davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21
WASHTNGIONA
LETTER. N
ANN 6
By RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Writer


WASHINGTON i Boom
boom McWhorter is among those ell
der statesmen who believe President
Coolidge is not taking full advantage
of his vacation opportunities for pub
licity
Sooner or later, the senator re-
marked the other day. presidents
must come to accept the latest trends
in press-agency.
"Now the trouble with the presi-
dent" he asserted, "is that he's too
conservative. Mind you, I don't say
conservatism isn't good thing, and
atty to our president, but everybody
who reads the papers must realize
that the thing that gets the public
these days is something sensational
"Mr. Coolidge puts on ten-gallon
hat when he reaches South Dakota.
Well. what of it? Everybody out
there wears ten-gallon hat and
how does anyone expect to attract
attention or get good publicity oy
putting on another?
More Originality Needed
the minute in every respect, will wear
night cap around all day-there's
ten columns of newspaper type in a
nightcap like that to every one for
a cowboy hat.
"Our present president gets his pic
| ture taken with the Indians. That's
the Oldest stuff in the world Colum-
bus and Cortez pulled that one as
soon as they had landed on these
shores-look at your school history
| books!
"Now, if I was press-agenting this
show I'd have whole tribe Of ESkl-
mos down from the Arctic with evi-
dence found among their Punis ruins
that one of his early ancestors was
one of their chiefs. The public would
believe that the president had Eskimo
blood in him-and wouldn't get over
it for months. We could get the
Eskimos cheap.
The president goes out to SquaW
Greek and pulls in few trout lew
inches long. I ask you, what's novel
about that? Wasn't Sir Isaac New
ton fishing for trout and pickerel IN
! the year 1U66 "A. "!
Broadway Stuff Needed
"My suggestion is that we plant a
man-eating shark out there-you can
buy a shark cheap and sneak it out
in a tank-and then let the president
pull it in with his fishing rod.
"a presidents got to sacrifice him
self for his party and this man
Coolidge is too finicky about letting
the public know intimate details OF
his private life. The public wants
human interest-heart throb STUFF. NO
president is going to- elope for good
| publicity, but he doesn't have co.
Sooner or later some presidents ad-
wise will fix it for him to be sued
Tor breach of promise and he will be
magnificently vindicated after great
trial and firmer than ever IN the
| public's heart What the party neeoS
| is Broadway press-agent Tor us
presidents and presidential candl-
dates"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21

smaller wandering spider is the
gardener insects which upon
plant life.
exaggerated ade OUT
would worth tell
that the bite of taran
certain death we
from the sting OF
have been few cases OF
small children
with painful wrist There
Whether by coincidence not
only ccumsnta the evil reputation of his family taken into
forgotten about his wrist
which
Weller cspeled with
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21
THE BLACK WIDOW is sCANDALIzED.
(AriZOna Republican,.

which slightly
The spiders kind
certain
O Black
often
effect of the bite depends the condition of the victim
living thing disseminated
the
Notwithstanding, is
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21
More Truth Than Poetry
Bv JAMES ]. MONTAGUE
IFI WERE MUssOLINI

IF / WE'RE MUSSOLANA
If I were Mussolini,
And when I clapped my hands
The people flew forthwith to do
The least of my commands
Would T be proud and naughty
And fierce and stern and grim
And sneer aloud to watch the crowd
Observe my lightest Whim?
Would I keep thinking laws up7~
A dozen every day ''-% '''
And jail the wights who put up fights
When ordered to obey?
Would I be iron handed,
And Danish from the town
The folks I saw possessed no awe
Of my portentious frown?
II I we're Mussolini
Would I be filled with pride,
And Jail both men and women when
My edicts were defied?
Would I be hard, relentless
And savage and severe,
And loudly say each passing day:
"I rank the King round here!"
Would I keep growing tougher,
And grimmer all the time
And dream great dreams and think
up schemes
And would 1 say did it
To make my will sublime?
Just for the country's good?
I must confess the answers yes.
I sort of think would
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21

MAYBE IT'S BOOTLEGGED
What Alice wants to know is why
we can still get corned beef when
there are no more distillery fed cat
tie.
Copyright, 1927, Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21
ABE MARTIN

