Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-17
TUESDAY, MAY II, 1910.

presentation, and would be read by Mr..
Donald MacRae. and that gentleman
proceeded to read the following:
Your committee having examined the
| fish caught today by the automobile
| touring party. beg leave to report that
we find Mr.. J. W. Zimmerman Of Char
lotte, N. c., having caught eighteen
| fine trout, two of them over eleven
! inches long. has what we regard the
| best catch, and entitled to the first
prize
1--WE further find that Mr.. s. r. Clin-
| ton of Glover. S. c., caught the largest
, fish. the same being fourteen and one
half inches long, and that ne Is there
| fore entitled to the second prize.
| I'VE find further that a number Of
other persons made fine catches of
fish. to wit: Mr.. +. Sherman, Jr., Of Raj
eigh, n. c., Mrs. Bessie Patterson Of
Charlotte, n. c.; Mr.. w. K. Clarke Of
Charlotte, n. c.: Mrs. ]. w. thinner
man: Mr.. ]. Meek Smith. Clover, S. c.;
and Mrs. o. L. Barringer of Charlotte.
n. c., all of whom deserve honorable
mention.
Respectfully submitted, Wade H.
Harris. J. r. Erwin, II. c. Martin,
committee"
| The chair then announced that Mr..
john NJ. Scott had agreed to make the
presentation speech, and Mr.. Scott was
certainly on the job, but we shall neith-
er attempt to quote his remarks or de-
cribe his oe-begOne appearance while
explaining why John Zimmerman got
| the prize instead Of himself, because
such an attempt would prove as futile
as to undertake to give the reader an
adequate conception Of the rugsedness,
grandeur and surprising beauty OF
| that mountain scenery without his see
| ing 1t with his natural eye. 1t was not
so much what was said, as the way he
said It. that convulsed practically
everyone except the speaker.
| The next number was several Scotch
airs (they all sounded alike to the wri-
| ter) on a bagpipe, rendered by noble
old native born Scotchman, a Mr.. Mac-k
Rae, who with his very interesting
| family, lives at the foot Of Grandfather
Mountain. The airs, so far as we could
tell, were precisely the same as heard
in our childhood, but there were many
present vino had never before had the
opportunity Of hearing the bagpipe,
and they were especially impressed
| with the novelty as we'll as what they
| considered the forlOrnness of the sound.
The performer was evidently as loyal
to his native land as when he first left
it, as every movement and sound SEEM
ed to denote undying affection for the
customs and characteristics Of his ma
tive Scotch mills.
After the party had expressed it's ap-
probation to Mr.. MacRae Of his per-
formance, the lights were turned out
and blankets arranged so as to screen
the light from the fireplace, when Pro-
fessors w. N. Hutt and Franklin
Sherman, Jr, of the n. c. department
Of agriculture gave an illustrated lee
| ture on fruit culture, Mr.. HUT doing
| the talking, while Mr.. Sherman mani
| pulated the apparatus which threw the
pictures on the canvas. The talk was
simple and clear, free from technical
phrases and Of a character generally
calculated to enlighten the layman and
received much closer attention than Is
usual from a promiscuous audience
when practical everyday subjects are
being discussed by experts. At the
conclusion Of the lecture, the tourists
made for their rooms and to bed.
Right here, we will undertake to en-
Tighten the reader as to Linville, its To-
cation and the reason for its existence.
The little town Is located In a valley In
Mitchell county, in the northwestern
section Of North Carolina, and Is about
so miles (air line) northeast of Asne-
Vile, 20 miles (air line) northwest OF
Lenoir, 25 miles north of Morganton,
and 10 miles from the Tennessee line
Il
ings of various kinds, including the
Eseeola Inn, with accommodations,
when present additions are completed,
for about $50 guests; there are about
35 cottages or dwellings, some Of them
quite handsome and commodious, two
or more store buildings, church and
several other buildings. The inn and
25 of the cottages are the property or
the Linville Improvement company,
| u,bi fna ha lan q owned nv various
| outsiders. The town Is $500 feet above
sea level or about 1900 feet higher
than Asneville, and 1,600 above Edge
mont 1t has been more than twenty
years since the work of clearing the
immense timber out Of the valley was
commenced, and although II has enjoy
ed a wide reputation as an ideal spot In
which to spend the warmest summer
months, almost from the first, Its pa
irons have come from the northern and
western states, owing to the very great
difficulty Of reaching 1t from all points
east Of it in North Carolina and also
from South Carolina, hence the opening
up Of the Edgemont and Linville
turnpike has now made it easily ac-
cessible to the sections indicated.
Grandfather Mountain, already fire.
quently mentioned, is 5,964 feet above
sea level and is the highest peak In
that section of North Carolina, and
among the highest east of the Missis-
sippi river.
The party was out on time on Satur-
day morning and several of the cars
headed toward Blowing Rock, % miles
away, by o'clock, and by $40 they
were all on the road. The route to
Blowing Rock Is over the YOnahlossee
(Which being interpreted is said to
mean "the trail of the bear'O turnpike.
the same having been constructed
about twenty years ago, under the su-
pervision of Mr.. MacRae, the above
mentioned Scotchman, who manipulat-
ed the bagpipe at the Inn on Friday
night. While the grades on this road
are in many instances much sleeper
than those on the Edgemont and Invite
turnpike, the road is by reason OF the
time that it has been in use, more cas-
ily travelled by automobiles, but this
advantage is not likely to be Of long
duration. Along the Yonahlossee, a.:
along the road travelled on Thursday,
word had evidently been sent out that
the party would pass that way, as all
along the road there were groups or
| from three to 25 or more people
waiting to see tine procession pass. The
actual running time between Linville
and Blowing Rock, Watauga Inn, was
about two hours and thirty minutes.
and it Is likely that several OF the
cars made ii in less time.
The Rock presented the appearance
of show day in the average country
town. Several hundred people were
assembled in the parks, on the piazzas
and on the streets and within few
minutes after the arrival Of the party.
as many as could be packed In the cars
were having joy rides in all directions.
The arrival Of the autos at Blowing
Rock ahead of schedule time and in as
good condition as when unloaded from
the cars at Edgemont, had fully vindi-
Gated Col Nichols's contention that
the whole trip could be made with
comparative ease and comfort, and I'm
far less time than with carriages drawn
| by horses, the time hOnOred means OF
reaching these mountain resorts, and
as q result there was no better salts
| fed or pleasant looking man in the
place, Notwithstanding the fact that
no member of the party was probably
ever in a better humor than at that
| tipop