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VOL. V., NO. 4
PIXEHUKST, X. C. DEC. 6, 1901
PIUCE THREE CENTS
HIS FIRST SCHOOL DAYS.
He sich a liT feller,
But he min' de teacher rule,
En take his books en toddle
On his liT feet, ter school.
His mammy stan' en watch Mm
So mannish, gwine by !
She hidin' wid her apern
De teardrap in her eye !
De fus' time dat she ever
Done miss his play en song;
'Tain't no ways ter de schoolhouse,
En yit de road look long!
He gwine in de worP, now,
But what's de prize ter win
Ef dat sweet, liT feller
Don't come back home ag'in?
Frank L. Stanton, in Dixie Land.
THE SIGH OF THE HOLLY.
One More Pinehurst Hostlery Opens for the
Season.
"A .BORN HOTEL MAN."
Almost as old us the popularity "of
Pinehurst is that of its oldest and second
largest hotel, the famous Holly mlnn.
Operated from the first with a view to
satisfying the requirements of the most
exacting patrons, the management of
this excellent hostlery has ever - kept
abreast of the times and nothing that a
thorough knowledge of the art of the
Boniface can provide is to be found lack
ing "at the sign of the Holly."
Mr. James K. Hyde, who has managed
this inn for several seasons, has often
been spoken of as "a born hotel man."
By many this appelation has been
regarded merely as a compliment to his
skill and knowledge of conducting hotels.
However, this expression, as applied to
Mr. Hyde, is, in a sense, literally true.
He is at present proprietor of the exten
sively known Hyde Manor, in Sudbury,
Vt., a summer hotel with a very large
and select clientele, which was origi
nally founded by his great grandfather
in 1801, just one hundred years ago, and
the ownership and management of which
has descended from father to son ever
since, James K. Hyde, representing the
fourth generation of Hydes in the man
agement of this famous resort, in which,
by the way, he first saw the light of day.
So that lie is, indeed, both as regards
ancestry and nativity, "a born hotel
man."
Into the management of the Holly
Inn, Mr. Hyde brings all the cumulative
experience of four generations of hotel
management, combined with a most
extensive knowledge of the best modern
methods and a genuine regard lor the
comfort, convenience and enjoyment of
his guests. The result is a great popu
larity for the hotel and a patronage that
every season over-taxes the capacity of
the house and necessitates its being kept
open until the extreme end of the season.
The Holly Inn is located in the centre
of the village, due north of the Village
Green, of which it commends a complete
and perfect view, as well as of a wide
stretch of rolling pine-forest land
beyond. It has a full compliment of
large, bright and cheerful public and
private rooms and accommodates two
hundred guests. The grounds surround
ing are beautifully kept, and covered
with a wealth of shrubbery, vines and
flowers in season. Broad piazzas extend
along three sides of the building and the
total length of the hotel piazzas is about
550 feet. One promenade affords a con
tinuous walk of over 350 feet. The main
door, of course, opens into the lobby, in
the rear of which is the office, and open
ing from which are the reception room,
the parlors, coat rooms, etc., and corri
dors leading to the dining rooms, music
room and game rooms ; the main stair
well as an auditorium and music room.
Its acoustic properties are excellent and
the morning and evening concerts by
the Holly Inn orchestra are a most
enjoyable feature. In this room also the
regular weekly hops are held on Friday
evenings and card parties on Tuesday
evenings. The separation of the music
room from the main building affords full
opportunity for the enjoyment of those
who appreciate music and dancing with
out causing annoyance or discomfort to
those who prefer silence and quietude.
Immediately across the east corridor
from the parlors is the ladies' writing
room, bright, cheerful, and tastefully
furnished. Adjoining this is the gentle
men's smoking and writing room, which
is elevated about three feet above the
game room, (from which it is separated
only by pillars), and which commands a
good view of the billiard and pool tables.
Just off from the game room is a cozy,
well lighted barbershop, with a compe-
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in them. The game compartment, for
instance, is kept at about three degrees
below zero, while the fresh meats are
kept at about twenty-three degrees
above.
