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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-18
Wettach Receivers Car
Chevrolet Which Was Stolen is Found
in Rocky Mount

Il. II. Wettach, professor in
the University's law school, has
recovered the Chevrolet sedan
which was stolen from him in
Durham a few weeks ago. The
news that it had been found in
Rocky Mount came to him from
the theft bureau of the revenue
department in Raleigh. He noti-
fed the insurance company, and
the company got the car.
Mr.. Wettach was just on the
point of receiving the cash in-
demnity called for by his insur-
ance policy. The specified time
had elapsed, and when word of
the finding of the car reached
him all the formalities except
the actual passing of the money
had been disposed of.
He cannot tell exactly to what
extent the automobile has been
damaged since it disappeared,
and SO he doesn't know land
probably won't know until he has
run it for lwhile) whether he
gains or loses through getting
the car instead Of the insurance
money.
The worst damage is a large
hole burned in the front seat,
apparently the result of the
loose handling of a lighted cigar
or cigarette.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-18
STALLINGS PLAY
HERE NEXT WEEK
"The Big Parade" Will Be Shown
Thursday Afternoon and
Night
ORCHESTRA COMES ALONG

Laurence Stallings' celebrated
motion picture play, ''The Big
Parade" will come to Chapel
Hill next week. This romance
of love, thrills, passion and
laughter" will be shown twice at
the Pickwick-Thursday after
noon and Thursday night.
An orchestra of Is pieces will
play during the. show. the music
program being made up mostly
of the tunes that were popular
among the soldiers in the World
War. The touring company in
cludes protector operators, cleo
tricians. and a carpenter. The
expert personnel is necessary to
the precise timing Of the music
with the films. Back of the
screen great drums boom, at GER
tain times, to represent cannon
fire. Youths, probably Univer-
sity students, will be employed
to produce these sounds, and
their movements will be regulat-
ed by electric signals from the
front Of the house.
America at war in France
this is the background of "The
Big Parade" Mr.. Stallings pre-
sents the scene and the action
with the same rare skill which
he revealed in his play, What
Price Glory" The two leading
characters are Jim Apperson,
soldier, and Melisande, a French
peasant girl. These parts are
played by John Gilbert and
Renee Adoree.
King Vidor directed the pro-
duction of the films.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-18
Coming Basketball Games

This evening, Friday Febru-
ary 18, the Carolina Freshmen
VS.. Bingham School, in Chapel
Hill, at $3.50 P. M. Tomorrow,
Saturday, February 10, Carolina
VS.. Maryland, in Chapel Hill.
Next Tuesday, February %, Car
olina VS.. Duke, in Chapel Hill.
Friday, February %, the begin
ming of the Southern Conference
tournament in Atlanta.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-18
Jonas to Be the Speaker

Charles Al Jonas of Lincoln
ton will be the speaker at the
WashingtOn's Birthday exercis-
es in Memorial Hall Tuesday
at 10:30. 50 as make the chap
ell period a half hour longer than
usual the regular eleven o'clock
classes will meet at II: :35 and
continue for only 25 minutes.
The exercises are under the aus
pices of the Chapel Hill Alumni
Association. ~,
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-18
Legion Post Supper Tonight

The Chapel Hill post of the
American Legion will have a
supper in the Episcopal parish
house this friday evening at
quarter past six o'clock. 1t will
be served by the Legion Auxil-
iary, with Mrs. Featherstone in
charge. Weston Bruner's quar-
tet will sing. Every Legion
member who has paid his dues,
or who will pay when he comes
tonight, is eligible to attend
this entertainment.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-18
thought Mr.. Richardson was
talking good sense when he at
tackled the talk about North
Continued on page fO,r)
Doctors Make a Flying Trip

Three physicians from Vir-
ginia-James X. Hall, Beverly
Tucker, and James II. Royster-
came into Chapel Hill Sunday
evening to persuade DR.. Mac
Nider to go on with them to the
medical convention in Columbia,
South Carolina. He did not want
to be absent from his classes
Monday morning, so he turned
down the invitation. But he got
off to Columbia Monday after
noon.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-18
Bynum Has Not Sold Yet

The announcement recently
published, that Southern Diaries,
Incorporated, had acquired the
establishments of Curtis Bynum
in WinstOn-Salem and Asheville,
is inaccurate. Or, at least, pre-
mature. The company has been
negotiating with Mr.. Bynum
for the properties but the trans
action has not been completed.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-18
States Collector Here Monday

