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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-07
More Grain.

This county is so much better of
because of the grain planted last year
that it is almost impossible to esti-
mate the difference; but it is we'll to
remember that the good work. must
not be allowed to stop.
The quantity Of oats sowed and har-
vested was far in excess of the wheat;
but there was an improvement in the
quantity of wheat, the crop being the
largest since 1902.
OF course it is all right to SOW oats,
and the more the better; but then 1t
will also be well to give still more at
tention to wheat, because wheat pays
better than most people think.
The idea so prevalent hat a farmer
can buy flour with corn or cotton, or
even oats, cheaper than he can raise
t, is an economic mistake, notwith-
standing that appearances are so
strongly to the contrary.
II one counts the number Of bushels
of wheat raised on ar acre, and its
money value as compared with oats,
It will look like oats has the advant-
age, and this may be r as a purely
money proposition; but it is not true
as a matter of actual profit.
There is a remarkable difference
between the dollar made and the dol
lar saved, and there is very good
ground for the reasoning hat this diff
ference is two dollars. There are peo-
pie who will not see the fact; but they
always find it difficult to point out
where the error lies.
The Enquirer is not willing to advise
or claim that it will pay anybody in
this country to raise wheat for export,
especially in view Of the fact that
there are so many crops that can be
depended upon for larger returns; but
every land owner in the county can
make money by raising all the wheat
he needs for his own family and for
running his farm. More than that,
farmers who fail to raise their W
bread, lose money, and that is regard
less Of the price of cotton.
The main object Of this article,
however, is not so much to discuss the
none value Of the different crops as
it is to urge upon the readers Of The
Enquirer the Importance Of prepar-
ing for another wheat crop. For those
who have not already commenced
their arrangements the time to begin
is right now.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-07

Senator McLaurin's apostrophe on
cotton as reproduced today from the
speech delivered in Spartanburg last
Saturday, recalls to mind the COM
parsons that were made in the press
some years ago between Henry w.
Grady and McLaurin, when the latter,
in 1897, made his famous speech on
the subject of the South and Her
Opportunities" There is much that
seems common to these two men in
poetic imagery, vivid expression and
personal magnetism. Both idealize the
prosaic facts of life as dreamers. There
is in McLaurin, however. that militant
heritage, Scotch, as 1t is characterized
by many, which makes him fight for
the materializing of his dreams, and
in this he is also a builder. Grady left
the smooth, pleasing impression or
soft music and poetry with eve a
harsh note, while beneath McLaurin's
music and flowers, there Is the clash
of steel, and the call to battle. II
there has ever been a finer tribute to
king Cotton" than that uttered by
McLaurin at Spartanburg, it is surely
to be found only in Grady's classic
grafton. The principal difference be-
tween these two seems to be the diff
ference between the sweet toned violin
and the inspiring blast of the war
trumpet.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-07
knocker and Booster.

We have seen some wonderfully in
teresting editorials of late, some on
the subject of knockers and some on
the subject of boosters, and we feel
that it is not amiss to make q little
study along that line also.
What's a booster?
We have heard him ~variously de-
scribed. One of the commonest def
nitions describes him as a CHEEKY,
light-hearted individual who has a
good word for everybody and every
thing and is always willing to give up
| his last CEN on demand for any pur-
pose that might be suggested by the
other fellow in the name of progress.
But unfortunately he seldom has a last
cent to give.
What's a knocker?
Oh, he is one of those contrary kind
| Of cusses who looks before he leaps,
and who keeps his hand on his pock-
| etbook. to an extent that will enable
him to inquire into the why's and
wherefores before he can be induced
to give up his hard-earned substance.
What is the relation between the
booster and the knocker?
Why that Is a very difficult ques-
ton. Knockers frequently pass them
| selves off as boosters and boosters fire.
| quently pass themselves off as knock
ers. In fact so frequently is the boost
er a knocker, and so frequently is the
knocker a booster, that is very hard
to tell which is one or the other.
| Sometimes the boosters and knockers
can hardly tell themselves which they
are.
When is a booster a knocker?
Why when the booster trys to do the
knocker in his own interest and the
knocker refuses to be done, then the
booster goes straightway to knocking,
and of course becomes a knocker.
When a man tells you ito be a
booster" what does he mean?
To shut your eyes and raise your
hands.
viz SuplpSe sou wv h'' SSS pi'pSi
to comply?
Then you are a knocker.
And if you do comply?
You are Il booster.
The other fellow?
He is a booster too, just like you.
He boosts you, you know. and that
makes you a booster, as long as you
look pleasant and make no complaint.
But if you object to the arrangement,
then you are Il knocker.
Do boosters do good for their COM
munities?
Well they so claim; but it is rarely
the case that they can make the other
fellow believe it.
Do knockers build up communities?
Well, yes; paradoxical as it may
seem. the knocker as Il rule is the real
booster. 1t is the men who are on
stantly at work producing something,
who are the real town builders, n
consequently the real boosters. Ordi-
narily he is too busy to think whether
he is Il knOcker or Il booster, or either.
Really does not think much about the
matter. He knows that if he gets any
thing he has got to work for it, and he
cannot see how the other fellow who
Therefore he is more disposed to con-
sort with the fellows hat do work
anu steers clear of boosters"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-07

