THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
the minerals of North Carolina.
They number 184, and a separate
article might be made of the pro
duction of gold, silver, copper, iron
and corundum. The state produces a
limited quantity of coal, but building
stones are quite extensively quarried.
"In the production of corundum, North
Carolina leads all other states, and in
185)5 nearly all the corundum mined in
the U. S. came from North Carolina. In
1895 the yield of the mines approximated
30,000 pounds cut mica."
As to the peanut: "About one
fourth of the area of North Caro
lina may be said to be adapted to
the growth of the high grades. The
annual production is more than 500,000
bushels." The North Carolina peanut
has been legally adopted by its next
door neighbor, if one may judge by the
fact that they are not infrequently put
upon the market with the label "Fancy
hand-picked Virginia peanuts." As to
another industry, the commercial fisher
ies, a million and a quarter capital is here
invested, and more than 10,000 persons
are employed in the business.
North Carolina invites every class of
worthy and industrious people within its
borders. Its history has been brielly
touched upon : a few more facts may be
of interest. The first settlers w ere Eng
lish, but in 171)0 a colony of Swiss
founded what is the present city of New
Bern. Next came a small colony of
Hugenots seeking a refuge from perse
cution. "Perhaps the largest body of
Europeans coining approximately at one
time, and constituting a distinct foreign
element, was the Scotch, or Highland
colony, which occupied the country
along the upper waters of the Cape Fear,
now known as the counties of Bladen,
Cumberland, liobeson, Biehmond and
Harnett. These came, some voluntarily,
most of them by compulsion, after the
disastrous defeat of Culloden in 174G.
The Lords Proprietors, through their in
fluences and inducements offered, added
to the population, which, however, came
in singly or in small groups and increased
slowly, though early, in the colonial
history, making the Coastal plain the
most populous in the state.
The other chief element of settlement
was refugees from religious persecution
in Virginia, who gradualy filled the pen
insula around the waters of Alber.marle
sound and contiguous territory. In pro
cess of time bodies of immigrants arrived
from New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
hearing of the rich lands and fine cli
mate of the upper country. Some of these
were of German descent ; a still larger
body was Scotch-Irish. In 1754 Count
Zinzendorf located his large body of Mo
ravians in the present county of Forsyth.
At present the negroes number one-third
of the whole population. The last
census brought out the startling fact that
the entire foreign born population was
then 3,742."
Two matters will probably be of great
est interest to the greatest number : first,
North Carolina as a sanitarium; and,
second, the state as a home for farmers
of limited means. Not to mention other
localities, Asheville in the western por
tion, and Southern Pines and Pinehurst
in the eastern middle will suggest winter
resorts best advertised by the patrons of
these places. Scores of other names
might be mentioned if space permitted.
Taking everything into consideration,
North Carolina furnishes the happy
medium between the enervation of the
more southern latitudes and the severity
of the West and Northwest.
Ideal farming is said to be that condi
tion where the yeoman can raise enough
in quantity and variety to supply his
family needs, with a surplus to exchange
for desired products of his neighbor or for
cash. This opportunity is found in the
old North State. Beware the country
of one crop ! We have seen the strug
gling farmer from New England in the
Northwest grow poorer year by year
when "No. 1 hard" failed to pan out well.
But here if one crop is unprofitable
another can be made to pay. There are
sections of our country where northern
capital and industry have attempted man
ufactures, and when this failed it was a
total failure. But such a communitiy as
Leavitt, our neighbor over in Cumber
land county, shows a modern phoenix,
in that when their mill plant was de
stroyed by fire the proprietors
turned their attention to fruit raising.
this prodigy, we are little short
of amazed at its rapid gro..th.
It seems to have sprung into existence
by magic. One is bewildered as sur
prise after surprise is sprung upon him,
and he rubs his eyes vigorously to assure
him that he is not dreaming, but is awake
a denizen still of this mundane sphere.
What called this charming beauty spot
into existence? What favored class is
to enjoy its precious privileges? Here
surely are to be found all the comforts,
the enjoyments, and the luxuries, too,
which the man possessing wealth, but
lacking health, demands. A genius must
have conceived the plan of Pinehurst
with its elaborate details, and he should
be rewarded. But this delightful village
is in a sense an anomaly. Nature's
choicest remedial gifts are usually as
costly as the products of the laboratory ;
and men and women, worn out with
overwork or enfeebled by disease, too
often suffer and die, not by the law of
the survival of the fittest, but by an in
version of that law. They reach a limit,
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No state has a more efficient or
practical board of agriculture than has
North Carolina. The results from
the experimental stations are avail
able for its farmers. The model
farms even Biltmore itself are con
stantly teaching what can be done even
on small farms ; and the nursery at Pine
hurst shows the greatest variety of in
digenous fruits and vegetables, as well as
crops which can be raised when farming
is done with brains. This is the age
when science is peculiarly the handmaid
of agriculture. But ' that fact should
encourage the practical common-sense
farmer and be an inducement for his sons
to follow in his footsteps. If he wishes
to labor under the best auspices and with
greatest success, let him tickle the arable
soil of North Carolina with his hoe.
