the ear, confusion and chaos. This
is q law Of nature, and as In animal
life so in vegetable life, disturbance
Of natures laws produces a monstros-
ity.
1t may be that it will take certain
injury to the first joint to produce the
certain result that has been produced.
Mr.. D. NJ. Halls field Of corn mas SUI
fered from bud worm. Find out if this
is correct. 1 feel sure of my conclu-
sions; but may be wrong. Would like
to hear from other observers.
Very truly,
J. X. HENRY.
Chester, S. c., August /, 1901.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Trustee of Clemson.

After looking into the law in regard
to his right to appoint a successor to
Mr.. Stackhouse, who recently resigned
as a member Of the board Of trustees
of Clemson college, Governor McSwee-
ney, has, without the filing of an ap-
plication or without recommendation
from any one. appointed w. D. Evans,
of Marlboro county, to fill the vacancy.
In the Interest of WntermeIons.
The United States government is
carrying on an interesting experiment
in Saluda county. Watermelon seed
from all parts of the world are being
planted to see If a melon can be found
which can withstand the wilt" a dis
ease which has proven a deadly foe to
the industry of melon planting in this
section of the country. Train loads of
melons were once shipped from Moret-
ta. but the wilt" now attacks entire
fields. often with the vines full Of half
grown melons.
Can't Find the Body.
The governor recently wrote to the
sheriff Of Beaufort in regard to the
reported lynching Of a Negro, Cornish,
who is a British subject. 1t was sent
out that the fellow had been lynched.
The sheriff writes that he has fully in
vestigated the alleged lynching and so
far as he can ascertain nothing of the
kind has occurred. He believes that
Cornish has gone away and is alive
and well. He says that everything
around Beaufort is quiet and peacea
BILE
4 Shower of Fishes.
Columbia State. July 90: The wealth.
er bureau announces the receipt of a
report from Mr.. L. w. Gardner, OF
Kershaw county, Of IAN unusual phe-
nomenon that occurred near Tiller's
Ferry during a heavy rain near the
close of June. He states" says the
bureau official. that hundreds of little
fishes were found swimming between
the rows of cotton field, and that
among them were catfish, perch and
fish that looked like trout. There is no
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following transfers Of real es-
tate have been recorded in the office Of
the auditor for the month of July:
BETHESDA.
Thomas L. Johnson to J. L. brennan
and others. Lot at Smiths Turnout;
consideration nominal.
BROAD RIVER.
F. D. Horn to w. w. Castles. Ten
acres; consideration, S136.
cATAwBA.
w. Brown Wylie, clerk, to E. E. Poag.
Lot in Rock Hill; consideration, $500.
w. Brown Wylie, clerk, to Talulah D.
Chaplin. Lot in Rock Hill; consider
alton 5000.
R. H. Cornwell to E. P. Neel. Lot at
Leslie: consideration, s42.
F. M. Hemphill to ]. B. Johnson. Lot
in Rock Hill; consideration, $201.55.
J. B. Johnson to ]. E. Roddey. Lot at
$21o.
EBENEZER.
Erwin Robinson to N. S. Witherspoon.
Lot in Rock Hill: consideration $3.50.
s. A. Fewell to VIM. Fewell. Lot in
Rock Hill; consideration $50.
S. NJ. Jones to Johnson Cameron. 145i
acres; consideration s1,16S. Part of
Frank Brown land.
FORT MILL.
Fanny A. Griggs to Robert Butler. Lot
and building in Fort Mill; considera-
ton, $500.
YORK.
H. H. Beard to Alice S. Beard. House
and lot in Yorkville: consideration,
nominal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03

from the management of Cuban af-
fairs. Our troops have been we'll cared
for and their health compares favor
ably with that of the troops in this
country, showing that the island is
healthy. They camp out and take
practice similar to those Of other
troops Of the army, and in every way
their condition and behavior has been
admirable. The municipal govern
ments are in order. The judiciary is
entirely reformed and is satisfactory
to the people. The people are gentle
and easily governed. They are affec-
tionate and tractable. Beggars are
never seen. The products Of nature
are so liberal that the wants Of nature
are easily satisfied"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03

