Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-31
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
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Stories Concerning Folks and Things
Some Of Which You Know ane
Some You Don't Kpow-condsnsse
for Quick Reading.
Would you be willing to shave mar
If he would give you mule for the
service? 1t would depend upon how
bad you wanted that mule-the point
of view, you say. But that's just what
happened in "a York county town the
other day-a barber refused to accept
a mule as payment for a shave, pre-
ferring to accept fifteen measly cents
instead. A stock dealer entered the
barbershop and got a shave. I've go'
an old gray mule that I'll give you in
payment for this shave instead Of fif-
teen cents" he told the barber after
his face had been shaved until it shown
like a mess kit on inspection day
Whats the matter with the muller" in
quired the barber. Nothing" said the
stock man, except he is gray and old.
He can walk; but he amt sick" "Oh go
along" said the barber, you know
there's something wrong with that mule
besides what you say" And the stock
man said, mo, I'll swear there is not. I'll
even lead him up to your shop,.P
Never mind" said, the barber, Il be-
lieve you would do it all right; but
don't bother. Just gimme fifteen
cents instead. bet that scoundrel
could eat bushel at a crack and be-
sides ain't interested in jack-asses." /"
No Bouquets. o )
N"Out Of the army and a sure enough
full fledged citizen once more" smiling
ly said G. Percy Berry, well known
young man of Yorkville. Got my dis
charge at Camp Gordon, Ga, last Sun
day." Didn't any Of them captains
and majors or other birds kiss you
good bye and tell you that you won th'
war, did they?" inquired friend OF
his. And Percy said they didn't.
Still Overseas.
well, I guess my son John will be
about the last Of the York county boys
to get home from overseas" remarked
Mr.. George W. Knox OF Clover tn
other day, "He went into the nava,
service soon otter the outbreak Of war
end has been somewhere overseaS
pretty nearly ever since. We had {;
letter from him some time ago when
he was in Siberia and at that time he
was making start toward home. !
guess he will turn up one Of these
days."
The Court of Final Resort.
Ever look in upon the bunch Of
loafers down at Beans place" inquired
a Glover man the other day. There
Is held Clovers court Of final resort
The old men Of the town are wont t.
congregate there from day to day whel
they have nothing else to do. Ther'
the state and of the nation and Of tn.
world. 1t is a sort of supreme council
they hold down there and some folk
think that nothing is finally settled
around here until the council Of tho
old men have said their say"
He BawIed Them Out.
Funny story comes out of Rock Hill
in connection with the recent politica
pull-against between the 'Yount
Turks and the Old Regime" said &
former resident of that town last We'd
ncsday. I'm the employ ola Rock Hill
concern Is bright youngster who rose
to the rank of major in the late war
He has got his friends like anybod!
else and he has little bit of a mind o.
his own. The members Of the firm
for whom he works were dead against
the bond issue which carried in the
election last Tuesday. He was a'Youne
Turk He boards in the home of an
other man who was dead against the
bond issue. All sorts Of pressure was
brought, to bear on the young fellow
to turn and finally one of the members
of the firm suggested that he should
remember where he gets his bread.
That got his fighting blood up and he
told the big boss pronto: BY Golly,
had a job before l ever saw Rock Hill
and there are just plenty of them
around yet. And If you don't like my
attitude on the bond business you and
your firm and your job can just go to
the devil He voted for the bonds, and
he still holds his job"
The Lesson of Roads.
"If 1 learned one lesson that is more
valuable than another during my SER
vice in France" said Col. John w. Nc
Connell to Views and Interviews on
Wednesday morning, 'it Is the tre-
mendous Importance Of road improve
ment over every other line Of forward
endeavor. While l have always been
a good roads man." he went on, II dc
not believe that l have always had a
really correct conception of the propo-
sition 1t is quite probable that my
former ideas were based rather more
on my own convenience than on any
other consideration To be right
frank about it, / was probably little