VOLUME
THE
NUMBER
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Vass and Its Surrounding Country
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Jackson Springs
Lakeview
Where the Laugh Comes In
Forest fires are doing lots of damages to
timber and land in the western part of
the state. That reminds us that all should
protect our homes and forests by burning
the wire grass some damp afternoon at
this season of the year. It will not dam
age the timber, and fire will do less harm
to the land now than it would if the land
was burnt over in late spring.
At the Community Club meeting on
Tueaday evening. Poultry was discussed.
This is a very important subject now. This
product is selling for a good price while
cotton, tobacco and other products are
selling low. Does the farmer ever think
what profits chickens are ? No doubt he is
not ashamed to carry a dozen eggs to the
store to exchange for necessities during
these days. Young chickens bring a good
price in the summer and one oan preserve
eggs for the winter. We always have a
good market at our winter resorts for poul
try. products. The farmers should pay
more attention to their chickens. Pure
bred flocks of chickens are more beautiful
than scrubs and yield greater profits. One
young farmerette, living near West End,
sold her eggs for 90 cents a dozen, when
the farmers thought they were getting a
good price for their eggs at 60 cents per
dozen.
At the next Community Club meeting
there will be a debate. Resolved: “That
Jackson Springtj should be incorporated.”
Our village supports a bank, several up-to-
date stores and is an enterprising and pro
gressive little town, and has a population
that one would not feel ashamed of in the
census reports, yet, we have not the pro
tection that smaller towns have.
M. W. Wall, our county agent and Mr.
Bartell, drainage engineer, were here for
the Community Club meeting on Tuesday,
and gave a terrace demonstration on the
Fletcher farm, and on the Manice farm
Wednesday.
Mr. George R. Ross, our representative
from this county, is in Raleigh attending
the session of the legislature. Mrs. Ross
and children are visiting her people in
Graham.
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The Derby Memorial School Girls basket
ball team defeated the West End girls on
the former’s court Friday morning.
Milton, the 8 year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. K. A. McLeod had the misfortune of
dislocating his right arm at the elbow on
Monday while playing with other small
boys at school.
The Ellerbee High School boys basket
ball team will play the Derby Memorial
boys on the latter’s court on Friday after
noon.
The road between here and Eagle
Springs is being repaired. Bensalem Town-
ship has clayed the road to the township
line. This will open up a section that has
not been developed and will give a nearer
and better route to Eagle Springs and
Hemp.
Mr. Bill Ellis who has held a position
with the Jackson Springs Hardware Store
for several months has resigned and has
gone to his home at Star. Bill made a
Mr. D. W. McNeill, of Cameron, was a
business visitor in our village Monday.
Mrs. P.* L. Gardner spent a part of last
week with her children in Pinehurst.
Mrs. S. A. Newcomb, of Pinehurst, was
a very pleasant guest in the home of the
Misses Bacon and Littlefield last week.
Mr. P. L. Gardner spent the week-end
with his daughter, Mrs. R. P. Andrews, of
Raleigh.
We are glad to report Mr. L J. Tayntor,
who was right sick last week is able to be
out and about his usual duties.
Mr. A. C. Wood has recently purchased
two lots adjoining those of Mr. E. P. Burr,
and we understand he will build and re
main in Lakeview.
Even tho we hear hard times and money
scarcety daily, it seems that the real es
tate business is much alive in this section
Mr. W. H. McNeill has just sold a lot of
land here, in this town, to Mr. L J. Tayn
tor and has purchased a large tract of land
from Mr. N. A. McKeithen, of Carthage.
This land lies south of Lakeview and joins
the McQueen and Seward farm Mr. Mc
Neill means to have this cleared immed
iately and about one-half of the tract piit
in peaches. This orchard joining the Mc
Queen and Seward orchard will make an
extensive one, as they have just plantec
out several thousand trees this winter.
An Enjoyable Afternoon
On Friday afternoon of last week, at
Mrs. W. D. Ferguson, the members of the
Ladies Missionary Society, of Eureka Pres
byterian Church, delightfully entertained
the trustees and faculty of the Sand Hill
Farm Life School. After the rendering of
a very interesting program the guests were
invited into the dining room by the hos
tesses were a sumptuous feast had been
prepared by the ladies of the community.
The table fairly groaned under the Weight
of the good things to which all did ample
justice. The trustee’s and members of
the faculty wish to express their hearty
appreciation to the ladies of the commun
ity for their kind and thoughtful hospi
tality. Besides members of the society,
trustees and faculty, the guest list in
cluded Misses Bertha Proffitt and Mable
Craft and Rev. Taffee, of Carthage.
number of friends here who regret very
much to lose him.
Revenue officers raided a blockade still
over the line, in Montgomery county, one
day last week. Beer was left for the offi
cers, but the still had been moved for fu
ture use in supplying the demand for
strong drink, and giving revenue officers
more mork.
Parties did not die during the holidays.
There are very few people who seem
ingly, give the proper or sufficient amount
of credit to a good, hearty, earnest whole
soled laugh, to which it is in reality en
titled, for the reason that there is no tonic
so inexpensive, so satisfactory, nor so
beneficial both in a physical and mental
sence as a natural burst of laughter, it in
creases healthfully the circulation, im
proves the digestion, stimulates the liver
to increased normal action and elevates
the spirits in a most remarkable manner.
