Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-30
HERE AND THERE

I'VE have learned to make crops
without much rain," said Mr.. j. +.
.Ashc of McConnellsvillc, in conversa-
ton with Here and There" few
days ago. I'VE have had pretty good
seasons this year." he went on, but
il IL n fact that the lack Of rain does
not worry us nearly as much as II
formerly did" Except for the benefit
of those who do not happen to know,
II Is hardly worth while 20 remark
that Mr. Ashe is one of the best farm
ers In the county.
There will be no Filbert picnic this
year. This Is about the time for It;
bat the matter had been settled almost
since last year that there would be
nothing doing this year. There are
two reasons for the abandonment OF
the picnic" said Mr.. W. L. Pursley
"In the first place, we have found that
the picnic has crowded things very
considerably. 1t gave us a lot more
to do than seemed to be worth while
and in the second place, this is not n
good time for things of that kind
Our people arc doing what they can
to help fight the big war, and VIC dc
not believe 1t Is a good idea to incur
the expense involved in this picnic
No. the abandonment of the picnic
has not the slightest political signi-
ficance. We are not ready to say
that We have cut the picnic out en-
tircly. In better times coming. We
will revive II no doubt; but this year
We will cut 1t out"
Harry E. Neil and Broadus NJ. Love
are again candidates for treasurer and
auditor respectively, without opposi-
tion. We say without opposition. foI
the reason that If there Is to be any
opposition. We would probably have
heard some intimation of this by this
time. But this is not to influence the
opposition one way or the other. II Is
merely n matter Of referring to the
remarkable record OF these two off,
cials. Mr.. Neil was appointed to Of
flee by Governor Ansel in 1909. and
tho next year was rc-nominatcd over
two competing candidates. He has
had no opposition since. Mr.. Love was
nominated auditor in 1910, has been
re- nominated continuously ever since
without opposition. There are prob
ably no more obliging and efficient Of
ficers to he found in the state OF
South Carolina than are these two
and this, of course. Is exactly why
they have no opposition. II Is a
not get in the race against one or
both OF these officials. The man who
defeats either of them may well pat
himself on the back as the winner OF
n high honor and the man who may
he defeated by either OF them would
have very little to reproach himself
with.
Mention was made some time age
that ]. $. Gasscock OF the Harmony
section. was using about thirty tons OF
nitrate OF soda this year. That meant
himself and his sons on adjoining
places. There are q great many peo-
pie who are OF the opinion that unless
nitrate of soda goes on the ground
when there Is good season in It, OF
n good rain comes shortly afterward
the fertilizer is practically lost. This
is Incorrect" says Mr.. Glasscock when
asked about the matter by Here and
There. "Of course we want moisture
along with work and fertilizer to
make n crop: but nitrate of soda is
not lost for lack Of rain. The agri-
cultural department reports an cx-
pertinent in which it filled a poroe-
lain bowl with carefully weighed nj
trate Of soda crystals. and set the
bowl out in the sunlight of the
ground. Nitrate OF soda will dissolve
or liquify in the hot sun. Well. in
this experiment the crystals were al
lowed to liquify and remain In the
bowl for weeks. Then the liquid was
carefully measured and analyzed with
the result that 1t was found that
there had not been a particle of loss
I believe this, as II accords with my
practical experience. But don't mis-
understand me about the rain. VIC
want more or less rain as we go
along in the making OF a crop any
way"