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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-29
The Pre-SchOOl Clinic
Boys and Girls About to Enter Will
Undergo an Examination

The annual Pre-School Clinic
for the examination of children
who are to enter the Chapel Hill
school in September, will be held
from 8 to IL o'clock Tuesday
morning. DIR. S. A. Nathan, ths
towns health officer, has ar
ranged the clinic, and physicians
and dentists have volunteered
their services.
The purpose is to acquaint pa
rents with their children's ply.
sical needs, so that measures
may be taken, between now and
fall, to make the children's
health as nearly perfect as pos
sible. 1t is requested by the
school authorities that every
child brought to the clinic be ac.
companied by either the father
or mother. Miss Glass, first.
grade teacher, will consult with
the parents.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-29

Have Taken Lease on Home of the
Late Vernon Howell

Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Mebane
and their three children, and
Mr.. Mebane's sister-in-law, Mrs.
Cummings Mebane, and her two
children-eight Mebanes in all
will dwell in the home of the
late Vernon Howell, on East
Franklin street, after July first.
A lease Of the place was arrang-
ed with Howell Kyser, executor
of the estate.
Between now and the arrival
of the new tenants, the house
will undergo painting, wall pa
pering, and a general renova-
ton.
Perhaps the Mebanes don't
know it, but they will come into
a considerable ZOO along with the
property. From my study win
dow | can hear the call of the
quail from the Howell garden.
Squirrels sport about in the big
oaks, and chipmunks run along
the stone walls. have seen rab-
bits scampering in and out Of the
bamboo thicket. Cats stalk
across the yard; an occasional
dog loafs around the back steps,
with Wistful air as if saddened
at not finding the master of the
house who was always so fond
of dogs. And there are innum-
cradle birds constantly engaged
in singing. Perhaps the ZOO will
be free from snakes; / have not
seen on the place any evidence
of reptile life.
The Jess Mebanes have re-
Gently dwetted in the Hope Val
ley colony between here and
Durham. Mr.. Mebane is now
with the Enka company at Ashe-
vile and will be in Chapel Hill
only part of the time.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-29
JacOcks Declines
Will Not BE Executive Officer for
State Board of Health

DR.. William P. Jacocks has de-
cided not to accept the position
of State Health OFFICER. His
declination, conveyed in a mes
sage to Governor Gardner, wa )
announced in Raleigh this week.
The news is of particular in
terest here because DR.. Jacocks s
is an alumnus of the University
and has many friends in the
community. When he comes
back to America he always visits
Chapel Hill.
For many years DR.. Jacocks
has been the representative of
the international Health Board
on the island of Ceylon. One of
the great attractions to service
for the board is it's pension sys-
tenn, and within few years DR..
Jacocks will be eligible for re-
tirement on a life pension of
half pay. His friends, although
they would rejoice to have him
as executive head of the state S
health department, have thought
that the assumption of the posi-
tion would involve, for him, an
unreasonable and imprudent
sacrifice. If he became health
officer his tenure would be of
uncertain duration and his work
might some day become involved
in medico-political squabbles.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-29
TOWNS EXPENSES
BELOW BUDGET IN
YEAR NOW ENDING
ROgersOn Mystifies Aldermen at
First, But at Last He Makes
EN- Understand
FINANCES ARE ANALYZEDe

Expenditures for operating
the town government in the
fiscal year ending May 81 (day
after tomorrow have been
$4,000 less than the budget, and
for debt service they have been
$1,000 under the budget. The
new local government finance
law changes the ending of the
fiscal year from May 81 to June
30, and this saving of $4,000
will permit the town to add June
to the present year instead of
having to increase the tax levy
and tack it on to next year.
Uncertainty as to the total of
the 1881 assessments on real and
personal property make it diff
ticult to make a forecast of the
tax rate, but the probability is
that the town rate will be about
the same as last year-92 cents
for operation and debt service
combined. The rate for opera
tion is apt to be somewhat less
and the rate for debt Servic.
somewhat more The school
rate is expected to remain at or
very near the 1880 figures, 48
cents.
The towns financial situation
is complicated by the inclusion
in the assets of the item of ire
ceivables ;" that is, amounts that
are due for back taxes and vari-
Gus services. But Alderman Ho-
gan, Auditor Rogerson, and
Town Manager Foushee recently
went over the list and eliminated
all except those that they con-
sidered good debts" There
fore, the receivables now on the
record are regarded as capable
of being converted into cash,
though in some cases there may
be delay in collection.
Mr.. Rogerson, who had been
directed to come to the alder
mems meeting night before last
with a report on the municipal
(Conttnued on last pogs)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-29
Pay Cut of 10 Per Cent
Applies to All Receiving Salaries or
Wages from the University

