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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-01
Cut in RediscOunt
Rate of Federal
Reserve of New York

New York, Apr. D.--A reduction
ir the rediscount rate of the Fed
cral Reserve Bank of New York
from 4 II to 4 percent was ordered
by the directors today. The change,
which will become effective tomor-
row, marks the first action on the
rate since February %, 1923. when
an increase from 4 percent was
made and is expected to have a
widespread influence on money mar
ket and trade conditions.
Although no official reasons were
advanced for the cut, the action is
in line with the boards policy OF
aligning the rediscount rate as close
ly as possible with current money
quotations. Because of the recent
ease in both call and time funds, To-
cal banks have brought pressure to
bear on the reserve bank for low
er rate on the plea that it was nee
profit. Political pressure also was
Influenced by appeals from many
sections of the country for cheap
money"
The reduction in the New York
rate, it Is believed, will influence
similar action by the bank of Bos-
ton and possibly of San Francisco,
both of which voted increases at
about the same time in 1923. Just
as the advances then brought a
curtailment of loans and tautening
of the reins on business expansion,
the present return to a four per-
cent basis is expected to release ad-
ditional funds for investment pur-
poses and stimulate an extension of
trade.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-01
Constable Hats in
Grave Digging to
Nab Booze and Pair

Sanford. Me-. Apr 30.-Town Con-
stable J. w. GRAHAM today suspend
ed operations in digging a grave in
a local cemetery to seize 30 gallons
Of liquor and arrest Francis Sullivan
and Harry Capozzoli. Brookline,
Mass. The men each were fined $500
and sentenced to three months in
Jail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-01
THE WEATHER
RAJ

Northern New England Rain
Thursday, cooler in New Hampshire
and Vermont; Friday fair. I'D
South,r New England - Rain
Thursday; Friday fair; not much
change in temperature.
Eastern New York-Rain Thursday
morning followed by cloudiness dur
ing Friday; cooler in the north and
central portion Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-01
Winn Woman Dies
Self-Inhicted Wound

Bangor, Maine. April 30-Mrs. Per-
cy Twist of Winn died in a hospital
here tonight from the effects of a
bullet wound. self-infiicted on April
%, while Respondent because of suf-
fering following the extraction of
teeth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-01

Some folks never see anything but
the price, others nothing but the
quality. The wise. one aims to oct
the most quality for the price. Wise
folks know FlFlELD quality as the
best for the money. Opposite Depot)
AUGUSTA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-01
Boston Forecast

Forecast for Boston and vicinity
Thursday rain: Friday fair; not
much change in temperature; strong
southeast and south winds shifting
to westerly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-01
Unexpected ut Washington

Washington, Apr. W.-The action
Of the Federal Reserve Board in
approving the application of the
New York Federal Reserve Bank for
reduction in the rediscount rate
was unexpected in treasury circles
outside Of the GARD. Officials Of
that body as well as the treasury
have stated repeatedly that no
change was contemplated.
The boards approval of the New
York application was granted at a
meeting today in. the absence of
Governor Crissinger. There were
some indications that there had
been a sharp division OF opinion on
the question, although the governor
was said to have favored a reduc-
ton.
The view that the change would
have little effect on the money mar
ket was echoed in some treasury
quarters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-01
INDIANA GOVERNOR Given
TEN-YEAR Term IN ATLANTA
Law COURT WILL RULE WHETHER
AR00ST00K SQUEALERS IMMUNE
IN CONVICTION OF Grant, levin

verecker One of Witnesses Promised Federal Protection
Admits Sold LquorConvicted is Admitted to Bail Pend
ing Court Decision-Continue Cases of Others on Similar
Charges-Trial Of Former County Attorney Shaw and
Levin Opens Today
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-01

" the "ads" interests you, 90 and
see that real estate. The little jour-
ney will prove q pleasant outing
and big things might come of Il!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-01
FORD OWNERS
ATTENTION

We carry in stock at all times .
complete line Of genuine Ford parts
and are equipped to give you best Of
service day or night.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
Commencement Program

