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THE STATE A Weekly Survey of North Carolino BnUrod •( i»eond-fl»M niMler. !«.. I, 1933, »i iho РвМоЛсв ni Norn, СвгоИпв, undor lli« An of Mi roll 3, 1H79. Vol. VIII. No. 21 October 19, 1940 The Mountains In the Fall If you want to мч* some of tlic most gorgeous scenery your eyes ever have behold, here's a trip through Western North Car¬ olina which niM|ucstionably will appeal to you. By CARL HAT’S the l*est route to Ashe¬ ville?” Wo'vo had that question risked и- и number of times hy peo¬ ple residing in the eastern part of the state. There «re several wavs to go. Tak¬ ing Raleigh ns your starting point, you can drive to Ch:ij»el Hill. Gra¬ ham. Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Mooksville, Statesville, Hickory. Mor- ganton, Marion and on into Ashe¬ ville. Another way to go is by way of Pittsboro. Siler City, Ashohoro, Lexington, Mooksvillr. Statesville, and then over the same route ns above to Asheville. We figure that this i* somewhat shorter than the first route and you can also make better time over it became it cuts out Green-- boro and Winston-Salem. A third way: Pittsboro. Siler City. Asheboro, Lexington, Salisbury, Mooresville, Lincolnton, Cherryville, Shelby, Uuthcrfordton, Chimney Rock, Hat Gave, and Asheville. That’s a mighty good way lo go, too. Just about a mile further than Route No. 2. An Even Better Route But we believe that we’ve found nn even better way. Raleigh to Pitts- (.OFRCII 1иого, Siler City and A-helmro. Ashe¬ boro to New London. (Or. if you don’t object to four mile- «»f good dirt road, you can turn to the right three miles before you get t*. New London and come out a) Richfield. Yon save two or three mil*- hy tak¬ ing that short rut.) New . . Ion t«. Richfield, to Rockwell, to China G rove. Mooreeville, Lincolnton, Shelby. Rutherfordtnn. Chimnev Rock. Bat Cava and АаЬетШе. Thei • - an alternate route when you get to Lincolnton fono mile longer). Lin¬ colnton to Morgnnton, Marion ami Asheville. Personally, wo b.dicvo you con make better time by going via Shelby. However, there’s room for argument as to that point. Traffic naturally is a hie factor to consider when you're trying to get somewhere in a hurry, and that’s the reason we call your attention to that part of the route between Asheboro and Mooresville- Richfield, Rock¬ well and China Grove. There's as lit¬ tle traffic over that route as you can find on any of our main highways going east and west. But, regardless of routes, the thing for you to do this week or next week is to go to Western North Carolina. You’ll never lake a trip that you'll A view down Nantahala Gorge. But no photograph can begin to describe the wonderful beauty of red, brown and golden leaves against a back¬ ground of green.