The appropriation bill passed
in the closing hours of the legis-
lature this week DEGREES a cut Of
10 per cent in the salaries and
wages of the employees of the
state government and all state
institutions and agencies.
: This applies to the professors
in the University; to it's officers,
clerks, stenographers, book
keepers: to everybody who re-
ceives his or her pay from Uni
versity funds.
The figure of $72l,O 900, which
was published in the newspaper
as the amount appropriated for
the annual maintenance of the
University, appears to be decep-
tive. For if that amount were
available, the 10 per cent cut
would not be necessary. The
amount recommended by the
Budget Bureau early in the year.
1913, 900, was made up of segre-
gated schedules based upon 10
per cent cut. and the difference
between that figure and $72l,-
900 represents this 10 per cent.
For what, then, is this difference
of $148,000 to be used? Is it to
be withheld from the Univer-
sity? This is a puzzle. There
has not been time yet to analyze
the appropriation bill thorough
ly. We hope that by next week
We will be able to tell what it
means.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-29
Chapel Hill Chaf

Harold S. Dyer, head of the
University's music department,
who dwells out on the edge of
Battle Park, is fond of nearly all
varieties of music, but he has
lately had experience with a
brand that he finds distasteful j:
nocturnal serenades by coons.
"If you have any influence at
Raleigh, he said to me Monday,
Il wish you would try to stimu-
late legislative action for my re-
lief before the end of the session.
About three O'clock in the morn
ing am reused by sounds which
| interpret as coming from my
small sons room. Like a dutiful
father | respond to his summons
only to find him dead to the
world. On the way back to my
room the sounds which awaked
me are repeated, and | discover
to my great disgust that they
emanate from the woods in Bat
tie Park. Those more experience
ed than | tell me | have been lis
tening to the proceedings of a
coon congress. Summer school
is approaching, and | must have
some rest. Can you suggest
some way to make the congress
hold its sessions in another re-
gion?'
Ernest M. Green, a Univer-
sity alumnus who dwells in New
Bern, recalls the strict rules
which used to govern the con-
duct of students here. when |
Continued on last pags)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-29
CUT OF AT LEAST
4Oc EXPECTED IN
COUNTY TAX-RATE
Rsy Thinks That New Legisla-
tion Will Certainly Bring That .
Great a Reduction.
ASSESSMENTS TO DECLINE

From such analysis of the new
revenue andk school legislation
As ne has been able to make, G..
II, Ray, Orange county accoun-
TAFT, thinks that this years S
county tax rate will be at least
40 cents lower than last years.
The reduction may amount
tc rnore," said Mr.. Ray when he
cane over from HillsbOro to
Chapel Hill one day this week
"'but | feel sure it will not be
less than 40 cents"
the county tax rate last year
wa $1.25 on the 500 of as
Seae ed valuations. The expect
cd .uts will come in road main
H.
terance, as result of the state S
taxing over the county roads,
ana in school maintenance as
the result of the ad valorem tax
red lction provided for in the
revenue act.
LAST years tax rate for road
maintenance was Is cents, and
THAI is wiped out by the new
hienway act. But the county
WI no longer receive the $22, 500
d year which it has been receiv-
ing under previous highway leg
is.a,ion and which has been ap-
pied to debt service on road
bo0ds. A rate of II cents will
be required to provide this debt
service fund, and so the net re-
duction in rate, under the head
inr of roads, will be 13 cents.
Of last years 73-cent school
ra1+, SO cents was for the main
terance of the six months term,
and it is in this item that the
new legislation effects a saving
As the revenue bill is now gen
orally understood, the county
VIII make an ad valorem levy
equivalent to l5-cent rate on
the 1880 assessments. But the
assessments in 1881 will prob
ably be lower, and hence the ad
valCrem rate will be higher than
Continued on last page)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-29
Rofy RRoffy Gets His His Snake

