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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1898
Page
7
A lyrical reminiscence about Old McKenzie's Mill, recalling a path to the hill gulley and a log cabin viewed toward the west. The speaker recalls decades on the farm, the old mill, and memories of children and community, ending with a promise of return to walk the path again.
A Raleigh to Pinehurst travel note describes Moore County as a desert turned blooming paradise. Mrs James W Tufts funds Holly Inn amenities electric bells and pure water. Cottages and a cafe offer affordable options, with no liquor on premises and rates ranging from four to twenty three dollars weekly.
Mr Huff is sick at home while Mrs Powell recovers. Dr Alex McLeod plans to locate here. Miss McAulay of Rockingham visits Mrs J R Page. Railroads extend toward Fayetteville and Mt Gilead. A suction sale of Aberdeen sundry steam plant next Saturday at 3 30 p m. Engineer Brown recovering from leg injury. Penny injured digging a well at Pinebluff. Aberdeen Lumber Co to bring in new machinery next week and buy more land for expanded business.
Games and sports outdoors and indoors provide a fine ride and drive opportunity. Mr Tufts offers a charming resort at Pinehurst six miles from Southern Pines with a hall for Sunday service a school house a museum and a circulating library. Electric cars meet Seaboard trains daily and at least 500 people are present.
Junge and Beck conducted a business trip to Wilmington this week. S. Stringer is constructing a stable and Gar Hage is erecting a house behind his business on Railroad Street. Rev. Mr. Thomas of Brooklyn has begun a brick block opposite the railroad station. For the First Congregational church dedication a hymn will be provided by General Carrington, wintering at Pinehurst. James H. Murray, formerly a mechanical engineer for Standard Oil and owner of extensive holdings, is noted among local figures.
F A Ordway buys the corner at Railroad street and New Hampshire avenue and will erect a brick store there. He will occupy the new building by Burgess on Railroad street while the work is under way at the Ozone area near the Aberdeen and Asheboro railroad.
A humor column recounts quaint rural vignettes including a man seeking an unearthly wedding, a thinly attended Friday meeting, a cheese craving child, and a Boston parishioner wary of meats and drinks. It also sketches a purgatory question, a quarrel ending in a prayer miscue, and a brook tale of imagined beasts vs real advice from a mother to her daughter.
A courtroom quip traces a witness’s precise estimate of a stream’s width. The exchange shows counsel pressing for exact measurement while the witness jokes about the possibility of being questioned. Archiange notes the sensational tone.
During a recent city council meeting aldermen clashed in a sharp exchange as insults and pointed epithets flew between members, reflecting rising tensions within the chamber. No injuries or formal sanctions were reported.
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