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Evolution-A Story of the “New South”
II U recorded thiii wh*n lb# Kin
perwas Josephine called upon her
tailor for originality after originality
the rnnark was finally forced, in
some #ng#rn#*#: "There* nothing nr*
under the *un " but «• 1 bat time cer
tain condition* Hid not prevail which
mbwi)iMUy came into mliubw, #nd
which more subsequently have attract*
ed tin tit lent loti of the American peo
ple In u lame degree and somewhat
the attrntlon of people of foreign
eoimtrlea aa well When the remark
was made there *ll no “New South"
though’ of nor were the la’er con ill
ttona which made possible the "New
South ' In mind
Year* ago. when the present genera
tlon wa* hut beginning it* ealatenc#,
the "Old South" mi th* acknowledged
fn.wer of the North American contl
nent It* people followed their pur
anlta In happlnea*. watched their
fruita of enterprlae with gratification
and haak#d in the auti of their ae
ctimnlalion with pride Circumstance
followed upon clrcumatanee until a
condition waa brought about which re-,
atilted In that proud "Old South" be
Ing tgttered and tom, laid In waate,
wrncked almost with poverty and do
vaatated of the fruits which had made
ita people bappv. comfortable and
easy The great store of wealth was
devastated when smouldering ruins
covered lit*- country where formerly
prosperity had marked the habitation
of the world’s proudest people. Homes
which were palaces with stores In
abundapei* were rendered mere shel
tering place* with the picture of pinch
ing hunger stalking about and with
hul two exception*, the South a groat*
est asset# had passed Into tho past.
One remaining asaet. and the great
est possessed by any people In any
part of the world, wan bound up In th«
hr««tH of those men who had return
eit to find the country devasted. Tboaa
men ware of indomitable courage, un
abakaiile detarmlnatlon and Imuicas
arable energy
Instead of alttlng by the pllaa of eln
dera and asha* and brooding over thn
loaa of their poataaetona, the destruc
tion of va*t •iitHte* and their vanish
ed wealth, thoae men aet about the
task of rehabilitation It watt the dt
vidian line between the "Old South”
and ibe "New South ” The remain*
ware gathcrad together and upon them
a new foundation wn* laid, upon
which tower* today the grenteat In
al Itution In the world, “the success
ful New South ” Natural advantages
were among the asset* upon whleh
the South laid ita foundation, and over
that great asset the corner atone of
tha naw alrueture was placed, and
around t< all other work ha* since re
volved until thousands and thousands
of chimneys belch forth a smoke
where formerly the fields had given
up smoke of a different sort. Knter-i
prlaes that were weaklings In the
commerce of the world In their In
fancy were gradually advanced by 1
careful nuraing until they have reach
ed that stage wherein they figure
as factore of greatest importance In
the affairs of the nation.
Cireumtlnnees again changed the
aspect of the country, ami from
whence once came the means of de
atructlon of the "Old South" rims
also, through natural attraction, a
portion of the finance which has so
rapidly and an greatly advanced the
"New South ” Referred to as "for
cign capital It Is true, hut. neverthe
lees. It has developed into ' home '
capital, store now there I* no part of
these Inited States "foreign” to an
other
•s• s •
The other great asset of the "New-
South." and which Is hut beginning
at this day to be developed, though
haa been a gift of Nature for ages he ,
WIDESPREAD POVERTY IN SPAIN, WHERE PREPARATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS FOR THE MARRIAGE
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mall* ahow that the apprivachtng mar
riage of Kina Alfonso with the prln
cea* Ena of Bnttonhurg and the pre
parations that are being made for the
royal nuptlala. are the all engrossing
topic In Spam at the openlttK of tic
lew year. Such Item* a* ‘'Great im
provements are being made in the
royal palace." or "Popular fete* on a
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yomi the existence of man, is that re
feri-ed to on every opportunity by peo
ple of the North. Kant and Weal, us
liod given the climate.
It was this energy and courage,
this capital and this climate, which,
combined, made It poaalble for two,
of the present day great men of the
United Stales to make, with good;
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HOTEL BON AIR
In Summerville, the Beautiful Georgia Suburb of Augusta, One of the Prettiest Winter
Localities in the Southern States.
foundation, the assertion: "There Is
no North, no Hast, no West, no South.
