Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-11
ESTABLISHED 1866
VIEWS and INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs OF More or
Less Interest.
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Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't know-Condenseo
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Wants 'Em Cheaper.
A lady telephoned the other day:
won't you please discontinue the
practice of occasionally stating in The
Yorkville Enquirer the market price
for frying-size chickens? You see II
the farmers don't get on to the best
prices offered we might buy them
cheaper"
Lady" said the man on the other
end OF the telephone, "if your husband
was telephoning instead of you, I'd tell
him where to so"
information Would Be interesting.
ut would be interesting If somebody
were able to point out the spot where
Alexander Love built the first house IN
Yorkville," remarked the other day Mr..
Geo. w. S. Hart of Yorkville, in speak
ing of the article by Mr.. S. B. Latham
of Chester, in The Yorkville Enquirer
recently, relative to the county's earli-
est history have been trying to To-
cate some one who might be able to
point out the spot" said Mr.. Hart, but
without success. II would be an inter-
esting contribution to local history If
some one, could point it out"
Believe II or Not.
This is from the Bamberg Herald:
"The other day as c. w. Rentz, ST.
was passing the big ditch on Elm
street he heard a splash, and looking
into the ditch he saw a big bull frog
catch sparrow, which was evidently
drinking in the ditch. Mr.. Rentz
doubted the wisdom of publishing this,
as nobody will believe it, he said.
However, the writer can vouch for it
as fact, as he saw the bird in the
frogs mouth, and when chunk was
thrown at the frog it made dive into
the water, carrying the. sparrow with
it,"
Negroes Leaving York County.
N. c. McCorkle, C. S. Gordon, Dep
the sheriff's office Saturday morning,
were discussing the fact of large num-
bers of colored people leaving York
county. II hear that such is the case
from a number of quarters" said Mr..
McCorkle. Numbers of negroes who
formerly lived in York county have
moved to North Carolina to get jobs
with road construction forces in that
state. | understand that a number
have gone to Mountain Island in Gas
ton county" Deputy Sheriff Quinn
said that he was informed eighteen ne
groes left Yorkville in one bunch few
weeks ago, going to Schenectady, n.
Y, to work in brickyards, having been
attracted there by high wages. Il
don't think there is much doubt but
what a great many are leaving" add
ed Mr.. Gordon "a farmer of the Nc
Connellsville section told me a short
time ago that four tenant houses on
his farm were not occupied now and
hear that numbers of farmers are
short of hands"
Keep Up With Your Friends.
That there arc some grown white
men in York county who do not read
single newspaper or magazine is evil
denced by this story, which one of the
candidates for county treasurer told
Views and Interviews the other even
ing:
Il was over in the western part of
the county, when l met an old friend
who wanted to know what l was doing
there. OF course | told him that was
a candidate for county treasurer and
would appreciate his support and all
that sort of thing.
Well said he, I'm sorry l didn't
know it before. You see | don't take
no papers or nothing and | didn't know
you was running or who all was in it..
! met another fellow the other day who
told me he was running. He didn't
say nothing about nobody else being in
it, so | promised 20 vote for him.
We'll | told him that was right-to
stick to his word and vote for the 9TH
er fellow and he said he reckoncd he
would do just that. But little later
he met me again and said that he was
going to vote for me, despite the fact
that he had given his word to another,
Because he said, that other fellow
should have told me who else was run
ming since | don't take no papers OF
nothing"
"Professor" Carroll Teaching.
Sure, the college boys tip their hats
to me just like was regular college
professor" said County Superintendent
of Education John f. Carroll of York
county, who was telling some of his
friends in Yorkville the other day q
few of his experiences as a teacher in
the summer school for teachers al
Furman university, Greenville. Super
intcndcnt Carroll is teaching mathc-
matics in the Furman summer school
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