Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-13
new DIOCESE CREATED
Church Home Ofphanage May Buy
Property Of D. D. Thomas.
WILL MEAN INCREASED FACILITIES

New Division to be Known as Diocese
of Upper South Carolina-Bishop X.
G. Finley is at the Head-Churches
in Twenty-Five Counties Included
Executive Council and Standing
Committee Appointed.
Episcopal churches at Yorkville and
Rock Hill are now incorporated in the
Upper South Carolina Diocese Of that
denomination which was created at
meeting of Episcopal ministers and lay
leaders held in Columbia this week.
Bishop w. A. Guerry Of the diocese Of
South Carolina relinquished his custody
Of this part Of the old diocese with
reluctance after fifteen years of SER
vice and on Tuesday made touching
farewell before he turned the diocese
over to, it's new bishop, the Rt. Rev.
Kirkman G. Finley, D. D., in which he
offered his hearty cooperation and
stitute the diocese of Upper South
Carolina and according to Bishop Fin
ley in them is white population Of
513,S41 and a negro population Of 394,-
387. In this territory there are as
white Episcopal churches and IA negro
Episcopal churches. The money raised
in this field for the period Of 1921 was,
for self support s175,545.26 and for
church extension, s66,259.23.
orphanase May Buy Property.
At the primary convention of the
Upper South Carolina Diocese held in
Trinity church, Columbia Tuesday
afternoon, Rev. T. P. Noe, superin-
tendent of the Church Home Orphan
age, the official orphanage Of the
denomination which is located in York
vile, explained a proposition by
Mr. and Mrs. w. B. Moore of Yorkville
regarding the erection of $4,000 cot
tage at the orphanage, provided the
dioceses buy the adjoining property
of D. D. Thomas which included 1913
acres of land and a ten room house
valued at $4,000. The orphanage su-
perintendent explained that the pur-
chase of this property would increase
the housing facilities of the orphan
age by 20 per cent. 1t was stated that
the orphanage trustees have approved
the proposition and that Christie Benet
of Columbia has been named chairman
of the committee on the purchase Of
the property from Mr.. Thomas.
Home for Bishop.
1t was decided to select an Episcopal
residence in Columbia for Bishop Fin
lay not to cost over $4,000 and COM
mittee consisting Of j. P. Thomas, R.
/. Manning, E. R. Hayward and
Christie Benet was appointed to select
the residence.
Executive Council.
The executive council is composed
of the following:
Bishop Finlay, the Rev. F. H. Har-
ding Of Camden, secretary Of the dio-
CeSe, w. "a. SldIhSO VI
treasurer of the diocese The Rev. w. |
H. K. Pendleton Of Spartanburg, dean
of the Greenville convocation; H. V.
r. Schrader, Of Greenwood, and Mrs. F.
N. Challen of Greenville, layman and |
laywoman Of the Greenville convoca-
ton; The Rev. G.. Croft Williams Of
Columbia, dean of the Columbia con-
vocation; r. I. Manning Of Columbia,
and Mrs. d. G. Ellison of Columbia,
layman and laywoman Of the Columbia
convocaton; The Rev. F. H. Julian Of
Greenville; The Rev. w. P. Peyton, Of
Winnsboro; DR.. H. A. Ligon, Jr, of
Spartanburg; W. B. Moore, Of York
vile: The Rev. a. r. Mitchell, The
Rev. A. r. Morgan of Chester; Henry
Tillman of Greenwood; A. C. Davis of
Fountain Inn.
The standing committee was ap-
pointed as follows:
DR. r. d. Phillips of Columbia; The
Rev. A R. Mitchell, of Greenville;
The Rev. w. E. McCord of Rock HILL
Christie Benet Of Columbia; n. c.
of Laurens; w. F. Robert
son, Of Greenville; M. A. Moore, Of
Union and R. I. Manning, of Colubmia.