Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-25

ital was pretty well dissipated. The
purpose Of the stockholders meeting
tomorrow night is to wind up the af-
fairs Of the corporation.
Rev. Thos ]. Watts, D. D., Sunday
school secretary Of the Baptist State
Mission board, filled the pulpit of the
Yorkville Baptist church last Sunday
morning. DR.. Watts had been invited
to Yorkville to advise with the con-
gregation in regard to the proposed i'm
provements on the local church build
ing. In his remarks he told his hear
ers that he was glad that they had
decided to go into the needed i'm
provements and insisted that when the
work was finally determined upon that
1t be adequate for present needs but
especially to look to the future growth
Iof the church and Sunday school.
After DIR. Watts had concluded his re-
marks a committee was appointed to
secure the services of an architece and
invite him to come to Yorkville, look
over the present building and grounds,
get an idea of what Is desired and
then submit tentative plans for the i'm
brovements, which will include a num-
ber of Sunday school rooms and per-
haps an enlarged auditorium. No
definite action was taken by the MEM
bership as to the amount that will be
expended on the proposed improve
ments. but it was the concensus OF
opinion among members Of the church,
who expressed themselves on the SUD-
ject, that improvements costing around
$40 900 should be undertaken.
If this community ever expects to
come to its own as trading centre
that is. IL it ever expects to get what
properly belongs to it, in this line, 1t
has got to get together on the propo-
sition of establishing public cotton
market. It ought to be plain to every
body that there is not a business In
this town-not q legitimate business
the prosperity of which Is not more
or less dependent upon the amount OF
wagon cotton that is handled In the
town. The great majority OF COTTON
producers are people who have sense
enough to take their cotton to the best
market within reasonable reach, and
of course the market which furnishes
the most and freest competition Is the
best market. There has never been
any good reason why this should not
| be one Of the best cotton markets In
the state There Is every reason why
LIT should have been such market II,
twenty five years ago, or ten years
ago. the business interests OF this COM
munity had furnished the means Tor
the free transaction Of the cotton
business conveniently located pup
lie platform, presided over py pup
| lie weigher, and no protective restrlc-
tions against outside buyers, the an
nual sales of cotton at this place would
be many times what they are. During
the course Of a year there would be
more business at this public platform
than at any other one place In the
town. And with this increased busi-
ness at the public platform, there
would be more business at the banks,
more business at the stores, more bus
liness everywhere. The establishment
of such a platform now, even at TINS
late date, would contribute more to
tho business development OF the town
than any other one thing that could pe
done. The farmers Of all the country
surrounding would welcome such
move, and they would show their ap--
preciatioiI in a most practical way; but
IL must not be assumed that the farm
ers are going to take it upo2 ther1-
selves to do what the local business ln-
terests and the municipality should DO.
In the first place 1t is not the business
OF the farmers to do 1t, and in the Sec
ond place, II it were their business
they would not undertake such a thing
without assurance of hearty cooper
alton from the municipality itself, The
farmers are suffering inconvenience
and loss not because Of the absence OF
sorely needed marketing facilities; but
they are not suffering nearly as much
individually as the community Is SUI
fering collectively. II the market
here does not suit the farmers they
will hunt the nearest market that does
suit. This is inconvenient, Of course;
but the farmers find it profitable, and
the result is q situation that stands in
the way of the progress of the COM
munity.