\'ass and Community
N. M. Smith, who is attending
summer school at State College,
spent last week end with his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Smith.
Mrs. Gice Allen and Gice, Jr, re
turned to their home in Raleigh
Wednesday, after a visit to relatives
here.
Mrs. Johnanna Johnson and Mrs.
H. A. Gunter and children, of Aber
deen, visited Mrs. T. K. Gunter Tues
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Wallace, of
Carthage, visited their relatives here
Sunday.
George Laubscher, of Kansas City,
arrived Saturday for a visit to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Laub
scher.
Mrs. Mary Thomas and Miss An
nie Thomas ,of near Cameron, vis
ited J. R. Thomas Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Thomas, we are sorry to report,
is confined to his bed agtain.
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Ray and Dan,
Jr., visited relatives in Cameron
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Atkinson and
son. Tommy, of Southern Pines, and
Swann Brown, of Virginia, visited
W. H. Keith and family Sundiiy af
ternoon.
(xordon Thomas ,of Raleigh, spent
Monday night with homefolks.
Misses Jessie and Eloise Brooks
spent Sunday with relatives in Bai
ley.
M^*s. S. H. Creech and children
with Mr. and Mrs. D. A. McLauch-
lin enjoyed a visit to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. McLauchlin on
Route 2, Sunday.
Miss Josie Lynn Thomson, iof
Aberdeen, was the week end guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Keith.
Mrs. Bertie L. Matthews, Mrs. G.
W. Brooks and Mrs. G. W. Griffin
were Sanford visitors Thursday eve
ning.
Mrs. A. K. Thompson and baby,
Juanita, and John Gaddy, with rel
atives from Cameron, went to Liles-
ville Monday to attend the funeral
services of their uncle, Ben Hinson.
W. D. McCraney and family and
their guests, Mrs. Lizzie Thompson
and Miss Eula Hamilton, were San
ford visitors Tuesday.
Rev. O. I. Hinson, of Jonesboro,
was in town Tuesday in the interest
of Louisburg College.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Leslie, Misses
Florence, Louise and Marjorie Leslie
and Julian Leslie went to Buie’s
Creek Sunday
Leslie expects
College in the
Mrs. A. G.
returned last
relatives in
Miss Gladys
Mrs. Edwards
afternoon. Miss Louise
to enter Campbell
fall.
Edwards and children
week from a visit to
Raleigh. Her sister,
Bunday, accompanied
home to spend a few
days.
Miss Alvirada Stokes has return
ed from a visit to Wilmingrton.
Rev. W. F. F. Little, of Cameron,
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Smith Saturday night. He accom
panied them to Cyifre«s Church
Sunday to fill his appointment there.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cameron and
three sons and Rev. L. H. Joyner,
all of Jonesboro, spent Sunday af
ternoon with Mr. and Mrs. A. Cam
eron.
Mrs. G. W. Garrett, Miss Lavina
and George Garrett, and Julian
Straka, of Hamlet, were guests of
T. K. Gunter and family the first of
the week.
Miss Mildred Thomas went to
Aberdeen Wednesday.
The Junior Qhristian E>nd€^Vo|-
Society enjoyed a picnic at the Mc
Neill place on Little River Wednes
day afternoon.
T. J. Brooks, of Sanford, was the
supper guest of relatives here Tues
day evening.
Miss Minerva Thompson, of Cam
eron Route 1, was the dinner guest
of her niece, Mrs. Bertie L. Mat
thews, Sunday.
Miss Lizzie Jones visited at the
homes of J. B. Cameron and E. B.
Thompson on Cameron Route, Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cameron, Mr.
and Mrs. S. R. Smith accompanied
Mrs. N. M. Wright and children to
Swann Station Sunday to visit rel
atives Mrs. Wright returned Mon
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs D. A. Smith spent
Sunday and Sunday night with rel
atives in Rocky Mount. Mrs. N. N.
McLean and James Ray McLeaan,
Myrtle and Katharine McMillan ac
companied them as far as Raleigh
and spent the time with Mr. and
Mrs. J. Lee Johnson
Miss Pauline Thompson is spend
ing the week with Miss Lula Gaddy
in Cameron.
Arthur Thompson, while on an out
ing several miles from Durham last
week, stepped into a hole and sus
tained a broken leg. He is in Watts
Hospital and it is thought that he
will have to remain in bed for six
THE PILOT
weeks. Arthur is one of our com
munity’s very finest hoys, and the
news of his accident was heard with
great regret. He is a Duke Uni
versity student, and had remained in
Durham for the summer session.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Thompson,
Misses Sallie and Mary Thompson
and Jap Blevins went to Durham
Sunday to visit Arthur Thompson.
Miss Ossie Edwards and two of
her co-workers were in town on bus
iness Friday.
A very tempting display of cakes
was ready when “the man” sent by
the Snowdrift company arrived last
Saturday afternoon, and the judges.
Miss Florence Leslie, Mrs. D. A. Mc
Lauchlin and Mrs. A. D.. McLauchlin
found it a very difficult task to de
cide just which were the best cakes.
The final decision awarded the prizes
as follows: First, Mrs. T. Frank
Cameron; second, Mrs. Bertie L.
Matthews; third, Mrs. J. R. Thomas.
The prizes were five dollars, three
dollars, and one dollar, but the mon
ey went to the Missionary Society
instead of to the individuals. Three
other prizes, mayonnaise sets, were
given to Mrs. W. D. Matthews, Miss
Bessie Cameron and Miss Noble
Thompson for the next best cakes.
All of the cakes were sold for the
benefit of the society.
