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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-06-28
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UO1I1lI1LN OVAAVUL
PLANS BIG 4TH
Preparations Being Made for jolly
Celebration Next Wednesday
Morning.
NOBLE CHIEF OF CEREMONIES

The Summer School is going
to have a big celebration on
the 4th of July, next Wednes-
day.
1t is going to be a jolly oc-
casion, with just enough SOL
emnity to satisfy the ghosts of
the great men who signed the
Declaration of independence l47
years ago. The merry making
will start the night before the
third of July, with a dance.
M. C.~S. Noble will be the
master of ceremonies on the
Fourth. Everybody knows what
a faVorite he is in the summer
school and what an atmosphere
of JOY he spreads atevery meet
ing where he presides. A. II.
Patterson. is Mr.. Mobiles asso-
ciate, his particular duty being
to assemble the crowd for the
parade around the campus.
The men and women of the
Summer School will gather soon
after breakfast on the lawn in
front of the alumni building.
They will be modified in var
ious groups st. Mary's students,
Peace students, N. C. c. w. stu
dents, and so on through long
list of institutions and states.
Each group is to have it's dis
tinct costume. Perhaps some
of them will sing songs, and
certainly they will give lusty
yells. Men will be on hand too
but naturally their somber gar
ments will be rather oversha-
dowed by the gay and varied
attire Of the women.
Once Abraham Lincoln said
that the soldiers who went into
the army of the Potomac melted
away so fast that getting them
together was like shoveling
tieas. A H. Patterson recalled
this at recent faculty meeting
when he was talking about get
ting the paraders into line. But
of course they will arrange them
selves at last. The University
summertime orchestra, led by
electrician Graham, will lead
the procession, and the whole
company will move around the
campus and into Memorial Hall.
The ceremonies are scheduled
to begin at half past ten O'Clock.
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THE OLD WEST Q. GUTTED

The Old West Building, one
Of the oldest structures on the
campus, is having it's interior
almost completely torn away.
All the windows are gone, and
the place has an extremely desc
late took about it. But in two
or three months it will have
been converted into a servicea-
BILE modern dormitory, with fire.
proof staircases and proper san
itary fixtures, The reconstruc-
tion Of the Old East, which is
going to be treated in Just the
same way, will begin shortly.
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Equalizing Taxes
Assessors and Aldermen Trying to
Reach Uniform Basis

The town and county author
tiles together are working hard
this week trying to adjust tax
assessments fairly.
1t has been known for a long
time that property has not been
levied upon uniformly. One
tax payer got off with two small
an aSsessment-another's was
too big Sometimes two men
living side by side, whose land
per front foot was plainly the
same value, had widely different
values putsupon their unit from
tage.
The county and township as
SCISSORS, Fred Walker and J. NJ.
Whitaker. together with the
members of the towns board of
aldermen these last two or
three days, have been going over
the tax listings one. by one.
Their method is to try to get at
the actual value of each piece
OF real property. and then they
assess it at 60 per cent?
In determining values, of
course, they seek the best ad-
vice they can find in the way of
expert knowledge of real es-
tate in Chapel Hill
In hitting upon so per cent Of
market value, they are trying to
reach a ratio about the same
as that which prevails in the
county at large; for, since Chap
Ell Hill has to pay it's large share
of the county taxes, it is i'm
portant that the town pay on
the same basis of percentage
value as the other parts of the
county.
In this present review of as
5essmeits there have been some
cuts, there have been some i'm
creases, and some properties
have been found to be assessed
at just the figure they should
be in the judgment of the group
now struggling with the pro-
blem.
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THE HOLLOW GETS A Girl.


A girl, Jean Scott Hibbard,
has been added to the popula-
lion of Baby Hollow, the section
of Chapel Hill officially known
as Park Place, down on the edge
Of Battles Park. Until now
there were exactly three times
a. roany boys as girls there, but
ne a"ri~al of Jean Scott makes
he score l2 to 5. She has one
brother. John, and. one sister,
Peggy.
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Farm Exhibits in Bank
M c. BlackwooHs Pictures to Fol-
low A. M. DOdsOn's.

