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The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-12
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driver worrying about that Sc ION
of his route has some facts 10 GO
on, against none much beyond the
standing headlights.
'Thea ctual distance at which OBJ
iects in the right of way to the
rear of approaching, Tor standing,)
headlights can be distinguished
say he report, is surprisingly con-
stant."
Distance Range
This distance ranges from so to
100 feet, with an average around luo.
The Investigations also turn up an
other critical 100 feet-the stretch
between approaching cars in which
drivers may be sure of ability to see
that motorists lighthouse, the right
shoulder of the road,
The very brightest headlights like
ly to be met in present day driving
could not completely blind a driver at
more than 100 feet, says the report,
l. Ills ltddS up W Lllt lhOSs ihPo'
tant conclusion of the four years
study. The great safety problem is
held to be the equalization of head
lights. There is now too much dis
parity, dangerous amount of it.
So much, the scientists state, "as
to result in almost complete lack OF
visibility for the driver of the dim
light when meeting the bright lights
no matter what sort Of measures are
taken to reduce glare"
Black objects furnished a surprise
On straight, level concrete roads,
white could be seen only twice as far
as black. This difference was less
than expected and ascribed to back
ground conditions.
Depressing the headlight beam
about four degrees, the average for
the passing beam in common use, re-
duces its distance visibility by half.
But elevating the same beam the
same distance cuts down its range
only 30 per cent.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-12

Should a period of hot weather fol-
low the cool wet spell in Ohio, leaf
hoppers may yet cause serious dam
age to the early potato crop. Potato
specialists recommend weekly spray
ing with 1850 bordeaux mixture
spray or 1850 in extreme hot
weather. The formula stands for 4
pounds of copper sulfate, pounds
lime, and so gallons water.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-12

Old Lady: "Well, here's dollar for
you, my poor man"
Tramp: "A dollar! Lord bless yer.
lady; il ever there was a fallen angel.
it's you"
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-12

Summer meetings of the Ohio
State Horticultural society have
been scheduled for August and
August S. The first meeting will be
in southern Ohio and the second in
Northern Ohio.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-12

Two wagon loads Of farm products
today will buy no more of the pro-
ducts Of city factories than one
wagon load would have bought 20
years ago.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-12
Breaking Ii Gently

Mrs. Upton's pet dog has been
run over; she'll be heartbroken."
Don't tell her abruptly"
mo, III begin by saying it's her
husband. Boston Transcript!
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-12

Wingate-Everyone should have a
hobby. Mine is the airplane
Taiispin-That's all right, so long
as you don't run it into the ground
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-12

Try Classified ad. 1t will pay.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-12

Besides the state government, only
few local units of government ir
Ohio escaped adopting the install
ment system Of buying in the last &c
years. In one Ohio county So pei
cent of all revenue from all property
taxes goes toward paying debt
charges. The acreage for all eoun-
ties in the state is 21 per cent.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
McCOrkles' Recital
They Will Play at 4 o'clock Sunday
in the Hill Music Hall

r. Smith McCOrkle, member OF
the faculty of the music de
partment, will give a violin re
cital at a O'Clock Sunday after
noon in the Hill music hall. Mrs
McCorkle will be the assisting
pianist. The public is cordially
invited.
The numbers to be played
are concerto in G. minor, op. 26
by Max Bruch; sonata for piano
and violin, G. major, by Mozart
Gophers, Cecil Burleigh; Barca-
role, Francis MacMillen; Sober
20, Daniel Won Goens; Cap
riccio-Valse, Wieniawski.
This will be Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Corkle's first recital appearance,
of the season in Chapel Hill
They have played several out-of'
town programs and have severa
other appearances scheduled.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
Renee Visits COker
Botanist Prepares Spacious Quarters
for Feminine Visitor

w. C.. Coker received this tele-
gram from his nephew, Richard
COker: "WilI arrive about six
thirty with Renee Sourgrapes.'
Mr.. Coker was not entirely
free TO receive his prospective
guests, having a dinner engage
ment to meet the Dutch lecturer,
J. J. van der Leuuw. SO he
called for assistance from his
wide circle Of friends. Not
knowing in advance just how
fair and feminine Renee was,
the help assembled on Mr..
Coker's call prepared two rooms,
to be on the safe side, and dec
Grated them with flowers. Mr..
Coker supplemented these prep
arations with the following note,
which he left on his hall table
"Dick! Welcome Two rooms
are ready. Am out to dinner
Find ham in buffers pantry.
Call me at 80, 1861, at Valen-
tines. Could not make out
whom you were with"
Nephew Richard arrived dur
ing his uncle's shaving crisis.
With him he brought a slated
box: contents-one fox; Name
Renee Sourgrapes.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
Suggestion from Carter
He Says Now Is Good Time for Stone
Wall Building or for Painting