There is only one groat, vast coun
try.**
Perhaps the first section of (lie
south to fill one longing ami need in
the Uvea of those people of the other
section* of the country was the ”i,and
of Flowers. '* Thoae who could uot un
dergo. with any degre * of comfort, the
rigorous blast of u northern winter,
found It necessary some yeura ago
lo east about for temporary homes
in a more "livable" part of the conn
try, and Florida answered the call St
Augustine. Ormond. Palm Beach,
Miami and other Florida winter para
dines were developed and there flock
ed thousand* of people who had
homes rendered by nature almost un
tenable during a period of the year.
The West Indie*. Spam, sometimes
t'uha slid other foreign countries had
been tried, hut they were not acces
sible to many and convenient to none.
Then grew the demand for Florida.
A few, families or Individual* at
first, hut flualh the great common
carriers were forced, by demand, to
make accommodations to fit tho con
venience* and rapidly those accom
modations were absorbed Into com
parlttve Insignificance by the great
Increase of travel, and later faster
train* and more adequate accommo
dations were made, and so it has beeu
from year to year, and not yet has It
stopped.
grand scale are living planned." cover
all the news that comes from the
Spanish Peninsula. The reverse aide
of the picture Induatrlal and ngrl
cultural depression, famine among
the peasants and poverty among the
laborer* of the town* receives ltulo
attention.
The casual American reader prob
ably I* accuatonied to think of Spain
as a land of peace and plenty, but to
those conwrsan: with the real condl
Unblighted By Winter’s Chilly Winds
later, Virginia, In spots. North Caro
lina. portions of South Carolina and
(ieorgla were atiraetlons no longer
to be passed over, or perhaps more
trnly said, were lu-lng dlarovered. and
they, too. began to lint Id up.
One of the largest venture* In this
development was that In North Caro
lina, when capital from the frost hit*
ten section of the country found a
bonanza and developed Southern
Pines, and was Immediately followed
by the lead vein of that rich mine and
Immediately the late James W. Tufts
willi more of the capital from that
land which had formerly been a
stranger to the South, developed that
magnificent resort some seven miles
from Southern Pines snd called it
Pinehurst. Asheville. N. C., Camden,
S. (’.. Summerville. S. and Aiken,
had come into prominence and were
getting a liberal share of the then
rapidly Increasing visits from tho cold
er section of the country. Cumber
land Island, (la., bad been purchased
hy a multi-millionaire and developed
into one of the most magnificent es
tate* in America and named "Dun
genes*. ’’ Vanderbilt bought countless
acres near Asheville and. out of uu
undeveloped section or tract, made
"Blltmore,” noted the width of Iho
world and all Ita breadth.
Even thus far the bcnutlea of winter
ing in the "New South” were but lit
tle known, and. though there were
thousands availing themselves of th#
comforts, many more thousands were
forced to remain In n cold climate or
travel out of the country of their nn
tlvlty. through ignorance-of what was
within their reach.
Appreciating this fact the South be
came more enterprising even than it
had been before, and rapid strides
'tion of affairs In that country, tli»
forecast of popular fetes and merr:
making la a grim and rather tragic
Joke. In many sections of the coun
try. where famine stalks, the celehra
tlona are likely to Ite good Imita
lions of funeral processlous. Instead
jof joyous shouts of “Long live the
King and his bride." ugly clamors
for work and Laid arc apt to be the
prevailing sounds.
Andalusia that famou* province.
the theme of many a aong In the good
old days when Christum knight and
Moorish gentleman cheerfully cut
each other's throats to determine
whether cross or crescent should fly
over Ita fertile fields —Is the scene
of the greatest suffering in the coun
try', Its Inhabitants are destitute
and abject poverty is the rule. Dur
ing the Inter part of the summer the
peasants, after seeing their crops ktll
ed by the withering drought and their
livestock decimated by sickness and
starvation, flocked to the towns,
where they joined with the mobs of
unemployed laborers In marching
through the streets demanding work,
and when that was not forthcoming.
|clamoring for public charity. As their
plea for help remained unanswered,
the famished crowds went back to first
i principles ami helped themselves.
Market places wore raided and the
bakeries cleaned out Having once
tasted the delight*, of license and loo!,
the mobs didn't stop at markets and
j bakeries, but began to pillage and roj
' everything and everyone In sight.
