New-York tribune., 1901-01-13
AT PINEHURST, N. C.
AN IDEAL VILLAGE BUILT FOR A WIN
TER RESORT-THREE HOTELS.

The name Plnehurst bids fair to become of
the most noted among those of winter resorts In
the Sunny South. 1t is that of winter resort vii
lage among the pine hills of North Carolina, in the
heart of as healthful region can be found on
the entire Atlantic Slope 1t is on the Piedmont
plateau, at the altitude of $50 feet among sand
hills covered with the long leaf pine The village
of hotels and cottages embodies the ideas of
business man of Boston. James w. Tufts, who
founded it place of and recuperation. II
includes the Carolina the Holly Inn and Berk-
shire hotels about fifty cottages, several boarding
houses, public casino, large hall for church
services and entertainments a library. museum,
schoolhouse. stores. bowling alley, a deer
park. and an eighteen-hoe golf course, which has
no superior in the South.
The Village was laid out the most artistic
lines by eminent landscape architects. and in the
i've and half years since it begun it has
steadily increased in atractiveness and interest.
The ideal place in which ito loaf and invite your
soul" is the expression of a well known public
who came away charmed with what Pnehurst has
to offer to the wayworn and weary in the fierce
competition of life.
Mr.. Tufts, having been attracted to the region
by its healthfulness and adaptablty for purposes
OF physical and mental recuperaton. invested in
tract of 5000 of the beautiful pine forest and
had model village laid the best sanitary
plans and built in a most substantial manner. The
water supply is from the Pinehurst spring. which is
especially recommended for the of rheumatic
ills and digestive and kidney troubles. The region
is rolling one, and the fresh breezes health
giving odOr of the resinous pines. bracing atmos-
phere and crystal cearness of the skies on most
winter days give to all who have the opportunity
TO enjoy them zest exhilarat ton and satisfaction
in living that dwelers in the North seldom If
ever. know. The ample opportunities for outdoor
recreation are fully enjoyed The golf course
covers nearly hundred and fifty acres and is
declared by the highest expert authority 10 COM
pare favorably with any in the country A
professional player has charge of the greens and
Of he
son. ne. opportunities for automobile driving.
bicycle riding, tennis playing, fox hunting and
4nalI shooting are ample and are constantly
OF the newest in the South 1t the original idea
residents. and to this end only Cottages Were al
hrst built But in response TO the demands Of visi-
The Carolina was only completed in the closing
avoraby W 6s Ss' sTsss amd aMd Hs T 5
m a m obe IN the south II Is exceeded in size
s6T9 Of rooms 0s With private baths End Win
can be seated in the great dining hall; Every room
IS equipped with telephone. rendering commun-
S in R R SS IS Tne there t o Is
large large music room, which win seat four hundred
there is the best possible table service and cuisine
hundred guests has been enlarged each Tear since
its construction t 1t is finely furnished. heated by
hrepaces electric bells and every convenience for
Sape W Wh Of me ferY pfS fee oESs IN
foT IT, concerts; dancing and entertainments.
accommodate over a hundred persons and make
them exceedingly comfortable The dining room is
finished in North Carolina pine and has a huge
fireplace where pine logs are burned, and with
pine trees outside. IN Pinehurst can feel that
he is certainly in piney atmosphere. The house
has also steam heat. electric lighting. and all the
needs of the guests are amply supplied.
To reach Pinehurst go by either the
Southern Railway the aboard Air line. 1t is
about three hundred miles from Washington, and
short branch OF the Southern leaves the main line
at High Point, N C. Southern Pines is the station
on the seaboard six miles away. with trolley
road reaching 1t from Pinehurst. The winter elf
mate of Pinehurst is almost the that of
Southern France and Northern Italy. and the soil
is sandy, so that rain is at absorbed and there
is no undue moisture while malaria IL unknown. 1t
takes eighteen hours from this city to Pine eluFst.
and on Tuesdays and Thursdays there Is a special
Pullman car from Washington thither. The Rev
DR.. Edward Everett Hale writes as follows of
the benefit of living at this ideal resort:
i have enjoyed much residence Of
other people. do so with a certain terror for
fear that sick people who ought be at home
under the care Of their own doctor will go there
poor Ponce de Leon went 10 his ruin. There IS no
fountain of health in Pinehurst. except far as
the fresh air Of the good God is perpetual foun-
sort of sanarium. II is not. therefore, a
place TO which what call consumptve person
should go. On the other hand 1t is excellent
place for lazy persons to go, or for who,
not being lazy, has for the moment overworked
himself. has seen too many people, who has
to live quiet life will go Pinehurst. because,
so far as ] know. at least there is not door bell
within five miles of its centre In word. good
many of the acquisitions of decent, simple, Chris
tian life be found in this little OF the way
village, as they cannot be found elsewhere"