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The Washington times., 1926-08-26
,LOOK1NGEM OVER
With LouisAD on$her
THAT saTHIRD MAJOR LEAGUE"

GAIN crops up plans hird major league and
argument in the world for its
failure before it starts There be third major league
until there players enough.
far as we have gone' promoters quoted
saying that going to have great
getting necessary capital finance club in the
league" mn. !,
foshy believe they finance the
when is players that the fans want
stock market pungrs with ability to finance
The Washington times., 1926-08-26
JACK Goes
INDOORS
By Sid Mercer

ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. 2S.-M'
though Jack Dempsey was com.
PEELED by<rainy weather to start his
training here indoors, he went to
work on . new set Of sparring
partners yesterday, happy IN the
thought that he was tree g last
from official interference.
The New Jersey Boxing Com
mission has given the champion
free reign here. This commission Il
a one.man affair, consisting OF
Newton X. Bugbee, chairman ana
also. the whole works. Before get.
ting Dempsey started here. Gene
Normile, his managing director.
| applied to Bugbee Tor - license.
which was promptly Forthcoming.
mr.. Dempsey not only can have
boxers license" Bugbee wrote.
but he Il free to give any exhibi.
ton and charge admission.
It has< been planned for the
champion TO open mp at the DOG
track, where the ring was com.
ilOWnpOur, that continued III day.
forced change in the program.
Dempsey went to the Eiks' Club
at 3 o'clock, and did his stuff In q
gymnasium that was too small 20
hold q crowd. Only Newspaper
men were admitted.
After the workout Jack went back
] to the Ambassador Hotel and pax.
| ed up to move. Last night he and
Mrs. Dempsey were installed In a
lpretty little cottage at No. eos
/, Florence Avenue, West Atlantic
City. This Ii quiet spot and
some distance from the boardwalk.
The Dempseys, trainer Jerry Lu.
vadis and cook and maid win b.
the only occupants. The cottage
Is guarded day and night to keep
the cranks and pests dt q distance.
Mike Trant, Chicago detective, was
due today TO help out Fred Tap.
scott, another Chicago officer, who
has been with Dempsey for. the
last few weeks.
TRant IL an old friend 81 the
| champions and has been his train.
ing camp buddy for several years.
Mrs. Dempsey probably win leave
for California In 3 few days %
resume motion picture work, and
Trant and TapscOtt win then
move In with Dempsey &c the
| cottage.
Jack win do his boxing at tbs
dog track on clear days and 1t thc
Elks Club on rainy days. He ID not
concerned with the size Of the
Gate" at the dog track.
The Washington times., 1926-08-26

"To get back to the original
subject: Charley Gehringer Is
about third among the second
The Washington times., 1926-08-26

"Would it be out Of place TO
bring to your attention the
name of Charley Gehringer. the
21-year-old youth who is doing
a capable and neat job of Sec
ond-basipg for the Detroit
Tigers? have seen every
team in the American League
play this year, and, outside of
Lazarri with the Yankees, there
is no other young infielder just
breaking in that approaches
this mere boy Of Cobb's.
"And Charley did not cost
the pretty penny that the Yanks
paid for the Italian. One Of
Tvs scouts picked him up on
some sand lot and sent him to
DETROIT, where he was given his
instructions in a spring train
ing camp by the fiery manager
Of the Tigers and sent to
Toronto for seasoning.
Just another product like
Heilmann, Fothergill, Manush,
BasSler, Blue, Whitehill, Taven-
er and the others that Cobb has
fashioned into ball players
where others had fallen down
at the task!
".Jenninps sent Blue to the
minors as not good enough for
the big leagues, yet Cobb, IN
his first season at the helm of
the Tigers, recalled him. and
sent q mediocre first baseman
named Heilmann, who Jen-
nings had holding down the
first sack, into right field,
where he developed into one of
the stars Of the game. Blue
then became one Of the rank
ing first basemen in the big
leagues. Yet with it all they
saw this man Cobb is not a big
league manager. But can they
answer this question? How
many managers could develop
the powerful outfit that Ty has
fashioned? It seems the others
have to 20 out and buy their
stars ready-made.
ITO get back to the original
subject: Charley Gehringer Is
about third among the second
The Washington times., 1926-08-26

