The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-04
AeuEvlLLE AND ITS ENVIRON
MENTG

If western NOrtn Carolina, le"
words concerning this delightful re-
sort will not. we think, be amiss.
There are so many delightful things
,o do at Asheville, so many charming
,bings to be seen, and the scenery is
co thoroughly beautiful that we can
conceive of no more enjoyable place
tn spend the summer or even small
mart of the summer season. Ashe-
Vile is. of course, very popular win
ter resort, too, but naturally not for
Florida people.
The show place around AsheviIe
for many years has been theN vast
Fillmore estate, with Biltmore house
az its GROWING glory, but as show
Mace the magnificent new Grove Par
Inn is almost superceding it in at
tracing visitors. This Inn, the finest
resort hotel in the world, costing over
s75OOOO, is built at the foot of Sunset
mountain, and commands a beautiful
view. IL 10 OWhCu ny IL OAO'O ~
ST. Louis, of Groves Chill Tonic fame.
II was completed last year, and is
soon to have another one hundred
rooms added, two additional wings to
contain these rooms. The hotel is
built of solid granite, the outside
walls of massive boulders, some of
which weigh over six thousand
pounds each. The boulders were all
gotten from Sunset mountain, and
show the time-eaten face given to
them by the winds and rains of thou
sands of years as they have lain upon
the mountain side. Many of them
Rave the lichens anu moss ca them
lust as they were f1ucI. 1t was
built by hand in the old-fashioned
way. The front lawn of the hotel is
the 1S-hole golf links of the Asheville
Country Club, the view from the ho-
tel veranda across the golf course to
the mountain peaks in the distance
being very beautiful.
The furnishings and fittings OF the
hotel we're all made especially COR the
hotel and harmonic splendidly. The
big room" or lobby is S0x120 it., with
a tiled floor, covered in the day by
handsome rugs, which are removed at
night for dancing. Every Saturday
night there is a special dinner dance"
and it is quite 1.-The thing to be in at
tendance.
The "big room" has two wonderful
sreplacees, possibly the biggest in the
world. They have immense andirons,
weighing 500 pounds each, and burn
tremendous 12-foot logs. There are
also great stone fireplaces on the We
randa. The electric lighting of the
big room is particularly attractive.
This lobby will easily seat one thou
sand people. There is not another no.
tel like it in the whole world. In the
basement is the finest of bowling al
leys, billiard rooms and swimming
pool.
OF the Asheville golf links, the
Golf Magazine of some months ago
says:
TO describe the beauties of the
Asheville course is hopeless. 1t is
located on a bit of plateau near the
city, and somewhat above it. On one
side is the base of Sunset mountain,
and on another the city of Asheville,
and encircling it on every side is
range on range of hills. You will have
10 imagine the surroundings from
that-or, better still, see it.
The course itself is we'll conceiV-
cd, and well executed. It's length is
1892 yards, but it seems longer. This
Is because so many of the holes are
on sharply rolling ground. Yet none
OF them require the mountaineering
ing play that is needful on many re-
sort in the hills.
Students of golf courses will not
Oe long in observing that the Ashe-
vie course was designed for pleasure
ana not as critical test of golf. How
ever, that is quite as it should be.
Asheville is a resort. People play
'ne course for pleasure and are not
particularly anxious to work them
serves to the limit of endurance. The
'ufi OF the course is excellent, and
"e putting-greens surprisingly good"
An interesting tramp is up to the
'0p OF Sunset mountain. There is a
very pretty trail leading up to the
"p OF the mountain, and the walk
sariy In the morning is very invigo-
.aung' appetizing and refreshing.
'Here is also an excellent automobile
'Oau TO the top of the mountain.
among the ocala people now in
SneVllie and who have been there