Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-03


cut to 1895 wholesale, instead of 1925,
as stated in The Enquirer of Tuesday.
Subscribers to The Yorkville En-
quirer who desire to renew their SUD-
scriptions at club rates have until
February Is to attend to the matter.
"Sure | made that negro Will Caro-
Tiers put up his hands and put them
up high," said Officer J. F. Faulkner.
HE had made a motion which to me
suggested a thought Of pulling some-
thing from his pocket, and did not
propose to take any chances. 1t would
have been pity to mess up that
handsome bank floor; but had no idea
Of furnishing the material. Not me-
That's fine auditorium in the town
hall-an unusually good one in fact.
The acoustic properties are excellent
But there Is one thing that should be
taught to every audience, and that is
that it should be compact No actor,
lecturer or preacher can speak to advan-
tage to scattered audience. Where
the house is full 1t is all right; but If
the house is not full the audience
Should be collected in o compact body.
The rule applies to the churches as
well as to the lecture halls. In all
cases, however, If the audience does
not of it's own accord gather into
a compact body, it should be asked to
do so. 80 .....,...
The ground hog had no trouble in
seeing his shadow yesterday, February
Q, and Of course he Immediately went
back into his hole, as all ground hogs
do under such circumstances. There
were those who were inconsiderate
enough to remark that the ground hog
not only saw his own shadow, but also
the shadow of atgbod many two-legged
hogs. Indeed it was generally sun
shiny day, especIaiIy from the middle
of the morning..-5f you are an old
fashioned person and still believe that
potatoes should be planted in the dark
of the moon and that there is no other
time so suitable for planting beans
as Good Fridayrithen you believe i'm
plicity in the ground, hog. But If you
are one Of these scientific moderns who
scott at old superstitions and have no
respect for the traditions Of your
fathers, you care not whether the
ground hog sees his shadow tomorrow
and returns for six more weeks OF
winter, or whether he steps out in the
fog, stretches himself and announces
that to all purposes and intents, winter
will soon be over. AS a matter Of fact,
February 2 is known in the Catholic
church as Candlemas day. 1t began In
a curious way. The old Greeks had a
pretty story about Pluto, kidnapping
a pretty young thihg known as Proser-
pine and taking her to Hades. Proser-
pines mother, Ceres, lit candle and
started to go through Hades looking
for Pluto. This happened February
End. If there was one thing the an
cient Greeks liked better than any
other thing it was an excuse to hold
holiday and have a parade and BAN
quet where every one got as drunk as
the drys say all drinkers do. So they
decided to celebrate Ceres trip through
Hades with q candle. They did this
by having a parade in which all the
boys and girls carried lighted candles,
and the custom was encouraged until
it got to be an institution. Coming
down to the middle ages it was dis
covered that the buried ends OF the
candle had a great supernatural power
and brought their owners good luck,
good health and even could influence
the weather. Now, an early spring
meant early badger hunting, and it can
be seen that the owners of supernatur-
al candle ends, If they had hunting
blood in their veins, were not above
sneaking in a wish to have good turkey
weather and thus the day became link
ed with the badger and with the
weather. The badger is a timid ami
NAL and afraid of it's own shadow, so
when hunters started out on Candle
mas day to catch him they rubbed
the candle and hoped for clouds. Hav-
ing thus fixed up the badger his
shadow, the date February End, and
early spring, it was only step to the
completed story, to-wit: The badger
who saw his shadow went back to his
hole and six weeks of winter followed.
When Germans came to America and
brought the story along it was found
that badgers were few and far between
and in fact almost unknown east of the
Mississippi. The tale was transferred
to an animal that was everywhere and
thus comes into the picture the ground
hog or wood chuck.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mrs. L. G. Moore, of Guthriesville, is
visiting friends in Rocky Mount, n. {.