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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01
My Marine Grows Restless as He Reads of China

The person whom l call My
Marine seems to me to be get.
ting a little restless. In his
eyes and his movements, just af.
ter he has been reading about
the doings of the United States
Marines in China, | believe / de-
tect signs of the wanderlust.
A month or so ago asked E.
E. Peacock, of the faculty of the
University's school of commerce,
to send me a student to do a
few hours of bookkeeping every
week. And he sent w. E. Spar
ger. Mr. Sparger went straight
to the job and I didn't hear
more than twenty words from
him in that many days. Then,
in a chance conversation, found
out that he had done service
with the Marines. He was with
the regiment that was making
ready to move on Metz when the
Armistice came, and later he
was in Chinese waters-the
same waters in which the Brit
ish and American warships are
now operating.
When his term of enlistment
ran out he returned to his home
in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, and
now he is here in the school of
commerce.
The other afternoon, after he
had completed his bookkeeping
stint, ! discovered him labori-
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01
POtters Going Abroad
To Sail June 20; viii Return for
Fall Term of 1928

<4Mr. and Mrs. Russell Potter
are going to spend a year in
Paris. Mr.. Potter has received
one of the eleven American Field
Service fellowships administered
by the Institute for Internation-
al Education. These fellowships
were founded after the World
War for the purpose of encour-
aging the interchange of schol-
ars among the nations of the
world.
After leaving Chapel Hill at
the end Of the spring quarter,
Mrs. Potter will go to visit her
family in Denver while her hus-
band goes to Indiana. On the
way back east she will join him
and they will go on to New York
and sail for Europe June 20.
The leave of absence expires in
the fall of 1928 and Mr.. Potter
will then resume his teaching
here. He is in the English de-
partment and his speciality is
Elizabethan drama.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01
Book Sales Mounting
Last Weeks Harvest was $l0S.O5
Business Steadily Increasing

Last week was the Bulls Head
Bookshop's best week yet. The
sales amounted to $108.05. There
has been a steady increase in
patronage; the weekly average
from February Is to March 8
was under $50. The total amount
taken in, since the shop was
opened February Is, is $361.98.
Howard M. Jones, who con-
ducts the Bulls Head, says that
the overwhelming majority of
purchasers are students; sec
ond, the faculty; third, the peo-
pie outside the University.
The number of books sold in
each classification is: Modern
Library, 46; Everyman's Lii
hrary, 81; Fiction, 43; Drama,
%; Poetry, 33; Non-fiction, 35,
But the Modern Library and
Everyman's Library include
some fiction. Sales of poetry
have been stimulated by the in
PRODUCTION of the 25-cent Pam
phlet Poets. Carl Sandburg is
the most popular poet.
Lewis's Elmer Gdntry, Err
skine's Helen of Troy and Gal
ahad, Newman's Hard-Boiled
Virgin have been in considerable
demand. The newest books by
Galsworthy, Struthers Burt,
Sherwood Anderson, Carl Van
Vechten, Edna Ferber, Ellen
Glasgow, and Julian Peterkin
have not gone very well.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01

Women Inquiring into Record of Rep.
resentatives of This District

The women of Chapel Hill are
inquiring into the voting records
of the representatives in the leg
islature from this district. The
Community Clubs legislative
committee wrote to Mrs. r. w.
Bost of Raleigh for a report on
how Senators Horton and Ray
and Representative Graham vot-
ed on the measures favored by
the women's organizations, and
Mrs. Bost has replied. in part, as
follows:
Your representative, Mr..
Graham of Hillsboro, voted
against the Australian ballot.
We think he favored the indus
trial school for colored girls at
Efland, and also the farm col,
ony for colored women. am
sure also he voted for the child
labor measure. Senator Ray
voted against the child labor bill,
as did the other senator from
that district, Mr., Horton. They
did not get a chance to vote on
the Australian ballot, as it new
er reached the senate. AS there
was no record vote on the Eff
land school or the farm colony, |
do not know how they stood on
those bills"
At the legislative committees
meeting at Mrs. Registers Mon
day a resolution was adopted di-
recting the secretary, Mrs. A.
w. Hobbs, to write to each of the
representatives from this dis
trict and ask for statements of
their attitude on the so-called
"women's bills"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01
Chapel Hill Chaf

