Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-20

build a bridge over'the Catawba at the
Buster Boyd site is more than | am able
to understand said E. n. Miller. we'll
known Bethel township man who was
talking about the proposed new
so located that it will be of little value
to York county people," Mr.. Miller
vert: on to say, "and it is going to
cost a lot of money to build road
reaching to it. | visited the bridge
site for the first time few days ago
and / tell you [ believe that people
are going TO be disappointed" Mr..
Miller said that work on the bridge
had not yet been started.
Quite a large number of York coun-
ty people went over to Charlotte last
week to attend the Made In Carolina"
exposition now holding forth in that
city. The exposition Is as it's name i'm
plies, an exhibition of articles made
and manufactured in North and South
Carolina. Most of it Is of course
North Carolina, and South Carolina
has comparatively little on exhibition
According to visitors one of the most
attractive exhibits was sent over from
Rock Hill. 1t was originally proposed
to observe next Friday as Rock Hill
Day" at the exposition and to run a
special excursion from Rock Hill to
Charlotte for the occasion. However,
Rock Hill people did not take on to
the idea in such large numbers as had
been expected so it has been abandon
ed.
September" observed Yorlsville
n1an today, "is the month OF snakes
10
month any way you take 1t. But
speaking OF snakes, Eve run across
two black snakes in the road in the
past three weeks. While fiivyering
over to Hickory Grove the other day
I saw a small blacksnake in the road
and killed 1t by running over 1t. Satur-
day afternoon while returning from
Clover to Yorkville saw a big black
snake in the road at a point about OPP
posite the residence of Mr.. j. +. Pur-
sley. / cut the wheel suddenly think
ing to kill it but the big snake was
too quick and ghded off into the grass
along the roadside. got out and
looked for it but was never able to To-
cate 1t. I'd like to have killed that
, snake just to show you how big 1t
was" 90.
A trained nurse was talking to Here
and There over at the Fennell InfirTfl-
ary last Saturday. do you know"
said she, There is greater shortage
of graduate nurses right now than
there has been In this section in years?
The demand for nurses Is Just simply
greater than the supply because there
are comparatively few girls who are
entering the hospital for training.
haven't had vacation in months and
months because the demand for my
services has been so great. / don't
blame girls for not taking up nursing
though, because If there is a profess
sion that is any harder l don't know
what IL is and tried other things be-
fore taking up nursing" And then the
nurse proceeded to climb a step ladder
toward the ceiling in order to attach
an electric fan to the connection for the
greater comfort of her patient.
."Yes, we sold lots of felt hats dur
ing Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
was the statement of number or
dealers in mems haberdashery over
the county who were asked about II.
A custom, the origin OF which Is un-
known, has It that straw hats should
be discarded on September Is, each
year in favor of felt hats and while
the weather is so hot that folks still
yearn for the cooler straw, still lots
of peope following the custom change
to felt on September Is, with the re-
suit that dealers have been doing
good business in mems headgear.
over in Rock Hill an enteFprising
clerk in mems clothing store under
took to popularfZe the derby last sat
urday. Four young men ineluding
himself bought derbies and pdedged
themselves , to wear them for Two
weeks on pain Of a forfeiture. Inc
idea is that since the four young men
in question are regarded as tasnion
leaders in that town other young fei.
lows will follow their example ana
buy derbies. Whether the advertise
ment will bring results or not remains
10 be seen this next week. However,
there are still lots of men over the
county who are still wearing their
straw hats, palm beach clothes ana
white shoes and will wear them until
the weather becomes decidedly cooler,
regardless of September 10.
Claude Smith, ex-service man and
professional minstrel blew into Town
last week and for few days mas been
sticking his feet under the table OF his
father. Mr.. Joe w. Smith on York No.
/. For several months past smith says
he has been conducting m1nstrei
show playing overnight stands ana
week stands in Tennessee and Ala
bama- There were fifteen people In
the show with Smith as manager and
business for a time was pretty fair.
AT least all the members OF the com
nany got three square meals a DAY
and a place to sleep, which accordlng
10 Smith, Is a whole lot more than lots
of show people have been getting IN
the past several months for the good
and simple reason that business has
been on the blink. The show travel
ing in Fords blew into Birmingham,
Ala. a few weeks ago and the actors
and the MANAGEMENT had visions or
regular Klondike of picking from the
miners of that section. All went well
for q short while and then suddenly
the show went on the rocks. Smlth
saws he told his company that they
would have to shift for themselves ana
as for him he was going to beat IL
hack to a certain hospitable nome IN
the Cotton Belt section of York coun-
ty where he was always welcome ana
assured of plenty to eat and good
Mace to sleep. SO the show went 10
pieces and the manager arrived on ms
native heath last week. He says ne
10 yoing down into Florida this win
fer where he is again going into min-
etrelsv and that he expects to carry
n big supply of patent medicines as
Il 10 1.-Two