Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07


to the New York-Atlanta Highway to
AsheviIle; S~partanburg to AsheVille.
spoken of as the scenic highway Ot
the mountains; Salisbury to Ashe-
vile and Charlotte to Asheville, these
roads are now completed, passing
through and over mountains of won
derful beauty and grandeur. 1t is
freely estimated that the tourist Is
here this eason in greater numbers
than ever before, although not SO
many nave come via railroad. The
noticeable increase in automobiles
from season to season is very crafty
ing to those interested in the good
roads movement.
"The Land of the Sky" comprises
about a hundred miles square, and is
p~ulsating with progress. Her people
are optimistically active and the pres
ent war conditions seemingly possess
no disturbing work of all kinds is go
ing rapidly on at Asheville, Hender-
|! conville and other of the smaller
towns and these beautiful mountains
are alive to the agricultural interests
and in the many advantages of mod
ern methods in cultivation. Buncombe
County is proud of her agricultural
farm demonstration which is on the
job at all times. The neighboring
counties are close seconds in Compel
ing for the many prizes that are by
the different clubs.
Great interest is being manifested
and shown in beef cattle and dairy
work. The best beef-producing coun-
ties in the State are in the Land Of
the Sky" Creameries are being es-
tablished; one in particular recently
established shows an increase from.
six thousand pounds for May, the first
month, to fifteen thousands, three
hundred in August. Creamery or
dairy routes have been established
throughout the county with the assist
ance of the State Board of AgricuI-
ture and the. agricultural committee
of the AsheVille Board of Trade.
Its Greatest Asset.
The greatest asset and attractions
of this wonderland is the magnificent
mountains and delightful summer eli
mate. with crisp, cool, delightful air
and the many hundreds of miles Of
hard-surface roads, which makes au-
tomobiling a pleasure. Chief among
these many attractions is, of cours
Mt. Mitchell, with an altiture of Sill
dOONS 0Oo JIG "6AOOS POOn
east of the Rockies and to the top Of
which a passenger railroad was open
ed in July of this year and is being
freely patronized by many thousands
of tourists and visitors from over the
United States. This beautiful scenic
railroad crosses canyons, the gorges
and all the time skirting the mountain
side, steadily climbing onward and up
MO ri until tho o11mnif nf thu 0r0of
Monarch of the East s conquered, and
beauty, stretching across fertile val
leys and g~reen-c1ad mountains, away
to the horizon, a view unequalled oy
the American continent.
The mountains of these high a1ti-
tudes are covered with great green
forests of balsam and spruce and the
air is like old wine laden with the de-.
lfghtfuT orders found only in such for
est growth. Within a radius of some
sixty miles of Asheville are located
eighty mountain peaks rising to an al
titude of over i've thousand feet; for
ty-four of these peaks are over six
thousand feet and tWenty-three having
a greater altitude than Mt. Washing.
ton Of New Hampshire, which up &c
a few years ago was heralded the
world over as the highest peak east
of the Rockies.
It is the most wonderful country
and to- enjoy it and knowSits grander
~oReeT1Hst visit. it, Avery peculiar,
yet gratifying condition i sthe welcome
and warm spot in the hearts of the
North Carolinian or mountaineer, for.
US Floridians, a condition which he
does not conceal. Whether It is
brotherly love or chivalrous hospltalf-
ty, which is one of his virtues, I have
yet to find out.