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COMMUNITY CLUB Meets Tonight, Friday, in School Auditorium
VOLUME
THE PILOT
NUMBER
16
Devoted to the UpbuUding of Vass and Its Surrounding Country
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VASS QUINT DEFEATS
JONESBORO'
The Vass hig’h school boys defeated
the Jonesboro five here Monday after
noon in a well played game. Jones
boro drew first blood with a lucky
field goal, but the local quint was
quick to double on them. At the end
of the first half the score was six to
four in favor of the locals.
In the second half the Vass quint
came back stronger,- shooting ten
goals to the visitors’ four, piling up
a score of sixteen to eight. Dalrymple
was the visitors’ best goal shot, get
ting six points; and Leslie was the
star for the locals, getting ten points
to his credit. Only two fouls were
made, both going against Jonesboro.
“Big” Matthews, center, deserves
much credit for his work “in the air”
for the locals.
Line up:
Vass Jonesboro
J. Leslie r. f Dalrymple
Byrd 1. f P. Kelly
Matthews c Avent
Graham 1. g. O’Connell
R. Leslie r. g W. Kelly
Refree: Deaton
BIGGEST THING IN THE SOUTH
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS
By A. B. Cameron
We are quoting below an article by
Miss Etta Spier in ‘Community Pro
gress,’ published by North Carolina
College for Women, in order that the
people of Moore county may know
that the idea of school consolidation
is not a mere hallucination in the mind
of the county superintendent; but a
working reality in other counties—
counties whose citizens are no better
and whose children are no brighter
and no more entitled to an equal
chance in the big game of life; but
those citizens believe in their children,
believe that the best is none too good
for them, and are willing to invest in
them.
We are making some progress in
Moore. All the consolidation that has
been put on is working admirably
and we are glad that so many of our
wide-awake progressive citizens are
responding so well to the plan, but
we must do more; we cannot afford
to merely drift in a matter so vitally
important as this.
The article in the last issue of the
News by Supt. Platt, of the Southern
Pines school, was timely and along
the right line. We have been wwk-
ing quietly on the plan as outlined by
Professor Platt and have the promise
from the State Department that the
officials in charge of the high schools
will come over and make a survey of
the schools in that part of our coun
ty, and assist us in working out the
necessary plans. Every condition fa
vors the establishment of such a
school in the section embracing Ab
erdeen, Southern Pines, Manly, Pine-
hurst and adjoining territory. Un
dertaking to do Junior College work
might not be practicable, but certainly
(Continued on page 6)
Announcement that more than 65,
000 tobacco farmers from the Caro-
linas and Virginia are now members
of the Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative
Association, establishes this organiza
tion as the largest co-operative mark
eting organization in the United
States.
The first step towards the estab
lishment of warehouses and redrying
plants for the association was taken
by the directors when a committee
was appointed to make a survey of the
tobacco marketing equipment in the
three states, at the recent meeting of
directors held in Raleigh. This com
mittee composed of Dr. J. Y. Joyner
of North Carolina, Chairman N. H.
Williams of Virginia and T. B. Young
of South Carolina, will determine
those properties in the three states
which seem essential to the further
ance of the plans of the association.
Because of the large number of ap
plications which have reached the di
rectors of the growers’ association
from warehouse men. Boards of Trade
and marketing centers expressing the
wish to do business with the associa
tion, no difficulty is anticipated in
securing all properties needed for the
marketing of the hundreds of millions
of pounds now under contract in the
association.
The appointment of the committees
to prepare for the lease or purchase
of such warehouses as are neeeded
for marketing the 1922 crop of all as
sociation members, was made after
the report of those directors who re
turned from Kentucky as eye wit
nesses of the successful operation of
the Kentucky Burley Growers’ Mark
eting Association which controls and
operates over 100 warehouses in Ken
tucky, West Virginia, Ohio and Indi
ana.
First hand study of the successful
methods of finance and marketing
used by the organization of 55,000
Kentucky growers who have made
profitable sales of millions of pounds
of their crop of 1921 is aiding the di
rectors of the Virginia-Carolina As
sociation in preparing to market the
crop of 1922.
While praising the operation of the
Kentucky Burley Association, the
Virginia-Carolina directors say that
the foundation of success for the Ken
tucky growers lies in their ability to
make tobacco pay by raising sufficient
grain, hay and live stock to support
their families and improve their lands.
The directors of the organized grow
ers of Virginia and the Carolinas are
earnestly urging their members to
lay the same foundation for success
as the Kentucky Burley Growers by
raising their food, feed and meat at
home.
