Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-10-30
LOCAL LACONICS.
The First Presbytery.

LOCAL LACONICs.
The First Presbytery.
The First A. R. Presbytery convened
at Bethany yesterday morning.
Plenty of Hay.
Messrs. John F. and w. s. Gordon
have put up about 700 bales Of hay
against the season when hay will be
worth something.
Exposition Rates.
The rate from Yorkville to Charles
ton, at the opening of the exposition,
December 1, will be about $3.50 for the
round trip. The matter has not been
definitely settled yet; but that Is the
way 1t looks now.
.Purglarized the Depot.
Y I'm passing through Guthriesville last
Wednesday night, Harris, the Mecklen-
burg convict who stole Mrs. Mason's
horse and Mr.. Baird's buggy, broke
into the depot and got off with five
gallons Of whisky and a box Of cattle
food.
Died on the Gang.
Jack Pitts, Negro convict who was
serving a sentence Of IS months On the
chaingang for stealing horse from
Mrs. Duncan, near Warren, died last
Wednesday, and was buried in a plan
tation burying ground in Fort Mill
township. His death was due to con-
sumption.
Car Burned.
One of the best passenger cars be-
longing to the South Carolina and
Georgia Extension railroad, was de-
stroyed by fire at Marion, N. c., last
Friday night. Just how the fire origi-
mated is not known; but the car was
almost destroyed before the flames
could be extinguished.
Home Life Insurance Society.
Especial attention is called to the an
nouncement in another column Of the
plans Of the "Home Life Insurance So
ciety," that has just been organized by
Captains j. r. Lindsay and W. B.
Moore. The system has been arranged
so as to include all of the best features
Of assessment insurance. with lodge
dues, medical examinations, and other
expenses that may be considered TN
nessary among home people, elimina-
ted. The whole plan appears to be de-
cidedly simple and careful considera-
tion Of 1t Is calculated to prove of more
than ordinary interest.
The Grier orphnnnee. y
At a meeting Of the trustees Of the
Grier Orphanage, of Hickory Grove,
held in Yorkville yesterday, 1t develop
ed that the conditions under which the
Associate Reformed synod had agreed
to take charge Of that institution, viz:
That 1t should be free from debt, could
be complied with. The following
Rev. J. P. Knox, chairman; B. F.
White, D. E. Finley, ]. N. McDill. The
new board that will control the or
phanage as representatives Of synod,
consists Of Rev. ]. P. Knox, Rev. R. M.
Stephenson, Messrs. B. F. White and
D. E. Finley, Of the first presbytery,
and one member from each Of the 9th
er presbyteries. AT this time there are
13 children In the orphanage.
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York mt winthrop.
Following is the complete enrolment
of York county girls at Winthrop COL
lege: Ina Ashe, Lessie Barron, Eliza
beth Barron, Beulah Barron, Lottie
Barron, Corinna Barry, Eva Elizabeth
Beach, Jessie Black, Isabelle Black,
Myrtle Blankenship. Jennie Wilson
Brice, Gertrude Brown, May Saddler
Lille Earle Sadler, Mary Greye Sandi-
fer, Ada Lee Sanders, Belva Sanders,
Eleanora B. Sanders, Elizabeth Shur-
ley, Matte Steele Smith, Dargan
Smith, Ida Smith, Fleda Steele, Orrle
Altalene Steele, Corrine Farris, Emily
Lillian Farris. Sarah Featherston, Josie
Fewell, Lizzie Forney, Josephine H.
Camp, jamie Carson, May Chaplin,
Lillian Clinton, Mayme Reid, Harriet
Ellen Roddey, Bessie Williams, Mar
garet Wilson, B. Vista Wood, Allie
Vaughn, Marion j. Johnson, Della
Johnson, Rosa Key, Sorinne Kendrick,