THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK.
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boarded outside, but the logs can stUl be
seen in the interior. The front room
contains a great fireplace that is yet used,
and when filled with blazing logs the
apartment is well heated.
Mr. Hay's winter residence was a house
made of round logs and was located
close by the larger structure. It was
built in 1823 and used as a dwelling until
about two years ago when Mr. McKenzie
presented it to Mr. Tufts who had it re
moved to Pinehurst and placed near the
foot of the Village Green, where it is
now used as a museum. It contains
many interesting relics, among them the
hand-made axe that cut the timbers that
were used in building it.
'The logs and the boards, the rafter and sill,
And all that it tales a house to fulfill,
Were brought to a Bite near McKenzie's mill,
And hewn there, by ax, to their place.
"With 'nary' a nail, was builded this dhack,
And it must have taken 'right smart' knack
To 6ave the old fellow from breaking his back,
As he labored away at his task.
".Transported at last to the Village Green,
Where by curious villagers it now may be seen;
Standing, a monument to the 'has been,'
It contrasts the methods of man.
"It tells of the struggle and toil of the days
When men, brave and stalwart, were blazing the
ways
For others to follow a nation to raise
A nation so brave and so free."
Mr. lay married a sister of his sister's
husband, and lived at the old place until
his death. Mr. McKenzie remembers the
old fellow very well and was related to
him by marriage. During the latter part
of his life, after he had been disabled so
that he could not work, the old gunsmith
often went to the different blacksmith
shops and showed the workmen how to
temper metal.
All the iron that the settlers used in
those days had to be brought from Fay
etteville, and salt was also obtained at
the same place. These were the two
principal articles that the people were
obliged to get at a seaport; nearly
everything else that was needed being
raised or manufactured at home.
Mr. McKenzie's dwelling contains
many old-time relics. Everything
needed for the manufacture of cloth is
here and the ancient loom contains a
carpet partly completed. The writer
was shown several specimans of cloth
that were made by Mrs. McKenzie and the
patterns were as pretty as those made by
modern machinery. The old lady avers
that a suit made of this cloth will out
wear half a dozen such as can be bought
at the stores. She has also many blan
kets, quilts, towels and other articles
that are home made.
Mr. McKenzie has two ancient guns,
a rifle and a shotgun, that were made by
Philip Cameron who worked in Pay's
gun shop. These weapons are nearly
six feet long and are kept loaded ready
for use. It was with one of these guns
that Mr. McKenzie recently shot a large
otter that was swimming in his pond.
The old rifle is a heavy one and shows
signs of hard usage. During the late
war, while in a gun shop to be repaired,
it was captured by Federal troops who
smashed the stock and bent the barrel
to destroy its usefulness, but it has been
restored and is now as effective as ever.
Another weapon, a double-barrel
muzzle loading shotgun weighing about
ten pounds, has an interesting history.
It was a shot from this gun that killed
Steve Lowry, one of the famous Lowry
gang of outlaws that created a reign of
terror in liobeson county in the early
seventies. The father of the Lowry
boys was hung before their eye by a
squad of Southern soldiers during the
war, and the boys swore to kill all who
were concerned in their, father's death.
As the most of these soldiers were neigh
bors they were well known by the Low
rys, who succeeded in killing the most of
them and avenging their father. When
the boys commenced their killing they
were promptly outlawed ami the people
used to turn out in large numbers to
hunt them down. One man who owned
this gun was ambushed by some of the
outlaws and shot dead while on his way
to join his neighbors in hunting the Low
ry 8. The killing of Steve Lowry broke
up the outlaw gang.
The Lowrys belonged to the tribe of
halfbreeds called Croatans who are sui
posed to be descendents of the members
of the lost colony of Captain John White
which was the first effort at perminent
settlement made by Anglo-Saxon whites
on the American continent. There are
quite a number of these Croatans in
Pobeson county
To enumerate everything of interest to
be found at Mr. McKenzie's would take
more space than The Outlook could
spare. There are numerous farm build
ings, mostly built of logs, and one of
them, a corn crib, was erected by Mr.
Pay in 1820, and the date can still be
seen where he carved it on one of the
foundation posts.
Mr. McKenzie is well informed regard
ing the events that took place in this
part of the country in early times, and an
hour's chat with the old gentleman is
both interesting and instructive. He
has raised a large family of sons and
daughters, some of whom still live at
home. Visitors are received with old
fashioned courtesy, and our Northern
guests will derive a great deal of pleasure
from a trip to this home of the pioneer.
