The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13


 Mrs L. Dl King. Jr.. Evergreen
 The spacious reception rOoms of the
 eAzS were made more attractive with
 a prafas5an of peach and pear blossoms
 and heaatifal pink roses A delicious
 Sc& course in pink and white was served
 se sezeral hEndred guests
 NEW BUILDING TO ADD TO
 ATKRACTXvKNESS 0E ASEVnLE
 ASHEvITLE. N. C.. April 12.-The u1SaAE1g eE spring in the North CarO- kRa Ess1Hkslns possesses rare appeal EaeA GzE the transition from winter eS sREflg heeames more apparent as the gEaS h<llsS1es quicken into life. AbRng the French Rr0ad river graceful wSHsws bend ever. dipping their filmy' green veES in the stream Song birds sEe bsgaan and they fill the awakening fereses with their n0tes. AsheyIIle is fS4Sng q1sckfy with visitors who will SvenA this most fascinating season of the Sear in the Blue Ridge country.
 pzariaS 1924 nearly 1.00O rooms VIII sAe sSitResR to A$heville's hotel ac- eVE1zsal9Eiaas for tourists. The beauti-, fu1 G<0rge Eanierbllk and Battery Park A,aeeASs costing a million dollars &RaStes are nearing completion rapidly and the opening dates are set for June and July 1SN respectively. The George N4nsfezsE3r e0ntalns nine fI00Es and @s@ rS0ms. while the Battery PSek will tower 15 stories with 200 outside E~sn<~ The raef garden will be fully sS feet above the top af the flag pole eE the eAi Battery Park hotel The hill nearly 100 feet high upon which the ailxsarse RlSll1ng stood. Is fast disap- FsaFfRg RefsEe the 0Dslaughfs of steam <AsEeaS- and harelK one quarter of the Aa& HzllRSan eHhle yards of earth re- nam r8 he moved
 . I've a6lSESa1al hotels will soon be rnaer construction in this section. A Srscs eomQESs1ng 550 acres of land was purchased recently by Maj. John Adams BSchsRa Gf Boston The site is on the zseRR Gf Ssradley mountain. southwest 9f ASAeESlA h ONerle0kS the French Bread rTSeR and adjQins the estate of Mrs ElSEh & Vanderbilt. An IS hole ea& ee1rSe viii be laid cut in connec- r5Nn WSrh the development A polo field WS1 be constructed and a cottage colony 11 eassS proximity to the hotel will be The proposed hOstelry will have 2k9 hH11red guest rooms and WQEk WS1 start within the next few EeskS- F. E. Reed of Asheviile. pur- chased property in Blltm0re village this week and hotel along English lines w& be ereetR1 this summer. The in- Ses1menk VIII represent approximately $fFS@@@ and the project will De kmBwn SS BllcmQre Inn There are also I1Eg cottages under construction in the various residential districts
 T. E. Mewaue of Birmingham has SR1ide& friends at Wentworth Inn. The Misses Mary GladSs Brown and lame BEQWn entertained early in the week with a bridge luncheon in honor ef rAesr house guest, Miss Helen Ham of Dallas. Tex. Mrs. Henry RarrhekE ef Birmingham has joined her GH1gacsr. Mss Daisy Rice Bartlett, at the blnnR 0k Mir. and Mrs. George Suathsrs h AshexillRA the Misses Irma and Elizabeth Shaw, from Walter Valley, Mss, on Tuesday and have leased a cottage near Raaek mountain for the summer. Mrs. Nahzer Eae1Eah0n of Greenville, Miss, s v1zSESag Asx aunt, Mrs Marie Rus RA Aagar6. for a fortnight on Pearson Oriye
 The T0led0 American association and isIEEAha IntRRnational league baseball R4uz PlzEed the AsheSiIle South At Izz41e Rague aggregation "Wednesday md IhIrslaaE afkeEnnGR at McC0rul- | Icks fsRAA The eantestz attracted seg- Ira1 thaasan6 visit0rs- Not long ago he DstrVzt teams PE1oted by Ty Cobb, EaS 6eSsaee6 here IS to If with its iegUA1r tenn in the field except its P5seAeTS.
 C1as1Alates from several southern l szaSes among students at the Asheville | SchNe1 f0C Bays are engaged buSily in | l1aesESs1g lowing on the school lake in I lEsE4rzt6s9 for the annual spring races. | lE S planned to take the school to i NsE 0raeaRE to race the Tulane uniyer~ StE freshmen crew
 c l. Westphal of Birmingham, and | IamRs S ThomAS of TuscalOosa have l lErSVp3 in AshsFi11e for extended so- Ss1Emz with friends
 The LAuxren is entertaining James | . Lalg. F. R Shll. Mrs. J. L. Yaneey, g- II Mess O H. Berger. R. J. Rol- ! ms. E 0L Gerson and c. B. Webb of 1 W. M Pope and A. l.. l GeNH1sy af Noatg0meEx, John c. Gro | wel Sf Fl1EsRee. T. C. Merritt of Chat A1Nagz. Mfr and Mrs. George P. l Stewart 0f 4EQbde. J. D. Fagan of Troy, lGr- and AlrS S. McLaztinger of Waco, reEs L. C. Sanders of Corinth, Miss. l1r- and Mrs Joseph c. DEeyfus of a1EEsssAGrx. Mss
 Maj Gen H1tsatar0 Haraguehf, mil -7EE aEEBeA& at the Japanese Embassy h &&<AEaGt0n. and his family, who IQeHt a fsEtnsEAt at the Manor, have iakE1 a eaetage in Grove Park for the rslaSzl1sE sS the spring season
 R- C Rogers. Mrs N H. Thomas md Mrs Frank Scott have returned to shezr homes l1 Birmingham. after visit =