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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12

The replies to a letter sent out
by School Superintendent Stew
ems do not bear out the assertion,
frequently made, that most
farmers would rather have
their children help them on
the farm than continue at
school through the full term.
About three fourths of the
parents who replied to the
letter said they thought the
county should levy a tax
sufficient to provide an s.
months term for every child, and
Of those who expressed that
view many were farmers.
The 6-months free-tuition
period in the school ended
March %. For the period from
that day to the closing day in
June the parents of children
dwelling outside the Chapel Hill
school district have to pay
tuition for their children who at
tend the school.
Mr.. Stevens letter, sent
March 10 to the parents outside
the district, contained these
questions:
/. Will your child continue
in school after this week?
2. Why is your child not GO
ing to continue in school for the
remainder Of this year? (The
parent was asked to draw a line
under the proper answer, of the
following four: expense of tut
ton; help OF chlld needed' trucks
not running. six months in
school enough).
3. Do you believe that the
county should increase the
school tax so as to provide for
every child an 8-months school?
In reply to the second ques-
ton, not a single parent said
that he considered six months a
long enough term. The ex-
pense of tuition was given by
% as the reason for taking the
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
Tombstone Tournament
This Is Golf Event Announced for
Tomorrow at the Club

Chairman Jeff Bynum OF the
tournament committee announces that
the next event on the Country Clubs
golf schedule will take place at 2:3O
tomorrow Saturday afternoon.
1t is called the Tombstone Tourna-
ment, and this is how it works: The
par for the course (42) is added to
each players handicap to give him his
total number of strokes, For example,
Mr. Bynum's handicap is l3, and
hence. his total becomes 55. His OBJ
ject is to play as many holes as pos
sible within that allotment. If he
makes IL holes, say, in 81, he is en-
titled to one more stroke; ne drives
off, and where his ball stops he plants
a peg with his name on it. The play
er who goes farthest, in his allot-
ment of strokes, wins.
The clubhouse is the starting point,
and Mr.. Bynum urges that the play
ers be there promptly at 2;3O. The
prizes, golf balls, are given by the
Sutton Store.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
Humphreys Lectures
One Tonight, One Tomorrow Night,
under Auspices Of Sigma Xi

Under the auspices of the. scien-
tific society, Sigma Xi, w. ]. Hum
phreys, meteorological physicist Of
the United States weather bureau
and a worldwide authority on wealth
er conditions, will lecture in Phillips
hall at $3.50 this friday evening
and again at the same hour tomorrow
evening.
The topic Of this evenings lecture
win be "The Air and It's Ways"
Mr.. Humphreys will discuss the ori-
gin of the atmosphere, the discover
les Of its constituents, the physical
state Of air at all levels, and why the
wind blows and storms occur. In
his second lecture, "Fogs and Clouds"
he will talk about the formation and
classification Of fogs and clouds and
associated phenomena such as light
ming, corona, and rainbow.
Both lectures will be illustrated
with lantern slides, and, says Mr..
Humphreys, "each story will be told
in the Ineligible English Of the
drawing room and not the cryptic
jargon of the laboratory, but it will
be none the less scientific" The
public is invited.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
COker's AZ Pigs
Merry and Noisy Family Displayed to
Visitors by MIR. Williams

Within two days last week AZ
pigs were born on the farm an
mex to the estate of w. G..
Coker at the northeast corner
of the village. The AZ pigs are
all mixed up together, and none
of the 5 mothers knows which
pigs belong to her. When a pig
wants to feed-which is fire.
quently-he runs to the nearest
mother and proceeds happily
with the ieb This HIS is is a fern fer IA eef eeff
communism which seems to
satisfy all concerned.
Perhaps Mr.. Coker could take
blood tests of the parents and
the young and determine the
parentage of every pig by Men
del's (?) law of heredity, but
what's the use? The mothers
and pigs don't care, and, any
way, by the time the laboratory
assistants submitted their re-
ports the pigs would have be-
come bacon and sausage.
l.. G. Williams, the boss of
the farm, has been delighting
visitors by showing them this
contented quintuple family. The
pigs do marches and intricate
cotillion figures up and down
the hill, providing their own
music, with their mothers inside
the fence and their visitors out
side the fence as admiring spec
tators.
The father of the AZ, a fierce
looking beast, stands in an ad-
joining lot and scowls and growls
at the merry company.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
School Has Difficult Problem
In Taking Care of the Children
From Outside the Tax District

