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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-02-22
NUNS the Word"
Wigue and Masque Rehearsing for
Play to BE Presented Next Month

Rehearsals for the forthcom-
ing Wigue and Masque produc-
tion, NUNS the Word" are pro-
crossing rapidly under the direc-
tion of Producer AL Kahn, who
likewise produced the successful
"Whoops M Dearp' while a
senior in the University last
year. Judging from the nightly
rehearsals, this years produc-
ttff0n, whiCh wifi be presented in
Memorial hall March 5, will be
equally successful.
About the theme of college
fraternity life Kahn, the author
of the play, has woven a clever
story, the various scenes in
Guiding the ball room of the
Beta Beta Beta fraternity and
the Lovers Lane of the college,
with all the accessories which
would naturally go with such
scenes. The music was written
by Kahn and Wex Malone, and
those who have heard it declare
it to be even better than that
which these two men wrote for
last springs Wigue and Masque
entertainment.
The orchestra will be Jack
Wardlaw's, an organization
which is well known in eastern
America, and which has also
played in Europe. Another
feature will be a special by Sid
ney Glickman, the nature of
which is being withheld.
Of the cast Howard Bailey
and Miss Phoebe Harding, leads,
are supported by Andy MacIn-
tosh, Elizabeth Barber, Robert
Hedgecock, Marilee Shaw, Moore
Bryson, Arthur Sickles and
Mary Dirnberger. The Six
Smith Girls, a typical girls
chorus, are Julia Altizer, Emily
McClelland, Kelso Currie, Beth
Colley, Marine Forester and Ce-
leste Edgert. The Mems chorus,
or the Six Beta Beta Beta Boys,
comprises T. R. Brown, E. P.
Mclean, ]. H. Huff, G. G. Keim,
Bill Phillips and j. c.. Shelton
j. P. j.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-02-22
CITIZENS TO VOTE
ON SCHOOL BONDS
Bill Authorizing Election Is
Passed by Legislature;
Aldermen to Act
PURPOSES DEFINED IN LAW

The bill authorizing a vote on
a school bond issue of $4,000
IN Chapel Hill has passed the
legislature. The measure had
apparently got lost in the shut
tle, and there was some doubt
as to what had become of it:
but <. A. Eubanks, member of
the towns school board, and
Superintendent B. A. Stevens
went down to Raleigh day be-
fore yesterday, conferred with
Speaker Graham, consulted the
official records, and came back
nome with the news that the
bill had become a law.
AT the next meeting of the
aldermen, probably on the 4th
OF March, the school board will
make a formal request that an
election be called; the aldermen
VIII issue the call, advertising
1t as prescribed by law; and the
voting will probably take place
April %. For the bond issue
proposal'to go through, it must
receive the approval of a ma
Jority of the voters who regis
ter for the election.
The school received last week
the loan of $4,000 from the
states literary fund" This
goes to reduce to $4,000 the
note for $4,000 held by the
bank of Chapel Hill, so that.
including the two other notes
($6,5O0 and $500, the total in
debtedness stands at $4,000.
After this debt and the expenses
of the election are covered.
there will be left, it is expected,
enough money for the urgently
needed expansion of the heating
plant.
A hundred citizens endorsed
a note of the school board last
fall in order to take up the
boards note at the bank and to
oOta1H auuItIOhal money to pay
the arrears in teachers salaries.
The condition of the schools
finances is now such that it is
almost certain that the carrying
charges of the new bonds-in-
terest, and installments on
principal-can be met without
an increase in the present tax
for school bonds.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-02-22
Fire at Mangum Place
The Fourth in Recent Weeks; Incen,
diary Origin Suspected

The fire department was call
ed about 1915 Wednesday night
by a fire in the kitchen of the
old Mangum house on Rosemary
Lane, owned by DR.. Charles S.
Mangum and occupied since
Christmas by the Kappa Alpha
fraternity.
The kitchen-not in use by
the fraternity-was found by
Seldom Pierce, an occupant of
the house, to be enveloped in
flames. He turned in the alarm
and the trucks were soon on the
scene.
The flames were practically
under control when the hose
burst, causing delay and giving
the fire time to become danger
Gus again, but after half an
hours work it was extinguished.
1t is thought by some of the
members of the fraternity that
someone deliberately set fire to
the house. This was the third
fire in the kitchen since Christ
mas, the two former having
been discovered before they had
time to spread and mastered
without the aid of the fire de-
partment. On one occasion it
is said a sofa pillow removed
from the front porch and sat-
urated with kerosene was found
burning under the kitchen.
No damage 7~Fas was done to the
rest of the house or to the prop
erty of the occupants.-B. H. B.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-02-22
Mrs. Balm at Pinehurst