J. B. Mayes, representing the
state department of revenue,
will be at the Bank of Chapel
Hill from nine to five o'clock
Monday to assist the citizens of
Chapel Hill in preparing their
state income tax statements. He
has all the necessary forms.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-18
Chapel Hill Chaf

Sometimes hear people talk
of unreasonable" weather, pro-
nouncing the adjective in a tone
of disapproval. Unreasonable
weather that is cold is the kind
| dislike. To me the balmy days
of this month have been a de-
light. Within my memory Chap
ell Hill has never had such a
friendly February, and far older
men than l say they cannot re-
member it's parallel. To my
readers here in the village l am
telling nothing they don't know
already, but / feel l must vaunt
a bit for those who are in far-off
frigid climes. 1t may make them
so homesick that they will de-
eide to come back-for while,
anyway. A few minutes ago
Il am writing these words We'd
nesday afternoon) l was admir-
ing the glorious yellow winter
jasmine along Mrs. Fred Patter-
sons east wall. The pear tree
whose boughs almost touch the
printshop window is a mass of
buds and looks as if it might
burst into bloom at any moment.
The door stands open, and now
and again | steal away from
work to go out on the little stair
platform, sit on the railing,
smoke a pipe, and look across
the street at my old friend Liza
Jenkins, who was our family
servant before | was born, pot
tering around on her sunny
front porch. Before supper |
will find a quarter of an hour for
a stroll through the campus. It's
a fine village on a day like this.
BY the time this paean of praise
is published we may be in the
grip of a blizzard; but | do not
let that chance disturb me now.
Bobby House, David Hoefer,
Cameron Murchison and Penny
Rees, the oldest of whom is about
seven, were seen running at top
speed Wednesday afternoon
along the road leading west from
Park place. They crossed Battle
lane and kept on to the Arbore-
tum gate. People who saw them
wondered why they seemed so
excited. They came slowly back
minute or two later, looking
rather disgusted. Penny Rees
explained to an inquirer: Eve
thought it was a big fire, but
when we got to the campus gate
we found it was just the sunset"
y y
Sometimes when | am passing
back and forth between home
and work, serve as deliveryman
for my printshop. The Insti-
tute for Social Research was in
a hurry for it's envelopes the
other day, and took 'em by
on the way to the midday meal,
AS debarked from the car the
Continued on page four)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-18
A Talk on Taxes

Smith Richardson of Green's
boro, president of the Wick
Chemical Company, talked about
taxes in Gerard hall Monday
evening. 1t is a pity his audi
ence was so small, for the in
formation he gave, and the sug-
gestions he made, were a valu-
able contribution to a discussion
of the highest Importance at this
time in North Carolina.
The speakers examples of
how the present system operates
have become fairly familiar to
the public through the medium
of the newspapers, so l will not
detail them here. His main en-
phasiS was upon the unwisdom
of attempting to levy a heavy
tax upon "intangibles" such as
bonds and mortgages.
y
Many editors in North Caro-
lima, and others who have ex-
pressed themselves on this mat
ter, have condemned this form
of levy for several years. 1t has
been demonstrated a hopeless
failure. AS proof of this moth
ing more is necessary than the
small total of personal property
listed for taxation in the state
a total which everyone knows is
only a minute fraction of what
would be taxed if the law were
strictly obeyed.
=
Mr.. Richardson is on sound
ground when he declares that it
would be wiser for the state to
fix the tax on intangibles at a
rate which would "get them on
the books" He cites the expert
ences of other states, notably
Kentucky, to show that such a
course increases the revenue
from bonds, notes, etc, and de-
creases the proportion of the
burden that must be borne by
land. %s
One simple illustration suffices
to reveal the folly of the present
system: A person in Chapel Hill
holding 6 per cent. note for
$1,000 would have to give up
about $27.50 of the $50 income
if the note were listed for taxa
ton under the law.
y =
In order that a lower rate may
apply to intangibles a constitu-
tional amendment is essential,
since the constitution now re-
qnires all property to be taxed
at the same rate. In passing
it may be said that the constitu-
ton is violated everywhere and
every year, inasmuch as land is
not assessed at its true value
in money" but at a figure hardly
ever greater that 60 per cent. on
the money value and often much
less than that.
thought Mr.. Richardson was
talking good sense when he at
tackled the talk about North
(C0utinued ON Du0e fOiT)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-18
ABANDON PLAN OF
TOWN EXTENSION
Survey Shows It Would Not Be
Good Business for the
Municipality
NOT ENOUGH NEW INCOME