An English artist once said of
America: "You have a fine coun-
try here if you ever finish it."
A stone wall helps much to do
Just that-make a place into an
estate; and the time to build one
cheap is right now, when labor
is glad to get 15-cents an hour.
Field stone can be bought de-
livered for 60 cents a ton (22
cubic feet), or about 2.7 cents
cubic foot. Stone for a wall
two feet high and two feet
thick would cost about II cents
running foot. Cement, sand,
and labor should not cost more
than 65 cents a lineal foot. That
lis, 76 to 80 cents per lineal foot,
total, should deliver, in place, a
charming addition to your home.
Many Chapel Hill buildings
would be vastly improved by
painting. Good outside paint
costs from So to $2.45 a gallon,
and a gallon will cover, two
coats, about 500 to 600 square
| feet Of surface. There are many
unemployed painters in town.
Why not get something of value
when by so doing you aid the
unemployed?
HID. Carter.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
Chapel Hill Chaf

The fire itself was only part
|Of the spectacle when the former
Umstead home on Vance street
burned early Monday morning.
For, added to it, was an outdoor
fashion show of indoor clothing
The neighbors didn't take time
to dress-they came running
when they heard the shouts of
the fremen and the roar of the
engine. One woman had on red,
yellow. and black pajamas, tail
ored to give an ultra-mOdern
triangular effect, and over them
black satin coolie coat embrold-
cred with red dragons. Another
wore scarlet pajamaS under a
sealskin coat. There were many
other gay-hued garments on eX-
hibit, and they all showed off to
the best advantage in the glow
from the flaming house.
George Denny, who used to be
business manager of. the Caro-
lima Playmakers, is now in New
York. Miss Lucy Lay sends ME
this piece about him, entitled
"Jitter-Proof," clipped from the
column, Make Mine Manhat-
tam in the New York World
Telegram.
There is quite a little story in
the General Butler who prose
cutes Lincoln in If Booth Had
Missed, now playing at the Max
inc Elliott Theatre.
when the play was first pro-
duced by the Morningside Play
ers in the Little Theatre tOurna-
ment last spring a Mr.. Foster
was supposed to play General
Continued on page four)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
WATER PRESSURE
TOO Low TO GIVE
FIRE PROTECTION
People in Southwest Section
Are Made Aware That They
Need a 6-Inch Main
APPEAL TO AUTHORITIES

The fire which destroyed the
former Umstead home on Vance
street early Tuesday morning re-
vealed to the residents OF that
quarter that the water pressure
was not sufficient 10 afford them
reasonable protection against
fire. Before the fire occurred
few. of. them knew what they
know noW-that the hydrants in
their section Of the village are
served by only a 4-inch main.
Appeals have been made To
Town Manager Foushee to take
the matter up with the board of
aldermen and the University
Consolidated Service Plants. to
the end that adequate water ser
vice may be made available as
soon as possible. Mr.. Foushee
and some of the aldermen have
been comforting with J. S. Ben
nett, superintendent of the cleo
'tric and water division of the L.
G.. S. p.
The main that is only 4 inches
in diameter runs from Cameron
avenue out PiNtsboro street to
the Marvin Utley corner and
thence to the end of Vance
street. The one along McCau-
lay street is 6 inches in diameter.
but, since this is linked to the
Cameron avenue trunk line by
the 4-inch Pittsboro street line,
the greater diameter has no ef-
feet upon the pressure.
The McCauley street main
was laid after the one on Pitts
boro street. When it was put in,
the town authorities were pro-
viding for the future; they
looked forward to substituting
6-inch main for the 4-inch main
on Pittsboro street, and then Nc
Cauley street would have effec-
tive 6-inch main service.
At present prices of labor and
materials, it would cost probab-
ly around $4,000 to run a 6-inch
main out Pittsboro and Vance
streets.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
People Here. as Elsewhere, Are
Wondering about New Ford Cars

