Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04
Tuesday, July 4, 1922.

all and it looks like starvation, he
says. Much of the country has been
abandoned. The crop prospects are
better in this section than he has
seen anywhere during his absence.
Little Misses Gertrude Kennedy and
Anabel Kennedy, sisters OF Ihorn-
well Orphanage, Clinton, are spending
a month with members of the Olivet
congregation, McConnellsvllle. They
were in Yorkville yesterday with Rev.
r. C. Wilson and Mr.. J. Frank Ashe,
meeting friends Of these gentlemen
and visiting points of interest, inr:ud-
ing the soda fountains. Mr.. Wilson
explained that the Olivet people hav-
ing previously tried the experiment OF
having short visit from two Thorn
well orphanage girls were so well
pleased that this summer they nave
arranged for longer visit. The little
girls are dividing their time among
the McConnellsville homes staying
some two or three days with each,
and they are having a delightful va
cation.
| That farmers in Marlboro county
| are now putting up terrific battle
against the spread of the boil WeeVll
is in the information brought from
Marlboro this week by 5. Earle Grist,
well known insurance man OF York
vile, who has returned home after an
automobile trip TO BennettsvilIe.
They are fighting the weevil in every
conceivable way" said Mr. Grist.
The farmers are using calcium ar
senate, boil weevil traps, picking up
squares and doing almost every thing
| that they know how to do. They are
buying hundreds of gallons of black
molasses to be used in mixing with
calcium arsenate. Statesmen are reap
ing a rich harvest from the sale of
boil weevil traps. These traps are
selling at $3.50 each. They are ar
| ranged whereby the weevils on the
cotton are knocked into pans filed with
kerosene oil which Of course kills the
wcevil when it falls into the traps.
While the weevil is thick in Marlboro,
occasionally one runs upon n Marl-
boro farmer who says that he has not
seen n single weevil on his farm.
That is the exception rather than the
rule, however. Cotton acreage in
Marlboro this year is not as large as
il was last year and it is evident that
! The use of fertilizer Is not so great as
formerly. Because of the fact that so
much calciHm arsenate is being used
people over the county are becoming
afraid to eat blacbberries and honey.
Calcium arsenatel is n deadly poison
and they fear that il has gotten on
the blackberry bushes and trees and
flowers while being put on cotton"
j. r. Barnwell, manager of the York
Hardware Company returned yester-
day from New Haven, Conn, where
he attended n convention of Win
chester Simmons Hardware dealers.
While away attending the convention
at which were present 1000 or more
hardware dealers who handle Win
chester products, Mr. Barnwell visited
New York city. Those attending the
convention were the recipients Of
every courtesy at the hands of the
Winchester people, according to Mr..
3arnwell and the trip was both pleas
; ant and profitable. One of the fea-
lures of the convention was q trip by
,; steamer from New York city to New
Haven, n distance of about seventy
five miles. Mr. Barnwell was much
impressed with agricultural activities
, that he witnessed in the east, espec-
tally in the states of Maryland, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, New York and
New Haven. The irish potato crop in
,, New York and Connecticut appears
, 10 ne unusually SOOd InlS year. he
saw thousands of acres of tomatoes
in Maryland and New Jersey especi-
ally, and numerous canneries ready to
convert them into the product that
Yorkville people will find later on in
grocery stores under n beautiful label.
He saw much fine wheat in Maryland,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well
as good corn. While the trip through
Long Island Sound from New York
5 to New Haven was very impressive,
the most beautiful scenery on the en-
tire trip was through the Blue Ridge
mountains Of Virginia. Farmers in
New York state he said were COM
planning Of too much rain: but seasons
in other states visited had been fair
so far