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ESTABLISHED 1S93. VOL. XXV11. CHAPEL HILL FIRE FIGHTERS A Brief Word of Appreciation of Chief Foister and His Men There modern, the La by J. G. Beard has arrived in Chapel Hill a motor-driven fif^ truck of France type which will be stored in a newly constructed brick building on Columbia Street. This truck, purchased jointly by the Town and the University. marks along DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS DE THIS AND ADJOININGZCOUNTIES fire, but who of us would have spent the energy, the time, the money he has spent in maintaining the enthus iasm, moral, and unity of his men; who would or could have so trained the company that its response was just as prompt when an humble home was burning in a night of bit ing cold as when the call came that meant plaudits from the crowd; who could have,faced and conquered deadly routine of a more or thankless job for eleven years emerge with redubled faith and the less and en- NEWS CHAPEL HILL, ORANGE COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, OCT. 6, 1921. BAPTIST LOSE TO 100 WOMEN CLAIM "MYSTERY MAN” '> Big Barbecue and Brunswick Stew Enjoyed, also Good Talks By Members. Despite Some Brilliant Foward Passing By Wake Forest, Carolina Is Victor. $1.50 A YEAB IN ADVANCE 1 monial market for all time, as the 1 records pertaining to King Solomon are somov-hat indistinct. At all (events Carson, if he is given the ben- efit of doubt, is running King Sol a hard race, and after all precincts are ’ NO 52 MORRISON IB OPEN NEW BOULEVARD reported may have a substantial plu- 1 rallty ‘ i Elaborate Ceremonies with other innovations, a new eraJn the life of Chapel Hill. While we are enjoying the safe feeling that will come from the knowledge that ade quate fire protection will hereafter be furnished, we might fittingly pause a moment and recount the events that lead up to this state of things and pay tribute to those men who la bored so faithfully in by-gone days to protect our property from the rav ages of fire. The present volunteer fire company was formed twenty-three' years ago. Mr. E S Merritt, at that time a drug gist in Chapel Hill and now similarly engaged in Carrboro, was appointed chief of this company whose equip-, ment consisted of two hand reels and several hundred feet of light hose.. This meager apparatus, lent by the University, was stored first in a shed immediately back of what is now the express office and later in the north- , east basement room of the old Cen tral Hotel on the site of which the present Battle dormitory now stands. Shortly after this company was formed Mr. Merritt resigend as chief because it was thought that the fact of his holding the town office of Secretary-Treasurer made him ineli- ble for another municipal position. In his place was appointed Mr. S W Andrews, now proprietor of Andrews , Cash Store Co, Some six years after the formation of the fire company, a ^ ' orse-drawn hook and ladder wagon r^^^as 'purchased and Messrs. John , Markham-P-nd,WJW Piukaj drU^’' L/C- latter now deceased, were jointly placed in charge of the work. Short ly thereafter Mr. Pickard was named Chief. At this time the quarters of the company were moved from the hotel to the old school building bordered the property now known as Cobb Terrace, and the equipment was added to by the purchase of both a hand and a racing reel. Upon the death of Mr. Pickard in 1910, the company elected Mr. John L Foister. a member since 1903, as its chief, which position he has held thusiasm, not the writer certainly, but chief Foister has been equal to these situations and is today ranked by state firemen as- one of the best (his own men say the best) chief of volunteer firemen in North Carolina- For some time he has been first vice- President of the North Carolina Fire mens Association, and will doubt less succeed to the leadership of this Attention Ex-Service Men! you attned the American Legion becue Friday nigth September Did bar 23 ? If you did not, you missed the time of your life. Ask any of the “bud dies” who were present at the meet organization when tires. Our community so rapidly in its the incumbent re ¬ is rushing ahead material develop- ment and is coming to accept in such a matter of fact manner the new or der of things that it is apt to lose sight of its yesterdays and the haz ards that went with them. There nevertheless exists in the hearts of Chapel Hill people a very definite sense of gratitude for the earnest, faithful work his men have tempt at an .tion is but a that chief Foister and given and this brief at- expression of apprcia- feeble reflection of the feeling that all citizns have for the company. 