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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-07
ADVERTISEMENT
Distributing Reservoir

Sealed proposals for building a ten
million gallon distributing reservoir
for the Augusta (Maine) Water Dis
trict will be received at the office of
METCALF q EDDY, consulting Engi-
neers, II Beacon Street. Boston, Mass.
Standard Time May 10, 1926
The following approximate quanti-
ties will give general idea of the
amount of work to be done:-
Excavation (and Embankment)
5000 Gu. yd.
Dressing and Crossing, 500 50. yd.
Clay Blanket, 2,45O GU, yd.
Screened Gravel, $50 Gu. I'd.
Concrete, 2,340 Gu. yd.
Steel Reinforcement, 10000 Id.
Expansion Joints, 10000 lin. #.
Laying Cast-Iron Pipe and Fittings:
"a" 1000 lin. TT.
20" 20 lin. #.
II" $50 lin. #.
Bubble Paving so So yd
Each bidder shall deposit a certified
check of $1,000 and the successful
bidder shall furnish a surety bond Of
100000.
A deposit of SO is required for
plans and specifications which may be
obtained from the Augusta Water
District or at the office of Metcalf &
Eddy.
The owners reserve the right to re-
ject any and all bids and to accept any
AUGUSTA WATER DISTRICT.
Elmer E. Newbert,
Walter S. Wyman,
VIM. D. Hutchins,
Trustees.
METCALF &c EDDY,
Consulting Engineers,
Ia Beacon ST., Boston, Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-07
LOCAL NOTICE

Painting and paperhanging; ow-
ing to small overhead, we can save
you money on stock and work. f.
A. Getchell Paint Shop. So Bridge
St, Tel. S59-M.
May5d6t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul B. King were
in the city Thursday on the way to
their home in Kings Mills from Wa
terville, where they have been visit
ing friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-07

Friends in this city will be sorry
to learn that Miss Signe Casper is
very i'll at her home, 70 Capital
street, suffering from bronchial
pneumonia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-07

trict judge $4,000 instea.s
Judges of the court Of cu.,.'
would receive s12.5oo a. ssa' |
500; those Of the court !. an
500 instead OF $500 ana a eaisl|
the board Of general ann IN sneiut
900 instead of $9.00r 'pia'ssa|
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-07

Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Thompson and
Mrs. Ida c. Jones, of South China.
were callers in the city, Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-07

Rummage Sale by the Pythian
Sisters at Salvation Army Hall,
Saturday, May s, at A. NJ. Articles
may be left at the hall Friday P.
M. Nav, 8 6. Z, 8
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-07

Miss Lena Taylor, of West Sidney,
was a business caller in Augusta,
THURSDAY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-07
AUGUSTA LOCALS
Telephone Your Locals to 1877

= Carl Ballard, of Waterville, was in
the city, yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Ellis, of Oak
land. were in the city, Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-07

Gov. Ralph o. Brewster was bus
mess visitor in Portland, Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-07
Funeral of Mrs. George A. Shaw

Funeral services Of the late Mrs.
George A. Shaw were conducted at
2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the
Knowlton and Hewins funeral home
by the Rev. Charles e. Young Of the
Baptist church, Hallowell. Interment
was in the cemetery at Coombs Mills.
A meeting of the Augusta Boy
Scouts will be held at American Le-
gion Hall at 7.30 sharp this evening.
All scouts must be present.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22

To Begin Practice in Chapel Hill a
bout February lst

DIR. Calvert Toy is to enter up
on the practice of medicine in
Chapel Hill about the first of
next month.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter D. Toy, he is native of
Chapel Hill and a graduate of
the University in the class of
1920. He took his doctors de-
gree at the University of Penn
sylvania in 1923 and served as
a resident physician in the Pres
byterian Hospital in Philadel-
phia. For the last several
months he has been at DR.. Da-
vis's sanitarium in Statesville.
He Will live with his parents
in their home on West Franklin
Street.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
Venables' Family Party

