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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-18
WHEN IT WAS
LAWN JENNiS-iSSO.

W7HEN' oh when' were the days
w of read sport? Now you oper
the papers to taste good
morsel of fighting gossip (when
Dempsey really will fight Wills.
Fifty years ago the newspapers
were scanned just as eagerly for the
score of the American Rife Team.
Mr.. 1925 srends glorious Satur-
day afternoon yelling like an Igor
rote because his baseball team is
winning. Mr. 1875 rooted like
jolly ricketer-cricket, as direct
import from England, being more
genteel than baseball
You would-but tour OF the late
seventies in the pictorial pageant
ushering in the Ter-Centenary Ex-
hibit of New York at Wanamaker's
is "a revelation of the change in the
world of sports. The whole story is
in pictures.
When Babe Ruth hurts a batting
finger, the world is concerned. But
fifty years ago the doings of Crack
shots" were the subjects of cable
grams when ireland and America
competed for The international rilic
championship. The Police Gazette
amiably devoted its columns to the
many boat clubs that We'd with each
other on the Harlem or Hudson
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-18
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Everybody's Tree Is
the Community Tree

CHRISTMAS means so much that
~ one day cannot contain it. 1t be-
gins about December l and continues
until New Years Day crowds it out
Forests of evergreen trees move into
town in advance. Burdened express
men and overloaded postmen serve
Santa Claus as heralds, and the tide
of joyful excitement rises higher and
higher until it foams about the roots
Of the sparkling and beautiful COM
munity Christmas tree.
1t was glorious tree last year
The moon looked down from a peace
full sky. The singers filed the ali
with sweet sounds. The people who
crowded about were from every land.
They all translated the carols into
their own tongues and made them
bring back the gladness of past days.
All nations and all denominations
were for a moment unified as they
stood in front of the courthouse and
looked up past the summit Of the tree
that stood for all and saw the flag of
America shining in the spotlight and
streaming in the free air of our great
democracy. The tree that grows on
American soil is Everybody's Tree. 1t
sheds it's light and its gift Of liberty
upon US all.-Chrlstophe G. Hazard
(0. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-18
CHRISTMAS MORNING
THE MAGIC PILLOW

TIME serene, hushed silence OF the
hospital was of utmost contrast
to the turbulent, rushing, noisy
iostling crowds elbOwing their way
along the well filled thoroughfare
The comfortable, even temperature OF
the hospital contrasted singularly with
the clustering, crisp, wintry, typically
Christmas weather outside.
The silence of this huge, white Dulld-
ing was broken now and then by the
soft though swift footballs of three
or four busy young men. Ihe pa
tients in the free ward who were well
enough, wondered what it all meant.
Two youths in particular were inter
ested in the coils of wire and dolngs
Of these men. They secretly hoped
that they might be up and BUSTING
about, shortly, as these lads were. II
is not strange that two normal boys
would be interested in being up ana
busy with crisp Christmas air ana
inspirations floating about. A free
ward is a bit dull.
Bill occupied the last cot in the
south end of the room, and Jack was
on the cot at BilPs left. The next
morning, Christmas morning Bill
woke, listened a moment, then rang
for the floor nurse. In his excitement
he reused Jack.
"Jack, are we alive? l hear bells,
chimes, singing"
''Well, l heard it, too, when | had
my head on the pillow, but now that
I have lifted my head up, l don't hear
it."
The nurse arrived, beaming with
smiles. When questioned by the ex-
cited boys, she answered, "The boys in
the radio class at the high school in
back of US here, thought they would
surprise you, and l guess they did.
The head phones worked fine. Perhaps
you would like to talk to those boys
who installed your set. They are
tuning in. / will get them"
Jack and Bill could not contain
themselves "A radio, how wonder
full The days won't be half so long" >"
Eleanor E. King.
((c. 1925, Western Newspaper Union)
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-18
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CHRISTMAS

