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COMMUNITY CLUB Meets Friday Night, March 24th
VOLUME
THE PILOT
NUMBER
18
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Vass and Its Surrounding Country
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
NEW THEATRE BUILDING FOR
PINEHURST
As we all know the moving pictures
shown at Pinehairst are the best that
are produced, and most of all they are
new and the local management gets
them just as soon as they are re
leased by the film companies. As a
result, the demand for seats far ex
ceeds the capacity of the present
theatre and plans for a new building
have been perfected. The new build
ing is to be terra cotta walls with
brick veneer and a green tile roof,
somewhat similar to the new bank
building and is to occupy the site
where the printing office now stands.
The plans provide for something like
500 seats down stairs with 150 seats
in the balcony; four shops on the
ground floor opening on the street,
and in addition to the picture screen
will have an adequate stage where
concerts and amateur theatricals may
be held. Mr. Aymar Embury, who
has drawn the plans for most all the
building in Pinehurst, and who is the
architect for the new theatre, is very
enthusiastic about the building and
proposes to make it a modern institu
tion of its kind. Mr. Charles W. Pic-
quet has the plans in his possession
and will be pleased to show them to
anyone who desires to see them.
ANNOUNCEMENT
A WAVE OF DEVELOPMENT
Several things noted this week
point to the advances that are taking
place in the Vass neighborhood as
well as in the rest of the county.
These several things are found in all
directions, and embrace pretty near
everything that goes to make up the
community life. Building in the vil
lage is active for the spring, and not
only in the village but in the country
surrounding new structures are seen
on every road. The arrival of a bunch
of Holstein calves from Wisconsin to
add to the herds of several different
farms is significant. The creation of
a golf course in Vass would have
sounded pretentious to the people of
this vicinity even half a dozen years
ago, but the golf idea has appeared,
and with tennis on one side of the
hotel, and golf on the other the Hotel
Vass will be able to offer its patrons
the same recreation that more am
bitious places boast.
And that calls up more talk. When
the hotel was built the doubters could
not see what a hotel like that was
wanted in this town for. Now they
begin to understand that it was want
ed for several reasons, the primary
one being to care' for the travel that
needs accomodation, and the second
ary purposes being many. One of
these purposes has found itself in the
knowledge of the community that is
extended from the hotel. At least
two guests of the house have probably
anchored permanently in the neigh
borhood in the past few weeks. Stop-
pin^g here because the hotel was avail
able they looked over the surrounding
country, and found a place they liked
and to which they tied up.
The Pilot announces to its readers that it has closed
a contract with J. MacNeill Johnson of Aberdeen, Moore
County’s best known literary character, to write a serial
story suitable for all red-blooded American boys.
The story will appear in short weekly installments
of, say, a column each, thus accomodating itself to the
minds of the younger readers; and will continue from
week to week for six or eight months—^possibly a year.
Our idea is to make readers of the boys and when
this is done, the men will be readers by the mere process
of growing out of boyhood into manhood. This story
will be copyrighted by the Vass Pilot; but all publica
tions are welcome to use it upon giving proper credit-
Those who have read Mr. Johnson’s travel letters
will have an idea of his style and form of thought. Sub
scribe *now and get the issue containing the initial in
stallment of this splendid story, thrilling and delightful
to all boys with clean minds and healthy bodies.
All these things count, and they all
tell of what the future has in store.
They all point to a satisfactory ex
pansion of the opportunities and the
development of the resources of the
neighborhood. Vass has been coming
in a style that is gratifying, but it
is putting more energy into the gen
eral forward movement this year than
was expected, for a new life has been
outlined, and the community is broad
ening out to take in a relationship
with the general county aspiration
toward big things.
AN AWAKENING
The new school house started it.
When this was opened in Novem
ber Mr. Cameron, the superintendent
of instruction, spoke most eloquently
and called upon the community to im-
pr.ove the school grounds and make
them a credit to the school house and
to the county. Every one was en
thusiastic and Bob Snow promised an
ice-cream-and-cake treat to every one
who would come to work the follow
ing Saturday. Lots of boys and girls
came and most of the trash was mov
ed away and all the ice cream and
cake eaten.
Then Thanksgiving came, and
Christmas, and the weather was rough
and cold and most of us were prun
ing and there was some “flu” and so
we slipped into low and finally the
gas gave out and the machine stop
ped running and then—something
happened.
