The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-21
Tlle 8erala 5tsa I: Slell'g
SUMMER IN rHE SOUTH.
Lts Mountain Kesorts to 30 In Grenter
Demand Than Evor.

the patronage OF the mountain re
sorts of the South. For moro than
half a century tho people of the
South who have had the means and
the leisure have been accustomed to
divide their summers between tho
resorts Of the North and some Of the
oldor ones of the South. Iu former
years there was regular migration
with the on-coming Of warm weather
from the lowlands to the mountains.
The plantation families or tho
dwellers in cities Of the plains made
the pilgrimage, enliycncd with the
change TO out of-dcor life on the
route, and spont at loast month in
some retreat like that of tho old
Greenbrior White or somo of tho
lesser resorts whose name is now
only memory. Wealthy families
from New Orleans or Mobile travelled
by steamboat and in their private
equipages overland to tho heights Of
tho Appalachian range, and there re-
NAMED until tho on coming of cooler
weather or continued their happy
journey to Saratoga or one Of tho
seasido resorts just in their begin
nings. That was in tho days before
the railroads had made accessible
aud had aided in the development of
many resorts which now rank with
the best that the North has or ever
had.
There arc many distinct advantages
possessed hy these summer refugees.
Though many Of thom have all tho
convonionces Of tablo and appoint
monts, they are still close to the
wildness Of the woods. Within the
walk Of q well.arrangod hotel arc
magnificent stretches Of scenery, OPP
portunities for sportsmen md temp.
tations to tho invalid to WOO hoalth
in close communion with nature.
Tho winter migration from tho North
to Florida, Georgia, tho Curolinas,
Alabama and Louisiana has become
q permanent fact in American lifc;
but the South is not only an immense
sanitarium for tho wintor, but also
for the whole year. From Mason
nnd Dixon's limo clear into Alabama
and Georgia the Appalachian rnnge
from unending lines of beauty. Not
as bold rs tho Rockies, nor ns sharp
ly defined, perhaps, as tho New Eng
land Mount Washington, tho ranges
of tho Bluo Ridge are yet most
pleasing in their changing color un-
der different skies, their sweeping
forms, and, as they riso to North
Carolina, their commanding elova-
tions. Comparatively few persons
realize that in Western North Caro-
lima there are forty. three mountains
moro than 5000 feet high, towering
above others ranging from 1000 feet
down, and ono of tho chief attrac-
tions about these mountains is that
they havo nothing Of tho worn ap-
pearance Of the hetter. known peaks
of tho East, but are full of pleasant
surprises and give opportunity for
everchanging vistas to him who idlcs
among them.
Moreover, the Appalachian range is
really an immense mineral fountain.
Medicinal waters, soothing to suffer,
ers from minor ills and curative of
long standing diseases, either in the
shape of a beverage or as o bath,
gush from among the rocks at many
points. The White Sulphur Springs
in West Virginia, tho Hot Springs,
the Warm Springs, the Healing
Springs in Bath county, tho Old
Sweet Springs, Rockbridgo Alum in
Virginia, the Hot Springs of North
Carolina and others at Lincolnton
and Shelby, n. G., Cross Hill, S. G.,
Sweet Water and Dowdon, near At
lantn, arc fow Of tho iron, chaly-
beate or sulphur springs belonging
TO the Virgiuias, tho Carol;nas, Ten.
nessee and Georgia, situated in
healthy glaces and surrounded by
picturesque vicws which aro attract.
ing every year q greater number Of
visitors than before. To most of
these springs direct railroad connec-
tion is had with the cities of tho
North, Wost and farther South, and
each year finds improvements and