The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-15
BY HOWARD \. BANKS.

To one who has had the good fort
tune to visit both the Wayne%ille and
Black Mountain sections at abou the
same time, it seems a striking coin
cidence that four Of the great reli-
gious organizations should cluster
around Ashevilie. near Black Noun
tain-the Southern Presbyterian col
ony at Montreal, the Southern Bap-
fist colony at ~T;idgecrest, and the
great Y. NJ. &. A. and 7. w. G. A.
summer conferences at Blue Ridge.
These three assemblies are about
seventeen miles 70 the east Of Ashe-
Vile. The Southern Methodist sum
mer colony is bout thirty miles TO
the west at Lake Junaluska. near
WayneSville. Why these three demo-
limitations and this great Ihterdenomi-
national work should have been Of
such a single mind as to locate in
one section Of the South, leads one |
to wonder and seek for the reason
Of it: and yet no reason is apparent, |
unless il is that the Western North
Carolina mountains are ideal for such
MISUNDERSTANDING, the metropo-
lis OF the mountains, furnishing a
splendid base Of supplies.
Montreal is growing ali the time,
and since Evangelist Weston r.. Gales,
with the aid and support Of the late
Mr.. Huyler, the great candy manufac-
tuEeT OF new YORK, started MS sum-
mer conference there nearly Is years
ago. this little resort in the cove Of
the North Fork Of the Salamanca
river has been on n steady forward
movement. After Mr.. Gales death.
Montreat's future looked dark for a
little while; but under the pioneer
work Of Rev. DR.. ]. f.. Howerton Of
Charlotte, the Presbyterians Of the
South took over the work, and the
place has been growing in popularity
with the good people of this fifth ever
since. New roads are being blasted
out OF the mountain-Side and new cot
tages are going up all the time. Hotel
capacity has had to be doubled within
recent years. The lake is IL drawing
card, and the boys were swimming in
il the day | passed by il.
The cottages all have names posted
on the gate posts or piazza fronts.
Some Of them are merely the name of
the family occupying the cottage.
Others are poetic; n one Of them
was auivering with humor. Hits
weunS. ] stood before it, scratching
my head trying to figure it out. l
said to myself: This is a German
word. and 1 wonder what it means
Then l divided it INTO two syllables. to
see il I could get any light on it's
etymology:-'Hits-weuns." l was
about to give it up in despair, when
light dawned upon my cob-webbed
brain. 1t was the mountaineer lingo;
Hits We-uns." This was the home
Of the Johnson family. OF South Caro-
lima, ~kinspeople Of my old Davidson
college mate. Hon. W.. F. Stevenson
OF Cheraw, s. c., the brilliant Ex-At-
torney General Of South Carolina. and
one OF the ablest lawyers in the South
Stevenson is himself an elder in the
Presbyterian Church, and a Mon
treater.
There were 1000 people at Mont
reat the week l was there. The audi
torium is frequently taxed to its ut
most capacity. 1t holds about 1,0Ot
and it is said they try to get 1900 il
there at times. [ dropped in to
morning lecture by Rev. DR.. Vinson
Of the Theological Seminary at Aus
tin. Texas, and heard him give one 0
his lectures on the Book Of Hebrews
While l only heard about ten or fit
teen minutes Of the windup of hi
address, he was holding a large aud
fence by the power Of his eXegeSis.
quite a umb OF missionaries O
the Southern Presbyterian churc
were present In the missionary con
ference. Among these was Rev. Rob
ert II. Colt, Of Salisbury, who is no,
Il missionary to Korea; and the mis-
sionary interest OF the denofninatio
was being whetted by the zeal an
sclf-Sacrifice Of missionaries an
converts. as related by the speaker
A splendid kindergarten work
carried OF by Mrs. John Knox Co
for the benefit Of the children {
Montreal, and Montreal is like the oil
woman in the shoe-"She has S
many children she doesn't know Whs
to do
DR.. Howard Agnew Johnston VIZ
drawing great crowds when left: ar
another of the most popular speal
r or Ink GanNhTa IN. -
Chapman, the great evangelist.
Montreal is financed by the gate r
ceipts. Four Davidson College DO,
take turn about collecting the tolls
the gate down at the foot Of the Gov
and il ] mistake not. they will he
pay their way through college ~ tn
work. as we'll as get the benefit
the great lectures Mnntraat SeCur