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Merchant Tailor. 106 SOUTH ELM ST.
R. H. CARTLAND
Southern Loan sea Trust Company OF GREENSBORO, N. C. Capital (Paid Up) 25,000.00. Surplus, 24,539.65.
Negotiates Loans, Guarantees Scenritjes, Acts as Suzysty of Bond -. , Authorized Isegal Dapraitary for Court and Trust Funds. Authorized by Law to Act a. BrePuter, Administrator, Guardian, Trustee, Receiver, Assignse, Thatsheis a General Fire Insurance and Bral Datate Business
E. P. WHARTON. ITIS. A W. MCAL JIRR. V .- Pres. DAVID WHITE, Sec. & Treas.
J. M. WALKER, President. R. G. VAUGHN, Cachier.
The City National Bank
OF GREENSBORO, N. C. CAPITAL, $100,000.00.
DIRECTORS :
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3.S. HINTER 1. VAN LINDLEY!
DRED PRADONE
J. Si HODGIN
B. U. MORRINON N. T. SHIELDS J. N. WYLIJN, Danville, Va.
1. W. SCUTT, President.
1. AD HODGIN, Treasurer.
ORGANIZED 1877.
DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN MCIH
The Peoples Savings Bank
NET DEPOSITS APPEL, let 1899, $126,196.58,
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
EST BLISHED 1868
W. B. FARRAR'S SON
JEWELER ...
GREENSBORO CITY DIRECTORY 1899-1900
, Sterling Silver and Cut Glass.
Dificial Watch Inspector for Southern and the Atlantic Coast Line R'ye: U. S. Naval obser va ory Time
Merchant Tallora 106 SOUTH ELM ST.
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Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
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122-4 S. DAVIE,
AND 123 E. SYCAMORE.
PROPRIETOR Sunnyside Market Garden.
Greensboro Sash and Blind Co.
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MANUFACTURERS OF
DOORS, SASH, BLINDS,
-Moulding, Brackets
-AND DEALERS IN
ALL KINDS OF PINE LUMBER.
202 Lewis Street.
GREENSBORO, N. C.
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Housekeepers will do well to give me a call. All orders receive personal attention. Satisfaction guaranteed.
JAMES F. YATES
Roofing and Tobacco Flues a Specialty. TIN ROOFER AND GALVANIZED IRON WORKER.
Estimates Cheerfully Furnished on Application. EAST WASHINGTON, NEAR ELM.
D. B. YANCEY Fresh Beef, Mutton, Veal, Lamb, Pork, PAN AND LINK SAUSAGE, AND FISH.
Stall No. 2, City Market.
Special attention given to all orders, which will be filled with the best selected meats.
Phone No. 45.
D. HOWELL
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Fresh Fish Oysters.
Crabs and Game in Season. Fresh Fish all the Year.
Stall No. 8 City Market.
McAdoo House
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Perfect Appointments.
New Management.
Elegant Sample Rooms Free. Free Bus Meet all Trains.
ยท PERKINS & HALL, Proprietors. . .
VOLUME V.
MALONEY'S
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GREENSBORO, N. C. City Directory.
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ONTAINING an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Firms and Private Citizens ; a Classified List of all Trades, Professions and Pur- suits ; a Street and Avenue Directory in numerical order of heads of households ; an Appendix Directory of the City, County and State Officers, Public and Private Schools, Churches, Banks, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Incorporated Companies, Railway Stations, Distances, Etc.
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Phone No. 8.
W. J. TEAGUE, President.
C. W. PETTY, Sec'y and Treas.
EAGLE FOUNDRY CO.
GREENSBORO, N. C. MANUFACTURERS OF
Coal and Wood Heating Stoves.
Andirons, Plows, Grate Bars, Feed Cutters.
General Foundry AND ..
Machine Work.
Hollow-Ware, Sash Weights, Iron Guttering.
MANUFACTURERS' AGENTS FOR Engines, Boilers, Pumps, Shafting, Etc.
All classes of Repair Work. High Grade Mill and Machine Casting a Specialty.
BRASS CASTING AND NICKEL PLATING.
Correspondence Solicited.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES OF GREENSBORO.
Adams & Douglas .. . . . . . . . 116 299 Alderman, left center lines.
Allen House (The) 117
Ashe. College for Girls and Young
Women, opp
298
A. & W. P. Ry., opp .. 112 Bain; W. C., right center lines.
Beasley, W. C., left bottom lines.
