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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22

erature as are French students,
we can safely say that he knows
more about it than French stu
dents know about American lit
erature. | often had calls from
pupils-fine strapping fellows,
fond of outdoor sports-who
came to discuss French litera-
ture and the merits of Voltaire,
Stendhal, Flaubert and Proust,
whose names were all on the pro-
gram of my lectures.
The desire for culture shows
itself definitely among the pres
ent generation of American stu
dents. Most of them are not at
all enthusiastic over the ma
terial progress of our time. They
want something more: they
want moral progress. For four
months | discussed Voltaire,
Stendhal, Flaubert and Proust
with them, and recorded with
curiosity their questions and
the answers they gave to the
problems raised by books. These
conversations brought me very
close to them, and | ended by no
longer considering them foreign
ers. quite different from French
students.
| never felt that they and |
belonged to two different civili-
cations. They are relations, and
good ones, younger than our-
selves buhyouth is not defect.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Any alterations

by contract. Any alterations
or constructions must be ap-
proved by the Governor and the
State Board of Charities and
Public Welfare. as must regula-
tions for the operation of the
camps. Quarters must be pro-
vided for sick prisoners.
After the end Of the fiscal
year, courts will assign prison
ers to work on state roads un-
der the highway commission S
control, rather than on county
roads. However, any county,
city, or town now operating
farms by convict labor may re-
tain enough prisoners to con-
tinue the work. No person is
to be committed to a district
prison camp whose term is less
than sixty days.
Those who have followed the
notorious Crawford case in Stan
ly county; the Sampson county
dynamite" disaster; the Wake
county. sweat box" scandal; the
Duplin county stockade holO-
caust-thoSe who have been
awake to contemporary affairs
have been unable to miss ac-
count after account of cruelty
and gross neglect. Seldom has
it been possible to place blame
for a tragedy in North Caro-
lima S conglOmeration of county
camps.
Some of the county camps
have been we'll managed and
have reflected credit on the men
who had them in charge. How
ever, with state control, il
should be easier to adopt uni
form regulations as to treat
ment and care of all road pris-
oners and to definitely fix re-
sponsibility.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
End of County Road Camps
(Pubhc Uelf0re Pr0Wess)

(Pubhc welfare ProgreSs)
With the passage of the Con-
nor road bill on March 20, the
state is to take over mainten-
ance of all public roads. The
prisoners are included in the
bargain, as they will be needed
to work the roads. After July /,
1881, all prisoners in county
road camps will be placed un-
der the control of the state
highway commission, a board of
sin men vested with responsible
ity for North CarOlina's s roads.
The county camp Will be no
more.
The highway commission is
to divide the state into prison
camp districts and locate one or
more camps in each district. 1t
may take over camps now in use,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Snakes Are Temperamental

Snakes must never be allow
ed to become cold," says w. A..
D. in the North American Re-
uieac. They must be bathed
and rubbed down with oil every
SO often. But. worst of all, they
are forever going on hunger
strikes and refusing stubbornly
to eat the most tempting meals.
In these cases they have to be
fed by force, have meat rammed
down their throats with stick
Or egg fillips shot in with a sy-
ringe.
Furthermore. they are hope
lessly near-sighted. which is
why, if you are looking for
reason, they bite before glancing
to see if you mean harm-look-
ing would do no good anyhow" ."
Patience, a sweet disposition
and agile footwork are requisites
of the snake trainer. One of the
favorite methods is sby means of
deer antlers, which are used by
the trainer as a shield.
The trainer approaches the
snake, holding the antlers be-
fore him. Suddenly the snake
strikes and at the same instant.
the trainer shifts the antlers so
as to parry the blow. AS the
bite is received on the horns, the
trainer labs the snake-and the
action is repeated over and over
until finally the. snake learns
that each time he bites he is him
self bitten.
Side-show snakes are not cap
tured by their exhibitors in
darkest Africa. Professional
charmers purchase them from
professional dealers, pythons
cost from $75 to $3.50; rattlers,
fixed safe to handle from 50
to $40, and a mixed den from
SIS up. The best known of the
snake merchants lives in
Brownsville. Tex, and he signs
his letters: "Rattling yours,
Snake King"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
PrOuty Talks of Earth
Folding of the Mountains the Tonic
of Scientists Speech in Raleigh

