Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-16
LOCAL LACONICS.

CIldTler lO tIe nome Lie insurance
Agency society, Of Yorkville. Captain
]. r. Lindsay Is president and treasu-
rer, and Mr.. James M. Starr, secretary.
Too Much BagEfnE.
A nearby cotton buyer complains Of
the amount Of bagging that some Of
the farmers are putting on their cot
ton. The regulations allow only six
yards. This buyer says that he has
known cases where as much as 1S or
20 yards have been put on a single
bale. He says that so far as he is con-
cerned, he would not care; but the
mills are kicking and making claims
on him for the excess.
Tax Collections.
Treasurer Nicely reports that tax
collections in the course Of his rounds
this year, have not been up to. the
average so far. At some Of his ap-
pointments he has collected but a few
dollars. AS to whether it is altogeth-
er scarcity Of money, or partly be-
cause Of the fact that the public has
begun to look upon extensions as the
rule rather than the exception, are
questions for speculation.
1<at Found.
Deputy Sheriff Harshaw has COM
pleted the work Of serving notices on
the jurors drawn to serve at the ap-
preaching term Of court. He found all
but four, as follows: w. A. Hopper,
Bethel; T. M. Hughes, Fort Mill, R. c..
Ratchford. Bullock's Creek; ]. A..
Withers, Fort Mill. It developed that
w. A. Hopper has left the county; T.
M. Hughes is living In Lancaster; R.
C. Ratchford is in North Carolina, and
]. A. Withers Is dead.
Wheat Sowing.
Although II has undoubtedly been the
intention of the farmers Of York coun-
ty to sow a great deal Of wheat this
fall, and most Of them are still deter
mined to put In heavy crops II they
ever get the opportunity, it Is a fact
that up to this time the amount of
seed actually In the ground, Is small.
It Is largely on account Of the unfav-
orable weather, Of course. Because of
the excessive dryness, 1t has not been
practicable to do much plowing, and
unless a good season comes soon, the
wheat acreage will not be anything
like what the farmers intend 1t to be.
Smallpox In Bethesda.
The whole Southeastern portion of
Bethesda township, and all the coun-
try around Lowrysville, is full OF
smallpox. The disease has been raging
o.. A,,,~
Evans, Of the state board Of health,
has just visited the infected section.
He was at McConnellsville and Low
rysville, on Thursday, and upon ex-
animation Of some Of the patients said
there was no doubt Of the fact that the
disease was smallpox. In a converse
tion with Mr.. Samuel w. Guy over the
telephone, yesterday morning, the re-
porter learned that there have been
probably 200 cases, principally among
the Negroes. The only death on ac-
count Of the disease, so far reported,
Is that Of an old Negro on Mr.. John o.
Darby's place, near Lowrysville. The
Negro was very old and it Is not GER
tain but that other complications may
have contributed to his decease. DR..
Evans was unable to make any rec
concentrations. Under the circum-
stances quarantine Is out Of the ques-
ton, and the expedient of establishing
a smallpox camp seems to be equally
impracticable. Fortunately, however,
the disease as 1t exists. Is in a very
mild form. and the people Of the infec-
ted section are not inclined to feel a
great deal Of alarm over the situation.
Fort Mill Farmers Hard Hit.
Cborlotta 0nsorvar Thursday. Mr.
S. Partnership, who has been touring
the country around Fort Mill, brings
an odd report of the cotton crop con-
ditions in that section. The land Is Of
a sandy character and this was bad
year for cotton planted in sandy land,
as all the farmers know, but If any
section can beat the report that comes
Of the Fort Mill cotton crop, The OBJ
server would like to hear from 1t. Mr..
BlankenShip says he never saw such a
crop. One farmer who worked $50
acres, got Is bales. On another farm Of
$50 acres 1t required five acres to make
one bale. But this Is not all. He says
that Captain S. Z. White, one Of the
best farmers In South Carolina, plant
ed 1000 acres in cotton, and he made a
ty rough on Captain Whites reputa-
ton as a farmer, but it shows that
even a man of his means and abilities
is liable to be fioored when his cotton
is in the sand and the weather Is per-
sistently wrong. These conditions, Mr..
Blankenship says, are not confined to
q farm here and there, but are true Of
the best farms and farmers Of Fort
Mill township. The corn crop In that
section, he says, is about equally as
poor as the cotton crop, with the ex-
ception that in spots there is a good
crop.