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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04

Just an occasional waxing. and a
light, daily turn with the dry mop
keeps this floor smiling bright.
This isn't "just a floor for the kitch-
en-, pantry, or bath" Armstrong;
Linoleum is used for every floor in
many of the finest homes.
Patterns? Well, just see our stock.
There are lovely two-tone. ripping
Jaspes, rich marble and Handcraft
Tiles, plain blues, browns and
greenland a host of other effects
too.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
Here Again after So Years

Mrs. Joseph Forney Johnston
of Birmingham, Alabama, whose
last previous visit to Chapel Hill
was in 1876, is here with her
granddaughter and namesake,
Miss Theresa Johnston, as the
guest Of her cousin, Mrs. Julia
c. Graves. Her husband, the
late Joseph Forney Johnston,
was GOVeFnOT Of Alabama and
afterward United States Sena-
tor. She and her granddaughter
were in Asheville for several
weeks this summer. They are
leaving tomorrow for Birming-
ham.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
MacNider Finds Mack
Physician Discovers Lost Louisville
Boy in Movie Theatre

DR.. William deb. MacNidel
worked hard in his garden one
recent afternoon. He ate q
hearty supper, and afterwarC
went out upon the porch, lowered
himself gratefully into a rocking
chair, and lit a cigarette. Friends
began to drop in. A breeze was
blowing across the porch, and
.contentment pervaded the at
mosphere.
The telephone rang, DR.. Mac
Nlder struggled to his feet and
went to answer the call. A
voice came from the Henderson
house down the street: Mack is
lost" Meaning Mack Lee, the
nine-year-old son of Mrs. Selma
Lee, who was then visiting at
the Hendersons'.
DR.. MacNider left home and
started up town. And as he
went he thought. He liked the
idea of getting back quickly to
his rocking chair, and this slim
ulated his capacity for straight
and rapid thinking. Where
would Mack be? The boy had
come from Louisville, Kentucky.
Undoubtedly the principal eve
ming sport in Louisville was at
tending the movies. SO DR.. Mac
Nider proceeded straight to the
Carolina Theatre, and there he
found Mack absorbed in watch
ing the stirring drama, desert
Rider"
DR.. MacNider returned Mack
to the Henderson house and
himself to the rocking chair.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
John Donald Wade Here

John Donald Wade, author of
the biography of Augustus Bald
win Longstreet, is here in Chap
el Hill now as member of the
English faculty of the summer
School. He is living at the Hib-
bards'.
Mr.. Wade, graduate of the
University Of Georgia and a
Ph.D. of Columbia, taught at the
University of Georgia. for sew
eral years. At present he is in
the faculty of Vanderbilt Uni
versity. Last year he went
abroad as the holder of one of
the Guggenheim fellowships, and
in England he devoted most of
his time to studies the result of
which is soon to appear as a
biography of John Wesley.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
BANDITS ATTACK
C0NN0RS' HOTEL:
CAPTURE $4,000
Chapel Hill Couples Abode, the
Del PradO, Entered by a
Gang of Desperadoes
CONNORS SUFFER NO LOSS

The Del Prado, the hotel in
Chicago where Mr.. and Mrs. R.
D. W. Connor are living this
summer, was raided by bandits
one day last week. Armed with
pistols and sawed-off shotguns,
the desperadoes entered the lob
by at IL o'clock in the morning.
frightened the hotel staff into
submission, took from the tills
and the safe $4,000 in cash and
$4,000 in bonds, and hurried
away in automobiles.
The Connors suffered no
financial or any other discomfort
from the raid. They were not
in the hotel at the time. If they
had been, they would probably
not have known anything about
what was going on, for the BAN
dts confined their activities to
the ground floor. The job was
done IN a quiet and orderly man.
ner, No shots were fired, and so
there was no noise. The readi-
ness of the staff to obey, at the
sight of the weapons, made
rough action quite unnecessary.
Mrs. Connor was coming home
IN the afternoon from an all-day
visit in the suburbs when, upon
allghtlng from a train, she saw
across the front page Of an af-
ternoon newspaper the big head
line: Del Prado Hotel Raided
by Bandits" When she en-
tered the hotel the clerks and at
tendants gave her more detailed
information. The elevator boy
said: "Yes, | saw 'em come in.
and just slid shut the elevator
door and moved on up to the top
story, out of the way"
Several of Mr.. Connor's
friends, before he left here in
JUNO, JOKed nm about the pros
pect of his getting mixed up
with bandits in Chicago.
Let us know if you need pro-
tection," said Mr.. Noble. "WeIl
send some Of our Chapel Hill
policemen up to look after YOU"
You needn't be anxious" re-
piled Mr.. Connor confidently,
I'm going to be quartered in a
good peaceful part of the city
where the bandits don't come"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
Held to the Pep by
His Coat-Taiils

