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"R.S Schley Arrives.
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| Title | Meriwether & McCornack's Asheville Battery Park Hotel |
| Identifier | http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/booklets/meriwether_mccornack/meriwether%20mccornack.htm |
| Creator | Meriwether and McCornack |
| Subject Keyword | Grove Park Inn ; hotels ; travel and tourism ; guide books ; recreation ; golf ; |
| Subject LCSH | Asheville (N.C.) -- History --
Pictorial works Asheville (N.C.) -- Recreation -- Golf North Carolina -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works Asheville (N.C.) -- Description and travel Asheville (N.C.) -- Chamber of Commerce -- Asheville Real Estate Board |
| Date digital | 2007-03-31 |
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| Type | Source type: Photographs ; Text |
| Format | image/jpeg/text |
| Source | SpecColl Frank Coxe Collection |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Grove Park Inn ; |
| Coverage temporal | 1926 |
| Coverage spatial | Asheville, NC |
| Rights | Any display, publication or public use
must credit D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of
North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. |
| Donor | None |
| Description | A 97 page booklet describing the amenities of the Grove Park Inn and golf in the southeast, in 1926. Contains information on local Asheville businesses, and businessmen. The booklet explores the excitement of the new sport of golf in the city and the many individuals who play the game. |
| Acquisition | 1983-84 as part of the Frank Coxe Collection. |
| Citation | Meriwether & McCornak's Battery Park Hotel, in the Frank Coxe Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 |
| Processed by | Special Collections staff, 2007 |
| Last update | 2007-03-31 |
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Meriwether & McCornack |
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| 2 | meri002 | Visit Royal Pines, Asheville's Suburb Supreme. Owned and developed by William I Phillips Company. |
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| 4 | meri004 | "Golf in Asheville and Biltmore" by W. Fordham Morgan. Image: Mrs. John Francis Amherst Cecil and Mrs. Peter G. Gerry. |
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| 6 | meri006 | W.W. MacReynolds putting on 18th at Country Club. Others in the foursome are Nat Bloomberg, L.B. Waters, Jr., and W.K. Moss. |
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| 7 | meri007 | R.S. Schley, realtor. Specializing in sound investments, agent for all premier sub-divisions. Complete listings of business property and acreage. Let me tell you about Asheville. 16 South Pack Square. |
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| 8 | meri008 | R.S. Schley arrives. The Asheville realtor is very fond of his golf. |
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| 9 | meri009 | J. Gorham Low, exide battery service. If it's automotive electrical, see us. Coxe Avenue. |
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| 10 | meri010 | Fred M. Laxton and sons, Erwin and F.M., Jr. Three time champion of the Carolina Golf Association. |
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| 11 | meri11 | Messler's Message to Moneymakers. Messler Realty Company, suite 609 Jackson Building. "If Messler says so -- IT'S SO" |
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| 12 | meri12 | Mr. and Mrs. R. Murray Wendell. "Golf Widows" are rare at Biltmore -- they play the game too. |
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| 13 | meri13 | James R. Bush, Member Chicago Board of Trade. Stocks, Bonds, Cotton, Grain. Correspondants: Thomson and McKinnon. |
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| 14 | meri14 | Senator Peter G. Gerry, who married Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt. Judge Junius G. Adams, one of Asheville's pioneer golfers. |
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| 15 | meri15 | Advertisements: Wythe M. Peyton Company Inc, realtors. Biltmore Tavern, 14 All Soul's Crescent. Asheville-Carolina Realty Company, Marcus Erwin and Young M. Smith. |
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| 16 | meri16 | Links side of clubhouse. A good view of the first tee is had from this point. |
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| 17 | meri17 | Advertisements: Marmon Asheville Co., car dealers. Bynum H. Sumner and Son, realtors. |
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| 18 | meri18 | Card of the course, Biltmore Forest Country Club. |
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| 19 | meri19 | Advertisement: Pinehurst Golf Course. |
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| 20 | meri20 | John K. Crosswell, Nicholas N. Beadles, H. F. MacFayden, and Armitt Brown. The manager at the Biltmore Forest Club and friends in a foursome. |
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| 21 | meri21 | Advertisements: Kenilworth Inn, "The home of hospitality," Roscoe Marvel, Manager. The Steinway of 1926, sold on easy terms W. H. Rymer, Inc. |
