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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-01-17
Celebrate Lee Day
Children Will Give Entertainment in
School Building Tomorrow

A celebration in honor of
Robert E. Lees birthday, Janu-
ary 19, will be held tomorrow
(Friday) at half past ten o'clock,
in the auditorium of the school.
The singing of maryland,
My Marland," will be the first
number on the program. Next
comes the reading of a prize
essay on the life of Stonewall
Jackson; this will be read by the
winner of the annual prize of
$5 offered by the local chapter
of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy for the best essay up
on some famous Confederate
figure.
Mater Mia, Carolina" the
poem by Pattie Gee, will be re-
cited by Henry Brown. After
the singing of "The Bonnie
Blue Flag" Isaac Manning, Jr.,
will recite "Stonewall Jackson's
Way" and Nat Henry "The Con-
quered Banner" Then Mrs. w.
s. Bernard will present the prize
to the winner of the essay con-
test. The singing of Dixie"
ends the entertainment.
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Paul Green, Jr., Here

Paul Green Jr., was born in
Watts Hospital, Durham, Mon
day morning. Both his parents
having been active Carolina
Playmakers, the Koch dramatic
community is much worked up
over the event and is already
engaged in selecting roles for
the newcomer to play in forth
coming folk-dramas.
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ed to have a much better one in
1924. In the year just closed
$4,000 was lent to home-build-
ers. This aided in the erection
of z houses, the average loan on
each being about $4,7OO. This
year the association will lend
around $4,000, aiding in the
construction of one house a
month throughout the year.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-01-17
b. and L. Meeting

The annual stockholders
meeting of the Orange County
Building and Loan Association,
held the other night in the Bank
Of Chapel Hill, brought out the
fact that the association had
a good year in 1923 but expect
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-01-17
increase in population.

increase IN pOpulatl0n.
Where are you living?" "Oh,
l could not find a house in
Chapel Hill, so I am living about
six miles out on the Durham
road, or maybe it is five miles
out on the Pittsboro road. So
common are these answers that
even a casual survey of condi-
tions leads to a belief that the
town could easily absorb 40
small houses of the five-room
or six-room bungalow or two
story type.
Building costs in general are
lis percent. higher than in 1913,
and the intending home-owner
must needs study every economy
in order that rent or charges
will not absorb more than the
proper proportion of one weeks
income month.
Many trials have demon
strated that the large contract
ing firms cannot build small
houses cheaply except in guam
tity, say 10 or more at a time.
Superintendents, foremen, cost
clerks, time-keepers, and office
expenses in general add so
much to the cost of a single
house that there is no money
left as profit. Therefore the
small house can best be built
by what is known as the work
ing contractor plan.
THE working contractor is
looking first for a good days
pay for himself and second for
a profit on the job. He figures
the aid labor e the the
proposed work, usually allow
ing for himself a foreman's
wages. To this he adds a per-
Galley Chapel Hill Suffering
centage of profit for the risk,
say 10 percent. When the work
is complete, if there is any mar
gin left after labor and mater
ials are paid, then he has made
a profit. More often about
breaks even when he pays his
own wages. This is the reason
that, while working contractors
will never admit making any
profit on the job, they are al
ways out for another. One of
these men always gets more out
of his workmen, than the large
concern, for it is his own money
that is being spent. So, if pos
sible, get a working contractor
to build your bungalow.
"As / see the development of
the college, the bachelor instruc-
tor, content with a single room
almost anywhere as long as it
is comfortable, gets married on
no special increase in income.
Then the new family needs a
small home. With the lapse of
years the instructor has advanc-
ed to a professorship and must
maintain the dignity of his posi-
tiOn with q real house and meet
the expenses that go with it's
maintenance. .
I'VE have with US many more
instructors than professors, and
this is the class of men that
should be encouraged with good
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i
say Francis of Bertie as would
say William of Normandy or
Philip of Anjou.
suppose there are other peo-
pie who are freeholders in Ber-
tie, but somehow l can never
quite get rid of the feeling that
all of them must be holding their
property in fief to the rotund
and jovial man whose coming
brings cheer to our piedmont a
few times a year.
y =
His visit this time was for the
purpose of taking part in the
counsels~ of alumni class secre-
taries. While they were dis
cussing projects for getting a
big attendance at reunions he
rose and said, among other
things: If it's numbers you
want, you can get thousands
upon thousands of alumni back
if you will build platform in
the middle of Emerson field and
stage a priZefight with Young
Stribling as one of the partici-
pants. A few weeks ago | went
to Fayetteville to attend the
celebration of an event of great
Importance in the history of the
Commonwealth. 1t had been
widely advertised. When | ar
rived upon the scene there were
between be Is Is 55~afda and ST ST people gath=
cred. happened to be in Fayette
vile week later, and on the
day | arrived found the streets
of the town almost deserted.
Two soldiers were engaged in a
boxing bout at Camp Bragg, and
600 people were out at the Camp
to see the affair."
= 4 Il
To get down to modern terms,
| don't know whether to call
Francis of BERTHE Governor or
Judge. He has beer lieutenant
governor and he has been Judge
but to avoid conflsiGl with his
br' her, the Unive"s.,y stadclt,
who has now jumped his class
(COntinual on Pace AZ
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Chapel Hill Chaf

