The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-15

gin timber land, heavy set with pine
trees, Is worth eight dollars an acre
as an investment. All through this
turpentne country the air Is absolutely
pure with plenty Of ozone No malarial
germs can live in these dry pine for
ests, which are thirty or forty niles
wide on either side of the train.
FURTHER ON.
Going further south, we pass cotton
plantations, rice fields, corn fields,
even ploughing and planting, all done
by negro help. At Denmark, fifty-one
II lies from COLUMBIA. we leave the
main line of the Seaboard for Charl'5-
ton. S. c., cighty-two miles. AT Pom
Pon Is n large fertilizer factory, re-
mindful of the largest Scranton coal
breaker. this industry becoming more
thriving as we near the immense phos-
phate beds. The country now on to
the coast grows swampy and desolate,
with both interesting and disgusting
exhibitions of the negro element which
in population Is four to one. AS to
habitations, there were few frame
unpainted negro shacks, and peering
from every door and window were
dozen or more pickaninny eyes of all
ages from infancy to adolescence.
We cross several swollen streams
and two large rivers-the Asheboro
and Edisto. The latter is slXty-seven
miles from Charleston and is soon to
he utilized as the source of Charles
tons water supply. These rivers
abound with gamey fish. We see sew
eral strings of pug-nose and rainbow
trout. each fish weighing three and
four pounds, and fresh shad said to
weigh from five to eight pounds. This
is a fish story but true, nevertheless.
SuMMERV1LLE
Nearing Charleston the saline quail
ity of the air and the scent of the sea
were detected. announcing that we
were reaching the coast. twenty-five
miles from the coast Is the famous
southern winter resort Of Summertime,
n. c. 1t Is situated on a sandy ridge
between the Cooper and Ashley rivers
that form a iuncture at Charleston on
their way to the ocean. 1t Is situated
right in the midst of pines, which are
miles in extent, with whose fragrance
the air is ever laden, so agreeable to
tourists and health seekers. AS II
health resort its fame extends
throughout the southlands. even across
the broad Atlantic. especially for
throat and lung troubles. Nervous
ness and insomnia yielded quickly to
the beneficial influence of the pine Ia
den atmosphere. The congress of ply
sicians at Paris declared to the world
that Summerville. S. c., was one of
the few places on the face of the
earth where those suffering from pull
monary disease will find relief in
breathing the pure dry air, fresh from
the health giving pines"
The population Is 5000, with good
schools. churches and hotels, and with
cultivated people ever hospltable to
the stranger in their midst. Its proX-
unity to Charleston adds greatly to it's
attractiveness, besides it is the coun-
try residence of many Charlestonians.
who find it a great relief, after the
fatigues of city day life, to retreat to
the quiet and repose of this sanitari-
um. Though only twenty-five miles
from the ocean. the air is three de-
grees cooler dry and absolutely pure.
OBJECTS OF INTEREST.
On every side are objects of historic
interest. Here are flower gardens, tea
plantations. colonial residences, muse
ums, ancient churches and numerous
reminders of Revolutionary days. Here
is the tomb Of Arthur Middleton. one
of the signers of the Declaration of In
dependence. Another object of inter
est Is the famous Goose Creek" church.
Luilt in III, and now in excellent re-
pair. Then. too. we see the old oak
tree (remindful of the Old Charter
Oak, of Hartford. Conn.,, under whose