The family and several rela-
tives of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
P. Venable gathered at their
home Tuesday evening for a
dinner party in honor of Mrs.
Louis Sutton, formerly Miss
Venable, who returned this week
to her home in Arkansas. Pres
ent, besides the immediate fam
lily, were Mr.. and Mrs. Don Sas-
ser, Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Cheshire,
Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Kemp P. Lewis,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Lewiss Jr.,
DR.. and Mrs. Isaac H. Manning,
Miss Mary Manning, and Miss
Alice Jones.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
Surprise for Mrs. Jordan

The members of the Stacy
Bible Class, taught by Mrs. w.
P. Jordan in the Methodist
church, sprung a surprise on her
Monday night, in celebration of
her birthday. Rev. Walter Pat
ten called her on the telephone
and told her that he wanted to
see her at the parsonage on ur-
gent business. When she walk
ed into the house the living
room was darkened, and from
the darkness, all of a sudden,
burst a song: "a Happy Birth
day Greeting" The lights were
turned on and disclosed the
Bible class as the singers. Fes-
tivities followed.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22

four years has been: In 1922,
SLAP IL; in 1923, $1.32 1-2; in
1924, $1.32 1-2; in 1925, $1.35.
Thus the town rate, while it
went up 2 1-2 cents last year, de-
creased 5 per cent in the three
years from 1922 to 1925.
The combined town and coun-
ty rate is now $3.50 on the $1O0
of assessed valuation. The
town poll tax is $3.55 and the
county poll tax is $500.
A citizen whose home is as
sessed at $4,00O-for example
pays town and county taxes of
$107.60, plus poll taxes of $5.55,
making a total of ,$113.15.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
County Tax Rate Up to $1.35;
Increase of 40 Percent in 3 Years

Citizens of Orange received
their county tax bills for 1925
from the sheriff's office in Hills
boro this week, and the air was
filled with shrill whistling sounds
signifying anguish.
For the county rate has gone
up from $1.10 on the $100 for
1924 to $1.34 on the 500 for
1925-an increase of "a cents, or
21 per cent.
In 1922 the rate was 80 cents.
Thus in three years, from 1922
to 1925, the increase was 49, per
cent.
The town rate for the last
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
Raided Many Stills
Summary of Operations of Chapel Hill
Police in Last 6 Months

The high spots in the record
of Chapel Hills police, in their
war on liquor law violators, in
the six months ended December
81, are as follows:
SO raids for liquor law viola
tions.
II complete stills captured.
107 fermenters (barrels, box
es, etc. destroyed.
1890 gallons of "beer" de-
stroyed.
1876 gallons whiskey destroyed.
IA bags of malt destroyed.
40 bags of meal captured ;
sold, and proceeds turned over
to the county school fund.
5 automobiles captured: 2
Bucks, l Flint, l Dodge, and 2
Fords. Some turned over to
mortgage holders and others
sold, as provided by law.
8 violators arrested and con-
victed.
5 violators either died or evad-
ed arrest.
A operators of stills arrested,
but acquitted in court.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
LuecO Lloyd Married
Prominent Citizen Weds Miss Alice
Andrews Very Quietly

Lueco Lloyd, former repre-
sentative of Orange county in
the legislature and one of the
county's prominent and wealthy
citizens, was married two or
three weeks ago to- Miss Alice
Andrews. This is Mr.. Lloyd's
second marriage.
The official record of the ap4
plication for a license shows the
age of the bridegroom as 62, the
age of the bride as 48, and the
residence of both as Orange
county. They are both Of the
White Cross section a few miles
west of Chapel Hill.
The marriage ceremony was
performed by Rev. B. j. Howard
of the Christian church in Chap
ell Hill. No formal announce
ment was made, and for several
days after the marriage few
people, even among Mr.. Lloyd's
acquaintenances knew about it.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
S.W. ANDREWS
NACANDIDATE
FOR CLERKSHIP
Will Run for County Office in
the Democratic Primaries
Next Summer
WAS SHERIFF SIX YEARS

