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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-26
STATE OFF BOOM"
Coast Merchants Holding Down
Prices. "a

ste. Jan 26.-Far-sighted mer-
5 on the West Coast are using
possible means 10 prevent
]" being made of the present gem
-siness prosperity through IN
initiation Of prices Of dry goods.
huge iycome from the lumber
.,er has provided workers of all
9Th funds TO purchase both
titles and Injuries. but merchants
nxious to avoid anything which
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-26
Cuban American.

Cuban American Sugar common was
especially bought among the sugar
stocks today. Its continued strength
in face Of a seasonal slump in the SUI
gar trade is in anticipation Of higher
sugar prices which are expected carly
in February. Moreover, Wall street is
confident 81 dividends will be consid-
cred perhaps by the end Of the year.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-26

The Registrations daughter viii, or
course, start in the freshman class.
Mrs Newrilt-Can't you start her high
or ups she's never been used to miNing
with the lower classes.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31
Floyd Gooch's Cow
1t Has Turned Out to be a Profit
able Investment.

Floyd Gooch decided last year that
he would get him COW. But he did
MT have the money Why not bor-
row it? somebody suggested. SO he
went to the Bank of Chapel Hill,
and borrowed 500 at 6 per cent. on
a twelve months note.
That was on the last day of Decem-
Der. The other day, less than five
months later, he paid off the note
in full, with interest of $1.88, and
had $63.75 left over. His total re-
ceipts in the period from December
81 to May % came to almost 200
per cent. of the original outlay. He
kept the cow at home, rent free, but
he bought all the feed for it him
self.
He sells milk at so cents "a gallon
to Chapel Hill restaurants, principal
ly his fathers. He is now making a
profit of $25 a month.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31
BAPTIST CHURCH DELAYED

Construction of the new
Baptist church has been going
slower than was expected, and
the completion of the big struc-
ture, first promised for Novem-
ber, then for May l, and later
for May Is, cannot be expected
for another two months or so.
The Baptists had hoped to be
in their new home by the time
Of the high school commence
ment, or at least by the open
ing Of the summer school; now
the latter part of July is the
time predicted. The furniture
for the church is all here, so
that the congregation need lose
ne time in moving into their
new quarters when the build
ing is done.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31
New Cafeteria Ready
Has Installed Modern Equipment at
a Cost Of $4,000

With crepe de chine curtains on
Tire windows, an electric hot cake
griddle, coffee percolators heated
by steam coils, noiseless electric
fans, telephone booth, lavatory,
and counters and. serving equipment
in which the cleyerest germ known
to science could not find a place to
hide, the Carolina ,'afeteria plaHs
to be open for business tomorrow in
the new Tankersley building next
door to the post Office Since it has
screened windows on two sides and
screened doors in front, Nick
Moules, manager of the company
operating the place, says that fine
VentlIatIOn IS gUiTTg to h ore 9 Of f--i
strong points.
"We have taken ten-year lease"
said Mr., Moules last night, "and are
here for keeps. Our equipment cost
100000 The cold-air refrigerating
system alone cost $2,240, and the
electric hot cake griddle 5000. These
are just illustrations of our policy
of using only the best material"
The representative of the Strauss
Company of Richmond has been in
town for several days completing
the installation. He says that the
coffee percolators with steam coils
are the only ones of the kind in the
North Carolina-Virginia territory,
and he issues a defiance to dirt and
bacteria. of all descriptions, declar-
ing that they would have to take
the count before they even step into
the ring
The cafeteria occupies the part of
the ground floor nearest to the post
office and, in addition, the space,
designated as the tea room, behind
the Tankersley store on the west
The total seating capacity is ITO.
Fifteen banquets, of fraternities and
other organizations, have been
scheduled for the next two weeks.
Open hours are from 7 A, NJ. to
2:3O P. M, and from 5 P. M. to
$3.50 P, M. When the cafeteria is
closed its meal tickets will be accept
ed at the White House Cafe, which
is run by the same company.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31
CALL TAX ELECTION
But DEAPPROVE IT
County Commissioners Had to Pro-
vide for Vote, but Registered
Their Opposition
SCHOOL FORCES STILL FOR IT

