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% A THE CHRISTMAS SEASON ' —-——-—' i iv Clear, cold wejather-—-very cold for Southern Pines, in spots—has marked the holiday season and made visitors from the North feel % ■ .. *■ at home, except that a little snow would have made the season seem a bit more like .-the real thing. A {gentleman. who keeps his eyes open discovered a sizeable cake 'of ice that had formed in some ex posed place and brought it tri umpElntly into the Tourist office to show that the South could, on oc casions, produce even this com modity, bat the very fact of its rarity tells the story. Southern Pines has a cold snap how and then, but it is only a fragment broken of! some blizzard that locks the North, hand and foot, in its icy grasp. Southern Pines had a few frozen pipes Monday morhing, but, in mosi cases, the noonday sun thawec them out and cheated the plumber The mercury fell to 15. or 16 abov« sm "zsiit vastly different from 20 or''25 below, lasting in some cases for*£ week. Then, however cold the morning may be, there are‘several hours al mid-day when the air is not at al] uncomfortable, and persons who dc not enjoy extreme cold may spend a portion of each day out of doors. Christlnal Sunday was fittingly observed inwall the churches, good congregations being present, the pastors of the several churches oc cupying^ their * kfam'; pulpits and preaching sermons appropriate to the day. " ? Late Monday afternoon the Tour ist made a tour of the town and found every oudjT busy, the shop? full of eager Buyers and a general air of good feeling pervading every thing and ‘dominating' everybody. It mattered very little what kind of shop it was, the whole force seemed tobe on the jump. Arthur J. Thomas reported that his business just about equaled that of last year. J. L. Smith & Son were so busy that the Tourist maq bad to drop into a trot and ask his questions while trying tdup with’ Mr.c Smith as he‘hurrjed froiu the sugar barrel to the candy center. “How’s busi ness?” the grocer. “Well, how does it look? Been this way all day. Have not had time since din ner to get mv overcoat off. ’ ’ The Tourist caught Flint leaning against a counter to get his breath. His word was: * The store has done one third more business this Christmas season than last. Mrs. Hayes re ported herself about even with last year; possibly a little better. Wells is doing as well this year as last, and the final figures may show that this season has exceeded last. Patch & Richardson have done a fire business, certainly equal to, and they think better than last season. In answer to the question, “How’s business?” Mr. Kapitzke replied, “Fine, couldn’t ask anything bet ter. While all the stores were doing a good business, the News Depot was, of course, the Mecca of most shoppers. No matter where else they went their shopping was not complete until they had seen what Hayes had to offer and all the floor space was crowded almost every hour of the day. A large force oi "icierk£> was kept busy frqm early forenoon until late at ntgni attemi 4ng to the wants of customers. It was a good natured crowd, as be htted the season ot good will ana fine fellowship. The News Depot never gave its patrons such a large, varied and well selected stock before and Mt. Hayes sold as many goods the “day before” as last year. In deed, with the exception of a few days last week, the past month has shown surprisingly good figures, fully'equal to other seasons. Eaton’s dainty parlors were filled with seekers after the things in which the shop deals, and all were pleased with the store, slock and bargain*. Mrs. Sanderson was offering many things that make acceptable gifts and did a good business. On the whole, the Tourist was" much pleased and somewhat sur prised to be led to the conculsion that the Christmas business had been at least equal to that of last year. With some it was better, with some about the same, with one or two there may be a slight falling off, but, on the udiole, those who have been feeling and talking blue in regard to the prospects of the present season will do well to revise their opinions. It is doubtful if there are quite as many people in Southern Pines as last year at the same time. It will be remembered that the early part of last season was the best and those who are in position to form reliable judgments believe that the present season will prove to be one of the best Southern Pines has known. The last time Major Gattis, the popular Traveling Passenger | Agent of the Seaboard Air Line, j | was in the Tourist office he volun- j | tartly expressed his conviction that j the present season would be an ex cellent one, a big one, as he put it. Each year it is harder to get people to leave their homes until the holiday joys and family re unions are over; ready then they are for a trip to the South,especially if the weather in the North is of suf ficient severity to render the milder climate of the South attractive. This winter the weather is doing its full duty by the South, in that everything seems to indicate that the North is to have a normal winter and everybody knows what that means. I Just now uie ooum* ^ « «* ...rt - - j cold as it rarely Buffers, Raleigh I beating its record for nineteen years and Southern Pines recording one of its lowest temperatures, but it will soon be over, and even while it lasts the air is dry and lacking in the penetrating chill that makes cold weather doubly cold in moist cli mates. The holiday shave used the Tourist very well. A large number of new subscriptions have been received, scarcely one old subscription has dropped out, work has been plenti ful, the Tourist’s Christmas cards, late on the market, have had a fine j sale, and calls for the booklet have' been steady and large, both at the | office and by mail. One dealer in | town has been stocked up three times since the book was issued. To all its patrons and friends the Tourist extends the compliments of the season .__ The Blue and the Gray At a recent meeting of the com mittee of the local Blue and Gray Executive Committee it was de cided to hold a second campfire and reunion this year, and Thursday, March 28, was selected as the date. The details are yet to be worked out, but everybody will be glad that this popular event is not to be omitted this season. SIGNIFICANT CONTRACT After February 1 next the Amer ican Bank Note Company will man uiaciure all United States postage stamps. Under a contract made public recently the concern must deliver 27,000,000 stamps daily six times a week. The American Bank Note Com pany made the first postage stamps used by the Government and held the contract up to thirteen years ago. At that time the Government went into the business itself by manu- , factoring the Columbian issue, and f down. to this day the Bureau of Printing and Engraving has turned out all stamps. According to War- * * | ren L. Green, president of the Bank Note Company, the Government decided to emloy a private institu tion again because it can do the work cheaper. The Government is to pay the American Bank Note Company $.055 for each thousand stamps, which is two mills less than the estimate ox tuc ».iiuu#< „ and Printing. It will get ten cents a thousand, however, for special delivery stamps. It might be interesting to some j of our readers to enter into a com putation, based upon the foregoing contract, in favor of the American Bank Note Company. », uany output.. 27,000,000 Weekly output__. 162,000,000 Yearly output __ .8,424,000,000. Government pay? for thisout put at 5 l/z c. per thousand 4,633,200 Government gets from sale of these stamps__ 168,480,000 Profit after paying the cost of tht same to the American Bank Note Company....- 163,846,800 It might be interesting to know how this very large fund is distrib uted resulting in an annnal deficit. It is a matter of public notority inat mail transportation is out of all pro portion to the value of the service rendered. Ini 865 we paid for such service $6,246,884. I11 1904 we paid $69,200,197, which is proof positive that mail transportation i# greatly excessive, and the Postolfice Department is victimized by the railroads in a manner that is be coming offensive. The Government could equip its own trains and run them for much less money. The compensation to postmasters in 1904 was $22,273,344. Conciding that to be normal there should be a profit of $100,000,000 annually in favor of the Government, George H. Locky.
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