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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-11-01
Utley Champion Shooter

Marvin Utley came out first
in the weekly clay-pigeon shoot
of the Chapel Hill Gun Club last
Thursday. He smashed q out
of rs pigeons in his third
round. Clarence l.. Wills was
second with l9 out of 20, P. R.
Perry and B. s. Thompson each.
scored 18.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-11-01
BANK WILL HAVE
ANEW BUILDING
Business Has Grown So That
the Present Quarters Are No J,
Longer Adequate =
WINDOW -STTTERs FOMED.

The Bank of Chapel Hill is to
have a new building. Within a
few. days the contractors will go
at their work, and before they
are through they will have SO
changed the present bank that
it won't be recognized as the
same structure. Four months,
t is expected, will see the job
done.
It is a case of the banks hav-
ing outgrown its clothes. The
quarters now in use are made
quate. A forty-foot extension
at the rear will increase the
ground-floor space by nearly
half, and there is to be a mez-
canine in addition. And, alas
for the window-sitters who
bask happily in the sun and
watch the passers-by! the front
is to be done over in such a
manner as to preclude further
resting on the ,sills. There will
be a broad entrance flanked by
imposing columns, a grill gate,
"a vestibule, and a massive
wooden door.
The public lobby will run
down the left (west) hall, with
the cashier, tellers and clerks
in the cages to the right. There
is to be a new layout for the
money vault, the safe-deposit
boxes, and the book vault. A
kylight will surmount the
central section over the cages.
Altogether, it is going to be a
thoroughly modern banking
house.
The Bank of Chapel Hill be-
gan it's career in the front half
of what is now Jack Sparrow's
smoke shop. When the rear
part was added on the officers
thought they had space enough
for all time to come-and they
were more sure of it than ever
when they moved into the pres
ent building.
With an authorized capital Of
$4,000 and paid-in capital of
$25, 900, the bank now has to-
tai resources, including deposits,
.of $800,000. It's surplus and
undivided profits amount to
$4,000.
G. Murray Nelson of Raleigh
is the architect of the new
building, and Salmon, Shipp and
DC, VINO butt The Baptist
church, will probably get the
contract. The cost of the recon-
struction is to be about $4,000.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-11-01
CHICK INVASION
SOON TOBEGNN
Creatures win Come from
Kentucky and Missouri
MARKETED NEXT, SPRING

:. The season for buying day
old chicks is near at hand, and
a number of poultry growers in
and around Chapel Hill are get
ting their orders in.
December is the month when
they like to welcome the visit
ors, which. come, the larger part
of them, from Kentucky and
Missouri hatcheries.. The
chicks are fed up during the
winter and with the arrival of
March are ready to be sold as
spring chickens.
Around 5000 chicks were or
dered by Chapel Hill and the
surrounding country last year,
and twice that many are ex-
pected this winter. The news
of the profits in raising chick
ems has spread fast. The boys
in the Chapel Hill school who
engaged in this enterprise a
year ago averaged. between
$1.1O and $1.2O for the chickens
they sold.
The man who has not heard
Of this business of buying day.
old chicks is naturally puzzled
as to why people here should
have to send five hundred or a
thousand miles away for them.
One such ignorant person put
the matter to r. p. Harris, the
agriculture teacher in the
school, somewhat as follows:
"Here, now, we've been read
ing about how North Carolina
can grow anything ON earth.
What's the trouble? Why can't
we hatch our own chicks?"
The answer was that we
could if we would, but we simply
haven't. Other states have got
far ahead of us in this branch
of food production.
"But we're coming to it,"
said Mr.. Harris. Folks in, this
section are just beginning to
realize the merits of incubators.
You can't hatch eggs with sue
cess, in quantity, except by this
modern method. | have known
farmers who bought incubators
and then, because some little
thing went wrong, gave them
up. You've got to know how to
run them, and when you do they
bring results. The 0neratie,na e4 e4
an incubator is simple enough,
too. 1t is easy to learn, and if
proper care is taken about uni
form heating, and about the
shelter where the Matching. is
done, there shouldn't be a large
percentage of lost eggs!'
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-11-01

working on advertising and pos
ter-making.
At the close of the meeting,
the music club gave a perform
ance. Darling, l am Growing
Beld' was sung by Mary Crab
tree and Koehler Parker.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-11-01
Sheriff Andrews Birthday