S. w. Andrews, Chapel Hill
merchant and former sheriff of
Orange county, will enter the
Democratic primaries next sum-
mer as candidate for clerk of
the superior court.
1t is said that T. A. Arrasmith,
now mayor of Hillsboro, may op-
pose him for the nomination, but
no definite announcement of his
candidacy has been made.
Mr.. Andrews was born in Or
ange county, about eight miles
west of Chapel Hill, 81 years ago.
He was elected sheriff on his
4Oth birthday in 1904,sand was
reelected in 1906 and 1908. At
the end of his third term he
withdrew from the office with
out again offering himself as a
candidate.
His acquaintance in the
county, extended beyond his own
neighborhood by his six years
service as sheriff, will undoubt-
edly give him a strong following
in the contest this year.
Charles Strayhorn is the pres
ent clerk of the court, but his
health failed a year or so ago
and the place has been filled by
a deputy, Miss Milloway. Mr..
Strayhorn has been clerk for a.
bout Is years. His predecessor
was Major Hamilton, father of
j. G. deRoulhac Hamilton, pro-
fessor in the University.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
Chi Omega Initiates

The Chi Omega, women's fra
ternity in the University, initial
ed Saturday night Miss Eliza
beth Calvert and Miss Augusta
Andrews of Raleigh, Miss Mar
garet Bridgers of Tarboro, and
Miss Ethel Crewe of Pleasant
Hill. Visiting members of Chi
Omega were Misses Mae and
Kate Culpepper of Georgia, Miss
Annie Leo Graham of Durham,
Miss Genevieve MacMillen of
Winston Salem, Miss Annie
Lou Renfrow of Charlotte, and
Miss Annie Laurie Weir of Geor-
gia.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
By Hearse to Durham
University Students Adopt Novel
Method of Travel

University students standing
along the main street of Chapel
Hill, hailing automobiles to beg
free rides to Durham-this has
become a familiar sight within
the last year or so, and the prac-
tice has caused not a little un-
favorable comment.
Last Friday Mrs. r. S. Mac
Rae, standing on her front porch,
saw a hearse come down the
street, bound for Durham. Just
In front of her house the hand
signals of a group of students
brought it to halt. The young
men parleyed a minute or two
with the driver, and then they
climbed inside the hearse-five
or six of them. However, it is not
certain that their travel was
free. 1t might have been at a
reduction from the regular bus
rate; or, for the sake of the
novelty, the students may have
agreed to pay the standard fee.
Perhaps the bus line, which has
a franchise from the state, will
complain of illegal competition
and put an end to hearse passen-
ger service between the two
towns.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
Bynum Supplied the Pig


The mems Bible class of the
Baptist church divided into two
teams in a campaign for new
members. 1t was agreed that
the team that enrolled the larg-
er number of members was en-
titled to a barbecue to be sup
piled by the other. Clyde An
drews' group won, and so the
group captained by S. w. By
mum set 'em up to fine feast
in the social rooms of the church
the other night.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
Playmaker Reading Sunday

The monthly Playmaker read
ing for January will be given
next Sunday evening at half
past eight o'clock in the Play
makers Theatre by Anne Ma
jette Grant. She will read a
modern Spanish play, "The
Fountain of YOUTH" by Alvarez
Quinteros. The two Harvard
plays, ''The Playroom" and
Torches" read by Mrs. Grant
last year, delighted her audience.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
Chapel Hill Chaf

