Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-15
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Brief Local Paragraphs Of More or
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Stories Concerning Folks and Things
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't know-condensed
For Quick Reading.
"One would be surprised at the num-
Der of people around here who eat pea
nuts" said Mr.. R. J. Mackorell of York
vile, the other evening. THAT num-
Der includes people of every calling and
class, Lawyers, preachers, doctors,
business men and children como after
them. We parchcd couple of bushels
late Friday afternoon. Late Saturday
evening we didn't have any left. Peo-
pie around here like peanuts"
Good Fishing.
TT is little early perhaps; but John
Sadler, T. J. Nichols, myself and
number of others expect to try our luck
with seine over on Catawba river this
week." said White w. Jackson, of York
No. 6, the other evening. WORD
comes from the river" Mr.. Jackson
WCHl Ou ~ say kl1l SiLeI el3 = e@AANiiINfS
of fish there this ye;tr. and while it is
pretty cold we believe that we can
stand it. We are going to try it for
few hours one day this week, at any
rate"
Of' Course They Will Plant.
Don't you fool yourself about the
people not planting cotton this year.
said Mr. John Aycock, Saturday morn
ing. They are going to plant as much
as they can and that Is going to be al
most as much as usual.
"As I came along the road this morn
ing, I saw lots Of land broken up and
all Of it was for cotton. So far as
have been able to see there is hardly a
furrow for corn. s.
There are fewer pigs in this coun-
try now than there have been at this
season for twenty years, and corn and
fccdstuffs are very scarce. ! have had
people coming to me from everywhere
around, some of them from North Car
olinp, to buy corn"
Cotton Seed as Fertilizer.
'I am going to use cotton seed Tor
fertilizer just as they are" said Alec
Williford to r. S. Poag, last Saturday.
"Well, you know we used to do that
when they were cheap" replied Mr..
Poag. &-,. ~ < .-.-!.-
Cheap" came back MI. WtllIfordi
'Whcn have they ever been cheaper
than they arc now?"
"Oh, l mean back yonder when we
could only get 10 and Is cents a busses
for them" replied Mr.. Poag.
We'll" returned MIR. Williford, I've
just this-to say. 1t was back yonder
when l used to depend on raw cotton
seed that made better crops on that
sandy land of mine than have ever
made since, and l don't see why they
will not do as we'll now as they ever
did"
What Might Have Been.
Mr. W. A. Aycock told this story the
other day, with a humorous relish that
was enjoyable rather than otherwise.
The characters concerned were we'll
known white man and Il locally we'll
known negro. In order that there might
be no misunderstanding, the reader
should be told that there was no impu-
dcncc involved and no bad feeling. MI.
Aycock was struck with the story be-
cause he thought how forcibly it illus
trated point -. ,....
Mr.. B-----7-- was sitting in store
smoking a cigar, when old John camc
up and asked:
"'Ain't white folks going to give n.g-
get smoker
"Naw,' sliA MI. B, times
arc too hard for. me to be wasting Gig
ars on niggcrs.''
"Whitc folks used to give niggcr ct-
gars, pursued old John.
YES replied Mr. B but we've
got Mr.. Niger by the belly now.s&nd
we don't have to do it any more.
That's q fact, boss replied CID
John, but if cotton had stayed un TO ~
cents pound till January, white folks
WOULD nave 5luSSlcppcIl NiiNii th>s ''
Mr.. Niggcr coming and called him Mr..
Niggcl'' sure enough
Traditions of Good Friday.
"Aproros of the approach of Easter
Sunday, which comes this year the last
Sunday in March," said this morning
an interested one, II am reminded oi,
some of the traditions Of Good Friday,
the Friday before Easter Sunday, the
day that Christ was crucifed. France
has Il weird tradition that on Gond Fri
day all the trees Quiver and shuddcr in
dread remembrance of Chr!sts pas
sion. In Cornwall the pcasantry believe
that if they remove their bees from the
hive on any other day than Good Fri
d;:y, death will assurcdly occur to these
useful and Industrious insects. Good
Friday is called in France Passion Fri
day; in Germany, Still Friday; whilst
in Denmark, it is termed Long Friday.
an allusion to the lengthy fasts in con-
ncction with it's celebration In some
countries exists 4 superstition that it is
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