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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04
Credit Conditions Of Farmers.


The report shows that throughout
the cotton belt 62 per cent of the far
mers are in bad financial condition and
only 80 per cent whose credit is fairly
good. This condition is n serious ham
dicap to production, as successful cul-
tivation can not be had when the far
mers' financial abilities are so severely
depressed. Economy can be forced to
the point Of inefficiency. Thousands
of farmers will be unable to avail
themselves Of poisons and mechanical
appliances for combating the weevils
because of their depressed financial
condition.
Practically no young mules have
been brought into the cotton belt since
the spring of 1920. The loss of good
motive power in the culture of crops
will, therefore. be severely felt in less
ened production in 1922. With the
shortage of good plow stock and the
absence of liberal applications of high
grade commercial fertilizers in the
states east of the Mississippi river the
soils can not be made to respond on
basis of normal yields no matter how
favorable the seasons may be the bal
ance of the year.
Cotton Acreage Abandonment.
The report shows under proper head
inc the percentage of cotton acreage
planted that has been abandoned this
spring. and the estimated percentage
of abandonment that will take place
It will be noted that the estimate runs
from 2 to per cent in the largest cot
ton growing states. These estimates
are presented for information only ana
have not been used in arriving at the
cotton acreage planted or in forecast
ing production.
II is unfortunate that the govern
ment does not publish its abandoned
cotton acreage before its December re-
vision each year. Such information
promulgated after the crop has beeh
harvested is OF little material value to
the growers or the cotton trade gen.
! erallv. The abandoned acreage should
be published in the July report as Il
dependable forecast Of production can
not be made unless the date on acreage
abandonment is promptly made known
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04

keen interest here But most of those
who speak with authority about lifting
ships from the bottom of the sea are
skeptical as to the Lusitania ever being
hoated. Sir Frederick Young is
strongly of the opinion that it will
never be done. He had charge of the
Admiralty Salvage section during the
war, and brought into port nearly 500
ships that had become war casualties.
Many of them had been torpcdoed and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04

that end.
A wide and persistent campaign of
practical education is urgently needed
to teach every cotton grower to inten-
sify the planting, fertilization and cnl-
turc Of cotton under existing condi-
tions and by diversification to make
each farm truly self-sustainins. This
is an economic matter which should
receive the full support and coopera-
ton of every department of the cot
ton trade, the government and business
interests generally. .l
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04

him. All the world, that Is, except
hts avengers. Four months after the
murder he was sentenced to twenty
years Imprisonment. This super mur
derer escaped the death sentence be-
cause he was q minor That was the
last heard of him until three years
later. On May 9, 1913, it was an
nounced, in a six line cable, that Prin-
cep had died of tuberculosis in Il
fortress prison in Dohemia.-Wyom-
ing State Tribune.
London, June 1.-THE statement
cabled from New York that an Ameri-
can salvage company was going to try
to Iraise the Lusitania has aroused
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04
CLEMSON COLLEGE
Scholarship Examination for York
. County.


Examinations to fill two vacant four
year Tscholarships and one vacant one
year tseholarship will be held at the
County Seat on Friday, July 14th, be-
ginning at a. m, under the superVis-
ion OF the County Superintendent Of
Education.
ii. Four-year Scholarship. Open to
students desiring to pursue Agriculture
or%Textile Engineering.
Subjects for Examination: English
Including grammer, litera ture, compo-
sition and rhetoric; Algebra--inclrd-
ing quadratic equations. American and
European History; and practical Agri-
culture.
NAge, requirement, 16 years or over at
the; time of entrance.
Winners of scholarships must be pre-
pared to meet also the requirements for
admission OF the Association of Col
leges Of South Carolina.
The examinations may be taken for
entrance credits by those not applying
for a scholarship. The value of each
scholarship is 500 per session and free
tnfti IN Of $40. Membership in the Re-
serve Officers Training Corps-R. O..
T.,,C.-is also equivalent in money to
a scholarship during the last two years
in college.
g, One year short course scholar
ships. Open to students IS years of
ago or over desiring to pursue the One
Year Course in Agriculture. Common
school education sufficient.
No previous application to the COL
lege necessary to stand scholarship ex-
afnfnatiOns
FOR catalogue, application blanks,
and other information write to
y" THE REGISTRAR,
'psi Clemson College, s. c.
81 June q and July ct
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04
Saw, Don't Do 1t!

DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE
Indigestion. Smile about it. If your
table trimmings are not agreeing with
your digestion, try buying your Gro.
ceries at this Store. We do not sell
any hing but the best in Groceries
you are. sure to get Quality Groceries
when you buy your supplies at TINS
store. Tell us what you want-lr you
know-or better still, COME AND SEE
WHAT WE HAVE-Then you'll know
Just what you want.
IF YOU WANT anything in the way
of Canned Vegetables, or Fruits, or
Meats, or Fish Products, or Bottled
or Loose Pickles, Bottled Fruits, or
Fancy Cakes and Crackers, Fresh Veg
etables-Beans, Cabbage, Potatoes-it
is pretty sure you'll find what you are
looking for here. Then too we have a
good variety Of Dried Beans and Peas
and the Fat Back that goes with 'em.
CHEER UP-youIl get over 1t IL you
will buy your Groceries here.
SHERER & QUINN
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04
OUTLOOK FOR COTTON
Comprehensive Report Of Acreage
and Condition.
WHAT wEEyIL is DOING WITH CROP
Compared With Last Year There is
Six Per Cent. More Acreage and
General Condition Averages Seventy
H.

Per Cent.
Special to The Yorkville Enquirer.
st. Matthews, June 30.-The Ameri-
can Cotton associations crop report is
sued today estimates the condition or
the crop at 10 per cent. and an in
crease in acreage this year as COM
pared with 1921 Of per cent. The re-
port indicates a decrease in guam
toty of commercial fertilizers used
Of 3 per cent. 1t declares that 20
per cent. of the cotton belt is heavily
infested -, with the boil weevil while
the weevil has made its appearance
and will do light damage in the re-
manning 80 per cent. Of the belt.
The association estimates that per
cent. Of the land planted in cotton
this spring has been abandoned and
estimates that another 1 per cent will
be abandoned. 1t declares that the
credit condition of 62 per cent. of the
farmers is bad and that of the other
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04
i'iD,
The STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County of York.
Court of Common Pleas.

Court of Common Pleas.
Sudie NJ. Bratton, Maude NJ. Kilbourne
and Bu.ritt W. Metts, Plaintiffs, A
o Against
Earh Willis, w. I. Witherspoon. Trus-
tee, and ]. S. Brice and Agnes NJ.
Spencer, as Executor and EXecutriX,
respectively of G. E. Spencer, De-
ceased, Defendants.
To- the Defendants Above Named:
VOU are hereby summoned and re-
= quired to answer the Complaint in
this action, q copy Of which is here
with served upon you, and to serve q
oolSy of your Answer to the said Com
plaint on the subscriber at his office in
York, South Carolina, within twenty
days after the service hereof, exclusive
of the day of such service; and If you
fail to answer the Complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this
actfan will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the Complaint.
Dated May 27, A. D., 1922.
"a THOS. +. McDOW,
: Plaintiffs Attorney.
To the Absent Defendant, Earl Willis:
Please take notice that n copy Of the
Summons and Complaint is this day,
May eth, 1922, filed in the Office Of
the Clerk Of the Court Of York County,
Sdnth Carolina.
Dated May q, A. D.. 1922.
li5-- THOS. +. McDOW,
51.t st Plaintiffs Attorney.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04
YOUR ROOF

The quality of the roof on your va
rious buildings Is of vital importance
to you. A good roof means protection
to your whole building. METAL and
SLATE are the only known Fire Proof
materials for roofs. A first-class Tin
Roof Is almost everlasting and 1t can
be made leak-proof. And tin being at
a lower level in price than short time
ago, it is not so expensive as perhaps
you may think.
GALVANIZED IRON
Makes an ideal roof-it Is leak proof
and fre-proof and it stays on the job.
METAL SHINGLES
Either Tin or Galvanized Iron, are
very satisfactory as to lasting quality,
fire proof and leak proof.
If your buildings need Roofing see
me about it. Let me give you esti-
mates on Tin, Galvanized Iron or Tin,
secret nailed, or Tin or Galvanized
Iron Shingles. l will get your job.
S. M. LONG
ROSE HOTEL BUILDING.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04

"a In China any citizen who aban-
dons any of his lineal ascendants
shall be liable to penal servitude for
life or for term OF from five to 10
years and shall upon conviction be
deprived Of all civil rights.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04
The Boil Weevil Menace.

The outstanding menace to cotton
production is the infestation Of the boil
weevils, which now cover practically
the entire cotton area in the South At
lantic and Gulf States. After 80 years
experimental efforts to devise practi-
cal combating methods unsatisfactory
results have been only obtained. The
rayages Of the insects are growing
more disastrous each year. Calcium
arsenate in dust powder form is the
only specific recommended by the gov
ernment experts, and its application
requires Intelligence, efficiency, cXpen-
sive mechanical apparatus and certain
favorable climatic and atmospheric
conditions to produce paying results.
For these reasons thousands Of far
mers refuse TO avail themselves of such
methods and leave the crop largely to
the mercy of the wcevilS. The govern
ment should largely increase boil Wee
vii appropriations and enlarge the
present scientific research methods
without delay This is felt to be I'M
pcrative and every department OF the
cotton trade should bring pressure to
bear upon congress and the United
States department of agriculture TO
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04
Tuesday, July 4, 1922.

