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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07
New Commissioners Take Office;
Johnston Is Sworn in on Sick-Bed

Monday of this week was the
day for the swearing-in of the
commissioners and other county
officers elected last month.
They gathered for the ceremony
in the court house in Hillsboro
and the oaths were administer
ed by the clerk of the court,
A. w. Kenion.
Because of his illness George
Johnston, the only member of
the retiring board who was re-
elected, could not be present.
The two other members, Jeter
Lloyd and w. H. Ray, chose him
as chairman. Accompanied by
Mr.. Kenion they drove out to
his home near Orange Church,
between HiIlsboro and Chapel
Hill, and the clerk administered
the oath to him on his sickbed.
The commissioners held an
other meeting Wednesday to
pass on the matter of bonds for
county officers. They consider
ed two or three minor questions
relating to roads and then ad-
journed.
They will get down to real
business at their meeting Mon
day, January 7, when they will
receive reports from the county
accountant and the treasurer
and begin to formulate their
policies for the conduct of the
county's affairs during the next
two years.
One of the proposals to be
taken up for discussion by the
board this winter is the appoint
ment of county manager. For
a long time the closest observers
of county government methods
have realized that an all-time
manager is necessary if the
revenues are to be expended eff
ficiently and economically. AS
it is now, it is impossible to have
any sort of adequate check upon
the services for which the COM
missioners are called to pay.
1t is too early yet for the new
commissioners, Mr.. Ray and Mr.:
Lloyd, to commit themselves
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07
TrOupe's Exciting Tour
Actor Disabled Just before Broad
casting Of Play is Scheduled

3
The Carolina Playfnakers had
a fine Northern tour. Not only
did they play to their usual big
houses and receive their usual
encomiums from the newspaper
critics and other spectators, but
they had the excitement of be-
ing robbed of one of their chief
actors just before they were to
broadcast Paul Green's play,
"Quare Medicine"
Twenty minutes before the
troupe was to go on the air Mr..
Koch got telephone message
saying that Lawrence Thomp-
son had been injured in an au-
tomobile accident and was in
Mt. Sinai Hospital. He had run
into a tree in Central Park. This
news made the Playmakers
panicky for a minute or two; but
the director of the broadcasting
company read Mr., Thompson's
lines and all went well.
Engagements were played in
IL cities. Six performances
were at educational institutions
Yale, Columbia, Randolph-Ma-
con, Virginia State Normal,
Chowan College, and Hampton
Institute. The troupe played
before little theatre audiences
in Morristown and Plainfeld,
New Jersey, Baltimore, Moylan
Ia suburb of PhiladeIphia), and
Danville.
Among the critics who gave
high praise to the Playmakers
was Henry Irving Brock of the
New York Times. He paid
specially high compliments, as
did. other critics, to Loretto
Carroll Bailey. Before the tour
was ended Mrs. Bailey was
called to the bedside of her
mother who was critically III in
Washington, d. G.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07
Tau Beta Pi Installed
Chapter of Honorary Engineering
Fraternity Established Here

A chapter of Tau Beta ri,
national honorary engineering
society, has been established
here at the University of North
Carolina. A. D. Moore of the
University of Tennessee faculty
came to conduct the installation
ceremonies.
At a banquet given by the new
chapter talks were made by the
two visitors and by ]. F. Roy
ster, G. M. Braune, T. ]. Will
son, Jr., H. G. Baity, and l.. L.
Vaughn of the faculty of State
College. The following were
initiated: T.. F. Hickerson,
G. w. Smith, H. G. Baity, T. B.
Smiley, C. e. Ray, 0. r. Rowe,
NJ. F. Hetherington, L. |. Las
sitter, j. B. London, l.. d. White,
l.. B. Aull, r. j. Morton, F. l..
Adams, E. D. Blakeney, r. H.
Hayes, ]. w. Holt, r. p. Howe,
w. B. Massenburg, w. N.
Michal, and T. P. Noe.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07

