Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-20
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Long Trip and Bad Roads.

Long Trip and Bad Roads.
Yes it is a pretty hard drive from
West Palm Beach to this place" said
Mr.. ]. l.. Grier, who arrived in York
Vile last Saturday, after being on the
road about three and half days;
"but there is lots Of interest by the
way" he added.
Mr. .Grier is a former York county
man, having been born and raised in
Fort Mill township; but for many
years past he has been a resident OF
West Palm Beach, Florida. His wife,
who was Miss Bessie Mcconnell, of
Yolkville, has been spending some
time past with her mother, Mrs. w. H.
Mcconnell, on College street, and that
accounts for Mr.. Griers visit just at
this time. 1t is something like 700
over the public highway, and not less
than 500 by air lire. 1t took Mr.. Grier
and his friend Mr.. w. w. Caffey, who
came with him, three and q half days
10 Hldhc lHS Iip' pul Iiio'N was ''' 6N'J
because of the horrible roads they en-
countered, especially through South
Georgia.
I'VE got along fine down in florida"
said Mr.. Grier, because generally our
roads are good 1t was no trouble to
do the Florida part of the trip in
day; but when we got up into South
Georgia and in fact all the way to Au-
gusta, somewhere between five and
ten miles an hour was the best we
could do. They have no roads there,
and no wonder. 1t is a terribly poor
country. You travel miles and miles
along miserable trails with only an oc-
casional sight of a h2bitation, and
most Of the habitations are only poor
little huts hardly fit for the shelter Of
cattle. The people down that way
have finished gathering their crops,
which have been very light, hardly
one-fourth Of an average; but they
have not been selling. Usually we
would see two or three bales Of cotton
lying about each of the miserable butts
we would pass.
when we got into South Carolina
the prospects seemed to get brighter,
more especially rs we approached the
northern part of the state and between
here and Greenwood, the rapidity with
which the people arc waking up to the
need of better roads is very notice
able.
"Ovcr such roads as we have in
Florida and in South Carolina, VIC
ought to have made this trip very
easily ir about 25 hours of actual
travelling. However, considering every
thing we got along very nicely, hav-
ing had no mishap except one little
puncturc, which we were able t9 fix
in a short time"
Farm Conditions in Texas.
Several days ago Views and Inter-
views wrote Mrs. Lille NJ McE!rcath.
of Texarkana, Texas, a well known
woman writer for farm papers Of
Texas, asking about crop conditions
in the Lone Star State. Mrs. Nc
Elreath has replied:
The old adagc, a bad beginning oft
makes good ending might be
reversed as to crop conditions in Texas
this year.
Undoubtedly there was a good be-
ginning for mild winter and warm
spring-like weather gave the farmers
ar opportunity to plant and prepare
ground at least month earlier than
usual.
I'm due time the young crops looked
very promising and everybody felt that
prospects ahead were bright and they
were going TO make up much Of the
losses and troubles Of the past few
years. But suddenly, out of the clear
sky came cyclones and near-cycloncS,
and storms of wind and hail and avail
anches of rain swept back and forth
across our big state, leaving destruction
Of property and crops and loss OF life
in their wake. A shocked and discour-
aged inactivity csuited for a time and
then the farmers went to work again.
Large tracts were planted in corn
and other grains Idle lands were
bought up or rented and truck gardens
put in. More dairies were started up,
chicken and sweet potato farms pan
ned. Acres of Strawberries and pea
nuts were planted--cvcrything that
would be likely to mature ard retrieve
their fortunes. And the cotton ficnds
also went mcrrily TO work and they
planted cotton and cotton. And then
came the gentle rains and sunshine,
and everything grew and became beau
tiful again. The cotton fields especial
ly were good to look upon-having
such tall heavy growth that orc could
easily he lost in the patch.
However. good luck would not stay
with the cotton farmers. Extremely
hot, dry weather for two months and
the wide spread appearance of the boil
worm and wccvits caused cotton to de-
terioratc very rapidly No top crop
and bools opening too soon and too
fast. All picking is practically finish
cd and the CrOp is estimated as the