Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-06-08
new PARADISE
IS DISCOVERED
Summer and Winter Tourists Flock
to Western North Carolina,
MORE THAN sowouNTArN PEAKS

THE Land Of the Sky"-This Sec
ton ard The Beautiful Sapphire
Country" Revealed by the Southern.
The day has passed Gays The Wash-
ing,on %, c. Post Of May 25tb, 1905,
when the tide OF travel for pleasure or
health or 10 escape from the heart OF
the summer months flows Nortbward.
Imagination for long time ured
tourists in that direction in the belief
that toward that point OF the compass,
and that alone, could comfort be
found in summer or res. attained by
tho'e wesried 10y prolonged application
to business cares
Experience, made possible by the
deve lopment OF the South by the
Southern Railway, has shown t0at in
the picturesque portions OF North and
South Caroline Virginia, Georgia, Ten.
nessee, and other states Of the South.
ern country, nAtur" has provided the
ideal conditions that tend TO make a
summer vacation heslthful, restiul aud
thoroughly satisfying.
One naturally thinks OF the South
az winter resort, but the Southern
Railway has made it possible for thou.
sands Of persons TO know that in West.
ern North Carolina the climate 10 pet
feet the year round and that in mid.
summer that region Is ideal.
Whether 1t be the hunter, the angler,
or the idler, the broad plateau, the
foothills, and the mountain sides and
tops OF the picturesque Blue Ridge
open day after day new fields for sport
and new scenes OF rest or recreation
Every desirable spot OF this broad
plateau, 1900 feet above the sea, is
accessible by the SorlheTn Railway.
whose summer schedule has been ar
ranged 10 meet the particular require.
ments OF summer travel and especially
OF those who are limited TO weekend
trips.
The grandeur Of the scenery along
the line Of this road IL seen at ito bet
In THE Land Of the Sky" and the
Beautiful Sapphire County, the
very names Themselves giving some
hints OF the remarkable beauties un.
folded 10 the visitor,
AsheVille Ia the center OF The Land
OF the Sky" and radiatng from ii
may be found Hot Syringe Wayne'-
Vile, Haywood, White sulphur
Springs. iIendeUonville, BrevA'd.
Bllmore, Lake roIawAy, and n short
dBtAncr farther on to the southwest,
the Beautiful sapphire Country"
II IL to the enterprise Of the south.
ern Railway that these now famous
sections OF the south owe their popu.
lurity, They are easily reached 10y pa
lAtIAl through express trains from
New York City AiIotdinG every com
fort aud luxury during the Southern
journey. Connections careful lily ar.
ranged likewise make them accessible
from all pointS IN the South aud West
IL 10 NJ Salisbury, \. G, that the tour.
let from the North gains his fret
glimpse OF the beautiful country.
From that point unlilthe train reaches
the summit Of the blue Ridge, the
route 10 through \ district OF constant.
ly changing aud exquisite scenery
The Sapphire country has been com.
pared, aud not lnAptly, to the far
famed English lake district, but this
lake region Of the South 10 on a much
HtNndrr scale, Ito mountain peaks
tower we'll into the clouds aud its
ellie are twice the height OF those IN
England. It, catArGcu and mountain
streams come IlunGinH down their
rocky beds from Tar greater distances
than the English sIrrAm' In the r..
SION ~ the Land Of the Say" more
ihAu eighty mountain peaks tower over
t.usu feet and twenty three ~ them
are higher than Mount Washington.
he giant q, the White Mountains Ne
lopCer DO the mountain resorts ~ New
Hampshire, NcN Nok and Vermont
hold s~Ay 'or since the erection ot the
spirut ID hotels and tnuumctAhc hoe.
teltir, ~ more modest ptvIrn,,nns Ia
This section, thosr seeking health
rect recreation and change have found
N the glorious mountain aud axe 70.
g,on climate scenery and comfort