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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25
Chapel Hill Chaf

There is always much talk in
the village about our great num-
ber of organizations and the in
cessant calls to attend meetings
of one kind or another. When
l was with Robert B. House at
the American Legion supper he
told me he had three other ap-
pointments that same evening:
to take part in a volley ball
match against the Raleigh team,
to attend a parent-teachers gath
ering, and to go to Archibald
Henderson's reception to Edwin
Bjorkman. Mr.. House has not
been in Chapel Hill long enough
to become, hard-boiled in his re-
sponse to calls. From my casual
observation / believe he is our
champion meeting-attender at
present.
More than quarter of a GEN.
tury ago, when Major Cain was
a boarder at the MacNiders', the
negro servant there was Jonse
Johnson. Cousin Sophie Mac
Nider used to count heavily upon
the weather forecasts of Jonse,
who set great store by the
grounding tradition in giving
counsel about when to plant the
garden. AS a sporting PROPOSE
tion the Major bet against Jonse
every year. He says that a rec
ord of Is years showed that
Jonse was right Z times and
wrong 8. The Major decided
that the negro, guided by his
superstitions, scored about as
high a percentage as though he
had been a scientist.
A professor in the University,
a bachelor, had an afternoon tea
one day last week. AS l stood
beside him he shifted the table
ware this way and that, step
Continued en- UG0e fOur)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25
The Plant Exchange
Club Enables Gardeners to Make Mu-
tually Profitable Swaps

With spring near at hand, the
Community Club has again in
augurated it's Plant Exchange.
Mrs. w. ID. Toy is in charge, as
she has been for many years.
All who have plants to spare,
and all who want plants, are
asked to communicate with her.
One gardener has a surplus of
certain shrubs or bulbs or vines,
and is short of other varieties.
Mrs. A may have just what Mrs.
B. lacksa and may need that
which Mrs. B. has in excess. I'm
less there is some medium of
communication, they never learn
how they can benefit from each
others gardens. The Plant FIX
change brings them together.
This has been one of the most
successful activities of the Com
munity Club and has been an
important factor in the beautifl-
cation of the village.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25
May Oil Gravel Streets
Treatment Would Improve Drainage.
and also End Dust Nuisance

The town government is 60
ing to look into the feasibility of
putting an oil binder" on the
gravel streets of Chapel Hill.
Experiments by the state
highway commission have
shown that dirt surfaces can be
greatly improved, at a moderate
cost, by. the application of re-
Gently perfected oil mixtures.
The substance is spread on, and
then some sand is mixed with
it. This operation is repeated
several times until the coating
resembles an asphalt pavement.
1t is against both water and
dust that the oil serves as pro-
lection. In rainy weather it
prevents the washing away of
the surface; and in periods of
drought it's hardness and solidity
keep the dust from being raised.
There is considerable doubt
as to whether Chapel Hill is
financially able to undertake this
improvement. The present en-
terprise is merely a preliminary
study.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25
Nine Disappointed Women

Frank Graham invited nine
women to attend "The Big Pa
rade" with him. But before the
day came he went off to Char
lotte for a tonsils operation, and
so they had to get to the show
as best they could.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25
\. "The Big Parade"

The presentation of Lawrence
Stallings' motion picture PLAY
"The Big Parade" drew a large
crowd to the Pickwick yester-
day afteTnoon and again last
night. There were many visi-
tors from Durham and nearby
communities.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25
Community Club Meeting

The Community Club will
meet in the Episcopal parish
house, at half past three o'clock
this friday afternoon, The
program is sponsored by the lit
erature department.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25
Library Catalogue Expands

The University library has
added 72 drawers to its index
catalogue, bringing the total
plumber to 212. The library now
has about $4,000 cards in it's
Catalogue, representing 10000
books
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25

The women of the Methodist
church will hold a cake and
candy sale in the Peoples Bank
Building at 10 o'clock tomorrow
Saturday morning.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25
Bernard in StatesviIle

w. 8. Bernard delivered the
address before the University
alumni Of Statesville at their
meeting Tuesday evening.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25
u. r. Holmes to Read "CyranO''

l. Urban r. Holmes will read
Rostand's CyranO de Bergerac
Sunday evening at half past 8
o'clock in the Playmakers Thea
ire. This is one of the Play
maker readings and is free to all.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25
FOR
SHOWS AT NIGHT
in NEW STADIUM
Electric Wiring for Flood
Lighting" Is Included in
the Design
PHONE LINES UNDER TURF

