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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22
Boxing Bouts Tomorrow

The University's first real
boxing match will take place
tomorrow friday night in the
Tin Can, the students opponents
being soldiers from Camp Bragg.
The "big bout" of the evening
will be the encounter between
A. E. Warren of Blount's Creek
representing the University, and
Private Gift Mallard of the
Camp Bragg. This set-to will
last six rounds. Students ap-
pearing in three-round bouts
will be Mike Hall of Wilmington,
ID. V. Gray of New Bern, C. G.
Smith of Elmhurst, N. Y, C. Y.
Jones of Elizabeth City, and Ray
Quinn of Wilson. Kid Num-
bers and Danny Lee, both of
Fort Bragg, will meet in a
special exhibition.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22
BIG INCUBATOR
IN THE COUNTY
Lloyd, High School Student.
Buys One With Capacity
of 5000 Eggs
A CUSTOM HATCHERY

The largest incubator ever
operated in Orange county will
be the one which Melvin Lloyd,
son of P. c. Lloyd, has just or
dered. It is being built in Lam
caster, Pa, according to specifi-
cations, and will be delivered to
the Lloyd home, out at Sunny
side, west of Chapel Hill, in time
to begin Matching next fall.
This new incubator will have
a capacity of 5000 eggs, which
means that it can turn out 1900
chicks every three weeks. or
$4,000 a year. Instead of 1900
being put in the incubator at
one time, the eggs will he placed
in thirds, so that 1000 eggs a
week will be hatched.
Lloyd is a student in the high
school and has been one of the
most active young mon in this
section in carrying out modern
farming ideas as he learns them
from experts.
In order to be able to operate
the new incubator successfully,
he is going to Siler City to stay
two or three months With an eX-
pert poultryman VINO has incu-
bators of a total capacity of
10000 and who matches chicks
for sale over a wide territory.
Young Lloyd will work with him
and will learn the ms and outs
of Misunderstanding.
The idea is to have what is
known as a "custom hatchery
on the Lloyd farm. That is,
anybody who wants eggs
Matched may bring them there
and have the job done at sta
ted price per egg. Such estab
lishments are operated with sue
cess in sections of the country
where the poultry business is
conducted on a large scale.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22
HOllOw's New Census
Koch Boy Brings Juvenile POpula-
ton to %

A new Koch, the fourth, fol-
lowing Frederick, George, and
Bobby. And this one, too, a boy.
Born in Watts Hospital Satur-
day.
Just a year ago the Weekly
published a census of the chill
dren in Park Place, the settle
ment on the edge of Battles
Park that bears the nickname
of Baby Hollow. The tabulation
showed IL boys and 4 girls.
Since last May the total has
grown from 16 to %. Five of
the newcomers came in the way
usually favored in this colony,
while two were gained by immi-
grafton from Wyoming by way
of Cobb Terrace-these two be-
ing the Hoefers.
The boys still outnumber the
girls. The score is II to 6.
Here is the roll complete:
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22
An Invitation
Mr.. Caldwell HOnOrs Old House Next
to Church

The house next to the EpiscO-
pal church-one of the oldest
houses in the village-is to be
torn down to make way for the
new building for women stu
dents, and Wallace E. Caldwell,
the present occupant, is inviting
all who will to come and bid it
farewell. He has adopted the
following resolution:
WHEREAS, the ancient man.
sion ;familiarly known as the
Hooper, Wills, Alexander, Viii.
son, Balm, or Bullitt House, a,
present inhabited by w. F.
Caldwell and family, is closely
associated with the most preci-
Gus traditions of Chapel Hill
and with the memories of earli.
er days:
WHEREAS, the aforesaid
house will, in the ordinary
course of events, at the end OF
the coming summer reach tht
end of its years of service ant
pass from existence as a human
habitation:
WHEREAS, it seems fitting
that due recognition be given tt
it's hallowed associations;
THEREFORE, all residents
of Chapel Hill and its environs
who are in. any way interested
in the house or it's residents
past and present, are hereby in
vited to present themselves
there on the evening of Thurs
day, May 20, 1924, between the
hours of $3.50 and 1000.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22
Poppy Sale May 80
For Benefit of Orphans of World
War. Veterans

