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COMMUNITY CLUB Meets Friday Night, March 24th
THE PILOT
NUNBER
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Vass and Its Surrounding Country
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COUNTY SCHOOL FIELD DAY
Friday, April 21, 1922, 9 A. M.
At Carthage, N. C.
1—Debate by high school students.
Resolved: That athletics should
form a part of every system of edu
cation. Two speakers in each
team—10 minutes * each.
2—Declamation Contest. One boy
from each school—time limit, 8
minutes.
3—Recitation Contest. One girl from
each school—time limit, 8 minutes.
4—Story telling contest. One repre
sentative from each school, from 3d,
4th and 5th grade—time limit, 5
minutes.
5—Oral Spelling Contest. 6th and
7th grades, words from 6th grade
test—time limit, 15 minutes.
Each school will hold contest in
each event, to select a representative
in township eliminating contest. Win
ners in township contest will repre
sent township in county eliminating
contest at the county seat, Thurs
day night, April 20th. Three best
in each event at this contest will ap
pear in final contest, Friday forenoon,
April 21st.
Field Events, 1:00 P. M.
1—100 yard dash for boys, ages from
14 to 21.
2—100 yard dash for boys, ages up
to 14.
3—100 yard dash for girls, any age.
4—Wheelbarrow race for boys.’
5—Potato race for girls.
6—Potato race for boys.
7—Sack race for boys.
8—Three-legged race for boys.
9—Ball throw for girls.
10—Ball throw for boys
11—220 yard run for boys, ages 14
to 21.
12—220 yard run for boys, ages up
to 14.
13—Running high jump for boys.
14—Running broad jump for boys.
15—440 yard relay race for girls—4
to enter from each school.
16—440 yard relay race for boys—4
to enter from each school.
17—Standing high jump foj? boys.
18—Standing broad jump for boys.
19—Tug-o’-war, between high school
boys—5 boys from each school.
20—Tug-o'-war, between elementary
boys—5 boys from each school.
Rules
1—Each school in the county is al
lowed one entry for each event.
2—Each event will be given an equal
number of points.
3—In case of a tie, the event will
be re-contested.
Prizes will be awarded for all the
above events.
A special prize will be given to the
boy who wins most points.
A special prize will be given to the
girl who wins most points.
A special prize will be given the
school who makes most points.
A. B. CAMERON, Supt.
GROWERS TO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE
Tobacco Association Reopens Campaign in North Caro
lina—To Add 75,000,000 Pounds.
North Carolina tobacco growers are
to have one more chance to sign up
for co-operative marketing, accord
ing to an announcement from Raleigh
headquarters of the Tobacco Growers
Co-operative Association. The cam
paign for signers reopened this
week in North Carolina with the state
divided into five sign-up districts in
charge of experienced campaigners.
The association has a combined
membership of more than 65,000
growers and many of these have
volunteered to assist in the final ef
fort to add 75,000,000 pounds of to
bacco to the total signed up in North
Carolina.
Reports showing how the Kentucky
hurley growers have solved all their
problems and. made large sales at
satisfactory prices, have stimulated
interest in co-operative marketing in
North Carolina, and several counties
which were not active in the past
are now anxious to “sign up for pros
perity.”
The sign-up district is in charge of
A. O. Alford, and includes the follow
ing counties: Sampson, Moore, Lee,
Hoke, Robeson, Harnett, Bladen, Co
lumbus, Brunswick, Pender, Duplin,
Johnson, and Onslow.
Read The Pilot Advertisements.
JACKSON SPRINGS
Love and potatoes both spring from
the eyes.
The first preliminary was held for
the selection of debaters to represent
the local high school in the state
triangular debate on Friday after
noon. Those speaking were Misses
Bertie McCrimmon, Annie Cox, Viola
Hurley, Elizabeth Markham and
Lenora Thomas; Messrs. Fuller Mc
Duffie, Clyde Martin, Sam Dilling, Al
ton Smith and Herbert Carter. Those
selected were Misses Lenora Thomas,
Bertie McCrimmon and Viola Hurley;
Messrs. Alton Smith, Fuller McDuf
fie and Clyde Martin. Unless the
two that prepared speeches, and were
unable to be there, desire to try out,
there will be no second preliminary,
but two of those selected will be al
ternates. All *prepared speeches, but
under class men should be encouraged
to try for a debate.
Miss Willie Long and Arthur Stu
art surprised friends, on Wednesday
of last week, by motoring over to
West End and being united in matri
mony by Rev. Brown at the Metho
dist parsonage. Miss Long is a very
charming young lady, and is a daugh
ter of Mrs. Margaret Long; Mr.