..Roly Nolen, four years old,
killed a snake on his front path
the other day by placing a rock
on it's head and holding it down
in a mud puddle until it
drowned. He was assisted by
Philip Couch, two and a halt
years old. The snake, examined
later by Mr.. Nolen, was of a
harmless breed.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-29
Meyer Speaks in Georgia

Harold D. Meyer. professor If
sociology in the University, de-
livered the commencement ad-
dress at the Georgia Teachers
College in Athens this week.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-29
HamiltOns Here for Week End

Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel H. Ham
iltten and their two sons, Adgate
and James, come from Balti-
more TODAY to spend the tn wesetk=
end with Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. de
Roulhac Hamilton.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-29

H. G. Baity Qu Health Board
H. G. Baity has been appointed
a member of the State Board of
Health.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-29
Country Clubs Final Dance

The Country Clubs final dance
of the season will be held at 3
O'Clock tomorrow Saturday
evening. Dress, informal.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-29

Mrs. Athol Burnham has re-
turned from a visit to New
York.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-03
He'll Land Someplace

Down in Greenvile, Illinois, there is a young man
named Arthur H. Koonce who wants to go to work for
a newspaper as a reporter, copy reader or advertising
salesman. He wanted to work for The Tribune and we
were sorry we had no place for him, for he looks like
q conner"
How do we know? The answer is easy.
His application was different"
Mr.. Koonce, who says he is % years old and unmar-
iied. has set about getting a job in a businesslike way
He had his application printed on q letterhead bearing
his own name and carrying his picture. It sets forth
his qualifications and aims for success in the newspaper
business. AS a postscript, he asks that anyone not hav-
Ing an opening now keep him in mind for the future.
Because his application will stand out from the host
of letters which every newspaper receives, Koonce is
pretty sure to land somewhere. His method in
dicates some originality, some knowledge of his prospects
and nerve enough to follow his own ideas. These are
valuable assets in the newspaper business.
His use of printed material Is peculiarly apt. Con-
sciously or unconsciously, he hit upon the fact that good
printed matter appeals to everyone and to whom more
than a man who constantly deals with type?
Presentation of his picture completes his story as every
qualified advertising man knows.
Young Koonce gives the printed word credit for having
its own appeal. This, alone, will recommend him to more
than one newspaper which finds itself in need of young
men with ideas.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-03
Up to the Senate
(St. Paul


Passed by the house of representatives the Brigham
bill to tax all yellow oleomargarine ten cents a pound now
goes to the senate where it will have to be given quick
action If the farmers of the northwest are to profit by
the good work Of their representatives.
The bill introduces no new legislative principle and
should have been passed long ago. It only closes q loop
hole in the odd law by which the manufacturers of oleo
have been able to evade the law. The present statutes
put the tax on such butter substitutes as are artificially
colored. BY employing a palm oil, as both an ingredient
and coloring agent, the oleo manufacturers have been
able to place on the market a product closely initiating
butter in color without paying the tax.
The Brigham bill will remove the distinction between
oleo colored artificially and that deriving its color from
actual ingredients. The tax will apply uniformly on all
oleomargarine resembling butter whether the perfection
OF the color imitation has been attained by artificial col
Grants or not.
Farm organizations have estimated that the subterfuge
by which the "artificialy colored" clause is now being
evaded IS costing dairymen a million dollars a day. The
senate should add its action to that Of the house to stop
this loss and restore to effect a protection which has
been rendered imperative by means of a technicality
Agriculture now awaits only the favorable action Of the
senate to obtain q practical and immediate variety Of
farm relief.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-03
The Reapportionment Act Stands
(Minneannlis TrihlineA

