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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
EARNINGS SHOW GAINS.

BALTIMORE, February 81 (SpeciaD
The annual statement of the South
ern Wood Preserving Co. for the calen-
dar year 1928 shows substantial i'm
provement in earnings over 1927. In
terest charges on the company's first
mortgage 612 per cent bonds were
earned about 6.8 times, and earnings
applicable to common stock amounted
to 1884 per share. The latter figure
compares with $557 per share in 1927.
The bonds. which carry common
stock purchase warrants. were dis
tributed by j. A. W. Iglehart & Co. in
1927, and now are listed on the Balti-
more Stock Exchange.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
Washington Stock Exchange
SALES.

Georgetown Gas SSH 900 at 101H.
Wash. Gas IS "A"-$100 at 1929.
Barber & Ross, Inc, 612s-$2,000 at
941a.
Cap. Tract. Colo at 1861, 10 at
1851, 10 at 1861, 10 at 1852, 4 at
1852.
Pot. Elec 51a9o pfd.-5 at 1882.
Amer. Sec. 81 TT. Colo at 470
Natl. Savings g. TT. Colo at $40.
Bank of Bethesda-5 at 82l4, 5 at 80,
S at 81, at 801a.
Barber & Ross COMO at 20, Is at
20, rs at 20.
Lanston Monotype-8 at 1913, 10 at 129.
Mergenthaler Linotype-10 at 1919, 10
at l07h. 10 at l(l73s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
EARNS $4.17 PER SHARE.
PUBLIC UTILITY

CLEVELAND, February 81 Especially
Chesapeake Corporation reports for
wear ended December 81, 1928, net profit
of $3,755,75l, after interest and ex-
penses. equivalent to SALT a share
earned on outstanding 100000 no-par
shares. After payment of dividends
surplus for the year was 81 ,055, ISL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26
STOCKS IRREGULAR
IN SMALL TRADING
Many Traders Reported Out
of Market Pending Credit
Discussion.
BY STANLEY w. PRENOsn,

ASSOCIcbeQ FIeSS FINANCIAL EDITOR.
NEW YORK. May 25.-The stock
market alternately blew hot and cold
today, with final quotations irregularly
lower. In its present speculative mood
nearly everything looked blue to Wall
Street.-The reparations conference, the
credit situation and the attitude of the
outside public. Many traders are re-
ported to have withdrawn from the
market altogether which probably
explains the relatively small volume of
trading this week.
Failure of the rails to make a better
response to the st. Louis & OFallon
decision earlier in the week has had a
discouraging effect on speculative senti-
ment. Colorado g. Southern dropped 5
points to a new low at los and ST.
Louis Southwestern dipped 4 points.
Canadian Pacific Lehigh Valley
Northern Pacific and Seaboard Air Line
sagged to new low levels for the year
Motor and accessory shares also were
under rather steady pressure, although
General Motors closed fractionally
higher after having dipped to new
low. Packard retained about half of its
extreme gain of nearly points. Wright
Aeronautical closed Ia points higher
on buying influenced by expectations
that the monoplane Fort Worth.
equipped with a Wright motor, would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26
CURB ISSUES SHOW
LOSSES IN SELLING
Some Shares Display Firm
ness Despite Heavy
Profit-Taking.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 25.-The Curb
Market finished the week trregularly
lower as realizing partly erased gains
made by the oils and utilities In Fri
days rally A handful of issues dis
played independent strength, such as
Northeastern Power, Electric Bond DC
Share and Southeastern Power.
The American Super issues, which
made sharp gains yesterday on an
the company would be the
largest stakeholder in new $3.50, 000,-
900 public utility holding corporation.
slipped off Southeastern Power, which
will be grouped under the new company,
more than made up its decline of yes
terday, closing AIS points net higher.
Electric Investors slumped liz points,
and United Gas improvement, 2ls.
Humble and Gulf led the decline in
the petroleum group. The aviation list
turned downward, and in the high
priced issues Firestone slumped points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26

break the endurance record. United
Aircraft, on the other hand, lost 3
points.
Foreign exchange trading was ex-
tremely quiet, with a drop of Is points
IN japanese ven as the only feature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
YEAR 1929 TO DATE
BONDS.