Benedict, Geo. H. & Co ..
305
Bingham's School, Asheville, opp .. 314 Boycott, O. D., right bot lines and 126 Boyd, Waddell & Co., inside back cover.
Bradshaw & Newlin.
127
Brooks, R. W ..
129
Brown House, opp.
145
Brown Mercantile Co., left
side
lines.
Bynum, Bynum & Taylor.
132
Byrd, J. A .
133
Caldcleugh & Bro., inside front cover.
Cape Fear Mfg Co., right top lines.
Carr, O. W. & Co., right center
lines and opp.
225
Cartland, H. H.
135
Central Hotel, Charlotte, back fly- leaf.
Clegg, W. F. & Bro, right top lines.
Coleman, J. H .. .
139
Cunningham Bros, opp preface.
Eagle Foundry, back cover and opp preface.
Fariss Pharmacy, left center lines.
Fielder & Mower, Atlanta, opp .... 240
Franklin Prtg. & Pub. Co., At-
lanta .
320
Glascock, G. T. & Son, inside front cover.
Greensboro Evening Telegram ..... 322 Greensboro Furniture Co., opp . . Greensboro Ice and Coal Co., left center lines.
Greensboro National Bank
156
Greensboro Patriot ..
157
209
Greensboro Pressing Club, left side
lines and .
158
Greensboro Sash and Blind Co., front fly-leaf.
Greensboro Steam Laundry, right bottom lines.
Greensboro Telephone Exchange, opp .. 224
Griffith, J. W., Dr 159
Guilford Lumber Mfg Co., right center lines.
Hague - McCorkle, left bottom lines.
Hatch, Jas. M. 163 Holdt & Bullington, Atlanta, opp .. 315 Holton, C. E., right top lines. Hopkins House. 114
Hotel Clegg, right top lines and 167 Hotel Jackson, opp. 128
Howard's (Mrs.) Book Store
Howell, D., front fly-leaf. 168
Hunter, Henry, front fly-leaf.
Iron Mountain Route, opp
193
King & Kimball. . .
175
L. & N. R. R., opp.
176
Mansion House, Greenville, opp.
129
Matthews, Will H. & Co., left top
lines.
Matthews & Hammer, right top lines.
McAdoo House, front fly-leaf and 184 McClamroch Bros., left top lines. Merritt, J. H., right bottom lines. Moncrief Furnace Co., Atlanta 8 Murray Bros., left top lines and ... 191 Newell, M. G. & Co., inside back cover.
Normal & Collegiate Institute for Young Women, Asheville, opp .. 299 North Carolina Christian Advocate, 194 Odell Hardware Co., left side lines. Orzali, John .. 195
Penn Mutual Life, right bottom lines.
Phoenix, John J., left top lines. Phoenix & Aiken, left top lines. Pomona Terra Cotta Co., right bot- tom lines.
Pulaski House, Savannah, opp. 144 Rankin, Chisholm, Stroud & Rees, left bottom lines.
Reece & Elam
204
Rice, Tom, Jewelry Co., right cen-
ter lines.
St. Sing, G. W
208
Scales, A. M ..
209
Schiffman Jewelry Co, back fly-leaf.
Scott, W. J. & Co., opp.
209
Settle, Thomas ...
80
Southern Loan and Trust Co., opp 80
Southern Ry., right side lines and
opp ...
208
Southern Stock-Mutual Ins. Co.,
opp ..
81
Southern Tobacco Co .. back
fly-
leaf and right side lines.
State Normal & Indus'l College of
N. C., opp.
96-97
Stedman, C. M
217
Stone, Jos. J ..
219
Temple, J. T., opp
224
Texas & Pacific Railway, opp
192
Thomas, C. F.
223
Union Furniture Co., opp
225
Van Lindley, J., Nursery Co., right bottom lines.
Vanstory, C. P .. .
227
Vanstory, C. M. & Co., left side lines.
Ward, Gaston W., right side lines.
West, Jas. If., back fly-leaf.
White, W. H.
233
Wingate, B. L., left center lines
and
236
Wood House.
237
Wyche, J. E., Dr
239
Yancey, D. B., front fly-leaf.
Yates, J. F., front fly-leaf.
Young, John A., left bottom lines.
1907
PREFATORY.
