Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-12
WITHIN THE TOWN

Business people are noting a
steady development in trades that has
already grown to larger proportions
than was anticipated few weeks ago.
The First National Bank Of York
vile, held it's annual meeting today,
and reelected the incumbent board Of
directors as follows: w. B. Moore, w.
/. Witherspoon, w. G. White, ]. L.
Rainey, w. M. Love, ]. NJ. Stroup, O..
E. wilkins, R. c. Allen.
The authorities Of the Neely cot
ton mill have granted the Rev. Henry
Stokes a cottage in the mill village
in which to hold regular services
Rev. Mr.. Stokes has been relieved Of
the Philadelphia charge, and the
services which he formerly held there
will be held at the Neely mill.
The Travora Cotton Mill company
held its annual meeting this morning
and elected officers as follows: w. B.
Moore, president and secretary. The
directors are w. B. Moore, j. B. Pc
gram, ]. M. Starr, ]. E. Johnson, NJ. w.
White. The usual semi-annual five
per cent dividend was declared.
People who attended the show at
the Lyric Theatre last evening were
very much interested in the pictures
| Of the scenes on European battlefields.
The films showed conditions after the
bombardment of several towns by the
Germans, the flooding Of the streets
of Malines on account CT the opening
Of the dykes, the retreat Of the Eng
lish and Relgians from Antwerp, and
other features Of the gigantic strug-
gle.
- Mr.. w. E. Ferguson, who has for a
number Of years been doing business
in the middle of the court house
block" on Main street, has moved his
stock Of goods into the building for
merly occupied by the First National
bank, and people are congratulating
him upon the neat appearance of the
store. Some say without hesitation,
why, you have the handsomest, neat
est and best arranged store in town.
The statement is probably true; but IT
is hardly fair to say that there has
been a change in that regard, for MIR.
Ferguson has been keeping his goods
that way all along. However. the fact
remains that the new store Is a beau
ty, quite an addition to the business
block in which 1t Is located and some
thing Of which the proprietor has a
right to be proud. Il am going to
commence selling cigars again."
-ii' uooiiJ SSohNA
day. Il tried it several times when l
was at the old stand, but being rather
away from the passing crowds. / in
variably found myself my own best
customer and did not feel like l could
afford it. But now I am more conve-
niently located, other people will step
in and buy cigars and help me pay the
expense
There are those who do not think
much Of the moving picture show and
| others who do. That is the way every
where. In every centre of sufficient
population to maintain picture show,
there are large numbers of people who
do not avail themselves of that form
Of entertainment. Some claim that the
light on the screen Injuries their eyes,
others say that there is too much dam
ger of running on pictures that are
immoral or this or that. That some
Of the pictures are really objection
able to some people. there is no uues-
ton; but taking them all together.
the percentage of Objectionable pic
ture plays is hardly larger than is to
be found among the stage plays, and
constant attendance on the picture
shCw amounts to about the same thing
as constant attendance on the stage
shows. The fact remains however,
thft the picture show is about the
only source Of regular popular amuse-
me I to be found in Yorkv!lle and al
thou"h the attendance is hardly suttt-