Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-14
YOrkvllIe Man Discusses Trip TO
Other Side.
FORMER CONDITIONS IN PRESENT Light
Some Interesting Personal Rem'n's-
cences that Make Instructive and
Entertaining Reading for the Public
at LARGE.

>.u. y,rk ia Glasgow, Scotland. NJ
,,., linn. such immense lcviathans oil
the briny deep as ar" common '""'S
did not exist. There was nothihS ih'
IN. Olympic. 5000 tons. or ih' great
German Vatcrland. 56.DDO TONS 'ha'
hos been impressed by our govern
,,,.,, tho name changed to "l~vlath-
an" and now carrying our Solui'rS
overseas.
MAS rather discouraged III taking
an Anchor line steamer AT the 'iiii''
lint having a desire Ia sec something
ot ,b, north Irish coast and Scotland
first. | concluded that II offered "''
the best chance.
This great German boat. the Water
land. had, lately. it's machinery h'a'-
,u hanged and knUck"d TO pieces 10y
the German sailors at tn" coihiha'" VI
her captain as soon as ne learned tha'
America had declared war on '''i
MANY. He said that America c"u'a
never us,. his vessel after his crew had
battered the machinery literally l"
pirccs. American ingenuity ana SI"
turned the trick in six months ana
to-day she. Is crossing and r"croSSihS
the Atlantic.
Erum New York to Glasgow Is some
Z, 100 miles. The vessels oi IN" Ah'foi
line. sail in Il continuous northeast III
,S.ctiun to reach the north "i ir'lah"'
and the Scottish coast. On our ont
ward voyagc. We passed clos" I" New
roundland and without misiG'p or "'-
law. sighted the northwest coast oi Ire
land. continuing along TINS coaS''
thence eastward until "" entered 'h'
muuth OF the Foylc river on which
S,udoud,rry is situated. \ smaller
river or channel boat met our steam
rr for the American mail ana paSS'h-
gers. most of whom were irish IhcSc
were transferred to this smaller steam
,r and taken to Sandondcrry, there to
take train for their former homes over
north Ireland.
There. is no loneliness ON II trans
Atlantic steamer and. generally, miro
WAY over met congcnial. big heart
"a frisHHsn nflf,ed 3oss. q: .nebefa'
and we soon became chummy. He liked
checkers: 80 did 1, and we put in parts
OF many days playing: h" beat me
badly. When our steamer reached the
month of the Foylr. ii flashed on me
M to why ireland is called the Emerald
Isl,. never saw Il Gr"en"r, more
beautiful sight than the far. Lever
stretch of land on both sides oi the
river rs far as the cy" could see. MI
Mcdonald bade me goodbye after an
invitation 10 20 home with hini. whi'h
invitation | could not accept. nS hau
nv itinerary about mapped OUT. tue
pointcd out To me about wh"r" MS
home was. with the hope that VISIT
him should ever reach the neigh
horhUod.
I'm 1900. while teaching the l.ockhart
band, I mentioned the fact to Dr j. I.
Rrtwlry. who very quickly and rapid
IL said: who. John Mcdonald NhN'
n, came through our yard every
morning and led me 10y the hand I"
school" The l;rawlrN family came Ill
rect from ireland AMI for several years
lived at I.owryvill".
After waving partinSS to our fellow
possrngcrs of ireland. our steamer
started on her way to the mouth ot
th,. Cl>lr river. Scotland. and Ia Glas-
gow, on which river II il located. We
soon came Ia where We passed the Ia
nous Giants Causrway, So-cIllcd hr-
r,us, of the legend ;hat ii was con-
str,lctrd hy giants who desired To con-
struct u road across the channel l"
Scotland. The sight from the steam
,r il beautiful and hcwildrrinS. rms
mighty mass is ot iasalt columns "t
hrXagonal shape and covers a great
part OF the county Antrim. Ireland. Ihc
pillars are hcXagonus and seem TO vary
in diameter from Is To - inches. Ait"r
looking and strainiug our eyes as long
us We could s,S'. We retired inside. ate
supper and soon went Ia our beds.
Next mornings gong awohc uS Tor
breakfast and looking through the port
hole Of my statcrnom. could see
C;rrenock. Scotland. Grccnock. which
IL the fifth or sixth city Of Scotland.
IL on the southern shore oi the Firth of
CLYDE. .3 miles from Glasgow by rail;
probably a little further hy steam.
The CLYDE river is not a great
stream hut hy dredging. il has been
artiiicially decprnrd 81 as 10 adn'it
large Vessels up to Glasgow: II Is :h'
most valuable river OF Scotland con E
mcrcially. Leaving Grccnock We soon
came to and passed Paisley on I've
same stream. II city Of some 5000"
people and great manufacturing cen
ter. II is here that the celebrated
Coats and Clark brothers 60. y. IT,
sewing thread is made. which. they
claim. "cncirclcs the world"
We reached Glasgow about IL a. m.
and were met hy very large number
Of people on the pier. many Of whom
American kin who were returning to
the Old home for visit.
Among the passengers | distinctly
remember gentleman and his wife
who were from Brisbane. Australia
They were Scotch and had moved tc
Australia in their early years. They
came up the Pacific. crossed the Amer
lean continent. the Atlantic and reach
ed their own "Ronny Scotland" as they
spoke II.
Our baggage examined. we were
soon In a good hotel and after dinner
started in to see Glasgow. which i
found to be a very large and solidlH
built city with some 100000 inhabi'
tants. What struck me most with
Glasgow was its seeming granite So
lidity that would take mighty cannon
or mighty earthquake TO flattcn. 1t Is