The sun., 1900-09-30
OLD SOUTHERN BEACHES;
CREAT STRETCHES or RARE BLhth
Avn PASTS mar ARE BthIhD
ipIaces where the Deer Run between o'ean
and Torcst-A Great summer-liome own
S.ar Charleston In the Ante. .Beilum nays
Nou All Gone. Romance Of the f"'e'

Wi
and rore,t-A Great summer-liome Town
~.ar CHARLESTON In the Ante Bellum nays
Nou All Gone. Romance OF the f'"te'
There are great beaches down South 80 M
- and nionf from the worlds dolug~ That
I, so,,,. they might 20 ont Of existence To-
,,orr,,y and hardly be- missed Som" 10" "Ii
.,,,db,r. Llrachcd out and -ouut Of h'rhuE",
natures slip stitches when she was d"WE I'I
coast work Others border hlE I-lahd7 ia,
with ycrdurr and with extensive hrIh~ anu
fne cane pastures for background On lh'7
sort of bench the woods come down 70 the
shore. cherished purpo-cly that they may take
the edge oil tho ocean wind, Hud act ~ hIeuk-
winter iur the planting lands behind them. 10
be on ~ucu a brach with IN" d''p -'a oil ue
one hand and the deep woods on the oIheI -
10 tskc n dip into the prmoval ana Ret h'"
ide, of beach life No bands playing. nor
flag, flying nor boats coming ~ merTS-go-
,,npJ. nor roller coasters. nor booth, nor pa
,.li,, mar .hnotiug galleries. nothing and no.
Lod, anywhere in sight, and the native beach
dv,llrr, of that shy. retiring disposition that
makes them souttlr away Ike all possessed
tho instant they catch the sound ~ wheels or
voice
Won may see tho track Of a turtle where the
tide has gone down so htcly that you knu"
be- Wa, on the sands at the time you came on
them. ur catch thr Hash ui wings as a cautious
guu makes NlsNt, bat non" OF ih" D"lhs'r- DO
Won u.r' face tJ fac" The lut'hr~ are diaWh'
Tho nest screens uu tie hutch duur7 fastened
Nv" WV l'' ny r,,.l - ,r..- If lc
t"Pp"d l'"' D" Wv ,,..I. ,,,' front
HOOKS '"' %. w. r.,., ,l,, ,,,lv,-
''SI' % "'7, IN ,''',' -, ,....,., ,l.,,,.,.
Say ~ '.'.' W ,,a.... ,I.,,.., ,,,,,,-sI.u.l
"".'. ,.' .lI ,.t .,,,, If b., .t.,rd there
num- "''''' '''
ha', '', ,.... .,l.., r... ,,r,r, ir.t
N"' va. ''" -. ,....L. ,,r.l,.
i''"h' '' 4.' 10 WIZ" ..r ,...r.
for egg. Hi the termination "l q 'I-I'' ''' 10.
Tho, b. r,,irt4 ont a SPOT further along Ih TIE
- b.. ....,,..., I,,,E-. .-n ir,I..pr.f tlYt
only IA wizard would think Of digging there.
II t. IA .i.I..r market tp .rt egg, a. 40 ali
i,.,'.,,aI ',.,r,, for strictly now Laid and -rcu-
iugly ~ end tO the supply liuiW d'" I''-
fr.i. taken ont and -tli the roDbrr'- arm goes
N, t..,.. .,,.1 ,.,.,.r ,,,,Y,.. Iu vItNnut
down "ip"N u''p ahi "'''' ''"'' W.
