Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-11
The "BOLL WEEVIL SPECIAL
MaCkOrell Writes Interestingly Of
Long Trip by Automobile.
BOYS have TRYING EXPERIENCES

YorkviIIe Tourist Keeps Daily Diary o
His Trip-Trio Spent One Night in
Cemetery and Hard Luck Followed
Fell Into Hands of Louisiana Sher
iff, but Were Soon Out Of Trouble.
(By Theo MackorelD.
This Is a fine country and we art
getting along fine. None Of us hav'
been sick SO far We are little lone
some and wish you would send us Th'
Enquirer once in a while" So writes
Theodore Mackorell to his father, Mr.
r. ]. Mackorell of Yorkville, from
Hayne, La. Young Mackorell is one o.
the trio of Yorkville boys who left here
about three weeks ago for tour Of
the West, in patched-up Ford thai
was dubbed the boil Weevil Special
The other members of the trio are ]. B
Grant and Joe Herndon. Mackorell has
been keeping a diary of his progress
and it Is given here as 1t stands to the
date Of hs last letter:
March 13-On Monday, March 13
about IL o'clock the Boil Weevil Spe.
ciar started out of York, s. c., on Its
trip for the West, with its three owners
on board. The three owners are: j. B
Grant, Joe Herndon and myself. About
twelve miles out Of York we had
puncture. We took the, old tire Off ant
threw it away and put on new one
About 2 o'clock we arrived In the city
of Blacksburg. and the roads were sc
bad in that city that we had hard luck
and twisted drive shaft Off. We go,
to work and fixed 1t and about
o'clock left there for Spartanburg. We
arrived In Spartanburg about O'clock
and went around to see Bill McDow
He asked us to spend the night with
him, so we spent the first night In
Hastoc school.
March 1--we left Spartanburg a.
about s o'clock a. m. About five miles
out we stopped and cooked breakfast
We then started out again and about
o'clock went into camp outside Athens
Ga. We did not put our tent up for II
did not look like it was going to rain
but about IL o'clock 1t sure did pour
down and we did not get any more
sleep that night.
March live cooked breakfast
early and started out for Atlanta, Ga
We arrived in Atlanta about IL O'Clock
and went into camp at the tourist
camping ground. We found a house
with some beds in 1t out at the camp
so we occupied it instead Of putting up
our tent. We had supper and went to
bed early as we were tired out.
March 1--we slept so sound last
night that we did not wake until 10
o'clock this morning. We got break
fast in a hurry and packed up and
started on. We rode steady until about
7 o'clock and then went into camp
outside of Tallapoosa, Ala.
March live got up early this
morning and started out again after
eating a good breakfast. The roads
started getting rough and almost i'm
passable, SO we had to take 1t very
slow, and so we did not get very far
that day. We camped on the other side
of Admission, Ala.
March 1S-We made an early start
this morning and about II o'clock ar
rived in Birmingham, Ala. We stayed
around there for two or three hours
shopping and trying to find the best
route out to Texas. We were told that
we would have to go up into Tennes-
see and across Arkansas. We did not
want to go away up in there so we just
headed straight west like we had
started. The roads were as rough as
they could possibly be, so we could not
make much headway. We made it to
the other side of Tuscaloosa, Ala, and
went into camp in a graveyard.
March 19-Camping in the grave
yard must have given us bad luck for
it rained so hard that night and all the
next day we had bad luck. We did not
cover much territory today. BY night
we have gotten as far as Demopolis,
Ala, where we are camped for the
night.
March 2O-We started out this
morning about o'clock and rode all
day over some roads that were ell. We
went into camp in York, Ala, early
that night and we were worn out.
March Give crossed into Missis-
sippi today after going over some more
rough roads and having trouble with
the Boil Weevil.' We can say this
much for Alabama: She sure has not
got any roads. We went into camp
for tonight sixteen miles this side OF
Jackson, Miss.
March 22-We started early this
morning and went into Jackson and on
to Vicksburg and crossed the Missis-
sippi river there on a ferry that took
one hour to cross the river. When we
landed on the other side why we were
in Louisiana. We landed in the most
deserted part of Louisiana. For miles
and miles we did not see thing but
swamps and barren lands and then for
miles and miles we did not see thing
,. 100000, About ayary five miles