Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-03
LOCAL LAcoNIcs.

Rev. f. r. Riddle has accepted calls
to the pastorship of Beersheba, Allison
Creek and Beth-Shiloh churches. -
Corn On Kings Creek. a'Y
BEST prospect for a good crop that
we have had at this season In eight
years." said Mr.. A. W. Love, yester-
day; "but, we still have chance OF
being washed away" he commented.
Convict In Bad Way.
Ross Kirk, the negro who was con.
victed at the last term Of the court OF
general sessions Of violation OF the
emigration laws and sentenced to the
chaingang for four months, Is slowly
dying Of cancer Of the stomach.
Making Better Roadbed.
The Southern Railway company Is
strewing thousands of ties along the
Marion and Kingsville division, and Is
putting the roadbed in first-class con-
dition.
Big Day at Zion.
Sunday was niger day" at Mt.
Zion, the large negro church near
Guthriesville. 1t Is estimated that
there were seven or eight hundred
present. zion Day" the last Sunday
In May or the first in June. Is always q
great day for negroes In York county,
and merchants are busily engaged the
day before fitting out the negroes with
new clothes, etc. AS usual thing
there Is lots Of liquor, guns and knives
on exhibition at Mt. Zion and one or
der was better Sunday although the
crowd was as large as usual and
there was plenty Of liquor and other
trouble e-makers. Nobody was hurt al
though there were several quarrels
and fist fights.
Well Known Citizens Of Fort Mill.
Mr.. z. T. Bales, well known citi-
zen of the Flint Fill section Of Fort
Mill township died in Charlotte last
Thursday afternoon, in a hospital
where he had gone for treatment. Mr..
Bales was a Confederate soldier and
was q member Of Flint Hill Baptist
church. He was 68 years Of age. He
leaves a widow, two sons and two
daughters. Mr.. A. Sidney White, one
of the oldest citizens Of the township
passed away at his home two miles
south of Fort Mill, Thursday. Mr..
White was born In 1888, studied civil
engineering at Harvard university and
worked at his profession until the
breaking out Of the Civil War when
he entered the Confederate service. He
Is survived by twelve children.
The Alfalfa Club. 3,E,
Mr.. Arthur T. Hart, secretary and
treasurer Of the Yorkville Board of
Trade on yesterday sent out to all the
members of the prospective Alfalfa
club the following notice: "Mr. A. g..
Smith Of the department OF agrtcul-
ture Of the United States will be here
Wednesday, June 4th, for the purpose
of organizing. an Alfalfa club. The
meeting will be held In the court house
at 2 D. m. sharp. This Is indeed the
most important meeting that the AL
falfa club will ever hold and you are
earnestly requested to, attend. Such
matters as the buying Of lime and seed.
amount to be used, etc. Will be dis
cussed at the meeting. Kindly tell all
your neighbors whom you think Will
be interested and In this way help. us
to get as large number OF charter
members as possible to join at this the
first and most important meeting.
York Men at Due West.
The commencement session began
Saturday night in Due West, when the
Erskine Theological seminary held
it's graduating exercises in the Assoc
clate REFORMED TTeSDyttIldu' CuufSh
Of that place. The church was pack
ed, for besides the people OF Due
West there was a large number OF
commencement visitors in town. At
ter devotional exercises the gradu-
yates read theses, and among them
were the following: The Rev. G. By
mum Belts of Rock Hill, "The Eviden-
tial Value Of Miracles. Mr.. Belts at
first defined miracles, and then showed
their value In the establishment OF
Christian truth. The Rev. j. Nathan
lei Lesslie, Of Leslie, s. c., "Revela-
ton by the Incarnation" Mr.. Leslie
maintained that while the incarnation
was not primarily for the purpose OF
revelation, It did reveal to us a great
deal of the character Of both God and
man. All of the graduates have been
called to work. The Rev. c. Bynum
Belts, who graduated from Erskine In
1911, has been called to be pastor OF
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church at Troy, s. C. He has ac-
cepted and will take up his work at
this place on July l. During the
month of June he will supply the
pulpit at Chester. The Rev. Nathaniel
Leslie, an Erskine graduate of the
1910 class, has accepted the call to
become pastor Of the Prosperity and
McAnn's churches near Fayetteville,
Tenn. Mr.. Leslie will enter upon his