The proposal to have an elec-
tion on the question of extend
ing the Chapel Hill town limits
has been abandoned because a
survey has shown that the ex-
pansion of the municipal servic-
es would cost a great deal more
than the town would get in the
form of new taxes.
The extension of the limits
was suggested some time ago
and has been discussed by the
aldermen and other citizens in
terested in municipal affairs.
The aldermen finally authorized
Town Manager Knox to make a
tentative map showing the area
that might be taken in and also
to calculate, as accurately as pos
sible, the new revenue that
might be expected. This map
is now on the wall of the man.
ayers Office. The present town
is bounded by red line; the
proposed larger area by a black
line. A glance at the map shows
that the extension, if effected,
would take in the Pittsboro road
section as far out as the filling
station this side of the bridge
the country club neighborhood
the Gimghoul castle; all that
part of the former Strowd plan
tation upon which homes have
been built, running down the
hill more than half way to the
one-mile bridge; and, on the
north, the houses across the ra-
vine from Cobb Terrace, and
the section around the negro
school at the end of Church
street.
At the first look the idea of
extension seems rather appeal
ing, but Mr.. Knox says that a
full consideration of the burden
that it would bring upon the
town shows it to be financially
imprudent. A sewage disposal
plant would have to be built ;
many hundreds of yards of
water mains and sewer pipes
would have to be laid; the town
government would have to re-
surface existing roads and build
new ones; and there would be
the expense of electric lights,
hydrants, and policing.
The question reduces itself
simply to one of dollars and
cents. When the outlying areas
are more thickly settled-that is,
when the erection of more homes
have created new taxable val
ues-then it may be decided to
ask the legislature to provide for
an election on the extension plan
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-18
The Wrestling Tournament

The state wrestling tourna-
ment will be held here next Fri
day and Saturday, February 25
and 26. On each evening the
wrestling begins at seven o'clock.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-18
Cake Sale Saturday

The Junior U. D. C. chapter
will conduct a cake sale in the
Peoples Bank Building Saturday.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-18
Organ Recital Sunday
Music Program at the Episcopal
Church Sunday Afternoon

Mrs. A. S. Wheeler will give
an organ recital at the Episco-
pal church at five o'clock Sun
day afternoon. Her program is
as follows:
Sonata No. ! BOrOtOskt
l. Allegro ma non trOppO.
2. Andante.
3. Allegro con fuoco.
Ave Maria No. / BOssi
Fountain Revery Fletcher
Pan, a Pastorale GODDARD
Fugue in G minor Bach
Meditation Serieuse Bartlett
Toccata in D minor NeUin
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses were issued to the
following named applicants for the
week ending Tuesday at noon at the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
in Oakland:
Lemmie Henry Hess, 21, bus driv-
er, Worthington, W. Va, and Belle
Pyles, 19, nurse, Shinnston, W. Va.
Lester Bell, 81, miner, Fairmont, w.
Va, and Bessie May Bym, 20 Barrock-
vile, w. Va.
Luther John Cramer, %, farmer,
and Ida Catherine Frazee, 20, Addi-
son, Pa.
Anthony Peter Janouskey, 80, min
err, and Annie Levknlics, 10, Purse
glove, w. Va.
William Guy Powleg, q, miner, and
Mabel Gay Williams, IS, Meadow
brooke, W. Va.
Thomas Charles Kennedy, %,
craftsman, Belle Vernon, Pa, and
Thelma Jeanne Hughes, 20, nurse,
Charleroi, Pa.
Stanley Dean Messenger, 81, labor
err, and Theyma Pauline Nice, Fl,
Terra Alta, w. Va.
Paul Fike, 20, farmer, and Cora
Ruth Wisseman, "a, Fort Hill, Pa.
James Noel Bartlett, 81, store man.
ager, and Merle Fay Shahan, 10,
telephone operator, Morgantown, w.
Va.
William Rhea Borton, 81, florist,
and Jennie Marie Etheridge, 21, of
Uniontown, Pa.
Wesley Abraham Wyer, 24,laborer,
and Doris Lucille Taught, 81, stu
dent, Fairview, West Va.
James Allen Fultineer, 81, glass
worker, and Hilda Mae Fitzpatrick,
20, Weston, West Va.
William Hosea Rymer, %, mechan-
ic, Huntsville, w. Va, and Emma
Maxwell, 10, Glenville, w. Va.
Howard Gordon Spencer, 81, farm
er, West Union, w. Va, and Gertrude
Anna Cumberledge, 20, Middlebourne,
w. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
MARYLAND RURAL
WOMEN'S SHORT COURSE
Will be Held at University of
Maryland June 13-1Sth

