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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-08-26
Attempted Robbery
Two Men and Woman Taken From
Camp on Hillsb0rO Road

Following an attempted rob-
berry at Sykes's filling station,
nine miles from Chapel Hill on
the Graham road, Monday night,
Officers Wright and Maddry
this week visited a camp in the
woods on the Chapel Hill-Hills-
boro Road and arrested D. A.
Bean.
Bean was later identified, they
reported, as one of three men
who held up and robbed Early
Cross at the Bennett Place fill
ing station, near Durham, on
the night of August Is.
With Dean at the camp was
E. T. Drummer and his wife.
They were taken to Hillsboro
for questioning by Sheriff Sloan.
The camp consisted Of a tent
and two cars, one with a New
York license. 1t was guarded
by a large dog, resembling a
Great Dane, which the officers
had to subdue before they made
the arrest.
Sykes reported that when
sleeping in his room over the
filling station he heard the lock
of a gasoline tank being tam
pered with. He fired a shotgun
out of the window and the load
struck the top of the intruders'
car, which then drove off.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-08-26
10000 Names Sought
Socialist Party Members Make Effort
To Get on Official Ballot

Following the ruling at Ra-
leigh this week by the State
Board of Elections that minor
political parties can get on the
official ballot next November by
presenting a petition signed by
10000 voters, local members Of
the Socialist party and others
who want to vote for the Social
list candidate, Norman Thomas,
have gone to work to help get
these names. One of the petit
tions can be- signed at the Book
Market.
The old rule, dating from
1901, defined a party as any
group of $4,000 citizens. In
1915 the Primary Act set up a
requirement of 10000 signatures
to permit a party to.get on the
State ticket. This weeks deci-
sion, handed down by Judge j.
Crawford Biggs, extended this
requirement to the presidential
election ballot
A business meeting of Social
list Party delegates will be held
at Winston-Salem Sunday to
consider this question and plan
for the party convention on
September 10.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-08-26

franchise taxes, and business
licenses, combined with the earn
ings of the various State depart
ments: All these taxes are high
and are paid by class number
ing about 5000 persons.
On the other hand, property
for local taxes and municipal
service charges bear the lowest
ratios in the country.
The estimated true wealth of
the State in 1880 was s4,7oo,-
100000. The per capita wealth
was $1,482. Among all states
we ranked 42nd.
The per capita income from
1920 to 1880 was $344, against
$632 for the nation. Our nation
al rank was 40.
In agricultural income we rank
38th. 1t was highest in 1927 %
at 320 million. In 1892 it
dropped to l25 million, estimat-
ed. However, Mr.. Hobbs believes
"the agricultural outlook in
North Carolina is brighter to-
day than it has been for nearly
two years"
Our industrial income was
highest in 1929. We ranked 10Th
in value of output, 18th in value
added by manufacturer, 18th IN
population. 1t should be noted,
however, that the value of out
put includes the tax on tobacco.
North Cardinals salvation i'll
recent years has lain in her in
dustrial development" says Mr..
Hobbs. Our industrial output
last year was at least seven
times our agricultural output
In 1881 the tax paid on all
North Carolina property was,
according to the reports of the
State Tax Commission, about
100000. Of this. amount 1t
is estimated that the farmers
of the state paid less than one
sixth. Therefore if rates on
property are further reduced,
five-sixths of the benefits will
go to other than farm property.
The per-acre tax on farm
property in North Carolina is
sixty cents. The national aver
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-08-26
Brother Looks On

1t is not often, surely, that a
brother is spectator at a
major hospital operation on a
sister, but "Bing" Farrar re-
Gently had that distinction.
When Miss Elizabeth Farrar was
operated on for appendicitis in
Durham, he applied for a seat in
the gallery and because he is a
prospective medical student, OBJ
tanned permission from DR.. Foy
Robertson. He survived, and
Miss Farrar is now out walking.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-08-26

F. H. Koch attended the meet
ing on the Council of the Nation
al Theatre Conference in New
York last Monday. He spent
last week at Point O. Woods,
Long Island, with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Denny where he made
two appearances: an illustrated
lecture on the Carolina Play
makers, and a reading of "A
Midsummer Nights Dream.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-08-26
Is BUILDING
OPERATIONS AID
SITUATION HERE
Orders for Houses and Other
Work Have Given Employ
ment to Several Hundred
EVIDENCE OF FRUGALITY

