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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-21
THE FRANKLIN, BREvARD.

The town of Brevard, NJ c., is the
gateway OF the beautiful Sapphire coun-
try. 1t has an altitude of $3.50 feet; is
forty miles from Asheville, N c., and
is one of the most enterprising towns
of the State owing to the impetus given
it by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the
Toxaway Company.
1t is reached via the Southern Rail-
way to Hendersonville, N. c., thence via
the Pennsylvania Railroad, one hours
ride.
The Toxaway Company, approaching
the advantages of Brevard as a resort.
and the desirability of having a first-class
hotel in the town to accommodate the
numerous people who wish to visit the
place, and at the same time to care for
those of its patrons who desire to stop
over en- route to the Sapphire country,
on July L. 1900, completed and added to
It's already noted system of hotels. The
Franklin, handsome and commodious
structure with accommodations for 200
guests, which after very successful sea-
son closed November LIST, was re-opened
April /, 1908. During the winter the
company has been engaged in beautify-
ing the park and pleasure grounds of the
hotel Among other attractions a beau
tiful lake has been made in the park
with boat-house and an ample supply Of
boats for rnose of it's guests who are
fond of this recreation.
The Franklin is built on the highest
point in Breverad, overlooking the French
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The Beautiful Sapphire Country
Wonderfully Delightful Summer Resort Yearly Growing into Greater Popularity and
Attracting Visitors From Every Section Of the United States

prepared for the picture before us. Upon
a beautiful knoll on the foot hills of Mt.
Toxaway, overlooking the lake of the
same name whose dam, Gibraltar like,
looms up in the distance, sits Toxaway
Inn, which, in appointment, will be one
of the most elegant hostelries in the whole
Southland. In design and finish it is a
model for beauty and convenience. We
were taken through the inn and it is
regretted that time and space forbid a
detailed description. The $50 rooms are
en- suite. with toilet and bath There is
not a dark room in the building. The
inn has pretty curvature, giving both
lake and mountain views to every room
1t Is four stories high. The first floor is
devoted to offices. dining hall and music
hall. The kitchen and servant apart
ment is also on this floor The second,
third and fourth floors is given to halls
and bed chambers. The interior is finish
ed in poplar and birch. A passenger ele-
yator runs the several floors
On the premises are the power station,
billiard parlors, bowling alleys, tennis
courts and boat houses.
Quitting the building we boarded ore
of the company's naptha launches and
took trip over and around the lake This
was an unexpected treat greatly enjoyed
AS we entered nook and saw at the foot
of Mt. Toxaway, 1000 feet above, numer-
Gus wild duck swan the placid waters.
The lake is 80 miles long and covers 1900
acres. The channel is Toxaway river It's
source is Toxaway Mountain. on whose
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beautiful turnpike of four miles The
Inn was opened to guests, for the season
Of 1903. Tuesday, June End, quite an in
teresting party from several States were
present, and on our visit they had lin
gered delighted still. The rooms are en-
suite, with bath and toilet and elegantly
furnished. The cuisine is excellent The
service the best Sol a. A. Keeler is
manager Of Fairfield Inn, and the twain
arc we'll met Genial aud jolly is the
Colonel. With him no Mains or. expense
is spared that your stay may be pleas
ant. He is in love with the surroundings
To him it is place of rest and Joy and
he would have you share with him ma
lures gift and blessings. On the property
is two springs of water-one of excellent
mineral properties, the other of pure
white. The latter bursts from the creyice
of fiat gray rock and goes rushing on
into the lake. At the crevice bowl
or basin has been chiseled to depth of
several inches.
We voted Fairfield Inrh the lake. the
surroundings haven of rest, an ideal
mountain retreat and, provided with
lunch, the return to Brevard was on Our
party was increased by two-Messrs.
Harrison and Wind of Washington, D.
C. Mr.. Harrison is solicitor for the
Southern Railway. Mr.. Wind is his pri
vate secretary High upon rock at the
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(staff Correspondence

