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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26
Mrs. Webb Entertains

Mrs. James H. Webb entertained
last Friday afternoon, at her Hills
boro home, in honor of Mrs. John
Graham Webb. There were seven
tables Of bridge. Among the out-of-
town guests were Misses Margaret
Raney and Annie Louise Manning Of
Raleigh, Miss Virginia Thigpen of
Tarboro, Miss Elizabeth Hickerson of
Ronda, Miss Adde Huske of Fayette-
Vile, and Mrs. r. C. Mickey of Dur
ham. The Hill3boro guests were, Mrs.
w. c. Alexander, Mrs. John Graham
Webb, Miss Alice Hill Webb, Miss
Annie Cameron, Mrs. Cheshire Webb,
Mrs. Paul Collins, Miss Elizabeth
Webb, Miss Bessie Kirkland, Misses
Anne and Carol Arrasmith, Mrs. E.
M. Lo.khart, Mrs. Owen Robertson,
Mrs. S. M. Gattis, Jr., Mrs. Duke
Morgan, Mrs. LeConte Mackey, Mrs.
s.. Strudwick, Mrs. Adrienne Carol
and Mrs. MacCrary, Mrs. A. H. Gra-
ham.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26
Macbeth Recital
Celebrated Soprano Sings Songs that
Please Big Audience

An appreciative audience that
almost filled Memorial Hall
heard Miss Florence Macbeth,
noted prima donna coloratura
soprano, in her program of Mon
day night.
With rare Interpretation and
a mastery of technique that de-
lighted her audience, Miss Mac
beth varied her renditions from
fine operate numbers to lighter
songs, and her repertoire cover
ed wide range of composers.
A portion of the program was
made up of selections by Mr..
George Roberts, composer plan
ist, who plays the accompani-
ments to Miss Macbeth's pro-
grains.
Every number on the program
was enthusiastically received,
but the Norwegian Echo Song
and Staccato Etude were done
with a perfection of technique
that was lacking in some others.
The encore, Loves Old Sweet
Song" proved Miss Macbeth to
be a master of classic interpre-
tation. Her rendition of Aria
from Verdi was done especially
well, and on this she was also
forced to an encore by the audi
'ence.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26
HillsbOrO Clock Stops

The clock in the Hillsboro court
house, presented to the town in 1916
by King George of England, quit
running last week. Chief Lloyd, who
usually keeps the old timepiece GO
ing, has not been able to climb the
stairs to the tower since he broke
his leg several months ago. Old man
Dave Moore, appointed temporary
custodian, attended to it until he had
to leave Hillsboro for a trip to Cali
fornia. Since that time first one per-
son and then another has been wind
ing it every eight days Somebody
who was not familiar with the works
of the clock tried to wind it and
something went wrong. The clock
will soon be repaired.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26
UNIVERSITY ASKS
FOR BIDS ON ROAD
The Pavement Will Be Some
Type of Asphalt, with Con-
crete Curb and Gutter
TOTAL LENGTH $500 FEET

1t looks as if the beginning of
work on the University's new
paved road is near at hand. The
pavement is to be laid from the
west gate of the campus
through to the east gate, and
thence along the Raleigh road
to the main street at the Presi-
dents House, a distance of
$500 feet.
Concrete has been eliminated
from consideration. The road
will be some type of asphalt
probably Kentucky asphalt like
that on the Durham county part
of the Chapel Hill-Durham
highway. Specifications have
been submitted to contractors,
and the final decision will be
made when the bids are received.
This should be within the next
week or so.
President Chase, John Sprunt
Hill, Charles T. Woollen, and w.
C. Coker are charged with put
ting the project through. The
trustees building committee has
given these four full power to
act. They have had several
meetings recently, and have
called in, for consultation, ex-
perts from the State Highway
Commission.
The amount allotted for the
road, by the trustees, is S35, 900.
1t is thought that this will be
ample.
The curb-and-gutter will be of
concrete, similar to that along
the main street of the village.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26
Adornments in HilIsborO

Structures on the east side of Chur-
ton street in Hillsboro have recent
ly been remodeled and painted AS
soon as Clyde Ray completed his of
fee building with a pressed-brick
front, he rented out a section of it
for a restaurant. The restaurant
owner put up an awning Then the
Farmers and Merchants Bank moved
into its new building of granite and
brick. The old building which stands
between the bank and Rays new
building was remodeled and trans
formed into a modern grocery store,
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26
Miss Andrews Weds
Becomes Bride of Maurice Hill at a
Quiet Home Ceremony


