Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-08
ESTABLISHED 1866
VIEWS And INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs Of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know ano
Some You Don't Know-condensed
for Quick Reading.

for Quick Reading.
T estimate that our ginnery vii
lose ginning at least 200 bales of cot
ton as a result of that hail storm
which swept through a section OF
western York county last Thursday
remarked A. L. Black of York No. l
"By that I estimate that the hail des'
troyed at least 200 bales OF cotton that
would have been brought to our gin
merry this fall"
Going to Waste.
was down in Fairfield county the
other day." remarked York county
man, "and was struck with the tact
that Fairfield county farmers with
whom have been more or less famll-
lar for a number Of years appear to
have raised more country produce this
year than usual They have so much
that they can't possibly find a market
for it all. 1 visited the home of one
farmer who had plucked 500 big, fine
watermelons which were lying unoef
the shade of some trees. The farmer
had tried in Wan to sell them and they
were simply going to rot"
The Coal Situation.
"The coal situation doesn't look
much better to me-" said Mr.. Harry E,
Neil, manager of the Yokville Cotton
Oil Company in discussing the matter
the other morning. "Of course one
can now buy a certain kind OF coal
at high price; but it is hard to tell
about it. Some time ago bought some
coal for the use of the oil mill, paying
sS a ton for run of the mines at the
time. 1t cost us $12 delivered in the
yard and was of the cheapest grade.
Recently 1 had quotation of run OF
the mine coal for $50 at the mines
That coal is of the cheapest grade and
really is not a good buy. The price OF
coal and delivery Of coal for this win
ter largely depends upon these strikes
being settled soon."
One Explanation.
"Why is It," inquired Views and In
terviews of Columbia man who was
up for the Filbert picnic the other day
that the Columbia Record isn't fight
ing Blease g hard this year as usual?'
Well" was the reply, that is a
matter that has been interesting me to
some extent and I've been making
some inquiry about it. There is story
going the rounds in Columbia, that
Charlton Wright, editor of the Record
told some of his friends when they
chided him about his apparent lack OF
interest in fighting Blease that he was
tired of doing all the fighting and 'lav-
ing the Columbia State, a little further
up the street get all the credit for the
fighting as we'll as the political spoils
in the way of state printing and politi-
cal appointments for those they favor
ed"
WeeviI is Winning.
Just now it appears that the boil
weevil has the upper hand in the tight
that the farmers of York county are
waging against him." said John X
Blair, York county farm demonstration
agent. Mr.. Blair has recently visited
practically every neighborhood in York
county with view TO trying to get al
idea of the progress of the weevil ant
he is inclined just now to be rather
pessimistic over the outlook. BY rea
son of the position he holds he is con
sidered by many people to be the bes
informed man on the agricultural out
look in the county. in some sections
Of the county," he said, boil weevi
infcstation will run as high as 60 pc
cent. of the crop and the infestatiol
ranges from that percentage on down
to a negligible percentage. There is
no doubt of the fact, however, that the
wecvil is making big headway right
now"
Learn a Little.
l. How many children were in Ben
jamin Franklin's family? Seventeen
He was the youngest son for five gene
rations, the fifteenth child of his father
2. What is the hardest minera
known and what is the softest? Dia
mond and tale.
3. When was California admitted t
statehood? August Is, 1850.
4. When and by whom was Venic
first settled? When was it annexed t
Italy? About 475 A. D., by italian fugi
tives, who fled from the invasion o
Attila to the islands. In 1866.
5. What is the greatest natura
generator of power that has we
been harnessed?" Niagara Falls.
6. To what is the mildness Of Cali
fornia's climate due? Largely to warn
winds from the Pacific, which ow
their temperatue to the Japan current
z What city in New England ha
the largest brass button factory
the world? Waterbury, Conn.
s. Who were the leaders Of the "set
known as the "Dandies," in the earl
Victorian period? Count D'Orsa!
Benjamin Disraeli, and Bulwer, tn
novelist.
9. In what year did England sc
January as the first day of the year