The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-12-01
new WINTER RESORT,
SEASON ISO5-I9O6
THE BEAUTIFUL SAPPHIRE COUNTRY

] To the man whose imagination is fed
with facts and fortified with observa
ton, the southern POI ton of the United
States will always seem the fagoTlte
child of OmIiDotence and its hand
maiden-Nature. Practically every re.
source that ministers to the wealth and
greatness of a people has been lavlshly
placed within its borders.
Though the Creator of this full bos-
omed magniticence dwells neither here
nor there-but everywhere-we like. in
all reverence, to call these SoutheI n
States indeed Gods country" One
who knows the South realizes how, at
ter material gifts had been so generous
ly bestowed, the designing power com
pleted it's work by dotting it literally
with those imperative auxilIaIies OF
modern civIliZ itiOn resorts, sum er
and winter In the case of the South
these resorts have proven rot only
protect rs of our peoples h9alth, they
are adding now and they will add
substantially in the future TO our actual
wealth
Tee Florida resorts need no detailed
eulogy at this date They have won
already thous lands of wealthy N orth
erneIs end Southerners from the lure
of the European spa or the call of the
Riviera A more wonderful conquest.
and one which should interest the
entire South, Is toat of the radiant
Sapphire country tnst Eden OF the
North Carolina mountains. with
which the word "Toxaw has be-
come insepa;ably identified. It's neau
ties and Its health compel l9g quail
ties have been open to civilization for
only a few years, relatively; yet
'Toxaway means to host OF South
eIn and Northern people today recrea
tion and recupeIatiOn under conditions
ideal as can be arranged by the Co
partnership OF man and Nature.
The six hotels under the management
of the TOxaway Hotel Company, with
Mr.. j. e. Burrows at its bead, have
been instrumental III tSis Iapid
achievement. The Sapphire country
itself has done the rest The hostelIles
have been arttully located, getting the
wide benefits which come from altl
tudes ranging trnm $3.50 to 4, $50 feet.
The reaching estate of Toxaway
comprises 81, 900 acres, IN which are
more than seventy va miles of brook
and river fishing, yielding the gamest
of game trout. In the rugged recesses
of the estate there are deer, wild tur-
key and rutfed grouse, with bears
here and there ard oc :aslonally quail
The three lakes like shimmering sap
phires splashed down in the neart of
the mountains. with the winding forest
roads, create indellible impressions of
the place.
With the opening or the winter
season Toxaway Inn-the greatest of
all the IOxaway resOrts-annOunces
itself ready for business for the ap-
season after having CON-
pleted the most succf ssful summer |
season known in the history of South
ern resorts
From this time on this institution |
becomes not only summer but
winter resort, appealing to the South
In the summer and to the North in |
winter. 1t is on the direct line of !
travel from tstern and western points
to Florida, and Manager Buiro ives has
made every arrangement TO eaten the
business as it goes to and comes from
And it is safe say that those who do
stop to take In the beauties OF the
Toxaway country will be amply COM
pensated. for in the matter of scenic
there is nothing like it this
side of the Rocky Mountains-Constl
tuition, Atlanta, Ga, Oct. IL, 1905.