Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-12
NOTE AND COMMENT.

A correspondent states that 1t re-
quires 140 quarts Of strawberries to
go round at a meal at Winthrop and
that the. young ladies are supplied
from the college patches at least once
every other day.
Considering the scarcity Of labor
and the continuance Of the rains, most
Of the farmers of this section are OF
opinion that Notwithstanding a heavy
reduction in the acreage, they still
have about as much cotton as they
will be able to handle.
The date of the approaching exami-
nation Of applicants for certificates to
teach in the public schools was pub
.lished in THE ENQUIRER as TUESDAY,
May 49," It seems that the Tuesday
has been inadvertently substituted for
Friday, which Is the correct day, May
'19. q aG
Mr.. w. 7. Mcknight Of Yorkville,
r, F. D. No. 1, told the reporter few
days ago that he cut down his cotton
acreage 25 per cent as compared with
last year; the rains came along before
he got all Of his crop in; the grass
got to booming In the meantime, and
twelve acres Of the land that was In
tended for cotton will be planted In
corn. H. ..
Petitions were in circulation to the
east and west Of Glover this week
asking for the restoration Of the daily
freight schedule on the G. & NV.
The petitions were extensively signed,
especially because of the desire Of the
people to get a better mail schedule;
but since the railroad people have an
ticipated the desire Of the people In
matter, 1t is probable that the petit
tions will not be presented. ......
h Mr.. T. z. Harper Of Balloon, was In
Yorkville last Wednesday, and left at
THE ENQUIRER office an egg Of an In
dian game hen that weighs exactly
four ounces. He also reported the re-
markable record OF an industrious hen
In his possession. Between August
and December Of last year this hen
laid 80 eggs, and then took vaca-
ton until sometime in March. when
she commenced again. Since then up
to last Tuesday she has laid 81 more
eggs. This hen, said Mr.. Harper, Is OF
common stock. laying no especial
claims to fine blood.
The bulk of the pension money re-
ceived last Tuesday morning, has al
ready been paid out. Clerk Of the
Court Tate had issued about eighty
individual checks up to yesterday at
noon and since then he has Issued
quite lot more. Considerable sums
were sent to Hickory Grove, Rock
Hill and Fort Mill to be paid out from
those places. 1t Is not expected that
a great deal Of the money will be left
by tomorrow afternoon, although II Is
not unusual for some Of the benefic-
iaries of the pension appropriation to
leave their money In the hands OF the
clerk indefinitely.
Speaking yesterday Of the cotton
fire at Mr.. ]. L. McGilps last Wednes-
day evening, Mr.. D. M. Hall gave some
points that ought to be Of value In
such emergencies. ut Is very diff
cult to put out cotton fire with cold
water" he said; but II you use hot
water you will find very little trou-
BILE. Because Of the oil in the fibre, l
think II must be, cotton Will not alb
sorb cold water; but hot water goes
right into It, 1t overcomes the oil.
I learned that while ginning. In the
case of a fire one day the cold water
ran out and we got hot water from
the boiler. We could see the differ
ence at once
There was an unusually heavy rain
to the north and northwest OF York
Vile Wednesday evening. 1t extended
to the North Carolina line. There
were two or three different clouds,
and a heavy downpour from each one.
Mr.. j. L. Stacy, who lives near Clover,
reports that a tub, which was empty
when the rain commenced, had two
inches of water in 1t when the sun
came out ten or fifteen minutes later.
Allison creek reached the ordinary
high water mark within a few hours.
All the creeks to the northwest of
Yorkville filed rapidly, and much
damage was done to terraces In the
Bethany and Beersheba neighbor-
hoods