Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-18
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Speaking Of poor collections" OBJ
served the other day we'll known bus
inCsS man, II started out January l
with accounts totaling $4,000. Thus far
this month l have collected about 5000.
And included in the list Of accounts
are some against people who are plenty
able to pay; but who simply won't"
Mule Follows Ford.
i've got 4 most unusual mule-one
who follows Ford automobile" said
Mr.. James Ashe of the McConnclsville
section, who was among the visitors in
Norkville last Saturday. THE mule
got out of the stable few days ago.
Mr.. Ashe went on to say, land started
up the road behind a Ford automobile.
1t followed the Ford for several miles.
>The mule is about sixteen months Old
Damage by Auto Trucks.
There's no question but some law
ought to .be enacted whereby the auto
mobile trucks should be made to pay
for the great damage that they do to
the roads," observed Saturday Mr.. j.
L. Lowry Of Yorkville. Just yester-
day two trucks heavily laden with cot
ton travelled from Yorkvile to Gastonia.
The roads were in bad condition nat
urally on account of the wet weather
and it is simply impossible to estimate
the amount of damage that those two
trucks did
Invited to Wait Little While.
Here's a story that was going the
rounds in Yorkvillc last week:
"A collector approached local man
with q bill.
Man." said the one approached i
have just been reading in the paper
here about Il man who committed suicide
because he couldn't pay his debts why
you ought rot to be presenting me with
any bills now l might be tempted t.
do like the other fellow did"
"All right" returned the collector;
just pay me and then use your own
pleasure about killing YOURSELF
Did the Army Do II?
Apropos of the arrest of five white
BOYS in Rock Hill last week, on charges
of burglary, two of them cX-soldiers,
Sheriff Quinn said Saturday: 1t Is ap-
paliing--thc nunhcr OF y"ua" Mon
charged with crime VINO served III 81"
army and it is hard to arrive at m cS-
p,anation. Whether or not that spirit
Of ANYTHING that you can get by with
in the army is all right, had anything
to do with it, or whether or not THESE
crimes are committed by that element
who were naturally criminally inclined
is rather hard to dctcrmAc.
OnIy Those Who Can Afford Ii.
The automobile mechanic was telling
Views and Interviews about business III
his line.
we arc jollyirg along fairly we'll
he said There arc lots of peop-" w!lo
own automobiles who can't rea!i! ri
ford to own them. They are not r.F!hs
much now and they arc not having
mach repair work done. Ny firm Gees
work on Il cash basis only. The people
who come to us for work are people
who can afford To pay. There arc
c,ou,,h uf these L, keep us busy. $"
we are doing ve-y well, all things con-
sidcrCd."'
Geld? !iuh, Not So Bad.
..T',n sect and slush Of last Frida?
and Saturday," observed %estrfn;! "
MAN who keeps pretty well UP Oh
wcu trcr statistics, recalls to mlad INC
fact that three years ago this ScctH'"
,xur,.icnced the coolest weath"r'kn""h
in fort" years Toy this latitude. on
,ianuary. y. 1913, this whole section WIZ
bound by slret and snow and me-" ~
the mighty grip of the Ice l\ln; 9a:-
iu,, the two opening mGnths "i III"
snow fell number of times. ->"'"-
hers of trees were blown dcwn across
r,ad:; and railroads and trees ana '''-
cg.aph and telephone wires S'oaile"
under their weight of ice.
Will Mean Much Work.
"Ir the general assembly pasStS Il hill
which has been introduced doing away
with the penalty on all taxes n"i l1lu
u, ,o January l, il vii! mean Il h'' "l
extra work on county trea"uicfS anu
th.r assistants commented County
,rr,usurcr y!arry r.. Neil the "'il''
evening. There will hr Il l"i "l Gc"!:c
arulving for refund of penalty lhr
n..,alty on poll tax not paid by JanuHrH
i: ! cent ana no doubt there VIII '''
:, nu1nher tn come back fo: III" penny
Eur of course" he concluded. !! '''
iii; becomes law we'll carry IL out. "a
1it,le thing like more work 'p"Sn I r'i'i-
l. matter.
Close to the Shore.
81 am entirely ah!" /" handi" M own
,r.irs," said Bethel township FARMER
~ Views and Interviews the other "''E
"hut T would not have you /" 'lh'i':-
.tlnl from that that am ii'"'''''''''
+, the pinch that is now hrin" :" s'"-
orally fr;t.
.I, is my observation that '''' ''''">