The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-09-08
VACATION NOTES.

eo''oi lohnu himself OH the IlchmOnd g.
Danvillc Railroad going towards VIRGINIA
at the rate of DO miles anhour. We made
two dollars tho first evening out for we
could not buy ticket either for the vesti-
bule or Pullman. The bcrths were all
taken before the trains reached Easlcy.
We had the pleasure of acting us escort to
one Of our best apnts, Mrs. G. l.. Hollings
worth Who was going On visit to relatives
and friends in the Old Dominion The
train was crowded. Right in front of us
sat very ugly snry white man, who WAS
on his way to attend the Prohibition con-
fcntlon ct Grcenboro, N. G. Mrs. Sallc
Smith boarded the train with her 6 months
ola hopeful which was kicking and squcal-
ing for something In choice betwccn
sitting by the editor and the ugly man, she
chose the latter. Stranger as he was. and
ugly ns he "as, he kindly took that infant
against its mothers protest and sootheL il
TO sleep in five minutes. The mother then
Auuio'y wished for vacant scat to spread
1t upon, and we promptly offered the one
we occupied She as promptly and kind
ly refused saying she would take thc
Will for the deed We assured her that
our will was not safe platform for cross
baby and fled to tho smoker. When she
g"t OH the train at Greensboro, it was de-
llghfu to accept her cordial thanks.
Parker Jordan, of Green wood WAS shorn
enough 20 get place OH the vestibule at
Charlotte, whether there was any room or
h3t. When we got to Charlottesville, Va.
AT sun up tho next morning, lie had been
+ sitting on tho cross tics three hours waitino
, tor the Chcspcak 81 Ohio train which was
waiting for us. lie went on to White Sul.
phur w. Va. We landed at Basic IN the
Shenandoah Valley in time for breakfast.
: llcre we found Prof. and Mrs. III. e. Har
| ris of Clark>hurg w. Va. They arrived
there two weeks before having driven
through the country from Clarkshurg, via
Capon Springs, w. Va. where they spcnt
1 u month Tor the benefit of Prof Harris
+ health. lie is mnch improved since his
vacation set in. The trustees of Broadus
< College of which he is president have civ.
= him years vacation.
3. BASIC.
Il Basic is on the Chesapeake IL Ohio Rail
t roau III Its Junction with the Norfolk &
= western in tho Shenandoah Valley. 1t is
8 III one OF the most fertile ana bcst farm.
ing sections of Virginia. 1t is the Largest
Guy we nave ever seen TO contain so few
. inhabitants. 1t completely surrounds and
I 'HAeS lh "nyne$borro i thrviug Old Virrln-
la town llat viii be we'll remembered by
many OF our old soldiers Basic is not
more Than three years old but many nil!
Mons have been spent in its incorporate
limits, The buildings for the banks stores
ana Offices arc the finest, the best and of
lhc most modern architecture. The most
OF them would look well in the city of
washington The manufacturing establish
mcnts were built on the most extensive
scalc-substan.ialy built and thouroughly
equipped with best mnchichincry. Fine
stylish and expensive residences dot the
landscape, but the doors Of all these build
lhSs are SHAT IN the street, no one looks
out OF the windows, aid the wheels are mo-
tionltss. The best dwelling could be pro-
cured Tor nominal rent. Something over
year ago Basic was wild with excitement
Her streets were crowded. People were
hunting homcs-strugglingf for foothold,
but all OF sudden the bottom droppcd
out. The available capital was too small
ana almost every enterprise COLLAPSED.
lhree enterprises still prosper, the hotel,
the harroom and the church. We snmpl.d
the lirst had to rely upon the Information
OF strangers as to the second, but saw the
'hifa. There ls no better kept hotel apv
"nclc than the BranGon which is under
the charge of MIR. Wm. 4. Bowels, recent
~ OF Richmond. 1t is first class in nil of
lts appointments, on the best style of ar
chitnre. beautiful for situation and is an
ld2@l summer hotel. 1t is abundantly SUP
plled with two kinds of mineral water ar
scnlc and lithia. The lithia spring is ell
closed by rock wall five feet high and
mo feet thick forming circle of which
the dl"mclcrs il lC0 feet. The spring is
from three to four feet in depth, clear as
crystal and as cold As any one would care
70 Lave good drinking water It boiis M
all about over the sandy bottom Of the
spIlhS and is highly charged with some
Kind Of wholesome gas. 1t flows from the
spring in sufficient stream to run an or
binary corn mill with an overshot wheel,
There is power house near by that pumps
'hc water into reservoir on the side of
the mountain above the hotel and thence
1t 10 conveyed by pipes to every flocr of
the building except Tic third. Those who
nave trcd both say they cannot discern
The difference in this water and that of
Baifalo Lthia Springs 1t is certainly
sood rcstorcr and promoter Of health. 1t
is dcSilned at no distant day to make Basic
one or The most popular summer resorts
III Virginia. There is also another lthia
! spring on the western side of Basic twice
rs bold rs the first mentioned. In fact il
IS bold enough to supply No 10 city. 1t
, is also as Clear and cold as you please, but
| IT comes Str;li rht from, ,pl,r tLo i;u ..,