Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-03
LOCAL LAcoNIcs.
The Biggest White Oak.

Mr.. j. Meek Burns or the Beersne-
ba neighborhood, was In Yorkville
yesterday and took occasion to mem
ton the fact that there is a white oak
tree on the farm Of Mr.. A. e. Burns,
his brother, that beats the circumfer-
ence of the tree recently reported by
Mr.. James Cansler more than a foot
The figures reported by Mr. Cansler
were fifteen feet and one inch, Mr..
Burns's tree measures sixteen feet and
three inches at a point about three feet
above the ground,
Some Fine Potatoes.
Mr. D. j. Forbes, who lives two and
half miles north of Clover left at
The Enquirer office yesterday some
fine specimens Of second crop Bliss
octatoes Of his own raising, The spec
cimens average about five pounds to
four potatoes. Mr.. Forbes says he
planted a quarter Of an acre. and al
though he got very poor stand his
yield was thirty bushels Mr. Forbes
has quite a reputation as q truck man,
and is a great believer in raising things
to eat, including pigs, chickens, tur-
keys, etc.
Cause Of the Currency Strike"
Mr.. John T.; Roddey. a leading GOT
ton dealer Of Rock Hill, mayor Of the
city and at one time In the cotton COM
mission business In New York, was In
Ycrkvllle last Saturday as witness
in the Bailey case. In conversation
about things in general, the reporter
asked Mr.. Roddey his opinion as TO the
cause Of the currency strike. without
hesitation, Mr.. Roddey said; Not q
thing except that those fellows qp
north thought this the best way TO
make the south sell its cotton crop at
from one hundred to three hundred
million dollars less than It is worth"
Profitable Corn Raising,
Mr.. ]. Frank Ashe, president Of the
York County Farmers Union, made
100 bushels Of corn on two acres Of
,and this year. Having heard Of the
circumstance, the reporter asked Mr..
Ashe for particulars, He said that he
used 1000 pounds Of commercial fer
tilizers worth $40; that the working.
which took the labor Of a man and q
mule for five days cost So. The seed
cost 81, and the gathering So. Count
ing the land as being worth $lea an
acre, the interest would amount to $1e,
making the total expense SSh, and
leaving a net profit Of $s5. MF. Ashe
lost the fodder, which would have
probably paid all expenses. He was
not willing to take too much credit on
account Of this unusual turnout be-
cause, he said, the seasons were all
along just what they should have been.
FruitIess Search For Fersusen's Body
Chester Reporter, December 81 All
efforts to find the body Of Albert Fer
guson have UP to this time proven
truitless. Searching parties have. been
dragging the river almost continuously
since the accident occurred; but be-
yond the traces Of blood and the lock
cf hair on the end Of one Of the cross,
ties of the bridge and the finding Of a
fireman's cap on Friday afternoon, the
searchers have met with no success.
This cap was found by Mr.. English
about a mile or two below the bridge.
lodged on a raft. 1t Is the regular fire.
mans cap, and being brand new, or
almost so, was without doubt tho
property Of the unfortunate young
man. The search Is being kept up by
friends, neighbors, and the railroad Of
fcials, and will not be abandoned un-
til every possible means Of finding the
body has been exhausted. A large
party Of searchers left the city yester-
day morning and searched all day long,
returning only In the evening when
darkness put an end to the labors. The
sympathy Of the entire community
goes out to the family Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ferguson. Several times have afflio-
ton and sorrow entered their house,
hold in the form Of disease and death;
and it Is the hope Of friends that the
search will soon give them back the
body of their boy. Mr.. Ferguson has
offered a reward Of 500 to the parties
finding the body. o..