Due to the fact that the books containing names of the registered voters of Southern Pines have been lost, it will be necessary to take a new registration of all who wish to participate in the primary on June 5, next. V.T. Cheatham is the Registrar of Voters and will doubtless make known when and where the voters may register.
From the front page of The Pilot, Friday May 7, 1926
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At the present writing, the commencement is on. They seem to grow better each succeeding year Perhaps one reason, we have among the handsomest school buildings in the county, and well equipped. I suppose it is like one who is conscious of being well-dressed, gives one poise and self-confidence and banishes shyness. The play, “When a Feller Needs a Friend,” by the seniors, was very amusing indeed, and each one acted their part well. The recitation and declamation contest was intellectual and classic. The declamation was won by Henry Dowell Jones, Subject, “The Conqueror.” The recitation medal was won by Miss Ethel Boaz, who impersonated a Gypsy flower girl.
Baccalaureate Services Sunday
The graduates 17 in number, led by the mascot, Master James Clyde Kelly Jr., carrying the class colors, marched in and took their places in front of the rostrum, before the exercises began, as follows: Prelude, consolation, doxology, invocation, Rev. M.D. McNeill. Hymn “O Worship the King,” by the school. Scripture and prayer by Rev. A.R. McQueen. Anthem, “Consider and Hear Me,” by Misses Sadie Doss, Minnie Hunter, Jack Kelly and Redin Barefoot.
Sermon by Rev. A.R. McQueen. Hymn, “Holy, Holy, Holy.” Benediction, Rev. J.W. Hartsell. Postlude and chorus, “He Is the King of Glory.” Miss Kate Hunter, music teacher, presided at the piano throughout the service.
Rev. A.R. McQueen took his test from the 22nd chapter of the Book of Proverbs, first verse. “A Good Name Is—Rather to be Chosen Than Great Riches, and Loving Favor Rather Than Silver and Gold.” He began by saying that nothing gave him more pleasure than to bring the message from God’s word to the students of Moore County, who were his homefolks. He said that we herd a great deal now about science, and what man had discovered and what man had done, and was still doing, with radium, electricity, the uses of gasoline, these had always been here, but man had not discovered it. Now since they have, they are trying to deprive God of all the power, greatness, goodness, and wisdom of the world. God is the gracious and all wise power who put this in the earth. Man has discovered it, and gives himself the glory.
It is all right to have silver and gold, and the good things of earth but character must be considered first. Earthly goods go to dust with the body, but the Spirit returns to God who gave it. The only thing you will ever carry out of this life is your character. The greatest loss is not the loss of property, or loved ones, but character. The standard of a good character is marked out for us by the word of God, and the example set up for us by Christ. Not only a knowledge of the word of God, but use it in your business relations. Your home relations and your relations to God. It isn’t easy to build a good character. Anyone can drift with these fallen natures of ours. There is no more satisfaction to the man who struggles, for his reward is founded upon a rock. The rains, floods and storms are the trials temptations and disappoints we meet in life, but if your character is founded upon the Rock, it falls not. You make your choice when you choose. If you plant a field of cotton, you gather cotton, a field of corn, you gather corn. The character you choose is your choice and that character you will make.
Class Day Program
Juniors’ song to seniors. Song to juniors.
Salutary—Cleta Jackson
Our Little Mascot—Minnie Cameron
Song to Mascot.
Oration to Juniors—Ola Frye
History of Class—Ethel Phillips
Class Orator—Henry Dowell Jones
Giftorian—Currie Spivey
Jokes—Edna Hancock
Grumbler—Pauline Snipes
Statistics—Haywood Snipes
Class Poem—Wade Collins
Characteristics—Sadie Badgett
Prophecy—Edna O’Briant
Class Will—Tom Smith
Valedictory—Ethel Boaz
Class Song
Program read by Ethel Douglass
Mascot J. Clyde Kelly Jr.
The graduating exercises were short but impressive. The address by Dr. Gilmore was short but inspiring. He began by saying he used to wonder why they called the close of school commencement—now he knew it was opening the door of life. His first suggestion, forge out for yourself, do not limit your life. Pick and choose the things you can best do. Have the courage to change your mind. Choose high and noble things. Set your goal and ask power from the Spirit of God. Take your motto, “The elevator to success is broken, take the stairs.” That compared favorably with the class motto, “Climb, though the hill be rugged.” Prof. Kelly presented the medals, diplomas and the mascot’s diploma, all of which we will tell about next week.
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The graduating class leaving the Vass-Lakeview High School this week consists of six boys and five girls. In the average of achievement, it ranks with the best the community has ever produced.
