Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-08-12


known bee man the other day Even
with the unfavorable weather that we
have had this year it seems as If our
beekeepers are coming out ahead. Dur
ing the past few days there has been
heavy honey flow which is probably
coming from cotton blooms. With
few more days of good cotton weather
the fall flow will beat the spring flow
which is largely from poplar blossoms
blossoms
The Baseball Team.
I've been thinking a lot about IL
and I've come to the conc usion that
there is no estimating what the value
of the baseball team in Yorkville has
been to the town." remarked a promi-
nent citizen of Yorkville this morning.
1T has furnished and is furnishing
clean sport and amusement for hum
dreds of men, women and children. II
has in a measure brought the people OF
the town closer together. 1t has caus-
ed lots of people to forget their trou-
bles or rather to divert their minds
for a time. 1t has been a good adVer-
tisement for the town and has caused
the players on the teams who have OPP
posed US and the fans who accom-
panied them to leave here with a good
impression Of us. Yes, sir, the base
ball team is worth all it costs and
then some"
Linwood College.
"Speaking of Linwood College," said
a Yorkville man the other day, that
place would certainly make fine rec
reation and rest resort. haven't got
the money to do it, but l have often
wondered why some Of the folks
around these parts who have money
don't take over that property and con-
vert it into a summer resort or an all
the year round resort. 1t could be
done without great amount beng
spent for improvements if the present
buildings were used. | don't know
that there are any medicinal qualities
in the waters at the springs but | do
know that 1t is good water and | be-
lieve that il the place were converted
into a rest and recreation resort 1t
would attract many people because OF
its proximity to railways"
Schools for lIlterates.
There is misapprehension as to the
source of the money that is being used
for the conduct of the school for adult
illiterates, some people having the idea
that it IS coming from the common
school fund Of the county. So far as
Views and Interviews has information,
there is no special opposition to these
schools. On the contrary, the idea ap-
pears to be meeting with pretty gen
eral approval but the people are not
clear as to how the bihs are being paid,
and in order to get information, Super
intendent of Education Carroll was
asked about the matter.
THE funds for this purpose Mr..
Carroll said, come out of an appro-
priation of about S1.4O0,000 that is be-
ing administrated by the office of the
state vi .NuHNN'''N''' 49,
der the different ac;s covering the
matter. / can't tell you off hand eX-
actly how much of this state appro-
priation goes for the conduct of adult
schools but York county has an ap-
portionment of $1,000, and about all
my office has to do with it is to spend
it to the best possible advantage,
which, with the assistance of Miss Ina
fact we have in operation more schools
than we are entitled to have but we
are banking on the assumption that, as
usual, there will be n number of coun-
ties to fall down in the matter of TAX
ing up their respective quotas and we
will come out all right
Preacher Catches snakes.
Rev. J. l.. Oates, ID. d., was talking
about rattle snakes the other evening
and spoke of a number of beautifully
tanned rattlesnake hides that he had
seen in the office of a friend of his in
Anderson recently. 81 asked h.n
Wnef6 Ut Spl liltiil, ~ o'''''
land he told me that he had gotten
them from an old Baptist minister liv-
ing in the mountains of western North
Carolina and whose hobby is catching
rattlers. He told me that the ole
preacher has an ordinary walking
stick and to this he ties scCurc'y three
fish hooks in such a manner that The
sharp hooks prOtrude from the end o.
the cane. Then he goes into th'
mountains and among the big rock!
under which big rattle snakes lie. Ht
gigs the snakes under the rocks will
the stick. They fight back and beccm
fastened on the hooks on the end o
the stick and are brought fortI
rafting and striking but securel,
fastened. Then they are killed ant
their hides tanned and they are solt
by the o!d preacher to snake fancier
at goodly prices"
When You're Old.
What will you he doing in your ol
age? asked one. viii you be sittin
on the front porch, stroking you