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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23
FLORIDA FEVER
STRIKES 3 BOYS
GOOch, Brown, and Council Set
Out for the Land of
Quick Fortunes
FATHER ZEB NOT ANXIOUS

The Florida fever struck a
new group of victims Monday
night. Floyd Gooch, Universe
!ty freshman; Philip Council,
senior in the high school; and 10
Brown. worker in the Gooch
Cafe set out at midnight for Ra-
leigh, there to hit the trail and
trust to accommodating motor
lists to lift 'em on to the land of
quick money,
The last thing heard of them
is that they passed through
Cheraw, South Carolina.
Few people knew anything a.
bout it until the boys were on
their way. Zeb Council, the
printer, learned of Philips de-
parture when he came downtown
to work in the morning.
"Phil had been spending the
nights away from home with
one of his friends lately" said
Mr.. Council, 80 of course his
not being at home did not arouse
any suspicious. Well, Pm not
worrying about him. l did want
him to go through the high
school, but he's twenty years old,
and suppose he can look out for
himself. Boys have to go
through the stage of wanting to
strike out for themselves, and
the best thing to do is to let 'em
fight it out"
Charles E. Gooch, who left
Unexpectedly for Miami with
John Abernethy two or three
weeks ago, writes postcards to
his friends here, but he doesn't
say anything about wanting to
come back. He tells about the
great demand for restaurants.
Il don't know what he's do
in," his father, J. E. Gooch, said
yesterday. "He may be cooking,
for all l know" He added,
laughing: Il hope he'll come
back with a million and make us
all rich" -
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23
Writers Will Gather
Group of Literary People to Be Here
on Thanksgiving Day

A group of Southern editors
and writer's are to meet in
Chapel Hill Thanksgiving Day
to discuss literary matters in
general but, in particular, the
policy of The Reviewer in rela-
tion to social and literary af-
fairs in the South.
Miss Emily Clark and Hunter
Stagg, editors of The Reviewer
before it was moved from Rich
mond to Chapel Hill, are ex-
pectedl to come. Mrs. Julia
Peterkin, author of "Green
Thursday" and other books and
stories, has promised to be
here.
Paul Green, the present edi-
tor of the magazine; Addison
Hibbard, Archibald Henderson,
H. w. Odum, and Gerald w.
johnson are making arrange
ments to receive the visitors.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23
When Edwin A. Alderman Is President

fessional politicians. For this
period the score stands as fol-
lows: Number of presidential
elections, 8; nominations of law
yers, 5; nomination of news
paper owner, |; nominations of
university presidents, 2; vic
tories for lawyers and newspaper
owner, none; victories for uni
versity president, 2. That is,
since Grover Cleveland, the uni
versity president candidate has
batted 1000; the others have
batted 900.
There is no reason why the
liberal wing of the Democratic
party should not be thoroughly
satisfied with Mr.. Alderman.
He is a liberal from A to Ia
woman suffragist, an ardent adj
vocate of the League of Nations,
a sympathizer with the policies
and measures that have for their
goal the improvement of the lot
of "the under-privileged."
+
And historically he is correct.
He is a Jeffersonian born and
bred. The Jeffersonian mantle
clings about him all the more
closely through his connection,
for the last quarter of century,
with the institution which JEFF
ferson founded. If the ghost of
the author of the Declaration of
Independence rises from the
grave to make nightly excur-
sions, as ghosts are said to do, it
has to stroll only three miles to
find itself upon the lawn of the
president of the University of
Virginia.
Perhaps these visitations are
made, and perhaps the lowering
spirit not only bestows SYM
pathy and goodwill but also i'm
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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23
Mr.. Chase Chose to Eat
Wreck Responsible for Depletion of
the Presidential Purse

On the last lap of his journey
home from Tennessee, Sunday
night, President Chase, carefully
examining the contents of his
purse, found that he must make
a choice between eating and rid
ing the Pullman. He elected to
eat. When he got off the train
at Durham he had just 80 cents.
This is how it happened:
He attended the Vanderbilt
University semi-centennial eele-
bration at Nashville. Between
Nashville and Atlanta the train
was wrecked. The locomotive
and the mail coach left the track
and turned over. One or two of
the day coaches left the track
and barely escaped collapse. The
Pullman coach, in which Mr..
Chase rode, stayed on the rails,
but it got such a violent shaking
that one woman in it was thrown
down and broke her leg.
There was a long delay, and
because of it Mr.. Chase had to
remain in Atlanta overnight in
stead of coming straight on
through; and the hotel took the
cash he had expected to cover
the cost of the journey home.
University presidents have to
prepare all kinds of speeches,
but the kind Mr.. Chase re-
hearsed as he approached Dur
ham was an absolutely new kind.
He was planning just how he
would tell the bus driver that
he had only part of the fare and
that he would have to postpone
the payment of the remainder
until Monday morning. But
Mrs. Chase was at the station tC
meet him, with the family car,
and so when he got to Chapel
Hill he was still 30 cents to the
good.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23
LAYING ASPHALT
THROUGH CAMPUS
Contractor Is Now At Work on
the Surfacing of Cameron
Avenue
TOWN PAVING is IN USE

