City Directory of Asheville, North Carolina [1907-1908], Part 1

Author: Piedmont Directory Company
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Piedmont Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 500


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StaPER


1793


1907-8


The Bingham School


ESTABLISHED 1793, and SINCE 1891 LOCATED ON The ASHEVILLE PLATEAU


THREE MILES FROM THE CITY


Has the Highest Testimonials


from the U. S. GOVERNMENT and its OFFICIALS ; from the EX- ECUTIVE, JUDICIAL, and MILITARY Departments of the State of North Carolina ; from PRESIDENTS of Uriversities ; from promi- nent PHYSICIANS and from other DISTINGUISHED MEN.


Its Area of Patronage


is the widest in the Southern States. TWENTY-SIX (26) localities were represented during the 114th year. THIRTY-NINE (39) loca- tions in the United States and THIRTEEN in FOREIGN COUNTRIES have been represented in the last twenty-seven (27) years, making fifty- two in all, extending during the 114th year from New York to Mexico City, 2500 miles from North to South, and from California to the Phil- ippine Islands, 18,000 miles from West to East.


Its Buildings


have been pronounced by more than a HUNDRED (100) MEDICAL EXPERTS the most SANITARY in the United States.


Its Organization is Military


· and is highly commended by United States Army Officers and Army Inspectors, who pronounce it among the four or five best of the hun- dred schools of the Union having Military Professors detailed front the Army.


The Course of Instruction


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covers fourteen (14) Schools or Departments, as follows : ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, LATIN, GYMNASTICS, and MILITARY SCIENCE, and TACTICS, occupying four (4) years ; GREEK, occu- pying three (3) years ; FRENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY and COMMERCIAL SCIENCE, HISTORY and GEOGRAPHY occupying two (2) years.


The Asheville Plateau


is the Most FAMOUS all-the-year-round PLEASURE and HEALTH RESORT in America. RE For Catalogue giving very full particulars, address


COL. R. BINGHAM, Superintendent, Post Office, ASHEVILLE, N. C .. R. F. D. No. 4.


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William M. Jones


MANUFACTURER OF


We make a Specialty of Nice Interior Trim


LUMBER


Sash, Blinds, Doors, Etc. Post Office Box 9


ASHEVILLE, - NORTH CAROLINA


Albemarle Park


Company


ALSO PROPRIETORS OF "The Manor" AN EXCLUSIVE INN


HOUSES BUILT AND FURNISHED FOR RENT


Office: ALBEMARLE LODGE, Charlotte Street


3


J. C. McPHERSON


Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating


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SLAT Il


Eru


tio st Brl


George Washington Flowers Memorial Collection


DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY


ESTABLISHED BY THE FAMILY OF COLONEL FLOWERS


VANIZED JACES


R


neville, N. C.


RKET


Foods


HILL


Y


EDWARD 1. HOLMES


Livery Stables


63 South Main Street


TELEPHONE 278


Open Day and Night


LESSONS IN RIDING


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43 E. C


Pho


Good It requires a good many good things in order to turn out Printing


IT REQUIRES


Good Workmen Good Machinery Good Types Good laks Good Stock


With confidence that we are fully pres oured to meet all the above requirements we respectfully ask a share of your pat- ronage. Office : 12 South Court Square


WHITESIDE


Good requires good many good things in order to Hirn out Printing


IT REQUIRES


Good Workmen Good Machinery Good Types Good Inks Goud Stock


With confidence that we are fully' pre pared to nieet all the above requirement. we respectfully ask a share uf your pab renage. . Office: 12 Socth Court Square


WHITESIDE


CITY DIRECTORY


..... OF .....


ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 11


1907- - -1908 Vol. VII


INCLUDING:


West Asheville, South Asheville, Biltmore, South Biltmore, Woolsey, Grace, Chunns Cove, Bingham Heights, Richmond Hill


Containing a General Business and Street Directory of Asheville and Much Useful Information Classified as Miscellaneous.


PIEDMONT DIRECTORY CO., Inc. PUBLISHERS


The Piedmont Series


D IRECTORIES of MERIT


The Piedmont Series


See General Index Page 7


Copyrighted 1907 By PIEDMONT DIRECTORY CO., Inc. (All Rights Reserved)


Price


$4.00


Compiled By ERNEST H. MILLER


PIEDMONT DIRECTORY COMPANY, Inc.


