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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
Initiation Fees Cut
Club Starts Membership Drive. Sup
per Party Feb u Announced

A. It's Leccnt business meeting the
Country Club voted to launch 60
day membership drive which will be
featured by bargain rates to new
members For this limited period IN
dividuas who have not been members
of the club viii be invited to join at
80 per cent reduction in initiation
fees. Former members may rejoin
without the usual penalty Of repay
ment of initiation fees. They simply
resume payment Of current dues, $500
per half year
These offers apply to social and
golf members alike.
The social program for the remain
ing months Of the academic year will
begin with a supper party, with card
playing and dancing, on the evening
of Saturday, February "a.
English Bagby is the new president
Of the club and G. M. Hill is the new
treasurer The golf course, which has
greatly improved in the last two or
three years, will continue to be under
the direction Of DR.. Lawson.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
Chapel Hill People Will Be Hard
Hit by Rise in Commodity Prices

siderably higher. The wholesalers
are jumping the prices on US from day
to day" he says The other mer-
chants are reluctant to make fore
casts, but it is plain from the tone
of their comments that they expect
to see a further rise.
And why not? The dollar has been
marked down by statute to so per
cent of its former standard value on
the gold basis, and the purpose of
the Administration financial poll
cies, frequently stated by the Presi-
dent and his associates in the Gov
ernment, is to restore the higher price
level of few years ago. Govern
ment resources are being freely used
to this end.
Prosperity, as that word is general
~ understood, goes along with high
prices A rise in prices benefits farm
ers, manufacturers, and the men who
~oih III iaShoiieo aho, DSNAH'S ~
sweIls payrolls, it benefits merchants.
The upward surge augments the reve-
nues of railroads, steamship lines,
banks, hotels, restaurants, and the
aires What goes under the general
description of business" stands to
gain from rise in the price level.
The people whose income is from
salaries, or from savings bank depos
its or bonds, are in d very different
situation They are hard hit by rise
in prices. They get no more money
because Of it, and the money they do
have becomes worth less and less to
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09

Thrilling Drama OF the Arctic viii
Be Presented on the Screen

"ESklmo,' which tells an exciting
story Of adventure and love and
strange customs in the Arctic, Will
be presented Monday at the Carolina
theatre. Two years were spent by
the Metro company IN making il. The
director is W $. Van Dyke, the same
man who directed Trader Horn and
he is also one Of the actors. When
the play was presented in New York
the Times said: 1T is a remarkable
film and aWakcns wonder as to how
the camera men were able to photo
graph some Of the scenes One
thrilling episode IS the harpooninR of
a whale Caribou stampede and sal
mon are speared. Running through is
an exciting tale OF the struggle of a
vilainous ship captain and Mala, the
Eskimo. The Royal Canadian Mount
ed police figure in the plot.
May Robson comes Tuesday in
you Can't Buy Everythingl" Other
events on the weeks program are
Wednesday, Bedside" with Warren
Williams and Kathryn Sergava;
Thursday, Kay Francis and Ricardo
Cortez in "Mandalay;" Friday the
l7th, Lillian Harvey in II Am Su-
zanne;" Saturday, Charlie Ruggles,
Alison Skipworth, and others in "Six
of a Kind"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
The Firemen DO a Good job

The frcmen responded promptly to
an alarm from Mrs. Hampton's home
on North street one day last week.
Neighbors who saw them in action
have described to us the unexcited and
orderly, yet rapid, fashion IN which
they went about their job.
First they tried chemical extin-
guishers, but these could not put out
the blaze Water was needed Now,
it IS the easiest thing IN the world
for fremen to food house with
water and infiict serious damage on
the contents; they are immune from
criticism If they do this. for they are
excused Oh the plea OF necessity. But
these Chapel Hill tiremen volun-
teers, except the two regular employ
ecs-did no such thing Under the
direction Of Chief = T. Perry, who
saw that the fire was not 50 far ad-
Vanced that the hose must be turnt q
on at the very instant, they pushed
the furniture into the middle Of the
floor and rolled the rugs up They
pulled shingles off the roof, so that
the stream Of water, shot up from
the inside. through the blazing RAFT
ers, would pass on out instead OF tali-
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
MIR. Zoo at Methodist Church

T. Z. Zoo, the well known Christian
leader among the Chinese, will speak
at the Methodist church at the II
O'clock Sunday morning service and
again at the 1880 service His topic
in the morning will be "My Inter
probation of Jesus" He will talk
about some subject Of world wide in
terest in the evening. There will be
special music. Sunday school at 9:45
A. M
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
Jeritza Sings Tuesday
Celebrated Star to Appear in Page
Auditorium, Duke University