Poppies will be sold in Chapel
Hill Friday of next week, May
80, for the benefit of the or
phans of men who lost their
Lives in the world war.
Young women of the village
have volunteered to conduct the
sale. Not only will they post
themselves at the post-office,
the banks, the restaurants, and
other central points, but they
will also go through the resi-
dental districts.
This is an enterprise launch
ed by the Chapel Hill post of the
American Legion, with Carl Dur
ham in charge. Last year the
Legion sold more than 500 pop
pies at 10 cents apiece and it
is hoped that a still greater
number will be disposed of this
year. The buyers are expected
to wear the red flowers during
the day.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22

The Carrboro aldermen, at a
meeting Monday night. declined
to enact an ordinance to pre-
vent people from patronizing the
swimming pool, the soda foun-
tain, and the garages on Sunday,
They did, however, tighten up
to some extent on Sampy Mer-
ritt's soda fountain and the ga
RACES by limiting the open hours
to two in the morning and two
in the afternoon-the garages
from Z to 9 and from 8
to 5 and the drugstore
from 7 to 9 and from Z to 6. Ca
RACES may sell gas and oil only
they are forbidden to do re-
pair work on Sunday.
The swimming pool was left
just where it was. The word
ing of the measure adopted by
the aldermen sounds restrictive,
since the use of the pool Sun
day morning and Sunday night
is prohibited. But this is with
out any practical meaning, be-
cause Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Sparrow, proprietors of the pool,
have not kept it open except in
the afternoon anyway, and have
had no intention of doing so.
The action of the board is
really a victory for the liberal
element that opposed the whole
day closing, for a few days ago
it was thought that the extreme
restriction would probably go
through.
One hundred and four citizens
of Carrboro signed a petition
against the proposed closing,
and DR.. B. B. Lloyd presented
the document at Monday nights
meeting. This number, lO4, is
considerably more than half of
the voting population, and 50
the petition was taken to reflect
the majority sentiment.
The leader of the movement
to have a closing ordinance
adopted has been the Baptist
minister, Rev. J. B. Davis.
Some of the most loyal church
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22
Father-and-SOn Feast

The annual father-and-son
supper was held on the. school
lawn Tuesday night. There was
a large attendance. The Uni
versity band played and the "Y"
quartette sang. DR.. E. A. Alb
ernethy and F. w. Koch made
brief talks, and Henry Brown
spoke for the boys of the school.
The meal was served by the
school teachers and girls. H. y.
Meyer was the manager of the
affair this year, and did his job
Zealously and well. DR.. Aber-
nethy told of the Inauguration
by the school board of plan of
physical education, with r. E.
Lawson as director and c.. II.
Paulsen as business manager.
In Mr.. Koch's talk he mentioned
his new son, and said he sup
posed he had more boys than any
man at the table. S. w. An
drews, who has had seven sons
and seven daughters, and has
five of each living, was there,
but did not offer to contest the
Koch title.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22
Extreme ''Blue Law Turned Down
By CarrbOrO Board of Aldermen

people in Carrboro do not agree
with his views. The sentimen,
against allowing places o.
amusement and business to bt
open during church services il
general, but it appears that most
of the citizens see no harm il
peoples swimming, and buying
ice cream and coca colas, before
and after church hours.
"To try to seal up the place
tight all day Sunday" said one
prominent business man of Carr.
boro yesterday, "is against com.
nonsense and modern ideas
Even if it could be enforced ii
would do more harm than good
1t would just mean that the
young people would 50 off anG
seek pleasure in other places
many of them places not respect.
able and well-conducted like
those in Carrboro. Particularly
would it be unfair to the cotton
mill workers. About the only
time these workers have q
chance to get out and have a lit.
tie enjoyment is Saturday ait.
ernoon and Sunday, and, as
see it, they ought not to be de-
prived of that chance"
After the meeting of the board
OF aldermen Mayor Mann said:
"As we see it the duty of the
Mayor and the aldermen is to
legislate according to the senti-
ment of the majority OF the peo-
pie, and that is what we tried
to do, and think we did, in this
case"
AS far as the people in Carr
boro are concerned, there are
not many of them who use the
swimming pool. They are inter.
ested in being able to patronize
the Merritt drugstore, and theil
desire to be free to. do that
worked to the benefit of the
Chapel Hill patrons Of the pool,
since pool and drugstore were
necessarily considered togeth-
er.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22
.$125,OOO OPTION
I ON STROWD
Tract of 1,1OO Acres, East Of
Town, May Be Bought
By Robertson
BIG INCREASE IN VALUE

