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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
CLOSET CONSERVED CURRIE
He Was Crowded Into Convenient
Covert by Cannonading Cartridge

Claude Currie was one of the most ac-
tive workers in saving furniture and
other articles from Sthe Graham house
when it was on fire Friday. With one
wall of a room on the second floor al
ready blazing, he was gathering up
things near the window when he was
startled by furious popping He is a
veteran Of the world war and he recog-
nized the sound at once So he dived
into clothes closet and slammed the
door behind him. w. s. Bernard. who
lived in the house, kept big pistol, as
protection against possible burglars,
chicken thieves, and other invaders, and
there was box of cartridges on the
mantelpiece.. When the fire reached them
they began to explode. That was what
hastened Mr.. Currie into the closet.
He waited, and in a moment or two
the fusillade was over. Then he emerged
from the closet, completed the salvage
of the remaining articles in the room,
and descended to the ground.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
Use OF FUND OF $l,65O,OOO?
Which University Projects Will Be
Carried Forward, Which Postponed?~

How will the $1,650,O0 voted by the
Legislature for building and other per-
manent improvements at the University,
be useds This is question which in
terests the whole State, but particularly,
of course, the Chapel Hill community
The committee on buildings of the
board cf trustees will be in session here
next Monday and Tuesday to discuss the
question. 1t is hardly expected that they
will reach a decision on every point, but
at least they are likely to get far enough
to allow the architectural and construct
ing forces to go ahead without delay.
An extension of the water supply fa=
cilities is regarded as certain. In the
budget which the University submitted
to the Legislature, calling for a total of
$2,S17,3SO, the amount put down as
needed for permanent water supply was
$1S0,e00. In 1921 the fall opening had
to be postponed for week because of
the lack of water, and would have been
postponed longer if an emergency line
had not been laid. Again in 1929 this
9me emergency line had to be put down.
This experience makes it plain that an
adequate permanent water supply must
be provided for.
The budget called for-A125, 900 for ex-
tensions of sewers and heating and light
ing facilities, and probably littIa nS any
of this work can be dispensed with.
These things gre fundamental necessities.
About the other items in the budget
there is less basis for forecasts Will
there be women 8 buildingi A chem
istry buildingi A geology building
Nobody knows yet Three dormitories,
at an estimated cost of $118,25O each,
were down en- the list, and the guessing
around the campus and the town is that
two of these buildings, and maybe all
three, will go up. The classroom build
ing, expected to cost $185,OOO is freely
predicted, too.
Other budget items were: chemistry
building and equipment, $536,0O0; ge-
oIogy building and equipment, $2l4, 800
women 8 building and equipment, 1924,
600; remodelling old buildings, $3.50,
900; campus grading, roads, etc, $50,
900; furniture and fixtures, $4,000;
permanent equipment, $S3,s3O; and
grounds for student recreation and exer
else, 100000
For maintenance, the University asked
for $7l5,175 for the year 1923 1924, and
$765, ,O4O for 1924-1925. The legislature
granted $65O,OOO for the first year and
$725,000 for the second.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
SUGGESTS A RETURNING DAY"
People Uurged to Concentrate ON Re-
storing. Borrowed Articles

Here is a man who thinks that the
anniversary of the day CORVALLIS and
the British troops returned to England,
after having been properly walloped by
George Washington, might well be cele-
bratcd as Returning Day-everybody to
make it a point to return all articles he
or she has borrowed
"The dear people of Chapel Hill,"
writes II. d. Garter to the Weekly, "have
5T TTfs5TTJ WINS, IN. rfT
boy scout, Near East relief, and sundry
others. | plead for one day, the seven
teenth of March, the day on which Lord
CORVALLIS returned to Britain, thus
ending the Revolution.
May we not set aside the seventeenth
as Returning Day for all things
borrowedf Let every one in Chapel Hill,
man, woman, boy, girl, or student, search
diligently and return to his neighbor that
neighbours books, lawn mower, tools
clothes, money, eggs, cupful of sugar, or
aHytttHg else that has been borrowed.
so Elijah lifted up his voice and cried,
Return Ye Children of Men. !"
- Mr. Carter says nothing in his letter
about swiping Saint Patrick s Day for
his idea. There are not many Irishmen
in Chapel Hill, so perhaps there would
be no great protest here; but let him
suggest such subversion in New York
or bostOn and he would have a riot on his
hands. The Sons of Irish Freedom and
allied societies without number would
be coming down on his head with shil-
lalies. Tammany Hall would have a
tar,and-feathering party with H. d. Car
ter as the principal guest. VA
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
TOWN MAY HAVE BALL TEAM
:.
Available Material Includes a Former
Varsity Player, Ed. Tenney

