Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-02-15
THE EPISCOPAL CONVOCATION.

The COnVocatiOn of the ministers and
lay delegates Of the Episcopal Convoca-
ton, Greenville, met at st. Johns Church,
Winnsboro, on Thursday at 1890 A. M:
On Thursday the Convocation met, and
after morning services and a sermon by
the Rev. Theo. D. Bratton, the CCnvoca-
ton was organized by the election of the
Rev. J. G.. Glass, Secretary. An essay on
the "Obligations of the Rubric," was read
by the Rev. McNeely DuBose, which was
followed by a general and interesting dis
cussion of the subject.
On Thursday night, the Rev. r. n.
Joyner read the evening service, n the
Rev. MI. bowman, of Greenville, preach
ed a sermon from the text, Rom. 8: 10.
The subject of mission work was then
discussed by the Rev. Messrs. Joyner,
Capers, bowman and Glass.
1t was decided that hereafter two Con-
vocations be held yearly instead of three,
and that the next Convocation be held at
Gaffney City during the month of Sep.
TENDER, the date of converting to be fixed
by the Dean.
On Friday the business of the Convoca-
ton was as follows:
The Rev, Mr.. Joyner read an essay on
"Parish Schools:
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schools, yet the church has been tagging
behind in this respect. He stated that the
best agency to promote the interest of the
church was to be found in parish schools.
One of the main reasons that such schools
had not been more generally established,
was that there was a natural tendency not
to adopt and promulgate what is out of the
ordinary order of things.
The foundation might be laid, first, by
the pastor, with the cooperation of the
women instructing privately at first, only
a few scholars, and even with this begin
ming a sure foundation might be effected
second by raising a fund, n this may be
done by utilizing such waste materials as
time and talent; third, by the banding
together Of young men and ONE in the
congregation would contribute greatly to
their success; fourth, interest the parish
authorities by getting them to agitate the
matter, and in this way enlist the good
will of others fifth by invoking the aid of
the Holy Spirit.
After the reading of Mr.. Joyner's essay,
the question was thrown open for discus
sion, which was participated in by Rev.
Messrs. Gadsden, Eggleston, Bratton, Ca
pers, DuBose, Joyner and Glass.
After the close of this discussion the
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WnnsJoro NewS, SATURDAY.
L~ANCAsTER's COTTON MILL project.
On Saturday the Secretary Of State issued
a commission with authority to open books
of subscription to the capital stock of a
proposed company to be known as 1.-THE
Lancaster Cotton Mill" The general pur-
pose of the corporation is the manufac-
ture of yarn and cotton goods in or near
the town of Lancaster. This corporation
is on a different plan from any previous
one. The payment of the capital stock is
to be in weekly instalments of fifty cents
on each share subscribed for, with the
privilege of paying the whole or any part
thereof over and above the said weekly
instalment, and in addition there shall be
paid on the fifteenth day of October of
each year s. on each share, until the whole
of the subscribed stock shall be paid. This
scheme will enable the laborer to be a
stakeholder. The stock is $780, OO, divi-
ded into 1000 shares.
THE BLESSINGS OF THE TARIFF
When a sewing oma slips on her Thin
BILE (taxed % per cent? and threads her
needle taxed % per cent? with thread
taxed IS per cent? and ships it off with
scissors taxed 80 per cent, and sews a
button (taxed % per cent? on her hus-
bands winter flannel shirt taxed 6S per
cent. y she is quite UNCONSCIOUS, in her effort
to get on in the world, how the blessed
tariff bears down upon her. Probably
not n Woman in the land ever thinks of
it. But it is high time she should think
of it, and make her husband, who is
clothed with the right to vote, act upon
it. High taxation is the blight OF labor
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-Sukie Rose, colored. died in Columbia