VASS AND COMMUNITY
J. B. Howell spent Sunday
Mil G. W. Griffin.
Retha Moffitt, of Sanford, was
tjje \veck-end guest of Mr. and Mrs.
c R
\iis<f‘S Lula and Ila Evans and
^ rJ^fhwind and Mr. Sam Evans
Cameron Saturday night to
;tTenH .he olass^f”
went
\v,' H. H.
made a business trip to Pine-
PVV Wednesday.
M'l^ters Robert and Kenneth Woo-
^ « nf Cameron, visited their sisters,
M s F W. Joyner, and Mrs. W. E.
yX the first of the week. ^
Mr \ M. Cameron made a business
frin tu Sanford Wednesday.
M,., V. ill Seward, of Niagara, was
. Wednesday.
Ml -. J McK. Harrington, Mrs. J. A.
Mipherson and Miss Lula Bell Mc-
Pher.^or, of Cameron, were in town
Stacy Matthews, of Siloam,
,rkVea her uncle, Mr. Henry Matthews
fhP la^t of the week.
Misb Myrtle Leslie went to South-
" Pines Tuesday.
Mr^ Mills and daughter, Miss Doris,
nf near C'arthage, were here Friday.
Mis'^ A. Schaefer, of New York City,
k spending some time with her
friemi‘< i^lrs. 0. Winkelman and Mrs.
F Dunkhorst. Miss Schaefer and
Mrs Dnnkhorst visited Miss Conley
and’her first graders at the school
Wednesdav morning, and Miss Schae
fer says that there are some bright
children here. j
Mrs. W. B. Graham and Gerald
Graham motored to Southern Pines
Tuesday. . i i ..
Mr. .1. Tyson visited relatives m
Carthage Tuesday night.
A little new son came to the home
of ]^ir. and Mrs. Robert Bibey, at
Clay Road, Sunday.
Miss Bessie Cameron, of Cameron
route one, spent Wednesday night
with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cameron.
Mr. Elsie Keith, of Pinehurst, was
a visitor in town Saturday night.
Mr. G. H. Simpson went to Golds
boro Friday to attend a co-op meet
ing.
Messrs. A. M. Cameron, Stacy
Brewer and D. A. McLauchlin attend
ed a Kiwanis meeting at the Pine
hurst Country Club Wednesday.
,Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Smith and guest.
Miss Retha Moffitt, motored to South
ern Pines and Pinehurst Sunday aft
ernoon.
A number of Vass people attended
the senior play at Farm Life Thurs
day night.
Miss Alleine Kaneer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kaneer, of High
Point, was struck by an automobile
one (hiy last week, and painfully but
not seriously injured. She was bad
ly cut about the face. The Kaneers
lived here several years ago, and their
friends wish Miss Alleine a speedy re
covery.
Mrs. Xeill Stewart, Mr. and Mrs.
John Blue and children, of route two,
were shopping in town Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Cameron and
Miss Marian spent Sunday in Buie’s
Creek with Dr. and Mrs. McKay. Mrs.
Cameron's brother, Dr. McKay, of
Baltimnre, was at home on a visit,
also.
Mr. C. L. Tyson was a Carthage vis
itor Monday.
Mr. Vernon Parrish, of Roanoke,
Va., lepresenting the Roanoke City
Mills, Inc.. was a business visitor in
town W ednesday.
If you are in Vass for only a few
minutes, you needn’t go away hun
gry, now, for Oldham and Company
have (>pened a cafe next door to their
meat market, where the public will
receive prompt and courteous atten
tion. Mr. T. A. Wofford, an expe-
rienf-ed cafe man, of Sanford, is in
charge. Give them a call.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Patterson will be glad to know that
their little son who has been ill with
pneumonia is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Evander Baker, of
route two, purchased a new car from
Beasley Motor Company last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Oldham and Mr.
and Ml'S. A. M. Gaster were visitors
near \\ h'te Hill Sunday, and attended
communion services at Grace’s Chapel.
. Mr. George W. Baker is back on the
job in I'he IMlot office, after a week’s
rest in Carthage.
