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THE PILOT, Southern Pines. North Carolina
Friday, September 24, 1948.
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Residential Lots
Vass, N. C.
Satur., &pt. 25
2:30 p. m.
$50.00 BILL GIVEN AWAY FREE
This nicely located property is fronting on U. S. High
way Noi 1 and adjoining the recently renovated Hotel
Charmella. Also fronting on two other Main Paved
Streets of Vass. Including valuable business, corner at
intersection of town and U. S. Highway No. 1, opposite
the Esso Station. This is an unusual opportunity to se
cure this well located property at a price jnsu are willing
to pay. We invite you to make an inspection of this prop
erty, attend the sale and bid your judgment.
F. X. CREDLE, Owner.
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Homecoming at Old Bethesda
Set for Sundayy September 26
Hundreds of people from the
Sandhills, and descendants of
Sandhill stock now living in far,
places, are expected to gather at
Old Bethesda church Sunday in
observance of the annual Home
coming day.
They will spend the da^ on the
old church grounds, listening to
“speaking” in morning and after
noon, enjoying an outdoor picnic
lunch with contributions from
many fat baskets and re-living
the cld days of Scottish lore with
family and friends.
Though the old building has
not been used as a living church
in many years, sentimental ties
are still very strong, binding to
the historic spot not only mem
bers of the 158-year-old congre
gation, but also those of Scottish
descent whose ancestors *lived,
worshipped and worked in these
sandy hills in the days of the
pioneers. ♦
The Bethesda congregation
now worships in the newer build
ing in Aberdeen. So important is
the old building, historically
speaking, that a committee of cit
izens representing all Aberdeen
churches has the care of it, spon
soring the annual Homecoming
■event and supervising the clean
ing up of the grounds and ceme
tery as a preliminary each year.
J. Talbot Johnson, attorney of
Aberdeen, is chairman of the
committee at present. He has an
nounced the securing of two
speakers for the 1948 Homecom
ing who are well versed in old
Scottish history and lore, and will
bring alive for those present
many of the ancient memories
surrounding Old Bethesda.
The Rev. Donald McLean Mt-
Donald, as Scottish as his name,'
will be the morning speaker. A
native of Carthage, witji many
relatives in Carthage and the
county, he is now the distin
guished pastor of one of the larg
est Presbyterian churches of Col
umbia, S. C.
R. E. Wicker, of Pinehurst, out
standing Mdore County historian,
will speak in the afternoon.
Of interest at this time is an
article by an Aberdeen lady:
OLD BETHESDA
By Mable S. Lassiter
Historic old Bethesda Presby
terian church, with its five
porches, stands lonely and aban
doned under the oaks at the foot
of a farming valley below Mt.
Helicon’s looming ridges.
Elegant in its simple construc
tion, it appears a box-like build
ing anchored on sparse rock piers
sound in its aged architectural
style, restful in its tall paned
windows encased by sides, silver
ed with weather and time.
Bethesda, embracing many
memories since it was founded in
1790, is immeasurably more than
a picturesque survival of pioneer
days in Rockfish Valley—it is a
monument to the unfolding of the
highest ambitions men have cher
ished in building a security in a
new nation, marked with free
dom unlimited.
Steeped in history and tradi
tion, Bethesda’s records are char
acterized by Scotch settlers who
possessed bravery and far-seeing
wisdom. When the Scotch Pres
byterian settled this section, he
chose the sandy ridges of Moore
county, and from the summit, the
world spread before him, hill and
valley, forest and field. He es
tablished a church and academy
in the vast wilderness of oaks and
pines, since he brought with him
a spelling book and a catechism.
First Church Built in 1790
Records show that in 1766 a
grant from King George to John
Patterson gave him possession of
50 acres of land, part of which
today is the site of old Bethesda
church ,established as the fourth
to arise from foundations laid in
North Carolina by Philadelphia
Presbyterians. Because of its ge
ographic location, the Scotch set
tlement became the natural gate
way for communication between
the mountains and the sea in the
early days, with four of the five
important roads passing nearby.
The first church building con
structed in 1790 on the west side
of the ridge was a log structure
amid cedar trees that today mark
the old cemetery where rest many
of the earliest members. There
has been handed down the pos
sibility that a church existed
here much earlier than 1790,
though it was perhaps a mere
sheltered meeting place covered
with boughs, with the congrega
tion probably sitting in the open
air. By 1832 the growing member
ship and community necessitated
a new ’ church, which was built
about where the present Bethesda
stands. This edifice was taken
down prior to the Civil War to
give place to the present-day
building, constructed from hand
hewn timber from long leaf pines
grown near the creek where the
Southern Pines Country Club
lake still exists. The cedars and
^ spruce pines were set out to form
a natural boundary, and the ce
dars in the oldest graveyard,
gnarled and twisted by age, are
said to have been planted there
when the first church was built.
Bullet Holes In Building
The present building bears bul
let holes put there by a detach
ment of northern soldiers who
camped at this spot during Sher
man’s march to the sea. Even
though there are three cemeteries
around Bethesda, according to
Mrs. Mable J. Bethune, whose
ancestors were prominent citi
zens there, the first grave was
that of a koldier killed during the
Revolutionary War.
To some, the -true beauty of
Bethesda church lies in the well
preserved interior where marks of
the axes are visible in the hand-
carved columns supporting the
slave gallery, looming in deep
solemn shadows. In this church,'
as in all others in the slave sec
tion during the slavery era, the
gallery for the Negroes was a
balcony in the rear or side of the
auditorium. Bringing an old cus
tom with them into the Cape Fear
section, the Scotch men and wo
men sat in separate divisions on
the lower floor of the church.
Has Five Doors
Finished in stained' oak, and
furnished with ancient oak
'benches still in excellent condi-
I tion, the church is ljuilt with
five doors, true to the style of that
Time. A simple pulpit rears up in
front, and swinging from the
high ceiling are oil lamps, com-
' plete with the touch of fine brass
ornamental work.
Years ago the congregation
moved into the new Bethesda in
Aberdeen, but the old church is
still the scene of church' reunions
and special days, with dinner on
the ground, one selected Sunday
in September. This is a great day
for the Scotch descendants to
mingle with cherished friends.
The present pastor of both the
old and new Bethesda is Rev.
Charles Worth, whose parents
were medical missionaries to
China, where he himself spent
many years.
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