The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-15
SUMMER CROWDS AND AUTUMN
VISITORS

The largest number of automobiles ever
seen running around in this city and Sec
ton in one Summer is to be found here
now. There are more motor cars IN Hen
derson county today than were here at the
peak of the boom. The most competent
estimaters believe the Summer crowds are
the largest since the boom, and account
for the increase in motor cars by the
spread of automobile ownership. There
are more cars per capita today than seven
or eight years ago. This is the explanation
of the fact that while there are more cars
on the streets and highways, it is not prob
able that the number of people in Hender-
son county is as large as in 1925-26.
However, those who watch the coming
and going of the Summer visitors are unan-
imously of the opinion that the town and
county are entertaining this year the larg-
est number of people seen here since 1929 +;
and some of those who are figuring go
back to the boom years to find crowds COM
parable in size to those here at present..
This season is probably the first since the
boom when it has been difficult at times
to find lodging accommodations. Hotels
and boarding houses have been turning
people away daily.
One of the interesting developments of
the season is the fact that number of
people have come with the avowed pur-
pose of remaining here all or part of the
Fall. The end of August will not witness
the exodus of visitors which has been the
rule in past years. Numbers of people are
going to remain for a few weeks or for a
couple of months during the Fall.
The Times-News has always believed
that the ideal season in this section is Au-
tumn; and this newspaper has been deliv-
ering this message to visitors for years.
More and more it is becoming effective.
Visitors who have remained to see what
Autumn offers, have gone away to spread
the information that it is a glorious season
in the mountains. These people return
from year to year, reinforced by additional
visitors who have learned that, after all,
probably the most delightful time to visit
this section is during the months of Sep
TENDER, October and November.
Our Piedmont Carolinas neighbors, who
are near enough to Hendersonville to spend
many Autumn week-ends here without in
convenience, have supplied much of the
tourist patronage for the Fall months. The
people of Georgia, Florida and more dis
tant States are deprived of this advantage
ON account of distance. 1t is the hope o.
local people that many of these, who are
here for the Summer, will arrange to stay
while in the Autumn
However, The Hmes-News warns our
visitors from down South that they must
not be frightened away from the noun
tains by cold rain that is almost certain
to visit the section soon after September
first. As a rule, those who have determined
to remain for the Fall, see in this early
Autumn downpour the impending advent
of ice and snow, and they make hurried
departure for warmer chimes. As a matter
of fact, the early Autumn rains usually last
( for only few days, the weather becomes
warm again, Indian Summer is ushered in,
and the most gorgeous and glorious Of the
seasons breaks in all it's splendor over the
mountain region.
If The Times=News could spend onlS
three months of each year here, the months
selected would be September, October and