children out of school at the end
of the free-tuition period; Is
said it was because the school
trucks had stopped running and
hehce there was no way for the
children to get to school; 6 said
the children We're needed to work
at home. Some parents gave
two causes, expense of tuition
and the suspension of truck SER
vice.
In reply to the question about
the county tax, II favored a
county tax sufficient for an g.
months term; % opposed it;
and II, while they replied to
other questions, did not reply to
this one.
The end of the free-tuition
period brought only a small de-
crease (about half a dozen) in
the high school attendance,
Parents whose children have got
as far as the high school are
nkious to keep them in. 1t is
the elementary school that suf-
fers the greatest loss. About
60 children in the elementary
grades failed to come after
March %.
Two thirds of the approx
mately 500 children enrolled in
the school here live outside the
Chapel Hill special tax district.
The tuition fees for these out
siders barely cover the cost of in
struction. The expenses-in-
terest on bonds, and the cost of
administration and maintenance
lis borne by the tax payers in
the district. This situation has
long been recognized as illogical
and unfair. The proposal has
been made, from time to time,
that the entire Chapel Hill
township be made a tax district,
with uniform township school
tax and with control by a town.
Continued on page t1oo)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
Taylor and Rankin Say Starlings Are Nuisance

Every day now strong-flying mi
grants like the swifts are seen pass
ing, and on every clear night birds of
weaker flight, like the warblers and
vireos, can be heard overhead. But
the most noticeable feature of the
movement has been the great flocks
of goldfinches, cedar birds, and pur-
pie finches which during the past
week have been stopping on the cam
pus TO feed. Very conspicuous dis0
was the arrival of the chipping spar
rows, which after March 21 came in
rapidly until now their dry, buzzing
song seems about as common as it
is in midsummer.
On the whole the migration seems
to be unusually early this spring.
For instance, J. o. Bailey land re-
liable witness) heard the first whip
poor-will on March "a, week ahead
of the early date given by Pearson
and Brimley. Further south, in
Columbus County, the whip-poor-will
was listed this year on March 20.
More people seem interested in the
arrival of the wood thrushes than any
other of the summer residents, None
have been seen yet, but Gilbert Wag-
staff and Edmund Taylor are con-
fident they heard one on Monday.
Other well-known species that may
be expected soon are the barn swal-
low, summer tanager, crested fly
catcher (hard head), humming bird,
night hawk, catbird, orchard oriole,
and wood peewee.
We have listed already (including
few rare residents) the Maryland
yelIow-throat, oden-bird, yellow
throated warbler, black and white
warbler, palm warbler, four of the
yireos (blue-headed, yellow-throated,
red-eyed, and white-eyed), king
fisher, American woodcock, and the
chimney swift.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
RECEIVERS HAVE
SCHEDULED SALE
FOR 10TH OF MAY
Properties of Realty Company
Will be Put up at Auction
Four Weeks from Today
RECEIvERSHIP NEARS END

The receivers of the Chapel
Hill Insurance & Realty Com
pany on. f. Hogan, w. S. Rob-
.erson, and |. w. Pritchard) an
nounce the sale at auction of the
greater part of the real estate
which the court placed under
their charge. The sale will take
place at the Chapel Hill post
office Friday morning, May 10
(four weeks from today.
I'VE hope that with this sale
we will enter upon the final
stage of the receivership," said
Mr.. Hogan yesterday. If pos
sible we want to get all the COM
pany'S affairs closed up, and
get our discharge from the
court, before the end of sum-
mer."
One of the largest properties
to be offered at the sale is a
tract of 292 acres lying back of
Jack Sparrow's filling station
on the Durham road. In the
Strowd farm tract of over 100
acres, and various scattered
plots aggregating about 100
acres, will be sold.
Of the properties inside the
village, that are to be included
in the sale, the most important
are the lot on Franklin street
opposite the Graham Memorial,
and the lots running down Hen
derson street { opposite the post
office from the rear of the Mac
Rae building. Another property
on the auction list is the Coop
(eating club), on the lane run
ming up from Franklin street
by the bus station; the mortgage
on the Coop is held by Judge
STACY.
The total liabilities of the COM
pany, as shown in the report Of
March 81, are $298,000. This
amount exceeds the assets by
many thousands-just how
many will not be known until
the value of the properties list
ed as assets is determined by
actual sale.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
Bg Edmund Taylor and
He0yu Rankin