Sapphire, N c., June 2O.-A triI
through Western North Carolina is in
complete without a visit to the Sapphir,
country IT'S truly 1.-THE Land of tn,
Sky" with scenic effect grand and
awe inspiring Bidding the Carteret
coast temporary farewell in a short
while 1 had touched "Toxaway Heights
and could appreciate, at an attitude OF
5000 feet above Beaufort, the panoramic
changes so wondrously wrought. The
same supreme hand that builded the
beautiful coast country, gave also the
highlands with its mountain crag and
and roaring waterfalls
To the forester botanist and geologist,
this country about Sapphire is veritable
storehouse of wonders. Here is truly the
forest primeval In the spring and early
summer hundreds of bright-colored flow
ers light up the old woods: here the
rhododendron grows to a height of thirty
feet; the air is fragrant with perfume.
and these old hills hold their secrets well
of treasures of wealth yet to be I'M
covered. The globe offers no greater ma
tural sanltarlum than here, where every
breath, charged with ozone, develops
pounds of energy, and where all condi-
tons for perfect health exist in the high
est degree. 1t is the ideal resort for hay
brief period to the benefieent
of the mild. equable temperature
and dry atmospheric conditions.
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Perhaps story of my trip would af-
ford an hours pleasant reading. Board
ing a hack at Brevard in company with
Mr.. Edw C. Wilson, of the Toxaway
Company, we were soon at the Transyl-
vania Railroad passenger depot, Brevard.
Here we were greeted by Messrs. Robert
e. Dedell, Jr., of New York, and l. l..
Harris, of Charlotte, who completed our
party on the Sapphire trip. Presently
Toxaway station was reached. Having
turned our baggage over to the wagon
train of the Turnpike. we boarded fiat
car with locomotive attached, which was
placed at our disposal and the journey
over the Pennsylvania extension was be-
gun. The ride on the open ear was a
novel experience for my companions and
of decided interest to myself No OBJ
servation car quite so fills the bill as does
the old fiat car, pushed by the iron horse,
through the mountain country. There
was absolutely nothing to obstruct a
vision Of the panorama presented One
moment as we sped on twas gorge and
rushing waters, another cliff and crag
and rock bluff. around which, with SYM
meIficdI CURVATURE SIC dSubC eye dh0
mind of the civil engineer had planned
The ascent is continuous and beautiful.
Coming to a standstill. at a cross of
the Turnpike, where carriage was in
waiting, we left the car and proceeded
to Lake Toxaway and Toxaway Inn,
stopping en- route at the companys COM
missary where General Lee, a subject of
john Bull" had spread for us a sumptu-
GUS dinner. This over and horses fed, we
proceeded on foet to Toxaway Inn, short
distance. As we approached the Inn,
nearing completion and being rushed for
the opening, July goth, our eyes opened
wide IN establishment. Mr.. Wilson had
spoken to Us of the Toxaway Company S
latest effort in hotels. but we were not
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FAIRFIELD INN. FAIRFIELD, N.

bosom the waters divide. One branch
of the rivulet wends its way to the Gulf,
the other empties through various chan
nels into the Atlantic The lake views
are beautiful and at the disposal of guests
will be a number of naptha and electric
launches Inlets form off Toxaway, other
lakes quite as large and fully as beauti-
full Thoroughly delighted with the out
ing, We went ashore and resumed the
Turnpike drive to Sapphire Inn. where a
brief halt was made En- route we
alighted and took in "The Narrows" or
Horse Pasture Falls"-the Niagara" of
the State. The spectacle was enhancing.
We were disposed to linger in apprecia-
ton
Sapphire Inn, with cottages, will ac-
commodate fifty guests The grounds are
well kept. The location is an attractive
one. Resuming the journey the drive
to Fairfield Inn, distance of two miles,
was soon made. This was the objective
point and where we quartered over night
and Sunday. The approach is truly
beautiful. Here the artist can sit in
ecstacy. With pencil and brush the hours
pass and he fingers 10th to leave. There
on the shores of Fairfield Lake is Fair
field Inn, modern house in every re-
spect, with excellent water supply, good
baths, electric lights, etc. 1t has wide
spacious porches and commodious public
rooms while beautiful grounds and parks,
delightful boating and bathing, serpen-
tine drives and shady walks around and
about the lake, makes the spot an ideal
one for health and pleasure On
the grounds are well-equipped bowling
alleys, pool and billiard rooms, tennis
courts, boat and bath houses and power
house.
To the east and across the lake. rises
Bald Rock majestically To the south
east is the head-waters. whose falls is but
an AIDED charm Around the lake is
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back and forth along the sides of the
mountain for a distance of about three
and one-half miles. The accommodations
provided here for guests are of the most
satisfactory character.
There are good stables in connection,
making the place especially attractive for
mountain. parties. The view from this
Lodge, which is on the extreme summit
of the mountain, is the most extensive
Git being an isolated peak) of any noun
tain point of vantage in North Carolina,
probably in the Allegheny chain. The
magnificent character of this view battles
description. It's grandeur and sublimity
can only be fully appreciated by those
who have seen it in person and felt the
soothing magic of its silent but irresistible
influence.
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THE ESTATE.

