Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02
Cotton Seed Competition.

a cotton seed buyer representative
of one of the largest oil mill concerns
in the country was talking it over the
other day. Said he: You are going
to see keen competition in the cotton
seed market this fall if the dope that
is now being passed out is right. Every
big oil mill concern in the country is
going to have more representatives in
the field than they did year ago and
the farmer is going to get the benefit
of the competition because seed are
going to bring a mighty good price al
things considered"
'possum Hunting Time.
Fred C. Wood, superintendent of the
Lockmore Cotton Mill in Yorkville,
who would rather hunt possums than
do almost anything else, called atten-
ton of the "Loafers' Club" the other
evening to the fact that the season for
hunting o'possums opens this season
on September /, which is month
earlier than last year. ut would have
been better had the law been left un-
changed" Mr.. Wood commented; "bc-
cause really, September /, is too early
since most o'possums are not grown by
that time. But since the time has
moved up why guess I'll have few
good races during September along
with the rest of the hunters"
CASTOR County Fair,
Fred NJ. Allen, well known secretary
of Gastonia's chamber of commerce
was in Yorkville, last Wednesday on
business. He said that the rise in the
price of cotton is infuSing hope, en-
couragement and new life, in fact, in
everything up his way, and the busi-
ness outlook is growing better every
day. we are about leading the state
on this county fair proposition now
and in some respects our CASTOR Coun-
~ Fair has it on the state fair al
Raleigh. ! have a strong belief that
we are going to have a bigger and
better fair at Gastonia this year than
we have ever had, and | am locking
forward to just such an outcome"
Optimistic Over Future.
New York wholesale dealers are
rather optimistic over the outlook fol
business this fan" said Mr.. J. NJ
Ramsey, manager Of the Kirkpatrick
Bek Company, in Yorkvile, who has
recently returned from New York
where he went to buy fall goods fol
his firm. None of the wholesalers t
whom ] talked" Mr.. Ramsey went or
to say, would make any predictions
as to what the price of cotton would
be: but practically all of them were u
opinion that business would he Il 10
more brisk than IT was u year ago
also noticed that there were more
buyers from all parts of the country il
New York than there were this time ;
year ago and they were inclined t'
view the future with more enthusiasm
and optimism than they showed a yea
ago"
Snakes.
August and September arc TIN
number of snakes in these parts" Sai'
a snake professor" the other day. g
have heard more people talk ab"u
snakes during the past couple Of week
and telling about seeing snakes tha
| had heard all summer up to tha
time. And you will get lots of report
about snakes in September. Jus
watch" And the statement rcmInde
Views and Interviews Of the fact tina
he ran over and killed a black Snak
with his flivvcr between Sharon an
Hickory Grove while en- route t
Smyrna Tuesday afternoon. Tho snak
was about a yard long and was evi
IDENTITY courting death since it did ne
attempt to get out of the road TO max
way for the fiivver."
Carolinas and Georgia Holding.
Ardrcy (Jcf) Inman, son of Mr..
NJ. Inman, OF York No. l, who is buy
ing cotton for large firm with heaC
quarters in Spartanburg, dropped int
Yorkville Wednesday mainly for Il
purpose of looking over the situate"
Right now" said he. 1t is almost ol
of the question to buy any cotton fro
e. farmers in North or South Carolina
-" Georgia, because there is a be,ief
the minds of the farmers of the thrt
states that cotton is going stIl high