S. w. Andrews, once sheriff
Of Orange, now merchant here,
is celebrating his 59th birthday
next Thursday, one week from
today.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-11-01
Chapel Hill !ChaR

Now come the days when
basking in the sun is one Of the
pleasantest pastimes, and !
don't believe any spot in the
town is SO we'll adapted to it as
the two hospitable windows of
1.-THE Bank of Chapel Hill. The
sills are broad and at just the
right height from the ground.
It seems to me that Isaac w.
Pritchard is one of the stead
lest and happiest practitioners
of this sport. / often envy him
as l pass by. He is a director
of the bank, but that has moth
ing to do with the matter. Any
window-sitter~ is welcome-it is
a case of first come, first served.
So far as / know, the bank has
never advertised these seats
among it's merits as a public ser
want, but it well might:
I was much impressed the
other day by. the chicken coop
which Manly Durham, who lives
out beyond Antioch, had rugged
up on the side of his Ford car.
It was barely wider than the
running board, to which it was
securely bolted, and on this day
accommodated 10 chickens
upon one of which, by the way,
l subsequently feasted with
great pleasure. If Henry Ford
could see this contraption / have
little doubt that he would take
a hint from it and make a
chicken-coop attachment one of
the standard parts of his car. :
l find made a grievous error
in de -ribihg aS initiates" the
young women who were annex
ed by the sororities in the Uni
versitY. T. j. Wilson, registrar,
sets me straight. The women
are not initiated, but only
pledged. There is a University
rule that requires them to be
here a while longer and to make
certain rites. If any of them
fails to make good in her books
she has to stay outside.
Rev. w. S. Long, who cele-
brated his 84th birthday ten
days ago, is busy these days
hilling up his celery. He has
been unusually successful with
it and says that that which he
planted in the shade of an apple
tree has done best. When | met
him in the post-office was
interested in hearing him tell
how he trenched and
manured and did other things
to the plants, but parted from
him with the the helpless feeling
that / would never, not even
when 81, know how to cultivate
celery as well as he does.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-11-01
University Work Expected to Begin 6,

university Work Expected to Begin Soon
Graham Memorial, conversion of
former Law building into Paymakers
theatre, dam for water supply,
strengthening gymnasium, fireproof
ROOF over Library bookstack, new ath-
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-11-01

Towns Greatest Building Year
Work Totals about S2,66O,OOO
This Includes Town and University Construction Completed This
Year, Now in Progress; and Projected Figures Com
piled for Weekly by H. D. Carter

