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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
LIQUOR MAKERS
TO FACE JUDGE
Four Negroes, Long Suspected,
Now under Charge of
MOOnshining
DeGRAFFENREID is CAUGHT

With the capture of Mack
DeGraffenreid just before sun
down Monday, in the act of
starting fire under a still, the
Chapel Hill police have rounded
up four negroes whom they de-
scribe as old hands in the moon
shining business and whom they
have been after a long time.
The other three are Sam Cot
ton, Ped Neville, and Tip, Craig.
All four are scheduled to appear
for trial at the session of court
that opens in Hillsborothis COM
ing Monday.
Officers Sloan and Williams,
accompanied by Chief Wright of
Carrboro and a volunteer assis-
tant whose greatr~value lay in
his tleetness of foot, got word
that DeGraffenreid was operat-
ing a still out on the Antioch
road west of Chapel Hill. So,
late in the afternoon, they went
out after him. Walking through
the woods, Officer Sloan saw a
still on the edge of Bowden's
pasture. A man leaned forward
in front of it, lighting the fire.
The man looked up, spied the in
truder, and took to his heels.
All four members of the raid
ing squad ran after him, but the
volunteer assistant, whose name
the police do not give, was the
only one whose speed and wind
were equal to the job. He over
took the negro and nabbed him.
The captive, as expected, was
DeGraffenreid.
The raiders brought the 40
gallon still back to town and will
take it to the county authorities
in Hillsboro. They destroyed a
bout 100 gallons of beer" which
was just about to go into the
still to be turned into corn
whiskey.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
Incubator a Success
Lloyd Clears Nearly Enough in Year
to Pay for Machine

Ivan Lloyd's big incubator,
which he operates at the home of
his father, Paul C. Lloyd out in
the Sunnyside district west of
Chapel Hill, has proved to be a
great success. He has had it
just a little over a year.
He hatched $1,000 chicks in
it from the end of January, 1925,
to the end of January, 1926.
Most of these were from eggs
which belonged to other farm
ers. Mr.. Lloyd's total revenue
from the incubator, in the twelve
months, was $1,000. After de-
ducting the cost of operation, he
cleared $937, which was within
$50 of what the incubator cost
him.
1t was not in constant use, be-
cause it was a new thing in the
county and there were not e.
nough eggs to keep it busy. But
Mr.. Lloyd hopes to run it twelve
months a year and to hatch
1000 eggs a week. If he sue
ceeds in doing this, then of
course his profit will be much in
creased.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
Three Get Rebates
Startling Experience of Walter d.
Toy, Chas. Pickard, and Ed. Jones

Three citizens of Chapel Hill
had a startling experience this
week. Their electric meters
we're found to have been running
too fast, and so they received,
from the Consolidated Service
Plants, checks representing the
estimated overcharge for cur
rent since the meters were in
stalled.
These three citizens are w.
d. Toy, professor in the Univer-
sity; Charles Pickard, who
works in the Model Market; and
Ed Jones, a negro.
The electric division of the
Service Plants recently complet-
ed an inspection of the LOO
meters which measure, in Chapel
Hill and Carrboro, the consump-
ton of current. Three were
found to have been going too
fast. A considerably larger
number had been going too slow.
Inasmuch as he was giving
rebates to the possessors of the
three fast meters, Superintend-
ent J. S.. Bennett was asked if he
would also try to make the pos
SCISSORS of the slow ones pay up
for the current they had got and
hadn't paid for. He said no
he didn't fancy having a riot on
his hands.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
A FastidiOus Tramp
Wants to Be Sure the Jail Bed Has
No Livestock

A farmer coming into Chapel
Hill Monday found a tramp ly-
ing, apparently half frozen, be-
side the Pittsboro road. He
took the stranger aboard his car
and, arriving in town, turned
him over to Officer Sloan, who
lodged him in the only shelter
available-namely, the Jail. Be-
fore lying down on the cot the
tramp looked at it critically and
remarked to the policeman: !:
"You sure there re no bugs in
this bed?"
Every now and then Chapel
Hills Jail serves as a refuge for
wanderers who are kept there
just for humanity's sake-be-
cause, weary and footsore, they
have no other place to sleep. A
few weeks ago, at about three
O'Clock in the morning, two men
came up to Officer Sloan on his
post and asked him if he would
let them be housed in the Jail.
He said yes, he supposed so, but
of course he'd have to lock them
in. "Oh, that's all right" they
answered: "just so you give us a
place to sleep we don't care any
thing about locks" They had a
good rest, and at about nine or
ten O'Clock he let them out.
They thanked him for his hos
pitality and resumed their
travels. Better lock 'em up"
said the policeman afterward,
"than have 'em roaming about
town, going into peoples yards
and stealing, or maybe soaring
some woman half to death"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
GIee Club in New York
North Carolina Singers Please Audi
ences in the Metropolis