upon the creation of a county
manager, but both of them are
thought to be friendly to the
suggestion. Of course they real
ize that it is largely a question
of money. There is no appro-
priation for a managers salary
in this years budget, and he
could be paid only through a
re-adjustment of functions that
would permit a saving in other
accounts. Most probably, how
ever, the manager plan cannot
be put into effect until the be-
ginning of the next fiscal year
that is, the first day of next
July.
Road building and road main
tenance is an important problem
for the new board to solve. And
it is a hard one, for the reason
that the appropriation is made
quatesfor the mileage that has
to be taken care of. There is a
general feeling in the county
that there has been too much
diffusion in the use of road
money-too many new branch
roads opened and not enough at
tention given to keeping the
main arteries of traffic in good
condition. The board may de-
eide to have the road superin-
tendent concentrate his efforts
on the more important roads. 1t
is in the next TIVE TIVE Oh. OF three
months, the winter season, that
they will demand most care.
Before the new commissioners
took office the county audit had
proceeded to a point where the
IoHtgoing sheriff, L. B. Lloyd,
could make a settlement of taxes
for the years 1925, 1926, and
1927. The records show that
Mr.. Lloyd made a creditable
record as tax-collector.
At the November meeting of
the commissioners the monthly
budget statement showed that
expenditures of $27,594 had
been made from the total ap-
priations of $172,978, leaving an
unexpended balance Of $145, 1884.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07
Play for Title Today
Wilmington and Statesville Compete
for High School Championship

Wilmington and Statesville
meet here in the Kenan Stadium
this friday afternoon in a
contest for the state high school
football championship. Will
mington defeated Greensboro in
the title match last year. 1t won
the eastern championship this
year by a victory over Raleigh
in Fayetteville last Friday.
Moore, Burnett and Bremen
are missing from the easterners'
1927 backfield, and Farmer is
no longer at end. But those who
have seen the champions in
action in the last two or three
games say they are more
powerful this year than last.
Swede Olsen is considered the
star man behind the line, and he
has with him Britten and Huff
man. Captain Robertson and
Snipes are guards again, Jewell
is center, and May fills his old
post at tackle.
Statesville has allowed its OPP
ponents only 8 points during the
entire season. 1t beat Green's
bor0 7 to 2 in Salisbury last
Saturday. "StatesvilIe present
ed one of the Notwithstanding
machines Greensboro has faced
this year." wrote George
Netherwood in his review of the
match for the Greensboro NeDs.
Their brilliant forwards ex-
hibited giant power Two for
ward passes, Kerr to johnson,
gave Statesville its touchdown
against Greensboro.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07
Charles L. Raper Here

Charles L. Raper, dean of the
school of business administra-
tion in Syracuse University, for
mer head of the department of
economics in the University of
North Carolina, has been at the
Carolina inn this week. His
many old friends in Chapel Hill
have enjoyed seeing him again.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07
Wheelers See Etna
Eruption
Taormina, Sicily,
Nov. Is, 1928.

4NON. I'D, 1910.
Dear Graves:
Sicily has been giving US a
great many thrills, but the erup-
tion of Mt. Etna has capped the
climax, for we have seen some
thing which very few people in
this world see: a lava stream
overwhelming a villagel Two
weeks ago in Naples we learned
that ominous rumblings indi-
Gated new activity of Mt. Etna
on the eastern coast of Sicily.
Our ship took US to Palermo
near the northwestern corner of
Sicily, a city of over 100000
people and a most interesting
place, having been dominated in
its long history by seventeen
nations. Sicily is all mountains
and yet a very fertile land, rails
ing vast quantities of oranges,
lemons, almonds, grapes, wal
nuts and chestnuts.
We crossed over the noun
tains to Agrigento on the south
shore, only 80 miles from AT.
rica, where there are remains OF
many remarkable Greek tenn
pies. We then travelled through
the center of the island in the
Continued on page seVen.)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07
Student RecitaIs Begin

The first Of a series of music
recitals by University students
win be given at 4:SO next Thurs
day afternoon, December 10, in
the lecture room of Person hall,
and the public is invited. The
performers win be piano and
violin students who are working
with Mr.. Kennedy and Mr.. Nc
CorlrIe.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07
Authors Reading Tonight

There will be an authors read
ing of new plays at 1880 this
friday evening in the Play
makers Theatre. Everybody
who wants to be there is vel
come. The try-outs come at
4:3O Monday afternoon. The
plays selected win be produced
here February 5 and ..
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07
Potter Reads 'sTristram"

