Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
DIR. Massey Removed from Fort Mill-Sew
Cotton Mills-Sweet Girl Graduates

Cotton MilIs-Sweet Girl Graduates
Graded School Exercises.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer
Rock HILL, June 5.-Dr. J. f. Mas
sey and family of Fort Mill, moved to
Rock Hill today and are occupying
the recently erected Episcopal rectory.
We are always glad to welcome such
citizens into our midst.
The smokestack just completed at
the Industrial college is model Of its
kind, and it certainly speaks well for
the efficiency of the convict force at
work here, as every brick on the stack
is said to have been laid by convicts.
The Rock Hill Herald of today gives
the names of the two cotton mills soon
to be erected here. The one gotten
up by Mr.. r. T. Fewell is to be
called "Arcade," and the Barron
mill will be named "Manchester."
Applications for charters for both of
these enterprises will be forwarded to
Columbia in day or two.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Wilson, with
the three younger children, went to
Spartanburg on visit last week.
Their eldest daughter, Miss Arrah
Belle, graduated at Converse college
during the commencement exercises
of the past few days. Rock Hill
claims another member of the gradu-
ating class-Miss Laura Rufl-who
came home this morning.
The following gentlemen, at an
election held yesterday, were chosen to
serve on the board of health: DR.. T.
l.. CornWell, w. A. FewelI, Lee Hall,
#. J.. Johnstone and DR.. w. J. White.
Revs. w. w. Orr, of Huntersville,
n. c., and J. S. Moffatt, Of Chester,
were in town this week, looking after
the interest Of the A. R. ?. church
mission work, which it is proposed to
carry on here. This work, of course,
looks to the founding of Il church here
later on.
The exercises at the Graded school
last night were very interesting: and
reflect much credit on the lady teach
ers, whose grades, the first four took
part in the performance. Rev Fl. B.
Browne opened the exercises with pray
er, after which the following program
was rendered:
"The May Festival" .........Second Grade.
"MOtion Song Mists, ".......First Grade.
Meeting the Nations,". Third Grade.
February 22nd," Fourth Grade.
"Good Night" ,"................. First Grade.
In the first piece, Essie Whitaker,
as Queen of the Fairies and Mary
Thomson as May Queen, deserve
special mention for the admirable man.
ner in which they performed their re.
spective parts. The EMOTION Song"
was gracefully led by Christine Sprunt
and George Beach, and the other little
lads and lassies, about 60 in all, follow
ed her through a number of graceful
hand movements and revolutions in
marching.
In the "meeting of the nations"
Little Charley Lord, as Chnaman,
made the shit" of the evening, evoking
tremendous applause, while Little
Earle Sadler introduced the foreigners
in a charming manner, and the cute
little couple from Sweden, in the opin-
ion of your correspondent, carried off
the palm for the clear, pleasing style
in which they rendered their song.
February 22nd was splendid lesson
in patriotism, and the charms of this
finely rendered little piece were great
ly heightened by the spirited singing
of the boys and girls when, in the
course of the play, "America" and
"Red, White and Blue" were sung,
the songs both being led by Kittie
Stewart, whose voice, power and ad-
mirable time, are certainly remarkable
in one so young.
If any distinction can be made in
the numbers on the progromme, we
would certainly incline to the belief
that the best was kept for the last,
when the singing, marching and acting
of 16 dear little girls, clad in snowwhite
gowns and caps, with their little bare
feet peeping out, each holding dimin-
utive candlestick in one hand and doll
in the other, completely captivated the
entire audience, as they babe us their
sweetly suggestive "good night" To-
night the exercises of the higher grades
will be had.