field where there Is no disease. II II
is not possible to do. this, the next
best thing to do Is to pick your cotton
for seed from stalks which show nc
signs Of disease and which are not
near diseased stalks. 1t Is no safe to
pick healthy looking bolls from stalks
which have rotton bolls on them.
We have been able to get entirely
rid Of anthracnose in three badly dis
eased varieties Of cotton simply by
selecting our seed from healthy stalks
and then planting these seed the fol-
lowing season on land on which the
disease has not occurred.
We find that the disease will remain
in the land or in the old diseased
stalks and bolls for as long as n year
but not longer than this. So 1t Is nee
essary to practice rotation which will
leave cotton off the land for n year,
1t is advisable to rotate crops for
this and other reasons, but where II
Is impossible to do this and your cotton
is diseased, the next best thing to do
Is to pillow under diseased stalks as
soon as the cotton Is picked In the fall.
Where we have followed this practice
and used seed the following season
which was free from disease, we have
had very little a~nthracnose.
I'm conclusion then I would say not
to buy cotton seed from any one un-
less they are willing to make affidavit
that 1t Is free from a~nthracnose. Sc
lect your own seed from fields where
there Is no disease or from healthy
stalks in a diseased field. Gin this
cotton in a gin that has been thor
oughly cleaned. Practice a rotation,
Plow the old diseased stalks and bolls
under as early in the fall as possible,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-07

Governor Manning in his recent
speech here, declared himself une-
quivocally for the state warehouse
law: but he did not get any applause
at that point. There were very few
cotton producers in the audience at
the time.
Even though you live in town, and
are located not closer than a quarter
Of a mile from the p%ostofice, you can
have your mail delivered free If you
like. All you have to do is to put up
your rural delivery box and notify the
postmaster of the number Of your
route, etc. There are a number of
rural free delivery boxes within the
corporate limits Of this town.
II gives US especial pleasure to call
the attention Of our readers to the ad-
vertisement in another column Of the
Pecanaway Place In Orangeburg
county. This pleasure has a two-fold
basis. In the first place there Is OPP
portunity to bring the matter Of pecan
growing to the notice Of the York
county public afresh, and in the sec
ond place, We are able to give assur-
ance that Mr.. NJ. o.. Dantzler, the pro-
prietor of the Pecanaway Place, may
be relied upon without reserve to give
intelligent and trustworthy informa-
ton and to live up to his contracts.
The writer hereof has five fine pecan
trees, two of them from seeds planted
by his mother 25 years ago, and three
budded shoots, set out by himself ten
years back. All are bearing excellent
fruit in satisfying quantity and be-
cause Of the experience Of this writer,
and the experience Of others in this
vicinity, The Enquirer has time and
again attempted to point out the GER
tain pleasure and probable future
profit that may be expected as the re-
suit of such attention as might be de-
voted along this line, and that is why
it gives us especial pleasure to notice
this particular advertisement. MI. M.
O.. Dantzler is q brother of the late
Judge Dantzler, who was so we'll and
favorably known throughout the state,
and is. himself a man Of the highest
standing in his city and county of
Orangeburg, with extensive acquaint-
ance elsewhere. He has been giving
his attention to pecan culture for a
number Of years past, has spent many
thousands Of dollars in the pursuit of
the hobby, and now mas a beautiful
grove Of about forty acres, that is cas-
lily one of the finest, If not the finest
in the state. The price at which Mr..
Dantzler offers his trees Is quite rea-
sonable indeed, and it is our opinion
that people who are interested will do
we'll to get in touch with him at once
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-07
a NEAR

