Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-27
LETTER FROM OGDEN.
Bethesda Farmers Sow Small Grain
Burning of Mr.. N. B. Bratton's Barn
Township Sunday School Organi-

zation-Other Matters.
Correspondence OF the iorkville Enquirer.
Ogden, October EFF the weather Is
favorable most of the corn that has
not already been gathered will be haul
ed in this week. The part Of the crop
that has been gathered up to this time
was pulled in most cases in order that
the land might be sowed in oats. The
rains Of last Thursday and Friday
broke into this work, bat sowing will
be resumed just as soon as the land
dries There is little doubt Of the fact
that If the weather conditions are ia
vorable during the next few weeks,
there will be a larger acreage sowed
in grain in this section Of the county
than for several years past Messrs.
W. S. Percival, J. l. Williamson and
]. M. Byers are turning their land with
two-horse and three-horse turn and
disk pows and will put the seed In
with a drill, putting in a liberal amount
Of fertilizers with the seed. The first
two named will SOW twenty-five or
thirty acres each. Other large farmers
in this section will probably prepare
their land in the same way. 1t Is now
pretty generally conceded that the corn
crop around Ogden is at least 25 per
cent better than was expected some
time ago.
THERE'S still some cotton in the fields
hereabouts. There, however, would have
been very little to pick at this time,
but for the fact that the farmers have
been giving their time and attention to
matters other than cotton for the past
two or three weeks They have been
busy housing their forage crop, gath
ering corn and sowing grain. There Is
not much cotton to open now and 1t
will not take long to finish gathering
the crop with favorable weather condi-
tions. The farmers of this section are
holding on to their cotton with pref
ty firm grip, many Of them not having
sold a single bale.
The barn of Mr.. Boney Bratton at
Brattonsville, some five or six miles
west of this place, was destroyed by
fire last Thursday night. Your cor
respondent learns that the contents,
which consisted mainly Of a lot Of
roughness, was all destroyed and that
Mr. Bratton's family horse was right
badly burned. The fire started shortly
after dark Thursday evening and its
origin could not be accounted for un-
less it was from spontaneous comous-
ton, there being some peavines in the
building that were not thoroughly cur
ed. Full particulars concerning the
fire, the extent Of the loss, insurance
if any etc, are not obtainable.
A called meeting Of representatives
of the Sunday schools in Bethesda
township will be held at Bethesda
church next Saturday, October 81, at
1890 a. m, for the purpose Of forming
a Township Sunday Schol association,
such as has already been organized In
Catawba, Ebenezer, Broad River and
other townships in the county. Mr..
w. T. Hollis will attend as represen-
tative Of the Antioch Sunday school.
Dinner will be served on the church
ward and everybody interested in Sun
day school work is invited to attend.
Quite a number from Ogden attended
the unveiling services of Walnut Camp
No. 4, w. o. w. at Rock Hill Sunday
afternoon. Among them being your
correspondent. Seven monuments were
unveiled and the services were very
beautiful and impressive throughout.
The address which was delivered by
Rev. A. S. Rogers, pastor Of the A. r.
P. church, was the principal feature. 1t
was indeed quite an interesting and
aDprODriate discourse.