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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
Pepys as He Was

(From q RcrieW by Marie Eisen-
brORdt IN the Baltimore EccuiRg
.Suu)
Samuel Pepys, Esq, not un-
favored 10y fortune in life. has
again been fortunate in his lat
est biographer. John Drink
water. The volume might have
been a popular one romanticis-
ing the rotund Pepys or it might
have been a dull, meticulous
tome. overladen with docu-
ments; instead of which Mr..
Drinkwater has written a schol-
arly and interesting book which
gives convincing full-length
portrait of the great diarist.
In the preface to this needed
biography of Pepys. Mr.. Drink
water states: "My purpose has
been to present a portrait COM
bining in one figure the Pepys
known to his own generation as
a distinguished civil servant and
a connoisseur of liberal tastes
and the Pepys known to later
ages as a diarist of unique at
fractions" This Mr.. Drink
water has certainly accom-
plished. Moreover, he has done
so without once losing his calm,
unbiased judgment of Pepys
The mans frailties and his abili-
ties are equally appreciated
His faults are not belittled nor
is his greatness enhanced. The
Pepys who, through one regency
after another, through plaques
and fires, continues his duties at
the naval office, who makes a
speech before the House which
vindicates the entire naval
board, who does more perhaps
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
A Memorial Room

A room in Hippol Castle, the
home of the Gimghouls out in
Glandon Forest, has been fitted
out as memorial to the late
Drew Patterson.
1t is the society's assembly
chamber on an upper floor of the
circular stone tower. The main
feature is three-quartersof-a "a
circle bench made from red oak,
running around the wall. In the
middle, against the wall opposite
the door, is a great arm chair
with a desk before it. On the
desk is carved the symbol of the
Gimgh0uls, and on the chair the
memorial inscription. All the
wood is hand-hewn and hand
shaped, and the pieces are put
together not with nails but in
the old-fashioned manner with
pegs and morticed joints.
This furniture was a gift from
Mr. Patterson's friends within
the society.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20

than any other one man to put
the British Navy on a sound
basis, is here. Nor are the diff
ficulties of such work, pursued
under the handicap of a royal
master who was far reader to
grant the whim of a mistress
than he was to pay or even to
feed his sailors, underestimated.
Pepys. Charles, Sir Edward
Montagu and the other charac-
ters of the biography are never
imaginary creatures of Mr..
Drinkwater's own invention, bur
living men whom we come to
know by means of quotations
from their own letters and Off
cial papers as we'll as from the
pages of the inimitable diary.
The book is. in short. thor
oughly satisfying piece of work,
which touches all phases of its
subjects life and suffers only
in comparison with the diary it.
self. The gusto, the humor. the
sheer JOY in life which Pepys
had is not to be recaptured. For
this the diary itself must be
read. If. then. Mr.. Drinkwaters $
biography is read in conjunc-
ton with it no better or more
rounded portrait of the diariSt
author could be desired.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
NOTICE OF NORTG AGE SALE

Under and by virtue of the power
conferred upon me in a certain deed
Of trust executed to me by j. {. Ham
mond, Jr.. dated October Ii. 1926, reg
iStered i'll the Office of the Register
of Deeds of Orange County in Book
IS, Page 271, to secure certain indebt-
edness therein described to Annie r..
Herndon. which Indebtedness is now
held by c. l.. Lindsay, and default
having been made in the payment OF
said indebtedness and having been
requested to do so by the holder of
the notes evidencing the said indebi-
edness, | will offer for sale at pub
lie auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash, at the Court House Door IN
Hillsboro, n. c., at twelve O'Clock
noon, on
MONDAY, APRIL l3, 1881,
the following described land, to-wit;
Lying and being in Chapel Hill
Township, Orange County, North
Carolina, and BEGINNING at stake
in Charles Watkins formerly X. A.
Eubank's) West line. which point is
1906 feet in Southern direction
from the South property line OF the
sidewalk on the South side Of Nc
Cauley Street, and running thence III
Southern direction with the said
Watkins West line 80 feet to stake,
running thence South 68 deg. 81 min
West 91.5 feet to the center Of Mill
Road (Ransom Street,; running
thence along the center of the said
Road in a Northern direction so feet
to stake; running thence North 6o
deg. 81 min. Fast about 9l.5 feet to
the beginning, and being part of the
same land conveyed to j. c. Ham
mond, Jr., by deed Of Annie f.. Hern-
don.
This property will be sold subject
to any unpaid taxes or street assess
ments.
This sale will be held open for ten
days, as required by law, to receive
increased bids.
This the 18th day Of March, 1881.
w. S. ROBERTSON, Trustee
Phipps & Ransom, Att'ys at Law,
Sorrell Building,
Chapel Hill, N. c.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
Housing the Delegates

