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Friday, June 12, 1931. THE PILOT, a Paper With CharactCT, Aberdeen. North Carnlinn Page Eleven Dewberry Harvest Specials Cameron and Community Miss Margaret Gilchrist left Wed nesday for Chapel Hill, where she ^ attend summer school. j. B. Muse, R. C. Muse and R. C., jj..^ of Hamlet are in town for the berry season. Miss Kathrine McDonald left Tues day for Youngsville, Ohio, where she will engage in literary work during the summer months. Prof. and Mrs. E. S. Temple are in town for a few days. Prof Temple will attend summer school at Chapel Hill. Misses Ada McNeill, Margaret and Effie Gilchrist and HenTy Gilchrist spent Sunday in Raleigh. Miss Mary Lacy Mclver of San ford, a recent graduate of Flora Mc Donald, is visiting Miss Flora Phil lips. Toni Jones of Fayetteville, a for mer citizen of Cameron, visited his brother, C. C. Jones last week. Misses Annie Hollingsworth Jones and Ellen Royal Jones, the daught ers of C. C. Jones and recent grad uates of Meredith College are at home for the summer vacation. Mrs. Sallie Smith and Miss Ruth Wilcox of Vanceboro are guests of Mrs. J. D- McLean. J. L. Ashley of Vanceboro was in toA\Ti Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Warner of Lakeview were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. McKeithen. Edwards Bums of Carthage was in town Sunday. Mrs. T. C. Black and T. C., Jr. of Jonesboro were in town Monday. Mrs. Arch McDougald of Hamlet was here Saturday to see H. D. Tally. Miss Ruby Thomasson returned Monday from Apex, where she has been visiting her grandmother, who is ill. The many friends of H. D. Tally will be pleased to learn that he is slowly improving. Mrs. N. C. McFadyen is visiting her mother, Mrs. Robinson, in Man chester this week. Miss Ruth Wooten is undergoing I treatment at the Moore County Hos- I pital. I John Tally and Mrs. Cornelia Cheek I were in town last Wednesday even- i ing. I Mrs. John D. Muse of Henderson I spent Thursday night with Mrs. Loula j Muse, returning home Friday accom panied by her two young sons, John D., Jr., and Thomas C., who were guests of their grandmother for a I week. I Miss Jennie Cameron of Route 1 ! was visiting Miss Minnie Muse this 1 week, , Mrs. H. C. Gibson returned to Rock ingham Sunday after a two weeks’ visit to her mother, Mrs. Janie Muse. Mr. and Mrs. George McConnor of Wilmington and Mrs. McDonald and children of Sanford were guests of Mrs. Lizzie Borst last Sunday. Mrs. W. M. Wooten, Kenneth and Ruby Wooten, Mesdames J. E. Snow and Jewell Hemphill and Dr. H. O. Averitt were at the Moore County Hospital Tuesday to see Miss Ruth Wooten. Miss Effie Gilchrist is saleslady at J. W. Norman’s during the berry sea son. Robert W”ooten is again in the drug store for the summer. Bob Sloan of Broadway was guest of his brother, Frank Sloan this week. Big Dewberry Shipments Begin At Cameron, World’s Chief Market (Continued from page 9) THE WEEK IN VASS Mrs. Colin McRae, teacher of Class No. 2 of the Baptist Sunday School, gave her pupils a most delightful out ing on Thursday afternoon when she took them to the park in Pinehurst for a picnic. The children enjoying this pleasant event were Johnsie Lane, Ruby Brew er, Juanita Womble, Doris McRae, Helen McRae ,John Albert McRae, Hazel Hendricks, Irene Hendricks, Ruth Goodman, Naomi Jones, Winnie Brewer, Winnie May Stutts, Irene Womble, Elizabeth Clayton, and Annie Lu Brewer. The Vass Women’s Club held its regular montlfly meeting on Friday evening: w’ith seventeen members and one visitor, Miss Minerva Thompson present. A business session was held, but the program was dispensed with. An interesting ccmtest was won by Mrs. N. N. McLean, and refreshments were served by Mrs. D. C. McGill, Mr?. R. L. Oldham and Mrs. McLean. Miss Minerva Thompson of Lemon ^^prings spent the week-end in town visiting her nieces, Mrs. G. W. Brooks and Mrs. Bertie L. Matthews. G. W. Griffin spent a part of last week in Hamlet with his son, Rich ard Griffin and family, who accom panied him home on Sunday. Mr. Griffin, on account of illness, was ■^oroed to give up his w'ork several nionths ago and has been confined to his home a great part of the time since, so this trip was quite a pleas ure to him and his many friends were delighted that he was able to enjoy it. Horton Keith, State College stu- • rt, spent the week-end at home. He returned to Raleigh on Sunday even ing-, accompanied by Vick Keith and Monroe Chappell, to be present on Monday for the alumni banquet, and all returned to Vass Monday night. j Miss Anna Edgerton of Greenville I was the week-end guest of her sister^ Mrs. T. Frank Cameron. