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

Mr.. 7. z. McMacRin Vi schooi uis-
trict No. ., says he should have had
credit for the sale of $3.50 worth of
thrift stamps instead Of only $1.375.
at has always rained at least one
day before it was too late" said Il. III.
Anderson yesterday. land believe 1t Is
eoing to do the same thing again."
That is q very important sugar no.
tice that Food Administrator McElwee
Is publishing today. and people who do
not fully understand, had better see
Mr., McElwee further and without de-
lay.
Demonstration Agent Blair says
that the red spider is showing up on
the cotton in York county much worse
than usual and more generally. The
hest remedy for the red spider, he
saws, is to spray the affected stalks
and those Immediately around with
po,assium sulphidc. one ounce to TWO
gallons of water. or one part OF COM
mcrcial lime sulphur to fifty gallons
of water. Mr.. Blair says that this
remedy is good II applied in time be-
fore the spider gets too much head
way.
Asked yesterday why it Is that 3O7
more York county people have PAID
communication road taxes this year
thhn last year in face OF the fact that
some six or seven hundred young
men of from 81 to 81 have gone TO
the war. Treasurer Neil reflected q
few moments and sized up the situa-
ton like this: 1T Is three dollars or
five days, YOU know. Last year at
this time there were still some able
bodied men who would have been
unable to find work at which they
could make more than 50 In hvsI
ttnys-ftts-nteet- Sswas1p- --AeR'r(
most any man who would be required
TO work on the road in lieu OF the
tax. Is now able to make more than a
dollar n day. and consequently but
few are taking chances In having 10
work 1t out"
"Did YOU ever fight chickens?" ask
ed thc.rcportcr of Sheriff Quinn last
saturday, in connection with the
breaking up of that cooking main that
was TO have been pulled OF at the
river bridge on Thursday. Sherln
Quinn is about as truthful a man as
one has occasion to meet In the course
of n days travel. Asked about any
thing however embarrassing or oth-
erwise, YOU may expect one Of three
things. He will tell you that 1t Is
none of your business, he will say
nothing, or he will tell you. and II he
tells you 1t is the truth. In this
case, his eyes began to twinkle a lit
tie with reminiscent pleasure. he hesi-
tated n little. as If to find a place to
begin, and said: "Why, yes. when we
bows were at home we would get up q
little fight among the chickens about
the ba,nyard occasionally, with the
help Of the blacking brush or the
whitewash." That was a brand new
one on the reporter, WHO tHou6hl
that he knew about all there was to
be known about such things and he
asked for an explanation, which was
in effect, as follows: IF you have q
number OF roosters among your chick
ems, you know one of them always
comes to be boss. After he has
whipped everything that comes his
way. the others accept his suprema-
cy and leave him alone. But If you
change the boss ROSTERS appearance
a little by coloring his feathers so the
other roosters cannot recognize him,
they will take him for a new conner
and try conclusions with him. Well we
used to darken up the feathers Of the
boss rooster with Mason's blacking
and turn him loose among the others.
Yes. they would go after him. and you
would see some fighting" We'll, how
would the old boss come out under
these circumstances? the sheriff was
asked. "Why, sometimes he would
lick his fowl and sometimes he would
get licked" was the sheriffs reply.