Our Church Directory
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. L. H. Joyner, Pastor.
Sunday School every Sunday morning
at 10 o’clock.
Preaching every first and fourth Sun
day at 11:00 a. m. and 7:00 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday even
ing at 7:00 o’clock.
Epworth League every Sunday even
ing at 6:30 ok;lock.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. M. D. McNeill. Pastor,
Service every second Sunday afternoon
at 3 o’clock and fifth Sunday morning at
eleven o’clock.
Sunday School every Sunday morning
at ten o’clock.
Christian Endeavor every Sunday even
ing at seven o’clock.
Every one is cordially invited to attend
these services.
BRIEFS
Good morning!
Join Vass Poultry Club.
Are you helping starving children?
Get ready for the Sandhill Fair now.
Without advertising comes decay and
death.
Eggs are now selling for 25 cents a dozen
in Vass.
No doubt Adam wondered at times how
Eve would look in silk stockings.
Boy Scouts are going to have an organi
zation in Vass, if all reports are true.
Lots of times when a man starts out to
make a fool of himself he first consults a
lawyer.
A man can get the last word in an argu
ment if he waits until his wife drops oiT
to sleep.
If Eggs keep dropping in price as they
have for a few days it will not be long un
til they will again be used as food.
To make a member of the Marine Corps
Secretary of the Navy is an innovation
which the bureaucrats at Washington will
not like, but every one elb? will be pleased.
Since about $40,000,000 is missing from
the estate of the late Henry C. Frick there
is a suspicion that he took it with him.
Breach-of-promise suits are a luxury the
poor seldom enjoy.
Hez Heck says: “A woman may paint
her face to look like a peach, but it doesn’t
taste like one.”
A newspaper item says that “crowing
chickens saves an entire family.”
It’s the other kind of chickens that dis
rupts ’em.
One thing that leads us to believe we’re
getting back to normalcy is they’ve com
menced counterfeiting dollar bills again.
One reason why nations are not disarm
ing faster is all of them want to talk peace
with one finger on the trigger.
If they pass a law permitting doctors to
prescribe beer there is going to be an awful
increase in sickness in this country.
Most, any Lakeview girl who has been
told once or twice that she is pretty can’t
get it off her mind.
Chains on the tires will prevent acci
dents, and chains on a few reckless drivers
might do the same thing.
That story about the finding of a sea
monster off the coast of Florida would
sound better if the man who first told it
hadn’t just returned from Cuba.
Sometime after 12 o’clock Saturday night
thiefs forced an entrance into the Mercan
tile store and stole a lot of valuable goods^
Monday Mr. W. B. Graham with an officer
sct.rched a house on the outskirts of Cam
eron and found a lot of the articles that
had been stolen, and arrested a negro by
the name of Newby. He was committed
to jail.
Too Nuch Leniency
The habit of officials and courts
oi e.xteiuliiig leniency to men who
suhniit to temptation, men who
take that which belongs to some
one else appears to be growing at a
rapid rate in this state and, in fact,
all over the United States. Leniency
rather than punishment seems to be
the rule which tends to make oth
ers in positions of trust less careful
than they would be if they knew' a
stilt prison sentence w'ould be their
fate if they strayed from the straight
path.
We venture to say dozens of citi
zens of Vass have b*een struck with
the number of items in daily papers
dealing with cases in which em
ployes have stolen money within the
past few months. And usually the
story of the theft is accompanied by
the announcement that the guilty
party escaped with a suspended sen
tence.
It would be interesting to know
just how far a suspended sentence
goes toward reforming a man who
has robber others; how much he re
spects it and in how many cases it
would be an effective bar against
his doing the same thing again. If
he is let off with the mere penalty
of paying back that which he un
lawfully appropriated, it is reason
able to argue that he would do the
same thing again if he had a chance,
feeling it is easy to escape. Judges
must decide what is best ,but they
should also remember that being too
lenient sets a bad example for the
other fellow. They should, of course,
give the accused the benefit of the
doubt. But they should also bear in
mind that our laws are worthless if
not enforced, and that however
much they dislike to imprison a man
there are many instances in which
the community isn’t safe with them
running at large.
Women and children in Armenia are so
weak and starving that they can hardly
stand, begging for food on streets. If you
have anything to give in the way of money
old clothes, for men, women and children
bring or send it to Geo. W. Brock, Bilot of
fice, Vass, and you will receive credit
for same.
Smith’s Garage
Vass, N. C.
Repairing and Supplies, Oils,
Gasoline, Accessories
^uto Service
For UFE INSDRANCE see
NEILL n. ncKEITHEN
Vaas, North Carolina
Representing the
AENTA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
“Here’S;your hat, Daddy!
hurry down and get your
Royal Tailored suit!”
And you Uncles and
Brothers and long-
trousered Cousins!
There’s some wonderful values
down here at this store, in Royal
Tailored to order clothes
if
Never mind about the price. Leave that to me.
If I cannot save you $10 to $20 in a new custom
made, genuine all wool suit or overcoat, I don’t want
your trade. Please put me to the test.
NEILL M. McKEITHEN
Authorized Resident Dealer for
Tailors
N EW YORK