The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-09-10
My First Trip To New York
julius E. Boggs m The Piedmont Magazine

ed in Pickens. South Carolina
| He said I never heard Of Pick.
ems before. I told him there
was a great many good things
that I expected he had never
heard of, but that if he wanted
to advertise in a good paper and
wanted to have good company
to the Hoffman House on those
terms he might consider the
deal closed. He said: I do not
want to advertise in The Pick
ems Sentinel. | do not see how
it will do my business any good. .
He took me by the arm and
undertook to lead me gently to
the cab. I told him to hold on,
and inquired Of him who was
running this business, him OF
me. He said. he was trying to
run it. He said that the terms
did not suit him, and I told him,
well if they did not he could
Just take the suit case out OF
the cab and put it where ne
found it. He did SO, reluctant
sly, and as he put it down, he
muttered, ''I'll be damned. .
told him | hoped not.
Then 7 saw a street car drawn
bv two mules and I asked him
what that was. He said it was
a street car. I told him [ would
like to ride on that thing, and
did he suppose they would take
me. He said he thought they
would. I picked up my suit
case and boarded the car to
Broad Street, got a transfer to
the Gable Line and was safely
landed at the Hoffman House
at the expense Of a nickle.
I put my name on the regis.
ter and told the man | would
like to get a room. He wanted
to send me right up but l told
him no, l would wait awhile.
I took my seatin the corridor to
watch the procession. Directly
I began to feel lonesome, not
having seen anyone since l left
Pickens that I knew. [ began
to wish that I had company,
and just about that time Hon.
Augustine T. Smyth, of Char.
lesion, stepped in and registered
and was sent to his room. The
next one I noticed was Col. A.
B. Andrews, Of Raleigh. Meth.
er one saw me. But knowing
they were in the same building
where I was made me feel more
at home. [ then went to my
room and freshened up a bit.
and it occurred to me that
would like to have dinner.
When assigned a place in the
dining room, a well-dresseo
waiter came along and asked
for my dinner order. He said
''All on the card. y I told MIN
all right, to bring it in. He
said he did not understand me,
[ told him to bring me all on
the card" as he said, that
was hungry and wanted dinner
Oh. no, he said, that is not
what | told you, 1 told you a
la carte" He said all on the
card" would cost seyen dollars.
Then I looked at the card anc
found the price of each item at
tached to it, and so l specified
and he took it in writing, anc
explained that I was stopping
OH the European plan.
The next day I was walking
down the sidewalk and a gentle
man whom [ had never seen be
fore took me cordially by the
hand and said he was delighted
to see me looking SO well.
thanked him and told him
was feeling first rate, but
knew I had never seen him be
fore, and he soon noticed that
II was trying to think of hi:
name, and he says: ''Mr. Rus
sell. I am surprised at tyour no
knowing me- I toio him
was equally surprised at hi:
knowing me- I told him thar
my name was not Russell.
That I was Julius E. Boggs
from Pickens, South Carolina
Il beg your pardon, | thought
YOU were Mr.. Sol. Smith Rus
sell. the actor % I told him the
next time he met Mr.. Russell ht
must apologize, but so far as
was concerned it was no offense
He wanted my card. 1 tole
him I did not have one but hf
could remember that I was from
Pickens, South Carolina, ane
editor Of The Pickens Sentinel
I had not gone much further
when another [ had never seer
before called me Mr.. Lee, an6
was surprised at my not know
ing him. He said that | enter
tained him at my house il
Louisville, KY, when he hat
gone out there to a Baptist Con
vention. Then he would al
ways remember what a delight
full visit he had, and he would
be so glad to tell his wife he hac
seen me, and that [ was looking
so we'll. I told him that | hao
never been to Louisville, Ky.
and that I was not a Baptist
but was an elder in the Presby
terian Church, but if any time
ho came to Pickens. South Caro-