Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-02

seeing his shadow today.
She has the boys and she has the
lands and there Is no reason why York
county should not have the largest and
best Boys Corn club in the state.
Now, which will be the first neigh
borhood to take advantage Of. the
Beamguard drainage bill as soon as II
gets through? There is no need for
every one to speak at once; but there
is need for everybody to get busy.
Although most of tho corn club boys
will have to lose day out Of school
to be nresent at the meeting in York.
willie next Monday, they will not lose
The work Is distinctly and
decidedly educational in its character,
and the time spent in listening to the
speakers will be spent most prof1tably.
It Is to be hoped that the school trus-
tees and teachers will all look at 1t
this way. y
Ten cent cotton has created quite
stir about Yorkville and throughout
the county. Many farmers who have
been holding on manfully. decided to
let loose part Of their holdings and
some let go everything. And there Is
no mistaking the fact that 10 cents
produces a much better feeling gener-
ally. A good many people had begun
to grow hopeless. and even though the
new price does not hold for a great
while, they feel the better for having
seen 1t again.
About this time Of year you may
hear speculations as to when Lent
begins and when the Easter holidays
will be here. Curiously enough, Ash
Wednesday, which is the beginning Of
Lent, Is fixed by the end Of Lent,
which Is Easter Sunday, because East
er Sunday must agree with certain
phase Of the moon, which does not
occur until Lent Is nearly over. Easter
Sunday being fixed, Ash Wednesday Is
placed as the seventh Wednesday be-
fore that day. Easter Is called a NOV.
able feast because 1t falls on Different
days in different years. AS you know,
1t takes fourteen days for the moon
to become full. The Paschal moon Is
the name given to the Jewish Passover
moon, which is the first full moon on
or after March 21. Easter Sunday
Is the Sunday after the fourteenth
day Of the Paschal moon, so the earli-
est date it can fall is March %, when
the moon is full on the 21st, and that
date Is Saturday. 1t cannot be later
than April 25, when the fourteenth
day of the Faschal moon falls on the
18th, and that date is Sunday. This
year Ash Wednesday falls on February
81 and Easter Sunday on April Z.
As we see It, tho town council has.
acted wisely in resembling its former
action with reference to the beef |Jf<
cense question and allowing matters
to stand as they were. The free trade
idea Is so natural and just that any
one takes to II quite readily. We be-
lieve in free trade, or in as nearly
free trade AS 1t Is possible to arrive
at. Broadly speaking, we believe In
free trade in beef even, and we have
no sympathy with the license idea
from the standpoint of protection
But from the nature Of the case, pru-
dence, common sense and experience
all remind us Of the necessity for reg
ulation by proper guarantees as 10
as we'll as to quality.
For instance, suppose the YorkVille
market were thrown open to the whole
county for the free sale Of beef, what
real protection would the people
have? OF course there are honest
dealers in the country, plenty Of them,
and among them are men who know
how to butcher and handle beef as
we'll as anybody; but how could the
beef selling privilege be confined to
them? There are in the country dis
honest dealers, even some who would
not hesitate to bring to town cow
or a hog that may have died of dis
ease. Such things have been done
in times past, and We have
heard pretty serious accusations OF
such things having been done In
Yorkville. That Is one phase OF the
subject. Another Is like this. Free
beef would frequently mean a glutted
market. out Of which the vendors
could make no profit, and that would
mean the offering Of spoiled meats
for indiscriminate sale. 1t would be
that way at times, and at other times
there would be nothing to be had
from wagons. We do not believe such
a condition would put the local BUTCH
ers out Of business. All three Of them
have been here for years and they are
known Of everybody. Everybody has
in them, and they could
continue to sell. even though the
streets were full Of beef. There Is
not one of the three that would kill
for consumption an animal against
which he had the slightest suspicion.
There Is not one who would think OF
trying to sell a piece Of tainted beef,
except under strict representations as
to exactly what II was. There Is not
one, even. who will knowingly sell a
customer a piece Of beef which he Is
not satisfied will suit that customer.
This Is putting it pretty strong; but
we know these men. we have known
them for years, and we do not know
in the town for whose busi-
ness integrity we would vouch more
quickly. About all that Is to be said
about the town council is that 1t acted
in this matter somewhat hastily as
all of us are liable to do sometimes:
but after getting more light and a
more comprehensive grasp Of the sit
uation, 1t came to the conclusion that
it was about to make mistake, and
1t had the manhood to correct that
before any harm was done.
The whole incident has resulted in
good rather than otherwise, and, so
far as we know, there Is little about
1t to be regretted.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
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