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ners” of the great world. While this fact about
the people is true in Georgia, it is none the less
true in
The Resorts of Tennessee,
where much the same social conditions exist. Again
we have mountain heights, reached by tortuous rail
roads, and again we have glimpses of mountain
scenery rivalled by no other part of all the world and
equalled but by few. Although there is certanly less
grandeur and majesty revealed by the Tennessee
mountains’ heights than by the peaks of the Rock
ies or lofty summits of the Alps, yet nowhere even
in the latter is there to be found more real beauty
of outline than is had, let ns say, at Monterey, Tenn.
A comparatively new resort is this, opened to the
general public only within a very few years, when a
new railroad penetrated the hills which shut in the
tiny town, yet even now it has won for itself a place
in the hearts of those who have summered there.
The country is wilder than that of any other part
of the state, and, as evidence of its richness and
beauty, it may be said that it forms the center of
what was once known as
The Happy Hunting Ground
of the Five Nations. These fierce war-like tribes
fought long and lustily for possession of this very
part of Tennessee, and of the adjoining states of
Kentucky and Alabama, but with success so doubt
ful to each one that finally a truce was made, leav
ing the sought-for lands free as a hunting ground
to all, but to be owned by none. To mark the boun
daries of this province were erected huge stones,
plainly to be seen by each approaching hunter. One
of these stones remains today in the very center of
the town of Monterey and originally the little set
tlement was called “Standing Stone.” The path
way of the Indian toward this desired Mecca can
still be traced, and one of the diversions of the
gay summer visitor is to follow, with the dainty
step of modern cultivation, along the very path over
which the native Indian grimly filed in quest of the
big game by which he lived.
Yet another pathway encircles the town, and this
is a road famous in the history of our country for
it is the often mentioned “Walton’s Road,” over
which
The Pioneers Passed to Enter the State
from the Carolinas. Along this way have gone many
men whose names have become famous in the history
of our country, and so many are the tales told of
this pioneer journeying that it would need a separate
article even to outline them.
But Tennessee is rich in historic resorts, for in
the very heart of an erstwhile battlefield, we have
a summer abiding place of wide repute. This, of
course, is
Lookout Mountain,
which stands guard, as it were, over the town of
Chattanooga, but which proves a most attractive
change from the valleys which surround it. Even
today one may find deep buried in the soil, flattened
bullets fired, perhaps, by our own Confederate sol
diers, while close at hand some plough upturns a
sharp arrow head left by some savage wairior in
'his never-ending battle with the enemy.
Yet if Lookout, with all its many points of inter
est does not fully satisfy the summer idler, he may
turn to yet other mountains in the South for further
change and rest. North Carolina has a distinct sum
mer population which is ever loyal, and with the
dawning of each spring a new life is diffused into
the smallest towns and villages where the “summer
boarder” is as much of an institution as he is in
the great hotels provided for this sole propose.
Climate of North Carolina and Virginia.
There is no climate in the country more generally
salubrious than that of Asheville, N. C., and the
adjoining towns. The altitude has been found just
enough to invigorate, while not over-taxing hearts
trained to beating in the valleys, and the entire
mountain region has become famous as a health
as well as a pleasure resort.
Virginia, too, holds within her borders many
mountain resorts of unsurpassed beauty and une
qualled charm. Here it was that belles of the Old
South held undisputed sway and many are the sto-
The Golden Age for July 12, 1906.
ries told of the triumphs had by these American
beauties at the world renowned “Greenbriar White
Sulphur Springs,” which rivalled in gaiety and so
cial charm even the Spas of France and Germany.
It seems a wise and kindly
Dispensation of Providence
that almost within every state in the South there is
some part which can be utilized as a sort of general
“play ground” for the summer time. Even in the
far southern parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and
Florida there are coast resorts which count as many
summer as winter residents. The Gulf of Mexico
as it flows past the borders of Mississippi makes an
ideal spot for the visitor and these resorts have
some unique features not found anywhere else in
the country.
The water, being salt, is most desirable for bath
ing purposes, but a chain of coast islands which
intervene between these towns and the open Gulf
prevent the bathing from being done in the surf
itself. The beach is long and very gradually slop
ing, hence the bath houses are built, at the end
of extremely long piers which are used also as a sort
of open air pavillions built over the water. To the
people of New Orleans, Mobile and adjacent cities,
these Gulf coast resorts are actual boons, and many
are the summer homes erected along the shore. Per
haps at no place in the country can there be seen
more typical Southern summer life than at these
same towns. Pass Christian, Bay St. Louis, Biloxi
and Gulf Port are the best known of these resorts,
while the latter is fast growing in commercial im
portance as well. But the spirit of commerce enters
but lightly into the summer pleasuring of the South
erner who retains enough of the Oriental tempera
ment to take his holiday fully and entirely and to
leave “dull care” behind. Much has been said of
the discomforts of summer resorts, many are the
claims urged for “home during the hot months,”
and many of these claims are well taken, but as
long as man is constituted as at present; as long
as Nature inexorably demands toll for over-taxing,
just so long will the need exist for summer relaxa
tion, for change and rest and pleasuring, and just
so long will resorts for this purpose continue to
“increase and multiply.”