Maria Jeritza will sing next
Tuesday evening in the Page au-
ditorium Duke University. The
concert will begin at $50.
Recently Madama Jeritza
(who in private life is the Ba-
roness Won Ernst Decsey) has
appeared in opera in Boston and
Chicago. From Durham she
will go to Atlanta and thence
to New York. Her tour in
America this season was pre-
ceded by appearances IN Stock
holm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Ham
burg, Vienna, and other Euro
pean capitals.
Jeritza has had spectacular
career. The Emperor of Aus
tria heard her when she was an
obscure singer and ordered that
she be added on the roster of
the Imperial Court Opera She
is now national American fig
ure," says J. Foster Barnes, di-
rector Of artistic and musical en-
tertainments at Duke, in an
nOuncing her concert, "and is
identified almost as cloSel y with
this country as with her native
Austria.
Her decision not to renew her
contract with the New York
opera was greeted with dismay
by thousands. Yet there are
thousands more who are gain
ing by this decision, for she is
now free to travel throughout
the country in d series of leis-
ureiy cOncert engagements.
Those who previously were priv
ileged to hear her only over the
radio and through records, are
now able to see and hear this
great artist"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
Chapel Hill Chaf

Mr.. Koch informs US that
''Iactus Novus,' the title Of the
play that Jonathan Daniels IS
to read here Sunday evening,
means, literally, New Cast. The
scene is laid in Rome in the last
century before Christ. Though
| have consulted none of our
Latin professors about this mat
ter, | take it that lactus is the
best Latin word for what we
mean when we say Deal. Deal,
in this sense, is a word that
comes from card games. 1t
means that cards that were first
dealt wrongly (either through
crookedness or carelessness) are
TO be shutfied and then re-dealt.
AS a political term, New Deal
is almost the same thing as
Theodore Roosevelt's Square
Deal. Playing cards had not
been invented in the days of
julius Caesar, but the Romans
We're we'll acquainted with dice,
and | suppose lactus was the
word for the Cast of the little
cubes used for gambling. Thus
it seems that Iactus is a good
Latin equivalent for Deal.
1T is remarkable fact, my
encyclopedia tells me, that,
wherever dice have been found,
whether in the tombs Of ancient
Egypt, Of classic Greece, or of
the Far East, they differ in no
material aspect from those in
use today The Romans were
passionate gamblers, and dicing
was favorite form. Mark
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
To Give Portraits
Sons of Revolution to Present Por-
traits of Judges to University

Portraits of two North Caro-
linians who were judges of the
Supreme Court Of the United
States in the early days Of the
Republic-James Iredell and AL
fred Moore-Will be presented to
the University law school by the
Society of the Sons of the Rev
Oluti0n at ii o'clock tomorrow
Saturday in Manning hall
The Iredell presentation ad-
dress will be made by Alexander
b. Andrews Of Raleigh, and the
portrait will be unveiled by
Charles f. Johnson, Jr., a de-
scendant Of the judge. The AL
fred Moore portrait will be pre-
sented by Judge Clarkson Of the
North Carolina Supreme Court,
and the unveillng will be by his
granddaughter, Cana Mary
Clarkson, and George Myers
Stephens, Bird. President Gra-
ham will accept both portraits
on behalf of the University.
Both James Iredell and Alfred
Moore were members of the or
iginal board of trustees of the
University
The day Of the presentation
will be the 144th anniversary Of
the signing by George Washing
ton Of Iredell's commission as
the seventh member Of the Su-
preme Court.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
School Play Feb. %
The Hidden Cues" to BE Presented
Two Weeks from This Evening

"The Hidden Guest three act
mystery comedy by Marion Short and
Pauline Phelps will be presented by
he Chapel Hill high school Friday
,venng. February %, two weeks
hence
The directors, Lubin LeRctte, grad
uate student Of dramatic arts, and
Miss Celeste Penny Of the schools
English department, say they are
highly pleased with the cast that has
been assembled:
John Judkins, rcaltor
Milton Hogan
Bert Judkins, his son, college boy
Horace Hodges
Chester Briggs, employed by Judkins
Maxton Boone
Tad Wilson, student, member of Theta
Phi Gamma Billy Seawell
McCarty, policeman
Andrew Cannady
Otto Hubner, convict
Luther Canada
Ruby Mayfeld, a debutante
Louise Hudson
Minnie Mayfeld, Ruby's aunt ~'
Julia PEBBLES
Mrs. Darlington, fashionable widow
Sue Switzerland
Nellie Trotwood, a society girl
Odena Talbert
MeIanthuria ("Melons"), servant
Mary Mckee
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09

