Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-01

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Mr.. ]. D. Hope, Of Sharon, took first
prize at the state fair with his Med-
can Big Boil cotton.
Mr.. Beauregard Jones Dead.
Mr.. Beauregard Jones died at his
home in Bethesda township last Tues
/ day, after several months Of falling
| health. Mr.. Jones was so years OF age
and is survived by wife and five sons
The interment was in Beth-Shiloh
cemetery.
An Appropriate Gala Day.
Chester Reporter: Yorkville Is pre-
pairing for a gala day on Nov. 23rd, at
which time the annual meetings Of the
Boys Corn and Pig clubs and the
Girls Tomato clubs are to be held.
These are most worthy organizations
one and all, fully capable of rendering
immense benefit to York county, and
Yorkville does right in planning to
make the annual meeting as interest
ing and entertaining as possible.
Unidentified Stranger.
Mr.. J. NJ Davidson, Of Filbert,
brought to The Enquirer office this
morning a strange bird Of the snipe
family that was captured on Mr.. D. M.
Halls place about four miles north Of
Yorkville yesterday, and which we are
unable to locate The bird stands
about eighteen inches high, has long
legs, sharp claws, and long sharp
beak. 1t is quite a fighter and Mr..
Davidson had to be very careful how
he held it by the neck to keep it from
driving it's bill into him. A bird Of the
same kind was captured in the same
neighborhood some years ago by Mr..
Butler Wallace. 1t was supposed at
the time that the stranger had prob
ably been driven up from the coast In
storm but that is a mere matter OF
supposition.
Good Corn Farming.
Jack Erwin, colored, made this year
on Mr.. F. C. Riddles Dobson place, on
the northern outskirts Of Yorkville, an
leverage of something over 80 bushels
Of corn to the acre on five acres. The
figures are reasonably authentic and
under, rather than over the actual
amount. There are about five acres In
the plot of land on which the corn was
raised, possibly little more and pos
sibly little less. To all appearances
the corn averaged up about the same
over the whole field. In estimating the
yield only a single acre was stepped
off, and the outturn was four and a
half wagon loads, the wagon body hav-
ing on the usual extra side boards.
The corn was we'll tramped down In
the wagon body, and farmers Of good
judgment in such matters, estimate
that there was at least 25 bushels of
corn in each full load.
The North and South Road.
Charlotte Chronicle: Yesterday the
| Sketcher had occasion to travel over
the new road that Is being built from
Gastonia towards Yorkville, S. c. They
| are making one of the incest sand clay
| roads In the county. The road has been
graded and the force is now at work
hauling sand and pressing it in. 1t has
| been completed about four miles from
the town. The people Of York county
are building a road from Yorkville to-
| wards Glover, which has been COM
pleted for about five miles, this being
/ half way, and this road will connect
with the road from Gastonia. Already
| a good road has been completed from
Chester to Yorkville, and they hope to
have a good highway soon from Ches-
ter to Gastonia, on to Charlotte. The
call a North and South road, which Is
one leading to the south side Of the
county towards Chester to the north
side towards Gastonia. They are also
at work on an east and west road,
| which will give two good public high
ways clear across the county.
Farming in Fort Mill.
Two exhibitions in land breaking
says a Fort Mill dispatch, are now taxi
| ing place here that are attracting the
attention of a great many people OF
| this section, especially farmers. Mr..
Fred Minis has recently purchased a
traction kerosene engine and Is now
| having 1t tried out on his farm, three
miles south of town. while half-mile
further on, Mr.. B. NJ. Lee Is entertain
ing a representative of a powder fac
tory, who is demonstrating subsoilins
land by dynamite. The 30-horsepower
tractor is pulling a 6-disc plow and
breaks and pulverizes a track about
five feet wide and up to eighteen inches
Deep fifteen acres per day. The test
is now being made on the most difficult
part of the farm, on a washed red hill
side, between two terraces averaging
four feet high. The engine yesterday
pulled up and over one of these ter
races from below, pulling the plow as 1t
ascended. All the farmers seem favor
ably impressed by the demonstration,
and it is evident that in a fairly level
field excellent work could be done by
night as we'll as by day. People Won
der that kerosene could be used as an
explosive with such power. yet the en-
gine actually burns mixture Of equal
parts of water and kerosene, thirty-f1ve
gallons Of each per day.