Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-10-31
An Ideal Summer Resort.

Editors Keowee Courier It NAV
interest some of your readers to
know that Oconee county has within
her borders an ideal summer resort
5y an ideal summer resort | do not
mean place where queen society
wieids her domineering sway, where
men and women seek diversion and
undermine their health by engaging
in fashionable pleasure, but a place
where those who find themselves
wearied by a year of worried thought
and labor may 60 and rest. There
arc many such who turn with inward
disgust from the modern seaside and
mountain hotel, with their nightly
rcvels and their senseless formalities
and stay at home because they know
of no place that meets their demands.
For all such this article is intended.
Jocassce Valley, South Carolina, is
situated in Whitewater Township, in
the Northeastcrn part of Oceneo
county, 20 miles from NYalhala and
twenty-five from Seneca. On all
sides the hills and mountains rise in
unstudied majesty, clothed in forests
OF magnificent trees. The beautiful
Whitewater River, clear as crystal
and tceming with fish, glides peace
fully through the valley, the other
wise ruggcdness of the scenery being
relieved by fields of fine corn along
it's banks. Springs of icy water,
fresh from the purifying processes of
nature, gush limpidly forth, con-
slant source of JOY and refreshing to
the sojourner There are ideal walks
and drives, giving one at intervals,
through lcafy vistas, exquisite views
of mountains, valley and river, that
hold one spell-bound. Health h-ladcn
brecZcs fan ones tired brow and in
this Utopia one never worries when
told that it is twelve miles to the
nearest doctor. No case of insom-
mia can withstand the gentle purling
of the river and the soft murmur Of
the winds among the leaves. l have
spent the whole of the past summer
Zone of the hottest on record) in
Jocassce and not single night has
passed but that have been com
PEELED to sleep under covering.
"A few miles up the valley are to
be found the famous Lower White
water Falls. This is by far the most
exquisite bit of natural scenery it
has ever bee my pleasure to view.
a young Engishman, who has trav-
clcd extensively in Europe as well as
in this country and who was one of
the many delighted visitors in the
valley this summer, remarked that he
had seen the most famous falls of
Norway and Sweden and other
mountainous countries of Europe,
but that for beauty none that he had
seen conld compare with Whitewater
Falls. 1t is simply ideal.
Are you an angler? Whitewater,
Toxaway and Kcowec Rivers will lie
sources of much delight to you,
while the mountains offer rare sport
to the gunner. Bathing and boating
arc also pleasant diversions. In 10.
cassee are united the most attractive
features Of the mountains and tho
scashorc.
Those who live in the valley are at
last beginning to realize something
OF the attractivencss of the place
and are already preparing to accom-
modatc the many visitors who will
doubtless seek out this delightful re-
treat next summer. Mcssrs. w. M.
Brown and A. l.. Whtmire will en-
large and improve their already com
modious homes, while Mr.. John
Whitmirc will erect a large twelve
room house and Mr.. Henry Glazcncr
one of eight rooms. Some visitors
have purchased building sites and
will erect summer homes. There
have been about seventy visitors in
the valley this summer and all went
away delighted and declaring that
they would return next summer and
bring their friends.
If you would find a spot where
rest and health are to be found,
where the wondrOus works Of nature
elicit feeling of loving reverence for
the Most High, let NE rccom,aend
j Jocasscc Valley.
ScqucStercd nook, fit PLACID to spend ones
life
In solitude, profound, and free from
strife;
blessed calm my tired spirit fills,
And holy thought each fevcrish impulse
stills
When thee sec.
How well must He, who made the earth
Have loved thee for He made the noun
tains high
And grand, to fold thee in their fond
embrace,
And shield from vandals' touch thy smil-
ing face.
SO fair to see.
Sweet vale, as in thy shady lanes rcst,
| think that, after all, my weary quest
For peace serene and free from irksomo
care
Is ended, md breath grateful prayer
OF thanks to thee.
G. r. b.
Question Answered.
Yes, August Flower still has the larg-
est sale of any medicine in the civilized
world. Ionr mothers and grandmothcrs
never thought of using anything else for
indigestion and biliousncss. Doctors