Chapel Hill has Is building
operations which have either
been just completed or are go
ing on.
According to H. D. Carter, the
town has more building jobs in
work than any other in the state
just now. The total investment
is not large, but altogether it is
estimated that these operations
have contributed directly to the
support this summer of at least
320 people and indirectly to a
hundred more.
Their total value is roughly
estimated as somewhere between
$4,000 and $4,000.
This is not a large sum, but
its expenditure has meant much
to Chapel Hill life during the
pit of the depression at the be-
ginning OF summer, and has
kept up the cheerful sound of
hammer and saw during what
would otherwise have been a dull
period.
A list of those who have placed
orders for houses or jobs is as
follows:
n. b. Adams, Mrs. c. W. Balm,
d. d. Carroll, Joe Dawson, K.
p. Fussler, Pickney Galashaw,
A. w. Hobbs, Miss Katharine
Jocher. Mrs. Fred Patterson, n
G.. Privette, Mrs. Mary Graves
Rees, c. P. Spruill, K. F. Stain
back, S. p. +. Fraternity, School
Board.
Of these operations the larg-
est is the Carroll house, which
measures 35x85 and contains Is
rooms, including a separate
apartment for rental purpose.
1t is of brick veneer.
The Adams order was for a
four-room addition to their re-
modelled farmhouse. The Balm
house has five rooms and sleep
ing porch. The Dawson house
is a cottage. Dean Hobbs has
built additions consisting of a
front portico, extension of din
ing room and kitchen, and two
wings.
The Fussler house contains
eight rooms, and is of the farm
house type. The Galashaw house
is bungalow. Miss Jocher's
house is a 'Duxbridge cottage" ="
Mrs. Patterson has built a house
for her cook. The Privette house,
of brick veneer, has seven rooms.
Mrs. Rees has six rooms in her
artists cottage.
The Spruill house measures
36x28, has six rooms, and con-
forms to the Cape Cod cottage
type. The Stainback house is
a bungalow. The S. P. E. Fra
ternity has been restoring the
burned part of it's house and pro-
viding for rooms in the attic.
The School Board placed an or
der for new floors in the build
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-08-26
Merchants to Meet

The Chapel Hill Merchants
Association meets tonight in
the Graham Memorial building
at 8 o'clock. Matters of impor-
tance are to be discussed and all
members are urged to attend.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-08-26
Snake News
The following is from the
Charleston NeUs and Courier:

Charleston NeUs and Courier:
"If anybody in Charleston
knows a good, safe method of
getting rid of snakes, outside of
hiring a modern st. Patrick, it
certainly will be a relief to Fred
eric NJ. Hanes, president of the
Security Life and Trust COM
pany, of Winston-Salem, n. c.
Mr.. Hanes has written to the
Charleston chamber of COM
merce. asking for a method of
ridding a resort near Winston
Salem of rattlesnakes. He says
in his letter of inquiry that he
understood that Charleston con-
dueted an extensive campaign
for ridding the countryside of
snakes.
"The chamber of commerce
replied that Charleston county
never had been unduly infested
with snakes and referred Mr..
Hanes to E. Milby Burton, cur
ator of the Charleston museum,
for method of combating
rattlesnakes. Mr.. Burton, how
ever, if he knows how to get rid
of snakes, will be unable to Of
fer his knowledge to Winston
Salem Immediately as he is trav-
.elling in Europe at the present
time"
Mr.. Hanes, who desires snake
relief, is an alumnus of the Uni
versity and is we'll known here.
Local residents who have had
experience with snakes might
forward him their suggestions.
Richard Webb and j. S. Boone
might tell him how to sick a
kingsnake on the rattlers, fol-
lowing their show in front of
the firehOuse last week when
they invited friends to see a
water moccasin swallowed by a
king.
Word has been received from
w. G.. Coker that his botanical
party working in the mountains
has killed a large rattlesnake at
Highlands. Details were not
given, except that it had formi-
dable buttons on its tail.
The Fred McCalls' cook re-
Gently discovered a blacksnake
in the basement and made loud
whoopees. The master of the
house descended and killed it.
Miss Erma Green reports
that a man living opposite the
place where she was visiting in
Maryland this summer encoun-
tered copperhead in his yard
Having no stick handy, he
snatched up a bottle Of gin left
over from a party and poured a
few drops on it's head. The cop
perhead expired instantly.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-08-26
ONE MAN MILkS
5OCOWS HOUR
w. R. Kenan, Jr., Constructs
Novel milking Parl0r" on
New York Farm