The Bulls Head reading by
Russell Potter yesterday after
noon was from the poems OF Ed
win Arlington Robinson.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07
Many Go to Raleigh

Many people went down from
Chapel Hill this week to see the
art exhibit and to hear Kreisler.
The paintings and sculptures at
the Sir Walter were from the
Grand Central Art Gallery in
New York.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07
Kay Kyser Gives Concert

Kay Kyser and his orchestra
gave a performance in Memorial
hall last night under the aus
pices Of the woman's fraternity,
Chi Omega.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07
H. M. Jones in Virginia

Howard Mumford Jones Of
the faculty Of the English de-
partment will make an address
in Lynchburg this friday af-
tenOon and at Sweet Briar Col
lege this evening.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07

A GIFT for q friend; o ysay's Sub
seriptioN to the Chapel HUI Weekly,
s1.5O; notics Of the Gift sent to ye-
eipisNt from The Wssklys offies.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-07
Opera Tickets on sale Here

The music department Of the
University has on sale tickets
for the opera season in Greens
boro january IA TO 10. 4
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-03-24
LOCAL TOPICS

of said estate and those inter- ested therein to sell the whole of said estate; and that it is necessary to sell the whole thereof to pay the debts expen- ses, and costs of administrat- ion,
 TT IS THEREFORE ORDER ED, ADJUDGED AND DE- CREED, That all persons inter ested in the estate of Charles Rarbee deceased, appear be- fore the above entitled court Monday the second day of April, 1928 at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon of said day in the Commissioners court at Hyder, Alaska, to show cause why an order should not be granted to said Administrator to sell the whole of said estate at either private or public sale as said admins trator shall deem to be most beneficial to the estate; and that this order be published once each week for four suc- cessive weeks in the Hyder Weekly Herald a newspaper of general circulation in Hyder Precinct Territory of Alaska.
 The description of the real estate herein referred to is: Lot IS Block 10 Hyder Town site, Hyder, Alaska.
 Dated this 1st day of March, 1928.
 (SeaD w. c. Arnold United States Commissioner
 and ex-officio Judge of Pro- bate.
 Publish March 3, 10, IT, 24.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-03-24

In the Commissioners Court i; Territory of Alaska: Division Number One Hyder Precinct
 In Probate.
 In the Matter of the Estate of Charles Barbee, Deceased.
 Number 23 Probate.
 Order to show cause.
 To R. E. Barbee Sr. and all unknown heirs of Charles Bar bee, Deceased, if any there be, GREETINGS:
 Holger Johnson the Admins trator of the estate of Charles Barbee, deceased having filed in this court his petition pray ing for an order for the sale of all the real and personal property of the said Charles Barbee deceased for the pur- poses therein set forth, and it appearing to this court that it would be for the best interest
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-03-24

In the Commissioners Court; Territory of Alaska. Division Number One Hyder Precinct.
 In Probate.
 In the Matter of the Estate of Max Priebe, Deceased.
 Number 29 Probate.
 Order to show cause
 To Wilhelmina Priebe and all unknown heirs of Max Priebe Deceased if any there be, GREETINGS.
 I. B. Neil the Administrator De Bonis Non of the estate of Max Priebe, deceased having filed in this court his petition praying for an order for the sale of all the real property of the said Max Priebe de- ceased for the purposes there in set forth, and it appearing 10 this court that it would be for the best interest of said es- tate and those interested there in to sell the whole thereof to pay the debts, expenses, and costs of administration. TT IS THEREFORE ORDER ED, ADJUDGED AND DE- CREED, That all persons inter- ested in the estate of Max Priebe, deceased, appear be- fore the above entitled court Monday the second day of April, 1928 at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon of said day in the commissioners court at Hyder, Alaska, to show cause why an order should not be granted to said Admins trator to sell the whole of said estate at either private or pub lie sale as said administrator shall deem to be most benefic- ial to the estate; and that this order be published once each 1 week for four successive weeks in the Hyder Weekly Herald newspaper of general circulat- ion in Hyder Precinct Terri tory of Alaska.
 The Description of the real estate herein referred to is: | Lots 8 and 12 in Block 10 Hy- der Townsite Hyder, Alaska. 1 Dated this 1st day of March, | 1298.
 (Seal) w. c. Arnold
 United States Commissioner
 and ex-officio Judge of Pro-
 bate.
 Publish March 3. 10 IT, 24.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-03-24

