The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-04
SOUTHERN BAPTIST
CONVENTION To
MEET IN ASHVILLE

Delegates and visitors to the six
ty-frst annual session of the South
ern Baptist Convention, are already
exhibiting. keen interest in the meet
ing, which begins May 18th, to be
held at Asheville, in the "Heart of
the Blue Ridge Mountains" of West
ern North Carolina.
The local committee, of which DR..
Calvin B. Waller, pastor of the First
Baptist church, is chairman, is al
ready receiving requests in large
numbers for information about Ashe-
vile, reservations, headquarters Of
various committees, etc.
A visit to Asheville, and these won
derful Carolina mountains is an event
to be looked forward to with great
deal of pleasure, inasmuch as Ashe-
vile has become famous throughout
the entire country as the center of
the most marvelously beautiful noun
tain region on the American CONT
nent, II not perhaps, the entire
world.
It was only little while ago that
Asheville really discovered itself, and
the magnitude Of wealth offered In
the mountains roundabout. Within
a little 100-mile circle thrown around
Asheville are located 81 mountain
peaks with an altitude of 5000 feet
and over, - of which are higher
than Mount Washington 1920 feet)
of the New England States, which
until about a half-century ago was
heralded as the highest peak east of
the Rockies. This list of "a peaks
includes the king of Mountain Peaks
of the East" Mount Mitchell, o,711
feet above sea level
| During the summer Of 1915 Ashe-
vile was connected with the top of
Mount Mitchell by one of the most
unique and wonderful mountain rail-
ways in the world, SO that tourists
and visitors to Ashevilie may go to
the TOP of Eastern America" leav-
ing AsheviIle in the morning, spend
ing three or four hours on the top
of the mountain, returning to Ashe-
vile by eight o'clock In the evening
in time for supper.
A great many of the Baptists Of
the south viii remember with pleas
ure the convention which met in
Asheville in 1901. Since that time
AsheviIle has had marvellous growth
and now has the finest and most ia
nous tourist hotels on the Amer.
lean continent The hotel and board
ing house facilities Of Asheville it Il
said, are unsurpassed by any city Of
perhaps two or three times it's size
In the country.
The Battery Park Hotel has beer
designated as headquarters of thu
convention, with the Langren Hote
as headquarters for the Womani
Missionary Union.
AEheville has grown from a towI
of 10000 or $4,000 in 1900, to a city
including suburbs, of about $4,000 a
the present time. It has become IA
nous throughout the country for it
progressive methods in health ant
sanitation matters, and enjoys thu
distinction OF being one of the clean
est cities IN the country. 1t has 81
miles of paved streets, 76 miles o
paved sidewalks, and q street ca
service unexcelled in the country.
it claimed that Asheville was tn
second city in the country to have al
electric street car line.
II The Biltmore estate, home of Mr.
George w. Vanderbilt and daughter
with its miles and miles Of pave
| roads, its diaries and great herd o
/ purebred Jerseys, and other depart
ments, together with other interest
/ ing points, offer opportunities 70
drives and party excursions, to Wis
itors in Asheville that will Away
l prove a happy memory