The Orange county board Of
county commissioners, meeting in
Hillsboro last week, issued the call
for the school tax election July 3
but at the same time adoted a res
olution in disapprovaTof it. Under
the law they were compelled to call
the election after receiving a petit
ton for It TOM Jne CU1TrTty 11r-7z i i
OF education.
School board members and school
officials are still strongly of the
opinion that the tax should be levied,
in order to give country children the
same school advantages as town
children, and they believe the senti-
-ments@of the county is with them.
They plan to carry on a campaign
of education during the five or six
weeks between now and election day,
so that the voters of Orange may be
thoroughly informed of the situation
which makes the tax necessary. The
Chapel Hill school board have met,
and adopted a resolution fayoring it,
and County Superintendent Clayton
in Hillsboro is working for it
The question to, be laid before the
voters is whether or not they will
authorize a countrywide school-tax
levy of 25 cents on every 500 of
assessed valuation. The county COM
mssioners have promised that, if the
authority is given, they will not levy
more than 20 cents the first year.
The people Of Chapel Hill and Hills
boro would not have their total taxes
increased, since their special local
schools taxes would be cut down by
the amount of the new levy.
At last weeks meeting Fof the
county commissioners A. H. Graham,
representative of the legislature
from Orange, opposed the special
election. He said that he was not
against providing for better school
facilities, but he believed that the
people of the county had not had
time to inform themselves of all the
facts and that to hold an election
under present circumstances was un-
wise.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31

A good many people in Chapel
Hill are wondering if it isn't
possible to have a good road di-
rect from here to Raleigh. AS
it is now, the distance for auto
mobilists is 80 miles, because
they have to go by way Of Dur
ham. If the shorter route-the
"old Raleigh road, as It IS calf-
ed-were put in shape. the dis
tance' would be % miles. Not
only would 10 miles be saved,
but the delay in going through
the crowded traffic of Durham
would be avoided.
Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel
tIill form the three points Of a
triangle. Durham is just about
as far from Raleigh as Chapel
Hill Isl which is another way of
saying that when a Chapel Hill
ian starts out for the capital
he is only two miles nearer to
it when he reaches Durham
than he was when he left home.
Furthermore, the section of
the State highway from Morris
vile to Raleigh is common to
both the long route and the
short route, so that the only
part of the short route that has
to be built is between here and
Morrisville, 16 miles
The relative position of the
four places is about as follows,
D. standing for Durham, C. for
Chapel Hill, NJ. for Morrisville,
and R. for Raleigh.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31

The paved State highway
runs from R. to D., through M.
To cut the distance from C. to
R. to % miles, it would be neces-
sary to connect C. and M. by a
passable road. There has been
road there for generations,
but it has gone to ruin.
Can it be turned into a real
highway? Of course it is a
question of money. The stretch
from here to Morrisville runs
through four counties, Wake,
Chatham, Durham, and Orange.
The counties are at liberty to
do the construction if they want
to, but the necessary funds are
not available.
A group of citizens of Chapel
Hill, led by Mayor Robertson,
nave aIready asked Tne oIaTe
Highway Commission to survey
tn e Chapel Hill-Morrisville
route, with a view to making it
part of the State system. The
request is being considered. A
survey does not commit the
Commission to construction. It
would provide information as to
probable cost, and it might dis
close the advisability of making
some changes in the route
eliminating curves, perhaps, or
going around hills to avoid
steep grades. The expert know
ledge of engineers would deter
mine that.
The desirability of easy inter
course between the State capi-
tai and the seat of the State
University is plain. The traffic
between the two places is grow
ing steadily. Not only that, but
it appears that the part of the
Central Highway from Ralc gh
to Durham will soon become
congested. The diversion from
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31
DOCTORS MUST REPORT CASES