12 Lexington Avenue Asheville, North Carolina


PRESS OF HACKNEY & MOALE CO. ASHEVILLE, N. C.


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and


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let your wants be known in 5000 homes by using the classified ad- vertising columns of the Asheville Citizen


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Three consecutive insertions for the price of two.


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Address, inclosing remittance, which may be in one or two-cent stamps,


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THE CITIZEN COMPANY, Asheville, N. C.


The very people you want to reach read the Citizen,-hence the results


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General Index


Abbreviations .


25


Guide to Streets of Asheville 391


Advertisers-Index to .


8


Health Department 464


Advertisers' Special Directory .


IO


Hospitals, Homes and Charities 474


Alphabetical List of Names 25-341


Index to Advertisers 8


Banks. 471


Labor Unions . 477


Business Directory. 341-389


Miscellaneous Directory


464


Cemeteries


472


Miscellaneous Societies


475


Churches .


472


Points of Interest


18


City Government


464


Police Department


464


Clergymen


350


Post-Office


470


Clubs .


351-473


Preface .


Public Schools


465


Courts


468


State Government


467


Educational 465


Street Directory 39I


Suburbs of Asheville 453


Fire Department. . 465


Fraternal Organizations 475


United States Government 469


United States Post-Office 470


Government of North Carolina


467


Christian Association


472


Index to Advertisements


Albemarle Park Co .- front fly leaf. 3


American Barber Shop.


25


American National Bank (The) Front cover and top lines Asheville Bindery Insert Asheville Bottling Works


.right side lines


Asheville Business College. -383 Asheville Cleaning and Pressing Club 34 Asheville Electric Co. . right side lines Asheville Grocery Co. . see map Asheville Pure Milk Co.


see corner cards Business Directory Asheville Steam Laundry .. left top lines Asheville Supply and Foundry Co .... 37 Ball Leroy. .left side lines Battery Park Bank ..... left bottom lines Battery Park and Idlewild Green-


houses cor cards Business Directory Bean S I & Co. 47


Beaumont Furniture Co 14


Beaverdam Brick Co ... . see map Beckham-Emanuel Reporting Co.


Left corner bottom cards Business Directory


Biltmore Estetate-insert.


50


Bingham School-front paste down ..


2


Black Cat Saloon ........ inside side lines Black W P-inside side lines and .... 16 Bonanza Wine & Liquor Co.


Bowles R E.


56


Brown Chas L.


.back cover


Brown Wiley B & Son.


I5


Brownhourse Greenhouses


right bottom lines and 66


Buffalo Saloon


(The)


left bottom lines and 69


Burton & Holt.


.right top lines


Canaday, Brown


& Logan


.right


top lines


Carolina Abstract & Title Co.


.left sides lines


Carolina Coal & Ice Co .... left top lines


Carolina Pharmacy (The)


.right inside side lines


Carroll Robert S Dr.


. 344


Carson E J Dr.


377


Cathey John.


348


Cauble J C & Co.


80


Centerfit Wm H.


81


Chambers & Weaver


... see side margin front cover


21981 BWVM In


7


20-2I


County Government .


467


Fire Alarm Stations 465


United States Courts and Officers. · 469-470


General Directory 25-341


right top lines


Chambers J K & Son


left bottom corner cards Business Directory


Chambers Joseph S. I2


Citizen Co (The). 6 Citizens Trust and Savings Co. . see map Club Cafe and Candy Kitchen .. left top lines


College Street Dye Works


. side line on back cover


Depot Pressing Club


I5


Dermitt & Chunn ... IO


East End Grocery Co. I4


East Tennessee Brewing Co.


. back fly leaf Emanuel School of Stenography and Typewriting. . see top back bone


top and bottom marginal lines back cover


Fain N W. 17


Falk's Music House. back cover


Finkelstein Harry L.


24


Fitzpatrick R L & Son.


back cover


Flack Wm.


I4


Frost H M.


377


Gilbert Jacob.


I32


Grant H F Realty Co


left inside side lines Greene & Co.


.. corner cards in Business Directory


Gruner Edwin P Dr


. 355-37I


Hackney & Moale Co ... insert opp name


Hall & Penland.


.left side lines


Haskell Henry S. .. left side lines and 150


Higgason Studio (The) .. left bottom lines


Hill W M.


