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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-11-28
AcApEMY NOTES

On Monday. baskets were put up
in the new gymnasium and the floor
was painted. The girls will have class
es Monday and Wednesday; the boys
Tuesday and Thursday.
Magazine Campaign
A magazine campaign was inaugu-
rated TO raise money for the Athlet-
ic Association fund The quota was
eighty subscriptions; ITO were secur-
ed. A prize Of silver pen and pen
ell WAS given to Principal f. f. Ellis
as he was the one chosen by the
school as the most appreciated in the
campaign. The set was presented by
Samuel Zipkin, Wednesday morning
in chapel.
Chapel Once a Week
One day a week the pupils are go
ing to conduct chapel. Each class i
going to take turns.
Whooping Cough
Many Of the pupils are odt OF
school with whooping cough.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-11-28
West Woodstock

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Davis of
Providence were in town Sunday
The West school gave a Thanksgiv-
ing entertainment Tuesday evening.
Monday morning gave us temper
allure Of thirteen degrees above zero.
Farmers are busy getting things in
for winter and looking after the wood
supply.
Since last we heard from Sidney r.
Butler he has Travelled more than D.
600 miles by motor, speaking at Pres
byterian meetings and had the fol-
lowing members of the executive COM
mittee as travelling companions. The
president, George j. Freeman, Ph.D. ;
James NJ. Palmer, LID, secretary.
and Rev. William G. Ross, B.A.. who
spoke also at each meeting. He re-
turned Tuesday from a two days trip,
6i0 miles, spending both nights at
Halifax. The work, he writes, is get
ting in fine shape, and with the large
memorials that we expect to be made,
the detectives should be well oversub-
scribed. He adds he is feeling well
but getting rather tired from the long
launts.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-11-28

spring, while Mr.. and Mrs Aldrich
with their little daughter Virginia
with Mrs. Arthur r. Hagen motored
from San Diego about ten days ago,
they win be at the Hagen home In
Rochester n. T.. for the Winter.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
Chapel Hill Chaf

The death of Chauncey Depew
recalls to me an incident in
Chapel Hill a quarter of a CEN
tury ago. A junior in the Uni
versity was commissioned to
make a talk at the commence
ment banquet of one of the so
cial clubs. He had not been
known as a speechmaker, and
so the company was astounded
at the stream of wit and humor
that poured from his lips. He
kept everybody bubbling with
laughter, and sat down to roar
of applause. When the feast
was over his friends crowded a.
bout him to offer congratula-
tions. A few days later he let
out the secret. "Why shouldn't
it have been good?" he asked.
1T was Chauncey Depew." He
told how he had gone to the Uni
versity library, found a volume
of speeches by the famous wit,
and memorized the one that
seemed most suitable to the oc-
casion, altering some of the
passages so that they would 'ap-
ply to this locality. | have al
ways thought that this youth
did a thing very .sensible-and
very eonsiderate of his hearers.
| wish that after-dinner speak
ers in Chapel Hill these days, and
henceforth, would follow the
same practice, and if our Ii
brary has not enough Depew
speech-boOks they ought to be
tG0ntinued on last pageJ
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13

Urban t. Holmes, professor
of French in the University,
came out of the IN" store Sat-
urday heavily laden with pack
ages of food. He placed them on
the floor of the rear section of
his PoE tiac sedan, mounted into
the drivers seat, and inserted
his key into the ignition lock.
The key wouldn't turn. He kept
working it and wiggling it, but
in vain.
Puzzled and somewhat irritat-
ed, he went to a telephone and
summoned aid from the Pender-
graft garage. Returning to his
car to await the first-aid expert,
he found that the groceries had
vanished. Then he decided to
have another try with the key.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13

