SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1906, 5c. Copy. $1 Year FROM SEASHORE TO SANDHILLS ft' .■ »: u. - it'll} By HBI.BN MAR D’AUBY ADAMS i ilW .. . ?v;t *• ';V From fierce wild wind that pierces And hovrfs in wrath and might, ■ To soft sweet breezes, crooning Like voices of the night; Frpm gleam of white-sailed commerce O’er blue waves, passing by, »i To glittering pine fops, tossing Sutr lighted 'gainst the sky. ' Fbr the wide blue that stretches, ’ Li^e'to feod’s patient love, i . To meet the deep on deep of blue ■8ft* ^Ktnn-Thithetlds serene above; fr jo h •. f fi ,«;■ T J. ii <1 v-i Tj^e street encircling fragrance j'dfi fortat, hrilVnd mead, The tender whisper of the leaf, This drop of nut or seed. D f From, silver sea gull, poising With breast and wing of snow, Ttr-black, majestic buzzard, 3 L Ak# •ycdf circling low; ' ^£^«5arMfiseT«Krrjr, Afar o'er tossing brine, The lakelet boat with mirrored oars AdH^pihg and ashine " , v;' All iwSjo I r, roar of rocky cavern And niKNhKrf «Blrf»*t,crn sw '* -- * To the soit-^ftijsncc o? the fields rim J ; irtfei. tW Aocking birds agfce h ■ < t^otp cradle lined with shell tints, ere,infant day is born, mpte^fromhis ocean bed, To grtfet the fffesh made morn. ima .. . : To half frown kisses of the sun, Through pine tops o’er the hill, Aglint with shadows, where the stream lis^ying with the mill, Ait!?Who shall dkre to utter A prayer for purer bliss * __Jftjtfcfcf JfoLPfi P7*tic world, Than may be had in this? Who dares to hope for brighter heaven Than in thia world below, |( 1/ [f-V tfjlaif devf^ eangbt its meaning, I|as never learned to know, The violet from t he cowslip; * ? Has never learned to read The beauty of the brpokaid* fern Or fjA the wayside weed. All Mature sings its anthem A*foye song, long and dear. t And he who will but listen ,’i Shall surely know and hear. Ea pebble has it* secrat, K*a ¥•“*?'“ 1<*». ' llsd MU riop*, the shore. . .■ • -v < .*it-ii i-iik New Subscriber* &£« Smiley.of,South Paris. ^ ^nionfc th$ week's new supKHibcrs f . (' Cmilav r\f Qniifli Paris .■* Maine, who will he remembered as 1 ■ ? > ?&u ' ■■. :i '■*_:l _ ... Jlpda/iing two or more winters iu : Pines. She is ftill in m%*din the people here afcd wishes to keep in touch with them. Other subscribers during the week are Dr. O. E. McCarty, of Niagara Falls, N. Y., who, with his family is occupying the Stryker cottage, Mrs. Daniel Howe, of Hillcrest cottage, and Miss Mary Schwarberg, who is teaching in the public schools. New subscribers are being constantly enrolled, a large portion of them for one year, which it is hoped may mean permanent readers, instead of for three or six months which may cover the time of one’s sojourn. Another noticeable thing is that none of these subscriptions has been solicited—-all have been vol untary. Later the Tourist hopes to send an agent out to secure new subscribers but as yet has not been able to spare any one from the office and has not even had time to look up just the right person. But do not wait. Step into the. Tourist office, drop a line, or call up phone number 3. " ^ Boston Clergyman Here Among recent arrivals in South ern Pines are Rev. Mr. Frederick M. Gardner and Mrs. Gardner, of Boston, who are occupying apart ments in Mr. Burleigh’s house on May street for the present season. Mr. Gardner is a graduate of Colby College, Maine, and Newton Theological Seminary, and has served churches in Winthrop, Law rence and Boston, being at present, as for eight years past, pastor of the South Baptist Church in the New England metropolis. Mrs. Gardner, who is a niece of Mrs. E. T. Underhill, is suffering from a ner\ ous affection and comes South in the hope of gaining benefit from its climate. For troubles of this kind it would be hard to find a more favorable combination of conditions than Southern Pines offers.' Compensation for a Slip A alight but rather Judicious slip in the gender pf a noun was allowed to slip into one of the long articles in last week’s Tourist and may have been noted by many but so far has been mentioned by but one person— a somewhat sedate, erudite, elderly gentleman Wuo migm not oe ex pected to read such light and frivo lous articles. To be assured that the paper is read by thoughtful people is full payment for such an i.icident now and then. TOURIST’S