The situation was rapidly approach
lag one of anarchy when the govern
ment took drastic measures to restore
order. Martial law was declared and
troops were poured into the disaffeet
jed regions The soldiers, by a gen
erous use of bullets and bayonets, suc
ceeded In establishing some respect
for law. so that now there are no open
outbreaks and private property Is
seemingly secure. But the whole
province la a slumbering peasants and
poverty stricken laborers get quick r«-
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
were made. Tons and tons of litera
ture, prepared In a very Intereating
manner and made attractive with pho
tographic reproductions of the real
"New South,” were spread broadcast
through the country. Then the move
ment southward became a regular part
of the Amerlran roininerco.
Home eight years ago. more or leas,
the fact that this vicinity was bless
ed with a great part of that Ood
given asset, was properly appreciated!
and. after some effort, the first tour
ist hotel was erected on this side of
the Savannah river—the first in this'
section, aside from the hotel at Aiken, j
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HAMPTON TERRACE
In North Augusta, S. C„ on the Crest of a High Chain of Extremely Attractive
lief, there will be a popular uprising
that will tax the entire strength of
the government to suppress.
The province of Andalusia is by no
|means the only section In Spain tliai
Is suffering from famine. Alarming
j reports are coining in from many
other sections, telling of outbreaks,
of burnings and of all the other ex
cesses that starving, desperate people
are apt to commit. So far the gov
ernment. by using large bodies of gol
-1 diet - *, has been able to restore order,
but the government recognised the
fact that the troops could not cure
the disease anil attempts were made
to find a remedy. One ex;>edient was
the reduction of the import duties on
grain and flour. This alleviated the
distress somewhat in a few seaboard
eltles. hut it failed to touch the misery
of the interior, for the time the grain
reached there from the coast the high
freight rates, the result of the ineffic
iency resulting from the government's
control of railroad rates, put the price
HEALTH
INSURANCE
The man who Insure* hi* ille It
w Ise for his family.
Th* man who insures hi* health
I* wi*a both for his family and
Itlmseif.
You may inaure health by guard
ing It. It is worth guarding.
At the first attack of disease,
which generally approaches
through the LIVER and mani
fests Itself in innumerable ways
TAKE —*
TutfsPills
And save your health.
which has since been destroyed. Even
then Florida was the attractive point
In the mind’s eye of the comfort seek
ers and few were disposed to stop
short of 1 silnis in t«at stale. At first
the hotel was not a sueresM. But,
aboui that time prominent metropoll-j
tan families pun-baaed ground and
erected handsome, comfortable winter
homes in Aiken. The climate was
found even better and more beneficial
than that of Florida, The conveni
ences were better and the travel less
distant. .Gradually It dawned upon
those who were seeking winter com
forts that thex’ were riding thrdugh
the mecca of nature’s perfection.
Some changes were made in the
management of the hotel In Summer
ville and then the Bon Air began to
establish Its fame. The house was
filled throughout me season, and the
following season cottages were taken
all over the Hill and the north began
to know of Augusta. Thus it has gone
on from year to year, and each suc
cessive year has been greater than Its
predecessor until finally there came
a time when more people came than
there was accommodation for In full
comfort. Cottagers for the entire win
ter became numerous and stays of a
few weeks or a month were extremely
common. People who had not found
the means and conveniences before to
enjoy those comforts had discovered
what they wanted.
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The chain of sand hills upon which
the Bon Air is standing extends across
the river into South Carolina and here,
too, was attraction which could not
long pass attention. Three years ago
there was completed another hotel,
and one of the most magnificent in
this section. Then the Hampton Ter
race was new and little known, but
its first season found many distin
guished guests of this and other coun
tries; its second season was a success
beyond expectation and its third sea
son promises more than all its past.
Not only, however, do those hills
run into Carolina, and through North
Augusta, the seat of the Terrace, but
they extend back beyond the Bon Air
for miles and miles, and, during the
past week, has come the definite an
nouncement that arrangements have
been made for the erection of still an
other winter hostelry. This third ho
tel in the chain of resorts' which will
grow larger and larger as time goes
on, will be erected on the crest of
the Hill at Monte Bano, and will be
completed, it is likely. In ample time;
for occupancy next season. 1
Sand Hills.
out of reach of the suffering people.
