Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-09

for it," Here and There asked. Well.
| it Is like this" the banker replied ant
er a little reflection. in the hrst
place. the people have suddenly be-
come more thrifty. They have stopp-
ed waste and gone to saving. That Is
one thing. Another thing Is that al
most everybody Is working to pro-
duce something. and less money Is be.
ing spent for luxuries. In the thru
place there has been an almost COM
plete cessation OF development IN
speculative enterprises OF any kind.
The tendency OF the time Is TO dis
courage investment In almost every
thing except government securities
and under such conditions II Is oni!
natural that the country should go
forward. II used TO be common 10
hear the assertion that Americans
waste more than Europeans have to
live on. We are proving the truth OF
this, and the stoppagc OF waste Is
making us rich. But We nave only
scratched on the surface along this
line as yet"
Here and There called on DR.. Fenneil
at the hospital. and while there, DIR.
Fennell invited him out to see his
heard of Guernsey cows that are
| kept to supply the infirmary with
milk and butter. There are nine or
ten cows in the infirmary herd and
every one of them is registered
animal. and some of them are OF the
kind that wear blue ribbons at state
and county fairs. Several Of the cows
have been raised by the doctor from
calves that he has purchased at va
rous times. One Of them was pur-
chased as n calf when she was ten
days old from the Drs. Mayo At Ro-
chester. Mimi, for $3.50, and shipped
to Rock Hill by express at cost OF
S19 ior express charges. There are
several cows in the herd for which the
doctor paid 5000 and upwards. and
one particularly handsome animal.
which has n heifer calf he recently re-
fused TO sell for more than $4O0. All
of the animals are registered and
some of them are descended from the
best Guernsey blood In America. In
/ the same lot there are also three deer,
two does and 4 buck. One OF the does
gave birth to q kid last Friday. The
little fellow Is about the size OF good
sized fox terrier dog. DIR. Fennell said
that he was building bungalow down
on his farm. several miles from ock
Hill. and had named II idle Hours" :"
That made Here and There laugh. be-
cause during all the long time he has
learned that he bad any idle hours.
"Oh, am having that built for my
wife and the girls" he explained. He
also said that he has $50 head OF
sheep on his farm, and that he eN-
poets to clip the wool and have II
turned into blankets for the use OF the
hfirmary. and incidentally, he also
told OF having recently threshed out
l79 bushels Of AbruzZi rye. and ex-
poets to use considerable Of this for
bread making for his own family and
the patients at the infirmary.
1t used to be q very common thing
| 10 see a fairly well-to- do farmer fam
| lily break up its home In the country
and come to town to educate the chill
dren; but that IL more unusual now.
There are reasons for II, and those
reasons do not include the idea that
| there Is less interest in education than
there formerly was either. On the
contrary, the present conditions are
evidence OF exactly the opposite. In
the old days the father and mother
who were willing to make tremendous
material sacrifices for the sake Of the
children were the exception. Most
i
| 1t is O good thing for the country that
| they didn't, for they have worked out
a better way. Instead Of moving away
from the farm for education the ten
dency now-a days Is to bring education
closer to the farm. The expedient OF
special taxes has helped tremendously
| in this direction but there Is now a
higher development than that. Among
| those who used to object to special
taxes, there Is an increasing number
who have reached q point where they
are willing to supplement special taxes
| with individual subscriptions. In q
conversation q few days ago with Here
and There. a young farmer expressed
himself along this line about as fol-
lows: II have done pretty well In the
accumulation OF -aboat-200 acres Of
land and am making money. My chill
dren are now where they need better
educational facilities. I am where
have been thinking very seriously OF
selling out and moving to town; but
have decided that I won't 1t Is like
this: My land is now worth $50 an
acre. l could probably get $25 for IT.
| II should sell II to some other fellow
without such q family as I have, II
would depreciate on his hands and
help depreciate the value OF lands
around me. OF course would not be
personally affected by that. But Lave
| figured like this II can get my
neighbors to help. can supplement
the school money out Of my private
funds to the extent Of even two OF
three dollars per acre year and get O
better school than II should move to
town. Then the effect Of this would be
to bring my own lands and the sur
rounding lands In higher demand from
people who want to enjoy the benefits
OF such a neighborhood. I have be-
come satisfied In any event that II Is
cheaper TO have good school ut home
than 1t Is to go to town for It,"