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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-11-09
RECEIVERS WILL
PUT ON ANOTHER
SALE TOMORROW
Four One-StOry Brick Buildings
on Main Street Will Be
Put up at Auction
RECEIVERSHIP PROLONGED

Another sale is to be held by
the receivers of the Chapel Hill
Insurance and Realty company.
At noon tomorrow Saturday
they will offer at public auction
four one-story brick buildings
on Franklin street.
These are: (1) the eastern of
the two buildings occupied by
the University Cafeteria; (2)
the building occupied by the
Carolina Dry Cleaners (3) the
building occupied by the Owl
Sandwich Shop; (4) one vacant
building.
All these buildings are mort
gagged, and of course the first
aim is to realize enough from
them to satisfy the claims of the
mortgage holders. M. K. Hogan
one of the receivers, said yester-
day that the buildings now oc.
cupied were yielding rentals
that made them a profitable in
vestment, and that therefore he
hoped the sale would bring out
satisfactory bids. The amounts
offered have to be approved by
~the court before deeds can be
passed.
The StreWd farm affaii + if is
still in something Of a tangle
Some Of the bids received at the
recent sale were considered by
the receivers high enough to be
recommended to the court fol
acceptance, but more were not
1t may be that an amended
petition will have to be present.
ed, asking that the mortgage
holders be made a party to the
suit; if this petition is granted
then it will be possible to pass
deeds even though the bids are
not high enough to clear the
mortgages.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-11-09
L. NJ. Brooks Trip
He and Mrs. Brooks Travelled over
Wild Region in X entucky

Lee M. Brooks Of the faculty
Of the University's department
Of sociology is back from a trip
that took him to the rem0test
and widest Kentucky mountain
regions. The purpose of his
trip was to continue an investi-
cation, begun on the coast of
Maine last summer, into the life
Of isolated families.
He and Mrs. Brooks went to
Kentucky in their Pontiac. AS
cending into the high country
and leaving the Travelled roads,
they penetrated to a land where
many of the inhabitants had
never before seen an automobile.
Sometimes they steered their
car along narrow ledges with a
precipice only a few feet away.
At one place, beyond which
they could not proceed in their
car, they were told that a "fune-
ralizing service" was to take
place IL miles further up the
mountain, and they went to it on
horseback. II was a ceremony
in memory of three men who
had been murdered within the
last three years. While it was
in progress one citizen, who ap-
parently did not approve of it,
walked up and down the road
outside the building and fired
off his gun every now and then.
Mr.. Brooks took down in short
hand the preachers sermon and
the coIIoquies engaged in by the
mourners.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-11-09
Anderson Thursday
Author Editor viii Give Lecture In
Memorial Hall

Sherwood Anderson, novelist
and, for the last year or so,
editor of a weekly newspaper in
Marion, Virginia, will lecture in
Memorial hall next Thursday
evening, November Is. This will
be the second event on the pro-
gram arranged by the Univer-
sity's faculty-student committee
on entertainments.
Mr. Anderson Is the author of
Winesbnrg, Ohio; Many Mar
riages; Horses and Men; Poor
White; and Dark Laughter. And
he is a frequent contributor to
the magazines.
The public was taken by SUR
prise last year when the news
papers announced that Mr.. An
derson had bought a newspaper
in Marion and would settle down
to live there. While continuing
to write books and stories, he
has entered with zest upon the
routine duties Of country edi-
tor. One of his enterprises was
to organize band for Marion;
another was to bring about q
cleanup of a vacant space that
had been an eyesore in the mid
die Of town. The November
number Of the magazine, Per-
sonality," contains an article
about Mr.. Anderson and his
newspaper publishing venture.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-11-09
How the Forecasts Turned Out