The Ziegler company, which
has the contract for the Univer-
sity's and the towns new pave
ment, is laying asphalt on Cam
eron avenue through the cam
pus. The six-inch concrete
foundation was completed sew
eral days ago, but wet weather
delayed the surfacing.
The surface, in the campus
and on the Raleigh road along
the east wall, is of Kentucky
asphalt. 1t is spread on dry
and is then pressed by ten-ton
roller.
On Franklin and Columbia
street the pavement is solid con-
crete. A stretch of two or
three hundred yards on the
south side of Franklin street,
from the Presidents House to
the business section, has already
been thrown open to traffic. BY
the end of this week all the pave
ment will have been laid, on both
sides from the Presidents House
to the west campus gate, but a
few more days will have to pass
before all of it can be used.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23
Grandparents Are Stars
Mrs. MacRae and Mr.. Henderson
Make Hit with Their Dancing

AT the Country Clubs party
last Saturday night the two
most active and skilful dancers
were grandparents: Mrs. r. S.
MacRae, grandmother of many
years standing, and Archibald
Henderson, who was recently
made a grandfather by the birth
of Mary Curtis Ramsay in Sails
bury. In both grace and endur-
ance they outdid performers far
younger.
Mrs. MacRae's most effective
dancing was the fox trot, in
which she frequently paired
with H. D. Carter. Mr.. Hender-
sons favorite was the new and
popular Charleston, and he
showed up at his best with Miss
Polly Wells. Miss Wells is a
dancing teacher by profession;
so, naturally, she does not will
lngly put up with a tyro. The
mere circumstance that she ac
cepted Mr.. Henderson's partner
ship several times is tribute e.
nough to his excellence.
The party was, altogether, a
most successful entertainment.
1t started off with tasty sup
per which had been arranged by
Mrs. j. +. Lear. This wound up
with a procession of brides
serving the cake.
G. d. Smell superintended a
series of games and stunts. One
exciting event was a contest in
toting peanuts balanced on table
knives, the two teams being
captained by H. d. Carter and
John M. Booker. Sturgis E.
Leavitt did a Spanish dance, the
cachuka.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23
Riding Club is Formed
New Organization Will Have Its
Headquarters in Davie Woods

Frank Bell, who brought a
dozen saddle horses to Chapel
Hill from his camp in the
mountains, has formed the Da-
vie Woods Riding Club.
The club is so named because
w. S. Robertson has offered to
provide quarters for the horses
in Davie Woods, the residen-
tial development just outside
the eastern limits of the village.
Just where the stable will be
built is not yet decided; but
on the 1,20O-acre reservation
there is ample opportunity to
place it so that it will not be too
near any of the home sites.
In the reservation are a num-
ber of roads and trails excellent
for horseback riding, and Mr..
Bell thinks he has found an
ideal place for a base of horse
back riding operations.
His faith that the saddlers
would receive a warm welcome
in Chapel Hill has been justi-
fed. There is a brisk demand
for them. Among those who
have been riding are Frank
Graham, Miss Clara Cole, Miss
Dorothy Ford, A. C. Nash, Miss
Foster of Statesville, Miss
Guelda Elliott, Mr.. Heath, the
Misses Kennett, and Howard
Mumford Jones.
The privilege of using the
horses is not limited to persons
who join the club. Anybody
can arrange to ride by appoint
ment with ]. 0. Bell at 4 the
Robertson house on Columbia
street telephone 369.)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23

The Carolina Playmakers are
going to New York, for the two
weeks from December 21 to
January l.
They will appear in three
plays-"The Scuffletown Out
laws" ''Fixin's," and "Gaius
and Gaius, Jr." in a new thea
ire, on lower Fifth avenue, for
merly occupied by the Macmil-
Ian Company.
Bill Cox, author of the Robe
son county outlaw drama, who
has been living in New York
these last few months, will
play the same part that he
played here last year. Miss
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23
Negroes Publish a Paper

