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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21
U. ID. C.'s to Give Supper

The Leonidas Polk chapter Of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
will give a benefit bridge supper at
the Carolina Inn next Wednesday
evening, January 26, at half past six
o'clock. Reservations may be made
with Mrs. Fred Patterson before noon
Tuesday at $1.5O a plate. Attendance
at this dinner is not limited to men,
bers of the u. D. G.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21
Club Meeting Next Friday

The Community Club will
meet in the Episcopal parish
house next Friday afternoon,
January %, at half past three
o'clock. The meeting will be
sponsored by. the clubs educa-
tion department, and M. r. Ira
bue will be the principal speaker.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21
Organ Recital Sunday
Mr.. Thompson of the N. C. c. W. Will
Play in the Episcopal Church

The January organ recital at
the Episcopal church will be
given at five o'clock Sunday by
George M. Thompson, head Of
the organ department at the
North Carolina College for Wo-
men, Greensboro.
The program is as follows:
Fantasia and Fugue on
"B-A-C-H" List
Dreams, (from the seventh
sonata for organ) Guilmant
March, from the "Queen
of Sheba" Gounod
Elevation Edith Lang
Cantinena Salome
Chorale in A
minor Cesar Franck
Romance sans Pa =
ROLES Joseph Bonnet
Christmas in Sicily Pietro Yon
Finale of the first Or
gan Symphony Louis Vierne
Louis Viene is the old blind
organist of the cathedral of
Notre Dame in Paris, and he is
arriving in America this week
for his first American tour.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21
WANT TO RUSH
WORK ON LINKS
Group of Club Members Hope to
Get 9 Holes Ready for
Play in Spring
PROPOSE FINANCIAL PLAN

A spell of warm weather af-
fects different persons in differ
ent ways. 1t makes one think of
plowing for the crop, another of
flower gardens, another of ten
mis-, another of golf.
These last few balmy days,
coming so suddenly in the wake
of a freeze, have turned the
thoughts Of some of the Country
Club members to golf, and they
are trying to work out a plan to
get the full nine-hole course
ready for play in the spring.
Three or four holes have already
been in use.
When the club was establish
ed four years ago there was
some diversity of opinion as to
whether the available money
should be spent upon a house or
upon a golf course. But the
argument didn't amount to
much-it was too one-sided.
The teaing, fox-trotting, bridge
playing addicts so far outnum-
bered the golf-hounds that the
latter didn't have a look-in.
Some of the golf hounds did the
best they could to become cheer
full social butterflies, while 9TH
ers stood by, a trifle grouchily-
perhaps, and prayed that a lucky
turn of events would provide
them greens and fairways.
But no wealthy benefactor or
other good fairy has come to the
rescue. Consequently, if the
club is to have a course, practi-
cal money-raising measures
must be taken.
The plan now proposed is
this: Twenty members are to
be asked to contribute $1O0 each,
with the understanding that this
sum shall be in lieu of golf dues
for a few years to come. For
example, if the golf dues were
SIS a year, the man who put up
$1OO now would be relieved of
this levy for six and two-thirds
years.
r. F. Hickerson is one Of the
men who favor the plan and he
has been sounding out some of
the other members. If enough
of them are willing to make the
advance payment of 500, then
the clubs board of governors
will be asked to give official con-
sideration to the plan.
The course has already been
laid out, and so, with the money
at hand, the grading and plant
ing and other necessary work
could be put under way prompt
ly.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21
STILL LOOK FOR
HOODED FLOGGERS
Durham Police Haven't Lost
Hope of Landing Men Who
MObbed Mail Carrier
DOBIE FOLLOWS UP CLUES
Who mobbed Dewey Poy-

Who mobbed Dewey Poy-
thress?
This question is still unans-
wered, but it is not forgotten.
There is abundant evidence that
public sentiment demands the
detection and punishment of the
masked men who waylaid the
Chapel Hill letter carrier on a
Durham street, took him out
into the woods, and flogged him.
People in this section, where the
incident occurred, as we'll as
newspapers all over the state,
have denounced the mobbers.
The Durham police have not
let up in their efforts to learn the
identity of the guilty men. Il
have been quoted as saying that
I was not going to follow up this
case" said Chief Dobie yester-
day. Nothing could be more
untrue. l have not said any
such thing, nor have I had any
such thought. l am going to
leave nothing undone to bring
the members of that mob to JUS
tice." II
The domestic ENHANCEMENT
in which Poythress was involv-
ed, has been thrown into the
background by the attack upon
him by hooded gangsters. All
thoughtful citizens realize that,
however much he was to blame
for the intrigue, from a public
standpoint mob violence is far
more important.
Additional details of the fog
ging have been added since the
first report to the police.
The men who drew up beside
Poythress and his woman COM
panion on the night of Monday,
January 3, travelled in two closed
cars, Buick sedan and a Ford
coupe. The letter carrier was
pushed into the front seat of the
sedan, his companion into the
rear seat, after masked man
had alighted and poked pistol
in his face. This occurred on
billiard street, half way between
Chapel Hill street and Jackson
street. After he was taken sew
eral miles out on the New Hope
Valley road, Poythress was led a
short way into the woods, was
made to bend over, and was
beaten with an object which he
thinks was a piece of hard rub
Continued on page four)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21
Miss Lewis to Speak Tuesday

