Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-08
HERE AND THERE


applications for warning cards" used
as notices to keep trespassers OF lands
especially hunters. The complaint
is: They come on my lands, shoot W
my birds, or squirrels, cut my timber
for o'possums and go their way with
out saying boo to me about It." OF
course this is aggravating to the land
owner. He does not want trespassers
on his place for the purpose Of shoot.
'ng game or for any other purpose, and
he is not to be blamed. II even he has
the land rented, 1t Is the same. He Is
entitled to be asked for the privilege
Of coming on his land, and as a matter
Of fact he has the law under which he
can prosecute people for coming on his
land for any purpose without permis'
sion.
Another travelling man, this time In
the hotel, began to growl about the
price of cotton. Here these farmers
are getting thirty cents q pound fol
their cotton, and still they are crying
hard times. You can't satisfy them.
used to make cotton at cents
pound, and I made money ut 1t. Yet
don't believe they would be satisfied
now II they were getting SO cents a
pound" The remark was addressed to
the writer hereof, and he felt justified
in replying, which he did about as fol-
lows: "Yes, but at the time you were
raising cotton at cents a pound you
were able to buy your meat at cents
and your -four at IS barrel. Also you
could get yard Of cotton sheeting at
about or cents. But let me see you
buy a pound OF meat or yard OF
sheeting with a pound Of cotton now
IL you can" The man only looked
grouchy and remained unconvinced.
This scarcity Of labor situation Is a
nuisance in some respects. 1t Is espe-
cially aggravating under conditions
where you have the money and are
willing to give 1t up, but cannot find
anybody who is willing to do the
work. You have never seen such
time before. You had long since come
to believe that money was the whole
business and that was what everybody
was working for. Perhaps you had
been a kind Of a convert to the misan-
thropic notion that just anybody would
do Just anything for money. Well 1t
may be that there are some people
who will do anything, Just anything
for enough money, but that does not
apply to manual labor these days so
great are the demands on those VINO
are willing to sell their labor that the
demand cannot be supplied. Evident.
ly there be times when 1t Is good
idea to know how to do 1t yourself,
and II you can do it, and you are will
ing to do II, you are not so badly OIL
after all. In the meantime, however,
1t is very we'll to remember that the
other fellow has his troubles too.
Quite funny incident occurred in
the office of Local Board No. few
days ago in connection with the ex-
animation of a big. strapping negro
registrant. 1t was desired to get the
negro's lung development, and when
DR.. Bratton reached that part OF the
examination. he wrapped the tape
around the negro's chest and told him
to Expand your lungs" The negro
looked blank and seemed to shrink a
little rather than otherwise. The doc
tor repeated the order: but may as
we'll have been talking to a carved i'm
age. DR.. Bratton appeared at loss
as to what to do. Except for the
presence OF Rev. J. l.. Oates, who was
helping him. and who was grinninS In
high amusement. he might have cuss-
ed. Finally taking hold Of the tape
himself he brought the end to meet
ing place and with a slight banter in
tOHe, ANO" ~.
stantly the upper part Of the negro's
body began TO expand like rubber
balloon, and four or five inches OF
tape slipped through Mr.. Oates's fin
gers with sufficient force and speed
almost to raise a blister. People who
see DR.. Bratton smiling as he walks
along will now understand what Is the
matter.
This thing Of doing without things
we are accustomed to have is mighty
inconvenient; but what is the use Of
grumbling? Why not be reasonable
and philosophical? A travelling man
came into The Enquirer office We'd
nesday, and began chewing the rag
over there having been no one to meet
him at the train or to bring up his
baggage and he said that they had
charged him rs cents for his break
fast where formerly he had paid only
50 cents. THE service" he said, was
simply abominable." Then in another
connection he began to tell how his
house had recently duplicated an order
to the same customer-shippinS the
second order q week after the first
without having any instructions for
the shipment Of the second. when
the customer called our attention to
what had happened" he explained,
I'VE Just had to tell them that we were
short Of labor; that our experienced
help in the shipping department had
either gone to the army or into various