a considerable number had been sunk.
No one knows more about raising
sunken ships.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04

Based upon an increase Of 6 per cent
in the average planted for 1922, with
an average condition, June 90 of 70 per
cent. the4forecast Of the crop for 1922
would approximate 1O,7Sl,S43 bales.
This forecast of production will be ir-
creased es reduced according to wealth
er conditions and boil weevil depreda-
tions during the future growing season
of the c%p. If the present widespread
infestatiap of the boil weevil continues
and is followed by climatic conditions
in July, August and September favora-
able to wteevil damage similar to con-
ditions durng that period in 1921, the
production would not exceed for 1922
total of S,554.03S bales, as the condition
of the clop TO this date is practically
the same as for the same period last
year.
Boil Weevil lnfestation.
The report shows 10 per cent Of the
counties heavily infested with boil
weevils, and 80 per cent light infesta-
tion, with only small area reporting
no boil wecvils. This presents con-
dition which will force a revolution in
the ususf methods employed by the
government and private statisticians in
forecasting production so early in the
season. =.
The present crop of cotton Is from
two TO three weeks late all over the
belt. The largest fertilizer using states
show a material reduction in the use
of commercial fertilizers. which is n
very serious handicap in production In
the old cotton states. Continuous rains
i'm Nav and early June caused the tap
root of the cotton plants to rot off to
4 considerable extent, and TINS VIII
nresent a serious factor in production
during the balance of the season.
Many of our correspondents report the
development of foliage with only
minimum amount of fruitage due to
boil weevils puncturing the young
forms on the cotton plants. Wlthou'
a strong supporting tap root cotton
will be unab to Withstand adverse
climatic conditions later on. Many
fields are reported to be in grassy
condition with the plants small and
undeveloped for this period OF the
growing season. ...-.......
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04
Buggies at Reduced
Prices

Old Dobbin an dthe snappy looking
Buggy is not yet extinct in this county
and you'll be several years older be-
fore these become extinct like the dodo
hence every now and then some man
wants to buy a BUGGY, and that Is
the place where we can best serve you.
WE HAVE THE BUGGIES-and our
Buggies are Of best qualities in work.
manship and styles, and furthermore
and also to the point-WE HAVE THE
PRICES THAT WILL INTEREST
YOU IN A MINUTE. If you want to
buy a BUGGY take time to visit our
wareroom. We will be glad to talk to
you about Buggies and Prices, and to
be sure if you have a FORD CAR that
you would like to exchange for bug
gy, we will talk to you about that, too.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04

at the end of the planting season. Be-
ginning with the year 1916, the aband-
onment of cotton acreage planted each
year has averaged more than 100000
acres as follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04


the
all phases the cotton growing
of the
1921
the 100000 the final
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04

SO per cent. is only fair. The crop is
estimated to be 16 days late.
The report says: THE forecast OF
the 1922 production based upon the
increased acreage and June condition
is 10,7S1,S43 bales. Should weeVll
damage and adverse climate condi-
tions for the balance OF the season
parallel or approximate those of 1921,
the yield will not likely exceed g.
554,0SS bales. In this connection 1t is
now realized that the government crop
reporting bureau an dali private sta
tfsticians must in the future revolu-
tionize their methods Of gathering data
and making forecasts OF the crop due
to the changed conditions resulting
from the widespread invasion of the
boil weevils and inability to success
fully combat it's ravages TO date. Un-
less this fact is realized we are likely
to have a repetition Of blunders made
in 1921. Excessive moisture in May
and early June tended TO destroy the
tap root Of the plant over lage areas
and thereby weakens the development
and fruiting TO the crop.
The report in fun follows:
Annual Cotton Crop.
The annual report Of the American
Cotton association herewith presented
embraces the estimated cotton acreage
planted in 1892, condition of crop as TO
June 20, boil weevil infestation and
other valuable statistical data on the
citnofinn
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04

The abandonment this year Will be
unusually large, due TO such adverse
weather conditions which have pre-
vailed continuously since April.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04
CANE SEED

,,%Tr
SURELY, YOU, MR.. FARMER, are
going to make sure of plenty Of forage
for. your stock and your cattle by SOW
ing a part Of your stubble lands in
Cane. 1t Is an almost sure crop and
ope that you'll have plenty Of use for
before the year is gone. See me for
ORANGE AND AMBER CANE SEED,
KING. STEEL CULTIVATORS,
PLOW STEEL AND ALSO FOR
COTTON HOES.
I ALWAYS HAVE
Zip OBELlSk FLOUR
The Flour that pleases and satisfies
the most discriminating housewife
1T ALWAYS PLEkSES.
- SEE ME FOR YOUR
MILL FEED, SWEET FEED and also
for FRESH COUNTRY GROUND
CORN MEAL.
J. F. CARROLL
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-23
DAVID B. ROBERTSON
NAMED new Member
OF RAIL EXECUTIVES
(Rv Associated Pressl

