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IN REMINISCENT MOOD Van,Wyck Citizen Writes of Life and Conditions Half Century Ago. PLENTY OF WILD DEER AND TURKEY Wild Cats, Foxes and Raccoons Were Then Also Plentiful?Organization of Several Churches Recalled?Waxhaw Section of Lancaster County Rich in History. The snows, rains and muddy roads of this February puts me in a reminiscent mood and J let memory carry me back lo February. u>Y&, wnen i came 10 u?e Wax haws, writes J. M. Yoder, of Van Wyck, in tiie Lancaster News. We drove out of Rock /dill, ..which was the nearest railrohd point to this part of the country at that time. We crossed the Catawba .rive;^ at Cureton's ferry and was over in Lancaster county and found the Waxhaw mud almost impossible. Wo were, traveling in a twohorse wagon, which was about the only vehicle that cpuld loeomote the Waxhaw roads at that time. I was a little surprised to see so many hills in the Waxhaw country, as 1 had been laboring under thq-impression that it was a level, flat country. In my observation, 1 found a fertile, red soil and much original growth forests of heavy oak, hickory, poplar, chestnut and fine I pine timber. x The fields were enclosed in high rail fences and much of this fine timber had to be cut annually to build new fences and repair the old ones. Razor back hogs, poor cattle, sheep, goats .and a few colts had the run of the range. The wild deer, wild turkey, wild cat, fox and raccoon were found in the. (forest and swamps along the creeks and gave nimrods some fine sport. These are all extinct on these lands now. The streams s were well stocked with fish'and were the angler's paradise. '?' No Railroads. Tho crops grown on these fertile lands were mostly cotton with some corn and other grain and forage crops. There was'nbt a railroad in Lancaster county at this time and the nearest railroad points were Rock Hill, Fort Mill, ChaHotte and Monro which the people used as markets. The population of this part of the Waxhaws was largely colorcid, the negroes about ten to one white. This was in reconstruction days, under "Carpet Bag" and negro rule. But to th'6 credit of the colored citizens of 'thc"Waxhaws, they did not give the whites much trouble. The leaders among them generally counseled wisely and regarded the whites as' .their best Triends. The population of the Waxhatys has been changing ail these years?the colored decreasing | and whites increasing and stands now; ^ -1 -... J I UOUUl IWO UUlUItU 11.1 vm.- IVJHIV. iut white citizens of the Waxhaws were very hospitable and social. They had their summer picnics and winter sociables at their homcs-and had music and engaged in the old .square dance in which nearly all engaged. I have seer, fathers, mothers, sons and daughters on the floor- at the same time. Often refreshments were served on these occasions. Churches and school houses were not numerous, but sufficient to meet the real needs of the people. Most of these attended Old Waxhaw church. Rev. D. P. Robinson was pastor. A few years later Dr. J. 15. Mack of Fort Mill. Some attended Six Mile and. the Mctho? dists had a small church near where | Van Wyck is located. Rev. J. F. England was the pastor of this church at that time. A few years later the-Presbyterians built a church on the road leading from Ciireton's ferry to Monroe on the Joseph Crenshaw lands about two miles east of Van Wyck. E. B. Mobley, .1. L?. Rodman, James Steele and John Porter were the prime movers in this building. It was called Beu lah by request of K. R. Mobley. During the Civil war, while Mr. MobIcy was stationed in Virginia, the camp was near a small beautiful country church, where he attended services at times. lie was so well pleased with the church and its name that he requested the new church be named Beulah. A few years ago this church had. served its day and the congregation re- j organized and built a beautiful little I brick church in the village of Van j Wyck. Some years previous the Moth- > odist moved their church location and built in Van "Wyck, and discontinued the name of Waxhaw Methodist church, and it is known now at Van Wyck Methodist church. Mail By Star Routa. The people of the Waxhaws. when