ire here in
[ices within
s and boy’s
VOLUNE
1
THE PILOT
NUMBER
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Vass and Its Surroun<Ung Country
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CAMERON
Messrs. F. P. Womack and J. A.
Thomas are having the bnck hauled
to build a store house on their lot re
cently purchased adjoining the drug
store. The building is to be 28 front
by 60 back. It is rumored the store
v.iil be rented by J. W. Norman for
general merchandise.
Mr. Paul Joyner came home from
Oxford for over Sunday.
Miss Vera Wooten came over from
Sanford for the week end.
The Young Ladies’ Missionary
Auxiliary met Thursday with Miss
Vera McLean aat her new residence,
‘•The Glenwood Inn.”
Miss Kate Harrington of Charlotte
is at her home in Cameron for a few
weeks vacation.
At the Baptist Church Sunday night
Rev. 0. B. Mitchell took for his sub
ject: “Giving.”
Rev. W. H. H. Lawhon was the
guest Sunday nigbt of Rev. and Mrs.
0. B. Mitchell.
McKeithen’s new hotel will be
known as the “Glenwood Inn,” and
will be under the efficient manage
ment of Misses Chrissie and Vera
McLean.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Parker spent a
day of last week in Raleigh.
Mr. E. B. McNeill of Raeford and
D. J. McNeill of Union were in town
Sunday aternoon.
The correspondent spent Saturday
very pleasantly at the home of Mr.
Tom Phillips and his sister, Miss
Mary Ann on Route 2, near Union
Church. Mrs. Daniel McNeill of
Lakeview, Mr. D. J. McNeill of Un
ion Church were also guests at the
bountiful dinner that was served.
Misses Laurie and Sadie Phillips,
Messrs. Herbert Hanna, and Mallie
Harbour were Sunday visitors of the
Misses Norman’s.
Rev. M. D. McNeill attended Pres
bytery at Carthage this week.
Miss Gladys Brown of Chadbourn
was the week end guest of Mrs. Jewell
Muse Hemphill.
Miss Jacksie Muse is visiting Miss
Ernestine Matthews at Sanford.
Mr. John McNeill left Monday to
visit his sister, Mrs. Gabe Holmes
of Goldsboro.
Miss Kate Cole of Carthage is visit-
mg her sister, Mrs. H. T. Petty.
Messrs. Carl and Ben Gulledge on
"^oute 2, were visitors Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Gaddy.
Peabody’s Moving Picture Show
left Monday for Carthage. Large
crowds were in attendance every night
^vhile they showed here. The pictures
iire good. The plays clean, amusing
and instructive.
Mr. J. D. McLaurin, who has been
seriously ill at the C. C. Hospital is
reported improving.
Mr. C. E. Mclver—^better known
by his old friend as “Lum”—after an
abscence of forty years b back in
Moore county visiting relatives »«d
friends. Mr. Mclver lived for many
iears in Ocala, Fla., and being a
(Continued on page 8)
LAKEVIEW
Mr. W. E. Ellington, of Raleigh,
was a business visitor in town Tues
day.
Mrs. C. Wicker, of Southern Pines,
is spending this week with her son,
Mr. A. C. Wicker here.
Mr. P. L. Gardner left Monday for
eastern North Carolina, for several
days, where he has business interests.
Mr. D. W. McNeill of Cameron was
in town Tuesday on business.
Messrs. H. G. Waring and 0. H.
Stutts, of Pinehurst, were in town
one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Vinton, left
Wednesday morning for Boston,where
they will spend the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Deaton, and
little son, Edison, attended the mar
riage of Mrs. Deaton’s sister. Miss
Alice Brown, last week near Prosper
ity.
Mrs. P. L. Gardner and son, Jesse,
were in Sanford Thursday shopping.
The last meeting of the season of
the Ladies’ Aid Society, was held
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Vinton. A picnic was the fea
ture of the evening but owing to the
stormy weather, the supper had to be
served inside. A good number was
present and a most delicious supper
was spread.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Caviness and
children returned home Tuesday af
ter a week’s stay in Raleigh where
they went to have Glenn’s tonsils re
moved. The little fellow stood the
operation fine and is improving rap
idly.
Mr. W. J. Harrington, manager of
Lakeview, is here practically all of
his time now and getting things in
line for the summer season. A new
coat of paint is being added to the
bath house and boat house, in fact to
all the buildings and quite a lot of
carpenter work has been done. By
the time the season opens, which will
be about the 20 of May, he hopes to
have everything in first-class condi
tion and ready for the immense
crowds that are planning to come to
Lakeview this summer. A good or
chestra has been employed and by
operating a cafe here, there is no
doubt but what the people can. be
taken care of by the aid of Vass and
its new hotel which is a good thing
for Lakeview as well.
