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•iday, December 1930. John McQueen “Most Useful Man In North Carolina,” Says Saunders Fditor Tells How Homely Wis dom and Patience of Man Have Helped Community Tbe 111 _THE pilot, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen. North Carolina were re- January American Magazine | io-ht easily have carried a sub-title I on^the cover reading-, “Sandhills i Xumber." One of the leading articlss ' is entitled, ‘The Most Useful Man in | Xorth Carolina,” being a story of John R. McQueen of Lakeview by the ' well known North Carolina editor, W. 0 Saunders of Eliza'beth City. Then there i? a story, “Sick Folks Have No Secret?/’ written by Mildred Harring ton. daughter of Chief of Police John Harrington of Aberdeen, and still another story of local interest, “IVe ! Owed Money All My Life,” also from ; the pen—pardon—the typev^^riter of Editor Saunders. Of John McQueen Mr. Saunders | sayj* that when there are import fun- ; woods near Southern Pines. It is a tions at Pinehurst, others may come | modest little cottage of four or five in their dinner clothes or full dress, ix)oms with no evidence of luxuries but not so the president of the Pine- j anywhere about. I wanted to use hurst bank. “Mr. McQueen, a plain, ■ telephone; there was no telephone Will-Rocrers-looking man, comes in j , his one dark, unpressed business suit, | want a telephone in the house course negligee shirt, a loose little | ^ ^ worst in the world,” said Mrs. Mc- >tring tie and a floppy old black hat i Q^^en, “but I had to have our phone of the vintage of 1880.” ! McQueen. He allows himself only six hours’ sleep a night and he has only 'aji hour or two in the evening for a little social life and recreation before bedtirie. JOHN R. McQUEEN a He comes driving an old open fliv ver, the c'jrtains of which have never been taken from under the seat. He carries an overcoat on the back seat of his car. Friends lo-ng insisted that he should have an overcoat; he bought one to satisfy them, but has never worn it. And he can leave that over coat on the back seat of his old ma chine anywhere in Moore County and no one will steal it, for everybody knrv.s John McQueen’s old car, and nobody would steal from John Mc Queen. “In his reverence for the memory of his mother and his zeal to answer her prayer, this man McQueen has made it a rule of his life, from early boy hood, not only to practice the Golden Rule, but to give one fourth of his time to helping others. In doing this religiously over a period of many years he has given away almost as fast as he has accumulated, and has neglected many opportunities to feath er his own nest.” Other excerpts from The American Magazine article: Has No Telephone I visited John McQueen in his home overlooking a little lake iin the pine And there is someone wanting him all the time. Although we live off the main highway and back here in the woods, there is :?ot a night that there are not a number of people here to see him about their problems. When w^e had a telephone he was being call ed at all hours of the night. People do not spare him. I just had to have that phone taken out.” How John McQueen helps other folks is a long story. He has helped bulid letter roads, better schools, and many churches. He has financed high school and college education for sixty Moore County boys and girls. His per. sonal service record is interminable. An old woman lay dying in a little cottage far back in the country. She expressed^a desire for John McQueen to write her will. Dropping all other business, he made a long journey over bad roads to oblige a dying wo man he did not know. A negro family in Pinehurst was stricken with snmllpox. A nurse could not be found for them. John McQueen looked after them until they stored to health. i^^vited to attend a banquet at fh distinguished guests at the fashionable Carolina Inn; a community of .negroes back in the oun ry wanted him to make a speech for them. “I can be of more use to those nepoes than to the 'big folks at e nn, said John McQueen. There IS no end of such instances. Life Too Easy Now John McQueen is ,no reformer, no up 1 er. It is his idea that no man can be reformed from the outside in or uplifted on the toe of a boot; he must reform or uplift himself. He has never tried to enforce his ideas or his wi on anyone in his l^fe; by homely wisdom and patience, coupled with a sense of humor and much shrewdness, he just bores into the