An automobile driven by Mr.. j. w.
Leech of Hickory Grove, and occupied
by Mr.. Leech, his daughter, Miss Marie
Leech, Mr.. W. s. BULGE, Mr.. B. B.
Steedly, Jr., and Misses Minnie Winn
and Vinetta Millhouse, was fired upon
about one mile east of Sharon about
8 o'clock Friday night by Jim Hayes,
a white man, who was arrested early
Saturday morning by Policeman Lat
timore of Hickory Grove and lodged
in the Jail here.
Four Of the party in the automobile
we're struck by shot from the mans
double barrel shot gun. Messrs
Leech and BULGE received several shot
in their backs, Miss Leech was shot In
the cheek, the shot breaking the skin,
and Miss Winn received several shot
in her arm.
The shooting occurred without the
slightest warning. Hayes was stand
ing in the road when the automobile
passed. He appeared to be drunk, and
when the automobile had passed him
he raised mis- gun and fired, most of
the shot being lodged in the back of
the car and striking the persons
named above.
After the man had discharged his
gun, Mr.. Leech put more power to his
machine and stopped at the home OF
Mr.. r. M. Sherer in Sharon, where 1t
was discovered that none Of the par
ty were seriously hurt. The party
proceeded on to Hickory Grove and
then secured q warrant for the arrest
Of Hayes whom Mr.. Leech recognized
before he had raised his gun. Hayes
was found early Saturday morning
and was arrested. He denied the
shooting or that he had met any auto
mobile. The shotgun with which the
shooting Is alleged to have been done
was also taken
It is said that after shooting into
Mr.. Leech's car, Hayes met a negro
man and woman in the road and took
a shot at them, although neither was
wounded.
Mr.. Leech is at loss to understand
Hayes motive in shooting at his par
ty. He knew the man by sight, but
had never had any trouble with him.
Hayes lives on the Caldwell place
near Gains spring. 1t Is said that he
has served time on the Changing In
Cherokee county for assault and bat
terry with intent to kill. He Is a man
of about So years Of age and Is a gun
smith by trade. He has a wife and
four children. 1t was stated Saturday
that Hayes said he knew nothing Of
the shooting but admitted that he had
been drinking heavily for several days.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-07
THE C~HAUTAUQUA WEEK

The three days chautauqua pro-
gramme came to a close last Friday,
with a picnic dinner shortly after
noon, and a fireworks display at pri-
vate expense at night.
The very full report in the last issue
Of The Enquirer gave a correct and
satisfactory story Of the proceedings
up until noon on Friday, when the
paper went to press.
The attendance was considerably
better on Friday than on other days,
more especially because of the picnic
and the pyrotechnic display, of which
events the people throughout the
county had been duly advised in The
Enquirer Of Tuesday.
Because of weather conditions the
picnic dinner was served in the Rose
hotel building, and eatables were dis
tributed in individual trays. The sup
ply OF provisions contributed by the
outside public, fell considerably short
OF requirements; but the committee on
entertainment was able to supply i'm
mense quantities Of ham sandwiches,
and thus make up in a large measure
for the shortage. 1t Is estimated that
altogether, there was dinner for some
five or six hundred people, probably
more.
Most Of the country visitors who
came in for the picnic, remained for
the fireworks. Their numbers were
largely augmented by others who came
especially for the fireworks, and as
this feature Of the entertainment did
not take place until after the last
chautauqua entertainment, the big
tent was filled Friday night to its ca
pacity.
The fireworks display took place
shortly after 10 o'clock, in the field to
the real of the Yorkville Graded
school building, and was witnessed by
easily the largest crowd OF n week.
In all there were as many as two thou
sand or two thousand five hundred
people, including the greater portion
Of the population Of the town and all
the visitors from the country. The
fireworks display was a highly credit
able affair, being managed under the
personal supervision Of an expert from
the fireworks factory in New Jersey.
It included several set pieces, cas-
cades of fire, representing all the colors
of the rainbow, bombs, rockets, imita-
ton shrapnel and the like. One OF
the set pieces was a United States flag
and another the words Good Night
but these were not so satisfactory be-
cause of the dampness. However the
display was a marvel to most Of the
spectators and taken altogether, 1t was
a grand success.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-07

