The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-06-29
A NEW PAR ADISE.


PLEASURE TOUIsls rs FLOCK no
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
southern E ailway Reveals The Land
Of the sky and "Ihe Sap.
phire Country"
The Washington Post says the day
has passed when the tide of travel for
pleasure or health or to escape from
the heat Of the summer months Eows
northward. Imagination for q long
time lured tourists In that direction
IN the belief that toward that point
OF the compass, and that alone could
comfort be found In summer or rest
attained by those wearied by prolong-
ed application to business cares.
Experience, made possible by the
development Of the South by the
Southern Railway, has shown that In
the p c'u!e que portions of North q d
South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia,
Tennessee, and other States Of the
Southern country, nature has provid-
ed the ideal conditions that tend to
make q summer vacation healthful,
restful and thoroughly satisfying.
One naturally thinks of the South
as winter resort, but the Southern
Railway has made it possible fol
thousands OF persons to know that In
Western North Carolina the climate
Is perfect the year round, and that in
midsummer that region is ideal.
Whether 1t be the hunter, the ang
Ter, 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 O,
recreation. Every desirable spot OF
this b:oad plateau, 1000 feet above
the sea, Is accessible by the Southern
Railway, whose summer schedule has
been arranged to meet the particula,
requirements Of summer travel ant
especially of those who are limited tt
week cid trips.
The grandeur Of the scsnery alont
the line Of this road ia seen at it's best
In The Land of the Sky" and the
Beautiful Sapphire Country" the
very names themselves giving some
nint Of the remarkable beauties un
folded to the visitor,
Asheville is tho center of 1.-THE
Land of tho Sky" and radiatins
rom 1t may be found Hot Springs
Waynesville, Haywood White Sulphur
Springs, Hendersonville, Brevatd
Biltmore, Lake Tokaway, and, s
abort distance farther on to the south.
vest, the Beautiful Sapphire Coun
ty"
1t Is to the enterprise of the South
ern Railway that these now famous
sections of the South owe their popu
arity. They are easily reached b,
palatial through express trains from
New York City, aftordipg every com.
fort and luxury during the Southern
Ij)ougns y IS q \ snnsc Ions carefully srrang
ed likewise make them accessi bic from
I'll points In the South and West. L,
8 at Salisbury, N o., that the tourist
rom the North gains his first glimpse
)f the beautiful country. From that
point until the train reaches the sum
nit Of the Blue Ridge, the route is
dhrough district of constantl
changing and exquisite scenery.
The Sapphire country has been com
pared, and not inaptly, to the IA
famed English lake district, but thi,
lake region of the South is on muc
grander scale. It's mountain peak
o*er we'll into the clouds and 1
cliff are twice the height Of those l
&c gland. It's catarGcls and mou'
am st:safiS come plungii & dUw
.neir rocky beds from far greater di-
Gancas than the E0glisn streams.
5.ie region OF the Land of the SIX
nore than eighty mountain ak
tower over s 600 feet, and twentj
6hree of the m are higher than Noun
Washington, the giant Of the Whit,
Mountains. No longer do the noun
tain resorts Of New Hampshire, NJ
York and Vermont held sway, FL
since tho erection Of the splendid ht
tells and innumerable hostelrles o,
more modest pretensions In this sec
tion, those seeking health, rest, re
creation ald change have found ir
this glorious mountain aud lake re-
gion climate, scenery and comfort
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There was Issued from the pres
only yesterday an artistic brochur,
by the Southern Railway telling al
about this country. 1t contains tim
tables, descriptive matter, the name
OF resorts, the prices charged, anc
tells how to get there. 1t is o com
plete index to perfect vacation
country, and after reading 1t no on,
need be in doubt as to where to spent
ola vacation, how much 1t will COS
and how to reach 1t
Boat n N, gro to Death.
For the fifth time Within year tn
whites residing in the vicinity of th
Miller shaft at Portage, Pa, and til,
II groes employed there have clasheo
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