David Allan, we'll known res taurateur, returned Thursday after an absence of several months, looking fine as a re- suit of his soiourn among the flesh-pots of the big outside.
 Mrs. L. T. Baker, a sister of Mrs. James Morrice, arrived from Vancouver last week to take over the position of ma tron at the Stewart General hospital.
 Louis German, brother of Robt. German, arrived from the south Thursday to take a position with the road bureau during the summer.
 Mrs, Irene Mathis left for Vancouver Thursday.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-03-24

Expert Painting, Paperhang- ing, Kalsomining, Interior Dec. orating.-Chas. Blanton.
 Leave orders at Northern Pool Hall.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13

President Hibben OF Princeton Is not quite Is Sc
we're . critic OF the common and high schools a. is Dr.
Lowell The malady lies deeper, in bis opinion. @Ths
youth Of today" he says. sis not enthusiastic about
anything; 1t 10 bored" Teachers and professors, he
holds, can not make study interesting and attractive to
modern youth. For where there Is no curiosity, no de-
sire or passion for knowledge, no natural interest in
higher problems, the s-hool or college is impotent.
But why is modern youth bored, IL the fact be con-
rededf Why have the sciences. the arts, ali the IN
solved problems Of life and nature, lost their appeal?
The world i full or tasks to BE- performed and evils to
be remedied- In no direction has the ultimate goal
been attained. Surely it is the business Of youth to
attack the tasks and problems awaiting it. The alleged
boredom requires diagnosis and explanation.
Perhaps too much il done for youth, too many lux
uries are spread before Il. too many obstacles removed
from its path. Indeed, not a few psychologists and ed
TORS advocate the simpler life for children, with duties
to perform, responsibilities to assume, difficulties to
face and wrestle with Boredom Is . terrible dfsease
for an individual; boredom Of q whole generation Is
doubly terrible.
II must be clear that not youth. but the generation
that has had the training Of youth, il to blame pri-
marily for youths derelietions. Reform must begin
with those who apply the wrong principles in their re-
lations with the naturally keenly alert and highly i'm
questionable coming generation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13

Knowledge Of things Of the spirit" was named as
one Of the essentials Of undergraduates education, In
the inaugural address by NJ. Lyle Spencer, upon as
Stunning the duties Of president Of the University OF
Washington. DR.. Spencer's experience embraces that
Of student, athlete, captain in the army, newspaper re-
porter. editor, author of two standard textbooks on
Journalism. bank director and head Of the school Of
Journalism Of the University Of Washington.
~value does not reside" said DR.. Spencer, "in the
mere act Of making . Iiving-in eating, drinking. hous-
ing ourselves comfortably, and in securing monetary
gain. The highest values are in the things Of the spirit
We work in order to have leisure; and according as We
spend that leisure we have cur purest pleasures and
cur greatest happiness In life. for il is in our leisure
that we enjoy most fully our spiritual possessions. We
need education, therefore, for avocation, for the mental
hcrizons that give breadth Of vision and richness Of
life
History, philosophy, and the so-called sciences
share in acquaintirg the student with the development
and life Of society and with the systems Of human
MISUNDERSTANDING. therefore, an essential part of a
liberal education. In like manner the fine arts Guilt
vate love for beauty. These arts must be especially
nurtured here; for we are still q pioneering section Of
America, far removed from the centers Of music, paint
ing and literature. And If these arts are neglected in
our liberal training, our students will not have oppor-
tunity for the enrichment Of their lives that Is enjoyed
BY those who live in recognized centers of culture
In further discussion along this line, DR.. Spencer
said: "The United States has been trained for work.
II has not had adequate education for leisure. In con-
sequence. il has idle hours which it is wasting on
things that are unworthy. There arc those. indeed, who
believe that. as a nation. we are threatened with a vast
amount Of leisure, which may destroy us because we
lack the culture and the character to give it value"
In these facts and conclusions lies the national need
for emphasis on knowledge and appreciation Of the
things of the spirit. Though a liberal education is not
materialistic, II IL nevertheless immensely practical. It
enriches experience and builds character, without which
there can be no true education.
DR.. Spencer's address is worthy the intensive study
ofthose interested in the educational development of
the notation. While there can be no quarrel with those
who regard an education merely as a stepping stone
toward monetary gain, the fact should be impressed
upon the nation that monetary gain is in itself Of no
value to either the individual or the nation unless il
is properly utilized. As DR.. Spencer says, the nation
needs education for its leisure as we'll as its work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13
The Border Crime Record