Mrs. Bain's sister-in-law, Mrs.
J. G. Tilton, came in from Nor
folk Sunday and invited her to
spend a week at the Carolina
Hotel at Pinehurst. Miss Alice
Noble and Miss Betsy Balm
them to Pinehurst that
afternoon, dined with them, and
came back home in the evening.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-02-22
A Quick Settlement

The fire at the w. P. Jordan
home occurred Sunday, Febru-
ary 3. The adjusters summoned
by the Service Insurance Agency
came at once, and in two days
a settlement of $4,3s9 had been
agreed upon.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-02-22
Star Tackle Here

John Smith, Grantland Rice's
choice for All American tackle
in 1927, was here with his wife
last week. They were travelling
with Mr.. and Mrs. John N.
Frazier.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-02-22
To Continue Summer Tours

The University's geology de-
partment will continue it's sum-
mer field tours. This years
tour will begin June and last
six weeks. Gerald r. MacCar-
thy will be in command.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-02-22
Mrs. MacNider Ill

Mrs. Sophie MacNider was
taken i'll Sunday evening and
has been in a critical condition
this week. She was improving
yesterday.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-02-22
Frogs Give False Forecastt

The frogs began singing Sum
day. This was talked about as
a sign Of spring. But the frogs
were quieted Wednesday by the
return of winter.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-02-22

Miss Elizabeth McKie comes
from New London, Connecticut,
this week to spend her vacation
with her father.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-02-22
Haywood Yields
Fashion OvercOmes Conservatism of
CarOlinian in New York
Special to the WeekIy

New York, Feb 21.-Alfred
W. Haywood, prominent Uni
versity of North Carolina alum
nus practicing law here, has at
last yielded to the dictates of
fashion and abandoned the
nightshirt in favor of pajamas.
The news of his surrender came
in the form of a confession at
the recent annual dinner of the
North Carolina Society of New
York.
Mr.. Haywood's conservatism
stood firm against paiamas for
many years. Many of the mod
ern haberdashery stores have
stopped selling nightshirts, and
it is thought that his giving
them up is due to the difficulty
of finding them on sale.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-02-22

Mrs, M. L. Braun will sing at
the Christian church Sunday
morning.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-02-22

In a discussion Of the relative
merits of nightshirts and pa
jamas, brought about by the dis
closure that Collier Cobb and
DR.. William MacNider remain
ed devotees of the old-style gar
ment, Mr.. Haywood wrote to
this paper, three or four years
ago, in praise of nightshirts.
He was supported by Hal Worth
of Asheboro. Glenn Wright
later became known as a MEM
ber of the nightshirt Old Guard
when, having neglected to bring
his along on a visit here, he
made vain search for one in
the Chapel Hill shops.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-02-22

Miss Harriet Berry was here
for a day recently.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-12
Leaders Express Desire to Get the Industrial and Agricultural Schedules Out of ihe Way Az Soon A Possible.
As Situation Now Stands Revision Will Be Taken
 Up With Farm Relief Concurrently and Auxin>
 ary to It. !

Washington. Jan. IT N-Prests dent-elect Hoover, as \ result of hla conferences with republican cons gressional leaders. is expected to call an extra session of the 7lst congress in the early spring.
 Is Inevitable
 Such . session Is considered to bA inevitable irrespective of whethe9 farm relief legislation is enacted bes fore March 1. because 8 revidon o4 . number of tariff schedules, induse trial as we'll as agricultural, are t4 be made.
 It is the desire of those who wiH be leaders in the next administras ton to get this out of the way a4 speedily as possible 90 that thero will be the least disturbance in the industrial and agricultural world. As the situation is now outlineds tariff revision would be taken up concurrently with farm legislation and would be auxiliary to 1t, since te h the purpose to afford 8 measure of protection to agriculture compars able with that given other induss tries under existing or revised law. It is explained that no, general tariff legislation is contemplated, but merely . revision of a number 1 of existing schedules in the form of an amendment to the Fordney. McCumber act.
 I Changed conditions since 1923 (Continued on Page 15)
New Britain herald., 1929-01-12
CIVIL WAR VETERANS DIE AT FAST RATE
Pension Roll Decreasing 1000 Men . Month !.
 Statistics Show l