How the earth got this wav.
and whether or not it is in for
more churning up of mountains
and valleys and rivers. with pla-
clers sliding hither and Won and
continents rising here. and thera
oat OF the sea-these and similar
questions were the subjects of
speculation in the speech of Will
nam r. Prouty, University geol-
ogy professor, in his presidential
address to the Academy OF
Science IN Raleigh recently.
The Origin of Folded Noun
tains. was the title of Mr.
Proutys address. The general
~ accepted theory, he said. was
That the earth had now reached
the solid crustar stage with
continental growth not vet com
pleted."
As to what modern scientists
really know about the changes
which may still be taking place
IN the earth S surface DR.. Proutv
SAID: The question is far from
settled. Some of the newer and
more startling theories. such as
Inc continental drift theory
nave been carried to absurd ex-
tremeS by some of the more en-
thuslastlc and less balanced ad-
Vocates. On the other hand a
number of ultra conservative
scientists, believing in absolute
y fixed continents. can see no
value IN the drift theories
these reactions are according TO
the laws of nature. | think if
can be said in truth that none of
the newer theories is completely
IN the right and that none is
completely in the wrong, Here
again we are travelling the same
old scientific path
In concluding his address Dr..
prouty said: 'The present day
theories taken as a whole ac-
count for all the observed facts
IN connection with mountain
building, but it will be many
years before there can be a
general agreement as to the
most important cause of either
mountain folding or mountain
uplift."
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Neighborhood Notes

Mrs. n. B. Marlborough, for
merly Miss Birdie Kornegay,
was here this week on visits to
Mrs. T. E. Best and Mrs. Ralph
Andrews. She had come from
her home in Norfolk, Va, to
have her son, who is suffering
from infantile paralysis, treated
at Duke hospital.
Cyrus w. Bazemore was in
the village Monday and Tuesday.
He is principal of the school at
Republican in Bertie county.
Mrs. Julia Graves, with her
grandson, Pembroke Rees, and
Mrs. Archer, went to Little
ton last Saturday and drove out
to her birthplace, Fontebello,
which she had not seen since
she left there in 1860. The
travellers were entertained at
the home of Mrs. Matt Ransom.
Miss Mary Graham of Will
mington is a guest of Miss Kate
Graham at the President 5
House.
Mrs. George Coffin Taylor and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. deRoulhac
Hamilton went to Charleston
for the week end.
Mrs. Athol {. Burnham lett
Friday for a visit in New York.
She is expected home soon.
Mrs. Edwin Greenlaw of Bal
timore, who has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. A. W. Sapp,
in Greensboro, was here Monday
night with the MacNiders.
James Peters is here with his
mother, Mrs. Joseph Hyde
Pratt. She went to New York
to meet him on his arrival from
Honolulu, and they came to
Chapel Hill together.
Miss Frances Woody of RoX-
boro. Miss Mary Mansfield and
Rov Moore Of Wilson spent Sun
dayS with Leland Parrish.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
MaurOis Writes about America

(This article is from the London
Saturday Reuiew. Andre~ Haarois
the Freachman Who wrote it, is emf
nent as the biogropher of Shelley
Byron, and DisrGeh).
A stay of few months is not
enough to permit of any real
acquaintance with so immense a
country as the United States.
Moreover, | could not venture to
discuss that so often analyzed
subject, the typical Americans s
view of life. In spite of my stay
in America, | have not seen The
country. This may sound like q
paradox, but it is the truth.
At the invitation of Prince
ton University. | went there tc
lecture and not to travel. | sell
dom left Princeton, and it would
be difficult to form an accurate
conception of the United State
from what | saw of Princeton
1t is small university town
very much like others of th(
same kind. 1t is distinctly ar
intellectual center, and the intel
lectuals of all countries. have d
family likeness. Having liveC
among them, | could only est
mate America through them
which would be Just as one
sided as the opinions of those
who Judge Americans, their Iii,
and philosophy, by what they
see in New York.
| believe that all judgments
based on CONGRATULATIONS are I'm
Just when applied to a whole ma
ton, and especially such ma
ton as the Americans, who live
in an immense country in which
the climate, the origin of the in
habitants and their customs diff
fer immensely in differen;
places, and where the habits )l
the East are essentially unllk,
those Of the West.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Kennedy Dean of Organists

