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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-03-06
Damascus Box Party
Big Celebration Is Scheduled for
Saturday Night

For the benefit of the Chris
tian church at Damascus, which
was founded shortly after the
Revolutionary War, a "box par
ty" is to be held in the Damas-
Gus school house day after to-
morrow Saturday night. The
man who is to auction off the
boxes is r. p. Harris. All the
women are invited to bring box
es, and all men pocket books.
The church at Damascus is
one of the oldest in this part of
the country, having been estab-
lished when a strong element
in the Methodist church, being
opposed to the rule of bishops,
split off and formed the Chris
tian denomination. John Will
son, a man rich in land and
buildings and slaves, who lived
in the neighborhood that is now
known as Damascus, put up the
first church building, a log cab
in in which he himself served
as local preacher" The pres
ent building is the third.
Mr.. Wilson had eight daugh.
ters, and there are hundreds OF
his descendants living around
here now. One of them is Isaac
w. Pritchard, and he has ir
his possession the Wilson fam
lily Bible containing entries
made in Revolutionary days.
Mr.. Pritchard, CLEVELAND
Lindsay, and others who ar,
= particularly interested in tn
church, are preparing a histor.
of it with this Bible as one O
their sources of information
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-03-06
University Women's Part I ar ty y

Between 95 and 100 people
attended the entertainment held
for the benefit of the American
Association of University Wom-
en- at the Presidents House Fri
day night. Mrs. Conner and her
menu committee received high
compliments on the supper,
both for it's quality and the
smoothness and rapidity with
which it was served. After the
supper came bridge and Nah
Jongg, with the American lead
ing the Oriental game in favor
by several lengths. Altogether
it was a thoroughly enjoyable
party.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-03-06
The Aldermans' Visit
Frances's Linguistic Versatility
Amazes the Village

Sidney S. Alderman, the
Greensboro lawyer, with his
wife and three-year-old daugh-
ter, drove to Chapel Hill Sunday
to spend the day with some of
his friends here. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alderman we're married in Paris
in the summer of 1919. She is
a Frenchwoman, the daughter
of a Colonel in the French army.
Frances, the child, caused
something of a sensation, with
the folks she met here, by hel
linguistic versatility. She
speaks French, English and q
little German. Her English
moreover, is subdiyided into two
classes, white English and. black
English. AS a model in speak
ing English her father has tC
share honors with her cOlOret
nurse; sometimes, therefore
Frances talks in the polished
language that Mr.. Alderman EN-
ploys in the courthouse, while
at other times she favors tht
language that she hears over th'
family wash tub. A person wh'
is conversing with her neve.
knows which is comingS whit
I English or black English. Thel
just as he thinks he has got he
pinned down to one or the other
she switches nonchalantly int
French.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-03-06
Famous Carmichael Hospitality
Cracked under Strain This Time
was heard to strike up.

was heard to strike up.
The boys poured from the
buildings, gathered around the
band and presently the whole
company was singing the Univer
sity hymn. This completed, the
band formed in front and the
crowd marched down Cameron
avenue and along the wall by
the Arboretum to President
Chase's home. They ran shout
ing through his gate and spread
over the lawn.
He appeared on the piazza
and made them a speech, which
was punctuated and followed by
frantic cheers. Then somebody
yelled:
Lets march down Faculty
Row." The tramp was taken
up eastward. Before the
throng had gone a hundred
yards, assistant cheer leader
Higgins doomed: "On to Dur
ham,"
This cry was taken up, and
so the hundreds marched on
ward. Their zeal defied all
WEAKNESS, and they walked the
IL miles. They visited the
home of Mr.. Cobb, father of the
player who led in scoring in the
final match in Atlanta. Mr.
Cobb appeared, thanked them
for their cheers, and withdrew.
Then they proceeded to the
Carmichael home on Chapel
Hill street.
Mr.. Carmichael, reused from
his slumber, donned a garment
which reports Of the affair de-
scribe variously as a wrapper,
a dressing gown, and a kimona.
He made his visitors a speech
and they cheered him wildly. 1t
was while this was going on
that Mrs. Carmichael, in the
background, was bemoaning the
circumstance that she didn't
have a thing to eat left in the
house except a few apples.
The students did not tramp
back to the Hill. They got
enough of walking. They came
back in busses, in trucks, in
anything on wheels that they
corld find tO hiring them.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-03-06

