Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-11
CITY OF Hotels
ASheVille Population Mostly NOn.ReSl'
dents.
Big SUMMER SEASON is ABOUT over
Most Striking Features of Land of the
Sky-A Patient at Otoen-Great
Country for Fox Hunters-TaIk OF
Development at Mount Mitchell.


hotel and boarding house keeper ant
transfer driver one meets in Asheville
Hendersonville, Waynesville, Saluda ol
any other of these mountain resorts
There is a. reason. The end of the
summer tourist season is at hand ant
business in this section is going to be
on the blink. Almost every native
in the Land of the Sky makes a living
for a year in four months. Makes il of
the tourists. When they start pulling
out October l, the hotel man and the
public service man and the butcher and
the baker and the dry goods man fee
like hanging crepe over their respect
i've doors until May of next year.
While there are many points of in
terests throughout this section, those
who know always make Asheville the
base from which to visit all of them
II one is interested in mountain scenery
it really isn't necc ssary to leave Ashe-
vile, because some Of the most beau
tiful, if not the most beautiful scenery
in all of Western North Carolina may
be found within a radius Of ten miles
Of that city One of the most attract
i've spots near Ashevlle is Sunset
mountain, three miles out, near the
famous Grove Park Inn, the finest hos
telry of its kind in the south. From
Sunset mountain one gets view OF
the entire city of Asheville and the
surrounding country. If the United
States ever got into war with an invad-
ing power and the invading power got
a position on Sunset mountain, il
would be good night to Ashevil.e, be-
cause the mountain commands the
city. But of course in the event OF
such happening, Uncle Sam would
get his crowd on that mountain first
The altitude is 3,117 feet. The city OF
Asheville is about $500 feet. Mount
Mitchell, the highest peak in North
Carolina and the South, is something
over 5000 feet. 1t is some forty miles
from herr. There have been compar-
ative'y few visitors there this summer
because of the fact that the mountain
.acks in accommodations and convent
encCS for parties II is understood that
n stock company contemplates build
ing large hotel there before next May
and the prediction is that Chimney
Rock and other places now quite pop
ular for tours out of Asheville, will
dwindle and die, because the scenery
between the Mountain City and Mount
Mitchell is so much prcttier
Ashevile reminds one of Charleston
in the matter of its streets at least.
The principal streets Of Ashevlle are
paved with brick and those Of Charles
ton with cobblestones. The brick pay
ing is badly worn and really is almost
as rough as some Of the Charleston
streets which, anybody familiar will
agree, is some rough.
II is of interest to note that there
are more sufferers with tuberculosis
residing in Ashevire than in any other
town in the United States, with the
New York. One can not help but no.
tica pale sallow, sickly looking men
and women on the streets-lots Of them
SO weak that they walk with great eff
fort One soon grows used to the
sound of hacking coughs-deep, hack
ing coughs. The natives are so accus-
toned to it that they pay no attention
of course. The Asheville air is the
best cure for tuberculosis known" said
one Ashcvillian in talking about tuber-
cu!osis yesterday. Most of them that
come here get we'll"
Thirty minutes after ] talked to him
| saw three automobile hearses carry
ing bodies to the Southern depot for
shipment and when | investigated a
little | learned that two of the deceased
had died from tuberculosis.
Unc'c Sam has two big hospitals for
disabled soldiers here. One is called
KennilwOrth and the other Oteen and
in all there are about 1000 men in the
town PAGES suffering from tuberculosis
or kindred diseases. Oteen is said to
be the largest government hospital for
tuberculars in the country and at pres
ent there are about LOO patients there,
while Kennilworth is caring for about
500 just now.
The men are given liberty to the city
at all times and the streets are lined
with them VI all hours of the day
Some are in uniform, while others
wear civilian clothes. They are a
cheerful lot of lads, considering the
condition they are in.
| got into conversation with one OF
the lads from Oteen yesterday on the
street. He talked about himself and
the other fellows taking treatment.
I'm pretty far gone" he said as ne
puffed Il cigarette. Got a mess of gas
as Yprcs and it has eaten my lungs up.
Sam is doing the best he can for me
and the other fellows. In my case he
can't do much and | know it. Six
months from now I'll be in box and
the preacher will be saying ashes to
ashes. ard dust to dust
It's hell to die at 2S, amt it buddy