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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02
MISS WARD GOES NORTH

Miss Laura Ward, who is in
charge of the drygoods depart
ment Of Andrews store, is MAX
ing a trip to New York with Mr..
Andrews to select the fall stock.
Miss Laura has been identified
with him for between twenty
ard twenty-five years and for a
lcng tine has been charged with
ahoosing the dresses and other
articles Of clothing which the
establishment offers for sale.
Not long ago a New York mer-
chant said to Mr.. Andrews: Il
have buyers from all over the
United States coming to my
Place here, and Miss Ward who
represents you is about the best
judge of materials I've found
among en-
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02
TOWNS TAX RATE
nROpC IN CTNTc
VAAV1 > ~ VG1V10
But COunty's Advances to $l.lO,
So Total Gees up 10 points
to $2R IL
TAXABLE PROPERTY, $2,35O,OO

The tax rate of the town of
Chapel Hill has been fixed by
the board Of aldermen at 1892
1-2, as against SLAP 1-2' last
year.
But the county commission
ers recently increased the coun-
ty rate from 80 cents to $1.10.
The combined town and county
rate, therefore, will be $2.42 1-2
on each. 500 of assessed valua-
ton, as compared with $2.32 1-2
in 1922.
The town rate is made, up as
follows: for general expenses
(police, health, fire, streets,
etc., .45 cents, a decrease of 5
cents from last year; debt ser
vice, IL l-2 cents, no change;
school operation so cents, no
change school debt service, 25
cents, a decrease of 5 cents.
1t is the increase in the total
assessed valuation of property
in Chapel Hill that has made
possible a cut in the rate here.
The amount on the books last
year was about 100000.
Now it is about $2,35O,000. The
increase of $350,OOO is due to
Improvements amounting to
$4,000 and to changes in as
sessments of $240,000.
There is much construction
going on now, but since May l
is the listing date, this does not
get upon the books until year
hence. Of course the town gets
no tax revenue from the extern
sive building on the campus,
since all University property is
exempt. However, there is
great indirect benefit to Chapel
Hill, because the University's
expansion makes all town prop
erty grow in value.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02
FIREMEN FEAST AUGUST z

A monster barbecue will be
served next Tuesday, August Z,
on the grounds Of the graded
school, a treat by the fire com
Dany here to the tfremen who art
to come to Durham from all
over the State for the annual
6"emen's tournament. Early III
the morning Chief Foister is to
run the truck over from here
with his fellow delegates and
the mayor and the board of
aldermen to take part in the pa
rade through Durham streets.
At about noon the whole crowd,
expected to number nearly 500,
VII be brought to Chapel Hill in
automobiles loaned by the citi-
ge1s Of Durham. Gooch is to
eve the barbecue. =
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02
Carl Carl WVViegardd IMVAaarries-
Climax of Summer Romance;
Bride is Miss Wooten

Carl Wiegand and Miss Lucy
WoOten went over to Raleigh
Monday and got married in the
Episcopal church of the Good
Shepherd.
NJ. Wiegand is a practicing
attorney in Chapel Hill and was
recently a candidate for mayor.
BEFORE he settled down here as
a lawyer he was an instructor
in the University's music de-
)a"tment and is an accomplished
Tiolinist.
The couple made each others
acquaintance this summer while
Miss WoOten was here as a stu
dent. She is from Covington,
Georgia, and has been a teach
er for one year.
She had a room at Mrs. S. w.
Bynum's on Henderson street,
and Miss Margaret Cheek of
Sparta was her roommate. 1t
was through Paul Parsons, a
friend of Miss Cheeks, that Mr..
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02
ORANGE CHURCH'S
lOQTH RIRTHnAY
4VV1n V11NA1WHA
Big Homecoming" at the Famous
Institution North Of Chapel HILL
I More than ESQ Present
CAMPAIGN FOR new BUILDING

