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The Washington times., 1923-07-05
80 LIQUOR
H()L[)-tJPS
IN PAST
MONTH
Lone Wolf Asher Said to Be
Assigned to Job Of Locat-
ing Loot.

Efforts are being made by Fed
eral enforcement agents to locate
several caches used by liquor
bandits for the storing of stolen
moonshine in Washington. It was
learned today that more than
fifty hold-ups of aGtos carrying
bootleggers' liquors occurred with
in the city or the immediate en-
vironment during tie past month
While the bootleggers are power
less to appeal to the law for aid
in. recovering the illegally con-
fiscated liquor, in several in
stances, it is said, the bandits,
in addition to pirating the wet
goods, swelled the loot by robbing
their victims Of personal property
of considerable value.
One BootIegger Loses $500.
According to information given
enforcement agents, in one In
stance a bootlsgger and his aide
undertook to deliver q case OF
moonshine whiskey to q customer
whom they knew little about ex-
cept that the sale was effected
through one of the. bootlegger's
agents believed to be reliable. The
delivery was to be made after IL
o'clock at night In the vicinity
of Pennsylvania avenue and Tween
tieth street. Previous to making
this final delivery the bootlegger
had delivered and collected for
three other cases of moonshine.
The sum collected amounted TO
more than $500.
On reaching Pennsylvania avenue
and Twentieth street, shortly after
the hour set, he found an automo-
bile waiting. Two men were in the
car. They instructed him to drive
into the shadow of a nearby build
ing. When he had placed his car
they. pulled up along side and after
sticking a gun in his face trans
fered the case Of whiskey and then
compelled him 10 turn hver his
lected on the other deliveries.
There's no difference between
bootleg money and moonshine," he
was informed. When he urged that
unless he was returned at least $50
he would be put out of business the
bandits laughingly told him to pawn
few Of his wife's diamonds.
Those sparklers she sports came
out of the game, so you can soak
them back in it again and get
them out later. By the way, that
car of yours looks pretty good to
me. Suppose you drop out. Walk
ing is good for you"
The net result Of the bootlegger's
operations for the night was the
loss of four cases of moonshine
and an automobile which had cost
him $1,750 less than month be-
fore.
More Than Twenty Holdups.
Men believed to be the same ban
dts have held up more than
twenty bootleg shipments and got
away with the liquor during June.
They are not the only pair en-
gagged in the business, however, as
information seeping through to the
enforcement agents pictures anoth
er organization comprised Of two
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Named Daugherty Aide.

Roscoe r. Koch, attorney, Potts
vile, Pa, has been appointed a
special assistant to the Attorney
General and assigned to the division
handling claims against the United
States. the Department Of Justice
announced today.
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THE ORIGINAL
"COLD SHOULDER"
WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIPS

Sam-What / maintain is that
psychology is quite important
in this whole thing.
Jack-Look here, Sam; I've
heard that fellows name sew
eral times lately. Tell me: Is
he related to our old friend Cy
Cummings, who is also impor-
tant? He must be, the names
are so much alike. PETE.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05

With most cordial greetings from
Mrs. Simon and myself, am
sincerely yours"
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
THAT PUZZLE POEM.

n. MsB. ROSSELL, BRIDGE;
FORT" and other fans find that
the answer to H. Smiths puzzle
poem in last Sundays Herald
was CAPE-C-Ape; Cape.
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BRAVEsT OF THE BRAVE.

A hero brave IL Mike McBliskey,
This bOOtIegger drinks his own
whisley. HANK HAWKINS.
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More Than Twenty Holdups.

Men believed to be the same ban
dts have held up more than
twenty bootleg shipments and got
away with the liquor during June.
They are not the only pair en-
gagged in the business, however, as
information seeping through to the
enforcement agents pictures anoth-
er organization comprised Of two
Continued on Page 2S.)
The Washington times., 1923-07-05

Major Donovan, in Report, Ex-
plains How Reduced Rate
Is Possible.

