French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-08-31
HendersonyiHe, Thursday, August 81, 1916
PULL FOR A PUBLIC A R

Some one who was, perhaps, TOO
lazy. or. sluggish to arouse himself
and open the door. says, opportunity
knocks but once at every mans dooT'
Opportunity is ever knocking at our
| doors; jostling US on the streets; ana
| elboWing us every day, and is renewed
every morning, as fresh as the early
! morning air, and as cheering as the
: SUMS first beams over the mountain
tops. The thing for our people to do
is to get acquainted with opportunity,
; and be on the most friendly terms
with such a potentiality for the pro-
motion Of prosperity.
When a town begins to understand
itself, and get together in a common
bond of community interest it Is on
a splendidly macadamed highway to
growth. development and prosperity.
Hendersonville is healthy and happy.
i Now buy and beautify. Add adorn-
ments and attractions to our already
! beautiful little city-little as compared
to larger cities, but bigger than a great
many other big cities in possibilities
and show the thousands of visitors
within our gates yearly, the esthetic
impulse and standards of a truly beau
tifuI town in a really beautiful coun
try.
All growing and prosperous COM
@,--sS~- Lnu~ ~awI~n S0nnn Un nnTIH
mention are right now paying fabu-
lous prices for business lots and resi-
dentiaT squares to open parks which
they had hitherto neglected to do. City
parks are not only beautiful adorn-
ments, but they are public necessities.
The times and the march of progress
demand them. Will Hendersonville be
in the front rank of this progressive
procession?
A proposition is on foot here look
ing to Hendersonville purchasing the
Noterman property, on North Main
street, for a city park. A more beauti-
fu piece of property, of about six or
seven acres, and more suited for
such a purpose We venture to say,
could not be found anywhere. 1t is an
ideal place for the object in view. It's
growth of trees and shrubbery could
not be improved upon. Transformed
into a park it would be an inspiration,
guests, but to every citizen of Hen
Jacksonville as we'll. Is there any
thing nor dignifying, more creative
of self-respect and confidence that the
consciousness of having contributed
to the common good something worth
accepting. keeping, using? The idea
should meet the hearty approval and
cooperation of every Hendersonvil-
lian. The proposition to buy this pro-
perty for public park needs to De
spun into a thread of endeavor ana
laid on the loom OF progress as the
warp of the new cosmopolitan fabric
we are about to weave, for the glory
of ourselves and the thousands who
visit Hendersonvil1e every recurring
$4,000 NNNOOA III LAO SOAO1 CC4OA4Eo
that are to follow after us.
There is every reason why we
should act on the opportunity wise
ly; every reason why we should have
a public park; why we should secure
this property; and why the campaign
should be taken up at once and Waged
vigorously to a successful conclusion.
7 Tourists who have visited the sum-
mer resorts of the world have given
their testimony that there is no other
place which can boast the varied
beauty of our own Western North Car
DINA. Here, at Hendersonville, with
: our unparalleled summer climate; with
our supply of pure water; with an al
ready beautiful town where nature
has done so much in assisting man to
develop; why should we no continue
TO beautlfy and adorn, and make still
home attractive, and make for Hender-
sonville thousands and thousands Of
new friends, who would fall under the
spell of her municipal beauty and the
charm Of these valleys, hills and
mountains?
With this Noterman property-thts
beauty spot-for a park, and with all
the advantages for comfort and enjoy
ment right here for homefolks and
visitors, there is nothing but indiffer,
ence to prevent US from REALIZING
heavily upon this newly acquired as
SET OF ours. To this end Imagination