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24
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piillURST CHAPE
IS TAKING SHAPE
earner Stone of Fine Building
Laid in Pines of Village
Green
One uf the best jobs of building in
the county this summer will be the
village chapel at Pinehurst, for which
the corner stone was laid a few days
ago. The chapel will be an attractive
buildinsr of colonial type, costing
about .'<110,000. The spire will rise
to a hoi^i'ht of about 126 feet, well to
the tOf-s of the tallest pines that will
surroinul it, for it will stand on the
village that bit of original for
est in the heart of Pinehurst, a setting
that will be unique in church expe
rience. Shut in by the groves that
were the tirst temples the Village
Chapel will be in harmony with the
many fine buildings and institutions
in Pinehurst, that are scattered about
on all sides. The story of the new
chapel is told by the pastor in a brief
sketch which was read at the laying
of the corner stone, and is as fol
lows:
“It may be interesting to future
generations to know something of the
part the Religious Association has
played in the growth of Pinehurst.
Its life has been a spirit of evolution,
but it always stood for an inner unitj^
that should exist in spite of outward
differences.
“Pinehurst was conceived by its
founder, Mr. James W. Tufts, as a
place where man and woman could
come and live a simple, wholesome life
in the open. The rugged honest pines
and the unpretentious sand land, seem
to draw one away from the artificiali
ties of modern life as they make their
mute appeal for sincerety and genuin-
mute appeal for sincerity and genuine
ness.
“It was natural that here men
should stress, not the things that di
vide and confuse, but the deep fun
damental instincts that are common to
us all. Therefore, it seemed fitting
here for all to worship a common
Father, in a building belonging to
all, where men could bring their dif
ferences and prove that the most
real unity comes out of diversity. In
the early days almost any minister
who happened along was invited to
hold services, and among these first
ministers were Edward Everett Hale
and Thomas W. Gregory. Such ser
vices were held first in the Holly Inn
and later in the Village Hall. In 1906-7
the Pinehurst Religious Association
was formed and incorporated largely
through the interest and enthusiasm
of Mr.G.N.McMillan, who was elected
the first president of the association.
Mr. McMillan at once took steps to
purchase the Village Hall for a non-
denoiTiinational house of worship and
the necessary funds were subscribed.
In 1907 the Rev. Alleyne C. Howell
was enj^aged as the first resident and
official pastor of the Pinehurst congre
gation. After a very short tenure of
office he resigned to accept a call to
St. Stephens Church, of Sewickly, Pa.,
and the Rev. Thaddeus A. Cheatham
was elected to succeed him.
“The Village Hall was then re-
modcleil, a church was placed in the
north end and the stage end was made
^nto a smaller chapel for the Roman
Catholics. Father Hannon, the Ro-
Catholic priest, wrote a letter of
appreciation of this act, saying, “if
the relis:ious spirit of Pinehurst pre
vailed elsewhere it would be greatly
for the advancement of Christian char
ity.’
“As the years passed the building
made more dignified and churehly.
A to\>; r was built by Mr. Leonard
Tuftf; and pews were put in the place
of the folding chairs. Mrs. Sinclair
gave a bell for the tower. Mr. Mc
Millan gave an organ and Miss Mary
Bruce gave the altar rail. For about
fifteen years the Roman Catholics and
Prostestants worshipped under
the same roof until in 1920, because of
the need of a larger building, the
Roman Catholics built a new church,
he partitions were tom away and
he Prostestant Chapel made larger,
out the growing interest in religious
matters and the impossibility of car
ing for the congregation made neces
sary in 1924 the erection of a new
and larger village chapel. It is be
lieved by many that the influence of
the chapel is far reaching, and that its
message going out Sunday by Sun
day to its world congregation will
have great effect in uniting the Christ
ian forces of the land into a fellow
ship and a brotherhood until it can be
said again as it was said of old, ‘See
how these Christians love one anoth
er.*
A number of memorials will be
placed in the building, the $10,000 or
gan as a memorial to M. B. Johnson,
being among the number.
