Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-26

lnelI DellleS, SOHle Culleu up IKE Jugs
and some sitting upright in chairs or
on benches. all sound asleep. When
II rains, some get in the alcoves along
the street almost any old where, but
are as well satisfied one way or an
other They live on fruits and any
thing else they can get, and work or
not as they please, generally pleasing
not to work"
$50 far as l can see, there Is no
caste among these people. One is as
good as another, the only distinction
being made in the case Of negroes
from the states, and they get rid Of
discrimination as soon as they learn
to speak Spanish. Let him once learn
to speak Spanish, and you can't make
him acknowledge that he knows a
becomes like the rest Of them. The
population Of the city is about 800. 900
and l understand that the English
speaking population numbers only
about 5000.
1T was difficult to find anybody to
talk to except the people who went
over together on the excursion. There
Is not a policeman who speaks word
Of English. Ask him for anything and
he will look at you stupidity. The only
thing you can do is to pull out your
guide book which has English and
Spanish words along side, and then he
can tell what you want. 1t Is Spanish,
Spanish, Spanish. The hens cackle 1t,
the roosters crow 1t, the guineas pot
rack it, the dogs bark 1t, the hogs
grunt 1t, and you soon begin to feel
that you are in a world that you can
not understand and there Is no hope
Of your being able to make yourself
known. The only creature l saw in
the whole island that seemed to be in
the least rational was a blamed old
parrot in my hotel. He chartered
Spanish jargon from morning till
night; but occasionally he would make
note Of the fact that Polly wants a
cracker"
During the whole six days 1 spent
in and around Havana, I ran upon but
one single, familiar face from South
Carolina. That face belonged to John
Anderson, Of the Rock Hill Buggy
company. He Is down there in Cuba
with line Of buggies, trying to place
them. We were real glad to see each
other, 1t gave us 80 much pleasure and
satisfaction to swap a little English
N a country so given over to Dago
jargon. Mr.. Anderson said he had
fair prospects Of doing some business
and l was real glad to hear 1t, be-
cause I believe that the introduction
Of Rock Hill buggies down that way
would help the country wonderfully"
II took several trips out into the
country and went into some Of the
squalid huts of the natives. The huts
are constructed Of bamboo and thatch-
ed with material from the Royal palm.
The whole family is often crowded in
single small room and with them
are chickens, pigs and goats. The
goat Is an inevitable adjunct Of every
family. They keep them to raise the
children, who suckle the goats as If
they-the children were kids. No,
did not think you would believe it and
for that reason l will not tell you that
the milk most esteemed by the higher
classes is that of donkeys. The GUS
toners won't put up with any foolish
ness either. To make sure that there
is no deception they require the dom
keys to be MIXED in their presence,
and every morning you can see droves
Of donkeys being driven about the
city stopping at different doors to sup
ply customers. BAH"
This is what is known as the dry
season in Cuba: but there are fire.
quent rains. The rains seem to come
without any warning, pour down, quit,
and then it Is clear again. / have seen
the rain fall while a street sprinkler
was in operation. The rain would be so
heavy that you could hardly distin-
guish between the jets from the sprink-
ler The sprinkler, however, would not
stop for little thing like that. 1t
would continue on it's way, and within
few minutes it would be as necessary
as before the shower.
Havana has one Of the finest water
systems to be found anywhere. Its
source Is a great spring in the noun
tains ten miles away. The water Is
brought to the city in a great pipe that
tunnels under river, and delivered in
to a reservoir on the top of one Of
the highest hills in the outskirts. It
comes to the city under high pressure
derived from gravity alone. l am told
that the consumption equals only
about two-thirds Of the supply"
Asked about the civil and political
situation, Mr.. Gordon said that things
are quiet enough now; but nobody,
not even the Cubans themselves have
any confidence in the ability Of the
new government to maintain order
There Is a general impression in Ha-
vana that there will be a big row on
the 2Sth instant, when the new govern
ment undertakes to assume control,
and the American sailors and marines
are contemplating the event with
pleasure.
But Cuba will never amount to
anything under the rabble that consti-
tutes the population" concluded Mr.
Gordon. The people have neither
ance. AS l said before, it is the great
est country ever saw from the stand
point of soil and climate; but the pop
ulation Is unspeakable."
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