There is talk Of Chapel Hill baseball
team this summer. TIE team VIII be re-
cruited from the young men of Chapel
Hill and the surrounding country, and
possibly baseball stars who are attend
ing the summer school will be allowed to
try for places. This will be the first
time in over ten years that Chapel Hill
has had summer baseball.
Many young Chapel Hillians have had
training as members of the Chapel Hill
high school nine, and Ed Tenney has won
his letter in baseball two years with the
University team. The following men are
expected to be candidates: Ed Tenney,
George Sparrow, Henry Hogan, Herman
Mciver, Jack Merritt, Dallas and Com
mie McLennan, Willie Hogan, Dewey
Poythress, Henry Ledbetter, Billy Eu-
banks, Paul Sparrow, and Carl Durham.
No steps have been taken to arrange
schedule, but practice may begin
within a few weeks. Probably the high
school grounds will be used for practice,
and Emerson Field will be available for
match games after the end Of the spring
quarter if an agreement can be reached
with G. T. Woollen, the University g
graduate manager of athletics. --,--s :
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
This Po' Little Orphan Road
Will Be Reclaimed Some Day
State Will Fix of It Up Durham County Other Part
Big Hole Will Be Filled =

"The part of the road that con-
meets up the present State high
way with Morehead avenue is our
province it was said there, "and
we are going to put it in shape
when the Morehead avenue con-
tract is let. 1t is not known just
when this wifi be. Of course we
are working on it now" r.
Next, the editor consulted Mr..
Pendergraft, the Durham county
road supervisor.
"Our part Of the road stretches
from the city pavement to the, cor
ner where the State highway
people have taken the road over.
We are waiting on the State plans,
because ours is such a short stretch
that we couldn't let contract for
the work except on exorbitant
terms. The whole stretch, ours and
the States, will be done together. +"
After all, the bad going by the
cemetery is a small thing when.
one considers that only a year and
a half ago the entire twelve-miles
distance between here and Durham
was rough. People are still so de-
lighted with the hard-surface road
that they are not going to try to
lynch anybody because this short
stretch is not perfect. Yet automo-
bilists can't be kept from grumb-
ling a bit. The better roads they
get, the better they want. 1t is like
the case of the man who all his life
has. been going down the hill to a
spring for water, and then, when
he he Rssstallllss iRRsssttaalllls pipes and porcelain
bath tub, considers himself NOR
tally injured if the spigot is hard
to turn.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
PARENTS URGE A LOAN FUND
Say That Many High School Students
Quit for Lack of Funds

A loan fund, to enable high school stu
dents to go through with their course in
stead of being compelled to drop out
after year or two, is urgently needed
in Chapel Hill, and the Parent Teachers
Association is engaged in trying to raise
it. Already $50 has been pledged.
A country boy or girl often raises a
crop of cotton or tobacco in order to pay
for board in town during the winter
when the school is running. If the crop
fails for one reason or another, the stu
dent goes without schooling. The execu-
tive committee Of the Parent Teachers
Association held a special meeting few
days ago to discuss ways and means of
meeting the situation. A money-raising
entertainment was suggested at the meet
ing, but it was determined not to resort
to this until it was, found how much
money could be raised by subscription.
There will not be any house-to-house
canvass, but every one who reads the
news of this movement is asked to give
what he can afford. Contributions may
DC maue 10 Jne CHSHIer UI eIUHer UdHKJ 20
the superintendent of the school, or to
Mrs. Mcintosh, chairman of the high
school Parent Teachers group. All sums,
whether large or small, are acceptable.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15