I first knew the country, received their mail by star routes and had postol'fiees at ttelair, Cureton's store, Waxhaw office at E. B. Mobley's store and at j Ijindscy's, near. Riverside station as 11 is now. Some of the patrons had to go five or six miles for their mail. There were a number of country stores back in those early days and one of the principal articles of merchandise was whisky?in almost any quantity from the ! small glass to the gallon. In the fall and winter, the mule and | the horse drover from North Carolina.; Tennessee. Virginia and Kentucky and j the hog drover from Tennessee would ' make their annual visits and supply the farmers with mules, horses and fat j hogs. Many are the changes that have | taken place in these years. There are j two railroads passing through the; Waxhaws which have given them fourj railroad shipping points. The mails are 1 delivered at the people's doors, the rail fence has long since passed nwav and : I with it many of the inferior stock and | now purebred hogs and cattle are found : on almost every farm. Much of the; fine Waxhaw lands have passed out of the hands of the owners as 1 first knew; them and citizenship has changed | largely several times. J. It. Thompson. H. W. Sistare, R. H. Massev, C. J. Crif-1 v.iIs at the port of New York exceeded departures liy 40,071'. For the ten completed months reported on, the excess of arrivals over departures was 1 93,303. ? A single county in Oregon has a larger territory than that rovered '>y the entire state of .Massachusetts and contains 9.SS3 square miles. ? The American Quakers are furnishing one hot meal a day to G50.000 Herman children and nursing mothers in the sector occupied l>y the American troops of occupation. ?Naval divers recently recovered ?77,000 worth of opium from Honolulu harbor. ? Tne l nitett tsiaios mnnuiuuiuicra $30,000,000 worth of the $100,000,000 worth of toys sold in this country. ? The Pennsylvania State college inaugurated a course in cooking for men beginning with the second semester, February 1. ? IMie cost of running the government last year amounted to $5,0(54,000,000, compared to $11,728.000.000 the previous year. ? Bounties paid by Montana stock growers in the last seven years for the killing of predatory animals amounted to $722,453. ? French and Belgian military authorities are testing a super-long range gun which is estimated to be able to fire a shell two hundred miles. ? Los Angeles has passed an ordinance prohibiting rentals in excess of 11 per rent, of the gross inevstment on real estate and 10 per cent on furnishings. ? lierinc October immigrant arri thai stands the closest clipping: for golf putting greens and fine lawns, is usually quickly crowded out l>y course weeds. All attempts lo better the soil conditions made the weeds grow faster than ever, except in the case of ammonium sulphate, which helps the cross and weakened the weeds. "Now after twenty years without any treatment than the repeated applications of the ammonium sulphate, this one plot stands out in marked contrast to all the others in the experiment. Scarcely a weed can bo found, and the even green of the plot is an example of what the finest lawns can su easily lie." FACTS FOR YOU Some Things You Know and Some You Don't Know. ? Utah has 25.6G2 farms. ? Cotton seed was considered useless twenty years ago. Now it is the basis of a trade of three-quarters of a billion dollars. i nc reuuzau.un ui mv ui cam .deners of the world, over, a weedless lawn, is now a reality. It can be done without trouble or expense, according1 to the official college statement, and merely by the use of ammonium sulphate instead of.nitrate of soda in the application of fertilizer. Slowly, but surely, the weeds will disappear and the lawn will become the even velvety green that is the envy of every neighbor." "Gardeners have almost universally advised supplying nitrogen, the chief element in the plant food of grass, in the form of nitrate of soda," says the statement. This gradually tends to create an alkaline condition of the soil which is especially favorable to the growth of weeds. Soon the grass, Is crowded out and the lawn has an uneven appearance. ' My using ammonium sulphate, which is not more expensive, in the same quantities as the nitrate of soda, the required amount of nitrogen is furnished and the soil kept in the acid condition under which the grass develops best, but the weeds are so weakened that they are crowded out. "Experiments carried on at the Rhode Island state college with different lawn grasses under various methods of treatment have shown that Rhivlo Island bent grass, the grass Meeting i :ww>:*v',w^*?RRC3?? I j|i ? ^ P| "Y ''"' -: a " ^J| " ' - ?