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Friday, November 27, 1936. THE IMLOT, Southern Pine^and Aberdeen, North Carolina THREE SANDHILLS ROADS FEATURE LOCAIJflSTORY Only Sections of Yadkin, Peedee and Morg:anton Remain in Use Today Page Seven: Historic Bethesda Church T\VO WERE INDIAN TRAILS (Continued from Page 2) ing within five miles of_ the project ed road. This would indicate the line of road in Mcore was more thickly settled than in Cumberland. In 1810 the population of Moore was esti mated as about 7,000, with less than three to the square mile in the i!and- hllls. Traditionally We commissioners laid out the roaii in a straight line through the two counties, and maps of later years are affected by this tradition, actually the read curved more or less, taking advantage of stream-neads,. favorable grades and ] good fjrds. Out from Fayetteville and throi-gh Cumberland county it is al- mosi a straight line, crossing many sm*ll streams to the Little Rcok- fl*h creek, now the boundary of Hoke roimty, here the read was just three miles below the old Yadkin road, and they practically converged at Mon roe’s mill, separating agjtin west of the pass above Blue’s mountain. Route Through Town Entering Moore county at the pres ent junction of the Fort Bragg line and the sc-called Raeford road, it ran between that road, and the home of Hoyt Shaw, thence across the dam of the Buchan mill and to the Buchan house, to the Duncan Shaw house, then to the fields below the Andrew’s house, and up the ravine from this field where traces of the road are still plainly discernible; then under the Pierson log-cabin on High land read, leaving the Highland Pines Inn to the left, and in between the Ramsay and Tracy dwellings, then approximately along our-so-call- ed Morganton road, but crossing the railroad about 60 feet above the high way bridge, to the Shaw house where Near the Old Church, Which This Year Observed its 156th An niversary, Lies the Body of Walter Hines Page, U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain during the World War. it crossed the older Peedee road, then along the Pinehurst road, but cL^er to the cemetery, bearing to the left and paralleling the present road some 500 feet to the left, until it crossed the ford of Mill creek branch of Aberdeen creek exactly in the place of the present bridge, then to the crossing of Devil’s Gut, now' Aberdeen creek. Then bearing to the left it cross- i ed the present Pinehurst race track, and curving to the right thrcugh | Royalton Pines Dairy Products Lunch Room We serve a of Home Made take orders for of cold meats, Olive’s Home delicious luncheon Products, and will the daily delivery salads, and Mrs. Baked Cakes, Pies Bread and other Goodies- I We have fresh every day MILK, CREAM, CHOCOLATE MILK, COTTAGE CHEESE, ICE CREAM, SHERBETS. Royalton Pines Dairy THE HOME OF THE PURE BRED JERSEY HERD. INSPECT- -\ND CERTIFIED BY THE U. S. GOVERNIVIENT. W. W. OLIVE East Broad street, next to Pender’s Southern Pines. ittitttimtxtntttmutuuttuttttttttxutttttttttituxitxtxttiittttutttttttittitttttttuit Linden by Smith’s store over the head of Sandy Run. through Deep Creek and Jackson's Creek above the pres ent Jackson Springs to the road now betw'een that village and Candor. Seven-tenths of a mile above Jack son Springs the line of the old road can be seen coming in from the right. Fr m this junction to McKenzie’s bridge over Drowning Creek the present road follows the outline of the old one. Of the hou.ses on or near the line of the new road all are gone except the Watson house near the Devil’s Gut, long known as the Wicker homestead. It was m ved to its pres ent site by the Black’s and McKin nons, and between the house and the “Gut” was the drillground long used 0^1 training days by the Moore coun ty militia. The Shaw house was not built until 1S32, and the McKenzie II hou.se, near Drowning Creek, also a II i fine example of the old time dwell- II j ings, about 1S18. H! Scarcely a half century old, this H' .military road, if this was its purpose, P I became cne in very fact. Through the i| I somnolent countryside, drenched with n I rain, but arousing to the oncoming 11 tide of war in March, 1865, swept the of The Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Southern Pines THIRTY ONE YEARS OF SAFE BANKING. MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION PERSONAL CHECKING ACCOUNTS COMMERCIAL CHECKING ACCOUNTS SAVINGS DEPARTMENT SAFE DEPOSIT and STORAGE VAULTS D. G. STUTZ, President GEO. C. ABRAHAM, Vice President. N. L. HODGKINS, Cashier ETHEL S. JONES, Asst. Cashier. ttttttttttttttutttxtiXitxtxiittxtittttttitttmtntnnmuttttuntttxiiMiitt Keep Your YovitH MILK WILL HELP It will bring you the healthy interest in activity that always belongs to youth— the real vigor that is always associated with childhood. PITRE MILK IS GUARANTEED by the members of THE SANDHILL DAIRYMEN’S MUTUAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Soutberik Pines Dairy .» K. D. Bristow Royalton Pines Dairy W. W. Olive Silver Springs Dairy E. J.Austin Osco Farm R. L. Sugg Lakeview Diary E. J. Caviness South Brook Dairy J. M. Davis Leslie Dairy F. L. Taylor Niagara Dairy Mary Snipes troopers of Wheeler and Hampton seeking the Yadkin road on their way to Fayetteville; down from McKen zie’s bridge the extreme left flank ers of Kilpatrick’s advance hastening to their columns ccming up from Cheraw over the old Peedee road to their commanding officer’s headquar ters at the Buchan house, then known as Solemn Grove postoffice. At the Duncan Shaw house where the Morganton and Yadkin roads ran closely together, skirmishers exchang ed shcts preliminary to Wade Hamp ton’s terrific onslaught before day break of March 10th, when, leading the divi’sions of Hume, Allen and But ler, he crashed through Kilpatrick’s headquarters at Monroe’s mill, and answering the roll of carbine fire the Morganton’s rain-sodden sands were covered with the blue coated Penn sylvania infantry, their batteries plunging through the wo»ds covering Paint Hill to reach the road and the relief of their beleaguered comrades in the sw'ampy glades; and the tide of war rolled on to Fayetteville, Averysboro and Bentonville. You must not imagine this finish ed road in the light of a modern highway; its scenic beauty was re markable, winding as it did through open forests of long-leaf pines tower ing one hundred feet or more, the over-arching branches thirty feet above the roadbed forming a green tunnel only broken by a clearing here and there, the thickets of decidious trees covering the stream banks; crystal clear water flowing over the sands of the fords, always provided with a foot log for the teamsters, but I with all this glamorous setting the j read was sand with a rutted outcrop ! of clay showing in the approaches to i the fords. Frequently the road turned j aside for a fallen tree, or a slough | and never regained its original line, i Gone are the road builders and j their homes; vanished are the post | riders and post offices. The pioneers | are forgotten, the forests of lofty pines are no more, and the three once busy highways of our locality have all but disappeared, their remains naught but their one time fame. :: EVERYTHING for the BUILDER FROM THE Brick in the Basement TO THE Paint in the Parlor CEMENT PLASTER TILE ; FRAMING LUMBER INTERIOR TRIM OUR CABINET SHOP NATURAL GAS makes for cooking Window and Door Clean— Screens Economical to fit the opening Always there Breakfast Nooks Over 150 ’ ' Trellis Enthusiastic users Bookcases in the Sandhills Boats Prefer this fuel A PAINT FOR EVERY PURPOSE We buy in quantities and base our prices accordingly Southern Pines Warehouses West Broad Street Southern Pines
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