Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-21

Comfortably quartered in a splendid
train of handsome Pullmans, dining
and observation cars, and in the agree
able companionship of party of South
Carolina editors and their loved ones,
numbering nearly two hundred in all,
I am Just back from a most delightful
three days excursion over the Carolina
Clinchfield and Ohio railroad, and am
resuming the grind of every day life
with an overpowering sense of inabil-
ity to give my readers anything like
an adequate idea of the most profita-
BILE and enjoyable time we have had.
reeling amid the sublime grandeurs of
nature, when we were not lost in
amazement at the mighty works that
are being wrought by the hand of
puny man.
The trip was filled with so many
striking features, any one of which
would furnish material for interesting
columns as to suggest puzzle as to
where to begin and where to stop. l
could write page after page about the
back on anything else to round out the
story. Indeed, even single features
of the scenery can well afford material
for more space than is available, with
out any danger of tiring the reader.
The engineering triumphs of the route
would make still another inspiring
story A full description of the pecu-
liar natural wonders along the line
would leave no room for anything else.
The social features of the trip, the
pleasant and agreeable relations of the
many delightful people along with the
party would furnish story well worth
while. The railroad people from the
general officers down to the humblest
hagman made pleasant lasting impress
sions. But l shall not attempt to tell
all these things in full detail III this
article, for l know l would not be
equal to the task.
Glad They Went on the Trip.
All of the editors did not go on the
trip. The average editor is such
slave to his business that he is seldom
able to realize the possibility of leav-
ing it for even a day, much less three
or four days without danger of going
to the deminition bow-wows, and prac-
tically all of them feel that to take
vacation for purely pleasure. is almost
criminal. 1t was for this reason main
ly that so many decided not to go on
the excursion. especially after having
had such an enjoyable time at Glenns
Springs Even among those who went
there were quite a number VINO
were doubtful about it, when they
started: but long before the trip was
over this feeling had disappeared COM
pletely, and a majority of those VINO
went with the party, were not Only
convinced beyond a shadow of doubt
of both pleasure and profit; but were
truly sorry that the other boys had
not come along also.
We boarded the Clinchticld train
at Spartanburg Wednesday evening.
There were to have been two hundred
of us. In all there showed up less than
one hundred and fifty, including about
fifty ladies and children. The train
consisted of four Pullmans. two dining
cars. a baggage car and an observation
car. drawn by a powerful eight driver
locomotive, built especially for heavy
messenger work on the long trip over
the mountains. Among the general
officers on board We're Mr.. j. Caples'
second vice president and general
manager; Theodore De Hon, Jr., divi-
sion freight and passenger agent; Chas.
r. Mandel, travelling passenger agent
l.. H. Phetteplace, superintendent
The train was in charge of Conductor
IL. O. Dean, and our party was IN