Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-05

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the year, played upon the local grid
iron Friday. Both teams appeared to
be pretty evenly matched, although the
visitors were a shade heavier. The
game was hard fought from the start.
Quite a number Of school pupils and
others were out.
A large number Of young people OF
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church enjoyed a "tacky party" al
the home Of Mr.. J.. M. Stroup Friday
evening, which was held under the
auspices Of the Young Peoples socie-
ty of the A. r. P. church. Each guest
contributed pennies corresponding to
his or her age and quite a tidy sun
was realized.
Yesterday was salesday for Octo-
Der, but from the standpoint Of there
being a large number Of people here
there was nothing to it. Their were
no sales by the sheriff or clerk. It was
an LEGAL day for horse swappers but
there was nothing doing in that line,
most of the traders having put the ia
boo on this place since the mandate
Of the mayor requiring them to pay
a heavy license to ply their trade in
this place.
More than 400 persons attended
rally day exercises at the First Pres
byterian church Sunday morning, a
special programme having been pre-
pared by the young people Of the
Sunday school. The programme in
cluded exercises by the primary grades,
ty, a violin solo by John Lewis. violin
duet by John Lewis and Miss Ola AL
lison, a solo by Miss Esther Ashe and
a trio by Misses Speak, Ashc and
Cartwright. Rev. DR.. e. E Gillespie
addressed the congregation briefly,
pointing out the need Of the church for
a Sunday school room. A collection
for the Thornwell orphanage at Clin-
ton, totaling SIS vas taken.
Rally Day exercises were held al
Trinity Methodist church Sunday and
were attended by a large congregation,
AS each person entered the church he
or she wasNpresented with a neat little
card upon which appeared, Rally
Day, Trinity Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, York, South Carolina
October Third, Nineteen Hundred and
Fifteen. I was there" The Sunday
school was the largest in sometime
104 persons being present. The spe-
cial music at the morning service in
cluded a duet by Misses Ruth Crosby
and Violet Dobson. The speaker at the
regular preaching hour was DR.. John
G. Clinkscales, professor Of mathe-
mates in Wofford college, Spartan
burg, who in an interesting way told
the story of the rise Of the Jews Ia
power as portrayed in the book III
Esther. He pictured Esther and Wash
ii as two Of the greatest characters In
history. Hannah, he said. was q crook
ed politician and selfish schemer, such
as we now have in some places. The
old Jew, Mordecai, who refused to bow
down to the great Lord Hannah, when
that worthy passed him, had more
courage and manhood than some peo-
pie in Yorkville or Spartanburg. 1t
takes real courage to refuse to be sub
servient to evil men who r In places
of aff1uence and power, he said. DR..
Clinkscales spoke for more thar an
hour and his audience was greatly i'm
pressed with his lecture.
AN unsuccessful attempt to rob the
safe Of Messrs. Sherer & Quinn in
broad daylight last Tuesday afternoon,
was particularly interesting because
Of its boldness. MI. Quinn had gone
to dinner, leaving Mr.. Sherer in the
store alone. Presently two negroes
came IN and one of them asked for 10
cents worth Of lard. The lard is kept
in the back part Of the store, and the
would-be purchaser went back with
Mr.. Sherer, while his partner remained
up by the safe, near the front door
which opens into the street. Mr.. Sher-
er suspected nothing: but as he was
weighing the lard he beard a noise at
the safe and looking up that way saw
the other negro in a STOPPING position:
but partly concealed behind the end
Of the counter. He hurried up that
way and caught the negro with one OF
the drawers Of the safe in his hand.
The negro protested that he was doing
nothing; but Mr.. Sherer held on to him
and called the police. The negro was
promptly arrested and searched; but
he had only Is cents in his clothes.
The safe drawer that he had pulled
out contained a number Of checks and
a few dollars in silver; but the negro
had not had time to transfer the mon
ey to his pocket. The negro who went
into the safe is from Georgia, and he
had told those with whom he was as
ISOLATED that ne was going back there
on Saturday. He and the other negro,
however, are being held in Jail.