ESTABLISHED 1893.
VOL. XXVI.
MEEIING OF G. H
MUm CLUB
Reports of Committees, Many
Things to be Done. Miss Dunn
Makes Interesting Talk
More than 50 members of the
Chapel Sill Community Club
were present at a meeting Fri-
• day afternoon presided over by
the president, Mrs. Collier Cobb
and held in the home of Presi
dent and Mrs^Chase.
The spirit of the club was
manifested in the reports of
committees. Much jmore was,
said about things to be done for
£cinmunity__welfare Than about
effects already achieved. The
latter speak for themselves. The
former need vigorous education
al campaigns if they are to suc
ceed, i. M
The projected program for
the Health committee consists
o£(l) sending State Health
Board literature throughout the
county to expectant motheis, (2)
sending powdered milk and di
rections for its use to mothers
of undernourished babies, as
provided by the State Health
Board, (3) placing a $60 scale in
the Chapel Hill school so that
children suffering from mal-nu-
trition can be taken care of, (4) a
campaign for the extermination
of rate, and (5) establishing here
^ p t lie health nurse who is al-
jxay engaged and; expected on
the 17th of February.
Better mothers must be bad if
we are to have better children,
said Miss Dunn of the State
Health Board, one of the speak
ers of the afternoon. We shall
have to educate mothers, and
educate them thoroughly if our
children are to have their rights,
and we ought to begin with little
potential mothers of not more
than 12 years. What a shame it
is, she,went on, that a woman
rarely marries who had ever
bathed a baby, Think of the ar
duous preparation that we wo
men make to enter every profes
sion except the one of mother
hood. The community public
nurse does more to counteract
this ignorance than any other
single factor and I am so glad
you are to haveone.
Miss Dunn then explained the
club clinic for tonsil, adnoid, and
other similar operations, and
told of -the emergency hospital
kit that comes along with the
specialistsand nurses in this
service. A club clinic is not en
tirely free, but the cost to indi-
■ viduals is as nothing to what
each patient would have to pay
if he went to a doctor on his own
account only. In the club clinic
about twenty patients can be
treated in a day. This clinic will
conieto Chapel Hill very soon
and Miss Dunn extended a cor
dial invitation to the members of
the club to come in and see how
it operates.
The figures for the recent free
dental clinc held by the State
Health Board in the Chapel Hill
Hill school.were astounding' and
somewhat discouraging.
Eighty children were examin
ed. 75 were defective. 5 chil
dren had clean and perfect teeth.
70 children had dirty teeth.
About $800 worth of work was
done for these 75 children at ab
solutely no cost to them.
Prof. Carroll gave an instruc
tive talk on family budgets and
thrift. He explained the pre
sent low values of money and
News.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THIS AND ADJOINING COUNTIES
CHAPEL HILL, ORANGE COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY. FEB. 5. 1929
urged uDon the members en
lightened expenditure and sav
ing during the period of exces
sive inflation.
Other matters of moment to
the members were community
participation in the law and or
der campaign; assignment of 17
orphans of Near-East parentage
to the Chapel Hill district of the
county; $10 to be sent as Club
contribution to the Sallie South-
all Cotton Loan Fund; and an ap
peal from John Carr, president
of the Junior Class to join in a
campus and town clean-up that
purposes to clean and stay clean.
—Ernestine Noa, Chairman of
Publicity.
EFLAND NEWS.
Mr. Henry Smith, who lives
here and operates a general store
at West Hillsboro, had the mis
fortune to get his entire stock of
goods burned up last Friday a. m.
about 2o’clock. Twoother stores
in the same building were de
stroyed. Mr. Smith has the sym
pathy of the entire community
in his loss.
There was school here only
one day last week. Miss Mc
Leod became a victim of tonsili-
tis. She is still confined to her
room unable to speak. Rev. Sur
ratt or Miss Pearl Efland will
teach present week or until Miss
McLeod gets able io resume her
duties
Mr. Tom Crutchfield of Mebane
has been down here all last week
cleaning up the house on the S.
T. Forrest place, preparing to
move in soon. Mr. Crutchfield
bought the farm last summer.
