City directory of Asheville, North Carolina [serial] 1909, Part 1

Author: Piedmont Directory Co; Miller, Ernest H
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Asheville, N.C. : Piedmont Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 582


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Advertiser's Directory


J. C. McPHERSON


Plumbing Steam and Hot Water


Heating


Slate and Tin Roofing, Galvanized 1 Iron Work. Hot Air Furnaces


CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER


37 E. College St. PHONE 133 Asheville, N. C.


Steel Ranges


When writing advertisers nention the Directory


CITY DIRECTORY


.OF ..... ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Kanwalsh 1909


VOL. VIII.


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


Containing a General Business and Street Directory of Asheville and much useful Information classified as Miscellaneous.


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Copyrighted 1909 By PIEDMONT DIRECTORY CO., Inc. . (All Rights Reserved)


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Compiled By ERNEST H. MILLER


PIEDMONT DIRECTORY COMPANY, Inc.


12 Lexington Avenue


Asheville, North Carolina


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Advertisers' Directory


WACHOVIA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY


Home Office: WINSTON-SALEM, N. O.


Asheville North Carolina Office


CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $785,000.00


Banking Department Savings Department


Trust Department Insurance Department


4 PER CENT. Interest paid in Savings Dept., compound- ed quarterly. 4 PER CENT. paid on Time Certificates


T. S. MORRISON, Chairman and Vice-President W. B. WILLIAMSON, Cashier. P. R. ALLEN, Mgr. Insurance Dept.


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


LaBarbe, Moale & Chiles Real Estate Brokers


27 Patton Ave. FIRE INSURANCE Asheville, N. C.


City and suburban improved property, timber, min- eral 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 engage in business or establish factories in Western North Caro- lina should write us. We can secure local co-operation and capital for derserving enterprises. Loans negotiated


General Index


Abbreviations 65


Advertisers Special Directory ..... 2 to 65


Alphabetical List of Names. . .65 to 413


Banks .418


Business Directory


Cemeteries


Christian Associations


Churches


City Government


571


Clergymen


429


State Government


. 572


Street Directory


. 477 to 553


Suburbs of Asheville 555


Educational


578


Title Page


5


Fire Alarm Stations.


572


United States Courts and Officers .. .574


United States Government.


.574


United States Post-Office


575


Who's Who


9


Index to Advertisers


Acme Barber Shop.


9


Albemarle Park Company.


5


American Barber Shop ..


65


American National Bank.


29


Asheville Business College.


IO


Asheville Cabinet, Upholstering and Packing Company I2


Asheville Citizen (The).


opp.


476


Asheville Cleaning & Dye Works .. IO Asheville Cleaning & Pressing Club .. left bottom side lines.


Asheville Coal & Lumber Company ... top cards Business Directory.


Asheville Fuel & Ice Co ... left top lines. Asheville Gazette-News . opp. 415 Asheville Grocery Co .. 76


Asheville Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co ..


right side lines.


Asheville Pure Milk Co .... right top lines.


Asheville Steam Laundry ... left top lines. Asheville Stove & Casting Works .... left bottom side lines and page 9


Asheville Supply & Foundry Co .. 78 Bean, S. I. & Co .. bottom line back cover. Beaumont Furniture Co .. opp. 476 Biltmore Estate opp 93 Bingham School. inside back cover. Bowles, R. E .. 27 Brown, Chas. L. .opp. 415 Brown & Co ... cards Business Directory.


Burton & Holt.


opp. 65


Canaday-Brehm Realty Co.


right bottom lines.


Capps, G. W.


IO


Carolina Abstract & Title Co ..


left bottom lines.


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


Carolina Pharmacy .... left top side lines.


Carroll's, Dr., Sanitarium.


see Baths, Business Directory.


Carter, Joseph


9


Cathey, John ...... left bottom side lines.


Chambers, Joseph S.


13


Chambers & Weaver


bottom line front cover.


Citizen Co. (The)


.. opp. 476


Citizens Bank & Trust Co .... front cover.


Clemmons, Otis .


bottom cards, Business Directory.


College Street Dye Works.


13


Club Cafe & Candy Kitchen. left top lines.


Colonial (The)


2 1


Commercial Hotel


17


Crayton, J. E. & Co.


. opp. 143


Creasman & Ownbey. . initial letter lines.


Cruise, J. B. Miss.


II


Crystal Dairy Lunch.


. opp. 468


Depot Pressing Club.


