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.VOL. IV., NO. 6.
PINEHURST, N. C, DEC. i4, 1900.
PlilCE THREE CENTS
I MISS YOU, DEAR.
When morning's light first tints the gray of dawn
And sleepless eyes tell day Is here,
And all the world is stirring into life,
Then is the time I miss you, dear.
When noontime conies, and brings its hour of rest
From busy toil, so full of care and fear;
When man so needs the solace of a smile,
Then Is the time I miss you, dear.
When twilight falls, and all the world is still,
When echoes come from far and near,
And sighing winds lull weary souls to rest,
Then is the time I miss you, dear.
Through every moment of the lagging day,
So long, without your words of cheer,
And when, at night, I kneel me down in prayer
Then Is the time I miss you, dear.
Exchange.
MOORE COUNTY.
Moore county lies on the western mar
gin of the long-leaf pine belt. Its middle
and southern portions belong largely to
the class of lands called "sand hills.'"
The northern part of this triangular ter
ritory partakes more of the character of
the oak uplands agricultural division,
being very hilly and broken, with sandy
and gravelly soil on the higher ridges,
having a mixed oak and pine growth,
and on the slopes of the hills partaking
of the character of clay loams.
Near the middle (a little north of east),
as well as in the southwestern region,
and in the eastern one, are considerable
bodies of level and rolling upland piny
woods. These are the best cotton soils.
The tributaries of the Cape Fear, which
rise along the southeastern section of the
county, are fringed with gum, cypress
and juniper swamps, and on many of the
streams, large and small, are patches,
and sometimes considerable tracts, of
alluvial "bottom" lands. The agricul
ture of the county is divided between cot
ton and grain crops, and recently the
cultivation of peaches, grapes and small
fruits has produced a lucrative diversion
in the agriculture; but the lumber a.id
turpentine interests are quite important,
and there are yet large turpentine forests
. untouched.
A broad belt of the "old sea-basin'"
runs diagonally through the county,
having a warm, productive, but not
enduring soil, yet favorable to cotton
and grain and fruits. In this belt are
found valuable qualities of sandstone,
attractive in color, working easily, and
very durable. Quarries of this material
have been opened in several localities
and the stone is being shipped all over
the country.
Gold is found in considerable quanti
ties in the western part of the county,
and placer mining has been pursued with
considerable success, the Cagle mines at
one time attracting to them large num
bers of miners and adventurers. Val
uable quarries of millstone grit have long
been worked and favorably known, and
on the waters of Deep river are large
deposits of finely grained and richly col
ored soapstone or talc.
The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley rail
road passes through the northeastern
part of the county and the Seaboard
Air Line passes from northeast to
southwest, following nearly parallel
with the southeastern boundary of the
county through its whole length, giving
ample means for transportation, and
stimulating the growth of frequent vil
lages. A branch road of ten miles con
nects the Seaboard Air Line at Cameron
with Carthage, the county seat.
At Carthage :i short railroad has been
built out into the forests, cilled the
Carthage and Western railroad; pine
timber is still abundant in this part of
the county. The brownstone is inex
haustible, and several gold mines have
recently been opened, with good pros
pects; there are indications of coal
recently discovered; the lands here are
adapted to the growth of orchards and
vineyards, and water power is plentiful
on both Deep and Little rivers.
into Montgomery county. Besides these
six miles of road operated by electricity
connect Southern Pines with Pinehurst.
In two of the southwestern townships no
less than 2,500 acres are set to peaches.
grapes, and small fruits. Annual export
of lumber from this section of the county,
35,000,000 feet.
Pinehurst, the famous winter resort
owned by Mr. James W. Tufts of Boston,
Mass., is a village of fifty houses, ele
gantly furnished hotels, boarding houses,
public casino, line hall for church ser
vices and entertainments, school house,
museum, library, deer park, stores, bowl
ing alley, and 18-hole golf links the finest
in the South.
Game is abundant and the facilities for
fox hunting, riding and driving are
excellent.
It was laid out by Olmsted, Olmsted
& Eliot in 1895. It is supplied with elec
tric lights. Every house has pure Pine
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PINE RIDGE SCHOOL-HOUSE.
