Jackson Springs
The play “Farm Folks” presented by the
faculty on Friday night was enjoyed by a
large crowd. It is hoped that the faculty
will give this play again after the holidays
and take it to other places. The proceeds
will go towards buying lights for the dor
mitory and school building.
Miss Lillian Jordan is at home from
Buies Creek.
The Girl’s Literary Society of the High
School presented a program to the Com
munity Club Tuesday evening of this week
in the place of a regular program.
All the tobacco raised around here has
not been sold.
Farmers are far behind with their work.
Labor has been high and farmers have
been getting very little for cotton and to
bacco and felt like they could not afford
to pay high prices for cotton picking, etc.
Some of those who paid such big prices
for labor and caused others to pay exhor-
bitant prices will go in the hole this year.
And we hope that things will soon come
to an equal basis and everybody make
some profit.
School closed for the holidays here on
Wednesday of this week.
Mrs. Beulah Coox, of Clayton, is visiting
her people near here.
This week will bring many of our young
people home from their respective col
leges to spend the holidays.
Mrs. Paul Miller, of Hamlet, is visiting
relatives near bere.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bmton a
son on December 17.
Mr. J. F. Hemdon and family have
moved to Ellerbee.
Several from this part of the county
were in Carthage last week attending
court and doing their Christmas shopping
%
Mr. W. H. Jones who was carried to a
hospital in Hamlet some time ago is im
proving.
Jack Homer who sat in the comer eating
a Christmas Pie.” The “plum” pulled
from Jack Homer’s Pie and the Christmas
trees were carried away to be enjoyed
some more at home. .
When you see a Vass woman who is.
proud of her hat it is safe to bet that^t*a
only about the second time that she’s had
it on.
It Wont Work Here
Mr. A. K. McMillan, rural letter carrier
of Vass Route 2, was notified by letter on
Wednesday moming by Justice jOf the
Peace R. C. Cox, of Durham, that he had
violated the speed law on the Raleigh
road on the 12th day of December. The
magistrate also informed Mr. McMillan
that if he did not appear in five days he
would be arrested by the sheriff of this
county, but if he appeared within that
time he would be released by paying $8.75.
Mr. McMillan says that he can prove by
competent witnesses that he nor his car
were not outside ofVaks on that date.
The constable of Durham, who made the
charge must have had on his magnifying
glasses. The idea of looking into Vass
from Durham. Hully Gee, what next are
they going to pull off in Durham.
Making Merry at School
Christmas is a time of happiness and
merry making, but if you could have been
with the primary department of the Vass
Graded School on Tuesday, Dec. 21, you
would have said that it was sure enough
a time of merry making. On coming to
school in the moming each pupil brought
a tin can filled with sand, in which was
soon planted a minitiire Christmas tree.
These trees were trinmied in somewhat
the same way as a large one, only the
toys used were cut from old catalogues
and magazines. Christmas stories were
told, letters written to Santa Claus and at
the close each pupil in turn came forth
and played that he or she was “Little
DeligKt Yovir
Boys and Girls
BY GIVING THEM
A Shetland Pony for Xmas
We still have on hand some of the Shet
land Ponies we had on exhibition at the re
cent Sandhill Fair. Every animal is a gen
uine Shetland brought here by an expert
horseman from the Blue Grass Region, and
examined by a State Veterinary before being
put into shipment for North Carolina,
The Ponies are stabled in Aberdeen. Call
at our office and we will be pleased to show
and price them to you. Liberty Bonds will
be accepted as cash.
Peoples Realty & Insurance Co.
ABERDEEN, N. C.
Selling Agents for Hedgecock & Johnson
War
Declared
on
High
Prices
at
Our entire stock must be reduced at a loss to os,
so we are going to give our customers the bene
fit We positively are going to sell Dry Goods,
Notions and Shoes below cost Below you will find
a few cut prices. Ywi must cwie, in to seo
others. Sde commences
Monday,Dec.6
and continues until Dec. 24
$4.00 shirts now $2.90
3.00 shirts now 2.00
2.75 union suit now 2.00
45c percales' now 30c
45c outings now 30c
45c ginghams now 30c
35c ginghams now 25c
25c ginghams now 17 l-2c
30c sheetings now
$12.75 shoes now
10.00 shoes now
8.00 shoes now
2.50 hosiery now
1.00 hosiery now
60c hosiery now
^c hosiery now
20c-
$9.50
7.50
6.00
1.75
75c
45c
15c
In our line of Groceries we are offering
Green Coffee that was 35c lb. is now sell
ing at 25c. No better can be had.