Many a Durhamite and Chapel
lillian has wondered why the
stretch of road between the city
pavement and the State pavement,
where cars round the corner at the
Durham cemetery, stays so rough.
The plight of this hundred yards
or so Of bumpy surface, which no.
body wants to take care Of, is pa
thetic. 1t reminds one of the
couplet that was chanted at the
Democratic national convention in
Baltimore in 1912:
l don care if he is jus a houn,'
You gotter quit kickin my dawg
aroun'.
The worst part of the stretch is
a large and deep hole just at the
bend. Nobody who has driven a
car or ridden in one between here
and Durham needs to be told of
this pitfall. The danger is not
great, perhaps, for big cars, but
with Ford it is different. The
editor of the Weekly was not great
ly exercised over the matter as long
as he rode in his friends Packards
and Durants and Bucks and so
on, but when he got Ford of his
own he was seized with the fear
that his car would fall in the hole
and he could never find it.
This fear moved him to in
quiries. First he asked the Dur
ham city government for infor-
nation.
"NOt our road" was the answer.
ASK the State or county .,
Then the Durham office of the
State highway department was
visited.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
UP JOHN HERE With
new CHURCH PLANS
EpiscOpalans VIII Build to East Of
Present Structure. Architectural
Harmony Is Promised
Mr.. ERWIN DEEPLY INTERESTED

Hobart 3. Upjohn, the architect
who is designing the new Episco-
pal Church, is scheduled to be in
town today. Tfe will show his
plans to Rev. A. S. Lawrence, A.
II. Patterson, and other members
of the vestry, and, there will be a
thorough discussion of the building
project.
Then the architect and the build
ing committeeman will probably
have consultation with w. A. Err
win of Durham. 1t has already
been announced that Mr.. Erwin
will give $4,000 toward the cree
ton of the church. He is deeply
interested, in the details of the
plans and may have suggestions to
make about changes.
The land lying east of the pres
ent structure, forming part of the
University plot often spoken of as
the. Alexander place (from the fact
that the late Eben Alexander and
his family lived there so many
years. has been definitely chosen
for the location Of the new church.
The University has agreed to sell
the Episcopalians a strip about
sixty-five feet wide running from
the main street back to the campus.
Rev. A. s. Lawrence, when asked
yesterday about the plans, was un-
able to make any forecast as to the
A hen Heeti9f stlE5a wstE5aa BE BE
begun or as to the amount of
money that will have to be raised.
It was said year ago, before any
gifts had been made, that the total
amount needed would be $80,00O;
some say, however, that it may be
100000. But it is all guess-work
at this stage.
Mr.. Lawrence yesterday reiter-
ated the statement, made when the
project was first announced, that
the existing church would be left
unchanged. The new one will be
of the same type Of architecture,
and the two will be joined at the
rear by the parish house and an
addition thereto. Thus will be
formed an enclosure, open on the
north side, constituting what is
known in the language Of ecclesias-
tical architecture as a close.
Whether the new church will
have a tower similar to that of the
old one is not yet determined.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
SKYROCKETTNC REALTY PRICES
Store Next to POst-Office Draws Offer
of 5000 q Month

W. L. Tankersley says that he was
offered 5000 month not long ago for
the 24feet-wide space next to the post
office, in the brick building now under
construction.
= He has let it to a restaurant which
will open for business in the early sum-
mer, and 5000 is reported to be the rental
agreed upon.
This is fair indication of the re-
markable advance in real estate values
in Chapel Hill within the last few years.
They are highest, of course, along the
stretch between the post Office and the
banks, but the rise in residential prop
erty has been just as sensational.
The Robert L. Strowd farm on the
east edge of town, along the Durham
road, perhaps presents the most striking
example. e.' -- jNy---~
1t is known among the sold-time resi-
dents of the town that some twenty or
twenty-five years ago, Mr.. Strowd was
eager to accept $685. 900 for the place
but could not do so because of legal diff
culties in passing title. A few years
later he was turning down without a
second thought an offer Of 100000, and
now it is understood that he will not sell
for less than 100000. We -"
The most recent sale of land on the
busiest section of Franklin Street took
place IN 1921 when the plot now occupied
by tho cafeteria, with frontage of 25
feet, was sold for $6,250, or $3.50 foot.
That was only two years ago, yet now
the adjoining land is held at $3.50 a
foot. Mr.. Tankersley says he got an
offer of that for small frontage but
wanted to part with all or none. 1t is
known that there has been bona fide
offer of more than $500 a foot for the
empty plot between the Strowd building
and the Kluttz building.
Five thousand dollars year is the
rental now being paid by the Chapel Hill
Insurance and Realty Company for the
Strowd building, and the company
furnishes all heat and light.
It might be supposed that buildings in
this part of the town would not be at
tractive as living quarters, but as a
matter Of fact many students prefer
rooms here. Thus the second floors are
in great demand. The twelve rooms or
the second floor of the new brick build
ing next to the post t-office are already
spoken for. At a rental of $40 a room
the gross rental for the floor is $240 9
Fmonth
Farther uptown, at the corner Of Col
umbia street, the small plot covered by
the bakery is said to be held by the
owner, w. r. Lloyd, at $4,000 The
talk is that Mr.. Lloyd will mot sell his
whole property here, running back tC
Rosemary street, for less than $4,000
or $4,000.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
PYTHIANS MEET MARCH 22