4 STORY in two parts. The
"A birth Of a Babe, heralded .
by angels, and the wonderful
light from a star; The career of
a Man whose life radiated love
and good will.
With the Babe God came to
earth. In the Man He walked
and communed with men. IL
both, the Divine and human are
beautifully interviewer into the
love which Christmas personi-
fies.
Let us sense the light above
the manger and feel the warmth
of the love which has hallowed
the day since first the angels
brought their unusual message.
May Christmas bring you JOY.
w. D. Pennypacker.
%, 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28
Robert Pendergraft Killed;
Car Ran Off Road at a Curve

Robert Pendergraft died in
Watts Hospital, Durham, yes
terday afternoon (Thursday) as
a result of injuries received
when his car pitched off the
Durham Chapel Hill highway at
the east end of Strowd's bridge
early yesterday morning.
Just what caused the acci-
dent is not known, because he
was alone when it occurred, and
nobody was nearby. But it
seems plain that he was going
at high speed, for the car went
right on through a tree as it
plunged down the embankment.
About two o'clock Mrs. Win
ston Pendergraft, who lives near
Jack Sparrow's filling station,
heard a crash. She thought it
was somebody breaking into the
station. Her husband was ab-
sent on an emergency electri-
cal job, and she did not 60 out
to make a closer investigation.
Winston Pendergraft, coming
home from Chapel Hill an hour
or two later, saw, as he reached
the east end of the bridge, the
wrecked car and the lifeless
figure of a man. He rushed to
the Sparrow home and aroused
Jack Sparrow. Mr.. Sparrow,
who did not yet know who the
victim of the accident was,
drove into Chapel Hill at full
speed and summoned DIR. r. B.
Lawson and Policeman Mack
Williams.
When they had got back down
the mile-long hill and across the
bridge again, they found Robert
Pendergraft unconscious. They
took him into a car and carried
him to Watts Hospital, Durham.
He remained unconscious, and it
was found that he had internal
injuries and conclusion at the
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28
Mr.. Williams Swan
Watched Others Last Year, and Was
Himself Ready This Summer

H. H. Williams, professor of
philosophy in the University,
came home this week from his
tWo-months vacation on Nan
tucket Island off the coast of
Massachusetts. His face is
we'll tanned by constant con-
tact with the sun and the sea
air, his step is springy, and, al
together, he is a picture of
health.
When Mr.. Williams was on
the Island a year ago he found
that he and Judge Winston were
the only people there who did
not go swimming either in the
surf or the harbor. A person
with powers of observation far
less keen than his could see
that large part of the life on
Nantucket, and probably the
pleasantest part, was the life in
the water. So, a few weeks be-
fore his departure from Chapel
Hill this summer, he began TAX
ing swimming instruction from
DIR. Lawson. After eight or
nine lessons he was navigating
the pool successfully.
Within a day or so after
reaching Nantucket he made his
first essay at surf-bathing. The
waves are violent in that parti-
cular corner of the Atlantic, and
they buffeted him about con-
siderably. He decided that the
quiet waters Of the landlocked
harbor were more to his taste
and so, for the rest of his stay,
he did his swimming there. n
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base of the brain. DIR. Aber-
nethy was in attendance during
the morning.
AS one comes from Durham,
the road curves to the right
just before it reaches the bridge.
The car had crossed the road
and plunged over the bank on
the left side. When it came to
a stop it was forty or fifty feet
from the road. Robert was
thrown out and was lying a.
bout twenty feet from the car.
Robert Pendergraft was 18
years old. He was known for
his industry, his egentlemanli-
ness, and his good habits. For
several days he had been busy
preparing to establish a local
automobile service. On Tues
day he came into this news
paper office and told the editor
of the four cars he had bought
and of his having rented the
same station that he used to
have for his bus service. He
arranged for the insertion, in
this issue, of a formal announce
ment of the new venture.
Roberts father, C. S. Pender-
graft, died last year, and the
boy stopped school, after hav-
ing completed all but the last
year of the high school course,
in order to take charge of the
Chapel Hill-Durham bus bust
ness. A few weeks ago he, a.
long with the other bus opera
tors, sold out to the Safety
Coach line. Then, with Elmer
Lloyd, he set out on a vacation.
In Roberts Ford roadster they
went to Florida, to Vicksburg,
Mississippi, and through Tenn
essee and Kentucky. They
reached Chapel Hill last week,
and it was then that Robert be-
gan to make plans for his local
automobile service.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28
His 95th Birthday
Mr.. and Mrs. Canaday Give Party for
Sims Pendergraft

Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Canaday
gave a party last Thursday in
celebration of the 95th birthday
of Mrs. Canaday's father, Sims
Pendergraft. More than rs
people, most of them relatives
of the gentleman, gathered at
"the old Purefoy place." a mile
south of Chapel Hill, now the
Canaday home, to partake of
the feast that was spread upon
tables in the yard.
M. C. S. Noble made a brief
talk, in the course of which he
said that one of the distinctions
of the guest of honor was that
he had never in his life been in a
courtroom except to serve upon
a jury. Rev. B. J. Howard in
voked blessing upon the feast
and the feasters.
Mr.. Pendergraft entered the
Confederate army at the begin
ming of the Civil War. After
two or three years he was made
a prisoner and taken to New
York. Colonel Burrows, in the
Union army, became interested
in him and offered to educate
him if he would stay in the
North after the end of the war.
But the soldier declined the offer
he said he wanted to come
back home. A few years ago
Colonel Burrows wrote to Mrs.
Lawson that he remembered
well the Confederate captive.
Mr.. Pendefgraft has 8 chill
dren, 80 grandchildren, and IA
great-grandchildren. s.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28
Fall Kills Student
John Payseur Loses Life; Washing
Windows, Lost His Balance

John Payseur of Lincolnton,
a self-help student in the Uni
versity, was instantly killed yes
terday shortly after noon by a
fall from the third floor of the
south side of the Murphey
classroom building.
He was employed in washing
windows and, it is supposed,
leaned too far out and lost his
balance. His skull was frac-
tured and he was dead when DR..
Lloyd arrived.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28
Bob Lawson so Last Sunday

DIR. Robert B. Lawson, known
to hundreds of University alum
nj as Bob Lawson, was SO years
old last Sunday. He was Caro-
lina's star pitcher for two or
three years, beginning in 1898.
His fame >spread beyond the
South and he played with both
the Boston Nationals and the
Baltimore Americans. He won
his degree of M. D. at the Uni
versity of Maryland in 1902.
For many years he has been di-
rector Of physical education in
the University
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28
Paper Changes Hands
For a Week

| am going away for a
short vacation and will
turn next weeks issue of
this paper over to Cyrus
W. Bazemore. Mr.. Baze-
more, a student in the Uni
versity with one more year
to go, has done newspaper
work, on both the printing
and reporting ends, in A
hoskie, Windsor, Morehead
City and Vass; and during
the last college year he was
on the Tar Heel staff and
also a member of Gerald
Johnson's journalism class
here in the University. In
the intervals of his college
activities he has been help
ing to print the Weekly,
for two years, and this
summer he has been a reg
ular full-time employee.
L. C.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28
Greenlaws Are Leaving

Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Green
la wand their family are leav-
ing this week for Baltimore,
where Mr.. Greenlaw is to join
the faculty of Johns Hopkins
University. Their house, near
the east end of Franklin street,
will be taken by Mr.. and Mrs.
Dougald Mcmillan
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28
Windows Here from England

The windows that were order
ed from England for the Episco-
pal church have come and will
be put in place within the next
few days. An expert in this
kind of work is coming from the
North to do the job.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28
r~,-,-r7
At the Forest
Theatre