In these days when pugs an
horses an aviatorS are pullin'
down $25,OOO fer jest few hours
or minutes we've got t. hand it T.
tn feller who's willin' t. work a
whole week fer SS5 or $40. Folks
who go out between acts wOuIdn'
be SO bad if they stayed out.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21
SIXTEEN YEARSAGO

Alderman Mahoney has made
suggestion to the city council that
a volunteer fire department be
organized on Eighteenth street to
take charge of fires in that dis
trict until the regular hose COM
pany arrives. The suggestion met
with much favor.
Louis Speer sees a gloomy flu
ture for Douglas. Mr.. Speer is
from Arkansas and is familiar
with dog fennel which attainS a
perfection in some parts of that
state. In speaking, to a Dispatch
representative yesterday he claims
that there is not a man in town
who recognizes IA newspaper
story, and to prove it he called
attention to the fact that pitch
ing horse shoes had become a
favorite pastime in the city.
Mr.. Speer said eff this is kept
up dog fennel will be growing in
the streets of Douglas in less
than six months. 1t is well known
that pitching horse shoes is a
village sport and when the par
ticipants become so absorbed in
the game that they measure dis
tances with a stick, danger is
lurking in the air."
In this connection Sheriff
White, who was in the city, was
asked yesterday what the people
of Tombstone do to pass the dull
ness of the hours. He replied.
I'VE play slough, read papers and
gossip" When asked if they play
horse shoes, he replied, 1T should
say not. If we begin that they
will move the court house to
Douglas as sure as fate" fis
1t is not believed that the men
who started this ancient and hon
orable game realized the danger
they were bringing on Douglas,
and as soon as this is brought to
their attention they will play
humble peg instead.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21
Plucked From the Plains
LIKE BASEBALL


took Prunella to the park
Beneath the yew trees shade;
She looked at me in sad reproof
When l her hand essayed.
took her to a movie show
Where everything was dark,
But she behaved as coldly as
She had done in the park.
With hope all gone, my head bowed
, down, l
took her to the game,
And sat in melancholy mood
Until l heard my name.
Look, look" she cried, and grabbed
my hand,
r my dear he's going to hit it?"
And threw her arms around my neck.
I've bought season ticket.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21

And, should you be seized with
the desire to grow oranges, Of course
you should address all communica-
tions to some naval officer.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21

THE HEIGHT OF HOSPITALITY
Just to make American visitors feel
thoroughly at home the Paris hotel
keepers are charging them prohibition
prices for champagne.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21
MY COUNTRY! RIGHT or

MY COUNTRY! RIGHT OR, ETC"
If you're contemplating a divorce
be sure and write to the Department
of War and get the newest literature
on the subject.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21

Il know your brother WE'LL"
mo, you don't either. 1 haven't
got brother by that name"
Crimson Colt.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21

Speaking of fistic comebacks. the
patrons of heavyweight prize fights
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21

Prof: Listen here, young man, are
you cribbing in this exam?
Stu: No sir. I'm just verifying the
facts which have down on the paper.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21
THEY ALI, DO

THEY ALL DO
It will be rough day for the flap
per when the silk worm turns.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21
Caught on the Wing

Delbert Jones, Tucson: 1t Is a
relief to be in a place as cool
as Douglas. No one here has
anv right to complain. They
should have to. live in one OF
the really warm Arizona towns
and then they would be glad to
live here"
William ProsSer, Tempe: Doug
las is one OF the most attractive
towns in the entire state, and
it is laid out so that ii the town
should ever grow to be large
city it could be fixed TO aovan-
tage. So many cities today
would be so much more attrac-
tive if only they had been laid
out and planned better"
Mrs, Thelma Richards, Ration,
N. M: 81 never saw place with
so many flies in it as Douglas
has. And it isn't because OF tie
rain here. I haven't seen any
rain here for days. l should
think that the people here would
have a campaign against the
flies, they are such nuisance,
and also very unsanitary."
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21

seem to be the ones who always uo'
A human skull with horns has been
unearthed in oregon. The old west
apparently was bit wilder than we
thought.
Dead fish in New Jersey betrayed
a moonshiner's rendezvous. It is q
habit of fish that, while alive, ne
seldom tells.
A style expert is a person who gets
women to pay more for fewer clothes
President Coolidge could make the
country bone-dry in 80 days II ne
wanted to, according to an eastern
reformer. Guess he doesn't care to.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21