People in Chapel Hill, as in
thousands of other communities
all over the land, are talking
about the new models that Ford
is soon to bring out. They are
speculating upon the price, the
appearance, the mileage per gal
lon of gasoline, the length Of the
wheel base, and this, that, and
the other feature of engine and
chassis and body.
Bruce Strowd, the dealer here,
is saying nothing, because the
company has not yet given him
any authoritative bulletin to be
passed on to the public. But it
is expected that almost any day
now will bring an official an
nouncement.
Meanwhile the metropolitan
newspapers, in dispatches from
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26

With this issue the Chapel
HW Weekly ends its ninth year.
The paper made its first appear
ance March l. 1898.
Since subscribers frequently
ask me: How is the Weekly get
ting on?'. evincing a friendly
interest in it, | take the birth
day anniversary as an occasion
for a little shop talk.
In one respect the Weekly has
met my expectations exactly
that is. it has not made me rich.
AS this has not surprised me, so,
| am sure, it has not surprised
anybody else. Nobody in Chapel
Hill expects to get rich-un-
less it is a drugstore keeper. or a
playwright. or maybe an auto
mobile dealer-and not having
a pile Of money doesn't cause a
man as much distreSsful longing
as he would suffer if the land
Scape around him were peppered
with plutocrats.
| used to be professor of
journalism here My people had
been teachers for three or four
generations. The zeal with which
my ancestors taught muAt have
been fiery, burning itself out, for
by the time | came along the
urge to instruct the young had
become feeble to the point of ex-
tinction. | was happy to change
my occupation to that of a week
ly newspaper editor, and certain
ly the University, whether it
knows it or not, was fortunate to
lose me from its teaching force.
| still cherish a deep compassion
for the young men who sat un-
der me in those two or three
years. Now any one Of my vic
Continued on last paoe)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
Arrows from Tower
Archer Sends \ to the Field of
the kenan Stadium

Donald McCracken, golf pro-
fessional and archer, who re-
Gently moved from Chicago to
Chapel Hill, climbed to the top
Of the bell tower, accompanied
by his bow and arrows, one day
this week.
With a 35-pound bow he sailed
|8 arrows over the tops of the
trees to the Kenan stadium. They
went well past the center of the
football field. Falling, all 8
pierced the turf within a 6-foot
circle. The length of their flight
was about 1876 yards.
Nick Dockery, amateur pho
Biography enthusiast. stood be-
hind the bowman with light
ning-fast camera which caught
the arrows in mid-air.
McCracken has never at
tempted the Walter Hagen trick
of driving golf balls from a
watch lens, but one of his favor
ite archery tricks is shooting at
a target held by a friend.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26

Detroit, have published state
ments, about the Ford plans,
which are evidently based upon
information straight from head
quarters.
A year or so ago the Chevro-
let, with its improved six-cylin-
der car, forged ahead of the Ford
in volume of sales, and there be-
gan to be heard gossip to the eff
feet that Ford was ION the
slide" Then curiosity was stir
red by rumors that Ford was
working on new designs. But
for many months, as when the
Model A was being prepared for
the market in 1927 and early in
1923, the goings-on at Dearborn
were shrouded in mystery.
Now it is accepted as definite
Continued on last pdgeJ
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
Blind Man Plays Bells
London Performs on Chimes in More
head Patterson Tower

Lawrence London, blind stu
dent in the University, visited
the Morehead- Patterson memOr
laI tower Tuesday and took his
hrst lesson in bell-ringing. Doc
Blodgett, the regular chimist,
was his instructors
First, London climbed the cir
cul2r stairs and examined the
chimes. He listened to the tick
ing of the giant clock and felt
the complicated mechanism. De-
scending to the console on the
second floor level, he ran his
hands over the "plow handles"
which control the bells.
Il believe | could play some.
thing" he said.
Go to it" said Blodgett.
With Blodgett guiding his
hand now and then, London
played abide with Me-" Then
he played it without any aid.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
STATE HAS ONLY,
? ALTERNATIVES.
SAYS BRUMMITT
Either 1t Must Get < Revenue
from New Sources, or 1t
Must Cut Expenditures
DEBT FIGURES PRESENTED

