The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24
JUDGE FARMER OF GEORGIA
WRITES ABOUT HENDERSONVILLE.

WRITES ABOUT UNDERSTANDABLE
An Interesting Resume Of the Pro-
gress and Prosperity of This City
as Seen by a Distinguished Visitors
1 have often heard and read of
garden spots" of creation, Edens, and
other poetic names descriptive of diff
ferent places, and have always want
| ed to see some of them. At last my
wish has been gratifed, for Hender-
sonville, situated in Henderson cOun-
i, ty, N. c., fills the biH-and then some.
| Some people seem to think that Hen
dersonville is merely a station on the
Southern Railway. where there are a
few hotels and boarding houses which
entertain guests during the summer
months.
These will be surprised, perhaps
when / tell them that it has a popula-
ton of more than six thousand peo-
pie within a radius of one mile. That
more fruit and vegetables r shipped
from here than any place on the
Southern Railway system. 1t has six
wholesale houses doing a good bust
ness. A large retail trade, in Hen
derson and three other adjoining
counties. Four banks with large cap
ital are located here and are doing
their share ind~eveloping the city.
Three newspapers, the Hendersonville
| Daily Herald, French Broad Hustler,
and the Renf arsonville Times, join
hand in hand for the upbuilding of this
fary4nAS rAo%S0n II hnH n Gnn nAHI1r&
/ house, from which to- administer
justice, a nice city hall and an audi
torium with a seating capacity of two
thusand, eight churches, good graded
and public schools. a column factory,
three lumber plants, enc cotton mill
and two large hosiery mills near here.
1t has a good water supply, derived
from mountain springs, electric light
and a complete sewerage system. A
dummy line already runs to Laurel
Park, one of the most beautiful natur-
al parks in the country. This is just
two miles from the city and handsome
houses are being built all along the
line. An electric car line is, also. be-
ing built, and will run from the depot
out Main street to Columbia Park, a
residence section about a half mile
from the court house. This part of
tie city is building up rapidly and
several fine houses have already been
erected. One of the finest springs in
North Carolina is on the property and
it is an ideal residential section.
The scenery around Hendersonville
is unsurpassed. Beautiful lakes dot
the country fer miles around and a few
miles out lofty mountains rise sky
ward to sublime heights. impressing
one with the wonders of nature and
grandeur of the universe.
Hendersonvile will soon have a new
Hseventy thousand dollar postof1ce
building, that amount having been ap-
Dropriated by congress! A new fifteen
thousand dollar school building is be-
ing constructed, and a fine Carnegie
library will o be a realty. A new
addition, to cost ten thousand dollars.
is being built to the First Baptist
church. Fine houses are going up all
nver the city and in it's suburbs, and
the sound of the hammer and saw
ing out the future note of prosperity
for this wonderful little city.
But it is time I was telling you
what makes this city famous. 1t is
expressed in one word, F'clfmate."
The mercury rarely rises above 80 in
the summer, during the day. At
night it falls sometimes as low as 40
and you sleep under blankets the en-
tire summer. In winter. the mean
temperature ia bout 40. It sometimes
~"ts colder, but theh air is dry and
facing. and Is much more agreeable
than the INITIATED" can imagine.
Such things as malaria and mosqui-
tees are practically unknown here.
Hendersonville is known as a sum-
mer resort, all over the country,
and more than ten thousand visitors
ere in the city and vicinity at the pres
ent time. Perhaps during the season
of 1911, it will have entertained forty
thousand people.
There are four fine hotels, several
smaller hotels and a large number OF
boarding houses here, and they have
all been taxed to their utmost capacity
to entertain the people. The citizens
of this place are of the progressive
kind. They will erect another hotel
One of the finest in the mountains OF
North Carolina-by next season, tc
cost about three hundred thousand
dollars.
There are more beautiful houses
here than in any place of it's size in
the country. The streets are wide
and beautiful and-but all things
come to an end, except time, and
NUTS step. Suffice it to say that
beautiful Hendersonville haste be
seen to be appreciated, and in attempt
ing to describe it's many beauties
feel like the poet did when he sang:
, "How shall 1 begin to praise thee
: Teach my silent muse to sing.
For thy beauties disconcert me,
Like the riches CT the spring"
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