An investigator of rural
schools in the state of New York
has this, among other things,
to say about them: "The build
ings are small, dirty, and ill
equipped; the administrations
are unintelligent-- and made
quate; the teachers are incom-
petent and under=paid." If /
hadn't seen Ed Knight on the
street here in Chapel Hill the
same day read this, l would
have felt sure he had left North
Carolina and gone to work in
New York.
Chapel Hill is getting to be
the meetin'est place ever. This
is due largely to establishment
of the Carolina Inn. Before it
was put the village afforded
little or no accommodation
for visitors; now they cam be
quartered comfortably and in
large numbers. 1t seems that
almost every week some sort of
convention is in progress. The
newspaper men, the women vot-
ers, the Dramatic Institute, the
Human Relations Institute
can't begin to remember them
all. The gatherings are for SER
ious business and in them an at
mosphere of earnestness pre-
walls. In fact, one might say
(paraphrasing the line from the
Ancient Mariner =: Meetin's,
meetin's all the time, and not a
drop to drink.
Down South here we say Irish
potatoes and s1Oeet potatoes. In
the North the word Irish is omit
Continued on page fostr)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01

ously unsticking the subscribers
label from the front page of a
newspaper. The label had been
pasted over the most interest
ing part of a map of Shanghai,
and Mr.. Sparger wanted to get
At out of the way. Finally, by
generous moistening and patient
and skilful manipulation, he ac-
complished his purpose. But
the result was disappointment.
fThey haven't got that map
right" he said; illustrating with
his finger. Il was right in there,
and | remember. The river
doesn't run that way-and
they've left out the park here. l"
He follows the news from
China, day by day, with special
attention for the Marines. For
him they are the old gang, the
companions of his travels. And
| can tell he is homesick for
them. Home" in this case, hap
pening to mean the troopships
in the Yangtze. Setting down
figures in debit and credit col
umns, and making entries in the
ledger-useful stuff, but mighty
dull. Esee My Marine look up
from his job and gaze absently
out of the window; and know
| am looking at a man whose
thoughts are like unto those of
Kipling's soldier-"I ears the
East a-callin' and | can't 'eed
nothin' else"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01
Claude G. Bowers May Come :;

Claude G. Bowers, author of
Jefferson and Hamilton" may
come here next month. He is to
address the North Carolina Bar
Association at Pinehurst Thurs
day, May 5, and ]. G. deRoulhac
Hamilton, bead of the Univer-
sity's department, has suggested
that he visit Chapel Hill. Mr..
Bowers is now engaged in
studies preparatory to the writ
ing of a book about Reconstruc-
tion in the South.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01
Village Election to Be Held May 3

The Chapel Hill municipal
election is scheduled to take
place Tuesday, May 3. On that
day are to be chosen a mayor,
in succession to w. S. Robertson,
and three aldermen, in success
sion to Clarence Wills, r. R D. w w.
Connor, and B. S. Williams.
The terms of the three other
aldermen, G. M. Braune, Clyde
Eubanks, and NJ. E. Hogan do
not expire until 1929.
No announcement of candi-
dacies has yet been made. 1t is
thought probable that the out
going officers will be renom-
mated.
Under the law there is an
official ballot. Anybody who
files a notice of his candidacy
with the town clerk, in Mr..
KnoX's office five days before
the election, will have his name
printed on the official ballot. If
a person who wants to stand for
mayor or alderman does not get
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01
lie Barber" Presented Twice

lie Barber de Seville" the
sprightly comedy by Beaumar-
chais, was played in the original
French at the Playmakers Thea
tire Wednesday and Thursday
evenings of this week. The
troupe was headed by Urban T.
Holmes, Scenery and costumes
obtained from the North con-
tributed to the success of the
production.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01
City PIanner To Speak Tuesday

Morris Knowles, one of the
worlds most celebrated city
planning experts, will give a lee
ture, illustrated by lantern
slides, in the Phillips hall audi
torium next Tuesday evening,
April 5. Mr.. Knowles, whose
home is in Pittsburgh, has been
in Southern Pines for the last
month or 50, The engineers and
the persons interested in the
fine arts are particularly inter-
ested' In his coming to Chapel
Hill.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01
u. D.C.'S GATHER
In CHAPEL HILL
FOR CONVENTION
Members of the EeOnidas Polk
Chapter Are nfOstesses
To the Delegates
MUSIC, FEAsTING, TALK