The New York Times contains
a complimentary review of the
University of North Carolina
Glee Clubs concert in New York
last Sunday evening.
"The program was Of unusu-
ally good quality and wide vari-
ety." says the Times. "The
singers choice of vocal tones
ranged all the way from a ro-
bust forte to an almost inaudi-
BILE piano. They evidently had
been we'll drilled in their ensem-
BILE work and gave their num-
bers with intelligence and ex-
preston. Mr.. Fitch was in
charge of the solo work and did
his duty we'll" The Times says
that "the negro spirituals, ar
ranged by Mr.. Weaver, were
sung with remarkable effect"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
Ed Knight and His
"Human Interest,"

E. w. Knight, who has been
pursuing studies in Europe,
most of the time in Denmark, is
on the ocean now and will be
back in Chapel Hill toward the
end of next week.
Through his letters published
in the North Carolina newspa-
pers his home town has been
kept better posted about him
than it is about most of the pro-
fessors who go travelling abroad.
These letters have contained a
great deal of valuable informa-
tion with respect to the Danish
system of observation-disclosures
tion that Mr.. knight made par
ticularly interesting to the peo-
pie of this state because of his
running comparison of the
schools in Denmark with the
schools here. He dwelled upon
many points of Danish superior
ity and upon the lessons that
We could learn from a study Of
the Danes methods. But his
attention was not limited to the
serious problems of the peda-
gogue; he wrote entertainingly
of his goings to and fro among
the people, of Danish homes, and
street scenes, and entertain
of food and fun and frolic,
of the country's social customs
in general.
Yet, it appears that somebody
has been complaining that his
communications to the home
folks were not sufficiently
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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
MAY ALTER THE
PHONE SYSTEM
Lift-the-Receiv Possibly To
Supplant the Present
Turn-the-Crank
AN EXPERT INVESTIGATING

A thorough study of the tele-
phone situation in Chapel Hill
is being made, with a view to a
possible change to the common
battery" system. Which means
the system under which you lift
the receiver to call central in
stead of turning the crank.
An expert of the Southern Bell
Telephone Company has been
employed by the Consolidated
Service Plants to examine the
plant here and give his opinion
of what should be done.
1t is likely that the central
office will be moved from the
little wooden building on Hen
derson street to the second floor
of the Public Service build
ing on Franklin street If
this move is made, all the
cables on the towns main
business block, from the post
office to the Columbia street
corner, will be put underground.
Then the electric light wires may
also be inferred, so that the poles
may be removed entirely from
this block.
]. S. Bennett, superintendent
of the Consolidated Service
Plants, said yesterday that it
was impossible to say definitely,
just now. what would be done.
But he gave the impression that
the change to the common bat
terry" system was almost certain
to come.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
A Springtime Snow

The village walked yesterday
to find itself being buried under
a springtime snowstorm heavier
than any fall that had come dur
ing the winter. The flakes were
beautiful clinging to the trees
and making a carpet over the
'campus-but the mushy mess
they made along the streets was
a curse. The pollyanna portion
of the citizenry dwelled upon the
beauty of the scene-and the
grouches thought only of the
sloppy slush underfoot. In gen.
eral, people seemed to feel that
March, after it's fair promises of
two weeks ago, had turned upon
them treacherOusly and done
them a cruel wrong.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
COMMISSIONER IS
NOT YET CHOSEN
Effort Benig Made to Get Good
Man to Succeed Ralph
Ward
HE'S GONE TO GREENSBORO

