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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-23
Henderson Wedding
Important Social Event Next Week
Many Visitors Coming

The wedding of Miss Curtis
Henderson to Claude Ramsay
next Wednesday evening will be
a great social event in Chapel
Hill.
The brides mother, Mrs. Ar
chibald Henderson will be ma
tron of honor, Miss Elizabeth
Henderson maid of honor, Miss
Barbara Henderson flower girl,
and Masters Archibald Hender-
son, Jr., and John Henderson,
pages.
The bridesmaids will be as
follows (the names of the host
esses being in parenthesesl:
Mrs. Grover Beard, Miss
Frances Venable, Miss Margaret
Justice (Mrs. Justice), Miss
Katherine Bynum MRS. JUS
tice), Mrs. Richard Henderson,
Jr. MRS. Toy), Miss Laura Linn
Wiley (Mrs. Chase), Mrs.
Thomas Hunt (Mrs. Chase)
Mrs. Sidney Allen MRS. Chase)
Miss Simone Fleisher MRS.
Chase), and Miss Maurine
Moore (Mrs, Dey).
Graham Ramsay will be the
grOOm's best man. Grooms-
men will be Ashley Justice,
Lewis Harrison, Edward White
head, John T. Gregory, James
Hines, Jr., William Overton,
George Wimberly, J. G. Proc
tor, Clem Strudwick, and Louis
Clement.
The marriage ceremony will
take place at the Episcopal
church at eight o'clock, and il
will be followed by a reception
at the home of the bride at hall
past eight.
Many dances and other en-.
tertainments will be given in
honor of the bride in the next
few days.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-23

1924, but which were paid dur
ing the latter part of June 1924,
so as to have the money in the
hands of the fiscal agent on
July 1st. 1t must be remember
ed that the school year for
! which the budget is made runs
from July 1st to June 3Oth of
the following year.
The items listed "Overpay-
ments" to Abernathy. Bozeman,
and Whitted were oversights in
making out vouchers by school
committees and the Superin-
tendent ain making calculations
as to amounts due. These mat
ters are being taken care of and
the school fund loses nothing on
this account.
AS to the sums deposited in
the bank by the Superintendent
and referred to in the report of
the auditors, this was done by a
misconstruction of the law and
misunderstanding of the instruc-
tions from the State Superin-
tendent, and these deposits
have now been paid to the
County Treasurer.
The bookkeeping system kept
by the Board is the system rec
commended by the State Board
of Education and the book for
that purpose was furnished by
the State. The Superintendent
has kept this book as directed
by the State Board of Education.
We call attention to the fol-
lowing statement on page thir-
teen of the report of the audi
tors: although some of the
receipts for the fiscal year, end
ing June 30th, 1924, as previous
ly explained, were not entered
on the records of the Board of
Education, all of them appear
to have been accounted for,
either by deposit in sundry
banks, or by cash and receipted
bills in the hands of the Super
intendent.
The Superintendent is not
only able, willing, and ready
but eager to account for and eX-
plain to any persons interested,
every item reported on or criti-
cized in the audit or in your art
icle. He may have made errors
in some matters, but he has
fully accounted, for every cent
that has come into his hands.
II. II. CLAYTOR
County Superintendent
of Public Instruction.
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Chapel Hill Chaf

safes Their capacity is 300
pounds, and for a long time
whenever DR.. Nathan stepped
upon them to ascertain his
weight, the pointer raced all the
way around the dial, passed the
800 mark, and teetered nervous
ly back and forth between l anC
80. This naturally alarmed the
owner who stood by watching
the test. But now the Doctor
has dropped to 299. Two OF
three days ago / was myself g
witness to the proof of his de.
crease and remarked the relief
on Mr.. Eubanks' face.
On the same occasion a Uni
versity student, A. B. Welborn
of High Point, stepped upon the
scales and sent the pointer to
26O. He gave an exclamation
of delight. "Off from 286 since
the 18th of September" he
said. Somebody asked him how
he had managed it, and he re-
piled: "By playing tennis and
eating only one meal a day."
Three tropical toads. These
were the unusual contents of an
express package that came to
the University the other day.
l happened to be in the Alumni
building when Mr.. Hudson, the
expressman, came in with them.
He said they had been raising a
big noise and he was glad to
have them pass out of his Gus
tody. They were carried on to
their final destination, the med
ical building. Later l made in
quiries about them. They were
shipped from New Orleans,
where they had been captured
in the Mississippi river. There
is something about their ana
tony that makes them superior
to any other branch of the toad
family for laboratory experiment
tation. One of these animals is
about foot long and has a
head nearly as big as a mans
fist. Imagine the pleasure that
Wallace e. Caldwell would get
from seeing the mummy of
Tut-ankh-amen, or that w. S.
Bernard would get if he went
to Athens or the ruins of
Ephesus and dug up a hitherto
unsuspected statue by Phidias,
and you will have some idea of
the rapture that seizes DR.. Mac
Nider when he gazes upon a
tropical toad.
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Mrs. Peacock Has a Son

