The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-21

The council will have no legislative
functions, but will lie delibera,e ana
missionary, seeking t. elicit c,mblle
and direct the energies Of the whole
denomination in one sacred effort for
the propagation Of the gospel. Those
Of US who attend expect to see there
upon the rostrum in the Exeter hail,
messengers from almost every land
under Heaven, and hear them SPEAK
to US, by means OF lnte: prefers in ali
the languages used among the ma
tons Of the earth. There Will tie pos
sibly three hundred representatives
from the United States, ana most Of
these are going across the ocean oa
the same steamer, the Celtic, which
sails from New York for Liverp DOL on
the last day of this month, arriving
at the other side on July Sth or Sth,
according as we have smooth or
rough seas. Ten days will be given to
London and the Council, and it makes
one hungry in advance for the s.git
Of So many places which one has read
about since hildhood-West.nin
Abbey. the House of Parliament, St.
Parl's. the Tower of London, London
Bridge. the British Museum and the
many art galleries.
After seeing a section of London as
outlined above, we hope to go up into
Scotland to visit the lake country es-
pecia!iy taking in en- route Oxford.
Kenilworth, Warwick, Stratford, Mel
rose and Abbotsford. and then on to
Edinburgh and the Scotch Lakes, es-
pecially Grasmere aid Windermere.
a visit to these places will enable one
to live over the stories Of Walter
Scott, and doubtless will generate
vehement desire to read them all
again.
From London some of us contem-
plate visiting Paris to spend week
or ten days, in order to look upon
the glories Of the French capital.
have already written to a Sumter g.rl
who is sojourning in that great city,
telling her Of my advent and tegging
her to take me under her care when
I plant my feet upon the alien soil. 1t
is reported, however, that she has just
married a husband, and L am not GER
tan that he can spare her from his
side long enough to act as chaperone
for friends from the far-away Amer
lea. WHAT we shall do III that land Of
the oily tongue, where the Whole ian
guage sounds like one big word. do
not know; but we have the assurance
that others have gone before US ana
returned, and there is no reason why
we should hesitate.
In making investigation about OR
passage ACROSS the ocean,, I have
made some few discoveries which
may be OF benefit to other Itemizers,
and the reporter who got me started
on this story will pardon ne If tel!
what I have learned. 1t is becoming
quite a fad in these days to cross the
sea. England and America are with
in speaking distance Of each other, by
cable. at least, and the swift-go:ng
boats are bringing them almost within
speaking distance Of each other. In
the summer season, all the big ocean
liners carry a full complement Of pas
lsensers, and charge tw:ce as much
for passage as they do in the fall ano
spring. A first cabin room for two
persons is now sold at $3.50 for the
round trip, while the very same ac-
commodation could be bought for
$50 at any time between Octob er
and April. The summer demand rum
tie price up to the top notch. But it
must be remembered that the equip
ment of these large steamers bord rs
upon magnifcence. and the accom-
mooat:on given is about elual to that
in any six-dollar-a-day hotel.
It seems also that the return trip.
| which some of Us hope to make aoo@t
the middle of August. finds all the
boats filed t. their most, roa':i2
it necessary for ne to cable to Iiv-
srpool in order to .csclve a room fc,'
the Homecoming. When l cross the
pond" another time it nHst Se a,
some other time of the year J:lan