With the colony of Mexican quail
just brought into the county, the car
dinal's recent prominence in the news
papers, and the spring flood OF
finches and waxwings on the campus,
Chapel Hill birds are more in the
public eye than they have been for a
long time. Probably the starlings are
i1 must rfost tst f a 7tt a7 " These t.t.aeae-
sirable aliens are just beginning
their spring campaign to break up
the nests Of all the bluebirds and
woodpeckers in Chapel Hill. And be-
ing as smart as they are pernicious,
they are making considerable head
way with the undertaking. They work
in bands: half of them "gang" on the
householders, while the others eat up
the eggs or young and destroy the
nest, the whole business being ac-
companied by the worst possible
wheezings and croakings. Many peo-
pie in the north end of town are al
ready convinced there should be a
law against starlings instead Of
one that protects them. Unless
something is done to check them they
are likely to take over the air as COM
pIetely as man has taken over the
earth.
A more pleasant subject is the
spring migration, now in it's second
big week. The height Of the move
meht is not reached until the latter
part of April. However the popu-
lation of the vicinity has already in
creased so that the writer's in a few
hours Sunday, April 7, were able to
list forty-six species, as many as the
best list for any full day in winter
Joe Jones, Of the Tar Heel staff, re-
ported to Bird Lore forty-six species
seen in the neighborhood Of Chapel
Hill on December %.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
A Good Nei8hbor

A good neighbor is a precious
jewel.
| was in the travail of putting
on evening clothes last Satur-
day, and-as might have been
foreseen, but never is-my
equipment was found to be in
complete, Can you lend me a
front collar button?" | asked
7. F. Hickerson over the tele-
phone, and he replied: "Pll
bring it over to you right away"
| put on my dressing gown,
walked out across the porch and
through the foliage in the yard,
and saw him coming down his
path. Not only did he have the
coveted article, but he was
polishing it off by rubbing it
against the side of his coat; and,
when we met in the middle of
the street and he delivered it to
me, it had an effulgence which
made me sure that if my tie
slipped down during the even
ing, which was probable, the
space left open above it would
be creditably ornamented.
Thus, by the generous and
prompt action of Mr.. Hickerson,
was a disaster averted. |
thanked him, but mere thanks
by word of mouth does not
seem adequate. I feel that a
public acknowledgment of my
gratitude is due him, and | do
hereby make it.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
Mrs. KIuttz' Garden Party

Mrs. Kluttz gave a garden party
Wednesday afternoon for Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Mason. After the supper,
and after the guests had strolled
through Mrs. Kluttz' garden, she and
w. C. Coker motored them over to
the Coker place. They got there just
in time to see a splendid sunset, and
then they walked about the lawns
and looked at the tree-climbing coral
honeysuekle, the pink dogwood, the
golden trumpet-shaped eross-vine, and
the banks of Cherokee roses that
cover the great boulders on the south
side of the yard.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
Chapel Hill Chaf

Nearly every day see NJ. E.
Hogan, cashier of the bank,
walking, instead of riding, be-
tween home and work. They tell
me this is by command of the
doctor-that after his recent i'll
ness he was told that he must
take regular physical exercise.
If you are driving by, and slow
down and offer to take him
aboard, he waves a firm yet
yearning negative at you and
homeward Tor bankward) plods
his weary way. Fam afraid he
is not enjoying this experience
as a pedestrian, but he keeps
bravely at it.
When | was in HillSbOro the
other day | ran across DR.. Hayes.
He had been reading the
WeekIy'S articles about birds,
and he told me of having read in
some paper a statement by Mr..
Brimley about the rarity, in this
region, of the short winged buzz
zard. Il have found a lot of
their nests around here" said
the doctor. He gave me two
short-winged buzzard's eggs
which he had found near Black
wood station between Chapel
Hill and Hillsboro, and suggest
ed that | send them to Mr.. Brim-
ley. Which | am going to do to-
morrow or next day. For my
own part, | did not know the
short-Winged buzzard had ever
been declared to be rare; to tell
the truth, | did not know there
Continued on last page)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
LOCAL COURT IS
PROPOSED; VOTE
WILL DECIDE IT
Question Will Be Submitted to
the People on the Day of
the Municipal Election
MONEY SAVING INDICATED