Before the playing field of the
new kenan Stadium receives it's
final surface of top soil, for the
planting of grass, an elaborate
underground wiring system is to
be installed.
Some of the conduits that run
under the turf will contain wires
for the FLOOD lighting" neces-
Sary to night spectacles. This
is in anticipation of the time
when the great enclosure may be
used for pageants or other en-
tertainments. Visitors to New
York who have seen perform
ances in~the Lewisohn Stadium,
at the City College, will appre-s
ciate the opportunity that such
a place offers for the develop
ment of outdoor drama on big
scale.
No definite plans for such
spectacles have yet been made,
but the designers of the stadium
are providing for future contin-
gencies. 1t is relatively simple
to lay the conduits now; it would
be difficult and expensive to
tear up the field to lay them later
on.
Few of the people who stand
on the hillsides in the woods
south of the campus, and look at
the steam shovel and the trac-
tors in operation, suspect the
complex character of the task of
completing the playing field.
AS soon as the ground is grad
ed, tile drain pipes will be laid
on top of the clay. These will
slope from the center toward the
sides where they will empty into
larger drains running parallel to
the stands. Around and above
them will be spread a layer of
sand several inches thick. On
top of the sand will be placed the
top soil in which the grass is to
be planted. There will be con-
stant rolling as the work pro-
ceeds.
The electrical installation in
cludes wires for telephones, tele-
graph Instruments, and light
ing. Some of the telephone
wires~will connect the press box,
at the top of one of the concrete
stands, with the players benches
and with field telephones along
the sidelines.
Atwood-Nash, the architects,
and Charles r. Woollen, the
graduate manager of athletics,
aided by the experience of other
institutions where stadia have
been erected. are planning splen-
did facilities for the press.
Either a roof, or a canvas COW
ering capable of being quickly
spread, will afford protection for
the writer's. There will be a
telegraphers' section; tables of
a height convenient for type
writer's; and arrangements for
the transmission of reports by
radio.
Within the last week the de-
signers have been devoting par
ticular attention to the layout
of paths and roads adjacent to
the stadium. One of their domi-
nant ideas is to preserve the
beauty of the woods. 9 1t is un-
likely, therefore, that wide roads
will be cut through to the stands,
Cars will be parked at some dis
tance, and the crowds will ap-
proach the gates on foot.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25

The Booklovers' Shop in Dur
ham is going to devote a win
dow exclusively to Paul Green's
books as soon as Mr.. Green's
new volume of plays is released
for sale.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25
T. ]. Wilson, Jr., Leaves

T. J. Wilson, Jr., registrar of
the University, left yesterday
for New York to sail for Europe
Saturday. He will join his son,
T. j., Srd, at Oxford University.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25
ANDREWS SELLS
GROCERIES ARM
TO CHAIN STORE
Self-Service Establishment Tt
Have Corner Space After
March Is
DRYGOODS DEPT. REMAINS