The many friends of Stacy Thomp
son will rejoice to hear of his good
fortune, as made known by the fol
lowing announcements sent out this
week:
“Randolph, Parker and Fortson an
nounce that Mr. Stacy C. Thompson
has been admitted as an associate
member of their firm with offices as
formerly 422-430 Healy Building, At
lanta, Georgia.”
Circle two of the Methodist Aux
iliary held a most interesting and
profitable meeting at the home of
Mrs. W. B. Graham on Tuesday eve
ning of this week. The scripture les
son was read by Mlrs. A. M. Cam-
iron and this was followed by read
ings relating to community work.
During the business session, several
matters of importance were discuss
ed. It was decided to hold a sale on
Saturday afternoon of this week. A
date for an entertainment which a
committee has been planning for was
finally settled, July 15th. The Circle
was delighted to have Mrs. N. M^
Wright present for the social hour.
Four contests were enjoyed, and the
winners, Mrs. A. K. Thompson, Mrs.
N M. Wright and Mrs. S. R. Smith,
werie given attractive prizes. Ice
cream and cake, served by Misses
Louise and Marjorie Leslie and Kath
arine Graham, was enjoyed. Mrs.
A. M. Cameron will be hostess in
July.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Smith went to
Pinehurst on Friday evening of last
week. Mrs. Smith spent the evening
with Mrs. J. B. Cameron while Mr.
Smith accompanied the Sandhill
Brotherhood on an outing to Juniper
Lake, the attractive amusement re
sort that has recently been opened
two miles from Pinehurst on the
Pinehurst-Carthage road. The spe
cial feature of the evening was a
“fish fry,” and there were other good
“eats” to make the dinner complete.
Interesting talks were made by Rev.
Mr. McLeod, Prof. Morton and Mr.
Stephenson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. McIntosh, Mrs.
Maggie Seawell, Arch Gamer and
Leslie Matthews, of Lemon Springs,
visited at the home of D. A. Cameron
Sunday afternoon.
J. M. and G. W. Garner, with Miss
Lillie and Ardrew Garner, of Cam
eron Route, visited D. A. Cameron
and family Sunday.
Misses Sadie Marks and Annie
Mae Wright, of the Mount Pleasant
community, visited Miss Agnes Cam
eron Sunday afternoon.
Some time ago as R. H. and J. B.
Friday, June 24, 1927.
Evans were cutting bam poles in a
swamp they saw, not far away, a
keg screened by bushes. Wishing to
find if it contained anything of
ddubtful nature, they went to inves
tigate. When they reached the place
they were surprised to find that it
contained a whole distillery. A col
ony of bees had made themselves at
home and were hard at work distilU
ing honey for future use.
RAILROAD GOLF MEET
IN SOUTHERN PINES,
On Saturday, Sunday and Monday
of next week the railroad men of
the Seaboard system will hold a golf
toumament at the Country Club at
Southern Pines. A sleeper will ar
rive from Norfolk on the trains from
Norfolk and Jacksonville, each load
ed with' railroad men, and the cars
will remain until the evening of July
4, when the bunch will be returned to
their homes Fifty or sixty players
are expected to take part in the
tournament. They will put up at the
Southern Pines House, at Frank
Welch’s, and at Jacks. For the three
days the town will be pretty much
given over to the Seaboard fellows,
who will know more about the capi-
al of golflartd than they could leam
in any other way.
Friday, J|
RAISING STEEL AT
PINE NEEDLES INN.
On Monday the construction crew
commenced to raise the steel frame
at the Pine Needles Inn. As ma
terial is coming in right freely now
it is likely the work can go forward
rapidly from this time until the fin
ish. Enough is up now to show the
character of the structure, which be
gins to look like a big house. Brick
laying will start after the next floor
has been poured, and after that the
job will be busy until the keys are
delivered in December.
Summer
s
Low Round Trip Fares
to
WASHINGTON, D. C.
via
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY
Friday, July 1st, 1927, Only.
$9.00. Round trip fare from Vass. $9.00
Tickets will be s?ld for all trains Friday, July 1, with
final return limit to reach original starting point prior
midnight July 6th.
Spend Independence Day in your Nation^s Capital—the
World's Most Beautiful City. Baseball July 2, Wash
ing ton vs. New York; July 3, Washington vs. Philadel
phia.
For tickets, Pullman reservations and other informa
tion, call on nearest Seaboard ticket agent, or apply to
H. A. BORST, Agent, JOHN T. WEST, D. P. A.,
Vass, N. C. Raleigh, N. C.
Clothing
Yoa WOl Be
SURPRISED
At the values we are offering in One Hundred Pairs
Ladies' Pumps. (Broken lots and odd sizes.)
One lot at 50
One lot at 98
One lot at $1.98
Groceries - Dry Goods
Market
Pinehurst Dept.
Since 1895.
Pinehurst, N. C.
Linens, Mohairs and Palm Beach Suits. The
practical clothing for the man who is looking for com
fort.
Reasonably priced at
$10, $12.75, $15.
A large assortment of Men’s Pants in Sport
Flannels, Ducks, Linens, Palm Beach and Serge.
Special Offering in Men’s
Dress Shirts
Genuine White English Broad Cloth Shirts,
full cut, full size, special at $1.39 each.
One lot of Men's Dress Shirts in assorted col
ors and designs, including White. A great value at $1
each.
New Arrivals in our Notions
Department
Silk Darning Floss to match all shades of silk
hose. Put up in boxes, assorted colors, ten yards to
spool, or single 25 yard spools.
Smocking thread in a variety of colors.
Vass Mercantile Co.
Dependable Quality Always.
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