Nobody has yet been selected
to succeed Ralph Ward as coun-
ty commissioner. Before the
last meeting of the board Mr..
Ward went off to live in Green's
boro. His departure was so un-
expected that there had been no
time for any preparation to fill
the vacancy.
According to law the county
clerk, Charles Strayhorn, is en-
powered to appoint the successor
of a commissioner who quits dur
ing his term of office. Mr..
Strayhorn is ill now, and for
some time his sister, Mrs. Milo
way, has been serving in his
place. 1t is taken for granted
that the appointment will go to
whoever is selected by the Demo-
cratic executive committee in the
county. A. H. Graham, repre-
sentative in the legislature and
counsel for the board of commits
sioners, is chairman of the COM
mittee. The Chapel Hill town.
ship member is S. w. Andrews.
1t is understood that the place
was offered to Claud Bivens and
J. Cheshire Webb, but that each
declined it. Another person
mentioned is DR.. Hall of Efand.
Over the telephone yesterday
Mr.. Graham said that they were
trying to find some man of abil-
ity who would serve but that it
was still uncertain when the
place would be filled.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
New Plays This Week
Koch Troupe Presents Spring Pro-
gram Twice This Week

The Carolina Playmakers will
present their spring program at
the Playmakers Theatre this
(Friday) evening and tomorrow
evening.
The three plays on the bill are
'"The New Moon," a fantastic
comedy by Telfair Peet; "A Car
olina Pierrot," a romantic fan
tasy by William Macmillan; and
"Clay," a tragedy by David
Hodgin. A dream play, by Miss
Nancy Battle, will be given as a
prologue to "A Carolina Pier
rot"
Miss Battle will have the role
of Pierrette in the Macmillan
fantasy, and she will appear in
an interpretative dance which
was designed by her specially for
this performance.
The University Orchestra, di-
rected by r. Smith McCorkle,
will play at both performances.
The players in "The New
Moon" are Misses Miriam Sauls,
Sarah Boyd, Flossie Foster, and
Kathleen Elmore, and M. A. Ra-
doff, Darius Miller, Pete Wilson,
Tom Capel, Walter Creech, C. p.
Dozier, Robert Harper, and
Claudius Mintz; in "A Carolina
Pierrot," Miss Nancy Battle,
Shepard Strudwick, Walter
Kelly, and John Anderson; in
"Clay," D. R. Hodgin, Miss Ell
len Melick, Martha Royster, and
Walter Spearman.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
FrOlic at the Club
Entertainment Arranged by Grum-
mans Is Exceptionally Gay

The entertainment at the
Country Club last Saturday
night, arranged by Mr.. and Mrs.
r. M. Grumman, was unusually
gay.
One number on the program
was a living checkerboard. The
board was laid out in big
squares on the floor, with men
serving as the black pieces and
the women in Pierrette costume
as the whites. S. H. Hobbs and
Mrs. Connor were the opposing
players, and at their behest the
human blockheads were showed
from square to square.
There was a relay race, a Wom-
ans team against a mans. Each
side had a suit case and an UNI
brella. The suit case contained
a raincoat. Each runner, re-
ceivihg the baggage, had to open
the suit case and put on the
raincoat, fastening every button.
The efforts at speed in this oper-
alton led to amusing confusion.
Alvin S. Wheeler's struggle with
the buttons was the high point
of the comedy.
Paradise pudding, accompani-
ed by lady fingers and coffee,
topped off the evening perfectly.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
FARMERS RAISING
HGH-BRED FOWLS
Good Profits Seen in Barred
Rocks and Rhode Island
Reds
WINGS CAREFULLY TAGGED

Hildred Ivey and Aubrey Nc
Lennon, two young men of the
Antioch section of Orange coun-
ty, who attend the White Cross
school, have ordered seven Bar
red Rock chickens-six pullets
and rooster-which will cost a.
bout SIS apiece.
These precious fowls are to
come from the hatchery of E. B.
Thompson of Armenia, N. Y, who
enjoys the reputation of being
Americas foremost breeder of
Barred Rocks.
When the chickens arrive TREY
will be put in special cages and
will receive unusually careful at
tention. The eggs will be guard
ed as though they were jewels
and, as each little Barred Rock
chick is hatched, a band bearing
a number will be clamped upon
one of its wings as a permanent
identification.
The reason for the two young
mems investment is that the
biggest poultry profits come
from what are called the "heavy
breeds" s"-Barred Rocks and
Rhode Island Reds. The hens
of these families reach a weight
of from six to eight pounds,
while the Leghorns rarely go
over four pounds.
In their new venture, Ivey and
McLennon are being aided by r.
P. Harris, agriculture teacher in
the Chapel Hill school.
"In the sale Of fowls for the
table," says Mr.. Harris, "the
big money is made out of these
heavy breeds. For egg produc-
tiOn the Leghorns are probably
the best for the farmers in this
section, but the poultrymen who
want to sell chickens for eating
purposes will do better with Bar
red Rocks and Rhode Island
Reds. The original investment
for the very best breed is high,
but the results justify the great
er first cost.
II have already about per-
suaded a farmer near Chapel Hill
to put in an order for five Rhode
Island Reds-four pullets and a
roOster-at total cost of a.
round $50, and then we will have
a chance to see what we can do
with the two choice breeds"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
Legion Supper Tonight

