Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-22
EXCURSION FROM EDISTO TO
SAVANNAH.
The Party Visit the Masonic Fair
and are Delighted.

Who has not heard of Edisto Islands Not
he who has studied the secrets Of the cult
Walton of long cotton, surely. Edisto is a
garden spot in q chain Of fruitful islands
that adorn our coast between Savannah and
Charleston, and is conceded to be one of the
most productive long cotton regions In the
South. But this is not all that has made the
name of Edisto respected of men. Her
sons are men Of enterprise, culture and lib
erality. They are eminentlY practical as
planters, and add to the knowledge they
have acquired by experience that which
they have imbibed through theories, until
the name of Edisto cotton is almost a Ger
tain guarantee for the best grade of sea
island cotton ever offered on the market.
Her daughters are chaste, accomplished and
beautiful, representatives of the type of
Southern womanhood.
Who that has ever enjoyed the pleasure
of having been spin tap Edsto' will ever
forget ode big mullets'' with which her
waters abound, or fail to remember sde
white foot" oysters, the like of which can
scarcely be found elsewhere
1t is the yearly custom Of the sons and
daughters of this Carolina Sparta to seek
that relaxation and enjoyment which is af-
forded by an excursion OF two or three DAYS
to some charming point in the neighbor-
hood. This year those having the manage
ment unanimously resolved to make Savan-
nah the point, In order to renew old &C.
quaintance and visit the delightful drives
about the town, and last, but by no means
least, to look in upon the grand Masonic
Bazaar, the fame of which has been heralded
to the world through the columns of the
MORNING News.
Engaging the delightful steamer Pilot
Boy, of which Capt. Frank Phillips is the
courteous commander, the party left Edisto
on Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock. Com
ing the outside passage, they arrived at
Beaufort on Wednesday evening at $50
O'Clock, some declaring they were not a bit
seasick, but only "felt peculiar" At Beau
fort they were received by friends, and, after
driving around the town, closed the day in
the maZes of the dance at ball at the Sea
Island Hotel.
AT 4 O'Clock yesterday morning the gal
liant steamer and her precious freight left
Beaufort, and steamed up to our docks at
half past nine O'Clock, having on board
about nifty exeursionists, among whom we
saw Messrs. l. J. Mikell, Jr., G. w. s.
Jenkins, ). NJ. LaRoche, T. P. Mikell, F.
AAOPAtEOOds y . U1IhClls VI. oGaOTOOK. w. n.
Edings, j. M. Pope, s. Whaley, James Hop
kinson and Edward Jenkins, OF Edisto
Island, Frank Mikell, of Coosaw, VIM.
Murray, w. G.. HinsOn and Startling Hinson.
of James Island; w. P. Lawson, of Au.
gusta, and many Others. Some of the fairest
sisters, wives and daughters Of the isles &C.
~companied the party, and we doubt not the
trip was a delightful one, judging from the
bright eyes and CHEEKY smiles of the fair
ones.
The morning was spent by some of the
ladies and their escorts sight seeing and
shopping, while several of the gentlemen
accepted the invitation the proprietor of the
MORNING NEWS extended them, and visited
every department of the building. They
expressed great pleasure at the opportunity
afforded them of beholding, for the first
time in many cases, the working of the
huge presses, the folding of the papers by
steam power, and the marvellous mode in
vogue OF mailing.
This consumed the time until the dinner
hour, when all returned to the steamer and
sat down to a bounteous repast. The NEWS
reporter was made a guest of the occasion,
and did justice to the pleasures Of the table,
as to him appeared the fashion of the mo
ment.
AT four O'Clock they drove out to Bona
venture and Thunderbolt.
The evening was, of course, devoted to
the main object of the visit-that OF be-
holding what Masons may do when they are
aided by their wives and daughters and
friends. From table to table the party
strayed, often allured into contributing to
the object In view by the purchase of arti-
cles exhibited before them, and few of the
young men could resist the mute petition of
liquid eyes above lovely hands extending a
rattle list, and bills upon bills were changed
to meet the requirements of the moment.
We suspect the beauty of some of those
sPa1H nna1 0{ {Ss nave VEN maue = laSclng lmpres,
gallant young man who lives spin tap
Edsto."