Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-24
Hliseellanepns Rtading.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That II of More
or Less Local Interest.

| Lantern, July 19: Mr.. I. L. Gun
house and family will leave soon for
New York, where they will make their
home in the future. Mr.. J. ]. Banks,
of Blackstock, lost a good horse In
town Tuesday. 1t was tied up at the
rear Of Brice's stable and some of the
hands were trimming it. 1t reared up
and fell back, it's head striking the
hard rocky ground. 1t got partly up,
but fell back and died. Mr.. Taylor
Grant certifies that he threshed, FOR
| Mr.. Joe Lee, 66 bushels Of oats from
"a dozen bundles. Mr.. John o. Darby
sowed one bushel and three pecks of
wneat on q acres, and harvested GO
bushels. He fertilized with 100 pounds
of ashes and 20 pounds Of gtano to the
acre. It Is our understanding that the
seeding was done with a grain drill,
the ashes having been sifted to make
them pass through the drill evenly.
Mr.. Darby had what is regarded a
good yield from his whole crop; but
he says it is q great mistake to sow a
whole plantation in wheat when you
can make as much on two or three
acres. save a great deal Of labor and
expense, and. give your land rest.
We are printing experiments and opin-
ions on shredding corn. All the pub
lished statements that we have seen
are very decidedly favorable to this
plan of making feed; but we have
heard the remark privately that 1t Is
not what it Is cracked up to be"
Every farmer should test the matter
for himself. Cutting and shocking corn
instead of pulling fodder certainly
saves q great deal of hard labor and
enables one to save feed that would
otherwise be largely lost or badly dam
aged. in many cases. Any one who has
pulled fodder all day long in hot Au-
gust weather and then tied, carried,
and shocker or hauled it till II or IL
o'clock at night, knows that it is hard
work with slow results. The fodder
is worth, in the market, little more
than the cost of harvesting and mar
keting, when we take into account all
the expense, as we'll as the fact that
much Of it is badly damaged. OF
course, we must bear in mind, on the
other hand, that labor that would 9TH
erwise be idle can sometimes be util-
lied in saving fodder; but a thrifty
farmer can generally find profitable
work for his hands at that season.
However, it must be said that good
fodder is the best and handiest rough
feed that can be found, unless, possi-
bly,, we should except good peavine
hay in bales.
GASTON.
Gastonia News, July 10: Miss Elva-
rec Wallace, Of Point Leavell, KY,
stopped over with Miss Ida Adams
Wednesday on her way to Charlotte
from Yorkville.. :. :. Tuesday afternoon
lightning struck the cupola of the
Cherokee Inn in Blacksburg, of which
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott, of the Falls House,
are the proprietors. The flag and fly
poll were knocked off, the cupola was
uncovered, one of the posts knocked
away, and the pigeons which make 1t
that their home in times Of storm were
killed. The depot at Blacksburg, was
also struck, put not damaged seriously.
=. The people of Iron Station were
very much excited Tuesday morning
when it was learned that an assault
was made upon young Negro girl
who cooks for G. G. Moore. It seems
that Monday evening someone entered
the kitchen Of Mr.. Moore, where the
girl sleeps, and concealed himself until
after the family had retired for the
night, when he came forth from his
the girl, who at once began screaming.
This awakened Mr.. Moore; but before
he could get in the kitchen the scoun-
drel had escaped. Search was made;
but the intruder could nowhere be
found. The girl could not tell whether
the man was white or black In the
darkness. Even though the victim was
Negro the people are justly enraged
at the occurrence.
CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledger, July 10: Misses Eva
and Ethel Ross returned home Tuesday
from a prolonged visit to their sister,
Mrs j. Meek Smith. in Glover. Mrs.
Smith accompanied them home, and
she will spend several days with her
parents, Captain and Mrs. S. S. Ross,
corner of Logan and Frederick streets.
..... An informal meeting Of number
Of ladies and gentlemen of Gaffney,
who are interested in the progress of
the community along literary lines. was
held in the parlor of the Parish hotel
Wednesday morning, where they were
met by Prof. Gamewell, Of Wofford
College, who laid before the meeting
the advantages to be derived from the
organization of lyceum. Prof.
Gamewell was listened to with pa
tience: but on account Of a desire to
catch the 10 o'clock train for Spartan
burg, he did not get to stay as long as
the assembly would have liked. The
matter was thoroughly discussed and
committee, consisting Of Prof. Lee
Davis Lodge, Prof. r. o. Sans, Prof.
H. P. Griffith, Col. J. G. Wardlaw,
Capt. J. G. Otis and Mr.. F. C. Stacy
was appointed to look into the feasibil-
ity of the proposition laid down by
Prof. Gamewell. A meeting of the
| committee is TO he called shortly and
some steps taken to give Gaffney the
best that is to be had on the lecture
forum.