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I -:-. - . - -. , . . i . . i ...... . . . f - . ' ' . . . - - - - WendrsonvM!, :- 7 ;OQ Population -S-iUO one Collar per year . hendersonvillk. n. o.. Thursday, april4, 1907 ' vol xvtnoI u : ! .' .'..I-J - " : t ! : r-" 5 r ' :. . '. T' rf , ' ....... j . . : : : ., . V ; : : : t 1 : 1 n : nfe i n n lit ; W : n 11 'Will M The Great Lake Practically a Sure Thing: $20,000 Raised by Popular Subscription Enthusiastic Mass Meeting A Definite Proposition Submitted to the Outside Capitalists-Believed they will Accept. ' Water to be in the Lake by this Fall A Great National Gelebra tion has been Proposed The Southern Railway Company's Attitude Complete List of Subscribers What's the Matter with Hendersonville ? The lake matter has at last as sumed definite, tangible shape, and it is afe to say it will be built and water in it possibly not later than this coming fall. The directors of the Henderson ville. Laip, Land & Power Compa ny met in President, Toms' office last Monday, and a definite pro position was submitted to the out side capitalists; The written pro position was accompanied by the bond to be given by the new com pany, and authorized statements of juat what the county commis sioners and the- oity authorities intend doing, also a list, of the subscribers, and the amounts giv en by the citizens of Henderson ville. . ...' 7. ' . This proposition is to be accept ed and the bond filed within 80 days. , . : Until that is done it is not cer tain, of course, that the lake will be built by the present promoters, bat on the, highest authority we. state that itt all probability they will accept this proposition, and that dirt will fly.withm 60 days. This makes the culmination of the most gigantic scheme of its kind ever inaugurated Jn the south. It was couu ted originally an idle dreamy a vision of oyer enthusiastie men, ' and i seems now about to become a reality. The undertaking: has not been brought this far without meeting bitter opposition, and it has. -overcome it and convinced its oppon ents of its worth and value. Some of the busiest men in the city have devoted their best business; and legal talent to the lake scheme, and when it is built it must stand as a memorial to the remarkable public spirit shown in - this- town and to the untiring energy and perseverance of some of its repre sentative men r who have snatched victory from defeat, and who have made a practical certainty of. an undertaking which seemed more than once on the verge of collaps To W- JL Smith must be given the credit for the unique idea of a national celebration when the lake is completed. He proposes to have a committer of men such as Gov. Glenn and Mr- Geo. Vanderbilt and others, invite, in the name of the city, a long list of the notable men of the country to be present at a great celebration to be" held about two years- from now. It is claimed lfc would, by no means be difficult to have men of national prominence here for an event of such importance, and that it would be but a fitting climax that men whose names are famous the world over should be inttendance unon an event which will itself be world 1 famous ''Mr. Bmittttmgioated the c, woicxr nas; oeeu nearuiy com mendpd by all who ha ve heard of it. NATIONAL .... . ing. So much has been written and said of the future of Henderson ville under the great impetus it will receive from this lake, that it seems hardly necessary to add anything to it. It lias been sug gested, however, that the town adopt as its motto, "Ten thousand inhabitants by 1910." It is claim ed this is entirely feasible and the population of Hendersonville will certainly reach that figure by 1910. The work of building the dam fand clearing out th) wood will be carried on at the sane time. There will be a magnificent boulevard entirely arouud the lake. This boulevard will be -d rata utr 100 feet from the water's edge, and the in tervening space will be in grass and studded with trees, shrubs and flowers. ' An electric line will tra? verse the city and this boulevard, making it easily accessible. - The great road, 89 miles in length will be illuminated by electric lights of different colors, sufficient power for which and for operating the cars will be generated at the dam. The boating and fishing privi leges will remain with the compa ny, who have already indicated that their policy in that matter will be to charge a minimuu price, only sufficient to give the people proper service. Rowboats, nap tha launches and sailboats will be for hire, and ample provision will be made for proper bathing facil ities. The company will be bilged to expend a vast amount of . money to bring about this transforma tion, which' will oblige them to obtain high prices for their land in order to secure even a fair re turn on their very heavy invest ment and risk.' This will insure a high-class of buyers for their 1,500 acres. These buyers, in the natural course of events, will improve their proper ty by the erection of handsome residences, and before many years the entire drive will be bordered by hundreds of beautiful estates. It requires no imagination to pic ture the future of Hendersonville when this condition arrives.' He would be a bold man, indeed, who would now draw a picture of this town's future. Let it suffice, that the town will be unique, r It will have unquestionably the ' most beautiful artificial lake in the world. : It will be an : irresUtable attraction to the tourists of the whole country, if not the woilcl, for nowhere in the world will there. be anything, of like nature ito surs As the comDanv will have the CELEBRAT 10 land to sell, the'v. will have to ad-. vertise it, and it and Henderson ville, will be given a degree fit publicity never dreamed of by the citizens of this town. t The Southern Railway has shown its great interest iu Henderson" vijle by the extremely liberal and gen erous manner it has taken hold of their part of the scheme. With out undue solicitation, and quick to see the advantages accruing to Hendersonville and to itself from the successful carrying out of tjie gigantic plan, this great corpora tion readily assented to raising its tricks and the tracks of the Bre vard road, and to building a high bridge. The spirit in which the Southern officials met the over tures of the Lake officials is worthy of the highest commendation, and is fully appreciated by the lake company and by the citizens of the town. The negotiations be tween the two companies have been carried on in the pleasantest manner, anoirom tne start tne Southern Railway has manifested a disposition to encourage and help to the utmost of its ability. - The Mass Meeting, At a mass meeting called by the officers of the lake x company for last Tuesday night, over $12,000 was subscribed to make up the difference between what the land owners ask nd what the outside capitalists are ready to pay. This amount was increased to $20,000 later. The meeting was undoubtedly the most enthusiastic ever held iu this city' The big court room was packed and Hhe enthusiasm was unbounded. Mr. N. Curtis stated his objections to the lake, but he was alone in his objections, and his qppositicn seemed all that was necessary to make the audience give more lioeraiiy. : Subscriptions of $1000 and $500 each came in thick and fast. Each new subscriber was greeted with cheering and stamping of feet and clapping of hands. The ladies were out in large numbers and were by no means backward in their expressions ol approval ot the liberal contributions made. The scene was One long to be remembered and is a faint indica tion of the popularity of the great scheme, no one can question tne fact that to build the lake the people of this town are ready to Olg aOWn lUbO UWll pwaeto, and liberally, too. What little opposition has been manifested during the inception and working out of the great plan seems to have disappeared, ana there seems, at this time tone but one desire on the. part of the peo ple, and that is to build the lake and build it soon. Men present at the meeting af terwards stated it as their belief that hardly in any other town in the whole south would it have been possible to witness such en thusiasm, such public spirit and such a willingness to make per sonal sacrifices for the public trood. They were loud iu .their nntaboken admiration of Hender sonville and of its citizenship and could see nothing but the bright est future for .u community where such a' spirit was manifested. Malaria! Fever, -. At the mass meeting last Thurs day, reference was made to the al leged'danger of malaria here,, in cas.the lake was built. . As every one living , here . knows. . .malaria does not exist in this climate, and "nkvm has: Even Mud Creek swamps have been unable to pro duce it, and thousands of people have come here suffering with the disease to be cured, and invariably have been cured. Malaria does not and cannot exist here. Hen dersonville is immune, as she demonstrated she was when she threw open her gates to the yel low fever refugees, when all the world was maintaining a shot gun quarantine against them. However, as the question has been brought up, we are -glad of an opportunity to say a few words in reference to the matter. A few citations from "The Re ference Handbook of ." the Medical Sciences," edited by Buck (Wood & Company, New York, 1887) will ) bear ua out in our contention The Handbook" is a recognized au thority amongst the leaders of the medical profession: "The malarial miasm is assum ed to arise during the retrogres sion of organic matter to the in organic state under favorable con ditions as to water and heat. When the moisture is in excess, as when the ground is wholly covered with water, there is no malarial." . 