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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-08-12
TOWN TAX RATE
STAYS AT S1.3S
Increase to $1.4O Was Expected,
But the Aldermen Decide
II Is Not Necessary
BIG RISE IN COUNTY RATE

Instead of being raised to
.$1.40, as Town Manager Knox
thought it might be, the Chapel
Hill tax rate remains at last
years figure, $1.38. This was
decided by the board of alder
men at their meeting Monday
evening.
If the forecast of $1.53 rate
for the county is fulfilled, then
the total, town and county COM
bined, will be $2.91. To Illus
trate how this will work out:
A man whose property, real
and personal, is assessed at
$4,000 will pay $145.10 in taNes.
The taxes on a $4,000 assess
ment will be $174.60; on a 1000
assessment, $203.70; on an
$4,000 assessment, $232.80; on
a $4,000 assessment, 51.90; on
a $1,000 assessment, $291.00.
The town rate was $i.421a
five years ago, SO that it has
gone down AZ cents within that
period. The county rate was 80
cents in 1922, so that (assum-
ing $1.53 as this years figure)
it has gone up So cents in five
years.
The assessments in the village
this year amount to $3,417,34
and a rate of 70 cents is applied
to this total to bring $23,921 to
meet the cost of municipal gov
eeirnmeries. The assessments in
the school district (Which does
not take in the entire villagel
are $3,101, ,889, and the rate Of
68 cents is applied to this total
to bring 21,092 for the support
of the school.
Since the 10 per cent. cut in
assessments decreed by the
county commissioners caused a
considerable reduction in the ag-
gregate valuation of property in
Chapel Hill, the revenue brought
in by the rate Of $1.38 will fall
short of the budget require
ments. A saving has got to be
effected somewhere.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-08-12
l0S Scholarships Awarded

Robert B. House, executive
secretary of the University, an
nounced Tuesday the award of
f08 scholarships for free tuition
In the coming year. More than
S25 applications were consider
ed. Chapel Hill recipients are
u, Uh. Pendergraft, r. x. POr-
ter, y. d. Wilson, N. H. Henry,
and B. A. Marshall.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-08-12
The Institute
Sessions Begin Next Week; Work and
Recreation Combined

According to enrolment fig.
ures compiled by Morgan F
Vlning, the University's second
annual Summer Institute, which
opens next Monday and con.
tinues through September 2
will bring to Chapel Hill more
than 100 social workers, school
officials, and athletic directors.
Besides studies the program
includes picnics, folk dances
dramatics, music, and other en-.
tertainments.
The courses offered are listed
under these divisions: the school
OF recreation and physical edu-
cation, directed by Harold D.
Meyer; and the textile social
workers institute, directed by
Howard w. Odum; the coaching
school directed by Robert A.
Fetzer; and the school of citizen
ship. The registrants will have
the opportunity, also, to attend
the courses in dramatics offered
by the Summer School.
Rev. M. T. Workman will de-
liver series of lectures on "The
Principles of Christianity" and
there will be an institute for
scoutmasters.
Mr.. Meyer, in his division,
will be assisted by F. d. Chad
wick an official of the Boy
Scouts Of America; Jane Fox,
physical education instructor in
the Summer School, Mary
Louise Hollands, an executive
of the Camp Fire Girls; Charles
G. Nixon, physical director of
the Raleigh Y. M. C. A., and
Eta Schaeffer of the Dennison
Manufacturing Company.
The textile social workers in
stitute, which lasts from the
18th to the 25th of August Of
fers courses by Mr.. Odum, S. H.
Hobbs, Jr., Lee M. Brooks, and
Edward ]. Woodhouse. 1t will
be followed BY by the convention convention eef ef
the Southern Textile Social Ser
vice Association August 26 and
27.
Registration for the coaching
school is scheduled for Monday,
August 70, and classes begin the
next day.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-08-12
MANY BUILDINGS
ARE NOW RISING
Period of Activity in COnstruc-
= tiOn of Both Business
Structures and Homes
NEW TELEPHONE CENTRAL