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Fecanaway Place, Orangeburg, s.. c.
Offers 'Schley" budded pecan trees
in large or small quantities.
j. H. Witherspoon, Executor-Gives
notice to debtors and creditors OF
estate Of DR.. j. H. Witherspoon, de-
ceased, to make settlement with
him.
l.. r. Williams, Probate Judge-Gives
notice that Mrs. Carrie A. Watson
has applied to him for letters Of ad-
minisIration on the estate Of ]. +.
Watson, deceased.
Southern Railway-Announces a pop
ular excursion to Columbia on Sep
TENDER 18th. Fare, $3.50 from all
points in this vicinity.
Liggett & Myers-Tell you that you
can get tobacco and cigarette o u
pons redeemed at the Shieder Drug
Store.
Ferguson & YoungbloodVCan supply
you with seed rye, and tell you of
the good qualities of Alto tea and
Ophir coffee. Full line Of tobacco.
Mcconnell Dry Goods Co.'s ready to
serve you with an immense stock OF
seasonable dry goods.
Carroll Bros.-Want to furnish farm
ers with bagging and ties and cotton
baskets. About flour.
w. E. Ferguson-Has a most COM
plete line of canned goods, bottled
goods, etc. Cereal foods.
James Bros.-Say they have disposed
of all but one Of their last car of
mules and expect to ship another
car soon.
C. +. Sherer-Has sold his Lincoln
street lot, but still has other real
estate to offer.
Cifu Markaf-phnna IA wantS IN fur
nish you with the best of all kinds
Of fresh meats. Cattle wanted.
York Drug Store-Suggests that you
try Every Day Tonic" for that mo
Notwithstanding feeling.
Carroll Supply Co.-Are ready to fur
nish farmers with bagging and ties.
Luzianne coffee. Also have a big
supply of farm supplies.
r. e. Heath Co.-Sells greensboro
farm wagons, disc and drag har-
rows, Osborne moving machines,
Luzianne coffee.
Thomson Co.-Tells you that Miss Ba-
con has arrived and also a large
shipment of millinery.
Sherer & Quinn-Ask you to see them
for enameled cooking ware, Baker
lied coffee, tinware, groceries and
farm hardware.
York Trust Company-Writes all sorts
of insurance in old line companies
that are reliable.
J. NJ. Stroup-Invites men who want
good shoes to see his Peters and
Herman lines of fine shoes.
First National Bank, Yorkville-1n-
sists that you can only get ahead In
a financial way by saving. 1t will
assist you.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-07

When Mr.. w. T. McClain, who lives
about three miles north Of town, on last
Saturday brought to The Enquirer Of
| flee, a stalk Of cotton containing about
a dozen blasted bolls, and asked for
information, the editor told him that
the disease was ~anthracnose; but to
make sure he would send n Of the
bolls to Prof. H. w. Barre, the botanist
at Clemson. Prof. Barre sent a prompt
reply confirming the editors diagnosis
and enclosed the following information
that should be Of interest to cotton
growers generally:
Reports received thus far indicate
that cotton anthracnose, the fungus
boil rot of cotton, is even more wide
spread and more destructive this sea-
son than heretofore. During the past
five years the disease has caused an
annual loss Of more than a million
dollars in South Carolina. The dis
ease seems to be becoming more de-
structive from year to year n this
in spite of the fact that the investiga-
tions conducted at the South Carolina
experiment station show that it a be
prevented.
We have found that the fungus
which causes anthracnose grows into
the inside of the diseased bolls, attacks
the lint and seed, and grows into the
seed. The fungus remains alive In
such seed until they are planted and
terminate and start to grow, then 1t
attacks the seedlings. The disease re-
mains alive on these stalks and at
tacks the bolls when they appear. In
! this way it is carried in the seed and
continues to spread from year to year.
A study of the history Of the out
breaks in South Carolina during the
past four years shows that In very
nearly every case the disease was
brought to the farm in the seed, and
usually in seed Of some supposedly
highly improved variety which was
purchased mt II high price.
There is no way Of curing a stalk
after ii is once diseased with anthrax
nose. The only thing that you can do
Is to protect your cotton next year.
The first and most important step in
this is to secure seed which are free
from disease. 1t is best to secure your
seed for next years planting from a
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-07
The Warehouse in Georoia.-Th,

