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CITIZEN SUPPLEMENT. A GALA WEEK IN ASHE VILLE ! ' SPORT AXD HIJftMIM. FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER Sd, 4th, Sth ana 180. Almost any one can afford to , visit Asheville for the tport prom ised upon this occasion by our Rifle Team and Shot Gun Clubs in their "International Shooting ' JUatch" programed for the days commencing Wednesday and con tinuing balance of the week, and when there isoffered thatunusii al combination of FUN AND MONEY MAKING 'tis expected that everybody will come I This "Shooting Tourna ment," by mutual agreement, is to furnish the fun, and we, the undersigned, are on that occasion to offer to the thousands of visit ors, who are expected to attend, the opportunity of purchasing some of the FINEST KES1 DENCE LOTS ever offered in this or any other city being just out of the busy and bustling part of town the very place for a home or an investment for some one who will want a home. The safe rule to judge the future is by the past then take a retrospect of "Asheville Dirt Investors" every man of them that went in, and went in deep, is rich! You can do the same she has greater things in the future than she has realized in the past. A thousand per cent, more money is to be spent in her corporate umusana near environ ments in th nevtt thrnn vonra Him in the past three. This is no guess work. Statistics prove the assertion. Then is it not the time to put money in gill-edged prop ertyt That this is the kind we purpose offering in the One Hun dred and Two Acres of unbroken forest lying along Merrimon Avenue the boulevard of the city, noonewillquestion. The one mile post stands near the centre of this property, about one-third of it being within the city limits, and the remainder in the charm ing suburban villa of Ramoth. There has never been anything comparable to it offered in Ashe ville. Situated just where it should be and just as it should be. It is now being divided and sub-divided into lots and plats to suit the configuration of the ground running in size from acre, to plats of 3 to 5 acres. And we promise to show some of the most picturesque and beautiful residence eminences in America. There will be a labyrinth of streets and avenues all opening or leading into Merrimon Avenue. The widest, best and most popu lar drive leading from the city, no contact with street or railway trains, and the only Avenue ex tending one-and-a-half miles from Court Square. Don't forget 1 Asheville is an "all-the-year-round resort," in winter for Nor- thern and Western people, and summer for those from the North, South, East and West, is growing rapidly as a manufacturing and educational centre ;havingas fine a system of graded schools as can be found North or South ; two fine Female Colleges and one In dustrial School for young ladies, besides a number of private schools of high grade. Is a fine Tobacco Market (obtaining highest average prices in the world and will probably sell eight million pounds this year.) It is the centre of the finest Hard Wood belt of timber and Magnetic Iron to be found on the continent Has nn nltitiiria nt 9 QIO fl- V. W,VU Ittl above sea-level, and surrounded by as imposing and picturesque scenery as the eye of man ever looked upon ; is in close proximi ty to the celebrated '-Black Moun tain Range," the highest east of the "Hookies," Mt. Mitchell's peak measuring 6,717 feet, with 18 neighbors varying from 6,000 to 6,500 feet. Has a mean tempera ture of about 60 in winter and 70 in summer ; never a sultry dny and nights invariably cool. " Has four lines of Railroads leading out and four others in Erospectif e ; has Electric and Gas lghts, Sewerage and Water Works: and one of the finest sys terns of Electric Street Railways in the United States ; has a pop ulation of from ten to twelve thousand, having increased at an average of over one thousand a year for seven years. Is situated, well sorry for the man who does not know. If you ask where any other town or city, is, we will take pleasure in telling you how far it is from Asheville, and some of them we fear are too far away to ever amount to much I ! Terms of Sale. 10 per cent, cash ; 10 per cent in 60 days ; 10 per cent in 1 year; 10 per cent in 2 years ; 10 percent in Syears, and 50 per cent in 5 years. Instead of the "usual Chromo" we will pay the rairroad fares of any one buying one or more lots. We will get special railroad rates from every point possible. For further particulars or.plat of lots address, ATKINSON, REYNOLDS & CO.