Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-31

Commencement Exercises OF the Sra-
ded SchooI-Personal and Other
Notes.
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock HILL, May 30.-The COM
mencement exercises Of the ROCK Hill
city schools took place in the academy
hall Wednesday evening ana were
much enjoyed by a large audience.
Rev. DR.. Alexander Sprunt of Char
lesion was present to open the ex-
ercises with prayer. An interesting
programme consisting of solo and
piano playing, recitations
and defamation followed by a lively
debate on the resolution that Inter
collegiate Games Should be Prohibi-
ted"
1t is to be regretted that the ques-
ton was not finally settled at this
time, but it was thought best to defer
the decision for the present.
Misses Lillian Gibson and Rosa
Baskins Strait were salutatorian and
valedictorian, respectively.
Mr.. ]. B. johnson presented the Ger
tiffcates to the graduating class after
which Superintendent Cork made a
brief closing address. He compli.
mented the city upon its material
growth and said that 1t would be
great error II there were not cores
ponding growth in educational prog
ress. He was happy to say that the
board, realizing this fact, had recently
made a great stride by purchasing the
high school property now known as
the c. M. A, and that there in the
future the boys of this city and sur
rounding country would enjoy equal
advantages now open to the girls.
The entire corps Of teachers were re-
Gently reelected for the coming year
and are as follows: Superintendent,
j. c. Cork; principal E. w. Hail;
Misses Blankenship and Jackson, Mar
garet Anderson and Lille Earle Sad
Ter, Maud Chaplin, Roberta Wardlaw,
Claude Godfrey, Bessie Bronson, Edna
Love, Mary Roach, Emma Roach and
Isabel Roddey, grade teachers. Miss
Ella Mcdaniel, music department.
w. L. Merritt, who seriously, but
not fatally, cut Joe Hart's throat
Sunday, pleaded guilty to the charge
preferred against him in the mayors
court and was given the limit, S25.OO'
which he paid.
The position of superintendent of
the Arcade mills, left open by the
resignation of Mr.. G. R. Buchanan,
who goes to Darlington, has been filled
who for some years has filled res
ponsible position with the Manches-
ter mills.
Mr.. S. w. cambridge, who holds a
position in the National Union bank
slipped quietly away a day or two ago,
iourneying to Huntersville, N. c.,
where on Wednesday evening he and
Miss Lilly Alexander were married.
They arrived here today and are
boarding at the home. Of Mr.. and Mrs
Walter H. Moore.
Mrs. Alice r. Smith was married
Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock TO
DR.. w. H. Dial Of Laurens. The
marriage, which was performed by the
Rev. w. B. Duncan at the brides
home in Hampton street, was very
quiet only the minister and his wife
and a few Of the immediate neighbors
being present. The newly welded
pair left on the northbound Southern
for wedding journey.
The store building belonging to
Messrs. Roddey & Crawford has been
completed and Messrs. w. G. Reid q
Son are moving their stock of furni-
ture into it. 1t is one of the most
spacious and handsome in the state
and makes a splendid show. Mr.. w.
w. Gill, the grocer, will move into the
room vacated by Reid & Son.
Mrs. D. D. Perry Of Lando, who ror
several days has been the guest OF
Miss Scotia Reid, was called home
by the news of an accident to her
mother, who sustained very painful
fall. She is not thought to be seriously
injured, but is in bed from the acci-
dent.
Mr. Ben Barnes, cashier Of the Bank
Of Rock Hill, has gone to Atlanta to
officiate as best man at the marriage
of friend there.
The news from DR.. j. M. Hunter
who is in Johns Hopkins hospital is
that he is a good deal better