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NUMBER
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Devoted to the Upbuilding of Vass and Its Surrounding Country
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00
VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CAMERON NEWS
Cameron graded school has an en
rollment of 240 pupils, with eight
teachers and two more expected real
soon. The high school girls were
called to order by Miss Kate Arnold,
Friday, to organize a Literary Socie
ty. The following officers were elect
ed: president. Miss Annie Pierce;
vice-president. Miss Nell Hunter;
secretary, Miss M^ry F. Douglas;
chaplain. Miss Nannie Thomason;
critic, Miss Kate Arnold; program
committee, Misses Kate Arnold, Ruth
Bullock, Nonnie Norman.
The boys Delphian Literary Society
met Friday evening and organized
with the following officers: Presi
dent, George Wooten; vice president,
C. Phillips; secretary, Roger Mat
thews; treasurer. Pearl Douglas;
chaplain, Paul Thomasson, (signed)
Lora Norman.
Sunday night at the Presbyterian
church, Rev. M. D. McNeill preached
a sublime sermon from the subject:
“Christian relationship with God.”
Miss Janie Norman, of East Bend,
the younger daughter of Mr. J. D.
Norman, arrived in Cameron, Thurs
day, to attend the graded school.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. McNeill and
children, of Smoaks, S. C., came up
last Saturday for a visit to Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. McNeill and Mrs. Mary
Lawhon on route 2.
Mr. James McDonald, of Duke,
visited his sister, Miss Sallie McDon
ald and Mesdames Mamie Hunter srd
James Gilchrist on Sunday.
Mr. W. M. Rogers and family and
Miss Hellen Turnley, motored to Fay
etteville, Sunday, to see Miss Mary
Rogers.
Misss Minnie and Bonnie Muse,
and Annie McFadyen left, Sunday, for
their respective schools where they
will teach. The Misses Muse will
teach at Roberdell; Miss McFadyen
will teach at Ellerbe.
J. C. Muse came up from Columbia
to spend the week-end with home-
folks.
Nevossie, the little daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. 0. B. Mitchell, is ill
of diptheria.
Miss Thurla Cole returned, Sat
urday, from a visit to Charlotte. She
was accompanied on her return by
Miss Callie Hunter and Mr. Gardner,
of Charlotte.
Miss Aline Thomas entertained the
Sunday school classes of Mrs. T. A.
Hendricks and Mrs. C. C. Jones, at
her home Saturday evening.
Miss Lillian Hendricks was the
guest, Sunday, of Miss Johnsie Doug
las on route 1.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wooten and
children visited relatives in Sanford,
Sunday. Mrs. Anna Culberson, moth
er of Mrs. Wooten, returned with
them for a week’s visit in Cameron.
Miss Annie McDonald, of Durham,
accompanied by Mr. Floyd Thrift, of
Carboro, visited for the week-end, at
the home of her sisters, Miss Sallie
McDonald and Mrs. Mamie Hunter.
Sunday they motored. to famous
Sweetheart Lake.
Mrs. W. J. Cameron, Mrs. Sam
Smith, of Vass, were in town last
week, calling on friends, and were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
McLean.
L. F. Hartsell is away this week
on a business trip to Wadesboro.
The Young Ladies Auxiliary was
entertained Thursday, by Miss Vera
McLean at the Greenwood Inn.
Miss Lucile Loving was a guest
a night of last week at the home of
Mrs. Janie Muse.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Tally returned
Monday from a visit" to Mrs* Alec
Blue, and Mrs. John Cameron and
family at Southern Pines, Mrs. Blue
(Continued.on.pa£:e eight)
TOBACCO GROWERS GET MORE CASH
Co-operative Association Increases First Ad
vance as Central Markets Open
The opening of the Co-operative
markets this week at Vass, Durham,
Oxford, Henderson, Norlina, Raleigh,
and a dozen other points of central
N. C. was marked by the highest
cash advances yet paid to the mem
bers of the Tobacco Growers’ Associ
ation. This increase in the first cash
payments made to the growers was
extended to eastern North Carolina
as well as to the central belt, and
brings an increase of $4.00 a hundred
on the highest grades of cutters with
corresponding advances for the lower
grades. The recent successful sales
made by the Association to dealers
and manufacturers have led to this
increased advance, over which the
member growers are expressing sat
isfaction.