Miss Emily Walker appeared—the
band did hot play; there were no
drums beating; but she just came.
Now there may be some people in
Moore who don’t know Miss Walker
yet, but I venture to say that ther
will pretty soon. I doubt if any more
active, attractive, diplomatic and com
mon sensed person has ever come to
Moore, not even excepting the diplo
mats, statesmen and politician who
have visited Pinehurst, and the peach
kings. At first she just went around
and saw people, got to know them,
got their ideas, found out what they
liked and what they didn’t like, and
why they did or why they didn't, and
who they liked and who they didn’t.
Then, having got all these details in
to her head, she started ahead.
First she called a meeting of the
women, then she called a meeting of
the girls, then a meeting of the men,
and finally a general community meet
ing of everybody, where were gather
ed more than two hundred of our
neighbors. It looked like election day
when the Fords and automobiles ar
rived that evening.
Clubs were organized, committees
formed, a new supply of gas taken
aboard, and something moved. We
got after the school house grounds
and although it was the week of the
big rains, they did not dampen the
spirits of the enthusiasm of the work
ers. On the wettest day of all came
Mrs. Matherly, the landscape archi^
tect from Raleigh, who assisted by
the women and men made a plan for
beautifying the school grounds, which
is now being carried out.
We have a general community club,
a womens’ club, a girls’ club, and we
are soon to have Boy Scouts, besides
the state movies every two weeks.
Also we have had a general clean-up,
and after a while those who motor
through Eagle Springs on the state
road, instead of dashing through as
they do now to the danger to life
and limb of the Eagle Springers, will
slow down their motors in order to
admire our improvements.
We hope and pray that our enthusi
asm may be infectious and incurable.
MRS. LEONARD TUFTS. ■
NOTICE
The Pilot expects to receive, In a
few days, a supply of Soil Survey
Maps of Moore county. Anyone
wanting one of these maps should
file their request in the next few
days.
It’s pretty hard to convince a boot
legger that honest tea is the best
policy.
AIR FLIGHTS GROWING
POPULAR
A new feature of Pinehurst enter
tainment that is growing very fast in
popularity is the air service provided
at the flying field by Mr. L. E. Shealy,
of Charlotte, and during the week
past a number of visitors have enjoy
ed the thrills of this delightful sport.
Mr. Shealy has on hand one of the
latest types of passenger-carrying
planes. It has a seating capacity for
two passengers besides the pilot and
is equipped with all modern appliances
for safety and comfort. In addition
to short pleasure flights from the
field, Mr. Shealy will take passengers
on cross-country trips to any place
they want to go, and will give lessons
on the art of flying to anyone who
desires. He says that no ‘‘stunts” will
be indulged in unless requested by
the passenger and that no passenger
need feel uneasy from this source.
Those interested in this sport will
find him at the flying field near the
dairy.
CALVES FROM WISCONSIN
Last week W. T. Pulliam, of Lake-
view received from Wisconsin a ship
ment of ten Holstein calves which he
had ordered for his own farm and for
some of his neighbors in this section.
Walter Graham and A. Cameron, at
Vass each are represented in the
shipment. Mr. Pulliam is a tobacco
farmer at Lakeview, but he is one
of the kind that believes in livestock
along with other things on the f^rm,
and he wants good cattle at that. So
he sent for these high-bred Holstein
calves and means to build up a good
herd. The calves all came in fine con
dition. He has good pastures which
he keeps in good shape with clover,
alfalfa, etc., and he proposes to make
livestock a feature of his farm work.
Incidentally A. D. McLauchlin, who
lives out the Lobelia road is another
cattle man who is heading in the di
rection of more livestock and less de
pendence on other crops. He has
all along been a fancier of cattle, and
he raises a good many, and buys a
good many calves that promise well,
and keeps them until they are big
enough to^sell to those who want
good cows. He has sold a considera
ble number of cows through this sec
tion. He raises sheep and hogs as
well, and is one farmer who always
knows that he has a money crop some
where in the pasture when he needs
to realize.
IMPROVING THE MILL
Important improvements have been
made at the cotton mill lately. The
wiring system has been completely
overhauled, and now it is in such
shape that much less power will drive
the machinery and light the plant. A
big saving in power costs is brought
about, and the mill made more effici
ent in its operation. As the demand
for yarns picks up a better output
can be produced and at a less cost
than under the old system.
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