Miss Elva Andrews, youngest daugh-
ter of s. W. Andrews, was married
Wednesday evening at half past
eight o'clock to- Maurice Hill. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Charles E. Maddry in the Andrews
home on Rosemary street. Only the
family and a few intimate friends
were present. A supper was served,
and afterward the couple left for
Greensboro by automobile. Mr.. Hill,
an alumnus of the University, is a
member of the Chapel Hill post-office
staff, and he will continue, for while
anyway, in that position.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26
CONCRETE CURBS
ON MANY STREETS
Laid End-tO- End, Blocks Thus
Improved Would Stretch
More Than Three Miles
COST DIVIDED IN THIRDS

The streets of Chapel Hill are be-
ing rapidly transformed, in appear
ance and serviceability, by the con-
struetion of concrete curbs and gut
tiers.
Here seems to be the solution of
the troublesome street problem. The
town is not now, and for a long time
to come will not be, financially able
to build pavements. The concrete
curbs and cutters make possible
more level surface, better drainage,
and hence a lower expense of main
tenance. Furthermore, they provide
good parking places for automobiles
and, altogether, make for the con-
venience and comfort of the public.
When work now under way, or in
prospect, is completed, Chapel Hill
will have more than three miles Of
streets of this type.
The people of one locality after
another are petitioning the board of
aldermen for the improvement; and
in every case the board grants the
petition, the cost being divided into
thirds: one third on the property on
one side Of the street, one third on
the property on the other, and one
third on the town as a whole.
The streets where concrete curbs
and cutters have already been built
are as follows:
Franklin and Columbia, from the
eastern limits of the town to the
west campus gate, along the state
highway, 6,100 feet.
Cameron avenue, between Column
bia and Merritt streets. $500 feet.
Henderson street, from the post
office corner to North street, 720 feet.
Rosemary street, from Hillsboro to
Boundary, 1,100 feet.
The aldermen have authorized curb
and-gutter construction on McCauley
street from Ransom westward $500
feet), on Robertson street from Frank
lin street to Cameron avenue (870
feet), on Mallett street from Frank
lin street to Cameron avenue (870
feet), on Ransom street from Cam
eron avenue to McCauley street GOO
feet), and on Pittsboro street from
Cameron avenue to the southern
boundary of the town $4,000 feet).
Petitions with sufficient signatures,
and ready to be" presented to the al
dermen, assure curbs and cutters on
Henderson street along Cobb Terrace
600 feet), and on Rosemary street
from Henderson street westward to
the corner of Columbia street at fire
headquarters. (870 feet).
Petitions are now being circulated
for curbs and cutters on Boundary
street from Franklin to North (750
feet), and on North street from Hen
derson to Columbia (870 feet).
If all the blocks which now have
or will have concrete curbs and gut
ters were placed end to end they
would stretch 1860 feet, or about
three and half miles.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26
WEEKLY BULLETIN OF THE SUMNER SCHOOL
June 27-July a. 1925

June 27-Juy A. 1925
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
Regular Class Work in All Departments.
Tickets to Summer School Attractions Sale at Peabody
Social Evening at the Gymnasium under the Auspices of
the "Y"
SUNDAY, JUNE %
Sunday School and Religious Services in churches in Town
at the usual hours
Vesper Services Campus under Auspices of the "Y"
MONDAY, JUNE 20
Chapel Services in Memorial Hall, Hoo A. NJ
Graduate Students who maOring Education meet in
Memorial Hall, 500 P. M.
TUESDAY, JUNE 80
Coffer-NIiller Players present
Sheridan's School for Scandal" Memorial Hall, $3.50
WEDNESDAY, JULY
Chapel Services in Memorial Hail. HOO A. NJ
Cofer-Nliller Players present
Molere's "The Miser" Memorial Hail. 300 p NJ
Godons "The Mistress of the Inn $3.50 P NJ
THURSDAY, JULY
Open.
FRIDAY JULY 3
Chapel Services in Memorial Hall, 1900 A. NJ
SATURDAY, JULY4
Holiday Patriotic Exercises in Memorial Hail. 10 80 A. M
NOTE:
Faculty and students may general admission tickets
at the special price of $00 for the three plays by the
Coffer-Mller Players as folloWs Sheridans School
for Scandal; Moliere's "The Miser," and Godon'sI
"The Mistress of the Inn"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26
BY E. w. knight

