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VOL. IX.
SPECIAL EARLY SEASON NtJMBER, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE LAND OF SUNSHINE
It is to Enjoy its Benefits to the Fullest
that Visitors Come.
.Pinehurat Long1 -Agro IMacovered What
Itecent Scientific Hesearch is
Sow Demonstrating-.
BOVE and beyond all",
wrote an admirer, "Pine
hurst is The Land of
Sunshine ! Never have I
seen a larger percentage
of sunshiny days, or the
sunlight more beautiful. The landscape
radiates it ; mankind, the birds, nature
every living thing rejoices in it".
This in brief, is the memory which all
who know Pinehurst well, carry away.
One associates it with the Village, as
majesty with the ocean, grandeur with the
mountains, mystery with the forest, and
it is a pleasant memory which beckons,
as the face of a dear friend :
THE LAND OP SUNSHINE !
Combine with this crisp, pure air,
ideal climatic advantages and many other
exceptional natural attractions, the most
complete and perfect resort equipment in
the world right conditions for living in
every sense of the words and one finds
the real cause for the wonderful fascina
tion Pinehurst has for its admirers ; why
it holds old friends and claims new ones
in increasing numbers each year.
But primarily, every one comes to en
joy the fresh air and sunshine, to make
the most of God's out of doors, to find
rest, recreation, and happiness through
close contact with nature.
There are the broad verandas of the
hotels and the cozy porches of the board
ing houses and cottages, where one may
sit, dream, listen to the birds end breathe
the pure air ; delightful walks, rides and
drives through the quaint countryside or
the fragrant forest, with bird, flower,
and shrub everywhere to delight the soul
and refresh the eye.
There are the golf links, the tennis and
roque courts ; the trap shooting grounds,
the pistol range and shooting preserves.
There is something to occupy each and all
out of doors, in the fresh air and sunshine,
every day in the week, every week in the
season, from early morning until late at
night ; something to do which one antici
pates doing with pleasure, and which
gives life here the joy which comes only
from agreeable occupation.
In a word, life in the sunshine at Pine
hurst has always been synonymous with
health and happiness ; its friends discov
ered it long ago, and while they have
long known just what science is now
demonstrating so conclusively, these dis
coveries will serve to awaken even a
greater and more general appreciation of
this, the greatest of Pinehurst's many
natural blessings.
"Civilization which has led humanity
into the canyons of high buildings and
artificial light," says a recent issue of
The New York Herald, "is pausing, after
centuries of artificial accomplishment,
impelled to seek the sun for health,
strength and new life.
"Science after fighting the effects, is
now devoting itself to the cause of the
tribulations which civilization has brought
upon us, and returning to the sunwor
ship of the Pagans ; recognizing in sun
light the most powerful life-giving, life
sustaining and curative agent the Creator
has given to mankind.
"The medical profession has fallen so
in love with sunlight that it is trying to
pull it apart in the laboratory, making
the first attempt to capture certain ele
ments and reproduce them artificially
within the human body to fight disease ;
or by artificial light rays bring to the aid
of science a fraction of the wonderful
curative powers of the sun itself.
"Whatever the results of these experi
ments may be, they will emphasize more
fully than ever before that every one has
at his command an agency more power
ful than the costliest of drugs. The ben
efits will be better understood and greater
use will be made because of this knowl
edge. "People are only just beginning to
realize that the sun does not stop at the
surface of things, but penetrates the tis
sues of the body, even through clothes.
Just what it does, science may hesitate
to define, but we know that it makes a
baby grow, just as it does a flower ; that
it keeps alive the fires of old age, and
that it makes all who live in it proof
against most diseases. Moreover, it is
helpful in all chronic diseases which defy
science."