M. 4. BlackWo0d Is the next
man whose farm is to be shown
at the Bank Of Chapel
Hill from now on for a few days
His exhibit replaces that Of A.
NJ. Dodson. The same sign re-
mains above all the diplays;
"This bank wishes to help all
legitimate agricultural enter
prises." The idea is to Illus
atrate good farming methods, and
to pass on suggestions from one
farmer to another, so that every
one may benelt from what the
other has learned. All are in-
vited to come in and examine
the pictures.
A. M. Dodson, whose farm is
tout on the Hillsboro road, has
had unusual success, and it has
come to him largely through
his attention to live stock and
poultry. Twenty-Five years ago
he was a tenant on the farm he
owns today. Besides growing
iine wheat and corn, he makes
money on cows, pigs, and chick
ems. Last Christmas he took in
$240 at one time by the sale Of
several pigs.
At the end of each year he
has made out of livestock and
poultry enough money for him
self and his family to live on,
and everything he gets out Of
his crop is clear. His land gets
better every year instead of be-
ing worn out, because he is al
ways taking care of it and i'm
proving it.
An agricultural expert who
was going through the county
made the statement that was
afterwards posted up beside the
pictures in the bank. It ran
as follows: IF all the farms
in Orange county were run a.
this one is, it would be one of
the most prosperous counties in
North Carolina, maybe in the
United States"
Mr.. Dodson has a herd of
cattle including several regis
tered Jerseys about 100 Rhode
Island Red hens, 6 pure-bred
Duroc sows, field DIS of clover knee
high, and well-pruned orchards.
There are other farmers in
Orange county who have follow
ed the same up-to-date methods
as Mr.. Dodson's, and, like him,
they have succeeded, Their
success goes to show that the
opportunities in Orange are good
they need only to be taken
advantage Of.
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JEWISH HISTORY LECTURES

DR.. Abram Neuman of
Philadelphia is to deliver a
series of lectures to the sum-
mer school students on the
nights of July 2,3, and 5 on
Jewish history and literature,
under the auspices of the Jew
ish Chatauqua of America. The
people of the town are cordially
invited TO attend. 10.
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Chapel Hill has been hot
lately, but before you begin
cussin' about it just take the
trouble to recall how few weeks
ago you were quarreling about
The prolonged cold weather and
were praying for warmth. For
my part | consider warm wealth
cr far more agreeable than cold
and | would eliminate winter al
together if | could. 1t is a
curse on mankind. / detast
wearing or carrying an overcoat
! am glad Parson Moss is 60
ing to have a good rest this
He needs it. | have
never known a buster man. And
I've never known one who's
presence gives. so much pleas
ure to so many different kinds
Of men and women. Some wise
old fellow once said: Don't
bother about making other peo-
gle good. Make yourself good
AID other people happy" When
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The Colonel Visited bv a Former
Pupil Is Fcund Reading
0. Henry.
MIND STILL KEEN AND ACTIVE
BY LOUIS GRAVES

other day went out to see my
old schoolmaster, Colonel Robert
Bingham. Nobody in/ Chapel
Hill or anywhere else in Orange
County-nobody but the newest
new comer-needs to be told
who Robert Bingham is. The.
name has been famous. here
abouts for a century and
quarter.
| found him sitting by win
dow, a board across the arms
of his chair, and on the board a
volume of 0. Henry. The story
he was reading was "The Fourth
in Salvador" He is an insatla-
BILE reader, his daughters told
me, and fairly devours books,
magazines and newspapers. If
you looNa at his head and not his
body you find it hard to believe
that he is nearing IS. He has
the same bright eye, the same
quick interest. From his fea
lures and complexion you might
take him for a man under six
tv And his hearing has suf-
fered very little.
have never known a person
alitv that remains so vivid to
me. after many years of separs
ton as Colonel Bingham. Just
twenty-five wears ago | entered
his school on the hill across tn
French Broad river from Ashe
vile and for nine months |
saw him and heard him every
day. The change in education
al fashions has made many Of
lis methods seem, today, rather
harsh. but | cling to the belief
that there is a lot of good in
them, and that some Of the
"blcod and IRON. to use Bis
marks phrase, which marked
the management of the Bing
ham School might not be a bad
aid to discipline in some more
n'Gdern institutions.
One of his practices was to
have boys fight out their quar-
rels. in my year at Bingham's
there we're two strapping fel-
lows there nanled C0wden and
Cerstle. They were both foot
ball players, and each was a sort
Of a hero in the school. But
they were like two roosters in
barnyard neither one of them
vas willing to split the glory
evenly with the other. They
enarled at each other for a while
Everybody saw there had to be
showdown.
One afternoon Colonel Bing
ham led them out upon one Of
the gra2s plots between the two
COWS of barracks and told them
to 60 to it. The whole school,
Gbout a hundred boys, formed
circle Colonel Bingham acted
as referee. There weren't any
fixed rules as to the length q
rounds. Now and then the
Col3Gcl you'd step in betWeea
the gladiators, separate ther1
ard let them blow awhile. Then
they would be back at it again.
Cowdon was a Texan. He had
lived on a ranch and was as hard
as nails. Gerstle was from
Chattanooga. His weight was
about the same as his opponents
around 200 pounds, and he was
famous for his speed. After
ward he was on the University
Df Virginia football team and
(Continued On Pare d.
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MODERN HOUSES
BUILT FOR HENS
Several Grange Farmers Are Erec-
ing Structures According to
Latest Correct Standards
FEEDING Is IMPORTANT PART

