Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-09

Mr.. T. r. Sandifer Of the Delphos
neighborhood, said yesterday, that
while a number Of farmers are putting
nitrate of soda on their oats, he has
noted but small concern as to stand
ard fertilizers. He was not prepared
to say that there had been no sales
in this neighborhood, but he knew Of
none.
There is not a newspaper in the
state outside Of the dailies Of the larg-
er cities that is giving as much read
ing matter in a week as h Enquirer
Is giving. Our subscribers are GER
tainly getting the worth Of their mon
ey from the standpoint of quantity,
and we have not heard any complaint
as to the quality-not from subscrib-
ers. Others don't matter.
Uncle Sam is waging a relentless
war on the deadly house-fly and in a
late bulletin prepared by the depart
ment Of agriculture, invaluable infor-
nation is given out as to the best
means Of combating this deadly pest.
The most effective way Of eXterminat-
ing the fly, according to the bulletin,
is to eradicate his breeding places.
The breeding season Of the fly begins
early in March and continues through
out the spring and summer months.
All dirt should be removed from the
premises, stables leaned and decay
ing vegetables destroyed. The fly has
rightly been called the undertakers
travelling salesman, and in addition to
his regular line Of typhoid bugs he
carries a side line Of tuberculosis,
Asiatic cholera and other disease
germs. Now is the time to swat the
fly"
As was mentioned in The Enquirer
recently, a number Of school districts
are without funds, owing to the slow
ness Of tax collections. During the past
few days this list has grown consider
ably and it is quite likely that others
will be added shortly. OF course 1t Is
understood that although certain dis
tricts may be defunct Of funds at pres
ent, the situation Is only temporary,
for thousands Of dollars will be paid
to the county treasurer between now
and April l, when the penalty for non
payment goes into effect. The pres
ent situation affects not only several
school districts, but township Dad
funds and other branches Of the coun-
ty government. The road fund Of Beth
ell and York townships is nil at pres
ent, and Kings Mountain and Fort
Mill townships are in but little better
shape financially. However, road i'm
provements in the above named town
ships will go on, even as in other town
ships, as the money Is in sight, and the
schools will continue to run as though
they had the actual cash to their
credit. Following are the school dis
tricts without funds at the present
time: Oak Ridge, Bethel, Wilson,
Bullock's Creek, Beersheba, Flbert,
Point. Concord, Bethesda. Turkey
Creek, Tirzah, Newport, Gold Hill,
Santiago, Eastview, Smyrna, Friend
ship, Catawba, Cotton Belt, Guthries-
vile, Union and New Zion.
In his talk at the cleanup day meet
ing in Yorkville last Friday night, DR..
James A. Hayne gave his appreciation
Of the newspapers in a way that does
not seem to us as being practicularly
flattering or complimentary to the ed
itors and publishers thereof. He was
telling his audience how to go about
awakening public interest in such un-
dertaking as they might desire to pro-
mote, and his plan naturally contem-
plated a pretty free use Of the news
papers. Among other things he told
his audience not to let the newspapers
come out without something about
this cleanup day. and in order to en-
sure that end, he said that 1t was the
thing to prepare the copy, send 1t In
and have the newspapers publish 1t.
He explained hat that was the way
he did. All those interviews you see
with him in the Columbia State and
Record, and which appear to have
Deen ny the eullois anu Z
porters, were really prepared by him
self. The newspaper people. he said.
were IL lazy set, and not only required
that you write your matter out: but
that you hand in typewriter copy.
That was all he had to do and the pa
pers printed whatever he gave them.
According to our view that is about
as good a one on the newspapers as
we have seen. OF course. If it Is a
fact that the Columbia papers are
edited after tina style. it's their bust
ness, not ours: but our training and
study has not been along thai line.
We have always had a feeling that the
editor and publisher who contracts to
furnish a newspaper to the public Is
under very considerable responsibility
to that public, especially such part of
that public as helps to pay for his
services. Of course there are plenty
of people of the kind who would oper-
ate in the manner DR.. Hayne de-
scribes. Some of them would use the
newspaper to boom Il gold mine pros