April l to July l, the South African
war cost the British government $780,
000. 900. ... The great strike is still in
process of settlement with the pros
poets hardly so good as they appeared
several days ago.. The Geo. H. Phil
lips company, which has become fa-
nous as the result Of its pool opera
tionS in the Chicago corn pit during the
past year, is emba rrassed.. The strik-
ing cigar makers of Tampa. Fla. are
described as being practically in
charge of the town.. The British
parliament has given Lord Roberts
S500,00O for his services in South Africa.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03

SENATOR Tillman is quoted as hav-
ing said that the Ohio Democrats were
too hasty in having taken up and act
ed upon a matter that could easily
have waited year or two. If his crit
icism is just, it would seem to apply
with still greater force to the executive
committee that undertook to express
itself on matters with which it had no
business whatever, and to which the
people will give due consideration next
year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03

ANOTHER serious why" in the
Sampson -Schley controversy, is why
Sampson went off to conference with
Shafter in the New York, when he could
have made the trip as easily in one of
the smaller dispatch vessels without
weakening the blockading line. 1t is
true that things turned out very we'll,
even with the New York absent; but 1t
would have been better had the New
York been present.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Mabel Berry is visit

Miss Mabel Berry is visiting friends
in Shelby. N. c.
Miss Ella Nicely Is assisting Miss NJ.
NJ. Moore, at the poStoffice.
Mrs. c. NJ. Kuykendal and children
are visiting at Rock Hill.
Miss Maggie McFadden left on last
Thursday for Cleveland Springs.
Mr.. Robert B. Riddle, of Zeno, Is con-
fined to his bed with typhoid fever.
ed relatives in Yorkville this week.
Misses Annie and George Wither-
spoon are visiting at Morganton, n. C.
MIR. Jos. B. F. Riddle, Of Begonia,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03

IT is said that for the first time IN
centuries, it is now possible to catch
fish in the waters Of Havana harbor.
Heretofore all the filth of the city has
been emptied into the waters Of the
harbor, and the fish could not live
there. The changed conditions, which
adds materially to the health of the
city, has been brought about by the
sanitary laws that have been enforc-
ed by the Americans.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03

ScHLEY has been suggested as an
available man for the next Democrat
ic nomination for the presidency. 1t
will not be surprising if this naval
row shall result in his nomination and
election.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03

THE New York Journal Of Commerce
has completed a special canvass of the
condition of the cotton crop, and puts
it's conclusion at 1853, a decline of II
points as compared with the same pa
per's report, made on July last year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03

THERE is little reason to doubt thai
the Maclay history, with its slurrine
references to Admiral Schley, is purely
the work Of Schley's enemies. The idea
that such a history could be used as a
textbook for the use Of students in the
naval academy, is absurd.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03
Chr tlarkrille enqu'rsr.
YORKVILLE, S. c.:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1901.

SENATOR McLaurin and Admiral
Schley are having a hard row to hoe
these days.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03
THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.

The subscription fund for the erec-
tion of a monument to the Confeder-
ate soldiers Of York county, stands as
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03

creek or pond near the field whence
they might have come" And he asked
where did they come from.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-03


