VOLUNE
THE PILOT
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Vass and Its Surrounding Country
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CAMERON
Rev. R. G. Matheson, of Jackson
Springs, will assist Rev. M. D, Mc
Neill at a protracted meeting at Cy
press church the week following the
3rd Sunday in August.
Mrs. W. H. Coore on Route 1, visit
ed her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Cameron
last week.
Wednesday, August the 16th, Miss
Bradford will give a demonstration in
pickling in the grove of the Wayside
Well cottage, owned by L. B. Mc-
Keithen, rented by Mrs. Addie Gra
ham. Time: 2:30 p.m.
Miss Vera Woooten is home from
the Summer School at Chapel Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Gaddy, Miss
Myrtle, little Miss Lula Master Hamp
den, Mr. Clyde Gaddy and little baby
daughter motored to Rockingham
Sunday for a visit to Mr. andMrs.
A. W. Gaddy.
Mrs. Gady, with the baby, Lula and
Hampden, remained in Rockingham for
a week’s visit to relatives.
Mrs. W .C. Spivey and little daugh
ters, Myra and Sara, who have been
visiting at Asheboro, Kemps Mill, and
Siler City, returned home Sunday with
Mr. W. C. Spivey and Master Currie,
who motored to Asheboro Sunday to
bring them home.
Mr. Spivey says the corn crop in
that section is promising a-plenty-of
bread.
Mr. Cameron McLean and little
daughter, Margaret, left Wednesday
for Wilmington, Ohio, to visit Mr.
McLean’s brother and wife, Mr, and
Mrs. L. L. McLean.
Miss Olivia Snipes of Clio, S. C.,
stopped over for the week end with
her aunt, Mrs. D. W. McNeill, return
ing from Summer School at Chapel
Hill.
Mrs. Addie Graham, and daughter,
Miss Bertie, of Sanford, are spending
the week in Cameron.
Misses Carrie Norman and Annie
Pierce, of Borderlee, spent Tuesday
in Sanford.
Misses Neillie and Margaret Mc
Donald of Waxhaw, spent the wek end
with relatives in town.
W. A. Muse, and George Wooten
returned last week from a visit to
Chapel Hill.
I am very appreciative of the com
plimentary notes, remarks, hand
shakes, amens, and other courtesies
received, since writing last week’s
letter.
Mr. J. J. Irvin has returned from
Smoaks, S. C., for a vacation*
Dr. and Mrs. J .W .McLean,and two
daughters. Misses Johnsie and Mir
iam, with Master James, of Godwin,
are visiting at the home of the Doc
tor’s mother, Mrs. Margaret McLean,
returning from a trip to Blowing Rock,
Rutherfordton, Asheville and other
mountain resorts.
Miss Burdette Joyner has returned
from a delightful visit to Lake Jun-
aluska, and other lovely mountain re
sorts. She has as her guest, Miss
Nell Clapp, of Greensboro.
Miss Ernestine Matthews and Mr.
Claude Gunn of Sanford called Sun
day afternoon on Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
Tally.
The finest, largest, and most perfect
peaches, I have seen this season, or
any other season, were grown by Mr.
W. M. Blue of Raeford, who visited
the correspondent last week and
brought along a crate. After making
jam and preserves, some left over,
are still sound, and delicious.
Messrs. J. L. Thomas, of Burlington,
A. G. Thomas, with wife and son, of
Pittsboro, were guests last week, at
the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs.
R .C. Thomas.
Mr. H. A. Foote of Durham visited
relatives here Sunday.*
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STAND BACK AND GIVE US AIR
Lakeview, Aug. 7-22
The Pilot
Vass
N C
Gents
I was amazed to have called
to my attention an article in the
Greensboro Daily News headed
“Stand back and give us air”
which was followed by an article about
how “two carloads of nearly naked
woman drove in to town Monday
morning with a scant something
around the middle on their naked
thighs. The men tried to strike
matches on the naked thighs of the
women the hot ashes dropped on one
of the woman who leaped from the
car and deported her charms to the
Cameron bystanders who had assem
bled to see the free show of womans
nakedness. When Cameron has a
woman chief of police armed with
paddles, then let the naked bathers be
ware, they will be duly paddled. They
probably thought they looked like
water Sprites or Mermaids.”
