Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-06-21
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
Drought Broken at Last-The G. M. A.
commencement - Farmers Institute
Baseball.

Drought Broken at Last-The Z. M. a.
Commencement - Farmers Institute
Baseball.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock HILL, June 20.-This city was
visited last Saturday night by thun-
derstorm and q copious shower or RAIN
It rained yesterday occasionally and
this coupled with the cloudiness has
been most favorable to the, farming ell
ement hereaboutS. Things were De-
ginning to look pretty serious, but now
the drought has been broken and the
farmers will pluck up courage again,
as the downpour came In the mick OF
time"
The dress parade and drill Of the c.
M A. in the afternoon and the COM
mencement exercises in the evening
passed off very successfully. There
was large attendance on the campus
to watch the drill and the military
boys acquitted themselves meritorious-
ly. Two gold medals for the winners IN
the competitive drill were won by Mr
J. D. Gillespis, Co. A, and Mr.. McRae
Neely, Co. B. In the evening at Fried
helms Hall the commencement exer-
cises were held. Several OF the ca
dets recited fairly well and the speech
Of Prof. w. T. Martin on Education
while full Of good points. did not seem
to arouse much enthusiasm. Several
medals offered for literary and other
exercises were distributed. The band
under the leadership Of Prof R. j:
Herndon played several selections ano
showed careful training.
The fire company'S entertainment on
Thursday night at Friedheim's Hall was
we'll patronized The caste was en-
tirely local and the programme. al
though very lengthy, was well carried
out and reflected credit on the per
formers. The company netted 5000
clear of expenses, being half Of the
proceeds and the department has now
about $33495 towards purchasing a
Union services were held last Sun
day night at st. Johns M. E. church
The ministers present were the Rev
w. L. Lingle, ]. c. Johnes, w. T. Dun
can and w. E. Thayer. Mr.. Thayer
prefaced his sermon by referring to the
object of that nights collection-the
Kindergarten associations charity
that is doing very estimable work In
our factory and other schools.
The Farmers Institute Is a settled
fact 1t is to meet in this city on July
18th and will continue In session rot
three days. Clemson college will be
represented ny IIOlS. ~ ~ t<S" n'S>'
F. S. Shiver and Dr. G. E. Nesom. Fur
ther particulars with regard to the
place Of meeting, the programme un-
der discussion and other matters OF in
terest to those attending will be an
nounced later. AS this institute Is OF
decidedly practical interest to all far,
mers 1t Is to be hoped that they VIII
avail themselves Of it and make sue
cess of 1t, as it honestly deserves.
The Catawba Rifles will on June 24tr
proceed to the election of regimenta
lofficers of the Second battalion. the
vacancies are one lieutenant-colo
and two majors and these offices are
filled by ballot among the seVera
companies composing the battalion.
Yorkville and Rock Hill have beer
engaged in several friendly contests ol
baseball. On Wednesday the Juniors
of the two cities crossed bats and aftei
an interesting contest victory percneo
on the Rock Hill banner. On Thurs
day the colored mines Of the two cities
crossed bats and after an amusing
game. which favored Yorkville until
the close of the game, the Yorkville
team went to pieces and Rock Hill Wor
| by % to 90. Today q splendid game
was played between two Yorkyille anc
Rock Hill teams. The pitchers on botf
sides did very effective work and or
the whole were we'll supported. YorR
easily assumed the lead and was new.
er bested. ultimately winning a gooo
game by 8 to 4.