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VOL. IIL, NO. 25.
PINEHURST, N. C, APR. 20, 1900.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
NEARING THE END.
A Most Successful Season Will
Soon Close.
A Retrospective Glance at a Few of the
Many Happy Events of the Winter.
Numerous Improvements Will Be Made About
the Village During the Summer.
Another season is drawing to an end,
and within a few weeks the numerous
quests who have spent an enjoyable win
ter in our heautiful little village will all
have departed for their Northern homes.
The present year has again demonstrated
the fact that the popularity of Pinehurst
is steadily increasing. Despite the largely
increased accommodations provided since
the close of the previous season all the
available rooms in the village were tilled
earlier than ever before, and, although
the whole of one wing in the new Caro
lina was used for lodger?, several hun
dred people were turned away because
no place could In; found for them.
While the whole history of the village
has been one uninterrupted succession
of successes the present season lias
undoubtedly proved more prosperous
than any preceding it.
The most notable addition to the vil
lage since the previous season was the
Carolina Hotel, the largest, hotel in the
state. Work on this building was started
last summer and it was expected that the
house would be ready to open about the
first of February, but delay in getting
the enormous amount of material required
for a building of this size made it impos
sible to complete the structure at that
time. While the manager might have
been able to open a part of the house a
week or two later, it was thought it
would be better to defer the opening
until next season, when, with everything
completed and in good order, the new
hotel would appear to better advantage
and the guests would receive better ser
vice. The number of people who wished
to stop in the village this year was so
large, however, that the east wing of
the Carolina was used for lodgers who
obtained their meals at the other hotels.
Landlord II. Y. Priest and wife have
been here during the winter superintend
ing the furnishing of the house and look
ing after the comfort of the guests lodg
ing there. They are very popular with
the guests, all of whom will be pleased
to learn that Manager Priest will be in
charge when the Carolina opens next
season. A large number of rooms have
already been engaged for next winter
:nd the Carolina will undoubtedly prove
e of the most popular hotels in the
country. During the summer Mr. Priest
will manage the Preston Hotel at Beach
Bluff, Mass.
The first building to open this season
was the Casino, which was ready for
business on November 1st, and has been
in charge of Mr. and Mrs. F. II.
MeAlpine of Alton Bay, N. II. The
restaurant tilled up early and the man
agers have had all the guests they could
accommodate until within a few days.
This is the first season that Mr. and Mrs.
MeAlpine have been in charge there, hut
they have been very successful in cater
ing to the wants of their guests, with
whom they are deservedly popular. The
Casino will close on the 28th inst., and the
managers will go direct to their attractive
summer hostelry, the Lake Winnepesau
kee House situated on the shores of the
beautiful Lake Winnepesaukee at Alton
Tread way will go from here to his popu
lar summer hotel, which has already
been opened for the summer season.
The Berkshire Hotel opened somewhat
late, owing to the death of the former
manager who was expected to be here
again this season, but was finally ready
for business on the 9th of November,
under the management of Mr. F. B. Kim
ball of the attractive Eagle Inn atOrwell,
Vt. During the past summer this house
had received additions that doubled the
former capacity of the building and
many other improvements were made, as
well, but the enlarged building proved
inadequate to accommodate the host of
people who applied. The success here
this season has eclipsed all previous
records, and the number of guests who
wish to remain after the close of the
regular season is so large that Manager
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Hay, N. II., which they will open about
the middle of May. Quite a number of
our villagers have signified their inten
tion of spending the heated term with
Landlord MeAlpine.
