THE PINEHURST
OUTLOOK
ceuppernong would make an excellent
vine. He accordingly made the farmers
an offer for all the grapes they could
iaing in, chose a name for his wine,
advertised it widely, and began the manu
facture on a considerable scale. The new
l leverage was an immediate success. It
was impossible to supply the demand.
Several companies were organized, bought
,uid in the Sandhills, and began the cul
tivation of the scuppernong vine on7 a
large scale. It was dragged from the
obscurity of the swamps and back yards,
und given wire trellises to climb upon;
German fruit growers, who first mada a
success of raising peaches in this country.
The San Jose scale had long made peach
raising apparently impossible, although
the soil was admirably suited to the trees.
Along came a German horticulturalist,
and announced that the scale had no ter
rors whatever for a really scientific man.
He proceeded at once to raise peaches in
large quantities, and a number of others
have followed successfully in his footsteps.
The Sandhills are emphatically a new
country. Long ridges covered with pine
trees and wire grass, tangled bottom
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PHIL CARTER
Winner of every amateur match he has played this Winter
and it sold in the market for about twice
what California grapes bring. The wine
made from it became the most expensive
wine except champagne.
The movement toward prohibition has
given the scuppernong industry an un
easy feeling, but unless legislated out of
existence, it has every promise of a
prosperous future.
One other element of strength that went
into the making of the Sandhills was the
swamps, where deer and turkey and foxes
abound, are still the greater part. But
here and there, most unexpectedly, you
ride upon vineyards and cotton fields and
truck farms. New schools and churches
are going up. New sand-clay roads are
reaching like red veins all over the coun
try It's still a country of sand pri
marily, but the people have some of the
sand too, and the human kind is winning
out.
TROPHIES
and PERSONAL ARTICLES
In Gold, Sterling, Bronze and Leather
The Gorham Company
is known the
world over for
its fine designs.
Special atten
tion is given to
the production
of Trophies,
Cups, Medals,
Pins, Badges,
and Emblems
for every purpose.
THE GORHAM GO.
Silversmiths and Goldsmiths
NEW YORK
Gorham Silverware is to be had in Pinehurst at
"The Jewelry Shop"
Gorham Silverware is to be had in Pinehurst at
"THE PINEHUEST JEWELRY SHOP"
fei WOODS
b THE JIOCST PLEASANT
- p Ralph J. HERKIMER
Winter: The Ochlawaha Hotel
Eustis, Florida
IN THE HEART OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Improyed Golf Court Full 6,450 yards
THE MO U JIT WASHIllGTOIf
D. J. TRUDEAU
Winter: Hotel Ormond
Ormond Biaoh, Fla.
Information at 243 Fifth Atc, New York, and all of Mr. Foster! officii
j9ES"BRETT0N WOODS SADDLE HORSES AT ORMOND THIS WINTER
Pictures of all
Tournaments and Players
at
MERROW'S
Pinehurst Studio
Artistic Photographs Made
and
Films Developed
About Half Price
The very best automobile ser
vice in the district can be
obtained by telephoning
Sugg's Livery Stable
Southern Pines
We pride ourselves that we can
furnish instant and good service
at a great deal the lowest rate
in the section. If you need a
car for a long trip or the after
noon you cannot afford NOT
to 'phone us.