4


Hoffman & Kent


top margin front cover


Holmes


Edward I


.back bone cover and 4


Honess Chas H


I60


Hotel Houston


16I


Hyatt-Felmet Co


24


Ideal Pressing Club


right inside side lines Imperial Mutual Life and Health In- surance Co . right side lines Industrial Life and Health Insur- ance Co .. . right inside side lines


Jones Wm M ..


. front fly leaf


Joyce Maurice Engraving Co .. I2 Kiibler & Whitehead .. right bottom lines LaBarbe, Moale & Chiles .right bottom lines and 16 Life Insurance Co of Virginia .right top lines Logan Sam T


. corner card bus direc and 194 Lutz Meat Co. .inside map


. top marginal line on map McPherson J C. front fly leaf and 4 Maison-Blanche front cover


Maryland Insurance Agency ... side lines Mears C L. . center cap lines Melton A L. IO Merrill W E. 215


Miller Claudius H. .. left side lines Miller-Rice Paint Co (The) ... back cover Montague Mnfg Co . bottom lines and opp 188


Moore Plumbing Co .. . 225 Mountain City Steam Laundry .right top lines and back cover Needham & Wrightsman


right inside side lines


New York Livery


.left side lines


Noblitt M W ..


14


Noland-Roland Grocery Co


.initial letter lines Normal & Collegiate Institute (The)


Evening News Publishing Co ... 9 Elcelsior Paint and Paper House inside back cover and fly leaf Northern's Souvenir Store . right inside side lines


Northrop S & W Lumber Co (Inc)


bottom lines


Nunemacher F C.


I3


O K Grocery Co.


I4


Owens & Lowenbein ..


front cover


Peerless Dry Goods Co.


24


Perkinson T J


red lines front and back cover Piedmont Directory Co (Inc) .. 15 and 22 Piedmont Electric Co


insert opp name and 248


Power Logan


I2


Reiter Max


. left bottom lines


Remington Typewriter Co.


I7


Rich J R.


. . .


.right bottom lines


Rhinehardt Bros.


see map


Richerson & Lindsay


.265


Scott Geo F & Co.


.. see front cover


Security Life and Annuity Co


right inside side lines


Shoffner W Henry


. see inside map


Southern Automobile Co


.see insert opp bus direc and 34I


Southern


Marble


and


Granite Co


(The) .. see insert opp street directory


Standard Pressing Club.


Star Market ..


. .


.top line front cover


Sternberg S & Co


.. corner cards business directory


Summey & Williams.


II


Swannanoa Laundry . left marginal line front cover Swepson & Garrett ..... left bottom lines Tennent J A .. . . 305


Theobold & Brandl ..


.left top lines


Thompson-Brannon Co (The)


.see marginal lines on map


Thompson U S Pressing Club.


II


.


Wachovia Loan and Trust Co


.front and stencils and II


Ward W A .....


right inside side lines


Waterman L E & Co.


.13


32I


McCloskey Joseph J


... bottom line front cover and 201


McEwen Lumber Co.


.370


McGinness J H ..


24


Webb's M Millinery.


Whiteside Printing Co


Mckay Edwin Electric Co


. insert opp title page and 5


Winter's Studio ... corner cards bus direc


Wolfe Wm O.


.left inside side lines


Woodward & Son .. bottom lines and 189


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Independent


Wholesome


ASHEVILLE GAZETTE-NEWS


4 North Pack Square


IS POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT and prints all the news of all the parties without coloring. Pub- lished every afternoon except Sunday. The local field is ably covered by an excellent corps of reporters and the news of the world is furnished by the Associated Press. A special correspondent is maintained at the National and State Capitals and the editorial force is capable. The Gazette-News aims to be progressive without being sensational ; to be clean and a fit and welcome visitor to every home ; to be entertertaining, instructive and helpful.


THE GAZETTE-NEWS has a large and growing circulation in Asheville and vicinity, and is the best ad- vertising medium in Western North Carolina. Rates on application.


Subscription-$5.00 a year; 10 cents a week.


Progressive


Not Yellow


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Asheville Special Directory for Advertisers


NOTE-We hope the public will liberally patronize the public-spirited men who have advertised herein, thus aiding in giving your city an up-to-date Directory.


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Piedmont Directory Co.


PUBLISHERS


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Home Office: Asheville, N. C. ARCHITECTS


E. H. MILLER, Mgr.


A. L. MELTON, Architect


Offices: 32 Patton Ave. ASHEVILLE, N. C.


Plans furnished for any style or class of buildings desired. Complete plans, speci- fications and detailed drawings furnished.


