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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
To Sell Weaver Land
Big Tract. Cut into Lots, to BE Sold
at CarrbOrO Tomorrow

The Weaver estate in Carr
boro will be sold at public auc-
tion at half past ten O'Clock to-
morrow Saturday morning.
For the purposes of the sale
the tract has been divided into
500 building lots. The Public
Auction Company of Durham
has announced the terms of pur-
chase will be easy so as to
make the property available to
small and large pockctbooks a
like"
There will be Il barbecue din
ner of which everybody, whether
a buyer or not, is invited to par
take. An abundance Of band
music is also on the schedule.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
Charles p. Russell Here

Charles Phillips Russell, who
graduated from the University
in 1904 and is now one of Lord
Beaverbrook's associates in
newspaper work in London, is
here for a few days visit. He
and his mother, Mrs. Lucy Phil
lips Russell, are at the Kluttz
home. They arrived in Chapel
Hill Wednesday evening and will
be here for two or three days.
For several years Mr.. Russell
was a reporter in New York. In
1914 he decided he wanted to
see more Of the world. SO, with
cash resources of $35, he set out
for Paris. twenty-five Of his
dollars went for passage in the
steerage and for a railway tick
ct from the port to Paris. He
did all kinds Of newspaper work
When he was about on his feet,
the World War broke out. He
trampcd to Holland, passing
through Belgium just before the
Germans took Brussels, and took
a boat for England. There he
had many exciting adventures,
his blond mustache leading fre-
quently to the suspicion that he
was a German spy. For a year
or so after the Armistice he was
in New York. lie has been in
London for the last five years.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
Wants En- HardbOiled
Vernon Kyser Warns Examiners They
Must Not be Too Easy on Boys

Vernon Kyser, Scoutmaster,
wants the examiners Of the Boy
Scouts to be a hardboiled lot in
their examination of the Scouts
for merit badges.
Look at this" said Mr.. Kyser
when he visited the newspaper
office one day this week, and he
pointed to the following words
in a bulletin from the head
quarters Of the Boy Scouts Of
America:
Special care should be taken
to guard against the too rapid
advancement of the Scouts, so as
to insure thoroughness in their
work. In no case is the Court of
Honor or other examiner author
lied to omit any of the points
covered by the stated require
ments or accept as equivalent
any examination which does not
include each of the questions as
set forth in the Handbook for
Boys"
The Scouts are going around
in the next few days with the
Handbook, which sells at so
cents each, and the Merit Badge
Pamphlets, which sell at Is
cents. Every examiner is ex-
pected to purchase these man
uals.
The Court of Honor is com
posed Of President Chase, II. f.
Conner, Harold d. Meyer, and
Frank Graham. Mr.. Meyer is
in New York so the Court will
have to do without him.
The expert examiners are;
II. p. Harris (agriculture) !;
T. J. Wilson, j. G, der. HamiI-
ton, and Eeb Council (angIing) !;
r. f. Coker and F. d. Bell (arch-
ery) A. G. Nash (architecture) !;
(C@finned an pare tonr)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
M'GREGOR, GOLF
EXPERT is HERE
Northern "PrO" Looks over
Ground to Find POssibili-
ties For a Course
INTRODUCED BY BYNUM

10 McGregor, golf profess
sional of Potsdam, New York,
who has had experience in laying
out golf courses, is looking over
Davie Woods to see if he can find
a suitable place for links.
1t was through his acquaint-
ance with Jeff Bynum of the
University faculty that the
~pro" happened to come to
Chapel Hill. Mr.. Bynum, having
seen course laid out by Mr.
McGregor, and hearing that he
was planning to come South for
the winter, got him here.
w. S. Robertson, president of
the Chapel Hill Insurance and
Realty Company, which owns
Davie Woods, just outside the
towns eastern limits on, both
sides of the Durham road, has
been escorting the visitor over
the property.
'"This is no project for the i'm
mediate construction of a golf
course" said Mr.. Robertson yes
terday. eve are just taking ad-
vantage of Mr.. McGregor's pres
ence in the South to get an ex-
pert's opinion on where one can
be built. 1t may be that later
a group of golfers-residents Of
Chapel Hill, and University
alumni-will be interested in
the enterprise, in which case we
will be prepared to supply the
land"
After his first tramp, Mr..
McGregor told Mr.. Robertson
that the place that struck him
most favorably was the valley
up the creek from the one-mile
bridge on the Durham road. This
valley is to the left as one leaves
Chapel Hill, but is obscured
from the road by a fringe Of
woods.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
WILL CELEBRATE
ARMISTICE DAY
Committee Arranges Music and
Speaking in Memorial Hall
Next Wednesday
WAR DEAD TO BE HONORED

