The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-20

practice.
Where the Heavy Weights Come
one OF the features of these big |
religious gatherings is the character
of the men who attend the various
meetings. The leaders from every
where come to Montreal. to Ridge
Crest and to the Blue Ridge assembly. !
Not only the United States bat foreign
lands are represented constantly. The
SIZE OF the men is measured exactly
by the size of the denomination they
| come to serve, and that says the limit
| is taken off. Black Mountain is a lit
tie, quiet railroad station but some
| other places on this continent need
not be surprised to feel the e.earth tip
! Up wherethey live hen some of the
| big men who arri 4 Black Noun
! tain step down on ~Ound, for
! here come the heavy W,
| / have laid COnsiderabl> 'S> on
the religious feature of the l. 1> Il
| settlements, and | did it with til O..
understanding that some folks ~
be doubtful as to rigid theology ana
| summer relaxation and amusement.
| But the morally stunted need not be
| frightened. The editorial associations
Of North and South Carolina gathered
at Montreal and came through with
out a scar. They appeared to think
that the wholesome and quiet atm OS-
phere Of the place was entirely to be
commended. I heard more apprecia-
tive words of the girls who wait on
. | the tables at the Montreal hotels than
/ ever heard about the walters at any
hotel in my life, and l have frequent
ly put up at a dozen different hotels
week for months at time
. | The girls are in many cases young
women who are making their way
through college and came up here tC
, earn money to help along in the
~ t,tf full ~
; considerate and you know they are
!, of your own people.
; Underworld Not Sought.
: These Black Mountain resorts art
t not oppressive in their righteousness
< They offer you what they have, bu
e you are free to do what you want i
], it is something you know you ough
t to be permitted to do. That is the
. limit Of the restraint. That is why
s these retreats, are attracting people
e The human race is not seeking thC
t underworld by any means. That Il
|. why the mountains are drawing
cards And the mountains are th'
S drawing cards up here. l can imagine
0 Montreal great success up here, bu
= I would doubt its prospects down a
: Southern Pines or Raleigh or amit
e different surroundings. A man doe
|. not need the f1ippant things to maxi
d life agreeable when he is in thu
l. mountains, for he has his hands full
f with the vastness Of the surroundings
d Who would climb Mt. Mitchell for
# bottle of beer or to sit in a game o
It poker? You don't worry over tn
= lack Of a picture show when you ca
= sit on the cliffs Of some Of the peak
0 here and watch the shifting view TO
l. hours without wearying. When you
j. feet are on Black Mountain, you
= eyes in Tennessee and your ears o.
g the Clinchfield railroad you are suf
e ficiently occupied without the epheme
d raj help Of the modern amusement en-
terprises or the vanity fair trimming
\. Of the less simple life.
" Getting In The Movies.
= Another thing that is helping to pu
S, the moving picture man. He ha
~ come into the mountains, and find
d. here a setting for his pictures as We
s. as an occasional incident for his. cur
III rent events features. He was on NJ
b Mitchell with the editorial association
le from North and South Carolina an
is because the ascent Of that high pea
=" by such body Of people is out Of tn
lie ordinary he made q series Of picture
is Of the newspaper folks going up tn
lie mountain, coming down the mountai
TX and following around on top of tn
le mountain, and those pictures go oil
ID TO all the picture houses in his circu
Il all over the United States. NJ
rs Mitchell for the next few weeks Wi
,p be seen in every considerable town
in the country.
Id Naturally 1 had to trail around afte
eri Continued from page one.)