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Devoted to the Upbuilding of Vass and Its Surrounding Country
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LAKEVIEW
A FERTILE REGION
Mr. J. R. McQueen made a business
trip to Hemp, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Moffit, of Winston-
Salem, spent the week-end with Mrs.
Moffit’s sister, Mrs. P. L. Gardner.
Master Alex Stuart and little sister,
Sara Worthy, of Maxton, are spend
ing some time with their grandmother,
Mrs, D. McNeill.
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Stutts, who
have been at Pinehurst for the win
ter, are at their attractive cottage.
“Afterglow” for the summer.
Miss Lexie Smith, of Durham, is
spending awhile with her cousin, Miss
Selma Smith.
Miss Nancy Maxwell, of Waynes-
vile, put in the week end with her
friend. Miss Hermenia Haynes. Miss
Maxwell was enroute to Trinity Col
lege where she will attend summer
school.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hoke left last
week for Chapel Hill where they will
attend summer school.
Mrs. S. H. Gardner and daughter.
Miss Gladys, returned to Carthage
Sunday after spending several weeks
with relatives here.
Everything is lively in Lakeview
now. The Boy Scouts from Hamlet,
about thirty in all, arrived in town
last week. Tuesday brought the Boy
Scouts from Bennettsville; there are
thirty of those and about fifteen girl
scouts from Bennettsville, also. This
is the fourth year for the boys and
the first for the girls. They are hav
ing a great time and Lakeview is the
ideal place for a real boy. Every day
brings a picnic from some source.
The dances are well attended and
everything is running on a clean
basis. All the camp houses are book
ed for every day until near the end
of the season and lots more that
would come if we could only accom
modate them. We need more camp
houses and a hotel.
One of the most fertile sec
tions of Central North Carolina
is that which is in the Little Riv
er valley. This valley is nar
row in places, wi^er in others,
with the land sloping from the
higher hills. Here and there
the slope is so moderate that
the valley fertility goes a long
distance back from the streams,
and the bottoms cover a wide
area. It would be hard to find
in any place in the state a more
desirable fifty thousand acres of
land for farming purposes than
that which lies around Vass in
all directions, especially that
which is in the neighborhood of
the river and its tributary
streams. From up the river all
the way down to the Hoke coun
ty line and beyond the fertility
is high, while the character of
the land and of the hill and
valley is such that it has the ad
vantages of the hill land as well
as those of the lower country
farther down, and few of the ob
jectionable features of the low
ground of the flat counties.
It is probable that within a
radius of five or six miles from
Vass is a fair territory that of
fers a greater total of attrac
tions for a farming community
than in the same area in any
other part of North Carolina.
This being the case the outcome
is certain. Such resources will
VASS ROUTE ONE
be brought into use as the big
development that is sweeping
the whole county reaches more
vigorously this way. It is no
longer a question of whether the
development is to swing this
way, but simply one of how
rapidly it is coming. Such land
as is at the option of the settler
as that around Vass is not pos
sible of neglect while other sec
tions are coming. Finding out
what is in the river valley is a
sure guarantee that what is
available will be brought into
use, and it is no more a matter
of debate than the prospect of
winter six months from now.
Yet how many people right
here in the community realize
the value of the fertile lands of
the river section? Always we
delude ourselves with the dream
that the distant fields are the
green ones. But the fact is
that right here under our noses
is a broad area that could, with
a little energy rightly applied,
be made one of the most thrifty
and prosperous and enviable
farm communities on the face of
the earth. Between Vass and
Morrison’s bridge are lands that
would easily pay the interest on
a thousand dollars an acre, and
much of that land could be
bought for twenty dollars
Mrs. N. C. Blue spent the week-end
with her son, Mr. R. S. Blue, of Man
ley.
Prof. and Mrs. J. D. McLeod made
a trip to High Point one day last
week..
Prof. F. M. Dwight, of the Farm
Life School, is now at A. and E.^
Raleigh, attending summer school.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Blue, of Manley^
were visitors on this route one day
last week.
Mr. Wayland Blue, a student at
Bethel College, West Virginia, is at
home for his summer vacation. While
at home he will play on the Southern
Pines ball team.
Misses Florence and Lucile Beam,,
Statesville, are visiting their sister,.
Miss Lilly Beam.
Misses Margaret McLeod and Ro-
zella McCollumn returned last night
from an extensive toiir of the north
ern states and Canada.
