PINEHURST, MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA SffR
VOL. XVI, NO. 1
ANNUAL hARLY SEASON NUMBER 1912-13
FIVE CENTS
ACTIVITIES OF THE SUMMER
Anticipation of Future Needs Constitutes
Keynote of Accomplishment
Ilotwla, Cottagrea, Utility Plants and
Golf Couroen All Iteceive
Careful Attention
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PREPARATION for
the present season has
constituted the s u m
raer's activities in all de
partments of the Vil
lage, with special atten
tion to hotels, cottages,
"nfI utility plants, water sup
ply? courses and
general Village improvement. Notable
also has been good roads extension with
marked activity in real estate ; anticipa
tion of future needs, as in the past, the
keynote of accomplishment.
Among the hotels The Holly Inn has
received a lare share of attention
through necessary re-carpeting, painting,
papering nd renovation. Many of the
iron and brass beds with box springs
and hair mattresses, have replaced the
former wooden beds, adding greatly
to its attractiveness. The Inn and The
Berkshire have both been re-painted and
the heating mains of the latter been in
creased in size to meet the demand which
evinced itself last season. The Caroliua
has received the usual share of attention
in anticipation of its early opening.
Additions to the list of private cottage
owners include the Hawthorne which
becomes the property of the Misses Edith
and Helen Barnett who are already occu
pying it with their parents Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Bai nett of New Haven. The homes
of Mr. and Mrs. Tyler L. Redfield of
Greenwich, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Spring
of Boston, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Blake
of Worcester, Mr. and Mrs. William L.
Hurd of Pittsburgh, Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Shannon 2nd of Brockport, Mr. Frederick
Bruce and Miss Bruce of New York,
Mrs. W. C. Peet of Warwick, and Mrs.
Emma J. Sinclair of Boston have had
their attractiveness enhanced by careful
attention to the surrounding grounds.
The Mistletoe cottage has been moved to
an attractive location on the road just
below the Mystic and is being re-modelled
for the occupancy of Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Tufts and family of Boston.
Others in the colony include old friends,
many of whom began gathering early in
November to remain until spring.
The Country Club house has been re
paiated and repaired in line with the new
baths of last winter and the fireproof
locker building which is so generally ap
preciated. Much work has been done on
the golf courses, mainly in the establish
ment of a complete system of watering
on the .No. 2 course and the installation
of mains on the Nos. 1 and 3 courses. Six
holes of the first nine on the new No. 4
course will be open for practise play. A
favorable summer has contributed an im
portant part in the perfection of the fair
greens, Bermuda grass planting and
drawing on the Power House reserve
supply of one hundred and fifty thou
sand gallons.
Parks and roadways have received their
share of attention and good roads exten
sion has been most marked, further en
hancing theattractions for motorists by
opening up many nearby points rich in
historical interest and association.
The extent of farm lands has been in
creased by the clearing of one hundred
additional acres and the new horse barn
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seeding having been most successful.
The water supply has been increased
through the establishment of a hundred
thousand gallon tank rising one-hundred-and-fifty
feet at the rear of The Carolina,
and connected with the big filter tank
and an electric pump with a capacity of
one hundred and fifty gallons a minute
at the filter plant. This serves as an
auxiliary to a second pump and a steam
pump which give a pumping capacity of
four hundred gallons a minute without
near the Dairy has been completed.
Seventeen fine colts have been added to
the string of horses during the summer.
The Dairy herd is in the pink of condi
tion and the Dairy has been busy through
out the summer supplying customers
covering a wide range. Pinehurst Berk
shires continue to occupy a place of pre
eminence throughout the South, the de
mand for breeding stock making it im
possible to make the usual exhibit at the
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BETTER THAN A GOLD MINE
Use of Available Material Underlies
Good Roads Development
Important Discovery Uy Pinehurst'w
founder i Far Reaching- in
JBeneflcial Influence
UNDERLYING the
marvelous good roads
accomplishment of the
past five years is the dis
covery which made them
possible. Far removed
from the usual supply of
constructive m a t e r i al
the solution of the prob
lem was adaptability of available native
material. Necessity, mother of inven
tion, brought the fact straight home to
the receptive, practical mind of Mr. James
W. Tufts, Pinehurst's public spirited
founder. In 1897, the Village was a real
ity and most everything essential to per
fection was available exciept material for
its streets. A mile or so might be easily
constructed, but miles well, that was
different ! With Mr. Tufts an idea was
a chess game and he played to win. Not
long after a pocket of gravel sand and
clay in the rear of the Power House at
tracted his attention and presently the
first pawn was pushed forward, f Men
were digging ; Mr. Tufts was watching.
If "Found a gold mine?'' queried a pass
ing friend. "Something better! Good
roads material," was the terse and pro
phetic reply.
With material from this pocket, Pine
hurst's streets were built, tested, proven.
Not long after, Southern Pines followed
suit by using similar material for its
roads. Ten years rolled by with the rap
idly increasing query : "Why not a sand
clay gravel boulevard connecting the two
good roads Villages ?" Why not, surely !
Money was subscribed, the road was built.
A road from Southern Pines to Aberdeen
followed. Why not good roads else
where; County, State and Inter-state
Trunk Lines? " was the natural question
to which the new road gave but one an
swer. The heed, the possibilities, the
results, were evident; the leaders
only necessary, f Mr. Gilbert N. Mc
Millan came forward to join Mr. Leonard
Tufts and well directed effort and
enthusiasm fused public opinion. A good
roads barbecue was arranged at Pine
hurst. All Moore County came. Feast
ing over, the new road was examined.
Two heavy teams were placed side by
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