The Warehouse in Georgia.-The
appropriation bills were defeated a tsthe
recent session of the Georgia legisla-
ture so as to force an extra session to
act upon prohibition Of the state
warehouse bill.
The warehouse situation is being de
mented to a large extent by Asa G.
Gambler, Of coca cola fame, the richest
man and largest banker in Georgia
Mr.. Gambler is in favor of a state
warehouse system; but he wants 1t to
be comprehended in a central ware
house located in Atlanta.
The opposition to Mr.. Gambler wants
warehouses located in the neighbor-
hoods where the cotton is grown, SO
as to keep the money 1t home. They
hold that If all cotton that is to be
used as a basis of credit be construct
ed in Atlanta, then the Atlanta banks
will furnish all the mon ey, and the
country banks will get nothing at all,
or at least be forced into complete sub
serviency to the city banks. Then
again the cotton producers will be
subjected to additional expense in
having to pay the freight on cotton to
and from Atlanta, in order to get &C
cOmmodations.
1t is clear too to the opponents OF
concentration, that every local ware
house will be a separat: center of
credit and banking powar, and 1t is
believed that the distribl tiJn of credit
all over the state will be far better
for the state than concentration of
credit in Atlanta.
Chas. S. Barrett, president Of the
National Farmers Union, has called
a meeting Of farmers and business
men to consider the situation and the
president of the Georgia state union
has invited Senator McIaurin to ad-
dress this conference in Atlanta on
September 81, at II a. II. In his letter
to Senator McLaurin, the president of
the Georgia union says I'VE want a
warehouse like yours n South Caro-
lima and We need your lelp."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-07
Columbia State and Liquor.-Th,

Columbia State and Liquor.-The
State newspaper says that the reason
prohibitionists object to it's course is
because it does not come out for pro-
hibitiOn. This is just about as big a
mistake as many others that this same
newspaper has been making for a num-
Der Of years and as as some
that it Is now making.
No Stree" this is not the reason.
The reason is that the aforesaid paper
is doing all that it can for the liquor
business e~ditorially. 1t is fighting as
though its very life and existence de-
ponds upon the defeat Of prohibition.
1t is securing the earth all from France
to the rest of the earth to find objec-
tions to prohibition. 1t seems mad in
it's efforts. AS mad as it did against
FeatherstOno in the first primary some
years ago. and even as mad as it was
with Collie when it found him in the
race in the second primary with the
man 1t had fought so bitterly and un-
justly ut first. 1t elected Blease and
it will certainly contribute n good deal
towards the victory Of prohibition in
the coming election. 1t Is good to have
some people against you.-Greenwood
Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-07

armament that in an engagement
would soon turn our boats into scrap
iron. A few minutes later ten of u
capital ships steamed past ir impress
sive line formation. To h uninitiated
they seemed invulnerable; to those in
terested in naval development 1t was
obvious that only four out OF the ten
would make a real showing under
modern battle conditions. Thes YES
sells were only half manned, and as 1t
takes four years to train a sailor, they
would have to fight in this condition
should the occasion arise any time
within the next four years. With ev-
cry resource tapped, We are 10000
men short in our avy We AVE 1,9oO
officers of the line. We must have l.
400 more. 1t takes 10 years to make
q we'll trained officer. Who will insure
us peace for that time? The ~organiza-
ton Of the navy is the root OF its IN
adequacy. 1t must AVE a governing
staff to formulate a consistent policy
Of naval development"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-07
solJTH CAROLINA NEWS

j. w. Patrick, n well known citi-
zen of Brooklyn. Williamson county,
committed suicide last week by shoot
ing himself.
Geo. w. Tidwell was found guilty
of m~anslaughter for the killing of
r. Emmett Walker, In the G%reenville
county court OF general sessions last
week. Tidwell was sentenced to seven
years Imprisonment. He was releas-
ed on n $4,000 bond. pending an ap-
peal to the supreme court.
Mrs. Matte Frost, a white woman
about As years of age, was killed when
she was run over by n freight train at
Killian. i'm Richland county, last Fri
day. The woman was returning from
n visit to n neighbor, n did not hear
the train as it approached.