The University's commence
ment will begin with the bacca-
laureate sermon in Memorial
Hall by Rev. Henry D. Phillips,
Sunday June 8. Next day will
belong to the seniors. There
will be exercises in Gerard Hall
in the morning; a baseball game
between faculty and alumni at
$3.50; and later in the afternoon
a reception to the seniors at the
Presidents house and the clos
ing class day exercises around
Davie Poplar. At night the
alumni will hold their reunion
banquets. Tuesday will be
alumni day, with the trustees
meeting at 8 P. M. and a play
by the Carolina Playmakers at
8 P. M. On Wednesday Charles
S. Hamlin will deliver the COM
mencement address and Gov
ernor Morrison will present the
diplomas.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
Free Music instruction

Because the famous Miss Kin
scella is going to be here at the
Summer School to give piano
teaching demonstrations to
teachers, the children of Chapel
Hill and CarrborO will have the
chance to get piano lessons free.
Between July 30 and July 12-
two weeks-Miss Kinscella will
give 10 lessons in the public
school building. The only cost
to child who takes the course
will be $1.25 for the printed mu-
sic. Parents who want their
sons and daughters to have the
lessons should notify Paul j.
Weaver, head of the University's
music department, as soon as
possible. Both children VINO
have had no training and those
who have been studying the
piano are wanted for the demon
strations.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
L. r. Sides Married

L. R. Sides, instructor in mus
ic in the University and the man
who is chiefly responsible for
the success of the students
band, was married to Miss Eliza
beth F. Farmer Saturday at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. O. Farmer, near News
Ferry, Virginia. Robert L.
Sides acted as best man. Among
others present at wedding were
|. H. Butt, ]. w. Foster, L. A.
Koontz, J. 0. Harmon, and A.
Naeter. Mrs Sides is a gradu-
ate of Elon College and has been
teaching in Oxford. Mr.. Sides
is also an Elon graduate. Rev.
J. 0. Atkinson performed the
ceremony.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
Big Summer School
More Students Expected than Ever
Before; Opens June 13

Director Walker is preparing
for what promises to be the
greatest Summer School in the
history of the University. The
first term will begin Friday,
June 13, and the second Satur-
day, July 26, each term lasting
6 weeks.
Applications for admission
continue to pour in. 1t cannot
be yet foretold what the attend
ance will be, but it is pretty
sure to run well over 1900. The
director and his associates have
arranged a busy program of
lectures, music, and. other en-
tertainments in addition to the
routine class room work. There
will be choral singing and band
playing and dancing and dra-
matte entertainments.
l.. r. Sides, the University
bandmaster, will be in command
of a summer school band which
will give frequent outdoor con-
certs on the campus. Students,
faculty, and townspeople will
join in community singing.
Madame Marie Sundelius, So
prano, of the Metropolitan Op-
era Company, is to give a reci-
tai early in the first term. An
other celebrated visitor will be
DR.. Louis Binstock, Baltimore
rabbi, who will give a series of
lectures on Jewish history and
literature July % to 81.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
Plant Exchange a Success

The Community Cluo's plant
exchange enterprise worked out
with a success that exceeded all
expectations. For several weeks
during the spring women were
constantly telephoning Mrs.
Toy, as they had been request
ed to do, telling her what plants
they would like to get and what
they had to give. Altogether,
about 1900 plants-flowe1s,
shrubs, bulbs, and evergreens-
were exchanged. And this does
not take account of the neigh
borhood swapping that, all
though not done through Mrs.
Toys committee, was stimulat-
ed by the Community Club.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
New Orange Church Opened;
Fine Feast Served in Grove

people in it, and is a favorlte
with them. After his sermon he
talked of the financial obligation
that had been assumed, in or
der that the new church might
be built; and asked for contri-
buttons to wipe out the debt.
Later Mr.. Autry and leading
members Of the congregation
made canvass out in the grove.
Before the day was over, more
than $4,000 had been paid in or
pledged.
That the new church is stand
ing today is due to S. J. Brock
well more than to any other
man. He and his wife designed
it, and he superintended it's con-
struction. Painted white, with
a fireproof roof of a dark color,
1t is simple and in perfect taste.
The windows are particularly
pleasing to the eye.
At the four corners of the
building are rooms which can
be used separately for Sunday
school classes or can be thrown
into the main auditorium. There
is provision for electric lights,
two of them outside the main
entrance. Concrete steps lead
up to a broad main door, and
two doors, at the back, open out
upon the grove from the two
rooms that flank the altar.
One of the happiest of all the
visitors on Sunday was Samuel
M. Gattis of Hillsboro. Like Mr..
Maddry, he was born near the
church and used to walk in
from his home to attend classes
in the University. He is still
regarded thereabouts as one Of
the home folks.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05

