Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-23
ESTABLISHED 1855
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs OF More or
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Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
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Some You Don't Know-condensed
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This is one year when the farmers
of my community have gotten in theii
cotton far ahead of corn" said Mr.. w
B. McGfl of the Bethany section, wht
was in Yorkville, yesterday. "Practi'
cally everybody in the community has
finished planting cotton and has
good stand; but there is mighty lit
tie seed corn in the ground, less thar
there has been at this season in years
in my section"
Afraid of the Boom.
81 do not mind how much better
times get" said Mr.. NJ. L.. Smith OF
Glover, Saturday; "but one thing
hope for is that we will not have an
other dcmoralizing boom. Whatever
comes, deliver us from that.
"By the way" he continued, turn
ing to Mr.. j. e. Beamguard, that land
l was holding at 500 an acre. l viii
take $50 an acre for it."
i've got about all l can manage
now" replied Mr.. Beamguard.
CareIessness.
am not much of mathematician,
says Carelessness, but l can add 10
your troubles, subtract from your
earnings, multiply your aches and
pains, take interest from your work
and discount your chances for safety
Besides this, 1 can divide your
thoughts between business and pleas
ure and be a potent factor in your
failures. Even if l am with you only
a small fraction of the time, | can
lessen your chances for success. l am
a figure TO be reckoned with. Cancel
me from your habits and it will add
to your total happiness.
Voting Precinct for Ramah.
People in my section are very anx-
ious for the establishment of voting
precinct at A. NJ. McGilrs store" said
Representative Emmett w. Pursley OF
the Ramah section who was in York
vile, yesterday. "a petition is now
in circulation for signatures of the
men and women voters of the COM
munity," said Representative Pursley
asking the Democratic executive
committee to establish voting pre-
circt there. About> so voters have sc
far signed the petition and it is hoped
that there will be 100 signers by the
time that it is ready for the presen-
tGtion to the committee Asked
whether or not he would be a candi-
date for re-elsction to the house OF
representatives, Mr.. Pursley said that
he would be in the race
Asparagus and Cattle.
Were it not for asparagus and
cattle | don't know what we farmers
in Edgefeld county would do for &
livelihood now," remarked B. r. Till
man of Trenton, Edgefield county tC
Views and Interviews the other day
in discussing the agricultural outlook
"The boil weevil simply cleaned us ur
in Edgefield last year and has made
production of large cotton crop inn
practicable for this year. A good
many of us turned to asparagus and
cattle and have made pretty fair sue
CESS. The asparagus is gathered anG
marketed early in the spring and thi:
year has given us money crop at a
time when we needed it badly. AS
paragus is not ready for market unit
three years after it Is planted and
many of the farmers, seeing what was
coming, made ready for it. But as
matters stand now, farmers in my
county are in pretty bad plight
Mr.. Tillman is farming at Trenton
his fathers old home.
On Attending Church.
Views and Interviews and Harley
Dickson of Yorkville were talking will
Il colored minister the other evening
about things in general including mat.
tcrs religious. The colored preacher
by the way is one of the best posted
men in these parts on the Bible anC
as one of his colored flock puts it
"dc pahson knows de Book most fun
kivcr to kiver" The preacher wa!
asked what part of his flock went t(
church through a sincere desire t
learn of the Bible and what part wen
just to be going, so 10 speak. Th'
minister's reply was: We'll, sr
the colored folks are pretty much lik,
the white folks. A mighty small pc
cent. Of them go to hear the Word cx
pounded and because OF the good tha
is to he derived from going while tn
great majority go to see who else i
there and 10 be able to tell other peo
pie on Monday morning that the
were at preaching the day before
And speaking of this boil wecvil,
continued the preachcr, which ha
done cut my salary down to where
is hard for me to get along, the LOr
has sent him because the folks is no
listening to the Lord and when IN
folks get back to the Lord and ODE
Him as they should and live as II