THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
bridge arched the flood, manned by ruder
country folk.
' But only the sandy track of last year's
wagon meandering by the screech owl's
home and the red squirrel's paradise
marks the labored and fruitless progress
of a much larger army, poor old Corn--walHs'
last bolt, hauling ten-pounders
through the immemorial forests of the
Sandhill country. It was not sung by
Oliver Wendell Holmes, and it might
almost as well never happened. When
the last of the patriachs of Drowning
Creek have wound their cloaks around
them and laid down to pleasant dreams,
it will be no longer history, but at best
a myth.
At first glance one can see something
remarkable about the old road below
Eagle Springs, running through the But
ler Plantation and the Maurice place.
It is straight. Straight as an arrow. It
divides the woods like a boundry line, and
passing it a fellow wonders what engi
neer or man of purpose in the dim ages
came through this wilderness with inten
tion so direct. It bears the ear-mark of
something else than the casual lumber
wagon.
Major General Flowers, commander of
Artillery for his Majesty, King George
the Third, making for the rebel horde,
cut out that path with a compass, and
with flying colors one bright morning
filed by through the corridors of pines,
never to return again. And not a sign,
or a word, or a letter to record the event.
Friends, let us also become famous.
Let as get a commody of granite and
mark the innumerable spots in the coun
tryside where the clans gathered, and
Colonel Fanning raided, and blood was
spilled for the glory of the country. Let
us adorn the march of Sherman thunder
ing across the Lumbee River with in
scriptions of heroic tenor and sounding
phrase. And collect the flags of Lafayette
and the spoons of Flora Macdonald into
the public treasury. For many stirring
times have been seen in this corner of
the Old North State, and it is not well
to let their memory die.
Finn LIFE SCHOOL
Financial Statements
The good ladies of the village and of
the Sandhills whose untiring efforts have
been the motive power behind the opera
tion of the Sandhill Farm Life School at
Eureka will be interested to know what
their labors have accomplished, and how
much money has been obtained, and how
spent, and what is needed, and the stand
ing of the school financially today. So
there follows a statement :
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
March 1, 1916 .
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable $1,249.10
Notes due banks 2,800.00
Total liabilities $4,049.10
ASSETS
Due from State $2,500.00
Cash in Bank 2,097.08
Total assets $4,597.08
Teachers ' salaries, farm, etc.,
about $1,400.00
Statement of expenditures for Farm
Life School at Eureka, North Carolina.
March 1, 1916.
PERMANENT EXPENDITURES
54 acres of land $ 540.00
Clearing and improv
ing land 771.00
Building dormitory for
girls, including kitch
en, dining room and
sitting room for
school 2,382.50
Changing two old
buildnigs into dor
mitories for boys. . 198.50
Building small barn.. 74.07
Well and water system 601.82
Furniture and equip
ment 739.06
Cows and pigs 186.60
Total permanent improvements $5,493.55
OPERATING EXPENSES
Paid teachers $1,125-00
Dormitory supplies and
feed for cows, pigs
and mules 1,097.46
Total operating expenses $2,222-46
Total expenditures $7,816.0.1
PISSIXO OF IUE TAR HEEL,
(Concluded from page five)
did not seem interested in tar. He took
a census of turpentine and rosin, and says
the value of the two run at about twenty
to twenty-five millions dollars a year.
The quantity is decreasing, showing that
the big day of the industry is past. North
Carolina produces hardly more than one
per cent, of the turpentine and resin now
obtained from the forests of the United
States, and the crop of tar heels in the
State is therefore so small that the name
is practically a memory. So if anybody
asks you why a resident of North Caro
lina is called a Tar Heel you answer him
that it is something like the grandfather
clause, and if he does not know what
that is he will be like the rest of us
with a great many things. This world
is full of things we do not know, and it
does not seem to be any the worse because
we do not know too much.
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Tin Whistles Champions
Marshall C. PearshalL
James D. Foot.
Henry C. Fownes.
David Fleming, Jr.
Charton L. Becker.
Charton L. Becker.
Walter E- Tuckerman.
George H. Crocker.
William C. Fownes, Jr.
Parker W. Whittemore.
Robert Hunter.
Robert Hunter.
Parker W. Whittemore-
The Secretary of Mate
and Mrs. Lansing were guests at a small
dinner at the Country Club last Tuesday
evening. The party consisted of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Hunter, Mr. and Mrs.
Lenoard Tufts, Mr. and Mrs. Henry,
Junius and Frank Page, Miss Louisa
Boyd and Jack and James Boyd from
Weymouth Heights, and Roger Derby.
JFor Rifles, Revolvers or Pistols
The most accurate shooting rifle, revolver
or pistol made will do unsatisfactory work
unless the cartridges used in it are as accurate
as the arm. For that reason it is important
when buying to get cartridges that have an
established reputation for quality. Win
chester the Vif brand of cartridges in all
calibers from .22 to .50 are unexcelled for
accuracy, penetration and uniform shooting
qualities. They cost no more than inferior
makes and are for sale everywhere. If you
want to get the most satisfactory results with
your rifle, revolver or pistol, always use
Winchester ammunition. Do not simply
ask for "some cartridges" when you buy,
but be sure to specify Winchester make
and look for the bold ff on the box.
THEY SHOOT STRAIGHT AND HIT HARD
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Winchester Shells and Cartridges for Sale at the Pinehurst Store, Traps
and Ranges. Look for the big " W " on every Box.
CONTRACTING and REPAIRING
Painting, Paper Hanging, Plumbing, Steam Fitting,
Carpentering, Electrical Work, Brick Laying,
Plastering and Planting
Call or 'Phone the
PINEHURST GENERAL OFFICE