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THE WEEKLY PILOT
Published every Friday morning by the
Pilot Printing Company.
STACY BREWER. Manager.
Entered at the Postoffice at Vass, N. C.,
as second-class mail matter.
FRIDAY, JAN. 21, 1921~
COUNTRY HOMES
ill naming about over the coun-
trj on the roads leading out from
Vass it is impossible to avoid seeing
the ditference in the style of the
houses in the country and those in
the town. The town man if he
biulds a three roomed bungalow,
wants to have it attractive to the
ey^ and surrounded by pleasant lea-
tures. In the country too many of
the buildings suggest that they
were put up to fit the length of
lumber that was available on inc
spot that was handiest to reach and
with utter indifference to the sur
roundings.
Jt does not cost any more to maka
a little house look like a home
than to make it look simply like an
effort to get a roof over head. I(
the man proposing to build it lacks
skill to make a design for himself
he can find in the magazines and
periodicals an endless variety of
house plans or he can get catalogs
that sell supplies which will give
him designs to choose from or he
can see in type advertising pages of
the periodicals sample houses that
he can follow and get for himself
something that will b*e a credit to
himself and his community. It can
not be said that all of the country
homes are the result of careless or
indifferent designs. Some of them
show a good deal of interest. And
every house of that type no matter
now small oj how inexpensive is a
help in its neighborhood.
Strangers coming into a neigh
borhood with a few' pleasing build
ings along a country road are more
forcibly attracted with the neigh
borhood than where the buildings
are crude and neglected in their ap
pearance. But what is better yet
the* people, who live in the neat
looking houses are more attracted
to their homes and their communi
ty. A tastey little house is no bad
factor in keeping the young people
at home. Boys and girls are not
half as apt to turn their backs on
a community of homes that appeal
to the eye as they are on those that
are offensive. County and commu
nity might give this more thought
than is done.
oefore the war, although then they
hal been getting up where most
folks thought they were high
enough. It does not cost much to
make a fair crop of second grow^th
pine timber. Keeping out the fires
or handling the fires in such wa>
that the damage done will be little
is the principal task. Where land
is not to be cultivated nothing can
!^e done with it half so profitable as
caring for the pines that are com
ing, and in a short time the timber
crop will bring a good return. It
does no damage to the land to make
a timber crop on it, and it can be
removed any time the land is wani-
r.d for other uses. Even if the
growth is still small it has a valur
for wood, or som<^. other purpose,
and always the value will be grow
ing greater. A tree crop is a good
one.
A LOCAL MARKET
Up along the road to Sanford a
farmer has cleared away a consid
erable plot of ground under some
big oak trees and made an attrac
tive park. Where it fronts the
road he has put up a big sign that
can be easily seen by automobiles
inviting campers to drive in. It is
in every way a pleasant place for
the tourist who wants to stop over
night or to put up for a rest during
the day, and it is to be believed
that that farmer finds that his hos
pitality pays. He has a good farm,
with signs of fruit, milk, eggs, and
things of that sort that a camper
could use, and it is an easy guess
that those who stop'and want some
thing to eat will leave some money
in the farmer’s pocketbook when
the camper starts off down the road
again.
That man has set an example that
others along the highway could
follow. It costs mighty little to
be hospitable, and with the travel
that is moving along the roads now
it is more likely to be profitable
than otherwise. A market for the
things made in the farm is a bet
ter market at the door than at the
town some miles away. The tourist
travel will grow each year and it
is profitable business to fix it so it
will help make a market. *
HENRY MATTHEWS
farms and letting his friends have
them until it looks as if he has inore
friends than some people' have cord-
wood. At any rate he has sprink
led this part of the state with a
lot of good farmers, and finally he
has landed at Vass, although no
body can tell for how long.
Lately he has developed into a
hunter, and he is carrying out the
part right well for he has managed
to gather in his share of .the wild
meat that is native in the two
counties. His friends are coming
in this winter frequently to go
hunting with him, and it is to be
suspected that Henry has not yet
forgotten to tell them of the vir
tues of Moore county when they
come. Henry is a good scout, and
has done a lot for Moore as well as
something for himself.
Better Talk it Over
Tobacco growers of Kentucky are up in
arms just now over the low price of to
bacco, and farmers throughout the entire
west are at a loss to solve the problem of
rapidly declining prices for hogs and corn.
What to plant and how much of it to plant
has become the great, absorbing question
with the producers of necessities in this
country.