13


Dermitt & Chunn. . left side bottom lines.


Davis, H. D.


27


794903


Hospitals, Homes and Charities.


580


Hotel Directory 14


Labor Unions


583


Miscellaneous Directory


. 571 to 584


Miscellaneous Societies


581


Police Department


.571


Post Office


. 575


Preface


25


Schools (see Educational)


Clubs .


578


County Government


572


Fire Department


571


Fraternal Organizations


582


Guide to Streets of Asheville. . 477 to 553


415


576


576


576


7


Dougty, Misses 16 Dryman Mountain Dairy ..


bottom cards, Business Directory.


Edgewood Cottage


16


Ellis, G. W. & Co


. 444


Elton (The)


16


Excelsior Paint & Paper House (The)


Falk's Music House.


back cover.


back cover.


Finkelstein's Pawn Shop.


top line back cover.


Fitzpatrick, R. L. & Son.


.back cover.


Forbes & Campbell.


back bone.


"Forest Hill"


21


Foster, Frank S.


IO


Four Hundred Pressing Club.


left bottom lines.


Frierson, T. L.


left top side lines.


Gordon Hotel


19


"Gray Gables"


20


Greene & Co.


top cards, Business Directory.


Gruner, Edwin P .. see Baths and Mas-


sage, Business Directory.


Gurley, R. W.


top, cards, Business Directory.


Hackney & Moale Co ...


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.. opp. 196


Hall & Penland ... white line, front cover.


Harris, M. H. Miss


14


Haskell, H. S ..


27


Hoffman & Kent ..


top line front cover.


Honess, Chas. H.


. opp. 461


Hotel Houston


17


Hughey, M. D. Mrs.


20


Imperial Sick & Accident Insurance Co. right side lines.


Industrial Life & Health Insurance


Co.


right bottom lines.


Jacobs, R. A. Mrs.


20


Jarvis, Chas., Electric & Cycle Co ..


left top side lines.


Jones, H. E ..


II


Jones, Wm. M ..


3


Joyce, Maurice, Engraving Co.


front cover.


Kehr, Cyrus


. opp. 416


Kelly, M. H ..


.


27


Kenilworth Inn


22


Kiibler & Whitehead. . right bottom lines.


Kilpatrick, W. Perry


IO


Knickerbocker (The)


14


Knoxville Directory Co ..... back fly leaf.


LaBarbe, Moale & Chiles.


right bottom lines and 6


Life Insurance Company of Virginia. .


left top lines.


Lindsey, Van


left bottom lines.


McEwen Lumber Co.


24


McPherson, J. C.


4


Maguire, Mary C. Mrs ..


20


Manor (The)


15


Maryland Insurance Agency Co ..


top cards, Business Directory.


Mears, S. R. Mrs


17


Miller, C. H.


top cards, Business Directory. .


Miller, D. W ...


9


Miller-Rice Paint Co ..


. back cover ....


Montague Manufacturing Co .... opp. 199 Montford Hotel .. .left bottom lines. Moore Plumbing Co .. left bottom side lines.


Moore & Rich .. ... left bottom lines. Mountain City Steam Laundry ...


right top lines and back cover.


New Swannanoa Hotel .. .. opp. 294 New York Livery Stables. . left side lines. Normal & Collegiate Institute ........ inside back cover. Northrop, S. & W. H. Lumber Co .... right top lines.


Nunemacher, F. C ..


top cards, Business Directory.


O. K. Auto, Supply & Transit Co.opp. 298


Oaks (The)


18


Patterson, J. R ..


back bone.


Peerless Dry Goods Co.


307


Penniman, W. T. Mrs.


21


Penniman, Ridgely Mrs.


14


Piedmont Directory Co ..... back fly leaf.


Piedmont Electric Co ..


.opp. 311


Quick Service Pressing Club.


.466


"Restawyle".


20


Robertson, Jas. A.


12


Rockett, Oscar M.


452


"Roselawn".


336


Ronci, J. L. Mrs.


20


Russell, J. L .. .


.opp. 415


Scott Lumber Co ..


.front cover.


Security Life & Annuity Co.


right side lines.


Shetland Pony Livery Stables. .. opp. 299


Shippey, Wm.


12


Smathers, R. I ..


white line back cover and II


Southern Coal Co ..


right top lines.


Star Market.


top line front cover.


Stepp, A. W.