On the Mangums' porch Sun
day evening Mrs. n. H. D. Will
son and | were exchanging re-
collections of the old village.
Apropos of the piece. in last
weeks issue of this paper about
a serenade at the woman's
building, she recalled the era
when her brother, DR.. Mangum,
then known to everybody as
Charlie Mangum, used to go
about troubadouring on soft
summer nights with his guitar
and his sweet tenor voice.
This reminded her of a certain
morning at the Presbyterian
church. She and Charlie went
to the services together. She
was in her prettiest frock and
he wore a new and splendid
cutaWay coat.
The Presbyterian church of
those days was far less elegant
than the one of today. The
peWs were of rather rude boards,
and the seat, when weighed
down by the worshippers,
sagged away from the back,
leaving a gap between.
a hymn was announced. At
the proper moment the congre-
cation stood up-all of it except
Charlie Mangum.
Miss Minnie had joined in on
the hymn when she realized
that her brother was not stand
ing beside her. She was shocked
at ms IaZlheSS, and dlSpleaSed at
his conspicuousness as the sole
sitter in the church, and she
stopped her singing long enough
to nudge him and to command
in a pungent undertone: Get
upw
Charlie raised his tenor voice
and, keeping in perfect tune
with the hymn, sang his reply
to her:
Hoae can / stand mp aohen
My coat-tadS are caaght
In the crack 'tt0irt the seat
And the back of the bench?
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
Oak Trees Struck
lightning Hits One on Campus and
One in the Lawson Yard

Two oak trees, one on the
campus in front of the old IL
brary and one in the yard of DR..
Robert B. Lawson, were struck
by lightning in the violent cleo
trio storm Wednesday afternoon.
When the storm broke, J. A.
Page, superintendent of r. C.
Thompson & Bros, was engaged
in supervising the interior recon
struction of the library. He
was looking out Of the window
and saw the tree struck. 81
thought for a moment the light
ming flash had put my eyes out, "
he said afterward. Bark was
ripped off the tree, and the trunk
was badly torn. | think the
tree is certainly killed"
Mrs. Lawson was not far
away from her tree and felt the
shock distinctly. Chauncey
Royster, Nat Henry, and Roul-
hac Hamilton, Jr., were standing
on the sidewalk nearby. The
force of the lightning bolt
knocked Chauncey down and
staggered the other two boys.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
Major Cain Injured
His Neck Dislocated when Automobile
Rolls Down MOuntainside

Major William Cain was in
jured in an automobile accident
on the Nantahala road in west
.ern North Carolina Sunday, and
is in the hospital in Franklin
The newspaper dispatches de-
scribe his injury as a disloca-
ton of the neck and say that he
has an excellent chance to re-
cover"
His friends here have been in
qutring about him anxiously.
When we went to press they had
heard nothing more than what
was told in the newspapers.
According to the published re-
port, the accident occurred Is
miles west of Franklin. Major
Cain had been fishing and was
on his way to take train to
the bedside Of his sister, Mrs.
John S. Henderson of Salisbury.
The driver lost control of the
car, and it left the road and
rolled down the mountainside.
Major Cain was taken to Frank
lin by a passing motorist.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
Hunter to Jump Again


Dick Hunter will make a
parachute jump from an air
plane at the airport north of the
village at about 6 o'clock Sun
day afternoon. This time he
will introduce a new variation.
After he has opened the chute
and is slowly descending, he will
close it and then reopen it in
time to let himself safely to
earth. Last Sunday he dropped
400 feet before opening the
chute.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
New Plane Joins Fleet