Preparations have been made
for an impressive celebration of
Armistice Day, next Wednes-
day.
President Chase has called off
all classes in the University dur
ing the hour following the chap
el period, so that, beginning at
half past ten o'clock. there will
be an hour and half free for
the exercises in Memorial Hall.
Playing by the band will be
the first number on the pro-
gram. After the invocation by
Rev. A. S. Lawrence. chaplain of
the Chapel Hill post of the A
merican Legion, the Glee Club
will sing a patriotic song. The
Honor Roll of the University and
Orange cOunty-names of the
men who lost their lives in the
World War-will be read, and
this will be followed by the
sounding of Taps" on the bugle.
President Chase will introduce
the speaker of the day, who will
make an address of not more
than half an hour. 1t is not yet
known who the speaker will be.
Musical numbers will be scat
tered through the proceedings,
and at the last the National An
them will be sung.
Seated on the platform will be
the President of the University,
the deans, the ministers of the
churches in Chapel Hill, the
mayor, the aldermen. and city
officials, the officers of the Red
Cross, the American Legion, the
Daughters of the Confederacy,
the d. A. r., the Community
Club, and the Kings Daughters.
The celebration has been ar
ranged by the faculty commit
tee headed by John NJ. Booker.
Two members of the American
Legion post, by invitation of the
University, are sitting with the
committee. The music program
is under the care of Paul John
Weaver.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
Good Credit of County and Town
Demonstrated by Sale of Bonds

Both the county Of Orange
and the town of Chapel Hill mar
keted their bonds at public sale
on Monday of this week, and the
prices obtained prove that the
credit of both has a high rating
among investment bankers.
Orange county has to pay a
little less than 5 per cent. for
it's money, and the town of
Chapel Hill pays a little less
than 5 IA per cent.
The $65,OOO of county bonds
were issued for the construction
of the new Jail. There were
25 bidders, the successful firm
being Seasongood & Mayer of
Cincinnati. They offered
$66,236.76 for bonds bearing s
per cent interest; that is, a pre-
MUM of $1,236.76 over par.
This premium means that the
net interest rate is less than 5
per cent.
The $4,000 of town bonds
were issued for public improve
ments and for the retirement of
outstanding bonds. Of the 10
bidders, Braun, Bosworth and
Co. of Toledo, Ohio, were sue
cessful. They offered $116,670
for bonds bearing 5 IA per cent.
interest. The premium of $3.50
means that the net interest rate
is slightly less than 5 Ia per
cent.
Heretofore Chapel Hill has
been paying 6 per cent. on it's
borrowings.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
Emerson Host to Team
Former Chapel lillian Entertains
Players: VIII Double Stadium

Captain Isaac Emerson, who
used to be a drug clerk in Chap
ell Hill and afterWard made a
fortune out of bromo-seltzer,
was host to the members of the
Carolina football team at the
Hotel Emerson when they went
to Baltimore last week to play
the University of Maryland.
Graduate Manager Charles r..
Woollen, on his arrival, was
greeted by Captain Emerson's
manager, William ii. Parker,
and informed that no money
was to pass for the accommoda-
ton of the squad. Mr.. Woollen
has had all sorts of experiences
in athletic finance, and is pre-
pared for almost anything, but
this was pretty nearly a knock
opt.
Mr.. Parker wanted to know
the teams wishes in the matter
Of meals. A light luncheon, he
was told, but for the evening
meal the men were free to eat
anything that was laid before
them. SO when they came back
from the 16 to 0 victory over
Maryland they were treated to a
sumptuous eight-coursc dinner.
Before they went out to the
field all the players were intro
duced to Captain Emerson, and
he told them that if they beat
Maryland he would extend to
twice its present size the sta
dium which he gave the Univer-
sity a few years ago.
"And I've told the Maryland
team" he added, "that if they
beat you when they go to Chap
el Hill next fall I'll pay their
railroad fare there and back"
Mr.. Woollen says that Cap
tain Emerson, first Of all asked
where was Billy Noble" and
seemed a bit disgusted that his
old chum hadn't come along with
the team.
The University and all Chapel
Hill hope Captain Emerson and
Mrs. Emerson will find it pos
sible to come to the Carolina
Virginia game Thanksgiving
Day.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
ROgersOn Home Burns
While the Family Is in Durham at
the Moving Pictures

