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KlPjllS P1NEHURST, MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. '"11
SHARP CONTRASTS THESE!
Philadelphia Snow-Bound With Ther
mometer Way Below Zero.
1'iiivliuiMt Clear and Ileautii'ul With
Mercury at freezing Only During-Morning-
Hours of Single Day.
7T HE familiar advertising catchline :
"We are advertised by our Loving
Friends", bas always been true of Pine
hurst, but it is given new meaning as its
friends increase. Manager Creamer of
The Holly Inn has just received a pretty
tribute from a Philadelphian who was a
guest during the recent inauguration
tournament.
The letter in part is as follows :
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Philadelphia, Penn.,
Jan. 8, 1904.
A. I. Creamer, Manager,
The Holly Inn,
Pinehurst, N. C.
Dear Sir: Upon leaving your hos
pitable house last Saturday night, I ar
rived in this city several hours later on
the following morning, finding the tem
perature at zero and all the discomforts
of a northern winter. These are in such
sharp contrasts with the wonderful
weather that I left at Pinehurst, that I
am curious to know what your ther
mometer stood at during Sunday and
Monday last, and shall be much obliged
if you will let me know. The subject
was discussed with much interest by a
number of us on the train on Sunday
morning.
I was so much interested in and
pleased with what I saw at Pinehurst,
that I thought it only fair to write you a
short letter on the subject, which you
will be at liberty to use as you see fit,
excepting that I should not care to have
my name appear in print, although you
are quite at liberty to refer individuals
to me by letter as freely as you have
occasion.
Let me say that I never was more
agreeably surprised than I was in Pine
hurst. Not only I did not expect to find
such a fine elevation, but also I had no
idea that so perfect a climate could be
found in that latitude, or I might almost
say, in any other latitude in this country
in January. Being myself of Yankee
birth and education although a resident
for than thirty years of this city I have
taken, perhaps, more than usual interest
in observing the details of the scheme
which the proprietor of Pinehurst so
wisely conceived and is so excellently
conducting. Whatever may be the
actual business experience of the enter
prise in its first few years, I think there
can be no doubt that it will grow to be
very profitable to the owner, and what
is still more important a source of great
benefit to the great number of persons in
this country who are obliged to seek
relief from the rigors of a northern win
ter. I consider the landscape gardening a
remarkable piece of work, and giving to
the locality all in the way of natural
beauties that art could give. The sani
tary arrangements seem to be of the best
order, and the important details of heat-
unique, as it is an endeavor to introduce
into the heart of the South, a village
conducted with all the ingenuity, skill
and refinement of a New England enter
prise, free from the abomination of
liquor and other troubles that too f re
quently surround such undertakings.
I have recommended a number of
friends to visit you ; and I have no doubt
that a great many people from both this
city and other Northern places would be
glad to be among your visitors if they
knew how well the journey would be re
paid. Pure air, pure water, and a climate
mild enough to make out-door life enjoy
able, form a strong combination in these
days of a growing luxury and leisure.
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THE SUNNY" PIAZZAS OF THE MAGNIFICENT CAROLINA WHICH OPENED THURSDAY.
ing, lighting and plumbing, leaving al
most no room for criticism. Such a work
as has been done, although a busi
ness enterprise, is, nevertheless, essen
tially benevolent, and I trust the owner
may live to see his best hopes realized in
all respects.
I feel almost sure that the weather
during the week must have been quite
above the average for perfection , still it
is clear that in any circumstances you
must have a dry invigorating air and all
the conditions that make for health and
comfort.
So far as the golf course is concerned,
it is the first southern one that I have
tried, and it certainly surpassed by best
expectations
As a whole the enterprise struck me as
the first part of the letter will doubtless,
be a surprise to the writer. The weather
of tournament week was ideal, but it
varied little from that which is the gen
eral rule here being only a few degrees
warmer. On the Sunday morning fol
lowing the tournament, (the time re
ferred to by the writer and when the
North was anow-bound with the ther
mometer twenty degrees below zero)
was cold and clear with the thermometer
at about thirty-two in the morning and
some ten degrees higher at noon. The
following day was warmer and Tuesday
found the climate back at its old standard
of excellence. During the entire cold
spell in the North there was no sign of
snow, sleet or rain here.
Editor.
E. A, FREEMAN WINS!
Takes Gross Score Cop in Saturday's
Handicap Tournament.
Mia Caroline C. Check, Kant Orang-e,
lew Jersey, Wins Net Score
Trophy by Single Stroke.
BDWIN A. Freeman of the Mont
clair Golf Club, New Jersey, was
an easy winner of the gross score-cup in
Saturday's eighteen-hole, medal play,
handicap, finishing five strokes better
than his nearest opponent, J. A.' Baker
of the Glen View Golf Club, Chicago,
who scored ninety-two.
Miss Caroline C. Check of East
Orange, New Jersey, had a close fight
for the net score cup with II. II. Gar
field of the Itochester Athletic Club,
winning by a single stroke. Both played
with handicaps of thirty-five, Miss
Check scoring sixty-seven and Mr. Gar
field sixty-eight, net.
The day was perfect, clear and balmy,
and the club house was thronged with
onlookers during the entire day.
THE SCORES IN DETAIL.
Out In Gr. Hp. Net
Check Miss C C 62 50 102 35 67
Garlleld 46 57 103 35 68
Baker 47 45 92 15 77
Pierson 45 48 03 16 77
Tomkins Mrs 53 60 113 35 78
Bailey E A 47 59 106 25 81
Check TJ 62 56 118 35 83
Hentz J II Jr 47 55 102 18 84
Crane 50 55 105 20 85
Tomkins 52 64 116 30 86
Freeman 42 45 87 00 87
Harrington 59 63 122 35 87
Milliken 49 57 106 18 88
Johnson 49 54 103 15 88
Leiber 59 60 119 30 fc9
Bailey FJ 50 49 . 99 10 89
Brett 59 43 102 12 90
Pierson Mrs 52 63 115 25 90
Lamb 50 57 107 15 92
Byrnes 59 72 131 35 96
Heffelfinger Miss F 61 70 131 35 96
Saunders 60 63 123 25 98
Towle 52 64 116 18 98
Murdock 58 60 119 18 100
Byrnes No Card 35
Hentz F W No Card 12
Bum pus II C No Card 35
Check Miss E S No Card 35
THE PARTICIPANTS.
The participants included the follow
ing : Edwin A. Freeman, Montclair Golf
Club ; Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Byrnes, New
York; Dr. G. W. Murdock, Cold
Springs, N. Y. ; Mr. and Mrs. Brenton
Tomkins, Baltusrol Golf Club, Short
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