The receivers are making
steady progress in liquidating
the affairs of the bankrupt COM
pany. They paid off obliga-
tions aggregating to 100000
last month, including $11, 700 in
accumulated taxes. The tax bill
still payable amounts to $4,000.
1t is now estimated that the
assets of the company will be
sufficient to cover the debts to
the secured creditors and per-
haps a part of the debts to the
unsecured creditors. There will
not be anything left for the
stockholders. The paid-in- stock
was around $4,000.
The uncertainty about the
title to the old Guthrie property
on the south side of the main
street was cleared up, and deeds
were delivered to the purchasers
last week. The three lots 'front.'
ing on the street went to T. G..
Atwood, Moody Durham, and
the Durham Auction Company.
London and Griffin of Pitts
boro got the Daniel house, and
Miles Andrews of Carrboro the
Coop" Out of the proceeds of
these sales the receivers paid
the. $4,000 due to the auction
company, some of the taxes, and
other pressing obligations.
The house on Vance street,
formerly occupied, by the H. d.
Myer family, was first bought
by j. B. Atwater, but was re-
sold to w. d. Mcmillan of the
University faculty. The Nc
Millans will move into it in the
summer or early fall.
One of the problems of the re-
ceivers is to collect scores of ac-
counts owing to the campany.
These vary in amount from 81
to $500. The debtors are very
deliberate in settling, and have
to be importuned.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
MAY ESTABLISH
LATEAFTERNOON
OUTBOUND MAIL
POst-Office Authorities Apt To
Grant Towns Request for
Better Service
CONNECTION WITH PLANES

There seems to be a good pros
pect for the establishment of an
outbound mail leaving Chapel
Hill around half past FIVE or six
o'clock in the afternoon. An in
spector for the post-office de-
partment, who came here Mon
day to inquire into the matter,
showed plainly that he was well
disposed toward the improve
ment of the service. OF course
he could give no definite assur-
ances, but Colonel Joseph Hyde
Pratt, who talked with him at
length, feels confident that the
inspector viii viii report favorably
upon the proposal.
This newspaper recently pub
lished an article calling atten-
tion to the inadequate outbound
service from Chapel Hill. The
article was forwarded to Wash
ington, and at the same time
Colonel Pratt wrote to a high
post-office official with whom
ne happened to have personal
acquaintance. These appeals led
to the visit of the inspector.
What is contemplated is the
despatch of first-class mail to
Durham by automobile at about
supper time. Probably the clos
ing hour at the post-office viii
be half past five o'clock. Letters
posted before that hour will
catch both the eastbound and
the westbound trains leaving
Durham early in the evening.
The westbound train, besides
connecting with the trains out
of Greensboro late in the eve-
ming, will connect with the air
planes flying between New Or
leans and New York. The air
mail service, according to an an
nouncement from Washington,
will begin May /.
The northbound plane from
New Orleans will leave the air.
port near Greensboro at ii P. M.
and will arrive in New York be-
Continued on last poge)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13

This time it turned easily in the
lock. More puzzled than ever,
he drove to the garage to cancel
his call for help.
When he came back to the IN"
store, bent on solving the mys-
terry of the vanished groceries,
a stranger drove up in another
Pontiac sedan, and unloaded the
packages. Now the mystery was
explained. The two cars, twins,
had been parked at the curb
alongside each other. On his
first emergence from the store
the French professor had tried,
though without intending lar
ceny, to make off with the car
that wasn't his. That car was
gone when he returned from his
telephone call, and then he step
ped into his own.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
Knox Fails to Wear Derby

The two men who wear derby
hats in Chapel Hill are T. j. Will
son, Jr., the University regis
trar, and Edward NJ. Knox, the
town manager. Mr.. Wilson
wears his day in and day out
but Mr.. Knox only on important
occasions. The town manager
appeared in his derby when he
superintendent the planting Of
the poplars on the main street.
But when the hydrant opposite
the Presidents house was knock
ed down by a car the ptier day,
and he was summoned to give
advice about how to stem the es-
Gaping flood, he did not have
time 70 30 home and Get his der
by, and 50 wore an ordinary fell
hat.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
MANAGER KNOXE
MAKING STUDY OF
STREET SURFACES
Three Types Considered: Tar,
Kentucky Asphalt, and
Bitulithic
ESTIMATE OF COST MADE

Town Manager Knox, under
directions from the board of al
dermen, is making a study of
various kinds of surfacing for
the Chapel Hill streets now un-
paved. What the aldermen want
to do, if it is financially feasible,
is to lay a surface that will elm
mate mud and dust.
The saving in the cost of main
tenance of a hard = surfaced
street, as compared with a grav-
el-tOp street, goes part of the
way to offset the original cost of
the more permanent material.
The re-surfacing of any street
will come about only as result
Of the usual process of petition.
More than half of the owners
along a block, representing more
than half of the total frontage,
have to sign a petition, and this
has to be agreed to by the alder
men, before the improvement
can be made.
Three types of surface are un-
der investigation: (1) tar laid
directly upon the dirt. with sub
sequent re-applications, as on
the he road between here and Hills
bOro; ~ "Kyrock," or Ken
lucky asphalt, laid dry, as on the
road through the campus; and
90 the Old-style bitulithic, laid
moist and hot. This last is the
more familiar asphalt pavement
seen in cities.
Calculating the assessment on
property owners Mr.. Knox ar
rives at the following estimate:
Per lineal foot of frontage, for
every foot of width of street:
For No. /: one cent; for No. 2,
two and a half cents; for No. 3,
three and a half cents.
Example: an owner of a lot
with a frontage of 100 feet, on
a street "a feet wide, would pay
an assessment of $24 for No. l,
$50 for No. 2, $84 for No. 3. For
No. 2 and No. 3 the payment of
the assessment would be spread
over five years.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
Realty Company Receivers to
Have Another Auction May p

