Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-18

the peace and all that sort of thing is
concerned" said a young travelling
man who has had his headquarters in
Rock Hill, last Wednesday; "but there
Is one town in this section that Is a
honey so far as fighting and that kind
of thing goes. That town Is Kersha~.
Maybe 1 have happened into Kershaw
during recent trips when certain citi-
zens were out of sorts; but anyway
have been there on three occasions in
the last two months and / have seen
fight each trip. Why just the other
day 1 walked into a grocery store
there and throwing open my sample
case I proceeded to show the grocer
my samples. There were several men
loafing in the store. While I was
getting ready to talk my line, in walk
ed a man with an axe helve in his
hand and without saying hardly a
word, he biffed one of the loafers over
the bean with the helve, knocking him
out for the count. Then he looked
around as though he We're in splendid
mood to biff anybody else who didn't
like it. I promptly closed my case and
started for the front door. See you
next trip l called to the grocer from
the street"
As to Watering Cotton.
The talk ran to watering cotton the
other morning up at Glover and Mr..
NJ. L. Ford, we'll known citizen Of that
town whose memory goeth back quite
bit, said: II have grown a great deal
of cotton in my day and guess 1 have
sold some that had water in it; but
never did do it intentionally; because
to my way of thinking such practice
would be plain stealing. But 1t is done
all right and it has been done for years
and years. 1 recall that there used to
be in this section away back in the
seventies a man who bought lots Of
cotton. He was a likeable kind Of
chap; but absolutely INSCRIPTIONS
morally. Still he wore broadcloth ell Of
the time and in those days broadt 9th
was the finest cloth known. He hal a
CHEEKY word and cheery smile for
every farmer and everybody, he always
offered the highest market price for
cotton and he always had money. It
was his practice to buy all the cotton
he could buy and then carry it to
Charlotte and sell it. But before he did
that he worked on the cotton a little.
OF course you know that II you get
boiling hot water and set a bale Of
cotton up on it's end and pour the
water on it, you can have 1t absorb at
least 100 pounds. That was his game.
He would fill his cotton full Of water
and then picking damp, misty day
he would set out for Charlotte. Greet
ing the buyers there cheerfully he
would ask bid on his cotton which he
would receive and the buyer would
suggest that possibly four pounds
should be deducted because the cotton
was little damp. He would be met
with the answer that that was quite
fair and to be fairer the owner was
willing that he take off eight pounds.
That would appear to the Charlotte
buyer to be quite liberal, he not dream
ing that he was still buying ninety two
pounds Of water. But the fellow finally
played out and he left this country and
went west years and years ago. / re-
call another interesting story / used
to hear in connection with watering
cotton" said Mr.. Ford. There once
lived in this county an aristocratic old
fellow who prided himself on his
honesty and fair and square dealing.
After his cotton was ginned he would
store it in an old house. Finally he
would tell his women folks to get the
kettles ready and they would place big
kettles In the yard and boil T..ter.
Then the old fellow would take his
cotton out Of the house and deposit
coffee pot pour gallons and gallons of
water into the bales. II some one
should pass by and inquire: what do
you mean pouring water on that cot
ton his reply would be, why, sub,
would you believe that cotton has be-
come filled with chinches through ly-
ing in that old house. / have about de-
cided to sell, sub, and I wouldn't
dream of selling cotton with chinches
in it to anybody. SO I am pouring
boiling water on the bales to kill the
chinches.'
! Dog Delivers Paper.-"H. NJ. Arm
strong. Throw off at house beyond
Smile post"