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HOW is BUSINESS?
Showing
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
Chapel Hill Chaf

When l was calling on H. Y.
Wilson the other evening, on the
eve of his departure for a year
in Europe, | was pleased to dis
cover that he used his fireplace
for the same summertime pur-
pose as | use mine-as a deposi-
tory for burnt-out matches. Mr..
Wilson and | are both pipe
smokers, which means that we
are lavish match-consumers.
Matches have to be thrown
somewhere, and what better re-
ceptacle than a fireplace? 1t is
ample in size, it is made of a
freproof material, and, most i'm
pOrtant, it is always there. An
ash-tray has a way of wander
ing away, or of getting itself
concealed under magazines and
neWspapers~but you are never
at loss to find the fireplace. In
fact, you do not eveh- have to
look at it when you use it. It's
stationary position and your
long practice enable you to flick
match into its capacious NAV
without even looking at it. An
automatic process, like going to
the window or feeling for the
electric light button in the pitch
darkness Of the bedroom.
Not long ago a visitor saw me
throw a match into the fireplace
in my living room.
'Tm not allowed to do that in
my house." he said.
The first time | see that mans
wife, | am going to enter a pro-
test. If she conveys to me the
suggestion that what happens
in her house is none of my bust
ness, | will nevertheless persist
in my meddling. Husbands have
got to show some class solid
arity, else their rights will be
steadily encroached upon. If
Continued on page four
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
Sapp on Coaching Staff
Varsity End Is Added to University's
Athletic Instruction Force

Odell Sapp of Winston-Salem,
end on the Carolina football team
for three seasons, has been add
ed to the coming years coaching
staff. His appointment was an
nounced Wednesday by Charles
T. Woollen, graduate manager
Of athletics.
Sapp will be assistant fresh
man football coach; he will coach
the freshman boxers; and he
will also help Rex Enright with
the freshman baseball team. He
succeeds Lester Belding, who
goes to the Greensboro high
school.
The new coach is one of the
few three-letter-men in the Uni
versity in recent years. He
played three seasons with the
varsity football team, and for
two seasons he was with the
bo&ing and baseball teams. He
was one of the successful candi-
dates at the bar examination be-
fore the Supreme Court in Ra-
leigh last week.
The assembling of the varsity
squad for practice is set for this
next Monday, September 2.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
The Posts Officers

The officers of the Chapel
Hill post of the American Legion
for the coming year are: COM
mander, Paul Robertson; 1st
vice-commander, Owen Robert
son; End vice-commander, G. M.
Kirkland; adjutant, w. S. Ho-
gan; finance officer, J. A. Ross;
service officer, George H. Law
renee; chaplain, Alfred S. Law
renee; historian, Louis Graves.
The executive committee
members are Paul Robertson,
Owen Robertson, G. M. Kirk
land, w. S. Hogan, ]. A. Ross,
G.. H. Lawrence, A. S. Lawrence,
Louis Graves, Carl Durham, K.
r. Rankin, w. E, Thompson, and
G. l.. Martindale.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
The Ride to Greensboro
1t Is Almost Exactly so Miles from
Here to the Gate City

Since the completion of state
highway 81, from Nelson to Gra-
ham through Chapel Hill, there
has been considerable question
ing about the distance from here
to Greensboro.
Oscar J. Coffin took the editor
of this paper to Greensboro
Tuesday, and the speedometer
registered almost exactly so
miles from the western edge of
Chapel Hill (the end of Frank
lin street, to the city limits of
Greensboro. From Strowd's
garage to the post-office in
Greensboro the distance is about
SO miles.
1t is l3 miles from Chapel Hill
to the Orange-Alamance county
line, and II more miles to the
centre of Graham.
Routes 10 and 100 have been
interchanged so that the short
est route from here to Green's
boro, after the traveller reaches
Graham, is by way of No. 10.
From Nelson to Chapel Hill
the road is tar-surfaced; from
here to the Alamance line the
surface is sand-clay in splendid
condition, and from the
Alamance line to Greensboro it
is all concrete.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
Chapel Hill Post Wins Prizes
At American Legion Convention

