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VOLUME
2
NUMBER
5
Devoted to the Upbuilding of . Vass and Its Surrounding Country
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TO INCREASE DUES IN TOBACCO
ASSOCIATION
Growers Who Delay Signing Until
After January 1 Must Pay
$7.00 More
Tobacco growers who wait until af
ter January 1 to join the Co-operative
Marketing Association will have to
pay a $10 membership fee instead of
the $3 dues now being paid, according
to a statement from Raleigh head
quarters of the .growers' association.
With a big majority of tobacco
growers already members of the as
sociation, the statement says that the
expense of signing scattered farmers
will be greater than can be met by
a $3 membership fee, and hence the
increase in dues will be necessary.
Tobacco growers who have delayed
joining the association, or those who
have not been reached by canvassers,
are urged to send in their signed con
tracts to county or state headquarters
before January 1, if they wish to save
$7 on their dues. Contracts signed
after January 1, 1922, must be ac
companied by $10 membership fees.
CHRISTMAS DAY
By Helen Mar D’Auby-
Old Time, with dusty, tired feet,
(So long the way,)
Has gladly rested in our midst.
And brought this day.
No land so remote,
No isle far away.
But feels in its heart
Our gladness today.
No animal life,
No tree top, or flower.
But feels the love spirit
Of this day and hour.
That Babe in the manger,
That wee spark of love,
Born high in God’s home-land
And dropped from above,
And nourished as only a mother’s
wise care.
Through ages of sin, taught to do
• and to dare.
For “peace and good will”
In the nations of earth
Has brought us this day
Of gladness and mirth;
Of holy rejoicing.
Of reverent glee,
Of prayer and of laughter,
To you and to me;
To father and daughter,
To mother and son.
From the long, long ago
Where love light begun.
A star in the east,
Whose radiance shed
Its light through the valleys,
And mountains overhead.
To the monarch, and peasant,
To the poor on the way,
Old Time is still bearing
Christ’s message today,
Of peace, and of joy,
Of good will to men.
The star in the east
Has risen again.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU
^GAIN the world—our world—yields to the gay, glad,
caressive spell of Christmas. The sweet emotions
it inspires are sympathetic—and they are universal.
Other legends may dim and fade, but the traditions
that cluster around the white, bright brow of Santa
Claus will thrill the heart of humanity as long as little
children live to love and be loved.
The festival spirit reigns supreme. Grandmothers
aroused by the babble of memory will glow again as
they watch the raptures of the little ones, and feel once
more the tingling delights that fifty years ago stirred
their souls. Happiness, like history, repeats itself—
and we have come again to the season of light hearts
and happiness.
It is no time to look back upon,the world—^for that
which has gone holds nothing like the interest to be
found in wondering about and preparing for the morrow.
This season, the sweetest of all the year, is the one which
softens our hearts toward all mankind, and puts in our
breast a new desire to be of even greater service to those
about us. It is this rebirth of good and kindly hope to
ward our brothers that makes for us of maturer years
the same measure of happiness that the toy and the
trinket makes for those of tender age.
To you and to yours, to all citizens of Vass, and to
those afar whose homes are opened weekly to the wel
come visits of this paper—we wish the merriest Christ
mas that you have ever known. Into each and every
life may Happiness come, and find a permanent abiding
place. We wish you health as you celebrate the birth
of One who taught you the right path to everlasting
happiness. We wish you the joy of reunion with those
who are near and dear to you. We wish you the fullest
measure of sunny smiles and childish laughter. We
wish you all that will lighten your heart, contribute to
your happiness and increase your prosperity.
We wish you not only for this week but for all the
weeks that shall be allotted to you the power to love
your fellowman—the same kind of love that keeps the
world worth living in. In the spirit of old Rip Van
Winkle of story-book fame:—
‘‘Here’s to your good health, and to your family’s good
health—may you all live long and prosper.”
