Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-27
Views and INTERVIEWS
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SiOTiSS SOHSS'H HiIi9 To'NS o'H ''''SS'
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't know-Condensed
For Quick Reading.
business has not been much up our
way this year." said Mr.. T. E. Long, of
Mt. Olive yesterday; but it seems to
be picking up somewhat now. We
have been suffering from the general
depression that has been felt all over
the country Our cotton crop is so
light that we are not building much
hope on it; but the price Of tobacco is
very good, compared with what 1t has
been, and we are banking on that
mostly"
Will Grow Peaches.
81 do not know how I'll come out at
it; but am going to make a try said
Johnson Cameron. who lives about
1-2 miles south of Yorkviile, to Views
and Interviews 4 few days ago. Il am
going to put out several thousand
peach trees on my home place. l have
been told by people who know that
have exactly the right kind of soil,
and although it is a hit or miss propo-
sition, we all know tha: we get good
peach crop in this locality with reason
able frequency. l have the money, II
is mine and l am going to make the
experiement. If l win, | will win
pretty big 1 guess, and if l lose, then
l guess I will be able to stand it. Any
how l am going to put out that peach
orchard"
"Dixie Girl"
As the guns of the 51st artillery were
passing through Congress street, York
vile, last Friday, shortly after noon,
an artilleryman said to Views and In
tCrvicws:
"AlI of these guns and many Of the
men saw service overseas. Some of
the men arc little more than boys. as
you will notice: but others are middle
aged and some have been in the service
for from 20 to 30 years"
On the barrel and carriage of one
long siX-inch rife was painted the
name, Dixie Girl" Referring to this
gun. the artillcryman commented:
That is probably the most noted
gun in the American army. 1t was all
through the World war. and in all was
fired at the Germans more than thir-
teen hundred times"
Boil WeeviI Puzzle.
"Ycs, the boil wc"vil iS~ "om, ru%-
zlc," said Mr.. c. W. Carol, of tn" tiim
of Carroll Bros. to View" and Inter-
views a few days ago, AMI l don't
understand him"
Messrs. Carroll Bros. run farm in
the Cotton Belt nc;EAborhOOd on which
they are cultivating some cotton, and
being also largely engaged in the sup
ply business, they are very directly
interested in the boil wccvil operations.
About three weeks ago" Mr.. Car
roll went on "it fell to me to superin-
tend the digging Of Il well out at our
little place, and ! had spent part of
three days there. With nothing else
especially to do, | wcrt all over the
place hunting the boil wCevil, and dur
ing that time l did not find anything
that looked like it; but now within the
past few days the negroes tell me that
they find wccvils just everywhere.
"AIr. Jim Land" Mr. Carroll went on
to say, told me not long ago that his
brother Ed out IN IcNaS' S"!d OUT d
Few years ago OH account Vi TIC "'''
wc"VilS and moved S'V'fa' hu'uf'o
miles further n"rth. I"c 10" W''F''
Inal'y reached hlfh at MS nc" 'oc'-
tlon; nut now ne Is r'c"'cll'" 10 ''l'
SlIua'lon' saying 'i'I inc "a''''Hc II
not moro thah 10 OF ~ per cent i"'
as ior me- am alIi'i". n'lieFo inc
boil wcevil is going to clean up every
thing.
Not that bad" suggested Views
and interviews. among other things,
you know some Of the Wis" ones hold
that the cod winter cleans the hbIl