A son was born last week to
Mr.. and Mrs. Howell Peacock of
Philadelphia, and he has been
named Robert Howell. Mrs.
Peacock, formerly Miss Flea
nora Wilson of Chapel Hill, is
the daughter of H. V. Wilson,
professor of zoology in the Uni
YersitY. and the sister of Mrs
Thorndike Saville.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-23
Kings Daughters Election

The Kings Daughters held
their annual election of officers
at the home of Mrs. A. C. Nc
Intosh last week. Mrs. w. p.
Jordan was elected president,
Mrs. Henry Whitfield vice
president, Mrs. J. E. Lear sec
retary, and Mrs. Wallace Pat
terson treasurer.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-23
ME. Andrews SeriousIx III

Mrs. S. w. Andrews has been
seriously i'll for several days.
At the time this issue Of the
paper went to press her life was
despaired of.
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$192,OOO.OO

This clearly shows that $132,-
600 of the amount listed as
"Outstanding bonds" is not
properly chargeable to the
Board of Education but repre-
sents bond issues voted by the
tax payers themselves in Carr
boro and Hillsboro School dis
tricts.
The item "Notes at Bank"
represents an Indebtedness in
Cured by the Board in anticipa-
ton of the collection of the tax
es for the school year l923-24.
AS shown by the article in
your paper, the expenditures
for the year ending June 30,
1924 were really within the bud
get appropriation by the
amount of three thousand dol
lars, eliminating an expenditure
of eight thousand dollars to nav
bonds and interest due July 1st,
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-23

Mrs. j. E. Lear, Mrs. w. P.
Jordan, Mrs. v. A. Hill, and Mr..
and Mrs. S. j. Brockwell went
on a shopping trip to Greensboro
a few days ago.
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FARMERS GAINING
BY NEW SYSTEM
Get Better Prices for Products
and Payments Are Made
Promptly
MARKETING COST SMALL
BY Louis Graves

lOT uidTkGC1uS LIc p1OOuCLO VI
Orange county farmers, is now
in full operation. Six days a
week the truck, driven by Orar
Dodson, goes around-on a diff.
ferent route each day-and gets
the eggs, butter, chickens and
other products that the farmers
want to sell.
The farmer receives his mon
ey one week after the products
leave his place.
Undoubtedly the plan is
proving a success" says r. P.
Harris, agriculture teacher in
the Chapel Hill school, who
brought the towns school board,
the farmers, and the county
commissioners into cooperation
to finance the project. "Of
course We are approaching the
season now when production
will be at it's lowest, and we
can't expect, this fall and win
ter, to do the volume of business
that we will do later.
"This is only a beginning. The
big thing is that the farmers
are becoming interested. They
are being convinced there is a
fine future for them in the
sale of dairy and poultry prod
ucts and vegetables, and this
means that, as the months pass,
they will increase their produc-
tion at rapid rate"
| was with Mr.. Harris the
other night when he was prepar-
ing the checks to be sent out
ito the farmers the next morn
ing. These checks represented
the proceeds from the sale of
what the truck had brought
from the st. Mary's-Schley
route, in the north of the coun-
ty, in one day last week.
The single days haul was as
follows:
Sc dozen eggs.
28O pounds of chickens.
26 pounds of butter.
120 pounds of sour cream.
80 pounds Of pork products.
z 1-2 bushels of fruit.
II bushels of vegetables.
In weight, this load came to
about 1926 pounds. The reve-
nue. from it was $131.31.
Small fees-a cent a dozen for
eggs, a cent a pound for chick
ems, and proportionate sums for
other products-were charged to
the sellers for the expenses of
the truck, and these amounted
to $4.19 for the day.
One advantage to the farmer
is that he is paid promptly, and
another is that he gets better
prices, on the average, than he
has been getting from the hap
hazard marketing Of the past
But the greatest advantage il
that he does not have to spenC
his time and money going miles
to market in order to dispose ol
a few dollars worth of stuff
Thirty-fOur farmers contributed
to the load described above. Di
vide $4.19 by "a, and you get {
fraction over IL cents-the aver
7 age marketing cost to each ot
the "a farmers.
Because this is the season o
low production, the vehicle il
use now is not a regular truck
1t is a truck body combined wit
a Ford passenger car chassis
Next spring it will be exchange,
for truck of much greater ca
pacity.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-23

