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Friday, August 29, 1941. THE PILOT, Southern Pines, North Carolina Page Threfl ABERDEEN Mrs. Eli Wishart of Luinbertoii i3 visiting her parents, Mr. a.aj Mr.s. \V. I E. Frocnian. ' Mr. and Mrs. Oarland l arrel! spent j last Thur.sday in Haleigli, Mrs. Kenneth Keith Is spendin!?j this week with her mother in Creed-' moore, X. c. Mackie Caldwell returned to Fay etteville Monday after spending the week-end at his home here. • Elizabeth Caviness rolurred Sat urday from Lfjke Junaluskr, where she spent a week. Kirfh .\nnoiinremeiit Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Uowman of Maxton, formerly of Abordeen, an nounce the arrival of a daughter, Ann Wimberly, at the Moore County Hos pital, on August the 20tli. Miss Frances Pleasants Is returningi this week from a month’s stay at] Hyannisport, Mass., and New York City. Billy Ellis, who has been visiting his aunt In Washington, D. C., re turned home last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Freeman, and Bari, Jr., visited friends near Can dor last Sunday. Little Nancy Bowman, of Maxton, is spending some time here with her grandparents. Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Bowman. Dr. J. P. Bowen spent the week end at his home in Belton, S. C. His mother returned wiUi him to spend several days here. Mrs. Ralph Caldwell and Mrs. Loon Seymour are .spending this week at the Beach. Miss Kathryn Charles is visiting friends in Plainsfield, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Reihm have re turned to their home in Washington, D. C., after spending a week with Mrs. Reihm’s mother, Mrs. A. B Freeman. Mrs. E. M;, Medlin has returned from a visit with relatives in Davis. Negro Mourned 40 Years As Dead Is Welcomed Home by Aged Wife John John.son Thought Lost in Smallpox Epidemic Four Decades Ago Turns l"p n.v RK.S.SIK ( AMLIIOX SMITH “You’ve been dead so long I think you might as well stay dead,” wore the words of “Aunt Caroline” John son, 70-odd-year-old Negro woman of Vass to her husband, John Johnson, long mourned as dead, when he reap peared on the scene recently, after an absenco of more than 40 years. And it is little wonder that "Aunt Caroline” felt as she did. Nine children had been mom into the Johnaon home and Sandy, now almost 44 years of age, but a baby when John decided to go to Ports mouth, Va., to seek employment. Sandy crawled to the door as his daddy left. For two months letters came, then they suddenly stopped. An uncle wh.) lived in Virginia wrote the young wife about a smallpox epidemic that was raging there, and expressed the opinion that her husband had died in the "post house.” John’s rubber boots were sent to the sorrowing "widow" and that was all. Fire Chief The average dollar value of U. S. farms, as shown by the 1940 Census, was $5,518. Fair Warning! Beauty Supplies Are Getting Scarce. Play Safe—i Get A Permanent NOW Kirk’s Beauty Shop Pinehurst Tel. 2861 For Shoe Repairing Try Your Old Shoemaker li. L. LUNDAY New Owner of Pinehurst Electric Shoe Shop Pinehurst, N. C. C’arollne Carries On Heroically “Aunt Caroline" ro.se to the task of making a living for her brood of nine, for "Muh,” as they call ed her, was the only one now to whom they could look. She began ordering fish and oysters in season and sellin.j them each week to the people of the community, being the town’s only fish dealer for quite a while. She la ter added a restaurant to her busi ness, serving meals and home made ice cream. And she managed to get along. Years passed. Most of the children married and settled lu the commun ity. "Muh" grew feeble and more fee ble and her eyes dimmed. More and more she depended upon Anna, the daughter who remained at home with her. Father! Father! I Several weeks ago reports of a ^John Johnson, elderly Negro man w'ho had arrived in Cameron, five ' miles away, began to reach Vass and speculation was rife among the col ored folks as to whether the strang er was the husband of “Aunt Caro line.’’ Some of the Johnson children were determined to find out. They got the stranger to come down to Vass and took him around to the homes of some of the old set tiers to .see if they could identify him. “Muh’s" eyes were so dim that she could tell little about his fea tures. Finally, it has been settled to the satisfaction of all except one son •that the man is really their father, I and he is now a welcome guest on his frequent visits and the past la seemingly forgotten so far as blame for his neglect is concerned. John's stor>’ is that he left Vir ginia for South Carolina, then went to Alabama, where he worked tur pentine for Bud Arnold of Cameron. It was at Mr. Arnold's request that he recently came back to Cameron to work. One point still to be explained is: why he "stayed dead so long.” \V.\YI..