The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-17
PROVIDENCE PROVIDES HEALTH.
GUY Makes Visit TO sumter's salubrious
Surburh.

Guy Makes Visit TO sumter's salubrious
1 Sarhurh.
And there are pure waters there, and
! healing, and salubrious air and
much other sweetness, and all those
afflicted viii lassitude shall coagre-
gate there and be made strong. g.--Hez.
| iv:15.
The Prophet Hezekiah must surely
have had reference to Providence
Springs when he wrote this verse.
Anyway we venture to predict that The
phophecy will come to pass, and at
no distant day Providence Springs
will be the Vogue.
It was our great pleasure recently tc
arrive at these springs, under the
wing of prominent cottager, in the
early gioaming. We've passed by this
place many times when there we're nc
residents there, and the empty cabins
looked desolate and silence reigned.
This evening bright lights from many
glowing lamps greeted US afar and
illumined long row of neat, white
cottages mostly windows and Doors
and q winsome throng of blessed
women and merry children all ready
to give joyous welcome to each success
siye arrival, as the Patriarch, or the
pater famiIias or brothers or sons
would reach this Sans .Souci resort
from distant, dusty, sweltering and
malarious plantations, or the smother
ing germ-infested city. Even our own
arrival was distinguished by grateful
welcome from good friends and q
prompt introduction to the "Belle Of
the springs Indeed we we're pre-
sented to her. and she was literally
presented to US, and we Immediately
became conscious Of a glamour and
unconscious and oblivious to all mum
dane sordidness, and actually threw
away all our baggage consisting of a
grip containing tooth brush and one
whole billed collar, and never remem-
bered it any more until we came to
and needed that collar next morning.
The glamor hangs around us yet. q,
doggon, why were we born so lncon-
veRiently early in life.
All the cmatrons and maidens and
children we saw wore the glow Of high
health and the blithsomeness of high
spirits and charms of sweet disposi-
tions
Providence Springs is nestled among
the hills historically known as the
8. High hills of Santee, - and at or
near to old Providence Church. There
are numbers of fountains Of purest
water within reach, bubbling out OF
the earth or spouting from the ever
lasting hills.'' The atmosphere and
Temperature are all that could be
desired during the sWeltering summer
days. Near the springs is Furnan
hill, yeritable Round Top, and
would form no mean spur to a moun-
tain. It's peak is crowned with an
immense Pecan tree and the scenery
from that elevation discovers views
that are worthy the pencil and brush
of landscape artist; indeed there are
many romantic drives and views IN
the vicinity. The surrounding com
nnunity is >consti tuted of some OF our
most respected and respectable people,
courteous and prosperous. Nearest
Scale, Bennett, Folk, Myers and
Spann. The immediate spring cottager
colonists at present are the venerable
and typical farmer of Hagood, Ihos.
0. Sanders and lady who have long
used this health resort. Their sons
the Hon. A. K, Charles, I. o., Jr.,
and their several wives and families,
MRS. and Mr.. Ellerpe, Hon. Brooks
Stuckey and DR. George Dick-both
somewhat known in Sumter-and Mrs.
John Kingman. During the long
stewing days of summer in the cries
and on plantations, the spring colony
becomes a Gynecocracy, This word
should be spelled Jenniecocracy be-
cause it means petticoat government)
and not until the going down OF the
sun 90 the grosser portion Of the AMI
NAL kingdom begin to congregate
there, and on Sunday. Being Sc much
under the sway of the better part OF
creation there is a notable social
comfy understood and practlced, an
absence of all incongruous elements
and sweet and refreshing abandon to
restful rusticity that is grateful and
O6u2QGluA 10 UuO
Now to all you spring summer flyers
we'd like to put the question, why
spend your money to visit distant
resorts in search of recreation and
dissipation; among strangers and
tumult-and sometimes pandemonlum
at the hotels-when SO delightful re-
source for pleasure lies right at your
doors, far cheaper, fully as healthy
and needing only some development to
make it a veritable utopian haven!
We are not addressing the bon ten !; !;
the lo4, nor the snobs who can't afford g!
to be anything but stylish-seeing
that style is all they've got-nor to
the poor afflicted ones who are advised
to seek healing waters as denler
resort for themselves-and a>last relief
for the doctor too, probabl y-but We
mean that very numerous class OF geo
ole who would and can enjoy getting
away, for season, from the con5ine-
ment and constraint, the sitting dust
and disease -ladened atmosphere or the
o;+v or an unhealthy summer home,