Two hundred players, direct
ors, and delegates will attend the
eighth annual Drama Festival
in Chapel Hill Thursday, Friday
and Saturday Of next week. In
order that they may be taken
care Of, townspeople are being
asked to assist in housing them.
The visitors will pay for accom-
modations, as has been the GUS
tom before. Those having spare
rooms are requested to write
Morgan F. Vining, Extension Di-
vision, u. N c., or telephone
6431.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20

some local governments as the
result-of indiscriminate issuance
of securities and the deposit of
proceeds in banks that were un-
sound.
Before any bonds or notes
are issued by any local govern
ment, application must be made
by such governments to the COM
mission for it's approval. Such
application must be made even
before the question of bond is
suanee may be submitted to the
electorate.
I'm considering the question
of approval, the commission
may consider such factors as the
necessity for the improvement,
the amount of Indebtedness of
the local government, whether
sinking funds for existing debt
have been maintained adequate
ly, the percentage of tax col
lectiOns, the existing tax rates
and the increase that may be
necessary to service the new OBJ
legations. the matter of budget
airy control and the question of
default on any existing securl-
ties.
After approval of the is
suance of securities the COM
mission will conduct sales at its
Office in Raleigh. 1t is stipulated
that at least ten days advance
notification must be published
in a local newspaper and in a
New York City publication de-
voted to municipal bonds. All
sales must be by public bidding,
with the exception of notes
maturing in not more than six
months, which may be sold
either privately or by public
negotiation after five days notice
has been given
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
Municipal Finance Act

The New York Herald Tri-
bune says that the proposed
North Carolina law covering
municipal securities is "the
most drastic piece Of legislation
of it's kind ever adopted in any
state" and that lit contains
numerous provisions of un-
questionable excellence which
will raise materially the stand
ard of obligations issued by
North Carolina local govern
ments."
The article in the Herald Tri-
bune, by George Wanders, de-
scribes some Of the provisions
of the proposed act as follows:
"A local government COM
mission will be created by the
state with extreme powers to
regulate all bond financing OF
counties, cities, towns, villages,
special districts and other poll
tical subdivisions of the state.
"This measure prescribes the
duties of all units of local gov
ernment not only in the issu-
ance of bonds, but also in the
collection of taxes for their re-
demption. 1t delegates to the
commission Virtually dIctatOrIat
powers over the financing Of the
political subdivisions of North
6arUttina and sttiipuifattes sttipuiates that hat att H
bonds and notes Of such subdi-
visions are to be sold by means
Of public bidding at the Offices
of the commission in Raleigh.
"The measure is admittedly
an outgrowth of financial diff
culties recently encountered by
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
PleSSOW Is Travelling
Went to South Carolina Last Week,
and Is Now in Virginia

Gustav Plessow of the Uni
versity of Tubingen, Germany.
who came to Chapel Hill about
two weeks ago and will make
this village his headquarters un-
til May, left day before yester-
day for Charlottesville with the
A. c. Howells. He will come
back tomorrow. At the last
weekend he went to South Caro-
lima with the Zimmermans.
Mr.. Plessow, who is professor
of English at Tubingen, came to
America to observe American
educational methods and Ameri-
can life in general. He is man
highly charged with the zest for
living. He sings, and plays
several musical instruments, and
dances, and enjoys good COM
pany. He was major in the
German army.
He and Erich w. Zimmerman,
of the school of commerce, grew
up together as schoolfellows and
playmates, and he is living in
the Zimmerman home. The
Howells knew him when they
were in London last winter.
Mr.. Plessow came to this
country. not to pursue his pro-
fessiOn, but as an observer of
the American scene. 1t may be.
however, that before he leaves
Chapel Hill he will give some leg
lures to the students in English,
The administrative board of the
graduate school has designated
him a Visiting Scholar.
The University of Tubingen
is one of the most celebrated in
Germany. 1t was founded in
1477, adhered to the Reforma-
ton. and has been noted for
theological teaching of an adj
vanced and liberal type. Tubin-
gen is in the Black Forest Circle,
Wurtemberg.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
The Howell Things Moved