Tt hae~ been planned for the
champion to open MP at the dog
track, where the ring was com.
pIeted yesterday, but q steady
tlOwnpOur, that continued 81 day,
forced q change in the program.
The Washington times., 1926-08-26

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
Brooklyn. 2; Pittsburgh, 1.
New York, 2; Cincinnati, ].
Chicago, 3; Philadelphia. 2.
st. Louis. d Boston, 3 III inningO.
TODAY'S GAMES
New York Mt Pittsburgh,
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Boston at Chicago
The Washington times., 1926-08-26

The highest seasons batting
average in the history OF the big
leagues IL 400, made by Tip"
O'Neil in 1887. while playing with
the st. Louis Browns.
The Washington times., 1926-08-26
Cubs Take Il

The Chicago Cubs capped their
series with the Phillies in fitting
style by emerging victorious in the
third meeting to make a clean
sweep of the affair. The score was
70 2
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
Pickett Auction Wednesday

The big tract of wooded land
known as the Sanford Pickett
estate, about half way between
Chapel Hill and Durham, will be
sold off in lots, at auction, next
Wednesday morning, April Fl,
This is the real beginning of the
auction season in the neighbor-
hood of Chapel Hill, and a big
crowd is expected. The Durham
Auction Company is conducting
the sale, and j. Franklin Bar
field, the auctioneer, will have
his band to provide music and
his expert cooks to serve Bruins
wick stew free to all comers.
The Pickett land lies on both
sides of the Chapel Hill-Durham
highway, at the Durham end of
the midway bridge.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
MacNider in Overalls

Coming back from his trip to
Greenville, S. c., where he went
to read paper before medi-
cal society, DR.. William de B.
MacNider plunged recklessly in
to his gardening. And when he
needed seeds or something else
uptown he was not willing to
waste time changing from gar
den dress to street dress. So
it was that passers-by on the
main street last week saw him
halt opposite the Presidents
House for. a moments conversa-
tion with Mrs. Drew Patterson
she attired in the latest New
York fashion. he in aged and
streaked overalls.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
Church Nearly Ready
MethOdists Open New Building at Dis
trict Conference in May

Rev. Walter Patten expects
that the district conference next
month will be the occasion of
the formal opening of the new
Methodist church. BUT the east
wing-which eventually is to be
the central part of the building
will probably be used for Sun
day school classes Sunday after
next-April 25.
All the structural work has
been done, and the painting, and
the installation of the water
pipes and heating plant. There
are a few odds and ends still to
be attended to, such as electrical
connections, and the auditorium
seats and the other furniture are
not yet in.
The doors have been open for
several days and citizens of the
village have availed themselves
of the opportunity to see the in
side lof the building which, for
months, has been so greatly ad-
mireAon the outside. And every
body Is pleased to see simplicity
and dignity maintained through
out.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
STATE OFFERS TO
OIL SURFACE OF
FRANKLIN STREET
This Is a Valuable Feature
of Towns Projected
improvements
ALDERMEN APPROVE PLAN

Since west Franklin street in
Chapel Hill forms part of the
state highway leading to Hills
boro, the highway commission
will oil the street after it has
been reconstructed according to
the plan approved by the board
of aldermen Monday evening.
This oiling, which is the states
contribution to the improve
ment, will be Of great value in
eliminating dust. Not only will
| it make travel over the stretch
more agreeable, But it will en-
able the town to keep in better
candition the grass strip down
the middle.
There is now available kind
of oil which lays the dust with
out making the surface sticky
and without filling the air with
greasy particles damaging to
cars. clothes, and lungs.
At their meeting Monday eve
ming the aldermen approved the
general Improvement project
recommended by the committee
composed of G. M. Brame, M.
E. Hogan, and B. S. Williams.
This project embraces:
! l. The planting of a grass
strip IA feet wide in the middle
of west Franklin street and the
building. of two roadways. on
the sides of the grass, each road
way being 20 feet wide; the con-
struction of curbs and cutters on
the outer edges of these two
roadways;, and the construction
of curbs without cutters be-
tween the grass and each road
way.
2. Paved sidewalks on the
business block of Franklin
street.
3. Paved sidewalks, 5 feet
wide, on the two blocks Of Col
umbia street from the Carolina
Inn down to Fire Headquarters.
a. A curb-to-curb pavement
on the short block of Columbia
street between Franklin street
and Fire Headquarters.
CONTINUED on Page fo~r)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
Organ Recital Sunday
Mr.. Thompson of the N. c. c. w. Will
Play in Episcopal Church

