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Khot. E LIGHTED FOR THE ILLUMINATION OF TAR HEELS, BOTH NATIVE AND ADOPTED. f. 1 VOL. I.' SOUTHERN PINES, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1887. NO. 14, The Pine Khot. PUBLISHED ETERY SATURDAY UojlMNO AT '': Souther Pines, Mcorc Co.t.'i C. J B. A. GOQDRIDGE, Editor. 1' TERMS-$ 1 -OO Per Year in Advance. Single Copies 5 Cents. : , tot 1 outadvertising Rates promptly furiiished upon application. . I tWJou Printing of every description done with neatness and despatch, and on reasonable terms.; . I' ,' .f . fcSf Correspondence on all topics "of oren- interest invited. V rite only on 'one Pide of th paper; be brief and to the point. I Sign your name and state whether you wish it published r not. . I . ' ntered at the Po'stomce at Southern, Pines, N. C., as second class matter. There's a little discussion going on by bur people, and by the employment or seeking lands, homes and investments. We have had on an average, the year round, for the past twelve months, twenty such men in the State, and they spend about two dollars per day, among the newspapers about the pro- S ' native mechanics and laborers, priety of publishing' the advertisement ; gliding their skill and energy to- T . . , AA T, . , . , s waras aeveioping our resources. h J ' i In order to best help our people and mai suen auverusemenis are just as ;t,,i v.o, vt .i i r . allowable as notices of raffles, grab to the State, we have seconded every! thousand six hundred dollars; besides bags &c. at church festivals. ; I effort made to build up in North Car- the money spent at our hotels, a large Qne i olina such winter resorts as have made i amount goes to livery stable men for I Aiken, S. C, Thomasville, Ga. and hire of conveyances, and a very large I Jacksonville, Fla. famous resorts for! sum is paid to our State roads for BRANSON HOUSE, RALEIGH. N. C. Central Location. Good board by the Pay Week or Month. i ,i fcifripecial terms to Northern Prospectors and Tourists. Kept by ? i Mrs. L. BRANSON. ) You are right, dear brethren. is just as conducive to public morality as the other, and neither ought to be allowed in the columns of a paper that makes any pretense of being an educator of the people. northern invalids. transportation. We have no exact In the editorial columns of one of Some few who do not understand I way of keeping posted as to the am this work and the necessity on the ! ount. but certainly not less than fortv I ' W ml '..fid war d 5 . fard i , No. 210 Faykttfa-illic St. I -"I Offers at all plete stock of RALEIGH. N. C. times a full and com Groc3ries.'& Provisions . of every description, suited to the wants . of a first class family trade. All goods thoroughly guaranteed as to quality, and sold at lowest possible prices. Fine Teas and Cot ees, Flour, Sugars, Meats, Choice Butter, Preserves and Jellies, Pickles, Sauces, Spices, Soaps and St relies, Canned foods and everything else in the way f table supplies. ( t - Orders for goods by Express or Freight carefully filled; places iwhere there is jud and advertisinig on the people and railroads, to ' points where there are no efforts made i on the part of the railroads or people. E.J. HARDIN. part of the people to co-operate with us before success can be attained have expressed an opinion that we have eriven sDecial preference to particular qur leading dailies, in this state, there sections, to the neglect of others. We appeared, a few days ago, words to ; have seconded the efforts made by the this effect: 4The Old South had glories people in every section of North Caro- that the New South can never hope to ! linf and stand ready to. whn co" ! . ,4 i ! operation is extended. We have nev- i j.er ieit at noeriy, or inougni inai 11 Vith all due respect to our esteemed ; was honest, Tight or just to turn peo- dontemporary we would say, 4Fiddle- ; pie from the sticks!" Would the writer maintain jcibus work Vi o f t Vt a ftrv4"Vi troo atTAi m-wn tvavac!- " T8ta"t OW BIB Hi L K I T j k II I II 1,1 1 n W3 V r. W I 111 II 111 IIK I W - i sive, more industrious, more alive to me necessity 01 making me oest, 01 1 We have neVer spent a dollar of State herself both physically and intellects money to advertise any particular ally than now? The columns of the section; such advertising has been very paper in which this statement done hY hY the railroads and people. J? or instance, at Southern Pines, a place that is coming into prominence as a winter resort, the residents of like to know what that dazzling brill- Manly gave money and lands to have iancy wa that so lighted up the Old the section broug it into notice and South. We are not believers in the developed. The poople were aided in f nA vm wun their efforts by the Seaboard Air-Line Quakers had their tongues pierced and supposed witches were smothered in feather beds, nor yet in the glories of Old England, when a man might be hung for 'stealing a loaf , and we think that the glamour that clings about the Old South is just as unreal that which " "te"v v" 6VV folk Southern Railroad and the Albe- thousand dollars goes to the railway lines. Fifty thousand dollars has been expended in building material and to native mechanics for erecting houses for winter use. This gives to to us a total amount placed into the hands of our own people, as follows: To hotel from pleasure and health seekers J 5 .000 ,00 To hotels from prospectors and land buyers ' 14.600,00 To livery-stable men about .. .'