The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-07-19
AT ALEXANDER'S
-ANDERER FINDS QUIET
THE "ND HEARS YARNS.

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H., (,,r,espondence of The Chronicle.
,Lrv, v,>DER's. BUNCOMBE Co., July 10
- 10. not heard or read of Alexander 81
VIZ # vour readers who have read Miss
1i,I.r,s III, Land of the Sky" will remem-
re- l1'+I tIa her party was stopped here by
Doir.n ~ -. for several days. They will also
W. Ser the picture Of the old fashioned
l ,,ith its dormer windows, its long
I2ur I;nr.,a. and its general air Of solid com
E1r+. Indeed, Alexander's has been
nraH known boarding place TOR over a
.,artc- of a century. Before the days of
4l"iIroads it was stopping place on the
l"-' lta',. line from Asheville to Warm Springs
5 othar points in the West. And now
.hat tt,., the railroad has been built from Ashe-
.;II 10 Warm Springs, it keeps pace with
modern life by building an extension and
ntberwise improving it's surroundings: 1t
!. situated on the French Broad, about
ten miles from Ashevllle.
About half way from Asheville to Alex
,nder's can be seen the beautiful residence
"f General Robert B. Vance. 1t stands
o+l,, = few wards from the bank of the
Eranch Broad, in the midst Of a grove Of
Silver naples There is nothing fancy
obout the place, but, like it's master, it is
nIain, substantial and agreeable. The
botel ut Alexander's is under the man
aeoment of Mr.. F. A. Luck, to whom
v0nr correspondent is indebted for many
courtesies. Col. A. S. Horseley is also
not to be forgotten. He is an East Ten
ne8seean. was Colonel in the Confeder
ate army, and is still an 'unreconstructed
rebel" He has amassed considerable
fortune in the walnut lumber business in
West North Carolina, and is an old bach
elor with an almost unsuitable pOssiOn for
fishing.
After the days fishing was over many
have been the moments l have spent on
the front porch at Alexander's watching
the moonbeams playing on the French
Broad and listening to the ColonePs war
stories; and when heavy eyelids have
warned us OF the lateness of the hour we
have been luled to rest by the murmur-
ing of the waters To the summer tourist
| would say this: If you do not care for
the whirl of fashion or display of wealth
but wish good, quiet place to rest and
fish and recuperate your wasted energies,
bv all means spend few days at Alex
anders
The following is the list of arrivals for
the week ending July 5th: Col. A. I.
Davidson and family, Washington, d.
c.; Mr. Theodore f. Davidson and family,
AsheviIle; w 8 Davidson, r. V. Davidson,
A. T. Davidson, Jr. Galveston, Texas; Mrs.
L. w. Norwood, Chapel Hill; Miss N. =.
Blair Harrisburg; w. j. Gray, Wilson; G.
H. Yeatman, w. II. Moynihan, F. N. Wad-
dell, Ashevile; II. Fugate, J. H. Gambler,
Marshall; Ossie Henry, W. O.. Muller,
Ashevillc; c. NJ Walker, Washington, D.
c.; C. A. Walker, Indianapolis, Ind; r.
r. Chapman, Newcastle-on-the Tyne, Eng
III MoCI,1o Nopo TChncoD w
Westbury, W. S. Child and family, Ashe
Vile; r. l.. Payne, Warm Springs; W. w.
Barnard, A. G. Halyburton, J. H. Bur
nette, Asheville; L. L. Aderhaldt, Friar's,
Miss; j. d. Turner and wife, Atlanta,
Ga s. W Yae and wife, San Saba,
Texas; Mrs E. E. Pullen, Russelvil1e,
Tennessee; W. J. McDermott, Haywood
county, N. c. A. W. L.
The family of Col. A. 7. Davidson,
of Washington City, have enjoyed a
pleasant reunion at Alexander's, on the
French Broad Mr.. Theo. f. Davidson is
his oldest son.
Highlands, Macon county, (adjoining
Cherokee) is thriving village OF about
500 inhabitants 1t is new town, built
principally by colonists. Thirty States
and Territories are represented among its
business men, and it has one of the best
hotels in Western North Carolina.
"A prominent Western Republican told
me the other day that there was great
deal of dissatisfaction among the promi-
nent Straightout Republicans in regard to
the mongrel ticket headed by York. He
thought it probable that there would be
Straightout Republican ticket put in the
field before the summer was gone. Speak
ing of prominent Democrats he said that
Senator Ransom was the ablest SOutherner
at Washington, and that Gen. Vance was
the best Congressman North Carolina had
there He considered the State Demo-
traffic ticket a strong one, and MAJ. Sted-
man the strongest man on it. He also
thought it very probable that Blaine would
make several SneecheS in North Carolina