Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-18
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VIEWS and INTERVIEWS
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For Quick Reading.
"The mills are simply not in the
market for cotton and therefore we are
glad that the farmers are not inclined
to sell Just now," said Yorkville
buyer yesterday. Il don't think
telephone has rung in a week. In
fact if you telephone the mills about
cotton right now they'll hang up on
you"
Thanksgiving Turkeys.
Farmers from different sections OF
the county who have been asked about
the Thanksgiving turkey crop say that
the turkeys are going to be more or
less scarce this year. Il haven't had
single turkey offered me for sale so far
this year." said yesterday Yorkville
buyer of fowls, "and 1 don't under
stand it unless it be that the turkeys
are pretty scarce this year. Turkeys
would bring from 80 TO 80 cents
pound on the Yorkyille market
guess"
The North Road.
I'VE are going to work in earnest on
the North road to the CASTOR county
line again next Monday" said Super
intendent ]. z. Whitesides Of the road
project who was among the visitors in
Yorkyille Yesterday. THE work has
been held up because hands and teams
were needed for the sowing of grain.
However we expect to have a large
force of hands back at work next Mon
day and expect to push the work to a.
conclusion"
Lots Of Hoboes.
There are a great many hoboes both
white and colored passing this way
now," observed Deputy Sheriff Tom
Quinn Yesterday Ten white hobocs
and one negro hobo were sent to the
county chaingang on last Tuesday,
having been convicted of vagrancy in
the recorders court in Rock Hill. They
were sentenced to pay fine of $40 or
to serve thirty days each on the
chaingang. Being without funds they
had to go to the roads"
Catches Lots Of 'Possums.
"Come in here and let me show you
a big 'possum" said j. f. Johnson,
superintendent of the Nicely and Ira
yora Mills as he led the way to the
rear of the York Hardware Companys
store yesterday morning. The 'possum
he had to show was big one which
Mr.. Johnson had bought from negro.
1t weighed about eight pounds.
Ernest Carson and l have had
pretty good luck ourselves catching
'possums this year." Mr.. Johnson went
on to say. 80 far we have caught 4S.
Quite a number Of them were small
and these we turned loose again"
Cooperative Marketing.
Yes, 1 am going to sign up to sell
my cotton crop with The South Caro-
lima Cooperative Marketing associa-
ton for a period of five years." said
DIR. ]. b. Johnson of Rock Hill, presi-
dent of the York County Cotton asso-
citation, who was in Yorkville last
Wednesday. The association is
good thing and / am convinced that
will get more money for my cotton by
selling it through the association than
I would by undertaking to market IT
myself as 1 have beer doing hereto
FORE"
Recording Soldier Discharges.
I'VE are recording discharges OF
quite a number of eX-soldiers of York
county" said Howard McMackin, dep
uty clerk of court, and acting adJu-
tant of Mech Stewart Post OF the
American Legion yesterday. Quite
number have recently had their dis
charges recorded-in fact there ap-
pears to have been renewed interest in
the matter But the great majority of
ex-service men have rot yet seen fit
to avail themselves of the opportunity
that is offered to them to have made
2 permanent record of their discharge
free of charges"
Can't Stand Hard Winter.
"The boil weevil can't stand hard
winter" said Harvie Jordan, secretary
of the American Cotton association, in
discussing the weevil with a number
of farmers and business men while in
Yorkville last Wednesday. IF the
temperature drops TO ten degrees
above zero in York county this win
ter you may be assured that all the
weevils that are exposed will be killed,
If the atmosphere next summer is hot
and dry and if there is little moisture
those conditions win also serve to
eliminate him to a large extent l dc
not believe that the weevil will eveI
be so destructive in York county as /,
has been and will continue to be in
some of the counties down state"
Big Corn Crop for York.
York county farmers are going tc
make a larger corn crop this ycal
than they did last year, in my opln
ion" said John r. Blair, York count!
farm demonstration agent when asko(
about the matter when he WAS II
Yorkville Wednesday. with very few