,l.1dI LLLDisV ~ iHiA VNlsNNI lhAAA
Several farmers around
Chapel H ill are building poultry
houses. They are realizing that
when they go into egg and
chicken production on a large
scale, they have got.to have
proper home for the hens.
j5eter Lloyd. Glenn Lloyd. S.
NJ. Oldham and Nebin Dollar are
among those who are about to
put up buildings for their flOcks
Ivan Lloyd has nearly finished
his. The houses are being con-
structed according to the best
standards = known to poultry
raising. The depth is II feet,
and the length depends upon the
size 0f the flock. Fifty fowls
require a length of 10 feet. The
house is 6 to 10 feet high in
front and 4 to 6 fet high in the
rear. On the inside there is "A
dropping board to catch the
manure, the nests being under
meath it and the perches above.
On the average, there is a nest
for every four hens.
R. P. Harris, agriculture
teacher in the Chapel fill
school, has been helping the far
mers with the planning, and he
took part in the actual building
of Ivan Lloyd's hen-house.
ITO make money on poultry,
says Mr.. Harris. "you have gof
TO- have the right sort of hous,
ing, Sometimes an old building
which farmer uses for his,
hens, is the worst pa ole place
for them. 1t is apt to be full
of the vermin that ought to be
kept away from the poultry. 1t
won't do just to have a place tG
put the hens to go to roost at
night. They must be able to
stay in the house when the
weather 81 too bad for them out,
side.
"A modern poultry house is
not expensive. 1t is apt to cost
less than the wrong kind, be-
cause often the poultryman
wastes lumber when he doesn't
build according to the best stan
dards. A house for a fair-sized
fock Of hens should not cost
more than twenty-five dollars
altogether, including the la
Dor
An essential part Of a poultry
house is the self-feeder. This
is hopper, with an opening al.
the bottom, made so that the
feed drops down from above as
fast as the chicken co u2,es it.
One of the great mistakes some
people in the poultry business
make is to give their chickens
too little food. A hen has to
have 80 cents worth of food
year to live but that much won't
make hor productive. If the
poultryman gives her from S1.25
to SliQ worth of food year he
can make profit. But if he
uEoel eeds her he will lose
money instead of making il.
The difference between 80 cent,
and $l.25 means the difference
between profit and loss.
II has been found that it costs
about % cents a year less to
feed Leghorn hens than the
other well known breeds. Some
times the difference is even
greater. This is why the Leg
horns are coming to be such
t9vorites with the poultrymen.
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-O1 H1n O1n
Ohapel I'LL OnaU

was walking along Pittsboro
street after supper a few days
ago when | saw a baby, just
learning how to walk, entirely
nude except for a strip of cloth
about as big as a pocket hand
kerchief, around his middle.
He was the son of Henry A.
Whitfield and was sitting on
the porch of his home, looking
out at the passers-by and now
and then waving his hand at
one of them. | have rarely
seen a more pleasing sight,
never a more sensible costume
for a hot day. | walked to the
porch and found him as friend
ly as he was handsome. If l
printed pictures in this paper l
should like to show young Mr..
Whitfield just as he appeared
that evening, as something good
to look at and as a lesson in
how to be comfortable.
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I That Ii III example Of Whist
mean by command ~ medium
no be master 81 nv tool I must
net only BE- able 20 laugh: Nlien
Z feel like 4. but whenever I need
to laugh. whether ! feel Ike 4
or MOI. And I assure you, young
ladies. I 40 not feel "a the least
Ike LAUGHING nov. having had
this gIimpss Ok The future - S.
VIII ~ shaped % the A1nericSn
mold by the people Of tie fsi-
! talre.
The girls were stricken silent
by al thin their iips. frczen 8
astonishrnsnt SIN curving a ne.
get smile that va AZ thar va
lei @ their foolish. induced
nllrsn. Aeklss gee nettisd and
ansEs q had 20 cuisines Play
.l.s fIlc.ss nlss inst q tnesal.
- DO nesa laaaae 70 appear 1oot-
isns noEKaDAy kocll1n aad sAe re-
scented g
nnere
wen fIs. Mn. IS sent
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WHEY HEAR A STRANGE SINGING LESSON