The Literary Digest has the
laugh on the critics of its straw
vote. The poll showed Hoover
breaking the Solid Southland
he did it. The poll indicated
that Hoover would receive a
greater percentage of the popu-
lar vote than he actually did re-
ceive, but his percentage (58)
bore out the DigeSt'S forecast of
a decisive victory. The poll in
dicated 488 electoral votes for
Hoover, and it appears from the
latest returns that he got around
440. Altogether, the Digest S
forecast must be taken as q
close approach to the actual re-
suit.
The two most celebrated
analysts of political conditions,
Mark Sullivan and David Law
renee, both predicted a Hoover
victory, but the margin was
wider than they anticipated. In
several of his articles Mr.. Sulli-
van suggested the possibility
that Smith might sweep the
northeastern states.
Laurence Stallings, the au-
thor and dramatist, an ardent
adherent of Smith, was here in
Chapel Hill three or four weeks
ago, and he told me he thought
the state of New York would go
for Hoover. This was contrary
to the balance Of opinion, even
hepuDllcan opinion, and so Mr..
Stallings must be put down as
a a csanHyy fereeastteff. II Il has has of ten
been said that New York is far
more friendly to state Demo
cratic control than to national
Democratic control, but most of
Smiths friends thought his
personal popularity would
carry him through winner in
his own state. Yet, with a re-
cord of having been elected
governor by 100000 in the
same year that Coolidge carried
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-11-09
Drains

1t is appalling, what q vast
volume of mans thoughts and
energy is expended upon drains.
1t seems to me nearly all the
people know do great deal of
fussing about the behavior of
water around their homes. They
try to make it run this way or
that, and it runs the other way
and cuts gulleys in the paths
and carries sand and gravel
over the lawns, and often refuses
to leave the cellars.
| met Mrs. Dan Grant in the
poSt-office last Saturday after
noon and asked her if her hus-
band had gone to the football
game in Raleigh; and she said
no, he had stayed here to work
IN their yard, and the main thing
he was worrying about was the
drainage. | felt sympathy for
him because | had struggled so
long and so hard with the same
problem.
1t is said that water runs
DOWNFALL, and maybe it does.
But during a heavy rain it re-
veals the most unexpected
vagaries. You lay off your
ground in what you are sure is
a proper manner, with the
mounds and humps and bitches
so arranged that the water will
flow off, docile and orderly.
Then comes cloudburst, and
you look out of the window and
see streams coursing over spaces
where they don't belong, They
leap out of bitches which you
have made especially for their
convenience, and go rushing and
foaming into forbidden areas.
There is one time, and one
only. when my drains work per-
fectly. That is, during a period
of drought. There being moth
ing for them to do, they do it to
my complete stisfaction; and as
| look upon them day after day,
while the weather stays dry, |
compliment myself upon my
skill as a dirt-shifter, and be-
come so impressed by my talent
that begin to wonder if | hadn't
better go into landscaping as a
profession. 1t takes only a
tnnoderatte raif1ff ia ali 4 to reduce me
to a state of gloom and humility
and if it is a heavy rainfall | am
Knocked by half a dozen or more
young Niagaras, scattered here
and there over the yard, bois-
terously playing the devil with
my property,
Sometimes you puzzle about
where all the water comes from,
Continued from page one)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-11-09
Gardner Has a Majority

o. Max Gardner has beer
elected governor of North Caro-.
lima by a majority estimated al
$4,000; and the other state Of
ficers also go to the Democrats
1t is thought likely, with the
count Of votes not yet complete,
that two Republican congress
men, Jones in the ninth district
and Prichard in the tenth, may
have been elected in this state.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-11-09
Special Armistice Day Service

There will be a special
Armistice Day service, in com
memoration of the tenth ami
versary Of the armfstice, at
1880 A. M. Sunday at the
Episcopal church. The service
begins at 10 80 10 that the custo-
mary two-minute silence at ii
o'clock may be observed, Rev.
A. s. Lawrence Is the chaplain
Of the Chapel Hill post Of the
American Legion and the mem
bers Of the post will attend the
service.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-11-09
Chapel Hill Chaff