The Chapel Hill post of the A
merican Legion will have a sup
per in the Episcopal parish
house this (Friday) evening at
seven o'clock. All ex-service
men are urged to come. Any
body who has not yet given no.
tice of his purpose to attend the
supper should telephone Adju-
tant Charles Robertson at the
Model Market, telephone No. 1873.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
Chapel Hill Chaf

United States Supreme Court
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes,
whose 85th birthday came Mon
day, continues to smoke cigar
cites and, since he hasn't missed
a day in court since his appoint
ment in 1902, he seems to be
none the worse for it. Some
time ago l expressed, in this
column, my pleasure at seeing
elderly men indulge the cigar
cite habit. 1t gives them a
youthful, debonair aspect. Major
Cain, at II or thereabouts,
smokes 'em. And another cigar
cite smoker among our citizens
although he may count him
self a young blood as compared
with either Justice Holmes or
Major Cain-is Robert L.
Strowd.
-
Major Cain told me the other
day that l seemed bent on ad-
vertising him .as the worlds
leading movie fan. Well, l ad-
mire him for his addiction to
the films, because, when a man
of his years turns so eagerly to
an amusement unknown in his
youth, it betokens an alertness
of<mind and a freshness of out
look which mark him as what
is known as a live wire. No
mourning and moralizing about
the olden times for him! He
takes the days as they come, and
all the new ideas they bring, and
makes the best of them. Which
reminds me: Frank Graham
called me down a day or so ago
for my assessment of news
Continued on page tOar)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
Snow Came to Phipps' Rescue

Snow Came to Phipps' Rescue
l.. ]. Phipps makes no secret
of the fact that he prefers sleep
to botany. But the job had to
be done. So, when he went to
bed Wednesday night he set his
alarm clock for seven o'clock.
He was going to get up and plant
flower seeds for an hour before
breakfast. The alarm clock
went off on schedule. He looked
out of the window, and the
snowfakes we're coming down in
a cloud so thick that the sky was
completely hidden. He sank
back into blissfuI sIumber. He
says there never was a snow
storm so beautiful or SO service
able as yesterdays.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
MariOnettes Next Wednesday

Clemens Marionettes will pre-
sent "Jack and the Beanstalk, y
in four acts, in the school audi
torium next Wednesday at
$3.50 P. M. and again at $3.50 P.
M. The program will be accom-
panied by special music at both
performances. Admission, 25
and 35 cents.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
Rummage Sale March II

The women of the Methodist
church will hold a rummage sale
between r. A. Eubanks' and Ber-
mans stores Saturday, March
81. The sale begines at 10 A. M.
All contributions may be made
through Mrs. E. A. Abernethy.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
News Of the Financial World

M. E. Hogan, cashier of the
Bank of Chapel Hill, had six
of his teeth pulled out Wednes-
day.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-03-12
SaviIIe to Leave Soon

Thorndike Saville will leave
within the next few days for
Venezuela.
Evening star., 1926-11-14
Not A Sale
But A Permanent Reduction

Distinctly different from Sale, this repricing
of Lifetime Furniture is permanent. The new
low prices will remain Until the goods are sold.
The early shopper will get the choice selection.
Evening star., 1926-11-14
Eue,y Piece of Lifetime Furniture Is
N0w Priced on the NeW Lou Basis

Meeting the issue fairly and
square1y, Mayer & Co. prices
have been reduced to conform.
Every piece of Lifetime Furniture
Is marked now at a price that will
deal lightly with your purse.
Evening star., 1926-11-14
The Responsibility Of Leadership
Prompts Us to Act at Once

Washington has been taught to expect big things of
us. When there is a reduction In prices, Mayer &
Co. deeply feels its Responsibility of Leadership
and is, as always, the first to announce reductions
Evening star., 1926-11-14

