The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-03
DISCOVER A
NEW PARADISE
SUMMER AND WINTER TOURISTS
FLOCK TO WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.
Southern Railway Reveals THE Land
of the Sky" and 1.-THE Sap
phire Country"

cape from the heat of the summeI
months flows northward immigration
for 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 OF
rest attained by those wearied by pro
longed application to business cares
Experience, made possible by the
development of the South by the
Southern Railway, has shown that in
the picturesque portions of North and
South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Ten
nessee, and other States of the South
ern country, nature has provided the
ideal conditions that tend to make a
summer vacation healthful, restful and
thoroughly satisfying
One naturally thinks of the South
as a winter resort, but the Southern
Railway has made it possible for
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 it 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 or rec
reation Every desirable spot of this
broad plateu, 1000 feet above the sea,
is accessible by the Southern Railway,
whose summer schedule has been ar
ranged to meet the particular require
ments of summer travel and espec-
tally of those who are limited to week
end trips.
The grandeur of the scenery along
the line of this road is seen at its
best in "The Land of the Sky and the
Beautiful Sapphire Country" the very
names themselves giving some hint Of
the remarkable beauties unfolded to
the visitor.
Asheville is the center of "The Land
of the Sky" and radiating from it may
be found Hot Springs, Waynesville,
Haywood White Sulphur Springs,
Hendersonville, Brevard, Biltmore,
Lake Toxaway, and, short distance
farther on to the southwest, "the
Beautiful Sapphire Country"
1t is to the enterprise of the South
ern Railway that these now famous
sections of the South owe their pop
ularity They are easily reached by
palatial through express trains from
New York City, affording every com
fort and luxury during the Southern
journey. Connections carefully ar
ranged likewise make them accessible
from all points in the South and West.
1t is at Salisbury. n. c.. that the tour
list from the North gains his first
glimpse of the beautiful country
From that point until the train reaches
the summit of the Blue Ridge, the
route is though a district of constant
ly changing and exquisite scenery.
The Sapphire country has been COM
pared, and not inaptly, to the far famed
English lake district, but this lake
region of the South is on a much
grander scale. It's mountain peaks
tower we'll into the clouds and it's
cliffs are twice the height Of those in
England It's cataracts and mountain
streams come plunging down their
rocky beds from far greater distances
than the English streams. In the
region of the Land of the Sky"
more than eighty mountain peaks
tower over 5000 feet, and twenty
three of them are higher than Mount
Washington, the giant of the White
Mountains. No longer do the noun
tain resorts of New Hampshire, New
York and Vermont hold sway, for
since the erection of the splendid ho-
| tells and innumerable hostelries of
more modest pretentions in this Sec
ton, those seeking health rest, rec
ireation and change have found in this
glorius mountain and lake region eli
mate, scenery and comfort-and what
more can one want
There was issued from the press
only yesterday an artistic brochure
by the Southern Railway telling all
about this country. 1t contains time
tables, descriptive matter, the names
of resorts, the prices charged, and
tells how to get there. It is CON-
plete index to perfect vacation coun-
try, and after reading it no one need
be in doubt as to where to spend his
vacation, how much it will cost and
now to reach it.-Post, Washington, D.
c., May rs, 1906.