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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-07-21
A Link with Old Times
Birth Of Great Grandson Reminds Mrs.
Robertson Of Party in 1851

When | met Mrs. Cornelia
Robertson, Mrs. Kluttz, and my
mother after the tea party at
the home of the junior Cobbs
Wednesday afternoon, / was in
formed that Mrs. Robertson was
a great-grandmother. A son
had been born that morning to
Mrs. Archer Roberts, the form
er Miss Betsy Woollen, in Wash
ington, D. C.
II knew my great-grandfath-
err" remarked Mrs. Robertson.
"When / was five years old, in
1851, he was about a hundred
years old. There was a party at
his home-that was in Chatham
county-and they gave me a
little cup of egg-nog. Some
body said: It'll make you grOg-
gy.' didn't know what groggy
meant. A few minutes later
dropped the cup, and they said :
You see-we told you it would
make you groggy.'
II remember hearing my
great-grandfather talk about
the war. He had been a captain
in the Revolutionary Army un-
der Washington"
Somehow it seemed uncanny,
to be riding along in an auto
mobile in the year 1888 and
talking with person who had
talked with a captain in the Rev
olutiOnary War.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-07-21
Shepherd Nj. Duffer of the Balsam Groves

English language about his head
with the sureness and mastery Of Will
Rogers twirling rope.
Some of its passages are already
immortal; for example, his descrip-
ton of his loved mountains where
"malarial fogs persecute not the
gentle morn; where nights Silly
cloak is buttoned with the moon; !;
and where in the old days people
made love, soap, and hominy in the
same room" The Bdtsam Gropes is
now out Of print, and he who possess
es first edition calls himself lucky.
Mr.. Dugger's second book was War
Trails of the Blue Ridge, a revised
and enlarged edition Of which was
issued, in defiance Of the depression,
only recently. This book is chiefly
factual and historical and is natural
ly written with more restraint than
his first volume 1t lacks the cas-
cading rhetoric and soaring phrases
Of the Balsa,n Groves but, If it is diff
ficient in mellifluOus and star-lit Ian
guage, it is rich in stories Of an un-
surpassed flavor; for instance, that
Of a church congregation beset with
hornets and the sulphur fumes in
tended for the insects, and that OF
the girl who, having no chair for an
unexpected caller, suggested that he
sit on his fist and lean back against
his thumb!
This book also contains a sketch
Of Mr.. Dugger's career at Chapel
Hill after he entered the University
law school in 1880. He told me that
he remembered being in Barbee's
store when it was announced that
President Garfield had been shot. He
made himself unpopular with GER
tain group Of students by his support
Of Prohibition, and on one occasion,
when in Gerard Hall he was urging
the student body to "vote out the
enemy that disputes all the rights OF
sweet BREATH" his audience arose and
left him. Only four persons remain
ed; one of these was Collier Cobb
and Mr.. Dugger thinks another was
E.. A. Alderman.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-07-21

A new plan for the collection of the
sales tax from purchasers will 90 into
effect August l. All merchants are
to comply with uniform schedule in
stead of being divided into classes, as
they now are, based upon the proper
ton of small sales to the total volume
Of sales.
The regulations will not be officially
promulgated until Sunday, but, since
Revenue Commissioner Maxwell has
discussed them with a great number
of merchants, individually and in
groups, the nature Of the change has
become pretty we'll known.
Placards setting forth the schedule
of tax additions, signed by Mr.. Max
we'll and Harry Mcmillan, chief of
the sales tax division, will be provided
by the revenue department, and one
of these must be posted in every store.
No tax is to be added on sale Of
below 10 cents. On sales beginning
at 10 cents and running to 35 cents, a
tax of one cent will be added. There
are two more brackets between 35
cents and about dollar, a tax of
cents being added in the first of these
brackets and tax of cents within
the second.
An important change from the ex-
perimental plan in effect during July
is that, beginning August /, the tax
will be applied to the total of sales
at any one time and not to the price
of every separate article.
Example, You go into store and
buy handkerchief and towel and
a pair Of stockings and a paper Of
pins, and the price of all of them to-
gether is IS cents. You pay tax Of
2 cents, since this total price falls
within the second bracket, If the
total is 80 cents, which is in the third
bracket, you pay tax of 3 cents.
If you buy can of pipe tobacco for
Is cents, you pay an additional cent
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-07-21