Most of the contents of the
home of the late Vernon Howell
were moved to his sisters home
in Rocky Mount this week. His
books and papers have been
stored here in Chapel Hill until
they can be thoroughly exam
ined. Mr.. and Mrs. Howell KY
ser and Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton
NOEL spent several days prepar-
ing the things for moving.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
The Bernards' New Home

Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Ber-
nard are building new home on
the lot adjoining the Bowmans
on East Franklin street. 1t will
be in the Colonial style of archi
lecture and will have ten rooms.
Mr.. Barber of Sanford is in
charge Of the construction. The
Bernards hope to move in about
the middle of June.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
English Lecturer Coming

Harold J. Laski, professor of
political scIence II the ychOOt OF
economics Of the University of
London, England, will deliver
the annual series of We'll lee
lures here this year on May Z,
8, and 9. DR.. Laski's general
subject will be Democracy and
Administration"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
Trabue Has Gone on
a Research Mission
Continued from first pa0e)

Continued from first pa0e)
out of employment, but rela-
lively little effort has yet been
made to improve processes for
getting the unemployed back in
to positions in which they can
be self-supporting.
"The task IF Mr.. Trabue and
his committee includes those
phases of the porgram which in
volve the use of tests of abili-
ties, technical knowledges,
mechanical aptitudes, trade
skills, general education, per-
sonality traits, sociak attitudes,
intelligence, ambition, and emo
tional character. By deternin-
ing scientifically the require
ments of various positions
which are open and the quail
fications of available unemploy-
ed persons, it is believed that
it will be possible to determine
the fields for which each en-
ployable person can be most
readily retrained and made
ready for profitable employment.
Through the cooperation of the
various trade and vocational
schools which are already we'll
established in Minnesota, this re-
education can probably be pro-
vided by the Committee on In
dividual Diagnosis and Training
on fairly economical basis.
Those persons who are found
physically. mentally, or emo
tionally unfit for any employ
ment will be placed in the care
of appropriate institutions
This type Of work is very
similar to that in which Mr..
Trabue was engaged at Column
bia University and in the Army
before coming to North Caro-
lima. AS chief psychological
examiner at Camp Taylor and
at Camp Grant during the war,
he directed the mental eXamlna-
ti0ns of more than a hundred
thousand recruits and officers.
During the last few months Of
the year 1918, Mr.. Trabue did
research work as a special re-
preventative of the War De-
partment's committee on classl-
fication of personnel at various
trade test stations and flying
fields. For the three years just
before coming to North Caro-
lima in 1922 he was in charge of
the placement Offices of Teachers
College, Columbia University.
Since coming to Chapel Hill as
professor of educational admin
istration he has given much of
his time to instructional and cur
ricular problems in the public
schools, with special attention
to the elementary schools.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
Behind in County Quota

A report from the office of
the District Chief of the Citi-
zens' Military Training Camps
shows shows that that Up Through March
3, Orange county was behind in
it's quota, which is seven. On
ly one applicant from this coun-
ty has been accepted by the
Corps Area Headquarters at
Atlanta. The State has filled
over half it's quota.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20

Mr.. Boone. who was shot and
killed by robbers who entered
his store in Chattanooga early
this week, was the uncle Of Mrs.
Hendrix who works in the Bank
of Chapel Hill.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
Neighborhood Notes