Nelson O. Kennedy has been
elected dean Of the North Caro-
lima chapter of the American
Guild of Organists. The chap
ter will hold its next annual
meeting here in May of 1882.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
ntra-Mural Athletics

The tniversity's annual intra-
mural track athletic tournament
called the Decathlon will take
place next week. There is one
division for alI-comers and an
other for nOvices.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Jac0cks Gives Books

DR.. W. p. Jacocks has given
the University three Ceylonese
books made of palm leaves. They
contain sacred writing in the
Sinhalese language. DR.. ia
cocks is the international Healt h
Boards director in Ceylon.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
An Insurance School

A research bureau maintained
by 144 life insurance companies
will conduct a school in agency
building here from June Is
through June 26.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
To Go TO Blue Ridge

A large delegation Of Univer-
sity of North Carolina students
will attend the Southern Student
Conference at Blue Ridge from
June Is to June 25.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
literary supplements.

The American student is re-
markable type of humanity, just
as much interested as his Euro
pean brother in new things. He
is good-natured and well-inten-
toned, and while he is not so
we'll acquainted with French lit
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Gas COmpany's Representative

w. w. DrakefOrd has come TO
Chapel Hill as the special rep
resentative of the Durham Gas
Company. He has an apartment
in the Carolina Inn Annex.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Foxgloves and Pinks

Foxgloves and pinks are on
display in the Howes' garden,
out at Buttons from now on for
a few days.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Tennis at New Orleans

Ed Yeomans and Harry Hend-
lin are the University of North
Carolina representatives at the
Southern Conference tennis
tournament in New Orleans.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Duke Wins at Baseball

Duke University won the state
intercollegiate baseball title this
spring. Last Mondays game
was the only one Duke has lost
to Carolina in four years.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Slade Going to Rutgers

Jerry Slade has resigned from
the faculty here and is going to
Rutgers University in New Jer-
sew
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22

KNOW tHt hIllcllCdl ptOIic
through Princeton, it gave me
the opportunity to make the ac-
quaintance of the American in
tellectual. 1t is true that Amer
lea has no social class CORE
spending to our cultured bOur-
geOisle, but an intellectual mass,
young and alert, is in process or
formation. The majority Of
these intellectuals are certainly
not very well up in history, but
they have good knowledge OF
all the art developments Of our
time. A young American liter
ary review, like the Symposium,
is in no way behind the leading
European reviews. The rising
American writer's are original
and important, and their art has
nothing to do with the cinema,
which is supposed in Europe to
be characteristic of American
art. The cinema is no standard
by which to Judge the tastes of
the American public 1t is Just
as bad in America as in Europe,
with a few exceptions, which
are enjoyed by intellectuals, just
as good European films are en-
joyed by European intellectuaIs.
! will even say that the blg sue
cesses are the same in the Unit
ed States as elsewhere, Withou.
regard to the origin Of the film.
While | was in America the two
most popular films were Euro
pean- the "Blue Angel and
Under the Roofs of Paris pro-
ductions which have made the
conquest of Europe.
The United States have large
reading public. Ali the worlds
great writer's are read and liked
in America. Every interesting
work in modern literature is to
be found in American libraries,
and they meet with the same
success as in their own country,
for the intellectual American
reads a great deal and is inter-
ested in whatever is new and
beautiful. The Importance at
tached to literature is clearly
shown by the fact that the lead
ing newspapers publish huge
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22

A Prague professor thinks
that despite opposition English
will become the world language.
America will be the last country
to give in.-PdsstnU Sho1c (Lon-
don).
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22

With the Romanotfs, the Ho-
henzollerns, the Hapsburgs, and
the Bourbons gone, the only re-
naming advocates Of that 81
etat; c'eSt moi policy are the
Republicans. -Arh'onS0S gazette
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
Maniac Drove Auto
 Until Brought Down
 By Policen1an's Shot