Club last week everybody pres
ent was required to get upon his
feet and tell just what he was
merchant, lawyer,
or what not. Mr.. Odum, when
his turn came, announced him
self in a solemn and resonant
voice as Worker! Whereat
the whole club gave him the
boisterous ha !-ha!
~ y.
| have observed many ex-
amples of matrimonial golf
manners, but l can commend
none more. highly than those of
Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Royster.
Usually the abundant advice Of
fered by a husband brings on
a row; but Mr.. Registers instruc-
tions were temperate in tone
and not too frequent, when |
played with the couple the 9TH
er day, and Mrs. Royster &C
cepted them sweetly and with
the proper show of gratitude.
During that afternoon of golf
on the Durham links, was
pleased to run across my old
friend, DR.. SpurgeOn of Hills
boro. With him was Cheshire
Webb, whom we always knew
affectionately in college as
Snort Webb. I was informed
that that Dr. Spurgeon, in a recent
match, had made the fourth
hole in one stroke. And on this
day his score for the nine was
around AZ. | wish DR.. Spur
geon well, but | must say it
makes me tired to see a man
some twenty years or more old
or than / am display a facility
so much greater than my own
The longer / play golf the more
hopeless my game seems to be-
come.
A. r. Wilson, jr, a =tGtnfver-
sity alumnus, wrote me recent
ly from Trudeau, N. Y, that he
had been having an argument
with a Cornell man as to which
institution, Carolina or Cornell,
had originated the tune to which
"Hark the Sound of Student
Voices" and also Cornells
"Alma Mater" are sung. ]
consult DIR. Mangum, who was
on the glee club here 80 years
ago, and he tells me that the
tune is that of an old song,
"Amici." Both Cornell and
Carolina fitted words to the
air, but Cornell did it first.
On his last visit here Dolph
Mangum told his brother, the
Doctor, that everywhere he
went in the United States, when
he got on a train at the same
time with a football team or a
glee club, or any other college
or school organization the gang
would always start up their
own particular song to the tune
of Amici.
Samuel w. Gattis came over
from Hillsboro last week to at
tend the meeting of alumni
class secretaries. The trouble
with Mr.. Gattis' visits to Chap.
el Hill is that they don't occur
half often enough. He and
Francis D. Winston had a high
old time swapping yarns about
the Chapel Hill Of thirty-fve
and forty years ago.
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Chapel Hill Suffering From
II Serious Shortage Of Homes
Many Have Been Down Being Replaced Town
Club Hears Carter and Carroll Tell of Costs and
Methods of Financing

