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STILE COMPANY
VOLUME
THE PILOT
NUnBER
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Vass and Its Surrounding Country
SUBSCRIPTIGN $1.50
VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 23,1923
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CAMERON NEWS
Stormy March! With wind and
cloud and changing skies.
Rev. Herman T. Stevens and his
singer, Mr. Carter will hold several
services at the Cameron Baptist
church, beginning Tuesday night,
March the 27th.
Messrs. R. C. Thomas, I. F. Thom
as, W. G. Parker, and Miss Ma garet
Thomas motored to Vass, Sunday, to
attend services conducted by Rev. O.
B. Mitchell.
Miss Bonnie Muse, who teaches at
Roberdell, came home for over Sun
day, bringing as her guest, Mr. Car
lisle Gibson, of Rockingham.
Miss Blanche Coore, who is in
training at the Mary Elizabeth Hos
pital in Raleigh, was a guest last
week of her sister, Mrs. J. W. Cam
eron.
Mrs. W. G. Ferguson and little
daughters, Jean and Nancy, spent
Friday in Raleigh, the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Kerr.
Mr. M. W. Harbour, of Rockford,
is on a visit to Dr. and Mrs. Harbour
on Breezy Summit.
P. G. York, of Sanford, spent Sun
day at the Greenwood Inn.
Rev. R. F. Munns, of Parkton, was
a guest last week of his brother, W.
B. Munns, Cameron’s chief of police.
W. 0. Saunders, editor of the In
dependent, published at Elizabeth
City, must be a writer of the “First
Cult.” His editorial “No Wonder we
are Sick,” published in the issue of
March 2nd, should be broadcasted
throughout the State. From this ed
itorial, the State Board of Health
might make some new laws as to
health, that would be helpful.
Dr. C. D. Dawkins was in Hoffman
for over Sunday.
Mrs. M. A. Snipes had the mis
fortune to fall last week, breaking
her ankle.
Mrs. J. H. Fields, of Sanford, visit
ed last week at the home of her
brother, Ernest Harrington.
Mr. John Keith spent Monday in
Raleigh.
The prize for the Home Improve
ment contest are on exhibit at the
drug store of Crabtree & Co. 1st
prize, fernery; 2nd, porch rocker; 3d,
Jardiniere with flower pot. Prizes
will be given by July 1st.
Miss Ella Underwood, of Sanford,
spent the week-end with Miss Lucile
Loving.
Miss Alice Johnson was a dinner
guest Sunday of Miss Lucile Loving.
Mrs. Maggie Omohundro, o f
Greensboro, was a week-end guest of
Mrs. J. R. Loving.
Mrs. W. M. Rogers, Messrs. J. W.
Rogers, C. C. Jones, J. R. Loving, and
Rev. J. W. Hartsell attended the Reg
ional Conference held at Sanford last
week.
Mr. T. F. Johnson on route 1 cut
down a large walnut tree at his home
recently, from which he realized ten
one horse wagon loads of fire wood,
350 feet of lumber, several of the
boards 19 inches in width. The tree
was possibly 100 years old. The wal
nuts had become faulty was the cause
of its being cut down. Mr. Johnson
says a part of the lumber from this
ancient tree will be kept to make his
burial casket.
Mr. Angus Currie and son, Mr. 01-
lie, of Jackson Springs, came over
last week for a visit to Mr. Ab Vick.
Mrs. J. J. Irvin is at the C. C. Hos
pital to undergo an operation.
. Mrs. Hemphill has an “ad” in this
issue that will prove interesting to
the fair sex. Call and see what she
has to show you.
Saturday evening of St. Patricks
pay, Mrs. W. G. Ferguson very de
lightfully entertained at a music re
cital given in honor of her talented
(Continiieii on page 2)
CO-OPS GRATIFIED BY DOUBUNG CASH
Virginia Senate Passes Bill to Safeguard Con
tracts of Association
PINEHURST COMMUNITY CLUB
The payment of a million and a
half dollars last Saturday by the To
bacco Growers’ Co-operative Associa
tion to its members in the dark-fired
belt of Virginia and in Eastern North
Carolina brought satisfaction to
thousands of growers in two states.
