< nee e C STOVES w Its f ! ^:9y^ & y ie Florence works easily :asy to r''tgalaisj—easy r Vatxl C»»n4i iiTis I^ercsene—an eco- [cal luiel. |riie in today. Ve are to shew you lany vcluatle features Flcrence, EE IT rn to you by the itQe Co. lOLINA « Don’t Forget the Big Square Dance at Carthage, Friday Ifiglit. Giirfiii by The Ansrican Legion VOLUNE THE PILOT NUNBER Devoted to the Upbuilding of-Vass and Its Surrounding Country SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS CAMERON NEWS Mr. C. C. Yates, of Carthage, was in town Monday.^ Rev. M. D. McNeill and Mr. D. J. Pierce left Tuesday to attend Presby tery at Red Springs. Mr. Stacy Brewer, Managing Edi tor of The Pilot was in town last week, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Gaddy and family spent Easter Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Thompson, of Vass. Mrs. Janie Muse spent the week end at Rockingham with her daugh ters, Misses Minnie and Bonnie, who teach at Roberdell. Mr. J. J. Irvin came up from Smoaks, S. C., to 'spend Easter with his family. Mr. C. L. Sauls, of Hamlet, train master for the Seaboard, spent Mon day night with Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Tally. Mr. W. H. Maples and son, Leon ard, Mr. Montgomery, florist of Dur ham, passed through town last week returning from Montrose. The Chera-Cola Bottling Works are running on full time now, manufac turing while you drink. Mr. G. M. McDermott is owner and manager; Mr. York the machinist and operator. Mr. Belton Joyner, student at Trini ty, came home to spend Easter with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. L. H. Joy ner. Mr. T. A. Hendricks will begin, at an early date, to build a brick store on the lot back of the postofiice, and adjoining HartselPs Garage. The Idle Hour Theatre is now equip ped with electric fans, and one can keep cool while looking at the most strenuous show. I am pleased to send in to The Pilot this week a subscription from Mr. T. F. Johnson, Cameron route 1, a prosperous . farmer and dewberry grower. Miss Ila Norman who has been in training at the High Point Hospital, is home for a few weeks vacation. Prof. Woodward, Mr. J. F. Saun ders and the high school girls pic nicked at Buckhorn falls Monday evening. Those who attended the moving pictures at the school building Mon^ day night say they were the best ever shown. The correspondent re grets being too ill to attend. Mr. John Gaddy came down from Durham to spend the Easter holidays with his home folks. Mr. Clarence Doss has gone to Durham to learn the tonsorial art. Mrs. D. B. Teague and children, David and Elizabeth Coble, of San ford, spent Monday with their par ents and grandpaife^nts. Rev. and Mrs. M. D. McNeill. ; . . Mr. Gabe Holmes came up from Goldsboro to spend Easter with Mrs. Holmes who is in attendance upon her mother, Mrs. M. D. McNeill who still carries her arm in a sling. We are pleased to state that Mr. M. McL. McKeithen seems somewhat (Continufed t>n page 8) LETTER CONCERNING POST MASTER APPOINTMENT The Pilot received the following letter from Congressman Hammer which will be of interest to the pub lic: April 12, 1922. Hon. William C. Hammer, House of Representatives. My Dear Mr. Hammer: The receipt is acknowledged of your letter of the 8th instant, inclosing a newspaper clipping commending the action taken by the Department in reappointing Mrs. Bertie L. Matthews as Postmaster at Vass, North Caro lina. I wish to thank you for this in closure. It will be placed on file with the other papers in the case. Sincerely yours, JOHN H. BARTLETT, First Ass't Postmaster General. THE RADIO CRAZE Possibly never before has anything spread over this country as rapidly as the “radio” craze, with which pa pers and magazines, big and little, are now filled. At first glance Vass people are apt to mistake this talk as merely a pass ing fad. But our advice to them is not to do so. If the boy is interested and wants to learn more about radio, give him the opportunity. Too many experiments ha^ie already been made with the wireless system'of telegra phy and wireless telephony to put it in the fad class. Today messages are being broadcasted into every section of this land without the use of wires, just as they have for several years been sent for hundreds of miles across the water from one ship to another, and from ships to stations on the land. Of course, radio telephones have not been perfected. It took years to perfect the steam engine, the auto and the airplane, and place them beyond the experimental stage. But today they are practical, and we’d find it mighty dull living in this land if we didn’t have them. We freely predict that the time will come when radio telephones will be in the farm houses of this country, when daily weather and crop reports and news events will be filling the air and bringing the people of rural sections into closer touch with the outside world than any other agency. It may be in the fad stage now, but radio is going to be one of the biggest things this world has ever