The Misses Brown had a “taf
fy” party last Friday evening in
honor to their guests, Misses
Katherine and Mary Noah pf
Burlington
The weather was so bad last
Monday our R. F. D. carriers
cou’dn’t make the trip.
There was a township teachers
meeting here Saturday a. m. at
school house.
Mrs. J. J. Brown and children
spent part of last week at Hills
boro with her mother, Mrs. Gor
don.
Mrs, C. C. Taylor, who was
called to Texas sometime ago, has
returned. Mrs. Taylor’s father.
Mr. H. Currie, died a few weeks
after he had left the State in
tending to spend the winter in
Texas' Mr. Currie was a Con
federate soldier and carried the
Confederate veterans’ banner
July 17 at Hillsboro last summer
Rev. Wilhelm conducted ser
vices at Presbyterian church
Sunday p- m.
There was a pig hunt and chase
here Sunday p. m, Two very
small piggies which Mrs. Nichols
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
NO. 6
FOR ORANGE 00. T.S
Colored People Anxious For a
Better School Building. Dr.
Noble Made Talk.
A goodly number of the color
ed people of Chapel Hill met last
Sunday afternoon in the inter
est of the colored public school
of the community. They were
happy to attend this meeting be
cause they were to be addressed
not only by some leading color
ed people, but by some of t h e
white friends of their school.
An enjoyable program was
rendered, consisting of splendid
singing by the Methodist and
Baptist choirs. Messrs. George
McCauley and Thos. L. McDade
made earnest pleas to all present
to sustain the school and the
teachers by cooperation and con
tributions of money for the pay
ment of present indebtedness
and the purchase of additional
ground for the erection of bet
ter buildings.
Miss Mabel D. Holmes, one of
the teachers in the school, read
a timely and instructive essay
on “The Call of 1920.’’ Her es
say presented many facts as to
the failure of education in , the
past and as to the pressing need
for a modern, up-to-date, well
equipped school building’for the
Orange: County Train
VOCATIONAL TRAINING BOARD
ANNOUNCES ALLOTMENT TO
NORTH CAROLINA.
DIVIDED BID THREE ITBIS
Force of Workers is Strengthened by
the Addition of Better Qualified
Teachers and Higher Saleries.
Raleigh.
North Carolina state schools will
’receive a total of $67,452,47 for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, to
carry out the co-operative vocational
program in this state, according to
a statement of amounts for various
states in “The Vocational Summary,”
monthly publication of the federal
board of vocational training.
The amount is divided into three
items, the divisions and amounts be
ing as follows: fr agriculture, $38,-
254.42; for trade, industry and home
economics, $7,530.30; for teacher
training, $21,667.73.
South Carolina, according to the
table, will receive $46,350.67, of
which $26,151.92 will be for agricul-
Automobile Death Toll.
One hundred and six people were
killed in automobile accidents in
North Carolina last year. More than
two people died every week in the
state as a result of accidents that'
might have been prevented. In 1918.
there, were 105 deaths as a result of'
automobile accidents.
• Forsyth county led the state in the
number killed, with a total of twelve.
Mecklenburg county takes second
place with a count of ten, and Wake
third, with seven deaths from auto
mobile accidents. Buncombe county
had six deaths and Guilford five. The
figures are taken from the records of
the state department of health.
No records are available of the num
ber of people injured in automobile
accidents, but the figures would prob
ably run into several thousand. There
are reports almost daily of people who
are seriously injured in wrecks that
are in the most part due to careless
operation of motor vehicles.
TO HAVE DUO-CENTENNIAL 03
COUNTY ON SECOND DAY OF
OCTOBER, 1922.
LORD BERTIE IS TO
Judge Winston is Engaged in
ture; $5,316.14 for
trade, industry
School. !
In spite of the inclemency of
the weather and physical disa
bility, Prof. M. C. S. Noble,
came to the meeting and deliver
ed a strong and helpful address.
He showed the necessity of men
tal and industrial training. In
well chosen quotations from the
Bible he showed the necessity
for choosing wisdom and knowl-
^ge, the certainty of the
triumph of a good cause, and the
danger awaiting those who would
try to block progress. Prof.