George M. Thompson, head of
the organ department of the
North Carolina College for Wo-
men, will give a recital in the
Episcopal church at five o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
Of a recent performance of
his the Greensboro News said !:
"By the great beauty of phras-
ing, pure precision of chord and
pedal playing, and brilliance of
his prestissimo passages, Mr..
Thompson delighted his listen
ers with each succeeding num-
Der. He was universally ac-
claimed an organist of genius,
as his interpretative playing
brought out all the warmth of
color, dignity, religious feeling
or dramatic quality that the con-
tent of each number required" "
The program for Sunday in
cludes Pietro Yon's Hymn of
Glory" dedicated to the Ameri-
can Legion; Mcfarlane's eve
ming Bells and Cradle Song"
Kreisler's Cradle Song; and
Tschaikowsky's dance of the
Flutes"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
New Fraternity Court
Zeta Psis, Kappa Sigmas, and Kappa
Alphas on Cameron Avenue

Three fraternities-the Zeta
Psi, the Kappa Alpha, and the
Kappa Sigma have bought,
jointly, the Wallace Patterson
place On Cameron avenue and
will build their new houses on
it. They will create a court
similar to the fraternity court
on Columbia street, except that
here there will be three houses
instead of five.
The Zeta Psis' will be the cen
trail structure, set back from
and facing the avenue, just a.
bout where the Patterson house
now stands. The Kappa Sig
mas and the Kappa Alphas will
construct their houses to face
open space in the middle, with
the ends toward the avenue
Arthur C. Nash is designing the
Zeta Psi house.
1t is understood that the price
paid to Mr.. Patterson for. his
property was $4,000.
This place is'known to Chape
Hillians of a former generation
as the Harris home. Mrs. Sally
Harris, with her sons Tom, Ike
and Fred, and her daughters
Miss Lizzie (now Mrs. Foust)
and Miss Mary (now Mrs. Rob
ertson) lived there for many
years.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
Sewer for Negro Section

Through joint action of the
University and the village, a
sewer is to be built for the ne
gro section out along Church
street. The University has ar
ranged to put into service a new
and ample water line and the
town is to build the sewer. Town
Manager Knox said yesterday
that, when this job was done,
Chapel Hill would be "ninety-fve
per cent. severed"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
EGGS BRINGING IN.
A GOOD REVENUE
TO THE FARMERS
Proper Care ad Feeding Earn
"A Handsome Profit for
POuItrymen
KEEP REGULAR RECORDS

The campaign for the better
care and feeding of chickens,
which has been carried on for
the last two or three years by
the agriculture teachers in the
Chapel Hill school, has begun to
show results in the good profits
earned by the farmers from the
sale of eggs.
Here is one example: Alex
McIyer, of the Bethlehem church
section, about IL miles west of
here, has earned $500 in six
months from the eggs laid by
about $40 hens. This is at the
rate of $50 a month for 100
hens.
In the month of February
Malcolm Blackwood reported a
profit of $68.37 from $50 hens,
or at the rate of $45.58 to the
100 hens. Some of the other
men reporting profits for that
same month are: Jim Hawkins,
$28.24 from 100 hens; John
Hawkins, $25.15 from 1O4 hens; !;
Walter Hawkins, $30.52 from
1O8 hens; Tom Riley, $25.13
from 80 hens; Walter Lloyd,
$17.12 from Sc hens; Sam Ray,
$47.16 from 1873 hens; Charlie
Stanford, $27.45 from 100 hens !;
d. S. Walker, $46.85 from 100
hens; S. E. Teer, $41.O4 from
18O hens.
Of course prices vary great
deal during the year, but the
agriculture teachers, r. P. Har-
ris and G. H. Singleton, say that
a poultryman who cares for and
feeds his flock properly should
not have any trouble making an
average profit, through all sea-
sons, of $25 a month for each
100 hens.
One of the important features
of the better-poultry campaign
has been the regular keeping of
records by the farmers. There
are now 26 men who keep track
of the cost of feed and the a.
mount received from sales, and
who send in a report to Mr.. Har-
ris and Mr.. Singleton at the end
of every month. These reports
are combined and tabulated,
and a mimeograph sheet is is
sued monthly, showing what
CONTINUED on page foHr)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
Photo Experts Organize
r. W. FOister is Chairman of COn-
mittee of Master Finishers