Attracted by recent stories in
the Weekly concerning COWS and
coW-milking feats, w. R. Kenan,
Jr., who gave the Kenan
Memorial Stadium to the Uni
Versity, has let it be known that
he has completed a milking par
Tor" where one operator milks
fifty cows in one hour. More
over, the operator does this three
times every "a hours.
AS this beats all milking per-
formances recorded in these col
umns, Mr.. Kenan was asked for
further information, and has
kindly supplied further particu-
lars.
The milking parlor is to be
found at Randleigh Farm, Lock-
port, n. Y, of which Mr.. Kenan
is the owner, where he is deVel-
oping a strain of Jerseys known
as the SOphies S TOrmentor'
breed. 1t originated in the Island
of Jersey, off the coast OF
France, some SO years ago.
All milking is done by ma
chimes. The parlor contains five
stalls and five attachments. The
stalls are independent of each
other and the operator does not
occupy the room in which the
COWS are MIXED.
An enclosed runway 85 feet
long extends between the barns
and the milking parlor. The
COWS are trained to leave the
barns and enter the stalls where
each is relieved of her milk in
four or five minutes. She then
returns to her regular stall.
The milk is weighed" says
Mr.. Kenan, sample taken, thor
oughly mixed in storage tanks,
and bottled at the temperature
it comes from the COW. The
milk does not come in contact
with human hands or the air"
Mr.. Kenan is preparing book
let covering his plan of opera
tion and installation which will
be published soon.
He began this year with a herd
of about 160 animals. OF these
all but nine were direct descend
ants Of one champion COW
Sophie 10Th of Hood Farm,
whose records total 132,206
pounds of milk and 7,544 pounds
of fat.
The herds six bulls get their
daily exercise by walking around
a ring one behind the other,
their nose-rings being affixed to
horizontal rotating poles.
The entire milking herd con-
sists of homebred animals, it be-
ing Mr.. Kenan's aim to have a
uniform high excellence through
out the herd rather than to be
content with a few star per-
formers.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-08-26
Hay and Feed

w Ildt I'D a WIN oOAA6 AAAo
question, provoked by recent
events freely aired by the news
papers, was tossed this week in
to a group Of University profess
sors. Among them were teach
ers of languages, literature, and
philology: men who face inqui-
sitive classes daily and cannot
be feased by any question likely
to arise in a classroom; but this
one, after some hemming and
having, mired them all and fin
ally stuck them fast. The lat
est dictionaries contained no
definition and other books of
reference threw no light on the
difference between torch
singer and say, a yodeler.
What are the qualifications of
a torch-singer, and is torch
singing a gift or is it learned at
a school?
Does a singer of this kind have
to carry a torch or other light?
What is the merit or .attrac-
ton that makes a torch-singer
a person of distinction and
Ieminence?
Nobody knew. At length a
member Of the group recalled
having seen in the Library, in
the drama section, a slender
book entitled Torch Song"
This was procured. 1t dis
closed that a play of this name
was produced in New York by
Arthur Hopkins in the spring of
1880. The heroine, or leading
lady, was a singer in road
house cafe. A close search re-
vealed no definition as was hop
ed, but the lines Of the play in
dicated that a torch song pos
sibly got its name from being a
''hOt number" and so had a
warming effect, presumably, on
the audience.
William A. Olsen, who with
his family has been occupying
the n. B. Adams home off the
Pittsboro Road for part of the
summer, has been considering
the advantages Of converting
the Adams swimming pool into
a miniature ocean and has been
asking his friends to give an es-
innate Of the amount of sea salt
that would be required to make
the pool salty enough to afford
patrons a surf bath. Guesses
ranged anywhere from twenty
pounds to half a ton. None of
the random estimates came any
where near the mark. Figures
obtained from laboratory ex-
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-08-26

Mrs. Raymond Adams and
Mrs. r. M. Grumman spent yes
terday morning in Hilisboro.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-21
Babe Didrikson
Loses Her Job

