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THE PIN EH URST OUTLOOK. 2 GREAT FOREST FIRE, Worwt 'oiiflartitln in tli- Mmory of tli Oldest Iiiluibltant tirent Iiinse All Around I lu Village nnd Many rierctl lIomolt'MN, ut liiu'lnirl K raN riiwcnfliwl. During the past week this section of .country lias sniVered from immense forest lires which have covered u large territory and done a large amount, of damage. On Monday lires could he seen at a dis tance from the village, and hack tires were lighted to protect the woods in our immediate vicinity. On Tuesday the air was tilled with smoke from distant tires hlown in by a high wind, almost a gale, which continued all day. In the evening tires sprang up in view of the village, and the lire-lighters were ordered to the woods to keep it as far away as possible. The wind continued to increase until it became almost a hurricane and the great est efforts were made to save the build ings outside the town. No buildings belonging to the estate were burned, and about 10 o'clock in the evening the tires in the woods had nearly burnt out and all danger was past. We shall always consider the village lire-proof after the test of last Tuesday. While no fears were felt for the safety of the houses inside the town lines, yet when we take into consideration that no such tires and wind together can be re membered by the oldest inhabitant, it is not surprising that some of our northern visitors became anxious and excited. .Mr. Tufts did the right thing when lie purchased this estate of 0,000 acres to protect the village from undesirable neighbors, tires, etc., and from our recent experience in connection with the lire apparatus and water supply for the vil lage we are satisfied that Pinehurst is as safe a place to reside in as any in the state. NOTKS. Mr. Short on the Carthage road has lost fences and outbuildings. Several colored families in the woods were burned out, losing everything ex cept the clothes they wore. Oenerous provision is being made for the colored people who lost their homes during the late forest tires. Mr. Kelly on the Jackson Springs road lost his house and :;ll outbuildings, but saved his wife and seven children. Caddell's sawmill about three miles from town was entirely destroyed with all the lumber in that neighborhood. Mr. Maples, who resides about live miles from town in the locality known as Texas, has lost everything on his plantation but the house. Messrs. M. McDonald, Daniel Bunnell, the widow (,'addell and John lilake in the vicinity of the Pine Pidge school house, lost fences and outbuildings. The old church occupied by the colored people in the vicinity of Linden was burned and the newly formed Sunday school, organized by Miss Gilbert, will have to secure new quarters. The lire on the west side of the village burned itself out just this side of Aber deen. Fortunately a tire had burned over that district some weeks ago and left nothing for the llames to feed upon. Laundry bags and pillow-cases were popular receptacles for the clothing and valuables that guests were gathering to aether Tuesday evening. They made an interesting display through the olliee and corridors of the Inn. The large number of trees blown down in the woods last Tuesday bear evidence of the force of the hurricane that assisted the tire to spread over a large territory and largely increased the danger to all property in this section. Our northern visitors have shown great interest in providing for the unfor tunates by the late tires, by subscribing money, clothes, etc., and the relief com mittee, with their help, will be able to give assistance in all deserving cases. A trip across country last Wednesday discovered quite a number of homeless ones who had lost everything but the clothes they had on. In one case two families of colored people were found camped on the edge of a creek without food or shelter, others had left their houses and camped in the open field to escape the smoke and tire, but no loss of life has yet been reported and all cases of suHering will be hunted out and relieved. Mardi Urns Festival, Jfew Orleans I,a. The committee on arrangements are using every means in their power to make the festival this year the greatest ever held. Elaborate arrangements have been made for the pleasure and entertainment of their guests. However, the manner in which the trip to New. Orleans is made, will play no small part in making the visit an enjoyable one. The Seaboard Air Line offers the choice of two daily trains, the schedule by either of which is very good. They leave as follows : Xew York, 10.50 a. m. and 8.50 p. m. Philadelphia, 1.12 p. m. and 12.05 night. Washington, 4.40 ). in. and 4.30 a. in. Pichmond, 8.5(5 p. m. and 0.05. a. m. Paleigh, 2.10 a. m. and 3.40 p. in. Mon roe, 0.43 a. in. and 0.12 p. in. Abbeville, 11.05 a. in. and 1.35 a. in. Athens, 1.15 p. in. and 3.45 a. in. Arriving at Atlan ta, 2.50 