People who went away from
Chapel Hill early in the summer
will find many new buildings
here when they return for the
opening of the University next
month.
-Four homes are added in the
northeast corner of the village.
M. f. Hogan and M. r. Trabue
have begun their homes on Boun-
. Diary street, on lots that were
formerly part of the H. H. Will
liams place. With the Misses
Pickard's place on the Rosemary
lane corner, these will take 14s
the entire block front. The
Bransons are putting up a house,
between their own and the Las
leys', Ton part of what used to be
the Gimghoul lot) to rent to Mr..
Mccormick of the law faculty.
And the Stuhlmans have nearly
finished their house on Glen
burnie road in the Tenney circle
colony.
The builders out in the Gim-
ghoul suburb are Mrs. Elliott, on
the lot next to the CAROLS, j.
S. Bennett, and Critz George.
The Staabs have already
moved into their home on Pitts
boro street, and nearby the Zim-
norman home is nearing compile
tion.
On Rosemary lane, across
from the rear of the Presby-
terian church, work proceeds
rapidly upon the little brick
structure that is to serve as the
central Office of the telephone
company. 1t is here that the
switchboard for the new auto
matte system is to be installed.
w. B. Sorrell's theatre, a
short distance west of the bank,
next to Berman's clothing store,
will be ready to be opened in the
fall. One of the store spaces
thanking the entrance will be oc-
cupied by Mr.. Sorrell himself, as
jeWeler, and in the other Gus
Thomas, the waffle-shop man,
is to establish an ice cream par
lor. The Sutton building will be
completed in the fall. The west
ernmost of the three store spaces
into which it is divided will be
taken over by the Carolina
Smoke Shop, but the names of
the other two occupants have
not yet been announced. The
Sutton and Alderman drugstore
will stay where it is.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-08-12
Alexander Graham

lotte, 83 years old, father of our
professor, Frank Graham, was
at the Confederate reunion in
Raleigh last week, and he came
over to Chapel Hill with Fred
Morrisonsto spend a few hours.
Mr.. Graham was here from
1866 to 1868, the last two years
before the Reconstruction
wreckers took the institution to
put 1T out of business. That is
to say, he left Chapel Hill SO
years ago.
| have been reading in the
weekly news magazine, Time,
the account of Prime Minister
Baldwin's visit to Canada. He
told the newspaper reporters {:
1T is 81 years since | was here
before. Then | did not come on
a magnificent ship such as the
Empress of Australia, but on
the old Alaska. came here un-
known with a young friend" !"
This reminds me of Andrew
Johnson's visit to Chapel Hill in
1867. Alex. Graham was one of
the 180-odd students who march
ed down to the home of Gov
ernor Swain, then president of
the University, where president
Johnson was staying, and called
on him for a speech. The Swain
house stood on the same block
where the Presidents House
stands today. Andrew Johnson,
with Secretary of State Seward
and the one-legged Union gen.
eral, Daniel E. Sickles, along
side, stood on the edge of the
porch and addressed the stu
dents,
+ i i
"Thirty-fve years ago." he
said, Il walked along this main
street of Chapel Hill, ragged
and weary. | had in my pocket
so cents which | had borrowed
from a man named Davis be-
tween here and Raleigh. To-
day | return as President of the
United States, an office second
to none on earth" That was
his entire speech.
When he was here last week
Mr.. Graham went out to see the
new Kenan stadium, and this
stirred within him memories of
athletics in the University of
the COS. He was captain of the
baseball team and played sec
ond base. He had begun indulg-
ing in this sport in 1857 and he
kept it up for 80 years, organiz-
ing and playing on teams in the
schools where he taught after
leaving Chapel Hill. His PROV.
ess as a ball player here was re-
membered for years, and when
ne used to come back after the
re-opening in 1875 inhabitants
of the village would greet him
with recollections of his home
runs. His capability as a bats
man was passed on down by in
(Continned on page fouYF)
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William Ernest Mackie

A son, William Ernest, was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. e. II.
A6aeLsa "a fst,;cna,n tfT.,a,.o.,,4a.,
August 81 He win be living III
Chapel Hill coon.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-08-12
Operation on BazemOre

C. w. Bazemore, manager of
the Orange Printshop, was sue
cessfuliy operated on for appen-
dicitis in Watts Hospital We'd
nesday.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-08-12
Moules Is Coming Through

Nick Moules, who conducted
d restaurant here before he went
to New Jersey two or three years
ago, expects to be in Chapel Hin
Saturday and Sunday, August
27 and 28.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-08-12
Chapel Hill Chaf

