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Friday, January 14, 1927
Vass and Communily
Woman’s Club Meeting Postponed.
The Woman's Club will postpone
its meeting until the first Friday in
February, at which time the Literary
Department will have charge of the
program.
Methodist Circles Meet Next Tuesday
Circle 1 of the Methodist Auxiliary
wil meet with Mrs. H. A. Borst at
7:15 o’clock next Tuesday evening.
Circle 2 will meet with Mrs. C. L.
Tyson at the same hour.
John Lancaster, of Sanford, spent
Sunday with his people here.
E. J. Woodard, of Aberdeen, was
a business visitor in town Tuesday.
Dr. R. G. Rosser, J. M. Tjrson, John
Fry, G. S. Edwards, and A. K.
Thompson attended a dewberry grow
ers’ meeting in Cameron Monday
morning.
Miss Lois Buchanan, of Ashley
Heights, was the week-end guest of
her sister, Mrs. A. D. McLaughlin.
Miss Eva Oldham came home from
Fayetteville the first of the week to
spend a few days.
Mrs. Mary Thomas, of near Cam
eron, spent a part of last week at
the home of her son, J. R. Thomas.
X
DR. OLIVE
CHIROPRACTOR
Aberdeen, 9 to 12 A. M.
Southern Pines, 1 to 5 P. M.
for
COLDS
LAND FOR SALE
Eighty-five Acres; 55 Cleared.
Two Houses and Bams on Place
PRICE $55.00 PER ACRE
LOCATED NEAR RAEFORD
ADDRESS
W, M. McFADYEN
RAEFORD, N. C.
I have available an almost
unlimited amount of money to
lend on farm lands. Repay
ment is made in small semi
annual installments.
J. Vance Rowe, Atty.
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Mr. Thomas, who has been sick for
several months, is able to walk around
in the house some.
Mrs. Alton W. Wilson and little
daughters, Marie and Madge, of
Washington, D. C., who are spending
some time in the community, were
guests of Mrs. W. H. Keith, Saturday
I night. Mrs. Wilson was at one time
teacher of the Moore Hill school, and
jhas many friends in this section.
I Mrs. J. W. Atkinson and Thomas
j K^ith Atkinson, of Southern Pines,
^ spent Saturday night with Mrs. At-
j kinson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
i Keith.
Mr. and Mrs. Sara Lambeth, of
j Sanford, were recent visitors in town.
! Miss Mary Smith, of Lobelia, is
I spending a few days as the guest of
^her sister, Mrs. D. C. McGill.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben W. Smith came
‘down from Sanford and spent Sun-
jday evening with Mrs. S. R. Smith.
I Mr. and Mrs. Smith will leave San-
j ford this week for South Carolina.
I Prof. and Mrs. W. D. Matthews and
I children visited relatives in Sanford
Sunday afternoon.
We gladly w^come to our town
Miss Grace Graves, of Cass, West
Virginia, who has come to Hotel Vass
to enjoy the Carolina sunshine for a
j while. Miss Graves received a reg
ular West Virginia greeting of snow,
but the sunshine soon appeared, and
we hope that she will find our climate
exactly to her liking.
Mrs. N. A. Townsend, of Dunn, was
a caller at the home of Mrs. G. H.
Simpson Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Byrd, of
Pinehurst, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Keith.
Rev. D. Monroe, Dr. J. E. Flow and
Misses Frances Blue, Grace Graves
and Loula Eastwood visited friends at
F’lora Macdonald College, Red
Springs, Monday.
Mrs. D. A. Smith, wno was called
to her home in Manteo about three
weeks ago on account of the illness
of her father, became quite ill last
week, and was carried to a hospital
in Norfolk. She underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis on last Thurs
day, and at the last report was get
ting along nicely. Her address is
Room 211, Sarah Leigh Hospital,
Norfolk, Va. Her father, Mr. West-
cott, is improving, but is still in the
hospital.
Robert Taylor, of Newton, spent
Friday night with relatives at Hotel
Vass. Mrs. J. S. Lancaster returned
to Newton with him on Saturday to
be with her daughter, Mrs. Taylor,
through an operation on her throat.
Mrs. John Morrison and children
spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. D. A. Morrison.
Representative Stacy Brewer came
down from Raleigh for a week-end
visit to his family.
Mr. and Mrs. Farris Wilson, of
Hamlet, visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs, W. D. Wilson, the -first of the
week. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were mar
ried during the holidays.
