THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1941
THE NEWS-JOURNAL
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HOKE COUNTY CLUB WOMEN AT SOUTH CAROLINA GARDENS
Charleston Garden
Tour
On April 6 and 7, a group
of twenty-two Home Demon
stration Club members from
Hoke County and sixteen
from Scotland County visit
ed the Azalia Gardens and
other points of interest in
and near Charleston, S. C.
The women of Hoke Coun
ty met at the Courthouse in
Raeford where they boarded
the bus. Seven o'clock in the
morning is rather early, but
believe it or not, all the
women were on time.
After getting on the bus,
we were all introduced to
Mr. Bullock, who conducted
our tour. Mr. Bullock was
very patient and thoughtful.
Our bus driver was Mr. Cr
ouch. All the younger girls
were well pleased with him
and the older members of
the party couldn't find it in
their hearts to blame them.
The Laurinburg group met
us at the post office there.
Our first sight seeing stop
was the Cypress Gardens
near Charleston. These gar
dens are about a mile from
the main highway. Along
the road from the highway
to the garden entrance,
groups of colored children
were dancing and singing. It
was amusing to see how they
would stop in the middle of
a song when the expected
pennies and nickles were
thrown from the bus win
dows. Some of our group
made pictures of the child
ren when we stopped to hear
them sing.
The tour of the Cypress
gardens can be made by
walking around the edge of
the lake or by riding in a
canoe. A few of the ladies
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were water shy so they
walked. Each canoe seated
four passengers and a color
ed boy, dressed in a blue
sailor suit, who rowed the
boat. One lady who wanted
to go by boat was wonder
ing if she could wade out if
the boat capsized. She was
told that the lake was only
three feet deep. She decided
to walk anyway saying that
"with all those heavy wom
en in the boat it will surely
rise three more feet." It
was warm enough to really
enjoy the boat ride. Beauti
ful grey moss hung from the
cypress trees and brilliant
ly colored azaleas grew along
the water's edge and made
a lovely reflection in the
water. We passed under sev
eral rustic bridges that were
built for those who walked
around the garden.
From the Cypress gardens,
we went on to Charleston, ar
riving around one o'clock.
We were given a couple of
hours to get lunch and to
shop before we were car
ried on a tour of the city of
Charleston. Most of us made
a run on Kress and were
back on time. Miss Hall very
nearly broke up the tour
when she appeared in the
door of the bus with a big
box of Ivory Flakes. There
was a stampede, then, as
every woman on the bus
rushed out to get a box.
Mr. Lesane, a native Char
lestonian, served as guide for
our tour of the city. Many
interesting and historical
spots were pointed out to us.
We visited the old Post office
building where Washington
and Lafayette were enter
tained in colonial days. We
went through the city park,
the Citadel and Ashley Hall,
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a private school for girls. We
were all interested in the old
homes with slaves' quarters
in the French Hugenot sec
tion. We saw many beaut
iful old churches, among
them one of the oldest Pres
byterian churches in the
country.
After our sightseeing trip,
we were carried to three
tourist homes to spend the
night. Two of these were a
few miles from town. One
landlady checked her guests
as they came in at night.
Several of the women, in
cluding Mrs. Balfour, went
out for dinner and decided
they would return early. The
landlady missed them as they
came in and sat up until
2:30 A. M. She said she re
membered Mrs. Balfour's hat
md she didn't gee it come in.
Good thing our landlady
wasn't checking us in by
hats We happeued to know
Margie Campbell went out
with one on and came in with
another.
Mrs. Marshall Newton lost
her shoes, too. Well, we
don't know the details.
A near calamity was avert
ed when someone discovered
Mrs. Lucy Smith got Louise
Blue's weekend bag by mis
take as she left the bus. Mrs.
Smith could have wrapped up
in something, but what a
bout "Speck?"
While window shopping,
we came across Mrs. N. F.
Sinclair shivering in the
doorway of Walgreen's Drug
I Store. She said "My, I be
I lieve the temperature has
dropped two or three de-
grees." Jessie Bright Fergu
1 son explained to her that
she was standing under a
I ceiling fan.
I We were told to be ready
at 8 o'clock to catch the bus
to go to breakfast. Mrs. Lucy
Smith said she made a res
olution, before leaving home,
to have a good time. We
want her to add a new res
olution next time - to re
frain from taking a bath
after the bus arrives to take
us to breakfast.
After breakfast, Mr. Bul
lock announced that we
would visit Middleton Gar
den which is located on the
Ashley River. Arthur Mid
dleton, signer of the Decla
ration of Independence, is
buried in a large gray tomb
in the garden. It was in
these gardens that Michaux,
the French batanist, set one
of the first camellia japon
icas ever brought to Amer
ica. Of the four plants set
out, three are still living.
During the war between the
states, the Middleton home
was pillaged and burned by
the Federal Forces. Part of
the right wing escaped and
has been restored by the
present owner, J. J. Prin
le Smith, direct descen-
dent of Henry Middleton.
The gardens are formal. It
is said 100 slaves worked
ten years to complete the
terraces, walks, and to plant
the flowers and shrubs on
the river bank and in the
gardens. It is too bad they
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glorious colors in the two
beautiful lakes. There is one
oak tree that is said to be
400 years old.
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