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THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Vaaa, Noith Car<rfina>
Friday, November 2, 1923*
^ ^ C An AO I from up in the Susquehanna valley of
Stirru^o &CCriwS Cillavvwfl | Pennsylvania. A good sprinkling of
in Rivi^r Pennsylvania settlers located on
d ^ River in Moore, in Chatham
The war of
Preservation of Historic Spots, Mrs. Carthage, leaving it at White Hill
Horseshoe Famous in History of
U. S. and British Empire
Before Independence.
jor Alston had come into the Horse-
BY HELEN K. BUTLER.
Probably few people in North Car
olina realize that in the Deep River
section have been enacted some of revolutionary disturbance
the most stirring- scenes of this coun
miles northeast of
in the preliminaries of the revolu-1 Randolph counties,
tion, stands the famous home of Ma-1 revolution scattered some of those
jor Philip Alston. The bullet holes | “f, '•emamed,
are plainly seen now almost a century
and a half after they were made. Ma-
P. P. McCain.
Research and Preservation of His
toric Records, Mrs. J. G. McGraw.
Sons and Daughters of the Repub
lic.
Legislation in U. S. Congress, Mrs.
and beyond a doubt that part of the } E. V. Perkinson.
country was much more populous than | Crossnore, Mrs. E. C. Loomis,
now. The Deep River valley when the | John Paul Jones Memorial, Mrs. L.
, . „ Pennsylvania settlers came this way; S. Johnson.
shoe country some years before the -a 4.1 Tir j tut iir j
was a paradise. The magnificent; Ways and Means, Mrs. W. C. Mud-
stream winding through the dense for- j gett.
The Tyson ami y. some of the finest timber trees , The charter members of the local
try. Some ten miies nonneasi oi; general assembly of North appealed to the new-! Chapter were
Carthage the river held in 1777. Moore|‘^“
runs eastward, swings away to the j Q^^nty was not organized until 1784.
and turning north on the road to
Deep River, passing by the Under
wood school and across Governor’s
Creek to the steel bridge at the
Horseshoe, or can go up the Carbon-
ton road and take the left to the Un
derwood school and then the same
route. Or the journey may be made
by Carbonton or by Carthage. From
from the main road just south of the
river at Horseshoe steel bridge and
runs down the hill across Governor's
Creek, up the hill a mile or more, and
then turns to the left at a sign indi
cating the route to the graves a short
distance in the woods. The old hom?
of the governor which stood there in
the vicinity of the burying ground I?
all gone, and the place is grown up
farming land.
For a full century and a half the
Horseshoe has been a prominent sec
tion of Moore County and North Car
olina. We may go further and say
of the British colonies of the United
States and of the British Empire in
the day when Britain held sway in
this country.
Declared Independence in ’76.
North Carolina set up its own gov
ernment in April, 1776, three months
before the colonies declared their in
dependence. Two years before that
declaration at Philadelphia a delega
tion of the North Carolina colony held
a convention at New Bern to correct
some of the evils that were then
growing serious. One of the mem
bers of that New Bern conference was
Benjamin Williams, who was later
twice governor of the State, and who
for more than a century has slept the
everlasting sleep on the summit of
one of the knobs across the river from
the Horseshoe in Moore County.
The active part that Benjamin Wil
liams took in establishing state gov
ernment was proiT'inent. He was one
of an outfit that set up in North
Carolina an independent government
and forcibly asserted their independ-
Campbell, Mrs. B. E.
Deer and wild turkey, and game Hoskins, Mrs. L. S. Johnson, Mrs. J. !ment to Governor
Talbot Johnson, Mrs. J. E. Milliken,
•spverfl]' ,, ^ est. The land was fertile and the Mrs. E. V. Perkinson, Mrs. Melvin
I general assembly fjom Moore County, ^ resources were | Sanborn, Mrs. James Swett, Mrs.
serving in 1785 an . e was an i abundant that it is hard to imagine Leonard Tufts, Mrs. L. P. Tyson, Jr.,
active factor in the sett emen o ®' how anything more could be desired Mrs. T. B. Tyson, Mrs. Charles R.
South, Alston of the Horseshoe, was; abounded in the for
niakmg what is called the Horsesnoe. j member of the Senate in the
That “horseshoe” encloses several
thousand acres of extremely fertile
the north the route is to cross the ; with big trees, as is the case with the
river at the Glendon bridge or to j little cemetery.
come in by way of Haw branch. In 1
most cases the roads are in good con
dition, and are plaimly marked.