Crimson Colt.
Little Robert: Pa, a mans wife is
his better half, isn't she?
His Father: We are told so my
son.
Little Robert: Then, if a man mar
rieS twice, there isn't anything left
OF him, is there?-Tawney Kat.
Mrs. John (bride of two weeks: I
just know you're going to like this.
dear Mother says chicken salad and
strawberry tarts are the best things 1
make,
John: And which is this, honey?
-Tawney Kat.
A hotel manager going along a
corridor saw a kneeling bootblack
cleaning pair of shoes outside a
bedroom door.
Haven't told you never to clean
shoes in the corridor, but to take them
downstairS?"
eyes, sir: but the man in this room
is Scotchman and he is hanging
onto the shoe laces. ."-Bowdoin Bear
Skin.
"Why did you get that fur coat
four sizes too large for you?"'
I'm a big man where came from
Wisconsin Octopus
"How come you're so round-shoul-
dered, fella?"
"I've been writing with a heavy
lead pencil. Boston Beanpot.
what makes you think you stand
in good with Gertrude9"
81 called her on the phone the
other night, told her to guess who it
was, and she only made three at
tempts before she guessed my name"
Ghost
''If ever I go lion hunting"
Eyes, if ever you go lion hunting"
I'm going to make darned sure
that the cat I'm against is going to
be one of those lions Of least resis-
tance."
NOT CONDUCTIVE TO NEIGH
BORLY-LOVE
I like t Glove my neighbor, but harden
My heart against him like the very
dickens,
When I'm intent on making sweet
garden
And he is bound that he will raise
some chickens.
A centence using the word moron:
Papa said sister couldn't go out
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21

Little Robert: Pa, a mans wife is
his better half, isn't sheP
His Father: We are told so, my
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21

Little Robert: Then, if man mar
ries twice, there isn't anything left
OF him, is there?-Tawney Kat.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21
NOT CONDUCTIVE TO NEIGH
RORIV-I,OVE

A centence using the word moron:
Papa said sister couldn't go out
till she put moron"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21

seem to be the ones who always do.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-21

"If ever I go lion hunting"
Eyes, if ever you go lion hunting"
I'm going to make darned sure
that the cat I'm against is going to
be one of those lions Of least resis-
tance"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-16
Carl Durham's House Struck

Carl Durham's house, just outside
the eastern limits of the village on
a hill beside the Durham road, was
struck by lightning in the storm last
Friday evening. The bolt acted
strangely. 1t went down the inside
of the living room chimney, knock
ing off some clapboards, tore the win
dow screen out without damaging the
glass, and reached the ground appar-
emily by way of the radiator. All
Of this with a terrific noise. Mrs.
Durham and Mrs. r. r. Clark, at sup
per in the dining room, were badly
frightened. They could get no COM
fort from their husbands, for at this
moment the pharmacist and the dem
tist were peacefully fishing from q
boat, under cloudless evening sky,
in Q bay on the coast Of North. Caro-
lima, two hundred miles away.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-16
Mr.. Warren Coming
Will Preach at Meetings in Baptist
Church Next Month

Rev. l.. B. Warren of Atlanta, who
is totally blind, will be the preacher
in special series of meetings to be-
gin. in the Baptist church. here Sun
day, October 2.
Twenty years ago the eye special
ist told him he would ultimately lose
his sight. Knowing what to expect,
but not knowing when the blow would
come, he went on about his work with
his usual cheerful spirit. Years pass
ed and still he kept his sight; but at
last, five years ago, blindness fell upon
him. Since then he has devoted his
time exclusively to the work of an
evangelist.
Mr.. Warren has held meetings in
many Of the largest churches in the
South. He comes to Chapel Hill from
Richmond, ~and after ten days here he
goes to Jacksonville. "We are indeed
fortunate to have him." said Mr..
Olive, the pastor, in announcing the
event. "He is a most eloquent and
inspiring speaker and his personality
is charming"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-16
Bernards Halted by Storm

Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Bernard, Miss
Emily Dewey Mitchell, and Mary
Stanley Bernard, on their way home
from New Bern, were caught in the
furious storm which broke Friday
evening. Mr.. Bernard, at the wheel
of his sedan, could not see ten feet
ahead through the rain. The light
ming flashed and the thunder roared
They stopped in front of garage,
and man appeared from the dark
ness, opened the door, and invited
them in. There, securely sheltered
from the elements, they stayed for
more than an. hour. When the storm
abated they resumed their journey
and the car buzzed along happily at
35 miles an hour until they were safe
at home in Chapel Hill.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-16
Road to Nelson Delayed

The new highway from Chapel Hill
to Nelson-the short cut to Raleigh
won't be built this year. The delay
is due to the protests of a group of
Durham citizens who don't approve
the change of route shown in the
survey made by the state highway
commission. The commission proposes
to shorten by 5000 feet the part of
the road that lies in Durham county,
and this would affect adversely the
value of land lying along the pres
ent route. Under the law, when a
protest is made, hearings have to be
held, first in the county concerned
and then before the highway commits
sion. The issue in this case is the
same as that involved in the recent
dispute in Wake, where protestants
against the commissions survey took
their complaint to the courts. Judge
Sinclair sustained the commission,
and if his opinion is affirmed by the
supreme court the commission will
have established its right to determine
what routes state roads shall follow.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-16
Pritchard Nails Yarn
Did Not ''kidnap'' Schneider, Gas
tOnia's High School Athlete

Grady Pritchard character
ICES as absolutely absurd and
without foundation the story
printed in a Gastonia paper to
the effect that he practically kid
mapped Bernard Schneider, high
school athlete of that city, to
come to this University instead
of going to Syracuse.
The registrars records show
that ,Schneider's application for
admission here was accepted last
May.
"The facts" says Mr.. Prjtch-
ard, ARE simply these: | had
a letter from Leon Schneider, an
alumnus of the University, urg-
ing me to go to Gastonia to see
his brother, Bernard, who was
considering withdrawing his APP
plication for entering the Uni
versity and going to Syracuse,
He wrote that he and his father
were anxious for Bernard to en-
ter the University and he want
ed me to talk with his brother.
| called on Schneider at the first
opportunity. / talked with him
one Saturday night, and he said
he would like to accompany me
back to Chapel Hill the next
morning-that he might make
up his mind definitely after look
ing the place over. After spend
ing several days in Chapel Hill
he said he would carry out his
original intention and matricu-
late this fall.
"The suggestion that undue
pressure was was used to induce
Schneider to come here, or that
he was offered special considera-
tions of any sort, is absolutely
without foundation.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-16
Harvard Expands
Enlarges Milk-House and InstalIs
Cooler asNHis Dairy

Travellers along the highway to
Durham recently have noticed build,
ing construction under way about a
mile and half from Chapel Hill. 1t
is the enlargement Of the milk-house
Of T. r. Harward's Durham Road
Dairy.
He is installing a Frigidaire milk
cooler. BY mechanical process the
milk is cooled after it comes from the
cows and before it Is bottled. There
is storage space in which milk not
to be delivered at once is kept at a
constant low temperature.
Twelve years ago Mr.. Harvard,
then living on z. L. Strowd's plan
tatiOn on the edge Of the village and
owning one COW, began TO deliver a
quart oay to University profess
sor, George MeKie. Now he has 4
herd Of 40 Gown together with the ap-
proved modern equipment.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-16
Many See the Cereus
Go to ArbOretum to Admire the Cor
geOus Night Blooming Flower


The night blooming cereus in the
Arboretum put on its annual show
Tuesday night, and scores of people
trooped to see it.
This plant, known to scientists as
the cactus 9rand1tora, blooms
only one night in the year. The gor-
geous white flowers grow on long
stems which spring not from the
stalks but from the edges of the
leaves.
A little label, of the sort seen on
botanical specimens, gave the infor-
nation that the cereus was the gift
of Mrs. B. B. Lloyd of Carrboro.
A group of young matrons who had
left their reading club an hour be-
fore midnight were among the first
comers. Their laughter and chatter
drew the attention Of Mr.. Blake, the
University's watchman. A little later
he came down and gave a description
that inspired Chief of Police Feather
stone and other citizens to go and see
the spectacle. One Of the spectators
was Assistant Librarian Baker, who
used his flashlight to guide him
through the labyrinth of the Arbore-
tum.
Next day in the drugstore some
body was telling DIR. B. B. Lloyd what
fine gift his wife had made to the
University, and he said: II got tired
of Juggling it around the house, and
I'm d-d glad it's up there on the
campus.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-16
Mr.. Sizemore's Marriages

