Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-08-21
MANY AUTOS

The Ian dof the Sky is tn
promise and fulfllment to the loho Of
and Hendersonvi1le is it's aGtoSt
Is the last word is pictureSn@I' 1t
and this has become a LnoqIeness
wherever the fame of Thu 0"u TACT
section has reached. Anton favored
rom All over the southland recoonfats
II as a summer Mecca and As
suit there are more cars re-
around Hendersonville during tn and
son than any other place in fbo sea-
according to population. For world
years the several counties which Ib'seral
pose the Land of the Skv ba1o con-
With one another in the bni1di1 We'd
good roads, so that now tho OF
hundreds Of miles over moun+oie are
u the valleys which afford ideo1 ana
ing Tor cars. This is in trikinauilV-
trast with conditions of onIv IN
years ago when it would have he Jew
most an engineering feat f0r ~ d.
tomobile to have visited some - %u-
places where it is now not onlv tne
bic but pleasurable for then - poSsl-
Inls work OF improvement is contin'
uing SO that soon every nook of -.
mountains will be accessible tn t me
man with a car. 1Ne
The great increase in the numhor
visitors to this section has occasionos
a consequent increase in the nnmbou
Of cars which summer here. NAM :.
the visitors drive their cars thronch
the country from their homes ana
Keep them here during their sta1
Then again many of the local roS;
dents have become auto enthusiast,
so that now the number of cars bo
longing to resident people is trnhbIo
what it was two years ago. The Land
of the Sky has also become a groa+
stopping place between the north and
south and hundreds of those who an
nually go from Florida, Georgia and
South Carolina to the north in their
cars take in the attractions here on
route. All classes of ~autoists find this
a paradise for motoring and all makes
OF cars may be found among the him.
dreds of machines lining the streets
or the towns and roads of the country
from early morn until the day is done
and later. There RI almost as manv
classes and makes of cars SIS there are
owners and nearly every well known
car may be found at Hendersonville
the season. Packards, Bucks
Oldsmobiles, E. M. F"s, Fords. Gaia
laos, Nationals, Overlands, Cases n
q o of other we'll known makes
may be seen daily on the streets of
t1endersonville while no less than
states have been represented on
Main street during a single hour.
There are delightful drives through
put this favored land where the pleas
re seeker may motor midst all of the
Luxuries which nature ably assisted bv
man are capable of supplying. He
may go to the peaks Of high noun
aims and there indulge his artistic
vision in the panorama of delight
is sure to greet him. He NAV
5oiIow the winding streams at the
base and there enjoy the
great diversity of scenery which
here as nowhere else. The
tate and county officials are thorough
y awake to the need of the times and
,verywhere the song of good roads
md better roads" is heard. Hundreds
Il thousands Of dollars have already
zen designated for the purpose of
lew road construction in this section
nd those already existing will con-
1nue to be improved until they are
thoroughly satisfactory to the most
xacting automobi1ist. It is now DOS
ible to visit from Hendersonville by
uto with comfort all of the principal
of the, region. Ashevile is but
few minutes drive while Waynes-
lille, Greenville, , Spartanburg and
cores Of other places of importance
re within easy access. Another
ear will doubtless see a continued
lcrease in the popularity of the Land
( the Sky for car n seeking
ealth or recreation.