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| 22 | meri22 | The Biltmore Forest Country Club. The Chateau-like affect of the clubhouse from the entrance. |
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| 23 | meri23 | Advertisements: Catawba Construction Company, Inc. John N. Bohannon, Manager. O.S. Burnett and Associates, Real Estate in all it's branches. Chas S. Fleming, realtor. Miss E. R. Jones, Public Stenographic Service. |
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| 24 | meri24 | The Carolina Championship First Flight Score Card, 1925. Played at Greenville, S.C. |
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| 25 | meri25 | Advertisements: Williams Oil-O-Matic Heating, Carolina Oil-O-Matic Co., Inc. Carolina Motor Truck Co., distributors of Ruggles Motor Trucks. Sports Liability Insurance, Security Insurance Agency, Inc., Julius Levitch, Manager. |
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| 26 | meri26 | The dire result of one of John Francis Cecil's prize chickens straying over the Biltmore Country Club Course. |
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| 27 | meri27 | Advertisements: Betsy's Shoppe, Haywood Building, gifts that please. Desire Beauty Shop, Mrs. B. Suttle, beautician. |
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| 28 | meri28 | Watching the players. The spacious porch at Biltmore is a fine "Grandstand." |
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| 29 | meri29 | Advertisements: Mrs. Dale's Marinello Shop, expert cosmeticians. Dr. Eva A. Thompson, Chiropodist; at Mrs. Dale's Marinello Shop, also at your residence by appointment. Emanuel Stenographic Service, Amy Emanuel, director. |
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| 30 | meri30 | Dr. F.L. Hunt, Charles M. Schwab, R.H. Boyer, Charles A. Webb. The Steel King and close Asheville friends enjoying a round. |
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| 31 | meri31 | Advertisements: Asheville Mortgage Loan Corporation. R. Randolph Ball, President; P.R. Allen, Vice President; Geo. H. Wright, Secretary. Vanderbilt Beauty Shoppe, specialists in hair tinting. Albert H. Blake, Public Accountant and Auditor. Fater's: Cigars-Candy-Stationary. |
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| 32 | meri32 | The late Tench C. Coxe, Mrs. Alan McDonald, R. Randolph Ball, Mrs. C.W. Campbell. The latter two won in a two-ball tournament at Biltmore Forest. |
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| 33 | meri33 | Advertisements: The Home Folks, D. Frank Williams, Real Estate Brokers and Builders. White House Inn, 26 Edgemont Rd. The Dress Shop, Dresses for all Occasions. Aiken & Hester, Druggists. |
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| 34 | meri34 | Golf makes one smile. Miss Collett, Miss Wall and friends at Biltmore Forest Country Club. |
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| 35 | meri35 | Advertisements: National Investment Corporation: Investments, Mortgage Loans, Real Estate, Insurance. Floyd E. Cotton & Co., Civil and Structural Engineers. Meriwether & McCornack Realtors, G. Wallace Bryant, former proprietor Bryant Motor Sales. Southern Highlands Realty Co., Inc. N.A. Collins, Pres.; M.L. Maney, Vice-Pres.; N. Buckner, Sec't'y-Mgr.; W.L. Eddinger, Treasurer. |
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| 36 | meri36 | B.H. Arbogast, W.K. Moss, Wilburn A. Baird, Henry M. Brown, Jr. A quartet of young players who sure can hit the ball. |
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| 37 | meri37 | Advertisements: Arnold H. Vanderhoof, Mechanical and Civil Engineer. Spoon, Lewis, & Camp, Consulting Engineers. |
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| 38 | meri38 | Miss Edna Hirshinger, Carolina Champion. The Charlotte Crack won the 1925 title at Greenville, SC. |
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| 39 | meri39 | Advertisements: C.P. Ryman, Realtor. D.E. Barkley, Real Estate and Investments. Jeffress Heights, Fletcher N.C. Write for information to Mrs. C.J. Jeffress. |
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| 40 | meri40 | The Charlotte Country Club. Where the Carolina Association Tournament will be held in place of Winston-Salem, June 22-26. |
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| 41 | meri41 | Advertisements: J.M. Cahoon, Architect. Robert P. Jackson Realty Company, Realtors. C.P. Freeman, Civil Engineer. Biltmore Forest Riding School, Mrs. A.S. Wheeler, Owner and Instructor. |
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| 42 | meri42 | No. 1 Tee. Notice the pretty foliage and the majestic mountains overlooking the course. |
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| 43 | meri43 | Advertisements: Lumber and Building Materials, Rutherford and Atkinson. L. Waring Wilson, Consulting Engineer. S. Sternberg & Co., We Buy and Sell Anything, Structural Steel. Pruitt & Reavis, General Real Estate. |
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| 44 | meri44 | Mrs. Dave Gaut. Memphis' famous player who plays in Asheville and Pinehurst. |