Carthage has a population of 1,000,
Cameron of 300, Jonesboro, on the Cape
Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad, of 850,
Aberdeen of 9G5, Keyser of 150, and
Sanford of 850. All these are new vil-
ages along the lines of the railroads. At
Sanford two sandstone quarries are being
worked, and a new line of railroad is
projected uniting Lillingtou with ban-
ford.
In the southern part of the couuty
there has been rapid growth followed by
a healthy business development. The
most notable points are Manly, Southern
'ines, Pinehurst, Aberdeen and Keyser.
From Aberdeen, on the Seaboard Air
Line, several short railroads have been
constructed; the Aberdeen and West
End, touching at Pinehurst and on to
Troy in Montgomery county (38 miles) ;
the Aberdeen and llockfish road running
ast thirteen miles, into Cumberland
county ; the Moore county railroad from
Aberdeen in a southwest direction twelve
hurst spring water, and the most perfect
sanitary drainage. Unequalled attrac
tions for refined people, and at a very
moderate cost. Consumptives cannot be
admitted.
limiting in die South.
In the olden times, in the South, there
were three distinct classes of sportsmen.
The cultured class of whites hunted the
fox with large packs of well-bred hounds,
and also the partridge (or quail) with
setters and pointers.
The horses selected for the fox chase
were the very finest, and were trained to
jump gullies, ditches and the old fash
ioned worm fences which have now been
supplanted by the barberous "barbed
wire." The "po' white folks" hunted
the turkeys, for meat and not sport was
their object. Theu came the third class,
and in fact the "all round sportsman"
the negro. I have never seen one who
wouldn't chase anv kind of wild varmint
day or night, when he got the chance,
though the 'possum was his favorite of
all the game of which our country
abounded. I have known them to hunt
all night long, and then work all of the
next day. With a well trained mule
they could walk down a furrow in the
cornfields fast asleep. "With but few
exceptions the negroes do not care for
partridge shooting, for the reason that
they are not expert in wing shooting,
and the game doesn't go far enough after
they get it.
In these days the wall of separation
which once divided the people into
classes, having tumbled down, we've got
into a state which calls for the most rigid
enforcement of the game laws, for there
is a certain class of both whites and
blacks who never leave their homes to
visit a neighbor a mile away without
carrying their guns along, and will shoot
anything that comes in their way in any
month in the year. Our farmers never
objected to shooting on their premises by
men of respectability, but when these
"game hogs," as they are called, go
prowling about with guns, and often
pick up a barnyard fowl which happens
to come in their way, and out of hearing
of the land owners, it is but natural that
they should ask our legislatures to pass
the most stringent laws with regard to
trespass.
From objecting to the rougher element,
they have begun to object to everybody's
comiug on their premises, and they post
up notices to that effect. No gentleman
wants to be "ordered oft,'' nor does he
want to walk a mile to a man's house to
tell him who he is and ask permission to
shoot. It takes to much time. I have
never had a fanner to object to my shoot
ing when I went to his house and asked
the privilege, but when I go hunting I
am looking for game, and on our large
farms, if Pve got to pay a visit to every
man's house before shooting, the day is
gone.
The gentlemen sportsmen from now on
will have to get together and rent or buy
land and stock it with game and rely
upon it for the pleasure of shooting. I
have just returned from Aberdeen, N. C.
the Piney Woods in a few miles of
Pinehurst, the celebrated resort for New
Englanders, and owned by Mr. Tufts, of
Boston. Mr. II. II. Powell, who runs a
hotel at Aberdeen, was kind enough to
take me to his game preserve of 3,500
acres, and I had delightful sport, bring
ing home thirty-seven birds and a turkey.
Mr. Powell conceived the idea that if
he would plant peas in quantities it
would attract the wild turkey and the
quail, and judging from the game we
found there, when every other place had
proven blank, he was not mistaken as to
results. Deer, foxes, raccoons and 'pos
sums were already there, but the food
especially prepared" for the turkeys
and quail has drawn them there in num
bers. I understand that the Grand Hotel
of Mr. Tufts, at Pinehurst, will be opened