The Raleigh Office of the United
States Veterans Bureau finds that
in a few cases physicians scattered
over North Carolina have been treat
ing former service men for months
without bringing such cases to the
attention of the Bureau. Physicians
are reminded that under the law
tubercular and neuro-psychiatric dis
abilities arising within three years
after discharge from the service are
presumed to have originated in the
service. But, in order that veterans
seized with such illnesses may re-
ceive government aid, physicians
must report the cases TO the Vet
erans' Bureau.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31
THE SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT

The Chapel Hill school commence
ment will begin Saturday night with
the Scnl0r cIaSS DAY eXercISeS and
will close Monday night with the
graduating exercises. Rev. Walter
Patten will preach the commence
ment sermon at II O'Clock Sunday
morning. H. H. Williams, Kenan
professor of philosophy in the Uni
versity, will deliver the commence
ment address Monday night. All the
exercises, including those Sunday
morning, will be held in the school
auditorium.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31
ALEXANDER BREAKS JAIL

Paul Alexander, the negro cook
who cut up the face of another negro
cook, Cyrus Lloyd; on the main
street not long ago, broke out OF
jail in Hillsboro the other night
How he made his escape nobody
seems to know. He is said to have
been seen in Chapel Hill afterward
but has now taken his leave for
parts unknown.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31
SUMMER CAMPAIGN
TO MARKET CREAM
$500 a Year Can Be Added to In
come Of Every Farm in
Orange
BURLINGTON IS EAGER TO BUY

Every farmer in Orange county
can add at least $500 to his net an
nual income by the sale of cream.
This is going to be the keynote of
the campaign to be carried on this
summer by the man who, teaches
agriculture IN tne Chapef ffihs
ana who goes about hel ping farmers
in the country around Chapel Hill.
This fact has already been proven
by the actual experience of some
families in the last few months; and
what they have done others can do,
for the market for cream is assured
and the conditions in this section
are favorable to production. -
A number of farmers have been
added on the creamery collection
route recently. With the closing Of
school, and his release from teach
ing duties, R. P. Harris is going to
make it his main business to put
Others on the list.
The success of Mrs. Harmon Nc
Iver of Oaks in selling cream was
related in the last issue of the
Weekly. She took in $52.71 in
April from only four cows, and the
total of her receipts for May will be
greater still.
The Burlington creamery will take
all the cream it can get. The price
paid is AZ cents per pound of but
ter fat. The cream is collected with
out charge to the farmers by Mr..
Harris and his associate, T. A.
Whitener, and prompt payment is
made to the producer. Before the
cream leaves Chapel Hill it is
weighed and sampled; with each
shipment sample is sent along in
small bottle, to be tested for it's
proportion of butter fat, and the
amount of money paid is determined
by the test.
The proceeds from the sale of
cream are practically all net profit.
The producer keeps the milk for
feed to pigs and poultry, and for
whatever else he wants to use it for,
and this, together with what he gets
from selling veal, will pay the ex-
penses of feeding and keeping and
milking the cows.
A herd of five cows is the basis
of the calculation of the income of
$500 year. Records show that,
with pasturage as plentiful as it is
in Orange, the cost of keeping five
cows is very little more than that of
keeping two, which is the present
average number for all the farms in
the country.
Orange county has 1900 farms,
and the total quantity of butter
sold by them is $1,000 mounds a
year. This is about 40 pounds of
butter to the farm-an annual reve-
niue of $40 at the rate of so cents
pound. A farm family with five
cows can take in more than that
amount every month, on an average
throughout the year, from the sale
of cream alone.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31
r. d. w. CONNOR IS BACK

R. D. W. Con4or went to Wilson
a few days ago upon receiving
word that his mother was seriously
all. She is better now and Mr.. Con-
nor is back again. This summer his
father, Judge Henry Groves Con-
nor. is going to be with him several
weeks. Judge Connor is to deliver
a special series of lectures in the
summer law school.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31
MISS TOYS PAGEANT PLEAsES

The pageant prepared by
Miss Jane Toy for the Peace In%
stitute commencement in Rale-
Ugh scored a success Monday
night. 1t was an out-of-door
performance and was witnessed
by a big crowd of visitors an d
Ralt Ugh Ugh felix felix. Every girl hn the
Institute roll' took part in i it.
The series of pantomines show
ed the, life Of Peace since it's
founding fifty years ago. Char
acters famous in the history Of
the school, among them DIR. Din
widdie, were cleverly portrayed.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31
Direct Road to Raleigh
Wanted by Chapel Hill
Why Go the Roundabout Way by Durham, 50
Miles, Since Much Shorter Route
Is Feasible?