BOWWNG-McCONNELL
Friends of Judge McConnell and
family will be interested in the fol
lowing, taken from the Los Angeles
(Cal.) Herald, of April 24th:—
Miss Betty McConnell, daughter of
Judge and Mrs. S. P. McConnell, was
married to Lynden F. Bowring Tues
day afternoon at the home of the
bride’s parents. Bishop Stevens of the
Episcopal diocese of Los Angeles per
formed the ceremony.
The bride was given away by her
father. She was simply gowned in
white crepe trimmed in point lace and
carried a shower bridal bouquet.
Following the ceremony a buffet
luncheon was served, and the couple
left for a honeymoon trip to the north
ern part of the state.
The bride has been a student at the
University of Southern California,
and was in the junior class at the time
of her marriage.
Her father. Judge McConnell, was
for a number of years circuit judge
of the Chicago court.
Mr. Bowring is a well known young
attorney of this city. He is a son of
Mrs. Robert Brunton, a grandson of
the late Capt. Henry Lyndon Flash,
of the Confederate army, the south
ern poet, and a nephew of Sir Edgar
and Frederick Bowring of the Bowring
shipping interests, one of the largest
ship companies of Great Britain.
Mrs. Bowring’s grandfather McCon
nell was a general in the Federal ar
my.
FRTOAY, MAY 2,1924
T. B. nSON DIES
AT CARTHAGE
Prominent Business Man and
Manufacturer of Moore; in 111
Health Several Months
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
While not unexpected, the simple
announcement Tuesday morning “Mr.
Tyson is dead,” was cause for regret
to those who knew him best and told
of the passing from our midst of a
man who ever stood for the best in
terests of his community and its peo
ple.
Thomas B. Tyson was the son of the
late L. P. Tyson and grand son of T.
B. Tyson, founder of the Tyson &
Jones Buggy Company. He was bom
December 26, 1866, and died April
29,1924, being at the time of his death
in the fifty-eighth year of his age. He
was born and reared in Carthage
where he always made his home. Mr.
Tyson was educated in the schools of
Carthage and at Bingham Military
Academy, after leaving which in 1885
he entered the mercantile business
with the firm of T. B. Tyson & Son.
CO-OPS CUT MELON
SPLIT A MILLION
Association Schedule Calls for
Four Cash Payments within
Less than Three Months
Members of the Tobacco Growers
Co-operative Association in eastern
North Carolina will soon receive a
second cash payment on their de
liveries of 1923 tobacco, which will
reach the sum of $1,200,000.00, and
will give the Eastern Belt farmers
who delivered to their own selling or
ganization a substantial fund in cash
with which to make preparations for
their tobacco crop of 1924.
This second payment will bring the
eastern farmers in the association
half as much as they have already
received for their total deliveries of
the 1923 crop, and will be paid from
the association warehouses in eastern
North Carolina not later than June
15.
A second payment to the sun-cured
tobacco growers of Virginia on their
1923 deliveries and a third payment
to the dark-fired tobacco co-ops of
Virginia on their deliveries of 1922,
will be made not later than May 15.
Recent successful sales by the to
bacco association have made possible
a schedule for four cash payments,
amounting to several million dollars,
within a period of less than three
months, according to the co-operative
directors. The organized tobacco
farmers of South Carolina who re
cently divided $1,600,000.00 are finding
the cash which they took from their
organization, in the form of second
payments last month, of special bene
fit at this season, and new members
are joining the association.
More than $700,000.00 has been
loaned to members of the co-operative
marketing associations of tobacco and
(Continued on page 8)
He remained here until 1889, when he
accepted a position with Tyson &
Jones Buggy Company, and in 1892
was elected secretary and treasurer
of the company, serving in this ca-
. pacity until 1902 when he was made
president of the company, which po
sition he held at the time of his
death. The remarkable success of this
concern may be attributed in no small
measure to his tact and judgment.