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 81. U.P;-
Mildred Babe" Didrickson, girl
Olympic star, today was among the
unemployed as far as The Employ
ers Casualty company is concerned.
Officials for the concern where the
athlete has been a clerk for two
years said she had been dropped
from the payroll for failure to re-
port for work.
1t was the second time she and
the concern parted. She resigned
but returned shortly before the
Olympics last summer in dis
pute over time off to visit her mo-
ther in Beaumont, Tex. She was
in south Texas today.
The athlete had cleaned out her
desk and departed without a word,
office officials said. Her departure
was the latest development in a
many-sided controversy which be-
gan two weeks ago when her pic
ture appeared throughout the coun-
try in an automobile advertisement.
The Amateur Athletic Union sus-
pended her as an amateur though
she denied consenting to use of the
picture or receiving pay for it.
It is claimed that brown rot de-
stroys at least IS per cent of the
average cherry and prune crops in
the western states.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-21
.DADO DEFEATS.
FRENCH BOXER.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. d up
Speedy Dado STAYED off a vigor-
Gus attack on his state bantam
weight crown last night by trounc-
ing Eugene Huat of France in the
main bout of a douhle-header box
ing show at the Olympic.
Dado outscored but failed to
Outright the Frenchman who cap
tlued three of the 10 rounds. Five
went to Dado and two were even.
Dado'S punches lacked power but
his leveled thruSts would have
6owned a less hardy opponent.
Huat fought back gamely but he
was outclasSed. Dado weighed 1l8,
Huat 1T.
In a scheduled 10-round semi
final. VariaS Milling. New York
featherweight. stopped Babe Col
ina. ganghng Mexican, IN the
eighth round after the latter had
absorbed ample punishment. Al
though his timing was poor, Mill
ing was able TO find his foe in
Vulnerable times with wild clouts
that eventually dropped him. The
decision was given the New York
CT. who claims the state feather
title, on a technical knockout
Milling held a six-pound advan-
tage, scaling $50.
Other results. all scheduled four
FOUNDERS:
Billy Hogan, l42, New York, tech
meal kayoed Terp Larrabee. 143,
Los Angeles, 90; Leo Kelly, l61,
drew with Cannonball Green. 100:
and Charley Mack, 126, beat Carl
l28.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-21
GROVE NAMED
BEST PITCHER
BY JACK CUDDY

United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Robert
Lefty Grove, veteran fast-ball
hurler OF the Philadelphia Athle-
tics, was the most effective pitcher
in the American league last season,
although Johnny Allen New York
Yankees right-hander, copped first
honors in games won and lost.
Official figures, released today,
show that the enlongated Grove al
lowed the lowest average of earned
runs per game for the fourth con-
/ secutiye season. He yielded only
2.84 runs for each contest in 292 in
ningS, distributed through "A
games. This average was not as
his 205 for 1881
Lefty, who last year gained the
double distinction OF first place in
earned runs and winning percent
age, slumped to fifth in the latter
column for 1892 with 25 victories
and 10 defeats for ia. Last year
he won 81 and lost four for 1886,
the highest average for any major
league hurler since 1900 Injuries,
which kept him out of the game
for three weeks in mid-season, may
have contributed to the slump.
Johnny Allen, the Yank's fire
ball hurler, achieved the best VIM
ming percentage in his first full
year as a starting pitcher in the
big leagues. He won II and lost
only four games for $40, although
he ranked ninth in the earned run
column with 365.
Leads In Strike Outs
Another Yankee right-hander,
Charlie Red Ruffing, was strike
out king Of the American circuit,
tanning 1870 batsmen. Ruffing also
placed second in earned runs yield
ed with an average of $40. Ted
Lyons, Texas with the Chicago
White SoX was third with 3.28, and
Alvin Crowder OF Washington,
fourth with 1888. Crowder led the
league in innings pitched, 327, and
in games won, 26, although he lost
13 for 667.
Young Lewis Krause, right
handler of the Athletics, had the
second best winning percentage,
800 for four games won and one
lost Vernon Lefty" Gomez, the
Yanks beanpole finger, ranked
third with "a won and 7 lost for
TIA, and Ruffing came fourth with
18 and 7 for .72O
The wildcat pitcher was Bump
Hadley of Chicago and st. Louis,
who gave III bases on balls, hit
eight batters and made five wild
pitches.
The champion Yankees headed
the list for club performance, al
lowing an average of 1893 earned
runs. However this was not as
good as the BAT hung up by the
Athletics, champions in 1881. The
AS fell to fifth place in 1882 with
4.46. Cleveland jumped from sixth
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-21
COMMENT ON
SPORT WORLD
BY GEORGE III. BEALE
United Press Staff Correspondent


