Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-26

But it looks like the tornadoes ana
cyclones are plowing up cotton in
Texas.
There has been planted on the coun-
Nv home farm about twenty-five acres
of cotton and something over one hum
dred acres of corn. The corn crop is
not all in yet.
If our politicians would give as much
attention to the advancement OF the
best interests Of South Carolina as they
do to the advancement of their per-
sonal advantage, would not old South
Carolina stride along?
Corn is worth one dollar and one
half cent a bushel laid down in York
vile and the time price is about $l.S5
bushel. At that rate it would pay
any farmer to plow up one acre or
cotton in ten and plant it in corHs, We
fear. however, that not many will see
it this way.
If one would get an idea of the pros
perity and intelligence of the people
of York county, he has but to go 10
one of our country churches on an oc-
casion like that at Flint Hill last
Sunday and the impression Will force
itself upon you that the people OF YORK
county in personal appearance, char
acter and intelligence are the equal OF
anv people to be found anywhere.
Rev. Henry Cauthen says that the
Presbyterial High school at Bethany
is doing most excellent work. He was
very much struck with the evidences
of thoroughness he saw in many OF
the students, and accounted for it In
the earnestness and ability Of the fac
ulty. Mr.. Cauthen has the advantage
of a most complete literary and the
illogical education from the primary
schools. through Wofford college and
Vanderbilt university, and Is well
qualified to Judge Of such matters.
While The Enquirer has heard of a
number of farmers who "are going TO
to beat the farmers who win the
Farmers Union corn prizes" it has
heard of very few who have thus far
had the nerve to send Mr.. A. l.. Black
a half dollar with instructions to en-
ter their names for the contest. AS
matters stand now, the outlook is that
some of these farmers who are "going
TO beat the prize winners" will have
occasion to regret that they failed to
have themselves enrolled as contest
ants.
In The Enquirer Of last Tuesday, a
lady advertised for a breastpin lost
between Yorkville and Bullock's Creek,
and asked that it be returned to The
ENQUIRER office. On Thursday Mr.. j.
E. Mendenhall came in with a breast
pin that he had found on Main street,
Yorkville; but it did not answer the
description. Later however, a tele-
phone message announced tnat the
pin had been found by Mr. Garland
Dowdle of Bullock's Greek, who would
bring it to Yorkville at his earliest
convenience. Last Friday Nell Beard
advertised for lost puppy. and the
puppy was found within an hour after
the paper got on the streets. The
facts are interesting as SllBnI lHul-
cation of the thoroughness with which
The Enquirer covers its field.
We will have to confess to "slip
up" in our paragraph about the clos
ing exercises of the Presbyterial High
school last Friday. We had made ar
rangements on Wednesday to get in
formation of Thursdays proceedings
over the telephone on Friday morning
These arrangements failed and there
was nothing to do but rely upon the
printed programme. In that we slip
ped Rev. J. L. Oates who was to
have delivered the literary address,
was unable to be present and at the
last moment Rev Henry Cauthen was
called upon to take the place of Mr.
Oates. That he did it nicely goes
without saying. Mr.. Cauthen is con-
sidered as an honorary member OF
The Enquirer staff, and we are rather
proud of the fact. Under any other
circumstances he would have been
sure to nave given us this information;
but Notwithstanding the fact that he
is an eX-newSpaper man, he still has
quite an awkward bunch of modesty,
and appreciating this fact we shall not
hold anything against him for letting
us slip on the statement of fact refer