Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-11-13
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JUST AS GOOD AS CHARLESTON.
That is What the News and Courier
Thinks of YorI<vilIe.

That is What the News and Courier
Thinks of YorkvilIe.
News and Courier Editorial
1--WE know II to be a fact" says the
Yorkville Enquirer in very interest
ing little essay touching upon some
of the peculiarities of the Charles
ton people, which we print elsewhere.
"that in many respects Yorkville peo-
pie can afford to be generous to the
claims of anybody anywhere" Our
contemporary is right. The people
of Yorkville are a particularly intel
ligent and selfrespecting people. They
are, as a rule, well educated. They
keep in touch with the outside world.
Some of them play bridge whist, all
Of them are acquainted with the de-
lights of the pound party. many Of
them do not think 1t any sin to en-
gage In round dancing. They are a
highly civilized and patriotic people.
They think very well Of themselves,
as they ought, and 1t is greatly to
their credit that while claiming so
much for themselves they can afford
to be generous" to those who are not
so fortunate as to be of their number.
We have found that good people are
are very much the same all the world
over and that whatever the delight
full weaknesses" of the people Of
Charleston they are not very much
unlike the people Of Yorkville either
in their pride of place or in exalting
their happy estate. It Is rather fiat
tering than otherw.se to their loyalty
of spirit that they should believe that
Charleston Is really the best place in
the world, and 1t Is only human ma
ture that they should think Of
Charleston what we are assured the
people Of Yorkville think Of Yorkville.
They are not more touchy than other
folk. -
The Charleston lady" who spoke
of Yorkville as pretty little ham
let" did not intend to be "patroniz-
ing" we are sure. The Yorkville
people would have thought great
deal less of her IL she had said, for
example, that Yorkville in an ugly
little hamlet. The accent, we sup
pose, however, II the grievance against
her is to be seriously entertained,
must be placed on the hamlet" word
and not on the qualifying adjectives.
Yorkville, in fact, Is not hamlet
In England a hamlet is place with
out a church and sometimes without
store. . There are a number OF
churches In Yorkville, and instead
of playing golf as some Of our own al
legged Christians do on the, Sabbath,
the people of Yorkville keep the day
holy by attending Divine services and
abstaining from the pursuits Of every
day life on this blessed day, without
whose light. according to the sanity
Herbert, the world would be dark in
deed. Not only are there churches
and church-goers In Yorkville, but
there are many large and fourishing
mercantile establishments there, and
mills and factories and schools and
clubs of one sort and another, which
make of life in that fine community
one long sweet dream. The Charles
ton lady" was unhappy in her parts
of speech, But we are sure that she
did not intend to give offence. She
could not be Charleston lady II such
was her intention, Her unfortunate
expression, therefore, must be attrib-
uted to a lack of information rather
than to any disposition on her part
to say aught that would offend the
amour-propre of our delightful neigh
bors and kinsfolk who live so happily
under the shade of Kings Mountain.
Moreover, 1t might turn out upon
careful investigation that the Charles
ton lady" who spoke Of Yorkville as
pretty little hamlet" is not a
Charlestonian at all. A good many Of
US have come into this town in recent
years from other parts Of the state,
and we have all found living In
Charleston very pleasant, excusing the
longing that often comes over US for
the wholesome diet-the country
sausage 1--WE protest that no harm Is
meant by the use of the word "coun-
try" in describing this very appetizing
article of food) the fresh eggs. the
lovely buttermilk and the yellow-leg-
ged chickens upon which we fed so
bountifully In the long, long ago. We
do not know who the Charleston lady"
was who gave such offence to our
Yorkville friends, but there have been
so many changes in this community
in recent years that we are half in
clined to attribute the descriptive cpl
thet applied to Yorkville to some out
lander who has settled down among
us. However that may be, we wish
some basis of compromise could be
reached by which the people Of York
vile would be as generous" to us as
we are generous to ourselves, but In
my event with assurances Of our most
distinguished consideration we beg to
say to the esteemed Yorkville Enqui-
| TeT lIldl Tire SIldTlcSloH pSOpic iSdhy
think no more of themselves than they
do Of the Yorkville people. Why should
they? We all belong to the same great
family, and a very happy family 1t
would be n instead Of exposing the
weaknesses OF one another we should
dwell upon the virtues Of all South
| Carolinians.
ORIGIN OF TRADES UNIONS.
Journeymen Bakers Struck In New
York as Early as 1741.
The exact date Of the origin of
trades unions In America Is unknown.
1t is believed, says the report Of the
Massachusetts bureau Of statistics of
labor, that there were no labor unions
in the colonies, although a strike OF
journeymen bakers Is said to have oc-
Cured in New York in 1741. What
ever Of associated effort there was
among workmen at this early period
was of temporary nature, having a
single. purpose in view, and when
this was accomplished whatever COM
pact existed was then dissolved. II