Such has been for ages to be the case.
Mention is made by Socrates or Diogenes
or some other “Antique” who when a man
in his presence spoke derogatorily of an
other saying “He is a fool he laughs too
much” rebuked the speaker by remarking
“He is a wise man, you are the fool.”
The celebrated London physician Dr.
Abernethy who when a young widow call
ed upon him for advice, she having be
come quite thin and decidedly melan
cholic since the recent death of her hus
band, said to her “weep less and laugh
more and you will regain both flesh anc
health.”
You may recall the lines v^itten by that
poetic delineator of human passion Ella
Whaler Wilcox.—
“Laugh and the world laughs with you
Weep and you weep alone.”
Or what is very much to the point in:
”It is easy enough to be pleasant
When life moves along like a song
But the man worth while
Is the man who will smile
When everything goes dead wrong.”
Whoever came in contact with a fat man
as a rule found a hearty laugher, you
would as soon expect to see a rough anc
tumbje pig stye on the deck of an ocean
liner, as to find a grouch evident on the
face of a fat man, the old saying “Laugh
and grow fat seems to be well put.”
Now 1 appeal to all old bach’s old maids
and everybody whether they know any
thing more pleasing to hear than the merry
laughing of children at play, and how we
enjoy a group of merry makers with their
shouts of hilarity, we desire to fraternize
at once.
A woman who had married a widower
sometime after her marriage met the sister
of her former husband’s wife, who asked
her if she did not find it hard to get along
with her husband, “he was such a grouc
you know.” “Oh! no not at all” she an
swered promptly “I made no reply to him
back, but only laughed, in fact laughed
him out of his habit.” Now there
“where the laugh comes in” and it fitted
just right too.
Again a man having a real or fancied
grievance against another, sent by a “go-
between” a insulting message, on the re
turn of the messenger he asked how he re-
veived it, the reply ^vas “He did not say
a word only laughed.” Another in strong
er language was sent, the same thing oc
curred, a third attempt as violent as coula
Upper ^Hoke
We notice everybody is getting busy
again after the holidays. While there is
not much doing fc the way of public work
there is some private work going on. The
power plant force is busy putting in new
and expensive machinery and are working
a number of men. J. P. McQueen who is
bossing the job stated that he could not
tell when the work would be completed as
it is a big undertaking.
G. 0. Rodgers, county superintendent of
ioke schools and D. K. Blue, register of
deeds, from Raeford, visited the schools of
Upper Hoke last week.
J. A. Keith, of Vass, was looking over
his property in Upper Hoke last week and
was much surprised at the rapid growth of
the timber on his land, it being some time
since Keith walked through the woods.
A^ut fifteen years ago Mr. A. Cameron
of Vass, cut and sawed all the timber that
was large enough on this land for mill
purposes, and Mr. Keith stated that he ber
bieved it would cut as much l^ber now
as it did fifteen years ago. We once heard
a man say that it was mighty poor land
that would not pay ten per cent, each yeaJ
in timber growth, and from what Mr.
Keith says, regarding his forest, this gen
tlemen’s theory is true.
This place, mid-way between Fayette
ville and Sanford is owned by the Rocke-
feler’s and is one of the largest game pre
serves in the state, consisting of 30,000
acres of sandhills, they have a large club
house, where several hundred guests can
be accomodated. Horses are plentiful
with dogs, guns, fishing tackles and golf
links in abundance to entertain those who
are looking for sport. Quail, wild turkey,,
deer, etc., is plentiful. There are several
fish ponds stocked with the finest fresh
water fish.
Another large and up-to-date bam with
dog kennels attached is now being built,
which gives employment to a number of
’men.
A horse trainer, whose whole time is
taken up in training fine blooded horses is
a resident of the place. He teaches them
all kinds of tricks.
It would pay any reader of the Pilot to
take a trip to our hills and look at what
is going on. Something that the average
country fellow never even thought or
dreamt of.
As our letter is somewhat lengthy we
will ring off with best wishes to all Pilot
readers. S.A.C.
be composed was carried to him and the
MUrSalUe McKenzie gave one on Friday i result was no different, it was then that
night in the old Betsy McKenzie house, | he threw up his hands and surrendered,
near her home. This old fashioned house i the laughs were too much for him.
with large hall and fire place is a good ‘ People enjoyed the writings of Mark
place for the young people to have square | Twain so much that he made two fortunes,
dances and enjoy games during the long i one which he lost in a business operation,
aauura J J B enabled him to pay his
Winter.
business debts and left him a nice sur
plus.
An extract from a Health Magazine may
be worthy of your attention. “I have
spoken of joy as a cause, as of tonic value
to health, as an effect, an end, it needs no
justification, for the life that is funda
mentally joyous needs none, it is fully
achieved.”
So if you want to be well and happy,
laugh, laugh if you stub your toe, if you
strike your thumb with a hammer, if you
bark your shins, if your bank fails, if your
best girl turns you down, if a mule should
kick you why! just laugh—if you can. P