UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2000
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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 March 31, 2000
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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ABBOTT LABORATORIES COM 002824100 1062 30190 SH SOLE 30190
AFLAC COM 001055102 462 10140 SH SOLE 10140
AMER. HOME PRODUCTS COM 026609107 1477 27486 SH SOLE 27486
AMERICA ONLINE COM 02364J104 9832 145797 SH SOLE 145797
AMERICAN EXPRESS COM 025816109 705 4735 SH SOLE 4735
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP COM 026874107 7009 64012 SH SOLE 64012
AMGEN COM 031162100 2557 41670 SH SOLE 41670
ANHEUSER BUSCH COM 035229103 477 7666 SH SOLE 7666
ARIBA COM 04033V104 493 4700 SH SOLE 4700
ARM FINANCIAL GROUP COM 001944107 0 10000 SH SOLE 10000
AT HOME COM 045919107 5796 175970 SH SOLE 175970
AT&T COM 001957109 10253 182081 SH SOLE 182081
AUTOMATIC DATA PROC. COM 053015103 5125 106215 SH SOLE 106215
AVERY DENNISON COM 053611109 305 5000 SH SOLE 5000
BANC ONE COM 06423A103 6949 202149 SH SOLE 202149
BANK OF AMERICA COM 060505104 7198 137262 SH SOLE 137262
BB&T COM 054937107 2609 92957 SH SOLE 92957
BCE COM 05534B109 251 2000 SH SOLE 2000
BELL ATLANTIC COM 077853109 1871 30614 SH SOLE 30614
BELLSOUTH COM 079860102 1859 39649 SH SOLE 39649
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY - CL A COM 084670108 286 5 SH SOLE 5
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY - CL B COM 084670207 652 358 SH SOLE 358
BMC SOFTWARE COM 055921100 219 4426 SH SOLE 4426
BORDEN CHEM & PLASTIC COM 099541203 666 150000 SH SOLE 150000
BOSTON PRIVATE FINL HOLDING COM 101119105 295 31050 SH SOLE 31050
BP AMOCO PLC COM 055622104 1789 33588 SH SOLE 33588
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COM 110122108 6561 113113 SH SOLE 113113
BROADCOM COM 111320107 12185 50170 SH SOLE 50170
BROADWING INC COM 111620100 994 26734 SH SOLE 26734
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS COM 111621108 1228 6850 SH SOLE 6850
BURR-BROWN COM 122574106 2651 48750 SH SOLE 48750
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL COM 14040H105 892 18610 SH SOLE 18610
CAROLINA PWR & LIGHT COM 144141108 379 11699 SH SOLE 11699
CBS COM 12490K107 260 4600 SH SOLE 4600
CCB FINANCIAL COM 124875105 233 5266 SH SOLE 5266
CENTURA BANKS COM 15640T100 1196 26111 SH SOLE 26111
CENTURY SOUTH COM 156683104 311 14803 SH SOLE 14803
CHARLES SCHWAB COM 808513105 8144 142885 SH SOLE 142885
CHASE MANHATTAN COM 16161A108 7594 87105 SH SOLE 87105
CHEVRON COM 166751107 622 6725 SH SOLE 6725
CINTAS COM 172908105 1152 29400 SH SOLE 29400
CISCO SYSTEMS COM 17275R102 18792 243066 SH SOLE 243066
CITIGROUP COM 172967101 8450 141126 SH SOLE 141126
COCA-COLA COM 191216100 3827 81536 SH SOLE 81536
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COM 194162103 617 10940 SH SOLE 10940
COMPAQ COMPUTER COM 204493100 5487 205115 SH SOLE 205115
COMPUTER ASSOC. INTL COM 204912109 400 6750 SH SOLE 6750
CONEXANT SYSTEMS COM 207142100 543 7650 SH SOLE 7650
CONVERGYS COM 212485106 1315 33997 SH SOLE 33997
COX COMMUNICATIONS COM 224044107 576 11885 SH SOLE 11885
