Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-08-23
SOUTH. CAROLINA NEWS


Pierre II. Fikc, for. nearly eight
years postmaster at Spartanburg, has
returned TO his old position as city
editor of the Spartanburg Herald.
- Thirty-two motor trucks, in first
class shape, have just been secured by
the state highway department from
Camp Jackson, as the camp is about TO
break up. These are to be distributed
throughout the state for use in high
way construction and maintenance,
mainly maintenance. The highway de-
partmcnt is also negotiating fO1' other
material, now in army use, which will
be Of service in road work. To date
the highway department has secured,
since the war, more than three hum
drcd motor trucks, all Of which are in
road work Of the state. The thirty
two from Camp Jackson is one of the
largest allOtments yet to be received
from the government.
- The city of Spartanburg is being
OvCrrun with vagrants and the police
department has inaugurated a vigor-
Gus war against that class of undcsira-
bles because of the annOyanccs they
are giving through the increasing fire.
quency Of petit LARCENY, house and car
breakings. During last week more
than dozen idlers were sent up to
the chaingang for thirty day periods
on charge of vagrancy and the police
say that they will keep up the war
until the city has been entirely rid of
the class Of people who are unable 10
show that they are getting their living
from honest and proper sources.
Dillon, August 20 For the first
time in the history of Dillon county
cotton farmers, and every farmer in
the county is n cotton farmer, realize
that the one crop system must be
abandoned. The boil wcevil is on
practically every farm throughout the
county. The top crop has disappeared
and there is little likelihood that there
will be any. The grown bolls are being
attacked and general CONSERVATION
prevails among farmers Of this section,
the fear being that net more than one
half crop will be made, if that much.
Almost every one has felt that this
section was too far north to become
infected. There has. been little real
preparation on the part OF the average
farmer to diversity.
Lake City, August 10: While in
bathing today in Lynch's river at
Welch's bridge, about seven miles dis
tant from the home of s. w. Young, a
party Of young boys discovered the
iron safe that was stolen from Mr..
Goung's home Sunday night. 1t was
hidden under water and only found by
one of the boys striking against it. The
safe being small it was easily raised
to the surface and appeared to have
been opened with a cold chisel. All it
ttf N hook "A l.
let containing tax receipts and bill
Of sale. The safe eswas loaded in the
rear seat of a FuIdNa"d removed to the
home of Mr.. Young. No further clue
has been discovered as to the pcrpet-
ratOrs Of the crime. The safe was said
TO have contained about 10000 in Lib
crty bonds and about the same amount
in other securities.
49, Greenwood Journal: From a
survey made of Greenwood county by
the Index journal, the apparent aver
age damage from the boil Wccvil this
fall will be fifty pcI' cent. In the CALI
son and Cambridge sections, damage
seems worse those farmers respond
ing to The Index Journals query, eSti
mating the damage as high as eighty
per cent. Farmers apparently are at
sea rs to what to plant next year. All
are agreed that foods and forage crops
must be raised. Farmers from the
Ninety Six section think oats can be
grown there successfully as a money
crop. others are still uncertain what
should be planted but are alive To the
realization that sticking To the old rut
or al cotton spells certain failure and
ruin.
- Ncwbcrry. August 10: EX-Govcr-
nor Cole l.. Elcase spoke to approXi-
matcly 1000 people at the Jolly street
picnic in this county tOday. lie de-
Clarcd that he was still Of the opinion
that the entry Of the United States
into the world war was unca!lcd for,
and that if he had his way this country
would never have entered the war.
New made graves, widows and orphans
and a war debt of tremendous prOpOr-
tions were the only results of our par
ticipatiOn in the struggle, according To
the ex-governor. He paid liS respects
to the pardon record of Governor
Cooper, ana said that in comparison
it was worse than his. He compared
the present tax assessments with that
of 1911. when he was governor of the
state. He said that he WAS being urg-
ed on all sides to make TN" race for
governor next year; that even his per
SOnal enemies were demanding that he
make the race. lie stated that his hat
is in the ring unless some younger man
Of proven ability comes out as cam
didatC.