UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Boys, Arnold and Company
Address: P.O. Drawer 5255
Asheville, NC 28813-5255
13F File Number: 801-13200
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: John B. Kuhns
Title: Vice President
Phone: 828-274-1542
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
John B. Kuhns Asheville, North Carolina September 30, 1999
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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FORSYTH CO NC GO 346622RK1 52 50000 PRN SOLE 50000
ABBOTT LABORATORIES COM 002824100 2168 59090 SH SOLE 59090
AFLAC COM 001055102 425 10140 SH SOLE 10140
AMER. HOME PRODUCTS COM 026609107 1310 31578 SH SOLE 31578
AMERICA ONLINE COM 02364J104 5104 49050 SH SOLE 49050
AMERICAN EXPRESS COM 025816109 572 4238 SH SOLE 4238
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP COM 026874107 556 6399 SH SOLE 6399
AMERITECH COM 030954101 502 7527 SH SOLE 7527
AMGEN COM 031162100 1749 21460 SH SOLE 21460
ANHEUSER BUSCH COM 035229103 565 8062 SH SOLE 8062
ARM FINANCIAL GROUP COM 001944107 1 10000 SH SOLE 10000
AT HOME COM 045919107 4786 115500 SH SOLE 115500
AT&T COM 001957109 7325 168398 SH SOLE 168398
AUTOMATIC DATA PROC. COM 053015103 4989 111795 SH SOLE 111795
AVERY DENNISON COM 053611109 274 5200 SH SOLE 5200
BAKER-HUGHES COM 057224107 217 7500 SH SOLE 7500
BANK OF AMERICA COM 060505104 6361 114233 SH SOLE 114233
BANK OF NEW YORK COM 064057102 247 7396 SH SOLE 7396
BB&T COM 054937107 2940 90825 SH SOLE 90825
BECTON DICKINSON COM 075887109 2233 79560 SH SOLE 79560
BELL ATLANTIC COM 077853109 1609 23898 SH SOLE 23898
BELLSOUTH COM 079860102 1422 31605 SH SOLE 31605
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY - CL B COM 084670207 694 374 SH SOLE 374
BMC SOFTWARE COM 055921100 508 7100 SH SOLE 7100
BORDEN CHEM & PLASTIC COM 099541203 619 150000 SH SOLE 150000
BOSTON PRIVATE FINL HOLDING COM 101119105 278 31050 SH SOLE 31050
BP AMOCO PLC COM 055622104 1729 15604 SH SOLE 15604
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COM 110122108 7808 115676 SH SOLE 115676
BROADCOM COM 111320107 3044 27930 SH SOLE 27930
BURR-BROWN COM 122574106 1284 32500 SH SOLE 32500
CAMPBELL SOUP CO COM 134429109 313 8000 SH SOLE 8000
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL COM 14040H105 745 19110 SH SOLE 19110
CAROLINA PWR & LIGHT COM 144141108 566 15988 SH SOLE 15988
CBS COM 12490K107 245 5300 SH SOLE 5300
CENTURA BANKS COM 15640T100 1101 26613 SH SOLE 26613
CHARLES SCHWAB COM 808513105 3213 96075 SH SOLE 96075
CHEVRON COM 166751107 488 5502 SH SOLE 5502
CINCINNATI BELL COM 171870108 539 27734 SH SOLE 27734
CINTAS COM 172908105 1318 22800 SH SOLE 22800
CISCO SYSTEMS COM 17275R102 11353 165588 SH SOLE 165588
CITIGROUP COM 172967101 6101 138650 SH SOLE 138650
COCA-COLA COM 191216100 3834 79462 SH SOLE 79462
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COM 194162103 830 18140 SH SOLE 18140
COMPAQ COMPUTER COM 204493100 4931 215552 SH SOLE 215552
COMPUTER ASSOC. INTL COM 204912109 413 6750 SH SOLE 6750