In the business life of the commu
nity Mr. Tyson took an active part
beyond the activity contributed to it
by the corporation of which he was
the head. In 1905 he helped organize
and promoted the Carthage and Pine
hurst Railroad Company, of which he
was elected president. He was for
years a member of the board of com
missioners of the town of Carthage,
the board of trustees of the Carthage
graded school and county board of
education. To all these he carried the
sound judgment and conservative
progress evidenced in handling his pri
vate affairs. As a member of the
board of trustees of the Carthage
graded school he helped to get the
educational facilities of the town on
a basis in keeping with the progress
of the times and laid wisely the foun
dations upon which those who have
succeeded have builded. While he in
creased the educational advantages of
the town yet he did so in a way not
to burden the people with debt and
taxes, but planned with the idea of
conservative progress which should be
the true purpose of those who govern
but which trait is not always found in
those who are in authority. As a
member of the board of town com
missioners of Carthage, he never fail
ed to stand for what was best for the
community as a whole and no forward
move ever lacked for his cordial sup
port. He was instrumental in inaugu
rating the water and fire departments
of the town and the property saved
by these have long since demonstrat
ed their necessity and usefulness
though at the time these were insti
tuted some doubted the wisdom of
the action. The educational policy of
the county likewise felt the impulse
of his judgment and foresight, for to
it he contributed the same character
of service that marked his contact
with the business and educational af
fairs of the town. The children of the
county will long feel the benefit of
his wise judgment and thoughtful
consideration of their welfare.
As head of the Tyson & Jones Bug
gy CoiApany, Mr. Tyson exemplified
the true type of business relation that
should exist between employer and
employee. During the years that he
controlled its affairs no labor trou
bles disturbed the tenor of its way,
but it is a remarkable fact that when
once a man entered their employ as
a rule there he remained. The cordial
good feeling between him and his men
is rarely met with in a life time, and
is as high a tribute to him as a man
as any of his achievements and is a
more lasting memorial than any words
that may be spoken of him.
Mr. Tyson was twice married, his
first wife being Miss Nannie Phillips,
whom he married in 1889. To this
union were born two children, one son,
C. P. Tyson, and one daughter, Miss
Mary Glenn. Mrs. Nannie Phillips
Tyson died in 1897. In 1901 Mr. Ty
son married Miss Evelyn Burwell, of
Henderson, who survives him. To
this union were born two boys and
two girls, Thomas Burwell, Robert
Marsh, Eveljm Randolph and Dorothy
Tyson. All of the children make their
home in Carthage. The funeral ser
vices were conducted at the residence
at 11 o^clock Thursday moming by
Rev. T. A. Cheatham, Rector of the
Episcopal church of Pinehurst, assist
ed by Rev. Chas. P. Holdbroke, Rector
of the Southern Pines Episcopal
church, and the interment was in the
Tyson family plat at the Presbyte
rian cemetery. The many floral of
ferings attested the respect and es
teem of those who knew him.
“Tom” Tyson, as he was known to
his friends, was of a rather retiring
manner and without ostentation. He
had a keen sense of humor and within
the circle of those who knew him in
timately he had his greatest pleasure.
He loved indoor games and the social
association of a few intimates pre
ferably to the more strenuous life of
the outdoor recreations. He was well
informed on public matters and keen
ly alive to the trend of business until
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LAKEVIEW GErriNG
READY FOR SUMMER
All Manner of Improyements
Under Way—More Planned
for Next Year
WHITE TEAM LEAD
IN KIWANIS CONTEST
Miss Way ^nd Mrs. Marr Enter
tains the Club after Busi
ness Meeting
The attendance contest in the Sand
hills Kiwanis Club received new im
petus at the Wednesday noon lunche
on through a new ruling as to some of
the members whose continued absence
had put their team mates’ score be
low par. Members of the two teams
discussed the technical sides of the
question and the leaders of the teams
lined up their adherents in regular
political style on the question. In
the final vote though the Whites won
out and were relieved from the black
marks chalked against their record on
account of the non-attendance of one
of their number, who was, in accord
ance with the ruling made, technical
ly not a member of the club. This rul
ing also relieved the Red team of one
of their members also, but in the final
accounting the White team gained the
lead over the Reds who had held the
lead from the start of the contest.