Orange church, three miles or
so north of Chapel Hill, cele-
brated its 1O9th birthday Sum
day. Not only the Methodists
who make up the congregation
came, but people of all denomina-
tions from miles around. There
were between $50 and 800 pres
ent.
It was called a Homecoming"
and was of unusual Importance
because it marked the launch
ing of a campaign for a new
building. The plan is to move
the present one a little farther
back from the "old Hillsboro
road" WHICH it faces, and make
it an annex d the new structure.
Orange church is a famous
institution in the county. Built
in 1914, through all these years
it has stood in it's grove of splen-
did, stately trees, a center of
both religious and social life in
the country between here and
HillsDoro. Of course the house
itself has suffered from the pas
sage of time, and the congrega-
ton, much as they~love it, know
that they must have a new
homeA They are going to pur-
sue their campaign vigorously
until it reaches a successful con-
clusion. The revival that is
now in progress will help to
stimulate interest.
Rev. J. C. Autrey, whose cir
cult includes Orange church, was
one of the principal speakers
Sunday. Others were H. w.
IOdum and F. F. Bradshaw of
Chapel Hill and Mr.. Shaw of
Pittsboro. Among the promi-
nent families represented in the
assemblage ware the Clay Ho-
gains, the Maddrys, and several
clans of BlackWoods. Mr.. and
Mrs. r. P. Harris also attended
VIII Freeland, a prominent
nlember of the congregation, re-
ceived sAteral subscriptions to
The fund for the new church.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02
Were Girls Here i'm 1865.
= Now Revisit Chapel Hill
Misses Margaret and Katharine Hlard Who Were Children
in the Village during Civil War; Tell of the Old Times

Miss Margaret Burgwyn Hill
lard and Miss Katharine Hill
lard, who were children in
Chapel Hill during the Civil
War, came back Saturday They
were travelling in a Ford car,
which they themselves drove,
from Oxford to Blowing Rock,
and stopped over for the day
with Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Law
renee. +
In the rectory sitting room,
on the same spot of ground
where they used to live when
their father was Chapel Hills
Episcopal clergyman, they talked
of the village of sixty years ago.
81 remember when Sherman's
army, or part of it, marched
through" said. Miss Margaret.
''The troops camped in the field
back of this lot. THE war wasn't
quite over then, but there was
some sort of a truce and we did
not suffer from the looting that
had gone on in other towns along
the line of march. A northern
soldier was put in our house as
guard. My father wasn't here
then, being in Virginia as a
chaplain with General Lee, and
we were scared of the soldier.
THE Confederates, Johnston's S
men, had come through only a
few days before, and we had
stood along the road side and
given them pretty nearly all the
bread and meat we had, so there
was not much left when the en-
emy arrived.
"Dr. Mallett lived next door to
us. Before Sherman's men came
here he got a lot of valuables to-
gether-tableware, and watches,
and jewelry, and some money
and buried them in a box. The
soldiers went about sticking
their bayonets in the ground and
they found the box. DR.. Mallett
posted sign that no questions
would be asked about the money
f the watches were returned.
He got them back at last by
paying for them. My mother
had had him hide her watch with
the others and that was recov-
cred too.
Later we were in such a
plight that we had to turn
everything that was not neces-
sary into money with which to
buy food and clothes, and the
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02
FOWLER BUYS MODEL MARKET


John 7. Fowler, whose flour
nil in Carrboro burned several
FeeEs ago, has bought the Mod
| Market. The late Samuel
2ickard, who owned the estab-
,i5Mnelt, provided in his will
hat it be sold, and it was auc.
icned az. James Sparrow was
the purchaser at the auction,
but sold his bid. Mr.. Fowler has
AIKEN into partnership with him
i'd Sparrow and Tom Lloyd.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02

watch was sent TO h2lelgn W Oe
offered for SALE. On Christmas
eve there was a knock at our
door, and when my mother
opened it, a little package was
put in her hands by a messenger
who had come over by stage
from Durham.
"In it was her watch sur
rounded by the price of it in
gold dollars. There was a note,
unsigned, saying that a friend
of her fathers wanted her to
accept the watch as a Christ
mas gift. We were never told
who the giver was"
xThe father of the Misses Hill
lard was a Massachusetts man,
"a graduate of Harvard in the
class of 1852. In that year he
came to Lake Scuppernong in
eastern North Carolina to visit
a classmate, and the following
year returned as a tutor. He
married the daughter of Rev.
Samuel Iredell Johnston of
Edenton, and moved to Chapel
Hill at about the time of the
outbreak of the war to take
charge of the Episcopal parish.
81 was four years old and my
sister five when the war ended" !"
said Miss Katharine. 81 often
wonder why it is that memories
of Chapel Hill remain with US
so clearly. l think it must be
because there was so much eX-
element in those days that i'm
presions were deeper than they
would be in a quiet time. We
were always hearing about the
war. Soldiers were going off and
coming back. There was great
deal of talk about the difficulty
of getting coffee and other arti-
cles of food"
They were much interested to
hear that Hoke Smith had
passed through town a few days
before.
II remember him particularly
well, said Miss Katharine, "be-
cause he lived near us and we
caught the whooping cough
from him."
Miss Katharine Hilliard is a
teacher ina high school in Oma-
ha, Nebraska. 1t is one of the
largest high schools in the
world, having an enrolment of
1900.
Miss Margaret lives in Ok
ford
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02