Large deliveries are expected at
the Association’s warehouses both in
the eastern and central belts this
week, while in South Carolina the re
port of August deliveries by the Sec
retary of agriculture for that state
shows that the auction floors received
barely half the tobacco handled by
them in 1921. The Association in
South Carolina alone has received
close to 18,000,000 pounds in deliver
ies up to the present time.
The first suits for liquidated dam
ages and injunctions against further
breach of the contract were filed this
week against Z. A. Harrell of Edge
combe county, N. C., and W. T. Jones
of Nash county, N. C., for alleged
failure to deliver their tobacco to the
Tobacco Growers' Co-operative As
sociation in accordance with their
contracts.
Similar suits are being filed in
South Carolina this week against R.
W. Fairey of Kingstree and L. T.
Leitner of Marion, member growers
of the tobacco co-operative for al
leged sale of tobacco outside of the
association.
Eighty suits against contract vio-
laters and persons who are spreading
malicious propaganda against the As
sociation are now in preparation ac
cording to Aaron Sapiro, attorney for
the organized growers of the Caro-
linas and Virginia, who addressed six
thousand tobacco farmers at enthusi
astic mass meetings in Danville and
South Hill, Va., last Friday and Sat
urday. Mr. Sapiro challenged any
man in his audiences who did not be
lieve the Association would enforce
its contracts to come and sign-up his
tobacco.
THE COMMUNITY FAIR
Moore county will be a round of
community fairs during the big part
of October, but if Vass holds to its
records the community that gets
ahead of this neighborhood will have
an interesting exhibit. The dates of
the Vass Fair are October 26th and
27th. This will be followed by the
Eureka fair October 31, and the
Cameron fair, November 1.
A long list of prizes, numbering
about 150, are offered as general
premiums at all the community fairs,
but Vass adds nearly a hundred
special premiums, so that the exhib
itors can have an interesting com
petition. Last season the extent of
the fair at Vass, the number of ex
hibits and the large attendance were
all matters of surprise. This year
the management calculates that with
the experience of last year the in
terest shown will be still greater, and
that more exhibits will be on hand,
and a still bigger turn out of the
people. The number of special prizes
offered by individuals and business
institutions shows a high degree of
interest on the part of the leaders
of the community, and a desire to en
courage every form of agriculture
and home effort. Among all the large
number of special prizes offered for
exhibits it would hardly be possible
to specify many, but incidentally it
is permissible to note that W. H. Mc
Neill offers two prizes for the best
best pens of chickens and D. A. Mc-
Lauchlin is there with two prizes for
the best pen of turkeys. Walter
Graham backs the ducks.
It is worth while to get a premium
list and read it over and to be ready
for the fair when the time comes.
SEEKING NEW VICTIMS
They say that the “slickers” who
prey upon the unsuspecting and un
wary and reap a harvest by sales of
worthless stocks and by working
“skin-games” on people, are turning
from the farmer—the time honored
victim of such robbery—to the city
and town folks, finding the.n more
responsive to appeals to get-rich-
quick projects. The farmer has be
come wise to the old-time “skin-
games.” He can’t be fooled in such
a fashion any more. He knows th^
ever present “for value received” ele
ment in all business, and he’s hard
to sell. He doesn’t believe any long
er that there’s such a thing as get
ting something for nothing. Hence
he won’t bite when the ‘slicker” pre
sents his wonderful scheme of get
ting rich over night. But the faker
must have a prey somewhere, and
working on the Barnum theory that
a sucker is bom every minute he is
hunting for those suckers in the cities*
and towns of this country. And from
reports in the newspapers he seems
to be doing quite a flourishing busi
ness.
NOTHING BUT A COLD
By Helen Mar D’Auby
Susie had a little cold.
It started in her room,
Where air and sunlight never came,
T’was darkened like a tomb;
Sweet little Susie hugged and
kissed
The family all round,
And held the baby in her arms.
