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Southern Pines Tourist Vol. IV, No. 6. SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1907. 5c. Copy, SI Yea it HUMOROUS POEM A. S. NEWCOMB He was short and fat, and she was tall and slim, And people sort of wondered why she married him. But he was good to her,and she was young and fair, And so they lived and loved and didn’t seem to care. They ran a two-horse farm away down in “Kentuck,” And raised some sweet potatoes and corn and other truck. They kept a hired man and a hired maiden, too, And so the lady of the house did not have much to do. And thus it often happened that in her leisure hours The horrid green eyed monster enslaved j her in his powers Sometimes she’d get so jealous she could hardly hold her tongue. For the hired girl was pretty and friv olous and young. So she finally decided she must learn the horrid truth, Then h?id her trap and waited quite patiently, forsooth. nine,** “A week ago Friday night waithe be ginning of the cold. Friday noon the thermometer was 70 degrees. That night it went down to 23 Think of that for a drop; The next day it rose to 55 at noon and at night it went down to 2% giving tht second freeze. The next two days, it was the same as the second day, giving four successive days of frost. “A man 12 miles from here who owns a 100-acre grove lost $30,000 worth ofgiape fruit and oranges. It was the finest grove in the state. All the vegetables in the state are ruined, and look as if a fire had swept over them. Not only are the oranges and grape fruit ruined, but all the vegetables are gone. The banana trees were looking fine, were twenty feet high and loaded with fruit. There is not one in the state now over six inches high. We won’t have any bananas in the state next winter, for the trees have to grow two years before,-they bear fruit. There may not be another such frost in ico years, and we are liable to have one at any time, I suppose. “A week ago Friday night, Flo ida was th» second coldest state in the whole United States, something that was never ht-aui of before. Montana was the coldest and Florida the next. Today the tiier mpmeter is 80, and since and before the freeze it has been from 60*10 So. “A lour wat£r pipes froze and for four days we did not have any water. Pipes burst on a number of people. I had an j elegant garden. Everything in it was j just in its prime. Now' all that is leit is j a few cabbages which withstood the ^ cold. Fourteen of our little chickens | actually froze to death. We have 165 hens j and chickens, some of the chickens not j being feathered The cold struck them hard, as henhouses here are not built as the Noith. They are open here, vv.th civil war,and see how they have triumphed j over a long all-embracing train of adver- j sittes! It is an advancement over obstacles with no visible parel'el in the history of any people in any land. When these eleven Southern States emerged from the war, one billion and a half of wealth in slaves had disappeared. More than seven hundred millions of other property had been swept away, and they j were to enter upon a long, dark period of debt amid desolation. The process of re covery was necessarily long drawn out and painful. The saddest hour for South ern pride was Appomattox, but the star of Southern manhood was brightest when their most beloved leader, Robert K. Lee, said: “Human virtue should be equal to human calamity.” The aggrate wealth of the eleven South ern States in i860 was $5,i5l>865,095. In 1870, five years after the close of the war—their aggregate wealth was but #2,830,616,000. The figures for 1870 were based upon an inflated currency; and, de ducting one-fifth, as the statisticians do, the wealth of those States was $2,264,000, 000, or $2,935.000.000 less than the year iidl Resfrvr-^qp ^ u - i lace Tuesday everting at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Wilkie, 262 Glen street, when their daughter, Miss Mildred Nina Wilkie, and David Cushman Wycoff, of Willianisfield, III., were married in the presence of 30 guests. The ceremony was perftn tiled at 8 o'clock by Rev. I)r. John R. Mackay, after the bride and groom had entered the parlor to the strains of the wedding inarch from Tohengrin, played by Miss Kdna Burnham. The Lnidal party stood before a bank of evergreens. The bride was prettily attired in white silk, trimmed witli chiffon and Irish puinte lace. She carried a bouquet of bridal loses and smiiax, titdvvitli tulle A wreath of lilies of the valley crowned her head. The groom presented the bride a gold bractletsel with diamonds. Mr. and Mrs. Wycoff ieK for a journey vvfiich will include Niagara Falls,Chicago and Galesburg, 111. Mrs. Wycoff \s going awav tx.vm whs of red b:oadcloth. The*, will 'tside 111 Williaimdieid, 111. Week of Prayer '1 lie special s< rvices in observance oi the Week of Pi a ver at the-Congregational Church liave been interesting and well attended. The afternoon meetings have been given up to the ladies ami the number present. 