Appropriate exercises marked the closing of a very successful school year. A large number of parents and the people of the community attended the exercises and, on every hand expressed their appreciation of the manner in which the students had responded to the excellent training given by the faculty.
The first number of the commencement exercises was given in the High School auditorium Friday night. The program was in the form of a recital by the piano class, in which a large number participated.
On Sunday evening the elementary grades held the stage and gave a very pleasing entertainment, including a three-act operetta entitled “The Quest of the Pink Parasol.” This was followed by Uncle Sam’s Photograph Album,” which was introduced with a flag drill and concluded with a striking tableau.
The very impressive service on Sunday morning was attended by a congregation that taxed the capacity of the auditorium. When Rev. W.V. McRae, pastor of the Methodist church had taken his place, an invisible choir sang “America, the Beautiful,” after which the singers marched to their places in the auditorium.
The Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. McRae, delivered in a masterful manner, gave to the class a message of inestimable value and one that will enable them to take their rightful places in the proper upbuilding of the communities they might be called upon to serve and become a part of. He took as his subject “The true road to true success,” supporting it by the text, Matthew 6:33—“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
The sermon contained everything necessary in the way of encouragement and should cheer the class of ‘26onto the highest realm of accomplishment.
Monday night brought forth the Recitation content, in which seven girls took part.
At the close of the contest, a special number was given, entitled: “Runaway Moonbeams.” This was easily the most novel feature of the commencement exercises. The dance of the moonbeams and the celestial stage setting could not have been produced so beautifully without the expenditure of much time and thorough preparation.
Tuesday night was epochal in the lives of the members of the graduating class. It was a night upon which they will look back in the years to come, we hope, with increasing pride. A night on which their relatives and friends gathered together to be present with them at the moment which marked the beginning of a new era for them. From the Invocation by Rev. D.McD. Monroe, pastor of the Presbyterian church, to the presentation of diplomas and certificates, which closed the program, all present felt the solemnity of the occasion. A feature of the evening not embodied in the printed programs was the taking of a free-will offering for the leader of the Sandhlll Band, Mr. Murray. It was an offering carrying with it absolutely no restrictions as to how it should be disposed of, and given to express, in small degree, the appreciation the community feels for the wonderful thing Mr. Murray has accomplished in organizing and training the boys.
Wednesday evening marked the close of the commencement exercises, when the annual play was given. This was entitled “Kicked Out College,” and was very ably presented in three acts by a large cast and chorus.
The roll of the class of ’25 is as follows:
Eva Oldham, president
Alton Cameron, vice-president
Eloise Brooks, secretary and treasurer
Bessie Gunter
Mary Thompson
Vivian Matthews
Earl Edwards
Willie Keith
Duncan Keith
Paul Rollins
Joseph Thompson. Onward and Upward!
As these estimable young people mount round after round of the ladder that leads to true success, may they never encounter one of their number coming down!
From the front page of The Pilot, Southern Pines, N.C., Friday May 7, 1926
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The recitation contest held in connecting with the commencement exercises was won by Mary Davis Wescott, who recited “Archie Dean.”
Mary Thompson was awarded the History Medal, which was presented by Mrs. J.B. Sweet, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
From the front page of The Pilot, Southern Pines, N.C., Friday May 7, 1926
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The story from Washington, where the wets have been trying to persuade congress to loosen the laws against liquor, is not comforting to the campaigners, for congress has shown a decided attitude in favor of the dry amendment. And congress sis right. Where whiskey a personal matter as the wets undertake to argue, it would be entirely different, but the prohibition of liquor is to more a sumptuary law than the prohibition of burglar tools or poison or any other thing that is in itself presumptive evidence of danger to society and other individuals. If the man who wants to get drunk would get drunk and not molest any one else no law would have a right to protect him from his own folly. But the great difficulty is that the man who gets drunk is at once a public danger and the easiest way to protect society form him is to keep him sober and responsible. The general belief that whiskey makes a man dangerous and not himself is the excuse offered in court very often that the criminal was not responsible for his crime because he was drunk.
The people of this country have removed much of the menace of whisky. It is infinitely safer to drive the roads today because whiskey is so largely removed from general use. With open saloons where liquor could be had indiscriminately the automobile in drunken hands would be a pestilence and worse than war. In any line if whiskey will prevail society would be at the mercy of the drunken man. It is nonsense to say drunkenness is as bad as before prohibition, for that is entirely wrong. May a young chap in these days has never seen a drunken man, wile 15 years ago they were plentiful everywhere. And the bulk of the people will never allow such a condition to prevail again.
