Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-05

out to the park where he was very
much interested i'm the progress that
was being made with the imitation of
the "airship," a large dirigibc balloon.
The airship had only been received a
few days before and as it was neces-
sary to improvise a special gas plant
with which To initiate the big cigar
shaped bag. progress was slow. The
work of initiation had commenced on
Tuesday. and up to Wednesday at noon
was only half completed. Everybody
was especially interested i'm the air
ship and the questions that Mr.. Car
pentcr, who was i'm cntir" charge of ii
had to answer at every turn, had be-
gun To operate on his nerves. He con-
tinued to keep his good humor under
admirable control, however and an
swcred every questi"ner exactly ac-
cording to his folly.
OF course Mr.. Carpenter took me to
the Office of the Daily Mail. where | met
Mr.. c. p. Brown, the proprietor. l
found Mr.. Brown also a most delight
ful gentleman. He was busy. hut
seemed To he especially apprcciative
of my visit and anxious to make my
stay as pleasant as possible.
The Daily Mail, by the way, is one
of the most notable institutions of An
derson. Just as Anderson is an unu-
sua city, differing from other cities in
many important particulars, so is the
Daily Mail i'm n class by itself. 1t is
principally local paper. 1t does not
seek to secure a general circulation,
Inadequate mail facilities are an in
superahle barrier at present: hut it
l,A ,;t nd
thoroughly. But the Daily Mail has
won especial distinction through what
il has done and is doing for the city
of Anderson and for Anderson county
1t keeps the people of Anderson. their
progress. their development, their likes,
their dislikes. their achievements. their
aspirations before the people Of the
state with a thOrOughness that leaves
it without a peer in this particular
field. The Anderson people thorough
ly appreciate the Daily Mail. They are
all quite proud of 1t, as | was abun-
dainty able to see: but 1t is imDOssi-
ble for them to comprehend the full
importance of its unique mission as
clearly as outside newspaper men clh
appreciate it. And I do not believe
that there are a half dozen seasoned
newspaper men in the state who will
disagree with me in the point / am
trying to bring out. The consistent,
good temper Of the Mail. its engaging
wit, it's defiant but always whole
some humor compels attention from the
newspapers elsewhere and secures
more pleasant and profitable advertis-
ing for Anderson than is To be had from
any other profitable sources. The Mall
has plenty of commercial enterprise
too. Mr.. Brown counts for fully as
LIT. Gn1l Mr. ntar do
in his. and the two together make re-
markable team. In spite of the Ohsta-
cles now I'm the way. the Daily Mail
will some day spread over the entire
Piedmnot.
Although all this is true, if were
inclined to he q little revengeful. /
would not tell it, Carpenter played
trick on me. and | am not sure that
Brown was not a party to it. We had
been to dinner at the ChiGuola and had
returned to the Daily Mail office. l had
told them that was bound to leave at
go i'm order to get back home that
night. and they after persuading and
insisting that ] remain over If not for
the week. at least until o'clock that
evening, apparently became recOnciled.
tt was ten minutes till the cars were
due to leave a point about a hundred
yards from the office. Carpenter pro-
posed that Brown show mo his scrap
hook" Brown got the book out. 1t Is
compilation of odd bulls and breaks
i'm the wav of printers errors and in
volved editorial English that Brown
has collected from South Carolina eX-
changes during many wears past.
Much Of it is very funny: but the pub
Usher who would undertake to repro
duce it, would be lvnched. even in CO.
lumhia. OF course was tremendously
interested, and we all laughed heartily.
lost all appreciation of the fleeting
minutes. leaving that to Carpenter
Presently Carpenter pulled out his
watch. looked as seriously as Richards
looks when he reproaches Featherstone
for telling jokes rejecting on the so
briefly of our great grandmothers and
exchanging a significance glance with
Brown. said to me- with an expression
suggestive, Of pitiable distress: "Yo-
yo-yo-your ca-ca-ca-car is gone!" AL
though I realized at once that I had
been victimiZed there was nothing to
do but make the most Of 1t. and not
until they read this will they know
that l ever suspected anything.
But I will have to admit that they
treated me nicely all right, and made
me feel that even If they had gotten
me left. they thought they were doing
it for my own benefit. Mr.. Carpen-
took charge of me and introduced me
to many of the prominent folks, in
Guiding leading business men. He took
particular pleasure in showing me that
i'm the establishment of G. +. TOlly &
Son, Anderson has the largest furni-
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vans handsome store is one of the
largest i'm the south. He took me into
number Of other stores. and through
the court house to see the big sheriff.
The sheriff happened to he out of town,
but Josh Ashley was there. dressed in
his Sunday best and eXDOunding poll
ties to open mOuthed admirers. Every
ten steps. somebody asked Carpenter
whether the "airshp would go up this
afternoon" He told each one that he
was not certain, but hoped that 1t
would get up about six o'clock, and he
told me that ''if-if- if TIL tn tn they
don't ge- get get that bl-bl-hl- -blam-
ed old ship up by tomorrow, l will have
To leave town"
At about $50 we took the trolley.
Mr.. Carpenter said it was to avoid
questions about the airship. | saw af-
tcrward that it was that | might see
more of the pretty city. We rode out
two miles i'm one direction and four or
five in another, saw numerous hand
some residences and several monster
cotton mills. | was very much inter-
estcd at the sights as pointed out, but
rather more amused at the fact that
every time the car stopped and some
body got on. whether man or woman,
there was almost sure To be Il question
To Mr.. Carpenter as To whether the
airship would go up that afternoon.
There were two more chances for me
TO get away that afternoon, one by
trolley for the connection ut Relton
and the other by the gaS-electric car
straight through to Greenville. ! was
now confirmed in my suspicion as to the
previous missed car incident, and was
determined not to take any more
chances CarneEtcr told me very SOL
emnly two or three times that he would
not let me get left. and although II
was now quite suspicious of him.
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