-V'. ^ -. " * <y I < S' > View down due ut' the streets of of houses. An. T. W. Plyler and \V. G. Ferguson, who recently moved to Lancaster, are the only ones of my first acquaintances ^till living in the Waxhaws. J. M. Nisbit, G. L. Vaughn, \V. J. and J. H. Crenshaw were small boys just beginning to learn their letters and are now moving down the shady side of life.' LAWNS WITHOUT WEEDS Fertilizer Found That Will Grow Crops and Kill Grass. Discovery of the long sought fertilizer that will grow grass and kill weeds, is announced by the experiment station of Rhode Island state college, as the result of twenty years of research, relates a Kinston, R. I., dispatch. ' ? 41,* /-?<* rvn the Housing Problem vx. 3 . - * * a* A *-\v*- * mmmmmmmmmsmmmsm a "municipal village" constructed J>.v tin ? An anti-alcohol society has been formed by the women of Mexico City who plan to form' similar societies throughout the republic. ? The only open slave market in the world is located in the holy city of Waizan, Morocco. The slaves- are brought to "VVazzan by caravan from parts of the country still unexplored. ? Accident insurance companies declare that home is really the most dangerous place in the world, as twenty-five per cent, of all disabling accidents arc incurred there. ? During the fiscal year 1920 the printing bill for all publications issued by the department of commerce was $425,370.75. ? In November 24,30^ men were accepted for enlistment in the regular army, breaking the record for peacetime recruiting. ? Pension disbursement for the fiscal year 1920 agregated $213,295,314 a decrease of about $9,000,000 from I . last year. LATEST AERIAL PROPHECY Inventor Predicts Flight from Paris to New York In Eight Hours. Paris to New York in eight hours is the latest aerial prophecy. It is'made by Marquis Pateras Pescara, a French born subject of Spain, who has perfected a device for aerial navigation j which by means of helices rotating at terrific speed he asserts will enable an airplane to hover in the air as well as fly at a great pace. He has just closed a deal with the French government to deliver a largo number of his flying machines, providing tests in J.?a reel on a early next month prove as successful as were the initial trials when Marquis Pescara arose vertienlj ly to a great height and without dif Acuity landed within a few feet c<t" a chosen spot. Marquis J'escara said that in liullding the airplane of the future, wing: space would not be taken into account, since seliccs placed above and below the body of the flying craft would be sufficient to lift perpendicularly to the higher altitudes heavy machines with heavy motors capable of developing a speed of four hundred miles an hour and also keep the plane in a lixed position when desired. SWEET POTATO SYRUP Government to Establish Plant for Its Msniifa^fnpa in Opn rfl i a A sweet potato syrup plant is to be established by the government at Fitzgerald, Ga. Under a laboratory process worked out and planned for the public by Dr. H. C. Gore, bureau of chemistry, the comrriercial possibilities in manufacture of a fine, brown "highly palatable" syrup from a heretofore waste porduct arc to be exploited, according' to announcement recently by .the agricultural department. 