The Andrews-Henninger Com
panY has sold it's groceries de-
partment to the M. System of
Atlanta, a chain-store concern
which operates by a self-service
method similar to that of the
Piggly Wiggly. The newcomers
make no change of location.
They simply take over the cor
ner store where the old firm has
handled. it's groceries for many
years. Tuesday, March Is, is
the day scheduled for their
opening.
The work of installing the
counters and other equipment
necessary for self-service is al
ready under way.
Andrews-Henninger will con-
tinue to sell drygoods, notions,
and shoes in the other half of
the present establishment-the
same space that is now devoted
to that branch of the business.
The advent of the M. System
brings to Chapel Hill the third
cash-and-carry grocery store.
The A. & P. came in about three
years ago, and was soon followed
by Pender's. Observers of mer-
camille conditions in the village
have seen, for some time, that
it was difficult for old-style
delivery-and-credit firms to
stand against the competition of
the corporations functioning un-
der a more modern marketing
plan. One of the advantages
which these latter enjoy is the
ability to purchase in great
quantities, and therefore at low
er prices; another is the escape
from charge accounts and the
consequent inevitable losses due
to bad debts.
eve have been considering for
a year or more" said S. W. An
drews yesterday, "the advisable
ity of giving up our groceries
department and concentrating
upon drygoods, notions, and
shoes. 1t looks as if the day of
the combined grocery and dry
goods store is passing, at least
in towns of the size of Chapel
Hill, and we feel sure we can do
better by centering our attention
upon the one kind of business.
We are going to sell as much as
we can of our grocery stock be-
tween now and the 18th, and
then turn over what's left to the
new store"
Mr.. Andrews began his bust
ness career in Chapel Hill 38
years ago, in 1889, when he be-
came a clerk in the store of the
Farmers Alliance where the K.
A. Eubanks store now stands.
He was with Tom Lloyd, who
bought out the Alliance place,
and then with w. c. Lloyd & Co.
After three years in Newton ne
came back here to run his own
place from 1902 to 1904. Elect
ed sheriff in 1904, he sold out to
S. J. Brockwell and was in the
sheriff's office for six years. In
1911 he established his present
business. He took his son, Rob-
ert Clyde Andrews, into partner
ship with him. Later they were
Joined by J. s. Henninger and
the name of the concern was
changed from the Andrews Cash
Store to the Andrews-Henninge
Company.
Ga AAnwyRVNn
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25
Legislative Committee Meeting

Legislative Committee Meeting
The legislative committee of
the Community Club will have a
meeting at Mrs. Howe's home at
half past three o'clock Monday
afternoon. All the members are
urged to attend, since the execu-
tive subcommittee has mapped
out a tentative program that
calls for serious consideration.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-02-25

Jack Merritt, the celebrated
Carolina football player of three
seasons ago, has a daughter,
She was born last Saturday.
Evening star., 1927-05-28
street Gots 46 to 40, square 1896, t
o1ot n0n

street Gots 4e to 40, square 1896. to
cost $4,000.
George u. Small. owner and builder
| to erect four metal private garages
1925, 1927, 3631 and 3633 Van Ness
street dots 46 to 40, square 1896. to
| cost $500.
l.. w. Fitton, owner and builder;
George T. Santmyers. architect: to in
close rear porch, 500 Kentucky avenue
southeast DOT 81, square 1869, to cost
$400.
Charles Azzarelo, owner; J. d. Burn,
architect and builder; to make repairs,
1864 Mills avenue northeast tparcel
155/1S7, square 4217), to cost $500.
e. B. Brown, owner; Faulkner &
Proctor, Silver Spring, Nd, designers:
William II. Thompson, builder; to
erect one 2-story brick and tile dwell.
ing, $500 First street northeast Qots
16 and AZ, square 3707), to cost $1,000.
John Boyle, jr., owner and architect;
r. II. Phipps. builder; to enlarge
porch, 1901 Ingomar street Cots 800
and sol, square 1859, to cost $500.
T. F. Schneider Corp, owners; Fred
eric B. Pyle, architect: Schneider
Spliedt Co.. builders; 10 make repairs,
1925 Fifteenth street Qot 26, square
216), to cost $1,000.
T. A. Jameson, owner and builder;
to erect one metal private garage, 423
Thirteenth street northeast Got 72,
square 1030), to cost $3.50.
Walter Mountjoy. owner; G. G. Car
ter, builder; to inclose porch, 1912
Ridge place southeast DOT IS, square
5604, to cost $500.
Lydney Wathen, owner and builder;
George T. Santmyers. architect; to in
close porch, 1902 Potomac avenue
southeast DOT 15, square 109n, to cost
$400.
G. A. Weber, owner: to erect one
Evening star., 1927-05-28