The Orange County Training
School is publishing a newspa-
per for distribution at a big
celebration which the negroes
are to have on Thursday, Octo-
Der 20. The paper is called
The Orange Jewel" and the
articles in it, written by the
teachers and the pupils of the
school. They deal with educa-
tional, commercial and other ac-
tivities of the race in Chapel
Hill.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23
Chapel Hill Chaf

M. C. S. Mobiles friends no
ticed, one day last week, that a
gold chain ran across the front
of his waistcoat. This, not be-
ing a usual feature of his at
tire, led to inquiries. 1t turned
out that the chain, together with
a gold knife which he drew from
his waistcoat pocket, was a gift
from his son, M. C. S. Noble, Jr.,
who is teaching at Davidson
bought out of the months sal
ary received by Mark.
=
Since / wrote the piece on the
joys of breakfast, three or four
weeks ago, have received two
separate orders, from the
Postum Cereal Company, for
copies of that issue of the paper.
In the article l eulogized bacon
and eggs, and coffee and toast,
but had nothing to say about
grape nuts and other products
made by the Postum people.
Are they going to canonize me
for extolling breakfast, the meal
in which they have so heavy a
financial interest? Or are they
going to sue me for libel for
failing to include in my ideal
menu the things that come from
their factory?
Vernon Kyser, Scoutmaster,
mindful of the Boy Scout reso-
luton to do at least one good
deed day, set out to introduce
George Coffin Taylor's eight
year-old son to people around
the town. Mr. Kyser, supposing
the boy was named George for
his father, introduced him as
George. The boy made no OBJ
lection. After he had been
made acquainted with a score
or so of citizens, N. w. Walker
happening not to hear distinctly,
asked: 'Did you say your name
was George?" Young Taylor
replied meekly: "No, sir, my
names Edwin, but Mr.. Kyser
calls me George" This is a
tribute to parental discipline in
the Taylor household. Evident
ly Mr.. Taylor has taught his
son not to contradict his elders.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23

After Edwin A. Alderman,
formerly president of the Uni
versity here and now president
of the University of Virginia,
left Chapel Hill last week he
paid a short visit to Raleigh.
Red Powell, newspaper CORE
spondent on various subjects
but particularly on politics, has
Raleigh for his headquarters.
And the presence there of Mr..
Alderman moved Mr.. Powell to
revive the suggestion which was
discussed a few months ago by
the Washington correspondents
namely, the suggestion that
Mr.. Alderman be the Democratic
party's next candidate for Pres
ident of the United States.
p Mr.. Alderman's mastery ad-
dress on Woodrow Wilson, at a
joint session of the Senate and
the House, was what brought
his name forward in the talk
about candidates. This per-
formance led many millions Of
people to be told of his abilities,
which before had been known
to only relatively small part of
the population.
Well, much stranger things
have happened. If the McAdoo-
Smith rivalry keeps up, threat
ening to split the party again
as it split the party a year ago,
it may be that the Democratic
convention will say "a plague O.
both your houses" and turn to
some eminent outsider who has
stirred no animosities.
Come to think of it, the Dem
ocrats have done much better
with university presidents in the
last 80 years than they have
done with lawyers and other pro-
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23
WOmen's Fraternity Pledges

Chi Omega has pledged Mar
garet Bridges, of Tarboro; Ethel
Crew, of Pleasant Hill; Estelle
Lawson of Chapel Hill, and Au-
gusta Andrews and Elizabeth
Calvert, of Raleigh. Pi Beta
Phi has pledged Ellen Melick, of
Elizabeth City; Susan Rose, of
Fayetteville; Katharine Martin,
of Burlington; Margaret Ellis of
Savannah, Ca, and Miriam Bag
gett, of Ellington.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23

Frances Gray, who scored such
a splendid success in the leading
role in "Fixin's," will also join
the troupe for the New York en-
gagement.
On the way to the metropolis
the Playmakers will make a
weeks tour of Virginia. Their
schedule calls for appearances
in Lynchburg, Richmond, Wash
ington, and Philadelphia.
The gun used by Mr.. Cox in
"The Scuffletown Outlaws" is
the one that belonged to Henry
Berrie Lowrie, the outlaw chief
whose career provides the theme
for the play.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23
DIR. Mangum Is Back

DR., Charles S. Mangum,, who
went to Boston several weeks
ago to pursue Investigations in
the Harvard Medical School, is
back home.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23
Koch to Read Hamlet"

For the first of this seasons
Playmaker readings, Frederick
H. Koch will read Hamlet" Sum
day evening at half past eight
o'clock in the new theatre.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23
Clubs Halloween Party