'Many persons think it equal to first class cane syrup," the statement said of the sweet potato product. Fitzgerald was selected because a building was available and also because it has already a sweet potato curing and storing establishment. Equipment will be shipped from Washington for the syrup plant and the department says it can make no recommendations for commercial manufacture without comparative cost data to be obtained from the exnerimcnt mill. The chance for de veloping' a now industry is hold to be good. however, as much of the sweet potato crop of the south has been wasted in the past. DISGRACEFUL DIPLOMACY Women at Consular Party Arrested by Norfolk Policemen. Misdemeanor warrants have been issued here for Iho arrest of Don-Ramon | Kseobar. Chilean consul at .Norfolk, i Ya.. as the result of a party held in I the consulate. Police stationed at an | adjoining window observed the eonj duet of women present and arrested ' them after they left the consulate. I Kseohar claiming' diplomatic inimun itywas not arrested at the time. Arrainged in court one of the women was fined ?f?0, for a statutory offense and tiie other held as a state witness. Warrants are being held np because ; of difference of opinion between state and federal authorities, it being claimed the arrest can only lie made cm federa! warrant and state has no jurisdiction. Escobar disappeared immediately after issuance of warrants and cannot be located. ?.?; j ?Of our virgin forests one-sixth remains. of Patsy, his chum from childhood, and lie did not want to seem too hard on her. ? "Perhaps it would be difficult, at first, .Toe. Eut I don't have to make an immediate living, you know, with father and mother to take care of me. And it has been my experience in watching tiie development of any of the arts or any phase of them, as soon as you begin to educate people in the direction that they reach, you find many who have already been interested, hut for lack of some one of un- j derstanding have kept tt to them-, selves." "That's true, too. Human beings ' are afraid of being ridiculed, and they I . I "*>*1X4*% Her Plans Took Effect in the Form of a Diminutive Shop. to you, wouldn't the^?" he asked, half* In lest, half in earnest. He was fond why should not colors have perfumes? And then, to follow It up, why should not T, with my finely attuned sense of smell, be able to detect the fragrance of an individual's uura colors and try to duplicate them in extracts or powders or toilet accessories?" Joe scratched his head, impolitely, but his eyes looked thoughtful. "Yes ?I suppose it could be developed, but every one would think you wer<? crazy and only the nutty ones would come If the latter weren't among tlie extinct professions." "I can see'plainly that I am going to get' no satisfaction from struggling for an outlet for.my creative ability? which I know I have In spite of all you home folks' pessimism on the subject! Something tells me to use this extraordinary sense of smell of mine ?but how?" Joe seemed perplexed. "That's all very well, but how can one make a living?or evenian approach, to one from it?" "I suppose," said Patsy, "you are not far enough advanced to conceive of a girl going in for perfumes and fragrances that might appeal to the individual personality. Men and women have very distinct colors in their auras, and If colors have tones, one for each, as has been proven you know, Patsy Van Bureon, "Is my nose!" "Nose??a talent?" Joe Robinsoiyexclaimed. "I'd never call mine bj;-that nume, Pat-J" he laughed, examining his own too prominent nose in, an opposite mirror. "Well?'by any other name''it smells as sweet," Patsy retorted. "But I don't mean my nose, itsetf?I mean my sense of smell. II: is surely developed to a degree that might be classed among the talents." "Much good; it'll do you, methlnks," Joe consoled her. "Now if it were your sense of taste you might be n fpn-tnster or a iudfre of aood liauor? ; ?u\.v^iuv ouiuu.ftv _ - : t \* . * \ Patsy's Perfume ; j . / : * * \ By HARMONY WELLER { * N t i.(?, 1920, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.). "Ttio nnlv tiilpnt I hnvp." sisrhpil i in Berlin ? DniOin nnilmfl Hl*< t/* THOiW 11 llik O K / \ t* *" ** / ? frequently smother ilicit* licsi .>ic!\. and sit about making trijini smail tsiI instchcl of opening up 'what mljrh prove to be an enlightening sub.leri." "Why. Joe. even ymt arc hein'nuln to think," I'atsy remarkcil. pattinL bin affectionately. , "Even I," Joe admitted, nod'hng "But you just go to It. 1'ntsy. mi l If can help .vou. I'll do It;* "Thanks?I'll prohnhly need you Joe," Patsy said. "But now.