The serious shortage of homes
in Chapel Hill was the topic of
discussion at last weeks supper
of the Town Club. It was the
clubs best meeting in a
long time. Fifty citizens were
present and listened attentively
to H. D. Carter, architect, and
D. D.. Carroll, financier as well
as dean of University's school
of commerce, tell of the costs of
building and the problem faced
by the man of small means in
getting a home of his own.
They did not deal in general
tiles but got down to brass
tacks, giving exact costs of
building under present condi-
tions in Chapel Hill and telling
just how much cash the would
be home owner must have to
begin with, how he might go
about borrowing, and how much
he could borrow.
One fact dwelt upon was the
relative economy Of putting up
many houses at one time. 1t
was suggested that a house-buil-
ding corporation might be form
ed to buy tract of easily &C
cessible land, conduct operations
wholesale, and sell homes at rea-
sonable prices on the installment
plan.
A part of Mr.. CAROLS talk
in which the gathering display
ed deep interest was his expla-
nation of the scheme of financ-
ing houses through endowment
insurance policies. Some of the
insurance companies now lend len d Il d
liberal proportion of the cost of
a home and collect the loan over
a term of 10 or Is years through
insurance premiums. At the
end of the term the policy
holder owns his home or, if he
should die in the meantime,
the cashing-in of the policy pro-
vides enough to lift the mort
gage on the property and leave
it clear for his family.
Mr.. Carter's Talk
"The housing situation in
Chapel Hill is serious" said Mr..
Carter. Houses of any sort are
simply not to be had, and we
are tearing down about as fast
as we are building. Witness
the big house removed not long
ago to make way for the new
hotel and soon to be used as a
cafeteria in conjunction there
with; the old Tankersley house,
to be torn down within a few
days, and the Barbee house, to
come down before long to make
way for the new Methodist
church; the old University Inn
just destroyed, and the Led
better house whose replacement
is being considered; the cot
tage in the Alexander yard near
the Episcopal church, already
gone; and the now tenantless
Battle house. -
1T is true that these houses
were old, and some of them un-
suitable, but they did serve az
homes for people, and little ef.
fort is being made to replace
them or to provide for the sure
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Mrs. Stanton on Visit Here

Mrs. Donald Stanton, who
was formerly Miss Jean Holmes,
visited Mrs. Thorndike SaviIle
this week. She is living in
Greensboro now,
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-01-17
MASS MEETING
ON SIDEWALKS
Citizens Of Town Will Meet This
Month to Talk Over
the Problem
ALL VIEWS TO BE AIRED

There is to be a mass meet
ing of the citizens of Chapel
Hill in the school auditorium
one day toward the end of this
month, to thresh out the ques-
tion of sidewalks. The meet
ing is called by a committee ap-
pointed at a recent supper of
the Town Club H. F. Janda is
chairman of the committee, and
the other members are A. S.
Wheeler and r. A. Eubanks.
The mayor and the aldermen
have made it practically certain
that they will follow out the
recommendations of the citi-
zenS, if the decision reached at
the meeting represents a near
approach to unanimity.
Sentiment on the sidewalk
question has not yet crystallized.
All that can be said for certain
is that people are getting tired
of having to wade through mud
and slime every time there is a
little rain. Yet it remains to
be seen whether or not they are
sufficiently tired of it to be
willing to pay for the building
of modern walks.
Mr.. Janda, within the last few
days, has been in Chicago at
tending gathering of engi-
neers, While there he made in
quiries into the costs of vari-
Gus kinds of sidewalks, and he
examined those in Lincoln
park, which were mentioned re-
Gently by Mr.. Braune as possib-
ly a suitable kind for a park
like town such as Chapel Hill.
The meeting to be held in the
school building this month is
not meant to be a sidewalk
boosting affair. If it is attend
ed only by those who are urg-
ing better sidewalks, and not
also by those who are in doubt
or in opposition, it will not do
much good. What is wanted is
that all opinions on the subject
shall be representative. A frank
and full discussion is expected
to show whether public opinion
has reached the point of de-
manding that the authorities
take action.
There are a number of tech
nical questions, both of finance
and engineering, to be settled.
There seem to be three alter
native methods of paying for
sidewalks: (l) The entire cost
may be met from the general
tax on assessed property valua-
tions. (2) The entire cost may
be borne by abutting property
owners. (3) Part Of the cost
may be borne by general taxa
tion and the other part by the
abutting property owners.
In his talk not long ago be-
fore the town club, MIR. Braune
made a calculation based upon
the assumption that sidewalks
would be laid on Franklin
street from the east end of
town to Mallett street and on
Columbia street from Cameron
avenue to Franklin. The cost
he estimated at $16,25O. This,
he said, would mean adding 81
cents, in general taxes, per 500
of taxable property. And a man
who owns 100 feet of frontage
where sidewalks were built
would contribute, as an abutting
owner, approximately $50. This
calculation, of course, assumes
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-01-17
Francis Of Be7ie
Francis of BERTHE was in
Chapel Hill last week.


