Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-19
HERE AND THERE

Five generations Ol Tie Wulloi "
family attended a picnic held at
Mount Holly last Wednesday, accord
| ing to Supervisor Thos. w. Boyd who
was among those In attendance. Mrs.
Kate Williford, widow Of the late j.
M. Williford although now in the S9th
year of her age, Is still quite hale and
heartily and she appeared to enjoy the
day immensely. There was plenty OF
dinner for all including soup, accord
ing to Mr.. Boyd. Chairman ]. b. john
son of the York county branch OF the
American Cotton association delivered
an address as did Prof. r. c. Burts
of the Rock Hill Graded schools.
Mr.. r. NJ. Hanna of Crandall, Texas
former resident Of York county to-
gether with his daughter, Miss Eliza
beth Hanna Is visiting the family OF
Mr.. w. j. p. Wylie OF Yorkville and
other relatives and friends in York
lcounty and other sections of the state.
Mr.. hanna moved to Crandall about
seven years ago and the present is the
first visit that he has made back home
since he left. Crop conditions In Tex
as this year are excellent, he says, the
prospect for q bumper crop being the
best in years. Mr.. Hanna Is able to
note many Improvements In York
county since he left to make his home
in Texas and Is considerably surprised
at the tremendous increase in real es-
tate values here. Farm lands here he
said Saturday are commanding price
equal to and in many instances above
those In Texas, despite the fact that
the lands in that state are level and
more easily worked. Crandall Is To-
Gated near Dallas, Texas. Mr.. Hanna
said that he was some 500 miles away
from the Mexican border and personal
| ly is not concerned on account OF the
antics of troublesome neighbors on the
south.
Messrs. ]. Ernest Stroup and c. R.
Gillian returned to Yorkville yesterday
after spending q week or more in New
York and other points north and east.
According to the gentlemen, New YORK
is more crowded than ever with thous-
ands of buyers from all over the coun-
try and the usual number OF summer
visitors. The metropolis is as lively
and apparently more prosperous than
ever, the ban on booze to the contrary
notwithstanding. Thousands of sum-
MGR visitors are at Coney Island and
Atlantic City and railway traffic be-
.wccn Washington sand New York Is
acre congested than ever before in its
history According to Mr.. Stroup
New York Is more or less excited on
account of the various strikes and
rumors of strikes. He left New York
ociore the strike of street car con-
luctors and motormen came off. How
ever it was brewing at the time he was
in the city and people were preparing
for it with some apprehension. New
Workers., however, appeared to be as
much concerned about the actors
oil
than impatient to see 1t brought to
close.
Comes the word from officers, block
aders and friends of the blockadcrs
that all kinds Of stuff is being used in
the manufacture Of liquor. Cheap
molasses, brown sugar, cane seed, kero-
sene, concentrated lye what-nots-
anything to make 1t fast and make 1t
cheap is being used. The other
day friend Of Here and There
who knows more about the In
side of the moonshine business In York
county than he ought to know told the
newspaper man that some of the dis
ii leries were using manure. yes ma
nure, in it's preparation. The story
sounded so absurd that it was looked
uron as a joke. There must be some
thing TO II though. Listen to this story
told by the Davie County \. c. Re-
cord: For several weeks we have
heard it rumored that blockaders in
this section were making whiskey from
conn meal and stable manure. We
ha' e recently learned that stable ma
nrre is being used extensively now In
nj: ny parts of the country to make
v''.s,,ey They say four bushels OF
m N or corn chops and eight bushels
of stable manure will make 16 gallons
of whiskey that sells now in the cities
at s24 per gallon. We have heard that
certain distileries have recently been
reported because the blockaders took
mnnure from the horse stables OF the
neighbors."
Special Agent Hunter, representing
the internal revenue department Gre
ated something Of a shake-up among
the people of this section last week on
account of unpaid special taxes on au-
tomobiles. He collected $35 each out
Of some fifteen automobile owners who
If they had paid at the proper time,
would have been due only SIS. For
instance there is a tax Of $40 year
on an ordinary business or pleasure
car The tax went into effect on Janu-
ary l, and was payable then at the rate
OF IS until June 80, the end OF the fis-