Will Robert L. Strowd sell
his land?
This is a question that has
mildly excited Chapel Hill at in
tervals for the last quarter of
century. Now it is being dis
cussed again because w. S. Rob-
erson has an option 10 take the
property for $125,000.
The land, approximately
LOO acres, lies just outside the
east edge of the village on both
sides of the Durham Road. ex-
tending down to the creek.
Offers that have. been made
for it afford an Illustration of
the remarkable growth in the
value of real estate in and a.
round Chapel Hill. Some twenty
years ago Mr.. Strowl was on
the point of selling the place
for $4,000, but the transaction
fell through. He changed his
mind just before he and the buy
er were about to sign on the dot
ted lines.
Then there was an offer of
$4,000, then one of S24. 900.
according to the main street his
torians. The value continued to
go up, and. the owner continued
to hold on. One story is that
Mr., Strowd was greatly distress
ed when a projected sale to Mr..
Wright of Durham for $60,O00
failed because of Mr.. Wright's
change of mind. The Chapel
Hill capitalist is said to have de-
clared, sadly, that he feared he
would never have 50 good a
chance again. &"
1t is said that the present Of
fer of Mr.. Strowd to sell for
$f25,000 carries with it the stip-
ulation that the buyer shall pay,
in addition, the income tax
which would be levied, in COM
pliance with the internal reve-
nue. law, upon the rise in value
since the year 1913.
Asked one night this week
whether he was going to exer-
else his option, Mayor Robertson
exhibited his customary loqua-
city. That is to say, in Kip
ling's phrase, the silence 'ung
that 'eavy you was 'arf afraid
to speak.
The Strowd land, which is
outside the town and therefore
not subject to town taxes, is
down on the county tax books
at about 100000.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22

One of the two women cleo
ted to the board of trustees Of
st. Mary's College, Raleigh, is
Mrs. Walter D. Toy of Chapel
Hill. The other one is Mrs. T.
w. Beckett. This is the first
time in the history of the school
that women have been elected
to the board.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22

Mrs. J. M. Williams piano
classes will give a recital in the
school auditorium tomorrow
(Friday) evening at 8 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22
The Negro Schpo'
Commencement

At the closing exercises of the
Orange County Training School
the other night in the Rock Hill
Baptist church, Bill McDade was
assigned to the task of standing
by the table and exhorting the
assembled company to come for
ward and make contributions
This is something he has done
often and we'll, and they always
choose him for it. In opening
his appeal he aroused loud ap-
plause by turning to the plat
form where Mr.. Toy sat, along
with several other white visit
ors, and declaring:
"I'm glad to see Professor Toy
here, cause he and me are bout
the oldest members of the fac
ulty of the University of North
Carolina"
- "a
The ease and fluency Of the
members of the graduating
class, when they made their
speeches, amazed me but | was
still more struck by the enunci-
alton Of these young men
and women. Their speech was
quite different from negro
speech as celebrated in song
and story-they pronounced
their this and ing's distinctly
and exhibited little of the slur-
ring and omission Of syllables
so familiar in dialect tales. The
five seniors who spoke were
Frederick Hargraves, Nora Ed
wards, Robert L. Battle, Arlena
Riggsbee, and Frank w. Merritt.
| never saw five cases of more
flawless memory; they went
through their talks smoothly
from beginning to end.
Luther Hargraves, the father
of one of the five, we'll known
throughout the town as a car
penter, and among his own peo-
pie as an undertaken, was one
of the most pleased persons |
ever saw.
asked him afterward what
he thought of his sons perform
ance. "It's the first time | ever
heard him make Speech" he
said. II didn't know he could do
it,"
At these negro gatherings
they always courteously escort
the visiting white people to the
platform. On this night there
were present DR.. Charles S.
Mangum, Mr.. and Mrs. J. S.
Holmes, and E. w. Knight. DR..
Mangum told of the plans for
the new school building out at
the end of Church street and
said that it would be finished by
next fall. In reviewing the eff
forts of the negroes of Chapel
Hill to build up a school, he told
a really remarkable tale of per-
severance under extraordinary
difficulties. The school house
burned about three years ago,
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22

