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Vass Graded School Commencement Starts Tonight, Friday, at 8 o’clock
THE PILOT
VOLUME
NUMBER
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
PINEHURST PLANNING FOR BIG
REVIVAL MEETING IN
JUNE
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Vass and Its Surrounding Country
Community Club Notes
On Tuesday of last week, sixteen
little girls gathered at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce Cameron to
celebrate the ninth birthday of their
charming little daughter, Miss Bessie.
After several hours of games and
singing, delicious refreshments were
served. In departing, each guest left
with their little hostess a fervent wish
for “many happy returns of the day.”
For a score of years, Pinehurst has
been a most delectable spot; in many
respects standing head and shoulders
above any other community we know
of. The magic wand of development
has transformed once barren sandhills
into a realm of beauty. The thrift
and industry exhibited by those who
have been settling here during that
time, coming from the four corners
of the continent, has excited the ad
miration of all who have had the
pleasure of passing this way and wit
nessing their achievement. Several
years ago, it looked as though the
limit had been passed, but when we
pause to contemplate the work di
rectly before us and go over plans,
in the making and already completed,
we are led to the belief that we are
just beginning.
The prospect for good crops is very
promising, and the business outlook
is growing better right along. The
largest building prograni in the his
tory of this country appears ev'dent
now and it seems we are entering a
new era of prosperity that is quite
likely to surpass anything v/e have
known in the past.
Surely the fellow who has a ticket
to pass through these times has no
cause for complaint, as opportunity is
knocking at our doors louder than
ever before.
No end of pleasure and profit is be
ing derived from the work Miss Emi
ly Walker has been doing here for
the past thirty days. Two oi three
nights each week large crowds of
young and younger can be seen in and
around the Community House enjoy
ing ring games and songs. And what
a vast difference in our boys and girls!
Out of the community spirit she has
developed, we now have started and
growing a troupe of Boy Scouts and
a well organized Sewing Circle for
the girls. Miss Walker also has the
happy faculty of making others work
willingly, and several of the residents
have taken over parts of the work.
The ladies take turns leading in ring
pmes and songs; one of our mechan
ics instructs a class of boys in manual
training every Saturday afternoon;
another has agreed to coach the base
ball team and direct any other branch
of athletics they may wish to engage
in.
Each week is filled with wholesome
VASS, N. €., FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1922
THE FARM BOY
There is a saying that the cities
are run by the sons of farmers and
we believe it is largely true. We are
also of the opinion that farm life is
the greatest training school a man
can attend. To a youngster w4io has
handled a plow, milked cows, made
hay, threshed wheat and broken ice
in order to get a panful of water, the
average city job is nothing more than
play.
The boy reared on the farm, or in
towns like Vass bucks up against na
ture and his problem is one of con-
quoring natural forces. The city man
bucks up against other human beings,
and the prizes go mostly to those who
are able to organize men to a com
mon purpose. You can fool people,
but you can’t fool nature. Yes, and
the country boy learns early the habit
of work, and the habit remains with
him after he has adopted city life.
We remember reading once these
words: “Any city job seems easy af
ter you have worked on a farm.”
It has been said that every honest
man in a city has at some time had a
level, a square or a plumb-bob in his
tool kit. There’s something to it, too,
for a man who is in the habit of mak
ing things square, plumb and level
usually thinks straight. There ought
to be some manual training in every
city boy’s education. That's the best
way to teach him the need of accura
cy. And it would also be a fine thing
if every city boy, and every town boy,
too, could spend at least a year on a
farm. We believe he could easily sac
rifice a year in school for this ex
perience.
VASS GRADED SCHOOL COM
MENCEMENT
recijeation and all are having a jolly
good time.
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Mr. J. Bruce Cameron has been busy
the past two weeks getting together
a band of singers for the Caligan
Evangelistic Campaign which will be
held here the second week in June.
These are now meeting for practice
at regular intervals, and also for cot
tage prayer services in behalf of the
meeting. Mr. Cameron has also or
ganized a live , hard-working com
mittee of Personal Workers, who are
now carrying our Mr. Caligan’s sug
gestions in regard to advance work
which should be done.
No stone is being left unturned to
make the meeting a great success and
from the manner in which the various
committees are working and from
what we know of Rev. Caligan’s abili
ty as an evangelist, we feel safe in
saying that the Pinehurst Presbyteri
an church has formed a combination
that is bound to win. This we know
—they all appreciate what a great
privilege they have in being permitted
to work in their Master’s Vineyard,
and when people go at their tasks in
that sort of spirit they are not go
ing to fall short of their aims. Re
member the meeting begins June 11th,
and continues through Sunday, June
17th. Come!