AT special meeting last Fri
day evening the board of alder
men voted to hold an election
Tuesday, May 7 (at the same
time as the regular municipal
election) upon the question of
whether or not to establish a re-
corder's court here. The act
permitting the creation of re-
cOrder'S courts was amended by
the last legislature so as to bring
Chapel Hill within its provisions.
A record of arrests and
penalties, in criminal cases origi-
mating in Chapel Hill, was
presented to the board by Town
Manager Foushee, and this
showed that a local tribunal
would pay its own expenses and
that considerable surplus
would be left for the municipal
treasury.
It is figured that there will be
$50 cases a year, and that the
costs will average Sc to the case,
a total of $4,000 a year. The
salary of the recorder will be
$500, of the clerk $500, and of
the prosecuting attorney $500.
Thus there is an indicated sur
plus of $2,100.
The recorder may try cases
with penalties running up to
two years in Jail or on the roads.
Defendants will have the prlyl-
lege of appeal to the superior
court, but in most cases an ap-
peal is not likely to be taken be-
cause there is the chance Of a
more severe sentence in the
higher court, and there is the
necessity of getting a bondsman
or awaiting trial in jail.
Violations of the liquor law,
lesser thefts, drunkenness, as
sault and battery, disorderly
conduct,-these offenses will be
tried in the local court. The
towns records indicate that
there will not be more than two
cases month, in this COM
munity, serious enough to re-
quire a trial in Hillsboro.
If the new court is established
its jurisdiction will extend five
miles from Chapel Hill, except
that it will not embrace Carr
bOro.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
Debating Finals Next Week

Several hundred high school de-
baters will come to Chapel Hill next
week for the finals of the annual high
school contest. There will be q
general meeting at 2 o'clock Thurs
day in Memorial hall. The first pre-
liminaries will be held at 7 that even
ing and the second preliminaries at
Q Friday morning. The final contest
for the Aycock Cup takes place in
Memorial hall at o'clock Friday
evening.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
Chapel HiIlians on Honor Roll

The Chapel Hill students in the
University who made the honor roll
in the winter quarter were j. j. Slade,
A. B. Couch, Miss Catherine Groves,
H. W. McGalliard, w. E. Merritt,
G. e. Boudreau, Miss S. G. Falkener,
Fl. B. Benoit, Jr., M. George Henry,
H. T. McCone, Miss Helen Dortch,
Miss L. II. Eubanks, L. G. Check, and
Mrs. L. M. Williams.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
Miss McGraw's Recital Tonight

Miss Helen McGraw gives her
piano recital at $3.50 this friday
evening at the home of Mrs. Fred Nc
Cali, 715 Gimghoul road. The pro-
ceeds 90 to the settlement school
which the ri Beta Phi owns and
operates in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
U. d. c. Bridge Benefit Wednesday

The postponed benefit bridge party
of the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy will take place at Mrs. G. X.
G. Henry's at $3.50 and again at $3.50
next Wednesday afternoon. Who
ever wishes to make a reservation
should call Mrs. T. j. Wilson, Jr., or
Mrs. w. S. Bernard.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
Miss Lewis Here for End

Miss Nell Battle Lewis was a guest
of the Oscar Coffins at the weekend.
She attended the Playmakers' per-
formance Saturday evening; Sunday
she rode about in the Coffins' new
Chevrolet and saw the village bedeek-
ed in its springtime flowers.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
Tax Listers Appointed
And the Listing of Taxes Will Begin
Early Next Month

