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VOL. II., NO. 1.
PINEHURST, N. C, OCT. 28, 1898.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
THE MAKING OF PINEHURST.
A Beautiful Village for Health
and Rest
Id the Heart of the Long-Leaf Pine Region
of North Carolina.
Pinehurst began in June, 1895, with
the driving of a pine stake into the
ground. The spot marked was to be the
centre of the future town. A stone just
in front of the Holly Inn lias since re
placed the pine stake.
The centre of the town was also the
centre of a tract of pine land centrally
located in Moore count', which lies not
far from the middle of Nmth Carolina.
A glance at your atlas, if you happen to
have one, will show you that North Car
olina occupies a position about midway
in the tier of states stretching along our
Atlantic coast.
Here in the Land of the Golden Mean,
at a point about equally distant from the
cold fogs of the Atlantic, on the east, and
the bitter winds that sweep down over
the crests of the Alleghanies, on the
west, Mr. James W. Tufts of Boston pur
chased six thousand acres and began to
make a city of refuge for the oppressed.
Pinehurst was to be a place to which
men and women might flee from cold,
from weariness, from worry an abode
of peace and rest, where there should be
all things to delight the eye, and to com
fort the body, and to refresh the soul.
The stake which he drove down into the
deep sand on that June day was to be
the hub of a little universe of health.
And the location could not have been
better chosen. The whole region is one
of gently rolling sand hills. These are
covered Avith long-leaf pines and abun
dantly watered by pure springs. The
sand is anywhere from ten to ninety feet
deep; consequently mud is an impossi
bility. The heaviest rain leaves no
standing pools, for the water disappears
almost immediately in the porous soil.
Where there is such perfect natural
drainage malaria does not come, and
there can be typhoid fever and diseases
of that order only as the result of igno
rance or gross carelessness. The great
pines, too, are preservers and restorers
of health. Their resinous breath is a
powerful curative agency in diseases of
the throat and lungs. Everywhere the
pine tree is a healer, but the long-leaf
pine is the best of all. There is the high
est authority for the statement that no
case of pulmonary consumption was ever
known to originate in this section.
The village of Pinehurst stands at an
altitude of six hundred and fifty feet
above sea-level. It covers an area of one
hundred and tweiiij ive acres. In the
making of this pleasant refuge Mr. Tufts
has left nothing to the careless steward
ship of chance. In the first place it was
beautifully laid out by the eminent land
scape architects, Olmsted, Olmsted &
Eliot. There are gently curving streets,
of ample width, bordered with trtes,
shrubs, flowering plants. Xear t lie cen
tre lies the charming Village (Jreen.
purest of water was supplied to all the
houses in the village from nine deep
tubular wells. From these wells it is
pumped into a huge central tank ami
thence distributed in pipes to the houses
and the street hydrants. From the front
porch to the back woodshed every house
was completely lighted by electricity.
An electric railway, seven miles long,
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VIKW FROM TIIK HOLLY IXX.
From that it is but a short distance to a
pleasant grove of pines lying just on the
edge of the town site. A por' ion of this
is set aside as the home of a family of
deer, - good looking, gentle mannered,
always ready to receive visitors.
Being a man of faith as well as good
works, the proprietor of Pinehurst built
twenty hou-es, large and small, a casino,
with open and closed cars, was built to
connect Pinehurst with the Seaboard Air
Line railroad at Southern Pines. By
such wise and generous works did Mr.
Tufts justify his faith that the new vil
lage would be sought by many as soon
as its merits were made known. And
the way in which guests have come pour
ing iirever since the houses were made
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8TOUE AND OFFICES.
and a large hotel the first season. The
houses were of great variety in archi
tecture, tasteful, well-built, thoroughly
furnished, supplied with running water,
and lighted by electricity. The Holly Inn
was handsome, commodious, equipped
with every device for comfort and con
venience. A complete sewerage system
was provided, the two main pipes of
which empty in running water on oppo
site sides of the town a mile away. The
ready for them has amply justified both
the faith and the works. Twice has the
Holly I nil had to be enlarged since the
first season, on account of constantly
increasing demand for rooms. Twelve
new cottages had to be built the second
season, and several large houses to be let
in suites. Every year enlarged accom
modation is called for at this re'stful vil
lage among the pines, where guests with
thin pocket-books are welcomed just
as heartily as those with fat 'purses.
In addition to all these buildings which
directly serve the comfort and conven
ience of guests there are several others
which promote the social, moral and
religious life of the village. From the
beginning these higher inteiests have
been constantly kept in mind by Mr.
Tufts, and every season sees some new
and effective means provided for carrying
them forward in the best way. A vil
lage hall which will accommodate three
hundred was built last year, and used for
union religious services on Sundays and
for entertainments and meetings of every
sort during the week. , The village school
is handsomely housed in a convenient
building of its own just south of the
green. Next to the Holly Inn in size
among the buildings of the village is the
line new department store. This has a
hundred feet frontage and contains, be
sides the different departments of the
$tore, the postoflice, t lie oflices of Mr.
Tufts and of the resident manager of the
village, and a photographic studio. Last,
hut not least, is the commodious office of
Tiik outlook, well equipped with mod
ern type and machinery and electric pow
er, located in the Outlook building.
T1h American Itallroari Hoy:.
To know the American you must see
all sides of him. On a train between
Jersey City and Paterson, a poorly
dressed 'woman carrying a baby in her
arms, walked through two cars and
was unable to Hnd a seat. The rail
road hog was there. In a do.en cases
he had a whole seat to himself and his
bundles, and he meant to keep it.
The woman finally took a seat in the
smoking car. Soon after the hog
went forward to enjoy a cigar, and
found her crying.
"What's the matter?''
"Baby is very ill, sir."
"Where are you goingV"
"To my sister's. My husband is
dead and I have no home."
"Leave you any money V"
"Not a dollar, sir."
"Umph! Sorry for you. Let me
hand you this."
The hog had been robbed of his bris
tles. Woman's tears had melted hhn.
He returned to his car, gathered the
other hogs about him and said :
"Come down! Poor widow sick
baby no home. Come down."
The hogs went down for their wal
lets, and in ten minutes a handsome
sum was put into the woman's hand,
and the boss hog observed:
"There there it's all right not a
word ! Xow come back here !"
She'followed him into the next car,
and a dozen hogs rose and insisted that
she take their seats.
The railroad hog can't be crowded, but
he can be melted.
U'ithout disparaging the hog, we think
it better to be a gentleman than a hog.
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