Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-30
LOCAL LAcoNIcS
Belks to Open in Rock Hill.


The Belk Bros, have entered into an
arrangement with Mr.. John T. Roddey
Of Rock Hill, under which arrange
ment Mr.. Roddey is to erect $25,G00
store room in which they are to estab-
lish the 25th unit in their chain Of
stores.
Road Commission Organized.
The Kings Mountain township road
commission, consisting Of Messrs. w.
T. Beamguard, M. r. Falls and j. d.
ago and organized by the election Of
Mr.. Beamguard as chairman, and Mr..
Smith as secretary.
Fine Wheat.
There are some remarkably fine
fields Of wheat scattered about over the
county this year. There Is one on the
Winthrop college farm, another on the
Cherry farm and also an equally good
one on the farm Of Mr.. w. l. Williams
on the southeastern outskirts Of York
vile. The wheat most generally ap-
pears to be above the average.
Fort Mill Goes Over.
Fort Mill, May %: The Rev. w. r.
Bouknight, in charge OF the three
Methodist churches Of the Fort Mill
circuit, composed Of st. Johns church
in Fort Mill; Pleasant Hill church In
Lancaster county, and Philadelphia,
about two miles north Of Fort Mill, re-
ports that the pledges up to this time
for the centenary fund amount to $11,-
400. The allotment, which was $1,000,
has thus been exceeded by above 46
per cent.
Called to Anderson.
Anderson Daily Mail. Monday: Grace
Episcopal church, 1t was decided at
the vestry meeting which concluded
the morning service Sunday, will is
sue a call to the Rev. T. T. Walsh, OF
York, S. c., to assume the rectorship
of the local parish. Rev. Walsh, who
is rector of the parish and Is also
chaplain at the orphanage, In York, has
been in Anderson previously and was
pleasantly received shortly before
Easter at Grace Episcopal church.
The approval Of the vestry I'm its selec-
ton of rector Is unanimous by the
congregation and 1t Is hoped that he
will accept the call. The call asks
Rev. Walsh to come to Anderson Sep
tember /, allowing the time to adjust
his affairs in York and to put the local
rectory, which Is at present rented, IN
readiness for its new occupants.
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York Graduates from Winthrop.
The following York county girls will
receive A. B. degrees from winthrop
college next Tuesday night: Misses
Alice Anderson, Louise Anderson, Lyn-
dali Bass, Elizabeth Brown, Carrie
Byers, Eunice Donald. Helen Few
ell, Margaret Feweil, Chrisune hoi-
ler, Elizabeth Law, Dorothy Lowney,
Estelle McAlpine, Matte Matthews,
Leona Moore, Isabelle Phillips, Mamma
Ray, Maude Sadler, Carrie Sturgis.
Margaret Thomson, Cora Westbrook,
Olive White, Ruth Williams, Rock
Hill, Margaret Bratton, Margaret
Marshall, Lucille Moore Louise Oates,
Yorkville; Marie Walker, Filbert
Mary Lewis, Fort Mill; Alice
Gettys. Martha Belle Campbell, Tir-
zah; Mary Ella Ferguson, Elizabeth
Leslie, Leslie; Miss Kathryn Beacn,
Of Rock Hill, will receive the b. MUS.
degree.
New Hotel for Rock Hill.
Rock Hill, May %: The citizens OF
this city have subscribed $4,000 In
stock of the hotel company which Is
being organized here. This sum VIII
be doubled by means OF a loan
through the Mechanics Building ana
Loan association Of this city, making
the total amount available for invest
ment in a new hotel building approx
mately $65,0O0. Subscriptions to the
stock Of the proposed company have
been solicited voluntarily by members
of the Rotary club. A meeting OF the
stock subscribers and other interested
citizens was held at the Chamber OF
Commerce Tuesday night and a board
of corporators, composed of j. p,
Creighton, DR.. w. G. Stevens, K =.
Barron, Dewitt Johnston and o. X.
Williams, was appointed, to apply Tor
commission as corporation. Tne
board of corporators, having been au-
thorized to take such action, met Wed
nesday morning and decided that the
corporation shall be called the CITY
Investment company" and that 1t shall
be capitalized at $65,000. An application
for commission as a corporation was
forwarded to the secretary OF state
at Columbia Wednesday afternoon.
AS soon as this commission has been
granted a second meeting of the STOCK
subscribers will be called to select
suitable site for the hotel.