An auction sale of property
of the Chapel Hill Insurance &
Realty Company, which went in
to the hands of receivers last
fall, win be held Tuesday, May
%. This decision was reached
at receivers meeting, at which
representatives of the Durham
Auction Company were present,
night before last.
First to go under the hammer
will be the Chapel Hill Hard
ware store. At the sale last
year the highest bid for this
building was $22,50O, offered by
Major L. P. McLendon, but the
court refused to confirm it and
ordered resale.
From the hardware store the
auctioneers will move eastward
and on down the Durham high
way to sell the Strowd farm.
This tract was acquired by the
realty company from Robert l..
StrOwd about three years ago !;
some of it was sold off, but the
greater part remained in the
possession of the company, Mr..
Strowd holds mortgages on most
of the land.
The land to be sold includes
stretches along both sides of the
highway: on the west side from
Carl Durham's home to the
creek, except for one gap where
Mr.. Pollard of Durham is the
owner; and on the east side from
Vernon Howell's knoll to the
creek. Back from the highway,
eastward and southwark, sever
al hundred acres of field and
woodland will be sold.
The tract is to be auctioned
off in parcels formed to meet
the demands of prospective pur-
chasers.
Another property scheduled
for sale May % is the old Coun-
try Club site, which adjoins the
Strowd farm.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
Mrs. GuiOn Returns
She Will BE Food Supervisor for
Chain Of Southern Hotels

Mrs. Louise Guion, daughter
of Mrs. M. w. Daniel and mother
of young Ben Guion, is coming
back to live in the South. She
is to be food supervisor for the
Southeastern Hotel Company's
chain of houses in Southern
cities. Among the hotels in this
chain are the o. Henry in
Greensboro, the Robert E. Lee
in Winston-Salem, and the Char
lotte in Charlotte.
Last fall Mrs. Guion was ap.
pointed manager of the Spanish
Place on 5Fth street, New York
City. She quits that position
this week and sails next Sunday
for Charleston. Her family and
friends here hope that she will
be able to visit Chapel Hill. be-
fore long.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
'"The Student Prince"
Play. with Navarro in 1t, Will Be
Feature at the Carolina

Mary Pickford is coming to
the Carolina Theatre Monday in
MY Best Girl" and Gloria
Swanson Tuesday in "The Loves
of Sonya.". Wednesday, when
Helen Costello appears in "Hus-
bands for Rent" there is an adj
ditional attraction in the person
Of Harry Snodgrass, a talented
pianist. He will play three
times-at 3, at 7:30, and at $3.50
o'clock.
The feature event of the week
win be "The Student Prince"
with Ramon Navarro and Nor
ma Shearer. This is the play
that followed "The Big Parade"
at the Times Square Theatre in
New York and to which the tick
cts cost So. Here it will be seen
for the Carolina's regular ad-
mission price.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
Spring Flowers

This is the season when / be-
gin to learn over again the
names of flowers. 1t is a recur-
ring annual experience. In the
fall the. botanical words that
flow at all seasons so glibly from
the mouths of women become to
me a confusion, and before win
ter is far advanced they are a
completely meaningless tumble.
Of course there are some fa-
miliar flowers that retain their
identity-the rose, the violet,
the hyacinth and a few others.
But when the winds of March
are blowing, and the females Of
the species launch themselves
into ecstatic discussions of their
gardening plans, l do not know
syringa from azalea, or spiraea
from verbena; and | am lost in
doubt when | struggle to recall
at what times of year the vari-
GUS plants bloom. Is it in May
or August that the wistaria
bursts in blossom, and when do
the gaudy hollyhocks appear =?
When will the crepe myrtle add
its color to the show, and how
soon will the fragrance of the
mimosa come riding on the
breeze? Which is which, of all
these flowers | hear about
hepatica, petunia, primroses,
alyssum. snap-dragons, mari
COLDS, zinnias, Towering almond,
columbine, ageratum? grow
Continued on last page)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
Stallings' New Home
Author Is RecOnstructing Old POteat
House in Caswell County