Walter Creech was in Florida
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Leonard
of Raleigh visited friends here
Sunday.
Miss Sudie Creech. who was
a guest of Mrs. Kluttz, has gone
back to her home in Goldsboro.
Mrs. Mary Walker is here
with her daughter, Mrs. G. H.
Paulsen.
Mr.. and Mrs. McClamroch
have been in Florida during the
holidays with Mr.. McClamroch's
father. They will bring Sandy
McClamroch and Bobby Wet
tach home with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Wettach
have been in Pittsburgh for a
few days.
Colonel and Mrs. Pratt were
in Asheville a few days this
week. On their way home they
went by Greenville, S. c., to see
the J. O. Dysarts.
Kemp D. Battle of Rocky
Mount was here one day last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irl Summerlln
have been in Charlottesville and
Washington this week.
Mrs. Robert de Rosset of Will
mington is here at Miss Mary
Manning's house.
Miss Kate Graham has been
with her people in Charlotte this
week.
Wilbur Daniel Steele got back
last Friday from Panama.
Mrs. Annie Hickerson is visit
ing friends in Winston-Salem.
Miss Elizabeth McKie will be
here soon to spend her holidays
with her father. She will bring
Reddy, the dog, with her.
Mrs. Charles Baskerville, wig
lived here for many years when
her husband was a member OF
the faculty, came from New
York few days ago to visit heI
sister, Mrs. Robert II. Sykes, in
Durham. Some of her friends
from Chapel Hill have been over
to call on her.
George Coffin Taylor went tc
Columbia, S. c., at the week
end. His daughter, Miss Eliza
Taylor, now a student at Smith
College, will come in today on
tomorrow to pass the spring
holiday with the family.
Mrs. Paul Green gave a party
last Friday evening in celebra-
ton of Fraulein Lamprecht's s
birthday.
Mrs. Boyd X. Ayres drove tc
Richmond Wednesday with the
Lawsons and will visit friends
there during the holidays.
Mrs. w. B. Neal went to Bur
lington Monday to be with her
mother, Mrs. B. O. Guthrie, who
is seriously i'll.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20

A lot of people make noises
because Raskob is financing the
Democratic party, but not many
of them have come forward with
offers to relieve him of the Job.
-Lynchburg NeVs.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
Legion Auxiliary Meeting

The American Legion Aux
iliary met Tuesday afternoon in
the parish house. Mrs. T. G..
Stem, the district committeewo-
man, and Mrs. Luther Barbor
and Mrs: NJ. B. Fowler of Dur
ham, were present.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
Clyde Hobby Critically IN

Clyde Hobby is critically i'll
with pneumonia at his home out
on the Pittsboro highway. He
is a nephew of Rev. Charles
Maddry.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
Rose in Pharmacy Faculty

Ira Rose Of Of Rocky RRoely Mount Mount whaa
took his degree in pharmacy
here in 1906, will be in the Uni
Yersity's pharmacy school fac
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
FOR SALE

Garden equipment for sale in
Guiding hose, wheelbarrOW, gar
den chairs, etc. Apply Mrs. Will
liam Steene.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20
Andrews on Sales Tax
He Thinks the Proposed Levy Will
Be Hard on Merchants

exercised over the general sales
tax; and we'll may they be. l
realize that many people think
merchants are growing fat off
of them, when the actual facts
are that eighty per cent. of the
merchants today would be out
of business if they had any other
way of making a living.
Just as our farmer friends
farm to live and support their
families, so do the average mer-
chants run their stores. AS one
of the smaller merchants of over
a quarter of a century | know
that | speak the truth. The
amazing growth in overhead is
hard to believe. In 1911 we paid
in Chapel Hill, for the same size
house we now occupy, rental
of $24O yearly. Today we are
trying to pay 81, 800. Then we
paid for help $5 a week; today
$50 and up.
Then privilege taxes We're
unknown, and corporate taxes, if
any, were very small Today We
pay both Then county taxes
were 68 cents on the 500, and
town taxes 40 cents. Today
county taxes are $1.25 and town
taxes $1.38. Then we were
called upon for very few dona-
tiOns, today every time you turn
around, a very worthy object
stands before you with an empty
plate.
If the men rahid for the
general sales tax would take the
income tax returns in Mr.. Girls
sons and Mr.. MaxwellS office
for the last three years, they
would see that not 10 per cent.
of the merchants are making
one penny. And these returns
do not show the real situation,
as depreciation in merchandise,
owing to the rapid style changes
cannot be calculated now as it
was then. | am not advocating
high property taxes. For years
| have taken the opposite side.
But this. tax as it now stands
will not only close, absolutely Is
per cent. of the stores; it will
fail to accomplish what it was
introduced for, viz, to raise
around $9,000,00O for school
funds. Dead hens lay no eggs,
and bankrupt merchants will
not have any salesbook. Then
where will the tax come from ?
You can levy the tax, and make
it look beautiful on paper in the
committee meetings; but after
all the actual sales must be
made, if any taxes are collected.
l am not fighting our farmer
friends. True, they largely con-
stitute the schools. Out of 45O
births in Orange county in 1880,
$50 of them were in the country,
and only 80 in the three towns.
/ have fought for lower taxes
for years, but believe that a
general reduction in forces from
Raleigh. to the smallest depart
ments in county or towns would
help. AS hard as the 10 per
cent. cut would hit my small
salary, had much rather see
that than see the stores of the
country closed. You may think
they are not essentials, but do
away with them and you soon
will see. honestly believe that
small ad valorem tax, all over
the state, supplemented by every
just tax that can be put on the
large corporations, supplement-
ed if need be by the Hinsdale
luxury tax, is the only solution
of this perplexing problem. Try
it two years, and two years
hence we can then see what
seems best.
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-03-20