The Carmichael house hold ir
Durham is known fDr it's hospi.
tality, to University students
in particular, but really this test
was a bit too much.
! When three or four hundred
lusty youths, led by a brass band
in full action, turn up at your
house half way between mid
night and dawn--without hav-
ing sent ahead any word that
they were coming-you can
hardly be expected to have a
feast ready for them. Yet it is
being told in Chapel Hill today
that Mrs. Carmichael uttered
the most abject apologies for
not feeding the crowd that
tramped over from Chapel Hill
to do homage to her and her
husband for being the parents
of the young man whose name
today is ringing through the
South as one of the greatest bas-
ketball players in the history of
the game.
And they didn't have enough
Chesterfield cigarettes to go
around, although Mr.. Carmich-
ael is the boss of the Durham
factory that manufactures this
satisfying product. 1t is safe
to say that he will never make
such an objectionable blunder
again. He has another son COM
ing along, whose bulk seems to
forecast heroic deeds on the
gridiron, and whenever in the
future any of his progeny are
figuring in big athletic events
he will make sure that the
house is well heeled for midnight
visits.
The University student body
went wild Tuesday night when
the news came that Carolina, by
its victory in Atlanta over Ala
bama, had won the Southern
basketball tournament. At
about midnight the college bell
began to ring furiously, and
later hundreds of heads
protruding from windows all
over the campus and all over
town, let forth a mighty
shout. This kept up a few min
utes, and then the student band
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-03-06
JOHN T. FOWLER RETURNS

John T.. Fowler, one of the
proprietors of the Model Mar
ket, came back Saturday from
Watts Hospital in Durham, af-
ter a stay there of several
weeks. With his leg still in q
cast, he is confined to his home
on the Pittsboro. road--the ole
Purefoy place about a mile from
town--and may be kept there
for some time yet. ~
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-03-06
SPRINGTIME IN
CHAPEL HILL

All over town the
daffodils are out in a
burst of glorious yellow.
Violets and crocuses are
springing up happily in
response to the warm
sunshine. Naples and
beeches and elms are
budding. The frogs are
sounding their joyous
symphony by day and by
night. People are begin
ming to stroll through
the Arboretum and make
a count of the species of
plants blooming or
threatening to bloom.
Women are pottering
about their gardens, ac-
companied by husbands
who, moved by an early
spring zeal, think they
are going to keep it up
but in a week will leave
it all to the women. The
University students have
begun to go about the
campus and town with
out coats, with their
collars open and their
sleeves rolled up. With
the triumph in Atlanta
the winter sport of bas-.
ketball is over, and the
impact of ball against
bat and glove is once
again the favorite noise
of the day. The faculty
have shed their over
coats, even John Booker
and r. E. Coker having
at last yielded their SUBJ
mission to the new sea-
son. Everywhere faces
reflect delight at the de-
parture of a winter that
far outwore it's welcome. "a.
And the editor who now
writes in praise of
spring is praying that
March, far-famed for it's
treachery will not bring
a blizzard down upon
the village and make of
these lines a mockery.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-03-06
Orchards Being Pruned

The boys of the Chapel Hill
school are finishing up the
pruning of orchards in and
around Chapel Hill. They are
busy at the work now in order
that spraying may be started
as soon as possible. Anybody
who wants help with his ORCH
ard should communicate with
one Of the agriculture teachers
in the school.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-03-06
Chapel Hill ChaG

! Robert Clyde Andrews, Jr.,
five years old, is one of the talk
INCEST youngsters I ever knew.
Get him started and the mono
logue keeps up until he is choked
off. Saturday he gave me an
account of his automobile trip
to Wilmington Christmas, with
full details of the route followed,
the weather conditions, and the
halts along the way. The length
of some of his words astonished
me When I asked him if he
knew my little nephew, he re-
piled: "I see him occasionally,
and he is a nice boy" His par
ents must have been training
him on Webster's Dictionary
instead Of Mother Goose.
His father of the same name
who, however, is commonly
known as Jack--is a pretty fair
talker himself, and when they
are at home together l think it
must be, one of the most con-
versational households in all the
town. This reminds me of how
the father came to be called
Jack. Some thirty years ago,
when he was smaller than his
son is now, he was sitting on a
show case in DR.. Roberson's
drug store. Clyde Eubanks, who
worked there then as a sales
man, asked him his name, and,
when he said it was Robert
Clyde, Mr.. Eubanks, to tease
him, said: "Well, I'm going to
call you Jack" Whereupon the
boy became so indignant that he
shattered the show case with a
kick. The incident was much
talked about, and it resulted
in the fastening upon the kicker
the nickname of Jack.
John Latta is still going about
with about thirty-five birdshot
in his arm between elbow and
wrist, and seven or eight in his
back. The other day he drifted
into the Infirmary and asked
DR.. Abernathy to probe for some
of the shot. The doctor cut one
out and then decided he'd let the
others stay a while longer.
They don't seem to bother him
much, but before long he is
going to be examined again by
DR.. Foy Robertson, the Durham
surgeon, and maybe there will
follow a wholesale extraction.
When l was in Hillsboro the
other day, heard some of Che
shire Webb's friends calling him
the Prince of Orange. 1~take it!
that there must not be any
special exemptions for the no.
bility over there, for when the
subject of taxes came under
discussion noticed that Chesh-
ire seemed as much concerned
about them as anybody else. =.
Samuel w. Gattis told me a
story of how the State appropri-
alton for the University was
saved in President Winston's ad-
ministration. At the hearing of
the legislative committee, the
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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-03-06