ing back.
One of the most competent per
formers was John johnson, the
Negro, who has been member Of
the company for years and never
fails to answer an alarm. He was
conspicuous figure as he stood on
the roof and pulled shingles off with
IA hook
The consequence the intelligence
and consideration shown by the fire
men was that minimum Of damage
was done by water to the furniture
and other contents of the house
1t has often occurred to US that the
community is perhaps too prone to
take for granted what the tiromcn
do for it. For weeks there may be
no call for them, and so 1t is natural
that they should be out Of people s
minds Hence we take all the more
pleasure in having occasion to express
appreciation Of their services The
readiness and skill and good spirit Of
thcst men make life and property
more secure in every household in
the village Chapel Hill has reason
to be grateful to them and proud Of
fhpm
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
REVENUE AGENTS
COMING TO HELP
ON TAX RETURNS
To Be at Bank Feb. 19 and 20 !;
Taxpayers Should Get Data
Assembled Beforehand
STATE SALARIES EXEMPT

Representatives Of the United
States Internal Revenue Depart
nlent will be at the Bank Of
{ hapel Hill Monday and Tues
day, February 19 and 20. to
help taxpayers in making out
ir.eome tax returns for the year
1888.
Everybody who has to make
out return will find the task
much easier if he will have all
tne necessary information as
-embled, and written down, in
advance of the government
agents arrival. If you have
nt already received the requlr-
"a blank you can get one by APP
plying to G.. H. Robertson, Col
hector Of Internal Revenue,
Post Office Building, Raleigh.
Even if enacted, the proposed
changes in the income tax law,
which have been under discus
son in Congress and about
which there have been many
dispatches in the newspapers,
DO not affect the tax return now
t. be filed-that is,the return
for the year 1888. Whatever
changes may be made in the
present law will apply to 1884
income and so will not 60 into
effect for another year
University employees do not
have to pay a federal tax upon
their salaries. These come under
the rule that eXempts compen-
.atiOn received from any state
or political SUBDIVISION thereon.
late salaries are not, however,
exempt from the state income
tax.
Under the federal income tax
law the personal exemption for
q married man is 81, 500. and
for every dependent child S4O0.
For example, a married man
With one child having an income
o. $4,000 is exempt from tax
anon on 81, 800 and has to pay
on 500
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
y. c. Art in Washington
+ shibit in National Capital Praised
hy Writer in Star

Writing in the Washington Cd c.
: tar, Leila Mechlln, who was for
many years an officer Of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Arts, says that the
paintings, drawings, and prints by
North Carolina artists, exhibited III
the House Of the Seven Arts In
the national capital, are extremely
Greditable and comprise some exceed
ingly notable works: an excellent
moving from first to last" She. COM
nents favorably upon Gene Erwin s
PAINTINGS Of white monkeys and
Jungle flowers, figure paintings by
Clement Strudwick and Mabel Pugh,
portrait heads in charcoal and pastel
BY Mary deb. Graves, Il strongly
PAINTED house in sunlight BY Louis
Voorhees,. etchings Of Old Salem by
William Pfohl, and camera studies by
Bayard Wootten
1T is interesting to realize, says
Miss MechIin that hand in hand with
Industrial development in North
Carolina goes an equally virlle de
yelopment in the field Of the fine arts.
At no time in the past has state
brought to the national capital the
products Of its artists as d demon
stration Of achievement, and as an
initial effort along these lines this
exhibition by North Carolina artists
should be noted with the utmost in
terest."
The exhibition was arranged under
the auspices Of the North Carolina
Society of Washington.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
Scouts Meet Tomorrow
President TO Address Them by Radio
at Anniversary Celebration

The Boy Scouts Of Chapel Hill and
Carrboro will meet at ll:l5 tomor-
row Saturday morning in the Ora
ham Memorial At this same time
troops Of Scouts all over the country
will be celebrating the Gath anniver-
sary Of the founding Of the organiza
tion.
Frank P. Graham and Claudus T.
Murchison will talk before President
Roosevelt begins his radio address at
noon. All Scouts and their friends
are urged to be present.
Rev. o. T. Binkley will deliver a
special Scout sermon Sunday morn
ing at the Baptist church.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
IT'S Feet Long, IS Feet Wide;
$4,000 Gallons of Water
Flowing through Daily
A BATH HOUSE ALONGSIDE