12


Stowe, Hugh E.


opp 415


Swannanoa Laundry


inside marginal line front cover. Swepson & Garrett ...... right side lines. Tahkeeosteh Dairy Co .. bottom cards, Business Directory.


Tennent, J. A ...


373


Theobold & Brandl ..


left top lines.


Thompson, U. S., Pressing Club.


12


Victoria Inn


23


Wachovia Loan & Trust Co ..


stencils and


6


Watkins, S. N. Mrs.


Watkins & Martin.


18


Webb's, M., Millinery


top cards, Business Directory.


Wells & Brown.


.. left top side lines.


Western Carolina Auto Co ..


top cards, Business Directory.


Wilbar, J. C ..


. left bottom side lines.


Williams, Tom


12


Woods, F. T. H., Real Estate, Loan


& General Collecting Agency ...


..


left top side lines ..


Wood, C. J. & Sons


21


Woodward & Son.


right top lines ...


"Wrenwood".


17


Y. M. I. Drug Store.


II:


8 ..


16


9


Advertiser's Directory


"WHO'S WHO"


Read these pages carefully and see who's who in your business world. Patronize Up-to-Date Business Men. BY THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS DO YE KNOW THEM.


The Acme Barber Shop


When going out for a good time, that's your business. When you want a hair cut and shave for 35c, that's our business at the Acme Barber Shop. Hot and Cold Baths BASEMENT OATES BLDG


Joseph Carter No. 4 Penland


Repair Work a Specialty. All Work Guaranteed


Blacksmith and Horseshoer


Asheville Stove and Casting Works


D. W. MILLER, Proprietor


Offce 8 E. College St. TELEPHONE 303


The proprietor of the Asheville Stove & Casting Works takes pleasure in announcing that he is now prepared to manufacture to or- der any and every thing in his line cheaply, quickly and satisfactorily. He makes a specialty of the manufacturing and fitting of all kinds of stoves, grates, grate bars, weights, etc.


Experienced workmen, and the most improved implements, make this new enterprise the leader in its line in Asheville and Western North Carolina. A trial order will satisfy you as to the truth of our assertion. Good work and satisfactory terms is the basis on which we expect to build up a large patronage.


Correspondence Solicited and Promptly Attended to.


When writing advertisers mention the Directory.


ASHEVILLE BUSINESS COLLEGE


OLDEST IN THE STATE Three special courses :- Book-keeping, Business Practice. Amer- can Banking. Shorthand, Typewriting, Office and Court Practice. English (graded and higher), Rhetoric Penmanship, Mathematics, Business Orthography.


135 GRADUATES THE PAST YEAR 135


Positions secured on any course you complete. Three special teachers. Board $2.50 to $3.50 per week in private homes Railroad fare paid. Special course by mail. Full particulars given at any time. Address


H. S. SHOCKLEY, Principal ASHEVILLE, N. C.


W. P. Kilpatrick GROCERIES AND


PHONE 298 ASHLAND AVE . COR SILVER


1903


FRANK S.FOSTER


FRANK S. FOSTER


Dealer in Groceries, Vegetables and Feed


Cor. Depot and Bartlett Sts. Phone 512


Asheville Cleaning and Dye Works QUINN & LEATHERWOOD, Proprs. 113 Cherry St. LADIES WORK A SPECIALTY


M. I. S. T. Greatest NERVE and BLOOD Tonic ! THE ONLY CURE FOR RHEUMATISM G. CAPPS General Agent and Business Manager for M. I. S. T. For the Genuine Buy at Office, 12 South Spruce Street, Opp. Market House Beware of Imitations ASHEVILLE, N. C.


Advertisers' Directory


11


MISS CRUISE


Manicuring, Chiropody AND Hair Dressing


Complete Line of Hair Goods and Toilet Articles 23; HAYWOOD ST. PHONE 16


R. I. SMATHERS


Manufacturer of


Mattresses and Pillows


Renovated Hair, Wool, Felt and Moss Mattresses. Feather Beds and Pillows.


R. I. SMATHERS, Mattress Mfg'r 172 Depot Street


Phone 1544 Asheville, N. C.


Y. M. I. DRUG STORE


H. E. JONES, Proprietor.


For Soda Water, Stationery and Drugs Give Us a Call


EAGLE COR. OF MARKET PHONE 538


When writing advertisers mention the Directory.


12.