Three handsome silver trophy
cups in the window of Eubanks
drugstore and a gold watchfob
adorning the person of Paul
Robertson are the outward and
visible symbols of the distinc-
ton conferred upon the Chapel
Hill post at the convention of
the North Carolina department
of the American Legion in Ra-
leigh this week.
And Rev. Alfred S. Lawrence
of Chapel Hill was unanimously
elected state chaplain of the
Legion.
1t was the remarkable record
of activity during the last year
that brought the Chapel Hill
post these honors. J. Obie Har-
mon, Paul Robertson, and other
Legionnaires here did good
work, but particular credit goes
to the service officer, George
Lawrence, for his zeal in repre-
senting veterans in their deal
ings with the government and
in aiding veterans widows and
orphans.
Posts in the state are divided
into classes A, B, C, and d, de-
pending OH the number of men,
bers.
The three trophies in Eu-
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
WINSTON HAD BUT
q CENTS; BANDIT
SAID: KEEP IT"
Judge Robert and Companions
Held up at Point of Pistol
in WiIIiamstOwn
WHILE OUT ON A STROLL

Who says vacations have lost
their thrill? r. D. w. Connor
goes to Chicago, and his hotel is
invaded by bandits who get
away with $4,000. His friend
and fellow historian, Judge
Robert w. Winston, goes to
WILLIAMSON, Massachusetts. and
in the classic shades of that coll
lege town is held up by a bandit
and escapes being robbed only
because he has only % cents,
which the bandit. sympathizing
with his impoverished condition,
declines to accept.
The news of the hold-up of
the jurist-scholar reached North
Carolina in a letter from him to
his daughter. Mrs. Frank Webb
of Durham.
One evening few days ago
the Judge was out strolling with
two elderly gentlemen. AS they
walked along, tapping their
canes on the pavement, they dis
cussed literature and philosophy
and international politics, paus-
ing now and then to cast re-
miniscent, Wistful glances at
stalwart youths and pretty flap
pers who passed by chattering
and laughing.
The trio came to a quiet block.
A young man stepped out from
behind a hedge, pointed a pistol
at them, and in a commanding
voice told them to hand over all
the money they had.
Judge Winston's companions
had $11 between them, and they
lost no time in bringing it forth
from their pockets. The Judge
also produced his total supply of
money: two dimes and three cop
pers.
"Twenty-three cents !" said
the bandit in a tone Of disgust.
as that all you've got?"
"Not cent more," replied the
Judge.
"Well, if you're that hard up,
you can keep your money" said
the bandit. He ordered his vic
Tins to walk slowly on and not
look back, and they obeyed. He
disappeared and was seen no
more.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
Meacham Kills Himself
Puts Pistol Bullet through Head
When at Bridge Game

Two young couples, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mike Gooch and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Meacham, were play
ing bridge Tuesday afternoon in
the living room of the house
where they lived on McCauley
street. Meacham, having had a
succession of poor hands, said:
"I'm going to shoot the next
person who deals me bad
hand"
He went to his bedroom and
returned with a revolver which
he placed on the floor beside
him. He had obtained the
weapon several days before,
when It was suspected that a
burglar was attempting to enter
the house. His companions did
not like to see him handling it,
but they supposed he was joking
and gave the matter no serious
thought.
A moment later came his deal.
After he had looked at his
cards he took the pistol from
the floor, pointed it at his head,
and pulled the trigger. 1t snap
ped Then he pulled the ham,
mer back with his thumb, and
let it go. There was a loud re-
port, and he fell from his chair
with a bullet hole in his right
temple. DR.. Calvert Toy arrived,
seven minutes later, but the
young man was beyond help. The
faint beating of his pulse stopped
just after Coroner Nathan
reached the house.
In spite of appearances, Mr..
and Mrs. Gooch told DR.. Nathan
that they did not think Meacham
meant to commit suicide. The
pistol was of Spanish make and
the chamber revolved to the left.
Two of the cartridge spaces were
empty, and if the chamber had
revolved to the right instead of
the left, there would have been
two misfres instead of one.
Gooch's theory is that Meacham
thought the hammer could
come down twice without ex-
ploding a cartridge.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30

banks window bear the follow
ing inscriptions:
The Paul r. Younts Trophy
for Conspicuous Legion Ac-
tivity in Glass c and D.
The E. Jack Edwards
Trophy for Conspicuous Ad-
vancement of Americanism in
Glass C and D.
The Lonnie Mills Trophy
for Conspicuous Exemplifca-
tion of the Preamble to Our
Constitution in Class C and D.
When Chapel Hills name was
called by the awards commit
tee chairman, in Raleigh, Paul
Robertson, representing the
post, went to the platform to re-
ceive what he thought would be
one trophy. He was not pre-
pared for three and the watch
fob to boot. The fob, with the
Legion emblem carved on it,
came to him for his success in
enrolling members.
The posts delegates to the
convention were Owen Robert
son of Hillsboro (chairman), j.
Obie Harmon, and Paul Steed
(secretary). Mr. Harmon
served last year on the conven-
tons resolutions committee and
Continued on page sir)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
Puts Ban on Banners
Board of Adjustment Votes Not to
Permit Them across Street

