Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-25
MAY Form New Pastorate.

May Form New Pastorate.
Congregations Of the Baptist
churches dt Charlotte street, Yorkville;
Enon and Hickory Grove have In mind
the idea of securing a pastor for his
whole time, the pastor to reside at
Charlotte street church.
May Build Church at Sharon.
Methodist members at Sharon are
considering the idea Of building
| church edifce In that town. The con-
gregation for some time past has been
holding religious service in the school
house there and due to the fact that
the congregation Is rapidly growing the
need for house Of worship OF its own
is becoming more apparent.
Will Move to Hickory Grove.
DR.. B. n. Miller, well known ply
sician of Smyrna, has secured home
| in Hickory Grove and expects to move
to that town about January /. Hickory
Grove has been anxious for the loca-
tion Of a physician there for some time
due to the fact that DIR. w. A, Hood,
we'll known physician has been partly
incapacitated because of poor health
Sales of Real Estate.
Approximately 400 acres Of land, the
property of A. A. Burris OF the Nc
Connellsville section and lying on
Turkey Creek has been sold to j., M.
Stirewalt for $4,000, the transaction
having been made through the real
estate agency of ]. c. Wilborn. Mr..
lWilborn has sold 35 1-2 acres lying on
the Kings Mountain road near FIJI
bert, the property Of ]. w. Critics to e.
NJ. Whisonant Of Glover for $50 an
acre. ~.
May Dismiss Erwin.
Elijah Erwin, negro, arrestedfin Rock
Hill several weeks ago charged with
assault upon young white woman Will
probably be released from custody.
Since the alleged occurrence the negro
has been in the penitentiary for safe
keeping; but was returned to the coun-
ty Jail a few days ago. 1t is said that
the alleged victim Of the attack now
claims that Erwin Is not the negro who
attacked her, and the authorities are
inclined to the" Lcliof that no Ia inno-
cent.
Rock Hill Liquor Situation. -
Rock Hill is freer Of blind tiger
liquor just now than at any time In
quite a while, according to Farnk G..
Allen, constable to Magistrate Wfngate
of Rock Hill, who was in Yorkville
this week in attendance upon court.
Mr.. Allen said that from all the infor-
nation he was able to get very little
Iliouor was being manufactured in the
vicinity Of Rock Hill at the present
time and comparatively little was be-
ing brought in from distance.
New Hickory Grove Pastor.
The salary of the pastor of Hickory
L., -. OF EntGNn-
pal church has been increased by the
lcongregations of the four charges rep
lresenting the pastorate from $1,000 to
81, 900. Rev. NJ. T. Wharton, recently
assigned to the pastorate Of the circuit
bv the Upper South Carolina confer
ence arrived in Hickory Grove Satur-
day with his family and he will reside
there. Churches composing the charge
are Mount Vernon, Shady Grove,
Caanan and Sharon.
Little Liquor Making. -.
Comparatively little distilling is now
being done in the vicinity Of Hickory
Grove, or in Broad River township at
the present time, according to w.
Beatty Wilkerson, active member OF
Broad River Township Improvement
association who was in Yorkvilie yes
terday. Mr.. Wilkerson said that the
law enforcement association did not
Ianticipate much activity on the part or
Imoonshiners in that section before
time in the spring. ...
Large Crowd Attended. .a.
A large congregation attended We'll
come Home Services held at Union
Baptist church, four miles east or
Yorkyille last Sunday. Not only a
large majority of members OF the
church but their friends as well at
tended the service. A picnic dinner.
one of the kind for which Union Is
famous, was held on the churcn
grounds Addresses were made oy
Rev. o. L. Jones, pastor OF the churcn
and Rev. B. H. Waugh OF YorkVille. IL
was announced that Union church
whose apportionment in the Baptist
SIS, 900. 900 campaign was about So,ooo
has subscribed over $4,000.
Massey Case Continued. -"
The case Of Mrs. Jesse Huey Cannon
Massey, wife of the late Burton X
Massey who has brought suit against
! the Seaboard Air Line Railway for
$50. 0O0 damages for alleged injuries
received q number or months ago
when an automobile In which she ana
her husband and two children were
riding came in contact with Seapoaro
| train near Catawba Junction will not
he tried at the court Of common pleas
which begins here next week. The
matter of the time Of trial was up be-
| fore Judge Sease yesterday, counsel
| for the plaintiff advocating trial at the
Iapproaching term while associate coun-
| sci for the defendant opposed on the
ground that j. L. Glenn, Of Chester,
leading counsel for the defendant
would be unable to attend because OF
an attack of facial paralysis. Judge
Sease granted a postponement OF the
case until the February term or court.
The EcIipce of the Sun.
People of this civinity who prepared
pieces of smoked glass for reviewing
the partial eclipse of the sun Saturday
morning had no need for them. Kind
Inv nature spread thin haze over the
sky which served the same purpose
and it was possible to look directly at
the pale orb of light with the naked
eve. At 9:15 o'clock, when the eclipse
was ut its maximum, the sun looked
as though the great dragon of Chinese
fable had taken a big bite out OF its
southern edge. In reality, of course,
the bite" was our old friend the moon
who shut off just 81 per cent. OF the
light of the sun in this latitude. Fur
ther south, along path across Texas,