Messrs. John and Charles Deaton
and M}'. W. G. Ferguson were in town
part of last week, planting shrubbry
the Hotel Vass grounds.
Mr. 0, S. Edwards went to South
ern Pint*?? Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Tyson and Mr.
M. Tyson motored to White Hill
Sunday.
Mr. Irvin Ray, of Cameron, was a
caller in town Monday night.
.Mrs. ]. R. Thomas, Miss Mildred
and Ma^er J. R. spent Sunday with
A. J. Keith, of Cameron route
o^e. M). Raymond Johnson and Miss
amford, of Pinehurst, were dinner
i^uests of Mrs. Keith also.
lufi Gladstone York and
tie son, of Sanford, visited Mr. and
Mrs. W E. York Sunday.
J. ]vi. Thompson has accepted
^ position in Hamlet.
Piin M. Cameron and
T) route two, visited Mr. W.
ternooT family Sunday af-
Rey. M. D. McNeill, of Cameron,
^ lown Wednesday.
A r McKay and Mr. and Mrs.
, ' ameron and children, of Over-
day^’ visitors in town Wednes-
. M . r.nd Mrs. H. A. Borst and H.
TVr’ v*’ ^^sited relatives in Cameron
^or.flay night.
and Mrs. A. D. McLauchlin and
little daughter, of route
norn^^^*^® in town Wednesday after-
thpv way to Broadway where
^ ^^nl spend the remainder of the
Mr. and Mrs A P ,
Carthf Nelia” sCk’ of
V* How Vat^Suiilare^^^
night'' w spent &ay
went'to hIX® the’first'of thTri’
Ihaw nf T Lacy
caiw’, at th ^ Lemon Springs, were
e?on Sunday ®
Lemon
tos w’ A. Cameron and
quests of 'J'®’’® dinner
guests of Mrs. G. W. Gnffin Wednes-
Laubscher will
a treit I''®* enjoyed
ride form of an automobile
onLS T recently. His trip in-
sulphur
sSffer^d r t ® VLaubscher
paralysis last
summer, and this was his first out-
of-town trip since that time. He bears
his suffering patiently and manages
*“T!l®®P«'-®’narkably cLerful. ^
n= Hanna, Mrs. Han-
/laughters, Misses Rachel,
Emeline and Sarah, and Mr. and Mrs!
. rJ. Cameron and four children, of
Pinehurst, visited Mr. and Mfs. W. J.
Cameron Sunday evening.
Mrs. A. Auman and Miss Lydia Au-
were Sanford visitors Tuesday.
M^** E. L. McNeill has sold his farm
on Little River to Mr. W. C. McNeill,
of Southern Pines and New York. We
been able to learn Mr. Mc
Neill s plans, but understand that the
P^JP^rty IS to be developed further.
Miss Elsie Coffey, of Lakeview, and
Neill McK. Salmon, of
Lillmgton, were dinner guests at Ho
tel Vass Sunday evening.
The Vass youngster’s heads are
not growing any smaller since their
second team defeated the first team
from Southern Pines on the local dia
mond Tuesday afternoon, with a score
of seven to six.
The Vass High School announces
the following program for commence
ment week, beginning Friday evening,
May 2: Recital by piano and vocal
pupils, Friday evening; exercises by
pnmary department, Saturday eve
ning; baccalaureate sermon by Rev. E.
McWhorter, of Aberdeen, eleven
o’clock Sunday morning in the Meth
odist church; program by grammer
grades, Monday evening; senior class
exercises, Tuesday evening; declama
tion and recitation contest, ten o’clock
Wednesday morning; annual drama
“Out of Court,” Wednesday evening.
The entire program except the ser
mon will be given in the tobacco ware
house, and all evening entertainments
will begin at eight o’clock.
Arthur Thompson went to Guilford
College last week to take part in the
high school declamation and recitation
contest held there Saturday night.