At its meeting Tuesday the
board of adjustment, created by
the towns zoning ordinance to
decide when to grant modilica-
tions of that measure, declined
to give permission for the
stretching Of a banner across
Franklin street. Furthermore,
it approved unanimously a reso-
luton against any banners
across the street in the future,
for theatrical performances, for
alumni reunions, or for any
other occasion.
The application Tuesday was
for the stretching of a banner in
the week of September 1921,
when it is proposed to hold a
special trade-week celebration.
All the board members pres
ent (Carl Durham, ID. d. Carroll,
Clarence Pickard, and Louis
Graves agreed that banners
spanning the street marreG the
appearance of the town and
served no purpose sufficiently
important to counterbalance
their unsightliness.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
Major Cain Still in Hospital

In a letter to G. M. Braune
Major Cain says that he will
be in the hospital in Franklin a
week or so longer. His main
trouble is a dislocation of the
vertebrae in the neck. From
ThG hUSspitaf fTe viii gU to
Waynesville for a few days, and
then to Asheville, Salisbury, and
Chapel Hill. He hopes to get
here about September 20.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
II. J. NJ. Hobbs Here Today

r. j. M. Hobbs, brother of A.
w. Hobbs Of the mathematics de-
partment, and his family will ar
rive today to take possession Of
the Latta house at the corner Of
Franklin street and Battle lane.
Mr.. Hobbs is a graduate of Gull
ford and Haverford and took his
bachelor-of-laws degree at Col
umbia. He will teach business
law in the school of commerce.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
Confer on Criminal Law
Judges, Solicitors. and Others Discuss
1t at a Gathering Here

The movement to inquire into
the criminal law and procedure
of North Carolina received a new
impetus at a conference held in
Manning hall last Saturday.
Among those present were
Judges Connor and Brogden of
the Supreme Court, Judge Har-
ris of the Superior Court, Re-
corders Patton of Durham,
league of High Point, and
Henry l.. Stevens, Jr., of War
saw, and Solicitors Phillips of
Rockingham and McNeill Of
LumbertOn.
Albert Coates of the law
school faculty made an intro
ductory statement of the pur-
pose of the inquiry, and this was
followed by a general discussion.
Recorder Patton Illustrated on
the blackboard a form he was
preparing for the tabulation of
complete information about
criminal cases.
The idea is to make a con-
tinuous study not only Of
statutes and court decisions but
also of present conditions, as to
crime, as observed by judges,
prosecutors, sheriffs, and police
and welfare officers. A con-
siderable number of officials
have already begun their CO.
operation with Mr.. Coates in
This project, and others are to
join in the movement.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
CarrbOrO's Banana Tree

A banana tree is flourishing
in the yard of Mrs. j. E. Neal
of Carrboro. The bananas on it
are about 5 inches long and, at
the present stage of their
growth, every one of them
carries a bloom on its end.
The tree was brought from
Florida two years ago. Mrs.
Meals neighbors have displayed
a keen interest in it, and she has
many visitors who come to see
the unfamiliar tropical speci-
men. 1t is considered unlikely
that the fruit will ripen before
frost.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
A REMINDER FOR
SUBSCRIBERS

Many subscriptions to
the WEEKLY are due for re-
ne'Cai September 1St, and
some are 0rerdue. The
name-IabeI on the paper
Tor on the Wrapper) shows
the date of expiration.
Please look at the label and,
If your reneWol is due, send
a check to carry y0ur sub
scriptj0n one year fora0ard
from the expiration date.
For example, if your label
bears the date August l,
1929, send q check for $3.50
to pay yoN up to august l,
1880.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
Mr.. Wilson Sails Tomorrow

II. V. Wilson, professor of
zoology in the University, sails
from New York for Naples on
the steamship Providence to-
morrow Saturday.. During his
years leave of absence he will
pursue Investigations at the ma
rine laboratory, Stazione ZooIog-
lea, on the Bay of Naples. This
week his son and daughter-in-
law, DR.. and Mrs. H. V. Wilson,
Jr., and his daughter, Mrs.
Howell Peacock, have been with
him in New York.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
BUSINESS MEN TO
CELEBRATE WITH
MODERN WEEK"
They Combine in a Movement
Designed to Stimulate
the Towns Trade
SMITH IS LEADING SPIRIT