The Holly Inn opened Nov. 30th under
the management of Mr. Allen T. Tread
way of the famous lied Lion Inn at
Stoekbridge, Mass. This is Mr. Treact
ways second season at the Holly, having
been associate manager there the pre
vious winter. The season here opened
up well and the house was filled at a
very early date. The annex cottages,
also, were soon occupied, and about the
first of last month it became necessary to
take the east wing of the mammoth new
Carolina Hotel to provide rooms for a
large number of guests who obtained
their meals at the Inn but were unable
to be lodged under its roof. Even with
this increase in the accommodations a
large number were obliged to be turned
away, and Manager Treadway may well
feef proud of the popularity his house
has enjoyed during the season of 1899
1900. The Inn will remain open until
the 30th inst., the last meal to be served
bein" breakfast on that day. Manager
Kimball has decided to Keep the Berk
shire open until -thorn;, the 10th of May.
Landlord Kimball will open his summer
hotel the first of June, and the large
number of rooms engaged ahead shows
that his popularity is not confined to our
village, but that he is well-liked where
ever he i- known.
The several boarding house the Con
cord and Lenox, the Pine drove and the
Magnolia all opened during the first
week in November and have enjoyed a
fine season's business. Landlord Flint
of the Pine Grove House will close his
hostelry the first of May and will open
his summer place, the Stone House Farm
at North Heading, Mass., about the first
of June. Landlord Pottle will close the
Magnolia May 1st and will open his sum
mer hotel, the Highland House at Jefier
son Highlands, N. 11., about the first of
June. Landlord Bobinson of the Lenox,
Concord and Betre.it will keep open until
May 15th as a large number of his guests
wish to remain after the close of the reg
ular season.
Our village department store, under
the management of Mr. Henry S. Davis
of Farmington, N. II., has done an excel
lent season's business. There are very
few villages the size of IMnehurst that
can boast of a store containing such a
large and varied stock of goods, and this
fact seems to be appreciated by our
Northern guests who each year do more
of their buving here. The new postolllee
has proved a great convenience, and Mrs.
II. S. Davis, who has been in charge, has
received many words of praise for the
efficient manner in which she has per
formed her duties ami for her uniform
court.es v to all.
The village entertainments, which have
been numerous and varied, were in charge
of Mr. A. D. St. Clair of New York, who
has worked hard and conscientiously to
provide amusements pleasing to the peo
ple and certainly deserves the success he
achieved. There have been musical and
literary entertainments, amateur min
strels, comediettas and farces, colored
baby show and cake walk, masked ball,
whist parties and numerous other even
ing diversions that have served to make
the time pass very pleasantly. The Holly
Inn orchestra, under the direction of Mr.
Trev. Sharp, has added greatly to the
pleasure of those who attended the enter
tainments, and the regular Sunday even
ing concerts by this organization have
been very popular with our villagers and
have proved a real treat to all lovers of
good music.
lieligious services have been held in
the Village Hall every Sabbath during
the season, and our villagers have had
the pleasure of listening to a number of
very able clergymen of different denomi
nations. Of the out door sports here golf
undoubtedly takes the lead. During the
past summer the golf field was enlarged
to more than double its former size and
now includes 150 acres with eighteen
holes. The course is very sporty and the
hazards, both natural and artificial, are
numerous and well placed. The great
event of the season for the golfers (and
everybody here plays golf) was the
arrival of Vardon, who holds the world's
golf champion.-hip. His first appearance
on the Pinehurst links was on Friday,
March 9th, when he played 3G holes
match play against the best ball of
the Pinehurst professionals, John Dunn
Tucker and Lloyd B. Hallock, and won
8 up and 7 to play. The next day he
played 3(5 holes match play against the
best ball of the two best amateurs on the
Pinehurst links, Messrs. George C. Dut
ton of Boston and Lathrop E. Baldwin
of New York, and won 12 up and 11 to
play. During this match he made his
lowest score 71 for the 18 holes. He
was followed over the course by a large
crowd of enthusiasts, to whom his fine
playing was a rare treat. Before leaving
he wrote an unsolicited letter praising the
Pinehurst Golf Links, which he consid
ers will compare very favorably with
any of the eastern courses.
A large number of tournaments have
been held by the local amateurs during