Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-06

commissioner at Yorkville, vice his
father, G.. w. s. Hart, Esq, who has
held the position for many years, but
who did not care to hold it any longer.
Mr.. George T. Bryan Of Green
Vile, grand junior warden of the
South Carolina Masons, delivered a
lecture to about seventy-five masons
in the Yorkville Lodge last night.
The number of those who were there
are united In the testimony that 1t
was the best exposition Of masonry
that they have ever heard.
Rev. K. H. Bosmajian, native
Of Armenia, but who has been living
in the United States for about rs
years and is now a citizen Of Allan
ia, spent a part Of SATURDAY., Sunday
and Monday in YC...ville, the guest
Of his friend, Rev. I. G. Murray, pas
tor Of the Baptist church. Mr.. Bos-
majian is a talented musician, being
master Of several instruments and a
vocalists Of wide reputation, possess
ing a cultivated voice Of remarkable
sweetness and clearness. At the
morning service at the Baptist
church he made a practical talk to
the Sunday-school and during the
regular service sang a solo that was
greatly enjoyed by the congregation.
At the night service he lectured on
the Trials and Triumphs Of Amer
lean Missionaries in the Empire OF
Turkey" and also sang solo. His
lecture was listened to with peculiar
interest by the large congregation
present, and contained much valu-
able information to those interested
in foreign mission work.
There has been considerable I'M
provement in the business customs OF
the town Of Yorkville during the past
few years; but there is room for more
Improvement in the same direction
This reference is more especially to
the matter of monthly settlements.
AS far back as fifteen years ago, the
most common rule Of settlements as
between business houses and as be-
tween customers and merchants was
by the year. Of course there was
monthly business, and cash business
but as general thing when items
were charged, it was expected tina,
they would remain charged, at leas,
until the end Of the year, and IL there
was no settlement in January Of one
year, it frequently happened that the
settlement ran over until the January
following. There were lot Of people
here then, who successfully frowned
upon the idea Of settlement at any
time, and there are not a few Of them
even yet. In the course Of time, the
idea Of more frequent settlements was
introduced. NJ F. Jones Of the Ganson
Dry Goods company, brought this idea
here from Lancaster. He would sell
goods to almost anybody on thirty
days; but IL the debtor failed to come
across in thirty days, he grew less ac-
commodating. Later on, other busi-
ness houses took up the thirty-d day and
cash idea, and since then these sys-
TENS have grown more common. The
cash idea of course, is hard to beat.
When people pay as they go, things
run smoothly; but the next best thing
to the cash system is the thirty day
plan. This works very nicely now,
except there are a good many people
who persist in clogging the machinery
by failing to pay. Sometimes 1t IL so
they cannot pay; but more often H. is
because they prefer to use the money
for something else. 1t is very easy to
see that IL everybody would pay, things
would go along much more smoothly.
Even the man who lodges in order to
use his money for something else,
would IL he had elected to pay instead
of dodge, very often be gratified to find
the same money coming back to him
in settlement of an account that
somebody else has been enabled to pay
because he himself had paid. And the
very best way to make everybody pay
Is for each individual to set and main
tain the example. The man who pays
is always in a better position to stir
up the man who Is inclined to be a lit
tie slow.