Residents of the effete East are still inclined to
regard the border country rs the natural habitat Of
criminals place where law and order play no part
in the scheme OF life; where criminals are UNPUBLISHED
and banditry is a common practice
Figures recently published By the National Crime
Commission, which has never included the border coun-
try in IFS surveys, indicate that less than twenty per
cent Of the perpetrators Of crime in the Eastern and
Northern states are captured, and that those convicted
comprise less than fifty per cent Of that number.
While no definite figures are available, it is safe to
assert that in the four border counties Of Cameron,
Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy those figures could be re-
versed. Less than 2 rr cent Of the perpetrators Of
crimes which could be classed as felonies escape, and
when the criminals do escape it is invariably due TO
Of convictions secured attention is called to the fact
that at the last term Of the criminal district court Ia
Cameron county out Of So indictments returned BY the
grand jury, only three were acquitted. During the
present term Of criminal court eighteen cases have gone
to trial and one acquittal verdict returned. There is
probably no county in the East or North that can show
u similar court record.
Relative TO banditry, il is safe to say there are more
bandits in one block on Clark or State streets Of Chi
cago or in certain sections Of the New York tender
loin" than on the entire Mexican border from Browns
vile to San Diego, California. The court records Of
the four counties mentioned show only four highway
holdups in n period Of ten years, a record that Is ex-
ceeded every ten minutes between the hours OF 10 q. m.
and ] p. m very night in the city Of Chicago and its
environs.
A generation ago the people Of the North and East
invariably referred to the border country a. ~lawless "
and many of them do not realize that conditions have
changed with time and that the border resident now
regards the murders. robberies, holdups and bombing.
daily perpetrated in the Northern cities, with the same
horror that o former generation Of Northern residents
regarded the banditry along the border.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13
The World and All
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The throat Of the sperm whale is large enough to
swallow a man. The largest known whale specimen was
a blue whale. 10S feet long. The male whale can stay
under water eighty minutes. and the column Of water
he blows into the air is made BY his blowing out his
breath as be rises TO the surface.
The mother bat carries her baby at her breast until
ii is nearly as big as she Is. Bats spend most Of their
lives hanging BY one leg. head down. from the limb Of
= tree.
The whales and bats are mammals. nursing their
young. Another curious mammal is the duck-billed
platypus, which lays eggs and matches them by incu-
baton. The mother p~latypus lays two eggs matches
them in a little grass-lined burrow, and injects the
milk on which the babies live The male ~platypus has
a wicked spur. an inch long, on his heel. and it is con-
nected with q poison gland in the leg. This animal is
web-fOoted and has a broad bill. and no real teeth.
Shall I 20 on Well. there are other interesting
animals. For instance, the aard vark, found in South
Africa, Is four feet long and two feet high, but il bur-
rows in the earth so fast that five or six men can
hardly manage to keep up with IL and drag IL out, when
they want to capture a specimen. It smells 50 much
like decayed fruit that flies and bats follow IL about.
1t lives on ants and locusts.
The spotted kudu, a kind Of African antelope, il
less than four feet long, and has hind legs as long as
its front legs. but the body is so much taller In front
than behind that the animal has a comical appearance.
The calf Of the white rhinoceros always runs along
in front Of the mother. and j. guided by the touch of
her horn. but the black rhino calf trOts along behind the
mother.
But there's no end to the interesting things about
animals. All these items, and much more, I find in q
new natural history by George Jennison, recently put
out by Macmillan. It is one Of the most complete and
human animal books I have ever read.