The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-27
A Nav PARADISE.
PLEASURE TOURISTS FLOCK 70
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
Southern Railway REVEALS che Land
Of the ky and ",Ihe Sap
paire Country

The Washington P. 81 says the day
mas passed when the tide OF travel fl
pleasure or health OF TO escape from
tne heat Of the summer months fo*s
nor1hTard. Imagination for a long
time lured tourists In that d:rect1o,
IN The belief that toward that point
OF the compass, and that alone coulc
comfort be found In summer OF rest
attained by these 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 cEu:e que portions OF North and
South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia,
Tennessee: and other States OF the
Southern country, nature has provid-
ed the ideal conditions that tend tc
make summer vacation healthful,
res5ful and thoroughly satisfying.
Ole naturally thinks OF the South
as winter resort, but the Southern
Ra!l4ay has made 1t possible TO,
thousands OF persons to know that ip
Western North Carolina the climate
is perfect the year round, and tha: il
midsummer unat region is ideal.
Whether 1t be the hunter, the ang
Ter, OK the idier, the broad plateau,
the foothills, and the mountain sides
and tops OF the picturesque BLU
Ridge open day after day neR feloe
for sport and new scenes Of rest OF
recreation. Every desirable spot OF
CHS b:osd plateau, 1000 feet above
toe sea, is accessible Dy the Southern
Railway, whose summer schedule ha
oeen arranged to meet the particula,
requirements Of Summer travail ano
especially Of those who are limited to
week cid trips.
The grandeur OF the scsnery along
the line Of this road Is seen at Its best
In The Land Of the Sky" and ths
Beautiful Sapphire Country" the
very names themselves giving some
oint Of the remarkable beauties un.
folded to the visitor.
Asheville Is the center of THE
Land OF the Sky," and radiatint
rom 1t msy be found H,t Springs
Wsynesvllle, Haywood White Sulphur
Springs, Hendersonville, Breva1d
B1lJmore, Lake Tokaway, and, s
short distance farther on to the south.
Sest, the Beautiful Sapphire Coun
y"
1t is to the enterprise of the South
ern Railway that these now fauous
sections Of the South owe their popu
iarity. They are easily reached b,
palatial through express trains from
New York City, at Jrdirg every CON.
tart and luxury during the Southern
journey. C~nnecsions carefully arrang
90 Likewise make them accessible from
al points In the South and West Ii
's at Salisbury, N c., that the tourist
rom the North gains his first glimpse
# :he beautiful couotry. Frun tEat
point until toe train reaches the SUN
nit Of the Blus Ridge, the route is
.nr ugh d1-ttlc5 of CONSTANT.
a1ansipg and exquisite scenery.
The Sapphire country las been com
pared, and not insptly, to the fA
famed Eogiish lake district, but thh
lake region OF the South Is on a muc!
grander scale. Its mountain peak
over well into the clouds and IT,
cliff are twice the height Of those L
e gland. Its cataracss and noun
ssin streams come piunging dows
their rocky beds from far greater dis
5ancss than the English streams. I
5ae region OF the Land Of the Sky
more than eighty mountain peak
tower over 900 fees, and twent,
three OF them are higher than Noun
Washington, the giant Of the Whits
Mountains. No longer do the noun
tain resorts Of New Hampshire, New
York and Vermont held sway, fol
since the erection Of tie spler id no
tells and innumerabls hostelries OF
more modest pretensions in this sec
5ioa, those seeking health, rest, re-
creation and change have found II
this glorious mountain and lake re-
gion climate, scenery and comfort
and what more can one want
There was issued from the pres.
only yesterday an artistic brochure
by the Southern Railway telling al.
about this country. 1t contains tim.
tables, descriptive matter, the names
OF resorts, the prices charged, ano
tells how to get there. 1t Is a com
plete ind5X to perfect vacation
country, and after reading 1t no one
need be In doubt as to where to spenc
MS vacation, how much it will cos'
and how to reach 1t
Beat Negro to Death.
For the fifth time within a year ths
whites residing in the vicinity OF th'
Mile, shaft at Portage, Pa, and the
negroes employed there havs clashed
the latest outbreak occurring Thurs
Day, when John Alexander,
asgro, was beaten to death in front G.
i the Portage Hotel. BE and thre'
companions had been drinking at tn
b.r Of the hotel, and while there ar:
alleged to have made remarks tina