-1 am mak ing a study of the fragrance of colors For instance, n red rose snielk- ?piit< different fronr a white one. 1 have r lot of tests I wnnt to make today, soso long. Joe." Patsy almost danced off to'her little third floor 'slwlfo room, where, all alone, she hn^ heen working out hei theory of colors, perfumes and human j auras. Until now she had said nlmusi j nothing nbont her Intentions, although it-was known tlrnt slit' had a wonder, fully pathetic development in her sensi of smell. Tn time. her plans took effect in lite fon.: c? a diminutive shrp and studio where she bandied exclusive pe:-fumes potpourri. fragrant powders. and where she made up bowls ??f dried petals from gardens of individuals, preserved wedding bouquets, etc. In this way she believed she would come in contact with persons who cared for fragrance, and in finding a cemmon meeting ground, she could Icnrn much of individual tastes and preferences. "One thing that amuses me in my superficial observation of men is thntthey like red. Men and boys love red roses, red neckties, red carpets. Also, I have learned that most men jlke a faint, a suitable perfume on* the women they go about with, hut," for fear of being thought effeminate, poetic or artistic, they pretend not to. The more cultivated the individual, the less easily suited lfe is in perfume. We are beginning to appreciate the most subtle sort of odors, odors that n gcrierntion or two ago would have been hardly perceptible to the senses iit nil. A person whose artistic devel opment has bcon neglected is apt to need the heavy scent of n tube rose or a cinnamon flower or some equally compelling odor'" f Fatsy explained all these observations to Joe, who was becoming really interested m the little studio shop. He bad helped her fit it up; he had tacked up curtains, painted furniture to make It harmonize with the surroundings n"'1 ^Aiin/l Mmoal# ennn/l^nrr ovorV UUU lie J'HJIHI i J i 111 i l gj)v,nuuift spare moment In the pleasant environment of Patsy's shop. "What do you know about my aura, Patsy?" lie asked, suddenly, one day when he was helping her. ."More than I'd care to tell you, Joe." *' % ' Joe looked up at her. The tone of her voice had seemed strange. "If It tunes In with the color of your blush just now Jt must be some aura." he remarked, half merrily, half seriously. Then he went over to her where she sat among baskets of rose petals. "Patsy, why don't you make a study of the flower of all emotionslove? I?I love you so much and I've been afraid to tell you till I heard that note in your voice just- now a$ you spoke of?of me. Won't you promise to marry me? You do love me? and I'll help you all I can, dear." Patsy's blush had deepened in color and her eyes had gathered a wonderful light. It?It might be Interesting to ?to find that perfume, Joe," she said, as he stepped close to her. . And then, for long moments, the study of the fragrance of mere rose Athnn i\/>Anlo*o frnf^nns trnc prill is* irtmi I'tv/j'it o ^uiuviui t> * ! forjroltcn. ' ? The United States \ spends more money on tobacco than it spends on automobiles. Two > billien dollars a year is spent on autos, but the tobacso bill exceeds this by $200,000. A record of changing conditions and the new ! leaven that is working at the soul of humanity. The Prodigal Village By Irving Bacheller In all gentleness and kind ~ o liness, in all beauty and sincerity, in the real spirit of the true America, "The Prodigal Village" shows us the happy pathway to the delectable mountains and makes us long for the old rl-iije f-Ji A fiMU? rlav? tin* riavs uo/'l "*v /-J / that are no more but can come again?if we but will it. The man who successfully told the story of Lincoln's life and career in the form of a novel,gives us a new and inspiring tale of American life. j Soon to start serially in this ! c publication. Watch for It! Mules, Man SHOULD YOU have neec MARE or a HORSE, just remembt needs whatever they may be. Of selection as we often have at our b no doubt that we can meet your ri Anyway, if you have a need for a to see what we have 'to offer in qi MULES JAMES B! irnone NASH CARS_ FULL LINE OF MACHI ~FEWELL & YORK, I JOHN R. HART ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR ... .. at l^w...1 v.