Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-23

The Rock Hill papers are agitatine
the question Of public cotton weigheI
for Rock Hill.
Some of the farmers say that their
Williamson plan corn has not turned
out as they expected and others say
that where the Williamson plan has
been followed faithfully, the result Is
all that could be desired.
Mr.. ]. Newton PeeIer Of Kings
Creek, came into The Enquirer Office
Yesterday and subscribed for the pa
per until January /, paying the price
20 cents. He said that he was sub
scriber to the York Enterprise. the
Yorkville Yeoman and the Yorkville
New Era. He took each Of them be-
cause he was told they were cheap
er" He said he has had enough ex-
perimenting and will not make any
more changes. He declared that The
Enquirer was always the best paper
anyway.
One of the most surprising propo-
sitions we have run up against In a
good while Is that there is such small
demand in York county for Prof. New
mans book On Practical. Gardening
Most Of the information the people
of this section have about gardening is
such as has been handed down from
one generation to another and nine
-ooxIa o,,t ~ fan ara hodlu confused
as to that. Prof Newman's book tells
exactly how things should be done
and in such a way as to be understood
by almost any man or woman who can
read. There are few people who would
not be able to get much pleasure and
benefit out of it, provided they give
any attention whatever to gardening
yet in all OF York county less than one
dozen copies have been sold.
One thing that hinders prompt and
general registration is the fact that Sc
many people assume that the getting
Of a registration certificate Is matter
that can be attended to at any time In
the future, and they keep putting 1t OF
from day to day with the result that
they never get 1t. But the getting OF
a registration certificate is not such an
easy matter as many people seem to
think. 1t Is true that the books are
supposed to be open every first Mon
day; but even that must not be ac-
cepted as a matter Of course. Under
the law the books must be closed thir-
ty days before a general election; and
that often means that there Is no reg
istration on the first Monday in Octo-
Der Of a general election year. Then
again holidays have a way Of bobbing
in Unexpectedly The board can work
on holidays If it wants to, but II 1t does
not want to It does not have to. That
is to say, a registration certificate Is
sued on a legal holiday is good; but
the board does not have to meet on a
legal holiday. The first Monday In
September Is a legal holiday, and as to
whether the board will meet on that
day we do not know. We do not care
to be understood as urging II to meet
or holding that It should meet; but II
1t intends to meet and will advise us
of the fact, we will print the informa-
ton for the benefit Of those who may
desire to register. 1t Is very import
ant indeed that every one who is not
registered; but who is entitled to a
certificate should get one at once. AS
matters now stand it is possible for a
well organized small minority Of the
voters to take charge of things and do
pretty much as. it pleases until the
majority can get together. The gov
ernment of this country now is not
nearly so safe as many people seem to
think.