Chicago. August 2e - (uP) -- A maniac at the wheel of car eening automobile tendangere Il scores of lives today. then at- tackled two policemen with q hat- chet when his car was forced to the curb. He fell under a bullet from one of the policeman's guns.
 Cards fin the mans pocket indi- cated he was H. B. Young, Frank lin Park, III, a railroad clerk. His body was held at the morgue.
 The wild race with death began at Niles. q suburb, when motor patrol officer, Frank stankOwitz, drew his motorcycle alongside the madman's automobile. 1t was zig zaggins on the wrong side of the street.
 Shouting curses. the motorist attempted to swing his automobile across in front of the motorcycle. failing, he sped away, Stankowitz in pursuit.
 Standing on n northwest side street was Policeman Fred Kordes, He saw what was happening and leaped onto the carrier of stan kowicz's motorcycle.
 A crowd of nearly 100 persons was waiting for street cars and busscs at an intersection. They fled as the maniac sent his car roaring through their midst. Then, his whim changing. the motoriSt stopped. leaped out and started for the policemen with a hatchet. The officers had emptied their guns at his tires. He slashed tankcwicz's hand.
 Again he leaped into his car and sped on, this time with StankO- wicz clambering onto the top of the sedan and shouting for help.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26

New York, Aug 2s-UP)--Wii- lie Mccabe. Broadway gambler was stabbed to-day in an alterca- ton in New York speaksasy.
 He was rushed to hospital where doctors said his condition was critical.
 McCabe was formerly an asso- ciate of the late Arnold Rothstein, slain gambler.
 McCabe, known as Tough Will lio," was said 10 be involved In a beer racket in New York.
 He was admitted at Flower hos pltal at 6 d. m. suffering from knife wounds in the chest and ab- domen. He first gave his address as the Mills hotel but later admit ted he lived at Riverside Towers, 80th and Riverside Drive.
 The gambler had long been as- sociated with various rackets and gambling rings in New York and vicinity. He was said to have been among those sitting in the notori- ous poker game which preceded the death of R0thstein in Novem- her. of 1928. and was held as witness.
 An attempt to murder McCabe was made in Montreal while he was still under $10,000 hail as . witness in the Rothstein case, police records showed.
 McCabe recently was caught in the raid on the gang of Jack u.egs) Diamond, New York rack cteer. in the vicinity of Diamonds Catskfll fortress hangout at Acra, N. Y., and held in $2,b00 ball. Me- Cabe was found In a brewery In Deer park.
 His activities were said by the police to have ranged from Can ada to Florida and as far west as where he numbered Al tScarface) Capone among his 
 It was noon before the police knowing anything about the stabbing of McCAbe. Assistant Chief Inspector John J. Sullivan then admitted that he knew the gambler had been "in a row"
 The police report said McCabe md former F'ollies girl had been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
COTTON STATES TRYING TO FIND
 SOME WAY OUT
They Are Meeting at New Orleans and Fighting DoggedIy to Save Themselves

New Orleans Aug 2s.-(Up)- The cotton states of the south fought doggedly to-day toward A solution of their worst overproduc- lion crisis in modern times. Unrest spread among millions of cotton planters facing poverty. State gov ernments. acting separately up tO now. groped for Il way out which would lessen the condition in rural communities throughout the broad cotton belt. Some favored individ- unl action. Others visualize the crisis as q national calamity de- nandinR federal action. Among the maze of schemes offered az ave nnes of escape from the heightcn- cd threat of bankruptcy were:
 IA "cotton planting holiday" in 1892.
 2-Limitation of acreage planted in cotton.
 3-Calling of n special session Of congress 10 make aid available 10 the stricken cotton zone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
WHISPERER OF
 LYING STORIES
 TO BE INDICTED
Brokerage House EmpI0ye Will Be Prosecuted By Directors of New York Bank