In another column is a report
Of the arrest of several citizens,
in the fire company's headquar-
ters, on a charge of gambling.
Well, suppose playing with dice
and laying wagers in a game of
setback are terrible crimes, and
of course the police must en-
force the law. l don't know how
many of the ten citizens arrest
ed were members of the fire
company; but if they all were
and if they were playing for
stakes, which they deny-I am
criminal enough to say that the
willingness of the volunteer fire
men to get out of their beds on
cold nights to answer alarms
makes up, to me, for a powerful
lot O craps and setback. But l
venture this suggestion: don't
select the municipal building for
your party next time.
Some time ago l described
Robert L. Strowd and Doctor
Kluttz as constituting Chapel
Hills leisure class. Recently
friends of mine have told me
that | should have included
other citizens in this fortunate
company. These have been NOM
mated for membership: Isaac w.
Pritchard, Thomas H. Raney,
Moody Durham, and Jug Whit
aker. Of course there might be
some argument as to how much
freedom from toll a man must
enjoy to qualify him for the
leisure class. Ny Interpretation
is that he doesn't have to be en-
tirely free. For example, Doc
tor Kluttz and Mr.. Strowd have
the task of collecting rents and
endorsing interest checks-a
task that MAY be arduous while
it lasts but is not prolonged. |
rather think that Major Cain
should be in the list. He spends
considerable time at his mathe-
matical researches, but he
doesn't have to-he can go off
on a fishing trip whenever he
likes and has all the hours he
wants for the moving pictures.
Mr.. Pritchard, when | told him
he had been proposed for men,
bership, said he couldn't qualify,
Continued an page fot~)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
POLICE, HEARING
NOISE LIKE DICE,
BREAK UPPARTY
Fire Headquarters Is Scene of
Merrymaking; 10 Citizens
Are Arrested
DENY CHARGE, ACQUITTED

1t must have come near break
ing the heart of Mayor Rober-
son, as owner of the Pickwick, to
have to put on a rival show in his
own office Monday night, admis-
sion absolutely free, and lure a
great proportion of the popu-
lace away from the moving pic
lures. But not even Charlie
Chaplin or Douglas Fairbanks
could have got the crowd to the
films this time.
The occasion was the trial of
ten citizens arrested on a charge
of gambling. And this was what
came out in the testimony:
Policeman Mack Williams, go
ing his rounds after the hour of
twelve Saturday night, saw
lights in the fire company head
quarters-the room just above
the fire engine in Chapel Hills
municipal building at Rosemary
and Columbia streets. Coming
closer, he heard noises that
sounded very much like the jubi-
liant rattle of dice, and now and
again words that he was sure
pertained to games of chance.
He went away and summoned
Chief Featherstone, and then
they both returned The SUSPECT
Gus sounds continued. The two
officers went quietly up the
steps and tried the door to the
fire company room. 1t was locked.
So the chief put his shoulder to
it and pushed it open.
At a table, playing a decorous
game of setback, were Troy
Herndon, w. V. Stewart, George
Sparrow, and George Hellan.
There were no evidences of
gambling in sight, but Chief
Featherstone testified that a
minute or two later he discover
ed a dollar bill under a calendar
on the table. Other men in the
room, not at the table, were A.
H. Koonce, Jr., J. E. Temple,
Dewey Pendergrass, Henry Nc
Donald, and Dallas McLennon;
and Charlie Pickard was just E.
merging from a bath in the fire.
mems shower.
Warrants were sworn out for
all ten, and it was in answer to
these warrants that they appear
ed for trial before the Mayor
Monday night.
None of them claimed the
privilege of not testifying, and
they all declared that they had
not been gambling. So the
Mayor dismissed the charge,
with the reservation that he
would reopen the case if more
evidence should be forthcoming.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
Graduate Club Meets Tonight

The Graduate Club of the Uni
versity will meet this evening
friday at half past seven
o'clock in the Episcopal parish
house. Recent researches in the
natural and social sciences and
the modern languages will be dis
cussed, under the leadership Of
S. C. Ogburn, Miss Katherine
Jocher, and S. A. Stoudemire.
Refreshments will be served.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
Price Starts New Paper

R. E.JPrice, University alum
nus of the class of 1918, who
was here attending the News
paper Institute last week, has
established a new weekly news
paper in Rutherfordton Its
name is the Rutherford County
News. Mr.. Price has been edi-
tor of the Rutherford Sun for
seven years. This has been ac-
quired by a man from Philadel-
phiR.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
Plays March II, IL, 13

The plays for the Carolina
Playmakers winter quarter pro-
gram have been chosen. They
are "Carolina Romance" by
William Macmillan; "Clay," by
David Hodgin; and "The New
Moon," by Telfair Peet. Three
performances will be given:
Thursday, Friday, and Satur-
day, March II, IL and 13.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
MacMiIIen Here Monday Night

