The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-05
WHAT AvIRGINIAN HAS SEEN
An Editor From the She,
Valley In Char1estoa


Col. Il. G. Morton, editor the
Staunton (Va) Spectator, who, with
Mrs. Morton, has been in Charleston
Tor several weeks, has written to his
paper very appreciatlve description
OF Charleston and The Exposition. He
says
This is beautiful city, sthis
Charleston by the sea- as the Staun-
tonlans who were here at the great Con-
fedcrate reunion two years ago will
bear me witness. Nowhere else is
there such seaside walk as othe Bat.
tery," with its fine, smooth drive. the
grim, black-mouthcd cannon adding to
Inc picturesque, the fine monuments
and handsome residences of the wealthy
Southcrners, with their three storied
balconies looking out on the forts and
the islands in the ocean. There is but
one Fort Sumter, associated as il Is
With the defense so gallant that history
may be searched in vain for parallel
Ihcn there are Fort Moultrie and
Castle Plnckney, Battery Jasper,
MOTIFS Island and Sullivan's Island, all
with history that still lives and VIII
i've, and many of those brave 600 Con-
federate officers still live, too, who,
placed under the fire of their own bat
tcrles on Morris Island, by retaliatory
policy OF Gen. Grant, laid there patient
ly Tor months as their own shells burst
ana shrleked above them, and then.
700, the more recently improved Isle
Oh Falms, with it's magnificent beach
ana grand ocean view, pavilion and big
Ferris wheel.
"Only today / took sail with a
congenial party around the harbor and
LOOK all this in, then on out to old
ocean, through the famous iettles,
where the United States government
mas spentmillions of dollars in bringing
thousands upon thousands of tons of
stone and dropping them in two con-
Verging lines several miles long reach
ing out to the ~, till they pile away
up above The ST. zee of the water, and
channel twenty eight feet deep has
Deen washed ous, making an easy en-
trance for the largest ships TO a magni-
iicent harbor.
The city H., features of its own
winch attract u visitor Most of the
residences alonc .he sire. IS have their
gables to the street and the entrance in
The end, the long porticos looking out
upon side instead of front ward and
all facing to the south or southwest.
Ihls, 1t is said, is to catch the south
breeze from the sea, and the peo.
pie spend much of their time OH these
plazzas. They are sitting out tonight,
or with their doors wide open, enjoy
ing the breeze, while you people of the
Valley are with closed doors cnioving
your fires inside. The long and orna-
mental iron fences, too, inclosine the
houses, and the handsome entrS 40,
and large grounds in the mids
city are other characteristics
place, and the earthquake rer
are peculiarly distinctive. Ious re-
guiar cracks, filled up, and wly
painted over, may be seen here and
there, and the circular or S.shaped
ends of iron braces which have been
run through weakened walls, and
twisted monuments and tombstones,
still tell something of the dreadful
night in 1886, when part of the city
was destroyed, many killed, and hun
arcds driven to the country for safety.
| But, in courtesy to strangers aud hos
pitality to their guests, the people of
TINS good old city.yield to none, not
even to my own State, Virginia, so
lohS famous for its.hospitality