Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-12-19
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

the farm system of rural credits. The
bank will be located In Oconee coun- .
ty. Col Watson Is assisting the pro-
moters with all the information about
rural credits in use In foreign coun-
tries and especially in Ireland. The
formation of this bank will be watch
ed with interest.
-Newberry Herald and News: A
branch from black pepper tree was
handed us Wednesday by Mr.. L. w.
Jones, who got 1t at the old MCCOY
place at Helena, while he was there
having one Of his houses repaired.
Twigs of the branch are filled with
the little peppers. 1t will be interest
ing to a great many people to know
that right here at their very doors is a
tree growing the same kind Of little
round, hard black pepper they buy at
the store. 1t will be news to them.
They never dreamed of such thing.
= Gaffney Ledger: One Of the big
gest distilleries ever seized in 'Chero-
kee county was brought into Gaffney
early Wednesday morning by Deputy
Sheriffs Henry Lockhart, Joe Watkins
and Special oficer Hoppe. The dis
tillery was 60-gallon capacity affair
and excited much interest here We'd
nesday. The officers discovered the
distillery about midnight. 1t was To-
Gated near the Hopewell negro church
between Blacksburg and Kings Creek.
and was in active operation as the
apparatus was still warm from the fire
when the officers arrived. mo whisky
was on hand but over 1000 gallons OF
beer fell into the officers hands and
went trickling down the hilis No ar
rests have been made. "' ~ -
= Chester. December 1S: There was
an important call meeting Of the First
Associate Reformed Presbyterian pres
bytery at the local church of that de-
nomination this morning. The Rev.
John H. Simpson, in the absence of
the Rev. ]. B. Hood. the moderator.
presided. Others present were: The
Rev. DR.. D. q. Phillips and the Revs.
R. l. McCown and ]. 8. Mills. and J. 4.
Bigham and J. NJ. Mills. The object of
the meeting was to present the call TO
Mr.. McCown, which was recently ten
dered him by the Hopewel Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church. This
was done and the call was accepted.
The installation services will be held
Thursday, January /. The Rev. r. A.
Lummus Of Edgmoor will deliver the
sermon and likewise preside at the
installation services; the Rev. J.. 8.
Mills Of Blackstock will adress the
pastor, and the Rev. D. G. Phillips
will address the people. There will be
another call meeting Of the First As
sociate Reformed Presbyterian pres
bytery to pass upon the call recently
extended the Rev. ]. r. Hooten Of
Clinton to become pastor Of Concord
and Kannapolis A. r. p. churches
when he secures his transfer from the
Second presbytery.
Anderson, December IL: Hon.
John L. McLaurin OF Bennettsville,
was chief speaker Of the December
Trades Day held here yesterday. He
spoke at the court house, beginning
little before noon and was heard by an
audience Of about 600. In the course
Of his address he said: "The farmers
Of South Carolina lose on an average
Of to 20 million dollars a year. no
matter what Is the price Of cotton. by
the present manner of marketing. This
amount sounds large and yet; It Is
really conservative estimate II you
will take one Of these tables Of prices
issued by the leading New York cot.
ton firms and begin, say fifteen years
back and set down the average price
In October and May, you will find with
the exception Of one year, 1t fig
ures out just as have stated The
weight Of cotton in October presses
the market down and then after 1t has
passed out Of the hands Of the farmer
and the cotton bought passed into
consumption, the middleman gets Is
to 20 dollars q bale profit on what he
has held. That is legitimate, but Is Il
wise and can the cotton planter stand
his ever increasing drain? Certainly
II cotton for two years should In the
fall remain below the cost Of produc-
tion II would destroy the industry and
break every merchant who was fur
nishing supplies on credit It makes
the great business Of growing cotton
gamble, a. man never can tell with
any degree Of certainty what he Is go
Ing to get for his crop. In 1911, ! sold
cotton until It went below 81 cents
| and then began to warehouse 1t. 1t
was bad cotton too, the worst crop In
grade that / ever saw, yet the next
| summer, 1t brought 13 cents. about
| $500 bale more than II did In 0cto-
| ber >.
Columbia, December Il: That over
IS per cent Of the drugs in drug stores
throughout the state are below the
! standard required by. the state law.
from those stores in which samples
were taken and tested in the state
this morning by Commissioner E. j.
Watson, in discussing the results Of
the enforcement Of the pure food and
drug act. He said that inspectors
from his department had recently
| made a roundup Of the drugs, the
| drag-net including every portion OF
the state, drug stores in the Piedmont
section, in the Pee-Dee, In Charleston
and the southern section and In CO.
lumbia, having been inspected. Com
missioner Watson said that he had
sent out warnings to the drug stores
that all drugs must come up to the re-
quirement, and as this Is the first Of
fense he would not take any steps. but
on another violation he would prompt
ly bring criminal prosecution He said
the requirements as to the drugs be-
ing up to standard must be complied
wiz. promptly, and stringent instruc-
tions to this effect went out this morn
ing from the commissioners office. In
the enforcement of the pure food and
drug laws, Mr. Watson said that first
attention had been given to inspec-
tions Of butcher shops and butcher
pens, restaurants, eating and lunch
counters and fruit stands. He said
that several of the little eating stands
throughout the state, after few
weeks observance of the laws. would
have a relapse. and he proposed to
slap the law to backsliders hereafter.