Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-16

meTly-Ine RECENT FroSr-Other
Matters.
Correspondence OF the rorkville Enquirer.
Ogden, October 14.-The young negro
girl who was slashed with a razor
about two weeks ago. by a negro by
the name Of Locke, has about recover
ed from the wound. The girl lives on
Mr.. w. S. Percivals place and Locke
has been on Mr.. J. l.. Williamson's
place this year He lived on Mr.. Per-
civals place six or seven years ago, and
since that time he has been in the
Yorkville neighborhood up to this year.
1t appears that Locke assaulted the
girl almost without any cause or pro-
vocation whatever, she having only
stepped in his way in a playful man
ner as they walked along the road or
some like trivial offense, whereupon he
drew a razor. and slashed the girl in
the side, cutting a cash some six or sew
en- inches long across the ribs. The
physician who was summoned to
sew up the wound said that the same
stroke made parallel with the ribs
would have produced a fatal wound,
had the blade entered between two
ribs. 1t Is said that there were several
witnesses to the cutting, all colored,
but Locke escaped Immediately after
wards. Mr.. Percival, however, advised
Sheriff Brown Of the affair by phone,
giving him a description Of the negro,
and a few days later Locke was picked
up on the Kings Mountain road near
Yorkville by Deputy Sheriff Quinn, and
was lodged in Jail to await trial at the
approaching term of court. ..
Your correspondent learns that the
only information Mr.. and Mrs. S. E.
McFadden have had as to the where
abouts of their young son, who left
home about four weeks ago, was a let
ter received from him last week, which
was written and mailed on a train.
But about all the information 1t con-
tanned was that he (young McFadden)
was on the train and going, but in
what direction or his probable destina-
ton was not stated. 1t Is thought,
however, that he Is making his way to
Texas where he has relatives.
Corn gathering. will soon be In prog
ress. In fact few gathered early corn
a week or ten days ago, and now have
stand Of oats on the ground. If
the weather continues favorable, there
will be lots of oats sowed Just as soon
as corn Is gathered.
What The Enquirer had to say in a
recent issue on the subject Of sowing
wheat and oats, was very timely and
to the point and 1t Is to be hoped that
the farmers Of York county will "see
the point" and go to raising more food
crops, which in itself, will naturally. re-
duce the cotton acreage. 1t Is a fact,
however, that it Is harder to make
wheat in this section Of the county than
is used to be. Wheat can be made
now, but the land must be prepared
better and more fertilizers used. In
other words 1t costs more to make
wheat now. Twenty or twenty-five
years ago 1t was just as common for
the farmers Of this section to have. old
wheat at harvest time as 1t Is for them
to have old corn in their cribs at gath
ering time now. 1t was no trouble
whatever to make wheat then. The
seed was sown broadcast on raw, un-
prepared land and plowed in with or
dinary twisters, without a particle Of
rough manure or commercial fertilizers
being put on the land, and fine yields
were made-better than can be made
now on the same land thoroughly pre-
pared and a liberal application Of fer
tliZers. Oats still grow well in this
section of the country sowed in the
old fashioned way without any manure,
and 1t cannot be denied that wheat
cali be made by properly preparing the
land and using fertilizers, and that the
far,. ers are not giving the proper at
tention to this crop, but 1t is also a
fact that wheat will not grow in this
part Of the county like 1t did 25, 20 and
even Is years ago.
No damage was done in this section
of the county by the frost on the morn
ing Of the 4th instant only the ten
derest vegetation being blasted at all.
There was a light frost here IN We'd
neSday morning Of this week, but moth
ing was hurt by it.
Ogden will probably lose one Of her
best families, Mr.. S. F. McFadden your
correspondent is informed, has decided
to move with his family to Texas this
fall. Mr.. McFadden was born and rails
ed in this section and the many friends
Of this family will regret to learn that
they are to leave. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
McFadden have a brother and a sister
and other relatives in Texas, and the
former spent several years in that state
when he was quite a young man.
Mrs. Caroline Scoggins, the venerable
mother Of Mr.. T. w. ScOggins Of this
place, continues to enjoy remarkably
good health for person Of her age.
She lacks only about two months of
being "a years old. Mrs. Scoggins is
not so stout as she was even a few
wears ago. but it has been many years
since she has had any serious illness and
she is rarely ever confined to bed. She
is never contented except when occu-
pied in some way and besides doing
much Of the household work, has made
a record as a cotton picker this fall,
having picked about 500 pounds dur
ing her spare moments" the past five
or six weeks.
Rev. w. A. Beckham will fill his reg
ular appointment at Antioch M. E.
church Sunday afternoon. The hour
for services has been changed from 4
o'clock to $50 until further notice.
Business continues brisk in the
country and the farmers are appreciat-
ing the fine weather following the rains
Of last week.
There is a big crop Of persimmons
and wild grapes this year-fine o'pos-
sum food and the lovers Of this dish
are wont to HE themselves to the woods
these nights in pursuit Of the game.