The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-09

years and hnus much TO learn on the matter
still, and has never had two seasons roll over
his head when the conditions i9r me ero1p were
school men; non-workers themselves they
could see over the helu better ana they knew
well how to grasp AFFAIR.", ana gei the most out
SOLD To. This planter Will get his ante-bellul1
account books ana show you where Just atter
the war he got 81 ana something q pound cold
cash for his cotton crop from "A swiss manu-
facturer II will bring him 40 cents a pound
any season now. ~
cling together with true Scotch clannishness
anu families are allie1 and matche IN the one
with the other in l. eNtrCable fashion. Young
men An no girls so fair as their cousins ana
even elations-in-law are presse into service
rather than go outsi - the charme circle
II l. lol0 that an Oh school planter set out
TO break the spell. lie ha, three daughters
ana he undertook to keep them safe from the
pltfail, OF the nome market, ne sent lleIl 70
Virginia to school, took them TO Newport aud
the famous Watering places Of the time, intro
duced them everywhere under the happlest
circumstances aud with chaper9ns warranted
to make the most Of opportunity. Aud all
three, after many conQuests, came. back to
Edi-to and married first cousins. The tackle
viii go back TO the marsh" TIE ola ScheIner
remarked a. he gave away his last daughter
to the nephew on the next plantation.
The marsh tackles. sprighuy ponies WIN
valuable resistant qlalltle, are natyet ~i
"a the turtles that track the beach or The ne
gro oarsmen and sea masters who Gan sali
tnp most ullsPd TtD lu'hlle bOaN ~
The philosopher Is reared on Edisto likewise.
all kinds Of him from the sort commonly termed
a crank 10 the inventor OF a creed and MODE OF
life a. genial a. impracticable. why are
those two horses tied out there AT the renee
n visitor who had been taken to see one Of The
oldest inhahitant, asked Of the host.
"Oh. | keep them ready there IN case any,
body should happen along to plough tor me,
was d the anT rpo%sbod j Th any pc YSr 9om s,@a tc 20 dtSvS
THIS EdiStonian, though master OF the gun
and the sailing skin aud half adozen languages.
could never conquer the problem or planting.
with free labor. lie lived IN hts books, Of
which the house was full, and. the farm work
went on as ii could. He would make no con
wanted a thing planted or hOed, or harvested,
the negroes appeared 10 do 1t, they would %
paid for il, but otherwise It couln go so, 30
had largely only his philosophy to coniort
him. He lived alone in the great bare house
with only a man attendant aoso,1Iei5 re eye1
in the matter Of tidying up or getting home
comforts, Yet he liked mankind and was a
TeHacity Of purpose, true old British con-
servatism and strength Of will have set MARKS
all over the island. On the main road Dor
dered with iaurel- and cypress, that leads ron
end to end OF the island, Is a church that te.lI-
ne- TO one fine danes Determination, The
Presbyterian was the domina9t cougreGatog,
without chance to be heard. The wlte Of a
prominent planter wanted a Baptist churci!
built. Her husba3d Haln-ayed hrr Shr mao
ship az his church rs well a. not, Inc WE
made cakes and sweetieS and put Then, out l9r
sale at the beach resort that was the Islander
thus raise a fund for the building. n black
woman was ia charge Of the sale, The hu>-
band was shocked. His wife selling cakes,
even by proxy, wnS not to be put up with Or
derS were given that no servant should carry
those Cakcs out for sale. II thio ne msore-
in person. She world take n cart and tray in
hand. entrent customer. from door 70 door,
Frightened that shemlght dot, the cake S.lIilg
was rermittHd to continue ~ begun ahd me
profits added TO in order quickly TO terminate
the proceedi0g. A handsome fund was raised
Az that time nearly every planter on Fdisto
kent his coachmau and foOtman 10 liver, and
drove habitually IN as fine a family coach as
rSc"s or at church or other place Of public
gathering made q Goodlv show To-Day there
isn't IA servant IN livery on the island. ~ NE
Ulace to see self-made men, NOT me s'H-lnhdr
man Of the commonly accepted tyre, born
with nothing, raised on nothing, bur me man
lfter he was well grown and well GROUNDED
This man not only had to learn how 70 do but
10 unlrarn what he had already got by heart
lie came out Of the war with merely the clothes
on his back. to find u half-d"moli-hrd home
with hundreds Of hungry negroes as IcrplcN"d
as he was az IN" new turn q things, farm I'M
or missing. The land was good but. 1t must
be cultivated after a dlnerehi iLsil99 ana d4e
master must learn thaf tH~hlon mere are
a few places on kdisto that show a thorough
mastership and whose owners to-day have sur
rounded Themselves with most of the CON-
forts il not the Injuries Of former times, places
that are complete in themselves, with strong
well made ginneries equipped with the newest
machinery, with neat taut negro Cabius CluS-
tered together in the old quarter fashion and
with ample well-stOCked pastures and d racer
or two in the stables. whore every member
Of the family has an individual steed, There
are deer preserves on such a place ana CHEEKY
hunting parties at Christmas, and an easy
hospitality exercised all the wear round
In these homes on will find the English Illus
tratrd rarers and current books. There. are
English prints on the walls and a tine old thor,
ough-goingness Of living every whore Ana
the ueoplr are 81 straight-out British descent,
came from good folk in Wales or Scotland or
England years ago, and have preserved their
rafionality unmixed through all these genera
tions. A list Of the Islands fghting or voting
men to-day shows identically the same names
as those recorded in the lists Of the .Revoln-
tionary militia or the Colonial social %iratcrni-
ties. and those who have weathersd out con
ditions and got their homes back into shAre
md preservation are stamped with, the same
sterling quality that II recognizable IN rare
plate or paintings or tapestry II may not
BE- known precisely what the Indians. had in
mind when they named the Fdisto. but the
name certainly has 10 do with endeaIment
and good fortune. pleasant places and open
sunny skies.