Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-16

venerable elders, all unsuspicious Of
anything like levity in a place like
Due west, walked up and looked into
The barrel and most Of them showed
by their faces that they had been
sold. OF course the boys enjoyed 1t
hugely. All OF the preachers were too
wise TO be caught. Some Of them dis
cussed the idea OF looking into the bar
rel to make the boys laugh; but they
did not quite dare to risk 1t. Rev.
Or. r. Y. Presley came along anu
looked into the barrel; but walked on
without any change OF expression, and
although the boys gave him the horse
laugh they were evidently not quite
sure whether they had fooled him or
he was kidding them. 1t was a ludi-
crous situation at times and lasted
nearly an hour.
The hospitality of the people Of Due
West is proverbial. Much has been
written and printed on the subject;
but 1t must be experienced to be fully
appreciated. It has been said that all
Of them look forward to opportunities
to entertain as their most pleasureable
privilege and II must be so. All the
delegates to synod Of whom advance
information could be obtained, were
assigned to homes, Of course, and there
were lists Of willing hosts looking for
the unassigned. The big crowd Of 125
or more was absorbed without effort;
but it did not stop there. AS soon as
the visitors are located, the residents
begin the rounds with their engage
with friends, acQuaintances and
strangers" II there are any, for
lunch" "tea" end even breakfast.
Some go at you with an invitation to
lunch" You have q previous en-
gagement. Then 1t is for tea" and
If that Is engaged, the would-be host
the bound-to-be host goes over the
routine Of the next day, and the day
after, and finding no open engage
ments for lunch or tea, includes break
fast. Others, with note book and pen
Gil in hand, come at you like this:
II know you have your engagement
list pretty full; but can't you find a
place where you can take lunch, tea
or breakfast with me?" And the
dinners that ere served make one take
from half dozen
to twenty guests seated at once, at
tables loaded with the choicest food
sufficient for fifty. And Of course
these parties are always pleasant. Ev-
erybody not already acquainted with
everybody, Is of course made acquaint-
ed, and there Is no lack Of sufficient
common interest to furnish abundant
pleasant conversation.
A detailed account Of the proceed
ings of synod would, Of course, be Of
little interest to the general reader, be-
cause there was much In the routine
that was Of concern only to the Asso-
ciate Reformed church. However, the
was quite interesting, and
the talks and addresses at the differ
ent conferences showed an earnestness
and zeal that were impressive. At
on home missions, consid-
ering the question as to how best to
prosecute the work, the speakers were
DIR. R. G. Miller, DR.. w. NJ. Hunter,
and Rev. I. 8. Caldwell. Each talked
from five to ten minutes, and these
brief illustrations will show the senti-
ments of each: Dr. Miller told humor-
Gus anecdote Of two frogs that had
jumped into two cream crooks In a
farmers spring house. One OF the
frogs began to hollow help. help"
and the other followed hustle, hus-
tle." Next morning the help frog
was dead and the hustle" frog was
sitting on a chunk Of butter that he
had churned in his struggle. The
speaker said that the salvation Of the
home missions was to be found In
hustle. Dr. Hunter described the
trials and dfscouragements OF the
home missionary in a seemingly unin-
viting field; but advised that he must
go down into the well and trust his
helpers above to stand at the windlass.
Mr. Caldwell said that as a rule the
converts won IN u foreign missionary
field belonged to class that we would
hardly speak to on the street here, and
that we must keep that fact In mind
and go after the same class at home.
There were also interesting and
profitable conferences on Christian
education, and foreign missions, and
quite lot Of routine work at business
sessions. w. D. g.