as a tax. If you buy another can
few days later you pay another cent
as a tax. But if you buy two cans
at once you pay only cent on both
of them together, since the total sum,
80 cents, comes within the first, or l.
cent, bracket.
When the total of purchases at any
one time goes over about a dollar
(for the exact sum, see the Sunday
papers) then the rate Of per cent
will be applied. If you get suit Of
clothes, say, for SIS, the tax will be
As cents.
The plan that was put into effect
July l was frankly experimental.
Commissioner Maxwell told the mer-
chants that he wanted to see how it
worked and wanted them to give him
their opinions about it. They have
done so, freely, and they are in gem
eral agreement that uniform col
lection scheme is better than the one
which places Some merchants in one
classification and some in another.
A single schedule providing for the
addition of l-cent tax at low price
level, 10 cents, protects the merchant
who has a great volume of small sales
and basing the tax on the total sales
at any one time, instead of on every
separate article, protects the customer
from a piling-up of the tax that might
make him pay far in excess OF 3 per
cent.
1t is to be obligatory upon the mer-
chant to add taxes to the price of
merchandise exactly according to the
schedule on the placard to be posted
in every store. The merchant is not
permitted to omit or absorb the tax.
This compulsion puts every merchant
upon the same footing; if they all
obey the regulations no one OF them
will have an advantage over any 9TH
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-07-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips Russell and
their daughter CLAIRE haze been on
a vacation at Pinnacle Inn, Banner
Elk, near Grandfather Mountain.
Before they left Chapel HM zoe ask
ed Mr.. Russell to send as a piece for
the paper. Here it is:
have new book which has CIV
en- me unusual pleasure for several
reasons. One Of them is that it is
inscribed by the author "Your un-
relenting friend, Shepherd M. Dug
ger, Banner Elk, N. c., July l3,
1888"
Most book inscriptions are conven-
tional, commonplace, banal. l have
written some myself which | should
now like to blot out. But Of all the
book inscriptions | have ever seen, l
regard this of Mr.. Dugger's as the
masterpiece.
The keystone of the structure lies
Of course in the use of the word "un-
relenting" Mr.. Dugger himself ex-
plains to me that he uses it as syn
onymous with constant, yours-till-
death, steadfast Yet how much
more bite has "unrelenting" than
any Of these.
doubt if Mr.. Dugger thought up
this inscription with laboriOus effort
or produced it as the result of long
cogitation On the contrary, my
guess is that, when he first used it,
it flowed out Of him as freely as ink
out Of healthy fountain pen-spon-
taneously and generously. Those
who are acquainted with Mr.. Dugger
know that is the way he writes. With
no niggardly self-consciOusness but
as one whose flowing ink contains the
juices Of his mountain maj Ales, moss
es, ferns, hemlocks, snd sptuces.
As a writer MIR. Dugger establish
ed his competence years ago with
his Balsam Groves Of Grandfather
Mountain, q romance of the Blue
Ridge peaks among which he has
passed his entire life. In this book
he showed his ability to swing the
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-07-21
JOHN CREEL SHOT
AND KILLED BY
CLAY BLACKWELL
Tragedy Occurs on Outskirts Of
Chapel Hill; Result of
Domestic Tangle
KILLER is NOW IN JAIL

Clay Blackwell was a hard
working, well-behaved citizen.
He was one of the humble mil
lions, going about his business
quietly; never given to violence
enjoying the goodwill of his
neighbors. He was a pleasant
spoken, rather diffident little
man.
He used to work in the Cam
pus Bootery. After it closed, he
mended shoes for a while some
where else, and then he was out
of a Job. He found work in a
cotton mill, and soon was out of
a job again. This spring he set
up a shoe-repair shop in the
basement of the Sutton building
He had hard time, but he kept
plugging along, doing the best he
could.
About two years ago Black
well rented John Creels house,
on the southwestern outskirts of
Chapel Hill, and went there with
his wife. Creel, who had been
separated from his own wife for
several years, took a room with
them. It was part of the bar
gain, so the general understand
ing is, that the Blackwells were
to be housekeepers for Creel.
There developed a friendship
between Creel and Mrs. Black
well. Blackwell left. Under
just what circumstances, no
body knows. Some say he was
thrown out" He says that he
tried in vain to persuade his
wife to leave Creel and come
with him. She stayed on as
Creel's housekeeper.
The relations between his
wife and Creel preyed on Black
wells mind. He had been
known as man of sober habits,
but now, it is said, his nervous
ness and mental distress drove
him to takings drugs. In his
trouble he confded in several of
his friends. He talked to George
Lawrence, the county welfare Of
ficer. And he went to Sheriff
Sloan about three weeks ago
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-07-21