. . 3,000,00 To native lumbermen and mechanics 50,000,00 appeared are as good an argument to the contrary as one needs. We would W, H. WETMQRE &Co. 4- 1 RALEIGH, N.C.j Factory Cor. Harffet& Salisbury Sts. Manufacturers of t .Hand Sowed Gaiter Button, Congress and Lace. Made to order, of the best njaterial, Total ." ; 1 117,600,00 We do not count in this the amount expended with State railroads, as it goes into the hands of corporations, and not directly but indirectly into the hands of our own people. Neither do we estimate that every settler is worth to the State one thousand dol lars each, for this is not actual money in the hands. of the people, but an ac cession worth the sum named to tha State and to the railroads. This ; is only a beginning in (his line. Within a period less than five years, if efforts 1 are made in this direction, exceeding one million, five hundred thousand dollars can be annually brought to our people. People of means have been induced to come to North Carolina, who are opening up swamp lands that have for years yielded no tax to the' State, but have been an eyesore and a health old times". Believe us, friends, the raarle gteam Navigation Company. rainedevelopedf factories established, New South, the New North, the New .We are aiding those people, and we ex- j water powers and timber lands utilized. East, the New West, the New World pect, with their cooperation, to direct j Tne gteta resources have been so are better at this beginning of the year, Northerners thereduring the winter, j thoroughly, honestly and fairly ad- wno will spena many mousana aoiiars vertised that anv town citv or rail. t j - T every ear. j road enterprise in the State has no Railroad officials- in the most liberal way. We have Only extended to them the aid that was due and just and which we were in duty bound to do. Similar efforts jire being made by the people around jNewbern, aided by the Atlantic & Noth Carolina Rail road, and by the pitizens in the sec tion near JJdentonj aided by the Nor- 1887- than ever the old were. WHAT IMMIGRATION IS DOING FOR NORTH CAROLINA. We extract from State Commission- The success that has followed these-, trouble in disposing of bonds at and efforts has been much greater . than . above par, and State securities have was anticipated, considering the short j risen in the past four years from 83 period that we have been at work. ' cents on the dollar to their full face During the present winter, five thous- j value. er J. T. Patrick's report of the Bureau and people will styp in the State and ; - T - . i spend, on an average, thirty dollars' of Immigration some facts and figures . ' . . ? . , migratx that we think will be .profit to our readers. figure of interest and "each, the larger part of the money The class of settlers this Depart ment has brought into the State are going into the hands of farmers to pay not loud-mouthed Northern politicians, for meats, poultry, eggs, butt anu but quiet working people, and few ex- "In entering upon this work, it j was other supplies necessajry to run hotels. ' cept thoe in their immediate neigh- understood that I was decidedly in fa- The farmer expends the money for la- borhood are aware of their presence. at short notice. We also manufacture vor of and would consent to work I on- bor and the laborer passes it over to Many settlers have come into the state a tun line oi i eerjreu ana I w fnr th introduction of a class of th merchant and -tradesmen. Monev ilnrimr iUiiawt tmm vain hut Kair people that could and would be of con- brought in through this channel goes ' coming has been so quiet, steady and siderable benefit to our State, either directly to the people and is very ev- business like that they have marched by distributing capital among th far- enly divided among all classes. ; into ranks with our people without ai mers, in making purchases of farming ; Besides the money spent with the tracting much attention. It is impos- Standard Screw Shops- Our Northern friends at Sbuth'ern 1 1 incs can nave- ineir suoes , maae u ,i iimlpr at vnrv rAAonaKl nricoJ pair will give satisfaction. ! Prices for Men's Sewed SI $ 3.00 to $6.00 by the liealth and sible to keep track of all that has been Everv ;ilands, water powers, mineral and tim- hotel proprietors, ber lands and town lots, by purchas- , pleasure seekersand sportsman, there done; but we have the satisfaction of ing building material, agricultural ls exceeding forty! dollars a day spent ! knowing that North Carolina stands joes. products and other articles produced with them bv Northern men who are at the head of the Southern States.''
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