The sleeping rooms, most of them
large, are all tastefully decorated, attrac
tively furnished, well lighted and venti
lated and supplied, as is all the rest of
the building, with the new induction
steam" heating system and plenty of
electric light. There- are rooms with
bath, apartments en suite and single and
double rooms of various sizes. There
is an abundance of bath and toilet rooms,
conveniently located on every floor.
Nearly all the rooms have been re-decorated
and many of them re-furnished.
The house is built in the form of a
quadrangle, with a large court in the
centre. This court is a charming garden,
suggestive of the Alharnbra in Granada,
and the inside rooms opening on this
court are but little, if any, less attractive
and desirable than the outside ones.
The Holly Inn opened last Monday to
accommodate the van-guard of its large
clientele and within a few weeks more
will doubtless be thronged as usual with
the people who yearly take advantage of
the delightful winter home which Mr.
Tufts has provided for them in the heart
of the Southland.
case to the upper floors also leads from
the centre and rear of the lobbj The
walls of the lobby have recently been
re-decorated in an odd and handsome
Egyptian design in maroon, yellow,
olive and Prussian blue ; the wood-work
is in China-gloss, white.
To the left of the lobby is the recep
tion room, which has been jocularly
styled "the incubator," from the fact
that.it has always been kept more than
ordinarily warm for the use and comfort
of those guests who prefer a high tem
perature. Beyond this is tin family
dining room, 18x46 feet, entirely sepa
rate from the main dining room, which
is in another wing. To the right of the
lobby are the parlors, the walls of which
have just been decorated in old-gold,
with silk effect, very rich and handsome;
the wood-work is finished in white and
gold, and the frescoed ceiling is in har
mony with the general effect. Beyond
the parlors, at the extreme east, and con
nected by a glass corridor, used as a con
servatory, is the music room, an entirely
separate building, octagonal in shape,
with an average diameter of 45 feet.
This is lighted by several large windows
on each ofits eight sides and serves as a
delightful sun-parlor and sitting room as
tent barber always in charge. The
southeast section of the first floor is
occupied by the dining room, 35x83 feet,
handsomely decorated in semi-antique
style, with abundance of large windows
extending along three sides. At night a
myriad of electric ligts, well distributed,
makes the room brilliantly light.
Back of the dining room, as usual, are
the serving rooms and kitchen, and in
these Mr. Hyde takes especial pride, not
because of extraordinary size, although
they are large enough, not because of
unusual devices in use although they are
abundantly equipped with every modern
appliance of any utility, but because of
their spotless cleanliness. Cleanliness
is Mr. Hyde's particular hobby and he
rides it the year around. He is not
selfish in it either, and he extends a
cordial invitation to all his guests to
enjoy ajmnt with him through the per
fectly kept and spotlessly clean kitchen,
serving rooms, pantries, bake shop, and
store rooms of the Holly Inn. They are
open to inspection by guests at all times
and Mr. Hyde takes pleasure in showing
them to all. In the basement are sev
eral cold storage rooms, which are kept
at different stages of refrigeration accord
ing to the nature of the supplies stored
A McKinloy Stamp?
If President McKinley's portrait is put
on one of the postage stamps of this coun
try, as dispatches from Washington have
said is likely to be done in case the post
office department brings out a new issue,
his portrait will be the ninth of a presi
dent to be used in that way.
As the regular series of stamps, exclud
ing the Columbian, Trans-Mississippi
and Pan-American exposition issues, has
now been in circulation with only slight
changes in watermarks and the like since
1890, a change of some sort is expected
soon by philatelists.
Ever since Uncle Sam's postoffice
began making stamps in 1847 or there
abouts, the face of Washington has ap
peared on one of the stamps in every
regular issue and with a single exception
on a stamp of low value and general use.
Benjamin Franklin's face has always
adorned postage stamps of low value and
has thus become familiar to people who
send or receive letters ever since 1847.
Presidents other than Washington
whose faces have appeared on the
stamps are Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln
Garfield, Grant, Madison and Taylor.
Of the stamps of higher values the
eight-cent stamp now bears Sherman's
picture, the ten-cent Webster's, the
fifteen-cent Clay's, the thirty-cent Jeffer
son's the dollar-stamp Perry's, the two
dollar Madison's and the five-dollar Mar
shall's.-iVew York Sun.
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