While l.. B. Rogerson and his
family were over at Durham at
"A moving picture show Tuesday
night, their home-one of the
University bungalows on Carter
Court, off Cameron avenue
caught on fire. Prompt work by
the town fire department, and
the aid of students from near
by fraternity house, limited the
destruction to the roof and cell
ing. The loss is estimated at a.
bout $1,000.
The fire-which is thought to
have been caused by crack in
the chimney, due to settling
was discovered by the students
in the fraternity house at about
quarter past ten o'clock. They
raised a shout and ran over and
began to take the furniture out
while Mrs. Hunt, who lives with
Mrs. Winslow, turned in an a.
larm. The boys got out all the
stuff in the house except the
bathtub.
The Rogersons got back from
Durham just before the fire was
put out. They and their articles
of furniture were distributed a.
mong the neighbors.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06

Of the $4,000 of Chapel Hill
bonds, $4,000 were for public
Improvements and $4,000 were
for the retirement of the out
standing floating debt.
The public improvement issue
comprises a consolidation of
$4,000 street Improvement
bonds, $27,500 sewer bonds, and
$4,000 street equipment bonds.
But the addition to the actual
debt of the town is less than
these figures indicate, because
the town will receive about
$4,000 in special assessments
on improvements for which the
new bonds are issued. For ex-
ample, the University is to pay
between $4,000 and $4,000,
representing half of the cost of
the recently constructed sewer
line and sewage disposal plant.
The bonds sold this week were
issued after J. L. Morehead of
Durham, a municipal finance
expert, had made a thorough
study of the county's and the
towns financial situation. Mr..
Morehead says that, measured
by the standard set in the state
law which fixes the relation of
debt to assessed valuations, both
the county Of Orange and the
town of Chapel Hill have a wide
margin of safety. The debt of
each of these political units is
still far below what it is entitled
to borrow under the law.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
Mrs. Eugene Harris Dead

Mrs. Eugene Harris died yes
terday in Charlotte. The fun
eral services and burial were
held in Chapel Hill yesterday
morning. Mrs. Harris's hus-
band, who died in 1901, was
registrar Of the University.
Her children are Mrs. Earl Holt
of Oak Ridge and Mrs. Otho
Ross of Charlotte.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
Parent Teachers Meeting

The Parent Teachers Associa-
ton, with M. c. S. Noble in the
chair, met in the school auditori-
um Monday evening. N. w.
Walker, speaking Of library
needs, said that 5000 would be
required for the books the school
ought to have. The people of
Chapel Hill are to be asked to
contribute either money or
books.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
Red Cross Roll Call Nov. II

The annual Red Cross Roll
Call will begin at 10 o'clock next
Wednesday morning, Armistice
Day. Women, under the com
mand of Mrs. G. II. Paulsen, will
canvass the town. Last year
$452 was collected. A goal of at
least $500 is set for this year.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
Mrs. Duncan Hurt in Wreck

Mrs. Ed. Duncan Of the Or
ange Church section went to the
Hospital a few days ago to be
treated for injuries received in
an automobile collision near
Rougemont in Durham county.
She had been at the funeral of
a child, a relative, who had been
killed by an automobile.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
DIR. Manning Seriously III

DR.. Isaac II. Manning, dean of
the medical school, was taken ill
Monday night and is now in
Watts Hospital in Durham. Er
the last two days his condition
has been serious. "
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
Chapel Hill Chaf