Miss Nell Battle Lewis will speak
before the literature department Of
the Community Club on "The New
Spirit in Southern Letters" next Tues
day evening, January 25, in Gerard
Hall, at eight o'clock. Everybody is
invited. "a
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21
Miss Mclean Here Tomorrow

Miss Carrie Mclean, "the lady
from MeckIenburg" in the North
Carolina legislature, will be with
the Oscar Coffins in Chapel Hill
for few hours tomorrow (Sat-
urday) afternoon.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21
Glasses to Discuss Operas

T. S. .McCorkle. will give opera
classes, free to everybody, on four
afternoons next week, at 3 o'clock
in room New West building. The
stories of the four operas to be given
in Durham will be told and will be
accompanied by musical illustrations.
Tuesdays program is Faust; We'd
nesday's, "The Barber of Seville;
Thursdays, "Rigoletto"; Fridays,
Aida"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21
URGES REFORM IN
SCHOOL TAXATION
Mr.. knight, Commenting on Mr..
HOyle's Letter, Reviews Sit
uatiOn in County
LEVY is NOW INEQUITABLE
(By E. w. knight

Mr.. Hoyle's letter to the
WEEKLY, suggesting that the
county assume the indebtedness
on all the public school build
ings of the county and assume
also the responsibility for the
cost of any buildings to be erect
ed in the county in the future
draws attention again to a real
educational problem in Orange
county. That is the problem of
organizing a countrywide school
system here.
For more than two years the
proposal that all the schools of
Chapel Hill township be put un-
der one plan of support and con-
troll has been under discussion.
There are now seven white
schools in the township with an
annual term of only six months.
These school districts do not
have any special school taxes. In
addition to these, the school at
Carrboro has a special school tax
for maintenance and a term of
eight months, and the school at
Chapel Hill has a special main
tenance tax and a term of nine
months. Within Chapel Hill
township, therefore, there are
annual school terms of six, eight
and nine months.
1t has been suggested that a
special township school tax be
voted, and that the present
school taxes in the Chapel Hill
school district and the Carrboro
school district be abolished. This
action would give an increased
and uniform school term for
all the children in the township.
The Chapel Hill school has
special school taxes also for
bonds for the building. The dis
trict is very small, and perhaps
half of the children in the school
live outside the district. Their
parents do not help to pay either
the maintenance tax or the build
ing tax. If these children out
side the district attend the Chap
ell Hill school more than six
months their parents pay the
cost of tuition for that time.
In Carrboro there is also a
special school tax for bonds for
the building as we'll as the main
tenance tax. This district is
somewhat larger than the Chap
lContimued on page four)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21
Sturgis Leavitt Leads

Sturgis f. Leavitt will be the
leader of the German of the
Chaperones at the Country Club
tomorrow Saturday evening.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21
The Cherniavski Trio Jan. 81

The Cherniavski Trio will
play here in Memorial Hall Mon
day evening, January 81. These
three famous instrumentalists
gave a performance in Chapel
Hill last year. %
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21
New Green Play February IA

Paul Green's new play, "The Field
God" will open in New York Febru-
ary IA. Rehearsals will begin next
Monday. "In Abraham's Bosom" is
still running at the PrOvincetown
Theatre.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21
Mission SOciety's Cake Sale

The ladies' missionary society Of
the Christian church will hold a cake
sale at the Chapel Hill Hardware
store tomorrow Saturday beginning
ak o o'clock.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21

Bridge score pads for sale at
the Orange PrintshOp. Pad Of
rs for 25c.. Five pads for 81.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-01-21
Council Goes Fishing

