Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-22
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IN THE UNsPoILEp SOUTH.
Northern Women Walk From Charles.
ton to Savannah.

For a walking trip at this season,
recommend the southern states, Geor-
gia and the Carolinas especially" The
speaker was a young woman Of linn
tied means who boasts of having
tramped in every state in the Union.
IF you haven't any money to throw
away it is better to go in twos or
| fours.
Many persons fancy that three is an
ideal number for walking trip. That
is mistake, for as a rule two or four
can get accommodations in the country
for the same price as one or three.
have made five walking trips in the
states mentioned during the winter
and always enjoyed them hugely.
"Of the five, 1 believe like the one
where my college chum, her married
cousin and the husband Of the latter
ACCOMPANIED me. We took the boat to
Charleston, where we spent six days
seeing the city. We saw the city and
much Of the surrounding country, the
azalea garden and the tea plantation
included at a cost of rs cents in car
fares. We stopped in a boarding house
near the Battery. where we got excel
lent accommodations and delicious
meals at the rate Of 81 a day. This in
cluded three meals day and when we
were to be away the lady Of the house
gladly put us up bountiful lunch.
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straight across the country to Beaufort,
stopping over night usually at the
home of a farmer or country gentle
man. At the north, when on a walk
ing trip, you would not think Of ap-
preaching the home Of wealthy citizen.
or even a well-to-do person and asking
to be taken in for the night. 1t is quite
different in the south, as we found out
on that trip.
"Our first night out from Charleston
we passed large, prosperous looking
place and stopped at a small house a
quarter of a mile further on. When we
made our wants known to the mistress
she looked at us helplessly, then said
yes, Of course she woud take us in and
do the best she could for us, but why
hadn't the major taken us in? When
we explained that we hadn't dared to
ask the major, she gave us another
stare and informed us that everybody
stopped at the majors. He had big
house and all his children were mar
ried off. So back to the majors we
went.
I'VE received a royal reception, or
at least 1t seemed so to us. Dogs by
the dozen met us before we reached
the yard gate and their barks and yelps
brought several groups of negroes,
grown ups and children and finally the
major himself appeared at the top Of
the tall front steps.
Tine man Of our party tried to talk
business in the way Of asking the cost
Of lodgings and meals, but it was Of
no use. The major waived his ques-
tions aside and invited us in. We were
shown to large rooms on the second
floor, and though the furniture SEEM
ed scanty to our eyes, accustomed as
we were to seeing the same number OF
pieces in one-quarter Of the space, we
found them more than comfortable.
THAT is until bedtime came, when
we found ourselves sinking out Of sight
Of each other in a feather bed. OF
course, being college bred women my
chum and / had been taught the un-
wholesomeness of such beds. Equally
Of course, we both knew that we should
have got up at once and removed the
feathers and made ourselves comfort
able on the two cotton mattresses be-
meath.
Unfortunately for our training we
were both tired, and after talking the
matter over we decided to try it for
one night. 1t proved to be for all night,
too, for neither of us opened our eyes
again until aroused the next morning
by an unusual sound, when we discov-
cred a negro girl on her knees before
the fireplace building fire. She as
sured us that it was terrifically cold as
she had found ice in the water bucket
on the back piazza OF course, we de-
cided to follow her advice and remain
ed in bed until the fire burned.
After breakfast we paid the negro
nousekeeper rs cents each, the major
and Mrs. Major having been amply re-
paid for our company. AS we were
leaving the housekeeper handed the
man of the party parcel neatly wrap
ped in a newspaper at the same time
putting into my hands paper covered
bottle. She explained that it was some
thing to stay our stomachs when we
got tired walking and in case we came
back that way, which Of course they
all hoped We would do, l might bring
her the bottle.
THE bottle contained delicious cold
coffee with both milk and sugar, while
the parcel was made up of fresh bis
cults, broiled ham and four large baked
yams. There was plenty Of it though
We all had ravenous appetites when we
stopped by the roadside under live
oak and with a beautiful view Of tho
ocean for lunch.
"One Of the charms about this parti-
cular trip is the sea views you get.
On the other side you often see groves
Of moss draped oaks interspersed with
tall gaunt pines and tropical looking
palmetto trees Sometimes we were
quite near the sea and then again we
were forced to go miles inland by salt
marsh.
AT Beaufort we spent a week again
in a boarding house, though l have
since learned that we might have stay.
ed at the one hotel at about the same
rates because Of the season. This place
has not yet been discovered by the
health or pleasure seeker from the
north and for that reason board and
meals can be had in the winter even
cheaper than in either Charleston or
Savannah. During the summer it is
crowded because the people from the
interior come down for salt bathing
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