The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-11
Charlrslma's Ex'rri"s

"A sunset ri clouds ahu PINK, WV"
fancii's ma a.>ing>: II is an r"rty pc
ture. without irfua~ It >pFca.il"S ut
smoky light over half The sky aud the
water bcuratii 'Thc face at The h"l'-
bor. rejecting orange and I'd brown.
then 4 series Of paic aud ivid color
ings. becomes at lat luminous white,
like sea five; ~h'nins distances are
banded by aingy shurcs. the blurred
tops Of tree, against the light Of the
sky.
The city begins at the harhor wall
a white shell path, IL small k'nd ut
park With live oaks upon it, the as
phaltcd fashionable drive, the Gu umn-
ed fronts Of the houses This Is the
, order. Then dwellings aud more
dwellings, with high walls and Ear
denS, numberless negroes, Il few white
people, very many single mules haul
ing two wheeled cotton drayS. and. IT
you walk about two miles up town, an
abrupt ending of these things In Il
faded, smoking plain.
You see an old, ragged aud weather
worn city; with it the sun. the w'nd'
and the wetness, apparently, have
always had their way: you remember
that uaany cyclones have harassed il;
tidal waves swept its level streets aud
flooded it's gardens: that once, not
long ago. the earth of It's foundation
trembed You remember hat haman
enemies honbardcd the place for years
aud thar its life was crushed out. So
the >trangcncss of the look and color
ing of things is not a surprise.
The real life here lies somewhere IN
ast time, that is the obvious impres
sion; the city, being built for pnr-
pose, once has served it, but still
stands: superseded elsewhere, Its
original shell remains whole despite
the efforts Of new men, as if it had
been handed down in trust The in
sensible she'll dominates, the sensible
inhabitant Gin fancy, at least.) has
been deposcd. And what contrlvrs to
force the notion home is this, that
everywhere Que looks at color that is
not man made. but natural; upon
brick walls that are deep earthly
brown, rich with coating of damp
ness, tinged with moss: upon surfaces
originally Of painted stucco, the same
hues of the opeu landscape, IN great
variety-the yellow Of clay banks, the
swarthiness Of ploughed fields, the
dense and unrefulgent shading Of wa
ter on cloudy day; most common OF
all, you will sec unmistakable cloud
colorings, and Of almost any weather
| Add one thing more, a certain solemn
green (shed from very plentiful name
less shrubs all over the city which
fills the eye.
Tn such town, when settled both
by French and by English, it is natu
raj that the difference should survive
There are many houses made in the
shape Of plain box, set facing gar
den, and with an end to the street
Verandas like decks are added to each
story, enclosed by shutters, and the
roof may be covered with old, hollow
red tiles. In the garden will be
veritable crush Of growing things
bryonet, spiked and formidable pal
mettos, shining evergreens, shapelcs;
bananas, aud, with half dozen kinds
of December blooming flowers, roses
growing as if wild. A high wall Of ar
iron fence encloscs, It's gateway twice
the height of man.
There is the other sort, the great
house built by the Englishman, aud
really co olceived for the high position
of it's owner. Built as for executive
mansions, with the shed-like quarters
for slaves, with a massive front OF
columns. from the shadow Of which
the plainest citizen might speak with
some authority, with rich and solic
trees in regular lines inside imprison
ing walls, these places, since they lack