The Maloney Directory Company present to the citizens of Greensboro and public in general their 1899- 1900 Greensboro City Directory, with the firm belief that in point of information, reliability and completeness it will give entire satisfaction and reflect credit upon the city. In the canvass for the names of the citizens we have followed the rule adopted in all other cities in which we publish, i. e., we did not stop at the city limits proper or any imaginary line, but have embraced all the territory, viz. : Pomona, Proximity, Jonesboro, Jacksonville, Warnersville, etc., and all other territory tributary to the city. We find the nearest average number throughout the different streets of the city, to each name occupying space in the directory to be " three" to the white population and three and one-half to the colored (the average used in nearly all cities in the South).
We have recorded from A to Z of the general directory (both white and colored), 6,370 names. Consequently, at the average stated above, Greensboro has to-day a population (including suburbs) of 19,110.
In conclusion, we beg to return our most cordial thanks to those who have so generously given us their support, and to them we hereby dedicate this work. To the public generally who have kindly aided us in getting up the data, etc., we return our ac- knowledgments. To our patrons and the public in general, we promise to make each succeeding volume of THE MALONEY DIRECTORY Co.'s Greensboro City Directory more worthy of com- mendation and patronage, and we will issue it as often as of actual necessity.
Respectfully,
THE MALONEY DIRECTORY CO., Proprietors and Publishers.
WM. M. KERSH, Manager.
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Following Hotels are Recommended by the Publishers of this Directory as First Class.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
HOTEL MORRIS C. N. NABB, PROPRIETOR. European Plan. Strictly First Class
MACON, GA.
BROWN HOUSE T. C. PARKER, PROPRIETOR. Opposite Union Depot. The best and most centrally located hotel in Macon. .
AUGUSTA, GA.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL L. P. PETTIJOHN, Proprietor. European Plan. Special attention given to Commercial Men and. Theatrical People.
MONTGOMERY, ALA.
HOTEL FLEMING. Everything new and First Class. Rooms $1.00 to $1.50. European Plan. MRS. W. Y. DAVENPORT, Prop.
GREENVILLE, S. C.
MANSION HOUSE
A. A. GATES, Propr. Rates $2 and $2 50 per day. Leading Hotel of the city and has been for sixty-three years.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
ARLINGTON HOTEL The most famous House in Char- lotte, under new permanent manage- ment. Rates $2.00. Special Rates to Commercial Men.
W .. A. FOIL, PROPRIETOR.
COLUMBUS, GA.
RANKIN HOUSE
Rates $2.50 to $3.50 per day. Head- quarters for Commercial Men.
RALEIGH, N. C.
YARBOROUGH HOUSE
R. B. RANEY, Lessee. L. T. BROWN, Manager.
RALEIGH, N. C.
THE CARROLLTON
W. L. GILBERT, Lessee. Rates $2.00 to $3.00 per day.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
NEW HOTEL BERKELEY
Centrally Located, on Car Line. "Equally Desirable for Tourist and Commercial Trade." FRANK LOUGHRAN, Proprs.
FORT SMITH, ARK.
HOTEL MAIN
LAWRENCE MIVELAZ, Propr. Accommodations First Class. Head- quarters for Commercial Men.
GAINESVILLE, TEX.
LINDSAY HOUSE
Leading Hotel of Gainesville. D. MCGRAW, PROPRIETOR.
TEXARKANA, ARK
HUCKINS HOUSE
J. HUCKINS, JR., Manager. The Leading Hotel.
DENISON, TEX.
STATE HOTEL
CASE & AVERY, Proprs. Located in Central part of City. Favorite Hotel for Commercial Men.
SHREVEPORT, LA.
PHENIX HOTEL FORNEY & TRAMMELL, Props. 'Headquarters for Commercial Men
GAINESVILLE, TEX.
TURNER COTTAGE
EDGAR TURNER, Manager. Everything First Class.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Abbreviations
5
Alphabetical List of Names (White) .. 115 240
Alphabetical List of Names (Col- ored) 241-297
Appendix . 65-80
Banks and Bankers 78
Building and Loan Associations 79
Business Directory 299-319
Cemeteries 75
Church Directory 72
City Government 69
Courts. . 68
County Government 68
Educational 71
Electric Light Companies 79
Express Companies 80
Fire Department 70
General Directory (White) 115-240
General Directory (Colored)
241-297
Hospitals and Infirmaries 75
Hot Springs, Ark .. 33-40
Immigration Association 78 Insurance Companies 79 and 309
Newspapers 79
Places of Amusement, Public Build- ings, etc .. . 77
Police Department 70
Post-office Department 66
Private Schools
72
Public Schools
71
Railroads ..