FOURTH BIRTHDAY Four years ago there was born to the world at Southern Pines an in fant, which was destined to exert the greatest influence in the develop ment and advancement of Southern Pines in particular and of the Sand Hill Section of North Carolina in general. This infant was christen ed the Tourist, and now at the tender age of four it has long since thrown off its swaddling clothes and taken its place amoung the journals of the State, with a definite purpose to attain and specific principles to expound. I regret that I had not the pleas ure of an earlier acquaintance with this youth, having known him in timately only some fifteen months, but during that time his generous magnanimity and candid frankness have won my respect and esteem. In these days of yellovjr journalism, when two-t^ird^ of wm4 iV-^rve up by title daily press }^“news” is masticated and digested only to be regurgitated the next day, it is in deed a relief to find among one»s mail a paper that does not pretend to have the largest circulation in the world and does not depend for its popularity on “scoops” and scandal-mongering. The Tourist, as I have known it, is not primarily a newspaper, but while it covers the local news thoroughly and impartially its chief purpose is to serve as a mirror to scatter rays of sunshine and cheer at home, and to reflect these rays from the Sand Hills to readers in the frost bitten North. In a recent number of the Inde pendent the following sentiment was expressed editorially, and as it is particularly pertinent, I may be pardoned for appropriating it ver batim: “The inability of the American people to read books de manding a moderate amount of mental power is commonly atttibut ted to the influnceof our daily press which, for the most part, avoids thoroughness and hesitates to print matter calling for intellectual con centration. The newspaper habit does in many instances* disintegrate the mind. It creates a comfortable feeling of being informed, when, in fact, no information whatever that will stick in the memory for more than twenty-four hours has been acq uired. It uses up a certain amount of nervous energy and leaves its victim without appetite ; for more serious application.” i While the limited space at hand prevents the Tourist from treating some of the subjects touched upon as exhaustively as might be wished, it cannot be accused of 4 ‘hesitating to print matter calling for intellece tual concentration, ’ ’ for its able edi torials an d its weekly letter by Mr. Bion Butler are intellectual treats and their general tone afcd refine ment certainly tend to create an appetite for serious application. It would be fortunate for the world if there were a vastly greater num ber of papers like the Tourist, which does not depend for its subsistence on the dissemination of sensation and whose sole purpose is not the making of money, but which puts forth its best efforts for the truth apd the best in human nature. \ Long live the Tourist! Rusticus. Lakeview, Nov. 28. Commissioners' Meeting The regular meeting of the Board of Town Commissioners was held at Firemen’s Hall on Wednesday eve ning, November 28, with" Mayor Fer guson in the chair. Commissioner* present—Eastman, Richards and Sugg. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved. It was voted to renew the con tract with the Dorland Advertising agency for one year. It was voted to accept the bid of Alex. Cameron for shrubbing and grading extension of Broad street. Twenty cents per cubic yard for grading and $18 per acre for clear ing and shrubbing. It was voted to instruct the l ax Collector to enforce collection of 10 per cent additional on all unpaid taxes after January 1, 1907. It was voted to place an order with the Cheraw Brick Works for 15,000 bricks. It was voted to instruct me street Committee to employ extra help to repair the sidewalks. The following bills were read, audited and ordered to be paid.5 The Dorland Advertising Agency iS 56 J. W. Scott, wood.-----. 6 a* W. H. Chestnut.engineer-.. 30 William Lee. street work, . $6 William Munn, street work -- a Southern Pines publishing Com pany, advertising-- 5 5» M. N. Sugg, wood— .. a? 43 M. N. Sugg, boarding horae-- 10 00 Son them Pines Publishing Com pany, booklets . --— *50 W. C.'Riddick, engineer- 75 00 C. L. Blur, Clerk. 8 8 8