CRESCENT REAL ESTATE EQT COM 225756105 425 24306 SH SOLE 24306
DATASTREAM SYSTEMS COM 238124101 768 26500 SH SOLE 26500
DIEBOLD COM 253651103 1758 63934 SH SOLE 63934
DIMON COM 254394109 68 28621 SH SOLE 28621
DOLLAR GENERAL COM 256669102 735 27343 SH SOLE 27343
DOUBLECLICK COM 258609304 227 2425 SH SOLE 2425
DRKOOP.COM COM 262098106 175 47514 SH SOLE 47514
DUKE POWER COM 264399106 1362 25945 SH SOLE 25945
DUPONT COM 263534109 1108 20927 SH SOLE 20927
ELI LILLY COM 532457108 437 6975 SH SOLE 6975
EMC COM 268648102 1491 11836 SH SOLE 11836
EMERSON ELECTRIC COM 291011104 518 9760 SH SOLE 9760
ENRON COM 293561106 554 7400 SH SOLE 7400
ERICSSON(LM) TEL COM 294821400 245 2613 SH SOLE 2613
EXXON MOBIL COM 30231G102 12615 161731 SH SOLE 161731
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CP COM 313400301 289 6546 SH SOLE 6546
FEDERAL NATL MTG ASSN COM 313586109 7714 136372 SH SOLE 136372
FIFTH THIRD BANCORP COM 316773100 500 7930 SH SOLE 7930
FIRST CHARTER COM 319439105 313 24087 SH SOLE 24087
FIRST COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL COM 319829107 122 14200 SH SOLE 14200
FIRST UNION COM 337358105 8640 231945 SH SOLE 231945
GENERAL ELECTRIC COM 369604103 37855 243247 SH SOLE 243247
GENERAL MILLS COM 370334104 307 8480 SH SOLE 8480
GENTEX COM 371901109 9054 244300 SH SOLE 244300
GILLETTE COM 375766102 4105 108926 SH SOLE 108926
GLAXO WELCOME PLC COM 37733W105 316 5506 SH SOLE 5506
GTE COM 362320103 1136 16004 SH SOLE 16004
HEALTHEON/WEBMD COM 422209106 274 11900 SH SOLE 11900
HEWLETT PACKARD COM 428236103 15405 116212 SH SOLE 116212
HOME DEPOT COM 437076102 2904 45024 SH SOLE 45024
HOMEGOLD FINANCIAL COM 43740E104 251 222944 SH SOLE 222944
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL COM 438516106 281 5337 SH SOLE 5337
IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS COM 451713101 681 110052 SH SOLE 110052
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS COM 452308109 4652 84200 SH SOLE 84200
INTEL COM 458140100 27359 207366 SH SOLE 207366
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE COM 459200101 10929 92424 SH SOLE 92424
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY COM 460335201 290 6463 SH SOLE 6463
INTERNET CAPITAL GROUP COM 46059C106 445 4925 SH SOLE 4925
INTERPUBLIC COM 460690100 7540 159586 SH SOLE 159586
JDS UNIPHASE COM 46612J101 398 3300 SH SOLE 3300
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 7735 110108 SH SOLE 110108
KEANE COM 486665102 342 13550 SH SOLE 13550
KIMBERLY-CLARK COM 494368103 255 4549 SH SOLE 4549
LEGATO SYSTEMS COM 524651106 312 7000 SH SOLE 7000
LEXMARK COM 529771107 1713 16200 SH SOLE 16200
LOWES COMPANIES COM 548661107 19239 329570 SH SOLE 329570
LUCENT TECHNOLOGY COM 549463107 7302 117778 SH SOLE 117778
MC DONALDS COM 580135101 6703 179353 SH SOLE 179353
MCI WORLDCOM COM 55268B106 538 11870 SH SOLE 11870
MEDIA ONE GROUP COM 58440J104 352 4349 SH SOLE 4349
MEDTRONIC COM 585055106 7576 147284 SH SOLE 147284
MERCK COM 589331107 8625 138840 SH SOLE 138840
MERRILL LYNCH & CO. COM 210 2000 SH SOLE 2000
METALINE CONTACT MINES COM 599118010 0 21667 SH SOLE 21667
MICROSOFT COM 594918104 10112 95174 SH SOLE 95174
MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTUR COM 604059105 348 3930 SH SOLE 3930