This is the time of year when
the Boy Scouts have to pass ex-
aminations for merit badges,
and three or four score citizens
have been appointed expert ex-
aminers. The list of these ap-
pears in another column.
From this list one learns of
capabilities he never suspected.
For example, | notice that R. E.
Coker and F. D. Bell are put
down as examiners in archery.
wonder how many people in
Chapel Hill have known, until
now, that these two gentlemen
are adopts with the bow and ar
row? "The Merry Adventures
of Robin Hood in Sherwood For
est" was the favorite book of my
early youth, and all my life l
have longed to see somebody
send the shafts a-winging to the
bull's-eye as did Robin and his
trusty lieutenant, Little John.
After Messrs. Coker and Bell
have done their examining, why
couldn't they give us an exhibit
tion in the Tin Can?
If Vernon Kyser, who ap-
pointed the examiners, takes any
stock in names, he might assign
F. O. Bowman to the archery
faculty.
l got another surprise from
seeing Carl Durham down for
both craftsmanship and seaman
ship. This so aroused my curl
osity that ] inquired of Mr.. Dur
ham about his qualifications.
He was in the Navy during the
war but didn't go to sea. He
was assigned to land duty, He
had high rating on the target
range, so that makes him solid
as an instructor in marksman-
ship. But he is a busy man in
| the Eubanks drug store and |
don't know how he will find
time to go forth and lay out a
range, provide for guns, targets,
and so on. | s'pOse he'll just
have to ask the Boy Scouts in
and teach 'em how to shoot a
coca cola. And, as for the sea-
manship, he can show 'em how
to steer across Pittsboro street
on a wet day.
T Zeb Councils assignments re-
fleet both his pleasure and his
business-he is down for angling
and printing. The other ang-
ling instructors are J. G. der.
Hamilton and r. J. Wilson. II.
F. Conner is to examine in avia-
tion-a hangover, perhaps, from
his war record. w. B. Sorrell
is listed as the examiner in bee
keeping, Vernon Kyser in path
finding, w. S. Bernard in art and
sculpture, A. II. Patterson in as
tronomy, J. N. Bell and F. c. Viii
brandt in chemistry, Collier
Cobb and w. f. Prouty in con-
servation, and thus on through a
list of 63 subjects.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06

A young woman wrote Mr..
Frost that, if there was to be
another printing of his poem on
birches, he should append a foot
note declaring that he did not
refer to the species known as the
paper birch. After reading the
poem she had tried the swing
(Gea1inneA On page ffeo)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
COhan Play Pleased

"Two Fellows and Girl"
the George NJ. Cohan play
brought here by the Carolina
Playmakers, was warmly re-
ceived by a big crowd in Mem
oriai Hall Wednesday night.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-11-06
Robert Frost

Robert Frost's poems, many
of them, are about New England
farm life. He has seen very
little of the South. So, during
his lecture and reading in Ger
rard Hall last Friday evening he
was moved to ask, now and then,
if the things he was talking a.
bout were known down here.
For. example, did we have the
"swingable" birch tree which
bends over and lets the climber
to the ground and then snaps
back unbroken. And the Gus
tom of bringing the cattle in un-
der shelter in the winter-did
we have to do that? or could
they stay out of doors the year
through?
=
When he made one of these
inquiries he addressed it to the
person who was sitting nearby
on the front row, and this per-
son happened to be Doctor
kluttz. When he was asked
whether or not he was accus-
toned to mount to the top of a
birch tree and then swing off
into space. the Doctor looked
puzzled and answered nothing.
His silence was not surprising.
But when Mr.. Frost put the
question about the treatment of
cows in winter. | was in hopes
Doctor kluttz, having a long and
honorable record in the guardi-
anship of a COW, would make
some reply. But he gave no sign
except to become slightly more
wakeful.
Almost every lecturer appears
in evening clothes. Mr.. Frost
wore a sack suit, a turned-down
collar, and a blue four-in-hand
tie. | was glad of this. No cos
tune is more npleasing, to the
eye, to my mind. than mems
formal evening dress. The din
ner coat is slightly enough; but
the coat-tails of the full-drcsS
coat are ridiculously ungraceful.
| applaud c. A. Hibbard as
the ideal introducer. He step
ped upon the platform, told us
that here was Robert Frost, and
sat down.
A young woman wrote Mr..
Frost that, if there was to be
another printing of his poem on
birches, he should append foot
note declaring that he did not
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-05

spending two weeks on the Steele ranch
at Hunt, Tex.
- - -
Miss Mary Newton soon will arrive
from Hanover, Pa, where she has
spent the summer months visiting her
sister, Mrs. Lawrence Sheppard.
- y y
Greetings have been received from
Mrs. Rupert Gresham, who with her
two young children and her mother,
Mrs. William Negley, is visiting rela-
tives on Long Island.
~ - -
Mrs. William Nesbit will entertain
Thursday with a luncheon at the San
Antonio Country Club, complimenting
Mrs. Peter Mccall Heating of Swarth-
more, Pa. Mrs. Heating is the guest
of her parents, Judge and Mrs. Will
liam Aubrey. Guests will include a
few of the intimate friends Of the hon.
or guest.
- - y
Greetings have been received from
Mrs Hilton Lynch. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lynch are now in France, after several
months spent in England and Scot
land. They are touring the battle
fields and are taking an especial in
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-05
News of San Antonio Society