CONAGRA COM 205887102 226 10024 SH SOLE 10024
CONVERGYS COM 212485106 804 40600 SH SOLE 40600
COX COMMUNICATIONS COM 224044107 537 12865 SH SOLE 12865
DATASTREAM SYSTEMS COM 238124101 479 36500 SH SOLE 36500
DIEBOLD COM 253651103 4294 185699 SH SOLE 185699
DIMON COM 254394109 111 28621 SH SOLE 28621
DOLLAR GENERAL COM 256669102 844 27343 SH SOLE 27343
DOUBLECLICK COM 258609304 238 2000 SH SOLE 2000
DUKE POWER COM 264399106 1637 29692 SH SOLE 29692
DUPONT COM 263534109 3436 56797 SH SOLE 56797
DYNAMICS RESEARCH COM 268057106 50 12599 SH SOLE 12599
EAGLE PACIFIC INDUSTRIES COM 269719100 356 101700 SH SOLE 101700
ELI LILLY COM 532457108 1182 18419 SH SOLE 18419
EMC COM 268648102 586 8214 SH SOLE 8214
EMERSON ELECTRIC COM 291011104 680 10760 SH SOLE 10760
ENRON COM 293561106 419 10200 SH SOLE 10200
EXXON COM 302290101 8316 109419 SH SOLE 109419
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CP COM 313400301 265 5096 SH SOLE 5096
FEDERAL NATL MTG ASSN COM 313586109 6635 105842 SH SOLE 105842
FIFTH THIRD BANCORP COM 316773100 482 7930 SH SOLE 7930
FIRST CHARTER COM 319439105 457 26087 SH SOLE 26087
FIRST UNION COM 337358105 2390 67079 SH SOLE 67079
FORD MOTOR CO. COM 345370100 307 6100 SH SOLE 6100
FPL GROUP COM 302571104 283 5612 SH SOLE 5612
GANNETT COM 364730101 364 5266 SH SOLE 5266
GENERAL ELECTRIC COM 369604103 28628 241461 SH SOLE 241461
GENERAL MILLS COM 370334104 440 5423 SH SOLE 5423
GENTEX COM 371901109 4193 203000 SH SOLE 203000
GILLETTE COM 375766102 3739 110167 SH SOLE 110167
GLAXO WELCOME PLC COM 37733W105 588 11300 SH SOLE 11300
GTE COM 362320103 1217 15831 SH SOLE 15831
HEINZ COM 423074103 230 5350 SH SOLE 5350
HERSHEY FOODS COM 427866108 219 4500 SH SOLE 4500
HEWLETT PACKARD COM 428236103 9444 104064 SH SOLE 104064
HOME DEPOT COM 437076102 1596 23263 SH SOLE 23263
HOMEGOLD FINANCIAL COM 43740E104 237 222944 SH SOLE 222944
HONEYWELL COM 438506107 256 2300 SH SOLE 2300
IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS COM 451713101 1101 103000 SH SOLE 103000
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS COM 452308109 5363 71932 SH SOLE 71932
INTEL COM 458140100 16503 222070 SH SOLE 222070
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE COM 459200101 10760 88924 SH SOLE 88924
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY COM 460335201 340 6463 SH SOLE 6463
INTERPUBLIC COM 460690100 5901 143495 SH SOLE 143495
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 8695 94635 SH SOLE 94635
KEANE COM 486665102 479 21000 SH SOLE 21000
KIMBERLY-CLARK COM 494368103 276 5230 SH SOLE 5230
LEGATO SYSTEMS COM 524651106 305 7000 SH SOLE 7000
LEXMARK COM 529771107 1819 22600 SH SOLE 22600
LOWES COMPANIES COM 548661107 14604 299570 SH SOLE 299570
LUCENT TECHNOLOGY COM 549463107 5794 89309 SH SOLE 89309
MC DONALDS COM 580135101 6800 157224 SH SOLE 157224
MCI WORLDCOM COM 55268B106 549 7644 SH SOLE 7644
MEDTRONIC COM 585055106 5020 141164 SH SOLE 141164
MERCK COM 589331107 8743 134900 SH SOLE 134900
METALINE CONTACT MINES COM 599118010 4 21667 SH SOLE 21667