The business men of Chapel
Hill have combined in a move
ment to have what they call
Chapel Hill Modern" week from
Monday, September 16, to Satur-
day September 81. The idea is to
bring to people of the surround
ing territory a realization of
Chapel Hills advantages as a
shopping and amusement centre.
E. Darlington Smith, manager
of the Carolina Theatre, con-
ceived the project and is the
leading organizer. The bank,
the merchants, the proprietors of
automobile service stations, and
the University Consolidated
Service Plants are cooperating
with him.
The new vitaphone and movie
tone pictures, the apparatus for
which is now being installed in
the Carolina, will be exhibited
for the first time on the 10th,
and these are expected to attract
MANY visitors from pittsbOrO.
Hillsboro, and other nearby
towns, and from the country
districts. The merchants are to
have window displays appro-
pirate to the occasion and are
to put on special sales.
What we are trying to do"
said Mr.. Smith yesterday, ''is to
impress upon people in our ter
ritory the fact that Chapel Hill
is a good place in which to do
their trading and to find amuse-
ment. We have good stores here,
and merchandise in them that
compares well with what is to
be found in the cities Of this
section. Clothing and. other
articles of high quality can be
bought here at reasonable
prices, but the trouble is that
there are so many people that
don't know It. we intend TO
tell them.
"Of course the talking pictures
will help to make the town more
attractive to visitors. We have
had around $50 people a day,
from outside Chapel Hill, com
ing to the silent pictures at the
Carolina, and when we have the
vitaphone and the movietone in
operation believe they ought
to draw three times that many.
"The business men with whom
| have talked are enthusiastic
about the proposal to have a gala
week as a means Of stimulat-
ing interest in the town on the
part of people in the adjacent
territory. If we can show them
what we have we will get them
into the habit Of coming to
Chapel HILL"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
Sides Going to Charlotte

L. r. Sides, former principal
Of the school here, has resigned
from his post at Westbury, Long
Island, and will be director of
music in the public schools of
Charlotte this next year.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
Beard Elected President

J. Grover Beard has been
elected president Of the Ameri-
can Association of Colleges of
Pharmacy.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
Bennett Sees Radio Factory

J. S. Bennett WENT 10 Thfia=
delphia this week, with a train
load of radio dealers, to see the
Atwater-Kent factory. He will
get home today or tomorrow.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
McKies Gone TO New England

George McKie and his daugh-
ter, Miss Elizabeth McKie, left
yesterday by automobile for
New England where Miss McKie
will resume direction of her
school. Mr.. McKie is to return
here soop.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
Fashion and Weight Changes.

Miss CorneIia Love has been
playing golf barelegged and in
socks, at Linville. Kent Brown,
now at Little Switzerland, has
gained 20 pounds.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30

Several citizens went down to
Scotland Neck last week, as
guests of R. W. Madry, to at
tend a barbecue at the Madry
home.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-08-30
End Son for the Bynums

A son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. jeff Bynum recently in
Potsdam, New York. His name
is Rufus.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-01-31
BARLEY EQUALS CORN
IN FATTENING LAMBS
Report Sent Out by University of Min.
neSOta Agricultural Extension
Division Compares Two Feeds.

Whole grain proved a better feed
for the fattening of lambs than did
ground grain, and self feeding of
grain proved a satisfactory method as
compared with hand feeding in ex-
perimentS carried on at the West
Central Station of the University at
Morris for n days and reported on
Lamb Feeders Day.
The same trials also demonstrated
that when fed with alfalfa hay and
10 per cent protein supplement whole
barley was practically equal to ear
corn bushel for bushel. AS the cost of
barley was somewhat higher than
corn, the net profit was slightly in ia
vor of the ear corn lot of lambs. Sub
stitution of oats for part of the barley
produced about the same gains for
the first % days of the feeding per-
iod as did either ear corn or barley
alone. For the remainder of the
feeding period the addition of oats
was not as satisfactory because it
tended to reduce the gains, increase
the cost of gains, and lessen the fin
ish.
There were 80 lambs in each of
eight lots and the net profit per lamb
ranged from S1.45 in the case of the
lot fed ground barley and oats to
$3.50 in the case of the lot receiving