Come quickly. Foxy Grandpa.
know how they learn how to
sing"
knew, Of course. he meant
the Wrens. 50 I hurried to his
room.
There. sitting on the edge OF
her nest. was Mrs. Wren. And
what dear. devoted litt1e mother
she was.
watched her with delight. for
you'll agree with me it was 4
pretty sight.
First she would sing her song
over. Then one of her babies
would try to initiate her. He
would sing the first notes ard
then when he would forget the
tune she would finish It.
Isn't It wonderful?'' whis-
pered Bobby. 'sNow watch"
Each little Wren she took in
turn and taught him her pretty
song. while Mr.. Wren lowered
proudly about. Such patience as
that little mother showed and
such Interest,"
For several mornings after
that Bobby and I watched the
singing lessons and listened to
them with great pleasure. for the
little pupils were improving.
They've been graduatedp'
shouted Bobby one morning, as
he came into my room. EMO
more singing lessons, They're
all learned and you'd should hear
them this morning"
went to the window and lis
tened. There was chorus. The
entire Wren family were singing
together and all during the SUM.
mer they entertained US with
their sweet music, and all be-
cause their patient, proud. little
mother had taught them.
Copyright, 1923, International Feature
Service, Incl
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/ mean. i you Ike, win ~
to ten you. nut you Win not
understand. / cAnnot tax the
Axnerican language. can only
speak the French Ianes,an Z re.
paused. Wiping his psrspiring
iorslsead again with his checked
haudkerchiefs. There are two
parts Is every art. one = tbs
thorough c0nnnand 81 your me
dunn; the other n tlis sonality
YOU express through your lnedi-
I'm Nolther ~ the slightest
value without the other. Neither
q - s. had without tie price -
aIl you have I'll. ell
You must have perfect COM
maud q your medium 3ask 81
itseik, tooI. LlSten he
STOOD -. his llsavily icwled -
Srim ma stern, drew lonS
I breath. - * he were ahons toI
s. and then - - sudden.
tlouslnt. aussd the expreulOn5
of fin face chanuing With corai.
caI 6dene1s 70 broad smile.
ana BEGAN q laugh. The Girls
6l1red ak him b arlezelnent. won
dering Il he had alzen leave.
81 III senses ADD ently sons.
thln yery funny HID popped into
lais mind. Just ~ Az ras shout
~ rs 81 With hiD statement ~
tIenn. Il must havs bsen keally.
very funny Indeed, fok AZ could
not stop his laughter ~ g Be.
might e was to much or him.
Both hands on his hips. throwing
back his head hs pealed out 81
rresIstibIe Hal E1aF - Though
he would burst 4 rs ala not
Taught seeing thetr astonlsllcd
face ~ tried b STOP sto Ten them
TIE lols .ckoclxed hiInseIf d Is
rich ehuckle1. opened his oilfn
% pealE. and, thu polse
him afresh. went or aSoi6 ii 3
huge roar 81 mirth that nads.
them both smile and then laugh
Il sympathy.
AZ this, his face Instantly ~
suned ~ sad. stern expreiOn.
and H. wns loolEing g theTna
severiy e. before. breathing
quickly. II Is trns. Is though he
had besn running. but without
. trace of any feeling.
There you -" Re said dxily.
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CHAPTER A.


