Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-17

Fort Mill Farm Eoan Association.
The Fort Mill Farm Loan associa-
tion which was organized in May,
1917, has resumed operations again,
| according to information from Fort
| Mill. Applications. for loans aggre-
eating $4,000 have been received and
| passed upon blythe board Of directors
| and a government, appraiser . Is eX-
.pected to come: to Fort Mill: within a
short time to apppaise. the. lands on
!. which mortgages: are to be given to
secure loans,.. The association now las
loans totaling about: $60;000' outstard-
| 1ng.: =; '-',:.l::T ri..1'' -" HrH s..
Ready to Write Tax Executions.
County Treasurer H. E. Neil and his
assistants are about, ready to-: begin
ithe work Of, writing tax executionssto
be turned over to the, sheriff for col
lection in all cases where persons have
not paid their 1920 ntaxes within the
time prescribed by law. It was stated
yesterday that the work of. writing
these executions maybe cotton under
way this week. While the officials
could not say definitely they were
rather Of the opinionc that there would
be much larger number of tax exc
cutions issued for the year 1920 than
there were for the previous year.
Mischief of Gas Thieves.
Except for the timely assistance Of
automobile parties returning from a
school entertainment tSacross the river,
Mr.. J.~J. Gilfillan of Hickory Grove No.
l, would have lost his sgarage and au-
tomobile by fire last Thursday night.
The fire was discovered by Mr. Gilf1l-
Ian about II clock; after 1t had made
considerable headway) Several auto
mobiles Icame. up while he was fight
ing-seven Or eight of them-and their
occupants helped: The floor of, the gar
age was torn UP IN the effort to extin-
,guish the flames; The fire Is supposed
Ito have been CAUSED from a match
thrown down by thief who had gone
to the garage to help himself to gas
sequestss for BeneYolences.
Rock HILL: May u.s., The late Miss
Sallie J.r Gibson innher will, just pro-
bated, made, provision for the following
bequests;to the church and charitable
institutions: Thornwel orphanage en-
dowment. $1,000; foreign emissions, ST.
1000; home missions, $1,000; Nacoochee
institute, $780, .Plumtree Mission
school, $500; ,4eese-McRae institute,
$500; Presbyterian College Of South
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Mission committeel for the Eliza NJ.
d Reed school for girls at Pernambuco,
Brazil, $1,000. In addition the will pro-
vides for the sale of real estate prop
erty in Rock HILL. half the net pro-
ceeds to go toll the Presbyterian Col
lege Of South Carolina and be added
to the endowment fund of that institu-
ton for scholarship, and the remain
der to the deacons Of the First Presby-
terian church to be expended in con-
nection with the erection of a Sunday
school auditorium. l.. The personal prop
.erty of Miss Gibson Is reported to be
north around. 100000. while, lin addi-
tion to the. home place here, she left a
farm Of LOO acres IN II Lancaster + coun-
ty. - -, ,,s7
Methodist Held District Meeting.
The Rock Hiili district conference
met at Blacksburg last. Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday, with the open
ing sermon blythe Rev. j. G. Huggin Of
Clover, VINO made a strong, appeal to
the laymen and: the pastors OF the va
rious charges and to all who labor
with them. for a:latger vision Of faith
and service. Wednesday morning,
ed by the Rev. J.'W. Shell of Blacks
stock, the business" sessions Of the
conference began with, the Rev. George
C. Leonard, presiding elder Of the
Rock Hill district in the chair. The
calling of the roll revealed the fact
that the "a charges of the district
were we'll represented by both clerical
and lay delegates. The Rev. T. C..
O'Dell told of the work at Epworth
orphanage and appealed ITO the super
intendents of Sunday schools that
they give the children an opportunity
to contribute by observing one Sun
, day in each month as orphanage day.
DR.. R. E. Stackhouse of the Southern
Christian Advocate then spoke in be-
half of the place Of the church paper
in the work of the church. He
showed the; necessity Of an increased
circulation by. the use Of the budget
plan in sending" the church organ
into the homes Of all of it's members.
, Dr. A. M. DuPre, dean Of Woffard
college, spoke on behalf Of that in
stitution. Prof. j. SM.. Ariail repre-
sented Columbia college in the after
noon session and Mrs. L. E. Hammer,
superintendent Of the elementary de-
; partment of, Sunday school work.
also made a most pleasing address in
behalf Of the child life of the church.
At the II o'clock hour, the Rev. John
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education, made an address on Chris
tian education, and. at the evening
hour the Rev. J. *. Walker Of York
vile preached a sermon, which was
followed by stereopticon slides showing
some facts in regardTto the history of
the Methodism and the conditions and
needs of it's institutions. ]. L. Glenn
of Chester also appealed to the pastors
and charge directors-to assist him as
district director Of the Christian edu-
cation campaign in the Rock Hill dis
trict The Rock Hill district confer
ence placed itself on record as being
loyal to the Southern Methodist church
in it's effort to come-to the rescue OF
schools and colleges. In this cam
paign the Southern Methodist church
has set. as its goal S33,000,000 and
this district, through its pastors and
lay delegates, pledged its faith and
! loyalty. And, after a few other items
of interest, one of which was Mrs.
John d. Holler's report of the work
Of the Junior" and'~'Young Peoples
societies, the conference was adjourn
ed. Fort Lawn was decided the place
of meeting for. next year.
What is described as serious in
surrection has been in progress along
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