The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-04

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nership with the army contractors
and was unwilling for the war to end
which would have .estroyed her
.graft"--see Fishers History OF Amer
lean Revolution. "Profiteering' did
not originate in our day. In those
DAYS there was no woman suffrage, or
he lives of high officials might have
been more decent Indeed, there was
little suffrage Of any kind and the
privileged classes did as they wished,
without regard to decency. morality
or any sense OF justice to others
The country from Camden TO Sum-
er for over 20 miles of the way, IS
almost one continuous cotton field,
The cotton is from six to seven feet
high, and looks like an ocean o..
,reen In passing through eastern
South Carolina, formerly dotted with
great plantation mansions, there is
low not one to be seen. There are
till the houses of overseers and the
cabins Of the negroes, but unlike
North Carolina there are no large
ountry residences, and I did not fintl
me till in upper South Carolina when
We reached the foot hills and near the
North Carolina line. The great man
ions have gone from the farms tt
he towns. No adequate idea Of any
country can be derived from passin:
through It on a railroad, neither can
be adequately seen by travelling
With horses. The trip is too tiresome
But, over good roads. in an autonlo-
lie, everything can be seen and enjoy
ed.
At Sumter one passing through OF
The railroad will see near the depo:
,n1y the mean houses of laborers o:
The poorer class and few brick
torres, but passing through the town
Jne will find it one of the most ele
can't and prosperous small cities in
he South. The streets are wide, well
1aved, with rows OF fine shade trees
IN each side and handsome public
buildings. For a town of it's size, prob
,bly none in the country can surpass
Sumter for handsome residences and
commanding public buildings.
From Sumter to Kingstree via Man
ling is rather unprepossessine
country From Kingstree via An
lrews to Georgetown is pretty much
he same country that one finds be-
ween New Bern and Beaufort, mostly
what we call spocoson.''
At Georgetown there is an ancien1
own of striking appearance of sew
raj thousand inhabitants The streets
nave double rows Of live oaks, many
If them two feet in diameter and
probably some of them over two cen
uries old. Il has the second largest
umber plant in the Union. It is said
be the finest fishing resort on the
vho was an authority on that subject.
gent there regularly for fishing ans:
or duck hunting.
Leaving GEORGETOWN, we went
through the Sea Island district to
'harleston, crossing the North Santce
nd the South Santee rivers. This is
N island sixty miles long by ten or
.welve broad. Formerly it was the
ocation Of magnificent farms, but i;
las suffered the fate of Haiti. The
sland, except at the Charleston end,
5 now growa up in pine thickets with
.,ere and there. O. few patches Of cul-
;vaesa aasahd and negro CABINS. At one
pot we came upon a splendid brick
church in good preservation, with the
tombstones Of the former planters
standing in q. thichet of pines with no
esidence for miles, like the abandon,
d temples in the jungles Of CeyloT-
nournful mementoes of a vanished
civilization.
Charleston has very much improves
If late years. 1t lies at the junction
If the Ashley and Cooper rivers, on
-ongue of land which projects out in
the bay. On the left is Fort Moul-
rie. which was bombarded by Sir
Peter Parke,.'s fleet in June, 1776.
md every school boy will remember
hat when the American flag was shot
from its staff Sergeant Jasper climbed
he: flag staff to replace it. The off,
GERS on the British fleet ceased firms
Until the gallant boy had replaced the
iiag. This is different from warfare
Is conducted by the Germans today
+ was also from Moultrie that Ed
nund Ruffin fired the first shot
gainst Fort Sumter out ir the bay
which opened the Civil War. Fort
Sumter, which was then battered
lown, has since been rebuilt by the
government On the Battery at Char
.estor stands the statue to Sergeant
Jasper and among the interesting
buildings of the city is the Citadel
academy, the West Point Of South
Carolina, in front of, which stands the
statue to Calhoun on lofty column.
0ut to the right is the low lying James
Island, from which Federal batteries
sent their swamp angels, into Char
lesion.
Leaving Charleston for Columbia.
he State road is admirable for most
If the way. At some points, the
Dad passes for miles through swamps
;for eastern South Carolina is very
,wampy) and under an arcade, almost
tunnel, Of shade
Not noting many of the towns
through which we passed: at Orange
burg we came upon one of the best
sections Of the State, q prosperous