Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-21
ESTABLISHED 1885,
views and INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs Of More OF
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some Of Which You Know and
Some You Don't know-Condensed
For Quick Reading.

Some You Don't know-Condensee
For Quick Reading.
There were eighteen pleas OF
guilty in the court of general sessions
on Monday" said Sheriff Fred Quinn.
I'VE sent fourteen convicted prisoners
to the county chaingang Monday
afternoon. We have been very much
crowded at the Jail for some time past
and we were anxious to get rid OF
prisoners there as soon as possible be-
cause of the crowded condition"
Araeon Mill Baseball Park.
"Aragon Mill in Rock Hill not only
hopes to have one Of the best semi
pro baseball teams in this section this
summer but they are going to have
one of the best baseball parks" said
a Rock Hill fan the other day. THE
sum of $1,000 or thereabouts is being
spent in fixing the diamond and doing
other work on the grounds and the
baseball ground is surely going to be
a beauty"
Reading It since boynooo.
81 can't say how long 1 have been a
subscriber to The .Yorkville Enquirer,
said Mr.. w. S. Garrison, Confederate
soldier and we'll known citizen living
near Rock Hill, to whom Views and In
terviews talked the other day; "but
do know that I have been reading 1t
every since was a boy, and that
was long time ago. remember quite
we'll reading the serial story Ellen
Campbell in The Enquirer long be-
fore the Civil war. The Enquirer pub
lished the story again after the war,
but 1 remember well reading it when
it was first published" .
Sees Changes In YorkvilIe.
"Yorkville has changed as much in
appearance as most towns ] know in
the past forty years." commented Col.
w. ]. Rawlinson of Rock Hill, the 9TH
younger days and when go there qc-
casionally now l have some little diff
ficulty in finding my way to places
that 1 knew so well years ago. 1 am
impressed especially with Kings
Mountain street. When l was quite
familiar with Yorkville there wasn't
much on that street except The Garri-
son. as we knew Colonel Coward's mil
itary school and which is now the
Church Home Orphanage. Now it is
one OF the most beautiful streets in the
town"
Can See Two Miles in Moonlight.
Colored man of the McConnellsville
section was a witness in murder
case in the court of general sessions
Wednesday. Counsel for the defense
was trying to find out what he saw and
when and where.
1T was a moonlight night" said the
witness. "Ah disremembahs de date
but ah know hit wuz er moonlight
night"
And you saw the diffculty?"
Yes. sah."
How far can you see on moonlight
.night?"
"'Bout two miles,, suh."
! Everybody in the courthouse laugh
ed.
First Visit In Twenty-Five Years.
DR.. Charles r. May, a prominent
physician Of Bennettsville, was a Wis
itor in Yorkville for a short while on
Wednesday,.
Il was over at Rock Hill with my
wife, attending the convention of the
South Carolina Medical association,
and l couldn't resist the temptation to
come over to my native town for few
minutes even If it was raining" said
DR.. May. II left Yorkville in 1897 and
this is my first trip back since" DR..
May took occasion to look up num-
Der Of his boyhood acquafntances and
was struck with the many changes
that have occurred in the town since
his residence here.
The Success Family.
Here is little sermon put in type
in a rather peculiar way that can be
easily remembered and which EVERY
body should remember and keep in
mind all the time" said one this
morning:
The father of Success is
Work
The mother of Success is
Ambition
The. Oldest son is
Common Sense
Some Of the other boys are
Perseverance
Honesty
.ThOrOughness
Foresight
Enthusiasm
Cooperation
The oldest daughter is
Character
Some of her sisters are
Cheerfulness
Loyalty
Courtesy
Care
Economy
Sincerity
Harmony
The Baby is
Opportunity
The Home Merchants.
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