A new Curtiss Robin cabin
monoplane, a twin sister to the
st. Louis Robin which recently
set an endurance record for con-
tinuous flight, has been added
to the fleet at the Chapel Hill
airport. 1t is equipped with a
l70-horsepower radial engine.
The new plane arrived last
Sunday, and the pilot-instructor,
j. f. Fretz, went up in it that
day. This week he sailed it over
to Raleigh for some minor adj
Justments and brought it back
in tip-top order.
There is space in it for two
passengers besides the pilot. 1t
will be used for local and long
distance passenger service as
well as for advanced instruction
to students.
Leo Wilson, inspector for the
United States department of
commerce, visited the Chapel
Hill airport Sunday and inspect
ed the planes there. The fleet
consists of two Eagle Rocks, one
Monocoupe, and the new Curtiss
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
Phi Gamma Delta Lets the Contract
For a New House ON Cameron Avenue

The Phi Gamma Delta has
let to Berry McAlester of Col
umbia, Missouri, the contract
for a house on the north side of
Cameron avenue between the
D. K. E. and the Zeta Psi. The
cost will be around $4,000.
For several years the frater-
nifty has been quartered in the
frame building known as the
Weldon place. The rear part of
this building is being torn down
to make way for the new struc-
ture, and the members of the
fraternity will live in the front
part during the fall quarter. 1t
is expected that the new house
will be completed by January /.
The plans show a building of
three stories and a basement, in
the Colonial style. The exterior
will be either Of brick or stone,
probably brick to harmonic
with the surrounding fraternity
houses. The dining room and
the lounge will both be in the
basement, the dining room to
the west and the lounge to the
west. There will be sleeping
quarters for 36 students and A
guests.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16

Mr.. McAlester is putting up
four fraternity houses in Chapel
Hill now: the Phi Delta Theta
and the Pi Kappa Phi on the
Pittsboro highway about a hun
dred yards beyond the Carolina
Inn; the Beta Theta Pi on Col
umbia street; and the Phi Gam
ma Delta on Cameron avenue.
In cost they range from $4,000
to $45,000, so that all four repre-
sent an outlay of about S175,O00.
Mr.. McAlester makes busi-
ness Of erecting fraternity
houses. He has put up more
than 100 throughout the coun-
try. He takes charge of the de-
signing, the construction, and
all the details of financing. The
payment is spread over II years
with II equal annual payments.
1t is calculated that, over the en-
tire period, the fraternity pays
7 per cent. on the money ad-
yanced by the contractor. Mr..
McAlester told one of the men.
with whom he is dealing here in
Chapel Hill that not one of the
organizations for which he had
built houses had caused him a
loss by failing in its obligations.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
X. Il. Parker a Visitor Here

r. B. Parker Of Enfield, who
was in the class of 1879 in the
University, the first class grad
uated after the reopening, was
tn CHape1 HIlI on Short busi-
ness trip this week. Mr.. Parker
is the owner Of the former Al
gernon S. Barbee home on
Franklin street, having inheri-
ted it from his sister, Mrs. Bar
bee.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
Practice to Begin September 2

University football practice
will begin Monday, September 2,
two weeks from Monday. Seven
teen lettermen will be here, 8 in
the backfeld and 8 in the line.
The first match will be with
Wake Forest in the Kenan sta
dium September %.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
GEORGE BASON IS
COMING HERE TO
SUCCEED DAGGETT
Cornell Professor, Native of This
State, to Join Faculty of
Engineering School
A MUSICIAN ON THE SIDE

George Francis Bason of Cor
nell University is coming here
next month to succeed Parker
H. Daggett as professor Of
electrical engineering in the
University of North Carolina.
He has taken a years lease on
the house on East Franklin
street which the Daggetts va
Gated when they left for New
Jersey in June.
Like the outgoing electrical
engineering expert, the incom-
ing one is possessed of musical
talent. He was a band instruc-
tor and band captain when he
was at State College twenty
years ago, and since then he has
become an accomplished violin
ist. Moreover, he is gifted as a
singer, and his rich baritone has
been heard over the radio from
KDKA in Pittsburgh. Music
runs in the Bason family. The
new professor is brother of
Miss Johnsie Bason (now Mrs.
A. c. Burnham), the celebrated
violinist formerly Of Paris and
New York.
Mr.. Bason is married and has
three daughters: Mary Burn
ham, 10; Johnsie, 8; and
Frances, 6.
He was born in Charlotte in
1887. At the age of 16 he en-
tered State College, and he was
graduated there in 1905. Then
he took an apprentice course Of
four years with the Croker
Wheeler Electric Company at
Ampere, New Jersey. The com
pany sent him to Birmingham,
Alabama, to overhaul the ma
chinery it had installed in the
mines Of his uncle, the late
Henry l.. Badham. Thence he
4nent te A G14r444t! 7144 4a4ttl for pTaTfrTdt z
work, and there received the M.
+. degree in 1916 and the NEE.
degree in 1922. He has been in
the faculty at Cornell for the
last few years.
While associated with Cornell
he has spent his summers in the
research departments Of various
electrical corporations. At pres
ent he is at the laboratories of
the Western Electric Company
in Kearny, N. j.
The Basons lived in Orange
county for several generations.
They moved from this section to
Charlotte. George Francis
Bason's brother, William H., is
at the head of building ma
terials company in Raleigh.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
Church Meeting Postponed

