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NUNBER
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Devoted to the Upbuilding of Vass and Its Surrounding Country
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
AN AGED VETERAN PASSES
AWAY
[Contributed]
On March 24th, Noah Deaton, aged
83, son of William and Flora Be-
thune Deaton, departed this life. For
the past few years his health declined,
due to an accident and age. He was
ill only a few days when tl e end
came.
At the age of twelve, he professed
faith and joined Dover Baptist church.
He later moved his membership to
Carthage Baptist church. He led an
upright and useful life.
At the beginning of the Civil War,
1861, he joined the first company of
volunteers to leave Moore county un
der Captain W. P. Martin; later of
Captain James D. Mclver^s company
under Cols. Vance, Burgwin and Lane.
He was in the 26th llegiment, Co. H.,
and served the four years—three on
the battle field and one in prison at
Point Lookout, Va.; was slightly
wounded and captured in battle at
Briston Station, Va.
At the close of the war he returned
to this county where he has lived
since, a successful farmer. Soon after
he returned he was married to Miss
Sarah Jane McDonald, who preceded
him twelve years ago. To this union
were born twelve children—six sons,
Francis, Charles, Walter, John, Wil
liam, and James, all of this county
and one daughter Mrs. H. B. Wads-
Worth of D’Lo, Miss.; ten grandchil
dren and two aged sisters survive. •
The funeral services were conducted
by his pastor. Rev. J. E. Ayscue,
Sunday P. M., the interment being in
Union cemetery. The large crowd
who attended showed to some extent
the love and esteem in which he was
held.
GUARD YOUR AUTO
The Chicago crime commission has
been making an investigation of the
theft of automobiles. It finds that
the majority of cars are stolen be
tween the hours of 7:30 p. m. and
midnight, with the crest of pilfering
developing around 10 o^clock each
night. By far the greatest number
of machines are taken, not for their
value, but to be used in various forms
of law-breaking. The findings of the
commission also show that auto own
ers do not take the same degree of
care of property in this form that
they do in others. A man or woman
with a $1,500 or $2,000 investment in
something besides an auto usually
gives it closer attention than they do
a machine that costs that much. And
yet no other property can disappear
as quickly. The auto is here one
wiinute, but in the hands of a clever
thief it is 60 miles away in a couple
of hours. And once gone, once re
painted and changed around, it is
hard to recover. Therefore, guard
your auto carefully, for the auto
thief is just as apt to turn up in Vass
as he is anywhere else.
PINEHURST COMMUNITY
CLUB
After awakening Eagle Springs, as
reported in the press last week. Miss
Emily Walker came to Pinehurst. For
awakening and readjusting communi
ties, Miss Walker has a complete
stock of everything required, ranging
from earthquakes to plilmotors, and
the result of her work thus far would
indicate that she doesn’t Put with a
Driver.
Just what she used on Pinehurst
we cannot say, but this we know: the
place is not unlike a disturbed ant
hill. Everybody is hustling around to
complete the tasks assigned and all
are engaged in the highest work in
which the human family is privileged
to participate—doing something for
others.
In the short space of one week, the
Pinehurst Community Club was or
ganized and is now a going concern;
officers have been elected, committees
appointed, constitution and by-laws
drafted, and many plans for communi
ty betterment are well under way.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi
dent, G. McG. Cameron; Vice-Presi
dent, A. P. Thompson; Secretary-
Treasurer, Mrs. I. C. Sledge. The
following were appointed as Chairmen
of Standing Committees: Program, I.
C. Sledge; Publicity, 0. H. Stutts;
Lookout, Roswell E. Wicker; Recrea
tional, John W. Latting. As the work
grows other comittees will be appoint
ed as needed.
This work originated in the forma
tion of a council composed of repre
sentatives from all sections of the
county. In response to a call from
this council for a Community Worker,
Miss Walker is now in the county di
recting the organization of Communi
ty Clubs, etc.
Her work at Pinehurst has been a
revelation. In her own good way she
has visited the people in their homes,
workshops, or offices. The school was
visited daily, teachers were consulted,
boys and girls taught games, and a
School Council organized consisting of
three boys and three girls to work
with the teachers in improving the
general conduct of the school, and be
responsible in a way for the conduct
of the pupils both in school and out.
One afternoon she called a meeting
of the women of the community. That
night the men were called together.
The next night all met at the Com
munity House, and the Pinehurst
Community Club sprang from that
meeting.
It reminded us of a remark made
by Bob Seeds several years ago when
addressing a large Chautauqua audi
ence in the West. In referring to
community betterment, he stated that
if the people of that community didn't
stop getting together the first thing
they knew they would be “laaking
Christians out of church members.”
The County Council has made ap
pointments for Miss Walker and the
good which will result cannot be
over estimated.
