Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-23
VIEWS and INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs Of More or
Less Interest.
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Stories Concerning Folks and Things
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know-condensed

Soma OF WHICH l0u INV" eaiS
Some You Don't Know-condensed
for Quick Reading.
A colored man from down McCon-
nellsville way approached Deputy
Sheriff Tom Quinn the other morning
at the courthouse. Boss" he said, Use
looking for de man dat gives W
licenses to git GAL
rCant you get the girl without a
license?" inquired Deputy Quinn, and
the negro said that he could; but that
the'law said he had to have license.
The deputy then directed the negro
to Probate Judge Housten's office.
Regular Cutlery Shop.
"Yes, have a regular cutlery shop
down at the Jail" said Sheriff Fred
Quinn Saturday. 1.-THE knives in my
possession are the accumulation Of a
number of years and represent all
kinds, colors and qualities of knives
that have been taken from prisoners
who have been committed to Jail for
various offenses."
Knock or Boost-Which?
HAD letter from my son who is
student at the Citadel in Charleston the
other day." said prominent York
county man yesterday. HE wrote:
When you write please tell me some of
the real small news. l get The En-
, quirer but there Is nothing in it eX-
cept news about the farmers and the
merchants and the schools and all that
sort Of thing. Tell me some Of the
little gossip"
Cold in the Dakotas.
"Yes, it is quite cold in North Da-
kota just now," said Mr.. Bob Nc
knight, native Of York county and now
living at Jamestown, North Dakota.
Mr.. Mcknight, who is engaged in rail-
road work in North Dakota, arrived in
Yorkville, Saturday morning to visit
his sisters, Mesdames Wister B. Keller
and John NJ. Hartness and other York
county relatives and friends. He has
been residing in the far west since
about 1900. and he expects to remain in
tsesth Carolina over theAhoiidays. '9his
climate" according to Mr.. Mcknight
"is. like summer time compared with
North Dakota just now" y
Much Moving First of year.
That there is going to be as much
moving In York county, especially
90
more than usual is the information
coming to Views and Interviews. Many
families, both white and colored
throughout the county have already
moved to the farms on which they ex-
pect to live next year and many others
will follow between now and the first.
ut appeared 20 me that a large per-
centage OF colored families especially
told me that they were going to live
elsewhere next year while l was en-
gagged in taking the school census of
the county during the summer and
fall" said Miss Alice Garrison, York
county school attendance officer yes
terday.
Mouse and Cat Scared Him.
Ordinarily it is women who are
afraid of mice; but I'll admit that l
was little afraid of a cat and a
mouse for while myself the other
night" said Weldon p. Neil, of the Gulf
Paving Company the other morning.
81 was awakened about o'clock in the
morning by my little girl crying out"
4. said Mr. Neil. Papa, come here, she
called. and not knowing what was the
trouble, Invent to her room. There is
somebody in here" she said. 81 could
see nothing and Of course l rejected
the idea. Then l heard something
moving in the room and on close in
vestigation found that it was a cat
after a mouse which had run into the
shoe Of one Of the children for safety.
1t was the cat after the mouse which
frightened my little girl and which
badly frightened me until l discovered
what it was"
Christmas Day Long Ago.
"Those of the old days, 'befo de wah'
days, Will recall the old darkey, when
on Christmas morn he stole up to the
big house" before the Marster and the
Missus had gotten up, and when they
did make their appearance, were greet
ed with christmas Gif, old Master
Christmas Gif, old Missus,'" said a
well known Bethesda township citi-
zen who was in Yorkville yesterday.
HFrank Stanton, Georgia's sweet singer,
brings vividly to mind the old days in
the following bit of verse:
My hat l lif
e Fer de- Christmas Gif'
-...--, ,.., Long time ago,
An l helt my groun'
p. Whar de dram went rOun'
-. Long time ago.
" Hit wuz sarChin' fine,
go An de bes' wuz mine
Long time ago,
An my foots l shake