MONSANTO COM 611662107 232 4500 SH SOLE 4500
MOTOROLA COM 620076109 11470 78561 SH SOLE 78561
NETWORK APPLIANCE COM 64120L104 6846 82735 SH SOLE 82735
NOKIA COM 654902204 1015 4570 SH SOLE 4570
NORTEL NETWORKS COM 656569100 15182 120495 SH SOLE 120495
ORACLE COM 68389X105 848 10869 SH SOLE 10869
PEPSICO COM 713448108 5509 157954 SH SOLE 157954
PFIZER COM 717081103 5553 151886 SH SOLE 151886
PHILIP MORRIS COM 718154107 273 13090 SH SOLE 13090
PITNEY BOWES COM 724479100 478 10700 SH SOLE 10700
PLACER CREEK MINING COM 72604P103 29 33000 SH SOLE 33000
PMC-SIERRA COM 69344F106 428 2100 SH SOLE 2100
PROCTER & GAMBLE COM 742718109 2178 38374 SH SOLE 38374
PROTECTIVE LIFE COM 743674103 6346 199863 SH SOLE 199863
RESORTQUEST INTERNATIONAL COM 761183102 249 42356 SH SOLE 42356
ROYAL DUTCH COM 780257804 4692 81155 SH SOLE 81155
SARA LEE COM 803111103 603 33500 SH SOLE 33500
SAWTEK COM 805468105 3818 72630 SH SOLE 72630
SBC COMMUNICATIONS COM 78387G103 1705 40475 SH SOLE 40475
SCHERING PLOUGH COM 806605101 3865 103761 SH SOLE 103761
SCHLUMBERGER COM 806857108 4332 56631 SH SOLE 56631
SHAW INDUSTRIES COM 820286102 1215 80000 SH SOLE 80000
SIEBEL SYSTEMS COM 826170102 370 3100 SH SOLE 3100
SILVER BOWL COM slvb 0 10000 SH SOLE 10000
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM PLC COM 832378301 330 5000 SH SOLE 5000
SONOCO COM 835495102 841 36578 SH SOLE 36578
SOUTHERN COMMUNITY BANK & TRUS COM 842630105 254 27500 SH SOLE 27500
SOUTHTRUST COM 844730101 553 21750 SH SOLE 21750
SPRINT (FON GROUP) COM 852061100 246 3900 SH SOLE 3900
STRYKER COM 863667101 1850 26518 SH SOLE 26518
SUN MICROSYSTEMS COM 866810104 2283 24365 SH SOLE 24365
SUN TRUST BANKS COM 867914103 394 6818 SH SOLE 6818
SYSCO COM 871829107 1126 31182 SH SOLE 31182
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS COM 882508104 7687 48046 SH SOLE 48046
TIME WARNER COM 887315109 585 5850 SH SOLE 5850
TIMES MIRROR CO. CL A COM 887364107 1125 12100 SH SOLE 12100
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX COM G90078109 218 4247 SH SOLE 4247
TRICOM SA COM 89612A100 5777 240700 SH SOLE 240700
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD COM 902124106 313 6242 SH SOLE 6242
US WEST COM 91273H101 540 7437 SH SOLE 7437
VERITAS SOFTWARE COM 923436109 241 1839 SH SOLE 1839
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR COM 928497106 289 3000 SH SOLE 3000
VODAFONE AIRTOUCH PLC COM 92857T107 484 8710 SH SOLE 8710
WACHOVIA COM 929771103 3270 48404 SH SOLE 48404
WAL-MART COM 931142103 12247 216759 SH SOLE 216759
WALGREEN COM 931422109 845 32808 SH SOLE 32808
WALT DISNEY COM 254687106 5567 134967 SH SOLE 134967
WARNER-LAMBERT COM 934488107 1129 11554 SH SOLE 11554
WILLIAMS COMPANIES COM 969457100 914 20800 SH SOLE 20800
XEROX COM 984121103 373 14350 SH SOLE 14350
BIOTECH HOLDERS TRUST 09067D201 460 2900 SH SOLE 2900
ACORN FUND 004851101 506 27165.626SH SOLE 27165.626
SCHWAB MARKETTRACK ALL EQTY 808509814 1398 108129.314SH SOLE 108129.314
SCHWAB S&P 500 SELECT 808509855 3094 133605.342SH SOLE 133605.342
SCHWAB SELECT SMALL CAP INDEX 808509848 766 35975.137SH SOLE 35975.137
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