The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-10-10
VAN WCK NEWS
DURING PAST WEEK
$500 FOR FLOOD RELIEF
Correspondent Discusses Cotton
Market-ROad Work Pro-
greSsing-Many Visitors.

error, that the present moon is too
far south for an early frost. Some
of our farmers, thought they were
right about the early frost and
moved their late peavines, and cut
off their late corn before 1t was ready
to be harvested and thereby lost
good percent of the value of these
crops. We were our own prophet
and let our late crops grow on. and
will be we'll repaid in the increased
yield
Cotton pickers are keeping right
up with the open cotton. and this is
being ginned and sold as fast as
gathered as the price is good
We see the News is boosting Lam
casters cotton market. This is
right. On October the second we
We're in Lancaster and the price OF
cotton was booming-16 IL cents
and over. We had little cotton
ready for market. so hired a man to
drive a team and loaded up our cot
ton on Tuesday morning. expecting a
fancy price from the Lancaster mar
ket, but to our surprise, we were
barely offered l6 cents, and finally
sold to the new cotton buyer of Lam
caster, Mr.. Ahrens at 16 lie. We
were offered 16 IA for the cotton at
Van Wyck that morning before it was
loaded on the wagon and by 12
o'clock could have sold at 16 3-S
without moving it. So in posting up
our books we had to place on the
debit side of the ledger the price or
our man, the worth of the teams
hauling and few dollars loss In the
price between Van Wyck market and
Lancaster market.
Other markets on October Sra
were 16 12 and over. Our conclu-
sion Of the matter was. that the Lam
caster market on the 2nd day of Oc-
tober was on a boom and on the 3rd
must have been on a bad slump, or
that we did not get fair deal, and
that no more of our cotton would go
to Lancaster, unless we knew what
we would get for it before we deliv-
cred the goods.
We do not mean to knock Lancas-
ter We like the town. like her peo-
pie, her banks, her merchants ana
her citizenship. But facts and figures
are stubborn things and hard to get
around
! Mr. h. S. Howard. District super
I intendent OF L. 5. Flood Relief. Wis
Iited Van Wyck 20 learn something OF
tn flood situation in our community.
We had a pleasant interview with
him and learned a good deal of what
is being done in many of the flooded
districts. He seemed somewhat sur
priced that the Supervisor of Ian
caster county had not made any an
plication for some of the relief funds.
which this county was entitled to. He
spoke very highly Of Supervisor Boyd
of York county. and told how Mr..
Boyd took hold of the matter and
how we'll he distributed the work in
the flood districts of York-conven-
lent to the food sufferers and the
great amount of good work he had
accomplished and the relief he had
given to the many sufferers.
He said other counties had done
well but he thought York county had
accomplished most He spoke highly
! of the good work done on the streets
! OF Lancaster, but thought the money
ought to have been better distributed
among the flooded districts. but NO
one had made request except the
mayor OF Lancaster. And my request
for more equitable distribution. He
assigned $500 for road work i'm Van
Wyck community. Van WICK will
soon organize a crew and get some ne
the relief fund
Mrs. j. A. Hyatt and Mrs. T. NJ
Yoder entertained for Mrs. Hinson or
Sumter, and Mrs. w. H. Hyatt of Ker-
shaw, at Mrs. Hyatt's on Tuesday af-
ternoon. All present had a pleasant
ume. Light refreshments were
served
MISS Bessie Cunningham of Lam
caster spent last week with her aunt
MRS. j. M. Yoder, at OakdaIe.
Mrs. Ida Nisbet has returned To ber
nome in Van Wyck, after several,
months spent at Montreal and Char