The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-11

| PINEY WOODS Inn.
emulation by other states is their
Convict SYSTEM" utilizing the con-
victs on the public works throughout.
| the state and in various camps. Ra-
leigh is one of the leading educational
centers of the state. having three col
leges for young ladies, a male academy
and a fine system of public schools
For the higher education Of the "col-
ored people" there are Shaw Univer-
sity and st. Augustine Normal college.
or the population of Raleigh, sixty
per cent are white. The public schools
are supported by per capita tax not
exceeding two dollars and the railroad
companies pay large sum for school
Purposes. Thirty-fve per cent Of the
pupils are colored, they having sc1a:.
ate schools. Among. the institutions
iGr higher education are the Baptist
F emale university. with twelve dis
t,nct schools and also st. Marys
81 hool, both large and prosperous In"
| stitutions. The massive and Srarlcd
| shade trees which abound in Raleigh
have given it the title of the City or
Oaks"
SOUTHERN PINES.
From Raleigh to Southern Pines. the
mecca of health resorts" is sixty
eight miles through many nourishing
places and lumber camps, with i'm
proved farming country well adapted
to the raising of early vegetables.
| grain, grapes and stock. AS the swift
speeding train sweeps southwark. we
feel more and more the ice clutch of
tne northern winter relax, though re-
lucts ntly, and commence to breathe
:lc invigorating air of the great pines
only found in the High Sand Hills
| where winter is distanced in the race
| for supremacy.
This is Southern Pines. whose fame
is abroad in the land, and the nearest
and most convenient resort for us
northerners where we may feel secure
from the cold blasts of winter, and
confess to genuine surprise VITA all
other new comers.
The air here is simply aromatic with
the odor of the long-leafed pine for
| csts which surround the town. Here
we find rcpose without dulness, health
| without medicine, and pleasure with
out much eNertion. The equability OF
the climate here is most marked: the
nearest approach to it is Southern
California at the foot hills of the noun
tains. Yet they have cold, piercing
winds which are never found here. The
average winter temperature is "A de-
grees. and the yearly average is G3 de-
grees, thus admitting outdoor eXer-
else during the entire year with no
discomfort whatever.
CLIMATE ACCOUNTED FOR.
This mild climate is accounted for
mainly in the influence of the Gulf
Stream. This immense body of super
heated water attainS width of sew
enty-five miles at point on the North
Carolina shore. directly east of South
ern Pines, 10 miles distant. This
stream parts with it's heat during its
course. and modities the climate of
the shores it touches, and is carried
over the pine-belt by the trade winds
prevailing the greater part of the year.
Southern Fines is located on the Sea-
board Air Line railway, right in the
heart of the renowned long leafed pine
belt and high sand-hill section of
North Carolina, which covers an area
over hundred miles in length south
ward and some thirty miles wide. 1t
sandy, porous soil, high altitude, and
distance from the water among these
everlasting pines, all combined it pos
sesses all TIE advantages of resorts
farther south and is the hea'thiest ana
probably the most desirable winter re-
sort in America. The absence of large
bodies of water, which cause by their
cooling effects the condensation of the
Vapor i'm the atmosphere and produce
fog, precludes the possibility of mins,
ma, always found in loWiands border
ing on streams, Hero, there is ahso-
lutely nothing for microbes to feed on.
Professor w. G. Kerr Estate geolOgisD
while exploring this region discovered
that the people who lived here were
entirely free from all forms OF pulmon-
airy and throat diseases and he thought
it was due to the presence of the long
lcafed pine, which is the growth of
this "Pinc Hill" section largely. Is It
any wonder, then, that this region Is
visited now by thousands of tourists
from all over the land, who desire to
spend their winter months in this
grand climate neither too hot nor too
cold.
Southern Pines is now prosperous
little hamlet of 1000 population, in,
habited by those who came seeking
health, but the best of 1t Is they are
no longer inyalids, The erection of
many elegant cottages by northern
people of wealth and refinement dur
ing the past few years, has given an
impetus to the village; real estate has
advanced and wonderful progress Is
helng made every year and the OUT
look for new comers Is very favorable.
The schools are excellent and guests
with families can spend the winter In
this mild climate and not neglect the
education of their children. Educa-
tional opportunities are offered not
only in the ordinary branches, but
teachers of languages and music and
art are found here. There are, too,
churches of most every denomination.
Here are stores and markets OF all
branches.
PUBLIC CONVENIENCES