Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-02
ESTABLISHED 1866
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs Of More Oh
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning FoTks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You DONE Know-condsnsed
For Quick Reading.

For Quick Reading.
"rhis town has a beauty and an in
dividuality all it's own," remarked
Judge l. w. Bowman of Orangeburg,
who presided over the court of common
pleas here last week. "The longer l
stay here the better like the place,
Judge Bowman went on to say, "and l
leave with regret. know of only one
town that / like better-Orangeburg
/ have lived there 50 long that no town
Of course could take its place in my
affections"
The Boil WeeviI Special.
"Theo Mackorell, ]. +. Grant and Joe
Hcrndon who left Ycrkville several
weeks ago for a tour of part of the
country have left Louisiana and are
now down in Texas" said one yester-
day who has been keeping up with
the boil Weevil Special as the tour
lists dubbed their second hand fiivver
"The last heard" said the Yorkville
man who had heard from them, "they
were in Dallas, Texas, with an idea
that they would soor be up in Canada"
Not interested in Politics.
Believe me-" said candidate for
treasurer of York county the other
day. "the farmers of this county are
not interested in politics-either coun-
ty or state just now In fact, they are
interested in nothing but the weather
and in wondering when they are going
to be able to get to work. I've been
pretty nearly all over the county since
announced my candidacy and l have
run across mighty few people who ap-
peared to be interested in a discussion
OF politics"
Thursday Closing.
Don't know how the merchants are
going to take to Thursday afternoon
closing this summer" said ]. Forest
Smith of the York Furniture Company
the other day. Il understand that
some of those who agreed to close their
business on Thursday afternoons last
summer are opposed this year. So far
as our store is concerned We'll be glad
to enter into the agreement again. we
don't believe that business is going to
be so rushing that we can't handle 1t
in five days and one half. l hope the
stores will go into it this year. But
it Is doubtful"
Cash and Credit.
'I've found" observed well known
merchant the other day, that one can
run q business on a. cash basis just
about as easily as he can do it on
credit basis and that he can do just as
much business the cash way. For in
stance, my store siarted on cash
basis the first of ths year. In COM
pairing my sales for March of this year
I found that sold within a few dol
lars of as much goods as did in
March year ago and when sold for
both cash and credit. Yes, there
were a few people who got mad and
quit me when went on q cash basis;
but then 1 was really glad to be rid
OF most of these; because they were
always more worry to me than they
were worth"
His Opinion of New York.
]. H. b. Jenkins, Jr., executive head
of the Peoples Bank and Trust COM
pany of Yorkviile, returned home last
Friday after a week in New York
where he had been on business. He
spent most of his time with the big
bankers; but did not fail to take in
many of the most noted sights of the
worlds greatest metropolis. Speaking
of his trip to Gotham, Mr. Jenkins
said: We'll, I am glad 1 went, for
have long been wanting to go to New
York. 1t is a wonderful city. l can't
begin to tell you how wonderful, be-
cause everybody who has tried to tell
heretofore has failed to n greater or
less extent, and know / could not DO
any better. But I'll tell you this, I've
come back with a still greater appre-
citation of my home town. l don't
think l would be willing to live per-
manently in New York, if they would
give it to me-
Wild Goats at Great Falls.
'I read that story OF the growth and
progress of Great Falls with con-
siderable interest the other day." re-
marked a gentleman this morning.
Most people are not aware of it but
about the only wild oats that are TO
be found in the upper part Of the state,
at least, are to be found on one of the
islands in the Catawba river at Great
Falls. Several hundred goats of the
barn-yard kind were placed on this
island by man a number of years
ago Since. that time they have been
left to themselves with the result that
they have become quite wild. / was
talking to a citizen of Great Falls
some time ago who told me that about
n year ago it was proposed to hold a
barbecue at Great Falls and it was the
intention of those in charge that the
goats on the island furnish part of the
meat for the barbecue. Accordingly
several people were sent over to catch
a few goats. They tried all day but