Scores of white herons make a
beautiful sight at the University Lake
these days. Some are seen from the
highway bridge, and there are still
more of them up the creeks. The 9TH
er day Mrs. Rees came upon wound
ed blue heron on the bank of Prices
creek; she took it into the boat and
left it with Mr.. Sykes, custodian OF
the Lake.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-07-21
The Kings Have Gone

A. X. King left Wednesday for
Smithfield to join Mrs. King,
who has been visiting her par
ents. He and Mrs. King and
their baby will leave Smithfield
Monday to go to Morrill,, Nebras-
ka, to visit his parents. In Sep
tember they will go to Chicago.
Mr.. King is to study there next
year. ''
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-07-21
Notice to Midwives

Beginning Monday, classes for mid
wives will be conducted by the Or
ange county board Of health: 10 A.
NJ. Monday, at the court house in
Hillsboro; 10 A. NJ. Tuesday, at the
Negro school in Chapel Hill; 10 A.
NJ. Wednesday, at the Aycock school
Cedar Grove. Every person prac-
ticing midwifery in the county Is re.
quested to attend. Also, new app!i-
cants may register at any one Of these
meetings. "a
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-07-21

At joint meeting yesterday the
county commissioners and the coun-
ty board Of education approved the
construction Of broom addition to
the Efand school. The school has
been seriously overcrowded.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-07-21

The school for tax collectors, con-
Quoted here this week by the state
revenue department, closed yesterday.
The collectors were thoroughly drilled
in the new revenue law and under
went written examinations.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-07-21
Graham Improves Steadily

President Graham, who un-
derwent an operation for appen-
dicitis about two weeks ago, is
getting steadily better. He will
be in Watts hospital a few
days longer.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-07-21

Fifteen more states have fixed vot-
ing dates for 1888, and five others
may vote this year. Affirmative ac-
ton by 36 states--three fourths Of
the 48 in the Union-is required for
the repea, Of the Amendment.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-07-21

Alabama and Arkansas have both
voted for the repeal of the 18th
Amendment, each by about 3 to 2.
These two states brought to 18 the
number which had declared for re-
peal, and none had declared against
it. A vote upon the question was
taken in Tennessee yesterday and
q vote will be taken in Oregon to-
dav r
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01
BY w. E. MKENNEY
Secretary American Bridge League

Is it always advisable to make a
l. one over one forcing response
wherever possible?
Absolutely not. The one over one,
when correctly employed, is a fine
bid for properly placing the decla-
ration, therefore you must be careful
not to misuse it.
When your partner makes an
original bid first or second hand
in the constructive one over one
system of bidding, you know def
nitely that his hand contains two
good biddable suits or at least
three high card tricks.
Ii your hand contains a number
of tenace positions and the hand is
eventually to be played at no trump,
the advantage all is in favor of hav-
ing the lead come up to you, and
therefore you should be the de-
clarer at no trump. Take for eX-
ample the following hand.
Soutn opens with one diamond.
North can make a one over one
response of one heart, but if he
does this, what VIII happen? Part
ner will undoubtedly bio the no
trump, and the declaration Will be
misplaced.
North, with his tenace positions
and his fill-in cards, should respond
to the diamond bid with two no
trump. Remember that this bid
does not deny diamond support AS
a matter of fact. it generally shows
support for partners suit.
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which Seabury always commended
we're conducted for Walker.
Seabury said he had been in
formed Sherwood had denied he
served as fiscal agent for the former
mayor.
Seabury called on the sherif's of
fee to take action against Sherwood
for "defying legislative committee
OF this state"
Some observers connected Sher-
woods temperance with rumors
that Walker might attempt a politi-
cal come back in the November
mayoralty election.
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Pirate first baseman, had a perfect
day at bat with two doubles and a
single.
In the American League, the lead
ing New York Yankees and second
place Washington Senators split a
double-header, twelve pitchers get
ting into action.
A five-run outburSt off Lefty Co
mez in the eighth inning gave the
Senators the first game, II to Z, but
the Yanks came back to win the
nightcap, to 7, Tony Lazzeri hit
a home run in the second inning for
the Yanks.
In the nightcap, the Yanks piled
up an eight-run lead in the first two
innings. They collected sixteen hits,
with Babe Ruth contributing a sin
gle, double and triple. Joe Cronin
of the Senators got a home run in
the fourth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01
SHERWOOD BACK
FROM EXILE MAY
FACE CHARGES
Mysterious Missing Figure
of Jimmy Walker Quiz
Found in N. Y.
BIZ nited Press

