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EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
To the Board of Directors
First Bancorp
Troy, North Carolina
We consent to use in the Current Report on Form 8-K of First Bancorp, dated
September 14, 2000, of our report dated July 23, 1999 on the consolidated
financial statements of First Savings Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiary as of June
30, 1999 and 1998 and for each of the years in the three year period ended June
30, 1999.
/s/Dixon Odom PLLC
Dixon Odom PLLC
Sanford, North Carolina
September 28, 2000