Robert w. Foister has been
appointed chairman of the COM
mittee which will organize the
North Carolina Division of the
Master Photo Finishers of A
merica.
The initial meeting, the pur-
pose of which was to perfect the
organization plans, was held
last night (Thursday) at the o.
Henry Hotel in Greensboro. AL
though Mr. Foister took the lead
ing part in arranging this affair,
the printed program shows that
he did not put himself down for
a speech. Doubtless his motto,
with regard to such occasions, is:
"Say it with photos; and, very
likely, he will be prepared within
a day or two to distribute flash
lights Of the feast.
Charles A. Farrell bade the
photo fnishers a welcome on be-
half of the city of Greensboro.
Moss A. Plunkett discussed con-
ditions in the photo-fnishing
trade. A. A. Odom of Green
Vile, S. C. had as his subject:
What North Carolina Photo
Finishers Can Expect from Or
ganization and Cooperation"
An open forum, after the ban
quet, was conducted by w. G.
Jenkins of Norfolk, Va.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
Chapel Hill Chdf

There are many good ideas
expressed in the new Methodist
church, but what like best of
all is the brick-paved walk that
runs from the campus to the
street through the east wing.
Although for forty or fifty feet
this walk is a corridor of the
building itself, all day and un-
til late in the evening it is to
be a public thoroughfare. At
each end of the corridor are
great oaken> doors, but these will
not be closed until the pastors
assistant, who has a room up
stairs, goes to bed at night; and
he will open them again early
in the morning. / acclaim. this
as real service and hospitality.
Moreover, this walk, and the
two court-yards through which
it runs, and the iron fences and
gateways, strike me as a fine
architectural achievement.
Often, passing along Cameron
avenue beyond the old Patter-
son place, ! have admired the
Ben Pritchard lawn. Day be-
fore yesterday I stopped and
examined it carefully, and /
make bold to say that it is the
nearest perfect of all the lawns
in Chapel Hill. Which is un-
derstandable enough if you hear
the owners father tell, as he
told me this week, of all the
Continued on page four
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
The Schools of Orange
Seven Brick Buildings Put up since
1922; 26 Auto Buses

Within the last three years
seven public school buildings, to
the total value of $152, 900, have
been erected by Orange county,
They are brick structures and
embody the latest ideas in sani-
tation and the arrangement of
rooms.
These are what are known as
consolidated schoets"; that is,
they have made possible the a
abandonment of smaller inferior
schools, and receive pupils
brought from a distance on au-
tomobile busses.
Twenty-four busses are now
operated by the county. All of
them, despite the bad condition
of many of the roads, managed
to make their circuits regularly
during the winter.
The seven schools built since
1922 are:
White Cross, Bingham town.
ship; cost, $4,000; five teach
ers.
Orange Grove, Bingham town
ship; cost, $4,000; three teach
ers. The consolidation here is
not yet completed; more teach
ers are to be added. '
Efland, Cheeks township
cost, 100000; six teachers
three years of high school work.
Aycock, Cedar Grove town
ship; cost, $4,000; eight teach
ers; an accredited high school.
Murphey, Emo township; cost,
$4,000; five teachers.
Caldwell, Little River town
ship; cost, $4,000; five teachers.
Orange County Training
School (negro), Chapel Hill. The
county put $4,000 into this
building, and approximately the
same amount was raised from
other sources.
The county now has 16' one
teacher schools; last year it had
26.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
County Democrats Meet
Convention Set for the oath; Precinct
Gatherings Tomorrow

Noon on Saturday, April "a
one week from tomorrow-has
been fixed as the time for the
opening of the Orange County
Democratic Convention. The
delegates will gather in the
court house in Hillsboro.
A. H. Graham, chairman of
the county committee, has is
sued the announcement that the
Democratic precinct meetings
will be held at 3 p. M. tomorrow
Saturday, April II. At each
of these meetings five members
of the Democratic precinct COM
mittee are chosen, and the chair
man of this committee becomes a
member of the county executive
committee. The precinct meet
ing will also choose delegates to
the county convention to be held
April "a.
The main business of the coun-
ty convention will be to perfect
the Democratic county organi-
zation and to select delegates to
the state convention scheduled
for Thursday, April 20, in Ra-
leigh.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
DIR. Howard Patterson Leaves