U. S. TREASURY SAVING CERTI
FICATES
More than one-half million dollars
has been saved and invested in United
States Treasury Savings Certificates
in the Fifth Federal Reserve District
during the month of January, accord
ing to a statement made by Post
master Bertie L. Matthews, of the
Vass, N. C. Post Office, The post^
master has ji^st received a letter from
Howard T. Cree, Government Director
of Savings at Richmond, Va., in which
he states that sales for January have
far surpassed expectations. From 226
post offices reporting and mail orders
received at the Federal Reserve Bank
in Richmond, the sales total $562,650.
This new offering of certificates
has proved very popular in that they
are issued in denominations of $25,
$100, and $1,000 and may be pur
chased at a flat discount price of
twenty per cent off their maturity
value. People seeking a safe invest
ment, with a guarantee as to both
principal and interest, have been quick
to take advantage of this attractive
issue of “baby bonds” and have
bought them in large numbers.
Postmaster Bertie L. Matthews
says, “For those seeking investment
of funds, nothing is more attractive
than these new saving certificates
which yield ft)ur and one-half per
cent interest on purchase price, com
pounded semi-annually, if held to ma
turity, five years from the date of is-
CALL MEETING OF COMMUNI*
TY CLUB
There will be a call meeting of
the Commtinity Club in the school
auditorium tonight, (Friday) at
7:30.
CAR KINDNESS
Why should your automobile be
treated with less care and less con
sideration than your horse? There
is something radically wrong with the
man who can work with a horse day
after day without some feeling of af
fection for nim. If he does not have
this affection, but feeds, beds and
grooms the animal from selfish mo
tives, he never gets out of him the
degree and quality of service gotten
by the man who has a real fellow
ship for his horse. Why, then, should
not the same conditions exist between
a man and his automobile ? But,
some Vass readers will say, a horse
has intelligence. Granted. But who
will say that a properly cared for, a
properly loved automobile may not
have something that is at least akin
to intelligence? Somehow the spirit
of a man gets into his car, and when
it does we can’t help but feel that he
has the least trouble and the least
to worry about so far as wear and
tear are concerned. \
AGRICULTURAL BOARD
APPOINTED
At the meeting of the County Com
missioners at Carthage, Monday, the
following men were appointed as
members of the Board of Agriculture
for Moore county: Z. V. Blue, Mc
Neill Township; J. E. Phillips, Green
wood; W. G. Carter, Sheffield; L. R.
Reynolds, Ritters; Jno. Wilcox, Deep
River; Jno. Frye, Carthage; W. C,
Dowd, Bensalem; H. G. Waring, Min
eral Springs; M^ M. Suggs, Sandhill.
The board will work in connection
with the county agent and we hope
the people will co-operate with them.
GROW VEGETABLES
Congressman William C. Hammer
advises the editor that he has obtain
ed an additional quota of vegetable
seeds for his constituents and can
supply the needs of those who apply
until the supply is exhausted. Under
the law requests for seed after this
month are not filled. His supply will
probably be exhausted by March 20.
Write today if you want seed to Wil
liam C. Hammer, Room 443, H. 0. B.,
Washington, D. C.
WANTED
A suitable slogan to advertise the
North Carolina State Fair. Ten dol
lars in cash will be paid the success
ful contestant. Contest is free for all
and closes March 25. Slogan must
be short, not to exceed six words.
“Let’s go” is a good example.
Address your suggestions to Man
ager North Carolina State Fair, Ral
eigh, N. C.
LIVING TO BE 100
sue.
Revenge is sweet only when com
pared to the bitterness of hate.
In spite of the fact that some Vass
people say life is not worth living
they are always anxious to know how
those who reach 100 manage to do it.
As it is, no two recipes for long life
agree. Some of these giddy old things
chew tobacco and drink a bottle of
booze after every meal, while others
live on starch and boiling water. Ap
parently it doesn’t matter a bit what
you do as long as you persevere. The
only thing is that you have to try
a thing for a hundred years or so
to see whether it suits your consti
tution. The latest method of reach
ing 100 is that of Mrs. Anna Grump,
who died recently in an eastern state
at the age of 104. She was married,
but she left her husband *on her wed
ding day, and never saw him again.
So now you know—but somehow it
is thought that this method will not
become popular among many of our
girls.
NOTICE
There will be a stockholders meet
ing of the Vass Building and Loan
Association at Hotel Vass, Monday
evening at 8:30.
W. D. MATTHEWS, Sec’y.
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