Laurence Stallings, author of
What Price Glory2, The Big Pa
rGde, and other works literary
and dramatic, is to live in the
winter time at the old Poteat
place, Forest Home, in Caswell
county about two miles from
Yanceyville. 1t used to belong
to James Poteat, father of Will
liam Louis Poteat and grand
father of Mrs. Stallings.
The author bought the place
two or three years ago. He has
come to Chapel Hill several
times to consult Arthur G.. Nash,
the architect, about the restora-
tion and, in some degree, the al
teration of the house. For a
while he entertained the notion
of making this village his win
ter headquarters, but decided a.
gainst it because he feared he
would not be sufficiently dill
gent in Chapel Hill. "Too many
distractions here" he said on a
recent visit. I'D be loafing a.
way the time with congenial
friends around the University.
I've got to get out into the coun-
try where there won't be so
many temptations to conversa-
tion and idleness."
Forest Home and Chapel Hill
are only about an hour apart by
automobile, and Mr.. Stallings
said he hoped to drive here fre-
quently. The reconstruction Of
his house will be completed about
the first of September.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
Gwynn's Blue Raincoat


]. Minor Gwynn, the Latin
professor, appeared on the street
Wednesday morning in a rain
coat Of a gay blue shade. It was
gazed at in great admiration BY
the population Of the village.
Chapel Hill is accustomed to
liVid yellow slickers on the stu
dents, and to sober grays and
browns on the faculty, and 50
Mr.. GWynn's blue caused some
thing Of 4 sensation. II gave a
welcome touch Of cheer to an
unusually dreary day.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
The Art, Exhibit

The travelling exhibit of the
Southern States Art League is
to.come to Person Hall April 23,
one week from next Monday.
There will be no admission fee.
The committee in charge thanks
those who have contributed to
the fund Of $50, to meet the cost
Of bringing the pictures here.
The fund is not yet completed,
Anyone who wishes to contri-
butte should send check to Mrs.
Mary Graves Rees.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
Power House Noise
Guest at Inn Complains Bitterly of
Constant Thumping

A guest at the Carolina Inn
writes to the editor the follow
ing letter about the noise made
by the University power house.
Thump! Thumpl Thump!
Twice each second; 120 times a
minute; 1900 times an hour;
63, ,072, 900 times a year-if we
survive the hellish noise. Thump |!
Thump! The thing would be a
nuisance in darkest Africa. The
cacophanous diapaison of En-
perOr Jones not a circumstance!
Thump! Thump! Transforming
dear Chapel Hill into Bedlam.
In ten years it will jar down
every brick on the campus.
Twelve people run crazy-and
twelve more would be so were
they not already so. Thump!
Thump! Fifteen choice rooms
at the Inn put out of business.
Thump! Thump! Desolation,
damnation, and destruction !!
Tear down the Internal power
house even if we have to go back
to the kerosene lamp and the
pine-knot. Thump! Thump !
Damn it!
DickIa Pod
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
Mrs. MacRae's Porch Party

Mrs. MacRae, who is recover
ing from an illness of several
weeks, was sitting out ion her
front porch yesterday morning,
bathed in sunshine and looking
out upon the lilac and the tulips.
She wore a Roman scarf of red
and blue and silver. Friends,
seeing her from the street, drop
ped in, and she chatted with
them in her accustomed animat-
ed fashion. Her son, Robert,
who came in from California last
week, is still with her.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
The Henderson Wedding

Miss Elizabeth Henderson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Archi-
bald Henderson, is to be mar
ried tomorrow Saturday. eve
ming in the Episcopal church TO
DR. Graham Ramsay of Sails
bury. Relatives and friends Of
the two families, from all over
the state, are gathering here for
the event.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
City of Durham Is Having Great Celebration

The city of Durham is having
a big celebration this week.
The Exposition, which opened
Monday, is still in progress in
the Star Brick Warehouse.
Great crowds gather for the
music, the singing, the dancing,
and the vaudeville specialties.
There was a baby show Wednes-
day, and the beauty contest is
still on. Miss Margaret Broadus
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13

is representing the Chapel Hill
community.
In exercises at the Auditorium
Tuesday evening the city cele-
brated its 59th birthday-the
anniversary Of the day when it
had 300 people, five bar-rooms,
and an annual municipal revenue
Of $3.50. Supreme Court Justice
Brogden and M. E. Newsom
were the principal speakers.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
The Bridge Party