Work Outside of City Solicited


ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS


WALTER DERMITT


C. H. CHUNN


Dermitt & Chunn


ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS Jobbing PROMPTLY Attended to


16 North Pack Square


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Special Advertisers' Directory


BANKS


Wachovia Loan & Trust Co.


Home Office: WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. Asheville, North Carolina Office


CAPITAL AND SURPLUS


$775,000


Banking Department Trust Department


Savings Department Insurance Department


4


PER CENT. Interest paid in Savings Department, compounded quarterly. : : : : : 4 PER CENT. paid on Time Certificates.


T. S. MORRISON, Chairman and Vice-President W. B. WILLIAMSON, Cashier J. P. KERR, Mgr. Insurance Department


CABINET-MAKERS


SUMMEY & WILLIAMS 172 1 Church Street


Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers


EXPERTS IN PACKING AND SHIPPING FURNITURE


Dyeing, Cleaning and Pressing.


U. S. Thompson Pressing Club


Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing, Repairing


Special attention to Ladies' work. All Clothes called for and delivered promptly. DRY CLEANING OUR SPECIALTY


Membership $1 Per Month.


Phone 595


39 South Main Street


ASHEVILLE, N. C.


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Special Advertisers' Directory


Cleaning and Pressing


Hats Worked Over


PHONE 1026


J. S. CHAMBERS


342 W. Haywood Street Clothes-Cleaning, Repairing and Pressing Special Attention Given to Ladies Work


FOR CLEANING AND PRESSING TRY


LOGAN POWER


P ROMPTNESS OLITENESS LEASED CUSTOMERS


1 Eagle, Cor. Main


CUTS


CUTS ---


For Any Purpose


THE Maurice Joyce Engraving Company


H. C. C. STILES, Mgr., Washington, D. C.


BEST WORK


LOW PRICES


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Special Advertisers' Directory


Engravers


F. G. Nunemacher


Fine Plate Engravers and Embossers


LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY


Makes a specialty of Wedding Invitations, Announcements, Embossed Stationery and High Grade Plate Work of. All Kinds


HACKNEY & MOALE COMPANY, Local Agents Asheville, North Carolina


Fountain Pens


ATERMANG


IDEAL


WATERMAN'S IDEAL FOUNTAIN PEN N.Y.


CLIP-CAP (DEAU


Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen The pen with the Clip - Cap


For Easy Writing.


If you have had trouble with your pen, get Waterman's Ideal. You will then know what it is to have no pen trouble; to be sure of your pen; to have a pen always right and always ready to write- and, of course, neither leaking, spurting, nor blotting. Just a hard-working, steady writer.


FOR SALE BY ALL RELIABLE DEALERS.


L. E. Waterman Co., 173 Broadway, New York. 742 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.


8 School Street, Boston, Mass. 209 State Street, Chicago, Il1.


waterman's fountainhg INK FILLE LEWATERMAN


Fountain Pen INK FILLER


Waterman's Fountain INK FILLER


LE.WATERMM NEW VOX


IDEAL


WATER:MAN'S.(IDEAL FOUNTAIN-PEN-N.Y


CLIP-CAP (DEAL


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Special Advertisers' Directory


Furniture


TRY


The BEAUMONT FURNITURE CO.


For Furniture of all kinds and House Furnishing Goods, Carpets, Mattings, Rugs, Etc. EASY PAYMENTS OR CASH


22 North Main Street 19 South Main Street Phones 1002 and 1228


General Merchandise


O K GROCERY COMPANY


Groceries, Shoes, Notions and Men's Furnishings


Two Stores:


Depot, Cor. Bartlett Southside Ave., Cor. Depot


Phone 672


-Grocers


EAST END GROCERY


W. M. FLACK, Prop. Fine Groceries, Wood and Coal Baggage Transferred to all Parts of the City


Store 39 Mountain Street Restaurant 38 Mountain Street


Jewelers


Go to M. W. NOBLITT'S


The Popular Jeweler


for First Class Watch and Clock Repairing. 43 S. MAIN STREET


Asheville, North Carolina


.. THE


P LACE TO LIVE TO INVEST TO REST


Asheville, North Carolina


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Special Advertisers' Directory


Livery Stables


Wiley B. Brown & Son LIVERY STABLES


Fine Driving and Saddle Horses.


Kentucky Horses for Sale. Splendid Turnouts. Careful Drivers.


OFFICE: 32 W. College St., Asheville, N. C.


