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w i.. - 1 vyJiKl 4 f i one of the crystal clear. i " v fcw yx S i ice cold mountain LWB - 1 stress which sup- - -r f plies Waynesville with fadrgffijg , j3 an abundance of the WktT- Sw- ' ' ' 5Swfw pwre8 water in Amer" . : &ar3&t at SfSEmfr And Now Greater Opportunities Call You To WAIN 11 VME, c Some FACTS About Waynesville Lake Junaluska, the Southern Meth thodist Church Assembly grounds, is two miles east of Waynesville, and affords a large variety of sports and lecreation. It has a 9 hole, 60 acre jrolf course under the direction of a Kolf professional. Waynesville has an abundant sup ply of mountain water, cold, soft, and pure. It owns a watershed of 10. 000 acres which supplies millions of Chitons daily of water placed by tho State Board of Health at the top of the list of North Carolina City water. This water comes from an altitude of ovrr 6000 feet. Waynesville wiill have more paved main Highways by January first than ony other city in Western North Carolina, except Asheville only. Route 10, The Appalachian Scenic Highway, the short line from Ashe ville, and northern and eastern points to Florida and Georgia. Via of Frank lin this is the shortest route by over 100 miles. Will carry by far the preatest portion of tourist travel. Is the Master Through Highway. Tra verses the finest countryside in the Land of the Sky. Makes Waynes ville the closest mountain resort city to Atlanta, Florida, New Orleans, etc. by over 100 miles. c Waynesville is located in the heart of the Smokies and the Balsams, two mountain ranges reaching an altitude of over 6,000 feet It is in the Richland Creek Valley, a rich fertile valley. 28 miles west of Asheville, on the Southern Railway, and on paved Appalachian Highway Number 10. This valley ia famous for its fine farms, dairies, orchards, grazing lands, fruits, cattle and poul try. Waynesville is on a plateau 100 feet above the valley, and 2800 feet above aea level. Nearby is the United States Appa lachian Forest Reserve, which is stocked with herds of Buffalo and Elk. The streams are kept stocked with trout by the United States Fisheries Bureau, and camping and fishing are permitted. The trout fishing is ex cellent ... Waynesville enjoys a cool, invigor ating climate. It is the only locality in this part of the country where can be found relief from hay fever. The United State Weather Bureau credits Waynesville with more sunny days than any other city in the East cm part of tha eounlfsr. There i-ampU rainfall, but pleas ant weather predomffltae. There are absolutely moaquitoee or malaria. "The Switzerland of American-Altitude 2,800 Feet CULTURED eyes have long since declared Waynesville's sur passing beauty, and men and women who haVe visited ev ery community in Western North Carolina, admit Waynes ville's superior location and its ideal completeness as a mountain resort. And thousands of tourists and vacationists make an an nual pilgrimage to this, "The Switzerland of America." Many of these thousands have made profitable investments in Waynesville during the past years. But it remained for 1925 to really bring Waynesville into Its Great Day! Joining in at the head of the procession, Waynesville has shared largely in the interest now centered in Western North Carolina. Realty sales have surpnssed all previous records. New buildings, new enter prises, new and better transportation facilities. Yes, Waynesville has ARRIVED and is now at the very threshold of an unprece dented era of growth and prosperity. Investors and home-seekers are coming in increasing numbers. They are men and women of vision. They have compared Way nesville's natural advantages for a great resort metropolis. They have seen here our strategic location for a greater business cen ter. They cannot but appreciate our great stock-raising -industry; our vast apple orchards; our rich agricultural resources; our fine back country and adjacent, suburban lumber and furniture factories ; our magnificena system of paved highways leading, by the shortest route, to Georgia, Florida and Tennessee. Yes, This is Waynesville's Day And Your Opportunity T ODAY Waynesville offers unusual opportunities of excep tional character to men and women of vision and ambition. Those who would invest their money where, it will double and treble within a short space of time. Home-sites business property, acreage, all are now very moderately priced as com pared to what the figures will be even within the next twelve months. NOW, this very month, is the time to investigate the in vestment propositions in this fast-growing town.' The very mountain peaks around Waynesville shout to you to come! where opportunity and business successes abound as never before. Write, wire ore come, let us show you Waynesville at its Great Day! Communicate Real Estate and Investments WW 71 m ' ' ' '-1 . SB kit
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