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VOL. XI, No. 21.
"GOOD ROADS! THE SLOGAN
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL EIGHTEENTH, 1908.
Throughout County the Cry Announces
Hew Era of Progress.
Moor County Good lloada Aaaocia
tlon Formed iind Township
Committees Appointed.
fLL through Moore County
the slogan is now "Good
roads; good roads and
quickly !" and largely
as the result of the con
ference of those particu
larly interested, held here Friday last.
All Moore County came, as far as the
good roads movement is concerned, and
all Moore County saw. Previously
Moore County had Jicartl, but Moore
County, like the world at large, does not
believe all it hears. It was, however,
open to argument, and through its
representatives, has been convinced just
what a good road is and iust what it
means. Moore County now knoics and
the result is activity which will be felt
throughout the entire State.
Interest has been awakened and a
score of men are finding the days only
too short in their eagerness to spread the
good news among those less enlightened.
There is friendly competition among
townships, there is a well defined plan,
there is efl'ort and there is cooperative
organization !
Moore County is alive to the issue from
one end of its territory to the other;
North, South, East and West. "Good
roads ; good roads and quickly !" is the
slogan.
THE CONFKKENCE.
The conference called by President
Leonard Tufts of the Pinehurst Good
Roads Association, included the road
supervisors, commissioners and those
particularly interested in the good roads
movement, in the townships of Green
wood, Carthage, Mineral Springs (Pine
hurst) and McNeil's (Southern Pines)
the four townships which have gone in
under the good roads special tax law,
and the response to the invitation was
general, the company including :
1). A. McDonald, Dr. G. McLeod, G.C.
Graves, J. N. Powell, II. P. McPherson,
M. L. Morris, John Horner, M, D. Me
Crimmons, I. II. Caddell, A. S. Neweom,
J. W. Moore, N. A. McKeithen, A. C.
Kelly, T. D. McLean, 11. W. McLean,
Mcl. Kennedy, M. A. Monroe, A. A. Mc
Caskill, D. R. Bunnell, J. R. 3IcQueen,
R. G. Fry, Dan. Blue, L. Tufts, G. N.
McMillan, W. P. Mundy, Dr. W. P.
Swett, Jas. Boyd, John Y. Boyd, J. A.
Freeman, J. L. Currie, W. L. Spence,
Prof. J. A. McLeod, Geo. II. Dumber.
The program of the day included a
general discussion of the subject in Mr.
Tufts' office in the morning, followed by
an inspection of the roads in the Village
and an illustration of the use of the King
road drag. Next in order was a trip,
men jumped and awaited the return of
the empty carriage to the main thor
oughfare wiser men.
"Why," remarked one, "those horses
have trotted every foot of the way down
and back over this new road, and the
traoes haven't even tightened. They
couldn't trot more than a few rods at a
time in the old road and they'd have to
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carriages, over the new Tinehurst-
Southern Pines Boulevard as far as John
Wickers, and a critical examination of
the roadway. One oC the striking re
sults of the trip was a comparison of the
new road with the old, portions of which
e found at the sides, the head team
avinsr the new road and entering the
old only to advance a short distance,
when the carriage stalled and tne noi ses
ere unable to move it. Out six stalwart
road the carriage coasts down hill, the
heavier the load the faster; on the old
road the horses pull down hill, the
heavier the load the harder.
"I'm for good roads from now out;
put me down for that. It's just as plain
as a buzzard against the sky; but previ
ously I couldn't see it any plainer than
I can a 'possum in a hollow tree. Good
roads are what we want and quickly."
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SPRING AWAITS AD REVOIRS
Peace and Pleasant Memory With the
Closing of Season of 1907-08. ,
Dollg-htful Hour, hy Far Too Short,
Itieylluve Deen; Ilourofltro
ollectlon and Anticipation.
HE Winter has been
wafted away on the
wings of happiness and
radiant Spring awaits
au revoirs.
Peace and pleasant
memory to the Season of 1907-08 !
Delightful hours, by far too short, they
have been ; days of recreation in The
Opei, evenings of pleasant association;
hours of recollection and anticipation.
u Bumpers " to the Season of 1908-09 !
Never have guests come earlier or lin
gered later; never has the demand for
accommodations been larger. Never has
there been greater activity; never has
Progress been more indelibly written
upon the pages of history which mark
Pinehurst's remarkable growth in popu
larity. Here's to the Future and what it has
in store !
Most gratifying of all have been the
many evidences f the solidification of
Village character, notably the Church
organization, the good roads movement,
Village Club work, and additions to the
list of private cottage owners those who
have selected Pinehurst as a permanent
place of winter residence.
Most marked, also, has been the gen
eral activity and broadening out; the
bringing together of the entire Village
and the further development of the com
munity spirit, which has always been one
of the most attractive features of the
place.
Along all lines there has been unity of
effort on a well defined plan ; harmony
and cooperation. The Village has grown
as it has never grown before.
Successful the Season has been beyond
the most sanguine expectations, but suc
cess which may be measured in other
ways than financially; Success which
will be the keystone upon which the
Future builds.
Best of all, the Village has made new
friends, and friends have and will always
govern its real success. Friends who
leave delighted, planning to return with
friends. Friends whose friendship is real
because they have found in Pinehurst a
friend a helpful friend a resort com
(Concluded on page 3)