Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-22


a wonderful grove Of old live oaks
Standing at the extremity of the poin
on which 1t once stood, Beaufort can b.
seen on one hand, Port Royal on th'
other and Paris Island almost directl!
In front.
This trip was taken in a small sail
boat though it might easily have beer
walked as 1t is only about a couple O.
miles from Beaufort. 1t was on our re-
turn from Ribaut's fort that our guido
/, showed us an old history in which th'
writer after describing the wonderful
advantages of the harbor Of Port Roy
| al declared that it would never be 6
place of any Importance. There wa!
| no reason given for this declaration
and we found the belief amounted al.
most. to q superstition among the peo.
pie of Beaufort.
Speak of Port Royal as a future
seaport and they shrug their shoulders
Once while talking about Paris island
after our visit to see the naval station
the people listening said it would new.
er be any sort of place, the govern.
ment could never make a place Of any
| importance Of it because 1t was too
near Port Royal.
There are several haunted house!
in Beaufort. There Is also the grave }!
an unknown nameless woman, beauti.
| full lady who came to the place in the
days of the grandparents of the pres.
ent generation, lived, died and was
| buried without so much as her name
being known.
1.-The waterfront of Beaufort reminds
you of the Battery of Charleston
though, of course the old houses art
| neither so many nor so handsome
The churches are old and surrounded
by romantically beautiful moss drapet
trees, the whole inclosed in high bricl
walls. In every garden there were
blooming flowers and people seemed
willing enough to give them away.
There were several handsome yacht!
| in the river below the town during oul
stay. We saw their naphtna launche:
going back and forth as If taking or
fresh provisions or for expected mail
The natives seemed to take no more
interest in them than If they had beer
so many scows. In some way our en-.
tire party was impressed with the fac
that the people of Beaufort cared less
for money than any other people in the
world Everybody had enough to ea'
and to spare and what they lacked fr
the way of raiment they were either
unconscious of or cheerfully did with
out.
From Beaufort we walked to Port
Royal. It consumed less that half
day though we made several side ex-
cursions, seeing everything that was
suggested to us as interesting. We re-
manned over night at Port Royal
though we could have done ten miles
more that day after seeing the only
thing Of interest, a few pens where tur-
ties are fattened.
From Port Royal to Savannah the
country is exceedingly beautiful. The
growth becomes more and more tropi-
cal, that is to say the palmetto becomes
more common and blooming flowers are
found more often in the woods. 1t was
early in January and the weather was
very cold at the north, but during that
entire trip we were never without cor
sage and buttonhole bouquets. If pos
sible We found prices cheaper and peo-
pie less willing to accept payment fol-
our board and lodging.
when passing an oyster bed, and
everybody along that coast appears to
possess SUCH a piece Of property, we
always got as many oysters as we could
eat and there was never any charge.
OF course we always gave the negro,
for it was always negro gathering the
oysters, something, but there was new
er any charge. How long such condi-
tions will last is hard to say, but that
is the way we found them as we tramp
ed from Charleston to Savannah.
I'VE remained in Savannah three
weeks and then returned to Charleston
by boat to catch our steamer back to
New York. Though Savannah is not
so quaint as Charleston 1t Is different
enough from any place you find in the
east and the west to make it intensely
interesting. We stopped at boarding
house recommended us by the woman
with whom we had boarded in Charles
ton. We got comfortable rooms with
we'll cooked meals for $S a week.
Like our Charleston hostess this
landlady kept a bountiful table and at
each meal we had what appeared to us
a wonderful variety Of breads, always
hot Though the market Of Savannah
Is not so famous as that Of the South
Carolina seaport, we found it even
more interesting, because Of greater
abundance Of fruits, flowers and vege-
tables. OF course it was later in the
season, but it impressed me that the
Georgia city was the better for those
VINO were on the lookout for the luxu-
ries of life at the lowest prices.
I'VE each took small trunk with us
to Charleston and when we started on
our tramp shipped them by express to
Savannah. For the actual tramp, we
women each wore a short serge skirt,
a sateen petticoat, a wash shirtwaist
and heavy knit sweater. Our shoes
were the kind We had found comforta-
BILE for walking and well broken in to
start with and our stockings were good
quality cotton.
For a change, we carried a change
Of underwear, two extra shirtwaists, a
pair of slippers and two pairs of extra
stockings, and Of course our toilet ar
ticles. We left New York with the in
tention Of taking a supply Of sweet
chocolate and few other eatables, but
before the end of our week in Charles
ton we saw how unnecessary they
would be. Instead of a pack we car
ried our extras in oilcloth bags very
similar to those used by some school
children.
..Uva found nnr srpplv pf clothinep