frame garage, 4311 Cathedral avenue
Got %, square 1929, to cost $3.50.
w. M. Ward. owner and builder;
George T. Santmyers, architect; to
erect two 2.stOry brick apartments
Ell and Is Georgia avenue Qots and
5, square 305S). to cost $4,000.
Archie Savoy, owner and builder;
RI. w. Turner, designer: to erect one
1-storv concrete block and frame
dwelling, 4933 Lee street northeast
0ots n and Is, square 5175), to cost
$500.
University Women's Club. owner;
McDonald-Langstroth Construction Co.
architects and builders: to make re-
pairs. 1894 l street DOT sos, square
1861, to cost 5000.
The Texas Co, owners, architects
and builders; to erect one 1-story brick
store for filing station, 1000 Eighth
street southeast dots 811, S12, SIS and
SIC, square 929), to cost $4,000.
l.. j. Curley, owner; Z. L. Ward.
builder; to erect one metal garage,
3S2S Tenth street Got 80, square 29O4),
to cost $500.
Martha Orr DENLY, owner: A. NJ.
Price, designer; d. e. Nichol builder;
to erect one 2.story tile storage build
ing, 316 l street northeast 0ot 9,
square 775), to cost $25 900.
Charles A. Cary, owner; George A.
Didden, architect; Henry 3. Davis
builder: to make repairs, 1907 to 1909
Evening star., 1927-05-28

G. street Got 81, square 252), to cost
SO. 400.
p. d. Holiness owner. architect and
builder; to stucco buildings and make
repairs, 1415 to 1927 First street south.
west tlot 9, square 654) to cost $500.
American Realty Co.. owners; to
13. square 319), to cost $500.
Evening star., 1927-05-28

nouncement by the Office Of McKeever
& Goss, Inc, realtors.
Mr.. Whiteford. it is understood, will
hold the property as an investment.
The building, constructed several
years ago. contains 81 apartments.
Evening star., 1927-05-28
APARTMENT PURCHASED.
West View, Eight-Story Building,
Sold to r. j. Whiteford.

The West View Apartments, 2123
street, an eight-story building Of steel
and brick construction. has been pur-
chased by Roger J. Whlteford, Wash
ington attost1ey, according to an an
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

waiting for a New York express. As
it speeded into the station those
on the platform cried out in alarm as
they saw a little airedale directly in
its path, unaware of the danger
WE'LL, executive of a big corpora
ton, war hero and man of action,
wasted no time. He sprang to the
tracks. The dog became aware Of
the excitement and sensed his peril,
but was too frightened to move.
The train was on top of the dog.
WE'LL could have sprung aside, but
he bent down to scoop up the fright
ened animal in his arms and then,
several observers said, stumbled.
WE'LL was killed instantly. The
dog he had tried to save was still
alive, but was so badly hurt that
police had to shoot it.
WE'LL would have been 81 next
week, on Good Friday. lie lived
here with his wife and two children,
committing to the offices of the West
ern Electric Company in New York.
His wife was overcome by the
tragedy and his friends here We're
deeply affected. Those who knew
him best said they were certain he
must have slipped just as the train
bore down, as he was wiry. active
and unlikely to mistime his action
even in an emergency.
WE'LL came from San Francisco,
where his mother lives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
FACE LIFTING PRATICED
TO KEEP CONVICTS GOOD
Handsome Is as Handsome Does Has Something to Do
With Innovation at San Quentin Prison.

James Ryan, about to be liberated
from his second term for robbery,
complained that his face made it inn
possible for him to go straight.
DIR. l.. l.. Stanley, prison physician,
performed a face lifting operation.
The change in Ryan's appearance
was startling. Cartilage removed
from an ear was used to reshape a
battered nose. A "caulihower" ear
was nodded back into some degree
of symmetry.
Convict friends, marveling at
Ryan's sudden change, spread the
story. AS a result convicts are hav-
ing their faces altered as fast as they
can be accommodated.
Ryan was followed by James Hal
liday of Los Angeles and Manuel
Gonzales, sentenced from San Diego
for robbery.
For each of them a pleasing
countenance was substituted for the
criminal look which they feared
would keep them behind the bars.
There are twenty-five more con-
victs on the waiting list for face lift
ing operations" DR.. Stanley said to-
day, adding they would be taken care
of as rapidly as possible. Il believe
that operations of this sort will be-
come a real influence in correcting
criminal traits" said the physician.
"These men have felt that their looks
were against them. With new faces
they probably will go straight"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
SPEED Up CITY
MANAGER DRIVE
Workers to Aid in Getting
Names Asked.