We now seek an introduction to North
Carolina's youngest child, Pinehurst.
This village is seventy miles southwest
from Kaleigh and 125 miles from the
seacoast. It is elevated 650 feet above
the seacoast, and is noted for its health
fulness. Pinehurst is six miles from
Southern Pines, and is nearly in the cen
tre of the state. We take the train at
9 a. m. in New York City, reaching here in
season for supper the next evening.
After making the acquaintance of
from which a return to health and use
fulness would be possible if they could
pay the price. Once a scheme like that of
Pinehurst was thought Utopian. Now,
by the prescience and providence of one
man, Utopia is realized.
INTERVIEW WITH A WINTER RESIDENT.
"Had I been told a year ago that one
could make a winter home in a healthful
and delightful climate with all the com
forts which the semi-invalid must have,
at a moderate cost, I should have said,
'Go to ! This is jesting on too serious a
subject.' But in Pinehurst this is the
solid truth. In June, 1895, Mr. James W.
Tufts completed his purchase of five
thousand acres of land, one hundred
acres of which he selected for a village,
and then called into his counsels the
famous landscape architects, Olmsted,
Olmsted & Eliot. Before this tract of
land was bought the germ of Pinehurst,
with all that is implied in the word, was
in the fertile mind of Mr. Tufts. And
when in a few years its fullest develop
ment is seen, let it not be forgotten that
his foresight met the farthest limit. At
home I pay the city fathers liberally for
aquapura which has a yellow tinge (per
haps a tincture) as we mentally contrast
it with Pinehurst's free gift, the purest
of Adam's ale. I live within sight of the
gilded dome; but the Metropolitan sev,-
age system is yet so near, and still .
far. Our Ilobson's choice, to which tin
board compels us, is the cesspool. Whit
a relief and luxury is the sewage system
of Pinehurst! The human gasometer
consults his mechanical namesake in our
basement at home, and e.xacts from us
the uttermost farthing; but the power
house in Pinehurst is prodigal with its
'juice' to burn."
"What turned your thoughts towards
Pinehurst V" we ask.
"Well, Dr. E. E. Hale so impressed
me by his encomiums of the place, on his
return from his visit here last spring,
that when my faithful physician advised
Florida, and my devoted brother urged
Arizona, I chose Pinehurst and they eas
ily compromised upon this village when
they had investigated its claims."
The rest of the story he told was sub
stantially this: Overwork had so weak
ened his system that he was threatened
with tuberculosis. His doctor said :
"Throw physic to the dogs; take your
family south, enjoy yourself as much as
possible, and live out of doors."
He is taking this prescription, and in a
month has gained beyond his anticipa
tions. The air is a ionic; the sunshine
gives new life. He enjoys especially the
cool weather which comes at intervals,
and thinks his gain will be greater in De
cember and .January than in the warmer
months which follow. He lives econom
ically in one of the cottages, all of which
are rented, completely furnished, at a
minimum charge. All conditions of com
fortable or luxurious living are possible
in Pinehurst. There are suites for light
housekeeping, and rooms with or without
board. If one wishes good board at a
moderate price the Casino provides it at
$4.50 per week. The same hostelry will
furnish dinners at $2.50 per week. All
kinds of bread and pastry can be pro
cured at the bakery. The leading hotel
is the Holly Inn, whose appointments
and cuisine will satisfy the most exact
ing; and nothing but praise can be said
of the other hotels and boarding houses
in the village. But as the majority of
winter residents occupy the cottages or
the suites, it is interesting to know that
fuel is "dirt cheap," furnished at les
than the cost of sawing and splitting in
the North; while provisions are sold at
a small margin of profit. When it is
considered also that no charge is made
for electric lighting, running water or
sewage privileges, the liberality of the
proprietor of Pinehurst is self-evident.
WALKS AP.OUT I'INEIIURST.
We need no guide, for the village has
been so well illustrated that recognition
of everything is easy. We have come
from Southern Pines on the electric rail
road, a six mile span. You have learned
that Mr. Tufts built this for the accom
modation of his patrons, and your belief
in municipal ownership begins to weaken.
We inspect the power house, the water
supply, the wonderful sewage system
(a model for our New England towns),
and on finding that these bounties are
dispensed free as air, are converted to a
belief in such monopolies. The Village
Green, with its present charms and future
possibilities greatly interests us. The
beautiful garden plots that separate the
foot-paths from the street show how
strongly marked is the aesthetic idea in
Pinehurst. Trees, plants and shrubs
that furnish a study abound, and thus