The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-02-13
A REMARKABLE tkREER.
A Multi Millionaire Dies In North
Carolira,
The LATE Mr.. JAS. W. TUFTS.

The death of James w. Tufts some
ten days ago at Pinehurst, brings
his career prominently before the pub
4ic The Charlotte Observer stated
bat he was born in Boston in 1884,
md had been interested in PInehurst,
his State, since 1896.
The Observers 5. uthern Pines cor
respondent writes as follows:
"Mr Tufts began his business career
Is clerk In Boston drug store, during
,hich time he was always punctual,
,onest and keen to the hest interests OF
is employer, who held the young clerk
II the highest esteem.
''lt was undoubtedly here that be
aw the increasing demand for a more
ieqnase soda fountain, consequently
lis mechanical and inventive genius
serted itself. the result being the Ia
nous Arctic Soda Fountain that one
ecs in almost every frst-class drug
1ore In city. town or village. Mr.
,,tts was enabled to keep the pa.eni
.mpleted, under bis own management:
d also controlled the manufacturing
his invention, frcm the sale of which.
is said, bis fortune amounts to owe,
.2O.OCO. 600. He also established ALI
her plant in Boston for the manufac
ure Of sliverware and brass.
"In 1895 bis attention was called i,
IS san y section of North Carolina b.
Rev. B. A. Goodridge, Unitarian
minister of Dorchester, Mass. On the
Bird day of June III the same year he
came and stayed fiye days, buying
about 1000 acres OF land to which ha
been added 1000 more acres since. H.
VAS accom- panied IN his first trip r,
PresideE. Hubbard, of the Bnst. It.
valid Aid Society, the idea being il
ind a healthy resort for consumptives
who could afford to resor: hither to,
,ature's treatment.
"The present site of PlDehurst wa.
chosen and work begun towards erect
ny village, the total cost of whict
las been over million dollars. Dwell
ng houses and boarding houses s,rane
S1x1 in Irh Nh6
Hollywood Inn was the first hote!
quilt, at cost of Sl25,OOO. Afterwards
here we're built the Berkshire, Magno-
ia, Concord and Pine Grove. Las
ear there was completed the magnlfi-
,enthotel called the Carolina, with 800
-ooms, at cost of 100000. This year
he Harvard was built at a cost of more
han $4,000.
"The present town consists OF 200
acres originally fenced in, together with
800 acres of golf links, which are the
inest anywhere, farm, dairy and
1ursery.
"Although the original idea was t.
make Pinehurst a resident for con
after one years trial Mr.
rufts changed his mind and ADVERTISED
his resort as retreat for the Overwork.
ID business man, and for those wht
wished to escape the severe winters o.
be North. The result has been thai
every year he has been compelled t.
enlarge in order to accommodate the
Increasing influx of Northern visitors
who find in this quiet, balmy Eden ali
he comforts and conveulenc~s of q
modern city for Plnehurst has electric
:ars and lights, water and sewerage
.ystems, golf links, parks in which are
he deer and different species of fowl
With variegated plumage. Shrubbery
adorns tho grounds and vines trail
along the winding roadsides, dotted
here and there with fragrant flowe,
reds.
"Mr. Tufts was a thorough business
man. Whatever he did was success
1ue to his sagaclty and mental force
The key to his success no doubt was
the fact that he was everlastlngly at it
During his business career he lived AT
Mass, and every mornine
found him at his Office by Z O'Clock.
where he worked strictly until late at
night. And only the severest heat OF
summer would call him to Cottage City,
where he would spend a few days.
Gas a philanthropic man his gifts
were mostly private, ard numbers OF
donations came from him of which the
general public has no knowledge. He
associated himself In this work with
The Rev. Edward E. Hale, who was his
|ayorite religious adviser, and who has
spent some time at Pinehurst during
The last two seasons, as the special
guest of Mr.. Tufts. Mr.. Tufts was q
strong believer in the principles Of
ana was an active men,
Der and worker with that denomina-
lion. He leaves a wife and one son
and one daughter, who are both mar
ried."