1ms comfortal ly filled the lecture room. Tuesday evening the meeting was held in the andilo.ium and a good number en josedand pai tieipated in theserv.ee. Some extra services have also been held at the Baptist Church, which have had a good attend nice and have been most profitable. The services have been so at ranged as nut to eoniliet with each other, j The week of praver has come to be oi> served the world over, and the churches of nearly all denominations are ac customed to begin special evangelistic services at that time • NEW YEAR’S EVE The Annual Ball at the Southern Pines I Hotel The New Year’s Eve ball at the South- • ern Pines Hotel has come to be an annual | event, and is looked forward to with great! interest by those who dance or those who, not dancers themselves, enjoy seeing others tripping the light fantastic. The Southern Pines Hotel, as now arranged, j is an ideal place for such social enjoy- j ments, sufficiently commodious and much j more home-like than a hall. The Pine- j hurst Orchestra was announced to furnish j music,hut for some reason, perhaps owing j to poor trolley connections, they failed i to appear, and Mr. Brooks came to the | rescue and furnished most acceptable music for the evening. A good number of dancers were present i | and had a most enjoyable evening, Mrs. j Giles doing everything in her power to make the affair a success. Bowling Party A very pleasant bowling party was held New Year’s Eve. Those who par ticipated were Mr.and Mrs.Leon St. John, Mr. and Mrs. It. jV&ndV;o" C. PUnL.Mrs.Charles St. 6. If subscr, are hound to gfaW' t ot til time if they do not wish to continue taking it, otherwise the publisher is authorized to send jt and the subscriber | will be responsible until an express notice I with payment of the arrearages are sent | to the publisher, ! 7. The latest postal laws are such that a newspaper publisher can arrest any one for fraud who takes a paper and refuses to pay for it. Under the law the man who allows his subscr ption to run along ^or some time unpaid and then orders it d ^continued, or orders the postmaster to mark it “refused" and have a postal card sent notifying the publisher, leaves himself liable to arrest and fine, the same' as for theft. We Get Our Bumps The town that does not have a railroSvd wreck in these days is decidedly behind die times and Southern Pines is nothing if not up to date. The wreck was a small one, but it might easily have been most serrious and many lives were in danger. A constr; etum train of eight or ten cars was occupying the main pass track near the Southern Pines Hotel and in the j half dozen box cats t wen y two workmen j were si epiug. Just before the Florida! Fiver, going so ith, was due to pass, aj 1 mg fright train, drawn by engines 749 j and 791, took the long pass track at the j bend, not knowing that it was occupied j by the construction train, which carries j no light, but is not otten 1- ft upon coni- j iiiotilv used sid ngs. ()u the end ot the j construction trai.v was a flat car loaded ■ with tools, trucks and other heavy tna- j uwial w hich acted as a buffer between the j heavy engines and the cars containing j the sleeping men. The freight must have ; noon socially. During the hours fromjj to 5 there was a musical and literary en tertainment, with refreshments at the close. _ __ King’s Daughters’ Dinner The King’s Daughters gave a dinner rt their hall from 12.30 to 2, serving chickeji pie, roast chicken, cold meats and all the good things for which the ladies qf Southern Pines are famous. A large number was present and the hall seemed to be a clearing house for New Year’s joys and greetings. It was an excellent dinner, veell served and thoroughly en joved by those who were wise enough to be present. The receipts were about $35, and the King’s Daughters will make good use of the money. Dr. Blair Entertains Ott New Year's Night Dr. Blair gave a I supper aud social evt ning in honor of i Mr. I.eland S. Copeland and other col j legians home for the holidays, j Supper was served at 7.30, and after two ! hours had been delightfully spent at the ; table, college songs were sung, yarns I spun and a general good time enjoyed. Covers were laid tor fifteen, and the fpHowi*»j{-young men were present I.e was thrown open to the guests by the courtesy of the Misses Folger, who have die upper apartment. ‘ A goodly number were present, who came for a good time, and had it. The writer has not decided yet whether it was the ladies or the fine .^tipper that was anticipated that drew so many genle rnen out for the evening. Perhaps it was a combination of the two, if so t hev were not disappointed in either case;. After ^ the body had been well provided for,- ft literary program was rendered, which all enjoyed. Then the guests separated, with many thanks to the entertainer and with a fixed purpose that the next time Goodwin Cottage is opened for a social time there will be no vacant chairs. I v (. _ Temperance Lectu v 'r the past year tb*r Temperance A#- , sedation has held a union tempe r meeting on the second Sutub u onth in the Baptist or (- ■ " 1_ZZIIZZ^ Churches, the intention bei between the two,' . , . • This mouth the meeting-,. - Tuesday evening, January 1 n iloi^ Bumhc’
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