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Smith and Mrs. N. N. McLean went to Raeford Sun- I day afternoon to visit in the home of I Mr. Smith’s sister, Mrs. J. M. Norton. The Norton baby, little Alex Smith, has been quite sick for several days. Mrs. Mary E. Edwards, Mrs. Ossie McManus, Miss Jewell Edwards and A. G. Edwards, Jr., spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Seth W. Las siter near Smithfield. Mrs. Nash, of Columbia, S. C,, is visiting her daughters, Mrs. Winfrey and Mrs. Edge. Robert Rosser returned Thursday from a visit of several days with rela tives in Broadwa(^\ Miss Moverine Crissman of the Thagards community was the Sunday dinner guest of Mrs.. Clayton Evans. Edward Griffin of Sanford visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Grif fin Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Arch McGill, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Smith and Lois Smith spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Norton near Raeford. Mrs. Bertie L. Matthews, Miss Mi nerva Thompson, Franklin Matthew^s vand Ray Griffin visited Mr. and Mrs. Dunk Rowan of the Union section and Mrs. Daniel McNeill of Lakeview Sunday afternoon. Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Rosser and fam ily spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Rosser’s sister, Mrs. D. D. Cameron, near Olivia. Alton Lawrence arrived last week from the University of North Caro- ■ lina at Chapel Hill spent the summer I vacation with his father, the Rev. Charles A. Lawrence. Mrs. Rena Walker of Charlotte came Monday to visit her sister, Mrs. A. Cameron. a number of cars are loaded for New York, for instance, whether New York, when the cars arrive, will have a shortage or a long supply of berries already there. And the same situation presents itself in other markets. If too many berries are on hand unsold when fresh shipments arrive the price is affected. And if too few shipments come when the price goes up on that account, no berries are there to sell. To remedy things an association was formed several years ago, but it has a difficult task on hand. The market isthe uncertain thing, and its perplex ities. are sometimes costly to the ship per. Some concerns have buyers in the field and they buy and ship fruit for their own concerns which take the risk of the market condition in the cities when the shipments arrive there. But naturally the cash buyer at the track in Cameron cannot pay the price that the market in the city sometimes brings. Neither can he buy berries for the low price that some times is the figure returned to the shipper. The dewberry acreage slowly in creases. The tendency is not so much to big additions, but rather to small plantations, from half an acre up, a size that can be cared for by the farmer in addition to his other work, and which can be handled by the fpm- ily without an outlay for hired la bor. In this way a cash income is cer tain for the household, and w’ith no great expense. The plants are easy to obtain as every grower can let a v vines drop down in the sand, where they will root. In fact in the spring when the canes are to be tied up many are found to have rooted and made new shoots suitable for planting. It is this tendency on the part of the vines to abundantly reproduce that makes the dewberry so easy to propagate and to supply to new fields. After setting the work o fcultivating, staking, ty ing up in the spring, and of picking and packing, can all be carried on by the family unless