One of the pleasant things a.
bout a performance in the For
est Theatre in Battles Park is
the recumbent posture a spec
tator may assume between the
acts. w. S. Bernard is the man
who gave me this idea. At "The
Rivals" one evening last May,
when an intermission came, he
would sink back until his head
rested on the ground. Thus
stretched out, gazing up at the
stars, with rings of smoke is
suing from his lips, he was the
image of contentment. l tried
it the other night at "The Poor
Little Rich Girl" and found it
most agreeable.
Thursday of last week was a
viciously hot day-the record
breaker of the summer, l be-
lieve. At about supper time a
storm came, and George Denny
had to postpone the show. Fri
day night the weather had un-
dergone such a change that
many Of the crowd actually suf-
tered from the cold. Clyde Eu-
banks told me afterward that
the chillness of the air kept him
from getting complete enjoy
ment from the play. Prudent
persons brought blankets along
with their sofa pillows, and
were glad of it.
y
Julia Bell Foy, who looked to
be about twelve years old, had
the title part, and she carried
off the honors of the evening.
She was the central figure al
most every moment of the three
hours, so that the learning of the
lines was in itself no small feat.
And she delivered them with ex-
preston and with a distinctness
not often found in novice.
Altogether, a remarkable per
fOrmance for one of her years.
Mrs. Flora Wilson as the nurse,
John Farrior as the organ grind
er, and Pete Wilson first as the
dancing master and later as the
Kings English-these three,
thought, acted particularly we'll.
| was amazed to hear a wo-
man behind me say to her es-
cort: 'Tell me, who and what
are these Carolina Playmakers. "
| had thought there was nobody
in the world who did not by now
know of this troupe. l believe
that if one were to fall into a
gathering of wild tribesmen in
Afghanistan, camel-drivers on
the Sahara, or black savages in
the Congo, and were discovered
to be from Chapel Hill, some ma
tive would step forward with a
Continued on page tsoo)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28
Chapel Hill Chaf

4OW4 AAASSAASbGsN "a AAA~>t 49,
engineer, has made a map of
his lot out, in the Gimghoul sec
ton. It shows the slopes and
the location of every tree.> Ex-
,amining it,, I noticed that the
path from the street to the
front door of the house followed
a curving course. "That is to
avoid having to cut any trees
down." explained Mr.. Knox.
1--WE don't lose a single one." I
told him that if ever he proposed
to slaughter any of the trees
along the streets of Chapel Hill
l would be sure to remind him
of how careful he was with his
own.
G.. Wallace Smith has the un-
usual record of having built and
lived in two new houses in a
single year. About a year ago
he moved into the house at the
corner of Pittsboro street and
West University drive. This
was sold to R. H. Wettach. Mr..
Smith bought a lot in the For
est Hills section, on the Pitts
boro-P -Pinehurst highway, put up
another home, and is now living
there.
y = -
Apropos of Vernon Kyser's
recent vacation trip the Green's
boro News remarks that "the
Chapel Hill professor who re-
turned home with bearskins and
admitted somebody gave them
to him will never make a fish
erman." / was moved to a like
observation about Paul Green
and George Denny when they
came back from Beaufort a few
weeks ago with report of the
fish they did not catch. Now,
this strict veracity might be ex-
pected from University profess
sors, since their daily occupation
is the pursuit Of THE TRUTH.
But it appears that the stan
dards of scholarship are tainting
the whole community, for only
yesterday / heard Zeb Council,
the printer, one of our most en-
thusiastic anglers, telling a tale
of an absolutely fruitless session
at his favorite fishpond. The
approaches to Durham are a.
dorned with signs reading:
Durham, the Friendly City,"
Well have to be erecting bill
boards proclaiming: Chapel
Hill, the Veracious Village"
/ recall having once heard a
story of a joke played on a Brit
ish bishop by some of his
friends. They were gathered in
A club, gossiping, and somebody
ventured the statement that
pretty nearly every man would
be in jail if everything he had
CONTINUED on page FOUR
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28
ELECT DELEGATES
TOLEGION MEET
Members of Local Post Choose
Rev. A. S. Lawrence and
Chief FeatherstOn
FLAG DISPLAY OCTOBER IL