They were here perhaps from
Sweetheart Lake, Lakeview &C&‘C
This article is a direct slur on the
lady bathers of Sweetheart Lake and
Lakeview, My friend Mr. Harrington
who runs Lake View is one of the
cleanest most broadminded men in
this section. Has an officer stationed
at Lake View night & day at his own
cost & is trying to make l.ake View
one of the cleanest & most moral
beaches in North Carolina.
Regarding Sweetheart Lake which
I own as well as being the fourth
largest owner of Real Estate in this
Section being only exceeded by the
Tufts Knollwood Comoanies Boyd
Estate & the Lake View holdings of
John McQueen. This Fall we expect
to make extensive improvements
around & in the Lake which will make
it one of the .iiost attractive places
in this part of the countr y.
Or the Monday referred to in this
article there were no lady bathers
who came to my Lake except those
who use my bathing si:its so it was
absolutely impossible that these wild
“naked woman*’ comd have come from
Sweetheart Lake. T use the latest
one piece (Short Skirt) bathin?" suits
that are used in the most fashionable
bathing resorts of the country.
As to whether lady bathers should
or should not wear bathing suits that
display their limbs, I being a mere
man would not preseume to express
an expert opinion in this matter but
I will say that the morels of the
Mothers & the daughters who have
viseted Sweetheart Lake are above
reproach and I resent any insinuation
to the contrary.
Yours truly
EDWARD D DUNLOP
HAMMER MAKING GOOD
The Farmers National Magazine
states it has .had careful track kept
upon the mark votes and record of
members of the Sixty-Seventh Con
gress so that it is possible for us
to know those upon whom may be
looked to as the real friends of agri
culture.
Summing up Mr. Hammer’s record
they have this to say: “Equipped
with a comprehensive knowledge of
agtriculture, Cong»ressman «Hammer,
of North Carolina, took his seat for
the first time when Congress was call
ed in extraordinary session in the
spring of last year. Mr. Hammer has
taken a keen interest in all that con
cerns the farmer and has shown
ability for constructive work and
achievement, having consistantly sup
ported all measures calculated to as
sist the farmer in his efforts to ob
tain a reward for his toil to some ex
tent at least, commensurate with his
services. He stood firmly against a
policy of enforced deflation and is
ready at all times to aid in any sound
plan which would give the farmer the
credit necessary to enable them order
ly market for their products. For a
new Congressman, Mr. Hammer has
made a very deep impresion on official
Washingon.”
TO THE TOBACCO FARMERS
In conclusion would say unless this
letter is published in its entirety in
your next issue I intend to notify my
attorney Mr Sewall to bring an ac
tion against your paper for libel. If
published send me with bill ten copies
of the paper containing this article
& am
Yours truly
EDWARD D. DUNLOP
PINEHURST FIRST
The Pinehurst post office occupies
first place among all second class post
offices of the Fifth Federal Reserve
District in the per capita sales of
Treasury Savings Certificates during
the first six months of 1922, having
disposed of $4,050 of these securities,
or a per capita of $32.40 to the citi
zens of this community.
Congressman W. C. Hammer of
Asheboro, was in Vass Saturday.
Allow me to call your attention to
the vital importance of filling out the
postal card sent you with your mem
bership certificate. If you have not
received your card write or call on
me and I will be glad to furnish you
with a card and also any information
you may want.
In selecting your market you will
want to go with the most farmers
and where the expense, freight and
transporation will be less, therefore
let me ask you to name VASS your
market, the only one hundred percent
co-operative market in this section.
Vass Warehouse is one of the best
equipped warehouses in this section,
located on the main line where your
tobacco can be shipped at most any
hour without the cost of dr ay age, ex
tra freight and labor, therefore sav
ing the farmer money on each laod
of tobacco brought to Vass.
Sign your card, then when the mark
et opens follow the crowd to the one
hundred percent co-operative market.
