The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-09-19
VAN WYCK SECTION
SCENE OF PROGRESS
BUSY WITH FALL TRADE
Farmers, Merchants and Manu-
facturers All Busy-A Sec
tiOn of Progressive People.


since the business season has opened
up. The brick yard is running on
full time and turning out fine brick
by the thousands every day A
number of teams are busy hauling
wood for burning these and every
thing around the brick plant is NOV
ing and gives the scene an air of
thrift and progress. The clay for
making brick here is fine and enough
to keep the plant running for years.
The cotton gin fills the air with it's
musical hum as it separates the feecy
staple from it's seed and is doing fine
work under the supervision of Mr..
VIII Yorborough. This ginery has
recently been overhauled, and a good
deal of new machinery added when
makes it well equipped for business.
and We bespeak a liberal patronage
for the company which has gone to
considerable expense to please their
customers. The cotton crop is short
in this territory and will not give the
owners OF this gin plant much profit
this season
The merchants have opened up a
good line of fall goods and are busy
selling to the fall trade. and will
buy cotton, and seed and give the
highest market prices. and believe in
the slogan: Buy at Home"
We are getting fine roads from all
directions to Van Wyck. The North
east Road, or the Monroe Road. lead
ing from Cureton's Ferry towards
Waxhaw and Monroe is now being
graded by the experienced road
builder, Mr.. ]. A. Hyatt, and when
finished will be among the best
roads in the county. This is a much
travelled road and for several wears
has been in deplorable condition.
and almost a disgrace to Lancaster
county. The county board has our
thanks for having the work done. II
is rumored that a new ferry boat
will soon be installed at Cureton G
and when this is done it will give
more travel on our roads and will he
a great convenience for this part of
Lancaster county and the travel to
Rock Hill. AS ii now is. the only
place for crossing Catawba river for
some distance is near Fort Mill.
The weather continues dry and
fine for gathering feed crops, but un-
fortunately here in the food district.
there is very little to gather. The
Forage crops were destroyed by the
floods and very little hay grasses
nave grown since. The pasture gras-
ses were destroyed and very few
places, IL any, grass has grown
enough for stock to feed upon.
Some farms here where hundred
tons of hay were grown other wears.
VIII not produce more than two or
three tons. and the farmers will have
TO depend on imported feed supplies,
This is new experience for MANY of
our farmers. as they have never
farmed much in cotton. always
making their home supplies. and
these largely on their low lands
along streams that seldom overflow
ed to such an extent. as to cause n
total loss, But this "record breaker
Hood" OF July has taught them a
lesson-never again to depend en-.
t1rely on the low lands for a supply
crop They are going bravely on
preparing for grains and grasses that
will come in early in the spring. tina,
will help them over the hard expe.
riences OF their farm operations next
year.
Mr.. Taylor OF Columbia, filed his
appointment with the Christian En-.
deavor Society last Friday noon, a,
the school auditorium, where he
made very interesting talk to the
school and at night at the Presbyte
rian church, where he addressed ar
audience of children and older peopre
and gave them much information
concerning the work of the Christian
Endeavor in this and other countries
Mr.. McCan and son OF Greenwood
made weekend visit to Mrs. Nc
Can at Mr.. r. Fl. Masseys
Mr.. Moore. brother-in-law of Mr.
w. N. Ashe, stopped over with Mr.
,Ashe on his way to Rock Hill las
tssturday night.
~ Mr. Iohp Vandla a,1 fono;u -