stumbled upon before the experiments proceed much farther. TO SPEAK AT PINEHURST At the regular meeting of the Pine- hurst Community Club, Mr. C. D. Matthews, State Horticulturist, will speak on “Home Gardening.” Paints, Leads, Oils and Stains at McKeithen’s. OPENING OF, DRUG STORE The doors of the Wiggins Drug Store were thrown open to the pub lic on last Monday evening at 7:30. The business men of the town fur nished refreshments of ice cream and cake, which was served on the second floor of the building by some of the ladies of the Community Club, as sisted by the girls. Music was fur nished by Victrolas placed on both floors of the building. About 300 people of this and neighboring com munities attended. EDUCATIONAL MATTERS By Supt. Cameron County School Field Day next Fri day. Don’t forget the day. April 21. Be on time! The following tentative program will give a general idea of the events: 9 A. M.— 1. Opening chorus. 2. Invocation, Rev. W. H. H. Law- hon. 3. Recitation contest. 4. Chorus. 5. Declamation contest. 6. Chorus. 7. Story-telling contest. 8. Chorus. 9. Debate. 10. Judges decision. 1 P. M.— Athletic events consisting of 100 yard dash, 220 yard run, relay races, standing and running broad jump and high jump, ball throw, three-legged race, potato race, etc. Open to boys and girls; will be given in the after noon. The literary events will take placc in the new warehouse near the old N. S. station. The athletic events on the adjacent grounds. Final elimination contests will be held in Carthage Thursday night, April 20. This includes recitation, declamation, story-telling and debate. Summer School We wish to hear from all teachers • and prospective teachers as to their plans for summer school work. It is our purpose to hold a summer school at Farm Life provided the de mand is sufficient to justify it. It will be more convenient and less ex pensive and will serve the purpose of all teachers who do not now hold a full State Certificate. Renewal and raising the grade and rating of a cer tificate now depends upon summer school attendance. Securing a posi tion as teacher will depend largely upon this also. Don’t neglect this. Write us about your plans right away. We need information so that we can arrange for the work. Saturday, May 6 has been set as the day for county examination on Reading Circle work. Those who did not take the work in a group or fail ed to take the group test will have an opportiinity to pass the work off and get professional credit for it in this examination. SENIOR PLAY AT FARM LIFE SCHOOL The Senior Class of the Farm Life School will present “Miss Molly,” a comedy in two acts, Saturday eve ning at 8:00 p. m. The story of the play is centered in the character of Reginald Peters, a confirmed crabbed old bachelor who hates women ami company worse than anything else iii the world. His twin sister Annie is just the reverse and has secretly in vited a real “titled lady” to visit her for two weeks. At the same time a letter arrives stating that their neiee Molly, of the Philippines, is coming on the morning train to visit them for a whole year! The situations which follow are very funny as well as complicated, but before the play is ended Reginald Peters is forced to smile and all ends very happily. The cast of the play is as follows: Reginald Peters, a crabbed woman hater—^Theron Rice. Julian Hewitt, his ward—Dwight Troutman. Joe Johnson, his colored servant— Charles Vick. Annie Peters, his twin sister— Louise Whatley. Molly Peters, his neice—Glennie Jones. Cissie Saunders, a girl from “Noo York”—Irma Bost. Pearl White, a colored girl—Mary Lee Jones. Lady Elusia Miston, the invited guest—Mable Rourk. The proceeds from the play will be used for the benefit of school im provement and it is hoped a large crowd will be present. Admission 25 and 50 cents. No reserved seats. WHY PREACHERS QUIT A story is related in New York of a minister who found he couldn’t live on the salary his congregation was paying him, so he took a position as floor-walker in a big store, at twice the salary he was receiving. It is one of the sad commentaries on life, and Vass churchgoers know it, that as a rule we pay our preachers so little money they cannot afford to live like ordinary people. That’s why a lot of them get out of the ministry and go in for some commercial pur suit. The average pastor may get perhaps $1,200 a year and a parson age thrown in. With this salary he is expected to bring up his family, which is generally large, dress neat ly and appear in public places as though he had all the money he need ed. If he falls down in his dress or habits some of the congregation say he looks “shabby” and then a move ment starts to find a younger man of neat appearance. But younger men of neat appearance go up against the same old proposition once they get a regular pastorate. There is but one answer to the question: “Why do ministers quit?” And the answer is many of them have to keep from starving. ■ I i|j I i! i 1 fj j « 1*1' i I I t- ^ W I ¥ * .i P i t I i