R. H. Clayton, the Orange
county superintendent of public
instruction, has sent the follow
ing letter to the Weekly:
Mr.. Editor:
In your issue of last week ap-
pears an article in which are
given some extracts from the
report of the auditors of the
books of the Board of Educa-
tion of Orange County. The
following item appears therein
'"The report shows that the to-
tai Indebtedness of the Board
amounts to $362,OO0.O0 (in
round figures) divided as fol-
lows:
State loan .................... $126, 1000. 90
Outstanding bonds 100000
Notes at Bank .......... 100000
Notes for trucks ....... 100000
Other items .............. 100000
Smyrna times., 1924-12-31
35TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Prettyman at
KentOn, Have a Family Reunion

Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Prettyman at
KentOn, Have a Family Reunion
Kenton, Dec. 30.-Mr. and Mrs. G..
w. Prettyman entertained at turkey
dinner at their home in Kenton on
December 26th, the event being their
thirty-fifth wedding anniversary. The
day was very pleasantly spent by all.
Dinner was served at 2 o'clock. Mu-
sic was furnished by Miss Prettyman.
The guests departed, leaving best
wishes for many more happy anniver-
saries. Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Prettyman, Mr.. and Mrs.
John w. Ford, Mrs. Rosa Vane, Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest FARRELL and son, NAL
com, Mr.. and Mrs. John Vane and
daughter Eleanor, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win DOwnes, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Ennis, and children Tracy, Roberta
and Edna, Miss Helen Prettyman, Mr..
George Prettyman and Mr.. Carl Pret-
lyman.
Smyrna times., 1924-12-31
PROMOTE SAFE AUTO TRAFFIC
Governor Denney and Delaware Auto
Association Receive Recommendation

Governor Denney and Delaware Auto
Association Receive Recommendations
Governor Denney, Mayor Forrest,
the Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce and the Delaware Automobile
Association have received copies of
the recommendations drawn by eight
committees of the National Safety
Council, which met recently in Wash
ingtOn to promote greater safety on
the streets and highways. Lewis A.
De BlOis, safety expert of the dupont
Company, and former president of the
National Safety Council, was a men,
ber of one of these committees. In
transmitting the recommendations,
Secretary Hoover has sent letter to
Governor Denney suggesting that the
latter call attention of the State Leg
islature to them in event new We
hicle or highway legislation is to be
considered. The recommendation
adopted at the conference are being
prepared in the form of printed re-
port which will be made available for
the information and assistance of of
fetal and non-Official organizations.
Smyrna times., 1924-12-31
BANK BUILDERS GIVE PICNIC
Smyrna Superintendents and Others
Dine at Allentown Hotel. Safnrdav

Smyrna Superintendents and Others
Dine at Allentown Hotel, Saturday
Tilghman-Moyer Company, of AL
lentOwn, Pa, who have the contract
for building both of Smyrna's new
banks, entertained their employees at
the Hotel Allen in Allentown, Pa.
Saturday evening and a delightful
time was had. The dinner was to the
chiefs of their architectural and con-
struction divisions. w. H. Handwerk.
superintendent of the construction of
the new National Bank of Smyrna
and j. r. White, superintendent of
the construction of the Fruit Growers
National Bank of Smyrna were among
those present and made speeches. H.
G. Buel, vice-president of the COM
pany, who has been in Smyrna several
times, was the POSTMASTER. A full
course turkey dinner was served
Smyrna times., 1924-12-31
RE-OPENING AsBURY CHURCH
Recent $4,000 Improvement Will Be
Dedicated by Bishop Mcdowell Sun
day, Jan. 11-Other Church Notes


