The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-29

Northern home to move into this
"promiScd land" According t"
Sackct. 1T is an undulating OF
swelling country, presenting fer
tile hills of gentle declevity and
the most rich and luxurious flats
or bottom land; anu on its face
bears Il strong resemblance L"
the county of Duchess in the
State of New York. but III a bet
ter soil and climate
Sacket's portrayal of his hold
ingS were set forth in vivid ana
glowing terms. enough to conver1
the most dubious Of cnqulrcrs.
He stated: The climate of East
Tennessee, of the upper part OF
North Carolina and Alabama. IS
probably the most SalubrlouS ana
agreeable i'm the Union. the watGT
is excellent and the soil i'll many
parts as rich as could be desired,
beinr chiefly calcariouS, which *
known to be Favorable to vines.
Sackct'S latter assertion h a 5
proved true. for the grapes OF
the thermal belt around Iryon
have been found to have few
equals:
What mordern press agent
could match this eloqucn de-
scription? IF every variety OF
soil (marShcS excepted. the mos;
limpid water and Il surface diver
Sifcd with all the features OF ma.
turc. from the towering mountain
to the rich alluvial plain can rem
der any region charming and de
Sirablc, then this is the region w"
are reviewing well deserving en-
uujrcS 0f cmigrantS.
DiSerSificd farming is an oid
practice. according . to Tcnch
Coke. one of the first owners,
who had this to say of this sec
ton: THE lands in the western
districts Of North Carolina COM
binc the advantages of being cap
able to produce and mature the
grains. grasses. animals, ana
fruits of the Middle, Northern
and Eastern States. and some Of
the productions which the eli
mates from Pennsylvania. mcIus-
i've to Vermont, Maine and In
diana do not suit" He said that
within the bounds of North Caro-
lima THE soil and climate will
produce and mature wheat rye.
barley. oats. splits. millet. Indian
corn. sheep. horned cattle, horS-
ed cattle. horses, swine. poultry,
turnipS. potatoes. cabbage. cher
rieS. flax. hemp, woad and mad
der. cotton. indigo. tobacco, rice.
wine and raising grapes. cork
trees. olive. canary seed, fig and
date trees. silk worms. and the
superior breeds of horses found
in Spain and Arabia"
In this Utopia the wine blbber
could revel to his hearts content
for the dodger averred that tine
peach brandy Of North Carolina
will compare with the best French
or Bordeaux brandy" 1t added
that. THE wine has been pro-
nounccd by competent Judges to
be equal to the best wines OF
Spain and has been found to I'M
prove with age"
Followers of the rod and reel
could angle without end in this
place where 1.-The Shad fish. striped
bass and sturgeon regularly as
cend from the sea into those
counties so that the country is
well supplied with fish of a super
ior quality"
The ethics of advertising as
practiccd today were evidently
unhcard of in 1920 for Sacket at
tempted to turn the flow of civ
ilization southwark by exposing
the "deluSion and deception of
the Illinois country He stated
The Illinois is an unimproved
wilderness. wagons there may be
seen floating on the mud of newly
cut roads. the inhabitants are
Sickly and disconted. many are IN
a suffering condition. and it is
often declared that in no part of
the United States Of equal popu-
la,ion is there more sickness and
death than in Illinois" To this ne
compared North Carolina as IAN
improved country having all the