Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-14

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! f. was launch he'd III lNl-.
| Not forgetting that ! Was Il musi
rian. / sOugiit som" of the scottish m''
SIC halls aud gardens" ! have cN"
been I,aI;ial to the sweet and plaintIN
scotch melodies ana In" soul that /
not moved hy ANN" Laurie. With
ia a Mil- oI EdinbovO Town, OF ~
| 'ElIc Bills Ui Scotland" can h'st b.
described by Shakespeare: The maj
who hath no music in his soul nor l.
moved by III" concord Oi sweet sound
,s M Tor TREASON. stratag'n and Spoils
! must add that this sweet rnhs''
must be- well rendered otherwise II doe
not appeal 10 me. heard some fairl!
GOOD military bands and orch"StrhS
but none 10 compare with the iand o
rh,. great maestro. l.. :. Gilmore
which I hay" often heard at cOncy Is
land.
| went 10 Edinburgh. the metropolis
of scotland. and ON" Uf the finest cities
Of In" British empire. Here SAW
mnnN wonders. among them benz
HolyrOad Palace. Here are the apart
mcntS that were occupied 10y ia" un'
fortunat" Queen Mary, ana still IL al
most the same condition rs she lcf'
them. 1t so happened that "Coloni'
al" exhibition was on and | took II IN
one shilling (2J ccntS) and about a'
good q show" Oi its Kind as | 'N,l
SAW. d"piotin% products. wares. meth
ods. etc, OF many Oy"rSca colonies I"
England. And here ! read the sign
"rhc sun never sets on the British en-
plrc." From Edinburgh ! went To LIN
crpool and took good look, amonl
Other things, al tn" great docks 0l th;i'
.City. When We consider that Liver
uuol is a terminal oi so much over,
the urld trade. il iS not 10 br wonder
ed that her great docks are Il marvel
| was told tina, in building them, Il wal
WIS first built in the MrrScy rivci
while dredging WAS done inside. TINS
wall * some L. feet thick and -
feet high from foundation, and there
are some 50 enclosed docks with ov"i
81 miles ni uiIayS. Across from my
hotel WAS St. Georges Hall. Il great
building OF the Corinthian order. COW
criny over two acres. found much oi
interest i'm Liverpool. hut soon saw
enough of the sights to dcSir" the
continuance To mighty London. col
which | had read and heard 80 much
I.iyrrpoul is about 100 miles from
London. and the fast English tram
put us in the hiG city on good time
passing through the old historic cili"S
of Chester, l4uccStcr. l., dioId. etc. II
is said that an EnsliShnan is afraid
To die without seeing London. Well.
don't know about that. Will" Lon
don is the greatest city ON earth
seven and a half millionS-still there
are all over England great cities that
are worth while. Liverpool, ManchtS-
ter. birmingham. sheffield. Bristol
Sramin.tun and others. I'LL furnish un-
told sights and information for the
world at large. And there is no dis
putting that England is wonderful
soYn,rS:- Its history !s entertainns
from the withdrawal of S.So-LS-++ss.a.sh'
down to the present. 1t has coast
line OF something lik" 2.7G0 miles. ant
lust think OF such coast 10 bc men
acrd 10y all manner Ui war vessels
Hence the need OF f;nglands mighty
navy, which is twice aS large as TN
next mightirSt Sc; power ol the world
Then remember that England is - Goa
and manufacturing c"uniry--n"t ar
agricultural unr--hlvin" 10 huy h"'
food from all parts al tn" world
Again. hence the navy.
England is 36j miles long from
rcrwick directly south. 10y ahou' 2o'
miles wide. The area oI the country
is something like 5O.925 squar" miles
while that of South Carolina is 3o,l1"
This gives an idea of our own stat" II
culnparison aS To SiN'. our state has
about one and Il half million people;
England has thir,y-SiX million. BE-
ing u small island and orcrcrowd"d
thousands and thousands Of pr"rl" an
nIalIy 20 Ia her colonies of Australia
New Zealand. South Africa. etc.
England is not Il warlikr nation. hu
mon. of Il colonial one. Lord Roberts
told her eighteen years ago that Sil'
had better get ready Tor Germany r"'
war WAS sure To come. Kitchener t"i,
her the same and he said tina, thi'
war could not be- for less than three
or four years and probably much long
cr. August. 1918, is the fourth ami
vcrsary Of the great war.
England is and has been the greatest
colunizcr OF amy country. What sh'
touches buds and blossoms into the
full bloom flower. Take any country
Take our own. the great common
wcalths of Australia. New Zealand
South Africa. Ashanti, English f.as
Africa or Zumland. and "" find tha
every one OF these countries w"r" IN
habitcd by savagcs when the fngliSi
came. Today every one is Christian
lied, and while England has used force
To compel the natives 10 81" the hritc'
side. she also sent the missionary wh'
handed them the Bible.
Wen. we arrived in London anu
took skyscrapcr buss--two decker
to Smiths Temperance Hotel. South
ampton row. You find many TEN
mcrancc" hotels all over England an,
Scotland. This means that no stron:
drink is sold or used ut the hotCl.
found fairly good hotel in this TEN
prrancc" stronghold: one that com
parcd favorably with our 81 per ia!
hotels OF ten years ago. hut which arr
$3.50 or So per day now. After
general cleanup and light meal,
went to the British museum. This. !
| remember correctly. is on Great Rus
sell street, and in 1857 IT cost q
cl5O, 900. a new library building wa:
,,l np.prl Admission frp,