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There is a bookstore in Chapel Hill where you can
buy Paradise Lest for twenty cents. Or for a larger
sum $1, COO to be exact you can pick up a copy of
77; e Order of Dieting of Horses, printed in 15S0.
If your literary tastes and budget fall somewhere
within these two extremes, The Old Dock Corner, seller
of used and rare books, is the place to go. The store,
located on East Rosemary Street behind the NCNB
Plaza, also specializes in North Carolina historical
material.
Civil War material is abundant. Jefferson Davis'
signature is on sale for $50 and his two-volume book,
Rte end Fall of Confederate Government, sells for
$45. There are also noteworthy first editions, such as F.
Scott Rtzctrald's Tender b the Night, valued at $70. A
1925 National Geographic bock, Cattle of the World,
is listed at $40. Also, there is just good, cheap reading,
like the 137 publication Guesses at the Riddle of
Existence, for $1.25.
The most expensive book in the store is The Order of
Dieting of Horses, which actually contains another
volume The Order of Curing Horse Diseases.
Manager Michael Dames said he bought the 400-year-old
book from a friend, who found it at a flea market.
The bock is valuable because of its age and condition,
But ae usually has nothing to do with value, Barnes
said. He showed as an example a 1964
publication The American Drawings of John White,
which he values at $750. The price of the two-volume
set b due to its scarcity only 600 copies were printed.
Barnes said color illustrations and pleasing layout also
increase a book's value.
First editions can also be valuable because of
emotional attachment and appreciation in value,
Barnes said. But the primary source of value is the
popularity of the author or subject, he said.
Recently, The Old Book Corner made the largest sale
in its history. For $6,000, the store sold a copy of
Swann's Revisal, which, according to Barnes, was the
first book printed in North Carolina. It was published
in 1751.
Discovering such rarities b what keeps Barnes'
enormous curiosity satisfied. "Every day something
comes along to keep me interested," he said. He got
into the book business in 1975, when he "married the
boss granddaughter."
"The boss" b the owner, Mrs. Paul Smith, who has
been selling books with her husband for nearly 50
years. The Smiths began their business in 1932 in Cape
Cod, where they owned a gift shop.
"I didn't like the customers and I didn't like
souvenirs," Mrs Smith said. "We couldn't stand the ;
idea of people taking home compressed versions of
Cape Cod, so we switched to books."
After their store survived the Depression, the Smiths
began business in the South during the winter. They
tried Key West for a few years and after a "complete
flop" in New Orleans, came to Chapel Hill in 1950.
"We were both university dropouts, but we liked the
community here," Mrs. Smith said. The couple, then
in their forties, bought The Intimate Book Shop,
which was situated at the present Sadlack's location.
The Smiths first dealt with used books when they
bought the Intimate and eventually, old books became
their main interest.
, "The more we did it, the more fascinated we got
with it," Mrs Smith said. When the Intimate Book
Shop was sold in 1957, the Smiths kept the used
volumes which occupied a corner of the store and set
up business in the present location.
Mrs. Smith said the appeal of used books b in their
uncertainty.
"I've found terrible books in good places and good
books in bad places," she said. She has explored attics
and improbable places throughout North Carolina in
search of literary rarities. In 1963, the Smiths' book
searches proved extremely profitable when Mr. Smith
recovered a German book about the Mississippi River
from a WUrnington chicken coop. The volume later
sold for $2,300.
But today, Barnes does most of the book-hunting.
Hb trips around the state in search of old collections
are a major source of the volumes which keep his
shelves stocked. Barnes said most of his books come
from out of town. "Otherwbe, I'm just recycling
books in Chapel Hill, which you can't do for long," he
said.
The Old Book Corner advertises in major cities
around the state and has connections around the South
which keep the store informed of large collections for
sale. Barnes said he looks for "the best editions,
usually the first," and for books that are in known
quantities.
Books from private presses are often collectors'
items because private presses carefully limit the number
of editions printed, and because the quality of printing
and art is good, he said. Also, volumes from private
presses are frequently signed by the author.
"I try to be selective with the books I buy, since the
place b somewhat smaller than Kenan Stadium,".
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...used, rare books are specialties ,
Barnes said. He estimated there are 6,000 volumes in
.the front room of the store, and that he sells about
18,000 books a year. His customers are a "balanced
mixture of students looking for good, cheap reading
and collectors looking for valuable books." He also
sells through mail order catalogs and to libraries.