Noble has been untiring in help
ing along our colored school and
his address left a lasting im
pression upon the congregation.
Mrs. Joseph Archer, who was
to be present and speak, was un
able to come, much to the regret
of all, but she sent a substantial
contribution for which she has
and hpme economics, and $14,882.61
for teacher training.
In the same publication, under the
“News Notes,” heading, the following
itemsappears:
“North Carolina has strengthened
her force of vocational workers in
agriculture by the addition of better
qualified teachers and by paying high
er salaries. This is already exerting
a helpful influence in the develop
ment of agriculture of the state along
safe y^d profitable lines.
—T^^
Let By-Gones be By-Gones.
Any man, serving a sentence for a
minor offense, escaping from prison
and enlisting in the army, making a
good soldier and then coming home
and leading a decent life, is entitled
to continued freedom, says Governor
T. W. Bickett in granting a parden to
Roge Pender, of Polk county. The
rule in such cases will be to let by
gones be by-gones the Governor de
clares.
National Guard Progressing.
Satisfactory progress is being
by the score of National Guard
in the State toward securing
made
units
SPEM
Writing’
History of County for Publication
by County Commissioners.
Windsor.—Bertie county Is now ar.;
ranging the great duo-centennial of
the county on the second day of Octo*
Good Roads Delegates.
The following delegates were nam- toer 1922.
ed by Governor T. W. Bickett to at- 1 A grand pageant will be given env
tend the meeting of the Appalachian 1 Gracing the entire history of the
Good Roads association, which con- 00unty an d Sir. Cecil Bertie, second.
venes in Asheville February 26-28: A.
P. Lindsey, Gagtonja; William Brad-
ford, Huntersville; Eugene Branson,
Sparta; Bennehan Cameron, Stag
ville; Bion Hutler, Southern Pines;
J. M. Boyette, Albemarle; B. E. Mills,
Statesville; A. S. Patterson, Bryson
City; E. T. Lindsay, Tryon; R. G.
Menzies, Hickory; R. L. Ballou, Jeffer
son; J. W. Ragland, Newland.
Lord of the Admiralty of England, has
accepted an invitation to be present
bought a few days ago got out of our deepest thanks,
their pen and they demonstrated
their ability to run.
Well, Hillsboro must be awak
ing from its long Rip Van Win
kle sleep. For the last two Sun
days there’s been a piece in the
Greensboro Daily News telling
of the progress Hillsboro is mak
ing.
Guess Efland will have to be
mentioned when it comes to
shipping lumber, wood and cross-
ties, alsa Excelsior pads and
hosiery. Efland is a thorn in the
flesh to Hillsboro. Our city will
be incorporated soon, we hope,
and then watch us grow.
Two of Mr. Charley Smith’s
children and Homer Forrest were
bitten by a cat Sunday morning,
At the conclusion of Prof.
Noble’s address a collection of
$35 was taken up towards pay
ing oft the present indebtedness.
—B. L. Bozemau, Principal.
Financial Appeal for the Orange
County Training School
Dear Friends:
We are in great need of a
school dormitory and a demon
stration plot of land to more pro
perly train the negro youth to
be self-sustaining, self-respect
ing, clean, reliable, patriotic, and,
more useful to our country and
to humanity.
and the cat chased a third one 1 We are askin ^ the P ublio spir
and trie cat cnased a third one. I ited people both white and . 001 .
Mr, Smith killed the cat and
sent the head to Raleigh.
Mrs. C. P. Forrest is sick this
week, and Mr. Jack Smith is not
mprovi ng very much.
Mr. Ernest Riley sold Jack,
the mule, when he sold his farm.
We hope Mr, Jackson will be as
great a producer as Mr. Riley.
Miss E. E, Bingham, who has
been visiting her parents, re
turned to Washington, D. C. Sun
day where she will be night su
pervisor in a hospital.
Its reported that there’s lots
of flu up in the colored settle
ment. Hope it gets no farther.
