The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-19

provided the ideal conditions that
tend to make a summer vacation
heslthful, restful and thoroughly sat-
isfyying. So -. 8.
One naturally thinks of the South
as 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-
ler, 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, 1000 feet above
the sea, is accessible by the Southern
railway, whose summer schedule has
been arranged to meet the particular
requirements of those who are limit
ed to weekend trips.
The grandeur of the scenery along
the line of this road is seen at it's
best i'll "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 Sui
phur Springs, Hendersonville, Bre-
ward, Biltmore, Lake Toxaway, and,
a short distance forther 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
comfort and luxury during the
Southern journey. Connection care
fully arranged likewise make them
accessible from all points in the
South and West. 1t is at Salisbury,
N. c., that the tourist 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 through
a district of constantly changing and
exquisite scenery.
The Sapphire country has been
compared and not inaptly, to the far
famed English lake district, but this
lake region Of the South is on a
much granler scale. It's mountain
peaks tower we'll into the clouds and
Its cliffs are twice the height of those
IN England. Its cataracts and noun
tain streams come plunging down
their rocky beds from far greater
distance than the English streams.
In the region of the Gland 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
mountain resorts of New Hampshire,
New York and Vermont hold swav.
for since the erection Of the splendid
hotels and innumerable hostelries of
more modest pretensions in this sec
ton, those seeking health, rest, recre-
alton and change have found in this
glorious mountain and lake region
climate, 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
tell how to get there. 1t is a com
plcte index to a perfect vacation
country, and after reading it no one
need be in doubt as to where to
spend his vacation, how much it will
cost and how to reach it.-post
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