This by far the greatest building year in the history of
Chapel Hill and the University Here presented figures show
ing the approximate of all completed this year.
process and projected The total for all these three
are included
The Weekly indebted to D. Carter member Of the arch
tectura staff of the r c. Atwood Organization the est
mates OF the figures exactthe final cost of
every building be different what expected
reasonably close approximation to actual cost
Except for b9om towns such as oil and mining settlements
population Of Chapel Hill that match its present udng
he estimate for town work to begin $eo5 600 But
if one in three Of the citizens who have vacant lots will build
then the total win be greatly increased This would far to-
ward relieving the shortage of dwellings,"
Town Work Completed This Year
Franklin Street Edwin Greenlaw,
]. F. Royster, S. E. Leavitt, Mrs. F. A.
Tankersley Mrs, NJ: w. Daniel R. B;
Lawson addition; Chapel Hill school
addition Mrs. Green Bryans two
small houses; Insurance Realty
Companys store and office building
and Tankersley store and office bull
ding; Henry and Alice Neal (col
Rosemary Street: w NJ Dey (re- -'0'-0'
constructed ctosd Sei%I home) ne N Mrs G wv Ban
Van Num- and two other colored
North Street: Miss Alice Jones and 1'VVV
c. B. Brooks. Hillsboro Street, E. C.
Metzenthin. Park Places Paul John
Street: Reconstructed Graham home,
John M. Booker cottage. Cobb Ter
race (houses and aterations) ---~--.- $4,000
Country Club house and road ~--.~~ 1000
Columbia Street Baptist church,
Sigma Chi and D. X. E. fraternity
houses 1S1 900
PittSboro Road: H. w. Odum alter
atoms of 7. C. Thompson Bros.
Cameron Avenue: Moody Durham, r.
A. Fetzer, additions of C. L. Lindsay $4,000
Patterson Street: S. Williams,
two houses; W. B. Neal NIcCauley
Street: w. II. Ray S. Atwaer, P. r.
~ Perry H. c. Wills James Huskey
Clarence l.. Wills Vance Street:
C. d. Smell -------~-~-~----~-.~.- $50
University Work Completed This Year
Nurphey Hail. Manning Hall, ad-
ditions to Library and Infrmary al
teratons to Old West and Carr Bull
ding, Cameron Avenue extension
Arboretum wall and pergola - 391 900
University Work in Process
Three dormitories athletic
building, additions to east stadium
alterations to Old East, Battle Vance
- Pettgrew Smith New West, New
East; 40 new tennis courts road south
OF campus, resurfacing Cameron Ave
nue. , -; =; =- ~--------~~.-~~. 4936OO
University Work Expected to Begin SOon
" Graham Memorial conversion of
former Law building into Playmakers'
theatre, dam for water supplv
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-11-01
$4,000
Town Work to Begin Soon
HttfCHufu

Town Work 10 Begin Soon
Episcopal and Methodist churches,
Carolina Inn Cameron MacRae store
building, hotel OF Insurance & Realty
Co., Sigma Nu fraternity house:
homes Of S. J. Brockwell, Joseph Dur
ham, 4. E. Coker, John M Booker.
H. M. Braune, G. II. Paulsen, f. r.
Koch and C. T. Murchison -.'.... eo5 m
lfecapituIatiOn
Town work completed this year. A7o al
University work completed this year 39I 00
University work in process....... 109 NJ
University work expected to begin
ro%O SUO" rorr =, 591OO
TotoI III PROCESS ana projected 6050O
A0'"i """"""''"' -.".....-,..$ 2,5599
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-11-01
University Work Completed This Year

Nurpney Hall, Manning Hall, ad-
ditions to Library and Infirmary, al
terations to Old West and Carr Bull
ding, Cameron Avenue extension,
Arboretum wall and pergola .-...............
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-11-01

Three new dormitories, athletic
building, additions to east stadium,
alterations to Old East, Battle, Vance,
Pettigrew, Smith, New West, New
East; 40 new tennis courts, road south
OF campus, resurfacing Cameron Ave
uun
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-11-01

Rosemary Street w. M. Dey IRE
constructed home), Mrs. C. w. Balm,
store building of w. T. McGalliard; !;
Van Mum and two other colored
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-11-01

Mrs. Kluttz, driven by one of
The best-knoWn car-OWners and
chauffeurs in the town-name-
ly, DR.. Kluttz-drew up in front
of her home Saturday at night
fall and alighted from the sedan
with great clusters Of autumn
leaves in her arms. She had
just come from decorating the
Presbyterian church with
chrysanthemums. Every Satur-
day for fifteen years she has put
flowers in the church-or, in
the winter, evergreens. This
strikes me as one of the most
praiseworthy forms of church
work. Speaking of flowers and
Mrs. Kluttz, her garden is one
of the most charming places in
or about Chapel Hill. Hardly
more than fifty yards from the
concrete pavement of Franklin
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New Britain herald., 1923-12-27
art in the splendid achievements to