Ted.
or'ed of Chapel Hill, _ and else
where, who are interested in the
Orange County Training School
to kindly contribute towards
building our school and indus
trial plant. Pennies and dollars
will be gratefully received,
These negroes have served
you and their country according
to their abilities, why' not help
them? When they are more in
telligent they will render better
service. Will you be one of the
5, 25, 50 or 100 dollar donators?
Every dollar will do good to
wards helping to build our
school.
Make all checks to Dr. M. C.
S. Noble, Treas. and send same
to B. L. Bozeman, Principal.
Hoover Invited to Speak.
Washington. ^ (Special).—Greens
boro comes forward with the first in
vitation to Herbert Hoover to make
a speech in the south since theWorld
launched his boom for president, and
leaves the date entirely to the choos
ing of the former food administrator.
The invitation, originating with the
Greensboro division of the North Car
olina Federation of Women’s clubs,
was forwarded to Mr. Hoover by Sen
ator Lee S. Overman with the assur
ance from the junior senator that Mr.
Hoover would find no more hospitable
people anywhere than in Greensboro.
Friends May Serve Together.
Men from the same section who
wish to enter the army and who de
sire to be associated together may
do so, according to a recent ruling
of the war department, Sergeant Bra
ley local recruiting officer, said. He
said that every regiment in the regu
lar army had been assigned to a state
or a group of states so that the au
thorized strength of these regiments
may be completed from the states to
which they were assigned.
In the recent order the following
regiments and companies were assign
ed to North Carolina: 28th' infantry,
their I Camp Taylor, Ky
full quotas of enlisted men necessary I Camp Taylor, Ky
before they will be recognized by the - J ”—- - T --
Federal Government, according to a
letter sent by Adjutant General B. S.
Royster to ‘the commanding officers
'of the designated companies. Two
companies in the State have already
passed Federal inspection.
Postmasters Confirmed.
Washington, (Special).—The senate
has confirmed the foddowing post-
masters:
Eugene T. Hooker, Aurora; Delam
bert P. Stowe, Belmont; John L. Mil
ler, Concord; Edger S. Woodley,
Cresswell: Myron L. Moore, Granite
Falls; William Z. Newbern, Grifton;
Samuel W. Finch, Lexington; Wil
liam C. Pope, Marshall; William O.
Conner,_ Marsh Hill; John H. Sau-
ders, Middlesex; Robert F. Crooks,
Murphy; Harvey E. Garrison, North
Charlotte; George R. Upchurch, Nor
wood; George N. Taylor, Roanoke
Rapids; Cyril L. Walker, Roper;
Henry G. Early, Rose Hill; William
Watson, Swan Quarter; William C.
Graham, Tabor; Jacob B. Brown
Vanceboro; Nannie M. Moore, War
renton; Lula E. Parker, West Ra
leigh; Millard F. Baumgardner,
Wilkesboro. , ,
1919 Crop 787,722 Bales.
The preliminary report of Director
Sam L. Rogers, of the bureau of cen
sus, shows that a total of 787,722
bales of cotton were ginned,in North
6th field artillery,
heavy mobile ar-
tillery; Camp Jackson, S. C.; 1st ^1-
gineers, Camp Taylor, Ky.* Sth caval-
i*y now stationed at various posts in
Texas.
This order to fill up these regi
ments with North Carolinians as far
as possible will hold good until Maren
15th, it was explained at the recruit
ing station.
Government Officials Coming.
Washington. — (Special).—Through
Raleigh and other North Carolina
towns on the Bankhead National high
way is promised a caravan of good
roads pilgrims and high government
officials on April'17. Colonel Bene-
han Cameron, of Stagville, Raleigh
and Richmond, and a party of direc
tors, including several women of the
United States Good Roads association
completed the plans for the tour over
the highways of a dozen states.
An Appeal for Nurses.
Dr. F. M. Register, head of the
reau of epidemiology, state board
bu-
of
health, sounded the call to volunteers
to be ready in case the scattering and
ever increasing cases of influenza in
North Carolina
into an epidemic.
combine
and deliver the main address. The
county of Bertie is named after James
Bertie, who was one of the lords pro
prietors by a succession and who was
an ancester of Sir Cecil Bertie.
