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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Our Relief Activities
Mayor Council Tells Mr. Byoir about
the Central Welfare Committee

Mayor Council received this
week from Carl Byoir, director
of the War against Depression
Campaign," sponsored by the
American Legion and other
bodies, a letter asking him to call
"a meeting of civic leaders and
appoint committees for the pur-
pose of joining in this nation
wide united action"
The Mayor has replied, assur-
ing Mr.. Byoir of cooperation
and saying:
I'VE have had for several
months such local organization
as you suggest-a Central Wei
fare Committee which includes
representatives of the Rotary,
the KiWanis, the Kings Daugh-
terS, the American Legion ana
its Auxiliary, the church socie-
ties. the merchants, the Boy
Scouts, and in fact every rellgi-
Gus, charitable, civic, and social
agency in the town. This Cen
trail Welfare Committee is func-
tioning we'll, finding employment
for the unemployed and provid
ing food, clothing, fuel, and 9TH
er things for people in need. |
have requested the chairman to
give You a report of our actiVl-
ties"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
MARY FRANCES MEETS
THE PRESIDENT

When French Strother. ad-
mlnistrative assistant to Presi-
dent Hoover, was arranging an
appointment with the President
for Howard ". Odum Monday,
he extended the invitation to
Mr.. Odum's small daughter,
Mary Frances. The President
is nice" she said on her return
to Chapel Hill. He has a
twinkle in his eye His hair is
gray, and there's something
about his face, sort o. tired,
that makes me wonder if he
isn't working too hard" "
While she was with the Presi-
dent, Mary Frances glanced in
to an adjoining room and saw
Nlce-president Curtis, General
Dawes, and the German Am
bassador.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
The "Baby Bonds"
Information about Them on Sheet
Received by Postmaster Herndon

A sheet which Postmaster
HerndOn has received from the
Citizens Reconstruction Or
ganization, and which he is dis
playing in the pOst-Office, gives
information about the baby
bonds" issued by the Govern
ment to draw boarded money out
of hiding.
These bonds, in denomina-
tions of $50, 500, and $500, can
be obtained from any bank.
They bear 2 per cent interest and
can be cashed at any time prior
to their maturity if 60 days no.
tice is given.
Money from the sale of the
bonds will remain with the banks
through which purchases are
made when these banks are
qualified as government deposi-
taries. Thus local money will be
put to work in the community
from which It is drawn out Of
hiding.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Mr.. Culbreth to Preach
Director of Wesley Foundation Will
Deliver Sermon Here Sunday

Rev. J. Marvin Culbreth of
Nashville, Tenn, director of the
Wesley Foundation (student
work) of the Southern Method
ist church, will preach Sunday
morning at the Methodist
church. He will meet the young
people at 6:45 in the evening and
at the open house at the parson-
age after the services.
The guest of Rev. and Mrs.
,Albea GOdbold, Mr.. Culbreth
will arrive in Chapel Hill to-
morrow Saturday and remain
until Tuesday evening. He
will be available for conferences
with the students Monday and
Tuesday.
He was formerly pastor of the
Methodist church at Columbia,
Mo-, the seat of the University
of Missouri, and he is now a
member of the North Carolina
Conference.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
IRISH PLAY THAT
CAUSED RIOTS IS
TO BE SEEN HERE
Synge Drama. ''PIaybOy of the
Western World" Will BE
Presented Tuesday
BY TROUPE FROM DUBLIN