The annual revival meeting at
Orange Church. which was 70
have begun last Sunday, has had
to be postponed because of the
absence of Rev. A. A. Jones.
He and Mrs. Jones were called
to New York State last Friday
by the death of his mother
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
Chapel Hill Chaf

NJ. I. ). Noble was walking
along McCauley street one day
when he heard a woman's voice:
"You, Noble! You come out of
that street or I'll give you a
good spankin'!" The venerable
teacher was shocked. He looked
about to see who was giving
him orders, and his eyes fell
upon his namesake, Noble
Neville. The boy had strayed
out of the yard and his mother
was calling him back home. An
other Chapel Hill boy named for
Mr.. Noble is the son of w. n.
Canaday.
On various occasions in my
life | have paid stiff prices for
musical entertainment. The
other evening | had the pleasure
of a fine concert while | sat with
the Oscar Coffins on their porch.
AT the Murchisons' next door an
accomplished singer was giving
instruction to Mrs. Murchison
and her sister, Mrs. George Law
renee. At least that is what my
hosts told me. 1t did not sound
to me so much like a music les
son as a well arranged recital.
This gentleman, whoever he
was, sang Brown October Ale"
which | heard with delight in
the comic opera robin Hood"
thirty odd years ago and which
has been one Of my faVorite
songs ever since. My unknown
benefactor's voice fIoated
through the evening air in
many other simple and charm
ing songs. | applaud Mrs. Muir
chisof's and Mrs. Lawrence's
resolve to develop their already
considerable musical talent, and
| hope that | will be in the neigh
borhood at other times when
they are being taught by this
melodiOus stranger.
One day recently the Duchess
of Bedford 63 years old, said toI
a friend: "l'll fly to India and
be back to dine with you here in
London one week and one day
from this evening"
With Captain Barnard, the
pilot, she took off on the morn
ing Of August 2, made Sofia the
first night, Aleppo the second,
Continued on page fon)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
Police School Opens
Enrolment 62 Yesterday; Cahalane
Is among Those Present

The enrolment for the Uni
Iyersity's police school stood at
.62 yesterday. 1t will probably
mount higher, since several
cities not yet represented are
expected to send delegations.
The school, which is held under
the Joint auspices of the Uni
Versity's extension division and
the North Carolina Association
of Police Chiefs, will continue
through Saturday the oath.
Twenty members of the Dur
ham police force enrolled We'd
'nesday, and Chief Dolby said
that every ope of his policemen
would be in attendance part of
the time.
Those present at the opening
lectures included 10 chiefs from
North Carolina cities. Besides,
there are police officers from
outside the state, One of these
is Inspector Cornelius +. Caha-
lane of New York; others are
Ellis II. Parker of Mount Holly,
N. j., r. b. Jordan of Richmond,
Va, and Henry f. Thomas of
the government secret service.
Attorney General Dennis G..
Brummitt opened the school
Wednesday with a talk on "PO-
lice Relations with the State De-
partment of Justice" f. J.
Woodhouse is giving a course in
practical government, law, and
procedure.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
Gerald Johnson Comes Today

Gerald w. Johnson, formerly
professor of journalism in the
University, now an editor of the
Baltimore, Epening Sun, will be
in Chapel Hill today friday
as a guest Of Howard w. Odum.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
Mr.. Melton TO Preach Sunday

Rev. Sparks w. Melton, of the
Freemason Street Baptist church
in Norfolk, will preach at the
union services Sunday morning
and evening in the Baptist
church here.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16

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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-16
Feast of Three PedagOgues

John M. Booker, w. C. Coker,
and Oliver Towles lunched to-
gether in New York City the
other day.
The Washington times., 1929-06-15

WATERFRONT PROPERTY sO.A
EDGEWATER Beach cottage & boat, mo. or
season. Apply Young's Cottage or Clar. 961
FORNISHED Cottage on Potomac, near
Glen Echo; canoe 4 rowboat incl. For
sails. Line. 6e63.
NORTH RE1CH-Cottage. CON. fuFn.: FeaS
4naRixp .atteg .. n. Georgia 4S6SNJ.
The Washington times., 1929-06-15
HOUSES FOR RENT
FERNISHED-D. C..

