Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-06-21
HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN

III The height Of the Negro John
Barber, who escaped from the chain
gang on Friday Of last week, is 5 feet
10 inches, instead of feet inches as
stated. He has not been captured.
sg Although the wheat crop is not
yielding anything like as much straw
in proportion to last year, the yield OF
grain is much larger in proportion, and
generally Of a better quality.
sJ From pretty full reports from all
parts of the county, 1t appears that
farm work is well advanced. Both cot
ton and corn have been well-worked and
are generally free Of grass. Although
fully aware Of the numerous set-backs
that may still develop, majority OF
the farmers seem to be Of opinion that
1t has been great many years since
general conditions were more satisfac-
ory than at this season.
AT The report of the 17-foot stage OF
water in Catawba river at Wright's
ferry, as published in the last issue OF
THE ENQUIRER, was based upon infoy>
nation obtained Monday night. Sub
sequent information is to the effect
that the river continued to rise steadily
during the night, and on Tuesday
morning 1t lacked but a few inches OF
twenty feet. The water began to
fall shortly after daylight Tuesday
morning, and went down rapidly un-
til about dark, when 1t had fallen
to about eleven feet. From thence
on the fall was slower; but by Wed
nesday night the ordinary level had
been regained. There is considerable
damage to corn, especially where it was
submerged under eddy water. Where
the corn was only submerged under a
flowing current, the damage has not
been so great. 1t Is said that with a
good rain to wash the mud off, much of
the submerged corn would be all right
again.
AZ Speaking Of the elusiveness Of the
carp, Mr.. James L. Moss, who owns a
pond about % miles southeast Of York
Vile, added another contribution last
Thursday. Mr.. Moss has been paying
more or less attention to carp culture
for ten years or more, and has, at diff
ferent times, taken many fine fish from
his pond. In the spring Of 1901, it be-
came necessary to let off his pond in
order to construct a new dam, and
every effort was made to save as many
Of the fish as possible. Several hun
dred carp were caught that weighed
from one to three pounds each. All of
these were divided among the neigh
bors except So good specimens that
to Mr.. J. B. Scott. Mr.. Moss's pond re-
mained dry, with the exception Of the
branch channel for two months or more,
pending the completion of the dam, and
transferred to Mr.. Scott's pond were
taken back to the mill pond. So far as
appearances went, there was no reason
to believe that there were any fish Of
any kind in the mill pond at the time
of its refiling. The bottom of the pond
had been baked by the sun, and there
were no holes up the creek that seemed
to afford sufficient depth Of water to
keep alive two or three pound fish. 1t
seemed to Mr.. Moss and others that
the return of the transferred fish, of
which only 4S could be retaken from
Mr.. Scott's pond, constituted the entire
seed stock for a new crop. But a sur
prise developed last spring. 1t became
necessary to draw the water off the
pond again for some purpose, and at
that time over 500 fish were taken. Mr..
Moss Is positive Of the number, for the
fish were put back in the pond and
counted as they were dropped in. What