\.r,i fv . Prompt- and Careful Attention to All Business UndertakenTelephone No. 69. YORK. S. C. 76 f.t It : J. S. BRICE Attorney At Law. Prompt Attention to all Legal business of Whatever Nature. Front Offices, Seeond Floor, Peoples Bank & Tr st Co.'s Building. Phone No. 61. | i w. j. few ell I 1 m rrrvne YORK, '- - - S;. C. W. W. LEWIS Attorney at Law Rooms 205 and 206 Peoples Bank & Trust Co.'s Building, YORK, - - 8. C. Phones: Office 63. Residence 44 J. A- MARION ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW Office opposite the Courthouse. Telephone No. 126, York Exchange. YORK. S. C. dai Chatham Avenue. ROCK HILL, - - S. C, D. L. SHIEDER DOCTOR OF OPTICS Office Hours: 11 A. M. to 4 P. M. YORK, - S. C. YORK FURNITURE CO. Undertakers ? Embalmers YORK, - - s. c. In All Its Branches?Motor Equipment Prompt Service Day or Night In Town or Country. Dr. R. H. GLENN v Veterinary Surgeon -v CALLS ANSWERED DAY' OR NIQHJ nL?-^ no BIG FERTILIZER BILL. South Carolina Spent $50;000,000 on This Account. Records of the South Carolina board of fertilizer control show tags tverc sold last year for 1,253,?90 tons ypf fertilizer, according: to H. M. Stack-' house, secretary of the board. Estimating: that all grades including nitrate of soda, blood, acid phosphate potash, etc., were sold at an average cost to the buyers of at last 50 per cent, per ton, Mr. Stoekhouse figures that South Carolina invested well over $50,000,000 in fertilizer in 1920. ? A car of alfalfa seed recently shipped from Kansas sold for $8,500. 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We wish foir all mankind a. prosperous .7. and happy New ,Tear In every*legifir^"11 mate- endeavor; We trust! that , youjv.-^ and your friends will get' iverythi'ng/^l that is good that you desef-vp and niore^I^ and as for us we promise to do bur7>/;' best to give you the very best possible v/;; service in the way of supplying- your/ Seeds in House Furnishings, Furnl'-; '? 3?ure and such other goods as we handie. We-will appreciate a continuance of your patronage. May we servo you? ppn-PT.v.g vi 1 imiii >M ? COMPANY / > oA : t '' i ".. ffi AH kinds.of Typewriter. Ribbons at N'j; The Yorkville Enquirer Officer s-'Vy&f? TAX NOTICE?1920-1921 11 i * f ' Office of the County, Treasurer of:Yorlf^S" County. . ; .4^4 York, S. C;v Oct. 8, 1020.V :j|g TVTOTICE Is hereby given that .the '"ITJTAX BOOKS, for J York; Cpunty will be opened on FRIDAY,' the 16TH; DAY OF OCTOBER, 1920/ and- tr&rm main open until the 31ST' DAY-. OF DECEMBER. 1920, for the collection pl^< STATE. COUNTY,.SCHOOL pnd"LO--Vi;?= CAL TAXES, for the fiscal'year >1920,.-:^ without penalty; after wliieb daywN-E-; PER CENT, penalty-will-be added. to;? all payments > made in the month ,'of JANUARY. 1921. and TWO:- FER CENT, penalty for all payments made 'f-? in. the month of FEBRUARY-, 1921;arid#./ SEVEN. PER CENT, penalty, will be added, to. all payments rriade Jfrorri 'the'i ;-.V 1ST DAY OF MARCH. 1921 to the % 15TH DAY OF MARCH, 1921, and . after this date all unpaid, taxes will Into execution and all unpaid Single, Polls will be turned over" to the-several ;# Magistrates for' prosecution fn /afer#^ cordance with,law. . .? All of the Banks of the county. wALs# offe r Wdbhi'tribMloH'^rid'tacil i- -'4 ties to Taxpayers who may desire, .'to'. ^ make use of . the some, and-1.shall take pleasure in giving prompt attention-to-' M all correspondence on the subject. All Taxpayers appearing at ray of- # fice will receive prompt attentloh. \ Note?The Tax Books will-be,made up by Townships, and parties writing about Taxes will always ekpe'dite >natv: inters if they will mention the Township, or Townships in which theif./pipperty' or properties are located. , . . > HARRY' E?. NEIL, ? Treasurer of York County. SI Fri tf. :d ' ' 1 " 1 . , 1 ' ' iii't'; V <*-. ; 175 1ND TRUCKS 'I ' ' * O/ I I . i. h. c. farm | , . :nery i v !__ I . Thompsonbm ir: "V s-c- :... i IJ , I nManMiM mM). ^Hfc^JvW JHBmmMk js Horses i for one or more MULES, a good ;r, please that wc can supply your course we haven't quite as big a am, but at the same time we ha/e squircments to the very last word. , MULE, MARE or HORSE, come jality, size, color and price. {OTHERS H0RSES j