And mother never frowned.
That cold tagged Susie off to school.
As colds are sure to do.
And all the children “caught” that
cold, >
And teacher caught it too;
So then they battened every crack,
And shut, the windows down,
Until that cold was shut in tight.
And couldn’t leave the town.
But that ^ cold, knew more than you’d
think.
As all colds do, you bet;
It knew that was the place to stay,
I reckon its there yet;
And doctors go, and. doctors. come,
Their bitter doses leave,*
While all the time that little cold
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE
The popularity contest for the
honor of representing the American
Beauty Rose in the Sandhill Fair
Floral Parade starts this week.
The Floral Parade at the Sandhill
Fair promises to be the most elab
orate parade we have ever had.
Floats representing the well known
flowers of garden and green house
such as the Pink Rose, Red Carna
tion, Daisy, Peach' Blossom, Violet,
Jonquil, Wisteria, Poinsteea, Yellow
ChrysanthemXim, Poppy, Dog-wood,
Hollyhock, Morning Glory, Aster,
Cosmos, Yellow Lilly, Tulip, Red Sal
via Dorothy Perkins Rose, White
, Pa^sy, Ragged Robins, Mari
gold, Snap Dragon, Zinnas, Clematus,
Sunflovjrer, Red Chrysthemum, White
Carnation, Wild Rose, Sweet Pea,
Gardenia, Hydrangia, Magnolia,
Honey Suckle, Hyacinth, Peony,
Eyed Daisy, Orchid,
Pink Chrysthemum, Gladiola, Mallow
Blossoms, Dahlia, Petunia, Golden
Glow, Golden Rod and Iris will make
a spectacle that will be worth going a
long way to see and wil be long re
membered.
We predict that this parade will be
one of the biggest and most talked of
features of the Fair.
The American Beauty Rose was
left out of the above list as the float
representing this flower will be the
“flag-ship” of the fleet and the honor
of representing this'flower will go to
to the Moore County young lady who
is elected in the popularity contest
which starts this week and will con
tinue for four weeks.
A ballot good for five votes will be
found in this issue which must be fill
ed out and mailed to the Secretary
of the Sandhill Fair, -Pinehurst, N.
C.
There will be keen rivalry this year
betwe^ the towns of Moore county
for this honor and it behooves every
one to get busy at once for his or
her favorite candidate.
There are no strings attached to
this voting contest. This ballot must
be simply cut out, properly filled in
with the name of the candidate and
mailed to the Secretary.
The result of the contest will be
published in this paper each week.
HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK
Hemp, September 18th, 8 p. m.—
Community Meeting.
Glendon, Sept. 19th, 2:30 p. m.^
Grapes, with Mrs. J. E. Pihllips.
Glendon, Sept. 19th, 8 p. m.—Com
munity Meeting.
Eureka, Sept. 20th, 9:30 a. m.
Grapes; School Kitchen.
Cameron, Sept. 20th, 2:30 n. m.—
Grapes, Mrs. J. D. McLean.
West End, Sept. 21st, 2:30 p. m.—
Grapes, Mrs. A. M. Oglesby.
West End, Sept. 21st, 8 p. m.—
Community Meeting.
Vass, Sept. 22nd, 8 p. m.—Com
munity Meeting.
Pinehurst, Sept. 23rd, 10:30 a. m.—
Sewing.
Pinebluff, Sept. 23rd, 2:30 p. m.—
Grapes.
Bethlehem, Sept. 25th, 2:30 p. m.—
Dress Form, .with Mrs. J. W. Seawell.
Hallison,, Sept. 27th, 2:30 p. m.—
Organizing Club.
Big. Oak, Sept. . 29th, 10«:30 a. ms—
Basketry, Mrs. M. A. Monroe. .
High Falls, Sept. 29th, Zi30 p. m.—
Dress Form.
High Falls, Sept: 29th, 8 p. m.—
Community Meeting.
NORA BRADFORD,
Home Dem. Ag’t.
If. yoii want to start your cand
idate, for the American Beauty Rose
off ^ right; get all the votes you can
for her. this week.