Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-12-20
IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME

II is Christmas time-just four more
days after today until Christmas! IL
the calendar didn't say so there are
hundred and one other signs that
Christmas is near. Just yesterday an
old colored man came up and saldi
"Christmas gift boss,- even If l Is er
little early. All just wanted to tap yo
all befo' some of desc other niggahs
gifts in er head of me-" And the mer-
chants say that Christmas shopping
really began in earnest last SATURDAY
not only in Yorkville; but in Rock Hill
and Glover and Fort Mill and every
other town and village in the county.
The advance guard Of the college stu
dents attending various institutions Oh
learning in South Carolina and aad-
Joining states began to arrive last FIJI
day and by next Friday at least they
will all be home, planning and Schem-
ing for parties and dances and other
entertainments that come at Christ
mas.
lust Yesterday "Huckleberry Finn
the neiChbor's boy said that try as lie
would he couldn't keep his mind on ms
books even if school didn't close untl!
tomorrow afternoon because he was SO
filed with Christmas and the thoughts
of the ten day vacation he is going 10
have that books Just weren't the least
bit intereSting Aud he straight way
began to talk about the big "daEo
bombs" that the store keeper down inc
way has gotten in for Christmas ana
about the great noise that they make
when they so off.
There's another sign: Farmers over
the county who have remaining lew
turkeys from Thanksgiving nave Dech
busy trying TO sell them during the
past few days with the argument that
Christmas isn't Christmas without n
turkey and that the price is only 30
cents a pound and they arC fat turkeys
and worth every cent of II.
And tncn again small boys and
larger boys who are. enterprlsinS
enough to try to make n little extra
Christmas money by going into the
woods and picking mistlctoc end molly
have come in with several loads al
ready. They report. by the way, that
there is an abundance of mist"toc
this year.
Another sign that it is Christmas
time is to be found in the fact that the
matrimonial business Of Probate Judge
Houston is going to pick up like every
thinc. this week. The probate judge
always does n good bIssincss in issuing
licenses and marrying folks Christmas
week. The first couple of Christmas
week applied to the judge for license
last Sunday, coming from point ol
twenty miles above Charlotte.
The number of parcel post packages
going out from York county pest OF
fees and coming into the several post
offices is going to increase very mater
ially this week, according to postal
employees and express agents over the
county say that they also are as busy
as bees handling Christmas packages.
Ask them if the volume Uf business IS
going to be as great this Christmas as
il was n year ago and they'll tell you
that of course they can't tell. this far
ahead; but that judging from business
so far it will.
1t is going to be joyous Christmas
rs usual in every nook and corner OF
York county so far as social functions
are concerned IN almost every COM |
munity plans are even now being |
made for an oyster supper or Il DoX |
supper or some other entertainment /