The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-22

pen OF lady from Memphis, Tenn.
Who, after attending tho Educational
Convention in Chsrles,on. is spend
ing some time with relatives on
fswley's Island | think it will be
found better reading than anything l
can furnish N G. D
Pswley's leland They cay it's
glory 10 departed Well. the charm
Of il all still fingers any way. Is not
the latch string literally s,ill hanging
outside the door ? Maybe syou think
that there 10 nothing in latch strings
and wooden latches. aud wooden
hinges on solid wooden shutters that
hang to ssshless and glassless low
windows. opening high under the
piazza roof and low along the floors
sf the upstairs rooms where the
gable ends are flied with generous
double windows with the regulation
slst blinds 20 show there is q purpose
behind this style Of architecture
And the piazzas-so simple and 80
hospitable-with the inviting Jog
Cling board for tho overflow from the
rockers-aud who shall cay that the
iogglers haven't the best of the situa
sion--snd the venetian shutters {:
we'll, they are q revelation to those
from the interior Why do people
shade their porches with heavy vines
that keep out the breeze and the
view 10 well as the sun. when these
venetian shutters may DO adiuated to
serve as needed for one OF all of
these purposes at the will OF the
occupant 2
There may be more attractive
places than Pawley's Island for those
whose pleasures lie on the surface of
life, aud for those who have seen
more of the coast (; but there 10
enough to interest the stranger
spending Q fret summer on the coast
every moment of the season
The sand hills are q new expert
eoce to one from the clayey regions
Of the west They may be hard to
pull over. but they furnish fine op
portunisies for the development of
tho muscles, snsde for The afternoon
stroll on the beach, snd resting
places and observation points for the
tired and the iuquiriug Aud how
beautifully they shape away towards
and beneath old ocean who foudles or
beats them according to his mood.
Aud how they protect and shelter the
houses and the vegetation on their
western sice. The live oaks and the
cedsrs try to look over the hill top to
greet the morning sun aud to see
what iies to the eastward but the
keen. salty blasts of winter keep
their tops trimmed level and will
allow no over reaching Their trunks
and branches give evidence Of the
struggle to overcome by their twist
cd, knotted. bent, but still uplifted
forms a. every twig and leaf lifta
itself 90 far sky ward az il can How
Dore would enjoy their almost
human look ! He must have seen
such trees somewhere. or how could
be have pictured their like 10 the
Inferno This struggle. like that of
life. however, 10 not without ils
SentIer side (; for around their roots
and among their branches are lovely
dowers and vines and singing birds
that suggest the love and supporting
oare Of the home life
Among these trees, projected by
them from the glare, and by the hills
rom the ocean storms. stand the
houses. Some may prefer new ones,
snd some may scorn their whitewash
ed wslis and exposed rafters but
the old ones are the ones that have
the polished fioors aud banisters 80
pleasant to the touch-polished by
generations Of people as they have
come in sandy and salty snd drip
ping from the sea bath or the fishing
excursion. the grabbing, and the
oyster hunt. Those old time build
srs knew how to provide for comfort
and learned how to wsylay every
summer breeze from whichever quar-.
tor ID might come Few are the days
when the breeze does not make tbs
piszzss place where it ia q delight
70 live whether ones inclnatons lead
him to the hammock, the jogging
board. or the rocker. to read. 60 sew,
TO eat melons. to play whist. or
simply TO enjoy doing nothing but to
DO thankful for present enjoyment.
IL something picturesque is want
ed, il would be hard to find anything
more so than On oyster roas, by moon.
light Here is teal one
In the centre of O natural basin
among the sand hills is The camp fire
If FRAGRANT cedar and of ,,at proe;d od