Francis MacMillen, considered
by many critics the greatest of
American violinists, will give a
recital in Memorial Hall Monday
evening. at half past eight
o'clock. Included in the pro-
gram are Mr.. MacMilIen's own
"Barcarole," and compositions
by Pugnani-Kreisler, Lalo, Win
throp Cortelyou, Edna Gussen,
Saint-Saens, Schubert -Wilhelmj,
Rust, and Wieniawski.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
B. Y. p. U. in Session

The annual training school of
the Baptist Young Peoples
Union is being held in Chapel
Hill this week, with 60 in at
tendance. The meetings close
this (Friday) evening with ex-
aminations and commencement
exercises.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
Literary Group Meeting

The Literary Department of
the Community Club will meet
next Tuesday night at half past
seven o'clock, in the Episcopal
parish house. Miss Cornelia
Love will review Francis L. Well
mans book, Gentlemen of the
Jury" and a short story will be
read by Mrs. Frank T. Thomp-
son.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
The Chapel Hill Of
the Old Days Z

(This is the second instaIIment of
the "reminiscences of Peter M. Wilson,
who entered the University here in
1865. He moved from North Carolina
to Washington and was Chief Clerk
of the United States Senate in the
Democratic administration. He is in
his 18th year,
The English schools had a system
of tagging, which carried with it
sort of menial meaning; the military
and classical schools had a kinl of
purgatory called hazing; bit Chapel
Hill had a system of deviling, that
is to say, roasting we'll and rubbing
in cayenne pepper. A freshman lad
to go through this ordeal. FIe was
made the butt of countless jokes,
~teased until he was sore, and SUBJ
jected to many small indignities, such
as being made to enter the Chapel
through the back doorway in order to
get the religious sustenance to which
he was entitled. The rules for fresh
men were invented, of course, by the
sophomores, of whom DIR. James
Phillips, dean of the faculty onceare-
marked, 81 do not know of a more
disagreeable human being than six
weeks sophomore" One of these
rules forbade any freshman to enter
Chapel unless he had on a coat; if
he were so juvenile as still to wear
Jackets" then he was too young for
college, the sophomores held. George
Winston and l were about the small
est boys in the freshman class and
we neither of us possessed an adult
coat. In the postwar state of our
family finances it was obviously i'm
possible for US to acquire such coats.
SO we put our heads together and
finally evolved a scheme. The fac
ulty required that We attend chapel;
the sophomores forbade our attend
ance in jackets without tails. So we
pinned towels to our jackets and with
these long white tails hanging be
hind us, we went to our devotions.
George Winston has served as presi-
dent of three colleges since those far
off days But to whatever dignities
he has attained, he can never have
achieved greater solemnity than he
wore as he discreetly entered the
backdoor of chapel with towel flap
ping behind him.
During my pilgrimage through the
lower classes | never saw a game
of cards played for amusement.
There may have been some gambling
but never saw it, and as | came
from a community where it was not
only a pastime but too often pro-
fession, | think | would have recog-
nized it.
There was some drinking but no
drunkenness. | certainly cannot re-
call seeing students so far gone as
not to be able to plumb the middle
of the road-that famous test of
sobriety instituted by one of North
Cardinals great chief justices. At
the night suppers of course there was
convivial drinking. We read of rare
Falernian in our Horace and we
sought a similar exaltation of spirit
Continued on page three)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
Will Debate School Tax

The query for the high school
debates next spring is: Resolved,
that North Carolina should levy
a state tax on property to aid
in the support of an eight
school term.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
Silver Tea in CarrbOrO

The Ladies' Aid of the Carr
boro Methodist church will have
a silver tea at the parsonage Sat
urday, January 80, from two to
five o'clock.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
Clubs Annual Meeting

The Country Club viii! hold
its annual meeting tomorrow
Saturday evening at half past
seven o'clock The election of
officers and the transaction of
other business will be followed
by dancing with an orchestra.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22
PearsOns in Allen House

H. L. Pearson of Durham, who
is in the farm advertising busi-
ness, has rented the house of B.
S.. Allen at 2O6 Short street and
is living there with his mother.
The Aliens have taken rooms in
a boarding house nearby.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-22

The town rate for the last