Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-20
miscellaneous BEADING.
YORK COUNTY FIELD DAY.
Incidents and Observations Of a Great
Occasion,

| more beautiful Field Day tina was
| last Friday. There was not a sign OF
a rain cloud while on the other hand
| the air was warm and balmy. The sun
| shone brightly throughout the day
| and coats were hardly comfortable
| straw hats which seemed to give a
futher evidence of the positive APP
, pearance Of spring.
A subject of much favorable COM
ment among the older persons in at
tendance upon Field Day was the
loyalty of the pupils to their respec-
tive schools. Each school which was
represented by a dozen or more pupils,
marched in q body in the monster
parade, in most two larger boys
bearing L banner upon which was in
| scribed the name of the school. ne
other pupils announced the name or
the school Of which they were mem
bers and during the entire parade
there went up a regular Babel OF
voices While some of the schools
were comparatively insignificant In
numerical strength, not a single one
was lacking in lung power.
TIL ee trip to the movies an
HOuIN III Tic piO 6i III oie tAAS
wise n of the most interesting
features of the days exercises. There
were scores Of children present who
had never attended a picture show and
shortly after arriving in Yorkville,
many of them began besieging their
teachers for tickets. Questions like,
when can we go to the picture
show" Where is the show" ETC.,
were put to those in charge Of the
exercises throughout the entire day
and at all times the Lyric theatre was
crowded with delighted audiences.
Superintendent Carroll had 5000
tickets to the movies printed and all
Of these were distributed during the
day.
There were man. children here Fri
day whose first visit 1t was to York
vile and numbers Of them took ad-
vantage Of the opportunity to make
an inspection Of the town. The hand
some new court house and the First
National Bank building attracted
considerable attention. The temporary
court house was visited and several
even looked in upon the court OF
general sessions which was in pro-
gress during the morning. The Enqui-
rer office also came in for much at
tention to the very great qualification
Of the proprietors.
Proprietors Of soda fountains did
q rushing business througout the day,
selling great quantities of ice cream,
lemonade and other soft drinks. One
soda fountain disposed of forty gal
Ions Of ice cream-1,440 saucers.
Although Fridays crowd was the
largest which has been in Yorkville
in many a day, the order maintained
was perfect. There was not a single
arrest-indeed there was not the
slightest sign Of d~isorderly conduct on
the part Of any one.
There was much friendly rivalry
in connection with the various athletic
contests. The representative of each
contesting school was surrounded by
a number of other fellow students
who tainted and ''guyed" the repre-
sentatives of other schools at every
opportunity while the remarks were
returned with vim.
a4H
The Tirzah and Hickory Grove
bands which furnished music
throughout the day were the objects
Of interested attention at all times. The
bands took time about in rendering
selections. The music, however, was
hardly ever stopped and when it did
the band leaders were besieged with
requests to play this piece oil that
piece. The bands added much TO the
success of the day.
The vender of balloons and rubber
horns. ever present at circuses and on
occasions when great crowds are
brought together, was on the job Fri
day and sold hundreds of his articles.
Red, blue and yellow balloons were
nearly everywhere and where there
were no balloons, rubber horns were
popular their shrieking cry Of "wy-wy-
wy" being heard all over the town.
The reporter noticed an amusing in
cident in connection with the bal
looms. A little boy was walking along
waving his red balloon over his head.
He passed close to a lady whose hat
was fastened by a large pin, the point
Of which protruded from the crown.
The little fellows toy came in contact
with the point Of the hatpin. There
was a loud pop" The lady shrieked
oh. The little fellow discovered
that his balloon was busted" For
several minutes he remained station
airy, wondering how. when and where
it was done.
1t required eight passenger cars to
transport the visitors from the east
ern portion Of York county to York
Vile Friday. More than $50 parents
and children came from Rock Hill,
there were scores from Fort Mill and
many from the country surrounding
those places. There were many others
from eastern York, however, besides
those who came on the train. The
| Yorkville-Rock Hill road vas fairly
alive with wagons and buggies coming
to Yorkville Friday morning.
1t has been estimated that 100 au-
tomobiles and between three and four
hundred wagons and buggies were
used in bringing parents and children
to the Field Day exercises. Every
available hitching space in the town
was utilized and the streets and the
lined with automobiles.
1t was pitiable to see some of the
| entrants in the various athletic con-
tests lose. Some of them even big boys
and girls, could hardly suppress the
tears when they had lost out and it
| appeared thai they did not care so
much for the individual honor In
winning: but wanted their respective
schools to win.
a feature Of the day were the eX-
hibits in wood work Of the Cotton
Felt school in the shape Of a minia-
ture residence. the work of a number
of the school pupils. This little house,
beautifully painted etc. attracted the
longing gaze of many little tots and
the admiration Of the older people on
account Of its artistic construction.
The pupils of no other school in York
county have achieved such excellence
in woodworking as has h Cotton
Belt school. The only other exhibit
of this nature was that of James
Knox Ewart Of the Yorkville Graded
school whose exhibit was a saw. au-
tomaIically worked.
That the school children. patrons
and ali connected with the first regu-
lar Field Day yer held in York coun-
ty, were pleased, goes without saying
Most Of those coming from eastern
| York took their departure OH the spe-
cial train which left at SIS o'clock. 1t
was long after dark, however, before
the last rumbling of wagon wheels