A daughter was born Sunday
to Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Taylor.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-03-06
CARRBORO FOLKS
IN FINE CHURCH
Baptists of Town, by CO-Opera-
tive Effort, Have Put Up
$4,000 Edifice
PASTOR GIVES A PIANO

NAOAA1 CIlC DdpC1oLO VI OdA1 OOII
have moved into their new
church. The building is com
plete except for some work that
remains to be done in the base
ment, and the congregation are
not going to let up in their ef-
forts until that is also finished.
The church stands as a tri-
butte to community cooperation.
1t cost about $45,000, of which
only $4,000 has had to be bor-
rowed. The remaining $4,000
was raised in Carrboro, almost
entirely from among working
people of small means.
Thirteen Sunday school, rooms
are in use now, and when the
, basement is finished there will
he "a. Six of the school ROOMS
are so arranged-three on each
aside of the auditorium, connect
ed with it by wide doors-that
they can be made part of the
auditorium and thus give a seat
ing capacity of more than 800.
Recently, with the help of a
group of laymen from Durham
whose interest had been stimuli
ated by the Ham-Ramsey revi-
val there, series of special
meetings were held, and these
brough many new members in
to the church. Twenty-Five
have already been baptised, and
as many more baptisms are ex-
pected soon. The total member
ship is approaching the 400
mark.
There are more than 200 chill
dren on the Sunday school roll.
Music plays a big part in the
life of the Carboro Baptists.
There are three distinct choirs,
senior, intermediate, and junior.
In the first are grown people;
in the second young men and
young women from 16 to 20
years old; and in the third, chill
dren. C. B. Andrews is in
charge of the singing at the
church services, and w. M. Mo-
ser conducts the Sunday school
singing.
In speaking of the new
church, Mr.. Moser said: "We
undertook this building project
two years ago. It looked like a
big undertaking, and it was.
Our people are not Well-to-do.
Most, of them are working folks
who have to struggle to make
diving. The only reason we were
able to carry the job through
was because everybody helped
TO the utmost of his or her abil-
ity.
"But in particular, we owe our
success to the. efforts of our pas
tor, Rev. J. B. Davis. venture
to say that he saved us ten
thousand dollars in the construc-
tion of the church. HEdrew the
plans, and he made 100 trips to
Raleigh, Durham and other
places, to get materials and to
consult builders and architects,
On our heating plant alone,
through the changes he suggest
ed, he accomplished a saving OF
$780,. Then, when the church
was finished, he made us a pres.
Ant of splendid piano"
At the dedication ceremony
4he sermon was preached by
Rev. J. A. Hunnicutt of Ian
drum, S. C. DR.. Abernathy &C
.cepted the church on behalf o.
the whole community. w. II
Parker spoke for the Methodists
and E. P. Ellington for the Bap
Ftist people of CarrborO. Follow
ing the dedication theirs was
big dinner in the old church.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
BORBF.D HAIR COSTLY
New Castle Teachers With Shorn
 Locks Get No Raise

New Castle, Pa, April :S.---The dove of pcace is nuttering over the controversy between the school board and certain teachers here with re- gard to the matter of bohhed hair. Twenty-Five teachers received con- tracts for tho coming year at their old rate of nay because they had their hair hobhed.
 If the hair is kept "up" by hair nets when bobhed the customary increase of s100 year will he paid. Most Of the teachers involved have signed their contracts being informed that if they did not do so Monday their places would be declared vacant. Criticism by parents, who believed that bobbed haired school teachers wer. not secur- ing tho proper respect from thcir children, caused the controversy.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
WRESTLING TRIALS

