Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-08

hear to it. Finally on: January 4, 1898
they decided to release me from QUAR-
antine. People were afraid to death OF
. me. remember meeting the late w
r, Nicely on the street.: Heishied when
he saw me and said: Man you get away
from here; if you don't. I'll knock you
down .withia rock People for weeks
and weeks would gb, to Yorkville OF
other towns AROUND !.5:7 gaths5 than trade
at my store. !! &: :
Then in April, 1898. came the big
fire that destroyed the main business
section Of Rock HILL No, sir. I'll never
forget those two years.
: Butter to Camp jackson.
Rock Hilp butter Is being shipped to
Columbia for the use Iof the soldiers at
Camp Jackson. Miss Juanita Neely, in
charge Of the Womanls Home Demon
stration work in RockHill, received a
telegram today to the effect that butter
was needed at Camp Jackson and in all
probability a shipment will leave here
Monday or Tuesday 1T, is quite likely
that a good trade in bu9erbetween the
people Of this section ahd the military
camp may be made. y
/ Lots Of. Hoboes. =. -.
According to police officials of the
town and community there are an un-
usually large number ofShoboes drifting
through Rock Hill thestS days. The in
creased number. Of VElsary :Willies is
explained by reason Of the. fact that
many of them are unable to. obtain en-
ployment in any. section ,of the country
and are travelling in the hope OF
landing a job somewhere.
Constable J. r. Robinson and others
Of the Blue Buckle Mills, had quite an
exciting chase the other day of a nicely
dressed traveller"
The fellow ran when, he saw the Of
flcer and when they gave chase they
saw him throw something from his
pocket. Finally he was caught. He de-
MED that he had thrown away a gun I;
but only a flash light and investigation
disclosed that this statement was true
when the flash light wss found. He put
up such hard luck story that he was
allowed to go on his WaN#after q COL
lection of,$2.35 had beeE taken for him
and he had been ga;en his dinner
Many of the hoboes, it t:4Hssaid. are try
ing to make their way tufFlorida.
Quitting the Farm.
you'd be surprised.".;said Col: chas
L. Cobb, well known banker, this morn
ing, .how many tenant farmers arc
quitting the farms. Reports reach me
almost. every. day that numbers of far, y,
mers a Of this whole section are quitting
their farms and moving into:the towns
in search Of work. Yet in the towns
there arc more idle people than mas
been the case in years.
Farmer Suffers Loss.
A tenant house on the farm OF L. )
Lumpkin of Newport, occupied py
colored man and his family, was de-
stroycd bv fire Friday afternoon. Farm
ing indictments valued at about soUo
the property Of Mr.. L1mpkin. Whlcf
were stored in the house, were destroy
ed in the flames which also consumee
all of the negro's household Goods
There was no insurance.
Selling Much Low Grade Cotton.
Considerable low grade cotton ha:
boen sold on the Rock Hill market thi:
week. according to Mr.. John T. Roddey
uo,, known buyer. There has beeeI
comparativcly little movement IN tn'
better grades of cotton, however.
Learning Young.
A little bit of a lad, sallow ana Paw
and anaeInic looking, saunterco II
front of a Rock Hill picture show lhE
afternoon. His cap sat on the corne'
of his head at an angle OF about 40 ue
prees. A cigarette dangled from LII
corner of his mouth and in his jaw wa
q huge uuld Of chewing tobacco. III
looked at the publicity display IN IRON
! Of the picture show as he con'ihueu y
smoke and chew.
Two Rock Hill citizens observed MIN
s,id ono to the other: isn't there
state law against selling cigarettes ah'
tobacco to children? 1t certainly ousr'
TO be enforced"
The youngster puffed anq then m
soat. Then he tilted his chin in an IN
sn,cnt> manner and said: say yous
old moss back, tend ter yer own pusi
ness, won't ycr?"
He dartcd into the movie palacc.
whats going to become Oh th'
Young generation anyhow SAID lh
Rock Hill man with n sigh.
Saturday Crowd or.
The Saturday crowd for Rock hi!
was not so large today as usual TO
some reason or other. The merchant
were not overly busy and the hullioe
of ueople who stood around the street.
and talked it over was not so large a
usual.
May Lose His Job
"Irncle" Sam Carroll court crler 10
tbe United States court for the west
crn district of South Carolina at Roc'
EIIll. doesn't know whether he Is soi'''