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VOL I., NO. 12.
PINEHURST, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1897.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
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YULE-TIDE FESTIVITIES,
Pinehurst Celebrates the Great
est of Holidays.
Christmas Tree for the Villagers and One
Provided for the Colored People.
The People of Pine Ridge and Yicinity Enjoy
Their First Christmas Tree.
TIip YillasPiV Christmas Tree.
The present dwellers in Pinehurst
might he classed us sojourners and
abiders; the guests who are here for the
season and they who hold the fort the
year round. But all classes are homo
geneous and are closely united in any
and every measure which is for the
public weal and enjoyment. An event
like that of Christmas eve is of such
general interest that the new hall wel
comed an audience twice as large as was
anticipated. The committee on decora
tions, consisting of Miss Gilbert, Miss
llopkinson, Dr. .Tones and Messrs. Vale
and Poole performed their laborious part
of the 1 (reparations in a satisfactory man
ner. It devolved upon the committee
not only to procure and arrange the dec
orations but also to adorn the tree with
the Christinas gifts. They received
many compliments on the artistic effects
of the hall decorations and those of the
tree. The entertainment committee,
Mrs. Adams, the Misses Carrington and
Messrs. Redding and Lindsey, provided
a literary and musical treat which was
greatly enjoyed by the company present.
Much credit is due to them for their
painstaking efforts with the children,
and they and the appreciative audience
are greatly indebted to the friends who
so freely tendered their services. The
following is the program of the evening:
) wHon, Holly inn Orchestra
" H('(,i,;itin, John Hlghtower
T Miss Mabel Hall
Kwitatlon, Miss Gladys Bradbury
' '""f Miss Eugenie Uphain
1 Citation, Miss Avis Tobev
J J.UT,Jan, Norman Goodrich
p"' Mr. Oehnilcr
"'""K. Miss Eugenie Uphain
p""' Mr. Oehmler
im itation, Miss Katherine Jones
' ' The Children
' 'sH'n, Orchestra
slvial thanks are due the Holly Inn
iHstru for their valuable assistance.
lllf' all the participants acquitted
themselves admirably, it will not be in
1,1,ou to mention Miss Upham's solo
1 wding. Her selections were pleas-
and well suited to the evening. It
as a g,.eat pieagure tQ listen to Migfj
J1'11 uU Mr. Oehmler. The children
the audience the fruits of the train
ing of the entertainment committee and
their renderings were very much en
joyed. Santa Claus, owing to pressure of
other duties, was detained, and was un
able to be present ; but he sent his scion
and probable successor, Santa Claus, Jr.,
(Johnny Hightower) whose unique Kriss
Kringle suit set him off to excellent ad
vantage. The old gentlemen was also
represented by his aids Drs. Bradbury
and Jones and Messrs. Deaton, Baxter
and Arthur Goodrich. Parents and
friends had responded to the request that
family presents might be placed on the
Christmas tree, and the distributors were
kept busy bestowing the gifts where
they belonged. It is still a mystery
among even the elect how Mr. Adams'
gift crossed the 1'ubicon. Did it have a
physician's certilicate; or Mr. Tufts'
duced to hard conditions ; but when the
rough husk of the germ of development
was removed they entered upon the
largest possibilities. Not so these loyal
Scottish Americans. In their present
environment the limits are gradually but
surely contracting. Once the pine for
ests provided abundant labor and ample
support. But a "one crop investment,"
or any commercial condition where "eggs
all in one basket" is an imperative,
admits of no alternative. There can be
but one result. How do we find these
people today? Of rugged character as
of old. Burns in his charming pastoral
poem "The Cotter's Saturday Night"
says, "From scenes like these Old Sco
tia's grandeur springs." And while the
picture may not be exactly reproduced
hereabouts, the same spirit reigns su
preme. Their intellectual endowments
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special permission ? The whole affair was
voted a success, and before the curfew
hour the gathering broke up.
Pine lllrige and Vicinity.