Country Club members who
want to attend tie bridge party
Saturday evening, the 2lst, are
asked to communicate with Mrs.
Dey or Miss Nellie Robertson.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
4 Hours 70 Richmond in Ford

Bruce Strowd and NJ. e. Ho-
gan went to Richmond one day
last week in Mr.. Strowd's new
Ford sedan. They left Durham
ut S:O5 P. M., and at 7:O5 they
were crossing the James river
bridge at Richmond, having COW
cred ITO miles in exactly four
hours.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13
Baseball Scores

Carolina lost to Washington
and Lee Saturday, s to 4, and
won from Davidson Monday, 3
to o.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-04-13

The Braunes are in Charles
ton this week.
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Ths 80 HM WseEIE, 20 ) e.
The Washington times., 1928-05-02
GENERAL FREED
OF SLUR ON
RECORD

COBoURG, Ontario, May 2.--Gen.
Sir Arthur currie, COMMANDMENTS
chief of the Canadian Corps in
France during the world war. today
stood vindicated Of charges published
in the Port Hope (ont.1 Guide, which
slurred his war record, as the re.
suit OF a libel suit which he instl.
gated against the publications pub
Usher and the author of the
charges.
After celebrating four hours, a
Jury here awarded Sir Arthur $500
and costs. The costs are expected
"a reach about $4,000. He sued for
$5O,O but stated during. the course
OF the trial that he wanted vindi-
cation, not money.
sir Arthur brought his action after
the Port Hope Guide had published
an article on June 10, 1927. charg-
ing that Ito glorify the Canadian
headurarfers' staff, !" Can@dians were
needlessly sent to capture the city
IF Mons from the Germans after
the commander knew that the armi-
stice had been signed.
The trial. which began on April
16 aroused great interest through.
mt Canada. Sir Arthur Is now
principal of McGill University, Mon
freal. His counsel produced proof
that no Canadians were killed IN
France on Armistice Day.
The Washington times., 1928-05-02
Parachute Can Save
10 or u From Plane

DAYTON, Ohio, May Success
full tests OF huge parachute Ga.
pable Of lowering 10 or u persons
from an. airplane were conducted
at Wright Field by Major e. L.
Hoffman, Army Air Corps engineer.
His device gradually lowered 70
the ground from an elevation OF
? 500 feet 1,600.pound aerial bomb
The parachute Is 81 feet In diam.
eter. compared to the "a feet Of
parachute used by army filters now.
It will be developed TO go with q
big collapsible basket to be carried
il the floor of transport plane
into which a dozen passengers may
lump and be carried clear of dis
abled ship within five to 10 sec.
ends after the order to abandon
the craft Is given.
The Washington times., 1928-05-02
Real Estate Man Held
On Wife-Slaying Charge

DETROIT, May 2.-Ben Demsl1y,
y, Philadelphia real estate broker,
g under arrest here today on a
enarge of numbering his wife, two
weeks ago.
Demsky Is said to have confessed
20 Lieut.. John Naverra and Detec-
tive Walter Swords, who arrested
him.
I'm ready to face the electric
chair. It's been awful" Demsky Is
alleged to have told the police.
According to his story. he killed
his wife after she broke up their
The Washington times., 1928-05-02
Rep. Linthicum Accused
OF Misusing Mail Frank

The "Postoffice Department Is In
vestigating charges against Repre-
sentative ]. Charles Linthicum Of
Maryland of abusing his Congress
sional ranking privilege.
The charges were preferred by
William Vincent Lyons, opposing
candidate for Congress from the
Fourth Maryland District.
Lyons has filed charges with
Benjamin F. Woelper, jr.. postmas-
ter at Baltimore, that Linthicum has
been using his ranking privilege to
distribute campaign propaganda.
The Washington times., 1928-05-02
CHARITY CHEST GROWING

BETHLEHEM, May 2.-The an.
nual community chest campaign to
date has realized total of Sill,
SS2 in it's goal to reach $15S, 900,
needed to apply to dozen local
charitable agencies.
The Washington times., 1928-05-02
POLICEMAN IS HURT

ALLENTOWN, Pa, May -
Caught in traffic jam, Officer
Jimmy Kennels motorcycle was
upset and he is in the Allentown
Hospital with broken nose and
law,