The house census committee has done the nation a
good turn by tabling all measures which would have in
creased the membership Of the lower house and by re-
moving, at the same time, the last element Of doubt and
action. the reapportionment act of June, 1929, will stand,
and for the first time in two decades there will be a re-
deal Of house membership among the states. Minnesota.
OF course, will lose one representative in this redeal. as
will Wisconsin and North and South Dakota. while Iowa
must forfeit two congressman by reapportionment. The
effect Of this act is to take q house seats away from
81 states and turn them over to II: California will be
its chief beneficiary with nine new representatives, and
Missouri, with a scheduled forfeiture Of three. has most
to lose by 1t.
comes automatically effective for the seventy third con-
gress, which will be elected in November, 1882, and con-
vene in 1888. This means that every state affected by
1t, including Minnesota. must take some action on re-
apportonnient within the next 81 months. It will be
possible for states gaining representation to avoid re-
tricts untouched and electing -at-large, but
the losing states have no other choice than to rearrange
their district lines.
II there is any consolation for the northwest In the
plan Of reapportionment which has now been made
final, it lies chiefly in the fact that the plan Is the only
ment, whether, we like it or not, Is mandatory under the
constitution. The attempts which were made during the
short session to alter the present scheme Of reapporti0n-
nent by increasing the membership Of the house were
shortsighted and Nl-advised; where they were intended to
keep the delegations OF the losing states intact they
would have served no worthier purpose, in the last analy-
ss, than to give additional bulk to q body which Is al
ready far too bulky and which fairly creaks beneath the
weight Of membership. The best thing the losing states
can do u to swallow their pride and disappointment and
lay their plans for redistricting before November. 1882.
1t should not be so very difficult to be philosophical
and composed over the inevitable, and reapportionment.
since 1t Is dictated by the constitution and population
shifts. IS certainly that.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-03
Quotations

I am, by the grace of God, a very
indolent person.-John Barrymore.
y X +
Business becomes better when
people feel better about it.-Sir Reg
inald McKenna.
The greatest number of failures
are among those who were pampered
or dependent children.-Dr. Alfred
Adler.
X X X
People of Michigan do not want
school teachers who smoke.-Charles
McKenny, president of Michigan
State Normal school.
X i
Why is 1t that when women's
skirts grow longer, a business depres-
sion is approaching, and when the
skirts grow shorter, good times are
coming?-Professor Baker Brownell's
query to a Northwestern university
class.
I leave the American people to
judge between General Butler and
myself, and I am satisfied to abide
by their verdict.-Al Capone, angered
by reports that Butler had said the
gang chieftain would be deported
when public opinion became aroused.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-03
GOOD MASSAGE TECHNIQUE Is
IMPORTANT

Every doctor should use or ADVISE
massage III his practice. Those VINO
maintain a masseur or give massage
themselves often develop special
techniques which they find partlcu-
larly valuable. For example, IN my
own office I have developed a mass
age movement for adhesions Whlcn
brings splendid results which could
not be achieved in any other way.
especially in internal adhesions pr
the abdominal organs. Such adhe-
sions may follow operations, but are
often formed during any inflamma-
tory condition in the abdomen. OFT
en- the intestines become prolapsed
and then finally adhere or grow to-
vecther in the wrong position so that
it is almost impossible for them to
return to their normal place. These
patients will always be c~onstipated
until the adhesions r broken down
and the bowel freed.
It is often possible to see the actual
effect by doing the movement while
the patient is under the X-ray so that
the exact changes taking place can
be noted. In many cases, quite severe
adhesions may be relieved by this
skillful stretching Of the adhering It's
sues. Sometimes. people with constl-
patton have tried a fruit fast or a
good diet for a long time with no
lasting success. In these cases it is
usual that the trouble is coming from
adhesions around the bowels or kinks.
Also, in these cases there is no other
treatment which proves as satisfac-
tory as :he massage technique.
The ideal hand for massage is a
broad strong well padded flexible
hand. The nails must be short and of
course the hands washed before and
after treatment. Either talcum pow
der or a ~lubricating oil may be used
while massaging. The oil is often used
fer very thin folks.
In taxing a course of massage. Just
start a. you would with exercises
SUIT with mild treatments. Too heavy
L Esal-1erG IN the beginning will
-1zs4Ea LIE muscles sore. After a good
lasSsi1,sa -tle patient should feel rest
81 INT ~-af-asceG. With the nerves
slCc1-e1 I1C / general feeling of we'll
-s1--
Wl-l-e uaasaga locks easy it is new
a--eleE MICE Up Of a number of
--r--lIG-l1s1 movements. each n in
G--=- -1r L special purpose. The
1c-vE-a-E LAY include tapping,
Staging lsaticg. Eringing, strok-
~ s-eezI-E- rolling. pressing,
stretching and friction. Each parti-
c-A- increment has a special pur-
lcse. All ne choice Of movements de-
se-G A--el7 upon the region treated
a-I --c1 me disorder which may be
p-eSe-.
Massage Improperly applied may
actually aus harm. such as press
ing too strongly upon an inflamed
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-03
Seven Years