The knights of Pythias are to hold a
district meeting sin Chapel Hill next
Thursday night, March %, in Castle
Hall on the second. floor of the BrockwelI
building. This district includes Orange,
Durham, Granville, and, Person counties,
and fully 100 members of the order arc
expected. Charles E. Gooch is chancellor
commander here. He and his fellow Of
ficers are preparing to give the visiting
Pythians good welcome.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
..rnE Ann rurpr IN cApppono

Evander Neville, who was visiting rela-
tives, has gone back to his home in Jack
son, Mississippi, where he is in the pro-
duce business.
Mrs G. M. Lewter Of Durham has been
visiting Mrs. Bessie Williams
Mrs G. A. Harrison, who is going to
New Orleans, visited Mrs. w. H. Parker
last week.
Miss Etoyal Parker spent last week
end in Burlington.
Milton West, who was at Patterson
Brothers drugstore in Chapel Hill until
two or three weeks ago, is working at a
drugstore in Mebane now
Mrs. Ernest Ray has returned from
the hospital much improved in health.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
RICK BOUGHT HANDSOME BILBE

A book auctiOneer stopped with his
automobile in front of the post-ofice one.
day last week and sold to the highest
bidders all kinds Of volumes, ranging
from religion and philosophy and poetry
through political economy and sociology
to the lightest of modern fiction Rick
Taylor, a c0lOred man who has been
painter in Chapel Hill for more than 80
years, bought fine Bible, handsomely
illustrated in colors, for $3.50. In the
post-office afterward he showed it to
friends both white and colored, and they
all thought he had got value for his
money. ..~
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
A CLEANUP WEEK IS COMING
March 1851 Set Aside for Campaign.
Empty Lots Need Attention

There will be cleanup campaign in
Chapel Hill beginning Monday morning,
March 26, and ending Saturday night,
March 81.
This does not mean that cleaning up
is not to begin before that week, or that
it is not to go on afterward, among the
citizens as individuals. But during those
siy 9avs the nnhlie enineraIiyn asnnct ia
to be emphasized. Everybody is asked
by the Community Club to join in the
great renovation, to the end shat the
Easter morning sun may rise on a spot
less town.
Empty lots cluttered with unsightly
and. often health endangering rubbish
constitute especially sore spots. The
Community Club urges the owners of
these lots to clean them up.
The hauling is free. That, of course,
is important to persons whose premises
harbor a great quantity Of rubbish.
Wagons will make the rounds and take
0ff the stuff thdt III fnaIe rGady for them.
This leaves little excuse for failure to
cooperate.
Miss Bertha Pickard, chairman of the
civics department of the club, is in
charge of the arrangements for cleanup
week, and anybody who wants to load
wagon but waits for its arrival in vain
had better apply to her.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
ORANGE FARMERS
IMPROVE FEEDING
They Are Learning That 1t Pays,
in the Long Run, to Get
the Right Stuff =
LECUMINOUS HAY NECESSARY

