The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-06
Sale Begins This Morning July 9th, 1901


three miles from the center OF the city,
is of much interest to strangers. In
Magnolia gardens are live oaks said to
hc 200 years old ana so large in cir
CumferenCe that seven persons touch
ing finger tips, can hardly enCirCle
them. There are also many rare plants
and Towering shrubs Here are ia
ponicas eighteen to twenty feet high
and a sylptide rose tree seventeen feet
high and twenty wide. But the crown
ing glory of the spot, and the special
attraction are its gorgeous azalcas,
twenty and thirty feet high and twenty
feet through If solid masses of bI1S-
SONS of all shades of red from palest
pink to deepest crimson, or lilac blue
to purple, with here and there pure
white bush which in early spring form
a perfect glory of color. Imagine
| broad walks with the moss-draped oaks
overhead, the fairy lake and bridge in
| the distance, bOrdered with these
| great masses Of rose and pink. and
| crimson on each side; thousands upon
| thousands of blossoms, packed togeth-
| er, with no green to mar their intens-
| ity, rounding out and upward in swell
| inG curves and spreading over the vel
Vet swam presenting spectacle of
| floral magnilicenCe that the continent
| may be challenged to equal. Artists
| make pilgrmages to Charleston every
spring to paint its wonderful flowers.
Magnolia Cemetery.
| Magnolia cemetery contains many
| striking memorials of the distinguished
sons of Charleston, who rest here.
Among them Is the Confederate monu-
ment, the work of the women of
Charleston, and is a noble evidence of
their devotion. 1t is n finely executed
bronze figure Of soldier in the Con-
federate uniform upon square pedes-
tai of granite twenty feet high. Around
IL are 500 headstones marking the rest
ing place of soldiers who died in the
defense of Charleston and of number
whose remains were brought from the
field of Gettysburg. through the efforts
! Of lady of the city. With it's well
planned avenues, beautiful shade trees
and its lake, crossed here and there by
artistic bridges, its well kept plots and
handsome monuments, it bids fair "a
| rival i'm reputation the far-famed
Bonaventura of Savannah.
The climate of Charleston differs but
! little from that of the most favored
lptdlllltS ol SpulHtIH I'ulpl't anu lIN
genial contrast which it's mildncss in
winter presents to the fierce rigorS Oi
the north is drawing more and more
visitors each year and steadily in
creaSing its popularity Is an American
winter resort. Its population $4,000 is
6j,l65 of whom more than half are
cOlored.
Public Utility.
The city stands on made ground, the
virgin soil until recently was the city's
pavement. OF late the main streets
have been paved with Belgian block
also new asphalt roadbed is being
made with pyrites Cinders from the
phosphate works. The Cinders soon
pack into a firm smooth Toadbed OF
yielding iron, that costs but little
to keep in repair, for "A shovelful OF
fresh cinders upon a worn spot soon
becomes part of the roadbed. There
are miles of fine shell roads for the
carriage or bicycle, leading along
broad avenues. lined with handsome
residences, and through groves of an
cient oaks draped with silver moss.
Until 1897 Charleston had but two
street railway companies. the cars be-
ing of the most primitive pattern
drawn by primitive steeds, but in lS9i
a syndicate of Baltimore capitalists
| bought out the old horse car stree
railways Of the city and converted
! equipped electric systems in the coun