From all over Orange county
and beyond, people flocked to
the grove on the old Hillsboro
road, north of Chapel Hill, to
celebrate the opening of the
new building of Orange Church
last Sunday. Rev. ]. w. Autry
conducted the services. There
was preaching in the morning
by Rev. Charles Maddry, an out
door dinner at noon, and preach
ing in the afternoon by Rev. S.
B. Turrentine of the Greensboro
College for Women.
Scores of automobiles were
parked under the trees, ranging
from splendid Cadillac and
Franklin sedans down to the low
ly Ford roadsters. The multi
tude of cars made it very diff
ferent from the gatherings
that were seen at the old church
a few years ago. On this day
no horses and mules were in evi-
dence; if any were there, they
were we'll off to the edge of the
reservation where nobody saw
them.
There were far too many peo-
pie to get inside the church, al
though it has a seating capacity
Of 500; and so all during the day
men and women were standing
about the grove exchanging the
news of their neighborhoods. 1t
was a day of bright sunshine
welcome weather after the storm
that caused the postponement of
the celebration scheduled for
early last month.
Orange church is a Methodist
congregation, but Mr.. Maddry,
Baptist, was invited to preach
because he is a native of the
community, is known to all the
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
New Pickwick Opens
Theatre Is FireprOof and Has Seats
for $50

The new Pickwick theatre,
built upon the site of the old one
that burned, was opened Satur-
day night. Such a throng of
people turned up that two OF
three hundred had to be denied
admission to the first show
and, by the time this was over
enough of a crowd had come tc
fill the hall for the second.
There are seats for $50. The
walls and ceiling are fireproof
and there are ample exits at
the rear.
W. S. Robertson, who operates
the theatre under lease, has
bought a new lantern of the
most modern type, and conse.
quently the eyes of the specta.
tors will not suffer.
The Pickwick will have night
ly performances the rest of this
week, will be closed for six
nights, and will reopen Satur.
day night of next week.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
Raleigh Book Club Here

Mrs. R. D. W.. Connor and
Miss Mary Graham entertained
Tuesday the RI gh book club
of which they are members. The
visitors lunched with Mrs. Con-
nor and in the afternoon were
received by Miss Graham at
Mrs. Kluttz'. At the afternoon
party there were also a num-
ber of guests from Durham,
Hillsboro, and Chapel Hill.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
Miss Annie Webb Engaged

The engagement of Miss An
ME Lee Webb, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. d. Webb of Chapel
Hill, to Otis B. Moore was an
nounced in Beaufort a few days
ago at a party given by Mrs. C.
w. E. Pittman. Mr.. Moore is
an official of the Norfolk and
Southern Railroad, stationed
in Beaufort, and Miss Webb
has been teaching in the public
school there. The marriage will
take place this summer.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
Prizes for Negroes

The cash prizes offered by the
University to the negroes giving
the best janitor service in the
dormitories were awarded at the
chapel exercises one day las,
week to Wes Merritt (firstl
and Leroy Clark (second). Mer-
ritt's dormitory is Carr and
Clark's is Ruffin.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
VISITORS FROM
SOUTH AMERICA
Foreign NOtables Inspecting
Highways Come Here,
PilOted by Mr.. Page
GATHER ON THE CAMPUS

Under the pilotage of High
way Commissioner Frank Page,
the South American notables
who are inspecting American
roads came to Chapel Hill yes
terday "wednesday afternoon.
The American committee which
is arranging their tour brought
them to North Carolina because
of the record this State has
made, in the last three years,
in modern highway construc-
ton.
Numerically, the visitors from
South America were only a
fraction of the touring party.
There were South American dip
lomats who came along from
Washington, and North Caro-
lima officials,and newspaper cor
respondents. They Travelled in
a fleet of automobiles, having
started the day in Raleigh and
stopped over in Durham for
dinner.
On the campus they were well
coined by he University author
tiles. Sturgis E. Leavitt of the
faculty, who speaks Spanish
fluently, is going about with
them at the request of Mr..
Page, to act as interpreter, and
he sketched briefly the history
of the University and told them
how glad we were to see them.
Students cheered and the band
played.
Gustave M. Braune, dean of
the engineering school, had or
ganized a welcome committee to
act as guides. Some of the
South Americans chose to look
at the grounds and buildings,
and others were taken to look
at the laboratory where Mr..
Braune and his minions perform
tests on highway materials.
Faculty members who can talk
Spanish Mr.. Pierson, Mr.
Shapiro, Mr.. Highly, and others
divided themselves among
the groups and answered the
visitors questions.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
Chapel Hill Chaf

