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VOLUME
THE PILOT
NUNBER
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Vass and Its Surrounding Country
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
VASS, N. C.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CAMERON NEWS
Rev. L. H. Joyner, assisted by Rev.
J. A. Hornady, of Maxton, will con
duct protracted services at Cameron
Methodist church, beginning Tuesday
evening, September the 5th, at 7:30
Rev. J. A. Hornady was pastor of
Cameron Methodist church some
thirty years ago. He will still find
some few remaining who remember
him, and will be glad to hear him
once again.
Misses Frankie Teague, Estelle
Moore, with Messrs. Hubert Phillips
and Douglas Moore, motored to Hoke
county Sunday, afternoon to call on
Miss Margaret Campbell, whose home
is near Raeford.
The Pilot carried some fine, clean
editorials last week.
Prof. Scroggs, of Raleigh, was in
town last week, greeting his friends
here, of whom he has many in the
town and community. Prof. Scroggs
was formerly principal of the Cam
eron graded school.
The Cameron people are pleased to
have Dr. Rosser, of Vass, practicing
here, in the absence of Dr. O’Briant,
who is away on a vacation.
Prof. B. C. Mclver, Mrs. Lula Muse,
Miss Mabel Muse, Mrs. Jewell Hemp
hill and children, Andrew and June
Mclver, motored to Lakeview Mon
day, where they joined Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Muse, Mr. and Mrs. Jeanerett,
of Hamlet, and Dr. and Mrs. DeWitt
Mclver, of Maxton, in an all day pic
nic at this popular summer resort.
Miss Alma McLean returned, Sun
day, to Raleigh, after spending her
vacation at her home on route 2.
Rev. J. W. Hartsell has nine rows
of the finest collards grown in Moore
county. Some of them measured 4
feet across.
Rev. L. H. Joyner invited a friend
to take dinner with him Monday. The
friend replied that he had missed his
breakfast, and could not afford to
miss two meals in succession. Where
had he been stranded?
Mr. A. J. McRae, of the historical
Scotch Iver Mclver plantation near
Sanford, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. T. C. Gaddy and others. Mr.
McRae is partial to the name of Mc
lver.
Truett Jones, of Edgewood, left
Monday to enter school at Buies
Creek.
Miss Hazel Rosser on route 2 is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. M. F.
Yarborough, of Avent’s Ferry.
Mrs. M. F. Hobbs and little daugh
ter, Margaret, who have been visiting
Misses Mamie and Kate Arnold, re
turned, Sunday, to their home in
Fayetteville.
Mr. E. M. Borst came up from Wil
mington to spend over Sunday with
his family.
Rev. M. D. McNeill closed a suc
cessful meeting at Cypress church
last week.
Rev. 0. B. Mitchell is conducting a
protracted meeting at Ephesus this
week.
Mr. G. M. McDermott has com
menced the building of his new home
on McPherson street. There will be
five rooms, porches, sun parlor and
basement. Mr. M. D. McLean has
the contract.
Mr. and Mrs. Pitman Still and
daughters. Misses Ruby and Lucille,
of Zebulon, were guests last week of
Rev. and Mrs. L. H. Joyner and fami
ly.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Buie and fam
ily, of Dillon, S. C., were week-end
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
D. W. McNeill.
Rev. L. H. Joyner was a dinner
^est, Sunday, at Pine Needles, the
ideal home of Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Watson near Lemon Springs. Bev.
Joyner says the boll weevil does not
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SUCCESSFUL SALES BY TOBACCO CO-OPS.
South Carolina Growers Urged to Hasten Second
Cash Paymeht By Prompt Deliveries
Such successful sales have been made by the Tobacco Grow
ers’ Co-operative Association to the important leaf dealers and
manufacturers, that cash advances have been increased on the
deliveries of tobacco by South Carolina members and a second
cash payment will be made in the near future, provided the mem
bers increase their deliveries sufficiently within the next two
weeks.
The system of marketing which started smoothly at the
August opening of the Co-operative warehouses in South Caro
lina and Eastern North Carolina is nov^ in perfect working or
der and can handle very heavy deliveries, according to T. C.
Watkins, manager of warehouses for the Association.
In a letter mailed this week to all South Carolina members,
M. O. Wilson, secretary of the Association, urges the growers
to aid in hastening the second advance by delivering as rapidly
as possible. Secretary Wilson says, “Our members have de
livered to the Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative Association in the
South Carolina Belt ten million pounds, but as the sales depart
ment has made these sales and can handle your tobacco as
rapidly as you will bring it in we desire that you make your
deliveries as rapidly as possible. If you will make the delivery
of your tobacco promptly you will have rendered the Associa
tion and yourself a service, for you will enable your officers to
make a second payment at an earlier date and we will save
some expense in handling the tobacco.
“On a new appraisal that has been made by the Banker com
mittee the advance will be greater than it has been on what
has been delivered, but the growers that have delivered will
receive the benefit of this advance in the second payment, so
that if you will make the deliveries as early as you can get the
tobacco in proper condition it will mean an early distribution of
the next payment.”
Enthusiasm for the new marketing plan is rapidly spread
ing from South Carolina and the East to the old belt of North
Carolina and Virginia, where increasing numbers of growers are
joining the Co-operative every week.