If the c. w. A. approves the
application soon to be put in,
Chapel Hill will have a mu-
nicipal swimming pool, with
bath house, at the University
lake, The proposed location is
the field alongside Morgan's
creek about $50 yards below the
dam, to the left of the road over
which you approach the dam
when you drive out from Chapel
| Hill.
There is an abundance Of
water in the lake, many times
as much as the University and
the village need, and the plan
is to have a continuous flow of
water through a 12-inch pipe
from lake to pool. The entire
capacity Of the pool, $4,000
gallons, will flow in and out
every day
"Of course it all depends upon
whether the CIV A. authorities
approve the request said
George H. Lawrence, Orange
county C.W.A. representative.
yesterday. Undoubtedly this
project is of a character that
fits in with the general idea of
the c. w. A. The important
question relates to the distribu-
ton of the available money the
Government is granting for
such construction We are now
engaged in working out the
specifications, to show how much
labor and materials will be re-
quired.
The plans, prepared by At
wood and Weeks, show a pool
IT'S feet long and Is feet wide,
with walls and floor of concrete.
Along two sides and one end
there is a concrete walk of Is
II
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
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Rachmaninoff Program
Includes Compositions by Beethoven.
Schumann, Schubert, and Liszt

Mr.. McCorkle announces the pro
gram for the RachmannoH concert
February 2l as follows:
Variations, G. minor Beethoven
Nachstuck, + major Schumann
Impromptu, + minor Schubert
Sonata, b minor (Allcgro
agitato' Scherzo' Marche Chopin
Funcbre Finale)
Intermission
Three Etudcs Tabeaux Rachmaninof
(a) Sonetto del Pctrarca,
+ major
tb) Voices Of the Woods Llszt
(c) Valsc Oubliee
(d) Rhapsodie No. ii
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
Kennedy on Organ at $50 Sunday

Nelson O. Kennedy will give ves-
per organ concert at A 80 Sunday af-
ternoon in the Hill Music Hall. The
program includes compositions by
Bach, Mendelssohn, Franck, Dickin-
son, Clokey, and Groton.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09

The Chapel Hill Movie Guild will
present Lillisn Gish in "His Double
Life" Sunday at the Carolina. Per
formances at l:30, 3, and 4:45.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
Miss Farrar Home from Europe

Miss Elizabeth Farrar arrived in
New York Wednesday, Her brother
Bing drove from Chapel Hill to meet
her, and they will probably get here
tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1934-01-26
GAINS IN BONDS
ARE MOSTLY
SMALL

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 UN.S).
The bond market showed a gen.
orally strong tone, although
gains, for the most part, were
relatively small.
Denver Rio Grande As fea-
tured the rails with a jump Of
more than a point despite un-
certainty as to whether the
February interest payments
would be met. Baltimore and
Ohio refunding IS, Rock Island
general As, and Southern Pacific
41as Of 81 ruled " point higher.
American Water Works IS,
maturing on May /, reached a
record high at 1051s, on the be-
lief that a convertible issue with
q higher interest rate would be
offered in exchange on the due
date. Consolidated Gas 51as also
attracted buying.
United States Governments
were firm, with fractional gains
in Treasury 414s, Liberty 312s,
and Liberty fourth 414s.
German issues ran into selling
in the foreign group.
The Washington times., 1934-01-26
First Half Decline
More Than offset

With pronounced gain in busi-
ness in the latter half of the year
more than offsetting a decline in
the early part of 1888, the Shaw
inigan Water & Power Co. reports
gross operating revenue for the IL
months ended December 81, 1888,
Of $1O.S27,575, compared with $1O,-
773. .458 for 1882.
The company ended the year
with a surplus, after payment Of
dividends but subject to 1888 in
come tax of $1,234,813 compared
with a surplus of $685. ,098 at the
end of the preceding year.
Total power output of the COM
pany. which is one of Canada'S
largest hydro-electric enterprises,
was the greatest in its history. in
1888, amounting to 1901, ,772, 1877
kilowatt hours, compared with
1886, $3.50 in 1882. The high
est peak Of the electric system for
1888 was S69, 900 horsepower COM
pared with $4,000 in the preced-
ing year.
The Washington times., 1934-01-26
MARKETS AT A GLANCE