hearts of those he tries to help and persuades them to help themselves. “My greatest fear for folks to day, ’ he told me, “is that this modern life isn t hard enough. When I *was a kid, as soon as we were out of school we had to hurry home and do chores. There was firewood to cut and wood bins to fill; water to draw and buckets to fill; cows to milk and horses and pigs to be fed. There was work be fore and after school. “Today the boy and the girl out of school have nothing to do. A dairy man brings the milk in a bottle; the water comes from a spigot; there is no wood to split, houses are not heat ed that way any more. The poor little kids have nothing to do. Is it any wonder they get into mischief?” VASS Auxiliary Meets The Ladies Auxiliary of the Pres byterian Church held an interesting meeting on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs..D. C. McGill. Mrs. E. L. McNeill was the leader and the topic was ministerial relief. She was assisted in presenting the program by Mrs. J. M. Tyson, Miss Rosa B. Giles, Mrs. W. D. McCraney and Mrs. D. A. McLauchlin. Mrs. McGill con ducted the Bible study. Delicious re freshments were served at the con clusion of the meeting. Another Christmas—anoth er occasion when we can ex- « press publicly and pertinent ly the good will we feel to a community that has bestow ed upon us so fully its faith, interest and patronage. / SANITARY CASH MARKET « Aberdeen, South Street E. B. Maynard, Mgr. ♦♦ ^ Annual New Years Races I Twelfth Annual New Year’s Trot Eighth Annual Resolution Pace . First Annual Holiday Class A Full Program of Special Equestrian Events AT PINEHURST THURSDAY, JANUARY 13th 2:45 P. M. 1931 1 Box Seats on Sale at the Carolina Hotel Livery Desk. ”IWT1| 11111111111111 Miss Nettie Gschwind, who has been teaching at Marietta, arrived Sunday night to spend the Christmas holidays at home. Miss Jessie Brooks of Wilson and Miss Eloise Brooks of Meredith Col lege came Friday to spend the hol idays with their mother, Mrs. G. W. Brooks. Misses Myrtle and Catharine McMil lan of Vass, Pauline. Blue of Lake view, and N. A. McMillan were San ford visitors Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Aiken Reece and Mr. and Mrs. Hitt of Hamlet visited Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Griffin Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Cox and child ren left Friday for Tavares, Florida, where they will spend the holidays with relatives. Mrs. Seth W. Lassiter and child ren, Margaret and Doris, of near Smithfield are visiting Mrs. Lassi ter’s mother, Mrs. Mary E. Edwards. ITiomas Keith Atkinson of Southern Pines spent a part of last week with his grandmother, Mrs. A. J. Keith. The Vass-Lakeview schools closed on Saturday for the holidays and will open on January 5 for the spring term. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Auman are with relatives in High Point for the holi days. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Tyson and little daughter, Marie, Mrs. H. A. Borst and H. A., Jr., and Mrs. S. R Smith were shopping in Raleigh on Mon day. Horton Keith is at home from State College for the Christmas season.. Miss Jewell Edwards, who teaches at Lucama, arrived- last week for the holidays. Alex McGill, -a student at Presby terian Junior College at Maxton, s spending the holidays with his par ents^ Mr. and Mrs. Arch McGill on Route 2. Mrs. Crisp returned the first of the week to her home in Falkland, after having spent several days with her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Lawrence. Mrsi. Lawrence, who has been quite sick, is much improved. Alton Lawrence is at home from the University to spend the holidays with his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Lawrence. He had with him for the Week-end a college friend, Mr. Wil liamson of South Carolina. Neill M. Smith, farm demonstration agent of Onslow county, is spending the holidays with his iparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Mayfield and Mrs. Copelan left Friday for points in Mississippi wh«re they will visit relatives during the Christmas holi days. Gerald Graham of the University of Tennesee at Knoxville and Miss Cath arine Graham, a senior at Greensboro College, are spending the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Graham. Mrs. Mamie Dixon iiad Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McBryde of Raleigh visited Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tson Sunday. Miss