Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-28

IL fs pretty generally conceoed that
| there is more upland corn this year
| than for a good many years past, and
the corn is generally better. 1t looks
more like that grown in river bottoms,
but 1t is suffering some damage now on
account of the wet weather The corn
is rotting in the ear.
People who are familiar with the
crop situation along Broad river say
that there has been no considerable
damage to the corn crop over that
way. Some corn has been ruined by
high water; but taken altogether the
crop along the river Is the largest that
has been raised for years.
The Atlanta city council is after
the participants in the recent race riot,
and has made an appropriation Of 5000
for each conviction. 1t Is sincerely to
be hoped that the action Of the council
is not merely intended as bluff. The
conviction and punishment Of some OF
the ring leaders Of the original riot
will do good; but failure to convict and
punish will now only work harm.
While the story of 1.-The Pumpkin
that Turned to Gold" published on the
first page of today's paper might sufrer
somewhat under too searching profess
sional criticism, still 1t Is the most
creditable exhibition Of local talent In
the fiction line that has been brought
to our attention in quite while, and
as such 1t Is submitted for the enter
tainment of our readers.
The registration books will be open
next Monday as usual. Under the law
the books are to be closed thirty days
before a general election. The gen.
eral election comes on the first Tues
day in November. Next Monday the
regular date will be thirty-six days
away. So people who desire certifi-
Gates will find the board at the same
old place in the sheriff's Office.
Mr.. w. T. Smarr of Bullock's Creek
No. /, was in Yorkville yesterday and
in conversation with the reporter mem
toned a remarkable sorghum crop that
was made by his neighbor, Mr.. A. T.
Haffner this year. Mr. Haffner had
in one fourth of an acre and from 1t
he made seventy gallons Of molasses,
$40 bundles of fodder and ten bushels
of seed. The molasses sell readily for
so cents a gallon, making $35, the seed
are worth $1.00 bushel or SO for the
lot, and the fodder is worth 81 hun
dred or 1910, making the gross yield
of the quarter of an acre $4S.70.
Charleston is now preparing for her
annual Gala Week to be held Novem-
ber S to 10, and extends a cordial In
vitation to all the people Of the state.
A rate of one fare plus rs cents for the
round trip has been secured on all rail-
roads in South Carolina and for sever
al points in North Carolina and Geor-
gia. The programme as far as an
nounced shows that there will be
splendid military features, including
competitive Guard Mount" by militia
of the state. A mammoth pyrotechnic
and aquatic carnival on the harbor, Off
the DdllcIy,
and trades parades, band concerts, etc.
Everything will be free.
McClure's Magazine for October, just
out, contains the opening installment
of a wonderfully interesting story OF
Ben B. Lindsay, the Just judge
Judge Lindsay Is a development OF
Denver, Colorado, and has made ma
tional reputation by the manner In
which he deals with juvenile offenders
against the law. He has won the con-
fdence of all the neglected boys Of the
city, and they take his advice as a rev.
elation of the way Of life. The story
goes into detail as to the manner In
which the judge found himself in this
splendid work and tells Of the success
he Is meeting in carrying 1t out