MICROSOFT COM 594918104 6167 68101 SH SOLE 68101
MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTUR COM 604059105 381 3968 SH SOLE 3968
MOBIL COM 607059102 3555 35288 SH SOLE 35288
MONSANTO COM 611662107 5028 140900 SH SOLE 140900
MOTOROLA COM 620076109 8047 91441 SH SOLE 91441
NETWORK APPLIANCE COM 64120L104 630 8800 SH SOLE 8800
NIKE INC -CL B COM 654106103 276 4850 SH SOLE 4850
NORFOLK SOUTHERN COM 655844108 415 16936 SH SOLE 16936
NORTEL NETWORKS COM 656569100 11086 217380 SH SOLE 217380
OLD KENT FINANCIAL COM 679833103 218 5872 SH SOLE 5872
ORACLE COM 68389X105 245 5380 SH SOLE 5380
PEPSICO COM 713448108 4766 156250 SH SOLE 156250
PFIZER COM 717081103 5794 161506 SH SOLE 161506
PHILIP MORRIS COM 718154107 327 9554 SH SOLE 9554
PITNEY BOWES COM 724479100 652 10700 SH SOLE 10700
PLACER CREEK MINING COM 72604P103 2 33000 SH SOLE 33000
PROCTER & GAMBLE COM 742718109 2996 31955 SH SOLE 31955
PROTECTIVE LIFE COM 743674103 4845 167083 SH SOLE 167083
QUAKER OATS COM 747402105 229 3700 SH SOLE 3700
RESORTQUEST INTERNATIONAL COM 761183102 172 18427 SH SOLE 18427
ROYAL DUTCH COM 780257804 4523 76580 SH SOLE 76580
SARA LEE COM 803111103 4785 204720 SH SOLE 204720
SBC COMMUNICATIONS COM 78387G103 1178 23069 SH SOLE 23069
SCHERING PLOUGH COM 806605101 4324 99122 SH SOLE 99122
SCHLUMBERGER COM 806857108 3608 57896 SH SOLE 57896
SCHULMAN A COM 808194104 173 10000 SH SOLE 10000
SERVICE CORP. COM 817565104 122 11520 SH SOLE 11520
SHAW INDUSTRIES COM 820286102 1751 110300 SH SOLE 110300
SILVER BOWL COM slvb 0 10000 SH SOLE 10000
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM PLC COM 832378301 303 5250 SH SOLE 5250
SONOCO COM 835495102 1029 45110 SH SOLE 45110
SOUTHERN COMMUNITY BANK & TRUS COM 842630105 385 27500 SH SOLE 27500
SOUTHERN COMPANY COM 842587107 208 8078 SH SOLE 8078
SOUTHTRUST COM 844730101 1034 28825 SH SOLE 28825
SPRINT (FON GROUP) COM 852061100 201 3700 SH SOLE 3700
STRYKER COM 863667101 1366 26718 SH SOLE 26718
SUN MICROSYSTEMS COM 866810104 1267 13620 SH SOLE 13620
SUN TRUST BANKS COM 867914103 470 7144 SH SOLE 7144
SYSCO COM 871829107 1419 40482 SH SOLE 40482
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS COM 882508104 4552 55346 SH SOLE 55346
TIME WARNER COM 887315109 231 3800 SH SOLE 3800
TIMES MIRROR CO. CL A COM 887364107 1463 22225 SH SOLE 22225
TRICOM SA COM 89612A100 1942 242700 SH SOLE 242700
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD COM 902124106 258 2500 SH SOLE 2500
U.S. BANCORP COM 902973106 200 6640 SH SOLE 6640
US WEST COM 91273H101 302 5293 SH SOLE 5293
VODAFONE AIRTOUCH PLC COM 92857T107 242 1016 SH SOLE 1016
WACHOVIA COM 929771103 3777 48042 SH SOLE 48042
WAL-MART COM 931142103 9660 203099 SH SOLE 203099
WALGREEN COM 931422109 1048 41308 SH SOLE 41308
WALT DISNEY COM 254687106 3383 130119 SH SOLE 130119
WARNER-LAMBERT COM 934488107 886 13345 SH SOLE 13345
WATSON PHARMACEUTICAL COM 942683103 374 12250 SH SOLE 12250
WILLIAMS COMPANIES COM 969457100 730 19400 SH SOLE 19400
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