AA4iieefaeH4AA \ ie first knew
Miss Wooten. Their romance
developed rapidly, Mrs. Bynum
says she began to have suspi-
cions of something serious a
few days ago, but the marriage
came as a surprise to her.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02

Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Braune
eft last week in their car for
Brevard. After visiting their
'aughter in Camp Rockbrook,
they went on to Alabama to see
Mr.. Braune's family. Their car
cyas equipped with tents and all
oamping paraphernalia.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02
A MOUSE FOR MISS VENABLE

A free gift of mouse was
made to Miss Frances Venable
by the poatofice the other day.
But she refused to accept it and
nobody knows where it is now.
When she. drew from her lock-
box a. rolled-up newspaper and
shook it open, the mouse jumped
to the floor at her feet. She
went out of one door of the lob
by and the mouse went out of
the other.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02
J. B. LlNKER, JR., ARRIVES

A son, J. Burton, Jr., was born
Saturday to Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Burton Lin&r. Mr.. Linker was
an instructor in mathematics in
the University for three years,
He is now studying at Johns
Hopkins but will return to the
faculty here.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02

| was much pleased the other
afternoon to see our p0rtly
health officer, DR.. Nathan, enter
the Carrburu swimming pool.
When he leapt into the water, a
tidal wave surged against each
Of the POOLS four sides with such
force that | feared for the con-
crete.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02

Miss Margaret Burgwyn Hill watch sent Raleigh to
lard and Miss Katharine Hill offered for SALE On Christina
;ord h ~ oh;,arn :; eve there knock at ou
=, - , -. :, door, and when my mothe
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02

Mrs, f. E. Rives is with her
grandmother, Mrs. F. A. Tank
ersley. Mr.. Rives, known to the
University as "Scrubby," has
gone back to Greensboro.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02
Chapel Hill ChaR ].

other day / was asking him
about the preparations for his
sisters wedding September 5.
He named several persons who
were to figure in 1.-THE best
man, ushers, and so on-but he
did not mention himself.
"Where do you come in?" in.
quired. He replied: "Oh, if the
house catches fire I'm going to
put the fire out" $
An echo of the Weekly's re-
cent remarks on pajamas and
nightshirts comes from New
York. 'It has come to my atten-
tion," writes Alfred w. Hay
wood, graduate of the Univer-
sity and former resident of Haw
River and Raleigh, "that in
your issue July 5, l am classed
with the extinct mastodon, pter-
odactyl and icthyosaurus be-
cause of the allegation that,
with the exception of DR.. Mac
Nider and Prof. Collier Cobb,
two gentlemen of known dis
cernment, | am the only person
who continues to wear night
shirts. While it is true that for
a long time after the introduc-
ton of the now all-prevalent pa
iamas l did remain constant to
the comfortable and matchless
form of night attire to which
you refer, | was unwillingly
compelled several years ago to
abandon it., largely because of
the deplorable shortage of the
article. Much dist, ess has been
thereby caused to me and others
of it's adherents who admire it
for it's rest-giving qualities.
While my girth is not yet large,
| have never cared for the tight
ly bound waist. | am Willingto
join DR.. MacNider and Prof.
Cobb any time in a crusade for
the revival of the nightshirt."
The town took on a lonesome
look toward the end of last week
because of the melting away, at
the end of the first Summer
School term, of hundreds Of
women students, But a new
flock are assembling for the sec
ond term, and again the neigh
borhood of the postoffice, at
nightfall, becomes colorful and
gay. -
| was much pleased the other
afternoon to see our pOrtly
health officer, DR.. Nathan, enter
the CarrbUru swimming pool
When he leapt into the water, a
tidal wave surged against each
Of the POOLS four sides with such
force that | feared for the con
crete.
| love the old Mangum place
at the corner Of Rosemary street
and HillsborO road. Here is the
old Chapel Hill of my childhood
unchanged. | give thanks that
the board fence has not been re.
placed by any barrier more up
to-date. When it was mendeC
not long ago it was mended il
such a manner that its aspect
was altered hardly at all The
old well back Of the house re
mains, even though it is not
, used. In the springtime the
ground under the oaks is still
beautifully blue with millions OF
, periwinkles, and now in midsum.
, mer the Grape myrtle is a burst
Of glory. And in a little while
t will come the ~scuppernongs thai
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02
POULTRY SICKNESS
IC CTVTNC1TpnIRIE
tO U1VUVU 1NVOUAA
1t Is at This Season That FlOcks
Suffer Most from Their
Various Diseases
ISOLATE ALL SICK CHICKENS"

