Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-06
ESTABLISHED 1855
Views and interviews
Brief Local Paragraphs Of More or
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Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't know-Condensed
For Quick READING.


For Quick Reading.
Salesman in n well known gents
furnishing department loosCned up
with a line of talk the other day.
Say" said he, did you know that
a lot of men who are worth big money
alc tighter and closer than lot of men
who hardly know where breakfast is
coming from tomorrow"
I'm maybe" was the reply, "it is
said that men do get rich by watching
their expenses closely and driving the
best bargains possible"
We'll" sighed the salcsman,'"I don't
reckon I'll ever be very rich; but what
was going to tell you was this:
MY firm has been selling collars at
% cents each. The other day We cut
the price to 20 cents each. a man worth
100000 or more dropped in and bought
three collars.
"He had been paying % ccrts each
for collars and he expected to pay the
same price for those.
Then | told him tho price had been
reduced to 20 cents. That didn't please
him.
why do you know" inquired tho
salesman rathc" Indignantly, that
mutt tried to get me to sell him those
three collars for 80 cents
Put maybe" hc concluded, that is
why he is worth 100000"
Best Team in the Country.
W. H. Hope. good fellow, good bust
ness man and good sport of Rock II!ll,
known to most of his friends as just
plain Pill" is just back in his town
from New York, where he did huS;-
ness. talked business, cotton condition
and saw real baseball games. lie saw
the New York Giants and the Pitts
hurgh Pirate teams Of the National
league play Those two teams are
neck and neck for first pace in the
league and Mr.. Hope is pretty sure
that the New York team is going 10
win the rag because he is convinced
that it is the greatest baseball team
in the country although PittsbuYG is
no Slouch -
''By the way" said he, talking about
baseball, IL learned that Jack Dunn,
manager of the Baltimore orioles OF
the international League has the name
of Morris Frcw of Rock Hill on his
list of prospective players. Frcw who
has bc.n playing bah around R"cS
* Lee University before he broke his
leg and that's how Dunn got line on
him. 1t wouldn't be surprising il
Frcw isn't farmcd out to some small
league team through the agency Of
Dunn another season"
No Races Out OF Coyotes.
Chewcd the rag with J. Bolivar Scott
about fox racing and learned some
evening. Mr.. Scotts &oG law, Mr..
Roy Ferguson, recently sent him Il
coyote, the animal coming from Texas.
Mr. Scott turned the thing loose one
night last week ana nc and the Other
fox hunters around thought they were
going to have 4 great time.
"EUt we didn't" said Mr.. scott.
THAT coyote would som" times run
ahead cf the dogs ard some times
along with them The dogs wouldn't
n"ht ii and the coyote wouldn't ngh;
the dogs Finally il lay down undrr
wagon tongue and that wa the end Of
the race.
"rhcn brought the thiG@ +" town
and sold II to J. f. Bamwcll "f IN,
York Hardware company.
"Thc coyote won't tax" the pace Of
the fox for racing. In f1ct, Il c"y"l" Is:
a%out as sorry 4 piece Of a"imal 3csh
rs, there is in the world. He is u crafty.
cruel. Sr"aking. suivcIing Little h"a"i,
aud nc isn't good for anything
"!ip"akjng Of f"Y racing. turned
four young foxes loose in my c"mmI-
nifty some time ago. paid $5f r"r
th"m, as well ~: | remember. Kept
tL"m pcnucd mp awhi:" and thea Tt
them out I" get the range of the com
Try, feeling sure that they woHld AFFORD
fine sport for this ral ard winter
Well. those foxes evidently didn't lil,"
the country. since tAcy lat cut %& $o"a
ass they were given their freedom, and
neither myself nor anybody IS" ha$
eyer heard of them since So far as I
know"
Boil WeeviI Excursion.
Ralpn cam, prominent citizen uf