Here is a watch story to match
the one, published last week.
about how Frank Graham re-
covered the Elgin he lost in the
University of Chicago Library
six years ago.
In the living room of the
Presidents House is big couch.
Or is it called a sofa? 1t is one
of those monster pieces, heavily
upholstered back of you and
beneath you, which represent
the acme, the very highest ideal,
of living room comfort. When
you sit upon it your bodily con-
tentment is such that-if you
were built that way-you would
purr. 1t tempts you into a mood
of delightful relaxation. and
carelessness and hence into
lounging attitudes.
So people leave things on it.
Coins, pocket-knives, pencils,
fountain pens, cigarette lighters,
slip out of mems pockets, and
scissors and sewing things out
of the laps of women, and glide
into the creyices around the
cushions and disappear. Silver
spoons, even, have been found
there when a house-cleaning was
in progress.
One evening when Mrs,
Chase sat on this couch her
hand chanced to drop into an
opening between the cushions
and she felt something hard,
"Now | wonder what we have
found this timer" she said to
Mr.. Chase. And she drew the
thing forth, and it was a gold
watch.
Whose was it? They had not
the faintest idea. In the course
Of their examination they open
ed the back and found there the
photograph of a comely young
woman. But this was no clue
the face was absolutely strange
to them.
Many visitors had come to the
house in the weeks gone by
J University trustees, alumni, and
members Of the faculty had come
in, on casual calls or for com.
mittee meetings. Mr.. Chase
wrote around the state, to per.
sons among whom he might
possibly find the owner, and
gave an accurate description OF
the watch, not neglecting tC
Continued on page foaer)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-11-09
Ibsen Well Attended

The house was packed at both
Of the Carolina Playmakers' per-
formances Of Tbsen's IAN Enemy
Of the People" last week.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-11-09
Plays Two Nights Next Week


The Carolina Playmakers will
present their Northern tour bill
at the Playmakers Theatre Tues
day and Wednesday evenings Of
next week. The program is
"Quare Medicine" by Paul
Green; Jobs KinfoIks," by
Loretto Carroll Bailey; and
"The Man Who Died at Twelve
O'clock" by Paul Green. The
first two are revivals; the third
Is a new production. Season
ticket holders may get their re.
served seats at Sutton & Alder
mans Monday.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-11-09

the state by $4,000, this year
he ran behind his ticket; New
York has elected the Democratic
candidates for governor, United
States senator, lieutenant COVER
nor, and comptroller.
We remarked a week or so
ago that'in forecasting the wish
was frequently father to the
thought. An acquaintance of
ours here in Chapel Hill conced-
ed Hoover maximum of 1875
electoral votes. The Columbus
Georgia EnQajrer-SuR placed
267 votes in the sure-for-Smith
column, and thought he would
probably get 35 more.
Betting odds are usually ridi-
culed by the side to which they
are unfavorable, but they are
usually right. Once | was as
signed to write a newspaper
article on the history of election
betting. | consulted newspaper
files running back to 1873, and
found that in every election the
result had justified the odds. 1t
is true that in 1916 the odds
were on Hughes during most of
| the campaign, but they narrowed
toward the end. Bets of even
money on Wilson were placed
the night before the election, and
| think that some bets were
placed at 6 to 5 on Wilson. Show
ing that the pOcket-book nerve
is a delicate and accurate ba-
rometer.
Calvin Coolidge once wrote a
book entitled Have Faith in
Massachusetts" In this election
Massachusetts was one of the
few states that vindicated the
faith Of the Democrats.
In general, it seems to me
that in national elections the
safest thing to do is to forecast
a Republican landslide and let
it 90 at that.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-11-09

The dinner dance, scheduled
at the Country Club for tomor-
row Saturday. night. has been
postponed until January.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-11-09

DR., William deb. MacNider
will leave Sunday to spend four
days at a medical meeting III
AshevIlle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
Rome Perfects Plan
For Setting Watches

