, 1905-01-18
A LETTER FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA
Written to the Journal by Three
AngleSea Residents Who +
Wintering In the South
Editor JOURNALS

- S'Sb'bS S
South Carolina, the writers with theil
families were listening to the reading
of the interesting items of Five Mile
Beach in your valuable paper when
our attention was attracted to the article
"Shall the local papers occasionally re-
fer to the weather ?" Owing to the e
ceptionally fine weather we have en-
joyed while here and having faint recol.
lectlons of the terrible storms we e
perienced at home before leaving fOl
the sunny south, we have been intensely
interested in the weather conditions
prevailing at home. The article was
carefully read and our surprise can be
imagined when on reading the closing
paragraph we found we were called
upon to pass II judgment upon this
subject. The writer's wish to disclaim
all knowledge of journalistic writing or
of being practical men of affairs" and
we fail to realize how any of your
readers can object to occasional reference
being made in news items to the wealth
er conditions prevailing at home. We
consider items of this class really of
m IRE interest in general than some of
tn personal items appearing from time
t. time which a only interest those
directly mentioned. We say, give us
the weather conditions every week.
Thinking there may be some on Five
Mile Beach who would like to know
just how the weather man is treating
us here we will touch on this subject
briefly, Leaving home on Wednesday,
23d ut, with plenty of snow and ice in
sight, VI arrived in Georgetown. S.
C., about 1870 a. m, Thursday, 9th,
the changed weather conditions Ware
truly startling. The sun was bright,
shining. Ladies and gentlemen in
their summer apparel and negro Chi
dren running bare-footed around the
streets, was the sight which met our
gaze. These conditions have continued
except for" two days when the tempera-
ture dropped for a few hours at a time to
about 38 degrees, not cold enough at
any time to injure the roses blooming
in the gardens. Overcoats are tabooed
and shirt waists are at a premium. The
very early autumn at home is a fair
comparison to the winter weather here.
Georgetown is a progressive city of
nhnIrt E000 { IA N tsfo .fn located n NO
miles from the e on the head of
Winyaw Bay which is formed by the
junction of the Black, Pedee and Wac
camaw rivers and Sampit creek. The
city has all the modern conveniences,
including sewers, city water, electric
lights, etc. The stores are of the very
Lest and compare favorably with those
10 be found in the northern cities.
The churches are numerous and
modern in construction, all denomina-
tons being represented.
Financial affairs are taken care of by
two very sue essful BANKS, the oldest
being the Bank of Georgetown. The
other, the Peoples Bank being a trust
company, having recently commenced
business, but already enjoying a very
large share of the business of the city.
The principal industries are the rails
ing of cotton and rice, fishing and the
manufacture of lumber.
The revenue derived from the grow
ing of cotton and rice is of considerable
Importance and form a very large part
Of the wealth of the state.
While the lumber industry is second
to none, one of the largest if not the
largest lumber mills in the world is
ioraled here, the capacity of which is
4o0,OO0 feet of sawed lumber per day.
shipments of lumber are mostly made
Ivy water. Vessels of the largest size
are constantly loading lumber consigned
to almost all parts of the world.
Inc fishing is mostly for shad for
Which Georgetown is justly famous.
About fifty boats are engaged in this
business and high prices are realized.
u hshlng season opened ON the first
OF January and good catches are now
Delng made. Roe shad are selling for
500 each while bucks bring 81 90.
The duck shooting is of the very pest
some OF the finest duck preserves in the
country are located here. Thousands
OF ducks are killed annually, a hundred
ducks per day per man bei;.g no I'M
usual occurrence. Mollards, red heads,
canvass backs, broad bills, teals, etc.