The tax listers for the seven
townships in Orange county
have been appointed by G. w.
Ray, tax supervisor, and the
listing of taxes will begin i'm
mediately after the meeting of
the board of county commits
sioners Monday, May 6.
Announcements of the time
and place Of listing in each town.
ship will be made between now
and May /.
The townships and the listers
are:
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
Saunders Going to Toronto

j. Maryon Saunders, secretary Of
the University Alumni Association,
will go to Toronto to attend the an
nual convention of the American
Alumni Council June rs and 26.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12

Frederick Mcdonald, celebrated
civil engineer of Atlanta, addressed
the William Cain Society and the
local chapter of the American Insti-
tute Of Electrical Engineers last eve
ming in Phillips hall. He talked about
civil engineering problems and about
his experiences as an engineer.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12
Literature Department Meeting

Mrs. Guion johnson will review
The American Experiment by Ber-
nard Fay at 1880 Tuesday evening
in the Methodist church.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12

Listings of property are to be
made as of May /. The recent
legislature passed a bill to
change the listing day to April /,
but that does not go into effect
until next year.
The next revaluation of pro-
perty will be made in 1881, two
years hence.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-04-12

Read carefully the advertisements
IN The Chapel Hil Weekly.
The Nome nugget., 1929-04-06
FUNERAL OF JOHN RODGERS.

The funeral of John Rodgers took place from the Federated church, April 3rd and was we'll attended. The text was, walking with me in the valley of the sha- dow of death" and was expound- ed in the usual eloquent manner of the Rev. Newton. The singing by Mrs. Newton filled the church with music of sympathetic feeling. The hymns were the Rock of Ages" and No Night There"
 The deceased was born in Lon don May 4th, 1852, died the 2Sth day of May 1929. and was 77 years of age. His death was from natural causes. Mfr. Rodgers came from we'll to do people and at the death of his father and mother he turned his share of his inheri- tance over to his sisters who were older than himself and who have long since gone to their eternal rest. He then became stock salesman and his duties as such gave him a wide range of travel. taking him to Seattle. Shortly after the Nome discoveries and the gold fever getting in his veins, he severed connections with his English business and arrived at Nome in 1906. His activities since that time are to we'll known to comment upon, but during the lat ter part of his life he was taken care of thru the kindness of Harry Phillips, who looked after him as would a son.
The Nome nugget., 1929-04-06
ALASKA PELTS BRINGING
 HIGHEST PRICES HISTORY

SEATTLE, April 6, (P)-Pelts handled by the Seattle Fur Ex- change are bringing the highest prices in the history of the North west. J. I. Agnew. treasurer and general manager of the Exchange, said. The prices apply to fox, mink, Lynx and all fine furs. The sales made in the twelve monthly auctions conducted thru the Ex- change totals five million dollars. In 1928 the annual report revealed that the business during the frat quarter of 1929 was running twen- ty five percent ahead of the cor responding period of 1928.
 Seattle is now the primary mar ket for the worlds fine furs and the representatives of all the,fash-
The Nome nugget., 1929-04-06
LOCAL NEWS
NORTHWESTERN ALASKA
 FAIR NOTES

The committee in charge of the raising of funds for the incorporn- tion of the association, report sat- isfactory results, the committee canvassed a small portion of Front street and over half of the requir- ed amount was either subscribed and paid in cash or subscribed to be paid on demand. Reports com mencing to arrive from outlying districts are very promising. Bluff reports that every inhabitant pur- chased one share each.
 Last Wednesday night on invita- ton, the committee appeared be- fore the Boring Native Brotherhood and explained the plans of the fair, The club took action on the sub ject and appointed committee of three of their members to canvas the native population to subscribe for one share each.
 A stockholders meeting has been set for April 23 at which time a board of seven directors will be chosen from the stockholders. Each paid up share will be entitled to one vote, and if subscribers cannot be present at the meeting they can vote their shares by proxy.
 The Incorporating Committee is desirous of having as much of the organization work completed in time for this meeting and all citi- zens that have not subscribed to this time will please to so. as soon as possible. Subscription books are left in the Miners & Merchants Bank or any member of the Com mittee will be glad to call or re- ceive your application.