BOYTIME AGAIN
UPPER HOKE
JACKSON SPRINGS
Boyhood n ^nd around Vass has
broken out of its winter shell, and the
time when more energy is spent in
finding last year’s top and marbles
than Columbus spent in finding Amer
ica is with us. We are glad of it, be
cause it makes us fellows who can’t
be boys again proud of the fact that
we once had the opportunity and that
we made the most of it. We glory
in their enthusiasm as they begin
practl^ng up ,on their curves %pd
whittling out their kite sticks ;as they
VIP the ©ewly scrubbed floors
in their search for a fishing, hook and
Wet weather is preventing farm
ing operations, and very little plant
ing has been done so far, but there is
plenty of time to plant, as not many
of us make but one crop a year in this
section. The small grain crop that
were sown last fall and this spring
are looking fine.
The heavy frost of last Monday
night played havoc with the fruit
prospects in our midst. We hardly
think their will be a peach in Little
River township this year, but we had
plenty of all kinds of fruits last year
so we ought not to grumble.
Quite a number of our country peo
ple attended the Clayton murder trial
in Fayetteville the past week. Among
them were: Messrs. J. P. Blue, bro
ther of the deceased, N. Stewart, J.
Hector Smith, Cameron Johnson and
others. This trial has been a very
interesting one for Fayetteville and
adjoining counties, as Mr. Blue was
well known and highly respected
throughout the county.
Court convenes at Raeford Monday
of this week and several Little River
men are on the jury, but its too wet
to plough, so what is the difference.
Miss Lena Steeds’ school at Mt.
Pleasant* closed several days ago,
and Miss Steed left for her home at
Asheboro last Monday.
Mr. J. W. Smith, of Route 2, is in
Georgia visiting his uncle, Mr. Will
iam Shaw, who was paralyzed sev
eral days ago while in a boat fishing.
Mr. Shaw went to Georgia from Man
ly several years ago.
How many Pilot readers have ever
stopped to think how few people they
know. If we were asked how many
people in a radius of 10 miles around
xis we knew we naturally would say
why we know every body in that dis
tance. But just stop and think for a
moment, and see how many people
you realyl don’t know We
question if there is a single reader of
this paper that actualy can call over
five hundred names that he is ac
quainted with in the state of North
Carolina. Strange isn’t it that their
are so many people and still we know
so few. Ever think of it, before; if
you didn’t just get a tablet and pen
cil and se if you know enough people
to fill the tablet. S
a line and leave their school books
whe e Mother will have to put them
away so they can be found again next
fall. This is boytime—the time when
’.eing a boy strikes us as being about
the best occupation in the world, and
when nothing but hard work and a
lot of it keeps us older ones from sit
ting down right where we are and
cursing fate that we can’t always re
main a boy. We’re glad it’s boy
time, because it makes better men of
^s by reminding us qI thofte innoiceiit
days when this w§s the grandest sea
son of the entire year.
The local high school baseball team
defeated the West End boys on Fri
day afternoon by the score of 9 to
3. The locals had in their line up
Rankin and Daughtery of last sea
sons’ team. The former got a three
base hit in his first game of the sea
son, but Daughtery did not hit in
the old way. Batteries: Herndon
and Herndon; Sutford and Donald
son.
On Saturday afternoon the local
Highs defeated the Derby boys by
the score of 11 to 8 on the local dia
mond. The game was uninteresting
for both teams contributed errors,
but the locals outclassed the visitors
in experience, and the Herndon boys
alternating in the box and behind the
bat had the better of Currie and the
McAskill boys.
Why not organize a Moore county
League or Sandhill League playing
one or two games each week and
composed of every town or commtini-
ty that will put out a team this sea
son. It would make it more inter
esting and more satisfactory to
have the games scheduled for some
time ahead. There is some good
baseball material over the county
and competition woud help every com
munity. Some teams would outclass
others, but it would be no disgrace for
a team to lose.. Get busy baseball
fans and talk baseball if you want
your town and community to win the
championship of the Sandhils.
“The Average Man” presented by
the Senior Class of the local high
school was excellent. All the young
people deserve credit for their effort
to present a play for their size in
number. The class is composed of
eight girls and one boy which is one
less than the two classes that have
graduated before them. There were
thirteen characters in the play, seven
girls and six boys. Miss Sallie Har
ris imitated Uncle Dan, a negro man
servant perfect, others deserve loud
praise.
Mrs. Sallie Hinson returned Thurs
day from Fayetteville where she has
been in a hospital taking treatment
for some time.
Miss Vysta Markham of High Falls
school faculty is at home for her
vacation. Vysta is one of the six
1920 graduates of the local high
school. The other five members enter
ed college last fall. All graduates
are urged to attend college or make
themselves useful in some line of
work they are suited in.
Officers Knight of Aberdeen, Shores
and Morrison, of Rockingham and
Woodley of this place captured two
whiskey stills, some sugar and
meal on Saturday afternoon a few
miles north of here, one was in this
county. The otJier was across the
line in Montgomery county. Both
stills were hidden near the still loca
tion and probably belonged to' the
same ring of bl^kaders that are giv
ing us a bad name when we are trying
(Continued on page 8)
m
I
i|,!