p. in. and5.20a. m., and Xew Or leans, 7.40 a. in. and 8.10 p. in. From Pichmond and points south, by the train arriving at Xew Orleans at 8.10, only one night is spent on the road. Call on or address any Seaboard Air Line Agent. Surely Original. Tired school teachers can now laugh at the humor of some of their scholars" ex- unination papers last spring. These answers, says an exchange, were given by girls averaging thirteen and a half years of age, at a public school examina tion in Iirooklvn : Ouestion What do vou know of the battle of Hunker J I i 1 1 V Answer The battle of Hunker Hill was fought a long time ago. Dame old liarbara threw up the window, and said, "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head: but spare your country's flag," she said. Ones. 1 ell all you know about the battle of Lexington. Ans. The battle of Lexington was fought between the Greeks and the Per sians. They were thick in the middle and thin at the ends. (Jucs. What instrument is used to measure the height of mountains? Ans. A barometer is used to measure the height of mountains. You dig a hole in the top, and stick it down in the mid dle. Some people boil them to make them better. 'Jxehanyr. llue fishing when you don't catch anything. NONSENSE FOR THE CHILDREN. BY FATHER GANDER. Happy children in the grove, Hunting as tor trensure-trove. Prithee, try not them to wheedle As they sport with the pine needle. Heaps they gather, make a bed, On it every child can play; First on foot, then on their head Stand they as they may. When they swing they feel no danger, For to fear each is a stranger. Should they fall from far aloft, This pine bed is very soft. As you've been to the deer park, Have you not been struck With the winsome manner Of the line young buck? How his lady loves him, Deer and still more dear! Then from sights like these you go ( n your way to find the doe. When you've but a few steps gone You will come upon the fawn. Happy family; are they not? Without blemish; without spot. Who's that swinging in the swing, Like a bird upon the wing? At lirst sight I thought 't was Molly; Then 1 saw it was her dolly. She had placed it on the seat, Head and body, legs and feet. Then she pushed it hard and high, Till the dollv seemed to 11 v. O lie! O lie! you peacock vain, You think your wife is very plain. But when it conies to good, hard work, She does the labor and you shirk. You think your feathers are very line, But we prefer the long-leaf pine. And yet we all, from sense of duty, Have to concede that you're a beauty. Peter, Peter, corn pone eater, Had a w ife who couldn't teter, He took her to the Pinehurst dell And there she tetered very well. I'nfair. Mama Why did you strike little Klsie, you naughty boy? Dick Well, what did she want to cheat for, then? Mama How did she cheat? Dick Why, we were playing at Adam and Eve, and she had the apple to tempt me with, and she never tempted ine, but went and ate it all up herself. TUl-Bit. A Michigan paper tells a story of a lit tle girl named llattie, whose mother was putting her to sleep one night. At last her mother said : "llattie, dear, 1 am anxious that you get quiet and get to sleep, because I want to go down stairs and join in the evening prayers." "Who's doin" to p way?' asked llattie. "Why, Uncle William of course, dear." "Uncle William pway?" said the baby, with wide-eyed astonishment, and spring ing up in bed in the vigor of her surprise. "W'y I fawt he was a Demokwat?" Don't make any more WOODEN JENCE! The Page Woven Wire Fence Is much cheaper in the long run, and better every way. Sixty cents per rod delivered at your station. Posts not required nearer than 30 to 40 feet. See it around Pine hurst and Experimental Station. R. M. COUCH, Agent for Moore County, SOUTHERN PINES, NOKTH CAROLINA. "Why do you pine?" said Jack Acorn hearer to his long-leaf neighbor; and without waiting for a reply, complacent ly continued, "There's nothing th mat ter with me; I'm O(a) K." Some crusty, fusty, musty, dusty, gus ty curmudgeon of a man gave the fol lowing toast at a celebration : "Our lire engines may they he like our old maids, ever ready, hut never wanted." ' H. H. POWELL SON, FURNITURE DEALERS & AND Funeral Directors EMBALMING A SPECIALTY. Real Estate Agents. A number of desirable Cottages and Building Lots for sale in Southern Tines and Aberdeen. Several large blocks of Land for sale in the immediate vicin ity of Southern l'ines, Pine hurst and Koseland. Now is the time to buy. Tar ties seeking investments in this rapidly developing coun try should lose no time, as prices have a decided upward tendency. Call on or address H. H. Powell & Son, SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. HEALTH, COMFORT, COINVEINIEINCE. THE BAY STATE FRANKLIN. 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Cooked Meats and Pastry should bo ordered the day before needed.
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