Zeb Council started the fishing
season yesterday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-03

we're set to work to produce huge quantities of
poisons. Although they already working over
time explosives the professors of chemistrywere
started on intensive poison gas research and new
type Of chemist appeared in the professional poison
At the same time took place between the
Allies and the Central Powers, in the production of
protective appliances, and of new poison gases to
penetrate them.
The first gas used successfully vas chlorine This
was followed by phosgene, described as "a better
killer" which penetrated the respirators used to
protect against chlorine Choropicrin diphosgene
and other lethal gases followed Lachrymators were
used to attack the eyes, and penetrated the gas masks
used against phosgeno. Alright goggles and face
masks with box respirators used as protectors
against lachrymators, SO sternutators were intro
duced which penetrated the gas masks then used
made the victims sneeze and yomit in their gas
masks, so that they tore them off and inhaled the
lethal gases used with the ste1nutators
New methods of using poisons were also in
vented At first the gas Clouds were liberated from
cylinders of liquid gas which were articles of com
merce before the war Then posons were filled into
shells and shot from guns. BY artillery gas bonn
bardment high concentration of gas could be kept
up for a long time By this method the number of
available posons was greatly increased for it en-
abed both liquids and solids to be used; as when
the she'll bursts the poison is blown up into cloud
of fine particles, and poisons the air. The British
introduced Livens bombs. These consist of metal
containers holding about 30 lbs. of poison They
were shot from mortars in patches of from so to
5000 Candles which give off poisonous smoke
were also used on large scale towards the end of
the war. The flame throwers were not very sue
cessful, but grenades, bombs and shells filled with
phosphorus were very effective, as they not only
gave off choking fumes, but splashed the victims
with blazing molten phosphorus.
AS the war progressed the use of poisons attained
huge dimensions, and by the time of the armstice
the German army had used over $4,000 tons of vari-
Gus poisons while the Allies had used an even larger
quantity. The French alone made over 18O0000
poison gas shells. On one occasion the British shot
5,110 Liven's bombs containing 148 tons of poison
gas into the enemy trenches; these were fired sinful
taneously by electricity. On one day Aug % 1912
Continued On Page Eight
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-03

We were told in the British and French press that
when the French advanced into the German trenches
after using Turpinit, they found 100000 German
soldiers dead; killed in the exact positions they
happened to occupy when petrified by Tugpinit. De-
spite these fantastic tales, Turpint proved to be
failure and the French abandoned its use.
In April, 1915, the Germans made the first sue
cessful gas attack of the An eyewitness gives
the following description:
"Thc French have broken, exclaimed. We
hardly believed our words. The story they told
we could not believe, put it down to their terror
stricken imaginings - greenish grey cloud had
SWEPT down upon them,s turning yellow it trav-
eed over the country, blasting everything it touch
ed, shrvelling up the vegetation. No human
age could face such peril Then there staggered
into our midst French soldiers, blinded, coughing,
chests heavng, and faces ugly purple color lips
speeches. with agony, and behind them in the gas
choked trenches learned that they left hundreds
of dead and dying comrades. The impossible
only too true. It was the most fiendish, wickest
thing have ever SEEN"
A new weapon had been forged it may have been
fiendish and wicked but it military success
the French line had broken thus despite the~Hague
Convention which prohibited the of poison gas
this new weapon was destined to revolutionize
fare and to profoundly influence the future develop
ment of the chemical industry. This successful gas
attack was a tremendous historical event. which has
already influenced the course of history.
During the war; the science and art of poisoning
people made very rapid progress the armies has
tily formed chemists corps and chemical factories
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-03
POISON G A s

IN 1914 the workers of Europe had no quarrel with
each other, and did not want war. To most Of
them it surprise, and many were caught
working, holiday, in countries which suddenly
became enemy countries The German capitalists
wanted place in the sun, by which they meant the
natural wealth of the tropics and cheap colored
labor to exploit. France wanted Alsace and Lor-
raine Russia wanted Constantnope and Britain
wanted more colonies, and above all, oil-fields
the stage was set for first-class war. race of
ornaments has taken place until Europe had become
a powder magazine; alliances and secrt treaties
sured that when started, it would blaze up into
a world
Britain went to the rescue of poor little Belgium
and sent an army tramping over poor little Persia
and seized the north Persian oi-fields. The North
Persian Oils, Ltd, with capital of 100000 pounds
was floated to exploit them. Another British army
seized the oil-fields of Palestine and the Sinai Oil
Co. appeared to develop them When the Turkish
army collapsed, British troops were rushed to the
Caucasus and seized the Baku o-fields, but
unable to hold them.
Now when the armistice arrived all the slices Of
other peoples countries which the Allies had prom
ised one another in the secret treaties had not been
conquered the great followed by sew
era little wars; and in of taese British troops
slaughtered over three thousand natives, and cap
tured the Mosul oil-felds. The Anglo-Persian Oil
Company's puppet, Feisu made king of Iraq,
as the new oil state called and the oil is to
be exploited by the Turkish Petroleum Co. Unde-
veloped oi-fieds known to exist in the province
of Archangel, and British Expedtionary Force was
sent, even to this frigid zone, but Red Army got
in the way and Archangel Petroleum Co. APP
peared.
Probably none of the capitalists suspected
what they were really doing when they loosed the
dogs of war. The military machine got out of con-
troll illegal methods of warfare were introduced,
international treaties proved to be worthless, and
so far all attempts to abolish the new methods of
warfare have proved useless.
FRENCH TURPINTT.
It may not be generally known that the French
were first to poison gas. ft
In October 1914, the French chemist, Turpin, had
poisonous chemicals put in hand grenades and these
were used by the French under the of Turpinit
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-03
By "X-RAY"