Washington, Jan. 17 U1-Indicats ing a death toll of about 1000 . month. the Civil War veterans pens sion roll stood at sS,7 at the end of 1928. more than 5000 less than the middle of last year.
 Tho present Civil War pension roll is in contrast, the interior departs ment said in announcing thesa figures. with that of 30 yean aSo when 1t reached its high tide oe 745,O0O.
 The number of widows of Civ2 War veterans also has decreaseds ls1,000 of them being on the pensioH list at the end of the year, but thio was 5000 less than six months ago.
 The spanish-American War vets erans are increasing on the rollaa with 173.000. an increase of 10000 iH six months and .7.oo0 widows.
 Of the other wars only 13 widowQ of soldiers of the war of 1872 rec main as receiving pensions. while there are BOP widows of the Mexican war soldiers. There are 5000 vets erans of the Indian wars and S.00d widows of these veterans.
 The government finds that soldiero cut number widows as . whole in pension payments. It was paying on December 3l, 1928. pensions to 261,s eco soldiers and 21S.757 widows. The pensions do not include the benefits paid by the veterans bureau of World War veterans or their de. pendents.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-12
HOOVER TO DEDICATE TUNNEL IN CASCADES
Nation Will Listen to President Elect On
 Radio Tonight

Seattle, Jan. IF @-The nation will listen over the radio to the dedicatory program tonight when tho first scheduled train pulls through the longest railway tunnel in Amertca-the Great Northern railways eight-mile bore through the Cascades in western Washing ton.
 Speaking from Washington. Pres ident- Elect Herbert Hoover will head the list of notable speakers who will go on the air over the na- tion-w wide hookup. General w. w. Atterbury. president of the Penn sylvania railroad. speaks from Phil- adelphia, orchestral numbers will be broadcast from New York. and Mime. Ernestine -Hetnk will sing from San Francisco.
 At the bore itself. Ralph Budd. president of the Great Northern. will deliver a radio address from Berne. . tiny hamlet at the eastern portal of the $1l.ooo. 900 project. A brief program at Berne will precede the passing of the first oficial train through the tunnel.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-12
25 INDICTMENTS
 BY MISSOURI JURY
Liquor Situation in Kansas City Sweepingly Investi-
 gated by Authorities

Kansas City, Jan. F R-A so- called sweeping grand jury investt- gation of liquor condition: here. pre- cipitated about four weeks ego by the hatcheting of g saloon. has re- suited in c6 indictments. which name five men, and a lively verbal exchange between the judge who ordered the investigation. the coun- ty prosecutor and the chief of po- lice.
 At the conclusion of the investi- gation yesterday Judge Brown Har- ris, addressing the jury. openly criti- cized Chief of Police Lincoln R. Toyne who earlier in the day had sent letter to the judge asking that he be allowed to appear before the jury.
 'I think you know why he did not come over. and why he didn't ask to be given the opportunity un- til too late, to tell you about the operations of his raiding squads. about their financial conditions. aa we'll as why no stills, or at least practically none have been uncov- cred here on raids We have been reading about" Judge Harris said, after praistng tho jurors for their !, hard work and attention to duty.
 In answering Judge Brown Harris, tho chief of police also attacked James R. Page. prosecutor. who he said had made the chief and the police department bear the brunt of attacks because of political reasons i, and to advance his own interests politically.
 Although 1t was openly asserted by law enforcement officers here a month ago. when Mrs. Maud Wilson went on g rampage and smashed up q saloon. that there were 1000 places selling liquor here. apparent investigation of only two saloons ; was revealed in the indictments. One of these was the saloon Mrs Wilson demolished and the other . dive where an alleged election eve drinking orgy was said to have culminated in four deaths last Mo- vember.
 Jiggs Shindel and Harold Norris alleged keeper and bartender in the wrecked saloon, and Oscar Rowe and 1 Jess Blanchard. proprietor and bar tender of the other place were named. Three liquor charges were made against Shindel and Norris while 21 indictments, ranging from liquor violation to assault with in-
New Britain herald., 1929-01-12
COUNCIL TO ARGUE
 ON SALARY RAISES
City Employes, Overlooked
 by Committee. to Be Considered