The next legislature will have
to 10 one of two things" said
Dennis G. Brummitt, attorney
general of the state, to the North
Carolina Club here Monday eve
ming; ''it will either have to cut
tbs expenditures on public
schools and state institutions to
a tlgure 80 per cent under this
wears, or it will have to obtain
several millions of dollars in ad-
djtJonal revenue from new
sources of taxation"
Do you mean 80 per cent un-
der the appropriations for this
vea- or 80 per cent under the ac-
tu2! expenditures 2" asked a pro-
fessor in the audience.
L mean 80 per cent under the
ac1aal expenditures" replied Mr..
Brummitt.
i this came about, it would
rne4n the third salary cut at the
University in the space of two
years. A 10 per cent cut was
made last fall and second cut,
nobody yet knows how great, ap-
pears to be in prospect as a re-
SUIT Of the general budget reduc-
ton decreed in December.
Mr.. Brummitt predicted that
the 1888 legislature would re-
move the present Is cent real es-
tate levy for the public schools.
The removal of this, and the i'm
possibility of borrowing more
money for current expenses,
would force either new tax levieS
or 4 80 per cent cut in expendl-
turts.
Here are inescapable reall-
ties" said Mr.. Brummitt. "No
good purpose can be served by
adopting the favorite device of
the Individual who, by constant
negation, attempts to shove an
unpleasant truth beneath the
flow of consciousness. In the
light. of the facts as they exist
NJ must, at the appropriate time,
(Continued on pnge fire.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
A Mysterious Fire
Queer Circumstances Give Rise
Suspicious of Incendiarism

The home which the Umsteads
vacated about ten days ago, at
the corner Of Vance and Ran
som streets. was destroyed by
fire between 4 and 5 o'clock
Tuesday morning.
Well under way before an
alarm was turned in, the fire
was SO far advanced when the
iiremen arrived that they could
make no headway against it.
Their efforts were directed to-
ward saving the nearby homes
of Dougald Macmillan and Grady
Pritchard.
Mystery surrounds the origin
of the fire. "A painter. had been
at work. kalsomining, the day
before, but he had left about 6
O'Clock in the evening. He says
he did not strike a match while
he was in the house, and ten
hours elapsed between his de-
parture and the time when the
fire was discovered by a neigh
Dor. Inevitably this has led to
suspicious of incendiarism.
In attempting to throw
streams upon the Macmillan and
Pritchard homes the firemen
were seriously impeded by the
inadequacy of the water pres
sure. Fortunately there was
very little wind blowing; if
there had been, with the water
pressure as low as it was, the
fire would certainly have spread
to other homes.
The loss is estimated at 81, 500.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
Appeals on Assessments

These taxpayers in Orange
county, claiming that the valu-
ations placed on their property
by the county authorities are too
high, have appealed to the state
board of assessment in Raleigh
for a revision downward: Atlas
Durham, Lueco Lloyd, Beta
Theta Pi fraternity, l.. J Phipps
and p. II. Robertson, Phi Gam
ma Delta fraternity, N. T. Lloyd
Estate, and Mrs. G.. l.. Lindsay.
A hearing on the appeals was set
for February 18 but was post
poned so that additional infor.
nation could be filed.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
Letter from Edgar w. Knight in Baghdad

A letter from Edgar w.
Knight, of our University school
of education, arrived in Chapel
Hill yesterday from Baghdad,
the ancient city of caliphs, in
the kingdom of Iraq. Mr..
Knight and two Columbia Uni
versity professors are now en-
gagged in looking over the
Iraquian educational system
such as there is of one, with a
view to giving the government
some advice as to what to do, if
anything, about improving and
extending the schools.
The letter made a fast trip. 1t
was written February IL, only
two weeks ago yesterday, and
was marked via air mail to
London"
Mr.. Knight tells, among other
things, about his passage
through Egypt. "You are ex-
pected to be enveloped with the
lure and mystery of Egypt as
you enter Alexandria" he
writes. "The tourist literature
says 50, and | walked down the
gangplank and declared myself
so enveloped. But it was not the
lure and mystery Of Egypt that
enveloped me. Instead, was
surrounded by dragomans and
Egyptian customs officials. | am
not now amazed that the Chill
dren of Israel made an effort to
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26