BEAUTIFUL T-rm.. detached: comp. furn.:
Reas. 735 Allison. n. W. Adams 776S.
NICELY furnished, 6 rooms. h.-w.h.. newly
decorated throughout: all cOnv., handy
to 3 car lines schools. etc: you furnish
= rms, right party can get this cheap.
Pot 5S9l
The Washington times., 1929-06-15
CL.ARION APARTMENT

149B NEWTON ST. n. ".
3 rooms and bath .,..,.I. .S42 30
{ rooms and bath 49,. S47 80 and 90 90
Corner APARTMENTS.
The Washington times., 1929-06-15
Rentals
APARTMENTS .JNFIRNlSHED sS

CONVENIENT 10 CAH LINE, BUS,
STORES AND SCHOOL
CORNER APARTMENTS
NEWLY PAPEkED AND PAINTED
rooms bath and porch. $50 and $50
The Washington times., 1929-06-15
Real Estate
L1I1'S FUR SALE


WANTED-REAI E5TATE Ss
WANTED TO BUY, direct
from owner, six to eight
room house, any section.
All cash. Must be reason
able. Metropolitan 5o9S;
evenings, Col. 1903.
II your property 10 for sale or rent,
call Immediately, aA ] have many clients.
both white and colored. who want to buy
and rent Quick sction guaranteed.
EARLE WEST MANSON
Frank. s373. 11O3 Vt Ave. Eve. Clev. bO54
EUR SALE OR EXCHANGE ~
40 ACRES on STATE nOAD. IN MD. on
the wash. Marlboro Blvd: city cleo
tricity: will sell or eTchasge for small n.
W, city residence. + Apply H: Addison,
Bowie 6:7 H st. w. M. 27s.
The Washington times., 1929-06-15
WALTON APARTMENT

OF DOWNTOWN
2 rooms, bath and porch. .$4B and $47 80
4 rooms bath and porch (cor. apt.) 5000
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-03-15
REAL ESTATE

SIX ROOM bungalow. Al condition:
large rooms, three bed rooms. gar
age, built-in features. gas range and
water heater. strictly modern. inn
mediate possession. cheap at $4950.
On terms and cheaper for all cash.
NINE ROOM house. close In. all mod
ern. double garage, 2 sun porches,
$7S0000.
FOUR ROOM cottage, toilet, good
condition. nice trees and lawn, rea-
sonablc terms, only $4,000.
THREE ROOM cottage, including
furniture, garage, screened in porch,
full lot, 100000. Reasonable terms
can be arranged.
SIX ROOM bungalow; south front:
strictly modern, spick and span, sun
porch, real purchase for $4,000. 90.
FIVE ROOM house with garden plat,
chicken house, we'll and windmill,
$500.
FARM LANDS-The best list have
ever had with scores Of real bar
gains. 3
BUILDING LOTS-Hundreds Of them
in all parts Of the city and many on
monthly payments.
If WHAT YOU WANT is not on my
list will get it for you Is for sale.
r. E. YOUNG.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-03-15
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK


chicago March lS-lP1-(U. 8. De-
partment q Aericultsnel-Hogs. H.
Ooo; mostly 10 % &C higher largely q
snlpper market: top 12.00 paid for
!00-xz0 10. weights. largely m 11.65
10 l!.s5 market Tor hogs scaling from
100 TO $50 lbs. Butchers medium to
choice 250-a00 lbs. 11.40 to 11.66: 200
ESQ lbs. 11.50 to 1900: 10000 lbs.
!l.S5 to l2:0o: 130-l60 lbs. 1910 to
l2.00. Packing sows 1850 to Ills.
Pigs medium to choice s0-l30 lbs. 900
70 1i;aS.
Cattle. 900: calves 1000: steady to
strong market on most killing classes.
vealers 100 lower or - to g under
Thursdays early high time: very few
steers here: best lights and medium
weights offerings 1875. Slaughter
classes steers good and choice 1900
1900 Lbs. a2.75 to ll60: 1o0-l300 lbs.