Henry d. Sizemore, Jr., was mar
ried to Miss Dora E. Beers of New
York in legal ceremony in Durham
Sunday, August 81. The church GER
Sinony will be performed at the
Church of the TRANSPORTATION when
Mr.. Sizemore makes his next trip
there. The bride is studying law in
New York University. Upon the Gem
pletion of her course next May she
will come to Chapel Hill and make
it her home while her husband (at
present of High Point, formerly of
New York and Clarksville, Virginia) /,
continues his studies in the law school
here.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-16
Well, Fall Is Here at Last and
The Village Wakes from Slumber
the Budget Bureau.

the Budget Bureau.
Work is to be begun straight
way on the new $625, 900 library.
Freshman week opens Mon
day, September 10. and the first
faculty meeting is scheduled for
the same day.
Everything is as nearly in
readiness for the opening of the
college year of 1929 at the
University of North Carolina as
it ever is. There is a percepti-
BILE quickening of gait on the
part of townsman and acade-
mician alike, and Louis Graves,
who is both and neither, is bury
ing his grief over the loss of the
Davis cup in the trials and trib-
ulations attendant upon the pro-
duction of a double-size edition
of the Chapel Hill Weekly. Shop
show-windows have exchanged
felt hats for straw, football and
sweaters for bathing suits and
baseball bats, three-piece suits
for linen, and pears and grapes
for watermelons.
In Battles park the raucous
jays chatter has supplanted the
song of the thrush and the mock
ingbird, the campus squirrel
cocks an ear for the fall of the
acorn, sassafras and persimmon
and even an occasional small
sweetgum have begun to show
red. 1t isn't fall, and a sun
which in the middle of day broils
and stews the unsophisticated
serves to prove it; but summer
school haS gone and summer is
passing.
The freshman class of 81,
900-odd strong, is about to de-
scend upon the village, which
uncOnsciously presses a trife
harder on it's accelerator in an
ticipation of the new life that is
soon to surge within it. 1t needs
but tinge of frost to put the
perennial pep into a community
which in spite of the increasing
large summer school enrollments
tends rather toward dormancy
from commencement to the
opening of the fall quarter reg
istration.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-16
THEATRE, NAMED
CAROLINA, IS TO
OPEN NEXT WEEK
E. c. Smith, the Manager, An
nOunces that the Prices
Will Be 30c and 10c
RUSH WORK ON BUILDING

The new theatre is. to be
opened next week, possibly
Thursday evening, September
20. This announcement is made
by K. Darlington Smith, who has
come here as local manager for
the Publix-Saenger company. y
Admission prices will be 80
cents for grown people and 10
cents for children" said Mr..
Smith yesterday.
A few days ago the erection
of big sign, on marquise ex-
tending out over the sidewalk,
acquainted the village with the
fact that the house had been
named the Carolina. After dark
the sign will be shown in brilli-
ant electric lights.
In order that the theatre may
be ready for its opening next
week, carpenters and mechanics
have been furiously at work not
only in the daytime but late in
to the night. When 10 Fernan-
deZ, the decorator, finished his
job last week, the seats and or
gan had to be installed, the VEN
tilating blowers had to be
mounted against the openings
in the rear wall, the screen and
the projecting lantern had to be
set up, and the steps leading to
the ground from the emergency
exits had to be built. Passers
along Franklin and Rosemary
streets at night have seen men
working in the light of powerful
glares and have heard con-
tinuous sound of hammering.
Mr.. Smith is married, and he
and his wife will move into an
apartment in Chapel Hill within
the next day or so. He has had
long experience in moving pic
ture theatre management and is
thoroughly familiar with all the
details of the occupation.
"We expect to operate thea
tre," he says, (which will be
credit to Chapel Hill. We will
omit no effort tc keep it clean,
cool, well-ventilated, and in all
respects thoroughly comfort
able, and of course we will pres
ent the best films there are on
the market"