Mrs. Baldwin and sister, 'Miss
Greenlea, left for Badin Monday
where they will visit Mrs. Baldwin’^
mother.
The Moore County Summer School
for teachers is now open at the Farm
Life School with a very large at
tendance.
Mr. Leon Palmer and sister. Miss
Elsie, of Laurinburg, spent the week
end with relatives on this route.
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acre.
Miss Dorothy Johnson, of Winter-
ville, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
McLean at their beautiful home on
Carthage Street.
Mrs. C. R. Badgett, of White Hill,
visited Mrs. Doss on Monday.
Mr. Horace Joyner, of Oxford, is on
a visit to his parents. Rev. and Mrs.
L. H. Joyner.
Rev. M. D. McNeill and Mrs. Mc
Neill went to Buffalo where Mr. Mc
Neill was called to conduct the funer
al services of Mr. Tom Campbell, who
passed away at his home in Pocket
township.
M. McL. McKeithen, H. T. Petty,
Leighton McKeithen, Horace Joyner
and Dr, Archie McKeithen went fish
ing at the power plant Monday even
ing and caught thirty-nine.
John Gaddy has been made president
of the Tonsorial College at Durham.
Mr. Walter Tyndal, of Kinston,
was the guest, last week, of Miss Sue
Hunter,
Mrs. Agnes Hobbs and little daugh
ter, Margaret, of Fayetteville, are
visiting the Misses Arnold.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. G^ddy and lit
tle Miss Lula were three of the thirty
people who enjoyed a sumptuous din
ner with Mr. and Mrs. Alsa Thomp
son, Sunday.
Rev. J. W. Hartsell will preach the
first Sunday in July at Crane’s Creek,
at eleven o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Doss and chi -
dren spent Sunday with Mrs. Vn. H.
Simpson near Cypress.
Rev. and Mrs. 0. B. Mitchell and
children, with their guests, Mrs. J.
P. Barefoot and little son, of Raleigh,
enjoyed an outing and picnic supper
at Lakeview Monday evening.
Mr. A. D. Hartsell, of Lakeland,
who has been on a visit to relatives
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JACKSON SPRINGS
Miss Anna Richardson, of Asheboro,
is visiting relatives here.
Misses McDonald and Dixon spent
last Thursday at the home of Mr. M.
C. McDonald.
Mr. W. H. Marlett returned Tues
day from a business trip to Hillsboro.
Mrs. Jenkins, of Norwood, spent
the week-end with her husband here*
Mrs. J. E. Patterson spent Sunday
her© with her brother, Mr. Claude
Auman.
Rev. Mr. Matheson passed Saturday
night in town.
The baseball game here Saturday
with High Falls was postponed on
account of the cloud.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Lewis and
Misses Mary and Bertie Ritter motor
ed over to Lakeview Sunday after-
here, returned home last week.
Mr. L. A. Hendricks and family | noon,
have moved into their new home on I Mr. Quintin Herendon was a visitor
McNeill Street. 1 here Sunday.
Mrs. T. C. Gaddy received a hand-1 Mrs. B. W. Pulliam has returned
some clock as a birthday present . to her home at Ether, after visiting
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Several young college men met at
the hotel on Tuesday evening of last
week and organized a college club*
The following officers were elected:
J. G. Stuart, president; J. H. Poole,
secretary and treasurer; L. T. Gra
ham, corresponding secretary; R. G.
Matheson, Jr., social director. The
club has several things in view. One.
important thing is to encourage high
school students to complete their
work and resume it at college. Di
rector Matheson will have some ten
nis courts in shape soon, and young
and old will have the privilege of the
courts.
N. D. J. Clark is the oldest living
alumni of the University of N. C.
Mr. Clark has passed the ninetieth
mile stone and is very active. He en
joys sports the same as yoting boys,
and is a good marksman with a gun.
He does chores about the house, and
a stranger to see him at the post
office reading his paper would not
think him so old. He has an excellent
memory and is the champion speller
in the community.
A very interesting program was
carried out at the Community Club
on Tuesday evening of last week. A
large crowd was present..
Geo. R. Ross was in Raleigh Tues
day of last week for the meeting of
business men, and the organization
committee of the co-operative tobac
co and cotton marketing associations.
Mr. W. A. Clark plowed his tobac-
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