y
NEW YORK, June Russell T.
Sherwood, mysterious figure in the
James J. Walker investigation,
whose disappearance to Europe
provided one of the grounds cited
by Samuel Seabury in his drive to
have Walker removed from the
New York mayoralty, mas been
found living in Nyack, N. Y, it was
learned today.
Sherwood was represented as be-
ing unable to pay either a $4,000
contempt of court fine or a $40 600
back income tax assessment which
stand against him as result Of
Seabury's revelation of extensive
brokerage dealings by Sherwood,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01
PROTESTS CITY BUYING
OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS
New Device Is Infringement son
Patent, Is Assertion.

Protest against the city's pur-
chase of traffic warning signals was
filed with Albert Losche, purchasing
agent, today by Thomas I. Temple,
1905 Cornell avenue.
Temple, who is head of the Tenn
pie Signal Company, said he warned
the city that the device being pur-
chased was an infringement on his
patent. The traffic signal invented
several years ago by Temple fits on
the street surface with the warning
light being a reflection from the
auto lights.
The device the city contemplates
buying is founded on the reflection
theory and is small in size.
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of partners suit, but then you will
have plenty of high cards on the
side to compensate for the weakness
in partners suit.
When North makes the two nc
trump response. South will take him
TO three no trump, and regardless of
what East opens. game can not be
stopped.
However, if the bidding went one
diamond from South. a one over one
forcing heart bid from North. South
should respond with no trump, North
will support the no trump and South
will become the declarer at three no
trump. A spade opening by West
will defeat the. contract.
tcopyright. 1888, by NEA Service. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01
DE PAUW GIRLS ELECT
Mildred Small, South Bend, Named
Honor Society Head.

GREENCAsTLE, Ind, June l.
Miss Mildred Small, South Bend,
will be president of Mortar Board,
senior honorary society at De Paw
university, during the 1933-34 school
term.
Other officers for the coming year
include Elizabeth Cadient, New Al
bany, vice president; Catherine
LetSinger, Bloomfield, editor, and
Elizabeth Lupton, indianapolis, his
torian.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01
PROBE BIGAMY CHARGE
City Man Held Pending Outcome
of Police Investigation.

James Goodwin, 81, rear of 548
Concord street, is held today on a
vagrancy charge pending the out
come of an investigation to deter
mine whether one Of his four mar
riageS was contracted without
obtaining divorce from a previous
wife.
Arrest was made on complaint of
Mrs. Mamie Cantancaro, mother of
Mrs. Grace Goodwin, the prisoners
present wife.
Police said Mrs. Cantancaro told
them women Goodwin had wed pre-
viously live in Fleming Gardens,
AlliSonville and Greenfield. Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01
FATHER OF Is
FINDS POT OF
BURIED COLD
Three of Coins Sell for
$1,000 to Collectors:
S7,061 in Treasure.

81 GHffcd Press
BEDFORD. ms. June 1.-Two
silver coins flashing in the sun led
John w Stages. farmer and father
OF sixteen children, to the hiding
place Of a small fortune.
Stages was blowing on his farm
one mile east of Buddha. Lawrence
county. when the coins attracted
his attention. He dug deeper into
the ground and uncovered S7061
more.
Many of the coins dated back as
tar as 1918. but were in excellent
condition. Stages said he sold three
Of them to coin collectors for 81 500.
He buried most of the silver again,
to keep it away from robbers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01
H0LDUP MEN GET $50
Fruit Market Manager Robbed; One
Bandit Only is or II.

Stanley Rose, 9O9 East Market
street, night manager of the City
Fruit Market, 1920 College avenue,
reported to police two bandits held
him up Wednesday night, taking
between $50 and $50 from the cash
register.
The bandit who menaced him
with .45-caliber automatic pistol
was only about 16 or II, Rose told
police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01
M'NUTT TO WORLD FAIR
Governor to Dedicate Indiana Ex-
hibit at Century of Progress.