Washington's most successful
financial year in history has just
passed, Major Daniel j. Donovan,
District Auditor, reported to Com
missioner James F.. Oyster today
in his annual financial report. He
outlined the reasons for the recent
tax decrease from $1.30 to $1.2O.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05

Continued on Page 2S.)
, 1923-05-08

HANNA wyo., May a.-The Mud
dy Creek unit within the Medicine
Bow national forest, with an esti-
mated stand of 100000 railroad ties
and 5000 900 feet of saw logs. 4
recently been sold to the Wyoming
Timber company Of Hanna Wyo.
This timber has an estimated
stumpass value Of eTs,ooo. and is ex-
pected will be cut out in about three
ysars
Ties from this io91inu chance are
driven down Muddy Creek TO Douglas
creek n down Douglas creek to the
Platte river for delivery at Fort
, 1923-05-08

Graham-shields Furniture company.
The Z. r.. Brennan company shows
gas appliances, stoves, etc, in n very
great variety.
The show will open again tonight.
Many CONGRATULATIONS Monday
evening prevented the large attend
ance which would ordinarily have
been noticed, but even then a very
satisfactory number of persons saw
the exhibits. The doors swing open
again at 7:3o D. m.
, 1923-05-08
OWNERSHIP Of
HOMESBOOSTED
Continued From Page One,

Sp1llnueu from rags One.l
by Charles Anda OF the Natrona Alb
stract company in the booth OF this
company. A sign has been arranged
stating that this is the method OF
holding land titles in Boreno and
the Philippines years ago" Below
the sign is a collection OF weapons.
A head-knife. hat has severed more
than n mans thinking apparatus
from his body "A Chinese knife in n
sheath made of tiger bone. a Persian
knife finely carved. and many other
knives are on exhibit. 1t is rarely
that 20 many dangerous cutting
weapons are to be seen together.
The Community extension corpora.
tioa mas public ty on owning your
own home. as does also the Casper
Mutual Building and Loan associa-
ton. Both have the walls of their
booths decorated with examples of
publicity done by the school students.
To persons guessing the nearest to
the serial number of n IS bill shown
in the booth OF the National Bank
OF Commerce there will be given a
lot in Highland park. It does not
cos anyth ng to guess. and each
CiTu IL IFkASAtItd bo Ina lHt per-
son who deserves the lot VIII obtain
st.
C. Z. Littlefield and Son have a
desk showing abstracts and titles.
A modern bath room is in the
booth of the Schank Plumbing COM
pany. 1t has been very ~attractively
arranged.
The Natrona Power company dem
onstrates a Western Electric washer.
The lid has been taken off tho ma.
chine and the cylinder is shown ro-
tating in the hot suds.
a free contest is conducted in the
booth OF the Wyoming Building and
sLoan company. Each person pass
.ng writes his name on a card. The
fifth card that VIII be taken out of
the box at the final drawing will en-.
title the person whose name Is writ
ten or 1T TO three payments on a 10
share contract equal I o SIS in
money. The tenth card gets three
payments on a 15-share contract
valued at t2s.5o. The fifteenth card
gets three payments on . :o-share
contract equal to $50.
This company In also chewing .
model house constructed by Harry
z. Champian. Jr.
The Casper Gas Appliance SOM
pany shows tho Clark Jewel and the
Lorain gas heaters as well aa other
gas appliances.
The Casper Brick and Tile com
pany exhibits an example of a hol-
low wall said to be the strongest
and lightest wall built.
a Hoosier kitchen cabinet, nno-
leum. and other kitchen furnishings
have been placed in the booth of the
, 1923-05-08

libility of determining the practicable
ty of such machines for the purpose
and he will likely buy two OF them
that will cost in the neighborhood Of
$685. 900 each. Such n mission nat
urally brings him to the government
projects where the large dragllnes,
running on caterpil,ars. are found in
more use than anywhere else.
Speaking Of the Shoshone project.
this German engineer thought this a
magnificent appearing section of
, 1923-05-08

POWELL. wyo.. May s.-The Sho-
shone project was visited the first of
tho week by Hans Menck Of Ham
burg. Germany. who has the distinc-
ton Of being the first citizen OF that
country to come hero since tho war.
He is an engineer in h employ of
a large coal company. Driven to the
necessity of charging the output of
their poor-grade Ignite mines in or
der to secure enough coal to get
, 1923-05-08

country. He thought We were a
wasteful people. however. but when
It was explained to him that the sho-
shone project was nearly a thousand
miles from its potato and hay mar
Iset no replied that he could see the
difference 1 n that respect between
this and his native country. where
there lare 7d.ooo.o 900 people in an
area tho size of Wyoming and Mon
, 1923-05-08

along with. Mr.. Menck has been sem
to this country by his company to
observe the workings Of large drag
lines machines that ri not common
ly used anywhere in central Europe.
More particularly what he wants is
a type of 3oo-ton shovel that can be
worked on a caterpillar boty to
scrape off large quantities of Ignite
coal from these poor-grade mines OF
his country. He is given the respon-
, 1923-05-08
TUESDAY, MAY s, 9 2