The Chapel Hill post of the
American Legion had a meeting
in the parish house of the Epis-
copal church Wednesday eve
ming and chose it's delegates to
the state convention of the Le-
gion in Fayetteville Monday
and Tuesday September Z and 8.
Rev. A. S. Lawrence, the post
chaplain, and Chief of Police
Geoge Featherston are the dele
gates, and Charles Martindale
and Paul Robinson are the alter
mates.
BY a unanimous vote the
delegates were instructed to sup
port the movement to establish
an American Legion erphanage
in North Carolina, fer the
children of World War veter-
ans. ii
Post Commander Gooch told
the gathering something of the
plans for the convention. All
the delegates are to be the
guests of General Bowley at
Fort Bragg from l to 10 P. M.
Monday: The General is going
to fire off cannon. hold drills.
and put on airplane exhibitions
to entertain them. -.
The post commander also re-
ported upon the purchase of
United States flags for display
along the main street of Chapel
Hill on holidays and other
special occasions. Seventy of
these flags have been bought.
Each of them is 6 feet long by
A feet wide and is accompanied
by a pole II feet high. Already
pipes 8 inches deep and 2 inches
in diameter have been sunk just
inside the curb, at 25-foot inter
walls, from Andrews corner to
the post-office on both sides of
the street. The pole fits into
the pipe. When the flags are
not flying there is a cap to fit
into the top of the pipe to keep
the opening from getting clog
ged with dirt and rubbish.
October IL, when the Univer-
sity is to celebrate the 5Oth
anniversary of it's reopening
in 1875, has been selected as the
first day for the display of the
flags. The Legion members
will get out early in the morn
ing, before breakfast, and put
the flags up. Before that they
will have to be "assembled"-
that is, each flag will have to be
properly attached to the pole
and it is likely that the Boy
Scouts will help with this.
AS has been done in many
other towns, the merchants and
property owners along the way
will own the flags. Many have
already agreed to purchase
them, the price being about S.
each. When the day of ceIebra-
tion is over each owner takes in
his flag, furls it, puts it in some
safe place, and has it ready to
put out again the next time
there is occasion to display it.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28

Chief Featherston says that
everybody should keep a lookout
for suspicious-looking persons
prowling about, and should noti-
fly the police at once.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28

In 1924 North Carolina col
lected $4,529,0OO in gasoline
taxes, and 4,467, 900 in automo-
bile licenses taxes.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28

One test Of prosperity is
when you can always get credit |
enough to live beyond your
means.-Collier's Weekly.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-08-28
FARMERS HELPING
TO BUILD ROADS
Haul Gravel for Surfacing Out
Toward Damascus and
Antioch
MAKE READY FOR WINTER

Owing to the active and en-
thusiastic help given by the
farmers out in the Antioch
church and Damascus church
sections of Orange county, west
of Chapel Hill, the county road
forces have been able to put the
roads in good shape quickly.
This will mean a great deal to
the farmers when the winter
comes on, since they will be able
to get back and forth between
their homes and Chapel Hill with
less trouble and delay than for
some time past.
Here are the farmers who
have been contributing their
labor as we'll as their wagons
and teams to bring gravel for
the surfacing:
G. w. Johnson W. A. Long
E. w. Ivey Jessie King
Jessie Neville E. Claud Neville
Kemp Bowden D. A. YcLennon
Ivan Lloyd P/ B. Lloyd
Wallace Lloyd Melvin Lloyd
Glenn Lloyd Auby McLennon
Ralph Neville Lacey Neville
w. S. Ward T. A. Ray
w. N. Canada H. D. Bowden
w. H. Ray Carrboro Lumber Co.
William Ray N. w. Dollar
Jake Eubanks Tommy Perry
Harry Weaver S. C. Wilson
T. G.. Lindsay E. w. Hobby
Pink Atwater (Col.)
John HackneyS(Col.)
Jerry Perry (Col.)
Frank Jones (Col.)
The road running west from
Carrboro forks mile or so out
of town, the right branch run
ming to Antioch and the left to
Damascus. Surfacing with
gravel has been in progress of
both the branches as we'll as on
the stretch between Carrboro
and the fork. A. b. Pierce,
road foreman, has had a gang
of convicts on the job, and the
farmers have had the help of
these men in loading and unload
ing the gravel from the wagons.
w. H. Ray, one of the Off
cials of the Williams Grocery
Company, who has been especi-
ally interested in road improve
ment in this section, said yes
terday that he hoped that the
state would take over the road
from Carrboro out on through
Antioch to Union bridge over
Haw river and thence on
through Alamance county to
Graham.
'It would be a big benefit to.
us out in that country if the road
could be opened up and kept in
good condition." he said. "There
are a lot of farmers who live out
toward Union bridge, both in
Orange and Alamance counties,
who would be coming to Carr
boro and Chapel Hill regularly
if there were good road for
them to use."