The cut which the county COM
missioners made in the budget
of the Chapel Hill school for
next year, reported in this paper
last week, makes a really per-
picking problem for the Chapel
Hill school board. 1t is not per-
fectly clear what the solution
will have to be. Two courses are
possible.
The Chapel Hill School, dur
ing the coming year, can be oper-
ated just as it was during the
past year. With the budget re-
duced by the county commits
sioners, however, our Chapel
Hill board would face at the end
of the next school year deficit
of several thousand dollars. But
the school board is unwilling to
incur a deficit if it can be avoid
t ed. The school operated during
the past year strictly within the
budget allowance, and the board
desires to maintain that record.
To live within the budget allow
ed for the coming year means
that agriculture, home econom-
les, and perhaps music, must be
omitted. And these depart
ments have been of great value
to the community and should be
continued.
The other thing which can be
done is to limit attendance in
the school to those children in
the Chapel Hill special tax dis
trict. Now, this district is
quite small. 1t does not even
include all of the town of Chapel
Hill.
About 157 high school chill
dren and 1926 elementary school
children, a total of 283 frona out
|
side the district, last year re-
ceived instruction in the Chapel
Hill school. These children,
though outside the special
school tax district, received the
same school advantages as
those inside. But their parents
bore no part of the burden
which the people in the district
carry in order to have first
class school in Chapel Hill.
Some of these are children of
university professors and 9TH
ers who live Immediately out
side the school district, but in
the village; others live further
outside, and still others live
some distance in the country.
More than half of the children
in the school come from beyond
the special school tax district.
The board is beginning to
view this condition as involving
a moral issue: Is it right for
the people in the district to
bear a heavy special school tax
and open the doors of the school
to so many children whose pa
rents bear no part of the special
burden? 1t seems noble and
generous to admit all who come,
without money and without
price, but is it right to tax a few
to educate many? Why not ask
all to share the burden in the
special school tax district?
These are the questions which
now confront the Chapel Hill
school board. The recent cut in
the funds for next year may lead
to a policy of closing the school
except to those children in the
district.
1t appears that the Wisest
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26
ENGLISH EXAMINATION
Conditioned Students Have Chance
At Rehabilitation Today

Students who have incurred con-
dition in composition in connection
with any English course will have
an opportunity to remove that con-
dition by a special examination on
Friday the 10th of July. Report.
to C. A. Hibbard at Murphey 2OS at
$3.50 P. M. Z
r A HIRRARD
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26
Orange Church Lawn Party

There will be lawn party in the
grove at Orange Church, north of
Chapel Hill, tomorrow Saturday
evening from half past six to ten
o'clock. 1t is a benefit for the church,
and everybody is cordially invited.
The menu will be: Brunswick stew,
chicken salad, ice cream, cakes, and
cold drinks.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26
Mr.. Williams at Siasconset

H. H. Williams, professor of phil
osophy in the University, will leave
next week for a vacation at Sias-
conset, Nantucket Island. Last sum-
mer he had as companion Judge
Robert w. Winston, but this sum-
mer Judge Winston has deserted
Siasconset for New Hampshire.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26
Towns Difficult School Problem

