Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-11-07
ESTABLISHED 1855
VIEWS and INTERVIEWS
Brlef 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
For Quick Reading.


"T have nothing to say against my
opponent" said the candidate as he
rose and cleared his throat, "oniy
this: He is a liar and the truth isn't
in him. He may not be dishonest, but
he thinks dishonesty. l don't want
to prejudice this audience against him
at all, but he is q blackleg, second
story man, burglar, bootlegger and
n bum. Now, of course you mustn't
think 1 have anything against this
man, and l don't want to plant any
false impressions in your minds, but l
happen to know that he is forger, a
blackmailer, receiver of bribes, a
wife-beater, an incendiary and a
stick-up man. All this, you may say
is not TO his credit. Well, perhaps
not exactly to his credit, but do not
Judge him too harshly by what l have
said. You may have thought well of
him, but 1 am in a position to prove
that he is a crook, a doper booze
fighter, an embezzler, n tax dodger
and a gunman. He would carry his
grandmother up nine lights of stairs
and throw her out Of the window for
a quarter Of dollar. Outside Of that
he probably is all right, and, having
proven to you the solution of the
great problems that confront us and
pointing the way to better things, l
bid you, one and all, good night"
No Substitutes.
The Volstead act has hatched q
brood Of specialists in liquid food; in
one respect these birds are wise, they
know it pays to advertise. Wherever
I may chance to look, in paper, mag
azine or book, these hawks are trying
hard to whet the appetite for some
thing wet Regardless of the way I
feel, or how 1 fill my leather peel. If
my compleXiOn's green or pink, l am
assured that l must drink pint of
this, a quart of that, to make me thin
of make me fat. Whatever my con-
Clition is / need some new and potent
fizz that will relieve my aches and
pains and clean my CRATES and water
my tank with some concoction, brown
and rank, I'll lose my calm and
thoughtful mien and go gambOl on the
green. Instead of walking slowly round
My life will be as full OF joy as when I
was q barefoot boy and chaperoned a
pair of mules among the burrs and
cactus stools. They do not care a
me, if III absorb their fluid. cheer, I'll
scamper like yearlipg steer. 1 may
be such a fearful wreck th&t nothing
works except my neck, but If I'll drink
the stuff they sell I'll promptly strut
forth sound and well. Today is not
like yesterday when men could buy q
keg of beer to put some tallow on
their Stats, or drink champagne or
days are fed and we drink mustang
oil instead. Along the dry and dusty
roads where men must tote their
weary loads, no moist oasis bursts in
tain dew, but rows of bill boards tell
with pride about the worth Of orange
idc. We buy q barrel of hornet juice
to wake us up but what's the use?
The old kick simply isn't there and
so we moan and tear our hair.
York County Peaches.
Is York county a superior peach
county? There are lots of people who
have either not thought of the matter
at all, or who have gotten q kind of
an impression somehOw-they do not
know exactly how-that it is not; but
Johnson Cameron says that York
county is all right for peaches. He
believes that York county can produce
as fine peaches as are to be found
anywhere, and in support of his belief
he has made some heavy investments.
And who is Johnson Cameron?
Well, in complete fairness to him it
would not be exactly right to try to
tell offhand. However, he is q York
county farmer, about 60 years OF age
who owns about 700 acres of land and
other property that he has acquired by
his own efforts. His school opportuni-
ties were so limited that he can little
more than read and write; but he has
travelled over large part Of the Unit
ed States, observed a good deal by the
way, and does = good deal of thinking
or his own account. His acquaint-
anccs are all agreed that while there
are many lines of reading in which he
has not progressed very far, when il
comes to the practical affairs Of life
that happen to draw his attention he
is about as we'll able to take care Of
himself as the next one.
When Mr.. Cameron came into the
office OF The Yorkville Enquirer las
Saturday on 4 little business erranC
for 4 ncighbor, Views and Interview.
took advantage of the opportunity t
ask him n few questions about hi!
peaches. Talk? Well, Mr.. Cameron
don't mind talli,rrr -o,, what no knows