Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-26
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TILLMAN GETTING BETTER.
Senator Is Enjoying His Trip Through
Spain.

Spain.
A letter from DR.. ]. w. Babcock,
dated at Gibraltar on June 8, and ad-
dressed to Mr.. August Kohn, brings
the information that Senator Tillman
feels very much improved as the result
of his trip across the water and that
he has been enjoying his stay in Spain.
DR.. Babcock enclosed the following ac-
count Of the trip as dictated by Sena-
tor Tillman:
"The two weeks which have elaps-
ed since our landing at Gibraltar have
been spent in rather strenuous fash
ION. The long rest on the boat had
brought such improvement that the
morning after we reached Gibraltar
and found a good steamer about to
start for Tangier, forty miles south
ward, on the west African coast in
Morocco, we yielded to the suggestion
of two Columbia friends, Messrs. Mel
ton and Earle, who had just come In
on the German Lloyd steamer, and
put off for Tangier without seeing Gi-
braltar at all, reaching 1t about !. p.
m. After resting at the hotel, a saunt-
er Of an hour and half through the
narrow, filthy streets, from seven to
twelve feet wide and all crooked, gave
us all the idea of Mohammedan and
Moorish life and civilization that we
wanted, and there was no difference
of opinion about returning to Gibral-
tar next day. ...
After taking a view of Gibraltar,
through which we drove with the
American consul, Mr.. Richard Sprague,
and whose courtesy was much ap-
preciated, we crossed over to Alge-
ciras, Spain, on the opposite side Of
the bay, where we spent two nights
and a day resting and enjoying the
magnificent view Of the famous Rock
of Gibraltar, and the most gorgeous
display of flowers that it has ever
been our good fortune to see, hedges
of geraniums five feet high, white
daisy bushes Of even larger size, with
other flowers too numerous to men
surrounding the swell English hotel,
the Reina Christina, and though 1t
was the first Of June we had to sleep
under blankets, which has been nee
essary throughout our trip in south
ern Spain. Friday we went to Ronda,
an old Moorish fortress, In the midst
Of the mountains, with a most magni-
ficent view. Part Of the journey up
wards was through the cork-woods.
Most Of the way the fields are filled
with olive trees, wheat and barley oc-
cupying occasional stretches. The
wheat in most instances was very
good, some Of it exceedingly fine. At
ter a night at Ronda and a walk
through the old Moorish town to the
cathedral we started for Granada, Sun
day morning, and although the Span
iards are perhaps the most devout
people In Europe, there was no eyi-
dence that the people remembered the
Commandment, as they were at work
everywhere in the fields.
1--WE spent two whole days in Gran
ada and then left for Seville, taking
nearly all day for the journey, though
the distance Is less than 200 miles. I
will not attempt any descriptions, but
will only say that we were not disap-
pointed in the Alhambra, though our
expectations had been raised very high
by what we had read, and in Seville
there was a repetition Of this expe-
rience. The cathedral, with its numer-
Gus masterpieces of painting, and the
Moorish palace must be seen to be ap-
preciated and then seen again and
again, while the little chapel in La
Carload hospital will undoubtedly
linger a joy forever in our memories.
Here we found the only evidences In
Spain of prosperity and modern city
life, and undoubtedly, for we all
agreed on this point, our Columbia
friends joining in the verdict, that the
Sevillian women as a whole are the
handsomest we have ever seen or ex-
pect to see.
Friday evening we went to Cordo-
va, famous for its Roman bridge built
by Augustus Caesar and for the Moor
ish mosque, considered by experts as
the most wonderful architectural tri-
umph Of the Moors, who conquered
Spain in the Sth century. The Span
iards marred in many ways the dignity
and strength Of this wonderful build
ing, but again must not undertake
descriptions.
1--WE got back to Gibraltar last
night, June 7, we'll tagged out and
realized for the first time that 1t is
Just a month since we left Trenton,
without having had any news from
home or seen an American newspaper.
have stood the strain much better
than I would have thought possible
and attribute 1t to an entire change OF
view and the absence OF anything to
excite, and the admirable sleeping
that the conditions have brought
about.
Letters from home this morning
tell us Of hot, parched conditions in
South Carolina and one wonders at
the marvellous Spanish climate that
compels blankets in June, where
oranges flourish and hot house plants
grow in the yards"
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