Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-17

Mr., Roy Carroll who farms about
three miles east of this place is said to
have some Of the finest cotton in his
section Of the county. Mr.. Carroll did
not put a single pound Of commercial
fertilizers under his cotton this year.
Mr.. Lee Campbell of Bethel town
ship, has twenty acres Of young corn
that looks as If 1t will make fifty BUSH
els to the acre, provided the seasons
continue as good during the next two
weeks as heretofore. 1t Is the kind OF
good corn that follows crimson clover,
Dr.. D. B. Johnson Of Winthrop, is a
candidate for the presidency of the Ma
tional Educational association in ses-
sion at Oakland. California. The cleo
ton Is to be held Thursday. The doc
tors principal rival Is Miss Grace G.
Strachon Of Brooklyn, n. Y.
Wind did considerable damage to the
fine fields Of bottom corn belonging to
Mr.. w. l.. Williams on the old Dobson
place two miles north Of this place last
Wednesday. There are about seventeen
acres of this corn which Is said to be
the best anywhere around. The heavy
wind practically fiattened all OF 1t but
most Of 1t was raised.
Mr.. r. r. Allison Of Tirzah. who has
long been OF the opinion that there
was gold on his place, thinks he has
located the vein within about a hun
dred yards Of his home. There is nc
doubt of the fact hat gold is plentiful
in the ne~ighborhood, and 1t Is quite
possible that MI. Allison has something
worth while. At any rate, his many
friends will join him in the hope tha'
he has made nc mistake.
The Rock Hill Herald Of last Friday
published a statement to the effect that
the Smith Jewell company OF Rock
Hill. had shipped a carload Of wheat to
the roller mill at Kings Mountain. The
wheat had been purchased from the
farmers of the surrounding country at
a dollar a bushel. The Herald thinks
this is probably the first car Of wheat
that has ever been shipped from Rock
Hill; but that Is not altogether certain
Wheat was shipped from this sector
by the carload in the old days before
the civil war, and it is quite probable
that many carloads were shipped from
Rock Hill. However, hat Is not I'm.
portant. The circumstances for reaI
concern and very great gratifcation IL
that wheat is again being shipped from
the county.
We paid our license tax to the town
Saturday. We paid it Notwithstanding
the fact that we had advice from as
able lawyers as there are in the state
that we could stand firm on the propo-
sitiOn that the tax was laid in direct
violation of the constitution and the
statutes, and that the tax could not
have been collected. But we did not
care to do this. for various reasons
among others. that it would have cost
us more than the amount of the tax
to maintain our rights, n final de-
cision would not have affected anybody
but ourselves. However. we hope that
u money, or no part thereon, Will De
used for the support Of the competition
anu ODDOSlllOU WllllOut oul Sih5 oi
lowed so much as a show. We do no
think this is fair or right.
Referring to the incident Of T. T,
Davenport, who was estopped from
selling Bibles in the town unless he pay
a license of 50 a day, we are not dis
posed to argue hat the mayor was
technically wrong. On the contrary we
are inclined to think he was right. 1t
looked pretty hard that one should
have to pay a license to sell Bibles in
a Christian community, maybe; but
there is more than that to the PROPOSE
ton. No matter what the agent sought
to do with the money. the fact remains
that he was engaged in the business
for profit and on that ground he is le-
gally as we'll as morally subject to the
same conditions that would apply to
any one engaged in any other business
for profit. OF course II this agent were
engaged in giving Bibles away, no one
would think of charging him for the
privilege.
The experience of the pioneer alfalfa
growers Of York county has demon
strated beyond question not only that
alfalfa can be produced in this sec
ton; but that it can be produced as
plentifully and as profitably as in the
west or elsewhere. OF all the progress
sive farmers who have struck out
along this line within the past few
years. only a small per cent have fall
en- down and given up the undertaking
as a bad job. The others have been so
well pleased hat they are adding to
the patches and fields already started
off successfully and some have become
so enthusiastic as to seriously consider
the idea of going into alfalfa to the
practical exclusion of everything else.
Mr.. r. L. Sturgis who has just return
ed from the San Francisco exposition,
reports that alfalfa does not do we'll
out in Nebraska and California as it
does here. and besides we can get
about twice as many cuttings during
one season as the western farmers can
get.