PHONE 50


Pressing Clubs


DEPOT. PRESSING CLUB


We guarantee to take your old clothes and make them look new, so far as dirt and oil or grease is concerned. . Read our prices below and give us a trial.


1 Suit cleaned and pressed 75c-$1.00


1 Suit sponged ‘ 50


1 Pair Pants cleaned and pressed 35


1


sponged


66


25


Coat and Vest cleaned '


40


4 Suits cleaned and pressed, $1 per month.


Coat and Vest sponged and pressed, 35 Ladies' skirts cleaned and pressed, 50-75


DYEING


Ladies' skirts dyed an pressed, 75-$1.00 Men's pants dyed from 60 to 75.


Clothes Called for and Delivered


I. W. KERNS, Mgr.


424 Depot Phone ....


Publishers


George L. Hackney President


Ernest H. Miller


Sec-Mgr.


Philip R. Moale Vice-Pres.


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Home Office ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA


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Special Advertisers' Directory


HUGH LABARBE P. R. MOALE J. M. CHILES


LaBarbe, Moale & Chiles Real Estate Brokers Fire Insurance


27 Patton Ave.


Asheville, N. C.


City and suburban improved property, timber, mineral and farm lands; also several fine country estates for sale.


HOUSES FOR RENT-Modern houses, furnished, $40 to $400 per month; unfurnished, $15 to $100 per month.


BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES-Parties desiring to en- gage in business or establish factories in Western North Car- olina should write us. We can secure local co-operation and capital for deserving enterprises. Loans Negotiated.


W. P. Black Livery, Feed and Sale Stables


42 South Lexington Ave.


Phone 759


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Special Advertisers' Directory


Taxidermists


N. W. FAIN


Taxidermist and Furrier


Furs Made, Cleaned && Repaired


72 South Main Street ASHEVILLE, N. C.


Typewriters


The buyer who seeks experience may seek it anywhere; But the buy- er who heeds experience buys the Remington.


Remington


Whenington Standard Typewriter No.


Remington Typewiter Company (INCORPORATED)


New York and Everywhere


HACKNEY & MOALE CO.,


Asheville, N. C.


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POINTS OF INTEREST


WITH DISTANCE FROM ASHEVILLE IN MILES


Albemarle Park (in city).


All Creation View 3


Alta Vista (altitude 2,725 ft.)


2


Arden Park


.IO


Asheville Farm School.


IO


Asheville School


5


Bald Mountain (of volcanic noto-


riety)


28


Balsam Mountains


.IO


Battery Park (altitude 2,300 ft. in city)


Beaucatcher Mountain (altitude


2,800 ft.)


I1/2


Beaver Dam


5


Beaver Dam Drive 6


Biltmore Dairy


5


Biltmore Estate (entrance)


2


Biltmore Village


2


Bingham Heights


21/2


Bingham School


3


Black Mountains (range).


9


Blackwell's White Sulphur Springs, 12


Bonny Crest Inn.


8


Buck Shoals (Bill Nye's home) 12


Busby Hall


7


Caesar's Head


50


Chimney ¡Rock (cave of the winds and the bottomless pools) .. .20 Craggy Mountain (to foot) I4


Craggy Mountain (to top, altitude


6,000 ft.)


18


Elk Mountain (altitude 3,500 ft.)


5


Esmeralda Inn


22


Fairview


II


Fernihurst (Connally's View).


.2


French


Broad


River


(nearest


point I


(With drives of 50 miles)


Gashe's Creek Drive. 5


Glenn Inglis


I2


Gouches Peak


5


Haw Creek (and drives)


IO


Hendersonville


.2I


Hickory Nut Falls


25


Hickory Nut Gap.


20


Hot Springs (on French


Broad


Alexander


.IO


River)


.30


Intake (The)


.30


Kenilworth Inn


2


Locust Gap


5


Lookout Mountain


2


Mount Mitchell (to foot) .


I8


Mount Mitchell (to top 6,712 feet, highest point east of the Rock- ies 26


Mount Pisgah (altitude 5,757 ft.) I8 Mountain Meadows Inn .. 7


Rat Mountain (altitude over 5,000 ft.) 19


Reems Creek Falls.


IO


Richmond Hill (Pearson's View) 4


Riverside Cemetery


Riverside Park


2


Rough and Ready Camping Grounds IO


Round Knob


.25


Saluda Mountain


40


Sapphire Country


.25


Senator Vance's Grave ..