fight between Vernon Howell,
the thrushes, and me for the pos
session and enjoyment of his
cherries ended this spring with
the thrushes first, Mr.. Howell
second, and me third. I attrib-
ute the birds victory partly to
the fact that they find half ripe
cherries as appetizing as ripe
ones. The trees hang over my
wall. ! saw the birds making in
roads on the fruit but waited
for it to ripen before making
my own raid. Then one day, as
l sat at my study window, l saw
Vernon Kyser, Mr.. HowelPs lieu
tenant-gardner and orchadist,
come down with>a large pail and
gather the crop. Thus was I
thwarted. see I will have to
give up my ambition to enjoy
Mr.. HowelPs cherries, even my
rightful share of them. The
Howell-thrush-Kyser combina-
tion is too much for me.
! have long had the ambition
to be the lion of an occasion,
but never achieved it until |
turned up as the only male crea-
ture among about so women at
a reception given Saturday af-
ternoon by Mrs. Wallace Patter-
son and Miss Josie Pritchard at
the Pritchard home. A few sec
onds after | got there | knew it
was all mistakenly name
hadn't been on the invitation at
all. But | was glad of my error.
The women crowded about me
complimenting me upon my
courage and overwhelming me
with attentions. One of them
put a pansy in my buttonhole,
and Mrs. Bruce Strowd and her
bevy of expert providers fed me
ice cream and cakes. AS I
feasted | admired such a gor-
geous display of pansies as had
never seen before, gathered
from Miss Josie's garden and
placed in the center of the table.
When came out in the yard I
found Sturgis E. Leavitt sitting
in his automobile, where he had
been timidly waiting for half an
hour or more while his wife en-
joyed the party. / stirred his
envy by listing all the good
things l had had to eat.
You never know what unex-
pected talents your friends will
display until they are put to the
test. For example, l would
never have thought that r. H.
Wettach, of the law school fac
ulty, was an expert needleman.
Out at the Country Club bar
becue Saturday night one of the
men members sat down too alb
ruptly on a sharp rock. There
was a sound of tearing trousers.
Mr.. Wettach happened to be
close at hand. "Come with me" "
he said. He obtained sewing
tools and materials from the
clubhouse and the pair retired
to nearby copse. A few min
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
"Prunella" Wins
Fantasy Well-PerfOrmed by Class in
Play Production

| L
nella, or Love in a Dutch Gar
den," in the Forest Theatre last
Friday night, Miss Lucy Lay
produced some rarely beautiful
costumes, aided by ]. Osler Bail
ey of Raleigh. John Cotton was
chiefly responsible for the pic
turesque cottage that formed
part of the scene. The genera
direction of the play was the
work of Miss Pearl Setter ant
P. L. Elmore.
Perhaps it is ungracious tc
criticize anything about sc
creditable an achievement, but
there is one thing | did not like
l will tell it now and be done
with it. 1t was that Theodore
Fitch did not sing. like to
hear him, and when l was in
formed that he was in the cast
felt sure they would find a
way, somehow, to have his tenor
voice set afloat through the
evening air. .-..
1t is truly remarkable thing
that this class in play-produc-
ton in the University was able
to present so we'll this delicate
and subtle romance. Mr.. Fitch's
acting seemed to me superb. It
has often struck me as unfair
that talents should not be more
evenly divided. If one man eH-
GELS in singing, is not that
enough? Should not the Muse
of drama bestow her gifts upon
others? Yet this Mr.. Fitch
skips from one province trium-
phantly into the other.
Charlie Norfleet pleased the
crowd as Scaramel. Before he
appeared we heard a crashing
of branches, as by an elephant
in the jungle. Then he came
plunging through the garden
hedge and fell flatly and heavily
upon his stomach. This disas-
trous fall was not in fact a dis
aster, but capital stroke of
comedy. 1t often happens that
these unscheduled incidents in a
play produce a thrill that no
planning and rehearsing could
ever achieve, and so it was with
this. recall that years ago in
New York, at Weber and Fields,
a huge necklace around Marie
Dressler's neck broke and fell
to the floor. 1t was a burlesque
necklace, made of glass stones
as large as eggs. Pete Daley,
on the stage with her, snatched
a spade that happened to be
nearby, shoveled up the stones,
and returned them to Miss
Dressler with a ceremonious
bow. 1t was not part of the play
at all, but the managers prompt.
Continued on Page q
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
Brace of Babies, Hogan
and Logan
Brace

