Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-13

mountain scenery along its winding
way, it was with regret that we pass
ed on until we hit the concrete road
through the Biltmore estate and into
the city Of Asheville.
At Asheville the party after late
supper in cafe, registered at the Lam
gren hotel and had good nights rest
after long and tiresome trip.
Early Sunday morning after break
fast we took a short ride over the city.
There are but few tourists there YET.
The weather had been and is too cool
for the early tourist and the city was
just about like any other city Of like
SIZE There are scores and hundreds
of houses and rooms for rent and the
boarding houses all have out the
Rooms for Rent" signs. We rode
around for quite little while and per-
haps doubled over some streets, at
least a policeman stopped us as we
drove up to he square, and inquired,
Have you been up this street before
this morning?" He was told that we
did not know, that we had been riding
about considerably; but had paid no
particular attention to the.streets, and
admitted that we might have passed
through that street before. He asked
if this was a South Carolina car and
was told that it was. We'll" he said,
this is one way street, and cars on
this street go the other way. But you
can go on this time; but don't come
this way again" We didn't. The po-
liceman was very polite and very con-
siderate, evidently looking at it from
the standpoint that the passing tourist
is one of his problems and had to be
given some consideration in the viola
ton Of city traffic laws.
Leaving Asheville at 2 p. m, we
started for home by way of the Hen
dersonyille road to Chimney Rock and
along the banks of the Broad-our
Broad riyer-and it is altogether dill
ferent up there from what 1t is at
Ninety-nine Islands for instance. 1t IS
very narrow and swift running, tumo-
ling down over the rocks and through
narrow gorges, where to all appear
ances it would be an easy matter TO
dam up the waters and develop almost
unlimited electric power that would
furnish all the light and power that
that section Of North Carolina could
possibly use.
But that is no farming country.
There are people through that section
who may be farmers, but II they are
farmers and depend on the crops they
raise, how they live is a mystery to tine
fellow who is used to seeing farmers OF
this section cultivating great fields.
The mountain farmer cultiyates small
patches ant~uses almost every avail
able foot of land. some Of it being land
that couldn't possibly be cultivated by
any other means than by hand. But IL
is the tourist who is the. main crop OF
the folks up that way. They gather
this crop during about three months or
the year and then begin planning 1or
the tourist the next summer and here's
hoping that his crop is generous, be-
cause to live in those mountains dur
ing the eight or nine barren months
entities him to bountiful crops during
the open season.
Reaching Chimney Rock early in the
afternoon, we stopped for a DIT OF
look at the famous rock and its sur
rounding mountains. There are sew
eral hotels there. One Of them, the
Mountain View, is quite a pretentieus
establishment and doubtless is filled to
ovverflowing during the hot summer
days, as are most likely the other and
smaller hostelries. Here the highway
runs right along the Broad and across
the river away up is to be seen the
famous pile that gives the place us
name. Towering high above the rock
are great mountains stretching far into
the distance, capped with great granite
boulders, and at one place is to be seen
tumbling over the highest crest a small
waterfall that apparently tumbles some
200 feet or more before it is lost to
view among the forest trees at the base
of the mountains. This is more OF
sight than is the great pile "Chim-
ney Rock" although all tourists to the
place are supposed to climb up the
round about road to the foot or the
rock and climb to it's summit, some 25o
feet, up the steps and take view OF
the surrounding mountains.
Passing on the trip was uneventrui
except a stop of an hour at Forest City
for gas for the car and supper for the
party. We reached Yorkville about IL
o'clock, after travelling considerably
more mileage on the return trip than
on the going, owing to a miscue on the
road that carried US several miles out
of our course.