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

factories for mill hands to find EN-.
ployment in, but in the way of fruit
growing, raising tobacco and garden
truck, unusual opportunities are Of
fered. I learn from John T. Patrick.
chief Industrial agent Of the Seaboard
Air Line railway, that in favorable
years millions of boxes Of fruit of var
ious kinds are shipped from this de-
pot, in 1898, some 100000 boxes-one
farm alone, 10000 crates. and last year
by express alone $4,000 crates of
peaches and grapes. Here are peach
orchards, comprising some 1000 acres
with $4,000 trees. nearly all bearing
fruit. Here are fifty different persons
working orchards of pears, plums,
blackberries, grapes and peaches from
five acres to 700 acres each, one man
holding some 5000 acres. This, too, Is
famous cotton and tobacco land, the
fertilizers used being cotton seed meal,
bone, and, for fruit manures; guano
and Carolina phosphates.
EXCELLENT HOTELS.
Southern Pines can boast of some
excellent hotels. eight. all told, rates
varying in price from 80 to $3o per
week. But the most palatial and COM
modious structure is the new Pincy
Woods Inn. a cut of which appears
herewith. This hotel will comfortably
accommodate two hundred and fifty
guests and make them feel comfort
able and satisfied. Hone-like in every
respect, its guests are free from all
restrictions and can here enjoy win
ter home with all the comforts of city
life.
Opened in 1896, its success the first
season was most marked, and the fore
runner Of brilliant future, and, I
understand. with each succeeding year.
greater success and increased popular
ity have been its good fortune. The
Inn" is located upon Il sandy ridge
at an elevation of 600 feet above sea
level, which has gradual slope toward
the village a half-mile distant. The
soil is clean sand, extending to
depth of fifty to ninety feet. giving
perfect natural drainage and prevent
ing any surface dampness. Numerous
springs of the purest water flow from
this hillside. issuing forth as clear as
crystal, the great depth of the sand
through which they pass acting as a
filter and removing all deleteriCus mat
ter.
The Inn" has all the up-to- date i'm
rrovements connected with first class
hotel-good toilet rooms on every floor,
electric light, electric call bells spa
cious parlors, reception rooms. reading
and writing rooms for both ladies and
gentlemen. wide vcrandas, long prom
enades. sun parlors on each story,
steam heat-in fact all the conven-
fences of city hotels. The Office is spa
cious and roomy and the growing
palms and ferns. with bric-a -brac and
works or art, give an air of luxurious
comfort that is 60 welcome 10 thu
stranger. In the hotel is a billiard anL
also pool table. free to tic use Of
the guests, while the commodinus par
lor, so tastefully decorated the CHEEKY
sun rarlors and the reading and writ
ing rooms with a largo library of books,
all serve to make the visitor feel that
he is at home and amcng friends.
The sleeping rooms are all good si2r,
with a closet in each room. Floors
are of hard wood. with rugs. thus Civ
irg absolute cleanliness. while 7rivat,
baths are attached to many suites.
HANDSOME DINING ROOM
The dining room is of unus,:,l cl-
paciiy, adorned with tropical ana semi
tropical plants. The table is generous
~ supplied with all the eruits and
luNurics in market aud the white f.
male walters are selected from tho
best hotels north of those dasrous OF
enjoying Il southern climate in winter.
An orchestra discou,srs music at all
meals and during certain hours in the
day and evening. A resident housc
physician is always in attendance.
Confirmed consumptives are not re-
ceived. | should mention the nine
hole golf course, said to be one Of the
best in the south, with Il professional
golfer in attendance: also, the great
est of sports. fox hunting, with a pack
of hounds, used for this special pur-
pose. Guides and horses are furnish
ed for chase any time, also dogs for
hunting quail. wild turkeys. deer and
fox. The game shooting here cannot
be surpassed. 1t is an interesting
sight, when the saddle riders assemble
at the hotel front for the morning ride
The Hotel Park" in which the hotel
stands, contains twenty acres, COW
cred with heavy growth of the long
lea1ed pines, the trees growing to a
itlSlt OF SlNtS, even seventy feet, and
is rapidly being made g rlacr OF
beauty. Rustic arbors, bridges, set
tees, etc, are erected with skill and
taste, that the most refined and in
ttlligent people who come to dwell In
This paradise Of nature" may enjoy
themselves thoroughly. In absolute
freedom from noisy Interruptions and
with the balmy odor of the pines per-
meatinS the air You breathe, it is a
perfect paradise for those needing rest
and quiet and outdoor air Within
this park are located the Southern
Pines mineral springs. These waters,
on account of their saline properties,
have been found beneficial for gout,
rheumatism, scrofulous Diseases con-
slipation, obesity, diseases of the skin.
also of the liver and various other all
mentS.
SANITARY CONDITIONS.
The sanitary conditions of Piney
Woods Inn are most favorable in every
respect and absolutely perfect and de-
serving of special notice. Nature has
given spring, yes, several springs,
of water which are wonderfully pure,
while the sewerage and drainage go in