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Remember Vass Community Club Meets To-night, Friday, September 23
VOLUME
THE PILOT
NUMBER
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Vass and Its Surrounding Country
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Pushing The Fayetteville
Road Through
Encouraging tidings come from
down in Hoke county concerning the
road from Vass to Fayetteville and
Wilmington. The county and the
people both are at work to carry the
route from Lobelia to the Cumber
land line, and they expect to have it
in good passable shape within a few
weeks. Where the road leaves the
Morrison^s Bridge road at Lobelia to
go out by Hector Smith’s the curve
is straightened, and is being grubbed
and graded. From there down to the
county line this side of Manchester
the people are helping to grub the
road, which has been relocated in
places, and the- county forces are
grading and putting clay in those
places where clay is needed, although
in much of the course the soil is of
such a character that it does not
need much surfacing.
The new construction that has
started will take the road down to
that which leads out by Overhill, so
that once the work in hand is finished
a good road will be in existence all
the Tvay to Fayetteville. , But the
plan now is to have Oumberland folks
shorten that route by Overhill and.
straight through to the Lamont farm
which would require only three or
four miles of construction. There is
little doubt that this will be done, for
it will give Fayetteville a direct con
nection with all of the country from
Manchester to Carthage, and Fayette
ville is not overlooking any such
fields for the expansion of her trade.
Then this would give the camp a
more direct outlet from Manchester
to Pinehurst and the whole section of
the state up this way, which is much
to be desired, for as the camp de
velops the traffic out the Pinehurst
way will be much increased, and the
existing routes are too long and
rough.
With the work now in hand com
pleted, the country all the way down
to the lower power plant will be
opened for settlement and for various
purposes. For one thing the ponds
will be available for any who want to
fish or to hunt down that way, and
with a little work two of the finest
lakes in the state could be made a
part of the winter amusement scheme
of the big resorts of the county, and
the lower dam would be a feature of
more than ordinary consequence. It
is several miles long, and covers a
big area.
On the road below Fayetteville the
state has been awarding contracts for
construction on the Wilmington end,
in places between Wilmington and
Fayetteville, and by the time the
Hoke county stretch is open for travel
the whole road to Wilmington will be
about ready for anything that may
come its way. Next summer will see
Vass on a line from Asheboro, High
Point, Winston and the mountains to
Helping to Account for the Popularity of the Sandhill Fair
There is always a parade at the Sandhill Fair, but it is ditferent each
year. Last year it was a parade of All Nations, and it gave a broad
view of the possibilities of friendliness with other countries. Certainly
Holland, Scotland and Serbia presented no difficulties in this direction.
John Bull was there too, and he seemed a mighty decent fellow, really,
entirely undeserving the unkind things deValera says about him.
This year it will be a ring-around of fairy stories, and many an
adult is going to feel the urge to “take Johnny” to see it. Not a little
of the enjoyment will be watching the round-eyed youngsters as Jack
and the gloriously bloodthirsty fee-fi-fo-fum giant, the long-suffering
Cinderella, dainty Snow-White and her seven dwarfs, and all the rest of
the dream folks so dear to small hearts, pass in review.
Who Will be Queen of the Fairies?
The question of what young lady shall represent the Fairy Godmother
or Queen of the Fairies in the ihnual Sandhill Fair Parade, is to be left
to the Sandhill folks to decide.
There are so many good looking and popular young ladies in the Sand
hills that it would never do for the Secretary nor any other individual to
select the leading lady in the Parade of Fairy Tales at the Sandhill Fair,
Thursday, November 17th, so it has been decided to leave it up to the
folks in general to determine by popular vote.
Beginning now, the Sandhill Citizen, Southern Pines; the Moore County
News, Carthage; and the Vass Pilot, Vass, will run a ballot each week
which is good for five votes for your favorite candidate for this honor.
There are no strings attached to this voting contest. You simply cut
out the ballot, fill it out and mail it to the Secretary of the Sandhill Fair at
Pinehurst.
Let’s go to it! Select your favorite, and not only vote for her but get
everybody else you can to do likewise.
SANDHILL FAIR BALLOT
These Five Votes are Cast
FOR
OF
to represent the Fairy Queen in the Parade of Fairies at the
SANDHILL FAIR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17th, 1921.
Fill out the above ballot for your favorite candidate and mail it to
CHAS. W. PICQUET, Sec’y, Pinehurst.
Cotton Coming
Into Vass Freely
Cotton is coming in to the gin free
ly now, and with the improved facili
ties a bale can be ginned every half-
hour or less. Vass is the best cot
ton market in this part of the state,
for the cotton as it comes to the gin
is already at the warehouse and the
market. When the wagon drives up
and unloads it has reached the end
of the journey. The cotton is ginned,
and then set over in the warehouse.
If the owner wants to sell when the
cotton is ginned he can do that, but
if he wants to hold his cotton it is
held for him in a warehouse that is
ample protection against deteriora
tion, and when he wants to sell all
he has to do is to present his ticket
which tells weight and grade and he
is given his money without further
inquiry.
The mill folks say they look for
cotton to go higher, although they
confess that they, may not be any
better prophets than anyone else. The
grounds for their opinion is the short
crop and the world’s needs. But on
the other hand is the argument from
some observers that the people do not
have the money to buy high-priced
cotton goods, and that Europe ip still
in uncertain condition, and until
Europe has money to buy the cotton
market will not be settled. The
slump of last week was attributed
to the coming in of the new crop
which is now being picked in consider
able quantity. Farmers say that the
first picking this year will take off
most of the crop, as the dry weather
so damaged the plants that not much
is left to mature for a later gather
ing. In the fields it is seen that the
bolls are opening rapidly, and pick
ing is going ahead rather fast. '
The money that is coming from the
sale of cotton is going to pay the
hands and to get the necessary sup
plies that have been bought but
sparingly in the last few months.
Storekeepers say the influence of the
cotton movement is already beginning
to be felt, and that goods are moving
a little more freely than for some
time past. Not all the cotton coming
in is new cotton. Much of it is from
the old crop which is coming now be
cause the price has come up to where
the farmer feels willing to sell.
At the mill office it is reported that
the demand for spun goods continues
to improve slightly and the outlook
seems promising for an increasing
production. Boll weevil is reported
in the counties to the south of Moore,
but so far none have been found in
this county so far as is known.
Fayetteville and Wilmington and the
sea, and it will gradually build up
until the line becomes again what it
was in the early days of wagon travel,
one of the substantial through lines
of the state.
Maybe the reason some men delight
in joining lodges is they think they^U
have a line on some of the secret
work when they get in that big
fraternal society above.