Rome is perfecting the system where
by her citizens set their watches. That
convenient American system of clocks
electrically connected with government,
obssrvatories has not vet permeated Italy,
There are plenty of electric clocks, but
they lack the unanimity which the
Western Union assures American time
keeping devices
The good Roman therefore keeps his
ear cooked for the boom of the cannon
on Janiculum Hill That tells him 1t Is
high noon-time 10 set his watch. The
cannoneer on Janiculum gets his cue
from the Royal Observatory on the
Roman Capitol A bell rings and he
knows II Is exactly L. Some time ago
the Anticipated bell system failed to
tunetion-or the cannoneer drowsed.
The Janiculum cannon did not boom
until l2;A5 Husbands came home for
lunch. only TO find that the meal was
barely ON the stove, and there were all
sorts Of complications The authorities
decided the system must be made sleep
proof They are therefore connecting
the observatory With the Janiculum
cannon by telephone, and Roman
watches may be confidently regulated
every MONDAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02

indeed, she leads the world. AS in
cidents of recent development, Cana
dian steel production in the first half
of 1928 was greater by SO per cent than
In the first half of 1927. Building con-
tracts In the first half of 1923 totaled
$3.50, 900, 900 In value as against $751;
900 900 for the first half of 1927. The
balance of foreign trade for the IL
months ended June 80 was favorable
BY SOL ,294, 900 and the volume of
trade is steadily increasing.
Who would not be wishing to visit
Prince Albert National Park. that newly
dedicated playground Of 100000 acres
in the northern part Of the Province of
Saskatchewan, Canada north OF So,
even in part extending north of the saith
parallel a glorious region of forest and
lake and stream and wild life? One
NAV embark on Lake Montreal. at the
northeast corner Of the park, and via
Lac La Rouge and the Churchill River
paddle all the way to Hudson Bay. Lets
do 1t.
France.--Marshal Marie Emile Fayolle
Is dead at rs, very gallant and able
soldier of especial note as an artillery
man
April u was the Tooth anniversary Of
the birth of Hippollyte Adolphe Taine,
historian and philosopher. His great
work Is the "Origines de la France Con-
temporaink" Some one has called him
poet logician and another happily de-
clared that he had the power of dram
atiZing distractions That is, he had
passion for abstraction. for memorable
logic combined with high imaginative
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
Strikes at Usury
Among Filipinos

A pillar of Gov Henry L. Stimsons
administration is Col. Blanton Win
ship. who. among other duties. is max
ing the lot of the usurer hard Legal
matters fall TO Col winship. and usury
is one of them. Hailing from Georgia.
planter State. he has native antipathy
for money sharks and Is taking a keen
delight in happening them here. OF
course, he does not figure publicly in
the cases
A striking feature of the Stimson ad-
ministration is its unobtrusivenesS. Tie
proper official, a Filipino, learns what
Is wanted in conference at Malacanang
Palace, Gov. Stimson's ONCE. and ne
goes and does 1t. Law enforcement Of
fictalS learn from Col. Winship. and
there Is no law he takes keener pleasure
in having enforced than that Furnishing
usury. IT this keeps up. as II apparent
ly will. the partial emancipation Of the
poems is in sight
The law is quite severe, judges do not
hesitate To impose its heaviest penalties.
and the game is becoming hazardous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02

gift. In writing his famous histories OF
french and of English literature he had
two preoccupations, to exhibit the writer
and his writings as products OF their
epoch and according to theory which
cbsessed him, to bring to light the pre-
dominant faculty, the faculte maitresse,
Of the writer considered. For the rest he
conceived an opinion of mankind in
general scarcely more f1attering than
that of Swift. He was The High Priest
of the Cult of Misanthropy. a positiv-
list philosopher, master Of vigorous and
colored style. Tame died In 1898.
The Kingdom Of the Serbs. Greats and
Siovenes. THE Jugoslav government has
been discussing the relative merits OF g
concillatory and coercive policy IN
dealing with the dissident Croat and
other elements OF the kingdom The
dispatches indicate that the policy OF
coercion has been chosen. choice which
the history OF mankind would scarcely
seem to Justify, II u.s. we understand,
proposed to bring 10 trial NJ. Matchek,
the new head of the Croatian Peasant
party, charged with agitation danger
Gus to the state, with having slandered
the government in newspaper interviews.
with having sent a telegram asking for
the lnterposition Of the intsrparliamen--
tary congress at Berlin, with this and
with thai
Albania In previous issue / did
Injustice TO Ahmed Zogu, till yesterday
President, now King OF Albania. and
10 the Ahanians Ahmed did not crown
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
More Londoners Buy
Motor Boats for River