Advertisers' Directory


SEE WM. SHIPPEY for the Best Vegetables, Fruits, Etc. CITY MARKET


TOM WILLIAMS


(Asheville Cabinet, Upholstering and Packing Company) 172 Church Street Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer Expert in Packing and Shipping Furniture


U. S. THOMPSON PRESSING CLUB CLEANING DYEING


PRESSING REPAIRING


Special Attention to Ladies' Work. Dry Cleaning our Specialty


MEMBERSHIP $1.00 PER MONTH


One Suit Sponged and Pressed 50c


One Suit Cleaned and Pressed 75c


Skirts 50 to 75c Each


All Work Guaranteed.


Called for and Delivered Promptly.


39 South Main Street PHONE 595


Jas. A. Robertson Family Grocer Your Patronage Solicited


65 HAZZARD STREET


:


:


PHONE


City Vegetable Company


DEALERS IN


Foreign and Domestic Vegetables, Fruits, Buttter and Eggs CITY MARKET PHONE 161


A. W. STEPP, Manager


When writing advertisers mention the Directory.


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Advertisers' Directory


Hats Worked Over PHONE 1026


J. S. Chambers


342 WEST HAYWOOD ST.


Clothes-Cleaning, Repairing and Pressing Special Attention Given to Ladies' Work.


C. C. LIPSCOMBE,


Proprietor


E. W. SWEPSON,


Manager


College Street Dye Works


LADIES' WORK A SPECIALTY


Cleaning, Pressing & Repairing


PANTS MAKING


31 EAST COLLEGE ST. PHONE 1003


DEPOT PRESSING CLUB


I Suit cleaned and pressed 75c and $1.00


I Suit sponged and pressed .50


I Pair Pants cleaned and pressed .50


I Pair Pants sponged and pressed .35


Coat and Vest cleaned and pressed .40


4 Suits sponged and pressed. $1 per month.


I. W. KERNS, Manager


Coat and Vest sponged and


pressed


.35


Ladies' Skirts cleaned and


pressed


50 -. 75


DYEING


Ladies' Skirts


dyed


and


pressed


75-$1.00


Mens' Pants dyed from 75c


to


$1.00


Clothes Called for and Delivered


424 DEPOT ST.


PHONE 904


When writing advertisers mention the Directory.


THE


Knickerbocker


77 College St., on Charlotte St. Car Line. PHONE 153. Centrally located, all modern Improvements, Steam Heat. Etc. Rates on application.


M. H. HARVIES


Directory of Hotels and Boarding Houses


INDEX


PAGE


Albemarle Park


15


Colonial (The)


21


Commercial Hotel


17


Edgewood Cottage


16


Elton (The)


16


"Restawyle"


20


Forest Hill and Lodge


21


Richelieu (The)


21


Gordon Hotel


19


"Ridgewood"


"Roselawn"


3.36


Hotel Houston


17


Uleeta (The)


20


Victoria Inn


23


"Villa Roye"


16


"Wrenwood"


17


On Biltmore Car Line


420 South Main Street


TELEPHONE 129


PRIVATE BOARD "Ridgewood MRS. RIDGLEY PENNIMAN, Proprietress


References :


Blue Ridge Bank


Dr. W. D Hilliard


Dr. Chas. L. Minor


Dr. S. Westray Battle


NO INVALIDS


Page Bottom Lines Montford Hotel . (bottom lines) New Swannanoa Hotel (The)294 New Windsor Hotel (The) .. 295 Oaks (The) 18


"Gray Gables"


20


Inn (The)


22


Kenilworth Inn


22


Knickerbocker (The)


14


Advertisers" Directory


15


Advertisers' Directory


The Manor


" THE MANOR, owned and operated by the Albemarle Park Company, is a high class Inn, unique in its style and with accommodations of unusual attractiveness and comfort.


" There are also a number of cottages within the Park, fur- nished for house-keeping, or operated in connection with the Hotel.


For rates and other information, apply to


ALBEMARLE PARK COMPANY


Asheville, N. C.


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Advertisers' Directory


Edgewood Cottage


VILLA ROYE TELEPHONE 678


hillside Cottage


TELEPHONE 1143


Sunset Drive,


-


Asheville, N. C.


The Misses Doughty


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'The Elton )


HEATED THROUGH- OUT


WITH HOT WATER


MRS. S. N. WATKINS, Proprietress


19 Charlotte St. PHONE 958


When writing advertisers mention the Directory.


