The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-30
THE PRESS CONVENTION.
Echoes from the Profitable and De.
lightfuI Occasion.


hghtfuI Occasion.
The following is an extract from
the eloquent address of welcome,
delivered by Mayor III. B. Ferguson,
of Waynesville:
whether you come from the dark,
gray city, where you hear the heart
beats of men, or from the sandy
beach "where our ocean Bluebeard
locks within his sandy prisons the
white clad brides of the sea-" or from
the isolated village near natures
heart, where cloud piercing noun
tain peaks keep their tireless senti-
nels oyer the "The Land of the Sky"
We bid you all a hearty welcome.
We welcome you here where
natures lavish hand, in a thousand
different ways has mixed and mingled
her work in grand and picturesque
combinations.
We welcome you here where health
rides upon every breeze, and is dis
titled into the dew drops that kiss
the virgin violets and wild honey
suckles on the mountain side.-
We welcome you here to ice cold
untains where old age is made as
joyful as school girls dream.
And the voice of welcome rises
from the valleys, and all "the
feathered songsters sing their sweet
est songs" of welcome, and mingle
their melodious voices with the
music of a hundred murmuring
brooks and ripping rills, in perfect
harmony
And these grand old mountains,
stretching out their hands of forest
to give greetings and farewells to the
rising and the setting sun, bid you
welcome rest IN their silent shadows
But there could be no joyful well
come without the smiles of those
whose highest mission is
ITO chase the clouds of life's tempestuous
hours,
And s,rew its short but weary way with
flowers.
For this to man was lovely woman given,
The last, best work, the noblest gift OF
Heaven"
So in behalf of the bright, lovely
nymphs OF Haywood-whom we
would gladly place besides the
daughters of any Safe or section
and.exclaim ''These are our jewels, y
We bid you welcome"
HEALTH RESORT.
From DR.. j. Howell Ways fine
address upon Waynesville as a
Health Resort" we give the follow
ing extract:
"a glance at our location, in the
heart of these sunkissed mountains,
at an altitude 2 1876 feet, surrounded
on every hard by protecting peaks
rising from a few hundred to more
than 5000 feet above the town, a
than six seventies of it's surface
Vulnerable springs of purest water
gushing forth from every hill and
mountain side, rapid flowing streams
providing perfect system OF
| natural drainage, more than SOC
sunshiDy GAYS, in each year, a tenn
perature mild and eguable-faI
enough to the North and with alti-
tude sufficient to render it stimulat-
ing and bracing in winter without
the disadvantages of north
ern climate, far enough to the South
to give it moderate and healthfu
influence over the bodily functions
| without the depression and lassitude
induced by lower attitudes and lati-
tudes, a summer climate with cool
refreshing nights and delightful days
| with noon-dav temperatures that
rarely exceed 50 degrees and an ever
present bret ~ filled with agreeable
balsamic odors, is it to be wondered
that l should in all professional
candor and sincerity say to you,
that in my humble opinion #aynes-
vile is the most healthful, the most
delightful, the most charming noun
tain resort town to be found on the
American continent?"