THERMOPoLIS. wyo.. May s. =
Richard Cunningham. employed on a
highway work in the canyon. fell on
a rock drill. the point entering the
abdomen and p~erforating the bowels.
The injured man vas brought to the
Carter hospital. whero he underwent
a surgical operation and Is max ng
rapid recovery.
, 1923-05-08

It is estimated that there are 100,
600. 900 mummies in Egypt.
, 1923-05-08

Steele and then are forwarded by
rail to the treating plant at Laramie.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-22
POSTMASTER IS BRIDEGROOM
Dewitt Herndon Was Married Friday
to Miss Blance EstelIe WeIch -.-

The new postmaster, De Witt
HerndOn, was married to Miss
Blanche Estelle Welch by Rev. E
L. Baskin in the Baptist parsonage
last Friday. They had been en-
gagged some time. but the decision
to have the ceremony last week was
a sudden one. M E. Hogan, the
cashier of the Bank of Chapel Hill
under whom Mr.. Herndon has beer
working, and Mrs. Baskin were the
only witnesses.
The bride is the daughter of @
II. Welch, who lives in Chatham
county near Pittsboro. For a while
before the marriage she had been
living in Winston Salem.
Mr.. HerndOn will take possession
of the post-office on the first day
of April, il is expected. He signed
his bond several days ago.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-22
TRADE WEEK" NOW AT HAND
Chapel Hill Merchants Have Set Out
to Attract Country Folk to Stores

The merchants of Chapel Hill
are celebrating the next few days
by putting on a trade week"
campaign.
The idea is not only to draw the
citizens of the town to the home
stores, but also to bring in a food
of country people. To that end,
announcement sneets nave been
printed and are being circulated
among the farmers throughout the
southern end of Orange county
and in part of Chatham
Considerable reductions in prices
are being made at many of the
stores. The Chapel Hill merchants
say they are -seeiHg -geifg tee to she# the the
population that there is an abun-
dance of superior goods at reason
able prices here in the shops on
Franklin street. .....
eff people will just compare
prices, through the whole list of ar
ticles needed for the household, "
said one merchant yesterday, "we
believe they will find that there is
no reason to go away from home
for purchases. OF course, we have
the expense Of delivery and charge
accounts, which the cash-and- carry
stores do not have. If this differ
ence in the kind of service be al
lowed for, Chapel Hill prices will
be found to be reasonable. Dur
ing this special trade week. of
course, they are lower than usual. "
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-22
FLOWERS ALL The TALK NOW
Once More Spring Role Around, And
Everybody Is Busy Planting

The wood anemones are peeping
forth in Battles Park. Violets are
blooming in the gardens. Hedges
of spiraea along the stone walls are
bursting into white. People have
once more begun the annual March
pastime of arguing whether the
popular yellow flower is a jonquil
or a daffodil.
In short, spring is here. w. c.
Coker, the botanist, is at the height
of demand. People stop him on
He street AID eall Aim eeH eef the the +ele teellee
phone to question him anxiously as
to what and where to plant. Gar
den lovers, busy with hoe and rake,
work over old plots and enthusias-
tically plan new ones. AT this sea
son, when spring is yet a novelty,
even the human clods known as
men wax poetic over flowers.
Much planting is in progress on
the campus. The University has
its own nursery now, behind the
Peabody building, so that the sums
spent for shrubs and flowers are
decreasing year by year.
Plans are on foot to improve
Battles Grove. 1t will be plough
ed, so the report goes, and graded,
and sodded, and the grass will be
cut periodically like the grass on
the rest of the campus.
> The suburban" developments
projected around Chapel Hill are
threatening to make busy Mr..
COker buster than ever. Up on the
Pittsboro road, and on the Tenney
tract to the north of town, new
homes are going up, and the
ground around every one Of them
calls for eXnert advice
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-22
PAY CUT AT POSTOFFICE