SCHOOL TO OPEN AT PINE-
HURST SEPT. 6th
(Staff Correspondent)
On Wednesday, September 6, the
Pinehurst Public Schools will open
under an entirely new management
for the 1922-23 session. Everything
possible is being done to launch the
work on a basis that will insure
orreater success than the school has
attained before. Great care has been
exercised in the securing of teachers,
and we feel sure that we have a
corrts of instructors that would be
creditable to any institution. The
school will be opened and operated
from the beginning on a thoroughly
modern and efficient basis.
The enrollment this year will be
greatly increased by the new consoli
dation from outlying districts. The
elastic building facilities that we al
ready have will enable us to provide
comfortably for all who come. Two
trucks will be operated from the be
ginning. We are preparing to meet
every emergency, and wish to assure
our patrons that the boys and girls
of this section shall have every con
sideration possible.
The work will be carried on at first
in the old school building, and in
other buildings fitted for the purpose,
until the new building can be con
structed. Plans and specifications for
the thoroughly modern new building
to be erected on a six-acre tract, are
now complete, and it is only a matter
of working out preliminary details
before the actual construction will be-
gin. .
There is no district in Moore coun
ty more capable of maintaining good
CYPRESS CREEK ITEMS
Miss Alice Starling and Mr. Neill
Johnson, of Fayetteville, are spend
ing a few days at Mr. D. A. Cam-
eron^s
Mrs. Cameron Johnson was taken
to the C. C. Hospital at Sanford, last
Saturday for an operation.
Messrs. Watson and Lacy McFad-
yen. Mack McDonald, Eddie Perkins,
and Charlie Merrill, Misses Minnie
and Alice Johnson, were callers at
the home of Mr. D. A. Cameron Sun
day afternoon.
The meeting closed at Cypress
Friday night. Ten new members were
received into the church.
Mr. J. D. Stewart, of Cadwell, Ga.,
spent last week with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Neill Stewart.
Mr. Murdock Cameron spent a part
of last week in Fayetteville.
Misses Maggie Belle and Mary Ida
Lindsay, of Rockfish, visited at the
home of their aunt, Mrs. D. G. Mc-
Fadyen last week.
SCHEDULE OF HOME DEMON
STRATION WORK
Bethlehem, August 28, 2:30 p. m.
—Fireless Cooker.
West End, August 29, 2:30 p. m.—
pickling.
Big Oak, August 30, 2:30 p. m.—
pickling.
Bensalem, August 30, 7 p. m.—
community meeting plays and games.
Vass, August 31, 2:30 p. m.-^ress
form. NORA BRADFORD,
Home Dem. Ag’t.
NEW FEATURES FOR THE
SANDHILL FAIR
THEATRE TO REOPEN
The Carolina Theatre at Pinehurst
will reopen on Friday and Saturday,
September 15th and 16th for the
special showing of Rudolph Valen
tino’s new picture, “Blood and Sand.”
This picture has broken all box-
office records in New York and is un
questionably one of the finest pictures
of the year.
schools than is the Pinehurst district.
Notwithstanding Aberdeen’s claim
that her extended district contains
$3,'00,000.00 of taxable property,
I nearly twice as much as that of any
other district in Moore county, the
I Pinehurst district within the old
I boundary has been paying taxes on
t $3,"00,000,00. The Pinehurst district
! has been a benevolent missionary in
I providing funds, most of which have
! been used ovtside of Pinehurst in the
i past. But we are beginning to real-
' ize that the most effective missionary
I enterprises give dre consideration to
i the old adage—“Charity Begins at
j Home.”
This statement is made in the best
of spirits. We wish to co-operate
I with all the systems of this countv
! to make Moore county second to none
i in the state in school enterprise.
j Mr. I. C. Sledge and Mrs. Leonard
' Tufts have recently been added to
i the local school committte. Both Mr.
I Sledge and Mrs. Tufts have been and
i are vitally interested in the schools
I of this section, and their actual con
nection with the school here will
greatly strengthen our organization.
It has always been and always will
be the policy of the Sandhill Fair As
sociation to exclude from its gates
anything that savors of the Midway
or Carnival.
We believe in entertainment and
plenty of it but that entertainment
must be clean and must have some
value as entertainment.
In keeping with our policy to grow
from year to year, however, it was
decided that, provided we could se
cure the right kind, we would add
one or two professional acts to our
program, and we are pleased to an
nounce that two such acts have been
engaged, and every afternoon of the
Fair you will see a Balloon Ascen
sion and a wonderful performance by
Kerslake’s Educated Pigs.
Lucille Belmont, the Balloonist, is
alone in her field. She has no equal
in the United States. She can make
three Parachute drops after leaving
her balloon and always does it suc
cessfully. You will be thrilled with
this wonderful feat.
Kerslake’s Educated Pigs are fa
mous all over America. It is an act
that towers over all other features
in entertainment value and will de
light everybody regardless of age.
These pigs will perform in front of
the Grand Stand every afternoon.
The Association has made a very
careful survey of the entertainment
field and can honestly state that these
two acts are among the very finest
that can be secured.
MR. AND MRS. PICQUET GO
TO OHIO
Mr. and Mrs. Picquet started, Sat
urday, for a motor trip to Cleveland,
Ohio. Charlie will combine business
with pleasure by lining up some of
the fastest running horses for the
races at the Sandhill Fair.
The Saunders Warehouse for the
sale of tobacco, will open at Aberdeen,
September 6th.
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