While no effort is expected to be made to reverse decisions of the sal- ary committee in granting increases in pay to city employees, aupplemen. tary resolutions are being prepared to be submitted to the common council next Wednesday night to in- clude others in the group for whom increased compensation is intended.
 It is expected that an effort will be made to increase the salary ol Electrical Inspector Cyril J. Curtin Action on . recommended increase of $500 in his pay brought the las, meeting of the committee to close amid scenes bordering on violence when Councilman Samuel Sablotsky publicly charged Councilman w spaulding Warner with allowing [ personal grudge" to influence his action on the Curtin matter.
 Councilmen interested in bringing about increased pay for firemer hav6 made . partial poll of the council and report the sentiment tt be unfavorable. As . result, 1t is no expected that tho nremen's case vii be brought to tho council door thi' year,
New Britain herald., 1929-01-12
TWO DEAD, ONE HELD
 FOLLOWING ACCIDENT
Car Careens Of Road Into Tree Near HOr-
 nell, N. Y.

Horhell, N. r., Jan. IF R-One man was killed instantly. another died today and . third was held in Bath jail after a crash on the Hor- nell-B Bath road last night when an automobile driven by the man un- der arrest left the road and careened into . tree. Another passenger was slightly injured.
 Clair Hoover. IS. of Ridgeway. pa., . vaudeville performer. was killed. Watson L. Walden. B. of El- mira, died in Bethesda hospital here today of a fractured skull. Robert c. Van Kuren of Hornell was arrest ed. Floyd Kimball. 50. of Rochester. x. Y., circus contortionist, received head lacerations.
 Walden and Van Kuren were re- turning from Bath to their home in Ramona. police said. They met Hoo yer and Kimball on the road and offered them a lift.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-12
Generals Executed
 While Playing Mah.JOng

Tokyo. Jan. IF N-A telegram from Mukden. Manchuria, today stated that Yang Yu-Ying former chief of staff, and Chang Yin-Huai, former minister of communications, were executed while playing Nah Jong.
 It was reported that Governor Chang Hsueh-Liang invited them to play Mah-Jong at his house. On their arrival he retired on the pre- text of receiving medical treatment. Later . score of armed soldiers en- tered and fired on the two men. Yang Yu-Ting received ten shots in the head and one in the foot. Chans Yin-Huai. who attempted to use his revolver. was hit by dozen bullets.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-12
HOOVER EXPECTED TO CALL
 SESSION OF CONGRESS FOR
 TARIFF REVISION IN SPRING
DISHONEST BUILDERS
 CAN MULCT PUBLIC Need of Additional Inspec. tor Impressed on Coun.
 cil Committee

After listening to the arguments advanced by contractors, commis- sioners and others. tho common councils special committee which was named to study the need for an additional inspector in the building department, last night voted to rec ommend that the addition to the stan be made.
 The building committee submitted . report pointing out the increase in business since the present force was created. and called attention to the greater restrictions imposed by xon- ing and the new code. which requires more thorough study of plans and more exacting inspection.
 l. Wexler. former inspector and commissioner. and for many years g contractor, insisted that the buy ing public is not being properly pro- tected under the present scheme of inspection. since 1t permits unscru- pulous builders to mulct tho public by reason of the fact that defective work can be covered in before the inspectors get around for periodic examinations of the premises. He declared it to be physical impos- sibility to properly cover the city with two inspectorA.
 Commissioner Eugene J. Dyson contrasted the system in vogue in the public works, health and build- ing department. He stressed the fact that a 3l00 sidewalk construc. ton job is given full time inspec- tion while a house costing several thousands of dollars is visited once or twice during the process of con. struction. The health department, he reminded Is equipped with three inspectors. Mention Of the fact tha, there are as many inspectors now aa during the boom period of several years ago. brought the reply tha, no one would seriously claim tha' there was building inspection 1T that period.
 1 Bernard Stein. president of tn, Master Builders association. Chair man Thomas Heslin of tho buildin, commission. Chief Inspector Arthur N. Rutherford, and Public Workl Commissioner Harry J. Battistoni, 1 building contractor. added to thu weight of evidence in favor Of ar inspector.
 Members of the special committed afterwards declared there is need for two additional inspectors. bu fearing that the council would no agree, they voted in favor of but on. at this time.
 The proposal that builders bs li censed was discussed informally. and while members of the committes professed to find considerable meri in the suggestion. they were withou authority to make a recommends ton.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-12
FINDS STOLEN ;I6 IN 0VERCOA1 POCKET
Owner Alarmed When Money Is Not Under
 Pillow i