The Irish drama that caused
riots in New York and Philadel-
phia twenty years ago, and
thereby made itself front-page
news all over the country, is to
be presented here in Chapel Hill
next Tuesday evening It is
The Playboy Of the Western
World" by John NJ. Synge, and
it will be played by the Abbey
Theatre Irish Players of Dub
lin.
When it was first produced in
Dublin it was resented as IL
belOuS satire~upon the Irish, by
large element of the popula
ton, and was Interrupted every
night for a week by an organ
iZed disturbance. Patriotic Irish
men transplanted in America
prepared to give it warm well
come WheA~, 1t came overseas.
They prepared to, and they did.
At the first-night performance
in New York the theatre was
StOrmed, and the police had to
be called on to quell the riot; and
the same thing happened in
Philadelphia
That was great publicity for
the play. And it has continued
to be Look at this frOnt-page
place Of honor today, for ex-
ample. But for the riot record
Of the "Playboy," the notice
about it would probably be
tucked away in some obscure
corner of the paper no matter
how gloWingly Fred Koch apos-
trophized it in advance.
But the play isn't apt to cause
any outbreak in Chapel Hill. We
haven't enough Irish here to pro-
vide even the pretense of riot.
We have few people who look
a bit Irish-W. +. CaldWell's red
headed son, for instance-but
no real patriotic, English hating,
CONTINUED on ldst pa0e)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Promptly Assimilated
Young Clark from the North Enters
the Episcopal Boys Choir

Larry Clark, eight years old,
who came from the North this
week with his mother and grand
mother, lost no time in becoming
aosimiiated into the community.
He walked into the home Of
Mrs. Julia Graves day before
Yesterday and said:
Can you tell me where that
boy with the rabbits is? heard
about some pet rabbits"
He was directed to David
Murchison's home down on Sen
lac road. An hour or so later
Mrs. Graves, at the Lenten ser
vices in the Episcopal church,
saw him in the choir, clad in
vestments, standing b e i d e
young Murchison and singing
Justify.
He had played with the rab-
bits a while, and, when five
o'clock drew near, David had
said: Can you sing?", and
Larry had said he supposed he
could, well enough, and so he
had Joined the choir. His moth
er and grandmother are Pres
byterians, but Larry will be an
Episcopalian during the rest of
Lent anyway.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18

Ha'nts are in evidence again
in the old house at the southeast
corner Of Franklin street and
Battle lane-recently the Yer
non Howell home, now the home
Of the Mebanes.
In the days of my youth it was
talked about as ha'nted house.
| remember particularly hearing
DClph Mangum express his dis
trust of it. On a dark night, if
he was alone, he would go
around the block to keep from
passing by it, and he said that
sometimes in the hottest wealth
er he would see the front door
fly open, without the aid of hu-
man hand, and would feel a
stream of cold air come out
across the sidewalk.
There were tales of strange
goings-on in the dead of night
of doors opening and closing, of
mutfled means and sighs, of
chains rafting, of curtains mys-
teriously parting and then fall
ing back together, of doors open
ing and closing, of stairs creak-
ing under soft ghostlS footsteps.
| heard the ha only casual
ly mentioned by Vernon Howell
when he dwelled there, perhaps
because he had become so accus-
toned to the queer noises that
he no longer paid them any at
tention. But now Mrs. Cum
ningS Mebane is becoming aware
of their presence. Only the 9TH
er night, when she was going
down into the basement room
with tray in her hands, the
Continued on page f0ur)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Mrs. Green Going West
With Her Youngest Daughter She Is
to Join Her Husband in Hollywood

Mrs. Paul Green will leave
Chapel Hill in day or so with
her youngest child, Janet, to
Join Mr.. Green in Hollywood,
California, where he is writing
moving picture plays for War
ner Brothers. She will travel by
way Of New Orleans.
The three older Green chill
dren-Paul, Jr., Nancy Byrd,
and Lucy McAllister-will re-
main here under the charge of
Fraulien Lamprecht and Miss
Buie Long.
Mr.. Green has leased a cottage
at the head of canyon in the
country near Hollywood. 1t has
a big living room with a fire.
place and with a gallery running
around the top. Up in one of
the trees in the yard is a capa-
cious playhouse for the chill
dren,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
MacLean to Speak Here
Legislator from Washington, y. G., Ia
Address North Carolina Club

