Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-29
Tuesday,; March 29, i1M,}yg'

times when parents and friends would
like to attend functions and exercises
at which their; children would also be
present. An element of dlscord ap-
peared in the meeting when w. b.
Moore proposed that the trustees pledge
themselves prior to the opening OF
the polls today to, retire an outstand-
ing bond issue Of Sl2,5OO out OF the
proceeds Of the s125,000 bond issue to
be voted. This, the trustees refused
to do on the ground that while they
would retire the Outstanding bond is
sue if possible, they could not promise
with certainty since the building pro-
gramme called for, an expenditure or
the entire S125,000., The meeting was
adjourned after the audience went on
record as favoringi the plans. submit
ted by the trustees and the architect,
in their entirety. ~ -'i.--i,! -s'1L
Rev. W. T.rDerfeux;iD. D., Of Co
lumbia, filed the pulpit Of the First
Baptist church, Sunday morning; in the
programme Of the conservation cam
pagn Of the State Baptist convention.
DR.. DerieuX read the 27th Pslams and
said. that If! ne took al 'teXt'it would be-.
lone thing, 1, have desired Of the Lord;
that will seek after" The doctorfused
this as basis for his remarks; along
the line that If people generally desired
a. thing hard enough, they would work
to get that thing and that desire ana
work would get most things. The doc
tor deplored the tendency or people 70
hold back from fulfilling their financial
obligations because Of present depress-
ed conditions. He emphasized the point
that if one could not pay all Of an OBJ
ligation, that ;as much as could be
should be paid. He told Of a man who
has a. son at one Of the colleges in the
state, who has. fallen behind with the
college expenses Of the boy. The faith
er was urged to pay the bill because OF
the finarcial needs Of the college; but
he came back with o letter to the ef-
feet, please bear with me. I have
three cotton craps under my sheds, and
I will pay as soon as;I sell my cotton:
THAT man. said DR., Derieux, didn't
want ito use, any Of his, capital. The sale
of two bales ofecotton, would have PAID
the obligationss;of5h his son to the school
and relieved, the college Of obligations
to that .extentr"T The doctor also told Of
an incident coming, under his observa-.
tion In bank president's office. few
days before. While, talking, to his friend,
the : bank president, a business man
came in and told the banker he wanted
to borrow q certain sum Of money Ihe
banker wanted to- know, what he want
ed the. money, for and some other par.
ticulars. The would-be borrower final.
ly' made this, assertion: f"f you DO NOT
loan me he;InoneNlI am going into the
| bankruptcyfcourt."'. t"Well," replied the
banker, eff that is: your attitude In the
matter you will not get a cent here. l
want to help every one who: is making
an honest endeaVor, to, meet his oplga-,
ltions and doing his very best to over
| come his financiaI difficulties, but there
! is nothing in trying to help a man, IKE
| YOU, because you are not willing TO sac
rifice and work o!.pull yourself out
whole and you. show, that you are will
| ine. to pour losses off on your credit
ors." "That man left the bankers Of
| flee with different viewpoint" obserV-
ed the speaker, 80 Dr. Derieux was mere
| in the interest Of subscriptions made py
the local church to theFBaPtist 75-mll-
lion campaign" in December, 1918. He
| said payments of, pledges are falling
far short all over the south on the sec;
ond yeafs installments Of the pledges,
due to depressed financial conditions,
and that while it was; not the desire or
intention to use high pressure metnods
to force payments Of. such pledges, II
Wis the purpose Of this campaign, to
renew interest in the"work Tor "nicn
the pledges were made and urge tHe
payment of such part OF the pledges as
subscribers could. make in order that
work already underway would not&lose not! =
| it's momentum : =.