United Press Staff Correspondent
pinch hitting for Henry McLemore)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21-Cal-
ifornia's golden golfing trail was
put on a depression basis this win
ter and the country's professionals
retaliated by refusing TO come west
to dig divots.
In the past, all the country
hest ana most colorful profession
ais made the annual swing which
starts in San Francisco, shifts tc
southern California and winds uI
at Aqua Caliente, Mexico.
This year many of the purses
were cut, the Long Beach tourn-
ament was eliminated, and only q
/ scattering of the high ranking
professionals answered the Pacific
! coasts call.
/ Gene Sarazen and Walter Hagen
two OF golfdom's best box office
attractions and highly popular in
/ this section, decided the prizes this
/ season didn't warrant their cuSto-
mary western tour. They remain
cd in Florida.
Others who said no cash. nc
play. included Johnny Farrell
Wild Bill Mehlhorn, Densmore
Shute, Bobby Cruickshank, Ed
Dudley, Tommy Armour and Mac
Donald Smith.
The chief blows to the golfing
cash register came from San Fran
CISCO, Los Angeles and Aqua Cal
iente and Long Beach contributed
by dropping its tourney.
The San Francisco purse used to
be $500 but this year it was only
S2500 The Los Angeles open was
$4,000 event but now it guar
antees only $4,000. The Aqua CAL
iente open, from the worlds rich
est golf stake at SOS, 600 has dwin-
died to a $500 event.
The Los Angeles open, which
starts January 7, illustrates pretty
well how quickly the eastern pro-
lessionals dropped out with re-
duced purses.
No Champions
AS the entry list now stands it
will not have a defending cham
pion. Only one former winner
larry Cooper, has signified his in
tention OF competing. Cooper won
the first tourney III 1926.
Local officials have made unsuc-
cessful attempts to get MacDon-
aid Smith out. The defending til
taliSt, he won the event in 1928,
1929 and 1882.
Bobby Cruickshank, who finished
first in 1927, and Ed Dudley, WIN
ner in 1881, have not entered.
In the absence of other favorites,
Craig Wood of Deal, N. j., has
been playing a fine brand of golf
and has extra Christmas money
to prove it.
He won the s25O0 San Fran
cisco national match play open and
the $4,000 Pasadena open. His con-
sistent work has made him a fav-
orite in the $4,000 Santa Monica
tourney as we'll as in the Los An
geles and Aqua Caliente meetings.
Other favorites who are making
the annual winter swing include
Eddie Loos, Leo Diegel, Harry
Cooper. Horton Smith, Al Espinosa,
Olm Dutra, Frank Walsh and Wifi
fv Coy
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-21

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Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-21

T>HAT's right, Mrs. Hall! And this
i is the reason. Log Cabin Syrup
has just the right body to really SAT-
urafe pancakes with delicious maple
flavor. And as a result the cakes
simply fall apart at the touch of
fork. Try it for yourself-and see!
To achieve this consistency and
flavor, we use three distinct kinds of
sugar in making Log Cabin. Delicious
Vermont and Canadian maple to
give that delicate, mellow maple
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-21

to second place with 412 Washing
ton, second. in 1881, dropped to
third with 4.16 Detroit finished
fourth both years. but this season
gained 26 points, from 456 to 4.3o
Boston's Red Sox fell from fifth
to last position with SOL.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-21
Basketball To
Open Tonight

Fl Centre commercial basketball
league viii open the season to-
night with two games 10 be played
on the nigh school courts.
Don Ketchen, coach, announces
tnat the first game which is be-
tween the Maroons and the I'M
perial Valley Hardware teams will
begin at It's, This contest will be
following by one between the In
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-21

$4,000 by Dora McDaniels in a suit
filed against hte building owners
and agents. sne fell as she step
BED from the elevator, august 2,
fracturing an arm, dislocating her
right shoulder, and receiving other
hurts, according to her complaint:
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-21

flavor. Then just the right amount
of fine carsa sugar to give that smooth,
penetrating consistency that makes
pancakes served with Log Cabin
seem so amazingly light and tender.
Give your husband hot cakes and
Log Cabin Syrup for breakfast to-
morrow! And you'll want to use it,
too, on muffins..and other hot breads,
justasyoudoon pancakes and waffies.
Log Cabin Syrup is product of
General Foods.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-21

perisl team and the Gilmore Lions
at 8:15.
All four teams are composed of
high class players, former high
school and college men. and it is
anticipated that competition viii
be OF the closest.
AS these are the first games of
the season it is expected that a
large crowd viii turn ont for the
contests.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-21
INJURIES VALUED AT $4,000

BILLINGS, Mont UP)-Injuires
sustained when she fell in local
business building. ignorant of the
smooth. slick and slippery condi-
tions Of the floor we're valued at
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-21

Negotiations to sell 15,000.000
bushels OF wheat to China are still
hanging fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-21
Mrs. Hall advises
si s,i wives to give
Husbands q" LoG !,s
CABIN sYRor
With hot cakes on
frosty mornings

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covered Va with rich, sa iEseas Eoidsn eaac nS'
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