Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-02
Tuesday, May 2, 1922.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Broad River Still Taken.

Officers raided a still on the place
of Sam Powell, three miles south OF
Hickory Grove last night, destroying
400 gallons of beer and capturing a
new distilling outfit made of sheet
iron. The raiding party We're MessIS'
r. l.. A. Smith, NJ. NJ. Mcknight,
Haskell Mcknight and Dick Lanier.
Buliock's Creek Makes Call.
Bullock's Creek church in York
county and Mount Pleasant church IN
Chester county have extended can
for the pastoral services of Rev. }. w:
Weathers of Ninety Six, Greenwood
county. The call was extended at
congregational meetings last Sunday,
Rev, ! B. Swami of Rock HILL for
mer Bullock's Creek pastor, presiding.
An answer is expected from Rev. Mr.
Weathers within a few days, it was
stated Yesterday. These two churches
have been without pastor Tor some
time.
York Goes Over Quota.
A telephone message from a. A. Nc
Kcown, district farm demonstration
agent in Rock Hill this morning stated
that York county had exec eded its
quota in the Cooperative Cotton
Marketing campaign by about 1,2O0
bales. The total number of bales
signed up in the association up 10
midnight last night by farmers or
York county was 11,-00. Information
from Columbia this morning was that
the state at large had far exceeded its
quota of 100000 bales. Mr.. Mckeown
said this morning that now that the
quota of the county and state has been
obtained, the opportunity for farmers
to sign the cooperative marketing
agreement would likely DE left open
for several weeks at least.
Negroes Would Buy linwood.
An intensive compaign to raise the
money for the purchase of Linwood
College by the colored Baptists VI the
state will be launched in. Winston-Sa-
lem tonight, according to q story In
The Twin-City Sentinel of Saturday,
reading as follows: Last year when
the colored Baptists of the state held
their annual meeting in this city
resolution was passed endorsing the
purchase of Linwood Academy prop
erty at Kings Mountain, for use as a
school for the education of the Bap-
tist negro youths of the state. The
plans have been worked out and the
property secured, fully equipped for
immediate occupation. A0out SIX
thousand two hundred dollars has
been paid on the purchase price OF
$125,O0O, and bonds have been pro-
vided for an additional first payment
of S5O.000 A campaign is now being
waged in all the co!ored Baptist con-
Gregations over the state, for the pur-
pose of completely providing for the
entire $125,0OO and fund for opening
the school.
Baptist Y. p. U.
With all of the eight Baptist Young
Peoples Unions of the York Baptist
association represented by about lOO
delegates, the quarterly convention OF
the York county B. Y. 7. u, was held
at Union Baptist church Sunday, with
morning and afternoon sessions. The
convention was featured by the large
attendance of delegates and people of
the country surrounding, the enthusl-
asm of the delegates, splendid talks by
the speakers on the program. especial
" good singing by 4 qUartette and the
congregation and an excellent picnic
dinner served from a long table on the
grounds Reports from the various
local unions showed that all of them
were in O healthy condition and grow
ing in numbers as well as in efficiency
along all lines of work included in the
programs of the union5. Two of the
Junior unions of, the Rock Hill church
es were represented by about thirty
five boys and girls who came over IN
two big trucks. The unions represent
ed at the convention included Fort
Mill, Rock Hill First, West End. Clo-
yer. Union, Charlotte Street and York
vile. The next meeting of the coun-
" union is to be held with the West
End Baptist church, Rock Hill, Rev. j.
d. Croft, pastor, on the fifth Sunday III
July,