"Dr. George F. Shrady, who has been
one of the most earnest apostles of the
open air and sunshine treatment, says of
its relation to medical science :
" 'It is impossible to estimate the value
of sunlight as a curative and life-giving
agent in comparison with other means to
such ends at our command. Next to air,
so essential to animal - and vegetable life,
it is the most important of all. When the
Creator said, 'Let there be light,' it was
the final answer to the purpose of His
work. The sun worshippers are as old
as the history of the world. It was the
first religion that fitted the real needs of
primitive mankind. The animal, savage,
naked as he was, enjoyed its fullest bene
fits. " 'Since then science has endeavored
to explain the reasons why the animal
and vegetable have thriven under its be
nign influences. Exhaustive experiments
have shown that every principle of life
is stimulated by its direct action on the
bodily tissues. Nutrition is increased;
the excretory products of the body gain
new energy and many of the diseases of
mankind are robbed of their terrors. It
has indeed taken rank with fresh air as a
hygienic means of preventing and arrest
ing hitherto intractable diseases.
" 'It is well known that many of the most
malignant pathogenic germs cannot live
in sunlight. Bacteriological research has
thus placed the treatment of disease on a
more rational basis than ever before at
tempted. Sun baths are advocated with
as much hope of benefit in some diseased
conditions as general bathing has given
in other hygenic endeavors. Even artifi
cial light as a second choice of means to
such ends has come to the fore and is
how a well recognized therapeutic
agent.' "
"Everywhere there are signs that civ
ilization is opening its arms to the sun.
In New York the city authorities have
brought sunlight into the most crowded
quarters by little parks. Among the rich
the custom of driving in open victorias in
fine wintry weather has become common
not only in the park, but in the city ave
nues. "There is no superstition in the new sun
worship. Science is behind it and fight
ing hard to know more about it. We are
learning the lesson that St. Paul preached
to the Thessalonians :
" 'We are children of the light and chil
dren of the day ; we are not of the night
or of darkness."'
ItESIENT PHYSICIANS.
Doctors .Montgomery A. Crockett and
Georgr S. Ilill Itetiirn.
Doctors Montgomery A. Crockett and
George S. Hill, the Resident House Phy
sicians, will both return, Dr. Crockett be
ing located at The Carolina, and Dr. Hill
at the Holly Inn.
Dr. Crockett reached here some weeks
ago and Dr. Hill arrived with the
opening of the Inn. Both are practieion
ers of wide experience and they have
won general confidence through their
work here.
DURING THE PAST SUMMER
Many Improyements Brought About
by Rapid Growth of Village.
Increaned Transportation facilities.
Utility Plant Enlargement.
Cottage Additions.
HE PAST summer has
been a busy one here and
many improvements and
changes brought about
by the rapid growth of
the Village, have been
made.
One of the new features which will
meet with general favor, is the improve
ment in the transportation facilities of
the Seaboard Air Line Railway, direct
connections now being made with the
Aberdeen & Asheboro Railway at Aber
deen, which will be known as "Aberdeen
Pinehurst Junction." Anew train ser
vice, known as the Pinehurst, Aberdeen
Pinehurst Junction train, is now in op
eration, a first-class passenger coach and
one of the road's best engines hand
ling the business. A new Union station
of brick is being built at Aberdeen, and
connection at Southern Pines with'the
trolley is a thing of the past, a large por
tion of the track having already been
taken up.
The new service will bring tourists di
rect to the Village in a quicker and more
satisfactory manner, the new train con
necting with Seaboard trains as the trol
ley did in the past. During the season
the Seaboard will run daily through chair
cars and sleepers direct to the Village.
This arrangement will also give visitors
closer and more satisfactory communica
tion with points near at hand, there being
three trains daily, each way.
The Southern Railway will, as in the
past, connect with the Aberdeen & Ashe
boro Railway at High Point, running a
through chair car this season in place of
the through sleeper as in past seasons.
Pinehurst now has connection with the
three great Trunk Lines running from
the North to the South, as the Aberdeen
& Roekfish Road has recently extended
its track to Hope, a station on the At
lantic Coast Line just south of Fayette
ville, N. C.
Another marked change is the abolition
of the old "Casino," which has long been
only such in name, and its adaptation to
other and more useful purposes. The
room on the first floor, at the right, will
(Concluded on page sixteen.)