80
Schools and Colleges
72
Secret Societies .
76
Societies, Clubs, etc.
76
Street and Avenue Directory ......
81-114
State Government of North Carolina 67
Telegraph, and Telephone Cos .. 80
United States Government 65
United States Local Officials 65
ABBREVIATIONS.
The asterisk, thus (*), opposite name denotes married. Numbers in parenthesis, thus (418) denote such number appears on the house, but the one preceding it is the correct one.
ab .above es eastside
exp .. acct .. accountant express ptr .printer add addition flgmn flagman pubr publisher adv advertisement frt freight T .... residence agt. agent genl .general rd. road ret retail
agri agricultural
appr apprentice asst assistant atty attorney
alley
hsekpr
housekeeper
ins.
insurance
inspr .inspector
june junction
ave avenue lab .. laborer bartr. bartender bds boards laund. laundress mchst machinist mcht merchant
bet .between
bkpr bookkeeper m m. master mechanic
bldg
building
blk
brkmn brakeman mfg
(c).
earp carpenter
.clerk
clk
company
co
collector collr
com mer
commission mer-
chant
condr conductor ns northside SW southwest
confr
confectioner
contr
contractor
cor corner opp opposite tkt
cott .cotton opr
,operator dep deputy pass
department dept
digt
.district phys
physician whol .wholesale
div Division plbr .plumber wid .widow
do ... same P. O. post-office wks .. works
E ore .. east pres .president W8 .. westside
emp
employee
princ
principal
W. E.
West End
proprietor yd .. yard
propr
proprss .proprietress
Rev Reverend
rms rooms
R. M. S ..... Railway Mail Service rpr repairer
R. R railroad
Ry railway
Sors south
se
southeast
secy secretary
servt servant
.block mech mechanic slsdy .saleslady
maker mkt market mgr
N or 11
.northeast
nr
near
supt
superintendent
nw. northwest tchr teacher
off .office tel telegraph
ticket
trav agt ... traveling agent
passenger treas .treasurer
photographier Wor w .west
photgr
manufacturing
.southside
So Ry
Southern Railway
S. A. L Seaboard
Air Line
manager gt .. ..... street steno stenographer St. Ry .street railway
north ne
mdse
merchandise
blksmith blacksmith mess .messenger slmn salesman
colored mfr manufacturer mkr
engr engineer
hdqrs headquarters
Following Hotels are Recommended by the Publishers of this Directory as First Class.
HOT SPRINGS, ARK.
ARLINGTON HOTEL S. H. STITT, Pres., LYMAN T. HAY, Mgr. Open all the year round. Illus- trated pamphlet sent on application.
HOT SPRINGS, ARK.
AVENUE HOTEL A. R. Smith, Pres. & Mgr. Re- modeled and Refitted throughout. Rates furnished upon application.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
CENTRAL HOTEL SPERRY & LUCAS, Proprs. W. B. Sperry, Mgr., late of Macon, Ga. Accommodations First Class. Head- quarters for Commercial Men.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
THE BATTERY PARK E. M. McKISSICK, Manager. Leading Hotel of Asheville. RATES $2.50 AND UP.
ANNISTON, ALA.
WILMER HOTEL VINCENT & RAOUL, Proprs. Rates $2.00 per day.
SHERMAN, TEXAS.
BINKLEY HOUSE FRANK ELLSWORTH, Propr. The Leading Hotel of Sherman.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
KENILWORTH INN L. A. KITTREDGE, Manager. Open Throughout the Year. Write for Booklet.
ATLANTA, GA.
KIMBALL HOUSE JOSEPH THOMPSON, Proprietor. GEO. W. SCOVILLE, Manager. American Plan, $2 50 ' 0 $5.00 per day. European Plan, $1.00 to $3.00 per day. Headquarters for Commercial Men.
AUGUSTA, GA.
ARLINGTON HOTEL BRYAN LAWRENCE, Propr. Strictly First Class. Rates $2.50 to $4.00. Headquarters for Commer- cial Men. Large Sample Rooms.