Stuart is a popular young man. They
will make their home at the Manice
orchards, where Mr. Stuart holds a
position.
The high school basket ball quint
met the Elise high school quint on
the Sandhill Farm Life School court
on Saturday afternoon, for the last
game of the series. The score was
17 to 7 in favor of the local aggrega
tion. Smith, a substitute forward,
was the chief point gainer for the
locals, scoring 11 of the 17 points,
while Dilling shot two field goals and
McDuffie one. Thomas at center and
McCaskill at guard played a strong
game, but their shooting was like
that of every man on each team,
very erratic.
Miss Martin, of Florida, who is
teaching at Pembroke in Robeson
county, spent the week-end with her
sister, Miss Helen Martin, who is
teaching home economics in the lo
cal high school.
A CORRECTION
Mrs. Leonard J. Bliss wishes to an
nounce that the tennis court is not
only for the guests of the hotel, but
for any one to play on and use who
wishes to do so. She has tried to get
a tennis club organized and has done
some hard work, but the people are
under the wrong impression if they
think it is only for the hotel guests.
Please get together, come out and en
joy the court. Mrs. Bliss is willing
to do what she can to help the peo
ple enjoy it. It is recreation that we
want; do not let Miss Howe’s work
be in vain.
NIAGARA DOTS
Miss Mildred Smith, who is teach
ing school at Cumnock, spent the
week-end with her parents at this
place.
Miss Flora Kelly left on the first
of the week for a visit to her sister,
Mrs. A. W. Autrey of Varina.
Misses Alice Lee and Mabel Smith
went to Cumnock and returned on
Sunday.
Almost every house is now adorned
with beautiful electric lights, the
lighti company having reached here
after so long a time.
Mr. Charles B. Condit, of Newark,
N. J., was a pleasant visitor in our
village last Tuesday.
Mr. Harry C. Hedden, of West
Orange, N. J., visited relatives in our
village the past week.
The tears of joy and sadness are
both drawn from the same tank.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Thomas
—a son—March 9th.
Eugene McCaskill of State College
is at home for a few days.
The community pictures were en
joyed by a large crowd on Thursday
evening.
Work is progressing fast on the
Marcus M. E. chrtirch, and the con
gregation will soon be able to have
sCTvices in the new building.
SECOND APPEARANCE AMERI
CAN LEGION MINISTREL
The American Legion Ministrel
Show “Top Kicks,” which was pre
sented to a packed house in the Prin
cess Theatre at Southern Pines last
Wednesday night is to be shown again
at the same place Tuesday night the
20th. Practically the entire house
was sold out for the first performance
a week before the first performance
so a second appearance is necessary
in order to give those a chance who
were unable to attend the first show^.
A portion of the house will be re- ^
served, and reserved seats can be
gotten at Hayes' Shop after 10 a. m.
Wednesday of this week. Reserved
seats for the second show will be
$1.50; general admission, $1.00; chil
dren, 50c. The proceeds of the show
will go to the Sandhill Post Building
Fund.
New features, songs, jokes and
specialties have been added to the
program, so that many who attend
ed the first show will attend the
second one. Misses Gladys Going and
Irma Lewis will appear again in their
pleasing duet “My Mammy.” “Bis
marck” Evans will again harmonize
in his own inimitable style, “Tucky
Home.” Tom Cameron will again
prove that he “Ain’t Nobody’s Fool,”
and Uncle George Phillips will again
show how frogs talk. Mrs. Juanita
Picquet who made such a hit with her
sketch from Mikado in the last show
has finally consented to put it on
again this time. This is a number in
itself that is well worth the price of
admission, even if there wasn’t any
thing else in the show.
WHILE THE GRABBING IS GOOD
A new five-passenger auto is going
to be put on the market to retail at
$348. This is cheaper than a Ford,
and yet $348 is quite a lot of money.
If a five-passenger car can be sold
for $348 why couldn’t a one-passen
ger car be made for one-fifth, or
about $70. Then, by dint of economy
this could be lowered gradually un
til they got down to $15 or $20. Every
Vass man could then own his own
car, and when he got tired of it he
could throw it away and get a new
one. If somebody stole it he needn’t
worry. The idea has great possibili
ties. One improvement, for instance,
might be a device for folding the car
so it could be carried under one am
and they cofUld be sold in packs, like
playing. By the time all these im
provements come about, however, we
expect to be flying around through
the air in our little old private air
plane, and all sorts of autos will look
as out- of-date to us as a hoop skirt.
CALL MEETING OF COMMUNI-
TY CLUB
There will be a call meeting of
Community Club‘in the school a
torium, Friday night, March 24th