sion of the general assembly.
Under the Electric Light.
Anderson Intelligencer: A few even
ings ago. one of our citizens. wnlle sit
ting on his piazza, noticed that pedes-
trians passing under the arc light on
the corner of East Boundary and River
streets would invariably halt and so
through the motion of throwing some
thing from the sidewalk with their feet.
The citizen grew curious and walked
over to the light to investigate. What
he saw he could scarcely believe, and
fearing lest his recital should be dis
credited he called two of his neighbors,
a gentleman and young lady. as CO.
witnesses. Under the arc light were
about hundred frogs, forming circle
and in this circle was a snake. The
frogs were not croaking, nor was the
snake kissing. Every fellow appeared
to be attending to his own business.
and all seemed in a good humor and
perfectly happy. Recalling the univer-
sal belief that snakes are the mortal en-
emies of frogs and that frogs are
thought to be a dainty meal for snakes,
our citizens sat down to watch the
performance. In a short time 1t was
discovered that there was no enmity
between the snake and frogs. but all
were there for common friendly pur-
pose. the snake being the centre of at
traction. Miriads of bugs are attract
ed by the arc light and circle round and
round it till their wings are singed, and
then drop to the ground. 1t was notic-
ed that as they droped the snake and
frogs would jump for them, there be-
Ing a lively competition between them
as to which would get the bugs first.
After watching this rather singular per-
formance for sometime, our citizens
killed the snake. 1t was an upland
moccasin. and measured about three
feet.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-08-29
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

The soil for Strawberries should b
rich and free from weed seeds.
It is not bad plan to plant tree
in every neglected corner about the
farm.
Coal ashes dumped around the fruit
trees will act as a mulch and help to
keep insects away.
Do not be afraid to manure pear
trees. You cannot produce large, lus.
cious pears on starved trees.
The objection to the plan of mulch
ing continually, year after year, is
that it tends to bring the roots too
near the surface.
In all transplanting care must be
taken to see that the roots come IN
close contact with the soil. A failure
to do this causes loss.
A well-shaped tree has much to do
with the appearance of tho orchard.
The earlier they are looked after the
easier will be the work.
Shrubs that bear flowers early in
the spring should have the wood of
last years growth pruned before they
start to grow in the spring.
In transplanting plants of every
tind, whether large or small, care
must be taken to keep the roots
moist or the plants will be injured.
If any of the trees in the orchard
have grown forked it will be a good
plan to tie the forks together in such
a way as to afford mutual support.
Strong soapsuds applied with an
old broom or whitewash brush
makes one of the best washes for
fruit trees and will aid materially in
destroying lice.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-08-29
Making an Asparagus BED.

To prepare a bed for asparagus,
take the warmest, mellowest land you
have, spade it deep in September and
work in lots of horse manure. Also
use salt freely, say, half bushel TO
square rod. You can raise the
young plants from seed, or get roots
from a gardener or some neighbor.
set out early in spring after a deep
and thorough spading. Keep clean
and let grow two years II plants are
little, so as, to get strong roots. Then
in the spring of the third year you
can begin to cut for your table. Use
a sharp knife and cut slanting. After
the middle Of June let grow. Cover
we'll with coarse horse manure in
winter, and loosen between roots
with fork early in the spring.-Ella
M. Hess, in Agricultural Epitomist.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-08-29
TREATING SANDY SOIL.
deninr Purposes nj "a Compnra-
i<eIs Small Expense.

Soil sS somewhat sandy charac-
ter, although excellent for garden
purposes ON account ot warmth, cas-
of manipulation aud qucknoss o re-
spending to fertilizer applications,
mas the one great fault of allowing
moistnre, and plant foods with it, to
escape to the lower strata bv leach
ing much faster than is often desir-
able. This fault is most apparent
when the soil does not contain much
decay ing vegetable matter (narbon),
and nence may he remedied BY abur.
dant applications of barnyard ma
nure. This course is naturally an ex-
pensive one, and a good dressing OF
clay can often bc made more effect
I've IN correcting the deficiencies of
sandy soils and ut the same time to
add the element of potash. which is
oftan deficient IN such soils. The
clay can be put on the land during
the Tall and winter. at any time when
mnst convenient, and the frost will
act on and puhcrizc il. \ market
gardener stated that he s. able to
tell to yard. by the looks of his
crops, where the clay was put, and
the ground That mas ha9 several
dressings always grows be,tcr straw
berries and vegetables than THAI
whrh has had no clay applied. Land
thus treated holds muisture better,
the'clay taking it from the dew and
rain, and retaining it much better,
thus absorbing more iuices of the
mandre used than The untiresscd land
For mixing with light loans clay is
usually of great value, and so il is
nscti in the same way with manure
or leaf mold for growing ne Ions. etc.
when like stiff soils, but in either
case it should I've such as has become
awellorated by exposure to the
weather. Some gardeners have too
stitf and unworkable kind OF clay.
and need the lighter material, but
the remedy in their case lies the
other way. Road scrapings, leaf rak-
ings and rubbish heap ingredients
properly and continuously employed
win soon effect an improvement
Agricultural EpitomiSt.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-08-29
Heat spoils the Ducklinrs.