The Country Club will have a
Halloween party on Saturday
night of next week, October 81.
1t is to be. a gay and colorful
affair.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23
President Chase iii

President Chase is confined to
his home by light case of in
fluenza.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23

Mrs. William M. Dey has as a
guest her sister, Mrs. w. W.
Old of Norfolk.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-10-23

Willie Hogan, of the post-of-
fee staff, has been confined to.
his home by illness. -.
Evening star., 1925-05-19
NEW BASIS NEAR
IN COTTON TRADE
Net, Instead of Gross
Weight. to Be Standard as
Result of Conference.

fare limited to 81 pounds. composed
or baSGing weighing two pounds
yard and ties weighing 43 pounds per
bundle. including buckles, was adopt
ed as sta ndard covering for cotton
bales at the gin by cotton shippers
and baSging manufacturers in confer
ence Yesterday at the Department OF
A Agriculture.
This action is regarded as definite
step in the direction toward dealing
In cotton on net weight basis instead
of the present gross weight, and is the
result of agitation for the improve
ment Of the quality and appearan
of the American cotton bale in inter
national trade.
As a result an effort will be made
by the department to have this type
bale adopted as standard for all OF
the cotton exchanges Of the world. A.
present the tare in this country
ranges from Is pounds in California
To 80 pounds in Georgia and South
Carolina. and a score of different type
materials are used for bale covering
TO assure the Use of the standard
material the manufacturers agreed
not To manufacture any other kind OIL
material for stock after 1923.
The question of patches for the
bale was not settled.
Evening star., 1925-05-19
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct I. The Star OMce

which went forward sympatheticai'y
with the common shares on the stock
exchange.
Ths improvement in America
Rsyop Products Corporation was more
than maintained. the price sstaniish-
ing a new high above 30ia. The shofss
in Victor Taking Machine found that
they had to bid the price up another
5 points when they tried 10 cover IN
their commitments. but later the price
dropped back TO IS again. Mensei com
pany went up almost 10 points al
though there was nothing new TO ac'
count for the strength.
Ira aders appeared TO be waiting int-
ther constructive developments IN the
oil ffude
Evening star., 1925-05-19
COTTON QUOTATIONS
ARE STEADY TODAY
Good Cables. Trading. Buying and
Covering Hold Prices
at Firm Levels.
By IN. Associsted Press.

NEW YORK. May l9.-The cotton
market showed renewed steadiness at
the opening today owing TO relatively
steady cables further trade buying
and covering. First prices were firm
at an advance OF 16 to 20 points. active
months showing net advances OF y
TO IS points before the end OF the first
hour with July selling up 10 22.i2 and
October 10 -.
Early weather adVices We're con-
sidered generally favorable. but offer
ings here were comparatively igh'
and fresh selling seemed to lie restrict
cd by uncertainty whether the end
May condition figures would meet the
more extreme views of recent sellers.
New York cotton futures closed steady al
net advan" of -, to 33 polnts
Evening star., 1925-05-19
BY WILLIAM r. HEFFERNAN
Received by Private \

NEW YORK., May l8.-Those work
Ing on the side Of high prices held
the upper hand today. After the first
two hours of further progress. how.
ever. the higher price level attracted
considerable profit,takinS which car,
ried the selected favorites down sub
stanitally from the best figures.
Southeastern Power gained over a
point, then reacted from l07 to par
before selling was completed. Com
monWealth Power common. which is
expected to benefit through merger,
Ieacted to 1881 after closing at 1888
fhes feature in the bond section wa 3
a rise OF more than i points in Stand
ard Gas and Electric convertible gi.s
Evening star., 1925-05-19
MINK LEADS DEMAND
AT FUR AUCTION SALE
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
NEW YORK, May 1s.-Mink was
the center of attraction at the re-
sumption of the Spring sale of raw
furs here yesterday. More than $4,000
were offered. AS some of the better
skins are yet to be sold data concern
ing best prices and comparisons with
the Winter sale level will he given
out by the New York Auction Co.
later.
The other offerings were inconse.
quential, consisting of house cat. ring
tail cat. sundry cat. Chinese civet
cat and Japanese mink
Evening star., 1925-05-19
Household Machinery Drive.