The road to the grave and monu-
Williams starts
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Two dollars per year in advance.
county and in the days of the revolu-
in those days when the settler knew, Whitaker and Mrs. W. L. Wilson.
tion. A ® ® mi es ^.nothing of modern conveniences. | Present members include:
river is the bi« -farm of t e W. G., created by I Mrs. Izah Allen, Mrs. W. G. Brown,
Tyson family. Mr. yson e ore i& | Alston, which still stands, and Mrs. H. A. Campbell, Mrs. Clara
deat some years a^o, was oun y j preserved as the farm house Elizabeth Elms, Mrs. Charles P. Ev-
Commissioner of Moore County a fa-; the!erest, Mrs. Essie B. Farmer, Mrs.
miliar gure in a age, ye no j gg^^jgj.g jjj wilderness must have _ George C. Graves, Mrs. B. E. Hos-
m I established themselves in what has | kins, Mrs. L. S. Johnson, Mrs. J. Tal-
the late T B. Tyson T^on is an old ^
name in Moore County. The third s ^s- ^ ^ p p
Sion of the general assembly in 1/87, Alston house is a two-story |W. C. Mudgett, Mrs. J. L. McGraw,
saw Thomas Tyson ^ the House of and at one time had three Mrs. M. J. McPhail, Mrs. George Mun-
Commons representing Moore Countyexistence i roe, Mrs. R. N. Page, Jr., Mrs. E. V.
In 1791 Thomas Tyson was a Senator .^ been ^ Perkinson, Mrs. S. B. Richardson,
from Moore. We find his name among taking away one of the ■ Mrs. Melvin Sanborn, Mrs. H. F. Sea-
the list of senators again in "^ost interesting wings, but it is still, well, Mrs. Hoyt Shaw, Mrs. James
m 1808. In 1807 Benj^in Williams comfortable, and Swett, Mrs. Ruth Doris Swett, Mrs.
was the senator from Moore ounyjpj^.j.p would be surprised if | Leonard Tufts, Mrs. T. B. Tyson,
and from t at session o t e ena e,^^ return now and see how Mr. _ Mrs. L. P. Tyson, Jr., Mrs. Charles R
he was elected to the second rm o ^ ^jHcox has it equipped with running ‘ Whitaker and Mrs. W. T. Jones,
governor of the State. Half a dozen
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Good Roads Lead to
House in the Horseshoe
GREETINGS!
The season of 1928-29 approaches with
great promise. For many years the con
structive work accomplished during the
summer months in the Sandhills has sur
passed that of all previous ones and 1928
has proved no exception to this now well
established rule.
Returning winter residents and sojourners as well as
casual visitors will find much to interest them in the
achievements of the past summer.
The Bank of Pinehurst extends a cordial welcome to
, , . , _ . ‘water, electric lights, telephone and
times the name of Jos,ash Tyson ,s, contrivances as in Al-
noted in the House of Commons ar.d,
the Senate from Moore County. A<;, supernatural. The ‘ Horse-
early as 1781 the records show that: ;
Cornelius Tyson lived in the neigh- tractors and disc plows and self. Scene of Historic Battle of Rev-
borhood, indicating that for over a binders and all of the modern mira-, olution is Ten Miles From
hundred and forty years the Tyson Carthage.
family has been prominent in the his-, ' '
tory of Moore County, and from that|-| r| A T? Persons desiring to visit the Horse-
length of time it has maintained its i shoe during the exercises by the D.
Organized in 19241 a. R., on November 10 will find a
good road leading in from either di-
Founded by Mrs. Whitaker— rection. Those going from south of
Mrs. James B. Swett Pres- Carthage will go by Carthage, taking
ent Regent. the right hand road at the Harring-
—^farm, and crossing the steel
The society of t e Daug ters o t e over the Deep River some two
establishment in the Horseshoe, whsre
William Tyson,
ence and maintained it before the
colonies in conference at Philadelphia | W. G. Tyson’s son,
had issued their Declaration of Inde-! carries on.
p«ndence. ! Prior to the revolution, a consid-
In the Horseshoe, riddled by bullets erable colony came to North Carolina
of women
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a whose ancestry runs back to men who ^and road just be-
H took active part m the overthrow of Carthage the
8 the British government in the Amen- ^^out ten miles. Thee
ti can colonies in the period from 1775
coming from the east by Carbonton
I to the conclusion of that war Tht Carthage road to the
§ organization covers the entire United Sanford and out
I States, with separate divisions in each wav can come by the road to
g State and subdivisions in the counties.,
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realistic and truly enjoyable.
Cavalry of the Clouds Charging
into the Valley of the Universe.
Clara Bow, Charles Rogers,
Richard Arlen, Gray Cooper,
four of pictureland’s greatest
stars, assembled in a production
you’ll never forget.
The Dixie
Theatre
Friday and Saturday, November
2nd and 3rd.
Admission .25 and .50.
Aberdeen North Carolina.
Matinee Saturday 3 p. m.