17


Advertisers' Directory


"WREN-WOOD"


Private Board


61 S. French Broad Ave. Phone 397


Terms: $7 TO $10 PER WEEK


Table Excellent On Car Line


MRS. SAMUEL P. MEARS


Commercial Hotel


E. J. BOLING, Proprietor


$1.50 Per Day


Rates By Week on Application


102 PATTON AVE. PHONE 747


Where to Stop While in Asheville


HOTEL HOUSTON


20 Patton Ave. $1.00 per Day


PHONE 537 R. H. SCHANK, Prop.


When writing advertisers mention the Directory.


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Advertiser's Directoy


The OAKS" Asheville, North Carolina


The largest and most desirable family hotel in Asheville, its commanding loca- tion, beautiful grounds, and extensive Verandas make it very desirable


Excellent Table Rates Moderate


PHONE 1523


Watkins & Martin PROPRIETORS


Pastalo ads cruisers" menk & Se non


NEW GORDEN HOTEL, WAYNESVILLE, M.C.


Gordon Hotel CENTRALLY LOCATED


RATES: $2.50 and $3.00 per Day $10.00 to $18.00 per Week ACCORDING TO NUMBER IN ROOM


A BUS to meet every train. Accommodations for near one hundred guests. On Main Street, one block from Post Office. All nice, airy, outside rooms. Large open verandas. Hot and cold baths. Electric Lights and all modern improvements. An excellent dance hall.


The present management of the hotel takes great interest in entertaining their guests. Dances are given


frequently and the GORDON always has more than its share of the jolly young set.


MRS. D. I. DUNHAM & SON, Proprietors


No Consumptives Taken PRIVATE AND PUBLIC BATHS


WAYNESVILLE, N. C. TELEPHONE 99


Advertisers! Alvector


20


Advertisers' Directory


RAY JABLES


PRIVATE BOARDING


Phone 209 Mrs. M. D. Hughey Prop'ss 44-46 Walnut. Street ASHEVILLE, N. C. SPECIAL RATES BY THE WEEK


Mrs. MARY MAGUIRE


Private


WEEKLY RATES, $7.00 TO $10.00 PER WEEK Board


.


55 COLLEGE ST. PHONE 425


Restawyle MRS. J. L. RONCI, - - Proprietress 127 Haywood PHONE 911


ULEETA


PRIVATE BOARD


5 Flint St.


Reasonable Rates


MRS. R. A. JACOBS


Phone 917


No Consumptives Taken


21


Advertisers' Directory


Forest Hill and Lodge


Invalids Not Taken in Either House TELEPHONE 215 For Further Particulars, Address Mrs. W. Talbot Penniman FOREST HILL ASHEVILLE. N. C.


Between Montford and Patton Aves. Car Lines, 2 Blocks from Post -Office. PHONE 215


HOTEL RICHELIEU Family and Transient MRS. L. M. CULLEN 20 North French Broad Ave.


Asheville, N. C.


Newly Furnished Hot and Cold Baths


Furnace Heat Large Airy Rooms


All Modern Conveniences No Consumptives


THE COLONIAL


68 NORTH MAIN STREET


One Block from Pack Sq. Up-to-date, Large, Airy Rooms. GOOD TABLE MRS. O. L. NEVILLE, Proprietress


C. J. WOODY & SONS STAPLE AND FANCY Groceries


305 WEST HAYWOOD STREET We Take Pleasure in Trying to Please Our Customers


When writing advertisers mention the Directory.


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Advertisers' Directory


-Kenilworth- BILTMORE, Asheville, N. C. Inn


OPEN UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT


Located in a private park of 160 acres, on a beautiful plateau, 2,400 feet above the sea, adjoining and over- looking Mr. Geo. W. Vanderbilt's famous "Biltmore" estate. Scenery and climate unequaled in America.


Kenilwar


Modern in Every Detail Cuisine Unsurpassed The Ideal Resort at any Season 2,400 Feet Above Sea Level Beautiful Rides and Drives Special Family Rates


For engagement of rooms and booklet, address


MANAGER, KENILWORTH INN


When writing advertisers mention the Directory.


Victoria Inn


MRS. ANNIE D. MARTIN, Proprietress


Asheville, N. C.


24


Advertiser's Directory


McEwen Lumber Co. AZALEA, N. C.


MANUFACTURER'S and DEALERS IN


Hardwoods and White Pine


PLAIN OAK QUARTERED OAK


BASSWOOD


BIRCH


BUCKEYE


MAPLE


CHESTNUT


BALSAM


ASH


POPLAR


HEMLOCK


HICKORY


CHERRY


CEDAR


WALNUT


ROUGH OR DRESSED


FIRST-CLASS PLANING MILL FACILITIES Hardwood Flooring


N. C. PINE


Framing, Flooring, Ceiling, Moulding, Etc.