The tremendous sale Of household
mechs nical applia iances by the gas and
electric companies already has FUR
nished a multiplicity of new jobs for
women. Between so and 100 gas and
electric companies throughout the
country have developed home service
departments, which have women at
their heads and each Of which en-
ploys a corps OF woman assistants g
These departments give lectures.
radio talks and demonstra tions Of
proper use OF modern household ma.
chinery.
MANY university Undergraduates are
preparing themselves for work of this
kind. which IS devoted TO eiimina ton
of household drudSery and providing
better food and more leisure. The
value of the departments is indicated
by the report of the Western Elec.
trio Co, showing that sales OF wash.
ing machines since January have in
crea sed over 30 per cent as compa red
with last year.
Evening star., 1925-05-19
GOLD MINES DIVIDEND
RAISED TO 20 PER CENT
Hollinser Company Earns s1.03
Per Share on SIS Shares-Big
Surplus.
Rr.the Associated Press.

MONTREAL. May 19.-The annual
report of the Hollinger Consolidated
Gold Mines. Ltd, for 1924 shows
surplus over dividends of nearly two
million dollars. as compared with
deficit of about a quarter of a million
the preceding year. The dividend was
increased from 13 per cent annually to
20.s per cent. Net profits for the year
amounted to Sl.03 per share on the
81 shares, this being equivalent to
20.75 per cent, and comparing with so
cents per share, or II per cent. in
1923
Evening star., 1925-05-19
WEALTHY BANKER DEAD.

HINTON, w. Va. MAY - CP).-
James I. McCreery, 81, wealthy bank.
eI' and coal operator. died Yesterday
after an illness of several months He
was president of the National Bank
of Summers. the Piney Coking Coal
Land Co., McCreery Central Poca
hontas Coal Land ." and the James
L, McCreery Co.
Evening star., 1925-05-19
RUBBER AT HIGHEST
PRICES SINCE 1917
Rise of Over Six Cents Per Pound
Yesterday on Rather Light
Buying.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 19.-Rubber
prices have scared to the highest
levels in the local market since June,
1917, spot ribbed smoked sheet being
quoted at 90 cents pound Other
grades also have advanced sharply
thin brown crete and amber No. 2
touching "a cents for spot and 81
cents for June. The rise of 6n cents
in ribbed smoked sheet yesterday was
on comparatively little buying which
came from manufacturers of medium,
sized tires and factories
Evening star., 1925-05-19
A Word to speculators.

If you must speculate, select a rep
utable broker who holds me III be rsh =
IN a recognized stock exchange. Ex-
change requirements, in themselves
are some protection, as its members
must comply with business ethics as
provided by rules and regulations
j mem ber violates these rules, he
hazards his membership, which u
usually his greatest asset.
Evening star., 1925-05-19
TODAY'S MONEY RATES.

NEW YORK. May 19.-CaH money
steady: high, 5st: low. 324; ruling rate,
80; closing bid. Ss4 offered at 4 last
loan, 3A call loans against accept
ances. 3l4 :; time loans steady: mixed
collateral. so and 90 days, 3s4: 10 6
months, 3a4a4; prime commercial pa
per, 5Aa4.
Evening star., 1925-05-19
FORD'S RAILROAD EARNS
S13.17 PER SHARE IN YEAR

NEW YORK. May 19 OP.-The De-
troit. Toledo and Ironton Railroad
earned s13.17 a share on the combined
preferred and common stocks in 1924
with net income of s1.719,290. This
compares with s1,417,05S, or s1l34 a
share, in 1928. Gross revenues were
S11,9a5.75S. against 1o,417,412.
Evening star., 1925-05-19
PORT BUSINESS DROPS.

BALTIMORE. May 10 Especially
Both imports and exports through the
port OF Baltimore showed big de-
creases as compared with the previous
week, according TO the weekly report
of Charles II. Hoffman. collector of
customs Total imports for the week
amounted to sl.7li.s96. a decrease of
Si.es5595 Exports for the week to-
Ialed Sl5S54tS. decrease Of S1.+33,-
Evening star., 1925-05-19
WOOL MORE ACTIVE.

BOSTON. May 10 (SpeciaI).-The
Boston raw wool market was more ac.
tive today than it has been for sew.
eral weeks. mills encouraged by the
outlook in the goods market increa sins
their purchases. Prices are quotably
but the market generally
is little stronger.
Evening star., 1925-05-19
SOCIETY TO BUILD BANK.

PHILADELPHIA, May 10 (Spe.
ciaD.-The Philadelphia Saving Fund
Society has bought eight pieces of
property in a central location and will
erect big Office building and bank
as soon as the present tenants can
be gotten out
Evening star., 1925-05-19
FLOUR PRICES LOWER

MINNEAPOLIS. MINI, May 10
Flour. 10 cents lower at s.I0aa 20 a
barrel. Shipments, 30,455 barrels.
Bran, 27.00.