Durham of the Chapel Hill-to-
Raleigh traffic would do away
with much of the congestion.
When the shorter route is dis
cussed one sometimes hears it
SAID: "Oh, Durham will oppose
the scheme, because it takes
traffic away from there" The
idpa bpir1g tfrat B TT II air III
terests are served by having as
many automobiles and as many
people as possible come into the
city limits. 1t is by no means
certain that the mature judg-
ment of the citizens of Durham
will back up that view. There
is this consideration: Durham
streets are now badly congested,
and the traffic upon them is
growing heavier every day.
Practically all of it passes
through the main street. Per-
haps it would be to the advan-
tage of the city, rather than to
it's disadvantage, to have auto
mobiles from Chapel Hill divert
ed to another route.
1t is doubtful if Durham
would lose any appreciable vol
ume of trade if this diversion
were accomplished. Most Chapel
Hill folk who make trips to
Raleigh don't go there to shop,
but either for pleasure or on
business.
When purchases are thei' OBJ
ject and they can't find what
they want here at home, they
will naturally go to Durham to
buy, not to a city more than
twice as far away.
From the point Of view Of
Chapel Hill, there is urgent
need, quite aside from the
through travel to Raleigh, of a
good road out from here toward
Morrisville. The country to the
south of here is cut off from the
town now because there is no
way to go back and forth. In
the old days this was a produc-
tive section; today fields that
used to produce fine corn and
wheat have been taken by
weeds and broomsedge and
scrub oaks; the impassability
the road is the reason.
Intimation has reached here
that there is considerable senti-
ment in Raleigh for opening up
the short route to Chapel Hill.
Many people there come to visit
students in the University. to
attend ball games and other
events, or simply to look the vii
lage and campus over. 1t would
: : I. l...IIzA
plSdoC IIICTTT 10 UC cT1JTO
by a route 10 miles shorter than
the present one.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31
TODAY is BUNDLE DAY

All day next Tuesday, June 5, two
receiving stations will be open in
Chapel Hill for discaEded clothes
which are being collected for the
people of Palestine and the Near
East: The library room of the
schoolhouse, and the Episcopal Par
ish house. Clothing, shoes, sheets,
blankets, ETC., are wanted. Every
day between now and commencement
students may leave clothes at the
general Office of the Y. NJ. C. A..
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31

TINS year initiates into, the Sc
nior society of The Golden Fleece,
admission to which is regarded as
the highest honor among University
students, are: Roy Morris, GastOniai
C. B. Cotton, Boston, Mass, G. c..
Hampden. Chapel Hill; R. g. Car.
michael, Durham; j. LeGrande
Everett, :. Rockingham; W.. W.
Gwynn, Leaksville; y. R. Ais
brook, Roanoke Rapids; q, H. Hart
sell, Stanfeld; j, R. Purser, Char.
lotte.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31
Chapel Hill ChaF