Notice came from Washington the
other day that there would be no more
overtime pay for post office employees, for
the reason that the appropriations were
not adequate to provide it. This is a
serious matter for Chapel Hill, because
the heavy volume Of mail here requires 9
great deal of overtime work. 1t is
known among Postmaster Strowd q
friends that he has been paying the men
out Of his own pocket recently, rather
than let the service collapse. There is
some wonder as to what the incoming
.>ost.naster De witt Herdnn will do tn
solve this difficulty, since, as far as peo-
pie know, he is not man Of independent
means and can hardly afford to pay the
clerks himself. Z
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-22
VIII TRgpDnur OUTLINING nAAE
Will 1ntI NUVE OWIMMINU IUUL
Owner of Carrboro Resort l. Preparing
for the Summer Rush

Joseph Sparrow, owner of the
Carrboro swimming pool that
proved so popular last summer, is
preparing to make it still more
popular.
He is going to get water from
the regular University -and-town
supply. so that the pool may be
drained out oftener. Of course this
depends upon there being an ade-
quate supply. The general under
standing is that the University is
going to expand it's water system,
in which case there will be no more
shortages.
Mr.. Sparrow is building ce-
ment walk all the way around the
pool. He is to engage a swimming
teacher to give free lessons to all
who want them. The establish
.ment is already equipped with
showers, and rule is to be put
into effect that everybody will be
asked to 60 under the shower be-
fore entering the pool. This will
insure the best possible sanitary
conditions. A lot of new bathing
suits will be available for those
who want to rent them.
E& ,r,
The opening of the pool will
probably take place about the mid
die of May.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-22
FARMERS BUY BLOODED COWS
Harris, Agricultural Exprt, Went to
Hickory for Registered Jerseys

R. P. Harris, agriculture teacher
in the Chapel Hill school, made a
trip to2Hickory a few days ago, to
buy blooded cattle for farmers in
the country around Chapel Hill.
He arranged for the purchase of %
registered Jersey heifers between
six months and a year old.
The men who are going to take
the heifers are :. --'~~
Blackwood section: M. G. Black
wood, Herbert Blackwood, Robert
Blackwood, Will Mum, L. G. Pat
terson, and Clyde Hogan.
Calavander section: Lewis Lloyd
Henry Hogan, Arthur Hogan, and
Rod Cate.
Antioch section: Marvin Daw-
son, Melvin Lloyd, Ernest Whit
field, deter Lloyd, Aubrey McLen-
non, and Wade Atwater.
Damascus section: Robert Dan.
iel, w. Womble, and s. G. Wilson
White Cross section: Paul Cheek
Hoyt Smith, G. Stanford.
Elm Grove: Albert Dodson.
Merritt s section: B. Bennett and
R. Fowler.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-22
SPECIAL SCHOOL
ELECTION MAY Y
New Law Gives Country Folk Chance
to Get Educational Advantages,
Including 8 Months Term
AN EQUALINNC PROPOSITION

The people of Orange county
will vote Tuesday, May %, upon
the question whether or not the
county shall take over all the
schools and give the children in
the country advantages equal to
those now enjoyed by the children
in the towns.
If the proposal carries, there
will be a uniform tax rate for
schools, not exceeding so cents on
the hundred dollars, throughout
Orange. This will wipe out the To-
cal school taxes, for the county will
take over the Indebtedness and the
cost of operation of the schools.
AS far as Chapel Hill citizens are
concerned, the total school tax will
be cut down, since they are now
paying heavier local rates than the
highest possible county rate under
the new law.
For some time, the lack Of school
facilities for the people who live
out in the country has been hold
ing the county back in education.
The county board of education has
issued statement saying that the
demand for better accommodations
. is being voiced on all sides. The
law under which the special elec-
tion will be held was passed by the
last legislature for the purpose of
equalizing school burdens and
school advantages.
With the new scheme in effect,
all communities, no matter how
small or how large, will share alike
in the revenue coming from corpo-
rate wealth such as cotton mills,
power plants, power lines. Under
the present system, it is only the
children living in places where
such wealth exists who get the
benefit of this revenue.
The proposed countrywide rate
would maintain all the schools in
the county for a term of eight
months. 1t would make possible
the building of high schools in the
various townships, and the larger
children could be transported to
these high schools. 1t is not
planned to abolish the small schools
for the lower grades.
Before the election comes off
there are to be many meetings, all
over the county, to discuss the
whole question.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-22
CEDAR GROVE MANSE