"It's much easier to sell a $300 book than a $3 one,"
Barnes said. He said the University community
supports a relatively large market for collectible books.
The recent opening of a welcome-competitor The
Book House on West Franklin Street may help make
the market still larger.
Charles Blackburn, part owner of The Book House,
agrees. "People who like book stores will go from one
to another," he said. "I wish there were five or six to
attract people from larger cities." His store, which
occupies three upstairs rooms across from the
University Press, specializes in Southern and outdoor
literature and has an entire room full of cheap
paperbacks.
Blackburn said most connbseurs of literature collect
books for personal pleasure rather than for investment.
"They don't increase in value as much as a savings
account," he said.
But Mrs. Smith said she can't derive much personal
pleasure from her valuable volumes. "I like to read
while I eat and I get butter and crumbs all over the
pages," she said. "So I don't read the valuable books
often." She said she. prefers mystery stories.
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By KAREN HAYWOOD
Staff Writer
Crime arrests have increased 24
percent in Chapel Hill since this time last
year, and area residents and law
enforcement officials have mixed
opinions concerning the cause of the
increase and the.ef feet it will have on the
image of thb "village" town.
"In hot weather, domestic violence
increases," he said. "More assaults
occur due to alcohol."
The football season brings its own
particular time. Hill said five to seven
cars are broken into during each home
football game. And during the holidays,
when many students are out of town,
many fraternity and sorority houses are
broken into, he said.
Dorb-Wilson a "Chape Hill - resident'' s"' J E'Jt - Chape! 'Hill -'"also - has . seen - an
for 23 years, said - Chapel Hill" has
become more like a small city and less
like the Village in regard to crime. She
said now she locks her house and car
more often than before, and she blames
young people for the crime increase.
"The teen-agers and adolescents are
exposed to more drugs," she said. "It
exposes them to more crime." .
But Chapel Hill residents who moved
here from larger cities sometimes have a
different view of Chapel Hill. James
tcvbarg b one of these. He lived in
Durham for two years and grew up in a
small town near Philadelphia.
"Sometimes I lock my car and
sometimes I don't," he said. "In
Philadelphia there are certain places
where you wouldn't walk into a
McDonald's in the daytime."
Although some people do feel safe
here, the feeling of security may not be
totally justified, according to figures
from the Chapel Hill Police
Department.
"Economically, times are hard," said
Dave Hill of the police department. "It
b more difficult for people to find
jobs."
Hill also said he saw a relationship
between the increase in the population in
Chapel Hill &rA the rising crime rate.
And there are seasonal trends for crime,
he said.
Increase in the number of crimes" which
do physical harm to victims such as rape
and murder. Two murders have
occurred in Chapel Hill this year, one on
Franklin Street and the most recent one
when an elderly man shot his son after
hb son attacked him. "Most murders
are a spontaneous-type thing, usually a
result of domestic dbturbances or
conflicts of temper," he said.
The central business district of Chapel
Hill is the location of most crimes, Hill
said. Rape, however, usually occurs in
the outlying areas of town, the outer
edges - of campus '"arid other deserted
areas.
Tom Havener of the Orange and
Chatham counties district attorney's
office said that office has worked
diligently to deal with crime, particularly
rape. .
Two dozen rapes are reported each
year in Orange County, Havener said.
As of five years ago, not many of these
were being solved.
. But Havener said the appointment of
Wade Barber Jr. as District Attorney
and Ellen Scouten as assistant district
attorney in charge of rape turned . that
"around. Now Orange County does an
excellent job in solving rape cases as
compared with other counties, Havener
said.
Noioe complainto no problem thio weekend
By RACHEL PERUY
Staff Writer
If last weekend's activities are any indication, the uproar
concerning Chapel Hill's noise ordinance soon may be laid to
rest. Police reported that the football weekend remained quiet,
interrupted by noise complaints from a few citizens.
Both police and fraternity members agreed that compliance
with the noise ordinance ran smoothly Saturday night. Various
fraternity presidents earlier had expressed concern over the
possibility of excessive noise during their post-game parties
Saturday.
After last week's meeting with Mayor Joe Nassif and
members of the Town Council, Inter-Fraternity Council
President John Blumberg said, "We feel definite pressure
from the town; they feel the noise ordinance b being violated,
and that they would take strong measures if neccessary."