1OVAAAA 1AAh OAVAA VAAVAAA0
This is. the the season when
poultry-raisers have most sick
ness in their flocks. From all
over Orange county letters are
coming to r. P. Harris, the
Chapel Hill schools agricultural
expert, describing symptoms
and asking him what to do to
put the fowls in good health.
isolate your sick chickens"
thus can be summed up the
main piece of advice that the
expert has to offer. AS soon as
you see one fowl dropping, put
it in a coop or enclosure entire
ly apart from the healthy fowls.
This may prevent an epidemic.
A plenty Of good food and
fresh water will end many of the
troubles that farmers complain
about. Chickens must not de-
pend on scratching for their liv-
ing. Often it is lack of proper
nourishment that makes them
an easy prey to sickness.
Mrs. Jim Merritt, out on Pitts
boro road, has had an unfortu-
nate experience lately with her
chickens. When four or five
died, one was sent to State COL
lege for examination. The re-
port came back that nothing
could be found wrong with it.
At last the riddle was solved:
it was discovered that the chick
ems had had access to living
maggots, which were probably
bred in decaying meat or some
other decomposing substance.
The fowls that had not yet been
poisoned were promptly placed
where they could not get the
fatal food.
Mrs. Tom Atwater, who lives
beyond Antioch, began to lose
her turkeys not long ago. They
dropped off one by one, and she
could not diagnose the malady.
Mr.. Harris, to whom she ap-
pealed, consulted the turkey wiz
ards at State college. They sus-
pect the turkeys have contracted
a disease known as "blackhead."
If so, the best thing to do is to
administer fluid extract of ipe-
cac, and this. remedy is being
tried. For curative purposes
the prescription is 10 drops per
fowl three times a day for three
days, then twice a day for three
days, then once a day for three
days.
For prevention, administer
one teaspoonful of powdered ipe-
cac, for each 20 birds, small and
young included, this to be fed tC
them in drinking water or in
the water in which their dough
is mixed.
One thing that is essential al
this season, if the farmer is tc
rake a success with poultry, is
to rid the flock of old Worn-out
fowls. They harbor diseases
that imperil the whole flock
And they are not worth while as
producers anyway. A her
oughtn't to be kept more thar
three laying seasons at most
and the heavier breeds not more
than two.
Mrs. Paul Lloyd's chickens
have been suffering from the
chicken pox, and Mrs. w. |
Suit of Orange Grove fears thai
har focb Of turkeys have con
tracted cholera. Mr.. Harris is
Uopk;n0 with them to trv to fine
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-08-02

Miss Mae Culpepper end Miss
Winifred Potts left Tuesday by
automobile for Fayetteville, Ga.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-04-26

EUGENIA

D ORN to queenly honors is she who
- bears the name of Eugenia. Its
origin is in the Greek language where
1t is derived from word meaning
well-horn. Its modern adaptation by
the French into Eugene is famous
throughout the world since it is borne
by one of the most illustrious women
of history, the former Empress Eu-
genie. It's popularity in France is
enormous and its Anglicized version,
Eugenia, has great vogue in England
and America.
Its history dates back from Eu-
genes, very old Greek writer, but
Eugenias was the name most popular
in classical times. 1t was carried ON
as Eugenius by the Romans. st. Eu-
genius was a confessor and another
Eugenius was Bishop of Toledo in
GAG. Indeed, it has always been Il
favorite as a masculine name and has
been borne by men of power and
prominence. Eugenio was the name o.
that high-spirited Savoy called '1e
petit Able du Roi," who was later the
Prince Eugene, dear to England and
Austria, and terrible to France and
Turkey, yet, curious to relate, foe that
he was, his name enjoys greater popu-
larity in France than in his native
country.
The first and only Eugenia that his
tory records before the birth of the
great Eugene, was virgin Roman
martyr, about whom there is very little
known. The Empress Eugenie's his
tory Is too well known to need recall
ing. Her poignant grief over the loss
Of Alsace and Lorraine has made her
one Of the worlds tragic figures. 1t
was she who said that when she was
dead, if her heart could be removed
from her body, the names Of those two
beloved provinces would be found en-
graved there.
Eugenia's talismanic stone is that
regal jewel, the diamond, which de-
notes victory over enemies, when K
is dreamed of. Worn by Eugenia it
is an antidote from poison. since the
stone itself was believed by old super
stition to be deadly poison. Thu
stone also affords protection from
plague and set forth in verse is It's
prophecy:
The Evil Eye shall have no power to
Him that shall wear the diamond as a
charm.
No monarch shall attempt to thwart his
WILL
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-04-26