The Methodist congregation Of
Cedar Grove are planning to build
a manse on the north side of the
village, near Stewards Heights,
the home of J. F. Stewart. This
will give Cedar Grove two resident
pastors, the Presbyterians having
built a parsonage not long ago.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-22
BISHOP CHESHIRE VISITED US

Bishop Cheshire was in town from Sat
urday to Wednesday. He administered
the rite of confirmation in the Episcopal
church Sunday, and delivered a series Of
three talks on "The Rule of Christian
Faith. His many friends here vera d. as
lighted to see him looking so well.
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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-22
.METHODETS SOON
TO BEGIN CAMPAIGN
Hope to Raise 100000 for New
Church from MethOdists in North
Carolina
BUILDING IN COLONIAL STYLE

The campaign to raise 100000
among the alumni and Methodist
people generally throughout the
State, as the final amount necessary
before beginning work on the new
Methodist Church, will start in the
late spring, it is announced by l..
r. Wilson, member of the Joint
Commission on the Chapel Hill
Church. The total cost of the new
structure will be approximately
100000.
The two Methodist conferences of
the State, the North Carolina Con-
ference and the Western. North
Carolina Conference, have each
pledged $4,000 toward the cost,
and the Chapel Hill church $780,
600. The general boards of the
Methodist E pis copal Church,
South, with headquarters at Nash
vile, Tenn, have been asked for
$4,000 of the one million which
that body was authorized to. use
for churches in educational cen.
ters. This contribution is regard
ed as reasonably certain. The ex-
cess over the cost of the church
itself has been used for building a
parsonage.
James Gamble Rogers of New
York is the architect for the church,
and on his last visit to Chapel Hill
he expressed himself as particular
ly interested in the undertaking.
He said that he had given more per-
sonal attention to the designing of
the Chapel Hill church than to any
other building be had ever plan
ned. Mr.. Rogers is the consulting
architect of Yale University, and
it was lie who planned the the bbeeaaHHtti beeaaHHti
full Hardness Memorial Quad
rangle at that institution.
The church is to be built in three
units: the main auditorium on the
site of the old Seaton Barbee house
where Robert A. -Fetzer now lives ;
a connecting structure, with a cor
ridor running parallel with the
main street toward the present
building; and Sunday school and
reception hall on the site of the
present church. The first two
units are to be built Immediately
and the third later on. Between
the auditorium and the Sunday
school building, there is to be a
court with a big elm tree in the
center. The court will have walks,
grass plots and flower beds.
The church auditorium will be
of Colonial architecture, red brick
with tall spire rising 207 feet
above the ground. In front will
be white columns.
Including the balcony, the audi
tQrium will seat about 1000. To
the rear of the auditorium will be
the PASTORS study. Probably a
paved walk will run through the
ase = g 3 s. ~ s:.sss. +he
street to the University campus.
The Sunday school building will
contain class rooms, small audi
torium, rooms for reading and
studying, general reception hall,
a dining room and a kitchen. The
entire site has a frontage of 28O
feet and depth of 300 feet.
The Methodists are stronger in
the University than any other de-
nomination. The records in the
registrars office show 594 Metho-.
dists, while the Baptist come next
with 1853.
The Joint Commission on the
Chapel Hill Church is made up of
fifteen fnHenfbers,- five-ffrom the
North Carolina Conference, five
from the Western North Carolina
Conference, and five from the
II nm
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-22

T. A. Whitener, one Of the agriculture
teachers in the Chapel Hill school, has
been suffering from light attack Of in
fuenza. -
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-22
SPARROW,S NEW HOME

Carl Sparrow has built a new home
four miles southeast of Chapel HILL He
expects to move in soon.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-22
MEYER ON VALUE OF PLAY

Harold d. Meyer addressed the Parent
Teachers Association Of Carrboro Tues
day night on "The value]of Play"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-22

Automobile radiators had to be drained
Monday night when a sudden freeze
struck the town.