New York, Aug 2G.-UUP)-- James II. O'Conncll. customers man in 2 brokerage house. will be prosecuted under an indictment charging distribution of false ru- mors concerning q banks condt- ton. IL was announced to-day. The indictment was returned on com plnint of tho Chatham Phoenix National Bank and Trust company. Thomas Chadbourne, director and general counsel. announced it would be prosecuted vigorously to lend n whispering campaign" against the institution.
 Mortimer N. Buckncr, chairman of the board of the New York Trust company and chairman of the New York Clearing House as- sociation. announced In connection with the "wbispcring": "I am in a position to know more about the condition of the bank than anyone outside itS own officers. am entirely satisfied with it's sound ness and stability"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
WATERFOWL

Tommy Bates will soon have a new neighbor in the Skilton ma chine shop when Ed Kelley of Oak vile will move his printing estab- lishmcnt from Oakville post office building. The Oakton Press has in- creased its business SO rapidly dur ing the past few years that more room is needed. The Skilton build ing is an ideal spot for any small business.
 A special town meeting will be held tonight. During the past two months great talking and rumors of the expulsion of Shaw and Lewis from selectmen positions was heard throughout Oakvillc. The hard sur face road up Buckingham street has been completed so now MT. Shaw and MT. Lewis may have their positions. Thanks to Oakville. With the very good work which has been done by MT. Lewis and MT. Brahen during the past two or three years there should be no fear Of Watertown voters turning any way except for MT. Brahen and MT. Lewis. Voting day is still n little over month away which gives plenty of time 10 consider the mat . ter before casting lots.
 The contract for painting the town hall has been given to Ed Nor ton
 Mrs. William Branch and son have returned to their home on Warren Way after a three weeks visit to her parents. MT. and Mrs. Robert Gilchrlst of Putnam. Joseph flaming of New York city is spending fl two weeks vacation with his parents, MT. and Mrs. James flaming of Highland ave- nue.
 Tomorrow evening the Gotham Players will present one of their plays In the Woodbufy town hall These Gotham Players are a group Of new stock company players who have been transforming playing the small towns in Connecticut all summer. They have found that it has made afl excellent summer for them. both socially and financially The play tomorrow night will bs "Mary's Other Husband"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
MOTOR BUSSES
 IN COLLISION

Revere. Mass, Aug 28.-(UP) Four persons were severely in- jurcd to-day In IL rear-end colli- sion involving two crowded busses just oyer the city line in West Lynn
 The b,issen were the last two in line of 80 enroute from here to Pleasant Pond park, Hamilton, with hundreds of municipal cm- pIoyes and their families, for the annual city outing.
 Those hurt were: MT and Mrs Michael Mccarthy and Mrs Rose De Napoli and her 10-month -old son. They were taken to their homes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
COIN HARVEY AND HIS THIRD PARTY
 PREPARE PLANS
SO-Year-OId Fighter, AI- most Blind, Is Idol of Thousands That Gath- cred in Arkansas

Montene. Ark. Aug 26.-(UP)-- Platforms ranging from abolition of interest charges to wholesale purchase of enemy navies in time of war, were submitted to-day to the third party" convention called by W. II. (Coin) Harvey, political ideaiist defeated years ago with free silver and William Jennings Bryan.
 Harvey, past 80 and nearly blind. was the idol of the thousa nds of delegates who gathered In this Arkansas village from 2b states and from far-away Alaska.
 Populists. socialists. non -parti- sans, radicals and discouraged re- publicans and democrats made up the following of this old demo- cratic warrior who retired in dis gust after Bryan's defeat.
 Harvey has spent the last 27 years studying the evils of the world and building a huge concrete pyramid in which to store relics of this civilization which will last he says. long after civilization itself hns perished. Among the dele gates are many whose theories go farther than Harvey's. The lead CTS plan for reorganization of gov ernmental units. a new money Sys- tenn. and abolition of interest are too tame" for some of them.
 One of the statisticians present is Charles l.. Bclbridge of St Louis, author of 128 mathematical books. Among his works is a pamphlet which scts forth that fl costs $37,- 900 to kill q soldier in n war.
 Belbridgc suggests offering $1.00O to every enemy soldier or sailor who deserts, and pay him full value for everything he brings with him.
 The convention planned to take up Hnrvey's proposed platform blanks to-day. It plans to nom mate a president and vice presi- dent on Friday.