New York. April .S.--Sectional Olympic catch-as-catch-cnn wrestling tryouts will be held May and 10 under the auspices of the New York Athletic club. The competition will be open 10 bantam, weltcr. middle and heavyweight classes within the districts covered by the Adirondack. Connecticut and Metropolitan asso- citations Of the Amateur Athletic Union: nrst and second place men will be eligible for the final lr,outs at Madison Square Garden on May ?1. ss and %.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
Sore Muscles Tendons--Joints

Atate ss sH over America are usins ais quick set.nr cmoilient because il ,sss. .sEe cut tho stiffness and sore .sss in a1 aet1nishiny snort time.
 fsolfe;s. T;assrali players. tennis .isvsrs rUrner, zn1 jumpers 7snt in- .ssnt Te1isf sII trsts just what they -.t
 Jodnt-uss. is for bsd setting joihts uhstf-r in fcet. ankle. knee. hir. seck. shouilef. eIboa. fingers or spine Id for that purpose is the fastest y-fi.rr rfr1sd- ia America toIay-a isi,. for ss eerts at aH druggists. and rssueu,ber when Jofnt-Esse gets in jJi8s agony gcts ont promptly.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
F0ote Defeats Harper
 In State League Games

Ioe Foote of the Casino alleys last night took six out Of nine sames from Harper in the state tourney last nighh iiis pinfall totallod a6o and his aver age was 1p6, while Harpcr's pinfall was a7S and his average los. The scores:
 lTarper--io7. ai. l3a. lo9, l05, 1s7.
 l0S, a0---eTS. rooto--l1S, loa, 1:S, to5. liz. Sa,
 96, 100, l1T--s6o.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
TRUE SEEDS TAIL AGAIN
s3s0.O0o Proposal
 gutlJ, Beattn in House

Washington. April .5.-The annual attempt to revive free seed distribu- tion by members of congress failed again yesterday.
 Representative Aswcll fD.. La of- fercd an amendment 10 the agricul- tural appropriation bill which would have provided s36o.o00 for purchase rnd mailing Of seeds. He was ruled out CT order. and on appeal the ruling was sustained 7a to 4s.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
Standing of tlie Cube
Greb Agrees to Defend
 His Title in New York

Now York, April 93.--iarry Grcb, miGdlcwcight boxing champion of tho world, has agreed to defend his title at the Milk Fund show here June :7 agdinst any opponent selected by the committee in charge.
 Tel Moorc, English boxer. Jock MaioGc, Paul Berlenbach, Jack De- laacy and possibly, Mike McTigue, worlds light heavyweight champion who is reputcd able 10 make the midleNright limit, were mentioned as possible foes.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
SYRACUSE GOA, n RESIGNS
Harry Rnbtrlst . Had tnarge of Di-
 uritng ihc ihds

sstecusr, x |" April .3.--Ilarry S ibcrtsln, star sra rt the Syracuse uniT.rsi'y 'ooih bal tean. in his under. grr 1usis Ga,s, l ss trsikhod as assist ant loach ro tohn r. Msehan after thrts years service.
 Robertson wi En tD OEIcthorpc nm,risry m Grurfia to teke a place ol the ronchipr staff. ilis brother, saaI.s Robertson, fotmcr Dartmouth unr, o"gan snr,icr ns lead coach at Ugl,ihorpc n var atU.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
rI,ni;S TO DEFEND TI1LE

gt. Louis. April c3.-N illiam T. 1ilden sd of Philadelphia. t,iegraphed yesterday he would defend his title as national clay court tennis champion in the tournament here the week Of July :. He will plag in thn doubles wfh Sandy Neiner. of Philadelphia. also entered in the singles.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
CLEVELAND

Earnel runs--Lou's He !, Cleveland ,. Two base hits-White, Werrick, kerins, Mann, Reinschlag.r. Double play-White, collins, Kerus, Bases ou balls-Ry Cham beYlain :. hy Morrison S. Struck out--hv Chamberlain ., h:' Morrison .. Passed balls Helps thlsGer |. Cross 5. Stolen bases Kerins 2 collins ., Browning ? Werick ., Ctricker ., Wolf, Cross, Rejrschisser. Cm- piro--Cuthbert. Time--.;0o.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
go N. AND J. FOOTBALL MEN

Washington. Pa. April ec.-Rcal eridiron weather prevailed hors yes terday afternoon when thirty wash ington and Jefferson college football players reported to hear Coach David r. Morrow for the first day of spring practice.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
G. Q. r. WOMEN HAVE soCIsL

