Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12
PLEASANT SEA TRIP.
South Carolina Bankers Have Good
Time Between Charleston and New

south Carolina Bankers Have Gooc
Time Between Charleston and New
York.
Correspondence The YorkvilIe ENQUIRER
S. s. Arapahoe, off the Jersey Coast
opposite Seagirt the summer home Of
Governor Woodrow Wilson.
The Araphahoe, with about 230 pas.
sengers, including men, women ant
children, Of the South Carolina Bank
ers' association, left Charleston Satur.
day afternoon at 1 o'clock and by the
schedule we ought to have landed IN
New York at 1 o'clock today; but in.
stead OF that we are about 75 miles
down the New Jersey coast going al
about eleven miles an hour where We
ought to be making fifteen or sixteen
The trouble Is due to an inexperienc-
ed crew. The strike in New York OF
all coastwise steam vessel workers has
badly crippled all Of the coastwise
lines. Down in the stoke-hole of the
Arapahoe there Is gang Of stokers ol
firemen who are amateurs to the last
degree and they are unable to produce
steam enough to drive the vessel more
than three-fourths speed. The dining
room service is almost as bad, as all OF
the walters are green hands and the
service Is very slow.
The party aboard the Arapahoe Is
made up mostly Of bank presidents
cashiers and clerks and few outsid-
els and it is most congenial lot OF
people.
Among the York county people
aboard are N. M. McDill, Hickory
Grove; DR.. w. w. Fennell, Victor Ham
bright, Tom Reid, c l.. Cobb and "
B. McFadden, Rock Hill, ]. P. McMur-
ray and A. M. Grist, Yorkville.
One of the most important incidents
Of the trip up has been the organiza-
tion of the Illustrious and Noble Or
der of Hound Dogs. Fifty-six noyices
have been converted into Illustrious
Hound Dogs and there is yet to be an
other initiatory ceremony before q
landing Is made. UP to now the writer
has not been introduced into the mys-
teries, but is hopeful yet Of being al
lowed to enter the secret councils OF
this noble order. Qualifications to join
Is governed by ones ability to sing the
Hound Dog" song, and bark like a
houng dog on hot 'possum trail. The
initiation fee is one bone and Its secret
include signs Of distress, relief signs,
etc. in fact al 1.-The necessary trim
mings of the modern secret order.
We will arrive in New York harbor
about II o'clock tonight but will not
be allowed to land until 6 o'clock In
the morning, due to a wireless order
from headquarters to the captain OF
the ship. This order delaying the land
ing until morning and daylight Is PROB
ably due to the strike and as a precau-
ton against any trouble at the dock
when the ship makes landing with
it's strike breaking crew.
The bankers aboard, including the
party of 225 or more; are to be the
guests in New York of the Hanover
National bank, which has arranged
quite an elaborate programme OF en-.
tertainment, which includes q slght
seeing tour of the upper part OF the
city, and the lower half of the city,
luncheon at the bank building, thea-
ire party and trip to Coney Island.
The trip up from Charleston is not
able for the fine weather and the very
uuiet sea. Early this morning the sea
was almost perfectly quiet, with scarce
" suspicion of ground swell. Inere
have not been more than thirty OUT Oh
the party who have been forced by sea-
sickness to ignore the calls for meals
''' N''e-' A. M. Grist.