The Golden Whistle was re-
peated by the Junior Music
Club last Friday night in the
school auditorium.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22
Chapel Hill Chaf

w. B. Neal played a canny
card when he persuaded Ruth
Hocutt to help officiate at the
opening of his new bakery. Her
job was to see that all comers
signed in the guest book. When
she pointed the book out to
me, and l gave heed to her
smile and rosy cheeks, I felt
that l would have signed any
thing she asked me to, even a
check for a gold brick.
At this same reception saw
Mrs. Algernon S. Barbee look
ing wistfully at some almond
and-raspberry cake that the
baker was dispensing to his
visitors. She said she was on a
diet and was not allowed to eat
any sweets. Mrs. Robertson and
l set out to cajole her into break
ing her VOW of self-denial, and l
must say she surrendered with
little delay.
The adventure of Robert Ne
vile, mail carrier on Route 3,
with the talking doll brings to
light the experience DR.. William
de B. MacNider once had on a
Pullman car. He had bought
one of these dolls for his little
daughter, Sally Foard. It was
in a box, and when he went TO
the smoking room he left it on
the seat. The porter, making up
the berth, Jared the box, and
the doll cried. The doctor, re-
turning found that the package
was gone. He summoned the
porter. The negro said he had
taken it into the baggage car.
1T will be safe, sir" he declared.
"Just a night or two ago there
was another man that had a pup
py that cried like that. 1t kept
people awake and l had to put
it in the baggage car. It's
against the rules, sir, to have
animals here" DR.. MacNider
insisted that he bring the box
back. When it was opened the
porter was flabbergasted.
I learned something about
cats Sunday. H. C. Wills, who
has retired from the hardware
business to devote himself to
poultry, has female cat that
fraternizes-or / should say
sisterizes with the rs or more
Plymouth Rock hens and the
400 or 500 small chickens that
inhabit his yard. The cat goes
about among the chickens, some.
times brushing against them,
and all is7peace and amity. Just
after l observed this I was told
how H. w. Odum, this same day,
had taken a long walk, through
woods and over fields, with his
children and his dog, and how
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22

Mrs. G. M. Braune and her daught-
er, Miss Anna Braune, will return to
Chapel Hill on Tuesday.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-05-22

Outgoing mails will close at
7:45 o'clock in the morning and
2:50 in the afternoon.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
ALLEGES PRESSURE
UPON DAUGHERTY
HefIIn Brings Up Messages
Sent Attorney General in
Land Fraud Probe.

kilograms sent to former Attorney
. General Daugherty were brought to
the attention of the Senate commit
tee investigating alleged land frauds
in the lower Rio Grande valley of
Texas today by Senator Hefin, demo-
crat. Alabama. who. with the. aid of
James r. Page of Kansas City, Mo,
is prosecuting the inquiry.
The committee also went further
into complaints from purchasers of
the property on file in the Post Office
Department, having ordered Page and
George A. Hill, jr., of Houston, Tex.
attorney for r. b. creager of Browns
Vile. republican national committee
man from Texas, to make "A summary
i of these letters not already read into
the record.
Rush d. Simmons. chief of the divi-
sion of postal inspectors. who has
been on the stand since the inquiry
began. was kept in attendance for
further questioning.
The kilograms to Daugherty were
brought out by Senator Heflin as in
dicAting an effort to influence the
former Attorney General to have
cases against Rio Grande valley land
companies dropped. Creager has
been accused by Senator Heffin of
being a party to the alleged frauds
and also Of using influence in Wash
ington in an effort to stop investiga-
tiOQS,'
Evening star., 1924-04-02
From Yesterdays so Edition of The Star.
PENSION
MEASURE PASSED
Senate Votes Bill to Remove
lnequities to Veterans
of Several Wars.

An adjusted pension bill" design
ed to remove inequities between
gratuities now paid to veterans of
the several wars, was passed yesterday
by the Senate
The bill provides a fat rate of $72
a. month for veterans of the Mexican
and civil wars, as compared with the
present basic rate of $50, and makes
the allowance for each dependent SIS
per month instead OF from 50 to Sc
A new provision, said to have been
inserted to meet objections which led
to the veto last year, provides that
widows of civil war veterans must have
consummated their marriage prior to
June q, 1907, in order to be eligible
for pension. The bill carries a gradu-
ated scale for these beneficiaries, rang
ing from $50 per month at sixty to S45
at seyenty-four There is also q gradu-
ated scale for Spanish American vet
Grams based on disability, ranging from
$2a a month TO a maximum of $50.
Senator Dial, democrat, South Caro-
lima who has led the opposition since
the bill was first presented. assert ed
S31, 100000 of the total would 90 to
widows who We're not born when the
"Nt 'Ab'o, 11c " al Ltd ms NoiltdE = ltS
that the bill was another effort to
buy votes for the republican party"
adding that the repeated demands upon
the Treasury were sapping the founda-
tion Of national prosperity.
The vote, on passage of the bill. was
81 TO 10, those opposing being Sena-
tors Rayard, Delaware: Bruce. Mary
land Dial and Smith, South Carolina /;
Mayfeld and Sheppard. Texas; stan
ley, Kentucky, and Stephens. Mssis-
sppi democrats, and Borah, Idaho, and
Reed, Pennsylvania, republicans.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
ALLOWS COUNSEL
FEES In WILL CASE
Justice Hitz Signs Order in Hutch
ins Litigation-Widow
Files Appeal.

