Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-23

This locality has reason now to hope
for immunity from the invasion Of an
other circus during the balance Of the
year. Two within a month are about
as many as it can reasonably stand.
There is a common belief that sui
eide is a very unusual occurrence
among negroes. AS to whether there
is any foundation for such a belief in
the past, we are unable to say. But
anyway, several suicides within the
past few weeks, have established an
unquestionable record.
On the strength Of such information
as was available at the time, it was
stated that partridges were plentiful
this year. Subsequent reports, how
ever, are to the effect that the young
birds suffered seriously as the result
of the floods during the latter part OF
August and they are not so plentiful as
usual.
Mrs. w. H. Herndon of Yorkville
has shown The Enquirer a photograph
of a cornfeld on Sunnyside farm in
Union county that made 100 bushels to
the acre last year. The rows were
feet s inches wide and the corn was
16 inches in the drill. The photograph
makes a most interesting picture.
Of course, every farmer should prac-
tice seed selection on his own farm
All of the finest seeds have been devel-
oped by careful selection, and such de-
velopment can be carried to its highest
perfection on the farms where the
seeds are grown and where they are
expected to grow. And there is no end
to such development.
It won't cost much to SOW an acre OF
wheat to the plow. A half bushel OF
seed to the acre is a plenty. The late
David T. Leslie, in his day, one OF
the most progressive farmers in the
county, proved that fact conclusively
He not only proved that a half bushel
of seed to the acre was a plenty; but
he proved that a half bushel is better
than a bushel.
The peculiar haze that pervaded the
atmosphere last Tuesday through
which the sun appeared all day as a
big red disk, hardly brighter than the
moon, has been noted in a number OF
papers throughout the state, and the
common opinion seems to be that the
haze was caused by smoke from the
forest fires that have been raging fol
the past two weeks in the Allegheny
mountains up in Pennsylvania.
In personal letter to the editor OF
The Enquirer Mr.. E. D. Smith, who
was nominated for United States sena-
tor in the Democratic primaries, takes
occasion to say that he is very grateful
for the confidence reposed in him by
the voters of York county, and he is
anxious to get into still closer ac-
quaintance with them. He promises
that as soon as practicable after the
cotton convention at Memphis on No
vember IL and II, he will come to
Yorkville and give the people Of this
county his views on the situation.
Mr.. J. e. Brandon, who lives on Sha-
ron r. F. D. No. 2, four miles from Nc
Connellsville, is another York county
farmer who has become an enthusias-
tic convert as to the superiority OF
thoroughbred stock. He had never
paid much attention to the matter un-
til few years ago, when his son, who
is now a senior at Clemson COL
lege, induced him to invest in
some thoroughbred Berkshire pigs
He gave the pigs especial atten-
ton and they have been doing so much
better than he has ever known hogs to
do before that he no longer has any
doubts. He sells off a lot of pigs each
year and all the people who have been
buying from him are becoming con-
verts like himself.