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| 45 | meri45 | Advertisements: Whitman & Yarrow, We have experts at the head of each department: Homes, Lots, Acreage, Business Property, Insurance. Title Guarantee Insurance Company, Raleigh, N.C. Asheville Branch Office. |
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| 46 | meri46 | Walter Hagen. Often seen on Biltmore Forest Links. |
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| 47 | meri47 | Advertisements: Grove Park-Asheville School, Mr. and Mrs. James Brooks, Principals. Robert L. Cox, successor to Robinson Photo Stock and Arts. Robert Lee Smith & Co., Inc. Homes, Business Property, and Large Development Tracts. |
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| 48 | meri48 | Eighteenth Green, Biltmore. Isn't the green perfect and the setting just glorious? |
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| 49 | meri49 | Advertisements: Frigidaire, Product of General Motors; Delco Light Co. D.L. Meriwether Organization, Realtors. J.C. McPherson, Contractor and Builder, plumbing and heating. |
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| 50 | meri50 | The Swimming Pool, Biltmore Forest. A gala scene on the day when water sports are held. |
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| 51 | meri51 | Advertisements: The J.A. Carroll Co., Realtors. Central Bank and Trust Company. |
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| 52 | meri52 | J.A. Carroll and J.C. Casper. Two Asheville realtors who play golf "between sales." |
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| 53 | meri53 | Grove Park Inn, Asheville, N.C. The Finest Resort Hotel in the World. Biltmore Industries. |
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| 54 | meri54 | Reuben Robertson, Jr., Harry Eble and Mrs. Reuben Robertson. A trio of golfers who enjoy the Asheville Country Club Links. |
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| 55 | meri55 | Advertisements: The Yarn Shop, Mrs. McKee and Ms. Kelly. McCoy Realty Co., Acreage, Business, Residential Properties. H.D. Witherspoon, Builder. Dunham's Music House. |
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| 56 | meri56 | Mrs. Graham MacFarlane. Woman Champion of the Asheville Country Club. |
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| 57 | meri57 | Advertisements: James C. Dillard Realty Co., Realtors. Eugene C. Ducker & Co. W.B. Dale, Real Estate. Toledo Scale Company, Asheville Branch, R.W. Chester, Manager. |
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| 58 | meri58 | View of new Clubhouse. The Asheville Country Club boast of one of the finest extant. |
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| 59 | meri59 | Pennsylvania Quality Lawn Mowers. Pennsylvania Lawn Mower Works, 1615 North 23rd Street. |
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| 60 | meri60 | M. Raleigh Allen. One of Asheville's really good golfers. |
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| 61 | meri61 | Fenner & Beane, Stocks-Bonds-Commodities. |
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| 62 | meri62 | Clarence Sawyer, Tom Harkins, Clarence Rankin and Dr. J.A. Sinclair. A famous foursome of real pals at the Asheville Country Club. |
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| 63 | meri63 | Advertisements: Albert C. Wirth, Architect. Brown Realty Company, Realtors. Citizen's Transfer & Coal Co., Julian Woodcock, Owner. Gibson & Orr, Accountants. |
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| 64 | meri64 | No. 1 Tee, Asheville Country Club. The initial drive takes one toward the magnificent Grove Park Inn. |
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| 65 | meri65 | Advertisements: Asheville Paint Co., distributors of Lucas Paints and Varnishes. Allport Motor Sales Company. Union Plumbing Company, J.C. Cauble, Owner. |
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| 66 | meri66 | Henry Westall, Everett Cole, Pope Seals, Dr. Arthur F. Reeves, and F. W. Green. Mr. Seals hails from Birmingham and Mr. Green from Macon. |
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| 67 | meri67 | Advertisements: Ada R. Morgan, public stenographer and notary public. The Powder Puff, Beauty culture experts; Miss Pauline Laur. Kimberly Addition of Grove Park, E. W. Grove Investments. |
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| 68 | meri68 | View of Country Club at Kimberly Avenue. Is it any wonder that Asheville is the Mecca for thousands of golfers? |
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| 69 | meri69 | Advertisements: C. W. Patterson, groceries, fruits, and vegetables. Rector's, a good place to eat. Battery Park Beauty Parlor; Mme. Christeen, authorized operator for Mme. Rubinstein of New York. |
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| 70 | meri70 | Sven Carlberg, Jack Cleary, and Larry Gardiner. A local enthusiast, a Miami-Asheville Capitalist, and the Tourists' Manager. |
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| 71 | meri71 | Advertisements: The Swannanoa-Berkeley Hotel, E. R. Higgins, Manager. S. I. Bean, tile-marble-cut stone contractor. Newkirk Engineering Company, civil and consulting engineers. The Vogue, ladies' tailors and furriers. |