SPECIAL BILLS Cut to Order on Short Notice


Storage Yard, Sheds and Planing Mills, AZALEA, N. C.


Call or Address Asheville Office


PHONE 610 60 PATTON AVE.


We. Buy and Sell Lumber of All Kinds


When writing advertisers mention the Directory.


PREFACE The Land of the Sky


We herewith present to the public Vol. VIII of the Asheville City Direc- tory. A glance through its pages, by even the most casual observer, with the fact that this is the third annual issue, should be conclusive proof to convince all that Asheville has outlived its life as a mere mountain village, famous on account of its superb location and the healthful, invigorating, salubrious cli mate; that no longer can it be re- garded as simply a summer and winter resort, dependent almost entirely upon the revenues derived from the great horde of tourists who yearly travel here, to and fro, from all parts of the globe.


The stage of infancy and childhood remain not with us long, the alert, ro- bust young man of today was a babe 21/2 decades ago, was a "babe in swad- dling clothes," dependent upon others for substance and life; but with each passing year the child grew. It soon became a man. So Asheville -- Asheville the village-in the same span of time has become Asheville, the commercial giant of Western North Carolina, and the pride of the Old North State.


Situated as few cities are, high up beyond the reach of all poisonous germs that are found in the low lands; up where the air is crisp and dry, where clouds and mountain peaks em- brace; where not long ago the eagle's scream was heard; where the sun ris- ing in all its glory, mounting barrier after barrier, sheds its brilliant rays into many an enchanting nook and cor- ner; where the evergreens cluster, and blooms the rhododendron; where the twilight softly fades away behind for- est hills and Balsam's highest peak as "the curfew tolls the knell of parting day;" where ever rippling rills from springs of water pure flow down the mountain sides, wending their way around cliffs, through gorge and vale, forming as they go mighty rivers on their way to the sea; where pictur- esque sites for handsome homes invite, and the scenic loveliness entrance. Nature has formed no more beautiful spot, so acknowledged by world-trav- eled persons.


To the north, to the south, to the east and to the west, on all sides, be- hold a tremendous territory, practical- ly undeveloped save for a few farming interests; yet, possessing unlimited op- portunities for future industries. With such advantages and with such envi- ronments, who dare say that the popu- lation of Asheville will not more than


double within the next decade and make the Queen city of the land of the sky the recognized leading muni- cipality of the state? Be this a con- servative statement, a mystic dream, or what it may, the fact remains that Asheville is growing and growing fast, and as citizens we have much for which to feel proud; for here --


"In the heart of the highlands are the modest homes we love;


Green stretch the dimpled glens below, blue rise the crests above,


By Swannanoa's water, where Zeh- leeka flows;


If we miss the royal lily, Hope still finds a rustic rose.


"No rugged Alps are ours, forever crowned with snow,


But on Appalachian summits the April violets blow,


And leafy leagues of woodland, ere May hath half outrun,


Shall hide our boldest brooklets from the searching of the sun.


"Under Elseetoss close nestles the nook I love the best;


'Tis there I reap but roses when Love's Litiny confessed,


And my heart shall never wander, and my feet would never stray,


From a little garden yonder in the Hills of Otteray."


Estimates of the population of a city is a matter necessarily enjoined upon the directory publisher. We are very much gratified at the figures which we herewith tender, which show a marked increase over our last issue and which are more accurate, as the number of names contained in this is- sue have not been estimated but were obtained by an actual count. The fig- ures represent all persons living or doing business within the city, as well as those living in the adjacent suburbs which help to make a city and in fact are a part of it. The book contains 11,552 names of individuals (wives, children and firm names being exclu- ded) using the conservative multiple 21/2 times gives a population of 28,880. (A great many Directory publishers use 3 and 31/2 times and a few as high as 4 times).


In concluding we desire to thank our patrons for their support and the public in general for so courteously giving us the desired information. As to who's who we refer you to the advertising pages.


PIEDMONT DIRECTORY CO., E. H. Miller, Sec'y-Mgr.


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Alexander Gail H, bds Kenilworth Inn Alexander K F Mrs, bds Kenilworth Inn


Alexander Ruth Miss, bds Kenilworth Inn


Andrews Benj J Mrs, bds Kenilworth Inn




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