Obituary.
Mrs. Lucretia Knowlton, mother of the
wife of Gen. William II. Browne of
Washington, D. C, died of apoplexy at
at the Holly Inn last Saturday afternoon,
aged 82 years. The aged lady was of a
very lovable disposition and very smart
for one of her years, taking great in
terest in all that was going on about her.
She was a great favorite with all the
guests at the Inn, and her sudden death
will be deeply felt by all who knew her.
She had been stopping at the Inn with
Gen. and Mrs. Browne since the opening
of the season.
The body was taken to Washington for
interment last Sunday and was accom
panied by her daughter. The funeral
services there were conducted by Bishop
Satterlee, Rev. Dr. McKay-Smith and
Rev. Mr. Paddock, and were very' beauti
ful and impressive. The flora V offerings
were exquisite. Gen. and Mrs. Browne
have the sympathy of our villagers in
this great bereavement. They will re
main here for the balance of the season.
The following tribute to Mrs. Knowl
ton was written by one who knew her
ellw :
IN MEMOKIAM.
To the many who were privileged to
know Mrs. Knowlton, she was always a
benediction. They felt while in her
presence the sweetness of her nature
and the elevated purity of her soul.
She possessed in a remarkable degree
those triune Christian virtues of faith,
hope and charity. Although her hope
sprang fresh and buoyant with the ad
vent of each day, and her faith was as
simple and implicit as that of a little
child, yet above ami over all she ex
tended a mantle of that "charity which
suftereth long and is kind ; envieth not;
vaunteth not itself; is not puffed up;
doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh
not her own, is not easily provoked,
thinketh no evil, beareth all things, be
lieveth all things, hopeth all things, en
doweth all things." She lived the words
of Abraham Lincoln, "With charity for
all, with malice to none."
There was never a human being with
whom she came in contact in whom she
could not find some redeeming trait.
Others might have passed by the coarse,
or unpreposessing, or stupid, or malig
n.int, or cross-grained, or hitter, or head
strong with a cold word, or a frown.
She always paused, and smiled and
pitied, and the latent good sprang to
ward her while the evil stood abashed.
It was a wonderful influence which
everybody who knew her felt. She was
absolutely without an enemy in the
world. She lived each clay as if it might
be her last. She never borrowed trouble,
her maxim being: "Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof." She cast no
mournfully retrospective glances over
the sorrows and trials of the past, but
accepted them with meekness and resig
nation when they came, and then, with a
nobility of nature rarely equalled, bore
her crosses without murmuring, always
bravely pressing forward to better things
and a higher calling. She never allowed
circumstances to master her. She over
came griefs and troubles and glorified
them by her never failing cheerfulness,
looking forward to future joys which
would surely come. Her every cloud
was silver lined, and her ships at sea
were always homeward bound.
From her childhood, she was flattered
and caressed, but there was never a hu
man being freer from vanity. She had
the pride which belongs to self respect
and gentle blood; a pride which made
her do anything the undertook, well.
Her needle work was a marvel of skill ;
her chirography was as beautiful as en
graving. She was highly educated; had
rare conversational powers, and her let
ters were sparkling, witty, and full of
soul. Although eighty-two years of
age (within thiee months and a half) her
mental and -physical qualities were
wonderfully preserved. She retained
her personal beauty and attractiveness to
a marked degree, and her interest in
everything and everybody was sincere
and enthusiastic. She said with Robert
Browning :
"1 find earth not gray but rosy,
Heaven not grim but lair of hue;
Do I stoop? I pluck a posy.
Do I stand and stare? All's blue."
She thought Pinehurst the loveliest
spot she had ever visited; Holly Inn a
most delightful abiding plaee; her new
found friends full of charm and interest.
She often said she had never been hap
pier anywhere away from home. And
now, wearing the smile we have all
learned to love so well, dressed in white,
with violets and lilies and pansies lying
about her beautiful peaceful face, she
has robbed even death of his grimness,
and entered into the rest of her Lord.
May we strive to emulate her virtues.
COTTON is and will con
tinue to be the money
crop of the South. The
planter who gets the most cot
ton from a given area at the
least cost, is the one who makes
the most money. Good culti
vation, suitable rotation, and
liberal use of fertilizers con
taining at least 3 actual
Potash
will insure the largest yield.
We will send Free, upon application,
pamphlets that will interest every coiton
planter in the South.
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Pinehurst, N. C.
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