Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-02
Wednesday, August 2, 1899.

place during the past few days, it
seemed that no considerable number
of people were really bent on killing
the school. The situation, however,
was not such as to warrant people in
favor of the tax in remaining away
from the polls.
Bethel Picnic.
AS will be seen by the notice in an
other column, the Bethel band will
give its annual picnic at Barnett's
mountain this year. There has been
doubt for some weeks rs to whether or
not this picnic would he held, and the
news will, no doubt, be received with
great deal of pleasure. From all
points of view the Bethel picnic has
for years been one of the most gener-
ally successful that has been held in
the county. n...
Deserted His Companions.
Fort Mill Times: Last Sunday
week ago, Stokes Perry and two young
boys named Gaskey and Hough were
boating on the Catawba. The boat be-
came lodged on rock so securely that
Stokes decided to give up the ship and
swan for the shore, leaving the young
boys to combat the elements and par
ticularly the burning sun, alone. He
was prosecuted before Justice McEl-
haney by the parents of the boys Sat-
urday and was sentenced to two days
in the guardhouse.
Wheat Growers Convention.
So far as THE ENQUIRER has infor-
nation, the people of York county are
not taking a great deal of interest in
the proposed convention of wheat
growers to be held in Greenwood on
the 18th instant. The convention, how
ever, can do no harm. 1t may be the
result of much good. The following
is from a Greenwood special of Satur-
day: "The prospects for the success
of the wheat growers convention grow
brighter daily. Mr.. S. H. McGhee,
secretary of the local committee, said
yesterday that be was every day re-
ceiving letters from prominent men
in every section of the state endorsing
the movement and promising their at
tendance and cooperation. 1t is al
ready assured that the number in at
tendance will be far greater than first
anticipated. There will be a small
army of harvesting and mill machin-
cry men present"
About Thomas Jefferson.
On being asked yesterday as to
whether he would accept the invita-
ton to speak at the McGill picnic next
Saturday, Mr.. Mellow said that such
is bis intention unless prevented by
unforeseen engagements. He went on
to say that for some time he had been
impressed with the idea that too much
politics in an off year must be more or
less tiresome to the people, and, there
fore, he is preparing instead, a lecture
on the life and character of Thomas
jefferson. There have from time to
time been numerous mentions of "Jef-
fersonian Democracy" and he believes
that by giving the people correct idea
of the motives and aspirations of this
great statesman, he can best impress
upon them what Jeffersonian Democra-
cy really means. Some carefully pre-
pared talks or lectures on subjects of
this kind by speakers competent to
prepare and deliver the same, will not
only prove interesting and instructive;
but they will give additional practical
value to the picnic gatherings through
out the country. For sometime it has
been the exception when picnic audi
ences have been able to get from their
speakers even single thought, senti-
ment or expression that has been worth
carrying home for further considera-
ton.