THE FREE PRESS.
VOL. 3 NO. 43. E. D. OSLIN, Editor.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C, AUGUST 30, 1901.
1.00 PEE YEAR.
SOUTHERN PINES SANITARIUM
FOR THE TREATMENT OF
CHRONIC - AND - NERVOUS - DISEASES.
WILL RE-OPEN OCTOBER 1, 1901.
For circulars or other information,
Address
EDWIN GLADM0N, M. D.,
Superintendent.
P. 0. Box 26.
Telephone 27,
Southern Pines Hotel,
ACCOMMODATES 50 GUESTS,
Most convenient locality in town. Sanita
ry plumbing, electric lights, hot and cold
batns. Terms, lneiuamg neat ana ngnt;
$2 TO $4 PER DAY,
$7 TO $15 PER WEEK,
' According to size and location of room.
Careful attention given to table and serv
ice. Only hotel m town with open fires
and sleeping rooms on ground floor. Long
er porches than any other hotel in town.
No consumptives will be received at this
hotel. Phone 15.
W. E, GILES, Proprietor.
Elliott & McQueen,
House and Sign Painting,
DECORATING,
Graining, Paper Hanging and
Hard Wood Finishing.
Estimates furnished on work lor any
1 1 lace in North Carolina, South Carolina or
Virginia. ,.. .v, 'yirfs -..".., '-: -'
Elliott & McQueen,
Southern Pines, N. C.
R. M. Couch Sons & Co.
GENERAL
FEED STORE.
HAY, CORN, OATS, SHIPSTUFF,
RR, AN. CORN and OATS CHOP.
WHEAT. RYE. ETC.
BREAD AND PASTRY
FLOUR,
ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR,
CORN MEAL.
STOCK A ND POULTRY
CONDITION FOODS.
LIME AND CEMENT,
WOOD.
ornee East Raileoad Street
& Connecticut Avenue.
East of Freight Dep6t
FREE DELIVERY
To All Parts of The City.
N. D: WELLS,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
Pine Repairing a Specialty.
Lowest Prices consistent with First
class Work. A Handsome line of clocks,
Watches, Jewelry. Spectacles, ate. etc., at
rock bottom prices. Glasses corrrcctly fit
ted. Eyes tested free. All kinds of Sew
ing Machine Supplies kept constantly on
hand, and sewing machine parts furnish
ed on application.
Location next door to A. S, and L. P.
Ruggles, onPenn. Ave. Call and see me
'Phone 18.
Soaiberi) Pii)es, N
SWISS
WATCHMAKER
G. ADDOR
At the old place on Bennett Street.
Thomas ' old Hardware Store.
SHORT LOCAL MENTION.
H. A. Clark, of Aberdeen, spent
Tuesday in Southern Pines.
J. W. Jones, of Aberdeen, was in
town yesterday and made us a pleas
ant call.
J. A. McCloud is building a new
barn for M. A. Winestine, in rear of
the People's' Cash Grocery.
B. W. Leavitt reports that C. L.
Hayes and family will return to
Southern Pines for the winter about
October i.
CD. Tarbell left Tuesday for a trip
of six or seven weeks visiting Boston
and other points in Massachusetts
and New Hampshire.
H. Stillings, of Pinehurst, left Sun
day night for an extended visit
through New England, stopping en
route at Baltimore, New York and
B-ston .
D. B. Thurston left Thursday for a
visit to his old home in Concord, N.
H., intending to visit New York,
Boston and other cities before return
ing home.
Mr. and Mrs. Iceland, who have
been for sometime in the C. D. Tar
bell cottage, removed last week to
the cottage of Mrs. T. A. Catlin, on
New York avenue. ....
''A' letter recentlv receitfiMSHif!
Hamlin states that he will return to
Southern Pines about November 1;
Mrs. Hamlin is expected to arrive
next week.
A letter received this week by P. H.
Beck indicates the return, about Sept
ember 1, of his Honor, Mayor C. B.
Grout, who is now in Washington
City on his homeward journey.
R. A. Offutt, who has spent several
weeks at the house of Mrs. Disley,
of Pennsylvania avenue, left Wednes
day for Aiken, S. C, intending to go
to California later and to return to
Southern Pines for1;he winter.
W. J. Griswold, of Durham, spec
ial agent of the Westchester Insurance
company, was in Southern Pines
on busines with Thurston & Parker,
local agents for the company, Tues
day.
Mrs. Ida Iy. Schoncke, of Rocka-
way Beach, L. I., N. Y., who has
been for several month at Glenwood
Cottage, left Saturday for a short
stay stay at Jackson Springs, in com
pany with Mrs. C. J. Grover.
C. H. Carstens, of Coudersport, Pa.,
who was formerly the business partner
of P. H. Beck in that place, who has
been suffering severely from inflama
tory rheumatism for several years,
will come to Southern Pines with W.
F. Junge and spend the winter here.
Southern Pines Lodge, No. 108, K.
of P., held on last Friday the most
enthusiastic meeting held for several
months. Under the head "The Good
of the Order," many good speeches
were made and the meeting was a
most enjoyable one. The prospects
for the early future of the lodge are
very bright.
