The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-01
OUR SUBURBAN RESORTS.
4 CHAPTER ABOUT sUMMERV1LIE.

4 CHAPTER ABOUT SUMMERPILLF.
Where 1t Is-What 1t Is-what 1t Has
Been What 1t is TO Be-Who are
There-Who have been There-Who
will be There-How lit Looks-How 1t
has Looked, and How IT Will Look.
S,l,nmeruille Humph February lst, ther-
moneter 81 degrees, or thereabouts, or ought
to be. What do the readers OF The NEWS
know or care about Snmmerville at this sea-
son of the year, Precious little most OF them
snow about II, and not knowing they DO not
care; but, before we have finished this article,
we hope TO enlIghten them somewhat on the
merits of that unknown suburb, and, In so
doing, to awsken their interest. Inere Is
scarcely man, born and raised In Charleston,
who has not heard the name OF SummerVille
from his boyhood up, and yet, In nine cases
out of ten, he has sweltered through the long
summer, year after year, without ever refresh
ing himself with the luxurious GOODNESS OF Its
nights, and has often, perhaps, suffered with
cough the whole winter through without
knowing that health was to be found amid
its fragrant pines. In summer, perhaps, ne
has gone to the Virginia Springs. or to Sara
toga, or to Newport; in winter, to Florida or
the West Indies thus travelling hundreds OF
miles, instead of twenty-five, all because he
did not know about Summerville. But THE
NEWS intends 10 stop all this. II. hereafter,
the Charlestopian errs in like manner, 1t Shall
be from wilfulness, not ignorance.
What is Summerville? Summervllle Is
yillage-the very ideal of a vlllage-its houses,
mostly cottages, scattered here and there,
some near together, some far apart, ard, ex-
cept near the railroad depot, without the re-
motest Idea Of any general plan-and trees
through all. II the Irishmaa who could not
see London for the houses were TO 60 TO Sum-
mervile, he could not seq 1t for the trees. II
Won have never been t?ere, or rather II you
have never had two months of leisure to study
it's topography, and you wish TO get some idea
of the plan, or want Of plan, on which 1t is
bSilt, imagine for q moment that huge web
footed bird, larger even than Sinbad's roc, had
alghted for an instant, on one loot, on some
barren waste of sand and swamp, and Tying
OF had lett his mighty track; that houses had
been built In cluster around the heel Of the
track and at uneven dis'ances along the toes
and here and there on the little veins between
the toes, and that the intermediate space had
grown up with pines, and between the pines,
myrtles and other underbrush, and then you
will have tolerably correct Idea of the topo-
graphy of Summerville. The heel Is the depot,
the toes are the principal roads or streets, and
the veins are the cross roads. Tha cluster Oh
houses In the Immediate vicinity of the depot
have been built on regular plan, the streets
being one hundred feet wide, and crossing
each other at right angles, and the squares
each containing four acres; but beyond that
all is the most picturesque confusion. Sum-
mervllle is also
PLACE OF MAGNIFICENT DISTANCES,
its diameter In any direction being about two
miles, the town hall being aoGut The oeT OF
the village. The said town hall is building
of modest dimensions, ,surmounted BY cupola,
in which Is hung the town bell, and surround
ed by the other public buildings, viz: the mar
ket and the guardhouse. The former Is well
supplied every day In the summer, and poSrly
supplied twice week in the winter; the lat
ter, we are happy to cay, is generally not sup
piled at all. There is considerable vacant
space around these buildings, which Is pro0a-
bly, intended to be public square. a short
distance from this Is Browns Hotel, large
and commodious building, capable OF accom-
updating q great number of guests. Near
this again is Captain Vose's store, the Episco-
pal Church and the parsonage, also o number
of private residences. Directly opposite
Browns Hotel is Mr.. Blackwood's store, and
the street between has sidewalks, and has
more the appearance of street Than any
other part of the village. But TO attempt TO
locate further for the benefit OF strangers to
the place, would only make confusion worse
confounded. So suffice 1t to say that, hidden
In various picturesque hooks aud corners OF
this woodland town, there are, besides those
already mentioned, six churches, ten stores,
a postofice, express Office and ssvera! boarding
houses.
THE CHURCHES.
The pastor of the Episcopal Church alrea-
dy mentioned is the Rev. ]. J. Sans, re-
nQeQ aQQ SuuCatcu Scuttcuou ouu Z" PuiP'S
orator OF no mean ability. He is respected
and beloved by people OF all denominations,
and even those OF no denomination, and there
being no other resident clergyman, Is to
certain extent pastor of the whole village.
The other churches are The Methodist and
Presbyterian, white, and the Baptist, Presby-
terian, Northern Methodist aud African Epis-
copal Methodist, 'lored. Rev. Mr. Carson,
the circuit preacher, holds service in the
Methodist Church once month. There Is
no regular service at the Presbyterian
Church, though 1t Is kept open every Sunday
for the Sunday-school, which isin flourish
ing condition, and semi-occaslonally SER
mon is preached by DR.. Symthe, DR.. Girar-
deau, Mr.. Vedder, or some other popular
Charleston divine. There is ulso flourish
Ing Sundey-school at the Episcopal Church,
apd both churches can boast of their sewing
societies, the members of which are very en-
ergetic and industrious, and have been very
successful. The Episcopal Sewing Society
have supplied their church with carpets, and
the Presbyterian Sewing Society hare pur-
chased good library for their Sunday-school,
to which they are constantly making valua-
BILE additions. The pastors OF the negro
oh,rob oo ora oil Ot tho Eana color their