Pinehurst is fortunate not only in the
attractions within its own limit, but also
in its surroundings. And if the pathetic
element in our neighborhood interests
us, it will also prompt us to manifest
more than idle curiosity in the near-by
settlements. A half-hour's ride will
take us into the midst of social con
ditions which bring us face to face with
the eighteenth century, as it were.
In 1740 when at the battle of Culloden
the power of the Stuarts was irreparably
broken, there came from old Scotia to
the shores of North Carolina a body ot
immigrants. The historian says : "Some
came voluntarily, but the most through
compulsion." What is now Moore
county offered a refuge to a portion of
the new settlers, and it is the descendants
of these Scots who are our neighbors.
We think the Pilgrim Fathers were intro-
may class them with Cowper's cottager
who "knows and knows no more her
Bible true," but in conditions where
others might be morose and morbid they
are cheerful, because, still like the cot
tager, they
"In that charter read with sparkling eyes
Their title to a mansion in the skies."
This article is a communication and
is safe from editorial supervision. We
can therefore safely say that the pub
lisher of The Outlook and his good
wife have introduced themselves in such
a way to the community of Pine Uidge
and vicinity that the latch-string is
always out to them, and they have
broken the ice for others. Our acquaint
ance with this people is through them,
and meeting them on a friendly footing
and not as a scientist studying speci
mens, a larger fund of knowledge and
greater pleasure have resulted. They
have inherited from their ancestors the
Lest of their national characteristics.
And that they are a law-abiding folk is
because the uplift of their heredity more
than counteracts the depressing tenden
cies of their environment. They hold to
their religion with greatest tenacity, yet
are not bigoted. There are no "auld
lichts" and "new lichts;" but though
some are Hard Shell Baptists and others
mild Presbyterians, the lion and the
lamb lie down together; and the little
child leads them to a union Sunday
school held in the Pine IMdge school
house.
All sentiment has not been eliminated
from their natures. If you have the
open sesame to their hearts you may be
shown the clan tartan, a family heir
loom ; and with a feeling of pride you
will be told of the old grandsire who
could speak only Gaelic. But though
you may meet the "Macs" at every turn
and an "Alexander" here and there, no
sound of "Sandy" is heard; they have
lost that and all which it suggests. We
have refrained up to this point from
using a certain adjective lest it should
creep too often into our writing. But
there is no good synonym for primitive, a
word which aptly expresses their man
ner of living, their household furnishings
and general surroundings. The spin
ning wheel with its necessary adjuncts
is an evidence both of their dependence
and independence. You need not think
you are dreaming if you find yourself
back in "our grandfathers' days" as you
see living beings garbed in homespun;
and witness other signs of primitiveness.
Looking over the ground with a view
to expressing our friendliness in a
tangible form, it was suggested by the
Outlook publisher that the testimonial
be a Christmas tree. Immediately the plan
took shape and as it was too good a
thing not to let our northern friends in
"on the ground floor," the Wollaston,
(Mass.) Congregational Sunday school
was invited to a share in this great privi
lege. The "Whatsoever Ten" circle of
Kings Daughters of the same place asked
for a block of the stock, which was
granted. We are not blowing the
publisher's horn, but it is only fair to say
that both he and she (the editorial "we")
did the lion's share of the work, in addi
tion to a contribution of Christmas tree
fruit.
-Where should Santa Claus hold court?
The Culdee Presbyterian kirk was placed
at our disposal, but alas ! the architect's
faith was so large as to exclude a chim
ney from his plan ; hence no fire ; and
this offer labelled "N. G." (in the lan
guage of the street) was placed on file.
The Beulah Hill Baptist church could
have been had for the asking. But
Christmas comes late in December, and
only a salamander with subterranean
flies to warm his feet could keep com
fortable in the "Arbor," so-called, where
this congregation worships. Picture to
yourself the airiest campmeeting pavil
ion you ever saw, and imagine how long
you could enjoy Christmas exercises with
the wind drawing in from the six quar
ters of the earth and heavens, around,