Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-14
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
BrIei Local Paragraphs Of More or
Less Interest.
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stories. Concerning Folks and Things
Some Of Which You Know ane
some You Don't Know-condsnsed
for Quick Reading.
Ever have anything to go wrong
with your ear" inquired a well known
Yorkville man the other day. II don't
know what the dickens was the cause
of 1t but j, had kind of lost hearing In
my left hearer for a few days recently
and 1T set. me TO thinking what
dickens OF q fix a man who can't hear
what ID being said is in. Mine is
better now. thank goodness. and
am thankful to say that am able to
hear all the mean things people say
about rrie--that is IL they say them
In my gpresence and If they don't why
4 dSn't care p darn. That reminds me
OF a story. Jonathan Jnngs went into
q shine parlor ip small city after the
Visual thing for which men go to such
places. Jonathan was rather large OF
stature. Just for fun he thought to
play deaf. 'ox-blood or tan, mister
inquired the shine boy. Jonathan
pointed to his ears indicating that ne
was deaf. The shine boy looked at
Jonathan and then he remarked to the
boy who was shining shoes on the
rack next to him--'TIuh, ugly old devil
amt her"
aii Snake Eater Non-union.
Among the attractions on the Mid
way at the CASTOR county fair last
week was a snake eater" advertised
on the pictures in front of the place as
one Of the strangest animals thar ever
happened or something like that.
Desiring to see just how the animal
acted although he well knew that the
animal wasn't, q representative of The
Enquirer. separated himself from the
price OF adnission-ffteen cents.
Dressed in red, robe and wearing
wig Of long black hair, a white man
with bronzed skin sat in a pit handling
O. few snakes that had no teeth.
Every once in q while he put one of
the reptiles in his mouth and then took
It out again. while half dozen people
Looked dowp upon him in, wonder and
amaseinent. Finally they all left ex-
cept the newspaper man and that in
dixidual Just FOR fun inquired of the
stRauss 4s.human creature. !" .old man
a 90 hn Ar,o0
ton of Labor?" The snake eater look
ed up after q second or two and find
Ing there was nobody upstairs except
his interlocutor replied, nav, I'm for
the open shop, because ], amt afraid
of many guys going into this game"
~. The Seventh Ace.
That First Lieut.. Elliot w. Springs
of Lancaster. who has number OF
friends and acqua;ntances in York
vile, stands seventh in the list Of
American aviators who brought down
enemy airships is the information con-
veyed IN . recent article published by
the New York Times. The Times on
October s, prints list of sixty-six
American aviators who earned the
coveted title of "Ace" in the world
war. The list Is taken from the final
records Of the Air Service branch OF
the army. In naming the American
Aces, both Hun airplanes and balloons
are counted. Capt. Eddie V. Ricken-
backer, famous as an automobile
driver before he went to war leads in
the number Of enemy airships destroy
edr-twenty-two airplanes and three
balloons. Lieut.. Springs who stands
seventh is credited with bringing down
eleven planes.
Hardly Expected To See It.
..Weli. am q years old today" re-
marked q we'll known York county
young man last, Saturday who served
in the late war with the 11Sth Infantry
Of the Thirtieth Division. This day
q year ago / was up around St.
Quentin across the creek with my
regiment and / tell you it didn't look
bit good so far as my prosperity and
future happiness was concerned. The
Bosche was raising the dickens that
day and so were we and l didn't have
much time to celebrate my 26th BIRTH
day. / did kind of think for little
while that day that it was about the
last birthday I'd ever see. But l am
pleased to remark that 1 am still
here"
Better Watch Your Step.
"The more or less unwary who are
selling cotton and who have big sums
Of cash in some instances had better
watch out for tricksters and sharp
sters," remarked York county officer
last Friday. There are class of
gentry who come from the Lord knows
where and who are more or less in EVIL
dence in almost every community
every year during cotton selling time.
Their game Is to catch the untEinking
man in money grabbing schemes and
they find lots OF fish. l haven't heard
of any York county man getting
buncoed yet and l hope l won't" In
this connection the following taken
from the Monroe Enquirer is interest
ing: Thomas Wilson, colored farmer
N. .t~s. 4 he