The closing exercises of Vass grad
ed school will begin this evening, (Fri
day) at 8, o’clock, with a Musical Re
cital given by the pupils of Miss
Coats' music class.
On Saturday evening at 8 o’clock,
the Graduating Exercises will be giv
en. The members of this class have
spent much time in preparing this
program and as it is easier to speak
to a full house, encourage them by
your presence.
The Baccalaureate Sermon will be
preached at the Methodist church on
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock by Dr.
Cranford, head of the Department of
Philosophy, of Trinity College. Dr.
Cranford is considered one of the
deepest thinking men of the state.
Those who are fortunate enough to
arrive before the church is filled will
hear a great sermon.
On Monday, May 15th, at 8’oclock,
will come the Elementary Exercises,
by all pupils who elected to take part
in them including the 7th grade.
Tuesday, May 16th, 11 o’clock, Rev.
W. H. Brown will address the Gradua
ting Class. Mr. Brovni is a fluent
speaker, and will bring soine truths
helpful not only to the graduating
class but to others who may attend.
You owe it to Mr. Brown and the
class of 1922 to be present at this
part of the program.
On Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock
the Recitation and Declamation Con
test will be held by the following:
Reciters—Ennis Byrd, Elizabeth
Byrd, Valdah Deaton, Freda Gsch-
wind, Stacy Matthews, Ruth McNeill,
Mildred E. Thomas, and Sallie Thomp
son. Declaimers — Gerald Graham,
John Laubscher, Robert Leslie, Claude
Matthews, Frederick Taylor and Ar
thur Thompson.
Tuesday, May 16, at 8 o,clock, the
annual drama, “Borrowed Money,”
will be given. There will be an ad
mission to this, which will go to de
fray the expenses of commencement,
and anything that is over will go to
the Community Club.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TOBACCO GROWERS* ASSOCIA
TION SECURES WARE
HOUSES
A GOOD ARGUMENT
We heard a Vass man advance a
mighty good argument a few days
asro when he declared that “anything
worth owning is worth insuring.” Al
most every week we read in our ex
changes where a farmer lost his house
or barn, and that it was not covered
by insurance. We should never al
low ourselves to lose sight of the fact
that fire protection is not as efficient
in the smaller towns as" it is in the
cities, where they have modern ap
paratus and well-paid firemen. And
protection from fire in rural districts
is even less than it is in the small
towns. In fact, hardly once in a hun
dred times is it possible to save a
farm house or barn, once the flames
have gained headway. The farmer
can’t maintain a properly equipped
farm and a fire department, too. Even
The list of all warehouses secured
to date by the Tobacco Growers’ Co
operative Association in North Caro
lina was giveh out last week by T.
C. Watkins, Jr., director of ware
houses for the association.
Mr. Watkins has been in confer
ence at Raleigh during the past week
with the warehousemen of the state
who have tendered their properties to
the association. True to their word
the officials of the association have
taken over both warehouses and ware
housemen wherever possible and ac
cording to Mr. Watkins the associa
tion is in excellent position to care
for its tobacco growing members
throughout the state.
The strength of the Co-operative
Association with over 70 warehouses
evenly distributed throughout North
Carolina is revealed by the recent an
nouncement of the Greenville Board
of Trade that only 27 auction ware
houses had reported that they would
handle the leaf in reply to a question-
aire sent out from Greenville.
The refusal of Wilson-and Winston-
Salem warehousemen to discuss terms
with the Association hitherto, has
given its officials no anxiety according
to director Watkins, who let it be
known that sufficient warehouses to
take care of a majority of this year’s
crop have been secured. .Negotiations
with still other warehouses will be
closed in a few days, according to Mr.
Watkins.
Over forty warehouses in South
Carolina and forty-two in Virginia
have signed up with the Co-operative
Marketing Association.
The campaign of the marketing as
sociation for new members in develop
ing great strength according to latest
reports from Raleigh headquarters
where more than a thousand contracts
have been received during the past
two weeks. A new factor of strength
in the campaign of the growers is the
leadership of experienced warehouse
men in gaining signers to the con
tract.
With the signing up of one thou
sand acres of tobacco in a single day
in Person county last week and the
recent successful meetings at Dobson,
Roxboro, Robersonville and Washing
ton there is every indication that the
organized growers will attain a seven
ty-five per cent sign-up in North Car
olina before the markets open accord
ing to M. O. Wilson, secretary of the
association.
^ Warehouses having signed up defi
nitely with the association at the fol
lowing points in this section are:
Aberdeen, Vass, Carthage, and San
ford.
in town where it is necessary to de
pend upon volunteer firemen the dan
ger is far too great to be overlooked.
The gentleman was right when he de
clared that anything that is worth
owning is worth insuring.
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