Nobody wants to ride on trains again hauled by engineers who have been drinking, nor to have a doctor called who is in the worse for the last drink, nor to have any service from any one who is intoxicated, as was often the case in the past. Nobody wants to ride in a bus driven by a man who is drunk, nor to have a drunken man around the shop or the factory, or any place where he endangers the others. Society is leery of whisky now, and because it is a menace to others than the man who drinks it. Business men do not want their customers to be spending their money at the gin mills. The truth is might few want whisky, because it is a too expensive constant danger, and that is why John Barleycorn will never be resurrected.
From the editorial page of The Pilot, Southern Pines, N.C., Friday May 7, 1926
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Miss Louise Cullers of Apex visited Miss Bessie Gunter several days recently.
Rev. and Mrs. McD. Monroe, Mrs. D.A. Smith and Miss Mary Davis Wescott were Sanford visitors Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. T.R. Moffitt and Miss Retha Moffitt of Sanford were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Cameron and attended the exercises given by the elementary grades at the school auditorium that evening.
Mr. J.R. Thomas, Miss Mildred Thomas and J. R. Jr. were callers to Raleigh last week on account of the illness of Mr. Thomas. Mr. Thomas underwent an operation at Rex hospital and is getting along nicely.
Mrs. Charlie Oldham and son, Vann, of Goldston, visited the home of R.L. Oldham Sunday.
Miss Wylantha Byrd of Hamlet is spending a few days with Misses Elizabeth and Madeline Simpson.
Mrs. T.W. Churchill of Moncure is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T.K. Gunter.
James Ray McLean, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. N.N. McLean, was very ill last week, but we are glad to report that he is much better.
Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Johnson and children, of Sanford, visited Mr. and Mrs. N.N. McLean Friday night.
Messrs. McLeon and T.J. Brooks of Sanford attended the class exercises Tuesday evening.
Mrs. A.K. Thompson had as her guests Wednesday Mrs. T.C. Gaddy of Cameron, Mrs. John Gaddy and John Jr. of Vass, and Mrs. Charlie Boaz of Pleasant Garden.
W.D. Smith made a business trip to Winston-Salem the first of the week.
H.L. Thompson and family of Sanford spent last week-end at the home of W.D. McCraney.
Mr. and Mrs. G.H. Simpson, Rev. D. McD. Monroe, Mrs. W.C. Byrd, Mrs. D.A. Smith and Miss Mary Davis Wescott attended the recitation contest at Cameron Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Hardin Gunter of Aberdeen were in town Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Thompson and daughter, Billie, of Hamlet, spent Saturday night at the home of A.K. Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Atkinson and sons of Southern Pines were among the many who attended the Commencement exercises.
A family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Morrison on Sunday, May 2, and the day was greatly enjoyed by all present. Those in attendance were Mr. and mrs. J.f. Morrison and children of Moncure, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Jackson and children of Cameron, J.L. Morrison of Wilmington, Mr. and Mrs. D.P. Morrison and baby of Lakeview, Mr. and Mrs. John Stutts and baby of Vass, and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pendergraph of Sanford route five. There were 12 of the grandchildren.
A number of the Cameron people were here Wednesday evening for the school play.
Mrs. Mollie Graham and Miss Kate Graham of Cameroun route 1, spent Sunday with W.B. Graham and family.
Guy H. Simpson Jr. and Edwin Walker of Madison visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G.H. Simpson Friday evening.
Garland, Aubrey and Veldon Sexton returned Wednesday to Fuquay Springs, after visiting their aunt, Miss Lizzie Jones.
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Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Harrell, who have been very pleasant guests in our village for some time have left for their home in Georgetown, S.C.
Miss Isabel Wicker of southern Pines was a visitor in our village one afternoon the past week.
J.B. Wright, who has been working as third trick operator at Colon for the past year, is now back in our village for a while.
D.B. Tew and family have moved from their home here to Southern Pines, where Mr. Tew is foreman on a carpenter job.
W.G. Stevens and wife, who have been very pleasant guests here for some weeks while enroute from Florida north, left Monday morning for their home in Saxon River, Vermont.
Joseph B. Davis and sister, who have been pleasant guests here for the winter season left Tuesday for their summer home in White Plains, N.Y.
Mrs. Orlando Williams and daughter, Miss Nettie, who spent the winter here in their cozy home in Highland Park, left Tuesday morning in their car for their summer home in West Orange, New Jersey.
On one night the past week a goodly number of our citizens met at the church, the subject of the occasion was to have a pounding for the preacher. It proved to be a pleasant occasion and a great surprise to Rev. Aylmore and wife. The gifts were not limited to one pound, but a number of pounds, consisting of sugar, bags of flour, canned fruit, canned goods, in fact a nice line groceries and around $50 in cash, which goes to show that our townspeople are very liberal toward our new preacher.
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