A letter read by the secretary show
ed that the Sandhills club stood third
in the contest for the Carolinas dis
trict. Discussion as to the selection
of delegates to the Denver Conference
resulted in the adoption of a motion
that they be elected at the next meet
ing, which meeting will also be the
close of the Attendance Contest.
After the business meeting the pro
gram committee presented Miss
Louise Way, daughter of Kiwanian
Judge Way, and Mrs. Dr. M. W. Marr,
who entertained the club with a num
ber of songs. Miss Way^s rendition
of Cadman's From the Land of the
Sky Blue Water was exceptionally
good. The club extended a rising vote
of thanks to the ladies for their en
tertainment.
Lakeview is rapidly getting ready
for the opening of the summer season
in about a week. A fence is to be built
around the grounds, not to keep peo
ple out, for no admission will be
charged, but to regulate the move
ment of cars so that they will be held
to suitable roads in the enclosure and
not allowed to run over everybody in
discriminately. Parking facilities
will be provided and cars held to
proper roads and drives.
Grading, terracing and shrubbery
will be included in the new work, in
side and outside of the enclosure, and
reaching down as far as the store,
where the high, clay bank will be cov
ered with honeysuckle. Next week
ten new steel boats that have arrived
will be ready for use. They are pro
vided with air chambers so they can
not be sunk. Bath houses will be
ready also in a few days more. A
new floor will be put in the dance
house, and a good orchestra will be
engaged. A soda fountain and a high
class restaurant will be features.
Toilet facilities will be ample all
around the grounds.
A number of tents will be provided
for this summer, with wood floors,
cots, water, and such things as are
necessary to make them comfortable.
This, with the new houses building
and the large dormitory, will mate
rially increase the capacity of the
place for caring for the people who
will be on hand, and the entire revo
lution in methods and attractions will
change the face of Lakeview com
pletely. It is not yet announced who
will be in charge of the place, but
with the added attractions a new
Lakeview will be manifest at the
opening day. The park inside the en
closure will be made one of the most
interesting spots in the county.
The plans for next year include a
large hotel, golf links, and other
things that will help to make the place
a winter as well as a summer resort,
for it is the intention of the new own
ers to utilize the advantages of Lake
view all the time. This summer will
be the forerunner of what is to come
later, and from now on Lakeview can
be counted as one of the big features
of the Sandhills.
VARSITY BASE BALL GAME
FOR THE SANDHILLS
Lovers of base ball will be pleased
to learn that they are to have the
privilege of seeing a real Varsity
game in the Sandhills when teams
from Wake Forest and Guilford Col
leges will play at Pinehurst.
This game has been arranged for
through the State Bar Association,
for their entertainment during their
convention at Pinehurst this week.
The very small admission fee of
50 cents will be charged for the game,
for the purpose of helping to pay the
expense of bringing the teams here.
SERMONS BY TELEPHONE
AT SOUTHERN PINES
B. W. Leavitt, of the Southern
Pines telephone exchange, has intro
duced an innovation in his service. He
has placed in the Congregational
church an outfit that reproduces the
sounds there during the proceedings,
and by connecting the telephones of
the system with the church the list
ener at home can hear everything that
transpires. The voices and the or
gan are unusually distinct. Mr. Lea
vitt says he can connect about half
a dozen listeners at one time, but he
is fixing to increase the number as
soon as i>ossible. Those who like to
be at church without leaving home,
especially those who cannot get out,
are invited to call Mr. Leavitt and
leam more about the new device.
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