Dining Suites now from SITS to 5000
Bedroom Suites now from $185 to $1,000
Karpen Living Room Suites, SITS to $1,000
Windsor Chairs now from $3.50 to SAT
Spinet Desks now from $3.50 to $235
End Tables now from $6.75 to $35
Secretary Desks now from $49+75 to $345
Console Tables now from $9.75 to $500
Telephone Sets now from $4.75 to $3.50
Individual Chairs now from $14.75 to $235
Occasional Tables now from SIS to $50
Poster Beds now from $29.75 to SIPS
Chests priced now from $19.75 to $225
Karpen Davenport Bed Suites. $225 to $3.50
Smoking Stands now from SITS to$e5
Grandfather Clocks now from $135 to $535
Nest of Tables now from $3.50 to $3.50
Living Room Cabinets now from $65 to $3.50
Seventh Street
Evening star., 1926-11-14
Prepaid
Freight;

The tremendous price reductions do
not affect our policy to prepay freight
to customers who desire out-of- town
shipments. Shipments will be prepaid
to your nearest railraod station, as is
the usual Mayer & Co. custom.
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-16

Beautifully enamelled, we'll con-
structed, will hold enough water
for a large family. Specially pric-
ed at only
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-16
Resignation of
McCluskey Is In
Governors S Hands

PHOENIX = H. S. McCIuskey,
former secretary of Governor Hunt
has resigned as a member of the
Arizona Industrial commission, it
was officially made known for the
first time Monday. The resignation
has not been accepted.
This is the status of the situa-
tion following the election Saturday
morning of r. B. Sims as chairman
of the board and the attempt on the
part Of Sims and COmmis
Burt CIigan to name McCluskey
secretary
Immediately upon the adjourn
ment of the meeting, McCluskey
wrote in longhand a brief note to
the governor. 1t read in substance
as follows:
''My Dear Governor-Kindly ac-
cept my resignation as member
of the Arizona Industrial COM
mission. Very truly yours, H. G.
McCluskey."
After packing up his personal eff
fects at the capitol, McCluskey
turned over the office keys to the
governor.
That the governor was hopeful
that Mr.. McCluskey would recon
slider his action was indicated by
his statement that he did not care
to discuss the matter except to say
that the resignation had not been
accepted.
McCluskey is said to have gone
to Los Angeles and report has it
that he is to be married shortly
Friends assert that his resignation
was premeditated as he had in
formed them that unless he was
made chairman he would quit. This
same source is authority for the
statement that McCluskey has a
good position open to him, as good
as the one he left. The salary of
the commissioner is $4,000 per an
mum and McCluskey had about five
and half years to serve.
Speculation is rife as to who will
be named McCluskey's successor in
the event that the resignation is ac-
cepted. Organized labor leaders
are said to be especially interested
in the situation, though no names
have been mentioned as possible
aspirants for the post
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-16
SHOWERS CHECK
FOREST FLAMES
NEAR FLAGSTAFF

FLAGSTAFF - Showers which
prevailed throughout the district
early Sunday morning checked the
threatened spread of a forest fire
which has burned over 1000 acres
of timber in the San Francisco
mountains, 25 miles northeast of
here.
Answering the call of assistant
forest ranger Harold Linn of the
Flagstaff district, who came here
Saturday night with request for
supplies and additional fire fight
ers, 20 men left early Sunday for
the blaze area. The services OF the
crew were dispensed with, how
ever, after the light rains had acted
10 place the flames under control.
Word was sent to the forest Of
flee that only four men are needed
now to patrol the burning area and
that no additional fires had broken
out in the district. Supervisor h.
G. Miller has been at the scene OF
the blaze.
The forest fire in the San Fran
cisco mountains has been attribut-
ed by forest officials to lightning
during thunder showers Of week
ago.
The Winslow mail., 1926-07-16
s. Cadets From LA.
Military School
VIII Visit Here

Scenic wonders around Winslow
are due to have soon new and ap-
preciative audience, on that will
stay here in body long enough to
see all points of interest, according
to word received this week by T
E. Elgin, from Lieutenant VerOnda
of the Southwest Military Academy
of Los Angeles. The lieutenant,
with thirty-fiye cadets from the
school, will arrive here this after
noon by automobile and will pitch
camp at the Bazell Motor Camp
Ground.
The cadets are on an educational
trip that is to consume two months
time, the larger part of which will
be spent visiting points of interest
in Arizona.
Mr.. Elgin has been requested by
Lieutenant Veronda to furnish in
formation concerning sights near
Winslow, and while the cadets are
here Mr.. Elgin will act as their
guide. Mr.. Elgin's nephew, Wayne
Elgin, is one of the cadets in the
party.