Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-09-19
COMPLETION OF THE RAILROAD.
Worthwhile Entertains Her Sister Towns
! Along the Line.

Yesterday marked an important event in the
history Of Yorkville, the day being signalized
by the arrival of the first regular passenger
train on the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Railroad, bearing as welcome guests to our
town, delegations of citizens representing the
business interests of Charleston, Columbia,
Camden, Lancaster and Rock Hill, who, how
ever, came among us, invited guests, not con-
filming the occasion to one of business alone,
but mingling with their intercourse among our
people the amenities of social and festive ac-
quaintance.
At o'clock p. NJ. the train, consisting of
three elegant Mann boudoir cars, rolled in, it's
advent being greeted by cheers of the immense
multitude gathered on the depot grounds, the
men cheering and the ladies waving their
handherchiefs, while a salute was fired in honor
of the event.
The committee Of reception was prompt in
meeting the visitors, who were escorted to the
platform, and by Major Hart, chairman, intro
duced to Intendant Hart, who, on behalf and
in the name of the people of Yorkville, EXTEND
ed the following address of Welcomes:
Friends, Visitors, Guests: It is my pleasing
duty as Intendant of Yorkville, to bid you
welcome, thrice welcome, to the Inequalities
of her people. You are gathered here to-day,
our fellow-citizens, from the grand old City by
the Sea, the chief metropolis of our State from
from the historic old town of Camden, whose
name is linked with the earlier history of our
State; from that town which brings, even as a
token of good will, the red rose of Lancaster to
the white rose of York and last, but not least,
save in age, from our sister town of Rock Hill,
giving to the world so many evidences that
she is keeping step to tho quick march Of the
present day.
As yon bands of steel bind us closer and
closer together, the upper and lower sections
of our State, we fain would look beyond the
advantage to its several parts, and dwell on the
bright future of the dear old mother, whose
maternity her sons have ever avowed with
pride. God grant that the day may never
come when her sons will fail to emulate the old
time pride with which their fathers have ever
asserted that maternity!
Nature, that has withheld the rays of her
bright sunshine for so many days, is smiling
somewhat to-day. Accepting this as an augury
of what lies before lis, that there is a good time
coming, let us press forward, Sons of Carolina,
in peace as well rs war, answering to a moth
er's call.
And now, not to detain you here, let meagain
welcome you to our town, and commend you
to the Inequalities of our people.
At the conclusion of the address, the visitors
gave three cheers for Yorkville, when they
were taken in charge by the committee of
arrangements, who conducted them to car
riages provided for the occasion, in which
they were conveyed to the Yorkville and the
Parish Hotels, the number being equally di-
vided between the two houses.
The following is a list Of the visitors:
Charleston-Wm. A.. Courtenay, l.. G. Tren-
holm, S. V. Stewart, Clifford L. Legerton,
Stanhope Sans, Frank @. O'Neill, Arthur l..
Jones, L. N. Chisholm, J. B. Z. Sloan, S.
Ft~ r. O @ IT4l IT,. IL D-o.
Melchers, Joseph Book, e. P. McKissick, o.
C. Beckman, James Allan, Jr., j. Adger
Smyth, F. A. Mitchell, J. NJ Seignious, A. S.
Trumbo, S. r. Marshall, L. Arthur O'Neill,
Eber Blodgett, E. G. Williams, Jr., j. A. En-
slows G. Trump, j. H. Averill, Supt. S. c.
Railway.
Jasper Miller, W.. B. Lowrance, DR.. T. G. Rob-
~ertson, d. H. Crawford, r. H. Brown, George
X. Wright, J. S. Dunn, D. Mcqueen, Col. +.
w. McMaster, Wilson Gibbes.
Camden-W. L. Arthur, l.. McCandless, T.
H. Clark, j. R. Goodale, DR.. A. A. Moore,
John Glass.
Lancaster-LeRoy Springs, J. F. Mackey,
o. p. Heath, Col. J. D. Wylie.
Rock Hill-Inuendant A.. L. Smith, Capt.
Iredell Jones, w. ]. Roddey, r. II. Jewell, w.
S: Creighton.
Ebenezer-John L. Watson, Henry Massey.
Col. Frank Coke, President of the Charles
ton, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad.
At the hotels the guests ound dinner and re-
freshments awaiting them, after partaking Of
which the afternoon was spent in the inter-
course with our people, the forming of new
acquaintance and the renewal of old ones, and
in driving over the town, the time being thus
pleasantly spent until $50, the hour appointed
for the banquet.
This was furnished by the Parish Hotel, in
the dining-room of which tables seating about
one hundred and fifty guests were sumptuous-
ly spread. The banquet room was beautifully
decorated with flowers and wreaths of ever
green, and conspicuous on the wall in front of
the entrance door was the word "Welcome! ~
in imposing letters, wrought in velvet of GRIM
sou, azure, and purple, Enthusiastically pro-
claiming the hearty good will with which the
bounteous feast was spread.
Delicious strains of music by the italian
string band of Charlotte, was the signal for
throwing open the doors, when the guests filed
in.
Major James +. Hart presided as master of
ceremonies, and after the guests were seated, a
divine blessing was invoked by Rev. &c. Cal
loway. Then followed the "feast of reason and
the flow of SOUL" When the inner man was
appeased, the regular toasts of the evening
were read as follows:
Our Guests-We welcome them with warm
hearts, and shall ever hereafter aspire to closer
personal and commercial relations with them.
Responded to by Col. w. B. Wilson, who said:
When the pioneer engine of this magnltcent
railroad rolled into Yorkville, it was a deep
qualification to know that we were united, as
never before, with our "City by the Sea, the
beautiful Venice of the South" and that those
whom rapid transportation, commercial inter-
ests, social feeling and State pride united, moth
ing would hereafter keep assunder. Charles
ton ought to be the great commercial me.
~tropolis of the South, and our people should
help her to reach that splendid future which is
now within her grasp. All South Carolina
should rally to the aid OF her Queen City. Let
her wear the crown that her enduring 1ortltude
has so nobly won.
This enterprise, which the remarkable ner-
gy and skill OF Col. Johnson is hurrying to
completion, will realize the cherished hope and
conception of Mr.. Calhoun and MIR. Hayne, and
make Charleston the great outlet to the sea Tor
Chicago, Cincinnati and the Northwest; and
when the last rail is laid and the last spike
driven, break oyer them, as a baptlsmal font,
the mingled waters Of the Ashley and the Ohio.
We can imagine a merchant standing then upon
the banks of the Ohio, telegraphing to his con-
signee on the banks of the Thames or the Mer-
steamer; I ship to-day from Ashland, Ken
lucky, by the great Three C's through route"
Yorkville, in welcoming her guests to-day,
feels with joy and pride that she enters upon a
new era-a new starting point in her ilfe-and;
I trust, that within another decade there will
be such a growth in her population. wealth
and enterprise, as would make an old inhabi-
tant feel like Rip Van Wrinkle did when he
came down from the Catskill mountains.
And now to our active and progressive
Young Rock Hill, the pride of York county;
to Lancaster, the land of the old Waxhaw and
of the true patriots. where the Red and White
Rose will hereafter bloom together on the same
stem; to glorious old Camden, the land OF his
toric fame and fit re~sting-place for the brave
DeKalb to Columbia, risen phoenix like from
her ashes, full of energy and of enterprise and
increasing her commerce six MILLIONS in q
year-to beautiful Columbia, the brilliant and
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