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I FACE r THE PlNEHURSTOOTLOOKar th 1L r . J Published Erery Saturday Morning, During the Season, November May, at Pinehurst. Moore County. North Carolina (Founded by James TV. Tufts) JEdlted by Herbert Mj. jrillaon One Dollar Annually, Five Cents a Copy Foreign Subscriptions, Fifty Cents Additional. The Editor is always glad to consider contrl buttons of descriptive articles, short stories and aarratives. Good photographs are espe cially desired. Editorial Rooms over the Department Store; hours 9 to 5. In telephoning ask Central for Mr. Jillson's office. Advertising rate folder and circulation state lent on request. Entered as second class matter at Post Office at Plnehurst, North Carolina. Saturday, April 19, 1013. Yesterday it was greeting, Tomorrow It la au revoir ! Thus the Season has flown on wings of happiness; there lingers only pleasant mem. ory. TT Basking in Spring's radiance we leave and yet take with us the Village Beautiful; recol lection and anticipation until Pinehurst smiles and beckons once again, 11 Old friends we have welcomed, new friends we have found ; congen. ial friends who understand, and share with us appreciation of God's Glorious Open. IT And through this dual companionship we have become a part of Nature's eternal symphony. IT We have learned to live! The most gratifying evidence of a remarkable season, lengthened from November to May by the early opening of the Hotel Carolina, is the increase in private cottage owners which has made the past winter history -making. 11 Success must always rest upon the keystone of Reputa tion, and Pinehurst's accomplishment has been very largely the work of its friends. H "Adver tising" has merely recorded its progress; builded reputation. More than nation-wide the resort's fame is today because in its growth it has antici pated demands, and its policy has been the solv ing of the problem of conditions, not conditions of mind. IT A potent factor In future develop, ment Individual ownership is to be, for the Vil lage is now in all truth what it has always been in intent; cooperative in its aim. In the transformation of the once "Sand Hills Desert" to an Oasis of plenty, the scope of Pine hurst is already far-reaching through the com bination of good roads accomplishment and demonstration of the agricultural possibilities of the Immediate section by example of the Village management. H Just a few years ago and a "farm" was unknown; laDd not to be given away. Today extensive development on big lines everywhere by Northern men and capital with Northern skill and energy. IT Cotton and corn production ranking first; fruits, vegetables and cattle second to none ; markets easy of ac cess; an ideal all-the-year climate ; the combina tion kng sought by the thousands "over civili zation" has driven back to Nature. H Yes, the Greater Pinehurst lies before ; not alone the Resort, but the Northern Village In the South land as a world-wide example in the ssope of its influence and power for good. PRIZES TO CORN RAISERS IteultN of Farmers' Content for Fund Started by Mr. leonard Tufts LAST YEAR Mr. Leon ard Tufts., Pinehurst's popular and hustling owner, who is always in the forefront of every movement that promises tu ueueiLi iuuuic v"u"j , offered $100 in prizes to the three farmers rais ing the largest amounts of corn on i measured acre under certain clearly specified and wholly reasonable condi tions, f A great deal of enthusiasm was engendered for the contest and the num ber of those who had their eye on some part of Mr. Tufts' hundred dollars was large. 1" Meanwhile District Agent Mc Lean had quietly spoken to a few leading citizens of the county and had received subscriptions amounting to $260 to add to Mr. Tufts' contribution and offer prizes for cotton and peavine hay. 1 Mr. McLean's assumption of his larger work so taxed his time that the cotton and peavine hay contests did not materialize. Last summer was one of the least favorable seasons for corn in many years. There was a rather cold spring, a long hot summer and a drought of almost un precedented severitv. Corn that had looked very promising in June and July had lost much of its beauty and promise in August, and good judges declared that the yield was not more than two thirds and in many cases one-half what it would have been with normal conditions. Not only did the farmers who had start ed out to beat their own records and to give everybody's achievements a close rub fall down, but they were more or less discouraged and were rather shy about reporting results. Much of this feeling was not justified by the results obtained under the ex. tremely unfavorable conditions. The man who raised 50 bushels to the acre was dissatisfied and yet that 50 bushels was as good as 75 in an ordinary year, and the man who pressed the 70 bushel mark closely last summer would have reached the 100 bushel