part in the splendid achievements to come.
 And then. in the days news there is that other question concerning the whereabouts of the Dixmude. the ship of the air that was built, according to reports by the Germans to bomb the city of New York. In future develop ments regarding the Dixmude there may be tragedy; there may be new knowledge. We turn from the thought that the airship may be found with all her crew gone: we cherish the hope that in some mysterious way they have lived since her fuel and food must have given out. She may be still in the air. although the hope seems impossible of realization. She may be lost in the desert. The mystery of her is one Of the modern wonders over which men ponder and pray. In the great unknown which remains for the minds of men to explore there are other problems to be solved: there is tra gedy; there is knowledge and joy. But whatever may attend progress, physically. mentally and spiritually, it must go on.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-27
SHIPS OF THI; AIR

There will bc. in New Britain and in many other localities, an especial interest in the planned expeditions Of the Shenandoah into the Arctic re- eions when they are begun. The fact that the great ship Of the air scared above this city, lighted into silyery speCter by the rays Of the moon which she seemed 10 approach. makes us feel that we know all about her II is almost as though we had personal iH- terest in her success: a1nnsst as though we would deny indignantly any sug- gestion that she is not powerful enough 10 meet successfully any test she may have 10 undergo.
 The Shenandoah will actually try to carry men who win attempt 10 dis cover a way to ests Blish the prac- ticabiiity of transpolar air route from western Europe to Japan over the top Of the world" The expression, in this sense, appsNs. One rcmc cmbcrs tho light opera with ''The Top Of tho World" as is title. conceived in fun and bringing light thought to those who saw if. Over the top or the world" has assumed a new significance today When that opera was played and sung few dreamers. even. beIieved that the day would come when men would be sailing over Inc worlds top as quite probably ships Of the air wiI{ be doing before many years. One ad- vantage Of the flight Of the shen8n- doah may now be seen. Y brings home to us here in New Britain. as II must bring the fact home to an who saw the marvellous sight. how great are the possibilities for air conquest. for the defeat of provincial ignorance and intolerance. We have been awakened to an interest in great af- fairs that are going on far away from us. merely because we saw and won dsred at and admired great ship Of the air which will play an important
New Britain herald., 1923-12-27
RADCLIFFE GIRLS'
 JET HIGH RATING
Excel Harvard Men in Intelli.
 senCe Tests

Cambridge. Mass, Dec. 27.-Recent psychological tests given to number of students at Harvard and Radcliffe colleges show that the girls scored over the male students. The liar yard students show in average of 50.5 per cent based on the tests given I OF students while the Radcliffe girls have 55 per cent average based on tests given thirty-seven girls. The tests were devised by Dr. Abraham A. Ro- back of Harvard, and were given in the Harvard psychological laboratory by Professor Herbert $. Langfield, professor of psychology.
 The tests were based on relative speed in observation, deduction, men, tai application and interpretation. They were given in three installments, with time limit of fifty minutes. The same tests were given to both Rad cliffe and Harvard students.
 A Radcliffe student and a Harvard student tied for the first place with an average Of SC per cent. The low was scored by Harvard student with per cent. The lowest level reached by girl was sS per cent.
 "The relatively higher mental aver age shown by the girls over the boys is to be explained by the fact that greater discrimination is exercised in sending girls to colleges than is shown in men, said Dr. Roback. Before a girl is sent to college she must have demonstrated that she is fitted to enter college and that she has definite aim in view. A girl is not sent to a higher institution unless she has real ability and aims for something definite"
 "On the other hand, at least a great many men go to college because it is the thing. There are thousands of students in colleges who do not know just why they are there and what they will do when they get out. They merely plod along. dependent upon the educational system.
 The results of the tests bring the colleges np to their greatest esteem A change in college entrance exam nations is necessary. if the colle- gians are 10 maintain high mental calibre. There is one solution--thc intelligence tests"
New Britain herald., 1923-12-27
MISSING THE POINT

