Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-07

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fact, don't suppose he wants any Of
flee. 1t is a familiar saying that "a
prophet Is not without honor save In
his home town. Not so with Tom
Watson. He has been living in that
little Georgia town and big bugs and
little bugs from everywhere come there
to see him. Almost everybody there is
his friend and admirer. / heard him
make a speech a short time ago. He
spoke for two solid hours and nobody
seemed to tire of him. And 1t was
some crowd. He has as many friends
as he has enemies and then some. Take
my old father, for instance. He reads
Tom Watsorf's paper and he believes
that Tom Watson Is the greatest public
man in the world. That paper Is due
to arrive on Wednesday and II 1t
doesn't come my dad raises a holy
howl. I am not any great admirer OF
Watson myself although I respect his
liability. Still see to 1t that my fathers
paper always reaches him in time and
IL he goes off anywhere I see to 1t that
the paper is forwarded to him. Tom
Watson has many admirers like that
and he is not a dead duck by any
means"
Soldering on the Job.
There were three of them digging a
ditch, three negroes in the employ Oh
L. F. Waldrop & Co., the well known
plumbers of Rock Hill. Their task
was to take up a clogged sewer pipe
opposite The Enquirer office and after
metal had been substituted for the
terra Gotta to replace it. 1t was not
much of a job. The ditch was only
about seven feet deep thirty inches
wide and about thirty feet long. TWO
good men could easily have finished
the whole task in an eight hour day II
they had wanted to; but there were
three men on, this job. They had
picks, shovels and spades with which
to follow the loose earth that had been
left in connection with similar ex-
cayation that had been made only
about year ago by one man In less
than two days. But these negroes
were not in hurry, that was evident.
The attention of Views and Inter-
views was called to the fact by a pro-
minent citizen. He said: I'm passing
by I noticed those negroes out there.
Several people had previously spoken
to me about the way they have been
soldering on their jobs elsewhere, ana
I haveN made it my business to watch
them apdssee how zrnlici ciiSthere xas 70
the things I had been told. They are
right here by You, suppose you Keep
an eve on them from time to time.
Acting on the suggestion, Views and
Interviews gave close attention to the
case. The line of digging had been
fairly marked out, and tina wtas all.
There were three men with tools, and
the surroundings indicated what they
were there for; but it was some little
time after Views and Interviews began
to watch before the actions Of the men
themselves gave any suggestion as to
what they had in mind. All three had
picks in their hands, or rather their
hands were resting on the handles OF
picks, and all were in waiting attitude,
as though interested in the general
surroundings, passers by, etc. Views
and Interviews had his own business
to attend to; but the situation sug-
gested that here was some business
for him and he watched. After an
interval of not of few moments, but
of full sixty seconds, one OF the men
looked down at his pick as if inclined
TO use 1t. He put both hands on the
handle, as though to lift the tool up,
and then after a slow deliberate Sec
ond thought. he released the grip OF
his left hand, and allowed his right
hand to rest on top of the handle.
Neither Of the two other men had
moved. and it seemed as If the first
had been suddenly impressed with the
idea that perhaps he should not be In
too big a hurry. A negro came along
riding a mule. All three watched him
while he was coming and going over
distance of thirty or forty yards, not
with any special interest, but IN an
attitude of listless relaxation that had
no suggestion of a care. Another man
made a motion as if to raise his pick
and then put it down. Then with the
pick handle leaning against his legs
he went into his pockets, got out pipe
and tobacco filled and lit the pipe,
and after taking a puff or two slowly
raised the pick over his shoulders, as
! if he was now ready for business; but
/ he did not strike yet. He let the PICK
come slowly down and as he laZily
smoked commenced looking about
again. After n while each OF them
commenced digging, striking few
licks and then stopping to talk. And
so it went on all day, the drain pipe
not being completely uncovered at
quitting time. 1t was not until the
next day that the job was completed.
! Tuesday night Views and Interviews
ran upon some men who were discuss
ing the Incident. They were discuss
| ing it WI en- he came up. They were
agreed tnat they had observed the
same thing before, in other parts of