The University Of Maryland Exten-
sion Service extends a cordial invi-
tation to the rural women of Mary
land to come to College Park June IL
to IS, for the fifth annual Rural Wom-
ems Short Course and to share the
instruction, the social life and the in
spiration of the program that has
been arranged by the Home Demon
stration Department.
The purpose of this course is to give
help to the rural homemakers of
Maryland through lectures and dem
onstrations in the art of homemaking.
Equally important will be another
side of this Short Course-the oppor-
tunity for rural women from every
section of Maryland to exchange ideas
and experiences with each other.
That in itself Ill be greatly worth
while. But in addition to + S, the
week will give emphasis to the social
side of community life. There will
be daily period of community sing
ing, inspirational lectures and social
activities.
Courses will be given in Foods and
Nutrition, Clothing, Household Man.
agement, House Furnishings, Millin-
cry, Landscape Gardening, Home
Dairying, Poultry, Health, Parlia-
mentary Law and Citizenship. In adj
dition to this the social plans for the
week are especially attractive.
Social Events.
June 10, 1880 to p. M, Informal
Reception Gymnasium.
June IA, s p. M, Reception to Rural
Women, DR.. and Mrs. R. A. Pearson.
June Is, $3.50 to $50 p. M, Tea at
Gerneaux Hall by Home Economics
Department of the University.
June 16, $3.50 to 5 p. M, Party by
Progress Club of College Park.
June II, p. NJ, Sightseeing trip to
| Washington, and picnic.
All expenses for the week at College
Park are covered by the 5000 enroll
ment fee. Last year twenty women
from Garrett county attended the
Short Course. This year the goal has
been set for twenty-five. Will there
| be that number?
Events of Local Character.
The Friendsville Community Club
has invited the Grantsville and Acct
dent Community Clubs to spend a
social evening with them on Thursday,
May 26th. An interesting program
has been planned which includes
music by the Friendsville High School
Orchestra, two short plays and talk
by Miss Maude Bean, County Home
Demonstration Agent of Allegany
county.
On Wednesday afternoon, June s,
| Professor C. S. Richardson, Educat-
ional Extension Specialist, from the
| University of Maryland will address
meeting of the community clubs at
the Maryland Theatre. Professor
Richardson is speaker of some note
and the committee in charge feels es-
pecially favored in securing him for
this meeting. His subject, "Educa-
ton for Citizenship" will be of spec
ial interest. Oakland and Loeb Lynn
Community Clubs are in charge of
this meeting, but extend a cordial in
vitation to all women of Garrett coun-
ty to attend on June 9Th.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
Weston, W. Va.

Weston, W. Va.
Charles Newton Witherow, 81, min
ing engineer, Berwindale, Pa, and
Rosanna Marie Doutrich, 20, Bland
burg, Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26

Alvin L. Maust, %, farmer, Elk
Lick, Pa, and Edna J. Miller, %,
Grantsville, Md.
Orvil Eliza Maley, 25, school teach
err, and Vada Irene Beamer, "a, clerk,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-04
Men MarOOs1e(l