ANNISTON, ALA.
THE CALHOUN R. H. FORMAN, Proprietor. Headquarters for Commercial Men. "Sample Rooms."
HOT SPRINGS, ARK.
HOTEL PULLMAN $12.50 per week and up. Accom- modations First Class. Immediately opposite the principal Bath Houses and Government Reservation.
MONTGOMERY, ALA.
THE NEW WINDSOR D. P. WEST, PROPRIETOR. Rates $2.50 per day. Opposite Union Depot.
ATLANTA, GA.
HOTEL ARAGON
American and European Plan. Rates $1.50 to $3 and $3 to $5 per day.
MOBILE, ALA.
BATTLE HOUSE Cuisine and Service First Class. Rates $2.50 to $5.00 per day.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
THE COLUMBIA M. F. NIXON, Proprietor. Rates $2.50 per dav.
MONTGOMERY, ALA.
EXCHANGE HOTEL D. P. WEST, PROPRIETOR. Leading Hotel of the City. Rates $3.00 per day.
MONCRIEF FURNACE CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF THE ONLY
HOT AIR FURNACE
MADE IN THE SOUTH.
The Most ECONOMICAL And Most POWERFUL Heater on the Market.
MONCRIEF
PATENTED
NO 227.
JUST FLUE
Hot Water Connection at Small Cost.
MONCRIEF FURNACE CO ATLANTA GA-CLEVELANDOM
The
ONLY
FURNACE
That is Guaranteed to be Smoke and
Gas
Tight.
Burns hard and soft coal, coke and wood, successfully. They are low and can be placed in any cellar. If you have no cellar, we can make one.
ESTIMATES FURNISHED On Heating and Ventilating all Kinds of Buildings.
Write for catalogue-we want you to have a copy.
OUR FURNACE IS THE BEST. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT.
MONCRIEF FURNACE CO.,
PHONE 1712.
ATLANTA, GA.
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Hot Springs arkansas
THE CARLSBAD OF AMERICA
Owned by the United States Government
and under its direct supervision.
On April 20th, 1832, the United States government, by Act of Congress, set apart and dedicated to the people of the United States, 2,560 acres of land at Hot Springs, Ark., as a National Reservation, not to be entered, located or appropriated for any other purpose than its development into a great American sanitarium of the first rank, where those afflicted with disease could find relief, and be cared for during their stay in a manner commensurate with their condition in life. There were at first many obstacles in the way of a successful accomplishment of this pur- pose, by no means the least of which was the absence of necessary transportation facilities. The establishment of direct railroad connection with all parts of the country, in 1874, disposed of this difficulty, however, and since that time the develop- ment of Hot Springs has been rapid, sub- stantial and even wonderful. In fact this charming resort of the Ozarks is, today, the peer of any health resort of the Old World and immeasurably the superior in every respect of any of its American con- temporaries.
The pre-eminence of the Hot Springs of Arkansas is due to the following facts: 1. The unquestionad value of the waters, which is recognized the world over and proven by three-quarters of a century of practical results.
2. The official endorsement of the United States government, which owns these springs, and, through its properly appointed officials, superintends and directs the distribution of the waters, regulates the method of using them, and even fixes the maximum charges for their enjoyment, thereby protecting the people from extor- tion and placing the means of relief within the reach of everyone. It should be
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noted also, in this connection, that the government has erected and maintains on the Reservation, for the benefit of its invalid soldiers and sallors, the most thor- (hly equipped army and navy hospital on the face of the globe. It has also ex- pended, and is now expending, vast sums of money in improving and beautifying the reservation, transforming the surroundings into a delightful park, with every accessory of beautiful scenery, superb drives and unlimited facility for recreation and amusement.
3. The matchless climate. Nestled among the foothills of the Ozark Mountains, In latitude 34 degrees and 31 minutes north, and at an altitude of about 1,000 feet above sea level, the climate of Hot Springs challenges comparison with that of any resort in the world. The skies are as clear and beautiful as those of Italy, while the temperature never reaches an extreme in either direction which renders it un- comfortable. The surrounding hills and mountains are covered with a dense growth of luxuriant forest trees, among which the pine largely predominates, its balsamic aroma contributing materially to the purity and healthfulness of the air. It is the home of the mistletoe and of the holly.
