Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-13
ESTABLISHED 1855
Views and INTERVIEWS
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Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know-condensed
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For Quick Reading.
Speaking of automobile speeding:
The speedometer said 60 miles u
hour.
The policeman said it was 90.
The citizens said it was a crime.
He said it was the life.
His friends said it with flowers.
WeeyiIs and Partridges.
Here is more evidence that the par
fridge is an enemy Of the boil weevil,
said farmer yesterday. "A friend ha
sent me copy of the Cheraw Chroni
Gle which contains the following:
MY. A. G. Grant, from Tesls Mil
section, told the Chronicle man wed
ncsday that partridges recently killet
near his home were found to have eat
en- boil weevils. Mr.. Grant said one o
the birds had as many as Il wcevils il
it's crop. He wants to see some meas
ures taken to protect these birds which
will mean so much to the farmer i
they will destroy the pest"
Want to Go to Cherokee.
quite a number of land owners lv'
ing in the vicinity Of Kings Mountain
Battle ground want to move into Cher
okec county" said J. Q. Wray of York
willie, who owns $50 acres or more oi
land in the vicinity OF the battle
ground. THE complaint is that little
or no attention is paid to the people OF
that corner OF the county by the York
county authorities. They have nt
roads. Some of the little children have
TO walk three and a half miles to the
nearest school and Cherokee is offering
them good roads and good schools II
they will move. will sign a petition
myself today requesting annexation tc
Cherokee county,
Annual Possum Supper.
Sam Wylio and Robert (Mooss)
Hart, we'll known Norkvi 10 negroes
gave their annual 'possum supper to
number of their white friends Of the
town aud vicinity. said Percy Berry
Wednesday morning. Every year tht
wives of these hunters prepare baked
'possum and potatoes and chicken sal
ad and rabbit and the men invite their
friends. The supper Tuesday night was
up to standard. There were about
twenty men present and all Of them en-
joyed the feast Sam and Mopts make
no charge for the supper, but II the
guests see fit to leave a dollar sticking
under their respective plates there Il
not the slightest objection"
Hurting Business.
"All this talk about the coming oi
the boil weevil is certainly playing
whaley with business throughout this
section" remarked Il. Ernest Heath
travelling salesman of Monroe, y. c.,
and formerly of Yorkville, who was
discussing the situation the othe'
morning. Merchants are afraid to buy
goods because so many people have the
idea that the boil wecyil is going tC
clean up the entire crop. People arc
afraid to buy for the same reason. In
stead of trying to arrive at ways and
means to fight the weevil lots Of folks
are Just sitting around and holding
their hands and talking about it, What
they should be doing is to destroy the
trash around the cotton fields along
with the cotton stalks in an effort u
kill the weevil. This calamity bowling
isn't going TO help things"
Fair Enough.
whats wrong with this" inquired
the foreman OF The Yorkvillc Enquirer
as he handed Views and Interviews The
following clipping this morning:
Charles Harris, Fort Worth, Texas
printer got slightly pccvcd at lc'tc
from Il doctor who wanted bids on S"N
cral thousand letter heads, diircrcn
sizes, different grades and difcrcn
cOlors and wanted the printing form
held standing. So Charley took hi
typewriter in hand and wrote:
Am i'm the market for bids on on
operation for appendicitis. One, tw'
ur fivc-inCh incisiOn-with or with
out cthCr-alsO without or with n nurse
If appendix is found tc be sound, wan
quotations TO include putting SAM
back and cancclling order. If removed
successful bidder is expected to hol'
incision open for about GO days as cN
pcct to be on the market for gallSton
at that time and want to save tho OK
ira cost of cutting.
Has Caught Eleven Minks.
W. Brown Gauldcn, well known trap
per and farmer. who lives with j. {
Eurgc on York No. ,, said "Wednesday
that he had caught eleven minkS so ia
this season and that he had sold TN
hides at prices ranging from $3.50 t
$I2.50. All these minkS were cauG'
within three miles OF Yorkvillc. Talk
ing about trapping various animals
Mr.. Gauldcn said Wednesday: Mink
are much harder to catch in traps ina
arc. racconS, for instance. TO eaten
mink one has to hide the trap. IL mus
be located in some pace frCqucntcd u
the mink and hidden so that he VT
step into it purely Ivy accident. Not :