The estate connected with the hotels
contains about thirty thousand acres It
is well stocked with various kinds of
game The trout fishing is unexcelled,
the hatchery connected with the estate
supplying two hundred and fifty thousand
trout to the streams and lakes yearly.
There are seventy-fiye miles of river and
brook fishing, which have been under
careful patrol for several years, and as a
result of this protection number of trout
We're taken last season weighing over three
pounds. The only restrictions made as
to. hunting and fishing are such as OBJ
tain in any well-ordered game preserve.
The large and carefully cultivated farms
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and numerous apple and peach orchards
Of the company supply the house with
great variety of fresh vegetables and
fruit. On the extensive pasture lands
of the company Craze numerous fiocks
of sheep and herds of cattle, the latter
being selected with a view to their ex-
cellence for the dairy. which supplies
fresh milk and cream in abundance at
all times Hard wood timber in great
quantity lines ravine and mountain side.
Here are the most beautiful specimens
of the hemlock tree to be found in the
State. Some of these will dress 5000 to
5000 feet of lumber.
Many miles of road have been graded
around the margins of the lakes and over
the property with a due regard for views
which cannot we'll be surpassed for beauty
and grandeur. There are so many pleas
ant trips to be enjoyed at the resort in
the Sapphire country that only a per-
sonal visit can adequately portray the
beauties and infinite varieties of this
region. Within radius of ten miles of
Sapphire are fifty waterfalls, all of them
being easily accessible The height of
these falls range from fifty to three hun
dred and seventy feet.
Whiteside Mountain, which has the
highest perpendicular face east of the
Mississippi-a wall two miles in length
and eighteen hundred feet sheer DROPS
one of the grandest mountains in America,
and can be conveniently reached from
either house. This, with the cliffs of
Bald Rock, Chimney Top, Laurel Knob,
and Green Mountain, gives to the Toxa-
way country picturesqueness peculiarly
its own. There are a hundred other at
fractions, combined with those enumer-
ated, which makes this one of the most
notable mountain resorts in the world.
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THE FRANKLIN. BREvARD. N. c

THE FRANKLIN, BREVARD, N. c.
falls of Lake Toxaway we halted and de-
voured our lunch. At the cross of the
Turnpike we left the carriage and boarded
the special train--an engine and coach.
sent for us, and were soon at Brevard,
where all hands bid Mr.. Wilson goodbye,
but deeply grateful for the trip given US
to the Sapphire country.
On the Turnpike drive many yarns
were spun and stories told. Fish stories,
prefaced with statements they were true;
goat yarns and cat-tales equally as
"fishy" were dished out in rapid success
sion. The series developed the sucker
in our New York friend, Mr.. Dedell, but,
I'll withhold and let it leak out"
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THE LODGE.

On the summit of Mt. Toxaway is the
Lodge The house is easily ACCESSIBLE from
either of the lake houses by a nicely
constructed and wellgraded road, winding
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Broad river and valley, in the midst of
park of eighty acres. No expense has
been spared in its appointments and
furnishing, which are second to none in
the South. Every room is an outside
one, each commanding magnificent view
of mountain and valley scenery. A great
many rooms are en- suite with private
bath, fine porcelain lined tubs and open
plumbing. The entire sanitary arrange
ments are perfect, while the water sup
ply is piped direct to the hotel from
pure mountain springs The large truck
farm under the care of experienced gard
eners, supplies the hotel with fresh vege-
tables each day.
TEMPERATURE.
On the very hottest day in summer the
thermometer has never registered above
81 degrees, while a record of the tenn
perature kept at Sapphire for the past
four years shows it to be an average of
SO degrees for the entire summer
Sapphire is reached over the Southern
Railway to Hendersonville. thence over
the Pennsylvania Railroad to Lake Toxa-
way. The drive from Lake Toxaway to
Sapphire, a distance of six miles, is over
the new Sapphire turnpike. a perfect
road. making the drive one of ease and
pleasure.
Summer excursion tickets may be pur-
chased from all points to Brevard and
Lake Toxaway
The Toxaway Company has established
at Lake Toxaway good stables. and car
riages may be had on the arrival of all
tarins.
For descriptive booklets, rates. etc, adj
dress managers of the different hotels, or
The Toxaway Company, Brevard, N. G.
I shall not be content to pass the heated
term without return visit to this, the
most beaut..... section of Western North
Carolina. G.. J. RVENBARK.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-26
LIFE SAVINGyIN SUMMER.

