Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-13
ESTABLISHED 1855
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Stories Concerning Folks. and Things;
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't knoW-Condensed
Fer Quick Reading.

Fer QUICK Readin9.
81 read over the list Of Confederate
soldiers buried in the Yorkvile ccme-
teries, as published in The Enquirer OF
last Tuesday," said Nj. Sam NJ. Grist
of Yorkville, ITO see how many of
them I could remember personally.
Altogether there are 122 on the list.
The first one whose death remember
was Thos. j. Echols. He died in 1866
l think it was. Then l found that l
was able to remember all the others
more or less distinctly except thirty
siX."
Dixie Still Stirs.
That wonderful air, Dixie. still
stirs the breasts Of Confederate vet
erans and younger people too, when
ever it is sung or played.
A chorus sang Dixie" to piano ac-
compartment during memorial eXer-
cises in Yorkvlle last Tuesday.
"Hurrah for Dixie--three cheers for
Dixie" cried an old Confederate Vete-
ran seated in the Presbyterian Sunday
school, room where the exercises were
held as the last strains Of the song died
away.
Lots of Snakes.
Barbersiop talk among several
farmers awaiting their turn in u YORK
vile ba, bershop the other evening, ran
TO snakes.
1--WE plowed up more snakes in the
fields this year than l have ever known
before in any one year" said one lar-
mer Il guess I've killed a half dozen
while a number escaped. l don't Kn""
the WHY for so many snakes; but that
has been my experience. INC o'he'
agreed that they had seen more SNAKES
than usual; but none seemed To bc an'e
to account for it.
It Actually Happened.
A man phoncd York county uhd0l-
taker "Wednesday. -
dead" said he, "and want the cheap
est coffin you've got.
"Forty-five dollars for coffin ana poN
is the cheapest" the undertaken re-
piled.
But I don't want TO pay that mrch'
c,mc from the other end Of the lin".
We'll" said the undertaken m k'''I
calculation on a scratch pad, ! We
,,ot one without handles that can sci!
Won for a little less than forty.
"Send it along" came from the p"r-
I nenGS-
s,ry and I've got that on hand.
Getting Back to Normal.
Mr.. J. y. McDill of Hickory Grove
II one of the oldest citizens OF tAal
section, was discussing things general
" the other morning. Sald ne
".Ioney is tight and there is little
business moving and people ncheFe
that they are in bad shape. But II
isn't so bad us it might be. II LOOK l"''
county fifteen years to recover Hl'e'
tbc War Between the States and thcrc
is no use for US to expect To recover III
short time from the World war. y
is going to take several years 10 E>'
hack to normalcy-maybe ten. uo''
know that il will take that luag: bG'
having gone through this thins oHcS
before I know that it is going t" tak"
time"
May the Picnic Month. =.
"AIay days are picnic days, observed
Presbyterian Sunday school teacher
this morning. "Thc month of May has
cve!. been the favoritc picnic season.
A season enjoyed by young and old,
when the trees are clothed in green
and the hills and valleys carpctcd in
like color and sunshine invites. II
makes the heart young TO spend Il day
in the big out Of doors. The chilly days
Of the past few weeks were not the
kind to invite to the outdoor life or
give the call Of spring and tic wild
flowers or 4 picnic day in the woods.
The Sunday school picnic which in
days past was an event to draw new
pupils to Sunday school for weeks in
advance. still holds its power and there
is nothing calculated To hr OF greater
bencnt TO increased atcNu;incc.
Legion Wins One.
Manager Tuots Gauden's American
Legion Larrupers went over 10 Fort
Mill Tuesday afternoon and defeated
the Fort Mill outfit l,y Il. score uf to
., getting revenge for the H.? victory
won by Fort Mill in Iorkvillr several
days ago II Was Il good game. accord
ing To all reports and the Lcyi"nair'*
played real j;tlnb- up baseball. Accord
ing to one George Andral Shcrer. al
Norkville. jester jukcSt"r Of the Amer
lean Legion team and center tiCldcr
the victory was largely dnc /" lh'
mastery pitching: of sarge WHllact
Marshall of the LCgiunairrS. vino hclC
Fort Mill to five hits. ".\nnthcr fril.
ttIre Of the game says Sh"Icr. WA!
the perfect record made by the l."%lu'
uutiiclders who did not miss I; bal!
Probably the reason was that II" lf:Il:
were knocked into the fed
Moonshine Monkey Fun.