Nowadays, when TO get out OF Lon
don during the week end by car usually
means joining In a Slow-moving process
sion, a few people are taking advantage
of London's only uncrowded highway
the river
While a motor boat cannot of course.
be considered an alternative 10 week
ender'S car. more and more people are
buying these little craft for week end
excursions, On fine sunday morning
you can see a number Of parties setting
out from the landing stages on the
Westminster and Chelsea stretches of
the Thames,
The chief reason why there are not
many mere Is the difficuity Of getting
meorings i'm this part of the river, AZ
the pier near the Albert Bridge, which
Is convenient for residents In Chelsea
or KenSlngten, only about dozen
moorings are granted hy the Port Of
London authorities A newcomer must
often wait for months or even years
until he can set a vacant mocring,
There Is often considerable waiting
lat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
gY WILLIAM Fl. BRAYDEN.

Correspondent Of IRE Srar ard Chicago
DAILY News IN ireland
Ireland, which used TO be proud Of
as isolation from world fashions, It's
traditional unity Of family life. and its
scrict parental control over children,
whose obedience extended even be-
yond the years OF youth, has not es-
capped the changes in outlook which
are attributed 20 the World War.
Irish boys and girls. on the testimony
q the cCuniry's leaders, both clerical
end lay. are freely initiating forelgn
f2zhlonE. As q university professor
c1z1at-saed with the change, puts IT
Ozark Rosaieen hiss bobbed her har
TIE Bishop u Dromore, following the
r:o1poncements ri numerous other
b1znopk. bath Catholic and Protestant,
declares Irish girls used ~ look well
tall they began to make gew2aws OF
themselves
Wornen's dress is described IS a
Ersndal end an organiza ton has been
established 10 secure a greater length
a. skirt and a Jess liberal display Of
fiocksng. Irish boys and girls are
changing their interest with their styles
srd even national smus"ments are
- jng q modern form. Dancing has
slvevs been p fsV0rite Irish pssiin1e
snd 2 famous ballad tells Of the glorious
fe.s ~ the Kerry dancing and thf
Tve ~ tbs ptD0yg tune But the CID
r~,ces fl1n Flrrce fa@a ere Fi'tn2
r'qce e eryVherc In III" n"wee' i'm
. Yec~sns modes ami the dances - tee
s~o-s 7ea6s are TcDlaced b. the all
n.rht dances IN hells.
pneu and LEGAL Betting.
gvervvlaere youth Ia having its fling
lfgal.zed BIZ the state, which derives
nsz~lv a quarter Of q million dollars
yezriy IN revenue from taxes on bets
sn1 N, bookrnakers, who keep of1cef
h. which young and old can pack then
fancy on the next race as easily aflc
operIy as one can buy hat.
Protests against the decentralization
~ the times are frequent. The de
Fluctuations of the clergy are CON
sanity repeated Parents are BIDDER
% resume the control they nave nsI
e DESPITE all this II Is generally con-
sre6 that there has been little Seri'
moral lapse Religion maintain
hold. and the old fixed moral prln'
Dies deeply implanted ~ the Hisf
m nj are not challenged The Dogs anf
RS who dance on SATURDAY nigh
70 sfsU careful not 10 miss mass Ut
T1fneav morning All the cbufchei
h9e Indiminshed congregations. Tn
fenUnciatiobs are the result of Tear
~ the future rather than 81 any con
ksrtlon of serious existing harm
since The var the marriage rate ma
Fh0up some decline and the birth rat
r. 81 course. followed the marrlsg'
fste fer IN ireland marriage mean
fdgru Tust before the var M
tg.sgIlsSs rate YES Sos per thousand o