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VOLUME
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Devoted to the Upbuilding of Vass and Its Surrounding Country
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Jackson Springs
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Either the correspondent or prin
ter made a mistake in our last
week’s items in saying that the
road between here and Eagle
Springs was being repaired. A road
is being built. The road branches
off about a half mile from here
from the clay road to McKeithen’s
bridge and follows about the same
line of the old Flours road to Old
Stores where it comes into the
main road leading through Eagle
Springs, Hemp, west end, and other
places. This makes a nearer route
to Eagle Springs, Hemp and other
points north. This road is traveled
lots, but the yoad beds are deep in
places where there has not been a
new road cut out to dodge th€i sand.
We are glad the mistake was made
for it reminds us that nearly all of
our sand-clay roads need repairing.
A few years ago our roads were
kept up. As traffic has increased
the work on roads has decreased.
Our good roads are known all over
the states. Unless more .work is
done by organizing the roads after
rains.and the many bumpy places
are filled we will be advertised as
having rough roads.
Mrs. Juli' McNeill Cameron and
Miss Annie McFadgen spent the
week-end in Raleigh.
There will be an old Fiddler’s
convention at the school auditorium
on Friday night of this week. Old
fiddlers and banjo pickers are in
vited to come and bring their in
struments and enter the contests
Everybody is invited to attend. The
proceeds are to go towards putting
lights in the school auditorium and
dormitory. Prizes will be given.
Mr. D. A. Blue spent Sunday with
his people in the Eureka commu
nity.
“Farm Talk,” the play presented
by the faculty of our school before
the holidays will be given at the
school auditorium in Ellerbe Sat
urday night of this week. A num
ber from here will go over to see
this play again for it was enjoyed
very much when it was given here.
Mr. Duncan Patterson of Hamlet,
spent the week-end with home folks.
The Derby Memorial boys were
defeated in a basket ball game by
the Ellerbe High school boys by the
score of 13 to 9 on Wednesday after
noon on the Ellerbee lawn. This
game was not a bad one for the
Derby boys for this is their second
game and their second season play
ing, while Ellerbee has had more
experience. This was the first trip
from home for the Derby boys and
with one of their forwards out of
the game they put up a hard fight.
North Carolina produces one-
fourth of the nation’s tobacco. In
1920 the farmers raised 58,000,000
more pounds of tobacco than in 1919
and have got $53,000,000 less money
for their crop than they did in 1919.
We are glad the famers of North
Carolina are organizing for I>etter
marketing conditions, and the re
duction o( acreage to o^:e-third.
The farmers made the iurge 1920
crop at at great loss. Some of the
farmers in this section have been
carrying their tobacco to Winston-
Salem markets. A glance at the
season’s record of the tobiacco mar
kets shows me that the Winston-
Salem markets averaged only two
cents more on the 100 pounds than
the Carthage markets. If those car
rying their tobacco to Winston-Sa
lem are getting a better price for
their tobacco or the Sand-Hill to
bacco is superior to that in the old
tobacco belt around Winston-Salem.
The Carthage markets had a better
average price than Wilson which
again led in the sale of pounds of
tobacco.
North Carolina dropped from
fourth to sixth place in the value of
farm products in 1920. But the
state leads the world in the manu
facture of whiskey according to Col
lector Bailey. The legislature may
organize a state constabulary to
supplement the forces of the federal
prohibition agents. If some of the
state’s ex-football men were put in
the revenue officers’ places they
would probably catch more blockad-
ers.
On Saturday afternooii the inter
est of people was aroused by the
appearance of five officers with
arms m display and two white men,
a still in a sack, gallon of whiskey,
also had a hoe an axe. This was
unusual for the still usually moved
before the officers get to the spot, or
the men at the still leave for the
parts unknown. This was not the
case with these men. One was a
visitor at the still apparently and
can boast of being one of Moore’s
tallest men with legs in proportion
to his body, but his long legs did
not move far before he fell in a
faint from fright. The other men
of Scotch descent was too hospitable
to go far before he went back and
took all the blame otf his guest.
Both men were given bond. They
are farmers that any landlord can
be proud of always making good
crops. Each has a wife and sev
eral children.
