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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1898
Page
4
Arthur H Spinney advertising rates and local interest notices offered. Free notices for marriages births and deaths and small ads for wanted to let for sale etc priced per week. Correspondence welcomed to Frank T Slinsky publisher Pinehurst postal entry second class matter.
Commission names include John B. Watson of Jonesboro and William Currie of Curriesville. Other officials: Clerk Superior Court D A McDaunale, Sheriff Simnel Mones, Register of Deeds W Al Battley, Treasurer Dintel Tiannien, Coroner Dr Ty McLeod, Surveyor I G Senwell.
Local voters select Justices of the Power and figures from Rubicon West End and nearby towns including Currie Thoms and Brown for the Patterson Bridge district and Clark's Mills, with terms awaiting official appointment from M. Brown and M. Thomas.
A Greensborough Telegraph report laments a violent crime in South Carolina where a postmaster’s killing spree left women and children dead. The piece condemns the perpetrators and calls for their lawful hanging, marking the incident as a stain on the state.
Emmanuel Church Southern Pines announces Sunday services at 10 30 a m and Holy Communion on the first Sunday. During Lent daily services at 4 30 p m except Wednesdays and Saturdays with a 10 30 a m service on Wednesdays. Henry T Gregory is minister in charge.
An observer notes Northern visitors showing growing interest in golf with daily activity on the links. A weary golfer leans on his club and a colored boy asks in pidgin if the toil is worth the pay, reflecting on labor and leisure.
Obituary notes Mrs. Mary Caddell wife of D B Caddell died February 12 1808 near the locality in her seventy sixth year after long cancer endured with faith and charity. She joined Jackson Springs and Culdee Presbyterian churches, supported the poor, and was remembered as a faithful wife mother and devout Christian. The piece closes with a Princeton Seminary anecdote about a preacher who urged to blot out the sun moon and stars and a listener who whispered turn off the gas.
A English rector delivered a harsh sermon on eternal punishment and then admonished an elderly gossip. He asked if his words had stirred her conscience about hell. The woman replied with a wry quip about gnashing teeth, effectively restating the phrase in dialect and ending the exchange with humor.
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