The United Daughters. of the
Confederacya of the 9th North
Carolina district, comprising the
chapters at Durham, Roxboro,
Hillsboro, and Chapel Hill, held
their convention here Wednes-
day in the dining room of the
Methodist church. The Leon
idas Polk chapter, of this village,
entertained the 85 delegates.
Mrs. Isaac H. Manning, its pres
ident, made the address of well
come, and Mrs. H. d. Connor of
Durham responded.
Mrs. M. H. Long of Roxboro,
district director, presided, and
Mrs. Archer, as chaplain, deliv-
cred the invocation.
After the business meeting,
which began at eleven o'clock,
there was a musical program.
T. Smith McCorkle played the
violin, and there were songs by
Miss Lena May Williams and a
quartet of University students.
Then came the luncheon.
The state president, Mrs. Wal
ter Woodard, was one of the
guests. She told of the work
of the organization during the
last year and explained the OBJ.
jects for which the U. d. C. were
working.
One Of the reports to the gath
ering was made by Mrs. John
Anderson, retiring historian and
chairman of the Bentonville
Memorial. Her principal activ-
tiles are now directed toward
the placing of some appropriate
marker on the BentonVille bat
tlefeld, the scene of the last i'm
portant struggle of the Civil
War. This battlefield, between
Smithfield and Goldsboro, has
receives very little attention, but
the u. d. G. campaign is arOus-
ing peoples interest in it. Pine
needles have formed a covering
which has prevented the wash
ing of the ground, and so the
breastworks thrown up by the
contending forces in 1866 are
still there. The remoteness of
the place, too, has kept it from
being much disturbed. Only a
few weeks ago Mrs. Anderson,
going about the field, found old
muskets and other relics of the
fight.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01
SOUTH SIDE HAS
TO HAVE A new
DISPOSALPLANT
Expanded Sewage Service Made
1NeteSSdry Dy UrUWIn
Of that Section
NO DEFINITE ACTION YET

The time is near at hand when
the south side of Chapel Hill
the section adjacent to the Pitts
boro-Pinehurst highway--must
have a sewage disposal plant of
its own. The lay of the land is
such that the homes there can
not be connected with the plant
built a year or so ago on
Strowd's lowlands.
No definite action upon the
project has been taken by alder
men, but they have had it under
discussion; and members of the
board have looked over the
ground and have sought to get
some idea of what the cost
would be.
/, Town Manager Knox has
made preliminary surveys and
has drawn up tentative plan.
He estimates the cost at around
$4,000, this to cover the pipe
lines as well as the disposal plant
itself. The expenditure for the
present plant was $4,000, half
of which was contributed by the
University.
Many of the homes which will
be connected with the new sys-
TEN are outside the towns cor
porate limits, But this need not
affect the financing, because sew
er improvements are paid for
not through general tax levy
but through rentals laid upon
the users. Nominally the bonds
issued for such an enterprise are
a town obligation; but sewer
bonds are in a class by them
selves in that the interest and
the sinking fund payments are
taken care of by rentals. The
municipal records show that
thus far the rentals have been
more than sufficient to meet all
charges.
The alienation of hills and
valleys makes the engineering
problem somewhat more difficult
than it was in the case of the
present sewer system. One pipe
line will have to be run west
ward along Vance street and
through the valley north of Isaac
Pritchard's home, and another
through the valley south of his
home, both of these emptying
into a line which will sweep
around to the west and south
and then turn east and pass un-
der the highway to the plant
near Morgan's creek. A third
tributary line will begin near
the Odums' and reach the plant
by the more direct route along
the highway.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01

his notice in five days ahead of
time he may still be a candidate,
but his name will not go down on
the official list; he will have to
print his own ballot.
The law requires the aldermen
to. issue a public notice of the
election 30 days before it is to
take place, and the board is ex-
pected to meet today or tomor-
row to conform to this require
ment.
Chapel Hills charter provides
that the aldermen shall have
overlapping terms. That is,
half the board is elected every
two years. The men who are
elected this year will serve until
1881, and those elected in 1929
will serve until 1888. The pur-
pose of this arrangement is to
have on the board all the time
some members who are familiar
with municipal affairs. The
mayor is elected every two
years.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01

The Uniyersity's baseball sea-
son opens next week Wednesday
when the Dartmouth team comes
to Chapel Hill,
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01
James Patterson Gains

The associates Of James Pat
tersCn In his law office in Dur
ham received word from the
Johns Hopkins hospital the 9TH
er day that he had gained 10
pounds since his arrival there.
He win remain a week or 90
longer.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-04-01

Hampton Quartet Sings Here
A quartet Of negro singers
from Hampton Institute gave a
recital in Memorial Hall Monday
evening.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
STINSON PLANS
WORLD AIR TRIP
Leader in Ford Reliability
Tour to Start Soon.