Sunday, January 18th, promises to
be red letter day among SMYRNA
MethOdists when the recent improve
ments to Asbury Methodist Episcopal
Church will be dedicated with services
morning and evening. Bishop Mellow
ell will be present and preach in the
morning and a prominent Wilmington
Conference preacher will hold forth
at night. Bishop McDowells last
visit to Smyrna was in 1919 and no
doubt the church will be packed to
hear him as many who heard him five
years ago will be glad of the oppor-
tunity to hear him again. Rev. John
II. Beauchamp will look after the
financial side of the services and the
choir will render special music. As
bury Church has recently undergone
extensive repairs in the way of paint
ing, decorating, stained glass windows.
carpets, &c, to the amount of S4519-
90. This added to the Indebtedness
previously incurred by the church will
run the expenses to be paid off. a
total sum Of $1,000. Along with this
Rev. John j. Bunting, pastor, an
nOunces the World Service benevolent
Missionary enterprises to be raised bv
the congregation of Asbury, $2,886.OO.
This added to the churches indebted
ness will make a grand total of ST.
95O.72, that must be raised. The ser
vices Sunday, January 11th, is to give
impetus to this financial movement as
well as to celebrate with a jubilee the
needed repairs made and so much en-
joyed. On the following Monday
night, January 18th, the Rev. George
w. Cook, the evangelist, whose revival
in Smyrna two years ago has not been
forgotten, will pay visit to Asbury
Church and have charge of the ser
vice. He will be accompanied by his
regular singer, Harold Vignuelle and
those who want to see and greet Mr..
Cook again and feel the old time re-
vival fire, will have an opportunity to
greet him Monday evening, January
18th. Dr. Cook and his assistant will
have complete charge of the evening
service when Asbury Church no doubt
will be packed not only by Smyrna
Methodists and friends but by those
who will motor her for miles around. !
Smyrna times., 1924-12-31
WHOLE NO. 1866
STRUCK BY AUTO, LEFT TO DIE
Milford Bankers Son Found by Ches-
void Boy With Face Frozen Fast
to the Ice on Saturday Night

10 the Ice on Saturday Night
F. Causey Williams, son of Col.
Robert H. Williams, president of the
First National Bank, of Milford, was
found early last Saturday morning,
injured and nearly frozen to death,
on the side of the road, at the west
ern end of Front street, Milford. The
young man was unconscious and his
face badly cut. Williams was taken
to Milford Emergency Hospital and
after being revived, said he was on
his way home, near midnight, and in
crossing the street was struck by an
automobile. There was a small pool
of water at the spot where the injur-
ed man was found and his face was
frozen tight to the ground. His
clothing was also frozen to the ground
Physicians at the hospital say he was
found just in time to prevent his
being frozen to death. Williams was
found by w. D. BOyce, of Cheswold,
who had take Harry Jackson, of Do
yer, by automobile to Harrington
where jackson caught the Norfolk ex-
press for Dover. The two young men
had attended the Christmas dance at
Milford. On the way to Harrington
which was about o'clock in the
morning, Jackson remarked on pass
ing the spot where Williams was later
found that he saw something in the
gutter. BOyce replied that it was a
hat. On his way back from Harring-
ton Boyce turned the headlights of his
car on the spot and saw that it was
the body of man. Boyce then no
titled Officer R. D. Davis of Milford,
and they returned and hurried Will
liams to the hospital Williams was
greatly improved Monday and it is
said he will recover. An investigation
is being made by highway officers to
try and learn who ran him down.
Smyrna times., 1924-12-31
MILLER BROTHERS FINE SPIRIT
Well-KnOwn Wilmington Firm Com
mends Smyrna Firemen For Fire Hall

Well-KnOwn Wilmington Firm Com
mends Smyrna Firemen For Fire Hall
Members of Citizens Hose Company
No. l, of Smyrna, received a gracious
surprise last week in a check for S25
from Miller Brothers Company, the
big furniture store of Wilmington, as
their subscription to the new Fire Hall
Fund. The fremen were delighted
with this unsolicited gift and Mr.. J.
E. HOffecker, in charge of the Sub
scriptiOn Drive, conveyed the thanks
of our firemen not only for their gift
but for the fine spirit of recognition
made by a Wilmington business firm
miles away. In making the contribu-
tiOn with check enclosed under date of
December "a, Miller Brothers Com
pany have this to say:
Gentlemen:
We have learned with a great deal of
satisfaction that you plan TO build n new fire
house in the town of Smyrna.
Having many business and personal friends
IN the town of Smyrna and the surrounding
territory we are naturally interested in the
protection of their lives and property
1t therefore gives great pleasure to en-
close herein our contribution of S25 towards
your new home.
We also desire to compliment the members
OF your organization upon the praisewortbv
public spirit that has prompted them TO take
this advanced step.
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Cbrist
mas and Happy New Year. we are
Very respectfully your
(Signed) Miller Brothers COMPANY.
Smyrna times., 1924-12-31
Is MILE RATE AT CROSSINGS
Plan To Cut Down Number of Acct
dents Submitted to Highway Officials