Approving the report of Jesse c.
Adkins, special master appointed by
the court, Justice Hitz of the District
Supreme Court today signed an order
allowing counsel fees aggTe gating &
$4,000 to the lawyers who defended
the will of Stilson Hutchins, who died
in 1912 leaving an estate valued at
$4,000, 900. Mrs. Rose Keeling Hutch
ins, widow, of the millionaire, noted
an appeal from the order.
The trial of the contest over the
will occupied five months and the liti-
CATION has been in progress for
twelve years. A renewal of the con-
test over an earlier will of Mr..
Hutchins is scheduled for next Oc-
tober.
Under the order Mr.. Adkins, as spe-
cial master, is given a fee of $4,000,
and an allowance of $4,000 is made
to cover other expenses connected
with the litigation. including the
fees of the alienists, who examined
Mr. Hutchins shortly before his
death Interest at per cent is al
lowed by the order of the amount
specified until paid.
Attorney Charles III. Merillats fee
is fixed at $4,000; that of Henry L.
Davis, at $25 200. and p. H. MARSHALL s
fee at $4,000. The estate of r. Ross
Perry is given $4,000 and the estate
of Edward Ell. Thomas. S25,000. Both
Mr.. Perry and Mr.. Thomas defended
the will at the trial, but died shortly
thereafter
Evening star., 1924-04-02
COOLIDGE CONSIDERS
ARCHITECT VACANCY
Confers With Chairman of Fine
Arts Committee Regarding
Bacons Successor.

President Coolidge conferred today
with Charles Moore, chairman of the
Commission of Fine Arts, regarding
the filling of the vacancy on that
commission caused by the death of
Henry Bacon of New York, architect
of the Lincoln Memorial Several
names have been suggested to the
President to consider in making his
appointment, among them being that
of j. VI. Dom, an architect of this
city
1t is thought, however. by those
who have conferred with the Presi-
dent about this appointment that he
will go outside of the District of Co
lumbia to make his selection.
1t has been pointed out to the
President by some of those in favor
of appointment outside of Washing
ton that the commission is national
in it's scope and for that reason
should have a man Of national promi-
nence to fill the place.
Those who have suggested Mr.
Donn's appointment, including the
Washington Chapter of the Institute
of Architects, contend that the per-
Sonnel of the commission as il is
now constituted does not include a
Washington man and for that reason
the President should appoint some
one from this city.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
2 SHIPS IN DISTRESS
OFF VIRGINIA CAPES
Baltimore Vessel, Overdue for
Month, Picked Up by Coast
Guard Craft.
Ry tho Associated Press

By The Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va. April More than
month overdue, the four-mast
schooner PurnelI T. White, from
Turks Island to Baltimore, with cargo
of salt, was discovered last night fly
ing distress signals five miles east
southeast of Dam Neck Mills coast
guard station. The coast guard cut
ter MaScoutin today is towing the
distressed vessel into Hampton roads.
Distress calls were received early
today from the four mast schooner
Esther X. of Rockland, Me. relayed
by the steamship Glencoe, which is
understood to be standing by until
assistance can be given by the coast
guard cutter Manning. The Esther
h is about ninety miles south of
Cape Henry and about thirty miles
from Hatteras.
The long overdue Purnell T. White
sailed from Turks Island, b. w. L..
on February p. Since that time
nothing had been heard of her No
ship reported sighting her and dur
ing recent days she was thought to
have been lost in the stormy weather
that has prevailed off the coast.
Last night she showed up offshore,
making way slowly. barely more than
drifting, in the general direction of
the Virginia capes.
The ship is owned by Charles NJ.
Struyen & Co.