'The generally accepted, theory of malarial evolution calls for the concurrence of an organic soil, a certain degree of heat, and a cer tain degree of moisture. 1 (The conditions prescribed do not exist here. "Dams', lakes and ponds, with an equable water-level and defined margins, art not unhealthy, but grounds that are alternately sub merged and exposed are malari- OU8. "The mists that gather at night fall and hover, until sunrise sug gested the concentration and con densation of the morbific princi ple in the . watery vapor: but Vauquelin and other chemists fail ed to discover a specific poison in the organic matter with which , it was contaminated" . ROLL OF HONOR. A Complete List of Subscribers to . The Lake Fund. We, the undersigned citizens of Hen-. derson county being convinced that something will bare to be done by the public in order to over-come the differ ence in the prices of land required for the lake company, as asked by the own ers and offered by the parties to whom we look to take tip and carry out the project, feeling that the consummation of this project will justify it: We agree and hereby bind ourselve3 to contribute to T.C. Williams Jr., and others the sums set opposite our names and pay the ame as soon as the dam ia built and the basin is cleared out and filled with water: WA 8mith Shoreland......1..... 1000 cash...... 1000 1330 H 8 Anderson. ............... J Williams 30001 W A Garland..'..., Clarke Hardware Co.,... ..... .. 750 500 500 500 500 500 500 Henry Jordan........... .. ... M C and C F Toms....... . . . . . . . . . . MrsC D Hurt. ..7. ............ G H Valentine...... ................ CFew (in land)........... ........ A C Johnson...... ...... .............. 500 A L Holmes & P P PattoiL.: . Jackson & Morris 500 500 500 600 500 U U Staton. Chas A Hobbs. " ";" S F Wheeler Miss Annie W Atkinson... ;500 A. A. Gates -500 300 250 .250 '250 250 1250 250 G G Hyder. . ...... . . . v J C Morrow.. Commercial B&nk... ... ; Bank pi Hendersonyille . . J It Egerton . . .... s ..it tjr a ..uperara .7 . . . Claud Brown.. 2oi Eabank"& Eubanx.:. . ........ . . ... H ville Wholesale Grocery Co..... T C McNeely ...... . ..... . . m 200 100 100 8 Johnston . ....... . . . . . 4 100 R H 8taton & W C Rector. . . . . .... 100 Pace, Ficker, Co.,.......:.. ........ 100 WP Williams 100 C i PIoss -X0O F. V. Hunter...... 100 LB Morse............ 100 L w Walker t Bottling works) . . v.i J D Boyd, & Miss Nettie Legrand. J M waldrop 100 100 100 100 100 100 W EL Hawkins & Son.. . Mrs L S Pender...'. I HCantell ..1. k J F Rowland . . . ............ ..... . . '. ... 100 J B Sherman..... 100 M D Barnette . ....... ...... 100 Miss Virginia Lane .....;.... . . ... 100 Mayor King 100 CKBrook8 ......... 10o sheriff J L Freeman 100 J P Case.......... 100 Wm Hewitt 100 WH Justus. v. ....... 10 G M Glazener.... .. 100 The French Broad Hustler. ....... 100 CE Wilson.... 100 C M Pace. 100 Michael Schenck . . ........... .'. . . . .'. . 100 John S Carson....... ........ 100 E G Stillwall. . 1 ; ........ . a00 J MStepp. B S Smith ............. ':. . .... Mrs A E Posey.'. . .v.-.'; . ..."..t 100 100 '50 50 '50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 60 50 50 50 '50 50 50 35 25 25 25 .25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 20 10 10 10 50 A Ficker-... T B Carson T O Iareal.... ....... T A Jackson.... ..... . Claude Pace ....... T B Gibson.... .... Chas O Smith. . ... Burckmyer Broi.... ... walker Smith. B L. Brooks.....:. Capt J w wpfford ....... .i .... . .': G w Brooks Jos McCreary...... .'. Jas A Laughter..,,... ........... . H D Hyder. . , . '. . . ... . . Bennett Bros . . . . ...... ..... . . . A J Newman...... . . . . I,. . . . . . . 1 . . Flinn & Ramsey.........:. R I Lowndes ........ .... ......... JBLyda. .... ........ ....... JM Rhodes................ J O Williams......... .... ...... ..... . Miss Florence Jordan ....... ...... . W B Orr M L Pace, & Co. J w Mclntyre...,. ................ w C Stradley..... J w Smathers'...X..r......... ...... Francis & Barnwell...................... FS Thomas O E Laughter. ........ C M Laughter O H Orr v... .... i mm f m w E Sbipman 10 $5 subsriptions. LATER. Rickman & Edwards. 150 100 1 ST Hodges, Jr........ m M T Justus... Bly Brothers ........ 