The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-08-21

Curio Dealer-He was too fond OF
sab. He permitted tourists to mono
poiize his time with questions tnat
led him into his favorite occupation
Of telling where the curious came
from, the difficulties in getting
them, and he was never so delighted
as when the questions led into a tale
of Indian blood and thunder and
other romances of the wild and
woody West. l had my curios to sell.
He used them as a setting to spin
yarns about.
Lawyers Office-He was brilliant,
precocious little scamp. He could
write shorthand rapidly, but in
stranscribing it on the typewriter he
persisted in abbreviating my letters,
and sometimes changed the outline
of my speeches. The result was RI
diculous.
Hardware-He was an expert
checker player. He knew all the
shrewd moves, all the professional
tactics, and he was ceaselessly talk
ing of certain original moves that
would some day make a famous
champion. He insisted on playing
and on attracting to my house
troop of Youngsters whose highest
ambition was to "break into the
kingdom"
Banking House-IIe wouldn't wo.k
except at one desk-without grlr:-
bling. No emergency was ever sufl-
cient to make him a cheerful helper
at some other desk, though his own
we're idle. We need an adaptable
character.
Transfer Company-He over
charged our customers, and to this
dishonesty he added the inexcusabie
habit of demanding tips.
Garage-He had the speed mania.
He would break up more cars than
we could pay for. He several times
dashed into vehicles, luckily killing
nobody, but leaving US damages
claims to pay.
Sporting Goods His red eyes
and morning headaches told us that
he had been carousing the night be-
fore. Yawning and stretching and
moping are bad signs for the boy
who really wants to hold his job.
Ice Factory-He gave short
weights to customers that he might
have an overplus of ice to sell to
others on his own account as rake
off. Any rakeoff, no matter what
nor how obtained, is rank dishones-
ty, and l could not keep a thief in
my employ.
Railway Office-He was stubborn
about substituting his own system OF
bookkeeping for ours. We could not
change the methods of great rail-
way system to accommodate him. Ut
ter confusion followed his failure to
conform to our way Of doing things.
Telegraph Office-the boy had
wings. He could fly with or for a
message. But he could not compre-
hend the necessity for signatures
and records in keeping track OF de-
liveries and reports. He kept US in
constant trouble.
Lumber Industry He was our
timekeeper. 1t was a very easy
though a very important position.
He was too lazy or to Indifferent to
&c to the camp to secure facts first
hand, but instead he went to the
city and depended on reports from
others as to how many men were at
work and how many hours they were
on.
Livery Stable-He drove the lift
out of our customers horses. When
we sent him ten blocks for rig he
would get into it and take a spin IN
to the country. If it happened to be
at night, he would get some friend
and drive for an hour, then make
untruthful excuses for his delay in
getting back.
Law Firm-For the sake of his
dead father I strove to make man
of him. l offered him room in my
home, with free board, laundry,
lights, fuel and everything else, gave
him access to my library and plain
ly told him l would give him part
nership with me in my extensive
practice just as soon as he could
get his license. He wanted to see
the world. He is still seeing it-on
foot.
| Manufacturer-Believing that he
deserved advancement, we promoted
him. The promotion sent him daffy.
II 30 on,o hac,ne dictatorial boSSy,