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g Moore County is represented by the j
g . Alfred Moore Chapter, which has
g charge of the celebration on Deep
H Riv'er next week. H
H Alfred Moore Chapter was organ- ^
, - . , . , M September 25, 1924, by Mrs.
i comers, and looks forward with sincere pleasure | Charles R. mitaker, and derived its j §
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to the return of its host of friends and patrons, who, by
their hearty co-operation and valued counsel, have done
so much to make this institution one of the most import
ant elements in the promotion of the general welfare of
the section.
You are invited to avail yourself of the safety, service
and convenience thus afforded.
g name from Alfred Moore, who was a;
H son of Judge Maurice Moore. He was j
H born in
KnoUwood Tallies 107
Brunswick County,
Carolina, on May 21, 1755.
North
He was j |i
g educated in Boston, was made Cap-
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a tain of the First Regiment, North
g Carolina Line, in 1775, and served in
H the militia against Cornwallis after
H the Battle of Guilford Court House,
n I In 1790 he was elected Attorney Gen-
-tieral; in 1798 a judge of the Superior
Ki:»K:i»:itmmKmffltnt« 1 court; in 1799 he was appointed an
associate justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States. He re
signed in 1805, and died October 15,
1810, in the County of Bladen.
I The name of Alfred Moore was per-
! petuated in 1784 when the County of
: Moore was formed and so named in
! his honor.
I The Chapter officers are:
! Regent—Mrs. James B. Swett,
j Southern Pines; Vice-Regent, Mrs. J.
Talbot Johnson, Aberdeen; Recording
Secretary, Mrs. S. B. Richardson, j
Southern Pines; Treasurer, Mrs. M.
J. McPhail, Sanford; Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs. W. C. Mudgett, South
ern Pines; Registrar, Mrs. H. F. Sea-
well, Carthage; Publicity, Mrs. T B.
Tyson, Carthage; Historian, Mrs. L.
P. Tyson, Jr., Carthage; Chaplain,
Mrs. Hoyt Sliaw, Southern Pines.
The Chapter Committee Chairmen
for 1928-1929, are:
Americanism, Mrs. Hoyt Shaw.
Patriotic Lectures and Slides, Bet
ter Films, Mrs. M. J. McPhail.
Citizenship an dPatriotic Education,
Mrs. H. F. Seawell.
Constitution Hall Finance, Mrs.
Charles P. Everest.
Correct Use of the Flag, Mrs. T. B.
Tyson.
D. A. R. Students Memorial Loan
Fund, Mrs. Gilliam Brown.
Ellis Island, Mrs. L. P. Tyson, Jr.
Genealogical Research, Mrs. J. Tal
bot Johnson.
Historic and Literary Reciprocity,
Mrs. B. E. Hoskins.
History of Moore County, Mrs.
George C. Graves.
Foreign Relations, Mrs. S. B. Rich
ardson.
Magazine, Mrs. George Munroe.
Memorial Continental Hall Library,
Mrs. Melvin Sanborn.
National Defense, Mrs. Herman
Campbell.
Old Trails and Roads, Mrs. P. A.
Allen.
the Year’s
Record of Transactions
Possibly before the full year of operation at Knollwood is
completed the record may reach more than 107, for as this is writ
ten the year since the first sale was completed has not expired.
But the sales noted up to the time of writing- embrace 107 locations,
not counting resales, which have been several.
MRS. KEATING BUYS MORE.
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The last transaction is with Mrs.
Francis Keating, who was among the
early buyers at Knollwood Heights. She
had two lots on Fairway No. 18, but she
has figured that the two did not give her
sufficient acreage, and the group of lots
423, 424, 425 and 426 between Grove Drive
and Fairway Drive had been such a pleas
ing prospect that she concluded to take
that block of four, which she did a few
days ago. Mrs. Keating has been a good
analyst of Sandhills property, and her
judgment has been profitable in her
tra!nsactions.
It
JUDGE WAY GETTING THE NEIGHBORS.
A year ago Judge Way hoped that Knoll
wood Heights would bring him some
neighbors. The eight new houses, build
ing or completed since then is a sign that
he is to get his neighbors.
The buyer at Knollwood Heights is no
longer taking a chance on being a long
way from the folks on the next settled
spot. Grove Drive from Midland Road to
the Pine Needles Inn is now entirely sold
out. Fairway Drive is three-fourths sold
out on both sides. Resales have taken
place at decided advances in original
prices, and trades for resale are in nego
tiation now with good profit involved.
Knollwood locations have not gone beg
ging for buyers. They have been in per
sistent demand, and never so much as
now.
Present prices will not last forever. Buyers will pick up the |
remaining" locations, and then you know the figures will go up if |
you want anything some one else has secured. ' |
Get yours before the hat drops. |
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