100 Dr. A. H. Morey;.. 50 RP Freeman......... 25 A Comparison of The Henderson ville Lake with the Most Beautiful Lake In England. The magnitude and beauty of Hen derson ville's great lake will be 'better appreciated by a comparison with some of the most famous lakes and lake scen ery in the world, we, of course do not mean to compare it s with the Great Lakes, whose value is chiefly a commer. cial one,' but with smaller and more beautiful bodies of water.' " ; -:" ; - v Lake Geneva in Switzerland is larger and is surrounded by loftier and grander mountains, bat it lacks the softer and more beautiful,; if less grand scenery which will surround the new. lake. The lake most nearly approaching ours in size, form and general features is Derwentwater, in Westmoreland, Eng land.. A" writer in describing Ullawater and Derwentwater, says: - "Ullswater is the largest and Der wentwater the most beautiful lake in England. Ullswater is 9 miles in length Dr F W Eubank. . . . . . . . . . and from a quarter to three-quarUrt of a mile in breadth. " Vfindlng around the base of vatfc, rocky mountains .in its' upper part, it is only seen in its succes sive portions, the scenery on its margins presenting pew and striking objects at every successive stretch Derwentwater is of irregular figure approaching to' an oval, aboutl three miles in length and from one to one and a half miles in breadth, It is seen at one view, expand ing within an amphitheatre of moun tains, rocky but not vast.' broken into may fantastic shape, opening by narrow yalleys the view of rocks which are im mediately beyond," and which are again overlooked by others. Its shores are 'well wooded islands." -Thus it will be seen that while Der- wentwater, the most beautiful lake in England, is slightly wider : than the Hendersonville lake, the latter has three. branches, each of which is as long as Derwentwater, and one, the Bats Fork branch, is much longer. , From the town of Hendersonville ' the lake, like the famous English lake, may nearly all be seen expanding at cna view,-only the upper reaches disappear ing behind heavily wooded hills, only to reappear again, soft and hazy, in the distance. - Like the English Lake, it is 'situated in an amphitheatre of mountains, soft ened to low hills and pleasant upland risings along the lake shore. The high est mountain visible from the - English lake is Scawfell Pike. .3210 ieet ;above sea level. The highest peak - visible from our lake is Mt Pisgah, ,6,600 feet above sea level, while several peaks of the Balsam range are more - than 6000 in height. Nearer and . less elevated, though grander in massive outline, to the southwest is Pinnacle, while to the east and southeast ' are Bear wallow, u Bald Mountain, Sugar Loaf .and Try on,! each from four to six thousand feet high. The nearer peaks overshadow ing the lake are Stoney' and - tho. range of mountains encircling HendrsonTille . on the west, culminating in Jump-cfT and jet. Hebron ; . v ' ' ' Lisbon is considered the most beautt-' fully situated city in Europe,; not even excepting Naples, It has on one side a broad river, expanding 'into a bay. The city stands upon a- range of low hills, backed by a lofty range of granite mountains. The situation of Hender sonville, when the lake, is oorapleted, will resemble that of Lisbon... Fronting on a broad and beautiful lake,- with a magnificent' background composed of a semi-circle range of mountains, sweep ing down to the lake shore on the north and west, Hendersonville will truly be a city beautiful, a picture to feast the eye upon, set in a frame more beautiful .hanthe hand of man is capable of making. , .-. . , c The -Blue Ridge mountains sweep arouad Hendersonville to the eastward, from a northeast to a southwest direc tion. The three heads of the lake . ap proach to within half a mile of the great watershed separating the waters of the ' Atlantic Ocean from those of the Mis sissippi Valley. 'The average elevation of the lake will be 2,250 feet above sea level, far above the reach of malaria or other diseases incident to the. low lands. NOTICE. Notice is hereby' given that a meeting of all Democrats ol the town of Hendersonville will be held at the Court House on April 1 6, at 7:30 o'clock j),m., for the purpose ot nominating candidates for Mayor and three Aldermen, lor. the town, and for the transaction of such oth er business as may properly come belbre said meeting. All Democrats Care urged to at tend this meeting. ; ; . This April 3, 1907.1 p'-A .k'. C. E, Brooks, . V. C. V. Shepherd, Sec'y. h IT l it w 11 'f: ? 4 ft 1 - 1 -: t 1
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