Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-10

another promised for the middle, it
will be necessary for him and his COL
league not only to excel themselves
| in boosting in the future Gf they ex-
pect to attract Gastonia folks), but
| they will also find ii necessary to pro-
vide some greater attractions than
such tame affairs as auto races and
baseball games. To the colonels as
sertion that Charlotte is a good town to
come to any old time, we heartily as
sent 1t was not her every day self
| that we were complaining of but the
| tameness of her extra fixings" which
some of our friends thought did not
come up to the specifications.
Fort Mill Times, June g: Assistant
Adiutant General w. T. Brock was in
| Fort Mill Tuesday afternoon and night
shaking hands with his friends. C)l
Brock was returning to Columbia from
Charlotte. where he attended the mar
riage Tuesday of his sister. Miss Inez-
Brock to Mr.. VIM. Brock Of Birrii1S-
ham, Ala. .. f. P. H. Nivens, the Gold
Hill merchant whose store was burned
on the night of April II, entail!ng a
loss of several hundred dollars will ask
Governor Ansel to offer a reward for
the apprehension of the incendiary. 1t
will be recalled that Mr.. Nivens' store
home attending the spring term Of
court in Yorkville.. The annual con-
ference of the Rock Hill district, Meth
odist Episcopal church, South. will be
held with st. John church, Fort Mill.
from July II to Is, inclusive, and the
committee recently appointed by the
pastor of st. John, Rev. T. J.White, to
arrange for the entertainment of the
delegates to the conference has begun
the work of ascertaining the names of
those who will provide homes for the
visitors during their stay in Fort Mill.
The members Of the committee are the
Rev. Mr.. White. Messrs. A. o. Jones.
e. w. RUSSELL L. A. Harris and w. F..
Harris. There are eighteen charges in
the Rock Hill district. in which is in.
cluded about forty churches, which will
send to the conference S0-odd dele
gates, ministerial and lay. The presid-
ing elder Of the Rock Hill district Is
the Rev. T. c. O'Dell, but it is not
known whether Mr.. O'Dell will preside
over the conference, as it is the pre-
rogative of the bishop in whose diocese
the district Is to preside. This year
the Rock Hill district is in the diocese
Of Bishop c. E. Hendrix Of Missouri,
but he has not yet indicated whether
he will preside over the conference.
The membership of st. John would be
greatly pleased to have Bishop Hendrix
attend the conference. .... Work has
begun Monday morning on the new
building for the Fort Mill graded
school, the board Of trustees having
made arrangements with a Charlotte
bank for the loan Of $4,000 with which
to begin the work. The bonds voted
by the school district in April of last
year have not been sold, but the trus-
tees are sanguine that the bonds will
be sold and paid for before the $1,000
in hand is exhausted and that the work
on the building will not be interrupt
ed. The building will occupy site on
Monroe White street opposite the Bap
tist church and will be a substantial
two story brick structure with large,
we'll ventilated, well-lighted class
rooms of sufficient capacity to meet the
wants Of the school for several years
The building will be 100 feet long and
Sc feet wide. The ceiling in each of
the two stories will be 13 feet, and the
walls are to be II inches to the second
floor. The building will be covered
with metal shingles and made as near
fireproof as possible. The music rooms
will be large and well lighted. There
will be eight large class rooms with a
seating capacity of 400. Six of these
class rooms will be on the first floor.
with commodiOus cloak rooms adjOin-
ing. The auditorium will have a seat
ing capacity of 600 and will be on the
second floor. with a stage IL feet deep
and 80 feet long, elevated three feet
above the floor.