There was bad feeling be-
tween two negro cooks of the
village. One is cut up so badly
that ne is out of commission
and the other is in Jail. Cooks
are a much too valuable class
for this sort of thing to hap
pen. The community would
feel far less acutely the dis.
ablement of two merchants, or
two professors, or even two
members of the varsity base
ball team.
Il. r. 6 6. -GCeelee -Ceellee- Of Durham who
has recently set up in Chapel
Hill a real estate and insur-
ance business, told me how he
stopped smoking suddenly af-
ter a distinguished divine had
convinced him he had the will
ITO stop if he really put. his
mind to it. Mr.. Cole had been
consuming tenor twelve cigars
a day. Since his talk with the
clergyman and that was years
ago, he has not smoked at all.
The achievements all the more
impressive from the fact that
he was the official of a tobacco
concern and got his cigars free.
Mr.. Cole has only a branch Office
here. His home is in Durham.
When he was telling me about
the abandonment of smoking
the thought occurred to me
that for a Durham man to be
preelaiming abstinence from
tobacco was pretty near to high
treason.
| feel like giving three cheers
every time l see a cheerful
looking red car like the Foer-
sters' on the streets of Chapel
Hill. The blaekness of automo-
biles in general is depressing.
l do not know what advantage
there may be in it from the
point Of view of the manufac-
I'turer, whether or not it is
cheaper to paint 'em black, but
it is a crime against the eyes
of the public. The only occa-
sion when the ordinary type of
sedan looks thoroughly at home
Is a funeral.
4
Meetings and conferences are
oppressive when warm weather
comes. When l was at one a
day or two ago, listening to a
discussion of affairs of weight,
happened to look out of the
window, and amid the shrubs
and trees and flowers of the
campus l saw. Mr.. Porter and
Miss Elliott approaching the
arboretum. The happy ex-
preston on their faces offered
a marked contrast to the defect
ed and resigned look of the pro-
fessors in the room with me.
* 4
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31

Mrs. A. H. Patterson, Mrs. F.
P. Venable, Mrs. C.. W. Balm, Mrs.
w. M. Dey, and Mrs. james Bull
lit entertained the women students
club the Beta Alpha Phi, at sup
per at the country club Tuesday
night It was a delightful party.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31

l was wondering, IN THIS
column the other day, what had
become of the boy short stop
we used to call "McGinty" Kirk
land. Here comes letter from
Kemp Lewis telling me Arthur
Kirkland is in a bank in West
Durham. l wish he would drop
in on Chapel Hill sometimes.
Poppies you can enjoy from a
considerable distance. Cherries
have to be fairly close at hand
to be properly appreciated.
That is why l have been glad,
this last week, that it is E. V.
Howell's poppy garden that is
fifty yards away and that it is
cherry trees that lean over the
wall between our lots.
/. I must set it down that. City
Manager Knox got one on me
last week. When he read the
paragraph complaining Of the
ruts in the street that runs by
(COnGiuasi on page ~
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31

Miss Isabel Busbee of Raleigh was
with Mrs. Charles S. Mangum for
the weekend. --...
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-05-31

A. E. Shackell has been elected
manager of the University track
team for next year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-15
BANNER WEEK
COMMENCING
Flood of Subscriptions Expected
to Come Between Now and
Next Saturday Night

It's now on the first week of the
last lap-the "home stretch" of
The Gazette's 100000 automo-
bile and cash prize campaign is
now booming away.
Candidates are rolling up their
sleeves with a determination to
make this final BIG vote week the
banner one of all because this is
the last chance to get votes on the
double quick.
Friends Of the contestants, too,
are supporting them in excellent
fashion and, in some cases, num-
bers of people have banded them
selves together determined to see
their favorite come out ahead.
Many, too, are availing themselves
of the big vote opportunities Of
fered in Second payment sub
soriptions. Reports 10 the cam
paign manager are to the effect
that the contestants are having no
difficulty IN getting additional sub
scriptions from those who nave
subscribed earlier in the campaign.
Such subscriptions are decidedly
-.
more valuable than first payments
Candidates who have friends out
side Of Alexandria are calling on
them for assistance in getting sub
scriptions inasmuch as subscrlp-
tions delivered by mail outside OF
Alexandria are considerably more
valuable than those in town.
In spite of opinions to the con-
trarv. there are hundreds OF sub
scrintions to be hac right here IN
Alexandria if sufficient enterprise
Is shown in going after them. A
surprisingly small number OF SUB
scrintions have been received at
campaign headquarters when 1t Is
considered that The Gazette is 60
mo 70 give away in less than two
weeks a S1,7G5,O0 REQ and a
s597 90 Chevrolet as well as hund-
reds of dollars in big cash prizes
This week will unquestlonaoly
600 more subscriptions received at
The Gazette Office than at any
other time since the campaign was
begun-exceeding even the nm me
work done by the contestants dun, dur
irg the closing week Of the FIRST
This is the big week and it VIII
bo q week of big results.