The Vass people are behind the co
operative marketing plan. The Bank
of Vass will give the farmers any
needed assistance and is able to take
care of all the farmers of this tobacco
section.
We only have one system, the co
operative marketing plan and one
price to all. Sign your postal card
and name Vass your market then you
will be with the crowd.
GUY H. SIMPSON,
Manager of Vass Market.
JACKSON SPRINGS
GREAT IMPROVEMENT
Hawriver, N. C., Aug. 1, 1922
Mr. M. W. Wall,
Carthage, N. C.
Dear Wall:
I want to assure you that our party
enjoyed the trip while in Moore. The
trip was interesting and very in
structive. . It has put the demonstra
tion work in closer touch with the
people and I want to thank you for
your part in making our trip worth
while.
Moore county has improved much
since I saw it five years ago. Am sat
isfied that farming looked more like a
big industry there than in any place
we visited in eastern Carolina.
Trtily,
W. KERR SCOTT,
County. Agent.,
The County Agents of the Central
district of North Carolina will arrive
here on August 21st for a three day
session. The morning hours will be
devoted to business and in the after
noon trips will be made over the
county.
Uuless there are some changes in
the program the county agents with
others will go out from here on the
22nd to Eagle Springs at 2:30 p.m.
and at 3:30 p.m. they will go to Sam-
arcand Manor school and will return
here for the dance and music in the
evening. On the 23rd they will go
to the Sandhill Farm Life school,
county home, Carthage, Cameron,and
on to Vass for supper and a meeting
of their live community club and re
turn by way of Lakeview for recrea
tion, on the afternoon of the 24th
they will go to Pinehurst, Southern
Pines, and Aberdeen. At Pinehurst
the place of the Berkshire Hog Con
gress and the largest Ayrshire dairy
herd in the South, they will visit the
piggery, diary and all other important
places. They will return here for a
picnic and lunch on the school grounds.
And afterwards there will be games
and a meeting of our community club.
While here the agents and specialists
will be guests at the Jackson Springs *
hotel.
All those attending summer schools
for teachers have returned home, and
nearly all have schools.
On Sunday August 13, at 8 p.m.
Rev.Yosip Benyomin, a Presbyterian
who is unable to do any missionary
work in Persia, his native country on
account of existing conditions will
preach here. A large crowd is ex
pected oiit to hear him.
W. E. Giraham, who has been in
the eastern part of the state for sev
eral weeks is at home and can boost
the Sandhills after traveling through
some of the best farming sections
of North Carolina. No other sections
can grow a greater variety of crops
than the Sandhills and with such
wonderful success on poor sandy land.
Rev. R. G. Matheson has returned
from Orange county where he con
ducted a revival at Little River Pres
byterian church.
Mrs. J. W. Smith and children of
Red Springs are visiting near here.
Mrs. Smith has not weighed in sev
eral months, but at that time she
tipped the scales at 330 pounds.
Editor D. S. Poole of the Hoke Co.
Journal at Raeford is spending a few
days with relatives here.
W. F. McMaster who bought a small
farm southwest of here about three
years ago was arrested Friday and
placed under $500.00 bond for his ap
pearance at criminal court in August
on the charge of making whiskey. A
true bill was found against McMaster
by the grand jury at the last term of
criminal court.
Several from here attended the re
union of the descendants of Duncan
Currie, a Scotch immigrant who set
tled in Richmond county. The reunion
was held on Wednesday at the home
of the late J. A.Currie near Luarel
Hill in Scotland county. More than
200 relatives were present.
Sim Sercy attended the Farmers
Convention at State College last week.
Miss Mamie Smith, who is taking
nurses training at St. Peters Hospital
at Charlotte is at home on a vaca
tion.
Mr. E. J. Woodley has returned
from a business trip to Lynchburg,
Virginia.
Eubert Styres who was bitten by
his dog on Monday of last week is
taking Pasteur treatment, as his dog
went mad the following day and was
killed by Mr. Fisher, a neighbor. W.
F. McMaster has had to kill some af
his hounds on account of going mad%
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