KENTUCKY MEN COMING TO
STATE
A TRIP WEST
We had to change cars in Ports
mouth, Ohio; the main line of the
Norfolk and Western railroad goes
through to Columbus, but as we were
headed for Cincinnati we waited
around a bit for what is called the
cannon-ball, which is the fastest train
we have yet been on; the distance from
Portsmouth to Cincinnati is a bit over
100 miles, and this limited cannon
ball makes only one stop. We are
again speeding along at 50 miles per
hour, still passing through a great
farming country; the principal crop
seemed to be corn—solid fields of
com for miles. W6 bore off to the
right of the Ohio river for some time,
but now we get back along parallel
with it again; steamboats can be seen
occasionally, and as our train winds
around curves we see in the distance
clouds of smoke and steeples of many
kinds, and we realize at once that we
are coming to a great city. We are
in the suburbs of Cincinnati; though
it is more than ten miles yet down
into the center of the city our train
has to slow down as per city ordin
ance, the houses become closer and
closer together until they are almost
one solid mass of buildings, but by-
and-by our train comes to a stop and
the conductor calls out, “all out for
Cincinnati.” We are under a great
shed which is the union depot; we
next venture out into the street and
one finds out in minute that he has
to keep an eye peeled all the time,
for people are' pushing to and fro,
everybody in a hurry to get some
where, and there seemed to be no let
up—it was a constant rush all the
time. Our next object was to find a
room in a safe hotel and we were
lucky in this respect, for we got niccly
located for the night and at a reason
able price.
(To be continued)
Leading Tobacco Growers to Assist
N. C. in Wind-Up Campaign for
Co-operative Marketing
Kentucky is sending four of her
leading tobacco men to North Caro
lina for the wind-up campaign for co
operative marketing. The Raleigh
headquarters office has announced the
following places and dates for mass
meetings to greet these men:
J. C. Stone, Wilson, Dec. 28,1 p. m.;
Winston-Salem, Dec. 29, 1 p. m.
Virgil Chapman, Durham, Dec. 28,
1 p. m.; Warrenton, Dec. 29, 1 p. m.
Will Collins, Whiteville, Dec. 28,
1 p. m.; LHimberton, Dec. 29, 1 p. m.
Clifton Rhodes, Williamston, Dec.
28, 1 p. m.; Warsaw, Dec. 29, 1 p. m.
Mr. Stone is president and general
manager of the Burley Tobacco Grow
ers’ Association, which includes Bur
ley growers of Kentucky, Ohio, Indi
ana, and West Virginia, and is an all
round tobacco man, knowing the busi
ness as growler, warehouseman, and
buyer.
Mr. Chapman is associate counsel
for the same association, and has a
reputation as a splendid, forceful
speaker.
Mr. Collins has been active as a
member of the executive committee
of the Burley association, and knows
all about growing and handling to
bacco. Following the death of his
father, who was one of the leaders
in the movement for co-operation, Mr,
Collins has dedicated himself to work
for co-operative marketing.
Mr. Rhodes, of Bergin, Ky., is a to
bacco grower who has devoted his
time to organization of the Burley as
sociation, making speeches through
out the campaign and acted as state
manager of the sign-up in West Vir
ginia.
LAKEVIEW
RECITAL A SUCCESS
The piano recital given at the school
auditorium on last Friday evening by
the members of Miss Ethel Coats’
music class was well attended and
greatly enjoyed by all. The program
was well carried out, every pupil do
ing their part to the best advantage.
» After spending a week in Lakeview,
Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Gibbon left
Wednesday for Washington.
Mrs. M. T. Driggers and son Sidney,
of Hamlet, are with Mrs. Driggers’
parents until after the holidays.
Mr. S. J. Gardner made a tfusiness
trip to Hoffman, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wray, of Columbia,
S. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Roe, of Aken,
S. C., stopped here this week at the
Seward Inn, on their way to Raleigh
to spend Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Deaton and
little son Edison spent Saturday in
Carthage, shopping.
Mr. J. R. McQueen made a busi
ness' trip to Richmond on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Stewart and chil
dren, Alex, Jr., and Sara Worthy, of
Maxton, are in town for a few days.
We read the statement of a former
actress that walking on the tiptoes
will make one graceful. Maybe that’s
the reason so many married men are
graceful.