4 The moderate altitude. At all health resorts the question of altitude is a most vital one. If too low, the danger of malaria is ever present, a most se- rious one to those weakened by the ravages of disease. If too high, the well known effect of high altitudes in quickening the respiration and the action of the heart. pesents a complication to be dreaded even more than the effect of malaria, and especially is this true where hot baths are administered, as such baths themselves produce exactly similar results, which, when intensified by the atmospheric condi- tions referred to, form a combination that few invalids can successfully resist. It is a fact, recognized by life insurance companies, that the respiration which in a moderate altitude is considered normal at from eighteen to twenty-two per minute, is increased to a normal of from twenty-five to twenty-eight in high altitudes; also that the heart's action keeps pace in proportion with the respiration. Another thing, the humidity of the atmosphere in a moderate altitude ranges from sixty-five To seventy-five, while in a high altitude it is reduced to from thirty-five to forty- five, with the result that a person emerging from a hot bath in the former takes fiom thirty-five to forty minutes to cool off, while in the latter, owing to the rapid absorption of the moisture by the dry and hungry atmosphere. the process occupies but fifteen or twenty minutes, too ranid to be safe and even producing deleterious results. For these reasons, in the high mountain resorts. hot baths are given only at rare intervals, while at a moderate altitude they may be taken every day with advantage. Hot Springs enjoys the desired happy medium of altitude. and In this it is not approached by any other American resort. Its elevation of about 1.000 feet. and the absence of marshy ground and stagnant water, give absolute free- dom from malaria, and while not high enough to affect to an unhealthy degree the action of the respiratory or secretory organs. it does insure a pure, stimulating at- mosphere and an agreeable moderation of temperature the year round.
5. It is a resort for all seasons of the year. The impression has largely pre- vailed, especially throughout the North and East, that Hot Springs was purelv a winter resort. This is due, doubtless, to its location in one of the Southern states. Nothing, however. could be more erroneous. In fact, it is as an all-the-eyar-round resort that Hot Springs is gaining its greatest fame. In his report to the secretary of the interior for 1894, the superintendent of the reservation, Mr. William J. Little, says: "I give it as my unqualified opinion that the late spring and summer and the enily fall are the most favorable times to visit Hot Springs for a course of treat- ment, especially if treatment is desired for rheumatism or any blood disease. Hot baths and drinking hot water in hot weather mean sweating, and sweating pro- duced by the hot water of Hot Springs means cleansing the system of these diseases If they be present, and this may be more readily accomplished in summer than in winter.". It must not be inferred from this that the heat of summer months is oppressive or even unpleasant. The warmest days are always tempered by the refreshing mountain breezes which blow constantly, and the nights are invariably cool and pleasant.
Highest temperature for the year 1894, 94; lowest, 23; mean average for the vear, 72. Total number of clear days, 298: rainy days, 62: cloudy days without rain. 5.
Additional evidence that Hot Springs is a desirable summer resort as well as winter resort is found in the presence during this season of large numbers of the best Southern people from every section of the South, who select Hot Springs for their summer outing in preference to the resorts farther north. The Arlington hotel, open the year round. affords ample and luxurious accommodations at any season, and opportunities of amusement and recreation are always presenting themselves.
FROM DE SOTO TO DIAMOND JO.
BEING A DISSERTATION ON THE HOT SPRINGS OF ARKANSAS, HISTOR- ICAL AND LEGENDARY; WHO FOUND THE SPRINGS; HOW THE WATERS BECAME HOT AND WHO LAID THE THE RAIL OF THE FIRST ROAD.
With an empire on which the sun never set Spain was mistress of the world, when by right of discovery the American continent 'was hers, and her claim was from pole to pole. Cuba and the islands of the Indies were her naval stations whence sailed her ships carrying explorers and conquistadores to the greater continent which all but became hers by conquest. The empire of the Montezumas had been destroy- ed. the kingdom of the Incas demolished, and the country from Mexico to Peru be- came Provinces of the realm of Spain and the millions of people were the vassals of the Spanish king. Cortez, master of Mexico, and Pizarro in Peru, left in the great empire of the north rich fields for adventure and conquest for other feet to tread and other hands to gather. As in the countries of the South, so in the North gold had been the goal, but there had gone abroad throughout the earth the fame of a spring whose waters brought youth to the aged, smoothed the wrinkles into rosy tints again and brought its bathers perpetual boyhood.
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