Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-08-20
The September Term.

The September Term.
There Is no certainty that the pro-
posed September term of the court Of
common pleas will be held. A venire
Of petit jurors was drawn for the first
week last Tuesday and according to Of
fetal notice duly posted, second We
nire was to have been drawn this morn
ing; but the second week jury was not
drawn. Several lawyers were unable
to see the need Of the proposed Sep
tember term, and there was some talk
Of holding bar meeting to call 1t off;
but this has not yet been done. There
are a few cases that will be pressed for
trial If the court convenes. In case the
September court is held, Judge Thomas
s. Sease will preside.
Dispensary School Fund.
Asked about the dispensary funds
appropriated for school purposes by
the last general assembly the other
day, Superintendent Of Education
Quinn said: york county has about
$500 on deposit in local banks. Un-
der the law, however, this money can
not be used for paying teachers or
for other work In connection with the
conduct of schools. 1t Is known as a
county board fund. and can only be
used In connection with the laying out
of new school districts or school i'm
provement work. None Of 1t can be
expended except upon the approval of
the state board of education and there
1t stands. Also, under the law, no
more than one-fourth Of 1t can be ex-
pended In any one year. Just how 1t
can be expended or what 1t can be ex-
pended for, I fear 1 cannot give you
n, ktafn L. IaN
to get at it myself"
From Rock Hill Into Bethesda.
Rock Hill special of August Is to
the Columbia State: Work has be-
gun on what will be known as the
Finley road, running through the
farm Of Congressman D. E. Finley,
west Of this city, to the Bethesda
section Of York county. The road
D. P. Leslie is supervisor, is at work
on this end of the road next to the
city and the farmers living along the
road and owning land along it are at
work on the other end, and they eX-
pect to push the work until it Is COM
pleted. The county chaingang bridge
force will do the bridge work, which
will be concrete over two creeks that
this road crosses. The road when
finished will penetrate one Of the very
best sections Of York county, the
Bethesda section, which heretofore
was about nine miles from Rock Hill
the way 1t was gotten to, and in bad
weather 1t was almost impossible to
reach this section at all. The new
road for several miles Is almost bee
line and will not only be. first-class
road but will shorten the distance
from here to Bethesda church at least
three miles. In addition to the farm
ers taking their own teams and hands
and doing all the work they can be-
tween seasons on the road they have
subscribed considerable money, and
what they and the township super
visor can not do they will contract
and complete the road.
Big Yield of Cane.
Rock Hill special of August 19 to the
Columbia State: That South Carolina
farmers can easily lead the world in
crop productions has been more than
once publicly stated. South Carolina
soil and climate-plus brains, plus work
can do the work, and when 1t Is not
accomplished the reason can always be
traced to lack Of work and energy, lack
of intelligent application. A most re-
markable crop has been raised In this
county, two or three miles outside or
Rock Hill, by Sam Barron, who owns
and operates farm at EbeneZer He en-
tered the $3.50 gold prize contest inau-
gurated by the National Union bank Of
Rock Hill. He set aside one acre, plant
ing 1t in sugar cane Last week the con-
test judges measured and weighed the
crop, which had just matured, and
found that Mr.. Barron had raised thir-
teen and one half tons Of cane on this
prize acre. At the low price Of $3.50
per ton, it will be seen that this acre
produced crop valued at $181.75; but
that is not all. Mr.. Barron will yet
make a second crop Of cane on this
acre, and he feels sure that with the
second crop that acre will easily net
him $3.50. Is there an acre Of cotton any
where in South Carolina that will pro-
duce anywhere near the figure? In this
contest many farmers Of York county
have entered acres devoted to corn,
peas, potatoes (sweet and Irish) and
cotton, and it Is expected that some re-
markable yields will be made-only go
ing to show that If the southern farm
ers would devote some Of their land
to the raising Of feedstuffs, falling
cotton market would not bankrupt
them. One farmer in this contest. who
planted Irish potatoes, thinks that his
acre will net him over $3.50.