However, strong measures apparentrsrwere not neccessary
Saturday night. Officer R. Hobbs of the Chapel Hill police
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The new football ticket distribution
plan is working better than its " old
counterpart. That was the consensus of
several ticket officials and students after
Carolina's first football game Saturday.
The new distribution system allows
students , to present two student IDs and
athlectic passes at the ticket office and
receive two tickets.
Although picking up the tickets was
easier, ushers had to be posted at the
stadium gates to check student
identification more closely. Students
were required Saturday to present
student IDs, athletic passes and their
tickets to enter the stadium. Students
without IDs were required to bring
driver's licenses or ether picture IDs
with temporary UNC IDs.
But Carolina Athletic Association
President Charlie Brown said he did not
think the ushers checked IDs closely
enough. '
"People can get their friends in still,
so at the next game, the ushers will be
checking the IDs a lot more closely," he
said.
Brown said he handed an usher his ID
upside down and the usher didn't even
flip it over to check his picture.
Several of the ushers asked that
students present only their IDs and
tickets, waving aside the instructions to
check athletic passes.
"IT really isn't necessary if the person
shows a valid ID card. Besides, they
couldn't have gotten the ticket without
an athletic card. It just slows things up
at the gate," one usher said.
Several ushers interviewed before the
game said they were checking IDs closely
and had not turned anyone away.
Students had been warned that the ID
check would be more thorough than last
year, and ushers said they believed that ,
the new policy deterred people who
weren't UNC students from using
student tickets.
Students interviewed at the game by
The Daily Tar Heel said they had had to
wait to pick up tickets only about five to
15 minutes, and that the new
meant the end of missed classes.
policy
said that "in general, everything was quiet" Saturday, and
that there were no complaints early in the evening.
Captain Howard Pendergraph, the supervising officer
Saturday night, said that police did measure decibel levels at
both the Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity houses at approximately 3 a.m. Sunday and found
both to be above the allowed decibel limit. The DICE house,
whose jukebox measured 65 decibels, was asked to turn its
music off, and complied readily, Pendergraph said. The SAE
house, asked to lower its music level, complied also.
Blumberg said that the fraternity system had been working
together to find methods to improve fraternity compliance
with the ordinance prior to last week's meeting with Nassif.
Earlier reports of police aggression and unwillingness to
cooperate with fraternities while closing down various parties
last week caused concern among fraternity members at last
week's meeting with town leaders.
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said. VI think I waited in line for 15
minutes. Even if you can't get there (to
the ticket office) or spare 15 minutes,
you can get somebody else to do it for
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'hat canoed Granville fire
A fire occurred early Sunday on the
seventh floor of Granville Towers
South. Investigation of the cause and of the
extent of damage is "still not
Captain Mathew
Chapel Hill Fire
completed." said
Merricks of the
Department.
Smoke damage and burned carpet
were evident yesterday. Officials and
employees of , Granville would not
comment about the fire.
Two alarms preceded the actual fire,
reported at 4:06 a.rn. The fire
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calls as no fireno damage.
Three pumper trucks responded to
each alarm, Merricks said. An
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Tonya Daniels, a resident of seventh
floor, said she went to turn out a light
and smeiled smoke. She was met by
Karen Sederstrom, the resident
assistant. After sounding the third
alarm, Sederstrom asked for something
to break the glass covering the fire
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University Lake rose 20 inches as a
result of the Wednesday night rain
which saved the Orange Water and
Sewer Authority from calling for a
voluntary, countywide water
conservation program.
As of Wednesday, University Lake,
the primary source for OWASA, was
36.5 inches below normal. This low level
was enough to lead OWASA officials to
consider Phase I of the drought
ordinance which calls for a voluntary
conservation program.
Everett Billingsley, executive director
for OWASA, said the lake had risen 20
inches by Friday, leaving it only 16
inches below the normal level. Runoff
should cbntinu.; to drain into the lake
for three to six days after the rain,
Billingsley said.
"This (the 20-inch increase) puts us in
a right good position this time of year,"
Billingsley said. "September, October
and November are historically dry
months and heavy use months."
The additional water use is caused by
the full operation of the University and
town since school has started, he said.
In addition, the lack of rainfall leads
more people to depend on the town
water supply to water lawns, Billingsley
said.
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