The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-08-09

poSIoho, WIFI ltS many ana VareQ en-
Vironments, far famed for it's numer-
Gus places of historic note, the grand
eur of its mountain ranges and the
charm of its chain of lakes, magnifi-
cence of it's landscape, the luxuriance
OF its foliage and the profuson OF the
bloom and blossom drenching the
gentle air with sweet perfume, all com
pine to create panorama of almost
-sstS dreamed of loveliness and of won
ful educational value. Then why
=. see them? Why not go around
and get acquainted, and see for your
self things you never knew of be-
fore, and you will be amazed?
Now 1t is for that very reason that
the Greater Baltimore Committee has
launched the movement to hold a con-
Vention in Baltimore next May that
Will pictorially and geographically
show our people the many great things
of beauty and interest we have in
these United States. We want every
body to cooperate with us, and every
State in the Union fully represented
in the display.
See America First" is the name we
have adopted and it is the idea to
make the exhibition Of such educa-
tional strength that it will serve as
a powerful instructor for Americans
of Americas important attractions that
most Of them know so little about.
The people of our country are fond
of travel, but as the prose writer says
the young mans thoughts turn to love
In the spring, so does the travellers
thoughts turn to European trip in
the early summer. Then away he goes.
and when he returns in several months
he is just bubbling over with delight
in describing to his friends the many
attractions he saw abroad and telling
OF the fine time he had. At the same
time he does not know a thing about
the great attractions in America, be-
cause he has never seen them Now
1t is all very nice 10 make a trip
abroad whenever you can arrange to
do it, but by all means see America
first. Why within few hours of Bal.
timore, Philadelphia, New York or Bos-
ton, there is uneXcelled scenery and
numerous places of instructive and en-
tertaining interest
What makes n more delightful trip
than diving in the eXhiarating sea wa
ter at such resorts as Old Point, Cape
May, Atlantic City and many others
that hug the Atlantic coast? Or if you
are fond of mountainous life, what is
more enchanting than sojourn in
the Blue Ridge or Adirondacks, or a
midsummer trip over the Rockies?
If you are fond of hunting, you, can
get all kinds Of game and all the fun
and entertainment you want right
here in the East, and in the White
Mountains and other places, as we'll
as in many places in the far West If
\ you want to study game, go to the Ma
Jtional Forest in Oklahoma, which is
"a perpetual breeding ground for Amer
lean game.
1t would startle us to know the
number of European travellers that
scour the Alps, motor in France. run
through Spain for the picturesque,
and actually do not know that we have
in this country many peaks nobody
has climbed; that there is in the very
heart of America most picturesque
turquoise mines from which the finest
pewel in King Alfonso's crown was
taken, and that we have a sphinx i'm
the West that antedates Egyptian ar
chaeogy by 5000 years, stone lions
older than the columns of Phrygia, the
beautiful Yellowstone Park and the
California orange groves Or if YOU
are fond of the rugged mountains,
with pleasant and refreshing atmos-
phere and natures beauty and lowell
ness in the streams of water that wind
their way down the hills and through
the fertile agricultural valley to the
big rivers, we have them right here
in Maryland.
If 1T is riNnr life and wild scenery
you are after where can you match
Thousand Islands and the Adirondack
region? Think of Niagara Falls, sec
q only in natural wonder to the
-alls of Zambesi and so much more
easily reached If you want good sal
mon or trout fishing; you can get plen-
ty of it in the bright waters of Maine
or in Columbian River.
x For the business man who wants
n to study commercial and idustrial con