leave Egypt or that they had diff
ticulty. in leaving.
1T was as difficult to get out
of, as to get in, that country of
the first recorded depression. |
was glad to shake the mud off
my overshoes. But before | did
so | traversed, at the museum in
Cairo, the first to the twenty
first dynasties, inclusive, be-
tween 10 and l1:15 in the
morning, and can now testify
that King Tut had as expensive
and gorgeous funeral as would
be given an AL Capone hench-
man.
"The archaeologists confused
me and also excited my admira-
ton. If the economists were as
certain or thelr way In tnlS
world as the archaeologists the
depression would be dispersed
in a fortnight. One of them con-
WINGED us that a member of the
royal family of the fourth dynas-
ty had red hair and, even though
her mortal remains had been
buried under those huge stones
for heaven only knows how
many centuries, these scientists
have established her age at death
at SIS or Sd, plus or minus 2.
Could anyone else speak with
such finality except a psycholo-
gist or a professor of educa-
tion?"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
Double Birthday Celebration

The birthday of E. C. Smith,
Jr. (born 1930), better known
as Sonny Smith, and of George
Washington (born 1892, was
celebrated here Monday. Only
the intellect and and the the emotions
were fed at the exercises in com
memoration of George Wash
ington in the morning; bu.
something more substantial
ice-cream, cake, and candy
was served at Sonny's party in
the afternoon.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
Masonic Celebration Tonight

The Masons of Chapel Hill
University Lodge No. 4O8-will
have a celebration, in honor of
the illustrious Master Mason,
George Washington, at 8 o'clock
this lEriday) evening in the
Masonic hall, the former Baptist
church, at the corner of Frank
lin and Church streets. The
public is invited. H. M. Poteat
OF Wake Forest and Archibald
Henderson will make addresses
about Washington.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26

f. c. Branson had his arm
broken by by fall fail OH the stairs of
his home one day recently. He
permitted the injury to keep
him inside the house only two
or three days, and now he is
going about the village, as cheer
full as ever, with his arm in a
sling.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
Faculty Tennis Meeting

C.. C.. Crittenden requests that
members of the Faculty Tennis
Association meet at 10:30 Mon
day morning, February 20, in
room 214, Saunders hall.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
Community Club Meeting

The Community Club will
meet at $3.50 this (Friday) af-
ternoon in the Episcopal parish
house, for the election of Of
ficers. Tea will be served. Mrs.
Athol Burnham will play the
violin and Mr.. George Bason will
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
sing.
Brings ViOlets TO the Dentist

When Gladys Wager, 2 years
old, went to the dentist the
other day she took him a
bunch of violets as an induce
ment for gentle treatment
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-02-26
Credit Association Meeting

The Chapel Hill Credit Asso-
citation will meet at 1880 this
friday evening in the Bank
Of Chapel Hill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-23
POOR. LIGHTING
 DUE TO WIRING
Obsolete System in Many Buildings Responsible
 for Faulty Results
GIVES POOR VOLTAGE

Although in the last few years efficiencies of incandescent lamps have remained practically constant. having reached the limit at this stage of the art, a new handicap to greater use of artificial lighting has appeared in the wiring systems now in use in many buildings and is becoming more troublesome each day. say engineers of the power and light utilities of Con- 'necticut. The initial excess copper capacity available so long as inn provements in lamp efficiencies kept pace with lighting levels has now been used up due to the in- |stallations of. greater lamp wattage for more intensified and better lighting sources, 3
 Consequently poor voltage condi- tions resulting in loss of light and inefficient operation of small power |applicances have been increasing and the condition has become so prevalent that the electric industry as a whole has taken cognizance of the deficiency and is attempt ing to prevent this fault in future buildings and to remedy it where VOSSlUlG pISSCttLs OoAAuAh6os oPS- cifications for adequate wiring have been made available for the archi- tectural and building trades and a considerable amount of education al work is being undertaken.
 Paralleling the period during which lamp efficiency was rapidly being improved there was likewise an increase in the recommended and desired intensities of artificial illumination. As lamps improved it became possible to secure more illumination without increasing the electricity consumed in proportion to the light obtained. People at the same time were becoming edu- cated to proper lighting as a pro- lection to seyesight.l This desire for getter lighting still continues and as greater wattages are used to se- cure ideal illumination many of the older wiring systems have become antiquated. E.