They will stand almost anything, but
they cannot endure too much heat.
One of the most Common troubles is
that the ducklings get weak-lsgged
and almost invariably the poultry pa
pers say that it is too rich feeding that
does it. The minute you begin to over
heat them the legs grow soft and large
so they cannot stand up and the bill
grows 80 soft that they cannot pick up
food. 1t really comes from too much
heat. They are particularly suscepti-
BILE to the heat Of the sun. 1t is al
most invariably fact that IL you lei
them get thirsty and then give them
water and let them go into the sun
they will have convulsions and most of
them will die.-G. H. Pollard, in Farm.
and Home.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-08-29
BENzlNE TANK ExPLoDEs.
Three Killed In Philadelphia's Oil DIS.
trict-lishtning Started II.

Philadelphia, Aug. 20.-About 1880
this morning q benZiAe tank exploded
at the Atlantic Refining Company's
plant at Point Breeze. where a fire has
been in progress since yesterday after
noon. Three of the firemen were
instantly killed and about a
score injured. Ten tanks of bensine
and petroleum have already been de.
stroyed by fire. The loss will proba.
bly, reach s5O0,OOO. The fire started
yesterday by lightning striking one
of the benzine tanks. which ignited
and spread the flames to the oil tanks.
Many fremen were in close prox.
unity TO the exploding tank and fell
victims to the blazing oil and flying
pieces of iron. a general call was
telegraphed for ambulances and patrol
wagons and the injured were hurried
to the hospitals in the lower end of the
city. The fire has not yet been
checked, and it is thought it will no,
burn itself out for several days.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-08-29

peas. An encouraging feature noted
in Canada is that wherever the aphis
occurred it was attacked by para
site enemies, the most vigorous of
these being the small orange larvae
Of a species Of diplosis--ninute mag
gots-which suck the Juice out Of
the body of the aphis.
The ''brush and cultfvator" method
Of fighting the pea louise ia accepted
as the most generally effective. For
this it is necessary that the peas be
planted in rows, and when the IN
sects are noticed the vines are
brushed backward and forward with
a good pine switch in front Of a cul-
tivator drawn by a single horse. In
this manner the plant lice are COW
cred up as soon as they fall to the
ground, and large proportion of
them are destroyed.
Peas sown late or on poor ground
sustain most damage. The pea aphis
is s&etched many times enlarged.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-08-29
piTTS6URG TUBE MEN STRIKE
Employees Of Pennsylvania Works
Went Out Yesterday,


Pittsburg. Aug. 20-The men of the
Pennsylvania Works of the National
Tube company in this city joined the
strikers last night, and it is expected
that the force in the Frankstown
plant will follow them today. About
600 men left the Pennsylvania Works,
and 1t Is almost certain that all of the
remaining 500 will join in the move.
ment and completely tie the property
up. There are about coo men in the
Frankstown property, and the total
number OF men added to the army of
strikers by the movement will be
about 1900. It misunderstood earlier
yesterday that the National Tube COM
pany had announced an advance in
wages, and 1t was thought that it
would hold the men. There was an
incipient strike at the Keystone Roll.
ing Mills, which is an Independent
property. yesterday. The men objected
to furnishing material to the United
States Steel Corporation, but the
Amalgamated Association ordered the
men to resume work. This action is
taken as meaning that all contracts
made by Independent mills before the
strike began will be respected.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-08-29