Two Chapel Hill babies were
born in Watts Hospital, Durham,
one day last week: a son to M. E.
Hogan, cashier of the Bank of
Chapel Hill, and a daughter to
George Logan of the University
faculty.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
Protest Against BiIlboards

The Community Club has
passed a resolution calling upon
the board of aldermen to take
steps to prevent the erection of
largeand unsightly billboards be-
fore these nuisances spread over
the town.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-06-05
SCHOOL CLOSES;
HONORS AWARDED
Speechmaking and Singing at
Commencement Ceremonies
Monday Night
]. Y. JOYNER'S ADDRESS

With every seat in the audi
torium occupied and an over
flow crowd standing at the doors
and peeping through the win
dows that open on the corridor,
the Chapel Hill school had it's
commencement exercises Mon
day night.
The members of the gradual
ing class were Margaret Ran
dolph Bullitt, Estelle Edith Law
son, Sarah Louise Mann, Mar
garet Partin, Irene Elizabeth
Strowd, Sallie Blanche Strowd,
Nora Alice Sykes, Rosalie
Thrall, William Edward Uzzell,
and Betty Winston.
First honors in scholarship
went to Margaret Bullitt and
second honors to Rosalie Thrall.
Other graduates on the honor
roll were Estelle Lawson, Betty
Winston, and Irene Strowd.
Estelle Lawson had the best
attendance record. Not only did
she turn up for duty every sim
gle day this last year, but her
record was also flawless for the
two preceding years.
Those who were listed or the
perfect attendance roll for the
year just closed we're: grade I,
Glenn Fields; grade 4, Theo
Fields; grade 5, Willie Doris
Ray; grade 7, Ruth Hocutt;
grade ga, Thomas Raney;
grade 8-A-2, Lewis Durham;
grade 81, Ernest Hearne,
George Hoefer, William Merritt,
Paul Patten, George Winston,
and Rosa Raney; grade 10-1,
Mamie Johns, Myrtle Ray, and
Ruth Thompson; grade 1912,
Mary Mann; grade II, Estelle
Lawson and Rosalie Thrail.
Certificates for the compile
tion of various courses were
given to Halle Dickerson An
drews, Bryant William Carr,
Sandy Crabtree, and Martha
Lloyd. !;
J. Y. Joyner delivered the
commencement address, his
topic being "The Education of
Hard Knocks" The invoca-
ton and benediction were pro-
nounced by Rev. E. |. Olive, n.
W. Walker presented the diplo-
mas.
The school chorus sang "Wel-
come, Sweet Springtime' and
the "Barcarole."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-16
UTILITY LEADERS
 COMPLETE FIRST DAYS SESSIONS
Local Committee Plans Entertainment For
 Visitors

Martin J. Insull, president of the Middle West Untilities company, A. K. Baylor of the General Electric company Will address the Tuesday morning ses- sion of the Southern division of the National Elecrtic Light association, now convening at the Tutwiler hotel. More than three hundred members are in attendance.
 Other speakers Tuesday will be I. s. Field, secretary of the Manufacturers Record, Baltimore F. W. Hoover, vice president ofthe Consumers Power com pany, Michigan; Rex Cole, president of the Miller Lamp company, Meriden Conn; Dr. E. A. White, director of the committee of the relation of electricity to agriculture, Chicago; and K. M. Flicker of the Society for Electrical Development, New York City.
 Ingalls, Welcomes Visitors.
 ss Monday, an address of welcome to the delegates. of the association was de livered by R. T. Ingalls,, president of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. Thomas-tW. Martin, president of the Southeastern division delivered the opening address, describing the growth of electrical power in the South, and lines upon which to guide its future.
 z Sessions Monday afternoon were held in sections so that round table discus sion could be carried on. John w. Muir, auditor of the Alabama Power company was chairman of the accounting sec ton, and details of accounts and pay