Evening star., 1940-04-21

from the black bayou on which they
are built. Cypress Gardens are a
miles north Of Charleston on
U. S. 50.
These three gardens are the high
trinity in the region Of flowers
which centers In Charleston. But
the beauty lover who is in impecuni-
Gus circumstances of time or money
need 'not think that they contain
all the riches of the section.
Charleston itself has beautiful
public parks, notably the White
Point Gardens at the Battery, and
Marion Square. uptown. The Gate
way Walk" Of the Charleston Gar
den Club leads through II flower
covered wrought-iron gateways and
traverses several blocks of gardens
and historic grounds. The sur
rounding countryside and seaside,
with its exotic vegetation and color
full beaches is of especial interest.
Sullivans Island Is the locale of
Edgar Allan Poe's "Gold Bug" The
"Sea Islands" and marshes whose
beauty Sidney Lainer chanted in
the Marshes of Glynn are nearby.
Inward and outward. from Northward to
The beach lines linser and curl
Like as the silver, wrought garments that
cling to and
Foley noS,s the firm M .s sweet limbs Of girl -,
and bounded within
The length and the breath Of the marvellous
Marshes Of Glynn."
The village of Summerville, west
of Charleston, is beautiful because
of its wisteria and its blending Of
pine and palmetto.
And north of Charleston, near
Georgetown, S. c., are the Hunting
ton Gardens, exquisitely Handicapped
by Mrs. A. M. Huntington and given
/ by her to the State. Admission is
free. These gardens are fully as
beautiful as many that charge as
high as 50 a person. The Brook
green Gardens, near Georgetown,
are also State-owned and open to
the public.
Getting back to Charleston and
turning to that old city with eyes
for more than Gardens, you will
soon find that you must add at least
one more day to your trip. Charles
ton Is one of the foremost architec-
tural shrines of our country-co-
lonial mansions and churches dot
the streets. And many of them are
historic shrines as we'll. Old Pow
der Magazine, the Oldest structure
in the city, was built in 1903 and
used as an arsenal during the Revo-
lutionary War. st. Philips Church
contains the grave of John c. CAL
houn. The Old Pirate House, still
standing, was the headquarters for
pirates while stopping over at
Charleston. Nearby Pirate Row
has many homes built by retired
pirates. The good citizens OF
Charleston did not molest their
pirate friends until one bold cap
tain, Stede Bonnet by name, sailed
brasfly into the harbor flying the
jolly Roger, kidnapped one OF
Charleston's foremost townsmen and
held him for ransom. The city in
dignantly paid the ransom, but from
that time on the life of a pirate was
no safer in Charleston than else
where. Stede Bonnet was captured
and hanged.
st. Michaels Church, where
George Washington worshiped, is
probably the most prominent land
mark in Charleston, what with its
graceful Christopher Wren spire
Its melodious bells have crossed the
Atlantic five times. The Circular
Congregational Church, organized
1881, : was originally called the
white Meeting House." Meeting
street, the street of Charleston, was
named after 1t.
AS you travel about the city your
eyes will undoubtedly turn often to
small island barely visible to the
east in the haze of Charleston Har-
Dor, and whether you are Con-
necticut Yankee or Carolina Tar
heel, your heart will miss beat or
two each time you see it, for it con-
tains Fort Sumter, where the first
shots of our Civil War were fired
and the first fratricidal blood was
shed.
On another island in the harbor is
Fort Moultrie, where one of the first
important victories Of the Revolu-
tionary War was gained. Later Fort
Moultrie was the scene of Chief Os-
ceola's imprisonment and death. Os-