Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-28
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS

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81 am always delighted to come te
Yorkville, and to York county" said
DR.. Lee Davis Lodge, president Of
Limestone. College, Gaffney, in con-
versation with Views and Interviews
last Friday. "Of course said DR.
Lodge, you might take that with o
grain of salt built is actually fact
know great many towns and com
munities over thesstate and visit
each year great many; but there
is TO town. or community in the state
whose charming hospitality l. enjoy
more than l do Ynrkville.@ Asked
about Limestone College, DIR. Lodge
said that the collfg opened this year
under what are cd dnsidered the far
most auspicious circumstances in its
history. The enfollthent is around the
800 mark and practically every county
in South Carolina As represented as
well as number ofnther states. Or.
Lodge returned tor Gaffney Friday
afternoon. &lwaysslin demand as q
public speaker HIS popularity is ever
on the increase andthe has only re-
Gently accepted invitations to deliver
addresses before EIGHT different COM
munities of South C1rolina. ~
The Texas Crop.
1.-The cotton crop Nm Texas--some
sections of the statetat least, is, evi-
IDENTIFY pretty short this year., OBJ
served Mr. J. C.. wallace of YorkviIle
Saturday, Il have brother who is
engaged in farming out in Texas"
said Mr.. Wallace, and in letter. re-
ceived from him recently he said he
was only getting about two bales OF
cotton to the plow this year, whereas
last year he got about fifteen, OF
course that ratio wod't possibly apply
everywhere but he says that the crop
of many other farmers in his neigh
borhood and in other communities is
turning out more On less the same
way" Z;
Cemetery ooins Down.
Bethel cemetery, one Of the largest
and oldest in York county which for
years has had - p;tation Of being
one Of the best kept 'burying grounds
in the county. appears 70 be going
down for some reason or other" said
Yorkville lady who visited the
cemetery few DAYS ago. II noticed
that a number Of the graves were
badly sunken and the gravestones
were falling down In a number of
instances. But maybe she observed,
lit is case of where the few who
have for years taken enough pride in
the old, cemetery to look after all the
graves have come to the point where
they have decided that it Is the duty
of every family to look after the
graves of it's own dead and IL they
are not Interested enough to do 10.
then the dead are not worth bothering
about"
Discarding the Uniform.
"You don't see so many ex-soldiers
either. white or colored wearing the
uniforms given them upon their dis
charge from the service as was the
case few months ago." mentioned a
Fort Mill man who was in Yorkville
yesterday. "And of course there is a
reason in the fact that they have had
chance to get dollar or two ahead
and have used the dollars for the pur-
chase of other clothes. Occasionally
one sees a discharged soldier in the
uniform now; but hardly ever"
Some Fight.
II saw one of the best, hardest and
fiercest football games at the York
county fair in Rock Hill Friday that l
have seen in many a day and have
seen some of the largest college teams
in the country play" observed a
Yorkville youngster Friday. "The game
was between Chester and Rock Hill
and the score was 90. Chester and
Rock Hill have been rivals for years
and those kids went after each with
blood in their eyes. 1t was some
contest and it appeared that the school
kids on each side were just tlckled to
death. They were perfectly satisfied
with a draw"
Young Lady's Death Very Sad.
Death of Miss Annie May Roger,
school teacher at India Hook Of pneu-
monia last week was particularly
sad," said a young lady of Yorkville
who was talking about it Friday. 1.-The
young lady's home was in Coleton
county and although her parents were
notified as soon as 1t was realized that
her condition was really serious, they
did not get the message and have
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