notch if things had broken right for good corn yields. THE PRIZE WINNERS Mr. W. L. Holliday, of Jackson Springs, took the $50 prize with a yield of 68 bushels of shelled corn on a measured acre, both measurements being officially made. Mr. Holliday used 1,000 pounds of 8-4-4 commercial fertilizer and 600 pounds of 8-11-4, for top dressing. This was very heavy fertilizing. In a year that was marked by an abundant rainfall that amount of high grade fer tilizer on his land, with the careful culti vation given, should have ffiven Mr. Holliday 175 or 200 bushels to the acre. As it turned out it is probable that not half the fertilizer was turned into soluble plant food and the remainder is there today, available for next summer's crop. However, 68J bushels was raising corn all right and Mr. Holliday has a right to congratulate himself. Had the weather done its part he would have had one of the finest acres of corn ever raised in these parts. He will have better luck next time, no doubt. The winner of the $30 prize was Mr. U. O. Seawell, of Carthage, wich a record of 63 29-70 bushels. The winner of the second prize used 200 lbs. of 10-4, 200 lbs. of 8-3-3 ; 100 pounds of 4-10-4 and 100 pounds of nitrate of soda. It may be that this fertilization would have been a bit light in a season that brought plenty of rain, but for last season it was about what could be used. It will be observed that with 600 pounds of fertilizer Mr beawell came within 5 bushels of Mr. HoUiday's record, although the latter used more than twice as much dressing For that amount of fertilizer, in such a season, Mr. SeawelPs 63 bushels is some thing to be proud of. The $20 prize was captured by Mr Vv. W. Moore, of Hemp. He made 48 6-70 bushels, using 800 pounds of 8-2-2 and 200 pounds of 14 per cent, acid phosphate. Considering the amount and grade of fertilizer used and the yield se cured Mr. Moore cannot be charged with foolish farming. The Randolph and Cumberland offered a prize of $20 for the best acre on its line. This prize was won by Mr. Thomas B. Maples, of Cameron, who made 40 69-70 bushels. Mr. Maples used only 400 pounds of 8-3-3. Mighty good corn for the quantity of dressing. Mr. Tufts, Mr. McLean and Mr. Blue feel that the farmers of Moore County should be encouraged by these results. If such good yields could be secured in such an unfavorable year the same effort, in a good year, must bring results that will send Moore County's stock up. Mr. Tufts has volunteered to give $100 for this year's contest under the same conditions. Mr. McLean proposes to take $175 of the $260 pledged but not used last year and add it to Mr. Tufts' $100, making $25, which will be divided into 10 prizes beginning" with $50 and de creasing by $5 each time, that is, the prizes will be $50, $45, $40, $35, $30, $25, $20, $15, $10 and $5, and it is hoped that a large number of farmers will enter the contest and try for the biggest prize they can win. If they do not get the first prize they may win one of the others and get, not only the money, but the benefit of contest and experience. Southern Pines Tourist. Guests of Mrs. Arter Tuesday evening at The II oily Inn Mrs. Theodore Arter of Cleveland was hostess of a dinner party tendered to M r. and Mrs. G. Glenn Worden of New York. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Donahue and Miss Marion Donahue and the Misses Charlotte L. and Minnie C. Arter, all of New York. Fill in tbe Heel Prints The average golfer rarely fails to re place a golf course divot, but often a heel print in pit or bunker is left to penalize the player who follows. The moral is that a heel print should be filled just as carefully as the divot is replaced. 1 CfiflPlT) THE Full Game Bag A TRIBUTE TO THE RELIABILITY OP Sporting Powders IF you have but a few days to de vote to hunting, fill your car tridge belt with shells loaded with Dupont, Ballistite, or Schultze Sporting Powder. These powders give high velocity and penetration to your shot mak ing hunting pleasurable and profitable. All the leading ammunition com panies load Du Pont Powders and thereby endorse their efficiency. It is best to avoid any risk of losing game because the powder loads are inferior to your aim and opportunity. Ask your dealer for shot shells containing either brand of our de pendable sporting powders and start hunting properly equipped to insure a full game bag. Sporting Powder Booklets Free. Write today. Address Dept. 297 E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company America's Pioneer Powder Makers WILMINGTON - DELAWARE BERMUDA Hamilton Hotel Capacity 600 Enlarged and Improved. Striotly High Class W. A. BARRON, Manager. ALSO OF Summer Resort Crawford Hoiw WHITE MOUNTAINS, N. H. The National State and City Bank of Richmond. Va..lnv!tes von f oooen an account. Capital and Surplus one Million, six Hundred Thousand Dollars. . . . . 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