Judge Winston is now engaged in
writing a history of his county and on
the day of this great celebration he
proposes to hand over the manuscript
to the county commissioners for pub*
lication under the act covering those!
matters.
Charlotte,—The total amount of
taxable property In Meckleburg coun
ty for the year 1919, including real and
personal property, corporation excess
and railroads, Is $46,522,583, according
to the figures complied by F. M. Gres»
ham county auditor.
Raleigh,—Dr. A. B. Hawkins, one of#
If not, Raleigh’s oldest citizen, 95
years old, celebrated the eu^fe ^-xue,
entertaining his friends. Dr. ruble. Ad'
is today hale and hearty. He
oldest living alumnus of the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
Lexington.—Esquire H. H. Hartley,
one of the most prominent and wealth
iest cltizerns of Davidson county died
at his home at Tryo at the age of 80
years.
Shelby,—Thomas I.
Cleveland county, convic
1918, of manslaughter :.
Ashley, . of
in March,
rntenced
to a term of four years in the State’s
prison was pardoned by Governor
Bickett upon recommendation of the
solicitor, the judge who tried the case,
and a large number of representative
citizerns of Cleveland county.
Goldsboro,—The capital case of th^
three young white men of this county,
Jasper Farmer, Sylvester Mathis and
George Hopewell, charged with crim
inal assault upon Miss Martha Out
law, a 15 year, old white girl, also of
this county, ended here when, after
deliberating upon the cage for only ai
few minuits, the Jury filled into the
courtroom and rendered a verdict of
not guilty.
In commenting on the verdict, the'
presidering judge was very severe in
his strictures on the jury which passed I
on the case.
Asheville,—With all the theaters
and schools closed and public gather
ings of all kinds banned toy the city
commissioners, and with 232 new
cases of influenza reported here the
situation in Asheville has become
acute.
High Point.—Startling facts regard
ing the school system of High Point
and grow were revealed at a mass meeting of
He is not alarmed
citizens here when it was asserted
at present, but declared that every by C. F. Tomlinson, chairman of the
community should hold itself in read-
iness id respond, to the call for help.
The situation at Graham called for
some volunteer nurses. He had a list
of 50. Fourteen were appealed to.
school board, that unless immediate
Carolina in 1919. of the crop that year I None would go, and it was necessary
and 1918, as compared with 768,946 , to import two nurses from Atlanta,
bales ginned in 1918, showing
of 18,774 bales for 1919.
a gain
Ga
steps were taken to improve the fac
ilities the system would collapse by
September, 1921.
At the present time, Mr. Tomlinson
said, there were 350 more pupils en
rolled in the schools of the city than
there are seats for children.
At Limit of Resources.
“The university has, I must
in all frankness, reached in
report
every
direction th^ limit of its present re
sources,” President H. W. Chase of
the University of North Carolina said
in his annual report to the board.
1 Daniels Knows Coming President.
| Philadelphia, (Special).—Secretary
of the Navy Daniels started consider
able speculation here tonight as to
whom he meant when he said in a
speech that he could tell who would
be the next president of the United
States, but that
he did not know to
“Nothing is more evident, tkan which party the man belonged,
that, if we are to care for even our The secretary —" -^-.-’-
was addressing the
present numbers, we must enter upon
graduating class
an extended building program. With on the work of
dormitories, dinning hall, class rooms,
of the Pierce school
the navy and on
Americanism. He declined to name
laboratories, chapel, adminstrative . the porticular candidate he had in
puate, the need for relief is plain.” t mind.
Some Big Taxpayers.
Durham,—Four corporations and
one citizern, pay more than half of
the taxes on real estate and personal
property in the city of Durham. The
Liggett and Myers Tobbacco company
ranks as the largest. In 1919 this
company paid $100,457.25 to the eity
alone. The American Tobacco com
pany is the next largest, paying $40,-
992„72. George W. Watts, who is sai^
to be the largest tax payer in North
Carolina, came third in tax payments
with $40,398.94.