Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-08
THE. news OF ROCK HILL
Landlords, Are: Putting Farm Tenants
on; a Ration Basis.
A BIT OF LOCAL HIsTOY RECALLED

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Jackson-Farm Tenants May Give It
! Up-Interesting Meeting of kiwanis
Club-Many Hoboes Passing Through
Other News and Notes of the York
County Metropolis.
(By Staff Corrcspondent.)
Rock Hill, March 5.-Bankers. busi-
ness men and people generally say that
March 1, just past, was the quietest
known in years in Rock Hill, and that
there was very little farm busl-
ness done. Information is that land
lords are putting their tenants on a ra-
tioning basis almost altogether this
year and no cash money is being ad-
Vanced to them in the majority Of cases.
While the new plan Is not altogether
pleasing, people generally realize that
the situation is indeed grave and that
there must be a change in the system
Discussing the matter with the corre-
spondeht today, a big Rock Hill farm
er who has eighteen or twenty people
on his. farm as tenants. said: III left
entirely to myself I would not. attempt
to farm at. all this. year; but since I
have all these people on my hands to
take care of since there Is no other
place for them to go. I've got to make
some kind of arrangements.
I'm rationing each family on q, basis
of. about fifteen dollars a month-that
Is giving them an order for these ra-
tions on the stores. But Lam not put
ting out any cash money. I can't af-
ford it. One of my tenants refused to
enter into this arrangement and an
nounced his intention to leave. A short
time later he came back with the ex-
PLANTATION that he would accept my
terms sncc he couldn't do better else
where.
Landlords generally in Catawba'
Fort Mill, Ebcnezer. and Bethesda town.
ships are going to adopt this plan the
speaker went on to say, land you are
going to see revolution in the way Of
running hands this year. People gen.
orally around Rock Hill believe that
this Is going to be the cheapest year for
farming known in many years
celebrates 66th Birthday.
Mr.. ]. J. Matthews, well known farm
x. OF, Ebenezer, :: celebrated his: 66th
BIRTHDAY today. Despite h's advanced
years, Mr.. Matthews is in good health
and his many friends and acqulintan-
ccs hope for him many more years: MI.
Matthews is one man who believes that
worry is the cause of most of the mis-
cry and trouble in the world and doesn't
engage In It. There's no use in it, ne
said today. About ten years ago j
came 10 the conclusion that worry
wasn't worth while and quit it. Des-
pitc the fact that times are hard and
the future doesn't look very bright I'm
not going to bother about it. am go
ing to continue my plan again this year
of raising plenty of foodstuffs for man
and beast and l guess we'll get along.
kiwanis Club Meets.
The Winthrop orchestra, composed OF
TWENTY-FIVE Winthrop college students
were the guests Of honor at q meeting
of the Iiiwanis club, held in Chamber
of Commerce hall Friday evening.
bnnuuet was served in connection with
the meeting and about ninety members
Of the club and guests were gathered
around the board. Short talks were
made by Mcssrs. w. ]. Roddcy, l.. y
Pitts and w. r. Wilson, Esq.
Interesting Incident Recalled.
IL is not gccnmlly remembered tina
one of the first cases Of smallpox re-
ported in South Carolina outside oi
Charleston, since the Civil war, wa'
developed here, the victim OF the oiS
ease being Mi. julian Johnson, son OF
lDr. +. 2. Johnson of Rock Hill. DR.
Johnson recalled the incident today
when the subject was preached nm
"ril never forget ny experience In con-
nection with that case OF smallpox III
said THAT and happenings that 1ol'
| lOWCQ Cost Hle III tiiS III
81 200 OF $4,000.
"AIv. son Julian, came home from Il
trip to an ocuiist in ne!Shnor'hI
state. lie complained OF feeling badi!
and the doctor vas summoned. Small
nox was the rarcst kind of disease ane
the doctors around here knew nothing
like as much about it as they do now.
"I2inally the malady was diagnosed
as smallpox and quarantine RESTRICTIONS
were made effective. It was a drast''
quarantine, Ill tell YOU.
!: :i"On the 9th Of November, 1885, Wa:
ordered into quarantine with my lam
iy/ a special house was built LOT III!
son. who was suffering with smallpox
strhc news that he had smaiiPo'
: Isnrcad like wildfre and it was ON
1 frightened community. The late col
i A.. r. Banks was running schoo
whore the Winthrop college nlode
5 home now stands There were o' DO!
: there and tie doctors ordered smalipo'
/ vaccine or virus from New York and aa
| minjstercd it to all of those boys.
"The Christmas scasol was al MANI
and | had on display something ilk
;, mn worth Of Speci;l Christmas gnods