THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US
Conclusion of Hammond's Picture of Pinehurst in His New Book,
"Winter Journeys Through the South."
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CONTRACTING and REPAIRING
Painting, Paper Hanging, Plumbing, Steam Fitting,
Carpentering, Electrical Work, Brick Laying,
Plastering and Planting
Call or 'Phone the
PINEHURST GENERAL OFFICE
THE HOLLYWOOD, - SOUTHERN FINES, N. C.
Open Nov. to May. Capacity 100. All modern conveniences. White help exclu
sively. Kooms single and ensuite, with bath.
American Plan: from $3.00 per day.
Five minutes from the COUNTRY CLUB and GOLF LINKS
JT. I,. POTTLE A MOW. Proprietor
Write for Illustrated Booklet
THE QUALITY STORE
IT SERVES YOU RIGHT
FINE GROCERIES GOOD SERVICE PROMPT DELIVERIES
J. L. SMITH & SON, Phone: 22 Southern Pines, N. G.
The Largest Line op
FURNITURE
and HOUSE FURNISHINGS in the Sandhill Section
SOUTHERN PINES FURNITURE COMPANY
New Store Opposite the Station Phone: 41-7
THE
Pinehurst Jewelry Shop
Jewelry Notions and' Silverware
Repairing and Engraving
THE MONSON
FIREPROOF
Water Front, St. Augustine, Florida
100 Rooms. 65 Private Baths
Opened 1915 Addition 1916
New 18-hole Golf Course open December, 1916
MANHATTAN HOTEL
St. Petersburg, fla.
Modern, central. Tropical grounds, boating,
folf, tennis. Cuisine and service excellent,
unny verandas, homelike and especially attrac
tive. Capacity 100. Write for booklet and rates.
A. B. Vance, Manager.
Also operating Hotel Astor, Orlando, Fla.
Batchelder&Snyder Company
Packers, Poultry Dressers, Butter Makers
47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63 Blackstone St.
62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76 North St
BOSTON, MASS.
ur. Ernest W. Bush
osteopath
Southern Pines, North Carolina
Pinehurst differs from many re
sorts in the fact that the whole
community has sprung from one
central source; the town itself,
that is, is an outgrowth of the
resort and not 'vice versa, as is
usually the case. The whole dis
trict is governed by one autocrat,
though a very amiable one. This
autocrat is Mr. Leonard Tufts of
Boston. Anyone who has the
pleasure of Mr. Tufts' acquain
tance knows that he is not a des
pot by any means. Quietly insist
ent, most discerning, and accus
tomed to success in having his
own way whenever he thinks that
necessary, he is nevertheless a
man of sufficiently broad vision to
know that there are many opin
ions in the world, and that it is by
a just opposition of these opin
ions that equilibrium in the uni
verse is secured. He has many
associates and neighbors now, and
he manages to maintain a very
high degree of harmony through
out the ramifications of the whole
system of which he is the genius.
The little village is the out
growth of the conception of the
late James W. Tufts, of Boston,
who in 1895 laid the foundation of
the present Pinehurst. He be
came acquainted with the virtues
of the Carolina uplands in this
"sandhill" section years before
this date, and at length became
possessed of the idea, being a man
of philanthropic impulse and gen
erous purse, to found a communi
ty for those individuals in the
world who were in ill health
through lack of proper climatic
surroundings. He began this
humanitarian undertaking but
soon came to realize that his vis
ion was chimerical and he
changed his enterprise to the
form in which it substantially
exists at present.
The whole fact on which Pine
hurst is situated includes ten
thousand acres. The portion on
which the village stands was laid
out by Olmstead, the landscape
architect of Boston. This means
that there are no straight lines in
the development of the place.
When one walks, one walks in a
circle ! It is attractive, however, I
to follow the winding roads of.
Pinehurst, with the shrubs beside
the walks, passing the pleasant
lawns of the place and occasion
ally meeting- a great, scraggly,
long-leaf pine tree, the belligerent
species of vegetation from which
this section derives its name. The
little community was all planned
and was well nigh completed be
fore guests, were entered at the
hotel, or cottages were offered
for sale. The whole place has
now a capacity for guests of
about ten thousand, though this
is an elastic limit often strained
to the utmost.
I have spoken of the "long
leaf" pine and I hope my tone has
conveyed my affection. Who can
ever forget the long-leaf pine?
It resembles the familiar inhabi
tant of the Northern forest only
there is a certain flamboyance
and bulliness to it that the North
ern pine has not. The leaves or
needles are very much longer and
there is a greater extravagance
in all of its crooked gestures
than one finds in the Northern
pine. Now it comes with its fel
lows over the barren hill-tops like
an army with banners advancing;
and here one sees the tree alone, a
sentinel upon a distant hill-top. Its
armor it bent, its accoutrements
are battered, it is worn by inner
doubts and fears, but still it stands
on duty perpetually overcome,
but never-dismayed in heart.
There are several hotels in
Pinehurst, so that one may take
his choice and suit his purse. The
Carolina, the largest of the chain,
is a very comfortable and commo
dious house, one of whose distin
guishing features is its pleasant
sleeping porches. Then there is
the Holly Inn which has a clien
tele of its own, mainly of New
England people.
If one stops at the Carolina he
will be fortunate to secure a
sleeping porch. The rooms which
have this adjunct are in great de
mand and are usually engaged a
long time ahead. The table at the
Carolina is extraordinarily good;
the service is excellent, and there
is a wide variety of edibles.
The dining-room is not pretty
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