There is no organized cheer
ing at intercollegiate athletic
contests in England" says T. j.
Wilson, 3rd, who has just come
back home from Oxford. If
Great Britain ever decides to
adopt the practice I should like
for America to export all dts
cheer leaders to the mother
country as instructors - and
breed no new ones in their place.
Another thing Mr.. Wilson
says is: "The average student
in American universities takes
a more serious attitude toward
his work than does the average
English student" This surpris-
es me. From the frequent wall
ing about the course of life in
our colleges I had understood
that nowhere else in the world
were students so sunk in idle
ness and frivolity as in America.
| have heard three pronuncia-
tions of the name of the eminent
English novelist, Galsworthy.
Sometimes the q is sounded as
in the word alley, sometimes as
dlO. Once or twice / have heard
the name called GdlesWorthy.
Becoming annoyed because
did not know the authentic pro-
nunciation, | sought out Archi-
bald Henderson, who l knew
had met the novelist at a social
gathering in London, and asked
him please to set me straight.
"The man who introduced me to
him called him Gaa0lsaUorthy," "
said Mr.. Henderson, land every
body there who mentioned his
name gave it the same sound"
.
Some time ago commented
upon the surprise experienced,
every now and then, at discov-
ering some hitherto unsuspect-
ed talent in a member of the fac
ulty. A stroller through Park
Place the other evening heard
jiggy music and wondered who
was producing it. 1t turned out
to be Robert B. House playing on
his mouth harp. This is one of
his favorite pastimes. persuad-
ed him to come to my home Sat
urday evening and bring the in
strument along. He played
"The Arkansas Traveller, {"
"Shoo Fly" and many other old
tunes, and Mr.. Noble sat on the
couch and ever and anon accom-
panied him with the words. |
learned that in his. schoolboy
days Mr.. House used to provide
the tunes for the old-fashioned
square dances in his home coun4
ty down east.
have discovered another
talent in a professor. w. S.
Bernard is an excellent cooker
of eggs, bacon, and coffee.
Sometimes he wants to get out
and away before the hour when
the household awakes. Such
was the case last Saturday
morning, and he let me in to
share as delicious a breakfast
lContinaed on page fotr)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-08-12

Printing promptly dons at the Or
cmgs Printsh0p, ROSEMARY Street,
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-08-12
M. c. S. Noble in Canada

M q d. Noble left hsondav ~.
Canada. He expects to return
toward the end Of the week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-02-25
AS THE WORKER
SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest of
Important Events of the
Week, Here and Abroad

Thomas A. Edison, noted inventor,
declares on his eightieth birthday that
as introduction of automatic machin-
cry becomes general the five-day week
will be compulsory to prevent over
production with all it's evils
Charles McKemy, member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen, appointed state COM
missioner of labor by Governor Moody
of Texas.
| Socialists from % nations meet in
international convention in Paris;
meeting denounces imperialistic pro-
grams in China and Nicaragua.
Joint study and report of Protest
ant, Catholic and Jewish church or
ganization on strike of Western Mary
land engineers and firemen blanes
railroad heads for trouble and favors
workers.
Patrick Yorke, whose inventions
helped to revolutionize oil and gas
drilling operations, dies at Washing
ton, Pa, in his seventy-fifth year.
Panama labor protests to American
Federation of Labor against treaty
which United States is seeking to
make with Panama.
Estaban Padilla, labor leader and
| former commissioner of labor and
agriculture in Porto Rico, dies at his
home in his forty-eighth year.
| Slowing down of industrial activity
in last three months of 1926, with out
put of industry in December smaller
than year ago, pictured by the fed
eral reserve board in comprehensive
review of business and financial con-
ditions.
Witnesses tell New York state
housing board Of doubling of fam
lilies in small apartments, in plea for
extension of emergency rent laws.
international Lauies' Garment
Workers Union suspends four New
York city local unions controlled by
communist leaders.
Senate and house pass McNary-
Haugen farm relief bill despite at
tack on measure by Secretary of
Treasury Mellon.
Servants in Human province, China,
form union and fix own terms.
President Coolidge proposes further
limitation of naval armament in note
to powers.
Mexico announces definite suppress
sion of what government officials term
attempted "Catholic revolution"
Rev. DR.. Percy Stickney Grant, long
militant liberal in the Protestant
Episcopal Church, dies at 67 follow
ing an operation for appendicitis; was
80 years rector of Church of the AS
cension, New York city, where many
labor and radical leaders spoke at
open forum which he established.
Prof. Henry Steenbock, discoverer
Of new body building process, gives
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-02-25
Labor rQueriies

