Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-21


be eating roasting ears and we do not
care to mention yours for the reason
that it might cause others to wonder
WHY we had not mentioned theirs
Then again if we mention your roast
ing ears others might come along and
tell us as how they are eating potatoes,
cabbage, tomatoes and other things
and lots Of people would be wonder
ing what we print all that stuff for
"Well somehow 1 had not thought of
all that" said the roasting ear man.
Automobile Upkeep.,
"There is not nearly so much doing
in the car business as there used to
be-" said a leading garage man 10
Views and Interviews yesterday ana
the tendency. seems to be in the dlrec-
tion of less repair work instead OF
more"
Views and Interviews asked ques-
tions calculated to develop the ideas OF
the garage man.
"What is the trouble, hard times:
THAT is part Of The trouble, but only
a part Of it. There are good many
cars standing-more than you nave
anv idea Of. but still there are enough
running cars to keep the garages as
busv as ever, If as large a proportion
of them were coming to the shops; out
tho cars are not coming like they dld.
1--WE don't get many of these MIN
imum charge jobs any more. When we
work on a car at all it is because OF
some lob that the average man cannot
fix without expensive machinery
which he has not got
"IJsed to be that we did loI %
work for the doctors, who DO more
travelling than anybody else; but 1t IS
very little that we do for the ooctors
pow because most Of the doctors are
.,,e m take care of their own cars
and they prefer to do it rather IMAM
pay the repair bill.
NO, when Il car comes 10 INC si'op
NOWADAYS there is usually somelhl"s
tbo matter with il. There is something
hent or broken or lost, and the damage
cannot be repaired except by i'i"-
chinist OF experience.
.Ir Won have noticed too" the speak
or concluded. there are not So i'i''''S
,in,,ors in the garage business us thcre
were"
Learn a Little Today.
By, the way did you know that-
There are estimated to be 3'4z4
,onp,ores or dialects in the world.
or these, America is said 10 nave -
SPA.
The others are distributed: Europe
EST: Asia. 937; Africa. 976.
More people speak the Ehs'''''
language than any other
Next come, in the order nalnca' e'e'
man Russian. French and Spanish.
The English language IS SPOKE" ''
more than 15O.bOO,000 people.
If is estimated to contain approx
mately 100000 words
OF these, nearly half are sclene'l'c o'
obsolete terms. ,:r
cbakosneare used about $4,000 al
ferent words in his writings.
Milton used about 7,5oo.
persons of superior culture are
:, miliar with more than 5000 woros.
ordinary persons know 1000 to 5'ooo'
u,;tn,,+ persons use about 3oo.
Thc Missouri Mississippi IS lhe
Longest river in the world? i
It's length from the source ol t'.e
Mississippi to the Gulf OF MeN'c'' 10
1900 miles.
rhe Mississippi has SO branches?
,r,,o total navigable length OF tne
Mississippi and its branches IS i'-
miles? ..o.,s in
rbere are 295 navigable streams III
the United States?
Their total length is 26'41o mics
One hundred. and forty-elght III NV
oo5 totaling 5,3G5 miles empty '"'0
the Atlantic? coc ,,;,es
Thirty-eight, totaling l'6oo n'tieS'
cmpty into the Pacific? ,,,o.
ono hundred and seven l!hc'uu."H
~. mississippi and branches) lot"'''e
1924 miles, empty into the sun toto
Two. totaling 3l5 miles, empty '''0
Canada.