Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-12-11

lESUAY, uECE M EEh il, l91
Original and Interesting Ac.
count of Fleet Week in Char
lesion.
Accompanied by Mrs. S. Nc.
Gowan Simkins and Francis, ]
spent delightful time in Charleston.
Fleet Week, as guest of Mrs. Sabina
Rutherford Jones on east battery
This old World" delightful and
unique city of whom all Carroll
mans al justly pround was literal
ly wrapped in United States flags,
The post Office, Charleston hotel, all
stores up and down King and Meet
ing streets. all rigs, automobiles,
even floating from sacred St. Mich
ael's, foated "old glory"
Charleston harbor. after Hamp-
ton Roads is one of the finest in
America.
Mrs. Jones, Francis and myself
went out in Carolina club house
launch and went on the battleship
Utah. 1t was a grand, imposing
visit. Going up the ladder of rope,
we went on deck and below deck.
Myriads of sailors we passed, all of
them looking like mere boys, some
barefoot &C 1bbing the floors, and
smelling of tar, but most of them
neat, all courteous. We saw huge
cannon, looked into the wireless
station room, mess rooms, hunks,
passed the captain and grand look
Eng officers. Everybody gave a
greeting to the butting goat, the
mascot.
had the cold shivers as / looked
over the railing at the green sea
water beneath this mighty warlike
man-of-war, and breathed free
when I gained terra frn.a. The
harbor was a magnificent sight.
|All night those IL battle ships lit
mp blaze of light. Day Ind night
on the streets sailors thsonged.
The grand parade, ordrill of TO-
900 soldiers and sailors through
the streets was most beautiful, and
graceful officers on horseback and
|afoot kept perfect time. Bands
were PLAYING .lashing Of cymbals,
dead vice pfeaid ent.s Il
y ID the Wind WIS., along King arid slihe
Meeting were huge. cakes with or-1
namental icing with rows of sail
ors circling around, and in icing,
our sailors they take the cake"
In the evening under the electric
lights the ball costumes of black,
white, pink and blue draped and
trimmed in rhine stones were charm
ingly exhibited.
We went to the Charleston hotel
with its flags and lights and min
gled with the guests and listened to
the music. The Charleston hotel
carpets, rugs, hangings, ceilings all.
seemed to be rose tinted, and mirrors
greeted one everywhere.
Ma nolia cemetery we went to
one bright morning. We walked
through this city of the dead, its
century old live-oaks, making these
windy ways look dark and mourn
full. Some of those marbles were
transported from Italy. Roses were
blooming everywhere, and on the
tombs were carved names which
have made Cardinals history. Most
interesting was the Egyptian like
vault of grey stone, belonging to
the Vander-Horst family. We went
to Hampton Park, and watched the
black and white swans dive and
skim in the lake, and saw the gar
deners get out hyacinth bulbs.
One morning we visited the Ma
val station and admired the hand
some homes where the officers and
their families resided. Another day
at the Music Hall, we went to
matinee. The play was Excuse
Ne" and was quite laughable and
bright.
We took look at old St. Mich.
ael's with it's old revolutionary pull
pit and sounding. board and funny
old pews, and the stained windows
rich and dark. Vanner-Horst and
other historic names were on the
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