RE met. Two tears, ignored, slowly
wet her cheeks. The face of the man
was twisted with pity.
what hell he must have lived
through"
'And she-why are such creatures
put into the world?' said the girl,
huskily. "When his need of her was
greatest-she unmasked her little
soul"
Involuntarily Garth Guthrie started
How unerringly she had characterized
Ethel. Had she guessed, he wondered.
II can guess what followed" Garth
replied. Il know him. Heart-broken
he often spoke of her-he went to
drink, to forget. Then 1t happened"
But after all, are they sure he's
the man?"
THE circumstantial evidence puts
1t beyond questionable description,
his being here in the north"
While Joan caught few hours
sleep in the room of Guthrie which he
had again given her, the factor sat be-
side the unconscious man, whose tor
tured lungs labored for breath.
Before she lay down the girl stood
quizzically before the photographs
which still stood in their places on his
dresser. ~
You're very lovely" she murmured.
Its not strange that he can't forget
you. He still remembers or you'd not
be here-still remembers, although he
wants me to think he has forgotten"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-04
FeW Years of Poverty
in Victor Hugo's Life

Unlike many great writer's, Victor
Hugo had happy childhood; was a
brilliant pupil, and when he fell in
love, at an early age, he did not
become dreamy and impractical, but
worked harder than ever to achieve
success.
His first experience of real tragedy
came with the death of his mother.
His relationship with her had been
unusually intimate and tender. For
several years the mother had been
estranged from her husband, which
had resulted in drawing her closer to
her youngest son. Soon after his
mothers death his father married the
woman who had caused the estrange-
ment.
The elder Hugo had no sympathy
with his sons desire to write. He
offered him a sufficient allowance II
he would give up authorship and de-
vote himself to career that promised
a large income. Hugo Indignantly re-
fused and shared a Paris attic with
his cousin. Here he gained the knOwl-
edge of poverty that he revealed in
lies Miserables" But he was not
as poor as many young geniuses have
been, nor did he know poverty for
any great length of time In 1872
he married the girl with whom he
had fallen in love when he was seven
teen, and this brought a reconcilia-
ton with his father.-Kansas City
Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-04
What's the
Answer.
Questions No. %

What was "Stonewall" Jackson's
first name?
2-What American general captured
the Filipino leader Aguinaldo?
3-What is mechanics?
4-Who is the lightweight champion
pugilist?
5-Of what nationality is the cele-
brated pianist, Joseph Hoffman?
(Which is the principal river Of
New York state?
What five American cities have
the largest public libraries?
S-What is a volcano?
Glow are the justices of the SUI
preme court chosen and by whom?
10-What is the difference in the
meaning of the words astronomy"
and "astrology"?
11-When was the Emancipation
Proclamation issued?
12-How many signers Of the Dec.
laratlon OF independence were there!
13-What is zoology?
14-Who is the champion 220 yards
runner?
15-What movie of the past few
years received the critical acclaim Of
being almost artistically perfect?
16-What canal connects the Great
Lakes with the ocean by way of the
Hudson river?
17-Who was the only woman to
win the Nobel prize for literature?
1S-What is a vulture and where
does it thrive?
19-Who is the present secretary of
war? rIa
20-What is the hunters and har-
vest MOON"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-04
Answers No. %

1T is a genus of plants belonging
to the Vervain family and several Eu-
ropean specimens have become ex-
ceedingly troublesome in the United
States. ''
2-Idaho.
3+The "Marseillaise" Claude Jo-
seph Rouget de Lisle.
fWilliam Henry Harrison.
General Winfield Scott.
GA modern trend of thought that
makes reason the chief source of
knowledge.
Tt was tie, 21-21.
S+Frances HodgsOn Burnett.
9-Nine.
1O-In 1908.
11-Mary Roberts Rinehart.
12-Northwest Wyoming.
13-John Singer Sargent.
14-Bob O'Farrel, manager of the
st. Louis Cardinals.
15-In 1925.
16-Eleven: South Carolina, North
Carolina, Virginia, Texas, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Geor-
gia, Arkansas, Tennessee.
17-That branch of science that
deals with the fundamental laws of
the universe.
1S-It is a family of very small in
sect-eating birds.
19-Fffteen thousand dollars.
2O-On the civil day of the same
date-at noon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-04
Church Seeks Motorists

Country ministers in England are
becoming more and more anxious TO
make the automobilist welcome at
church, and more than 500 of them
have offered to provice parking space
for automobiles, states the secretary
of the Owner-Drivers' club, in London.
In many instances clergymen are Of
fering their own grounds for parking
cars, while in others suitable space
close by is suggested. There are also
numerous cases in which a clergyman.
in offering parking facilities, adds the
hope that the motOrist visiting his
church will make himself known after
the service, so that the minister can
exchange greetings.
oil a nI1t
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-04

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