Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-02
ESTABLISHED 1856
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs Of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't know-Condensed
e.. n,Iink<ReAdinn

Some You Don't Know-Condensed
for QuicI<>ReAding.
"Frying size chickens are too rich for
my blood this spring and there's no
mistake about that" said Yorkville
man Wednesday. "Never before nave
/ known frying size chickens to bring
the prices around here that they are
bringing now. Why right here in
Yorkville saw a man pay 1925 for
two frying size chickens the other day.
OF course they were extra large ones
But imagine frying size chicken sell
ing for $1.675 in this town will your
Working for Voters.
Who says campaigning for county
office isn't real work? A candidate
for a certain county office says that
he went into every section of York
county last week. He says he shook
hands with 500 men and 200 women,
Kissed 10 babies, cut six armfuls OF
stovewood, helped to do t3 big wash
ings, had S dogs "sicked'' on him, hung
4 pictures, secured back porches,
poisonedN7 patches of potato bugs and
gave away 2 coca colas, sets OF dice,
1 cigar and 2 cigarettes.
Amt Nature Grand.
Believe this or not as you will.
fellow told 1t to Views and Interviews
this morning: Seven years ago a
farmer living west Of this city hung
his vest. on a fence in the barn yard.
A calf chewed up a pocket Of the gar
rnent in which was a standard gold
watch. Last week the animal, staid
old mich COW, was butehered for beef
and the time piece was xpund in such
n position between the lungs of the
cow that the respiration-the closing
in and then filling Of the lungs kept
the stemwinder wound up and the
watch had lost but four minutes in the
seven years"
Passing of the Grader.
1.-The man who used to work in the
fields cutting oats with a cradle has
passed." remarked Mr.. 5. B. Pratt OF
Sharon who was talking about the fine
oat crop in his section the other after
noon. TT used to be that one could
find plenty of hands who knew how TO
use a cradle and who would do it. But
now practically all of the oat crop in
this section is cut with a mower and
then gathered up with n rake. IL
seems like tho younger generation of
farm hands don't know how to use the
old time cradle. One can't blame them
much for not trying to learn because
using q cradle in cutting oats is about
the hardest kind Of work known on
farm. have tried out number of
young colored men on my farms cutting
oats with a cradle. They don't get the
knack of 1t and before they know it
they are sticking the blade OF the
cradle in the ground"
Time for Gabriel to Toot.
Talking to Mr.. w. S. Wilkerson Of
Hickory Grove on the courthouse
square, Wednesday. Mr.. Wilkerson
was in town on business; but for the
time being was idle, and among other
things he became reminiscent of old
times.
II remember when l was boy" he
said, my mother told me to caAat the
office of auditor one day when 1 was
in town and find out wShat her taxes
were. She bad fifty acre> of land, and
what do you think was the amount of
her taxes?"
Il am sure 1 don't know" replied
Views and Interviews, what was it?"
Just ten cents" said Mr.. Wilker-
son; but he went on to observe that
while taxes were low in those days,
there were very few public benefits.
For instance, there was very little
money spent for education, almost
nothing for roads, and the county gov
ernment was supported mainly by
fees.
by the way" Mr.. w kersOm con-
tiHued, changing the 81 )ject sorne'
what. 81 am reminded o an incident
i'm connection with the Nmpletion of
the old Kings Mountain railroad TO
Yorkville that struck ihe as very
funny at the time. People gathered
from all overs the country 10 witness
the arrival of the first train. / was
not there: but my father was, and he
toldSme about it. 1t was like this.
Just after the train drew up to the
station with loud toot Of the whistle,
a man of the crowd shouted from his
perch on roof or in Il tree: 'Now's
the time blow your trumpet Gabriel,
for you will never. get crowd like
this together again. 1 did not know
who the fellow meant by Gabriel nj
that time, but because it was funny tC
my father, oG course it was funny tC
me-"
On to Richmond.
where did you get that picture OF
that old fellow walking to Richmond
that you printed in yesterdays paper|
asked Mr.. J. NJ. Fei guson of Yorkville
of Views and Interviews Wednesda!