There is another consideration which makes it particularly necessary that the coast guards along the Maine coast should be on duty in the sum- mer time There are many pleasure
 yachts cruising. about and in danger of getting stranded by being struck by the fierce squalls which are common along this coast. Then there are the small boats, innumerable, in which people of little experience make ex- cnsions. which at any time are likely to need the help of the coast guards. So far as the Pool life savers are concerned the months which they are laid off are the months in which they are mast needed.
 Probably the assistance would have been much more prompt had the coast guards been on duty. It was known here and at Portland on Saturday noon that there had been wreck, but it was 20 hours before assistance was given. It was not the fault of the coast guard. but the fault of the sys- tenn which breaks up the service for a period of two months when 1t may be most needed.
 It has been years since there has been a serious wreck along this part of the coast. It may be years before there will be another, but on the other hand another may occur with the next storm or next fog. The experience ought to be proof enough of the ne necessity of life savers along the Maine coast being on duty all the year around. The authorities at Washington may be able to forecast the weather with some degree of accuracy, but theS are not able to forecast shipwrecks. s.- Ridlnfnrd Rpnnrd. ------
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-26

Mayor Sullivan of Hartford seems to have enforced his legal rights as chief executive, but with@such an aban- donment of dignity that he gains little credit for the performance.-Ne Brit ain Herald.
 Tut, tut, man. Mayor Sullivan only performed his duties. Some obstruc- tons can be blown aside, but there are others that a good right arm must push aside, Mayor Sullivan was fore ed to do the latter. The Hartford Courant editor, who is on the spot and knows all about it, is not finding much fault with the mayors methods, even though it differs with him in politics.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-26

The issue of the St Louis exposition gold dollars is limited by act of con gress to 25O,O0o, one-half of which bear the head of Thomas Jefferson and the other half of William Mckinley. The first of these dollars were received from the mint just before the holidays last winter. The experience of the exposition mama cement in the disposi- ton of them has afforded Interesting information in regard to coin collect ing. There was considerable local curiosity and demand for these coins when they were received, and some thousands of them were taken immedi- ately Since the supply of the first demand there has been a steady call for the coins, nearly every mail bring ing applications for them. The call is not confined to this country. It shows no decrease Most of the col lectors wish the coins in pairs, so that practically 125,Oo0 purchasers will ex- haust the supply. The heads of Me- Kinley and Jefferson, from which the Mckinley and Jefferson gold dollars were made, were taken from two of the best medals in the possession of the director of the mint. The Jeffer- son medal used according to the me dallic history of the United States, was engraved by John Reich, who was, for a time, connected with the mint at Philadelphia He died in 1888. The Mckinley medal, which is considered by the late presidents friends to be the best portraiture of Mir Mckinley, was engraved by the present engraver of the mint, Charles E. Barber. who had sittings for the purpose given him by the late president
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-26

Milk sugar forms the basis of baby
 food, says one exchange. It is, there
 fore, most necessary product in thou
 sands of households; and it should be
 as cheap as possible, for, unfortunate
 ly, most babies are born in poor homes
 where the parents must struggle hard
 to get sufficient food even of the poor
 est quality. It would certainly seem
 cruel, almost inhuman, to legislate to make the price of baby food nearly double what it should be and thus to put it out of the reach of millions of little unfortunates. But this is just what our congress did when it, in 1897, put a duty of five cents a pound on
 sugar of milk The Casein Go of Amer ica not only controls the National Milk Sugar Go, the principal manufacturer of milk sugar in this country, but it controls the milk sugar industry of the world. 1t is now selling milk sugar in this country at 141a cents and in Europe at 915 cents per pound. It manuf actures it here, principally in New. York and Illinois, and exports it to other parts of the world. The diff ference in it's foreign and domestic prices is exactly the amount of our tariff duty. The milk-slgar infan1 gets its protection at the expense of the human infant. We are csacrffcine human infants on the altar of protec- tioh. We are putting the dollar above the man. Yet our president is discus sing race suicide without suggesting over duties on food and clothing, all of which vastly increases the cost of living and thus starve and freeze ou1 little ones and greatly increase the death rate. Moody's Manual of Cor poration Securities for 1908 tells us that the capital sto0x of the Casein Cc of America consists of $1, 100000 of S per cent cumulative preferred and $5,-
 500,00O of common, and the net earn
 ings in 19O2-3, were about $1,70O,00 The total value of our milk sugar pro
 duct probably does not exceed $3,0o0,
 900. Thus this protected industry makes a net profit of more than % pel
 cent on its highly watered capital ant
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-26
THE BIRDS SUFFERED.

The continuous cold rainy weather has caused the death of thousands of young birds. It came just at the right time to catch the young robins, orioles and sparows. Under one tree in Pennington there were seen four little dead robins, almost naked, which were probably chilled by the rain while the parents were hunting food for them. The downpour on Sunday was too great for the little ones that had left their nest and they fell in the long grass to shiver and die. Young orioles were scattered about the streets of Farming
 ton, some dead and others ehirping for food and a protecting wing. To man. kind such weather is disagreeable; to birdkind it is tragedy.-New Britain Herald. ....