Angus Dhu MacLean Of Wash
ingtOn, n. c., author of the
MacLean act, over which such a
long and violent battle was
fought in the last legislature,
will speak before the Carolina
Club at 7:30 Monday evening in
the basement of the library. His
topic will be "Public Education
and the Tax Problem in North
Carolina.
The meeting will be open to
the public
In the legislature a year ago
Mr.. MacLean was the leader of
the forces demanding the aboli-
ton Of all ad valorem taxes for
school purposes. To make up
the revenue caused by the aboli-
ton Of this levy, his original pro
posal was a general sales tax,
but later he advocated the So
called luxury tax" This
change in his position is gener-
ally supposed to have been due
to persuasion from Josephus
Daniels.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
NJ. {. S. Noble II Years Old

NJ. G.. S. Noble was II years
old Tuesday Of this week, March
Is. Friends who called at his
home to offer fluctuations found
him vigorous and in high humor.
He devoted part Of the day 70
trip to Raleigh to get some
documentary material for the
second volume Of his history Of
the North Carolina public
schools.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Johnson and Craig Delegates

The North Carolina Commits
sion on Interracial Relations
meets in Raleigh today (Fri-
day.. Among the members in
Chapel Hill are John johnson,
janitor Of the Orange Printshop,
and Charles Craig, janitor of the
Graham Memorial building. A
few members of the University
faculty will also attend the meet
ing.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Brief Comments

ObSeTrer editorials which pro
claimed the value of advertising
to merchants and other business
men. The' same idea is appli-
cable-to candidates for office in
these days of the direct primary.
Let US take the hypothetical
case of two candidates who are
equally honest and capable and
neither of whom spends any
money, nor has any spent for
him, for bribery or any other
dishonest purpose. Still, there
are thousands of voters to reach.
Speeches must be delivered, cir
culars must be sent out in great
numbers, sometimes halls must
be rented. The candidates must
spend time campalgning-and
time means money 1t is OBJ
'vious that the candidate who
spends literally for all these
things has a great advantage
over the one who does not.
Running for office under the
direct primary system is some
times accompanied by the dis
honest use of money, but success
(COntinned on paQe slr)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18

Congratulations are due to
Frank Hancock for his vote in
favor of the Beck-Lihthicum
resolution which aimed to give
the people of the country a
chance to say whether the 18th
Amendment should be or should
not be repealed. He was the
only one Of North Carolina 5
congressman who supported the
resolution. In view of the drys
power in this part Of the coun-
try, and their policy of trying
to punish any legislator who
does not jump at the crack Of
their whip, this vote showed a
considerable degree of inde-
pendence on the part of Frank
Hancock.
The NeWs and ObSerUer, de-
ploring the use of money in prl-
mary campaigns, says: I'VE
shall never have the best men
in public office as long as it is
necessary to spend large sums
of money to secure nomination
and election"
| have read in the NeloS and
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Milk Producers Hold
Meeting i'm Hillsboro


About fifty dairymen of Or
ange county met in the court
house in Hillsboro last Friday
afternoon to discuss the prices
at which they We're selling milk
to the retail dealers in this ter
rltory.
They said they did not con-
slider that they were getting
fair share of the price paid by
consumers.
The regular, or standard,
ts)rlce is not the cause of COM
plant. But the retailers pay
this standard price for only
part Of the milk they buy; they
class the rest as surplus" and
pay a much lower price for it.
Surplus. y it appears, is the part
of the supply that is not sold as
milk but is used in the making
of butter, cheese, and ice-cream.
I'VE have no part in deciding
what proportion of our milk is
classified as surplus" one of
the dairymen explained to the
'eporter. often we do not know
until the check comes in after
the end of the month. A dealer
who sells his milk at As to so
cents a gallon wholesale, and at
50 to GA cents retail, may be
paying Us around 25 or 26 cents
as a standard price, but he pays
Us as low as 10 or II cents a gal
Ion, sometimes even less than
that, for what he claSSifies as
surplus. The result is that the
average price we get is far low
er imam Cne SO-cdileQ standard.
In my case, for example, it was
between 10 and 20 cents last
month.
"We realize that prices in gen
eral have gone down, and that
the production Of milk has been
unusually heavy this winter.
| Therefore we expect to have to
take cut, and we do not com
plain of that. All we ask is that
we who produce the milk get a
fair share of the price at which
the dealers sell to the public. We
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Elijah Chorus Rehearsal

