Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-30
Sharon news
Rev. WeatherS Is Ready to Take up
Work as Pastor at BulIOCk'S Creek.
BASEBALL FEVER is RISING STEADILY
Team of Sharon's Best is Organized
CoIorcd Man Loses Chickens-Wood-
lawn Church Has Building Fund
Farmers Apparently Besting the
Mail
(By a Staff Corrcspondent.)

(I3y a Staff Correspondent.)
Sharon, June 29.-Rev. Mr.. Weathers
of Ninety Six, Greenwood county who
some time ago accepted the pastorate
of Bullock's Creek church and of Mount
Pleasant church in Chester county, has
arrived at Bullock's Creek and is now
comfortably housed in the parsonage
there. with his family. The parsonage
has recently been remodeled and re-
paired and two rooms have been added,
while the grounds surrounding have
been put in good condition. Bullock's
Creek church has also recently been
repainted inside and otherwise improv-
ed, and both the church and the par
sonage now present a most attractive
appearance. reception is TO be held
at the home of Mrs. Z. +. Trammcn at
Bullock's Creek on Friday afternoon,
when the members of the congregation
and people of the community generally
will be present to meet Rev. Weathers
and his wife. The new pastor will
preach his first sermon as pastor to
the Bulock's Creek congregation on
Sunday morning. Bullock's Creek
church has been without pastor for
some time and the congregation IS
happy to have a pastor again.
Baseball Fever Rising.
The baseball fever is rising in Sha-
ron. Most all of the young men are
playing baseball and the older men are
talking baseball. Baseball fans have
rented a field in the heart Of town
from w. Lon PleXico, which field is
ideal for baseball diamond and 1t has
been put in good shape through the
united efforts of people who like base
ball. A team composed of the best
players in Sharon has been organized
with Dr. c. o. Burrus as manager and
Floyd Stegall as captain, and Sharon
people will have the privilege Of seeing
number of good snappy games dur
ing the summer season. Almost every
afternoon for some time past the team
result that good aggregation has been
whipped into pretty good shape. II
has been found that there is plenty OF
good material here and in the commu-
nifty around to pick from and even yet
no player has ''cinch' on any posi-
ton. Those who can put up the best
brand of baseball are going to be al
lowed to play on the teams and both
Manager Burruss and Captain Stegall
arc men who do not play favorites. AS
things look now the lineup for the
summer will be as follows, although OF
course it is likely to be changed:
Catchers, Fred Penninger and Willie
Sherer; pitchers Floyd Stegall, Ralph
Cain and Luther PleXico; first base,
Hope Bigham; second base, Frank
Ramsey; shortstop, Roy PleXico; third
base, Lee Plexico. right field, Charlie
Yarmouth; center field, Perry Russell;
left field, Brce Bigham. The first
game Of the season was played with
Yorkville yesterday. Manager Burruss
is anxious to get in touch with other
amateur outfits throughout this sec
ton with a view to arranging games.
Colored Man Loses Chickens.
Uncle John" Cole, well known col
ored farmer, who lives on the Sha-
ron Yorkville road, about one mile and
one half east of Sharon, has had hard
luck with his chickens this year be-
cause of some unknown disease. I'm
Gle John" said Tuesday afternoon that
he had lest no less than $50 frycrs in
the past few weeks and he is unable 10
determine the trouble unless it be that
they have been eating branch worms"
whatever those worms are. The old
colorcd man usually raises several
hundred chickens each spring and many
Sharon housewives look to him to sup
ply them with spring frycrs The
"braneh worms" or some other enemy
has about killed them off this year.
Beating the Boil WeeviI.
Farmers in the territory around Sha-
ron are bcsting the boil wcevil so far
in the opinion of c. S. Pratt, well
known Sharon business man, who has
talked with scores of white and co!orcd
farmers about the boil wecyil and who
is Keeping right up with boil wcevil
progress, just as every other Sharon
business man is doing. Every farm
or in this section" said Mr.. Pratt, us
making dilgcnt search Of the cotton
fields at frequent intervals for boil
wcevis and is picking them up care
! fully. Recent inspections of the heIds
develop the information that the wee
vii is not nearly no numerous as he
was three weeks ago, due to the fact
that the farmers and their friends have
been careful to pick them off and prop
agatiOn has been prevented 20 larg"
extent. If the boil wcevil is going to
clean up the cotton crop in the Sharon
section he must appear later on in far
greater numbers than he is appearing
lust at this stage" G. II. jenkins,
well known young farmer of Bullock S
Creek, who WAS asked about wc"vll
conditions in his section Wednesday
said that the wCcvil had almost disap-