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VOL. L, NO. 9-
PINEHURST, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1897.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
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HISTORICAL SKETCH.
The Old North State and Its
Choicest Gem, Pinehurst.
A Great Commonwealth with Immense
Natural Resources.
A Model Village In the Heart of the Most
Healthful Region on Earth.
It is said that once in Salt Lake
Brigham Young met a lady, who
stopped by the Mormon
prophet, as she gave him
a nod of recognition, with
the remark; "Madam I
ought to know you."
"Surely you ought," was
the reply, "for I am one
of your wives." As un
pardonable ignorance as
this prevails among the
sister states of our great
country respecting each
Uher. We of New Eng
land, before we visited
the far West, or the ex
treme South, were accus
tomed to look at these
further limits with the in
verted telescope. A math
ematical demonstration of
the number of people the
empire of Texas would
contain failed to make any
deep impression. Travel
and a sojourn or resi
dence in these other
states have changed all
City
was
was born here in August, 1587.
Immigration from New England began
early. A small colony settled on the
Cape Fear in 16G0. The spirit of com
pulsory education so possessed its mem
bers that they incurred the resentment
of the Indians, it is said, by kidnapping
their children under pretence of sending
them to Boston to be educated. For
some reason the settlement broke up and
returned North, not, however, until they
h id attached to a post a writing dis
couraging "all such as should hereafter
come into these parts to settle." It will
not do to forget that the first declaration
of independence in America wras declared
at Charlotte, Mecklenburg county; or
that the Provincial congress of North
Carolim, at Halifax, this state, de
clued for independence April 12, 1776.
We are shown a North Carolina state
tion. As an advance is made westward
this is entirely superseded by grain of
almost every species cultivated in the
United States, except rice. The fig tree
nourishes on lower Cape Fear river, and
in the western and central counties the
apple is produced in abundance. The
peach succeeds over the whole state, pre
carious as it is in every other section of
the United States. The soil and produc
tions in the hilly country are nearly the
same as in the northern states. Wheat,
rye', barley, oats and flax, are the crops
generally cultivated, and thejr seem to
suit the nature of the soil. Throughout
the whole state, Indian corn and pulse
of all kinds are abundant. Cotton is
raised in considerable quantities."
As to climate, the same writer re
marks: "At a distance of sixty or
seventy miles from the coast the land
that the climate must be healthy."
Mark that this was said nearly a half
century ago, by one writing on the to
pography of the United States with no
special bias towards any particular state
or community. To-day we read :
"The palmetto, the magnolia and the
live-oak are at home in the coast region,
while among the mountains of the west
the sugar maple, the hemlock and white
pines, the tamarack, balsam and rhodo
dendron find congenial soil and climate
for perfect developeinent. 4In the first
case depression of level has associated
the eastern section with the influences of
the tropics ; in the other the elevation
has thrust it into association with Cana
dian atmospheric conditions. It will be
readily understood, then, what a broad
and fruitful field North Carolina presents,
between the extremes presented, for the
profitable culture of near
ly all the field crops, veg
etables and fruits grown
GENERAL PLAN
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this, and the evidence of
our senses convinced us
of error and perhaps in
justice. North Carolina has been very modest
in sounding her own praises. Town
sites on paper have not been spread out
before northern capitalists and small
investors, and therefore there are no col
lapsed booms hereabouts. But capital
seeking investment has been content to
look no further than this beautiful state ;
and the man of average means, driven
from New England by its hard climate,
can make a home here and find health
and comfort. A few plain facts may
both interest and instruct. North Caro
lina aims at nothing but the best, and
has a history of which it may well be
proud. Sir Walter Raleigh's work was
not in vain, nor did he spend his fortune
in vain. Well does this state keep his
name in perpetual remembrance.
Peregine White need not be deprived
of his unique honor; but let it
not be forgotten that Virginia Dare
GENERAL PLAN OF PINEHURST.
ilag "red, white and blue," and with the
"lone star," on which both these dates
are inscribed. '
But what is of special interest to us of
to-day? If the coast line were the base
on which the state could rest, a defaulter
in the extreme upper limit could easily
escape into Canada; for North Carolina
now stretches from east to west more
than 500 miles. " It was not a boomer,
but an impartial historian, who said in
1853 :
"No state differs more in soil than
North Carolina. The variety of the cli
mate is fully evinced by the indigenous
vegetables. The dwarf palms and the
live-oak grow around the mouth of Cape
Fear river, whilst in the western coun
ties the forests mark a climate of much
lower temperature. In the southeastern
counties, and partially on the whole sea
ward zone, cotton is the staple produc-
begins to rise into small hills, stones
appear on the surface, and the streams
ripple in their course. As we advance a
little further to the westward we find all
the variety of hills and dales that may
consist with a fertile country fit for
cultivation. In that happy climate
where the soil is fine, and the water
pure; where the inhabitants enjoy the
desirable effects without suffering by the
rigorous severity of colds ; there are few
of the diseases which are most painful
and destructive in cold climates ; neither
are the inhabitants wasted by the fatal
diseases of warm climates."
He adds : "When we consider that
the inhabitants are seldom affected by
coughs, consumption, or inflammatory
complaints, for the winters are tem
perate; that intermittent, bilious or
putred fevers, are seldom found
among them; we naturally infer
in the United States
the rice of the coast and
the buckwheat of the
mountains ; the cotton of
the South and ' the flax of
New England, the corn,
the wheat, the rye and
the oats, the potatoes,
peas, sorghum, the tobac
co, vegetables, fruits,
grapes, grasses, every
thing, which if North
Carolina knew herself,
and if the stranger knew
her as she ought to be
known, would make her
the most coveted and most
prosperous country on
which the sun sheds his
fertilizing beams.' "
In respect to tempera
ture, an authority says:
" Middle and eastern
North Carolina corre
spond to middle and
southern France ; and
western North Carolina
to north France and
Belgium. All the climates from
Palermo to Milan and Venice are
represented. We have been greatly
interested in the comments of A.
Iv. McClure, who wrote : "Every part of
North Carolina has some one thing that
will make it distinctively a great sec
tion." The late Hon. W. D. Kelley,
another Pennsylvanian, said: "North
Carolina is the finest portion of God's
earth on which my feet ever rested."
It will take a volume to but touch up
on many facts of importance. The value
of the tobacco crop in North Carolina is
greater than that of any other state.
We are not surprised to find flourishing
factories in several portions of the state.
There are two hundred cotton mills
ranging in capacity from four to 2,000
looms. No attempt can be made to
speak of the flora or fauna, and, in pass
ing, but a word can be said about