Because of the coming of the
Irish Players Monday, the re-
hearsal of the Elijah Chorus has
been postponed until next We'd
nesday. There is need for more
tenors, and all who would like
to apply for the vacancies are
asked to. call on George Bason
for an addition before Wednes-
6aV
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Newell in HillsbOrO

Jake F. Newell, Republican
candidate for the United States
Senate, will speak at 2 o'clock
Saturday, March 26-one week
from tomorroW-at the court
house in Hillsboro. After the
speech the the county convention
will elect delegates to the state
convention.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Cantata Sunday Morning

Instead of the usual morning
service at the Presbyterian
church, the sacred cantata,
"The Cruciixion," will be pre-
sented at II o'clock Sunday.
The sOlOists are Hr. and Mrs.
G.. A. Harrer and Mr.. and Mrs.
G.. H. Lawrence. Mrs. A. S.
Wheeler is the Organist.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Candidates Announcements

Samuel M. Gattis, Jr., of
Hillsboro and C. P. Hinshaw of
Chapel Hill have announced
themselves as candidates for the
legislature from Orange county.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Logan Puppies Scattered

The Logans' Scotch terrier
puppies, recently frolicking to-
gether as a happy family, are
scattered scat tered. 66he One has has gene gene te
Winston-Salem, one to Mime
sofa. one to Pennsylvania, and
one remains in Chapel Hill.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Young Gilbert on the Air

Mrs. M. w. Tenney, who is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. John
r. Gilbert, in Elizabeth, N. j.,
went to the WOR studio last
Saturday and heard her five
year-old grandson, John R. Gil
bert, Jr., broadcast a poem, my
Garden"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Musicians on Tour

Lamar Struggled, futist, and
Mrs. Fred Mccall, pianist, gave
a recital in Greensboro last eve
ming. They will play this eve-
ming in High Point.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Car0lina-Navy Track Meet

The Navy has been added to
the schedule of the University
track team. The meet will take
place April 16 in Annapolis.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Legion Auxiliary Meeting

The American Legion Auxil-
iary will meet at $3.50 Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
S. A. Nathan, 410 PittsbOro
street.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-18
Planting at Graham Memorial

Trees, shrubs, and grass have
been planted in the space be-
tween the Graham Memorial
building and the main street of
the village.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-27
~ O N T l N u E n
~ from page one
Asserts Platform
In Sharp Contrast
TOG. o. p. Position

Of words, evasion upon evasion: in
sincerity upon insincerity."
After declaring that temperance
had not been achieved by the 18th
amendment, Roosevelt said bootleg
ging was the direct product" Of
those legal instruments.
I'VE threw on the table as spoils to
be gambled for by the enemies Of So
ciety the revenue that the govern
ment had hithertofore received" he
said, land the underworld acquired
unparalleled resources thereby.
The attempt to impose the prac-
tice Of virtue by mandate, pro-
duced an attitude of intolerance to
other forms of restraint and denia!
even of the basis of authority. The
only business that was not helping
to support the government was, in
real sense, being supported by the
government.
"Unquestionably our tax burden
would not be so heavy nor the forms
SO Objectionable If some reasonable
proportion of the uncounted millions
now paid thu, whose business has
been reared upon this stupendous
blunder could be made available for
the expenses of the government"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-27
SOCIETY NEWS
ClubWomen to Revise
Federation Bylaws