fty TINS spr1r1g.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-10
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
 GOES FORWARD RAPIDLY

Work on the Resurrection River bridge is progressing at a steady ate and each day one notes de- cided change in the terrain out at Mile 312.
 One group of workmen is at present engaged in building the creosoted bulkheads around the supporting bridge piles.
 Another group and the Seims- Spokane Companys power shovel is scooping earth from the river bed and heaping it high to form the bridge approaches and to con meet with the grade from the bridge just beyond the one now being built
 Still another group, carpenters, is preparing the bridges side rails, painting, etc., and cutting other timbers and incidentalS which will speed completion when the spans are in place.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-10
Babe" Hayes
 Column
Exclusive Gateway Feature

Among recent visitors to Alas ka have been Dr. and Mrs. Omer Hostetter, prominent surgeon or Dayton, Ohio, and MT. and MS. Wm. L. Reynolds. MT. Reynolds is a prominent insurance man or Dayton. They were much pleased with the scenic beauties of AL aska.
 # >:
 MT. and Mrs. Henry E. Coonley, of Chicago, were recent Seward vi Sitors. MT. Coonley is prominent banker. They report wonder full trip.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-10
ROUND-TRIPPERS

Round-trip passengers on the SS Yukon, in port today, include MT. and Mrs. James Alderson, Emma Anketell. Edith Ching, Edith T. Buckley, Anna Henderson, Gladys Hildebrandt, MT. and Mrs. L. G.. Knight, Esther Kirkbride, Bessie Leach, Ada McGuffin, Gertrude McGuffin, Mrs. Katherine Asborne, Margaret E. Raffington, Roberta Osborne, Lottie Sickles, Lucy Sweeney, Mildred Wiegand, Miss N. WinSOr.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-10
HIGH WATERS

The warm days of this week have caused the snows in the noun tains to melt faster than usual and the streams have risen in pro- portion. The Nash road, at the beginning, is under water in many places.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-10

Visitors in Seward today are in- vited to make use of the Seward golf links, a nine hole course. Par for the course is 32; no one has yet made it but perhaps you can.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-10
TWO KILLED IN CRASH

PERU, Ind, July 10. P-Milo Poff, 33-year-old veteran pilot, was killed. together with a pas senger, when their plane crashed near this city.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-10

Lurene Roop, Anchorage girl, after an extended visit in the States, returned today on the SS Yukon.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-10

PHOTO ING-ENLARGINC
 Ten hour service. Rolls of film brought in before 10 a. m. out at 8 p. m. same day. ALASKA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-10

Always something new for your bridge party-ALASKA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-10

Try our fresh raspberry sundae SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-10
ACCEPTS EDITORIAL DESK

Chas, J. Fisk, until recently edi- to and manager of the Anchorage Times, was an arrival Thursday from the Cook Inlet metropolis, enroute South this evening on the SS Yukon to Seattle. MT. Fisk has accepted a position as editor on San Diego daily which posi- tion he assumes August 1.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-10

Uncle Sam's Attic, intimate story of Alaska by Davis. New, refreshing. ALASKA SHOP. *