Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-24
'.SKY-LANO" MAGAZINE
WILL BE PUBLISHED
IN HENDERSONVILLf

ttSky-1and" is the title of one of the
latest literary efforts in North Caro-
/ lima, the first issue of which will
! make its appearance in magazine form
4sel,irirg the month of Aaayts
The production is to be nom -po1it-
ical illustrated monthly and will deal
with a wide variety of subjects per-
tanning to material developments in
North Carolina, chief among which
will be good roads, agricultural and
mineral resources, the latest and
most scientific methods of farming,
forestry, conservation of the states
resources, educational progress, water
power developments, sociological and
economic problems, textile industries,
; community and Industrial develop
ments, biographical and historical
sketches, etc.
Features of the magazine will be
fiction stories and Fourth Estate"
column, to which some of the ablest
newspaper men in the state have
agreed to contribute articles of in
terest.
Although the publication will have
its home Office and editorial depart
ment in Hendersonville, at 216 Fifth
avenue. West, it will not be of local
nature as it will Ideal with problems
throughout the state.
The personnel of the staff is COM
posed of writer's of recognized ability
and it's patrons will be men on tt
topmost political rounds of North
Carolina. Miss Mae Lucille Smith of
Hendersonville is editor -in-chief. Miss
Smith needs no introduction to the
readers of the Democrat, of which
she was news editor last winter, when
she resigned her duties Herewith in
the interest of the "Sky-land." In
addition to this work, for several
years she has written news articles,
short stories and dialect poems for a
number of the leading southern news
papers. T. w. Chambliss, of Wilson,
is associate editor. As a writer, he
needs no introduction in this state,
having served nthe capacity of editor
the "Side Table Talks and wrote edito.
of the Charlotte Chronicle and mem
Der of the editorial staff of the Char
lotte Observer for which he conducted
rial sketches. He resigned this work
to accept the pastorate of the Baptist
church of Wilson
William A. Varty, editor of the Isle
OF Pines Appeal, published at Nueva,
Corona, Isle of Pines, West Indies, is
one of the contributing editors. Mr..
Varty has seen service as war corre-
spondent and worked for some of the
New York papers. He will arrive in
Hendersonville soon to take up work
on the magazine.
Robert c. Goldstein, member of
the faculty of the Asheville High
school, held the chair of English at
Trinity college for two years, and has
considerable newspaper and magazine
experience He will be contribut-
ing editor.
Governor Craig, Senators Simmons
and Overman, Secretary of the Navy
Daniels and others OF, opposite politi-
cal faith; and some recognized maga-
zine writer's win contribute to the
new publication.
The production viii be seven by ten
inches and will contain as many
pages as are carried by the averge
magazine. The cover design will be
typical of. mountain laurel in its ma
tural colors. The "Sky-land" win
carry a substitute title of Stories OF
Picturesque North Carolina.