By failing to realize that high
freight rates act as effectively as a
Chinese wall in keeping out relief in
times of agricultural distress and in
dustrial depression, the government
needed revenue ami accomplished
practically nothing in the way of
mitigating the sufferings of its starv
ing population. The folly of attempt
ing by this method to remedy the in*
of the country is more sharply ac
centuated when the fact, is known
that in provinces of Spain itself the
crops had been good and there was
an abundant surplus of grain that
would have gone a long wav in re
lieving the distress of the famine dis
tricts had not the high freight rates
made the price on this home-produced
grain as prohibitive as that on the im
ported food stuffs brought from the
coast.
Not only do the high and inelastic
railway rates under a system of gov
ernment control make it impossible
for the railroads to render effective
aid in times of dire necessity, but
these same high rates, by preventing
■ the growth of big industrial centeis
| which would furnish regular and
steady markets for agricultural pro
ducts. are themselves a cause of the
agrarian distress which they can not
relieve. It is pointed out by home
critics of the Spanish government that
there are extensive coal-bearing dis
tricts In the north of Spain. These
critics show that, under an equitable
adjustment of relght rates, a large in
dustry would be developed. Thou
sand!! of laborers would be employed
in getting the coal: manufacturers
would be established and money would
do wonders in Improving the lot of the
agricultural population In the neigh
boring regions.
Instead, this rich hoard of coal has
l>een scarcely touched, because the
high rates that are in force at the
present time make the cost of this
'home-produced coal greater in the
manufacturing districts than the cost
lot coal Imported from England, So
Thus has boon the evolution to the’
present time, and but the first chap
ter of the story hHs been told. The
last chapter will not have 'been told
with the coming generation These
winter migrations will continue from
year, from age to age. only In In
creasing aweep. until every corner of
the country touched by the pinch of
a winter’s wind will learn of the com-!
forts at Its very door, the people will
follow upon the heels of the sun to
’’tho land of the living.’’ '
One of the most striking examples
of the fact that the winter travel is
a factor now In the livea of the people
of this new country, wit-out sections.
Is in the effort of the metropolitan
newspapers, the magazines and other
widely circulated publications, to cor
rectly and extensively picture the
"New South’’ to those less fortunate
in that one possession. Pages and
pages of space are devoted to stories
of winters in this section, and not,
one but which is eagerly pored over!
and digested by the still many thou
sands who know only in this manner
of what it is to live here, if but for|
a short time.
The last Sunday edition of the New j
York Herald devoted a whole section
to a Clean description, and a concise
one, of the winter resorts of the coun
try, illustrating it in an attractive,
manner, and covering the subject mat
ter as completely as eight pages
would permit on a subject of which
there could be written thousands of
columns, and referred to this section
as follows:
“Among the Georgia Resorts.’’
"Over in Georgia a most charming
resort is at Thomasvllle. A great
many Northern people have built
winter homes there, and it is steadily’
being appreciated as a winter centre
of social activity. Golf and shooting
are the leading outdoor sports. The
visitor will find first class accommo-i
rlations at the Piney Woods Hotel, at |
the Mitchell House, at the Masury, the}
Stewart House and several other 5
places of less capacity, but which are
nevertheless comfortable and home
like.
’’Nor should Augusta, breathing the
scent of pines, be overlooked. It is
being much sought as a winter resort.
Its climate Is particularly dry and it
is not subject to malarial and other
diseases characteristic of all low'
countries. Hotel Bon Air, situated
three hundred feet above the city. l
amid a well kept park, is one of the
most, popular resorts In the South. No
today Spain occupies the anomalous
position of importing more than 2,-
000,000 tons of coal annually, while
it possesses thousands and thousands
of acres of rich coal bearing land.
The Spanish minister of agriculture,
Don Alvaro Figueroa, in a letter to
the King pointing out the defects of
the existing system of government
control of the railroads in Spain,
thus describes the situation with im
pressive franknessr
“A very practical example of our
impracticable system of freight rates
occurs in the importation of grnei
from foreign ports. The state, in
Its anxiety to seek some alleviation
from the scarcity of foodstuffs, im
poses on itself the great sacrifice of
temporarily reducing the foreign duty
on grain and flour. By this means
certain towns can secure these arti
cles at lower prices, but the-benefits
do not enrich the places inland be
cause of the high railroad rates. So
the sacrifice which the state has made
is absolutely wasted. It is an actual
fact that the freight for some of the
food products of a low price is equival
ent to, if not more than, the value of
the products themselves, so that
their price is doubled immediately
they are put on board the train.