Governor Paul v. McNutt Satur-
day Will dedicate officially the In
diana exhibit at the Chicago Cen
fury OF Progress. He issued a procla-
nation asking all Hoosier citizens
to join in the occasion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01
PURDUE GIVES LETTERS
ByJ nittd Press

3 LAFAYETTE, Ind, June Var
sity and freshman awards to Pur-
dues baseball track. tennis and golf
squads were announced here
Wednesday night at a meeting of
the insignia board
In baseball, fifteen major letters,
six minor letters, and twenty-three
numerals awards were made. Sew
enteen major letters and six minor
letters were awarded members of
the track squad.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01
DRYS LOSE BEER CASE
Grocery Clerk Acquitted on Charge
of Serving Minor.
BU ( Hftcd Press

ANDERSON, Ind, June IA test
case by the Madison County Dry
Federation to secure conviction of
Robert Baker, grocery clerk, on a
charge of selling beer to a minor,
resulted in acquittal in municipal
court here.
Judge Ralph Daily ordered the &C
quittal. He said Baker had not been
identified positively as the person
who sold beer to Daniel Martin, 10.
Martin testified he bought the beer
under the direction of the dry Or
ganization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01
$4,000 SUIT BASED
ON OLD SALOON SIGN
Damages Asked for Fall Caused by
Tiles in Sidewalk.

A sign that advertised one of the
city's most prominent saloons in
prohibition days today was
basis of a $4,000 damage suit in
superior court two.
William F. Strong, 1851 Ruckle
street, seeks the damages because
of injuries incurred by his wife,
Alma, when she slipped on a side
walk in front of lit North Illinois
street, June l, 1882.
The complaint alleges she slipped
on tiles in the sidewalk which adj
vertised the name of Dan Smith,"
who formerly operated a saloon at
the Illinois street address.
Defendants are the city of IN
dianapolis and Pulls Realty Com
pany, owner of the property.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01
CUES DROP HURLER

. Y M = , VECiUI
CHICAGO. June 1.-Beryl Rich
mond, southpaw pitcher, was re-
turned to Baltimore of the Inter
national League by the Cubs
Wednesday, to make room for Xxi
Cuyler, injured outf1elder. who is to
rejoin the club this week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01

The Cards. VIC
torious in eleven
Of their last
twelve & a m e S,
we're opposed to
the Cubs at Chi
cago. while the
Pirates were idle
The Corsairs we're
only a fraction Of
a game ahead OF
st. Louis after
dropping Wednes-
days D tO-l decl-
sion to Chicago.
Although the
Pirates outhit the
CuDc 10 tn 7
Charley Root on
the mound for
Chicago was ef-
fective with men
ON base. Gus Suhr.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01
TOOTHPICK Is DEFENDED
Educator Deplores Decline of Ncces-
sary, but Inelegant, Device.

By United Press
OMAHA, Neb. June DIR. C..
o. Simpson, Washington university,
st. Louis, deplored the decline of
the toothpick, in addressing the
State Dental Society here Proper
manipulation Of the instrument can
be extremely beneficial, he believes.
The hardy pioneers, he said,
picked their teeth with bowie
knives. The elite of the Dos carried
gold toothpicks and until recently
toothpicks were on dining tables
everywhere. Now they are con-
fined to primitive rural communi-
ties and dining cars"
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257 NEW WORK
CAMPS ORDERED
BY ROOSEVELT
Forest Projects in 35 States
to Provide Jobs for
$4,000 Men.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON. June J.. - Presi-
dent Roosevelt today approved es-
tablishment of 257 forest work prof.
ects in thirty-tive states
The new camps will provide en-
ployment for $4,000 men. Thus far,
the President has approved estab-
lishment of 1856 work camps
throughout the country
Location of the new camps in
Guided: Illinois. five camps, provid-
ing employment for 1000; Indiana,
three camps, 600; Kentucky. three
camps, 600; Wisconsin, thirty-one
camps, $500.
The largest crocodiles of Africa
-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01

The statue, Florida Youth" in
the semi-tropical garden behind the
exhibit of that state, is the work of
Cory S. Lands, 12-year-old Florida
boy, a distant relative of Judge
Kenesaw Mountain Lands.
Last Christmas he made tiny
statuette, using his sister as a model.
and presented it to his mother. A
member of the Florida worlds fair
commission saw the statuette and
authorized young Lands to make a
replica, heroic size, to be displayed
at Century of Progress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-01
Cards Have
TopChance
Win Over Cubs Today viii
Give St. Louis Club
Edge Over BUGS.

BIZ LHifcd Prcss
NEW YORK. June st Louis
Cardinals today had chance to
climax an impressive winning cam
paign by wrestling the National
League lead from the Pittsburgh
Pirates