Questions and Answers on La
Dor: What 1t Has Done; Where
1t Stands on Problems of the
Day; It's Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, ETC., etc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-02-25
it to University of Wisconsin to bene-

it to University of Wisconsin to bene-
fit humanity.
Porto Rican senate and house asks
that complete direction of internal
affairs of Porto Rico be placed in
hands of citizens of islands.
House of commons defeats motion
by labor members to censure British
government for proposal to reform"
trade union law
Joint conference on renewal of Jack
sonville wage scale opened between
operators and leaders of United Mine
Workers at Miami, Fla.
Three miners lose lives in cave-in
of Raven Run colliery near Pottsville,
Pennsylvania.
Albuquerque IN. NJ afternoon
newspapers issue miniature typrewrit-
ten editions when their plants are
tied up by pressmen's strike
American communist movement
now at lowest ebb, according to sur
vey made by James O'Neal and pub
lshed by Rand School of Social Sci
ence, New York city.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-02-25
CANADIAN WORKERS
NOT ALL EMPLOYED

Ottawa, Ontario. - Tom Moore.
president of the Trades and Labor
Congress Of Canada, disagrees with
optimistic views on employment by
the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
1T is true that more workers were
employed in 1926" the trade union
ist said, "but it must be remembered
that immigration increased the num-
Der of available workers. During the
most acute period of depression many
sought employment in the United
States and have now returned to
Canada.
1T is well to warn those who would
seize upon this improved situation as
ia reason for stimulating immigration
of industrial workers that there is
still considerable number of our own
citizens for whom work is to be pro-
vided."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-02-25
ROSTER OF ORGANIZATIONS
HAMILTON LABOR UNIONS

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-02-25

Q.-Did the wages of union build
ing workers reach record high fig.
ure in 1926?
A.-Yes. The United States de-
partment of labor says the wage
scales of union construction workers
in 1926 were at the highest point in
history, the level of union scales pei
hour, taking all trades into considera-
ton, being 148 per cent above the
1913 level.
Q.-What is the trade jurisdiction
of the Tobacco Workers. international
Union?
A.-The manufacture of smoking
and chewing tobacco, snuff and paper
wrapped cigarettes.
Q.-What is the history of the
Granite Cutters International Asso-
citation of America?
At was organized at Rockland,
Maine, March 10, 1877. Organization
of granite cutters began as early as
1920, but continued purely local in
character until 1877 when the local
unions met in Rockland, Maine, and
established the Granite Cutters Ma
tional Union. Jurisdiction was after
ward extended to Canada, and since
1905 the organization has been known
as Granite Cutters International As
sociation of America.
Q.-Has the American Federation
of Labor taken any stand on the or
ganizatiOn of newspaper editorial
workers?
A.-The federation's 1923 conven-
tion said: "'The president and execu-
tive council are hereby directed to
issue local charters to those employed
as editorial writer's, desk editors,
feature writer's, reporters and news
gatherers employed in the news de-
partments or contributing to the news
columns of daily and weekly news
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-02-25

Olympia, Wash.-A bill authorizing
cities of the first class in this state
to deal with trade unions in matters of
wages and working conditions has
been introduced in the state legisla-
ture by Senator Oman.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-26
WILL PRESENT BASIN
Project TO COOLIDGE

Spokane, Wash.-A conference with
President Coolidge 1t Rapid City. S.
d.. August 30, has been arranged for a
special committee of the Columbia
basin irrigation league. It was an.
nounced by Roy II. Gill, chairman of
the executive committee OF the league.
The conference with the president
was announced following receipt of a
letter from Everett Sanders, Mr.. Cool
idge's private secretary, in which he
stated that 81 have noted an engage,
mont for the committee on the Co
lumbia basin irrigation league at $3.50
Tuesday, August 3O.7
The object OF the conference, Mr..
GIL pointed out, is to lay before the
president the basic facts and details
of the project. Tho official reports
made of the project, for which funds
have been authorized by the president
have been condensed into brief state.
men,s of facts and will be presented
to the president at the conference,
Mr.. Gill said.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-26
sEsEh PERSONS LOST
II AIIAlj FLIGHT
Not One Single Trace Found
of the Missing Pacific
Filters.