The Oldest Protestant Church.
At Hill Cliffe, Cheshire, England, within less than
two miles of the centre of the town of Warrington,
stands what is regarded as the oldest Protestant
church in the world. In it a small community of
Baptists worship. For many generations a body of
Christ’s people have met on this sacred spot, where
continuous worship is supposed to have been held for
four hundred years or more. The earliest docu
ments show that the church belonged to the Ana
baptists. The date given as the origin of the church
is 1552, which proves that it must have been formed
very early in the Reformation period. There are,
however, good grounds for believing that for a long
time before the date given a company of devout
people met there in worship. This supposition is
supported by the ancient character of the graveyard
adjoining, where, during the past sixty years, grave
stones have been discovered bearing such early dates
as 1357, 1414, 1511, 1521 and 1522. It is asserted
by some authorities that the church was established
as the result of the labors of Roger Holland, who
was martyred at Smithfield in 1588. Oliver Crom
well worshipped here after he met the Royalist
forces at Warrington. The present pastor is Rev.
J. Samuel Hughes, under whom it has become a
centre of much active and useful Christian work.
J. K. McLean, in Christian Herald.
The cause of woman’s suffrage has had a signal
victory in the state of Oregon where at the recent
election the vote was passed to amend the State
Constitution by omitting the word “male” in the
voting clauses. There is an element in Oregon oppos
ed to woman suffrage and this element claims that
the National Woman Suffrage Association was in a
great measure responsible for the “victory” in
Oregon as representatives were sent to that state to
work for the desired results.
News of General Interest.
The first armored train was used at the siege of
Paris in IS7I.
Afghan soldiers are not admitted as witnesses in
law courts of their own country.
Washington is practically the only national capi
tal that has no slums at all, but Berlin runs it close
in this respect.
A Hungarian student who was plucked at a re
cent examination at Klausenburg shot himself, but
first winged an examiner.
The King of Saxony receives $875,000 a year for
ruling over his kingdom, while the Grand Duke of
Baden only gets an emolument of $400,000.
Chinese coffins are made of timber eight inches to
ten inches thick. It is calculated, therefore, that
over 8,000,000 feet of timber is utilized yearly for
coffins in China.
Another step toward the substitution of the horse
by electric motive power may be traced by the re
cent uses to which Thomas Edison has put cobalt.
These uses make the storage battery so cheap that
the time seems not far distant when every vehicle
will be self-propelling.
Wireless telegraphy has been established in South
Africa by the German military authorities since
1904 and many stations have been added from time
to time. The messages are carried by captive bal
loons or kites which ascend to a height of 250 or
300 meters. All modern appliances are used and the
system works with success and advantage.
On June 12 a Red Cross conference was held at
Geneva at which official delegates from 39 nations
were present. The principal aim of the conference
was to adopt and extend the present Red Cross
rules to use on sea as well as on land and also to
adapt them to the changed uses of modern warfare.
The trial of Senator Smoot of Utah on the
grounds that, as an apostle of Mormonism, he was
responsible for the encouragement of polygamy, has
created much interest which has never abated dur
ing the three years that the case has been under
consideration. The Senate Committee in charge of
such matters, recently reported that seven members
-a majority—were in favor of unseating Mr.
Smoot while five were against the movement.
We are just witnessing the admission of the 46th
state into the Union and it is one of the largest as
well as the youngest of the states. We refer to
Oklahoma, which has an area of 70,430 square miles
and a population of 190,391. The new state in
cludes Indian Territory and the area mentioned is
greater than that of the combined New England
States.
One of the most commendable measures ever pass
ed in the House of Representatives is the meat in
spection bill which has just been passed as a sub
stitute tor the Beveridge bill. The differences in
these two bills is that the Beveridge Bill provided
that the cost of inspection be met by the packers
while the House bill provides that this expense, be
borne by the Government and an appropriation of
$3,000,000 was made for this purpose.
Another recent appropriation by Congress is that
of forty thousand dollars which is to be used to
mark the spot in Provincetown on Cape Cod where
the Pilgrims landed. From other sources additional
sums have been collected for this purpose and the
amount in hand is something like one hundred thou
sand dollars. This should supply a beautiful and
fitting monument and its erection will be watched
with interest.