Glennie Keith of Raleigh is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Keith. Edward Griffin of Sanford visited relatives here Sunday. SOUTHERN PINES Albert Ruggles, who has been in Rochester for the past few months, arrived .Sunday to spend Christmas with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Georgte C. Moore have as their guests Mrs. Moore’s moth er, Mrs. E. S. Copeland of Boston, for the holidays. Richard Wilson is spending the Christmas vacation with his mother, Mrs. Emile Wilson and has as his guest here a classmate at Georgetown University, Alfred J. Dailey, of Buch arest, Roumania. Miss Elizabeth Rountree arrived Sunday from Columbia University to spend the holidays with her mother. D. Al. Blue returned Sunday from a business trip to Baltimore. Mrs. R. L. Hayes and children left Tuesday to spend the Christmas holi days with relatives in Salisbury. They will be joined by Mrs. Hayes on Christmas Eve. Max Hunter of Charlotte is spend ing this week in Southern Pines. Miss Helen Thomipson will leave for Florida early in January to be gone about three months. Parke Fisher has arrived from Western North Carolina to spend Christmas with his family. Among the names added to the con stantly increasing list of boys and girls home from school for vacation are those of Miss Helen Blair who ar rived Saturday from Smith College, Miss Dorothy Moore from Salem Acad emy, Miss Julia Burt from St. Tim othy School at Catonsville, Md., Greor Stutz from Richmond Medical College, Alice Stutz from N. C. C. W. and Emily Richardson from N. C. C. W. The annual meeting of the members of the Southern Pines Library Asso ciation was held at the library Tues day evening for the purpose of-elect- | ing a board of trustees for the ensuing j year. i H. LeRoy Potter of Brooklyn has joined his family at the Highland Pines Inn for the holidays. Mrs. Georgianna Lewis of Bethle hem,-N. H., arrived Friday and is the guest of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harrington at the Southern Pines Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vetterlein are spending the Christmas season in At lantic City. prep school in Ferndale, N. Y., arrived Sunday to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Greg ory. Page Seven Mrs. Ollie Adcox, Miss Madge Pick ier and Mrs. E: F. Pickier were shop pers in Fayetteville last Tuesday. Miss Isabel McMullen, who is a stu- Miss Florence Fowle has returned j dent at Smith College, arrived Sun- to her home here after spending the past nine months in Detroit and Washington. Lacy Adcox, who is a studnt at Davidson College is spending the holi days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Adcox. Mr. and Mrs. Frank ^Crugs of East Long Branch, N. Y., are here for the winter. Douglas Allison, student at Mt. Her man, Mass., is spending the holidays with his mother, Mrs. H. F. Allison. day to spend the holidays with her mother, Mrs. R. W. McMullen.' Professor Eric Achorn of Columbia, S. C., is spending the holidays with Mrs. Achom. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Pickier spent Monday in Troy. Mrs. Patricia Achorn entertained thirty guests at a musicale last Sun day afternoon. Howard Troutman of Wake Forest College is spending the holidays with his pasents in Addor. LAST CALL BICYCLES, WAGONS, TRICYCLES, SKATES, RIFLES, TOYS. Drop in and see our large display BURNEY HARDWARE CO. Aberdeen, Phone 30 North Carolina PINEBLUFF CHRISTMAS Arthur and Ray McMullen, students ; H At Stuyvesant School for boys in War ren, Va., are spending the holidays with their mother, Mrs. R. W^.^ Mc Mullen. Edwin Gregory, who is attending May the tr ue spirit of Christmas fill your home and linger through the full coming year 0. B. FLINCHUM & SONS ABERDEEN CARTHAGE txistttmiissimitmitxiiiuiii ir % b Drink Delicious and Refreshing You' ve got to Pause • • make it Refreshing \ Tim© in on oar radio program. Famous sports cdcbrirics talk... An all-string 31-piece dance orchestra. ,.. Every Wednesday night.. . [ \ ] Often youVe got to stop—anu wait. Leam how an ice- cold bottle of Coca-Cola is the easy way to take things easy. It’s ready around the corner from anywhere. A drink a’tingle with delicious taste and a cool after-sense of refreshment. Pure as sunlight. Be good to yourself. Enjoy Coca-Cola. c. COCA COLA BOTTLfNG COMPANY ABERnEEN, N. C. > OVER Nine Million A day-had to he r.noD to get vhere it is
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