San Francisco, Cal.-The vast Pa
cific ocean continues to hold fast the
fate of the seven persons who dared
10 fly over its thousands of miles OF
landless water from the shores OF
California to the islands of Hawaii.
No trace has been found of Pilot
Jack Frost and Navigator Gordon
Scott of Los Angeles, Of the Golden
Eagle. ner of Miss Mildred Doran. the
beautiful young school teacher who
bravely shared the dangers OF John
Auggy Pedlar and Lieutenant Knope,
who plotted and navigated the plane
named in her honor, since their planes
reared away from the crowded Oak
land airport to win glory and the
prizes offered by James D.. Dole.
Several days have zone by since
Captain William P, Erwin of Dallas,
Tex, and Alvin II. Eichwalt of Ala
media, Cal, flew out to sea to search
the waves along the whole route to
Honolulu for traces of those who had
preceded them. From their plane, the
Dallas Spirit, they radioed the gay
messages to friends and the jests OF
men going light-heartedly to great ad-
venture.
And then through the 600 miles of
air came their S, o. S. piercing the
night that overspread the ocean:
I'VE went into a tail spins. o. S.
We came u of it, but We're sure
sc7red. 1t was a close call. We
thought it was all off, but we came
out of it. The lights ON the instru-
ment board went out, and it was so
cark that Bin couldn't see the -.
We are in another . S. .. S. !"
That was the last heard from Erwin
and Eiohwaldt. The efforts Of IS
naval vessels, aided by merchant craft
steering a course along the 2400 mile
great circle between San Francisco
and Honolulu after a six day search
failed to reveal any trace of the three
missing planes.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-26
Poultry Facts

MIX Is n valuable feed for hens.
Hens should have vlgor and good
size before they lay.
Ducks or geese should he killed by
sticking In the back Of the mouth.
Hard luck may be an abb, but 1t
Isn't always an excuse,
Giving the chicks some form OF milk
at the start stimulates their uppetItes
and promotes growth.
It's a good plan 10 start culIlng the
flock with the chicks, by killing the
weak, slckly ones that viii never
repay their cost,
The way brooder chicks net In the
evening is a good guide as to the
heat. II too much, they will stay
away from the hover, aud II too little
they will crowd up near the stove.
Free range AWAY from the poultry
yard should he provided with clover
for pasture whenever possible. 1t Is
the best known way to get good,
healthy, vigorous pullcts for winter
laying,
The muln reason for the variations
In the prices of eggs and dressed poul.
try is the variation In their quality.
Exercise generates heat and pro.
notes health, Make the poultry flock
work for their grain by feeding 1t In
n deep, clean litter ~ straw.
Eggs for Matching should not he
kept longer tiun 10 To II days before
setting They should be held at a
temperature between 10 and 90 de-.
groes Fahrenheit and turned once
each dny.
Many people make a mistake In not
getting the brooder house thoroughly
warm before putting IN young chicks
Eggs from a well-bred, uniform flock
Of some one breed will he more uni
form In color and should bring more
per dozen than a mixed let.
II you have surplus milk. by MI
menns give it to the hens II II sours
or Is IN the shape OF huttormilk FROM
the churn, SO muth the better. Mlll
is n good food besides being a great
health promoter.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-26
STATE GETS TOLL BRIDGE
Walla Wa o' ads Deeds to
Toll Span.

Walla Wa or'' 1ds Deeds to
Toll Span,
Walla Walla, Wash The deeds to
Walla Wella county's interest In the
Paaco-Burbank toll bridge have been
sent to the state highway department.
Franklin county commissioners al.
reaoy have signed, and the state board
~ expected to authorize the transfer
Of tho property to state hands. after
which the bridge will be made a free
structure. 1t was built In 1921 by
the two counties which each issued
bonds for $4,000.
Since then each county has received
$4,000 IN tolls, and Walla wolla coun.
ty has retired $4,000 Of The bonds, the
remainder going into the road aud
bridgo fund The two counties will
divide 100000 from the state,