The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-08-25
what A IeInGSSeean Thinks
Of HeRd4SOnNiIIe.

4 vile, 1enn., aICer having Sp0nE
several days in HendersonFille in
company with his wife, as the
guests of Laurel Park Retreat, has
been quickly converted to the UNI
limited and commercial advan-
Itages of Hendersonville and its
immediate section Mr.. Var
borough is an active and success
full dealer of real estate in his
home city, and keeps his finger
on the industrial pulse of the
country.
When talking with a represen-
tative of The Herald yesterday,
Mr. Marlborough pulled back the
misty veil that bedims the pessi-
mistic view of the knocker" and
gained an optimistic vista of
Hendersonville. He spent por-
ton of last summer in this city,
and though he been here only
a few days this season, he has OBJ
served closely the peculiar advan-
tages of Hendersonville, which
will be the means of drawing him
to this city possibly as a perman-
ent resident. When asked if it
was his intention to build here he
said: have bought some lots in
Laurel Park and will build here, -
but | have made no definite deci-
sion as to what time / will begin
to develop my property. Since
my daughter married In Spartan
burg have been looking around
In Western North Carolina with.
a view to locating In some desira-
BILE place, and after close con-
sideration of the situation / have
decided that Hendersonville is the
most desirable location for me-"
edo you intend to make this
your permanent home7" he was
asked.
"Well, | would hate to think
of severing my connection with
Nashville, but it is most likely
that | will make this my perman-
ent home"
Asked if he intended to engage
in business here or live in retire
ment, he replied: "My health is
too good and | have been engag-
ed in business too long and enjoy
it too much to think of retiring
from active life, when [ think of
the great possibilities and oppor-
tunities in this section" In speak
ng of the wide and varied fields of
industrial pursuit in this section
he said: 81 have travelled in
nearly all the states of the Union,
and if / were a man of twenty
five / would start business right
here in Hendersonville.
Continuing Mr.. Yarbough said
"In this section is to be found
as wide and varied a field await
ing development as can be found
anywhere In the United States.
And in addition to this, you have
water and health here that you
don't have at other places"
Pointing to the beautiful granite
stone in the chimney of the Re-
treat he said: "Mr Smith tells
me that was taken from his quar-
ries in the park. After visiting
them saw untold fortunes buried
in Laurel Park only waiting for
the proper development" He said
that it is the same kind of ma
erial that is used on the streets
of Nashville, Chattanooga and
other large cities, and, instead of
having to send to Georgia and
other distant points for it, the
same material could be furnished
all around Hendersonville, and
the transportation of hundreds of
miles would be saved.
In speaking of the unlimited
water power of this section he
pointed out that the time was
near at hand for the South to
consume its own cotton instead of
sending it to the New England
states. He referred to the twenty
nine cotton mills in and around
Spartanburg, majority of which
are run by steam and said that
water power for them could not be
obtained and that coal would con-
tinually go upward; that at some
time In the future the hum Of ma
chinery and din of whistles would
be heard In the valley of this
mountain section, and that Hen
Jacksonville will be the center of
activity, because of the unlimited
water power surrounding il.
Mr.. Marlborough predicts a great
er Hendersonville at no distant
day, and he says that if people
want to buy property here, now is
the accepted proper time, as there
will be a phenomenal advance in