% and all railways in that section
were directed to put into effect by
July / reasonable point class rates
on all connecting lines. All carriers
were directed to put in reasonable
joint commodity rates and work out
plans and submit them to the COM
mission by July /.
The matter of the class rates on
the Chesapeake and Ohio, Virginia
and Norfolk and Western railroads
was not acted upon. It is retained
on the docket Of the commission for
further cnsideratin.
The reduction Of rates covers a.
mong other things the commodity
rates on sand, gravel, crushed stone
and scrap iron. The reduction in
some rates will be large and the ac-
ton will result in general leveling
of rates so that they will eventually
be placed on a uniform basis
throughout the state.
The matter of coal rates was not
disposed Of by the order as this ac-
ton hangs on a decision of the in
| terstate commerce commission in a
case now pending. 1t is said, how
ever, that general equalization Of
rates throughout the state wi1l9 be
the final result of the efforts of the
state commission and that the gen.
eral results will be lowering Of
/ rates.
The matter was first brought be-
fore the commission on December 10
1921 when the motion was made and
the investigation of railroad freight
rates began. Evidence, maps and
other documents filed with the com
mission are .voluminous.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-04-26
THURSDAY, APRIL 18TH 1928
ONE WEAKNESS MENTIONED

There is a tendency among certain
people sof Belington to fight those
in the ascendency, those in authority
those who are making a success in
business and in their professions.
Some of us should get up and dust
ourselves to see if we are not being
hit.
This tendency is growing and the
sooner it is detected and halted the
better it will be for Belington. The
younger classes are liable to be faint
ed with evil and thus perpetuate a
real hinderance to our wealth, happi-
ness and prosperity. We say, more
power to the successful and God
speed to those who are making an
honest living at heir home duties,
in their business, in the social realm
or in the churches.
If our city officials do something
worth while lets fall in line to help
them do better things; if our school
board, school faculty make an effort
for advancement, let's fall in line; if
our newspaper starts something let's
boost; if our business men plan for
more trade, let's give them the glad
hand and deal with them, and if our
churches, our lodges and civic or
CARNATIONS promote charities, let's
lend helping hand. We are only
remembered for what we do, when
the thing is done right.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-04-26
SUGAR PRICES

The big fuss about" Sugar In
vestigations" is causing the people
to hold back buying as they believe
lower prices are coming, but it must
not be forgotten that the high price
on Sugar starts in Cuba, and the
United States government cannot re-
gulate prices in that wealthy little
island. It is quite likely that the
New York capitalists are furnishing
the money to finance the Cuban
planters at very high rate Of inter
est, which the consumer always pays.
It is predicted that sugar will be
higher due to good prospects of
fruit and the usual heavy demand
that comes in the summer months.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-04-26
The Belington Progressive
Justice To All
America First Justice 10 All
APEopL1's pAPERIaa
America First
OUR BoUNDEN DUTY

This newspaper must first of all be
clean, it must be fair, it must be hon
est and without malice in its opinions
and expressions and it must, at all
times. devote itself unflinchingiy and
fearlessly to the public service IN the
interests of tie masses of the people.
It must always combat evil and IN
Justice.
It must always fight for progress
and reform.
1t must never tolerate corruptlons'
1t must be in sympathy with the
pcor and unfortunate.
For Belington it must always stand
with the unsel6sh devotion, for the
achievement of the finest Ideals oa
every high purpose, of every enter
mise, of every step in the march OF
progress.
II must stand for good government
freedom, equality, tie public welfare
civic and true patriotism and undying
love of country.