LOUISVILLE, July Eddie
Stinson, pioneer air pilot and lead
ing contender for the Ford relia-
bility trophy, will attempt a fight
around the world shortly after con-
clusion of the Ford tour.
Plans for the flight were an
nounced here today by E. F. Schlee,
president of the Waco Air Service,
Inc, Detroit, sponsor of the globe
girdling attempt.
Stinson's part in the Ford relia-
bility tour was decided as a test
flight for the monoplane in which
he and William Mara, tour COM
panion, hope to fly around the world
in record time.
The Stinson monoplane was lead
ing the race for the Ford trophy
by about 900 points when the thir-
teen airplanes took off for Mem
phis today.
The first plane took off at 1914,
central standard time, and was fol-
lowed by the others at one minute
intervals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
SHEFFIELD AT
COOLIDGE CAMP
Ambassador to Report on
Mexico Today.
Bu United Press

BIZ United Press
RAPID CITY, S. D., July T.
James r. Sheffield, ambassador to
Mexico, arrived here today and went
to the summer White House for a
three-day conference with President
Coolidge regarding advisability of
his resignation and the present
state of Mexican affairs.
While Sheffield declined to dis
cuss his anticipated resignation
utnil he could see Mr.. Coolidge, he
indicated his desire to leave public
life and expressed the belief that no
change in the present policy OF the
United States toward Mexico would
evolve from his visit with the chief
executive.
General belief prevails among
those close to the President that
Sheffield came here to present his
resignation because the climate in
Mexico City does not encourage his
health and because he personally
favors a more stringent policy to-
ward the southern republic.
A White House chauffeur met
Sheffield at the train when he ar
rived here early today.
He went to bed Immediately upon
his arrival at the lodge and did not
see Mr.. Coolidge until morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
DEMAND BUTLER
OFFICER RESIGN
81 Mems Association AS
sails John w. Atherton.

Resignation of John w. Atherton,
financial secretary of Butler Uni
versity, is asked in a resolution
adopted by the Butler "B" Mems AS
sociation, an organization of present
and former Butler athletes.
Atherton and Arthur v. Brown,
chairman of the trustees athletic
committee, refused to reply to the
charges of the "B" men that the
athletic situation at Butler College
sis in a deplorable state" and blam-
ing Atherton.
Brown, however, announced that
a group of prominent business men
are to incorporate soon to take over
forty-four acres of land and build
$1,000000 athletic plant at the
university's new Fairview site.
The "B" men adopted the resolu-
ton, prepared by committee in
cluding H. H. Hungate, Louis Kirk
hoff and E. T. Bonham, at meet
ing Thursday night at the Board
of Trade. Copies are to be sent
to trustees.
The "B" men declared that they
had learned that Paul D. Hinkle,
athletic director; Justus Paul,
graduate athletic director, and Fred
Fellows, Butler trainer for seven
teen years., have been asked to
resign.
They declared that deplorable
athletic conditions at the school be-
gan when Pat Page, athletic direc-
tor and head coach, was forced to
resign. Page now is coach at In
diana University.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
STORM RACES
THRU INDIANA,
DAMAGE GREAT
Buildings Wrecked and
Crops Beaten Down in
Northern Counties.
FLOUR MILL is BURNED
Loss Estimated at Tens of
Thousands; Farm Homes
Blown Away.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
FIT. WAYNE, Ind, July Dam
age running into tens of thousands
of dollars was counted in northern
Indiana today following a terrific
wind and electrical storm Wednes-
day night and early today.
A flour mill, school building,
farmhouses and other buildings were
struck and damaged by lightning.
Great damage also was done to
the Moellering flour mill plant near
here, which was struck by lightning.
Fire that followed did $4,000 dam
age.
Farm Buildings Lost
Farm buildings at the home of
Edward Allgier, five miles from here,
were destroyed with loss of $4,000.
A barn owned by S. F. Wainer, two
miles from here, was damaged by
lightning.
One of the antennae towers of
radio station WOWO was bent over
by the wind pressure.
The Midway Dance Pavilion, west
Of Auburn, was destroyed by fire
that followed lightning. The loss
was estimated at $4,000.
Lightning Hits School
The Cleveland township school at
South Whitley was struck by light
ming, but the fire was prevented
from spreading and the damage was
light.
Lightning struck the home Of
Robert Spear, near Crooked Lake,
Ind, burning Mrs. Spear and her
two daughters who were asleep in a
bedroom, but failing to set fire to
their home.
The barn on the farm Of Charles
Shipley, Whitley county, was de-
stroyed by lightning fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07