treasure When th" loutn% - over '"' ""'lu
is cheated ont Of ~ turtles, for nearly all would
-, p.,,..,,, .-,,.. tI,. sun md sand,
have hat'h"d' ha"'"n say . Wv 7."' "'''
together at that particular sra'"" making
surc Incubator
,l.,.. ana, may, drivn aIpur this beach
l"i uu'7 "'' i""' "'''' - -,
that is az level and uhcoHrsed a7 u" "'' .',"o"'
or time "A, hard-troddcn as a floor, IN broad
=, III, J.,.,, ,o,,l.- and I,,Ir,, 'n
enough LOT " nan H"/'" wa, ",' '''1
pass abreast ln'h 'uIh ",' NV" ',r '''n .'',,
49, 49,, ,ul t,rl.,. from th,lr ruo-t
co'n's W e ",'r ,I.,,,r ,,l,o n,,rs t.a ,l,,e
takcs his friends To- shoot deer lie only OWNS
,he hroud bearh half the time The breaker,
have it tho other half but tho wood, are hi,
right along and up at the house that the eagle
oor CO., frn,n hI- nest IN the particular locked
can sec .'"'" .I'7 ~ - '''o t s,,,,,,,,.,
place whcro the master Keeps MS souvenirs
are the deer hides tanned soft and pretty,
- ' III, ,.l- .,,,,.i,,, ,l,frlr
p"' WIZ" 'o ~ -
that are his hunting trophies. lhry HdNs
been secured sometimes IN tHI7e heIS ,poa,n
and he takes them out and tells about them
ttrokug the Eot places WIN eeI.ut aiIIiy
cauon strhnsrly "pI"SI'" o "a LtineS8 ,h.,n Tba
lie must have pursued au k'IIep '%,ell. % NJ NJ
deer who wore u.is hide with ue TWO pullet
holes near tcgcthor, ~ IL leafl"u' ran Gown
doub led and gave the dogs fine chase
These big bare DeaChes appear IA NIl'I
character than mere play grounds 70 be bathed
upon and paraded upon and partake intimately
of the country life about them. Inc woods
that edge some are used ior pasture @ aiu %
CasiOualy you ses thlnlly COW l'nllhS hcr
calf down TO take tho air ana near inc pray
OF a Contented donkey eIhhR nov pleased
he Is not TO have w"rk thaI u1y' iLt,n7 IT. - Ju,,htl
to hear the tinklc OF cowbeli7 m place oi th'
beach vendors blnster or The hoorse s'TeAk
OF the Carruuses going and 70 ACE marsh tar klt1
and h0me-bred col Us Irlsklhs about. ana Ll"I9
are weird old palmettos looking on, as bald
and -llmbed as monkey, ana Rrrat luXl;
riant vines big around as poa constructor ana
that bind laurel and cedar and pine tree tHI"th"r
In grip 50 light that their trunks are all broken
ont In knots and elbows, lho front Iulk tt'es
In such woods aTe eark"ss ana l'uiIeSS from
the play OF WIND ana spray, out they nldhe
up for this by taking on additional grllnii"ss ana
touRhness There are sanhnt u!u HIe oah,
in bands together that have taken the stnrh!7
baTe-headcd Tor gen'rauons ana hold turlr
ground, whlle many about them nave gone
down and have been converted mo drlltW"uu
And others, both oaks ana pAlnett"S tnht nave
been knocked topsy-tnrNy by mo b1ttesoWs
winds and now stand, their roofs 4" "ll"rr thrlr
tops were, for the -eawoed and moss 10 'ling 10
and make groteSque tgiire, ot' the ouirNhI"rS
Of the tides spreading we'll M INTO the woods De-
yond -.
Every beach has qulet creek AZ thc PACK "l II
somewhere that admits OF landing "t!out
ri-kiug the breakers On" lnne-oH" strand on
the water road from Charleston 10 bdulort
keeps the site Of an ancient summer town where
sl the planters Of TIE region took thclr iitinIl"s
TO live during the hot months. lho ulacr =
gone now. You would hardly know where IL
stood but for the panels ol leh'r puklhg up
through the sand and tho scattered house TIM
noated OF to sea. and Il would DE n nara 10 trace
the whereabouts OF the people WHO llNed there
a. 10 round up those shattered fragments.
They have gone 10 othor houses and taken up
other businesses than planting The lands
they owned in the hlg area back ~ tie beach
have been sold or forfeited or let uul 10 legr,"S
And scarcely "A soul ever goes about the rlaCs
search OF missing boat. Occasionally some
visitor from the mainland comes to rcvive old
Associations, But the spirit Of old Edlug~NlIo
lives yet in the minds OF people Who did then