Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-07-12
HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN.

a surplus Tor needed street Improve
ment and other contingent expenses.
| HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN.
III The 19O2-O3 catalogue Of Due West
Female college Is handsomely illustra-
ted and tells all about that well-known
school for girls.
II We have the latest catalogue Of the
South Carolina Military academy. 1t
gives all desired information about
that institution.
3aj' There is reason to believe that the
Southern railway people will put on
larger force Of track hands than has
heretofore been working on the line be-
tween Camden and Marion.
= t9' The residence portion Of Main
street in Rock Hill, is now boasting
some pretty shade trees-almost as
pretty as those which line the streets
Of Yorkville, though not so large.
III The statement in the last issue of
THE ENQUIRER about the negotiations
for the sale Of the land advertised by
Mr.. w. w. Jenkins was correct; but at
the same time liable to give the reader
a wrong impression. Mr.. Jenkins has
several prospective purchasers in view
and one agreed wit. him as to price;
but they could not get together on the
question as to what would be fair dis
count for cash. There has been no
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matter to the most desirable proposal.
III The watermelon crop Is far enough
along to be regarded as absolutely out
of danger and there is promise of a
large yield. Canteloupes have been
quite plentiful for two weeks or more.
19 There seems to be more complaint
about insect crop pests this year than
for long while. In the early spring 1t
was the bud worm in corn, and later
the stalk-borer. After that came the
chinch bug, and it is still here doing all
the damage it can in various sections.
Working in concert with the chinch
bug also is the cotton louise. This pest
Is sufficiently numerous in some local.
tiles as to temporarily check the growth
of cotton.
3J Some people discussed the corn
crop in the court house yard Wednes-
day afternoon. The conversation de-
veloped that the chinch bug Is doing
damage in different localities. So far
as the experience Of those engaged in
the conversation goes, the theory that
plenty Of good work will head off chinch
bugs, Is not good. One gentleman re-
ferred to a patch Of fifteen or twenty
acres on the outskirts Of Yorkville that
Is literally eaten up by chinch bugs,
and he said that the crop had not only
been highly fertilized but that it had
been worked to perfection. The field
ought to have averaged fifteen or twen-
ty bushels Of corn to the acre, and the
owner will be lucky If he gets an aver
age of five bushels. Captain Crawford
said that about the best remedy against
chinch bugs Of which he had any
knowledge, is ants. Ants eat the eggs
of the bugs and hold the pest in check
For that reason the ants in a corhfield
should be protected as far as possible.
HJ Mr.. r. ]. Davis, Of Zeno, was In
Yorkville Wednesday, and the reporter
took occasion to ask him about that &C.
pound carp, which, according to Mr.. ".
l.. Riddle, Mr.. Davis took out Of the
creek several years ago. Mr.. Davis was
somewhat surprised at the accuracy
of Mr.. Riddles recollection about the
matter; but stated that the figures were
a little too low rather than too high.
The carp weighed 3S pounds instead of
SO pounds, and so far as Mr.. Davis
knows Is the largest ever taken in this
neighborhood.< x He gave it as his opin-
ion that the carp was probably raiseu
in one Of the ponds up the creek, more
likely in that Of Mr.. ]. B. F. Riddles.
Mr.. ]. r. F. Riddles pond contains
more shallow water and also more mud
than is to be found in the other ponds
lower down, and Is a more favoraL.e
place, according to Mr.. Daviss idea, for
raising large carp. Mr.. Davis agrees
with others who have discussed the
matter that it is peculiarly difficult to
catch large carp from the creek, not
withstanding their abundance. He
says that it is common thing to see
these fish on the surface Of the water
in the spawning season and he has
tried to kill them with shot gun; but
has never had any success.
3D' It cannot be Stated with assur-
ance that no consideration is being
given to the filling of the office Of coun-
ty commissioner; but If the matter is
receiving the consideration that it's i'm
portance demands, the fact Is not gen.
orally known to the public. OF all the