There were around thirty contestants
for each medal, and they represented
not only the small-town schools of the
state, but also the cities, Durham,
Winston-Salem, Greensboro and oth
ers. The preliminary contest was held
in the morning and eight speakers
were chosen for the finals that night,
four girls and four boys. Arthur.
Thompson, of Vass, was one of the
four boys chosen. The other three
were from Pomona, Winston-Salem
and Durham, Pomona winning the
medal.
Mrs. H. A. Matthews invited a num
ber of her young friends to her home
Saturday evening as a surprise to Al
ton, in celebration of his fourteenth
birthday. They played a number of
games, under the leadership of Miss
Lizzie Jones, dived for apples, en
gaged in a hunting contest in which
Alton won the prize, which he pre
sented to one of the guests. Refresh
ments were served.
The senior class of the high school
received an invitation from the junior
class to a reception to be held in the
club room on Friday night of last
week. They were asked to appear in
costume. The juniors had the room
attractively decorated with pine, cedar
and dogwood, and it was well that
they did, for when the guests began
to arrive, who should come in but our
own Uncle Sammy of the U. S. A., to
say nothing of the sailor lad, the sol
dier boy, gypsies and a cunning little
girl in short dress, carrying a tiny
parasol, and others. Misses Loula
Eastwood and Grace Gardner, juniors,
and Miss Mazie Rast had charge of
the entertainment, and at a late hour
served delicious refreshments of
salad, crackers, sandwiches and pupch.
The seniors present were Misses Ruth
McNeill, Freda Gschwind, ^ Agnes
Smith, Mildred and Evelyn Thomas,
Sallie Thompson, Innis Byrd, Frances
Blue, Messrs. Claud Mathews, Guy
Simpson, John Laubscher, Gerald Gra-
ham, Fred Tyalor, Rotert Leslie,
Jesse Gardner, Billie Mc(^ll; tl^ ju
niors present were Misses Grace Crard-
ner, Loula Eastwood, Lassie Bailey,
Messrs. Julian Leslie and Denver
”^*Mr.^lnd Mrs. W. C. Leslie, Julia"
Leslie, Frederick Taylor, and Misses
Florence, Myrtle, Louise and Majone
Leslie took a sight-seeing trip through
upper Moore Sunday afternoon, and
besides visiting. several places of in
terest, they enjoyed t*'®
scenery all along the way. Their
itenerary took in the POwer plant at
Carbonton, the °HorseS "
Williams place in the ^rses^noe,
which is formed by the ®
Deep river, and the grave of Governor
THE MLOT
Page Piv«
Williams. The old home of the gov
ernor is now owned by a Mr. John
Wilcox, and is a very interesting
revoluntionary fame.
Ihey did not get to go in the house, as
the family was not at home, but they
saw bullet holes in the front that
bring to mind the dark days of the
war. There are more evidences of
peace and plenty to be seen, though,
as two hundred young Rhode Island
Ked chicks were running around the
broad acres of beautiful
alfalfa were a delight to the eye.
MOORE COUNTY WOMEN WANT
A HOME AGENT
As teacher, of agriculture at the
Sandhill Farm Life School, I have had
the opportunity of hearing several of
the farm ladies of the community, ex
press themselves as to the value of a
home demonstration agent. Those
with whom I have talked, concur with
out an exception, in the opinion that
the home demonstration agent is of
inestimable, value to the farm woman.
I have heard an expression from more
than one of the ladies of this commu
nity, that she would be willing to ap
pear in person before the county com
missioners, to make an appeal for the
re-creation of this office.
Lately, there has been some rumor
to the effect that the ladies sponsor
ing the Sandhill Womans’ Exchange
are going to ask the commissioners to
receive a committee, to speak in be
half of this work. With the appar
ent success of this organization dur
ing its first season, I can readily see
why those ladies who are standing
back of the Exchange should want a
home demonstration agent. Miss
Bradford worked hand in hand with
these ladies, from the time the idea
was first advanced, up until the time
she left Moore county, and she spent
much time and labor in seeking out
those farm women who were especially
accomplished in the various house
hold arts and practices, and acquaint
ing them with this market for their
products. One of the ladies of Eureka
community has sold a large quantity
of jellies, marmalades, preserves, etc.,
through this Exchange, thereby aid
ing materially in swelling the family
purse.