Eugenia had been complaining
that her new teacher Ia advanced
French dictlon was very ill-ua-
tured ana exacting. and had aslra.i
Marise TO so with her TO q les
son 70 back her up IN 8 pro-
test against Bis unreasonable L.
mands.
The two girls drove up to the.
Francois IN Eugenia's inevitable
cab. and leaving her inevitable
maid to wait ID ii, passed throDga
the dingy little side door into n
illlighted corridor ana felt thes-
way tOflsomely up q stairway M.
lighted at all. dingy, stone
coIored corridor with painted AMI
numbered doors on each side. Ike
. needy oid.nan's home or II
kept reeormatnry. A knock At
one OF these. opened by a bald,
pale, elderly man. with a kn0bby
nose and several chins. Al tiny,
cluttered. stuffy room. with :.
lumpy sofa. two chairs. an easel
and window.
After her presentation to NJ.
vaudoyer, Marlse sat down on
one of the hard chairs to await
developments. The actor was n
. long. paint-stained blouse. and
excused himself by saying that
his pupil was 4 little ahead Of
time, "A real American" he said.
smiling at both Of them. He had
been painting. he explained. wav-
ing wrinkIed old hand towards :
canvas on an easel.
foh, you are twice an artist. !"
remarked Marfse. doing as she
had been taught to do. auton,at.
fcally turning a pretty speech,
As matter Of fact, she though.
the sketch anything but artistic.
The old mans face cIouded.
To be a painter, that was all I
ever wanted. " he said. looking with
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The Story Of Two Young People Who We're Destined for
Each Other, Though Every influence Seemed
To Keep Them Apart

She waited. tense with fright, .
see the curtains witch open. and
Jeanne's dreadful face appear
some one was speaking
to her, urgently. insistently, ~
name
''AEarise, Marise -. It
was Engenia speaking to her.
"EIeip me explain to M. Veudoyer
that I haven't the least desire %
become IN actress, a. 10 know
every word of MOliere By hearri
That simply want lessons III
how to pronounce French cor
rectIy, the kind or lessons nv
Engiish4lictiOn teacher gives spe.
She spoke with an impatient 40
cent. ana Mariss coming to her
self saw the two facing each
other with angry looks
An Angry Teacher.
n. VandOyer said indignantly.
'.It's not worth uny While -
give INSTRUCTION 70 ! student Who
win not do the necessary work.
II win do any necessary work.
Eugenia answered hotly. but
what has reading 4 lot Of deadly
duh old books * do with pro-
nouncing French correctly? And
II I'm not going to 5e an actress
or . singer. what Is the use It
all those ldiotic alis ali! Oh! oh! Eco.
FEEL exercises?'
az. Vaudoyer sat down abruptly.
and reaching Tor : large red-ands
white checkered handkerchief,
mopped his bald head ana perspGr-
7 lng face with Il. ne was svidens-
" containing himself with 1if-
ficulty and waiting TIL ne could
be sure of speaking with modern
ton before hA opened his lips.
Eugenia explained to Marise
with dignity. glad Of the oppor-
tunity TO state her case. II come
to n. voudoyer for lessons Ii
diction. don't come to study
singing or seventeenth century
history. hate history and al
those dull studies. I don't zee
why everybody should always Be
trying to force me Into them. IL.
Vaudoyer gets very angry because
I win not practise singing lessons
and because cannot cind the
time to spend hours In the Bib
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FOR DAINTY
WOMEN
BY Rita Stuyyesant-

FTER the summer season
"a with its strain on laundry.
- Assno doubt. you will need to
replenish your supply Of lingerie.
There are so many different types
Of undergarments that one must
choose the models particularly
adapted to the figure. Long serv.
ice is also to be considered and
one must not be carried away
with the fine and filmy creations
that make the feminine shop win
dows 50 alluring.
Have you seen the silk Jersey
tubing that comes IN so many
exquisite pastel shades? This
makes simple undervests. and
may be hemmed by hand. e
shoulder straps and ribbon draw
string are used, be sure that 1t il
strong enough to stand the strain.
Almost every figure, no matter
how slight, requires a brassiere.
and there are endless types. Tho
heavy satin ones that give flat
appearance are smart. and may
be hooked on the side seam or In
the back.
Soft silk step-ins or boomers
tend to preserve the slim silhou-
cite, and crepe de chine, georgette,
wash satin or crepe silk may be
used. Hemstitching or a narrow
lace edging is the only trimming.
Dark silk jersey pettibockers or
long, boomers are still In favor
under the tailored suit or heavy
frock.
A costume slip in dark or light
silk crepe or radium silk will find
a convenient place in the autumn
wardrobe. A deep shadow-proof
hem will be found convenient.