Friday, October 30, 1936.
THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, N\>rth Carolina
Page Eleven
Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad
Serves Widespread Territory
Built by Late John Blue, Conj-
pany Has Steadily Extended
Lines To Meet Demands
One of Largest Plants in
The Aberdeen and R:;ckfish Rail- ! South Maintained by Judge
road was incorporated June 22, 1892.1 William A. Way
The late John Blue built the road, |
became its first president in 1892, j
and held this office continuously un- j
til his death in August 1922. j
The road was originally built as a i
lumber road and its rails were ex- ,
tended eastward each year as new
timber territory was opened, until ^
the road was finally extended to
Hope Mills, where it established a i
connecticn with the Atlantic Coast ]
Line Railroad. In 1919 a branch |
line was built from Raeford to Wa-
gram. ' i
By 1912 the territory the road ser- | terminal at River Terminal, and
ved had developed rapidly into an: ship gas which is barged up the
agricultural section and the road was i Cape Fear River to interior points,
now hauling agricultural products j About 100 cars a month move over
as well as much other commercial | from this terminal.
fr«ight. In 1912 Fayetteville, which i Practically all freight movements
was growing rapidly, persuaded the I as well as passenger movements into
Orchids Raised Here
The Sandhills has a novel in
dustry in the raising of orchids,
and one of the interesting sights
here are the greenhouses of
Judge William A. Way in Knoll-
wood. This is one of the largest
plants for the raising of orchids
in the South. The greenhouses are
open to visitors on payment of
a small fee which goes to the Ki-
wanis Club’s Charity Fund.
road to extend its line from Rock-
^fish into Fayetteville so the city
would enjoy a connection with the
Seaboard Air Line at Aberdeen. In
1926 In connection with the Cape
Fear Railway the roads services were
extended to Ft. Bragg, so that the
Government would have routes In
connection with the Seaboard Air
Line Railway. In 1935 the road ex
tended its tracks to River Terminal,
two miles from Fayetteville to the
new Municipal Docks on the Cape
The road Is owned by the Blue
family and is operated by W. A.
Blue^ president: H. J. Blue, vice-
president and Henry McCoy Blue,
secretary &treasurer.
Pioneer in Gasoline Car
In the year 1920 the road was the
first in the South to abtindon steam
passenger train service and substi
tute in lieu thereof a gasoline rail
way motor passenger car. This type
■of car Is now In use on practically
all short lines as well as on many
trunk lines.
In the year 1931 the road was the
first to establish free store door
delivery on less than a car let
freight, which practice has recently
been adopted by all other lines.
The road, by reducing drastically
gasoline rates, enabled the Gulf Re
ties and their friends will be able
fining Company to establish a large to attend both sales.
PINEBLUFF
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ruse and dau-1
ghter and Mrs. R. B. Medlln of Bis- J
coe were guests of Mrs. J. M. Ed
wards Sunday. |
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dale, J. P.
Tyndall of Kinston and Mr. and Mrs. j
J. D. Martin and Mrs. Emma Tyndal
of Mt Olive were visitors of Mrs. C. i
O. Doughty Sunday. |
Miss Mildred Brooks of Hamlet is '
spending some time In town. |
Mrs. C. L. Jackson returned to ^
her home here Tuesday after spend-,
Ing the summer In the North with I
relatives. ]
Mr. and Mrs. Henry McCormick j
spent Saturday In Durham visiting.
Mr. McCormick’fa father. I
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Lampley and |
sons Jack and Thomas spent Sunday
in Marshville visiting Mrs. J. H.
Lampley.
Drs. Dorothy Grey and Ethel Perry
returned to their home In Belfast, N.
Y., Monday after spending a few
days In town.
Miss Helen Dearborn of New Mil
ford, Pa., Is spending the winter with
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Shannon.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Savage of Sher-
N. Y., are occupying the
Stucky cottage.
Marguerete Deyoe and Charlene
Parker of Pheifer College spent the
week-end with their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kinlaw are
visiting Mrs. Kinlaw’s mother, Mrs.
E. D. Moody in St. Paul.
Mi.ss Gene Addor returned home
Saturday after spending the summer
in Brookfield, N. Y.
Margaret Rice of Wingate College
spent the week-end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Rice.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman McNeal of
College Point, N. Y., and Mrs. May
er of Chicago arrived in town last
week.
John Hunter and Mr. Rosser of
Cameron spent Monday with Mr.
Hunter’s sister, Mrs. C. O, Doughety.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Keith have
purchased the Tuttle Cottage on
Philadelphia avenue.
The Christmas sale, given by the Anne Warner left Friday for
Woman’s Society of the Church of 1 Springfield, N. J., where she will
spend the winter with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Farrell and
daughter Esther, Mrs. Anna McMinn,
Mrs. Marion Warner and daughter
Betty spent Friday in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jeffrey of
Scic»nton, Pa., left for their home
Monday after spending several days
with Mrs. J. W. Pope.
The Pinehurst Silk Nills
INCORPORATED
Ft. Bragg are handled over this line
in connection with Cape Fear. Dur- ] ^urne^
ing this month alone we handled
3,814 passengers in and out of the
fort.
The road nas shown steady pro
gress year after year and has nev
er been bankrupt or In receivership.
It Is strategically located, having
connection with the Seaboard Air
Line and Norfolk Southern at Aber
deen; the Laurinburg & Southern at
Raeford; the Cape Fear Railroad at
Skibo, and the Atlantic Coast Line
and Norfolk Southern at Fayette
ville. It handles much overhead traf
fic.
The road employees 50 people; Its
general office and shops are at Aber
deen and it maintains a traffic of
fice at Fayetteville.
CHRISTMAS SALE POSTPONED,
WILL BE HELD ON DEC. 9
Wide Fellowship, will be held on Dec
ember 9, instead of a week earlier
as was previously announced. This
change is made in order to avoid
conflicting with a similar fair at the
Baptist Churchy and it Is hoped that
In this way members of both socle-
COME FLOOD! COME DROUTH!
New equipment gives
added protection to
the water used In
bottled Coca-Cola
The parade of the seasons, the fickle
ness of climate, the whims of the
weother,—none of these can affect the
water you drink in bottled Coca-Cola.
—Because we have installed new and
modern scientific equipment to further
protect the purity of the water we use
and to safeguard its taste despite the
unusual conditions which have pre
vailed all over the country this year.
Now, neither flood nor drouth can
change or less an the quality or purity of
the water we use in our bottling plant.
You're safe when you drink Coca-Cola.
You can be sure It is pure and
wholesome. And you will enjoy
the happy buoyancy of its spar
kling refreshment.
Htthh Authority Approvti
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COCA-COLA BOTTUNG CO,
‘ ^ Aberdeen, N. C,
Manufacturers of
RAYON
PRODUCTS
Hemp
North Carolina
Highfalls Nills, Inc.
Manufacturers of
Cotton Yarns
Highfalls, North Carolina