[Continued on page eight]
Vass Route One
Mr. J. A. McLeod is more fortu
nate than the average famer—he is
gathering his first crop of corn for
1921.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W.* McLean spent
the week-end with Mrs. W. McC.
Blue.
Mr. N. W. Wall, county agent for
Moore county, spent one day last
week in* our community.
Mr. and Mrs. Dock McKenzie of
Pinehurst, were at Mr. A. A. Ray’s
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. McC. Blue spent
Sunday with relatives near West
End.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. McCaskill
went to Jackson Springs one day
last week.
Mrs. Cliff King, of Asheboro, is
spenjding some time with her moth
er, Mrs. W. D. Ferguson.
Mr. Claude Ferguson who has
taken a course in civil engineering
at A. and E. college has come home
to accept a position with Mr. Fran
cis Deaton, chief engineer of the
Knoll wood project. -
The Philothesmian society of the
Farm Life School held its regular
meeting Saturday night. All the
members were present and a very
interesting programme was render
ed. The topic of discussion was
“Southern Poets.” A splendid
sketch of the life and character of
John Charles McNeill was given.
Tuesday, January 18, was the
82nd anniversary of Mr. N. C. Blue.
Mr. Blue is a veteran of the Civil
War, having served the entire pe
riod with Company B, 49th regiment.
Ransom’s Brigade. During his
struggle with the “Yankee” he re
ceived only one slight wound. Mr.
Blue’s health record has been very
unusual. Only a few slight illnesses
have marked his path and at the
present writing he is well and ^ ex
tremely capable considering his
years.
There are two other old veterans
in Eureka community beside Mr.
Blue, these being Mr. Noah Deaton
and Mr. A. A. Ray. Mr. Deaton,
served in Company H, 26 Regiment.
He went through the four years
fighting and was in some of the
thickest battles. He was taken
prisoner during “seige around Rich
mond” being in Bristol Station pris
on at the time of the surrender. Mr.
Deaton is now 86 years old and has
had good health all his life except
for a few unavoidable falls. Age is
beginning to take its toll now
though, as he is getting right fee
ble.
Mr. A. A. Ray is 83 years of age.
He servel through the whole period
and was appointed Lieutenant just
before the chose. He was captured
and held in prison at Elmira, New
York, being there when the war
closed. Part of the time, Mr. Ray
served under Captain MacBlue. He
has been a sturdy, jovial, old gentle
man, and until last week, was never
sick in bed. He is thought, to be
convalescing now and the attending
physician holds out good hopes.
Build Terraces K^t
Land that has a fall of 3 to 15
feet in 100 feet should be terraced.
In most cases where the land has
a fall of more than 15 feet it should
be converted into pasture land and
sodded to a permanent grass.
The general terraces will * run
usually from 3 to 6 feet and this will
give a distance of 40 to 100 feet be
tween terraces. The most fall ever
allowed is about 6 inches to 100 run
ning feet of the terrace. The. upper
end should be flatter, or a less fall
and the outlet allowed a few inches
more. There may be a few excep
tions but this will guide as a general
rule.
A broad terrace should be built
about 18 feet wide. The top of the
terrace should be from 15 inches to
‘ f
2 feet high, depending upon the
grade of land. After the terrace
has been laid out, a two-horse plow
should back furrow this line^for at
least 8 feet wide, throwing soil as
high as possible in center. Then
each additional furrow of plow
should be followed with, a Martin
Ditcher or V shape drag, throwing
dirt to center. This should be fol
lowed until approximately 18 feet
has been taken. The weak places
should be strengthened and after
the first big rain the terrace should
be thrown up again in the same
way. If terraces are built in this
way ^ind maintained the water
s^hquld flow off gently in a wide
shallow sheet leaving soil behind.
After the first year the average ter
race can be cultivated the sa ne as
any other land in the field. Two
’^ en with two horses, plow and
ditcher can build from one-fourth
to a thir of a mile of terrace a
day.
M. W. W ALL,
County Agent.
Mrs. Alton M. Cameron and little daugh
ter are on a visit to her father, Dr. J. F.
McKay, of Buies (keek. N. C.
Mr. Neill McLean was a visitor in Ra
leigh Thursday on very particular business.