Revision Of the bylaws of the
North Dakota Federation of Women
clubs will be one Of the major tasks
Of the annual convention of that body
when it meets in Devils Lake Sept.
e-8.
In the interest Of economy and the
Qualification Of club work, delegates
will consider the question of having
eight directors instead of six, thereby
giving each district in the state a
representative and at the same time
making each director head Of de-
partmen. Of work.
Originally there were eight depart
ments, Citizenship, American home,
applied education, fine arts, interna-
tional relations, legislation, public
welfare and press and publicity. At
the biennial session of the General
Federation in Seattle the committee
on junior membership was changed
to department, making nine in all
1t is believed, however, that the Of
flee of press and publicity chairman
will continue to be appointive.
Other important changes to receive
the attention of the convention will
be the merging Of the offices of au-
ditor and vice president and the
joining of the office Of corresponding
and recording secretaries.
There also will be a dicussion Of the
elective plan as adopted by the Gen.
eral Federation. whereby officers are
chosen for q three-year term, with NO
reelection. II this plan is followed
there will be triennial conventions
with two council meetings in the in
terYening years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-27
st. Mary's Studio to
Offer Group Lessons

Officials of st. Mary's school an
nounce that the music studio of the
school will be reopened Sept. /.
At this time pupils may enroll eth
err for private or class instruction in
piano. The latter method Of instruc-
ton has been found more efficient for
beginners in the opinion Of Sister
Cecile and Sister Herman, who are in
charge of the studio. Group teach
ing, they believe. offers an opportun-
ity for many children who cannot af-
ford private lessons.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-27
Report of Increase in
Sales of Motor Cars

Sales of new passenger cars during
the first 26 days of this month exceed
the number sold during all of August,
1881, figures announced Saturday by
the Commercial Service, Inc, Bis
marck, show.
This is the first time in 20 months
that sales of new passenger cars
show an increase over the correspond
ing month for the previous year."
said S. A. Floren manager Of CONNER
cial Service.
New truck sales for this month al
so will show an increase over August,
1881, the first time in SO months.
During January of this year new
passenger car sales were So per cent
under the sales of January, 1881. In
February the drop was II per cent;
March 3>per cent: April 60 per cent;
May so per cent; June 81 per cent,
and July "a per cent.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-27
Peoples Forum

Editors Note.-The Tribune vel.
comes letters on subjects OF In.
terest. Letters dealing with con.
troversial religious subjects, which
attack individuals unfairly. or
which offend good taste and fair
play will be returned to the
writer's. All letters MUST ba signed.
sign the pseud onym first and your
own name beneath Il. We will ~.
spect such requests. We reserve
the right to delete such parts OF
letters a. may BE- necessary to
conform to this policy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-27
City-C0unty News

Nine new books were placed in cir
culation at the Bismarck public
library this week. They are Amelia
Earhart's 1.-THE Fun of IT,; First 800
Years in America" Clark; How to
Be a Clubwoman,' LeCron; Brown
America Embree; "At Nine Bells"
Emery; Lark Ascending" De Ia
Roche; Burning Bush Undset;
code Letter Mystery, Sharp: and
I'm the Worst Possible Taste" Ford.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-27
Legion Drum Corps
Holds Supper Party

Bismarck's American Legion drum
and bugle corps held a supper party
at the H. T. Murphy cottage south of
Bismarck Friday evening following
the regular practice meeting Of the
corps in the World War Memorial
building. About "a members were
present.
Members of the committee in charge
Of general arrangements for the at
fair were Spencer Boise. director of
the drum corps, Walter Sather, E. F.
Trepp and Melvin Steen.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-27
Say Iris Should Be
Planted Immediately

Fancy varieties of bulbs and flower
ing perenials are now within the
reach of the average gardeners purse,
according to officers of the o. H. Will
company, local seed and nursery
company.
The concern has just published its
fall list of blubs and perennials.
The company planting expe S
recommend that Iris be planted or
replanted at once. Peonies and tulips
should be planted in September, they
said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-27
Missing School Girl
DisclOses Marriage

Glendale, N. D., Aug. 27.-tR-A
letter received by her parents Thurs
day cleared up the mystery Of the
disappearance Of Maxine Bartels, Is
year-old Glendale high school girl,
with three transients last Saturday
night.
From Platte, Kan, the girl wrote
telling Of her elopement and marriage
to Nolan Brown, one Of the trio Of
harvest hands who had been working
in the vicinity Of Glendale for q
couple Of weeks prior to their de-
parture.
Her parents are considering having
the marriage annulled.