Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-07-13
WITH AN ELEGANT BALL
BATTERY PAKSK'0 ANNAvER-
9AKRY cEH.EBR ATED.

About three Mundred RcrsOns
Atacmd and Enjoy am Evening
in Com nm esmOratlOn of the Pop
uIar EAOtel's Opening.
A fiji ting celebration, indeed, of the
seventh anniversary of the opening of
tho Battery Park hotel was the annivcr-
sary ball given there last evening.
For some time Manager E. p. Mckis-
sick had been preparing for the event
and the way in which the evening passed
off was further evidence to the hosts
| managerial ability. The big hotel,
| thrown wide open to the guests. was
| ablaze with light in honor of the impor-
| tant event. and the ball room was deco
| rated in the highest degree of the deco
| rator's art. Friends of the hotel came
| from social Centers in adjoining States
| and mingled with the society folk Of the
mountain city to make merry this
cventful occasion.
The dancing ceased temporarily at
| 1890, when refreshments were served
and enjoyed. certainly, by the guests.
The bail closed with german, led by l..
| II. Rumbough and =. H. Branch, in
| which 65 couples participated.
About 300 persons were present dur
ing the evening, and the scene was one
long to be remembered. Everything
| was done to make the evening a delight
| ful one, and in that the management
was highly successful: All left the ball
room greatly pleased with their enters
| tainmcnt and wishing Manager Mckis-
| sick and his deservedly popular hotel
many happy returns OF the dav.
| The floor managers on this occasion
| were K. Il. Foster and =. H. Branch. The
floor committee were Frank Darby. Chas.
Jordan, H. T. Rumbough. L. =. McLoud,
Rov Denison, c. w. Murphy, Walter
Hilliard. c. A. Webb.
party of prominent society people
came up from Spartanburg to attend
the ball. 1t was made up of c. II.
Twitchell, Miss Twitchell. Miss Con
verse. Miss Fleming. Messrs ]. $. Moore
Ossic Westfield and Lipscomb. They cx-
pressed themselves as being completely
enra pturcd by the elegance of the ball,
and all saw they will return again. An
other party came up from Saluda and
enjoyed the ball greatly This party
was made up of Mrs. Sallic Sciblcs, Miss
Lila Tallcy, Miss BETTE Ra awnings. Mr.
Aldrich and Mr.. Lynch.
A german will be given to Misses
Twitchell. Converse and Fleming of
Spar tanburg by Manager Mckissick at
the Battery Park this evening. 1t will
be an informal affair, and those who
attended the ball last evening are cor
daily invited this evening.
Among those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Otis M. Coke, Mrs; DR.. ]. L. NJ
man. Mr. and Mrs. DIR. Hunter, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. ]. Lyman, Mr.. and Mrs. L. P.
McLoud, Mr. and Mrs. b. B. McCreerv.
MIR. and Mrs. Tom Davis, Mrs. A. M.
. Rogers of Georgia, Mr.. and Mrs. Locke
Craig, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Williamson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry b. King. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cooper, Mr.. and Mrs. Amis, Mr..
and Mrs. John Hardee. Judge Van Wyck,
Brooklyn. N. Y; Hon. kopc Elias, Mrs.
J. S. Grant, Mrs. c. M. Platt, Mr.. A. Fl
Twitchell of Spartanburg, Mrs. Hubbell
Mrs. Ed. Overman. Mrs. Cooper, Mrs.
Drake, and Mrs. Seibels, Columbia, S. c;
Misses Love Hilliard, Lila Talley, Betty
Rawlins, Twitchell Fleming. Converse
Foster. of Spartanburg; Hunt. Banks
Waddell, Rumbough. Branch. Robinson
Cartmel, Butler, WaddeIl, kessee, Atchi.
son. Waddell. Lopez, Cartmel, Fletcher
Dibblc, Oliveros, Penn, Bearden, Sawyer
Branch. Garrett. Mcmillan, Garrett
Cooke. Jones, Siblcv, Carrie Holt, Ora
ham, N. G., and Miss l.. G. VanWyck
Messrs. X. p. Foster, L. c. Jones, Waddcll
B. M. Jones, Denison, Smith, Furman
Oiivcros, H. T. RumbouGh, Sludcr, Nc
Nicely, Clayton, Merrimon. Jack Rum
bouHh. Cooper, Downs, Darby, Hliard
Lynch, Ed. Rumbough, Cause, Mcrrick
Tucker, Williams, Matt Rogers, Harripg
ton. Webb, Carroll, Geo. Williams, Chas
Webb, Bearden. Reynolds, NJ Myers. Childs
Sawyer. Cooke. Hilliard. Lipscomb
Westfeld, ]. S. Moore, Dunbar, Braw
ley, Pringlc, Aldrich. Carr, Mathcwson
McGowan, South Carolina, Hcston, X an
kin, Gushing. Stedman. Branch, Balm
John Child. ]. 6. Martin, ]. S. Key.