Women who assisted the republican party in the recent campaign were entertained last evening al wonien's c. O. r. headquarters m Booths block.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23

Thirty one hits in the game between Cleveland and Chicago yesterday cer- ialnly was quite slugging bee.
 Among those punched at the top of 'he National league for batting honors re Hornsby, Pinelli. Barnhart and ';mith, while in the American the ones olding similar positions are Stephen on, Hcilmann, Collins and Rigney.
 The Cincinnati infield had .3 assists I yesterdays game and but two flies ere hit to the outtield. Each was 6 rtout.
 Fred Teller now leads tho state owing league by virtue of his vic ory last night over Fisher, while cote was downing Harper.
 Kid kaplan pronounces himself in he pink of condition for his fight yith DeMarco in Waterbury tomor- ow night. Some say the Kid is slip ing as q result of over working. but morrow nights bout will show.
 "Wop" Manolcum now comes trough with the explanation of his nockout at tho hands of Tracey Fer .uson. He claims his thumb was roken in the third round, hamrering is work. Al present his hand is in
 cast, he says, and as soon as the one knits he wants another crack at 1e Northford farmer.
 Rickard still angles for Wills .rpo bout. hut IS willing to com romise with Romero or Spally in SC Luis says no.
 Patterson. the famous Australian nns star, yesterday took the Gee Ing Eastern tennis title of Australia 'om Hawkes. Patterson leaves for Q |. S. on May |,
 The Yankees have finally been able waive first Rascman Lou Gchrig ut Of the American league. At ono me five clubs claimed him. Gehrig as great possibilities and is certain be Walter 1fpp's successor when q Fetcran passes ont of tho picture.
 Miller Higgins Intends to carry five ,tchers this year if it is possible to rune the rest of his players down to rrmit it, Already Hoffman, who 9nks next to Sehang, is out of it | least n month with bad iingcI.
 With Rice. Coslin and Fisher in le outiield. Washington presents n rio Of left-hpnicd hiiters. The Int 'r two are hard hitters while Rice fixes them up,
 Miller Hugrins claims that in Out sldcrs Combs and Hendricks. two uhstitgtes. he has inc best pinch ai,ters In the American League. Ecth arc lcft-haniod batters.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23

F0d1Ub (jdmQ 0f1hiS date
April sS, 1881
Only One PutoIt At First

On April 2S. 1887, Cleveland could almost have played nine innings against Louisville with nobody to cover first, for all that Sweeney did at the initial station was to accept one chance and miss another. thus making his putouts and errors equal in num- ber. The score:
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
Standing of the Clubs
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results Detroit s, St. Louis 1. Cleveland :. Chicago G. New York 6, Washington 5. Philadelphia Boston (rain.)
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
CoLuMBI, NETMEN WIN

Baltimore. April :s.--The Colum- hia tennis team defeated the Ralti- more Country club in dual contest here yesterday four matches to one.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
CDJ,I.I.TIs RESULTS

Raleigli, \. C., --- Penn Stnte II, arih rarui'1a ..
 Atlantic City. \, !, -- NEle-Holy 'foaa cancelled. Wet grounds.
 hinston--t.sfayctte s. Gcorrc- tawn2.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
Standing of the Clubs
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Baltimore :, Syracuse ,. Rochester Newa rk. (rain.) Toronto-Jersey City, train.D Buffalo Reading. lrain.)
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23

Running as inember Of The New ark 4. C. Carl Christiersson. former svedish champion. set A new record Tor the so-,ard indoor hurdles. doing Inc distance in s-5 seconds. The Former record Uas held by Fred Kelly at eight seconds flai.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
TOP. CAPTAIN FERRIS.

TOP. CAPTAIN FERRIS. BOT. TOM, CoAclf MILLER.
 These two stalsarts are important factors in Columbia's preparations for the forthcoming rowing season. Fill Ferris is captain of the varsity crew and Fred Miller is the head coach. The two form an effective combination.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
Baseball Review
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Cincinnati 3, Chicago ?. Pittsburgh 10. St. Louis :. Boston-New York (rain.) Brooklyn Philadelphia Orain.)
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23
Spe a kin g of Sports

Ihlrty-one hits in the game between Cleveland and Chicago yesterday cer- iainly was quite a slugging bee.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-23

Among those punched at the top of he National league for batting honors re Hornsby, Pinelli. Barnhart and ';mith, while in the American the ones olding similar positions are Stephen on. Heilmann, Collins and Rigney.