Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-28
RAMBLES IN EUROPE
YorkvlIIe Nan Discusses Trip To
Other Side.
FORMER CONDITIONS IN PRESENTLIGHT
Some Interesting Personal Rem'n's-
cences that Make Instructive and
distressing Reading for the Public
Al LARGO,

cences that Make Instructive ana
distressing Reading for the Public
Al Large.
UBy Prof. X. j. Hcrndon.)
In 1910. on my second trip to Eu-
rope. found the steamer conditions
much improved, with the great grt!-
hounds of the ocean making TIA" roy-
ar,. OF 3.4OO miles in four and three
fourths, five and days. This time l
went on the "Adriatic." Of the White
Star line, and this ship. noatihs
palace at the time, registered 2o,ooo
ions Her sister ship, the baltic. had
started :tCrOss two weeks earlier ana
when out AT sea some $50 miles, was
ranncd by an AMERICAN tanker at
right angles and Il great hole about
fifteen feet in diameter was made In
her side: but fortunately the hole was
above the water line. The Baltic re-
turned TO New York city and was re-
paired. making her trip about three
weeks later. The White Star line has
never gone for record hr"aking Shll'S
like the English cunards or III"
Hamburg American or the North Ger
man l.loyd vessels. II has been more
conservative have thought. and
somehow | had implicit faith ana
comfort on the Adriatic, which land
ed us at Chcrbomrg. france, In six
days. For many years there has been
great rivalry between England and
Germany Tor speed and comfort be-
tween Europe and America. England
',uilt the TcutOnic (Cunard linr). then
considered the fastest and prohahi!
the largest trans Atlantic liner. and
| was told by a fellow -voyag"r on the
Adriatic that the TcutOnic was n
large and very fast boat: but TN" vi
hrations were terrific lie had crossed
on the T"utOnic once. Tourists are
alike cvcrywhcrc: they pay their
money and want the best. The Ger
mans in order to hold business In
CARRYING tourists and the mails. de-
tcrmincd to make larger. faster and
better hoats with the vibrations eli
minated. so one night German me-
chanic was smuggled into dark ana
unused corner of the engine room.
where he lay on his stomach for -
hunrs studying the "click" that caus-
ed the vcXcd vibrations. He got 1t.
went home. reported the matter to
his superiors. and in few months
there appeared In New York tn" great
German liner. Kron Prinzessin c"cclic.
which had crossed the ocean In "a
days. beating the record.
was told this, and | had reason
to believe the statement, because OF
the following: On my return home
4 sea SaEsesi<ns I p,ad = e SSstaes
: sampton 20 take steamer. When we
left Southampton for France to catch
the French passengers and mail. in
came the Kron Prinzcssin Cecclic
from Germany to land her passcng"is
for England and take on tourists and
mail by her line. asked how long
II took To do that. About one or two
hours" said sailor. W" went I"
the French port. got our passengers
and malls and our ship started for
America. Again came the Ccccli"
past us. making for the same port in
France we were just leaving. This
was In the early afternoon and while
I had looked long and steadily at
her, | did not think of ever seeing
her again. was still on deck when.
about sundown. SOME one with his
glass to his eyes said. Here comes
the Eron IrnZcssin cccclir," and
sure enough she was plonshing the
sea and gaining on us. In short
time she was opposite and with the
aid of glasses. We had good. close
look. My, but II was n beautiful sight
with electric lights blazing through
every port hole. To her passengers
our great ship may have looked aS
pretty. but she had the speed on us
and was soon out OF sight. She cross
ed the ocean In 43-i days. II took u..
six days.
This vessel IL now the property OF
intcrnmcnt. her name changed and.
like the Vatcrland. carrying soldiers
and supplies to Europe.
On my return home in 1910 the
Titanic and the Olympic. both White
Star line boats OF $4,000 tons. were
much advertised on our ship. Even
the tobacco YOU bought had pic
turc of them on the wrapper with date
of launching. and we all know the sad
fate OF the Titanic on her maiden
voyage in the summer of 1911.
have been asked ii was ever
afraid In crossing. Yes: once. In
1856. on my r,turn home. our ship
rolled and tossed for one full after
noon and night. remember at G
o'clock dinner the vessel lurchcd and
dishes of food were thrown from the
table. This tossing continued through
out the night and the next morning
being in n gathering of eight or ten.
some one said. Don't the captain
look badly this morning." | learned
that the faithful man had had no
sleep for three days and three nights:
hut hard guarded the welfare Of ev-
cry soul on his ship and taken care
OF the company's property. About
o'clock that night. awoke to find the
engines stopped. II all appears as
vivid to me now as II did that night
That was when was scared. and
badly scared. We were still tossing
and rolling and one man was thrown
from his berth. But the engines soon
started their monotonous throb and
fell asleep.
Sitting on the top deck one morn
ing I was approached by fatherly.
long -whiskered gentleman with. How
arc you, Mr. Herndon? have tried
for two days to locate YOU as have
seen your name on the passenger
list: got the steward to point out