EUREKA COMMUNITY CLUB
MEETING
The Eureka Community Club will
hold it regular monthly meeting at
the Farm Life School Auditorium,
Friday evening, April 7, at 7:30. The
subject of the evening will be “Com
munity Spirit.” This has been plan
ed as a get-to-gether time and it is
earnestly hoped by the president that
all members of the club and others
who are interested in the betterment
of our community will he present.
We are very fortunate in securing
Mr. J. R. McQueen as the principal
speaker of the evening and he will
have a word of inspiration for every
one who comes. The following pro
gram will be rendered:
1—Song—America.
2—Scripture reading and prayer—
Mr. Martin Blue.
3—Quartette, “Carry Me Back to
01 d Virginia”—Dwight' Troutman,
Currie Howe, Theron Rice and Carl
Short.
4—My Duty to my Community—
Mrs. Zeb Blue.
5—Address by Mr. McQueen.
6—Chorus by Farm Life Girls Glee
Club.
7—Pulling Together—Mr. Marvin
Davis.
8—Song, “Onward Christian Soldi
ers.”
At the conclusion of this program a
round-table discussion will be held on
the subject, “What Can I Do to Im
prove My Community?” It is hoped
that everyone will enter into this dis
cussion and we may put into prac
tice your suggestions. If we are to
make Eureka one of the best com
munities in Moore county every mem
ber should make an extra effort to
be present at this meeting.
Neither time nor space will permit
giving the details of plans already
formulated for the betterment of the
Pinehurst community. Suffice it to
say that a new day has dawned. Our
lives are cast in the midst of a verita
ble noon-day splendor. Physically
speaking, opportunity is tagging us
every hour of the twenty-four. Treas
ures are unearthed and the onrush of
civilization is such that every day she
finds herself next door to the wilder
ness. Economically speaking, we are
a nation of problem solvers, and'we
leap from the solution of one into
the complexity of the next—therein
lies our glory.
Let's arm ourselves with courage;
plan for big and wholesome things!
In agriculture and industry, united
effort has accomplished wonders for
the Sandhill section. Watch this com
munity spirit grow!
Our prayer is that this community
spirit will continue to spread and, in
mounting the ladder of achievement
may no community in the county have
the misfortune to meet another one
coming down.
O. D. STUTTS, Chairman,
Publicity Committee.
INCREASED PREMIUMS FOR
STATE FAIR
At a meeting Friday of the Execu
tive Committee of the North Carolina
Agricultural Society, held at the of
fice of the Secretary in Raleigh, the
budget for the 1922 State Fair was
submitted and unanimously adopted.
The new budget provides for an in
crease in premiums amounting to fifty
per cent over those of 1921. This in
crease will be distributed throughout
the departments, thus making it pos
sible to secure the very best exhi
bits in the state.
The race purses will be $500 each,
with six monies, the usual practice
being to divide the money among the
first four winners. The more general
distribution of the winnings will in
sure larger entries and better racing.
FOREWORD
This new departure in literature—
the Foreword—is a sort of warning
to the public not to expect too much.
It takes the place of the old Apology,
or Preface. Sometimes those who
are too emphatic in expressing the
Foreword, like uncle John’s Archie in
preparing his Christmas gun, use up
all their powder in priming, so that ^
the promised explosion develops into
a fizzle.
The only Foreword I have is to
mention the fact that my story opens
vdth the year that saw James Buc
hanan elected President of the United
States; and, in a scattering way
covers the four years of that hectic
period when the warp and woof of
fratricidal war were knitting them
selves into those barrbed devils’ tails,
which held fast to utter exhaustion.
Louis XV of France is credited
with often repeating what he called
the State Doom. “After me the De
luge!” If Mr. Buchanan did not re
cite this State Doom, it was because
he was too indolent to look into the
face of the Nemesis that was then
persistently knocking at the door of
our Republic. He refused to see any
danger in the ominous scowl of the
statesmen north and south.
Louis XV was an European pluto
crat, and James Buchanan was a
Pennsylvania Democrat—both too in
dolent and self-indulgent to perceive
that they were on the eve of an erup
tion that would shake the world to
its foundations.
But, gentle reader, do not imagine
you will hear a single word about
Louis XV or more than a dozen
words of Mr. Buchanan in the simple
boyish stories that make up this seri
al, the first of which will appear next
week. J. McN. JOHNSON.
RED CROSS TO MEET
The Moore County Chapter of
American Red Cross will hold a pub
lic meeting at Elise high school.
Hemp, Sunday, April 2, at 3 p. m.
Capt. Cowgill, Commander of Sand
hill Post of American Legion will
speak.'
JANIE M. MacLEOD, Secretary;