The worthy Manchester Evening Herald. discussing editorially the re- cent opinion of the corporation coun- sel of this city in regard to the ap- pontment to the police force of men over 35 years of age in violation of council ordinances limiting the age of men to be appointed to 35, seems to have erred in its understanding of the point involved. Disregarding the merits or otherwise of such opinion, as that matter has been fully com mcnted upon in these columns, one may well call the Manchester news papers attention 10 just what the corporation counsel held to be the point at issue.
 "Thc corporation counsel held" says that newspaper. that the only question to bo considered was whether the imposition Of the S5 year ago limit would have a beneficial influence on the general efficiency of the police force"
 This is exactly, precisely and eX- plicitly what the corporation counsel did not hold. His opinion on this matter reads: The point of the mat ter is not whether in fact and in their practical results the ordinance ren- dered the police force more eai- cient. s"
 If that matter is plain, after due consideration haveing been given it the next comment Of the Manchester Herald may be referred to, "Iic tthe corporation eounseD appears to have satisfied himself on that point for he held the appointments of the three policemen were illegal"
 Tho corporation counso's opinion having stated that this was not the point at alL certainly he has not satis- fled himself on this point. As a mat ter Of fact the opinion would indicate that tho appointment Of these police mon might well add to tho efficiency Of the force, if indeed any assumption may be drawn from the fact that the opinion pointed out n simple way to bring about the appointment in a proper manner. AS to what the point in question was, the opinion states it in a clear manner understandable. at least to minds accustomed to get the correct meaning from the English language. After stating, a. above, what is not the point the opinion goes on. but it (thc point at issuel is whether the nature O. the act reduc- ing the ago qualifications form forty five or forty years to thirty-five or fix ing the same at thirty-fiye is of that character as may well have had beneficial influence on the general ef- dciency of tho police force. or such IS intended 10 render the force more efficient. that is to say. an act within the scope of the authority specially vested by the charter in the common council"
 The point is Hot whether thc limit ing ages did make the force more ef- icient. The point is whether the com mon council had the right 10 try 10 make il more efficient by using ifs judgment in regulating the ages al which policemen should be appointed.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-27
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation.
GOOD BTSINESS


 Christmas would not be thoroughly satisfactory were the merchants who made such great preparations for it unable to report that business had been great. In the first place if the business in the stores should not be rushing. it would indicate that fewer presents were purchased and, there fore, fewer people to enjoy giving them to their friends and relatives 'and others" and fewer friends, rela- tives "and others" to be made happy by receiving these new evidences Of continued regard. The merchants are, today, able to report d splendid busi- ness. Comparisons with other years have been made and all show that this year was one of the good ones. Those who made the greatest efforts were the ones to receive the greatest re- wards, of course.
 There is more that a selfish satis- Ad0tioh III AHt h1dIb ol many d IlltF- chant when he sees his store full Of people eager to get something for someone else, We are all human and the merchant especially so, as his work keeps him in close contact with his customers. And so, of course, satis- faction in the financial aspect, comes to the merchant when he sees that his wares are appreciated, his stock sold. But after the first rush Of trade is over. however, and in the moments when he has time to think Of how we'll business is going. he docs take huge delight in the evidence or pros perity all about him which comes with good business, He can not help but be glad that because he has laid in big stock, he Is doing his share toward making Christmas happy day for the givers and those who will receive as well.
 Tho fact that the business at the post office was 25 per cent greater than that of last year is another bit Of evidence not only that friends Of New Britain people, living elsewhere, were well remembered, but that New Britain people were in a position 10 remember with gifts and letters of good wishes many others-many more than usual Twenty-Five per cent more people will send word back to New Britain this year than they did last. thanking our residents and feeling, as they write. that all is well with their friends who live in this city which must, evidently, be a thriving place. These final words from those who Of necessity look upon Christmas most practically. confirm the belief that this Christmas was indeed merry one.