Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-11

lowing ten cents for cotton. Let others
follow along the same line, and 1t Will
help the situation wonderfully.
Mr.. w. B. Keller of Yorkville No. l,
made 1O3 bushels of wheat on three
acres this year from q bushels sowed.
His oats averaged 7S bushels to the
acre.
The corn crop throughout the coun-
ty appears to be suffering very consid-
erably from drouth. Farmers from va
rious sections expressed the opinion
yesterday that there would be little II
any corn, if rain did not soon fall.
A building contractor said to a rep
resentative Of The Enquirer, Wednes-
day: Before the European war broke
out was figuring on contracts total
ing something over 100000; but all Of
the prospective building Is now being
held up, pending a settlement Of the
war, except $500 worth of work"
II the idea of buying bale Of cotton
at 10 cents when it may be had for u
cents, is an advertising proposition,
then what is to be said of the idea Of
buying at q cents to be held for 10
cents? According to our view the man
who is willing to give q cents on each
pound Of bale Of cotton primarily to
help the other fellow, is entitled to all
the advertising he will get. And we
only hope that York county has sew
eral thousand such men.
"WeII," said a gentleman Of the New
Zion neighborhood, to the reporter,
yesterday, you can just count on it
that the farmers are not going to vote
much in the third primary. They have
got too much to do. Cotton is coming
out like everything and even though
the farmers are offered mighty little
for it at present, they've got to pick it.
Besides, a good many folks are tired Of
so much politics and they are simply
not going to the polls"
We have received more than fifty or
ders for the York county club rolls,
which we tentatively offered to publish
in booklet form, and although the hun
dred mark has not been reached, the
club rolls will be published, probably
next week. Several individuals who
appreciate the value Of this publication
in convenient form, have ordered
half dozen copies each, and we do not
propose to stand back in the face of
liberality like that. The edition, how
ever, will be small, and people who
count on being able to get copies at
any old time, are again cautioned that
they had better attend to the matter
now.
e. w. Dabbs, president of the South
Carolina Farmers Union, is pushing
movement for the organization Of a
State Mutual Insurance company to
| take up the matter of insuring cotton
in improvised warehouses. He is cogni-
zant Of the wonderful success Of the
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance COM
pany Of York county, and wants Mr.. D.
E. Boney, the manager to meet with
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Gus counties, with view to organizing
along the lines Of the York county
| company He points out that the cost
Of insurance in the York county COM
pany is only 80 cents per $1OO per an
mum, while the old line companies are
charging $2.25 to s4.0O per $1OO.
II is very we'll to remember that
when the tick eradicators came into
York county they promised that as
soon as the quarantine regulations
were removed from this section, prices
Of cattle would begin to advance. That
there has been an advance Of more
than 100 per cent since then is not to
be denied. OF course there may be
some question as to whether tick erad-
ication had anything to do with the ad-
vance; but intelligent people will not
be slow to give that work due credit
| Now that the buy-a-bale movement
has been duly inaugurated in this coun-
ty, the thing is to push it. There
should be thorough canvass Of all the
people who are supposed to be able to
raise enough cash to buy a bale of mid
ding cotton at 10 cents, and every one
should be urged to participate on the
ground that whether the venture proves
directly profitable or not, the man who
raised the cotton will be aided and en-
couraged that much.
People from the hail swept section
say that there are lots Of green
crops in that territory. There is much
corn in the silking stage that bids fair
to yield heavily if rain comes within
the next few days and frost holds off
long enough. Everybody who could get
peas, sowed all they could get and the
pea crop is fine and there is also
great deal of sorghum cane scattered
over the country especially on the low
er half of the stricken belt. One farm
er told the reporter yesterday that he
has worked out his ruined cotton fields,
and that now he has blooms and bolls;
but as to whether he will make enough
to pay for the work he has done will
| NNPN' '' :" i'i &c hiSoSuiS upoH lHe
lateneSs of the season. The whole Sec
ton is in better shape for food and
forage than it would have been if 1t
had made no effort; but still there is
much need for help. The people have
not made a tenth of what they would
have made if the storm had not struck
| them.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mrs y. A. f. well of Yorkville No.
|, is visiting relatives in Gastonia.