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 23.-The
'tBig Four as the leaders in the four
big transportation brotherhoods has
been frequently referred to, has
new member as the result OF the re-
cent election at the tri-ennia1 con-
vention at Houston, Texas, of David
B. Robertson. of Cleveland, as presi-
dent of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen to succeed
w. S. Carter, Cleveland, who declined
to serve again after being chief ex-
ecutive of the firemen for many years.
Mr.. Carter accepted a newly created
office with the brotherhood, as head
of a research and publicity bureau.
Mr.. Robertson will take his new
office next January. Mr.. Robertson
is one of the youngest men ever
elected to leadership of one Of the big
four brotherhoods.
He was born in youngstown, Ohio,
As years ago, and has held various
high official positions with the broth
erhood. He moved here a few years
ago. His career shows the remark
able rise of a typical American from
a brick boy to president of one of the
largest international railroad brother
hoods in the world.
Does Brick Work
At the age of IL years Robertson
started work in a brick yard here. He
began railroading in 1899 as a wiper
in the Pennsylvania railroad shops,
later going to the Erie shops as an
ashman, advancing to oiler, and then
entering train service as fireman
Shortly after he was elected chair
man of the Youngstown local of the
fi-emen's organization. Later he was
promoted from fireman to engineer
In 1905 he was elected general
chairman of the firemen's brotherhood
for the Erie railroad system and was
elected vice president of the firemen
in 1913
Deprived. OF the chance to go to
school at the age Of II years, after
three years in grade schools, young
Robertson made up the deficiency by
six years of studying in night schools
after working hours.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-23
PRACTICALLY
Continued from Page one.)

en- from the surface pits and some of
it shipped away local officials of the
Illinois miners union protesting
against the action.
But the mining went on uninterrupt-
ed until word came from John l..
Lewis, president of the miners union
that the men working the mine should
be considered as common strike
breakers" and that the Steam Shovel
mems union to which the men said
they belonged had been outlawed by
the American Federation of Labor.
Several hours after this message
was received the entire county de-
veIoped nervous tension and the mas
sacre followed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-23
Mine SITUATION
CONTINUED from Page one.)

a rough rocky road behind an auto
mobile.
In the wounded list there we're Is
in the Herrin hospital, three reported
in the Carbonate hospital and a num-
Der of others (union striking miners)
believed to be lying in their homes.
There was little question that the
exact number of dead never will be
known. No one seemed to be in
clined to drag the pond where bodies
were reported thrown and no search
ing parties have been organized to
seek bodies in the woods.
Really Massacre
All reports, whether from miners or
from strike-breakers or mine operat-
ors. agree that the killings really were
a massacre-that the victims were
shot down in cold blood after they
had put up the white flag and surren-
dered themselves and their arms to
the attacking forces. Many persons
in the county uphold the slaughter
as a rightful act of judgment. Citiz-
ems gathering on street corners last
night and today laughed and joked
over the affair and proudly boosted
that some of these days people will
realize that 1t does not pay to try to
break strike in Williamson county"
In the morgue, women and children
as they passed through, commented
on the accuracy oe the shooters who
brought down these victims.
Men who openly boast that they
were in the attacking force related
with apparent pride the stories of
what in wartime would be called bru-
tality. The story of the attack on c.
K. Mcdowell, strikebreakers' superin-
tendent, was related by many. Nc
Dowell, with only one leg, was beaten
to death with stones before being rid
died with bullets, according to persons
who say they were eye-witnesses.
He refused to march with the other
prisoners who were tied together and
told to run down the road between
lines of attackers who poured buck
shot, rifle and pistol bullets into them
as they fled, saying that he'd just as
soon die where he was.
Mine Safe Looted
The mine safe was looted. One
man with some $1,000 in bills stood
with a semi-circle of men around him
and dealt out the bills like cards, &C
cording to wounded men who were
there.
The correspondent saw men, wound
ed almost to death, kicked around in
the scorching sun in dusty roads. He
saw men chased through fields like
rabbits by shooting persons who
opened fire, one catching him acct
dentally between two fires. Sur
rounded by armed men, he saw a
knife plunged into the throat of a
wounded man, who, in his dying
breath, gasped plea: "In the name
of my mother, in the name of your
mother, in the name of God, give me
water" only to receive laughs and
jibes such as where you're going you
won't see water" as the reply.
Mothers carried babies into the
morgues and up to piles of bodies in
the road with such remarks: Take a
look at what your papa did, kids"
He watched a man walk to the bed
side of a dying man and curse him
Land teer him as he breathed his last
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-23

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real estate see AMRob-
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THE HOUSE YOU WANT TO BUY
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COLUMN.