a considerable acreage is cultivated, in that event some help is needed in harvesting. That leaves the farmer something for his work no matter how low the fruit sells. The certainty o fsome returh' is steadily enlarging the acreage, but it is not leading to big plantations. This is why the dewberry belt of the Sand hills brings in several hundred thous and dollars each year, a cash contri bution that has a lot to do with the substantial prosperity of the whole of eastern Moore county. I is why the rural region around Cameron, Vass, Pinebluff, Hoffman and other neigh borhood points, has an air of thrift and prosperity. The dewberry has added several million dollars to the comfort of Moore county in the time it has been a contributoV, and it will add several millions more in the days that are to come. Dewberry Pioneer PIEDMONT SECTION LEADS IN COMPENSATION CASES H ♦4 a § u s B WHEN IN CAMERON TRADE WITH H. P. NcPherson Hoadquarters for Feed, Flour, Grain, Meat, Lard and OTHER GROCERIES Grower and Shipper of Lacretia Dewderries Discussion of the possibility of mov ing the offices of the Industrial Com mission, or establishing a branch, in the Piedmont area, where most of the workmen’s compensation cases de velop, resulted in a check of the num ber of compensation hearings up to last week. The records of the commission show that in 23 months 1,725 hearings were held, 461 of them in 45 eastern coun ties, including Granville, Wake, Har- net, Hoke, Cumberland and Robeson, and 1,264 were held in the 55 coun ties Vest of that line. Of these 798 were held in 21 Piedmont section counties and 413 in 25 mountain sec tion counties. In other words, slightly less than 27 per cent were in the 45 eastern counties and slightly more than 73 per cent in the western, of those, more than 46 per cent in the piedmont and nearly 24 per cent in the mountain counties. Moore county, the records show, furnished 10 of these hearings. The mining industry in North Car olina gives employment to 3,6772 peo ple. There are 284 native minerals found in North Carolina, a greater number than in any other State. Agriculture in North Carolina gives employment to 499,923 people. Of these 270,187 are owners and tenants; 2,027 are managers and foremen; 227,- 561 are laborers. Of the laborers, 133,- 687 are family and household work ers who receive no pay. Quality MERCHANDISE At Prices That Are Not Unreasonable n n tt a D. A. MCDONALD, of Carthage I “Best-Won” Dress Shirts, fancy and plain patterns - $1.00 DR. J. M. PARROTT NEW STATE HEALTH OFFICER tt tt « u Dr. James M. Parrott, of Kinston, was elected State health officer, suc ceeding the late Dr. Charles O.H. Laughinghouse, at a meeting last week of the new State Board of Health, of which Dr. J. T. Burrus, of High Point, senator from Guilford county, was elected president. Gov ernor Gardner has given his hearty approval to the election of 'both men. The health officer, under the new law, must be approved by the Govern or. Cotton mills in North Carolina em ploy 87,242 people; knitting mills 22-, 501; silk mills 3,966 and other tex tile industries 8,435. Only .3 of one percent of the people in North Carolina are foreign born. The State thus maintains her leader ship in the proportion of her popula tion of native birth. Ladies’ Rayon Undershirts, pink and white - $1.00 Men’s Overalls .89 Boys’ Overalls — - .59 Ladies’ regular $2.00 quality full-fash ioned pure thread silk hose $1.00 I Ladies’ house dresses 50c—75c—$1.00 tt § tt VASS MERCANTILE CO VASS, N. C. }■* N. NcL NcKElTHEN Cameron, N. C. PRODUCERS, MARKETERS, AND FORWARDERS OF DEWBERRIES IN CAR LOADS, TRUCK LOADS, AND SMALL LOTS. t t tt Years of closest contact with the markets and of productidn of the fruit have afforded us a wide ac quaintance with the requirements and the source of sup ply, and with the quality of the product and the prac tices in all markets. M. McL. McKeithen carries a larg-e stock of mer chandise to which the attention of the people of the vi cinity is invited. tttttttuiuiii I itnTrmrttni
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