Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-18
ESTABLISHED 1865
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Asked Saturday, how he was coming
along with the work Of having coop
eratiye marketing contracts signed,
Mr.. John R. Blair said that he was do
ing only fairly well; not nearly so well
as he would like.
Almost every man talk to agrees
that cooperative marketing is the right
thing; but the trouble is that they are
slow to come across with their sigma
lures to the contract. Some are sign
ing; but others are slowSakeut signing.
They seem reluctant to surrender their
rights to their cotton to anybody ex-
cept regular retail buyers. Most of the
best business men among the farmers,
however, are signing up with but little
hesitation"
Thinks They Win Do II.
Yes said a large farmer, who for
many years past has been producing
about as much cotton as any other one
farmer In the county. II believe l will
have very little trouble in getting the
croppers on my farms to pick up and
burn the boil weevil infested squares.
1 am aware that many people say that
the negro simply wont do that; but
believe he will AL the men on my
place seem to realize that picking up
and burning squares is the best way
to fight the weevil, and 1 believe they
will do it. But If they don't, I think
that ]. s. Glasscock has struck the
bulls eye. If they don't pick up the
squares, we Just wont feed them.
What's the use in planting cotton un-
less we do everything possible to keep
1t from being ruined by the weevil?"
Long Staple Cotton.
while farmers of CASTOR county
are taking on to the cultivation Of
long staple cotton almost to a man
due to the fact that practically all Of
the mills in Gastonia and good many
others outside the city in CASTOR coun-
ty are using long staple cotton ex-
clusively, farmers on the York county
side who sell most of their cotton on
CASTOR county markets are not taking
on to long staple so fast" said ]. Ed
Harper, well known farmer of York
No. s.. who was in Yorkville Friday.
Mr.. Harper who is one of the best
known farmers in the Point section Of
York county has been growing long
staple cotton for years. In fact practi-
cally altsef. the cotton he grows is long
staple and he finds it more profitable
than the short staple variety. .
Had Hard Time of It.
Columbia folks Who are promoting
Palmafesta Week, a celebration to be
held in Columbia this week had
mighty hard time selecting queen to
Represent York county" said a Rock
Hill citizen who was talking about the
matter the other day. "Youksee the idea
Of the Columbia promoters was to have
a queen from every county : in the
state, the idea being that the queen in
each county should be elected by vote
of newspaper readers Of the county.
But no votes were cast in York county
and none Of the beautiful girls were
interested. Finally the publicity chair
man in Columbia called me up and
asked that try to get queen to rep
resent York county. l telephoned
numbers of girls here in Rock Hill, all
of whom declined saying that they had
not had sufficient notice and had no
clothes ready. tried number in
Yorkville and got the same answer
Finally a Rock Hill girl who is. making
her home with relative in Columbia
agreed to represent York county as
queen. 1t was evident, however, that
York county people are not much in
terested in Columbia's Palmafesta
week."
Cities of the Dead.
"One of the best kept cemeteries IN
the county," remarked a gentleman
who is we'll acquainted with the sub
ject. us Laurelwood in Rock Hill
Some years ago the Yorkville ceme-
terry rather had it on Laurelwood, but
now there Is noticeable some change In
favor of Laurelwood.
"Of the country cemeteries, perhaps
Ebenezer heads the list. The graves
are more generally marked with suita-
BILE headstones, and the whole place IS
pretty well looked after.
There are in the Bethel country a
number of people. who show a proper
interest in that cemetery; but there is
not so much cooperation as there
should be and there are many head
stones that are down on the ground in
a fair way to be broken up, which II
they had proper attention could be
saved for many years yet, indefinitely
maybe. 1t does not require any con-
siderable effort to restore the average
fsllen tombstone. There are men II
every community who could do th'
work if only they would, and more at
tention to this work would be yer!
credItable.
Some Of the Bethel people talked
for while about building a good fence
around their cemetery and turning IL
Inon Iou.p ha ora .