Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-22


Lyric Theatre-Has a specially good
picture today and tonight. Lucille
Love Thursday. TREY O. Hearts"
coming soon.
When mills ship cotton by express 1t
would seem that the cue to the farm
ers is to hold your holt"
The action of that Rhodiss mill is
not to be confused into an effort to
boost the buy-a-bale movement.
The troubles Of those who are out
borrowing trouble are not so much due
to anything that has already happened
as to the things that are expected to
happen. And that is generally the
way with such things.
Nine cents was offered for cotton in
Yorkville Rock Hill and other parts Of
the county last Saturday; but onl"
few bales were sold at that figure
less than half a dozen in all.
There are fine crops Of corn and peas
on both sides Of the railroad through
ship, and the outlook is that most Of
the corn is going to give a good yield
of grain along with the fodder, etc.
The grounds and buildings Of the
York County Fair" located on the
Southern railroad just west Of Win
throp college, are almost ready for
the show to be held during the middle
Of next month. The buildings and
grounds make quite a creditable ap-
pearance.
Following the lead set by Mr.. w.
Mason Mcconnell last Friday, the
Board Of Trade through Mr.. c. A.
Boney has taken up the buy-a-bale
movement and received some adds.
tional volunteers. A thorough canvass
Of the town and community would no
doubt result in a material extension Of
the list, and the more the better for
when the tug comes it will require a
real effort to maintain the temporary
advantage that has been gained.
Mr.. w. w. Alexander Of Yorkville
No. 6, last summer harvested 130 BUSH
els of oats from five acres Of land, the
only fertilizer used being two sacks Of
nitrate of soda. After the oats were
taken off the land, the stubble was
turned and planted in peas in rows.
From his pea crop Mr.. Alexander has
had picked 6,100 pounds of peas in the
hull. Allowing 80 pounds to the BUSH
el for the peas in the hull, he has gath
cred nearly 6S bushels Of peas. The
peas are easily worth 81 bushel. No
fertilizer was used when the peas were
planted And in addition to the oats
and peas from the five acres, there is
the oat straw, and the value Of this is
easily more than the cost Of the nj
trate of soda put under the oats.
"lf this county was now in the con-
dition it was when l first came to
Yorkville some ten years ago. said Mr..
Henry James, the well-known stock
dealer of Yorkville, to the reporter a
few days ago, this war business in
Europe would have given us a great
deal more trouble than have seen
threatened up to this time. For sever
al years after | came here" he continu-
ed, practically every bit Of stock feed
| bought came from the west. There
was very little to be had in this county
except here and there a few loads Of
hay and now and then few bushels Of
corn or oats during the fall months.
But during the past few years | have
been more and more, able to get every
thing l needed off the home market,
and since last year | have bought moth
ing in the grain line worth mentioning
from the west. This year, the people
have stock feed, crab grass, prairie,
clover and alfalfa hay in abundance.
and also more corn and oats than
have ever known. We are certainly i'm
proving along those lines"
This is for the man who wants to
borrow money on cotton. The writer
had a private conversation with a GER
tain banker a few days ago. 1t does
not matter exactly when, nor where, or
who the banker was; but he said
something that was sensible and true
and of interest to both sides Of the
proposition of borrowing money on a
| few bales of cotton. Here Is about what
| the banker said: Yes, we are prepar-
| ed to lend all the money on cotton that
| the farmers want to borrow within
reasonable margins: but very often
| this matter comes up in a way that
makes the situation more or less en-
barrassing The farmer comes along
and says Can you lend me 500 on
four bales of cotton that l have at
my farm, and that | don't want to sell
YETI Now just as apt as not | will
say | have no money, or something to
| that effect. AS a matter of fact we
might have the money; but you can
see that this particular farmer maybe
| has very little besides his cotton to
make you safe, and if you would tell
him yes, you run a risk of embarrass-
ing him and yourself by asking him to
put the cotton in a warehouse. He does
not think of anything else than that
you do not want to trust him, and any
suggestion Of such a thing is calCu-
lated to give offense. But that is not
| the trouble at all. If he will put the
cotton in warehouse and give us the
receipts, We will tell him yes every
time. 1t is like this: Even though we
may not have had the money to spare
at first, when he gives us the ware
house receipt, the money is not hard TO
find If necessary, and often it is nee
essary, we can put up the receipts with
correspondents. We have to borrow