"These high rates also produce
more difficulties. It is an undoubt-
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little attractiveness Is given to th#
resort by the Country Club, with it#
eighteen hole golf course. The new
Hampton Terrace, Just across the
river from Augusta, is also a popular
resort, and has an eighteen hole golf
course among It# many features.
The Season At Aiken.
"Aiken is perhaps the most aristo
cratic resort in the South. Northern
era, charmed with the location and
the climate, have built elegant homes
there, and fine club houses add to
the social activity of the place. The
mean temperature Is 52 degrees, show
ing the ilricst climate vast, of the
Rockies. In the vicinity rod and gray
foxes abound, and great numbers ride
to the hounds. In fact, riding is very
popular at Aiken, and one striking
spectacle, though not at all lacking
in poise and grace, is the cross sad
dle riding of the women, which is not
at all uncommon.
“The Park in the Pines was built
especially for the high class travel,
which is steadily increasing each year.
This hotel has three hundred rooms
and tho cuisine and appointments are
irreproachable. There are also Pal
metto Inn, the Wilcox apartment
house, the Magnolia Inn, the Aiken
Hotel .the York House and private
boarding houses which furnish first
class accommodations.
'Summerville, like Aiken, is situ
ated among the pines and is a haven
for those suffering from throat and
pulmonary troubles. There are ample
accommodations for a great number
of visitors. Pine Forest Inn, situated
on a wooded plateau of sixty acres, of
fers every modern convenience, and if
one does not care to stop at the hoteL
proper he may occupy one of the cot
tages run in connection with it. There
are bowling alleys, shuffle-boards, bil
liard and pool tahles. and fine golfing
on the links, which are two and a half
miles long and cover an area of sixty
five acres. There are good roads and
shady ways which tempt those who
like to walk out-doors. The beautiful
drives about the place are constantly
animated with life.
"The old ingleside plantation is
maintained at a shooting preserve for
the patrons of the inn. It is well
stocked with deer, quail and other
game. Dorchester Inn is one of the
pleasant hostelries in Summerville,
and there are a variety of smaller
places and boarding houses from
which the visitor may choose,
in the Fair Palmetto State.
“Charleston, S. C.. is visited by
increasing numbers of tourists each
winter, and surely this historic South
ern city is full of charm. The weather
in winter has the softness of spring,
and the person who tarries finds re
pose, diversion and much to interest
and instruct. Fittingly hqs it been
termed the city of Southern aristo
cracy. There are churches there of
a Revolutionary period and many ob
jects of later historic value —the forts
in Charleston harbor, Sumter and
Moultrie, which figured so strikingly
In the civil war. The hotels are com
fortable and numerous boarding
houses will care for tourists with
homelike comfort.
"On the isle of Palms, just across
Ihe harbor, is nine miles of the finest
beach. The St. John Hotel is popular
with tourists and has everything
which marks a first class hostelry.
Its guests may procure tho privileges
of Charleston’s Country Club, which
has one of the finest golf links in the
country. From the roof garden of the
St. John a fine view of the city and
harbor is obtained. A great many
folk to whom the Southern way is a
familiar story incline to the Charles
ton Hotel. That staple place and ex
cellent boarding houses look carefully
to the entertainment of strangers.’*
OF THE KING
able fact that the extensive coal
bearing districts of Spain, which oc
cupy more than forty thousand
hectars, are scarcely exploited be
cause the mineral delievered in tho
manufacturing districts reached a
higher price than the foreign coal of
which the enormous sum of two mil
lions of tons per annum is imported.
The actual harvest, especially that of
barley and forage and whatever
serves for the feeding of cattle, is al
most wasted in certain parts of An
dalusia and Muncha. The farmers
and cultivators themselves find that
they are in imminent, danger of com
plete ruin because the common ‘daily
food allowances are so highly priced.
The freight rates make any solution
practically impossible because it is
of no use at all to carry what, is
needed to a certain place if, when it
reaches the place where it is going
to be consumed. It has reached, by
effect of its transportation, a prohi
bitive price.”
Wealth.
Thp Man—Wo are already be
yond the dreams of avarice.
The Woman—True; but there are
so many who are rich further beyond.
—Puck.
It seems like calling hard name*
to say a man is "soft.” -