Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-29
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Columbia, Marcn 20. DeIlnlte an
nouncement is made this afternoon
that 1t is the f. |. Dupont de Nemours
Powder company tnat will engage in
the manufacture Of alcohol in George
town, under the terms of the recent
enactment of the general assembly.
The sawdust for the purpose of man
ufacturing the alcohol will be obtained
from the monster plant Of the Atlantic
Coast Lumber company at Georgetown.
1t Is stated that 100000 will be spent
on improvements for the new industry
in this state.
- Columbia, March &c: B. +. King,
Jr,. was released this afternoon upon
bond in the sum of $4,000, the bonds
men being Messrs. ]. A. Hoyt and Alex
King. On his arrival young King
went before United States Commits
sioner Beverly Sloan. secured bond and
went on home to Greenwood with his
father. Young Kings friends have no
fear of his prompt acquittal, as he is
said to have substantial evidence that
he had nothing to do with the alleged
swindle. beyond being a clerk in the
Greenwood office of the company. b.
F. King, Jr.. Is wanted for alleged frau
dulent used of the mails in connection
with the Metropolitan Loan and Trust
company of Greenwood.
- Georgetown, March 90: Charley
Wimberly was shot and fatally wound
ed by John PendarviS in the Indian
Field section Of the county about eight
miles from ST George late this after
noon. Tine tragedy occurred at an egg
picking Particulars regarding the af-
fair are meagre. PendarviS and Mack
Wimberly, a nephew of the slain man,
were engaged in a dispute when Char
ley Wimberly interfered. Pendarvis Is
said to have been cut on the arm be-
fore he fired the fatal shot. Wimberly
died in a short time after the shooting.
Pendarvis is in Jail, having surrender
ed himself to the sheriff Immediately
after the affair. Both are members Of
well known families. Wimberly was
married and mad a wife and number
Of young children. He had an excel
lent reputation and was hard working
and Industrious. Pendarvis is young
unmarried man.
-Spartanburg Journal, March 2S:
Yesterday we rode up to Ed Fosters
farm to examine the plowinS he was
doing with gasoline power. He bought
u 12-horse engine and a gang of three
disc plows. Soon after he began to
work, the wet weather set in and stop
ped him for several weeks. He Is now
finishing about fifty acres. He took off
one disc, because the power was not
sufficient to pull the three in the hard
clay. The field examined had been
plowed to inches in former years.
The hard land in places had never been
broken. The average depth he has
plowcd it this time is about 8 inches.
1t may be less in places. We said to
him that he was bringing up too much
red clay in places, while he admitted
that it was too mucn, he thought by
narrowing and heavy fertiliZinS the
crop of this year would be good, and il
will be. He did very fine work. When
il disc plOw brings up and pulveriZcs
three inches of hard clay, great power
is required. Four heavy mules would |
not have done the work as we'll as ii
was done by gasoline power There
is no doubt as to the value of the work |
done. Next year two more inches of
clay can be touched up and in the |
course of three years the soil will be Id |
to II inches deep. Mr.. Foster proposes |
to get a l5-hOrSe power engine and use |
the three discs. Two hands are re-
uuired to do the work and the SaSO-
line and machine oil costs about $3.50 |
"A day of twelve hours. Two discs
will cut about 22 inches. The machine
does not move quite as fast as lively |
horses hitched to a plow. With the
two discs four acres may be broken in
u tn II hours, even when the clay is
very hard. Counting time, oil and two
nandS. the cost of breaking will be 81
to $2.25 an acre. and ii is cheap ut that.
when the style of work is considered.
Any farmer who has 80 to 100 acres of
and on which such a machine can be
used should have one.