Chlng to 90 is to enlarge the dis
trict; that is, to make the en-
tire Chapel Hill township a
special school tax district. In
theory, this is the best thing
that could be done, at this time,
except to make the entire coun-
ty a special school tax district
and provide a countrywide plan
of special school support. This
latter plan seems most diff
cult to carry out just now. There
has been some interest in the
township plan, however, and
this can be brought about more
easily. 1t is evident that it is
necessary either to enlarge the
Chapel Hill special school dis
trict. or restrict attendance in
the school to the present dis
trict. Whether the people out
side who now use the school
would favor the township plan
is question. But this seems to
be the solution of the present
problem.
Some property owners on the
edges of the special tax district
have already had their property
put in the district in order that
they might help bear the ex-
penses of the school. 1t is be-
lieved that others will do so if
the matter is clearly presented
to them. Those who are inter-
ested in this have only to notify
the school board (W. S. Rober-
son, chairman).
Meantime, all who are really
concerned about the future well
fare of the Chapel Hill school
can help by acquainting them
selves and others with the vital
/ financial problem which it now
faces. It would be disastrous to
go backward. But that is what
will happen unless something is
done rather promptly.
The parents outside the dis
trict whose children receive the
benefits of the Chapel Hill school
are able to bear their part of it's
cost. The present practice of
admitting all who apply has had,
or may have, an injurious eff
feet on those outside who pay
nothing: they may become quite
satisfied to accept the advan-
tages of the Chapel Hill school
without feeling obligated to
help pay the cost. If those out
side continue to accept the ad-
vantages of the school without
helping to bear it's expense they
become a privileged class.
It seems Selfish to deny the
advantages of such good
school to any whom it can ac-
commodate. The board does not
want to do this if it can be a.
voided. On the other hand, the
board can scarcely defend a
high special school tax on the
property of a few to educate the
children of the many. The
board wants to be generous,
but it must first of all be just.
Moreover, it does not want to
continue a policy which may
pauperize the spirit of those
who accept it's advantages. All
who enjoy the benefits of the
school should unite in paying
for them. The present plan is
unjust to those who bear the
special tax burden and harmful
to those who escape it but who
enjoy the benefits which that
special tax gives.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26

and this store, which is made Of
brick, was painted red and penciled
with white. Then the front of
Mitchell's Hardware on the corner
was painted in battleship gray and
penciled with black.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26

It is a pity, however, that some of
these young women do not know
when to stop applying paint to their
faces. Coloring matter judiciously
applied-that is fair enough, But
these heavily daubed cheeks are
frightful. If the possessors could
know how revolving the sight is, and
what ridicule it brings upon them,
they would be more careful in their
painting.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-06-26
Chapel Hill Chaf

I am glad that many of the
Summer School students belong
to the genus known as fappers.
They ornament the village. Two
or three weeks ago, one after
noon, / saw some scores OF male
students sitting on the wall that
separates the main street from
the campus, and on the adjacent
grass. They had been reading
newspapers, and the newspapers
were scattered all about. Their
clothing betrayed lack of care,
and altogether they had a de-
cidedly mussed-up appearance.
What a contrast was the sight
that met me as l passed the
same place at about nightfall a
day or so ago! Frocks of vari-
ed colors and designs, with the
look of having been freshly
laundered; trim, nicely polished
shoes; stockings of white, black,
and every other hue, with a
sheen worthy of the pictures
that Coles Phillips does for the
Onyx; and pretty, smiling faces.
Indeed this was a spectacle to
please the wayfarer.
People familiar with Summer
School affairs tell me that the
quality of work done by the
students in the classroom, as re-
flected by grades and other
evidences, is good, and l have no
doubt it is true. And | am glad
it is. But am not concerned
with that, one way or the other.
Let Messrs. Walker, Griffin,
Royster, Knight and others
worry about it, if it calls for
worrying. l am merely an OBJ
server, with no responsibility
for these young women's scho-
lastic performance, and to me
the important fact about them is
that they improve the land
scape immeasurably.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-19
by Beck

strength almost as soon as trading
began. whereas wheat underwent an
early downturn. Primary arrivals of
corn were hardly one-third of what
they were year ago and there was a
generally accepted opinion that re-
ceipts hereafter would be small. Lives
|ly speculative buying which set in
was further stimulated because of as
sertions that out OF 1000 cars of seed
corn tested here 400 cars were found
to be altogether without power to GER
inmate and only 40 indicated that
they were dependable for seed.
Highest prices of the day In the
corn market were reached just before
the close. with previous sellers hurry
ing to take a reverse position. oats
followed corn and rallied in quick or
der from an early break. Export bids
for oats We're noted and it was said
Pacific coast demand for oats was
picking up. Primary receipts of oats
were we'll under the total amount of
shipments.
Relative weakness Of wheat was
largely due to the fact that Liverpool
quotations were unresponsive to yes
terday's late advance on this side of
the Atlantic. On the other hand. the
1925 Russian harvest was reported as
threatening to be Il failure. Finally,
with strength in the corn market. ag-
gressive commission house buying
gave wheat something of a lift.
In the provision market the action
of corn more than offset decline in
the value of hogs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-19
& Lead followed the reported discov-
cry of O rich ore body.

