The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-08-16
ONE DOLLAR YEAR
BRIEFS FROM the Blue Rl00S
AsheviIle, n c, AUG u. 1914

4 u TIE ONdAd DAnAtA
As the ink quit ooEinE from ear
Lucky Curve" last week. - sere
crawling up the saluda cap. beteeen
two moguls We don't know iusi boz
the thing got the name 81 saiuda
Gap" but figure il out this Way 49,
lud is Spanish for health The auHiN
"a" denotes feminine gender saluda.
then, should mean female health nf
health for women. and sap means
door. or entrance. So Ne reckon that
Saluda Gap will suffer this Intrrpre
tation: An open door % rvslnn af
health for women our convictions
in this matter are strengthened u uut
confirmed by the fact that fhese
whole mountain woods are mil 8f ga.
men. There are few scatefne men
folks, whose hopeless minority r.n
ders them incOnspicuous and eAffeme.
ly timid
Asheville is. OF course the crnfef
toward which everything aud every
body converges. and from which ihe
dominant mountain influences radi
ate The writer made his nfsf trH
up the Saluda Gap twenty .tuo years
ago this month. and stopped - Ith bis
wife and the BARNS With a NJ Tan.
nen-an inn keeper az Saluda We
visited Hendersonyille then aud alan
Asheyille At the latter place ae
tried four or five places. bur we're mei
with No children taken. and luai
as We were about 20 wiring The nocka
of our two little "incubuses we ho.
thought us OF a big hotel There se
got a room, two beds. lots Of noise. ln.
different fare. and the proprietor ent
most of our money, while l.nnn 0H1
bugs fed upon our "vitals
Things have changed Then pleas.
ant and plentiful home board could be-
had from $3.50 TO $3.50 per week
Now, the same accommodate costs
81 to $40.
Asheville was then considered ths
most expensive place 10 stop NoW.
in many respects. il is the most eco
nomical. These "denizens Of ths
mountains" are learning wisdom with
the coming years Old Brother Tan.
men used TO buy broilers from : 20 rs
cents. Now they are IS to - cents.
So it is all along the line.
Many changes have come with iho
years. Electric cars are everywhere.
Big, splendid autos meet all trains
and shoot us across town in a iify az
% cents
At that long ago time Mr. GeorEe
Vanderbilt had just bought a home
site across the French broad Now.
"Biltmore," famous around the world
forms a sort OF Mecca for thousands
of tourists annually. By the way.
George" has an eye 10 business. too
He sells everything from hay 20 hogs.
and he gets top prices Biltmore ice
cream at 20 cents a plate illustrates
his money-getting proclivities d Is re-
ported that his health is poor and
that he has offered several millions
for a cure" Alas, Alas, Thus in BE-
with US mortals II is claimed thar
Andrew Carnegie has offered f2Ua..
100000 10 have twelve years added
to his life What will a man give ln
exchange in his lie" And yet pre-
cious as it is. how few use Il ~ ifa
full value How few get out 81 f
what they might,
But we must not moralize TWeuty.
two years ago a fellow by The name
of Grove e. w was just beginning
the exploitation of "tasteless chNl
tonic 1t was simply a little amor
phous quinine floating Ia simple
syrup and iron. bu' il sold ike nor
cakes" Children didn't mind taking
it, and now r ". Grove Is spending
several fortunes here In Ashetfle de.
veloping beautiful park aud built
ing a mammoth hotel ~ the fpof ~
Sunset mountain. Already ha haa
signs stuck ont everywhere uun
pick the flowers
But enough for This time >.t. .r
ter will take MS 10 the TOP a1 .t
ceeding high mountain ana sass
all The kingdoms OF thls aall
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