The reason | speak Of him in
this fashion is because I always
think of Francis D. Winston as
the overload of a remote prov
.ince from which he issues now
and then to visit centers of civ
ilization like Chapel Hill and Ra-
leigh. There is a sort Of baro-
nial atmosphere about his tenure
in the far eastern county, and l
say Francis of Bertie as would
say William of Normandy or
Philip of Anjou.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19
Young Carmen Is
Stopped by Duffy

OAKLAND. Cal, June leg-Jimmy
Duffy. Pacific Coast NelteuRoiEht
champion. knocked out Young Car
men OF San francisco In the third
round OF a terrific battle here last
night. IN the semi windup Johnny
FAR outponlted Eddie Macy. while
In the special event DUSTY" Mlllcr.
negro heavyweight. received the de.
clslon over Fred Sullivan. Jack
Dempsey was present.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19
Bobby Ertle Wins
With Fast Finish

SAN FRANCISCO, June H. Bob.
by Ertlc. coming from behind and
battling furiously IN tho fourth
round. received q verdict over Tom.
my OLaary IN tho main event on q
fight card here last night Johnny
Burns defeated Battling Dane IN the
semiwindup. while Eddie Doody out.
pointed Min Mlnniek In tho special
event.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19
Princeton Honors
Portland Athlete

Tho Kellogg Memorial cup. the
athletic award for freshmen a.
Princston. Was given 20 Thomas s.
Wilson, Of Portland, Ore. as the
best all-around player or the fresh
man baseball nine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19
CITY MEET
IN AUGUST

The city swimming championship
viii be STAGED az the Pool some
time IN August, and a big entry
list Is expected.
Besides the Crystal Club team.
dad" Heng's Neptune Swimming
club will enter its strong aggroga.
ton,
In addition many Of tho public
beach swimmers viii be IN shape
Tor the competition By that time.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19

Fadden stated. The swimmers
from the different organizations
stuck pretty close together. and, as
be was seattle's only entry. he
found himself without encouraging
words and helpful hints from
friends.
moro prominent clubs. with the
larger lists OF entries. placed more
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19
Quentin Romero
Defeats Stoessel

NEW YORK, June Quentin
Romero. Chilean heayyW cham
piDu. won "a decision from Joe stOeE
30. former amateur champion. M 10
rounds u harmless fighting 40 the
NCw York NeIDdr0mc.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19
Crystal Club Expert
Makes Good Showing
AbO Local Diving Star Failed to Make the Olympic
Team, His Work in National Trials at indianapolis
Attracted Much Attention
BY TOM OLSEN

ITH0 Merlin CBlackiel Fadden, crack diver for the
4 Crystal Swimming club. failed TO make the United
ss Olympic team at the national trials at Indianapolis
) won much praise for his work and is officially
Ia as the fourth best high diver in the nation
gsdden didn't make the team because only three high
svsrs were picked He fourth, by narrow margin
ssording to reports in Indianapolis papers.
he local star who returned TO Seattle early this week
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19
Middle Bout
Is Signed on
Tuesday Card

MEL BERG. the Everett middle.
-'A weight, will face a boy with a
good reputation when he meets Jack
Lee Of Oakland In the second bout
on Tuo1day nights ball park smoker.
The bout was signed by Promoter
Nate Druzman "wednesday. ono
more scrap will complete the card.
The double main event will sec
Bobby Harper ". Pep Webster and
Jimmy Darcy Va Freddy Cullen.
In a f0urr1und special. Freddy
Mack and Roy Small are billed 10
scrap.
Tickets went on sale THURSDAY.
and were reported 20 be !n demand.
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< no excuse TO offer Tor his
lure.
The report that | was un-
lniliar with the rules is I'M
ne" he says. land | feel
al | knew Just as much
bout them rs anyone else
tre.'
n conditions at Indianapolis
- as good as could be expected,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19
Major Notes

NSsisrdss's hsre-haiand Dean. who
fstghtd f1r ths Giants ne held the
larda 20 four hlta, Yielded brilliantly aud
won bic egp game with "a home run.
The Indians came ffeta behind 10 win
the game and series from tue auks b.
rgms heavy hitunE 3 60 Q,
Cin,lnnati tissliy stepped tho DodEer,
aud tvat them 20 \ With honuhus
pitching fine ball for the winners,
Detroit made u SiFan sucsp Of the
series with tie Red hoE and moved 90
vlthin striking distance ~ the American
lesruc Leadership, winalnE yesterday .
same 20 2.
The Senators rallied in The ninth.
scored two runs and beat the white son
20 T.
With Williams gsttinE his twelfth
HOMER, Enlp pitchinE shoutout ball, and
sislsr hittiuE aud fielding brilliantly. the
browns made " clean Hsesp from the
Athletics. taking tho eiosing contest .
10 Q,
Tiit,burE launched hits In the siIhih
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19
PATTERN WORKERS WIN

