Old log house turned museum near Village Green
The piece chronicles Mr. McKenzie’s Pinehurst area home and the nearby Ray log house from 1823, moved to the Village Green to serve as a museum. It details relics including an axe, looms, old guns, and items showing frontier life, tempering metal, and Croatan descendants. The narrative notes wartime captures, the Lowry gang legend, and a warm, old fashioned welcome for visitors.
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Ray
McKenzie
Tufts
Pinehurst
Old Place
Fayetteville
Mr. McKenzie
Philip Cameron
Robeson County
Lowry Boys
Lowrys
Obituary for Mrs Lucretia Knowlton at Holly Inn
Mrs Lucretia Knowlton aged 82 died of apoplexy at the Holly Inn last Saturday. She was mother in law to Gen William TH Browne of Washington DC and had stayed with the Brownes since the season’s opening. The body was taken to Washington for interment accompanied by her daughter. Funeral services were led by Bishop Satterlee and three ministers and were described as beautiful and impressive. Generous floral offerings and villagers’ sympathy followed the family.
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Lucretia Knowlton
William TH. Browne
Washington, D. C
Holly Inn
Gen
Mrs. Browne
Washington
Bishop Satterlee
Dr. McKay-Smith
Mr. Paddock
Cotton Money Crop Maximized by Careful Cultivation
OTTO N states that cotton remains the money crop of the South and the planter who yields most cotton at lowest cost earns the most money. He urges good cultivation, proper rotation, and liberal use of fertilizers with at least three actual ingredients, offering free pamphlets upon application to interest every cotton planter in the region.
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South
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Mrs. Knowlton
Abraham Lincoln
Robert Browning
Nassau St
New York
Pinehurst, N. C