The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-15

~ni'e the breakers, appearing like
waves Of fire. roll 10 and melt into
fos~ ss your feet. is . picsare that no
painter can do justice to
All the housss on the islsud are built
behind tbs saod bills. sod among tho
srses; and the road which crosses tho
creek sod marsh 90 . bridge and
osssswsy Wiods around between the
houses sod the bigh tide liue Of tho
marsh Some Of tho residences are
near together. villsge-liks, while COD.
siderable space inssrvooes 10 other
plsess. Our nearest neiehbor resi-.
denos 10 double tsueueus house
oecopied By The iamiliss Of Capt. W A
Black and M Edgsr Bss,v both Of
Georgetown Cap, Black wss former
y Of Colunbis. bat 10 ooW supsriu.sod. &.
sas Of The rice mill 10 Georgetown
He and Mr. b both speos lsss week
on the Islsod Capt Bls,k hes The
reputation Of being boss fisherman,
sed he sueseedsd 10 catching them
when the rec, OF % failed Mr Beat.
y 10 from Horny. sod wss one Of The
boys thss l knew Vbso . rssidsn. Of
The "Boro." oow called Convey. re.r
forty pears ego. He ~ss then . email
boy Of eight years. Besides being now
. gray haired wso Of Al bs 10 tho
father Of IL iviog children. Mr
Doss's household. With tho addition Of
our Sumter contribution, numbers
about dosso aud . half. sud wbsu oil
OF 10 With most Of The osighbors. climb
over the sand bank snd tumble io,o the
surf. 80 We do from one to three tiues
. day. Ne have jolly crowd. When
she water is rough there is 90, much to
do excspt get out as fer % possible.
watch for the heavy sweIls. aud Try to
jump over or dive under then. The
more timid hug the shore aud tn mble
over 10 the breskers. ooo,siooslly swsl
loving great gulps Of salt water.
When tho swells are less frequent those
Who can swim show Of their skin.
The most expert that have oomo under
my observation 80 far are Misses Sallie
aud Mamie Black. daughter aud ueice
Of our nsigbbor, Capt. W A. Biaos.
They ere not afraid Of the big waves
AID 60 under or over them With equal
ease aud sraoefulness.
There is . telephone lius on the
Island ruooiog to Wsvsrly Mills. and
from there connection is made With tho
Telephone exchange 10 Georgetown.
Wsvsrly Mills is the regular Iaudiug
place for boats coming up the Wacos.
NAV from Georgetown. and is also the
possofice for the Island l. is about
four miles distant. and hacks ron re.
gulsrly from the island to meet the
boats at Waverly.
True Blue, another lsudioe lower
down, is only about thrse miles from
The Island, and is used % much o. tho
other route. except that those Who 20
that way either hsve their owu o,n.
vsysnoss or make arrangements for q
hset to meet them For the iuforms
tioo Of those Who may waot to osme
here. | sppsod memorandum tba. |
hsvs obtained Of the schedules Of tho
boats BY which the trip esn bs made
fros GsorgstoWo to souuee. With
PswlsyS Islsod.
"Wu Elliott" lssvss town a. 8 q. %.
every Monday. Wednesday and Friday.
rs'aroiog lssvss Wsvsrly every Tues
day. .Thur'dsy>sod Saturday at .bou,
10 30 or IL .. %.
% Tcssday sod Friday tho &c. F
Borroughs" leaves town ss 7 .. m. and
will put out psssenesrs at "True
Blue.1 . near sed convenient polo.
from which to make ths island. II
people take this route they uus. ,sls
rsooe Tor hacks to meet shem ss tbs
hssEs oely meets the regular boa, At
Wsvsrly without previous notice.
% Saturday afssrooos the "Elhot,"
lssvs' town ss S p. %. ADD takes tho
party back. leaving "Trus Bloc" as 7
.. q Monday All the GUNNER there