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VOL I., NO. 23.
PINEHURST, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1898.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
MOORE COUNTY.
Description of the Shire in which
Pinehurst is Located.
A Region Rick in Natural Resources
Now Being Developed.
Fine Agricultural and Timber Lands, Gold,
Coal and Building Stone Found Here.
For many years after the sett lenient of
North Carolina this section of the stale
known a the sand-hill and pine region
was called the "pine barrens," and
.Moore county (within whose borders
Pinehurst is located) was considered one
of the poorest in the state, but since the
war it has been opened up by the turpen
tine and lumber interests, and it is now
known as one of the best counties. We
quote the following from the reports of
the State P.oard of Agriculture.
"Moore county lies on the western mar
gin of the long-leaf pine belt. Its mid
dle 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, be
ing 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 piney
woods. These arc 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 large tracts, of alluvial
'bottom' lands. The agriculture of the
country is divided between cotton and
grain crops, and recently the cultivation
u' peaches, grapes and small fruits has
produced a lucrative diversion in the
agriculture; but the lumber and turpen
tine interests are quite important, and
there are yet large turpentine forests un
touched. "A broad belt of the 'old sea-basin"
lun diagonally through the county,
li ving a warm productive, but not en
i! K ing toil, yet favorable to cotton anil
' ; and fruits. In this belt are found
yd uable qualities of sandstone, attractive
color, working easily, and very dur
Quarries of this material have
yt'n opened in several localities and
;'U! stone is being shipped all over the
"untrv.
"Gold is found in considerable quanti
ties in the western part of the county, and
placer mining lias been pursued with
considerable success, the Cagle mines at
one time attracting large numbers of
miners and adventurers. Valuable quar
ries 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 colored soap
stone or talc.
"The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley rail
road passes through the northeastern
part of the county, and the Paleigh and
Augusta Air Line passes from northeast
to southwest, following nearly parallel
with the southeastern boundry 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-
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 Poektish road running
east thirteen miles into Cumberland
county ; the Moore county railroad from
Aberdeen in a south-west direction
twelve into Montgomery county. He
side 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 sec
tion of the county, 35,000,000 feet.
"Pinehurst and Southern Pines are
health resorts, and tjie population is
chiefly composed of northern and eastern
people, who combine health-getting and
fruit ""rowing with excellent results.
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nects the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line
nt Cameron with Carthage, the county
seat.
"At Carthage a short railroad has been
built out into the forests, called the Car
thage and Western railroad; pine timber
is stm abundant in this part of the coun
ty. The brownstone is inexhaustible,
and several gold mines have recently
been opened, with good prospects; there
are indications of coal recently dis
covered; the lands here are adapted to
the growth of orchards and vineyards,
and water power is plentiful on both
Deep and Little rivers.
"Carthage has a population of 1,000,
Cameron of 300, Jonesboro, on the Cape
Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad, of 850,
Manlvof 150, Aberdeen of 905, Keyser
of 150, and Sanford of 850. All these
are new villages along the lines of the
railroads. At Sanford two sandstone
quarries are being worked, and a new
line of railroad is projected uniting Lil
lington with Sanford.
"In the southern part of the county
there has been rapid growth followed by
a health v business development. Ihe
most notable points are Manly, Southern
Pines, Pinehurst, Aberdeen and Keyser.
From Aberdeen, on the Seaboard Air
"Moore county has 499,700 acres of
land, valued at $1,338,825, and 4,799 town
lots, valued at $326,695.
"Of domestic animals there are 1,604
horses; 1,187 mules; 856 goats; 10,380
cuttle; 18,319 hogs and 9,571 sheep.
"Product of taxation for State use, 5,
362.31 ; pensions,l, 132.97; schools,! $10,
383.53 ; county, $10,393.83.
"Population white, 13,985; colored,
6,494 ; total, 20,479.'1
lage Green, really the heart of the vil
lage, upon which the principal buildings
face, and about which, and on the
streets radiating from it, the residences
are located. The whole scheme was car
ried out under circumstances that could
not but yield good results, and is an ex
ample for others to follow. The pur
pose and character of the project was
outlined by the proprietor; the plans
were fixed upon and executed upon the
grounds by the landscape architects;
suitable buildings for the various pur
poses were designed and constructed by
the architects ; water, sewer, lighting and
transportation systems were designed
and installed by competent engineers;
and the representatives of these various
professions in co-operation with the town
superintendent worked In harmony and
produced an up-to-date winter resort.
This is an example of village creation
worthy of . consideration. Park and
Cemetery.
A IHotlern Village.
One of the important landscape crea
tions upon which Mr. Warren II. Man
ning, of Boston, acted as landscape archi
teet"in charge, is Pinehurst, a winter re
sort village of one hundred acres in ex
tent, situated in about the centre of the
state of North Carolina. The site was a
dry upland, made up of a succession of
broad ridges and valleys gradually inerg-
in- into each other. The conditions im
posed, such as providing comfortable ac
commodations for winter visitors, and at
tractive landscape features to add zest to
their residence, made careful study of the
resources and possibilities of the neigh
borhood essential to a successful plan.
The central feature and indeed the most
prominent feature of the plan is the Vil-
lliieliiirtt MurNorioa.
liecent developments in the horticul
tural importance of this State evinces
pre-eminently that the grand "Old North
State" possesses the grandest tlora of any
section on the face of the globe, and ex
periments record an axiom of the adapta
bility and fertility of its soil. Products
of North Carolina adorn and beautify the
magnificent and reputable parks of the
North, producing the best ellect and the
greatest adaptability, hence the nursery
stock of this State is not only desirable
for domestic planting, but bears a world
wide reputation, and is the most desired
by experienced florists and orchardists of
the North and East. To fully portray
the magnitude of these industries, the
compilers of this edition point with pride
to the Pinehurst nursery, a boon to Pine
hurst, the noted winter resort, and an
acquisition to the large parks of the
United States.
This nursery was established in 1895,
by Mr. J. W. Tufts, of Boston, Mass.,
for the purpose of planting lawns and
parks at Pinehurst, which to-day presents
a striking and scenic aspect a modern
and beautiful town. Since its inception
their acreage has been increased, and
now twenty-five acres of the most fertile
soil is planted in a fine nursery stock,
consisting of broad-leaved evergreens,
deciduous trees, shrubs, climbers, col
lected plants, etc.
Out of the first beginning nearly three
years ago, established as a supplement to
the town planting only, a commercial
enterprise has developed, and plants
raised there may now be found flourish
ing in Northern parks.
The entire interests of this nursery is
under the efficient management of Mr.
Otto Katzenstein, a native of Germany,
who has a valuable experience as a nur
seryman and florist, thoroughly convers
ant with the business in detail. He gives
his undivided attention to the business,
which alone has brought the stock of the