Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-04
VIEWS And INTERVIEWS
Brief LeCal Paragraphs Of HOfe OF
,; Less Interest.
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Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't know-condsnsed
For Quick Reading.
IF a man Is going to plant cotton at
ALL" says Mr.. w. NJ Gettys, a hard
working and Intelligent young farmer
of Filbert No. /, II don't see why he
does not plant the improved varieties.
1t seems to me that everybody ought to
know by this time that the ordinary
old time Just cotton varieties do not
bring as much on the market as good
varieties
Highway Commission Projects.
mo we have nothing to do with the
State Highway projects except look
on" said John S. Hartness Of the
West Road Commission to Views and
Interviews, when asked about the
matter. ''The fact is do not see what
our commission (. is for anyway. The
engineers are running the whole thing
They don't ask US about routes,
grades or anything, and / don't see
we have any way Of helping ourselves.
I can't say that like it either. Looks
to me that the bond commission Is
getting about twice as much work
done as we are getting with the same
money, and it Is ebout as good too.
We have only about $4,000 now, and
how we are ever going to get the road
finished between Hickory Grove and
Sharon unless the bond commission
comes in and helps US out don't
see." .,. .s,..
Idle Labor Plentiful.
There is more real distress among
the mill workers than the general
public has any knowledge Of" said Reg
P. Jackson, OF Yorkville, to Views and
Interviews a few mornings ago. There
are lots Of people who are literally
begging for work; and they are willing
to work at anything too.
"I had a man come to me, for job
a few days ago. He claimed that he
had been around Bessemer and Gas
toiia, looking for work and had not
been able to find thing. Said he had
been out Of employment for quite
while, and vas willing to do anything.
He asked me for chew of tobacco,
and l gave Him haif a plug I had in
my pocket and also a half a dollar to
get his dinner with. Had I not be-
lieved he was honest about it, would
have given him nothing; because you
know very well cannot keep up every
fellow WI o is out Of work. j sent him
over to the Lockmore, with the sug-
gestion that he might get something to
do over there as they are just starting
up again; but do not know how he
came out.
"But there are lots of people hunting
work now" continued Mr.. Jackson,
land they are in earnest about it too"
He Didn't Stop.
Rev. D. L. Hill, the new pastor of the
First Baptist church Of Yorkville, ar
rived in Yorkville with his family on
last Thursday night, driving through
in Ford from Paxville, Clarendon
county, a distance Of 125 miles or more.
Mr.. Hill said he had a very pleasant
trip coming up until after he left Rock
Hill. He had been directed as to the
road by a gentleman in Rock Hill, but
the night was foggy and with the light
of his Ford he could only see very short
distances ahead Of him. The fog was
so dense that he could not see any OF
the houses along the way and he be-
gan to think he was on the wrong
road Finally he met train coming
from the opposite direction to that
which he was travelling and he was
then sure he was on the road to Char
lotte, but decided to go little farther
on. Finally he decided to stop and
wait for an automobile going toward
Rock Hill, hail it and ask for direc-
tions. Pretty soon the expected auto
mobile hove in sight, and with his car
lights on full, he stepped out in the
road in the glare Of the oncoming cars
lights and waved his hands for the
driver to stop. But there was nothing
doing. The driver Of the approaching
car, evidently thinking he was in for a
hol6-up put on more speed and passed
right on without so much as hello.
Mr.. Hill and his family decided to try
il a little farther and shortly afterward
came to one Of, J. H. Caroll's roadway
signs, Five miles to ]. H. Carrolrs
Service Station, York" He then knew
he was on the right road and reached
Yorkville about 10 o'clock.
o.. Couldn't Keep 1t Back.
That negro, Milus Tate, told about
it after Magistrate Black sent him UP
last Thursday said Chief Steele t0
Views and Interviews on Friday.
The chief had reference to negro
who had been arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Quinn, Constable Johnson ano
himself, charged with breaking ano
entering the store of another negro
and stealing some groceries, etc.
On tips from other negroes, the otn-
GERS had found the stolen articles hid
den in the barn Of another negro with
whom Tate was staying. Tate hac
given some Of the articles away ano