The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-29
THE HOME OF BILL NYE.
Summer Girl of Mountain Cities In
the Land of the Sky. K

| Correspondence. - Not many miles
from this place lived Bill Nye-alas,
poor William, the people about here
knew him well-and they have many
queer stories which they tell OF him
and many which the humorist in his
perigrination throughout this pic-,
turesque region would tell to them.
1t was Nye who gave the memorable
account of how it was that Wander.
bilt happened to settle in this rare and
rarifed section of the South.
George and me worked the combine
tion," he said. "We have tastes OF
the same hue, often dark brown. I'm
long on gray matter; he has the long
green. We pitched our tents side by
side-this proves the greatness of men,
to say nothing of the country round
about"
But Nye has passed, and there is no
monument save a cottage far up the
river. Vanderbilt remaineth, and like
old Horace, he has erected a monumert
more enduring than brass. Since the
visit of Mckinley, when he refused to
enter the estate unless an invitation was
extended to the correspondents accom-
panying him, newspaper men have
rather risen in the estimation OF Hard
ing, the surly English sub-manager,
and more extended courtesies are shown
them.
But Biltmore is only an accessory fea-
! ture of this luxurious section. 1trep-
resents the artificial, and looking at it
in this contrasted light with the limit
less wealth of nature spread out in its
grandest forms, the scene makes study
which is interesting and not soon to be
forgotten.
Asheville, just at this season, becomes
the summer girl of the mountain cities.
She gets on q cool shirt-waist, with .
jaunty sailor hat and bedecks herself in
the refreshing greenery Of the season.
She looks delightfully."- cool, and there
is an air of comfort and serene satisfac-i
ton in her manner that she can defy
the Slistering heat which wits her
rivals and sends them indoors. Instead
of retreating from the sun, Asheyille
gets out and glories in its glare, for =
is tempered by a stiff breeze which
comes down from the crown of noun
tains around; she goes goling, rigs
up in wheeling costume for spin, gets
into tennis paraphernalia, or starts out
on jaunt up the river for Q try At
mountain trout.
Just now Asheville Is on the verge
of the summer season. For the next
three months it will bea gay place -gay,
in q summer way, for the town 10
always lively and wears the air Of,
prosperity throughout the whole year.
The popular idea of Asheville is errone.
GUS. l had pictured the place as q
small mountain city, with two or three
big hotels near by and Biitmore and
Ed McKissick in the rear ground, ln<
stead, here is one of the most metro
polital towns in appearance in the
South. The people have full enjoy
ment of life. The business part Of the
city is in the bottom of 9 hugh basin
scooped out among the mountains and
eliced in two by the Swannanca and
French B;oad. Here ar. mile Of paved
streets, put down, by the way, by the
late General Pierce NJ. B. Young, who
secured the contract some years before
he accepted his foreign appointments
From these radiate driyeways which
stretch in all directions and penetrate
the encircling hills and heights, reach
ing far into the mountains. It is on
this range of intermediate hills that tho
residences and resorts have been built
and on every protruding knob there u
some majestic hotel Or house which
gives good effect to the general sce1e.
The Southern Railway has msdo 8
recent change in schedules, which p1ts
in trains from all sections at most COM
yenient hours.
The Macon people are taking advan-
tage of train which leaves that city
at Z. 10 p. m. and gets to this place -
9.45 O. m. The same train leaves ASH
eville at 8 p. M. and arrives in Atlanta
at 8. 10 g. m, and in Macon at 616
O'Clock.
Arrangements for transportation be-
tween Charleston, Savannah and CO.
lumbia are equally convenient. The
train leaving here at 8. 20 q m. geta 70
Charleston at p. m. 81
Drawing room cars have been pnt on
between Jacksonville, Savannah, Ash-
eyille and Cincinnati. The train leay-
ing here at 8. 05 p. m. arrives in Savar.
nah at q. m. and at Jacksonville at
9.10a. m. Leaving Savannah ct s11.96
D. m. and Jacksonville at q, the trip 10
made to Asheyille by 2.45 o'clock in
the afternoon. 3 ~ ~
Drawing room cars have been placed
on between New York. Philadelphia
Chattanooga, Baltimore, Washington,
Salisbury and Nashville.
Leaving Asheviile at $50 .. M. the
trip is made to Chattanooga by IL 80
p. M; arriving at Nashville at SO
a. m.
Leaving Asheville at 2.25 p. m. the
trip is made to Washington at 6.42a
m. to Baltimore at 8 o. m, Phiiadel-
phia, 12.43 p. m, and New York at
12 80 p. m.
Trains Is and 1G carry through Pull
man drawing cars between Norfolk,
Raleigh, Greensboro. Chattanooga and
Nashville. Leaving Asheville at LII
a. M, Chattanooga is reached at.
7.40 q. m. and Nashville at 1875 p. m.
Leaving Asheville at 2.Aa. M, the
trip is made to Greensboro by $50,
Norfolk at 8. 25 D. m.
Trains 8, and 6, between Asheville
and Morristown, make connections
with trains to and from Memphis, New
Orlaana and the South DoI1ble daily