City manager workers redoubled
efforts today to secure 1875 petit
ton signers before the close of the
campaign Saturday night.
The petitions must be filed with
CITY Clerk William A. Boyce Jr., by
Monday in order to authorize an
election in June, committee members
said.
Although names are being secured
easily and no accurate count has
been made, it is believed that the
total is a few thousand short of the
goal.
The campaign has been under way
less than two weeks and lack of
time has hampered the committee.
Blanks will be distributed Friday in
neighborhood stores, in order to as
sist in gathering as many names as
possible by Saturday night.
A request has been sent out by
the campaign committee for volun-
teer workers to report at headquar-
ters, $40 Illinois Bldg.
Notaries will be especially needed
at headquarters Saturday to certify
petitions, committee members stated.
Petitions may be signed at head
quarters at As N. Pennsylvania ST.,
and 1O5 N. Illinois st. Scores Of
volunteer workers are distributing
the petitions in factories, offices and
neighborhoods.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
Stin1son to Conduct
Probe in Nicaragua

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, April 7.-Henry
L. Stimson, New York, former sec
retary of war. has been appointed
a special representative Of President
Coolidge to investigate the Nicaragu-
an situation, Secretary Of State Kel-
logg announced today after con-
ference at the White House.
"The strife and bloodshed going
on in that country is a matter Of
great regret and the necessity for
protecting the interests of our citi-
zens there and the large interests
of the United Stctes Government is
very great" the Kellogg statement
announcing Stimson's appointment
said.
Stimson is expected to sail Satur-
day from New York for Nicaragua
via Panama.
It is believed Stimson's mission
has some connection with working
out a possible formula for future
Nicaraguan-United States relations,
in which the special rights Of the
United States Government in that
country. including the inter-oceanic
canal hts, would be recognized.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
First Spelling
Tests Held
Twenty Thousand indianapolis School Children Write in
Contest to Determine Room Champions.

grade winners in each Of eighty
one city schools, teachers have
been asked to devote consider
able time to coaching their pu-
pills for the Building Spelling
Bee, which is to be held in each
school on April 27. The fifty
words for this written contest
will be selected from the Nc
Call speIIer by the principal of
the building, and will be given
to the pronouncer when the con-
test begins. In event of ties in
the building contest, oral bees
will be conducted by the princi-
pal until winner Is chosen.
This will reduce the number of
champions to eighty-one.
Words for the Zone Spelling
Bee, to be held in each Of the
city's eight zones, will be Sc
Iected from the Mccall spelIer
by the Spelling Bee Committee.
This contest will be oral and
will determine the eight city
champions, who later in May will
represent the city in the State
Spelling Bee.
Information reaching The
Times from the counties cooper
ating in the Spelling Bee in In
diana voices an abundance of
enthusiasm among contestants.
Preliminary and township con-
tests are being held and espe-
cialIy is the work being rushed
in the rural schools, which soon
will close for vacation. Building
champions will be chosen in
those cities and the county cham
plon will be selected from the
building champions and the town.
ship winners.
These winners will come to In
dianapolis in May for the State
Spelling Bee, at which State
champion will be selected in an
oral contest. The winner of the
State contest will represent In
diana in the National Spelling
Bee in Washington, D. c., in June
and will be accompanied by
chaperon, all expenses being
paid by The Times.
The Indiana champion will
compete for the national SPELL
ing title and first prize of 81 900
in cash.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
COUNCIL MEETING
CALLED TONIGHT
Four HorSemen Indicate
They May Be Absent.

City council will hold a special
meeting tonight if enough members
can be gathered in to make a
quorum.
President Claude E. Negley issued
the call Wednesday evening, but it
was indicated today that the minor
ity -four horsemen" councilmen
might fail to respond because the
call did not include a pet measure
prohibiting theater construction
within 500 feet Of churches.
If the quartet stays away the
meeting will fail, since it is called
for the purpose of passing upon an
ordinance providing $400 with which
City Clerk William A. Boyce Jr.
would employ additional help to
check the city manager election pc
ton, and resolution providing city
approval for county paving in E.
Forty-Sixth st.