Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
BEAUTIFUL BEAUFORT
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ness and tidiness that is missing from
the smaller craft.

lying serenely upon the bosom of Port
Royal Island.
It Is late in the afternoon. All busl-
ness of the city is inactive because II
is the day after, Christmas. Mr.. Lake
conducts the party to their hotel where
after good supper they are conducts
cd for the night 10 one of those beau
tiful old ante-bcl!um Beaufort houses
which is now the property Of Secretary
Dcnby of the navy, he having become
attracted TO it while he, was stationed
with the Marine Corps on Paris Island
which lies just off Beaufort. II is;now
used as a hotel. tE-
.. Seeing Beaufort. ..G
Bright and early next morning MIR.
Lake is at the hotel with his car TO
take his visitors over the city and TO
show them a bit of the progress that
the city and section is making. And
it is a wonderful story of get and get
there through intelligent methods Of
farming mixed with hard work and
great soil and a wonderful climate
freely given.
St Helena Church.
One of the most interesting show
PAGES in Beaufort is st. Helena Epis-
copal church, established in 1712 and
the o!d churchyard surrounding which
is used as a cemetery and has been
for generations. Especially striking Is
the interior Of the building, its long
rows of seats, neatly polished and its
balcony overhead, its old fashioned
windows, its handsome electrical fix
tures. The church was used as a hos
pital during the War Between the
States. There was much fighting dur
ing that war in the vicinity of the hos
pital and there was need for hospita'.
The church has, been enlarged since 1t
was originally constructed to accomo-
date the growing congregation. But
the addition is not of the same superior
as was the original al
though the intention was to try to
make all the same.
Although the original part Is 2l0
years old, the brick and plaster ma
terial of which 1t was constructed has
withstood the damaging qualities OF
the salt water nearby. No so with the
new. II has crumb'ed in places be-
cause OF the salt and has had to be re-
patched. It was said in Beaufort that
the builders of 200 years ago had a
secret way OF mixing mortar ane
plaster that would Withstand the rava-
ges Of salt water; but that the secret
died with them. Perhaps II is true be-
cause 1t is easy to see w'th the eye that
the material in the addition is not
equal to the original! --
Beaufort Residences.
Beaufort was known generations ago
for its hospitality, culture, lovely
homes and large Plantations. After the
war many OF those beautiful ante
bellum homes went down almost toI
decay because of the fact that the
owners were left in dire poverty and
distress. Not all Of them of course;
but a great many. According TO Mr..
Lake, one residence which contains
material alone worth s25,00O sold a.
few years ago for s1,4O0 and others
equally expensive for smaller sums.
The trucking industry and other en-
terpriscs have brought prosperity
again and the city is coming into its.
own. Rather quaint and yet altogether
charming are many OF the old rest
dences since remodclcd. In the rear Of
some are the cd slave. quarters bui'tI
Of brick and plaster and still intact
Ones thoughts go back to the old days
before Fort Sumter and one imagincs
that he can almost hear the old time
negro men ana women chanting the,
negro songs and melodies Of yesterday
as they have been preserved by the
late Joel Chandler Harris, the late Col.
Charles c. Jones, Jr.; mir. Ambrose
Gonzales and others.
They line the bluff overlooking the
DdS III SpIClONS SlOuhNo N"SS 90 y hA'''"'
with stately live oaks, covcrcd with,
that beautiful Spanish moss that
droops down from the trees every
where in the coast country.
Rich in historical interest and ante
cedents are these old Beaufort man
sions,. their architectural design and
style now coming back into favor with
amazing rapidity. One might write a
most interesting book on the houses OF
Beaufort, which is undoubtedly one OF
the most beautiful towns in the state.
Visitors to Beaufort see u most in
teresting ruin in O.d Sheldon Episcopal
church. Nothing remains now except a
few walls surrounded by the ever pres
ent live oaks TO which cling that Span
ish moss. Bricks used in this church
were brought wrapped in paper from
England 200 years ago. The raVages
of time have not destroyed proof posi-
tive that they were most superior brick.
The National Cemetery.
One of the most interesting show
places in Beaufort is the National cem-
etery There are something like 1000
graves there-the graves Of Confeder-
ate and Federal soldiers who gave their
lives for what they thought right in
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