But the fact which interests me
most is that the farm women them
selves are most deeply concerned over
the present situation. It was my
privilege to be associated with Miss
Bradford in some of her work in con
nection with the community fairs and
the community clubs, and I believe
that the ladies in the towns will ex
press a recognition of the value of
this work. But the work was pri
marily and essentially for the farm
woman, who by virtue of her position
is more isolated, has less time for
recreation and necessary mind im
provement, and fewer social advan
tages than the women in any other
sphere of life.
In canvassing the county for pupils
during the past summer, several times
I ran across the home demonstration
agent at some farm home, making a
demonstration for some household
art to two or three women of the
community, and at the same time
brightening their lives with her lively
chatter, and gossip of interest to her
audience.
If these farm women want a home
demonstration agent, it is my opinion
that Moore county should
furnish one. I believe that we are
well enough off in capital and re
sources to produce the funds neces
sary to meet the state plan for fur
nishing these agents to the counties.
May I express the hope, that before
finally committing themselves as not
favoring this work, that the commis
sioners will give the farm women, and
all other women interested in the
work, an opportunity to express their
views upon the subject.
R. G. HUTCHESON
MILITARY CAMP FOR
YOUNG MEN
J. V. Healy, at Aberdeen, announces
that he can make arrangements for
young men above 17 years old to
spend a few weeks in military train
ing camps, with all the expenses
borne by the government. The train
ing is a wholesome and educational
course, and has in the past been pop
ular with those who have taken ad
vantage of the government’s liberal
ity. The aim is to give young men a
summer outing of the most substantial
sort, but along with the amusements
and outings go with them a reasonable
amount of military instruction, and
training having for its purpose to
make of the young chaps useful men.
Mr. Healy will be glad to answer any
inquiries.
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CAROLINA THEATRES
PINEHURST AND SOUTHERN PINES
The Special Murray
W. Garson Production
‘The Spit-Fire’
Adapted from the famous
Novel “PLASTER SAINTS”
by Frederick Arnold Kummer.
With a Big- All-Star
Cast, including-
BETTY BLYTHE
ELLIOTT DEXTER
PAULINE GARSON
ROBERT WARWICK
LOWELL SHERMAN
BURR McINTOSH
Also, A Two-Part Christie
Comedy
“Safe and Sane’’
HERE’S A REAL DRA
MATIC ENTERTAINMENT
PINEHURST
Friday, May 2nd, 8:15
Matinee Saturday
SOUTHERN PINES
Saturday, May 3rd
8:20
•AWbKAH
OP PAaiJ"
framing Edma Pvhviance
Tt/ntun Mnd jyireeted
— ^ Charles Otaphn
A tremendous drama of hu
man emotions in everyday
people.
The big and little things of
living as we all know them and
feel them in ourselves and in
our friends are pictured with
a clearness and sharpness that
is fairly startling.
One of the most discussed
productions of the year.
A picture with more of
Charles Chaplin in it than any
film in which this great star
ever appeared himself.
NOTE: The Carolina
Theatres close for an indefin
ite period on May 5th and 6th
respectively.
DONT MISS THESE LAST
TWO PICTURES
PINEHURST
Monday, May 5th
Matinee Tuesday
SOUTHERN PINES
Tuesday, May 6th.
The last Picture of the Season
Yes, We Are Getting- in Another
Shipment of
New Spring Footwear
THIS WEEK
Styles the Newest—^Prices Rigrht
Patent Leather
Sandals, and
Pumps, worn with
light hosiery, is very sty
lish right now. We have
hosiery to match any
pair of shoes made.
Gunters’ Store
Vass, North Carolina
Vass Millinery
NEW LOT OF
f
just received. Don’t fail to see them
DRESS TRIMMINGS, LACES, NOTIONS
AND FANCY GOODS
Come and See Them!
MISS FLORENCE LESLIE.