The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-06-28
a NEW PAkADISE.

A NEW PARADISE.
PLEASURE TOURISTS FLOCK rO
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
Southern Railway Reveals "The Land
Of the sky" end "fhe Sap.
paire Country"
The Washington Piss says the day
aas passrd when tie tide of travel fCr
pleasure or health or to escaEs from
Lne heat Ut the summer months flows
uorthWsra. Imagination for a long
4lme lured tcurlsIs In Enat directlcG
in the belief unag toward taau point
# sha compass, and that alone could
5lm!ort be fund IN summer or rest
.stalGed 4 by Jhuse weatled by prolong-
e6 application to business cares.
Experieuce, made possible by the
devalu pmen3 CT tine South by the
SoutnerD Railway, bas shown that In
the p ctule que portions OF North ard
South CarUnna, Virginia, Georgia,
Tsunt ssee, and other States Of the
Southern country, nature has propid-
ed the lueal conditions that Tend to
make summer vacation healthful,
re,ttul anu thoroughly satisfy Ing.
One naturally thinks of the S u: b
as sA WlDter resort, but the SouLhegn
Railway las made it ptssi ole 70.
nuusa, d, OF perSols to knoH that In
WestefL NJrJh Carolina the climate
s per ecJ Lhe year round, and that IL
% dsl INNER at regi.n is ideal.
Whether 1t be the butter, the ang
Ter, or the idler, the broad plateau
che foothills, and the mountain sides
aud tops OF lie picturesque Blue
R:oge open day after day new felus
for sppr6 aDn new scsnes of rest or
tcfesGion. Every desirable spot OF
y Is b oau plateau, 2 600 feet above
Gne Sea, is acc -sslDle ny Gne Southern
Railway, whtse summer schedule has
rea arfang, d to meet the particula,
requiTemrutS Uf Summer travel aGG
.ap. cially Of those who are limited to
'eek cid trlIs.
The grandeur OF the scenery alorg
Gue line CT This road is Seen at it's best
n "Tne Land Of the Sky" and The
'Besu,lful Sapphire County," the
very ns mes tht mselVss giving some
lint Uf The remarkable beauties un.
olded Gu the visitor,
A-hevllle is the center Of THE
L4hd OF the Sky" AID radiatiDp
rom | ma, be found H)5 Springs,
Wa, nesvllle, Haywood White Sulphur
Springs, b Jacksonville, Bfeva-d,
Blllmore, Lake TokaWay, and, d
,nUrL oistance farther on to the south.
.esJ, the Beautiful Sapphire Coun
1t is 10 The enterprise of the South
FL R.llway THAT these now fauous
,ections IT If the Sou5h owe their p, pu
,arlUJ. Icy arc easily reached by
Jalalial Lurlugn express trains from
New York Lit,, af ,rdiLg every com.
[ RI anu iuXu y durlIg The SouLheri
journey. G Dn=c .iUDs carefully arrapg
~ Ii ew &c make them accessible from
al pUi is N ,ns South and West 1t
.s q, Sa soury, N O., thai the tourist
rom LIE North gains bis first g impse
# The beautlfu. Couutry. From bna,
point until the Lraln reacJes the sum
nlt u the Blue RIldge,- the 1bule ls
Ut, ugn dl-tI.c. VI constantly
cuanging anu exquisite scenery.
Tie Sapphire COUNTRY Las been com
par' d, aud Lot inaptly, To The faI
famed Eugllsh lake district, but Lhls
lake r,gion OF Tie South Is on d much
GRANGER scale. = mountain peak,
over well into the clouds and It's
cliff. are Iwlce Lne Leigh VI LhCne il
E gland. IL, Catarac,s AID moun.
Laln sGreane come plungiEg uuWL
vnelr rocky beds rom far greater dis
Lsncss tns n Lhe E 81 50 streams. Ii
the region OF TIE Land Of tie SKI
Lore ,Juan eIlnly mountain peak
tower oyer 900 feet, aid GwenUJ-
5uree Of tuen aIe nlgner than Mount
Washil gto-, u t giant OF the White
Mu1nta Us. No IoLg~r do the M I'LL
lain fesorls ul N" fan psuire, Now>
Yulk and Vermont hLl1 sway, fur
since tno ersC Z. luu VI t.-e spltL did nL-
tel, auu luLumerable LosCslfles OI
more modest pielrbS Uns IN tbls sec
GlOn, Lnuhe =. Ing health, rest, re
:reatiJn a, d change have fluid In
unls giUIluus u .u.Letn and lake re'
glUn climate, sc nery and cUmfurL-
Lid WLaL mLre Can Obe va
TlrIo va, issued irum u 9 press
Oily Jeoleloay oh arLIs lc br, cnufs
ny Cue SOUL, ~ RalIyray telling siI
about Lib county. IL contains Linn,
tables, dencrlpIiVe maJ'tr, the nan Us
Cf rtsItts, JYe prIces CnaIg d, a 'C
tells uLW 10 get tucre. 1T Is d cJm
plete lndeX o pe;t c. Vacation
cUuL try, aid aiter reading IL nU UUe
neeo be IN COubt as 10 where tU sp, nc
lib Vacation, ho- mucu 1t will ctst
and nov tu r"acL IL