The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-16
OUTSIDE ATTRACTIONS.

Leading in this list is a visit to Fort
Sumter, situated in plain view from the
city, whose very name tells of it's his
tory To this the steamers. go twice a
day and for 80 cents the round trip, in
Guiding a view of the other points of in
terest is made.
Magnolia Cemetery, just outside of the
city. is of great interest to visitors. 1t
is beautiful "City of the Dead and
in it among hundreds of striking memo
rails. is the monument to 1.-The Confed-
crate Dead" 1t is a finely executed
bronze figure of soldier in Confederate
uniform, on granite pedestal twenty
feet high, while around it are eight hun
dred headstones marking the graves OF
soldiers who died in defence of Charles
ton, and on the field at Gettysburg.
Mount Pleasant, with it's high bluff OF
yellow sand, and it's pleasant situation
across the Cooper, is a pretty place for a
visit.
Sullivan's Island with its fine beach
three miles long and Fort Moultrie, is
an attraction not to be missed At the
gateway to the fort is Osceolas grave.
The establishment of United States
garrison at Fort Moultrie, and the build
to the life of the island, which is a ia
nous summer resort.
The Isle of Palms. formerly Long
Island. across Breach Inlet from Sui
livan's Island and directly facing the
ocean. is one of the finest seaside resorts
on the Atlantic It's broad and smooth
beach, eight miles long, sloping so gent
OF
hour of the tide, is a great attraction.
The interior is covered with dense
growth of palmettoes, live oaks and
other trees and is typically tropic.
The electric railway of the CONSOLE
dated system takes you to it. The place
is a great resort for pleasure. An i'm
mense pavilion, bath houses, restaur-
ant. steeple chase caroussal, Ferris
wheel and all the attachments of mod
ern resort are to be found there, as is
also a well appointed hotel.
sChicora Park, above the city on the
Cooper river, is another delightful place.,
and on part of it the new Naval Station
of the United States Government is to
be located, and it is to be one of the
finest in the world.
: Magnolia on the Ashley, fifteen. miles
above the city. is a wonderfully beauti-
full spot. Live oak and magnolias are
here in primeval growth. and the broad
walks, bordered by azaleas. twenty or
thirty feet high, in the early spring are a
perfect glory of color. Foreign trees and
rare plants are on every side, being
blended in a combination of art and ma
ture to the perfection of beauty. Its pc
culiar feature can be duplicated nowhere
else in the country. and though privatc
property it is open to the public, visitors
by the hundreds going to it annually.
ST. Andrews church, eight miles from
the city, reached by a beautiful drive
leading over the Ashley river, is a his
toric church. The Parish was laid off
in 1905 and in 1923 the church was built
Destroyed by fire it was rebuilt in 1864.
Goose Creek Church, as the old church
of st. James is called. some fifteen miles
from Charleston, is reached by the At
lantic Coast Line landing at Otranto. OIL
the grounds of the Otranto Club. The
church has four arch windows and a door
on each side, while on each keystone Is
a cherub in stucco. Over the west door