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

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our purpose, however, to give a gener-
al account of the wonderful country
referred to in this article; but merely
an intimate account of this particular
trip and for purposes of ease and
clearness the story Will be told in the
first person.
Night had come on before we reach
ed Spartanburg, and of course. there
was little to be seen between that city
and Greenvillc. But there were plen-
ty of indications of the things sug-
geSted above. The train was local"
that runs from Charlotte to Central.
1t was comfortably full when | got on
at Blacksburg. At Gaffney some got
off and some on; but when the train
pulled out there were fewer empty
seats. There were gains at each of the
intervening stations until we reached
Spartanburg when the train was
crowded Here about half the crowd
got off; but more got on than off and
quite number were unable to find
seats. Many of the passengers were
mill people going to various points up
the line, and the traffic grew heavier
and heavier at each station. The con-
ductor told me that this condition Of
affairs was the rule rather than the
exception and that the same train go
ing west at night and east i'm the
morning is always crowded, especial
ly between Spartanburg and Greenville.
The most important town between
Spartanburg and Greenville is Greer.
The last time l passed through this
town was about twenty years ago.
Then it included only a few hundred
people. I could see nothing of it on
this trip except the street lights. In
long rows these marked out the nu-
merous streets. covering territory the
extent of which amazed me. There
were hundreds of lights, and people on
the train said that the town has a
population of five or six thousand.
They also described the town as one
of the best trading points i'm the Pied-
mont, and spoke of the proposition to
clip some territory off Greenville on
one side and Spartanburg on the other,
and form a new county with the court
house at Greer as the ruling desire of
the people.
1t was after 10 o'clock when got to
Greenville, and although many of the
business houses had closed for the
night I found the city still ahlaZe
with light. There was lot Of stirring
about the streets too. as much activity
i'm fact as is to he found at that hour
even i'm Charleston. After finding a
place to spend the night, | went to the
Greenville News office to call on Edi-
tor Rrunson. He is off in the noun
tains on his vacation: but i'm his place
found his gentlemanly and agreeable
assistant. Mr.. John NJ. Charlotte, who
showed me through the shop, used all
his arts of persuasion to make me stop
over and let him drive me over the city
next day and made me feel quite at
home generally. Next morning. he
printed a story to the effect that
was on my way to Anderson to go up
with Editor Carpenter in his airship.
I got up early next morning to be
sure Of catching the first train and
drove over enough Of the town to get
some idea of the progress that is be-
ing made in the wav Of new buildings.
street having, etc. and was impressed
with the large number Of handsome
and expensive residences to he seen In
the town. The Greenville peonle are ex-
pecting the census figures to give them
4 population OF about 10000. and bow
eyer that NAV he. thev are able to show
enough i'm the wav Of residences. bus
mess houses. and manufacturing es-
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foundation for present claims.
From Greenville down to Relton is
through the big factory towns of Pei
ger and Piedmont. and the pretty. old
educational town of Williamson,
where Lander college was located be-
fore its removal to Greenwood. There
is plenty of cotton and corn to he seen
from the railroad: but did not see any
CROPS good enough to remind me of the
hest York county farms until 7 got
down i'm the neighhorhood Of Bolton.
Most of the crops appeared to he very
poor. and there were no striking signs
Of prosperity except in the towns. On
taking the trolley line at BeltOn. how
every, the country on toward Anderson
began to show up much hetter. and
near the city Of Anderson / saw sew
eral fields of corn that reminded me
of those of J. Frank Ashe. J. T. Craw-
ford and J. NJ. Williams of the McCon-
nellsville neighborhood. and of Mr.. c..
F.. Spencer on the outskirts of York
vile.
There is a good. general view of the
city of Anderson from the trolley car at
point about mile away and tho an
is a compactly built city centering
around a handsome court house mat
stands on an elevation slightly hi@her
than the surroundings. The conrt
house is in the center Of square that
includes several acres. and business
buildings face it on four sides. There
are no "skyscrapers," hut quite num-
hcr of the buildings are four stories
high. and all of them look neat and at
tractive. There is nothing about the
centre of the town to suggest shahbi-
ness or dilapidati0n. All the streets
slope away from the court house
square, and the business houses follow
them for several hundred yards i'm each
direction. All of the surroundings
seem to have dignified metropolitan
flavor with hut little that is suggestive
of the typical country town. There
ti' al IIbl'IS, llt Nrll-
quola on the southeast side Of the
square, being one of the finest i'm the
state. ON the south side Of the court
house there is a pretty floral square
that is under the especial care of the
civic league. and i'm which there are a
dozen or more banana trees. 4 hand
some Confederate monument stands in
this square. and on the west side of the
court house is a bronze group in
honor of Gen. Anderson. the Revolu-
tionary hero for whom the county was
named. and which does service as a
drinking fountain. The streets i'm the
vicinity are all substantially paved. and
all the surroundings are suggestive Of
a great deal of painstaking care and
civic pride.
Not being familiar with normal con-
ditiuns. | was unable Ia judg" as to
the percentage Of visitors: hut it was
easy enough to see that something
unusual was going on. Many Of the