(This article was originally written for 'The
Communist" official organ of the British Com
munist Party, and, Therefore deals predomin-
antly With Great Britain. But every fact con.
corning British preparation for use of poison gas
in the next war is paralleled by similar American
preparation only that American chemical indus
try is in advance of Great Britain's 50 that the
charges made by "X-Ray" true in even
greater degree of cur gOyernment.-Editor)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-11
CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB
ELECT NEW OFFICERS

At the regular meeting of the
Catholic Women's Club held tuesday
evening at the Community Center,
the annual election of officers took
place with the result that Mrs. A. L.
Dolan was elected president, Mrs.
Clifton Drolet, vice-president and
Mrs. Mary Coffey, treasurer and Mrs.
Louis SLENDER, Mrs. E. Jackson and
Mrs. J. Seraphine, members of the
executive board. The club is spons-
oring the movie production of Hard
Boiled Haggerty," featuring Milton
Sills and Molly O'Day at the Elco
Theatre, November 1917 and Is for
which heavy advance sale of tickets
was reported. "Stunts" by the
members followed the business ses-
sion after which a delicious lunch
was served by Mrs. E. LIE Beau, Mrs.
Fenske, Mrs. Seraphine and. Mrs.
Wilton Gianotti.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-11
FATHER OF u. S. GUNNERY
is HONORED ONCE MORE

Next to Lafayette, no Revolution
airy hero, who came from a foreign
country to aid i'll che struggle for lib
erty, is more honored than Thaddeus
Kosciuszko, the Polish patriot, whose
work in organizing the defenses of
West Point and terrifying Bemis
Heights at Saratoga won him the
title of Father of American ArLil-
lery"
Several monuments have already
been erected to his memory, but it is
particularly appropriate that the lat
est of these, recently unveiled in
Massachusetts,, should be presented
to the city of Boston by his country
men who are now American citizens
on a date that is particularly signif-
icant.
There is an interesting article a.
bout this great man in this issue of
The Miner. Be sure to read "The
Father of American Artillery" by
Elmo Scott Watson elsewhere in this
paper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-11
FINE PROGRAM
BY SYMPHONY
ELY CONCERT OF MESABA SYM
PHONY ORCHESTRA ON NOV.
2o-MISS ROSE TENTONI TO
TO SING WITH ORCHESTRA.

One of the finest and most inter-
esting programs will be heard in Ely,
at the Washington Auditorium, on
Sunday night, November goth, when
the Range Symphony Orchestra, un-
der the leadership of Prof. Luigi
lombard, Conductor, win appear for
the first time in this city since this
famous organization was started on
the Range in 1921. Although the
program is in its main line classical,
it offers such variety and refine
ment of taste in the selection of the
compositions to be performed, that
the entire offering viii fully satisfy
any taste or critical. audience.
The program viii open with Ros-
sini's Overture italians in Algeria, /"
never, before this season, heard in
this part of the country. 1t is one
of those great masterpieces through
which Rossini achieved worldwide
fame. There will be also two numb
ers for string only, with which Con-
ductor Lombard has fascinated
many audiences. Remarkable in its
structure and effects is "Dance of
the Serpents" by Edoardo Boccal-
ari, another praise-worthy compost
ton also on the program. The very
majestic and difficult "Grand Polo
naise Militaire" by Frederick Chopin
will also be played. The "Piece of
Resistance" however, will be Tsch-
aikowsky's Fifth Symphony, the Sec
ond movement, which has few equals
in any branch of symphonic music.
Favorite popular airs from the COM
ic-opera, ''The FREELY" by Friml win
close the program. As solo attrac-
ton, Prof. lombard has secured
Miss Rose Tentoni, who, but last
week, was heard and highly praised
by the celebrated star, Madame
Galh-Curci, after the latter's con-
cert in Duluth. The great Prima-
Donna was much pleased with the
young soprano and gave her much
encouragement along with her auto
graph. Miss Tentoni was the only
singer who was permitted to appear
and sing before Galli-Curci at the
Hotel Duluth. Miss Tentoni will sing
three solos at the Ely program, one
of them with accompaniment of the
Symphony Orchestra.
Complimentary tickets for this un-
usual occurrence may be secured from
the same business and professional
men of Ely who sponsored the Lom-
bardi concert of soloists on October
oath.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-11
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During the year $40 miles have
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IDLE to grading, so that these roads
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1t is expected that about 2S0
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by the construction department be-
fore the end of the year. Part of
this is on routes intended for paving
routes about 500 cubic yards of gra-
vel per mile are applied, to carry
traffic until paving can be laid. A
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ago.