DR.. Howard Patterson, who
was here with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. H. Patterson, for
the Easter holidays, went back
to New York early this week.
He is now a member of the sur
gical staff of Roosevelt Hospital.
His sister, Mrs. Sam Fisher, has
returned to her home in Ashe-
vile. :.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
DeBussy This Afternoon

DeBussy is the subject at
the seasons final meeting of the
music department. of the Com.
munity Club at Mrs. p. II. Win
ston's home this (Friday) af.
ternoon at four o'clock. Mrs
Winston and Mrs. Wheeler will
play and Mrs. Wettach will
sing. -9--'
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
To Give Play in French
Playmakers to Present Moliere Com
edy, lie Malade Imaginaire'

The next venture of the Caro-
lima Playmakers will be to pre-
sent a Moliere comedy in the
original French. 1t is lie NAL
ade Imaginaire," the last play
in which the great author-acton
himself appeared.
U. T. Holmes of the French
faculty in the University is to
direct the production and to as
sumo the title role, first played
by Moliere about $50 years ago.
F. ]. Haronian is another fac
ulty member who will be in the
cast. The. rest of the players,
probably, will be students, Sc
lected from those who have been
most successful in conversation
in the French classes.
Two performances of the COM
edy will be given on successive
nights, some time in May.
The Carolina Playmakers' final
production of the year, late in
May, will be Rostand's '"The Ro-
mancers," a fantastic comedy.
This will be presented in the For
est Theatre in Battles Park.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
McCauley Is Commissioner

John A. McCauley of Emo
township has been appointed
commissioner to succeed Ralph
Ward, who recently moved a
way from Orange. J. d. Webb
of Chapel Hill is now chairman
of the board.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
Dog Ordinance Amended

The board of aldermen amend
ed this week the dog-control or
dinance. Dogs on the street do
not now have to be muzzled and
also to be in leash; if they are
muzzled, that is sufficient.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
w. G. Everett's Visit

Walter Goodnow Everett of
Brown University spoke Tues
day night in the Episcopal par
ish house on "The Philosophy
Of Tragedy" Wednesday after
noon Mrs. Chase entertained at
tea Mr.. and Mrs. Everett, Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert of Durham, and
Mr.. Peacock of Raleigh.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
Club Dance Monday Night

Some of, the younger members
of the Country Club are giving a
dance Monday evening, and all
members of the club are invited.
There is to be a formal bridge
party tomorrow Saturday
evening.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
Mrs. KIuttZ at Waldorf

Mrs. Kluttz spent several
days recently at the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel in New York. She
was accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. Creech of GoldsborO.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
Miss Pritchard Engaged

Mr.. and Mrs. |. w. Pritchard
have announced the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Vera
Pritchard, to Captain st. Julian
l.. Springs of Smithfeld. The
marriage will take place in the
fall.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
This Makes Us C-Sick

Passage from the Tar Heels
report of the West Virginia-C Car
olina debate: The judges were
Prof C. C. Cunningham, Prof. C.
c. Haworth, and Prof. c. C. Tay-
lOr.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-04-16
Mr.. Chase Speaks Sunday

President Chase will speak in
the Episcopal church on "Reli-
gion and Education" at half past
seven o'clock Sunday evening.
The public is invited. =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-06
MANY MORE WITNESSES
TO BE EXAMINED IN
CONNECTION WITH
THE CASE


The coroner's jury empaneled
BY Justice Of the Pesce Rogelio
Gomez to investigate the death of
John Ranger. the young man who
was shot Sunday. died Friday and
VIII be buried at 4 o'clock this af-
ternoon, held short session yes
terday, viewed the body and ad-
journed until IL o'clock this
morning.
There are six or eight witnesses
to be examined and il is expected
that the inquiry vii consume the
entire afternoon and perhaps ex-
tend into Monday.
II the eoronsr's jury finds Ar
thur Baker guilty of the killing,
he win be held pending indictment
by the grand jury ard trial At tbs
next term Of the criminal court.
He is also entitled 70 a prelimin.
ary hearing before = justice Of ths
peace. officers Of The law state
but he can waive that Il he feeis
that il would be ~ his interest ts
DO 50.