Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-26
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The Presbyterians of Rock Hill have
subscribed $4,000 for the support OF
the Presbyterian college Of South Car
olina at Clinton. They are very much
in earnest over the proposition that
there should be a first-class denomina-
tional college in this state.
July 80 is the date Of the Clemson
Car Picnic at Sharon. The error In
the advertisement published last Tues
day making the date July % was made
in this Office and Is not chargeable to
Messrs. Shannon & Hope, whose name
was signed to the advertisement. 1t
is the Sharon people generally and the
band people particularly. who expect
to see that the guests Of the occasion
are properly entertained.
If people would consult their best
interest, they must distribute public
office on the basis of the efficiency. ca
pacity and character of the candidate.
This is the only way to get the best
service. Offices Of honor and trust
should be filled with more care than
those to which salaries are attached.
But it is very important that the peo-
pie study the character Of the men
who ask for office.
Although we have seen no publish
ed statement to that effect, it is being
talked that Capt. Clay, the recent COM
mandant at Clemson, was frequently
under the influence of liquor, and that
was one reason why he could not en-
force discipline. If this story Is true,
then the commandant should have been
compelled to resign long ago. Anybody
ought to have foreseen the coming OF
the recent development. But the thing
should be investigated.
Mr.. J. 3. Pegram has recovered the
monogram pin advertised for in the
last issue of The Enquirer. 1t was
picked up on East Liberty street by
Master H. M. Devinney who unable to
decipher the ownership as indicated by
the monogram. quietly decided to hold
the pin until he saw an advertisement
in The Enquirer. He told Mr.. Pegram
that he was quite sure that If the pin
was of special value, the advertise
ment would soon appear.
The idea of making a fixed per cent
of gross income, payable In perpetuity,
a basis of the granting of public
franchise Of whatever kind is good
one. The common American practice
has been to look upon the price of
franchise Of whatever kind as so much
graft, the legitimate perquisite Of the
authority by which the franchise Is
conferred. The other plan is the bet
ter calculated to divide the benefits of
a franchise among the people who con-
tribute to it's value.
the older generation, that previous to
twenty-fiv or thirty years ago congre-
gational singing was the almost uni
versal rule at all the churches through
out this section and especially was this
the case with the country churches, and
all who are familiar with the then ex-
listing conditions have pleasant recol-
lections of the grand and inspiring
manner in which the old, familiar
Psalms and hymns we're rendered on
all occasions Of public worship at such
churches as Bethany, Bethel, Sharon,
Smyrna, Bethesda, Bullock's Creek,
Flint Hill, Ebenezer, Neely's Creek
and others that might be mentioned,
and while it is a fact that congrega-
tional singing still prevails with many
of these churches to a large extent,
very few of them have as many indi-
vidual good singers as formerly,
the singing, in large measure, being
delegated to choirs usually, consisting
of from ten to twenty-five members,
and while these choirs generally render
fine music it is not so pleasing and In
spiring as when the entire cOngrega-
ton took part. The Bethany congre-
CATION has a well trained and efficient
choir: but it does not monopoliZe the
singing, only leads it; and while
il is a fact that there are not so many
fine voices as there were previous to
the dismissal of a number of members
to Crowders Creek, Glover, Yorkville,
and other churches during the past fif-
teen or twenty years, still there are
many more than in the average church,
and the singing compares most favora-
bly, with other days. The writer was
at Bethany yesterday and learned that
the annual singing school was in ses-
sion and had been for several days.
There are thirty to thirty-five pupils
and they are putting in. the better part
of each day and they are being
taught by Mr.. Long of the Pineville
section, a teacher of twenty eight
years experience and one who is pro-
rounced by some of the Bethany peo-
pie. and they are competent critics, as
being in many respects most capable.
The class is necessarily making fine
progress. The school will close on next
Wednesday.