Feed for cows is one of the main
things that r. P. Harris, agricul-
ture teacher in the Chapel Hill
school, is talking to Orange county
farmers about these days. With
his advice, and with hiSshelp in
getting the sort of feed needed,
some of them are already pro-
ducing much more milk from their
herds than they used to.
Mr.. Harris strongly recommends
this mixture: 2 parts of crushed
corn or corn meal, l part of wheat
bran, and l part of cottonseed
meal, for each gallon Of milk
cow gives. J. E. Gooch, Of Chapel
Hill, who had been feeding his
seven cows with Spartan grains
and meadow hay, began using this
mixture, with soy bean hay, and
his milk production jumped from
10 gallons TO Is gallons day.
"For every-cow he keeps" said
Mr.. Harris day or SO ago, "a
farmer ought to plant at least one
or clover, or soy beans. 1t is folly
to expect to keep cow proftably
without some sort Of leguminous
hay. Wheat straws and meadow
hay are practically worthless; it
takes as much energy for a cow to
digest them as she gets out Of
them"
Orange farmers have begun to
improve their feeding methods in
the last year or~'two. Many of
. them call on Mr.. Harris to buy
for them, since he keeps acquaint-
ed with what the dealers are offer
ing and their prices.
He may order large quantity
Of feed, he may order small guam
titles. Sometimes he carries a sack
with him in his trips back and
forth through the county, and dis
tributes it's contents among half a
dozen or more buyers.
The improvement in. feeding in
Orange applies to cattle, hogs, and
poultry. AS an example, barely a
year ago fish meal was practically
unknown in the county, but now it
is being used extensively. The
farmers show a desire to get the
right sort of feed when they have
been told what good results come
from it.
Manysof them buy it lmmedi-
ately after l tell them what actual
experience has proved" says Mr..
Harris, "and when they have once
had their own experience as fur
ther proof they are not apt to go
back to the old wasteful feeds
One caution he gives is that cot
tonseed must not be taken as the
same thing as cottonseed meal.
The former has 8 per cent protein,
while the latter has SO per cent,
and it is=tife protein element that
is valuable
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
CONTEST IN WRITING VERSES

Jim Phipps, manager of the Pickwick,
is offering two one-week free. passes for
the two best four-lin everses on Con
stance Talmadge, who is to be seen ON
the screen here soon. The verses must
reach him by 6 P. NJ. Saturday.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15
VISITORS IN TOWN SATURDAY

Among the men from out in the coun-
try, seen around Andrews corner Satur
day, were A. S. Blackwood, Joe Hobby,
Ralph Copeland, james Maddry, Will
Freeland, Oscar Hogan, John Whitfield,
Rufus Merritt, and George Hearn.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15

' Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Howell, c. A. Hib.
bard, and Miss Ida Gordner motored to
Greensboro Friday to attend the meeting
of the North Carolina teachers of Eng
lish. .E-.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-15

G. II Dearman, student worker in the
post-ofice, is back at his job again after
stay in the infrmary with influenza.
Evening star., 1923-11-16

is contained In an article by Paul
Griggs Of this city. published in The
Sunday Star OF last July 8. 1t was
pointed out today in connection with
the electrocution OF Policeman Allen,
whose funeral took place today.
Mr.. Grtggs pointed out that during
mostly boys, met instant death as a
result Of having unwittingly touched
or otherwise having brought their
bodies into contact with exposed "live''
wires while engaged in Installing radio
receiving antennae.
The layman has no means of know
ing whether an exposed electric light
or power line is "alive" or not 1t was
, said In Mr.. Griggs' article. land, more
over. as general rule he cannot dis
tlnguish between the land wire and
are not dangerous, and the light and
power lines, which are always poten-
italy dangerous to human life. If
the current of voltage in the latter
named lines Is not sufficiently powerful
to Kill directly 1t will always cause
serious burns or shocks from which
death may ensue.
The layman should keep we'll
clear Of all wires with which he is
TO install his antenna in places
where there is a possibility Of any
part of it coming into contact with
other wires. either while 1t is being
installed or afterward. Likewise.
the layman should keep we'll clear of
poles and towers to which wires are
attached and in no case should he
attempt to climb them. Aside from
the danger involved from Tive"
Evening star., 1923-11-16
a R|SK|NG LIVES
TO AID DRUG TEST
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, November 16.-In
the cause of science fourteen stu
dents Of the Hahnemann Medical Col
lege are feeling Ill. Two weeks ago
these young men set out to find out
the effects upon healthy person
which a drug developed by DR.. Will
liam B. Griggs. their professor Of
therapeutics, would have. They are
learning and they are not enjoying
1t. But they are conducting with the
drug and with their studies just the
same.
DR.. Griggs' drug is an old one.
which he has recently developed
along scientific lines in the hope of
comba ting a certain form of blood
poison.
After DR.. Griggs had learned the
effects of the drug upon disease by
experimenting with animals. he found
it necessary to try 1t out on men to
determine whether 1t would be harm
full to the human system. From the