S. S. Thomas and wife returned
home this morning from a visit to
Brooklyn N. Y.
J. A. Keith, a well known mer
chant of Vass, was a Free Press vis
itor yesterday.
Alex Cameron reports the recovery
of his mule advertised as lost, in last
week's Free Press.
There will be another meeting of
the fruit growers at Dr. Swett's office
this evening at 7 30 o'clock.
Watch E. G. Couch's bulletin
board for list of some rare bargains
for cash. For one week only, com
mencing September 4.
W. H. Moll, of New Hampshire,
who has spent the summer here testing
the climate, reports that he is well
satisfied finding the heated term
very pleasant, and comfortable.
The Southern Pines Improvement
society will have its regular Septem
ber meeting next Wednesday evening
at 8 o'clock, at the residence of R.
M. Couch, Railroad street.
Among the guests registered at the
Southern Pines hotel this week are:
J. S. Beatty, New York; C. C. Kerner,
Richmond; I,. O Kriipe and Misses
B. McE. Knipe and h. A. Burton,
Pinebluff and J. C. Forbes, of Atlanta.
. F. H. Weaver, wife and child re-
turnedthjs morning from. Culpepper,
fi-
Margaret, who will spend the winter
in Southern Pines. Mr. Weaver
brings back with him a handsome
thoroughbred trotting mare, Jessie
which was raised on his father's farm,
Deputy Sheriff J. M. Tyson went to
lyaurinburg Wednesday to receive
from Chief of Police Herbert, of that
place, a negro by the name of Robt.
Jennings, who was charged by Walter
Parker, of Manly, before Sqnire C.W.
Shaw, with stealing cows. Jennings
waived examination and in default of
$200 bail was sent to the county jail
to await court trial.
A combination of moonlight and
shower on Wednesday evening gave
to the people of this section a chance
to see a very rare phenomenon in the
shape of a moon-bow, or moon-light
rain-bow. It was very clear and dis
tinct and lasted fully 15 minutes.
Sailors see them frequently on the
ocean, but the land-lubber is fortu
nate if he sees one in a life-time.
The supervising committee of the
Experimental Farm of the North
Carolina State Horticultural Society
held a called meeting today. The com
mittee, consisting of J. Van Ljndley,
B. Von Herff, P H. Beck and H. T.
Pettv. met in the committee
rooms of Superintendent A. D. Mc
Nair's residence, made an inspection
of the farm, then returned to Southern
Pines and held a regular business
meeting in the parlors of the Southern
Pines hotel, during which they
heard the report of the Superintendent
and the reports of special committees,
also considered what steps are to be
taken for experiments with irrigation.
More complete report of the meeting
will appear in the Free Press next
week.
THURSTON & PARKER,
CIVIL ENGINEERS,
REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE,
SOUTHERN PINES. - N. C.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
J. McN. Johnson,
ATTORNEY HT LRW,
Offers his services to the citizens of South
ern Pines and community. Abstracts,
deeds, contracts and all office work a
specialty.
LEAVE YOUR LAUNDRY
with A. S. and L. P. Ruggles, agents for
one of the best laundries in the state.
First-class work guaranteed and prices
reasonable. Call for price list and get
good service cheaply, quickly and
satisfactory. Phone 19.
A. A. P. SEA-WELL. D. E. MCTVER.
Jonesboro, n. c. Sanford, N.C..
SEAWELL & MCIVER.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jonesboro, N. C. and Sanford; N. C.
' Practice in all State courts. Prompt
collections. Loans negotiated, Real es
tate sold or rented, rents collected, etc.
A. E. Bkown. S. R. Newton.
Brown & Newton,
CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS.
Job work and repairing a Specialty.
All work guaranteed to give satisfac-
tion. Prices right.
Yours for busi-
ness.
SOUTHERN PINES, -
n. ; c.
C. W. SHAW,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Attends to all business connected with
the office; writing deeds and mortgages
and abstract of titles a specialty.
FIREMEN'S SOCIAL.
The ice-cream social given by tne
Southern Pines Volunteer Fire De
partment and the friends of the or
gination on last Tuesday evening on
the verandas of the Sanitarium was a
success and netted the fire laddies
$18.58 toward the purchase of a hook
and ladder truck. The amount col
lected by the subscription committee,
in addition to this, was $5.90 cash;
several dollars more were subscribed
but not yet collected. At the regular
meeting held Wednesday evening, it
was voted to post a note of thanks to
the ladies and gentlemen, not
members of the department, who as
sisted with the supper and to prepare
and present to them suitably inscribed
badges of the event.
H. C. Berry, who spent the past
1 A 1 4
season nere as a neaitn-seeKer, re
ports that he has so far recovered his
health and is doing so well at his
home in Uniondale, Pa., that he does
not deem it necessary to return here
the coming season. He has author
ized P. H. Beck to sell his household
goods and apply the proceeds to set
tlement of some unfinished business.
Joseph Taylor, of Fall River, Mass.,
arrived last Saturday and is now at
Prospect House. Mr. Taylor is a
health-seeker and intends remaining
throughout the season.