\M) RKNNKDY The old Elise Academy in Hemp is now the spacious home of the Ken nedy Funeral Home, operated by Way- land Kennedy, one of Hemp's young est and most active citizens. Young Kennedy has one of the most exert ing town jobs—he's chief of Hemp’s volunteer fire department, and tries to be on hand at all calls. LOSS OF K.ATKKS Disappearance of horses and mules on American farms in 20 years has taken away the capacity to consume the food from 70 million acres, ac cording to the Census. This is more than the entire farm acreage of Iowa and Missouri combined, and would be sufficient to feed 84 million human population. V^ass Has Nomination For ‘Meanest Person’ Tnknown Thief Kobs Family ('cnielcry IMol of Valued Howvood Plants Vasa has a nomination to make for the title of "meanest man in this tills section.’’ Identity of the person is not known. Someone has acquired Kwo small boxwoods recently, but^ the new ownership isn't aware of the heartache his ownership has cau.sed two other persons. Mi.ss Bessie Cameron, who resides .loar Va.ss, told Sunday about the two boxwoods which had been stolen from the plot in Johnson's Grove cemetery where her parents, Norman and Mar garet Cameron, are buried. Her mo ther got the cuttings at least 40 years ago from the home of the grandfather of N. N. McLean of, Vass, and rooted them. They were the' slow-growing variety and had n.t at- ; tained much size. Miss Cameron and her sister, Sallie, who reside at the old liome, moved the boxwoods to the graves of their parents. They werp thriving in their new location and the .^isters were so proud of them. On a visit to the cemetery a few days ago they found only boles in the ground where the cherished plants had been. The person who stole the plants ev idently knew their value, for they had been carefully .spaded up with plenty of soil around them. Miss Cameron thinks that the thiaf put burlap around them right there an 1 carried them away to sell. j "And wo wouldn’t have taken any thing for them,” she lamented. "A nation, like a person, has a body—a body that must be fed and clothed and housed, invigorated and rested, in a manner that measures up to the objective of our times.”—Pres ident Roosevelt. E. V. PERKINSON General Contractor Storage FOR PAKGAINS FIJHNITIJRE See Alton I). McLean Opposite Hotel Aberdeen I$rY YOl R COAL EARLY AM) SAVE MONEY C. G. FARRELL Aberdeen, N. C. I’hone 9581 Sales service Pinehurst Garame Co., Inc. 1‘hone 1951 Pinehurst, N. C. «« ♦♦ :: :: telephone 8111 | STRAKillT A.MHULANCE SERVICE j: ** It :: . 0 ji ^Knulliills 'Jiiucral j; ♦♦ •• Patterson's Mutual Kurial Ass'n. I: A. B Patterson, Director Southern Pines |; Best Wishes for A Bigger and Better-Than-Ever Livestock Show DR. J. L NEAL Veterinarian Southern Pines, N. C. 11 I :: «♦ I VALUE OF KlRAL PEOPLE "We must remember that one in dispensable element in national pre paredness is a well-fed, well-clothed, and well-housed rural people”— Claude R. Wickard, secretary of agriculture. TO CHECK SMITH’S CASH STORE VASS, N. C. That's where I go to buy my C E R I E S Feeds and Seeds and Boy! the quality is the best and the prices are RIGHT! It will pay you to trade there, too. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF E.\ECl'TUIX / \ Having qualified this day as Ex ecutrix of the Last Will and Testa ment of Thomas B. McCain, deceas ed, this is to notify all persons hav ing claims against the said estate to present them to the undersigned Executrix within twelve months from this date, otherwise this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said es tate will please make immediate pay ment. Dated this 9th day of August, 1941. JULIA C. McCALV, Executrix of the Last Will and Tes tament of Thomas B. McCain, deceased. J. Vance 'Rowe, Attorney A29-03. | Nearly eight million pounds of wool arc used annually in the man ufacture of hats by U. S. factories- TURNERS" Real Estate - Insurance Agehey^ Is Moving Office from the Old Pilot Building To The Eddy Block’ Temptingly Different Week-End Specials Oysters—Soft Shell Crabs Shrimps—Crabmeat—Scallops Fried Ckicken—Steaks Delicious Food — Surprisingly Moderate A la carte service 7 a. m. to II p. m. Broad Street Soathem Pines Telephone 6161 J. N. Powell, Inc. Funeral Home 24 hour Ambulance Service D. AI. Blue, Jr. Manager Southern Pines From Femuinents $3.60 Shampoo and Wave 50 Scalp Treatment $1.25 Manicure 50 Facials $1.00 Parker-Herbex Treatments $2.00 Carolina Beauty ,Shop Aberdeen, N. C. Phone 95S4 Pause Go refreshed In offices everywhere, people turn to refreshment right out of the bottle without turning from work. It takes but a linie min ute to enjoy ice-cold Coca-Cola -a minute busy people welcome. 5^ You trust its quality lOTTLED UNDIR AUTHORITY Of THE COCA-COIA COMfANY lY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY. ABERDEEN, N- C- ABERDEEN. N- O
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