For a short time this forenoon the police thought they had mystery case on their hands, but the com. plainant recovered the ''loot" and the investigation was dropped.
 Joseph Pearl of 20 Lincoln street, proprietor of a fish market on Com. mercial street. called at headquars ters and told of having a bag cons taining 11e0 in bills stolen from be- heath hts pillow while he slept lase night. Another bag containing change was not taken. he said. but a Spanish shawl was missing from his piano.
 Officer E. B. Nely was detailed to the case and was gathering tho facta when Pearl called at the de. tective bureau and explained that ho had put the bag of money in hio overcoat pocket forgetting about II until he awoks this morning anA was alarmed when hs Gould Aee IS80 IL
New Britain herald., 1929-01-12
HESS M TRIAL IN
 WI7ChCRAFT DEATH
Third Defendant Faces Murder Charge in Penn
 sylvania Courtroom

Court Room. York. Pa, Jan. IF (UP)-Harvey Gross. attorney de- tending Wilbert Hess in the York witchcraft murder trial outlined in hts opening statement to the jury today . defense based entirely upon the belief of tho defendant and his family in witchcraft.
 trouble came to the family of Milton J. Hess." he said. "A youns man named John Blymyer told Mtl- ton Hess that 1t was a witch's spell and he could raise 1t with . lock oi Nelson Rehmeyer's hair"
 He spoke briefly of the actual murder of Rehmeyer. farmer-re. cluse. by Blymyer. John Curry and young Hess. He brought out thai despite his belief in witchcraft Hess ' father ts employed in the kitchen oi the Y. M. C. A. in York.
 1 He said he would show that Will bert's mother sent Wilbert out on the errand which ended in murder thinking that no murder would De done but that the spell upon her and her family could be raised. Gross called Blymyer the master mind leading these sheep to the slaughter"
 Blymyer, he said, led the actual attack upon Rehmeyer. ] Milton Hess, the boys father. who was Ill yesterday. was in court w'tE his son today as was Mrs. Hess.
 II will show Blymyer handed tt Hess . stick and Biymyer told hin to hit Rehmeyer and he did hit him. said Gross. But Blymyef feelinf that .Hesss was not hitting hart enough, took the stick and wieldet 1t himself." Mrs. Hess wept softly as the at torney spoke. Wilbert pulled out big white handkerchief and blew hi' nose Justify. Then he sat gazing a the floor.
 Gross promised to show that Hes' begged Blymyer to get the lock O hair" for which they came, aftel Eehmeyer was ovcrpowered but tha Blymyer went upstairs to search tn' house.
 Wilbert Hess, tall, neatly dressed was the first witness. He sat straigh in his chair, his hands folded in hi lap and looking sQuarely at his at torney. He pointed out his mother who was weeping and his father. H' said he had two younger brothers but he did not know their ages. H. is by occupation a laborer and hal been since he left school at the ag' of IS. He is now IS.
 He told of getting acquainted witl John Curry and John Blymyer. al ready under life sentence for tn murder, for the first time the Sunda. . before the murder although he hat seen Blymyer with his father a weel before.
 "Blymyer was out to see my fathe about the right of way" he said. I'll had a book and was reading"
 0. What was he doing?
 A. He was powwowing. We hal trouble over using the road and h. said we were bewitched and he woul' fix it."
 Hess spoke clearly and earnestly His only gesture was a shake of tn head for emphasis now and then.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-12
JURY MEMBERS WHO BUY LIQUOR Ous7ED
Judge Says They Are Not Fit to Render
 Verdict

Marysville, Cal. Jan. 12 R)-Ev- cry member of a jury panel who admitted purchase of bottle of liquor, was disqualified by Superior Judge E. P. Mcdaniel yesterday when attorneys were selecting a jury to try Albert Rodoni. hotel man charged with illegal posses sion of liquor.
 If you buy q bottle of liquor. you possess it. and trying a defend ant charged with possession before a jury whose members violate the same law. would be like getting . jury of burglars to try a man charg- ed with burglary said the court Prospective jurors who admit ted purchase of illegal drinks were accepted. on the theory that the possession law in that case was not violated"
 Under the judges questions, a panel of 34 veniremen was exhaust. ed, and a second of 16 was called to fill out the jury box. Eight men and four women comprised the jury finally selected.