VV11z1OI Od1Iy VCWST
Thomas A. Edison on his 84th birthday told the re-
porters that business had started a three-year trend up
ward toward the recent high level.
He added that business moves in fairly regular cycles,
which we shall never be able to control. They lie, he
says, lin the very nature of man."
1t almost Sseems as If Mr.. Edison has a strain of
mysticism in him, when you ponder over this statement.
Give us three years to regain the former business level,
then a couple of years more at the top before We start
down again. and We'll have a seven-year period. The
mystics have always represented seven as a sacred
number. Orientalists have long spoken Of the "~septenary
constitution Of man."
The business cycle in ancient Egypt seems to have diff
fered in duration from ours, with seven lean years and
seven fat years, making a 14-year cycle. But possibly
that was exceptional. Or possibly we have speeded up.
Anyway, whatever it may signify. look at a business
chart for the last few decades. and you'll find a surpris-
ing tendency for crestS of business waves to appear about
seven years apart.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-03
A Fine Spectacle

Somehow, for no good reason at all, we are glad to
hear that David S. ingalls,. assistant secretary Of the
navy for air, has reported that the war games now being
carried on by the U. S. fleet in Caribbean waters have
definitely proved the necessity for big dirigibles like the
Los Angeles.
We say this, not because we are convinced that the
giant dirigible is particularly effective as a naval auxiliary
we know nothing about it-but because . large dirigible
is one Of the most inspiring sights modern life affords.
Commerce does not vet seem quite sure that it can use
these giant ships, and they are too big and expensive
for private use. It is up to the navy to keep them alive
and simply because they are fine things to look at, we
are glad that the navy feels them to be essential COM
ponents of its fleet.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-03
KFYR
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
$50 KiiOcyclcx-545.1 Meters

$50 kifOcyclcs-J45.1 Meters
AM. -
7:oO-Music.
7:lo-Weather report: farm flashes,
7:25-Farm reporter in Washington.
7:30-Old time music.
Decentralization period.
S:00-Around the town: Radio floor
walker.
9:0O-Sunshine hour.
9:3O-World Bookman.
1o:oo-Opening grain markets; wealth
1o:10-Aunt Sammy: daily household
chat.
10:3O-Primer for town farmers.
10:57-Arlington time signals.
l. :O0-Grain markets.
11:15-German program.
11:30-Organ program: Grace Duryee
Morris.
2:OO-Grain markets.; Bismarck Trib-
une news and weather; lunch
Pm. o program.
2:00@Grain mthkets: Bismarck Trib-
n news and weather; st. Pau
livestock.
2:15-Siesta hour.
2:30-Good News radio magazine.
3:0O-Music.
5:OO-Music.
5:15-Uncle Paul's kiddie time.
5:35-Stocks and bonds.
5:40-Bismarck Tribune sports items.
5:45-Bismarck Tribune news.
5:5O-Music.
6:00-Dinner hour organ recital:
Grace Duryee Morris.
6:l5-Jennie Thompson Graham and
Ethel Moore Bauer.
6:45-Newscasting.
7:oo-Trinity Lutheran mixed quar-
7:l5-Legislative tidbits.
7:30-Jackie Sherman.
1:45-Studio program.
S:00-Music.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-03
Today Is the
Anniversary OF
A OF DOLLS


On the third day OF the third
month. which in our calendar may
correspond with the middle or last
day of April, the festival Of dolls IS
celebrated in Japan. The festival is
specially dedicated to girls.
AS the sakura trees, which are
somewhat similar to VI peach trees,
burst into bloom at this period. Eu-
ropeans have named this the festival
of peach flowers.
On this day Japanese girls and
women dress themselves in holiday at
tire. The mothers adorn the chamber
of state with poisoning sakura
boughs and arrange an exhibition of
all the dolls which their daughters
have received. The children prepare
a banquet for them which is eaten
by the grown folks in the evening
after the dolls are supposed to have
had their fill.
The dolls displayed at this festival
are used only on formal occasions
and are not regarded as toys. Jap
anese boys have their doll festival. too,
but their dolls consist of toy images
of warriors.