Plan To Cut Down Number of Acct
dents Submitted to Highway Officials
At the recent conference held at
Washington of highway officials from
all sections with railroad officials, the
latter discussed action in a movement
to compel every driver of an automO-
bile to come to a stop before he cross
ed a railroad in his car. c. d. Buck,
engineer of the State Highway COM
mission, attended the, conference as
the representative from Delaware.
The discussion of this question of
railroad crossings occupied one entire
afternoon of the conference and at the
end compromise was decided upon.
1t was decided to recommend to every
town and village, in the country up
to $500 population, that laws be en-
acted calling for all motorists to slow
down to at least Is miles an hour be-
fore attempting to cross a railroad
track. This, it was contended, would
enable the motorists to look both ways
up and down the track-to see if
a train was approaching.
Smyrna times., 1924-12-31
SMYRNA-KENT -BLACEBIRD
At G0VERNOR-ELECT DINNER
LOCAL CONTINGENT AND MEM
BERS OF LEGISLATURE THERE
Dinner Took Place at the Hotel du-
POnt and Was a Delightful Affair
State and Federal Officials Talk


Govemor-elect Robert P. Robinson
entertained members of the incoming
Legislature and a number of other in
vited guests, including Federal and
State officials, at luncheon in the
club room of the Hotel dupont YES
terday afternoon. The party num-
bered about 60. Representatives-elect
Clifford Jones, Ridgely Nickerson, H.
Wallace Hilyard and Senator-elect
John w. AttiX of Kenton were among
those who participated. The purpose
OF the affair was a get-acquainted one
only and consequently politics was not
on the program. Republicans and
Democrats alike were guests of the
GOvernOr-elect, with view to the
members of the new Legislature get
ting acquainted with each other and
with Mr.. Robinson himself before the
sOlons convene in formal session at
Dover on January 6. Governor Den
ney, Secretary Of State Benson, Sen
ator-elect I. Coleman DUPONT and
Congressman Boyce were unable to
be present and sent regrets. Mayor
Forrest, in behalf of the Governor
elect, made a brief speech welcoming
the guests of Mr.. Robinson. There
was some informal speechmaking be-
fore the luncheon closed. Mr.. Taylor
who is to become secretry Of State,
was first called upon by Mr.. Robinson.
Mr. Taylor expressed pleasure at
meeting the legislators. At the sug-
gestiOn Of Governor-elect Robinson,
each member of the legislature arose
and introduced himself. Addresses
were made by Senator Bayard, SEN
atOr Ball, COngressman-elect Houston,
Lieut.. GovernOr-elect Anderson, At
tOrney General-elect Switzerland and
others. After the luncheon the Re
publican members cf the Senate and
House went. to room in the dupont
building to confer over the prospec-
tive organization of the Legislature.
Smyrna times., 1924-12-31
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES

Rev. Thomas Getz Hill, Rector, An
nOunce Services for Week and Sunday
There will be service in St. Peters
Church this, Wednesday, night at half
past seven. Choir rehearsal will fol-
low. Thursday, New Years Day, will
be the Feast of the Circumcision,
there will be service at 1880 a. m.
Sunday, January 4th, Second Sunday
after Christmas-Church School at 10
a. m., Holy Communion and sermon
at II a. m., Evensong at 7.3O p. m.
The envelopes for the year 1925 will
be sent out some time during this
present week, as far as the Pledges
have been returned.
Smyrna times., 1924-12-31
PENINSULA BEAUTY CONTEST
Towns on the Lower Peninsula to
Hold Beauty Contest January IA

Hold Beauty Contest January IA
For the first time in its history.
Milford is scheduled to have a beauty
show contest, it being part of the
program in the selection from the
Eastern Shore of a representative
who, it is hoped, will do honor for this
section at the beauty show pageant
held annually in the fall at Atlantic
City, N. ]. The towns on the Eastern
Shore competing in this contest are:
Iemperanceville, Va, Crisfeld, Md,
Salisbury, Nd, Delmar, Laurel,
Georgetown, Lewes and Milford, Del
aware. 1t is booked to hold Milford
elimination contest on Friday, Janu-
ary 9, in the Plaza Theatre. A COM
mittee is now busy securing entrants.
The young ladies securing the honor
IN the various mentioned towns will
meet at Salisbury, Md, on January IA
where the final selection will be made.
Milford is noted and boasts of hav-
ing pretty girls and the town hopes
to carry off the prize of "beauty
queen" at Atlantic City next Septem-
Der as well as gaining the selection
from the Eastern Shore.