So right here we would offer a sugges
tion. Every town the size of Vass boasts
either a school house or a public hall of
some kind. Why not utilize them right
now during winter months,for holding mass
meetings to talk over the situation. Com
munity meetings, and that is what they
truly are, are being held already in many
sections. Why not make them nation
wide in their scope, and, pass along the
word to the next town what has been done
by the citizens of another. Bring in our
citizens from the rural communities and
hear their side of the question. Ask the
state agricultural board to send some one
here for a talk who knows what condi
tions are in every county in the state, and
who can tell the people what others are
doing to solve the problem. There must
be co-operation, and all must be pulling in
the same direction if any good is to be ac
complished. And the community mass
meeting offers an ideal way to secure this.
The idea is not new—it is in practice now
and whever community meetings are held
and held often conditions are nearer what
they should be.
Let’s have more community meetings—
one every week in every school house in
the county if possible. For even where
but two or three put their shoulder to the
wheel the entire neighborhood is bound to
feel some benefit.
For m INSURMCE see
NEILL N. NcKEITHEN
Vass, North Carolina
Representing the
AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Smith’s Garage
Vass, N. C.
Repairing and Supplies, Oils,
Gasoline, Accessories
^uto Service
PERSONALS
PATCH DEPARTMENT
STORE
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A New Shipment gf Shoes at
F^RE-WAR F^RICES”
MONEY IN FORESTS
The iitatenient by J. A. Keith last
week that some of the lands cut
over fifteen years ago are about
ready for another crop of timber
ought to be considered more seri
ously by the land owners of this
section. Luml)er is getting scarcer
every year and it is not long now
until a pine tree will be worth
money. The prices for lumber will
hardly go down to where thev were
Henry Matthews is somewhat of
a genius. He is a farmer by occu
pation, although he used to think he
was a tobacco salesman. But one
day he happened to get his hands
on some land in the Sandy section,
and as tobacco and corn grew up
on it his old friends back in the
Mountains who came down to hunt
and fish with liim and hear him
string out big stories about this part
of the state commenced to pick off
corners of his big block of ground,
and finally they had bought so
much from him that he had none
left. He hunted up another place
and that got away in the same man
ner, and he has been getting other
Ladies High Boots in Tan and. Black, worth $6.00 (some
of these Shoes have Neolin Soles) our special price
$3.49
One lot Men’s Brown Shoes, Goodyear welt, rubber heels,
sizes 6 to 10, our special price
Men’s Wool Sport Hose, in colors, $1.00 pair.
Ladies’ Sport Hose from $1.50 to 3.50.
Ladies’ All Wool $15.00 Sweaters $7.50
We Sell the Ohio Tuec Vacum Cleaner, the best cleaner
made. Try one and be convinced
No trouble to show goods. Ladies rest room upstairs
PATCH DraTNENT STORE
SoutHem Pines
Store Opens at 8:30 A.M. Closes at 6;00 P. M. Sat. 9;30
Rev. M. D. McNeill, pastor of|
jjyterian Church, this town,
pleasant visitor in the Pilot ol
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Borst
son, Henry, were visitors to fj
relatives in Cameron last Sundi
Mrs. Luther C. Wallace, of C|
spending this week with her p|
and Mrs. John M. Tyson.
Mr. Alfred Pendergast, of Mo]
visited his daughter, Mrs. Johi
this town; has returned.
Mr. Ledwell, of the Seaboal
Company, of Sanford, was a caj
Pilot office Wednesday.
Messrs. Hugh P. Kelly and
Person, of Carthage, were visitor^
in Vass last Sunday.
Misses Marie and Stacey M«
Siloam, have entered the Va|
School to take a special cox
higher grades not taught in otl
They are making their home
uncle, Mr. Henry A. Matthews.
Mr. Neill B. Sinclair, of Ra|
the guest* of Miss Eula Rae
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.'Richard I. Matthews, of Sj
the week-end visitor with his
Henry A. Matthews.
Mr. Henry A. Matthews spent
of this week in Raleigh attej
convention of the Grand Lodge
Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Gral
last Monday in Sanford.
Miss Rosa Churchill after sp<
week-end with her sister, Mrs.
ter, has returned to her home,
Mr. William Thomas, of SileJ
in Vass part of tnis week on buj
Dr. R. G. Rosser, uf tais towi
tne Moore County ivieaical S<
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week at Carthage.
Mr. A. K. McMillan, one of Vas
mail carriers has been oriving
car lor the poSC tw^ weeKs, wtiii
chased from Mr. W. G. Jennings!
age, whj icpr^s jiua tne car in ti
MICKIE SAYS
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