NEW YORK, Jan. 2s (I.N.s.).-stockS
irregularly higher. Motor shares in
demand with Nash at new high. Elsc-
trlc Autolite feature in accessory group.
Tobaccos in demand with Liggett &
Myers B up sharply. socony Vacuum
at new high in oils. Rails irregular,
with Atchison lower. Case strong in
irregular industrial list. Utilities gem
orally easier. Metals, amusements and
alcohols hold generally steady.
Curb-stocks irregular. General Tire
and Rubber up sharply in Specialties.
American Gas and Electric easier in
utilities. Oils generally firm. Hiram
Walker easier in alcohols. Lake Shore
lower in metals. Cities Service easier.
Investment trusts easier.
Bonds-Irregularly improved. o. 9.
Governments firm. Rails mixed. In
vestrnent grade list irregularly higher.
Foreigns generally lower.
Call Money-Steady at renewal Of
per cent.
Cotton-Futures easier. off to S
points. Liverpool cotton, futures steady.
Chicago Wheat-Futures firm.
Foreign Exchange-Dollar strong
against foreign currencies.
The Washington times., 1934-01-26
Public Buying in Market
May Bring Price Gains

vances. The total volume has been
relatively large.
Another Push.up
On the other hand, the averages
have made little progress in the
last five days, and some symptoms
OF increasing volume on declines
have appeared at times.
We also see signs Of shifting &C.
tivity from one group to another.
On the whole, this description
suggests some turn. Ordinarily,
that would mean a reaction" I"
But If the market turns dull now,
and merely fiddles around for a
while, the action would suggest
another push-up.
OF course, this depends largely
on whether "the public" comes in.
John Public is inclined to feel
that he should be able to buy a
little cheaper. Sometimes he re-
fleets that stocks selling for 20 or
80 times earnings are high. But
mostly he is not thinking about
earnings at all. He has become
money conscious" and thinks
more about moves based on infla-
ton than about dividend income.
When the pound sterling and COM
modlties are down, stocks don't do
much.
Watch Market
So think we will have to get
our clues to market trend chiefly
from the action of the market
itself.
Either that squirt a week ago
Monday was a 1929 sort of Symp-
tom, or it was real. We can tell
soon by the nature of the reaction
here. Perhaps when the pending
money bill is passed, we can tell.
If stocks then zoom, the big rise
may be on. If they run into
trouble, considerable correction
should come.
Meanwhile, it seems wise to as
sumo the possibility Of a techni-
cal reaction, and to take at least
part Of trading profits. Long
pull positions, however, need not
be disturbed, especially in sound
stocks which have not been bulled
much Of late. If a sharp reaction
develops, buy then. If dull irregu-
larity appears, positions may be
reinStated in a day or two.
At the moment, oils, construc-
ton materials, and mail order
issues seem favored, and any auto
mobile accessories which are used
by all manufacturers.
The Washington times., 1934-01-26
Business Gains
Reported

Leading companies in the tire
industry are inaugurating . 10
per cent wage increase through
out their plants, according to
advices from Akron. Goodyear,
Goodrich, FirestOne and Gen
eral have Joined the move. The
upward move follows increases
of 10 per cent last June and IN
per cent last August, both Of
which included office workers.
The latest pay raise does not.
Net income Of Reading Com
pany for 1888 was about $6,7OO,-
600 against $4,22S,7S9 in the
previous year. This is equal,
after deductions, to $3.50 .
share of common stock.
Production of polished plate
glass by members Of plate
Glass Manufacturers Of Amer
lea" for December was 6,346, 6,645
square feet rs compared with
4,169,442 square feet produced
in November and 4,267 sos
square feet in December, 1882.
Output during 1888 was highest
since 1881, with . total output
of $685., ,8O5.
The Washington times., 1934-01-26

rise has apparently been going
on. Thus underlying buying in
terest has prevented much re-
action, and accordingly selling
has dried up on declines.
1t is notable that the majority
of traders have been, and still
are, looking for that reaction.
This always makes the expert
enced observer doubt that much,
if any, setback will occur.
May React
While traders are cautious, the
market does not get overbought.
Figuring it this way, We may
guess that if Tuesday and We'd
nesday caused enough Of the pub
lie to abandon caution and come
in, we may now get the reaction
say about four points in COM
posite averages. But if not, we
are likely to see merely a few
days of irregularity and then
another zoom.
I think we must figure that the
market is trying to go up, and
that (barring bad news'D there
will not be much reaction until the
technical position becomes weak,
The immediate characteristics Of
the market action are that it is
very "broad" (large number of is
Sues), and that only a small per
centage Of the total trading is in
the few most active stocks. But
both the majority of issues traded,
and the few most active ones,
have shown pretty steady ad-