Mrs. Lillian Foreman, of Roxboro,
is spending some time at the home of
her brother, G. H. Simpson. Mrs.
Foreman has sent out cards announc-
Report of the Condition of*
THE BANK OF VASS
at Vass, in the State of North Carolina, at the close of
business, December 31, 1926.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts $ 147,386.35
Overdrafts, unsecured 93.50
United States Bonds and Liberty Bonds 8,000.00
Banking Houses, $1,661.02; Furn. and Fix., $1,788.00.... 3,449.02
Cash in vault and net amounts due from Banks, Bankers
and Trust Companies, 26,704.69
Total, $ 185,633.5t6
^ LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in 20^00.00
Surplus Fund 5,500.00
Undivided Profits, less current expenses and taxes
paid 3,560.15
Deposits subject to check, Individual, 82,692.08
Cashier’s checks outstanding 416.41
Savings Deposits, 73,464,92
Total, ^ 185,633.56
State of North Carolina—County of Moore.
Vass, N. C., Jan. 10, 1927.
I, D. A. McLauchlln, Cashier of the above named Bank, do
solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
D. A. McLAUCHLIN, Caahipr.
CORRECT—Attest:
W. D. SMITH
S. R. SMITH Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of Jan., 1927.
LIZZIE JONES, Notary Public.
My commission expires June 26, 1928.
mg that she is prepared to do up-to-
date dressmaking and to make cov
ered buttons. Mrs. Foreman’s work
has the beauty and style that only a
real modiste can attain, and we feel
sure that those who patronize her
will be pleased.
The Sunday evening service at tne
Vass Presbyterian church brought to
a close an eight-day series of revival
meetings.
Services were held each morning
and evening, and the attendance was
good ,especially at the evening hour.
The business houses of the town
closed at 7 o’clock in order that busi
ness might not interfere with the
evening worship.
Dr. J. E. Flow, evangelist, of Lew-
isburg. West Virginia, arrived in time
for the first service, and the people
weer not long in learning that to hear
him was a great privilege. Dr. Flow
is a man who knows his Bible as few
people do, and his sermons are mes
sages of true spiritual worth.
Dr. Flow is assisting Rev. Mr.
Monroe in a series of meetings at
Lakeview this week.
Joseph Gentile, Jr., to Handle Peach
Crop.
The Sandhill Fruit Growers Asso
ciation announce that Joseph Gentile,
Jr., will act as sales agent for the
association in distributing the com
ing 1927 crop of peaches.
The services of the association and
of Mr. Gentile are at the disposal of
all growers in this section whether
they are members of the association
or not.
It will be the policy of the associa
tion to accept as man;' cars for ship
ment and sale by Mr. Gentile as pre
sented throughout the season and the
growers will have this agency at their
disposal without any contract.
Joseph Gentile is recognized as the
principal peach distributor in the
country and the most successful of
all that have ever operated in this
section. He states that he is per
fectly willing to stand or fall upon
his performance without binding any
one to give him their cars unless they
want to.
Growers wishing to make ararnge-
ments for the coming crop can do so
by consulting the secretary.
This sales organization is endorsed
and recommended by the North Car
olina Agricultural Credit Corporation
and the Hartford Insurance Com
pany.
In borrowing from the Credit Cor
poration you can designate the Asso
ciation or Joseph Gentile, Jr., as sales
agent.
The Sandhill Gruit Growers, Asso.,
Ralph W. Page, Secretary,
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Building, Southern Pines, N. C.
Joint Will of Pair Gives Estate to
Each.
Spartanburg, S. C., Jan. 12.—An
unusual document on file in Spartan-
Serm
burg county was disclosed today
when a joint will—that of Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Blackwell, of Inman—was
probated. Blackwell died at Inman,
December 27 and the estate fell to
his widow.
The wil between the two, each be
queathing all property to the other,
provided that, upon the death of the
second the estate was to be divided
equally among nine children.
The old time tramp had a tin can,
but it wasn’t on wheels.
FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKING
Mrs. Lillian Foreman
wishes to announce to the public
that she is prepared to do up-to-date Dressmaking.
Orders taken for making
Covered Buttons
At the home of
Mrs. G. H. Simpson,
Vass, N. C.
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He
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Monday, January 17
Matinee at 3:00.
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Tuesday, January 18
Matinee at 3:00.
8:15
The affair started in Lon
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in the country, in the rain.
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“THE
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PINEHURST
Wednesday, January 19
Matinee at 3:00.
8:15
Southern Pines
Thursday, January 20
Matinee at 3:00.
8:15