The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-31
IMPRESSIONS OF A VISITOR
SARATOGA OF THE SOUTH"
Staf Correspondence Charleston
News and Courier.l

News and Courier.)
HendersonvilIe. N. c., August I'll
Special: Hen~dersonville, the Saratoga
or the South, is filed to n top, and
then some, with visitors. From all
po:nts Of the compass they have
come, and still there is room for
more. August marks the height or
the season. when it is estimated that
between $4,000 and Ii 5000 people from
other places are visiting in and about
this mountain resort.
1T is no longer a secret that Ashe-
vile, the Hub of the Land of the Sky,
is viewing with alarm the tremendous
leaps and bounds that Hendersonv1Ile
is now making in the line of progress.
! That settled aiTof co-ndescension with
which Asheville greeted in the past
all references to HendersonV1lle's
growth has given away to q feeling
of apprehension. In fact Asheville
is constrained to do a little "hust-
ling for the summer tourists pat
ronage. OF course, Hendersonville Is
all smiles over the situation, and b
is not letting tourists leave her gates
displeased. Her best foot is for
ward. -.
"BOOsters."
To one who is perfectly familiar
with the growth of Hendersonville,
il does not seem extravagant to de-
scribe this town as the Saratoga of
the South. Not, however, the Sara
toga of "doctored" springs and
"doctored' races, but the summer re-
sort of the well-to-do S0utherner. 1t
is destined to be the great summer
e'play ground" of this section of the
States. Once a summer is spent here
a taste for the place is found to be a
growing
Along her broad and we'll paved
streets one sees in the course of a
day thousands of visitors. all on plea
sure bent. Her ~roadways r filed
with splendid automobiles and num-
erous other vehicles. fashionable"
is the word that rightly describes the
place, when judged by the throngs of
people summering here.
Why HendersOnYille Grows.
There are two reasons here, as else
where, why the growth of Henderson
Vile is and promises to continue al
most phenomenal. First, there are a
group of enterprising and ~wide-awake
boosters as may be found anywhere.
These men talk and write "Hender-
sonville," because they believe in it.
The other reason why the town is
fast growing too large for short
pants" is because outsiders have dis
covered hat Hendersonville "a de
liver the goods"
Death of ~MOss Backs"
In other words, it is an attractive
and convenient place at which to buy
a lot and build. Until recently GER
tain old moss backs" of the COM
munity resented in a manner highly
disagreeabfe the moving in of any
rank outsiders" They left no stone
unturned in the efforts to keep
people from other States who con-
templated taking boarders from get
ting suitable residences. But FORUM
ately the old moss backs" have had
their day. The land booster" is
everywhere in evidence. On trees,
on hill sides, in vehicles, ubiquitous,
stand forth in faring letters the sign.
BUY a Lot" "Dirt" used to be cheap
here. 1t is not dear yet. but it will be
soon. The great improvements the
town is making in a civic way are
having their inevitable effect. Prop
eTty is increasing daily in price.
Like fairy homes there are spring
ing up on hill sides around and about
the, town, clubs, where for a few dol
lars per week. one may rent a cottage
and enjoy the great community club
house.
These clubs have proven to be good
investments and are always filled to
their capacity. There are many prom
inent South Carolinians whose names
are on the club rolls. Other clubs
are contemplated.
A $4,000 Hotel.
If report be true, in another year
Hendersonville will boast of a ,splend-
id and costly hotel. Out at Laurel
Park, called "the most beautiful ma
tural park in America" it is proposed
now to erect a $1,000 hotel in time
for next season. The small ere
treat" at Laurel Park has thus far
turned away more than 400 persons
because of lack of room.
Along the popular promenadesy of
an afternoon. one sees the faces of
scores of Charlestonians and other
South Carolinians. 1t is not unlikely
that the Saratoga of the South owes
much of her "hustIe" and attractive
ness to the fact that she is the sum
me- home of so nan South Caro-
linians. J.. K, ,Jr.