The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
WASHINGTON. N...BALHIMORE.
AN ABBEVILLE CITIZEN GOES ABROAD,
AND TAKES NOTES OF HIS JOURNEY:
Splendid EarrnS--. " a-niSicent CiticS--
PaIlatiaI Mansi0mS---lseyaI Equip
paGc~--C7loice IFusic--.COrdiai IEOs-
Ditality.

pitality.
E1itOr Press and Banner:
Having had OCCASION recently to pay q fly
inw visit to the cities OF Wa>hlnGtOn ana Bal
timorp we have thought that Il brief account
of our trip might not prove uninicl cSting to
your readers, or ut amy rate, would serve to
ill up space in the columns of your paper, i'll
case You should run short of news.
We'll, To begin, we left Abbcville about ScH-
en- II. m on Thursday, the 18th instant, In
company with his Honor the Mayor OF our
town, together with Il humber OF other gen tie
men who were going down to Greenwood TO
attend Il meeting in the interest OF the Caro-
lima. Cumberland Gap and Chicago Rail! oadi
TO which place we went 10y private convey
;ncc. Just here we would state that we were
accompanied on our trip to Baltimore by Mr.
J. \. Hill OF our town, whittier he has gone 20
enter the College of Physicians and Surgeons
with a view to becoming an NJ. ID. Alter
short stop in the beautiful and encrpriSin%
little town of Greenwood, we were apprlScd
of the approach OF the train on the AugCSt!
and Knoxville road fresh from Augusta anu
bound for SparanburS. This we boarded and
soon were da>hing along over the hill by Cor
In:c;l, Waterloo, IaurellS, Woodruff and 9th
er points at the rat" OF thirty or thlriy-fVe
miles an hour. and before we had hardly be-
come comfortably seated the conductor an
nounccd "Snartanburg, change cars for Char
iottc.' On the route from Green wond TO spar
tanburg we passed some ircalliliul larl:lS
which gave evidence OF thrift and energy ON
tuE P'i v, .',,H "" .,S''I va w .
villages which dot the line OF road between
llcSc TWO Poi!llS, We ere lHll'rcSSco "ith th'tI
of Woodruff most. IL is really Il beautiful
site for town and has some very stylish ana
handsome re$ldcnccS. Inc streets are sysle,
matically laid off at right angles. and oI good
width.
Wew were transferred rom inc Augusta anu
kno%Nllle depot ht Sphltanpul9 L" lIi'I o! tne
Air Line by means OF I; transfer buSS ANA thus
passed through the principal streets o! the
town. must say lhat uiH l!oL
come up 10 our expectations. Inc ttitlll rom
AtilAta gong norm was uiie NJ >iEtrtI'.oulS
AZ p. IN. nut WAS ABOUT an hourDtnino lilic,
uut by the nour OF iour we were OH III lhc ol.
rectiUn CT Charlotte aboard one OF the last
mail trains OF the Richmond and lanrli!c
system which plies between Atlanta ana lie
city of Richmond. The country between
SpartanburG and Charlotte is piSrrahly poor
and uninviliEg, and save that about tOwpcnS
and Kings Mountain, which are OF hiS orlc
fame, possesses little to interest the traVrlirr
had twenty minutes for, supper, which we
utli,"eu' SetllhS 'he oTHl nlehu M''!'h w. '.I
Whlle we were zone. from WnaI we ;tH SHW ., ~
Siii'riotte we were very Ai"ci rhHSr" " ~ IL.
NlSnt enSlnS III on us we collciuGcu, ;'n tii'!c
WAS nolninS more 10 oe seen rom Wl.l"ut' ="
MAKE ourselves AS coill"ilaD.c as liie r'iculli-
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wl,i,h wc aid Tn iust E,rtv-fvr minuirs Crniu
the time we entered one Of the supcrb palace
cn1,i,rs or tie N,ltimnrn and putnm,t i;nil
rond in Washin"tnu we were innIrJ mt the
I,nion dcDol in ihrci,voC Hnllimorr. milking
nlInrsi q milo u ,njnuio and n,ui;in,, The rl,-
tire t. rib from Greenwood TO baltimore in 4
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a ear m tn 'oSe. n nelterni Wii,t ,;' ,ris We
tNe; hiel, alu nVii'e naturailS ol u l'l'iu ~, uln
posit!ol, eNpec'ally Whcil therc gre ii'uieS
aoout, we were if from lcc'nS as 'conl iS I,
G%uculnDtr. % 1ou KNOW now IL IS !onrse!i.l
Bnt Whllc mus engaged with our ihnughtS we
nt"iu SllSiiC fuStlinS IN inc "lhoo" oN'l
@ ncNa anu wy hle" tnat we hld peeI SScii ,iiu n'
ihaC Ictlelt WilH 700 Iate, so we puileu Wy
kioo anu WIS usi,creu III "here we hlct VIII
II MOST nearly ana cOrdEll reception: SO hlucii
so tiiitI III a very lew nonehtS we ltlt rcrlect-
~ ~ eaSc. tllter SpcnulhG couple ol louis
most mos, uel'snilnlly we departed Tor our hniei,
o,t ] 10y uiitll we nhu iecel'cu MOS. picSS;ins
lmHllltioh 10 return 10 t"a lhe next evening.
vi course we coulu not refuse, III l;lct VIC were
lhnSI Ie"scu 10 accrpt;
having SiitiSac'eu Inc business patt vi our
"Trip on saturday, ana haVlng mace up our
hlhd 10 leave 1or the cl1y ol washington on
our way nome by INC s. 10 tram Monday morn
ing, we uctGr!n!neu 10 cohucnSc as hucn
pressure "iihln the lew remaining h0urS ht
0nru'Spo>;ll as X was possible iOr US To 40; ac-
c0rdlngly ha!t-lHtSt seven oclorS Saturday
evening found us A@air nj the hoSpitablc man
sion or Mir. and Mrs. HilllngslcS. There we
had the good fortune 10 bear some or the most
exquisite and delightful Instrumental and Fo-