2


Senator Vance's Monument (in city)


Strawberry Hill (Clark's Farm) --


4


Sulphur Springs


41/2


Sulphur Springs Dairy.


41/2


Sunset Drive


3


Sunset Mountain (altitude 3,III ft) 31/2


Swannanoa Country Club.


Swannanoa River, nearest point. 2


(With drives of 16 miles)


Switzerland Dairy


5


Takeeostah Farm


3


Town Mountain (to top) .


I


Toxaway


.35


Vanderbilt Estate, with 50 miles of


drives (entrance)


2


Vanderbilt's Mansion


5


Victoria Inn


Waynesville (White Sulphur


Springs)


.32


Weaver's Electric Plant.


5


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IDLEWILD AND BATTERY PARK GREENHOUSES


(Members American Florists Association)


313 Charlotte Street and Battery Park Hill D. A. LASHLEY, Proprietor.


Phones 635 and 99. Store Phone 132, Night Phone 635.


With 35,000 square feet of glass, we are in position to supply cut flowers of every kind, in bunches, bou- quets and artistic designs, Palms and Pot Plants for Weddings, Funerals, Dinners and all social events.


Cut flowers on sale at store (Seawell's Pharmacy), corner Haywood and West College Streets.


Orders for Floral Designs and Fresh Cut Flowers taken for delivery in any city in the United States, and with only a few hours notice delivery can be made same day. Transportation charges paid, where desired, and added to bill.


Flowers, Palms, Plants


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PREFACE


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Some Interesting Facts for the Inves- tor, Manufacturer, Homeseeker, Tourist and Public in General


First, from the standpoint of an Investor, Asheville is an enterprising city, its rapid growth had made neces- sary a new water supply; today the water system of Aseville is second to none. According to its population Asheville has more paved streets than any other city in the entire South. Street car service superior to that of many cities three times the size; about twenty miles of electric railway in operation, a modern sewerage system, both gas and electric light plants, two daily papers and a great back country from which to draw trade.


Manufacturer. Water power is abundant, as may be inferred from the character of the country; streams, bold, free and numerous, the water clear, pure, soft and free from iron, exactly what is needed for bleacher- ies, dye works, tanneries and pulp making. Five miles below Asheville on the French Broad river, the W. T. Weaver Power Co. has developed a large electric plant for the transmis- sion of power.


Railroad facilities are good; the Southern Railway penetrates the city with several lines and there is now under way of construction a new inde-


pendent trunk line, the completion of which will not only be of great bene- fit to the manufacturer and the mer- chant, by giving still better facilities and lower rates, but will open up new fields for commerce, cause new indus- tries to spring, increasing population and at the same time enlarging reve- nue. There is no city in the South- land that has a brighter future than Asheville, therefore we do not hesi- tate to say to the investors or the manufacturers that no city presents to them a more excellent field for opera- tion, and that they can feel assured that nothing will be permitted to occur which would tend to hinder ior block- ade progress. The Asheville Board of Trade invites every investigation from parties seeking sites for factories or other business enterprises.


Homeseeker. Asheville has many advantages peculiar to itself, situated as it is, high up amid the eternal hills, by nature an ideal home place; one has but to look in any direction and behold the beauties of nature. Scen- ery that is magnificent, there moun- tain upon mountain, range after range, in silent grandeur stand, but it is not alone what the eye beholds, the great


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God of the Universe has bestowed upon Asheville a still greater blessing, that of pure dry air, a climate that is unsurpassed. The character of the peo- ple can be determined from the num- ber of churches, there being twenty- five, a large Y. M. C. A. building, and other religious bodies. As to schools, be it sufficient to say that Asheville is an educational center. Her public schools are models of architecture and her system one of the most efficient in the country; there are also many pri- vate schools of more than local fame. Employment can readily be found, op- portunities for small fruit-growing, poultry-raising, canning, trucking, stock-raising and woodworking are excellent. If it's a home you are seek- ing, why look farther? Asheville of- fers every inducement, and her doors are open to bid you welcome.


Tourist. Asheville as a tourist re- sort is well known; her fame is world- wide; splendid hotels, every accommo- dation. 'Tis here you find rest, enjoy the pure, fresh air that invigorates. Recreation that drives away the care and worry of every day affairs; horse- back riding, driving over beautiful driveways, boating on the lake, tramp- ing, through the mountain trails or playing golf on the splendid links of the Swannanoa Country Club.




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