The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-13
THE NEW SCHEDULE
r AND HAPPY HODGES

The Southern Railway announce:
that beginning next Sunday, tive
trains will be operated over the mair
line from ;Abbevilie to Hodges each
afternoon connecting with the Col
umbia. and Greenville branch of this
road. This will be good news to a
good many people, we think, and it is
in line with the promise made some
time ago to the Press and Banner
and, to Mr.. Barnes of the Chamber
of Commerce, these two institutions
busying themselves in the interest
of better;schedules in and out of Alb
beville. Epr this consideration, we
feel sure the people Of this city will
be duly grateful.
But with all our gladness over the
announcement, some Of US will be
sorry that we will not be allowed to
wait at Hodges for an hour and a
half and that we will be denied all
the joys and privileges which 60
along with such wait at the meet
ing point of the main line and the
branch, because something is always
happening in Hodges. For instance,
yesterday afternoon the up-train
came in on time. Two poor lawyers
and one or two rich men changed for
Abbeville, and they waited. AS they
sat in the coach of the Syfan Special
there were many things to be observ-
ed. Over across the railroad two OF
three stores were open, ready for
business. We watched the doors, and
We saw nothing going out and noth-
ing going in; except a bee, While the
proprietor Of one Of the stores sat in
split bottomed chair, leaned back
against the counter and took nap,
the bee got busy and went in and
helped himself to grain of sugar.
The proprietor didn't know it, all he
knew was that the main line engine
backed up the Greenville end of the
branch line to turn around, and he
didn't know that long, because he
only opened one eye to look at it,
and then closed it. 1t is busy life
they lead at Hodges Depot. Of course
it was not always thus, because at
one time: there was only one store in
town and nine barrooms, we believe
it was. The town was small then, and
not much attention was given to
business.
And ou. in the yard in front of
the station, the walters saw two
drummers They were talking about
hotels, of course, and how "they
feed" That is about all drummers
talk about except when they are try.
ing (mind you, we said trying) to
sell goods. One said that a country
hotel away off somewhere had more
good things than he had ever "et"
at hotel before. The other told of
a few bad hotels he had seen and
heard of. He claimed that he was up
in Vermont many years ago and
that he heard two other drummers
talking about poor hotels, and in the
conversation, one of them was alleg-
ed to have said that the "Glen-Ethel
Inn, at Abbeville, S. c., is the worst
hotel in the United States, I have
been to all of them Both agreed that
the hotels are charging a good deal
just now when it is considered just.
how "they feed,' and the price OF
feed" and that not much is "et'
when a man is not working hard.
In fact they about figured it out that
the high freight rates and the high
hotel rates were cutting down the
travel just now.
While they were talking Col.
Courtney Wilson, of the Seaboard,
was growing impatient. He had gone
out to Hodges to meet Mrs. Wilson
and her little brother, who were ex-
pected from Brevard. He sat on the
bench in front of the station for b
few minutes, then walked out to the
tracks Of the road, looked up to-
wards Greenville for little while,