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| 72 | meri72 | Youngsters of the Carolina Golf Association. Asheville, Charlotte, and Greensboro future champions o'er the links. |
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| 73 | meri73 | Advertisements: Kelvinator, electric refrigeration; Refrigeration & Supply, Inc. Asheville Battery Co. Mrs. Edith A. Grubb, tailoring. Carolina Coal and Ice Co. |
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| 74 | meri74 | An exciting shot. Much depends on this putt on the eighteenth, Country Club. |
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| 75 | meri75 | Advertisements: Ralph B. Lindsey, rebuilder of motor cars and trucks. Josephine Price, suits and gowns. Asheville Maytag Co. Leittman's, exclusive dresses. |
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| 76 | meri76 | Card of the course, Asheville Country Club. |
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| 77 | meri77 | Advertisements: D. Ralph Millard, finance corporation. Plateau Studio, portraits at the studio or in your home. Geo. Kershaw, civil engineer. J. C. Patterson & Co., warm air heating, sheet metal, and copperworks. |
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| 78 | meri78 | "Big Bill" Tilden, serving. Scene at Asheville Country Club, spring 1926, when he defeated Chapin. |
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| 79 | meri79 | Advertisements: Guillet's Cafeteria. Poole's Dye Works, Inc. Asheville Ice Co. Moore's Market, fresh vegetables and fruits. |
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| 80 | meri80 | Is he justified? And just to think, Grove Park Inn only a niblick shot away! |
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| 81 | meri81 | Advertisements: Cox Engineers. Jackson Building Barber Shop, P. E. Herman, proprietor and manager. Howard Studio, quality photographs. Bird & Radford, Mutual Life Insurance, district managers. |
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| 82 | meri82 | Kayton Smith and L. O. Hunter. Smith, of Savannah, won in finals of Asheville Country Club summer invitation tournament from Hunter, of Macon. |
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| 83 | meri83 | Advertisements: Hills, Inc.; butchers. Carolina Creamery, Co. McRary & Son, general mechanics. Webb Electric Co., electrical contractors. |
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| 84 | meri84 | Text: Golf in Asheville and Biltmore (cont. from page 3) |
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| 85 | meri85 | Advertisements: Carolina Power and Light Company. Mrs. N. A. Jacobs, dressmaking, remodeling, alterations. Red Top Cab Company, Inc. |
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| 86 | meri86 | Scene at the Ashville Country Club. Ernest Ballard, putting; George Evans awaits his turn. |
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| 87 | meri87 | Advertisements: Edwin C. Jarrett, wholesale and retail, fancy grocer. Carmichael's Pharmacy, on the square. Cafe Deluxe, Sam Papas & Co. |
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| 88 | meri88 | Leading champions of 1925 in golf. |
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| 89 | meri89 | Advertisements: The Langren, J. H. Enwright, manager. The Langren Barber Shop, Fred A. Schopp. The Grove Park Riding Academy on Charlotte Street, Wayne S. Ray, proprietor. Asheville Fish Company, Henry G. McKenzie, prop. |
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| 90 | meri90 | Frank Clarke driving at Asheville Country Club. Jimmie Patterson and the ever faithful Clarence Williams make up the trio. |
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| 91 | meri91 | Advertisements: Manhattan Laundry, L. U. Greer, manager. Parcel Delivery Service, Ben A. Bradford, president, and Robert L. Atkins, manager. Butter-Krust Bread, Asheville Baking Co. Asheville Construction Co., Clyde S. Reed and Hugh M. McDowell. |
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| 92 | meri92 | The Carolina (North and South) Golf Association. |
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| 93 | meri93 | Advertisements: Biltmore Dairy Products. Asheville Laundry. Alexander & Black, realtors. |
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| 94 | meri94 | Willie MacFarlane, U.S. Champion Bring on your title if this is what it leads to! |
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| 95 | meri95 | Advertisements: Merchants Transfer & Coal Co. French Pastry Shop and Parlor, Richard Nickel, proprietor. Pennell's Cigar Store, Hughs & Pennel, realtors. H. Winchester Elec. Co. |
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| 96 | meri96 | The Winston-Salem course. Scene of the Carolina Championship, June 22-26, 1896. |
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| 97 | meri97 | The "Wall Street" foursome, Country Club. Messrs. J. P. Dunlop, L. B. Haffaker, James R. Bush, and Dr. J. W. Faucette constantly play together. |
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