Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-19
ESTABLISHED 1866
Views and INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs Of More or
Less Interest.


Less Interest.
PICKED Up BY ENQUIRER REPURTER'
Stories Concerning Folks and Thing:
Some of Which You Know anc
Some You Don't know-Condensec
For Quick Reading.
Just look at that" said a Iolkvi.lt
business man to Views and Interviews
showing a printed postal card price list
he had just taken out of the mail last
Saturday. Pure linseed oil down to
highest wholesale price during the war
he said he did not remember exactly;
but it was something over s. gallon
The lowest pre-war price he could re-
member was somewhere between SO
and 60 cents. people who. may have
been waiting for drop in prices be-
fore beginning to paint" he comment
cd. need not wait any longer in my
opinion"
Poison In Whisky.
You might possibly think that there
is more or less humbug about that st"-
ry you have so often heard about the
dis:illcrs. putting concentrated lye in
their so-called whisky" said Mr.. j. A.
Steele of Sharon NO. =, last Thursday.
81 have been doubtful on the subject
myself" he continued. but now I am
convinced. l went with Il patty not
long ago to help break up "a dist!llcly
outfit and when we overturned tub OF
mash l saw with my own eyes three
Rcd Devil lye labels Well, 1 confess
that in times past have taken an oc-
casional drink with q good deal o.:
pleasure That was when / thought /
knew what I was drinking; but no
more of that for me if you please. You
can't tell what you are drinking now.
and it is good thing to let alone.
don't W. Mt any"
Pertinent Questions.
II clipped this from n magazine tn:
other day with the idea of giving it To
my grandson as memory work, with
view to training him. said q iorkvillc
grandad the other day. Il think IL
pretty clever, don't you:
Where can man buy cap foT his
knee?
Or Il key to the lock Of his hair?
Can his eyes be called an academy
Because there are pupils there?
In the crown of his head
What gems are found?
Who travels the bridge on his nose?
Can he use when shinSling the rouf or
his house
Tho nails on the ends of his toes?
Can the crook of his elbow be sent to
Jail?
If SO. what did he do?
How does he sharpen his shoulder
blades?
III be hanged il | know, d" you?
Can he sit in the shade Uf the palm "i
his hand?
Or beat on the drum Of his car?
Docs the calf Of his leg cat the corn on
his toes?
If so, why not grow corn Oh the car?
Out of thc Long Aga.
Col. Charles L. Cobb, of Rock Hill.
was showing to friends the other day
4 copy of Il letter written August T.
1901. by Silas L. Wicr to Mr.. David
Cowan, then living in Salisbury, y. Z.
,;'hr letter, written on in excellent
grade Of parchment with pen and INK
is still in q good stlte Of preservation
ana the writing is as plain as II WAS
the day that it was written. NJ" Weir
was engaged in the wholesale merc;in-
tile business in Philadelphia in those
DAYS. Newspaper advertising was not
used very extensively and there were
no typcwritrrs and stcaoEiTLpHrrS en-
Moved bv business houses. In his let
ter MIR. Weir writes To Mr.. Cowan, So
lic!ting Il part of his mercantile buSI-
ness Here is what he says:
Under the patronage Of our mutual
friends. Mcssrs Baker and Jennings,
intend commencing business in IL NV
DAYS on my own account Ut NO.. 20 W.
Front street. near to Market, and. take
this early opportunity Of soliciting Il
dry goods and hardware line From the
length Of time spent at this particular
business, ana knowledge acquired in
the employ of the above gentlemen
with a drtcrminatiunul to import from
the hcSt houSCS-kcCp Il well assorted
stnck-und sell on mudc.at" tr:ES.
hope 10 give Slc! satisfaction to those
that may favor nc with their COM
minds AS will tend To mutual p caSu:e
and advantage.
"Our city enjoys AZ this scaS1n an W. :
common degree Of health and -" W. arc
in daily expectation of The la .CS.i':s'
we look for the revival uf huSlGcSi verS
shortly when ] shall be lar?j 10 Sr'
you in this place.
"ltespc:tfully yours.
"Silas E. Weir"
Prices cf Hardware.