terest in it, as they are visiting the
points where Mr.. Lynch was stationed
during the war. Upon their return in
October Mr.. and Mrs. Lynch will make
their home in Brownsville. Mrs. Lynch
will be remembered by her many
friends as Miss Rowena Nye.
~ y -
Greetings have been received from
Miss Lorraine Bertrand, who left re-
Gently with her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. II. Flannery and Miss Lucille Flan-
merry for Asheville, n. G. Miss Ber-
trand will leave soon for Washing
ton, ID. @.
- y ~
Greetings have been received from
Mrs. Edward Russell Byrd of Mar
tin, Tenn. Mr.. and Mrs. Byrd have
been touring Tennessee, Kentucky and
Missouri. She has been the honor
guest at numerous charming social af-
fairs in Martin, Tenn. Mrs. Byrd will
be remembered by her wide circle Of
friends as Miss Boleyn Zilker.
~ ~ u
The Ladies' Aid Society OF the
Highland Park Lutheran Church will
hold a special business meeting at s
o'clock Wednesday night in the home
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-05

Miss Harriet Sprague will enter
tain a few friends at her home Thurs
day afternoon, complimenting her
guest, Miss Gertrude Mensing Of Gal
weston.
Miss Adelaide Campbell and Miss
Zada Campbell entertained at their
home with an attractive bridge party,
complimenting their guest, Miss Ruth
Baldridge of New York. Bright Zinnias
decorated the living room. Among the
guests were Miss Baldridge, Mrs. How
ell Mueller, Miss Mary katherine
Kemper, Miss Elizabeth Daniels, Miss
Maude Long, Miss Jessie Church and
others.
~ ~ y
Mrs. Tom Holmes will leave soon
for Houston to visit relatives. Later
she will 20 to Galveston TO Join Lieu.
tenant Tom Holmes before returning
to their station at Fort Sam Houston
- y -
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Storms and
Miss Estelle Storms will leave the
latter part of the week for Fort Clark
to spend the weekend with Lieutenant
and Mrs. John II. Stadler.
~ - -
Mrs. W. W. Holden will return in
several weeks from Rochester, Mimi,
where she has been spending the past
month with her mother and father,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. D. Bridge. Later in
the season, Mr.. and Mrs. Bridge will
visit their eldest daughter, Mrs. c. r.
Hickox. at her summer home in Litch.
field, Conn.
~ - ~
Miss Henrietta Steele will arrive
home the latter part of the week, after
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-05

Miss Henrietta Steele will arriv
home the latter part of the week, afte
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-05
SOCIAL CALENDAR.

+ Wednesday-The Alamo Coun- I.
4. try Club will entertain with their I.
+ regular dinner dance. !.
+ Thursday-Mrs. Ellis Green +
+ will entertain with a morning +
+ bridge party complimenting her +
+ sister, Miss Helen Davis of Tenn 4.
+ pie, Texas. +
4. +
+ + + = + 4 + + + + + + + i
of Mrs. p. Z. Johnson, 731 Rigsby
avenue. All members are urged to be
present.
- - ~
The Married Ladies' Sodality will
hold an important meeting at 3 80
o'clock Thursday afternoon in the new
st. Mary's rest room. All members are
requested to attend.
- - -
At S o'clock Wednesday evening the
Citizens Military Training Camp stu
dents will be entertained by members
of the B Major Musical Club.
- - ~
The Ladies' Auxiliary to the post
office will hold their monthly mee:-
ing Thursday at the home Of MIS-.
Fred Schultz, 1920 South Presa street.
Mrs. Schulz will be assisted in enter
tanning by Mrs. j. Pozzi.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-05
SPEEDS
CAR ANDFO|LS
BANDIT PAIR
Armed Highwaymen Flee
When Victim
Escapes.

With an armed highwayman on
each side Of the road, J. r. Wilson
S04 Peabody avenue, early Wednes'
day morning took a chance and won
Instead of complying with the
threats Of levelled revolvers he step
ped on the accelerator of his roadster
and sped between the two.
The hold-up attempt occurred just
off the Fro City road and within 2Od
yards of the main entrance to Camp
Normoyle.
Wilson was driving alone to his
South San Antonio home and had just
left the Frio City road, when he saw
a man run across the road ahead of
him.
Taking his station near the edge of
the pavement be began waving his re-
yolver in the air.
Looking 10 the other side Wilson
saw his companion, also armed.
As he neared them they leveled their
guns at him.
Evidently losing their nerve as Will
son steered for one Of the bandits
in his swiftly moving car, they jump
ed TO the side of the road.
y After the escape the pair got into
Z roadster which was parked on the
side of the road and drove back TO-
vaHi the city.