South Pole. Expeditions to Everest
go beyond civilization and none yet
has conquered the summit of the
wind-whipped peak, where perpetual
snow flies at an altitude OF 29,002
feet.
Everest is the highest mountain
in the world. Only once has man
been known to have tried for its
summit with fair prospect Of sue
cess. Two members of British ex-
pedition several years ago set out
from their camp on the upper
slopes.
With binoculars those remaining
at camp saw their companions
struggle upward. The two figures be-
came specks against the background,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07

interior of Brazil, tc Arabia, and
finally to Mt. Everest, sentinel of
the Hamalayas, from whose top no
man has returned alive.
If successful in his proposed flight
to the South Pole area, Byrd said
he would undertake good will
flight around South America.
Upon completion OF such pro-
gram, Byrd, who flew to the North
Pole, would have achieved a posi-
ton among explorerers equal to
that of Magellan, Drake and Co.
lumbus and surprising that of any
modern man.
For drama and excitement, a
flight over Mount Everest probably
would slrpass even q flight to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
TIMES TO PUT
FIGHT ON AIR
Dempsey -Sharkey Battle
Broadcast Arranged.
List of Stations ON Sport Page.


NEW YORK, July 1.-THE Indi-
annapolis Times and the twenty-five
other Scripps- Howard newspapers
have arranged with the National
Broadcasting Company to broadcast
the boxing match here between
Jack Dempsey, former worlds
champion, and Jack Sharkey, a
strong contender, July 81, to decide
who. shall attempt to wrest the
championship from Gene Tunney.
Thirty stations already have re-
quested that they be included in
the chain and it is likely that seven
others, on the Pacific coast, will tie
in for the most extensive boxing
hook-up in radio history.
Two nationally known N. B. G. an
nouncers will describe the contest
for the millions of listeners. One
is Graham McNamee, famous for
his microphonic pictures of the
country's premier athletic events,
who is to do the blow-by- de-
scription. Phillips Carlin, manager
of WEAF, will give a resume of
each round, in addition to interest
ing sidelights.
It is expected that the fight will
start between $50 and 10 o'clock
Eastern daylight time, depending
entirely on conclusion of prelim-
mary bouts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
Mount Ezg1gst Set as MezC Goal BY Commander Byrd

Although the skies were clear, wind
swirled snow up from the mountain
drift. The men still were going
when darkness fell. They never re-
turned.
Social functions in Paris have
worn out the American f1iers, and
they want nothing SO much as few
days rest.
On Saturday morning Bernt Bal
chen will fly to Amsterdam to in
spect the planes being built for
Byrd for the South Pole expedition.
Byrd, Bert Acosta and George
Neville will leave by train, joining
an American Chamber Of Commerce
delegation on a visit to the indus
trial regions Of northern France,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-07
4 Nezg Hit
SN,in1ming
SimbHtied

Learn to swim-learn to
divel
Everyone should know how
to swim-either as a safeguard
against drowning or as a
means of providing good sum-
mer fun.
The Times Monday will start
a series of twelve articles on
how to swim and dive prepared
by the athletic director of one
Of the largest athletic clubs in
the United States.
The series embraces the
fundamental principles Of
swimming and diving. 1t is
written simply and under
standably. 1t covers breath
ing, stroking, kicking and
diving and other hints for
those who already can swim
as well as for those who cannot
swim now.
STARTS IN THE TIMES
MONDAY.