"^^1^ growers of Virginia
at all of the co-operative markets
have received more from their first
two advances by the association than
the price of average years would bring
from their season’s sales. Numbers
of growers in the co-operative as
sociation have now averaged around
$20 per hundred on their two pay
ments and reports from several points
last Saturday stated that new signers
were coming into the association,
which is certain to make a third sub
stantial disbursement to its members
in the dark belt.
Among^ high averages reported
from deliveries of dark tobacco to
the association were the receipts of
O. W. Parker & Bro., of New Canton,
averaging $26.25 per hundred in ad
vances to date, C. W. Melton for $21.-
75, R .B. Hudgins for $21.40, and S.
F. Fuqua for an average of $32 per
hundred on all deliveries to date.
The Eastern Carolina farmers were
much elated over Saturday’s cash
payment and a number of growers
stated that they were out of debt for
the first time in years and were now
in position to pay cash for their fer
tilizer. The merchants who have re
cently advertised their desire to help
th marketing association in Eastern
Carolina are enjoying a rush business,
according to all reports, as the mem
bers of the association are said to be
spending the money from this last
disbursement freely.
Co-operative farmers of Virginia
are much pleased by the passage in
the Virginia senate of the bill to pre
vent the sale of tobacco contracted
to the co-operative association upon
auction warehouse floors, which im
poses a fine of from $100 to $500 upon
warehousemen who knowingly sell
such tobacco. Another bill which
passed the senate with a large ma
jority requires the sale of tobacco
only in the name of the true owner
thereof, also a record of all sales,
gives permission to representatives
of either the co-oprative association
or of warehousemen to inspect the
records of the other and provides that
any violations of the bill shall consti
tute a misdemeanor. The passage of
these bills by the Virginia house of
delegates is confidently predicted this
week, and is regarded as a very im
portant step by officials of the mark
eting association in the safeguarding
of their contract.
All of the co-operative warehouses
will close for the season during the
next six weeks and officials of the
tobacco association are urging the
members to complete deliveries. The
last bright markets of the co-opera
tive association in Virginia and North
Carolina will close on March 30th,
according to the latest announcement
of T. C. Watkins, Jr., director of
warehouses for the association.
Members of the association in the
dark-fired district must complete their
deliveries before April 14th, when
every co-operative warehous for the
receipt of the dark leaf closes for this
year, while members in the sun-cured
area of Virginia have until April 30th
to complete their deliveries, according
to F. D. Williams, manager of the as
sociation’s dark leaf department.
STATE COLLEGE AGRICULTURAL
CLUB ESSAY CONTEST
In order to stimulate interest in
scientific Agriculture among the high
school boys of North Carolina, the
North Carolina State College Agricul
tural Club offers three medals for the
three best essavs on “The Value of
Agricultural Education for Agricul
tural Leadership;” to be awarded un
der the following conditions:
1.—The contest shall be called the
“State College Agricultural Club Es
say Contest.
2.—It shall be open to all high
school boys in North Carolina.
3.—The subject for the contest
shall be “The Value of Agricultural
Education for Agricultural Leader
ship.”
4.—Competing essays must not ex
ceed 1,500 words in length.
5.—Essays must be written on one
side of paper only, and should be
typewritten, although not requ^ed.
Papers submitted should bear
identification marks, name and
dress of contestant bemg written
plainly on a separate sheet.
6.—All essays must be in the hands
of the Committee by May 10, 1923.
7.—The first prize shall be a gold
medal; second prize a sterling silver
medal; third prize a bronze medal.
8.—Essay must be submitted to the
Chairman of the Essay Committee.
9.—Winning essays will be submit
ted to the leading agricultural papers
of the South, as well as the newspa
pers of the State. ,
10.—Information can be had on tne
BANQUET AT LAKEVIEW WELL
ATTENDED
On Friday evening, in spite of the
rain, the school auditorium at Lake-
view was filled by a hungry crowd
that attended the Father and Son,
Mother and Daughter banquet. The
tables were artistically decorated in
green and white in honor of St. Pat
rick. Those who had no sons and
daughters of their own borrowed
from their more fortunate neighbors.