Tho Western Pattern Works ball
club defeated the Wilton Hardware
nine. 10 3. In a fast seven inning
game played wednesday evening.
The score. X. IL. 4.
Western Pattern w0rss..4 g 2
Wilton Hardware ....3 6
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19
FlRENIEN TO
MEET CLUB

The fire department swimming
team Will claah with the Crystal
club aggregation IN tho near ~.
turc. Roy o'NslL who Is I'm charge
Of the arrangements for this meet,
IL on his vacation. and viii an,
nounee more definite plans on hia
return.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19
3ACKIE" FADDENS DIVING RATED ALONG WITH NATIONS BEST

men than those who were there
alone,
Fadden be now back az his life.
guard sob az the Crystal Pool
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19

Every bird u born free and equal.
Going around with a chip on
your shoulder and a pair OF brass
knucks Is no way 20 prove Il.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19
Des Moines Is
Victor in Fast
Diamond Scrap

The Lake Buten baseball club.
after leading Dss Molnes in the
early innings. went down 10 10 8
defeat al Dss Molncs SUNDAY.
Tho batting Of De WITT and all.
around playing OF rip" IlemlciS
featured for pes Moincs. while San.
ford pitched n nice game for tho
Lake Burien club.
The two teams viii play again
neat sunday. tho coming contest 10
be- staged az Lake Burien.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19

The Giants won their fifih straight
game. thanks 60 Deans fine pitching
nd batting. . 90 I,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19

and beat noston % 3 helped b. sons
sEoslisnt tuirlinT by Emil ids.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-19

Chicago Eot three runs In the first.
enough 90 win from the pills who we're
helpless HIaintt AidHdGs. Final score.
, 10 g,
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P. c. Batting Averages
PACIFIC COAST n,sEpALL LEAGUE

leenansa ~ Z. 5 sport. service. san rransI.s
Evening star., 1924-11-18
RAIL LINE TO TAP
COAL AND OIL BELT
Electric System to Link C.,
NJ, st. Paul and Southern
in $4,000, 600 Project.
by the Associated Press,

by the Associated Press,
CHICAGO, November ls.-An cleo
tric railroad project to cost from
$4,000, 600 to s5,090.oo0 ana provide an
important traitie connection for the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st Paul ana
Southern Railways with southern IN
diana coaltields and oil-productng sec
tious OF central Kentucky has been
announced by officials here.
English capitalists will finance the
road, according, 10 +. w. HaZelritt.
all official of tho Pennsylvania Rail-
road system, who said IL has been IN
prospect since :1915. Preparations
have been made-to ask the approval
OF the Interstate, Commerce Commits
sion.
The road will be known as the Chi
cago, Rockport and Owenshoro Elec-
tric Railway and will extend from
Elnora, Ind, 10 Owensboro KY.
crossing the Ohio River Immediately
west OF Rockport, Ind. officials said
It's exact routing will be through
Rockport, Midway, Tennyson, Stedel
Ireland and Montgomery to. Elnora
At Elnora it will effect junction
with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St
PAUL and at Tennyson it will connect
with the Southern.
The builders asserted there will be
no stock sold nor money raised for
construction, and that all rights Of
way as far north as Pike County
Ind. have been obtained, as well as
tract adjacent to Elnora for ar
electrical station.
Financial backing for the road was
obtained in 1918. Hazelritt said. The
war and subsequent high price levels
OF materials aud labor held up the
project until recent notice came from
London that the fiuanciers were ready
10 start,
Evening star., 1924-11-18
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November lS-An Of
fice boy, 81 stenographer and a chauf-
feur were witnesses Yesterday when
Miss Muriei Buell. of West Chester, n.
Y, appeared in Tombs Court as de-
fendant to a charge of disoroerly con-
duct, with Jefferson Livingston,
"ketchup king" and horse fancier, as
the complainant.
), Their testimony with that of Liv-
insston. was that Miss Buell. made
life miserable for the millionaire:
that she had walked in upon him
and his friends at dinner at the Wal
dorf Astoria. had driven him from
his automobile when IL was caught
In traffic jams and had carried a gun