In shis position the upper part OF the
sod will not decay. but will keep or
growing, sending up shoots betwrer
the burrows, TO the annoyance of the
cultiyator. With burrows set Nix.
thoAe in Fig. /, there is a constant
falling back into the furrow after the
pillow has passed, which makes ex'
ceedingly bad work.
The burrows in Figs. 2 and 8 ,a-s
we'll turned and the sod will be en-.
tireiy covered when the harrow has
passed over the land. Fig. B shows
how shaflower plowing permits a
more complete turning Of the sod,
But shallow blowing OF sod 10 not
generally desirable, especially f
witch grass is in it.
A good deal depends upon the pillow,
as we'll rs upon the plowman, II a
furrow is to be wel1 turned. II takes
skill TO fashion mold board that
will do the best kind of work, and,
unfortunate it is, many plows have
not had skill expended upon them.
Don't buy a p1ow until you know
from the work of the same make of
,plsws that the share will turn the
furrow neatly and deftly, and that.
too, without the necessity of q con-
slant "coax,ng" on the part of the
one holding the handles. Under
good average conditions, first-class
plow will almost run itself. relieving
the workman of much hard labor.
Fig. 4 shows a common and poor
result of using haste in blowing "old
ground that is, ground that was
planted the season before. In his
haste to get over the ground rapidly
the piownan often tries to carry too
wide a furrow, With result that n
portion of tAe soil In each furrow is
not moved at all. This is shown In
the dotted portion, This cannot we'll
happen in blowing sod, since the
whole furrow is held together by the
grass roots, and must all rise to-
gether. But in old land the earth is
crumbly and rolls up over part
that is not moved at all. AS the OBJ
ject Of plowing old land Is to tighten
the soil and expose it to the action
Of the air, there il no small loss In
Cured by stirring for too wide fur
row.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-08-29
POINTS ON FLOWING,
vantage Is nm Art UnderstOod
by Very Few Farmers.

"A ifnrmer should be quite me-
chanic in his nature to succeed in
tillinS the soil to the greatest advan-
tage. So many farm operations are
more or less mechanical in their ma
'ture that the man without mechan-
ical turn is sure 10 do many things
far from well. This is especially true
in the matter of plewing. Thousands
of acres are plowed each season, the
best results of which are not expe-
riencsd simply because the burrows
were not turned properly. Take Fig.
1, for instance. Much blowing is to
be seen where, as in this case, the
burrows are standing on edge, little
inclined beyond the perpendicular.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-08-29
GAINS OVER STRIKERS.
More Steel Mills Started Yesterday at
Plttsburq and Monesssn.

Pitfsburg. Aug. 20.-The steel trust
made a series of gains yesterday in
the restoration OF properties crippled
by the strike Of the Amalgamated AS.
ISOLATION and It's sympathizers. The
steel mills at Monessen after a long
period Of inactivity were partly put in
motion by strike breakers gathered in
some Of the southern states, two more
mills In the Painter plant were also
started up and another large mill at
the Clark property was also operated
for the first time. There was some dis.
order in the streets Of Monessen dur
Ing the day, but the local police never
lost control Of the demonstratiye
crowds and there was no serious
trouble. The reopening Of the Mones-
sen mill is believed to be the first OF
series OF aggressive moves on the part
OF the steel corporation. Preparations
are known to be in progress for re.
opening the Star tin mills in this city
and for increasing the force at the
Lindsay and McCutcheon mills, and 1t
Is thought to be only matter of time
before the strongholds Of the strikers
like New Castle, McKeesport, Wheel
ing. Bellaire and Mingo Junction will
be invaded. The strikers deny that any
real progress has been made at either
Monessen or Painters, and say that
they are not to be frightened by the
OF lot OF coal and the mere
operation Of machinery. They say that
skilled men cannot be secured outside
Of their ranks and that none OF their
men are deserting despite claims to
the contrary. The managers OF the
Painter mills. which now has four
mills on, claim that part Of their two
new crews 10 made up Of old employees
who have come back TO work.