After the banquet was served and the
“fish pond’' was opened for “fishing,”
the children crowded around. Soon
there was so much noise from squawk-
ers, whistling balloons, etc., that it
sounded more like circus day than
anything else. When everyone had
finally gone home there was not so
much as a piece of candy left. In
fact it was the most successful thing
the Ladies Aid have undertaken. The
committee in charge were as follows:
Supper—Mrs. Edward Burr, Miss
Alice Littlefield, Mrs. Charles Wor
den, Mrs. Henry Vinton. Candy
looth—Mrs. J. R. McQueen. Fish
Pond—Miss Angie Newcomb. Ice
cream—Mrs. E. Burr. Tickets—Mrs.
William McNeill, Misses Maude New
comb, and Katharine Williams.
An old-fashioned spelling bee was
a feature at the meeting of the Pine-
hurst Community Club meeting last
week on its first anniversary. Francis
Deaton and Mrs. A. J. Fry were cap
tains of the two teams. The words
Were taken from Remington’s old
speller, and were given out by J. F.
Cason. George Woods held the floor
until all others were down, and won
the prize. The crowd was large in
spite of the rain, and half a hundred
more than could be seated were on
hand.
As the meeting was the end of the
year new officers were elected, the
new administration being H. F. Kelly,
president; A. J. Fry, vice-president;
Bert Wicker, secretary-treasurer,
succeeding A. P. Thompson, H. F.
Kelly and Floyd Medlin.
Following the spelling match the
three musical Frys, A. J., John R. and
Daniel Fry put on a fiddling number,
the repertoire including those popular
ancient favorites, Mississippi Sawyer,
Arkansas Traveler, Old Molly Hare,
Casey Jones, etc. Daniel Fry received
the first prize for his skill with the
bow.
After the fiddlers had completed
their entertainment a number of boxes
offered by the women of the associa
tion were sold at auction, the money
realized to go to the benefit of the
club.
WHY BUILD A SILO?
P’'>bje<!t free of charge by writing to
the Chairman of the Essay Commit
tee.
The essay committee will supply
Dr. E. C. Brooks, State Superinten
dent of Public Instruction, with a
list of the contestants from each high
school. C. D. KILLIAN, Ch’m
Raleigh, N. C. Essay Committee.
The reason wh ysilos are growing
in popularity in North Carolina is
because they furnish a feed for win
ter use that comes nearest.to giving
the same results as a good summer
pasture. Silage furnishes succulent
food when pasture is not available,
it makes possible a cheap feed ration
and gives the grower a greater value
for his corn. These, are some of the
reasons advanced by E. R. Raney, ex
tension farm engineer for the State
College and Department of Agricul
ture, for building a silo this summer.
Mr. Raney states that the man who
is feeding from 10 to. 12 cows with
out using a silo is not feeding as eco
nomically as he might. A cow will
consume about 30 pounds of silage
per day and under North Carolina
conditions it is advisable to plan for
at least two tons per cow which will
carry her about four months. The
size of the silo will depend on the
number of cows to be fed, says Mr.
Raney, and where a grower has less
than fifteen head, his silo should be
about 10 feet in diameter; from 15
to 25 ehad, not over 12 feet in diame
ter and for 25 to 40 head, not over
14 feet in diameter.
The most common types of silos
used are concrete, wooden stave, mod
ified Wisconsin, and woo(ien hoop.
Tarheel farmers seem to like the con
crete and wooden stave better than
all others. The concrete silo can be
built for $3.00 to $3.50 per ton ca
pacity and will last indefinitely when
properly constructed. The stave silo
can be built for about $2.00 per ton
capacity and will last from 5 to 15
years.
Mr. Raney will be available for giv
ing help and advice in silo building
during the period extending from
June 1 to September 15 and those
who will need his assistance this sum
mer should write him now so as to be
placed on the list. At the same time,
ne suggests that those farmers plan
ning to build a silo should also plan
their corn acreage figuring one ton
of silage for each five bushel yield of
corn given by the land.
It might help some if every mar
ried man could make as much money
as his wife thinks he’s worth.