The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-28

nus announcer SO worthy godchlld.
The building, within five minutes
drive of the station, is situated on a
commanding eminenco of easy ascent
to tho right Of the main street ut the
northern extremity of the town. The
twelve acres of wooded grounds will
be beautified in . way that has been
impossible while building is in pro.
gress. And finishing touches are
still being put on the "Wheeler;"
with plenty of will and money it has
been impossible to get manufacturers
to deliver promptly anything with
oven tinge of iron IN it,
In SHAPE the hotel is like a fanci
tul capital q, the middle leg, con-
tanning dining room and kitchen on
the first floor and ball room above,
as the wings house has front of
247 feet, along which extends deep
piazza with high pitched roof.
There are angles and corners and
hooks and recessos provided by the
thoughtful architect, and a unthink-
ing man strolling the length of this
walk at | 1 o'clock p. IN. fancies that
at each turn dark looks aud flashing
eyes are turned upon him as an un-
welcomed intruder, and he feels like
backing off and apologizing-thero
arc 14S people IN the house, most of
them young, and, strange to say,
enough mon to go around!
The porte cochere is at the centre
front, the entrance being directly in
to the spacious Office, the dinning
room, 80 30, opening from the Of.
flee. Wide halls extend to right and
left, while broad double starways
lead upward on either side of the
dining room doors. The ladies'
par'or is on the right Of tho office,
Whllo a writing room and a smoking
room are ndjoini ,.' on the left. The
space on the second and third floors
which corresponds to that occupied
by the Office is given up to comforta-
bly, furnished lounging rooms for
ladies. These are also the stairway
landings and are worry convenient,
but fer tho first landing the architect
conce we'd q charming idoa. The
floor of the ball room, which, by the
way, IS pronounced by experts to be
best dancing surface over which they
have ever guided the form of grace,
is several feet below that of the
second floor Of The main building.
An arch is mado in the ball room
wall, admitting its interior to full
view Of those occupying the spacious
lounging room. Here spectators
may sit instead of crowding tho
danciag room, and horo wall flowers
may beat n graceful retreat and still
remain within "call" should the
wished.for knight appear. from
both Of the ladies' sitting rooms on
the second and third floors, open
balconies commanding fine noun
tain views, but the places for sight
seeing arc in the observatories, sun
parlors, lovers retreats or whatever
one may choose to call them, that
rise above the building proper at It's
two extremes. From there all the
famous mountains for forty miles
around may be seen.
The water supply of Henderson,
vile comes from a reservoir led by
springs away up on mountain
miles away. Besides being of the
purest, tho pressure is SO great that
reducers have to be used in the hotel
| who're the toilet arrangements are
excellent. Twelve of the rooms
have private baths, while there are
tho same number ior general use;
both wings Of each floor have every
convenience in this respect.
While steam heat is not even here
considered luxury at this season it
probably will be in several fall even
ings before the last of summer visl-
tors tear themselves away. The
building has steam heaters through
out, and has, rs all modern hotels
must now have electrical illumna-
tion. An elevator run by tho hy-
draulic power, will be in operation
in few days, when even the slight
exort.on of negotiating these easy