cry of q rich ore body.
Commercial Solvents A and 3 scared
~ and 1Ss points, respectively. Pos
tum Cereal jumped nine points to 121
in further reflection of the directors
decision to retire the preferred stocks.
Net gains of four to Six points were
recorded by California Packing, Unit
ed States Cast Iron Pipe. Air Reduc-
ton, Atlantic Refining. international
Business Machines, and international
Telephone.
Railroad shares gave a remarkable
demonstration Of group strength. COZ
orado & Southern was run up nearly
g. points to a new top at So. and then
eased to 57,while net gains Of two
fpoints or morewere recorded by ROCK
Island, Norfolk e Western, southern
Pacific. Southern Railway. Frisco COM
mon. e.. Louis Southwestern. Union
Pacific, Chicago Great Western, Lack
awanna, Gulf. Mobile & Northern pre-.
ferred, Kansas City Southern and
| Western Pacific preferred.
| Call money held steady at 8 IL
! percent The time money market
continued firm with ga percent the
ruling rate for 60 to 80 day loans
and four percent for the longer ma :.
TURTLES. Commercial paper rates
were unchanged.
| Foreign exchange rates turned re-
dictionary. Demand sterling drop
i ped nearly a cent to S4.75 Sd and
| French francs broke about six points
! to around 5.22 cents.
| Recovery Of stock prices today i'm
parted a firmer tone to bond trading,
and moderate improvement took
place in railroad and Industrial obli-
/ cations.
Heavy, transactions4in the Euro
pean issues Of the New Haven Rail-
road. which is to be refunded in
April, lifted the prices Of both the
franc and dollar sevens above par for
the first time this year, although the
net gains were only fractional.
South estern rail liens shared in the
revival of interest In the stocks OF
these carriers, advances Of a point
or more being registered by Missouri
Pacific tours. katy" adjustment IS,
and Frisco adjustment and income
6s.
The continued upward trend Of
crude oil prices was reflected in re-
newed accumula ton of Oil company
bonds. Sinclair and Skelly issues
rallied ] to points. and Pan Amer
lean issues were active at higher
levels.
Increased buying of Virginia
Carolina obligations was attributed
to the improvement in the company.
position as result of the sale of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-19
Financial
NEW YORK MARKET
Failures Of the Days Dealings ir
all the Leading Stocks

Kew York, Feb. 18.-Stock prices
iallied sharply in today's market, net
t9ins OF 1 to ISL being scattered
throughout the list at the close. The
buying embraced practically all groups
Of stocks. although total sales were
well below those Of the first two days
Of The week.
SPECTATORS for the advance had dis
tributed large buying orders through
cut the market at the opening, the e%-
eeution Of which prompted aggressive
short covering by bear traders VINO
'ha4 sold stocks freely early in the
week. Commission house brokers also
!. reported that the swift rebound had
revived public confidence and led to
resumption of speculation in a num-
I sr Of specialties.
Business news was largely construc-
1 I've in character. 1t included
warp increase in car loadings, favor
spA weekly steel trade reviews, dec-
efation of stock dividend by the
Gulf States Steel Co.. an increase from
to $l.40 in the annual rate OF the
chell Union Co.., a resumption or diV-
idsnd payments on Armour class A and
an Initial dividend on the new len
mock Oil Co. stocks.
The only unfavorable item was the
publication of the American Woolei
Co for 1924. showing a deficit OF near.
" $l2,G00,0nO after the payment o.
dividends. contrasted with Surplus
q about $4,000 in the precedlnt
Year. While the report was not pup
iished until after the market closeo
We'll Street apparently had antici
Mted It, because the stock was undel
tftssure all day, touching a new ioW
icr the year at 4Ss and then raiIyint
70 30, for q net loss of "a on the Gay
BALDWIN was the outstanding lea
ture Of the industrial group, eios'ia,
more than five points higher at o
after having sold as low as l2os ses
terday. United States Steel closed )
points higher at 1242. and Amerlca'
Can showed a net gain of IL at l'la
American Smelling Sc Refining. Genera
Petroleum, Mack Trucks. InlVersa
Pipe and United States Rubber wer'
among the other standard issues L
close two or more points above yes
'erdays final figures. Revival OF AZ
lvity and strength in Callahan A'h