Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-05

Many people have been casting their
votes for candidates without first de-
Gliding why. 1t is time now to begin
asking why.
Miss Mary T. Nance is doing a no
BILE work for the cause Of education In
South Carolina, and such efforts can
not fail to bring forth an abundant
harvest.
Are you going to try for the corn
prize? If you do not formally enter
on or before the first Of June, then at
least determine now to beat the man
who wins the prize.
The cold weather Of the past few
days has been very trying on cotton,
and also on garden vegetables, such as
snap beans, tomatoes and squashes.
From such reports as have been re-
ceived, fruits and vegetables have sus-
tanned but little damage; but cotton
has Jared badly. Much young cotton
has been killed and will have to be
replanted.
Except for the Farmers Union
meeting yesterday on account OF the
address by Miss Nance, there would
not have been a very full attendance
of the county convention. There were
twice as many people in the hall 10
hear Miss Nance as remained for the
convention, and the representation OF
a number of the precincts had to be
filled out with people who had not
been regularly elected. The indlca-
tions are that the people are showing
a woeful lack Of interest in the county
organization, and it is to be inferred,
that this means too much Indifference
to public affairs generally.
YorkxilIe has the honor of being NIL
ed today with Associate Reformed
ministers and elders. That these peo-
pie are at home and welcome, goes
without saying. To say who they are
or what they stand for would be an
unnecessary waste of space. They are
well known throughout all this coun-
ty and throughout the counties sur
rounding, and wherever they are
known they command the highest res
pect and esteem. 1t is good to have
such a body of men in any community
even for q short time, and their pres
ence here is appreciated. The great
est regret is that they cannot remain
longer, for such people could remain
here quite a while before they would
begin to wear out their welcome.
IF the Hon. VIM. ]. Bryan could
have only heard some of the eloquence
that was expended on his name and
fame in the county convention yester-
day, he would feel more than ever that
his life has not been in vain. One
speaker insisted that the delegation
should not be instructed; that the
delegates should be left free to repre-
sent South Carolina in accordance
with their best judgment and take ad-
vantage perhaps Of such later devel-
opments as might promise greater hope
of success. Others, forgetting that
Mr. Bryan himself had never been
thought of as presidential possibil-
ity until after he had made his fa-
nous cross of gold speech in the Chi
cago convention. insisted that we know
that Mr. Bryan is the man, there is no
possibility of anything better, and our
delegates should go instructed for him.
The instruction end of the proposition
carried: but it would hardly be fair
to say that there was a great deal of
enthusiasm in the question OH its
merits. The vote seemed more than
anything else for the purpose Of en-
phasizing the influences dominating
the convention, which in certain i'm
portant respects were a little pecu-
liar