Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-04
Mr.. w. E. Feemster of McConnells-

Mr.. w. E. Feemster OF McConnellS-
vile No. l, has brought the largest
sweet potato that has been reported
so far this season. 1t is a white yam
and weighs 81 pounds.
Mr.. T. M. Ferguson, the we'll
known cattle dealer says he can't un-
derstand why any man should take
cold feet in the case of a milch COW
trade The value is always there, he
says, and there is no chance to lose
because milk COWS are as easy to dis
pose of at fair price as Is good cot
ton.
There has been some let up in the
activity of the local cotton market re-
Gently; but it is not altogether because
of the slight weakening in prices. The
people have other work to do in the
shape Of putting in small grain. OF
which they are sowing more than
usual. The farmers are not worrying
about the present price of cotton as
they once did, because of the large
they get ready.
There should be a special corn prize
next year for the largest yield on ar
acre. provided it is not less than a
hundred bushels. Let the prizes for
lIe IlISl, SeCOllu Till pCSl
stand, and give a prize for a yield OF
not less than a hundred bushels. II
there be but one competitor in the
hundred bushel class, let him have the
first and second prizes; but if nobody
makes a hundred bushels, let the hun
dred bushel prize stand until somebody
wins it.
"Yes, let 'em knock all they want
tn Of % "a W
into the Creamery association. "Ot
course, we are going to make success
Of the creamery. Among the sub
scribers there are at least fifty who
are able to milk from two to four cows
each and quite a number who are able
to milk a dozen or more each. What
is more, they are going to keep the
cows and milk them. | am going to
milk four COWS for the present and take
on four more as soon as l can COM
plete my arrangements. 1t is an easy
matter to raise one pig with each cow,
feeding the pigs principally on skim
milk, and l propose to have the full
number of pigs. So far as the knock
ers are concerned, l don't care any
thing about them; but just wait about
two or three months until the business
has had opportunity to show what 1t
will do and see then if you can find
anybody who will own to having been
knocker."
Mr.. John E. Carroll, former super
intendent of education, thinks that to
get rid of double entries on the books
of the auditor, there should be legis-
lation that would make it the paid
duty of some township official to take
an accurate census of each township
every year, say during the month of
April. He suggests April for the rea-
son that this is a month when every
body is at home. There is something
in this idea, and to those who would
object on account If the expense, we
beg leave to observe that the returns
would be many times greater than the
cost. One time about twenty years
ago, the legislature tried the expert
ment of having the names of all per-
sons eligible to poll tax published in
a newspaper once a week for three
weeks. The idea was that neighbors
and others who knew would supply all
the omitted names and help correct
double entries. The experiment cost a
good deal of money. In York county
il amounted to about $500: but it is a
fact that it paid. The publication was
not resor.ed to until the auditor and
school trustees had made their list as
complete as they could and there were
enough correct additions the first year
to pay the expense. The benefit de-
rived continued for several years, add
ing to the profit of the plan from
business standpoint. But Mr. Carrolls
idea is probably better. 1t seems TO us
that a good way to carry it out would
be to wait until the returns are all in,
saw about the first Of April, and then
give especially appointed men so much
per capita for all names they can find
in their respective townships that are
not already on the auditors books.