52 ANNOiL SESSION MT. ZION ASSQ Meets With Bethel Baptist Church Five Miks West of Chapel Hill, Oct. 11-13 10:00 Tuesday Morning Devotional. W J Crain 10:15 Organization 10 : 45 D. Poe 11:45 Announcements 12:15 1:30 1:45 2:05 2:30 ing what a grand Everybody who was ed that the barbecue in every way. Yeu time they had present report- was a success should have been there There was plenty of good barbecue and Brunswick stew, After everybody had filled up on the eats there were several good talks. State Adjutant Cale K. Bur gess of Raleigh delivered the prin cipal address. He talked for sev- eral gion gion life. Adjournment Tuesday Afternoon Devotional, T. M. Green W. M. U. Conference, 1:30- 2:30 Biblical Recorder, Report L. C. Cole, discussed by N Harward Ministerial Relief, Report by G. by J T Salmon, discussed by S W Andrews Home Missions. Report by H G Dorsett, discussed /by J E minutes on the work of the Le- and the function which the Le- should play in the community. He said that it should take a leading part in the social, civic and charitable work of the community. Mr. Burgess spoke at some length bn the work which the Legion is rendering the ex-service men in the Government Hospitals in the state Wards in the hospitals are being adopted by local Posts of the Legioi Chapel Hill Post voted to adopt a ward at one of the hospitals. Hen ry A. Whitfield and Rev. A. S Law rence were appointed on the hospit al committeee to arrange for the adoption of the ward. Watch these columns for further information in regard to our ward. , Several ex-service men were pre sent from Hillsboro and from rural districs surrounding Chapel Hill. The matter of organizing the Chap el Hill Post as a county Post was discussed and was referred to the executive committee of the Chapel Hill Post for their consideration. I The membership committee report- Despite some of the most brilli ant forward pasing on the part o>: Wake Forest that Emerson field has ever seen, th Univrsity of North Car olina defeated the Baptist college at football here Sat. by a score of 21 to 0. Old fashion football did it—line bucking end runs and the running back of punts. Proficiency in- these gave Carolina the victory. And Car olina had the punch when the punch was needed. , Heckman was the star for Wake Forest.Again and again he was the spectacular performer in forward pas sing. either at the throw or receiving- end. Towards the close of the last puater he got loose around the ene- mie’s left end for a 40 yard run and landed the ball on Carolina’s 12 yard line. This was the visitors best chance to score during the entire struggle, but they were not equal to it. Car- , olin.a took the ball on downs and punt ed it out of danger. ' *■ - The score of 21 to 0 fails toiindicate what a dangeroius opponent Wake Forest wasin the first half. Carolina scored after two minutes of play,but during the rest of the two quarters the visitors were on the offensive most of th time. They made large gains both through the line and by forward passes. Coach Fetzer’s machine got into operation, however, when the third quarter began. Captain Lowe and Johnson were the chief ground gain ers, with Pharr and McDonald tak ing the ball now and then for good gains. Johnson carried the ball over for the second touchdown ^d a ^r Lof thirtei I? lor the-week. That brings membership of the Post to you among this number? lowing ex-service men are r,ewv. Tiring^” 1 tlrs tuatl 53, Are The fol- members of Chapel Hill Post No 6. Each one of these memebers is urged to secure at least one new member be tween now and November 11th. Use the application blank below and “Each Member Get Member.” The dues for the balance of the Women From Maine To Cali fornia Say They Are Wid ows Of Stranger Who Died In Asheville. Attorney Styles is not disposed to play favorites. There is a possibili ty, slight though it may now appear, that Carson left an estate. There- fore the attorney has decided to down the bars. Asheville. Sept. 29—One hundred deserted women are claiming to be the widows of K L Carson, he of seven aliases, who died at the Mon trose sanitorium in 1 Weaversville, September 4th. J Scroop Styles, attorney for Dr. J M Crawford, who was appointed administrator for the deceased, needs another clerk to attend to his mail, since news of the demise of the “man I of mystery” became public property a few days ago. Women from Maine to California have written their claims to widow hood through Carson’s death. Every mail brings in more letters. “When the mail comes in from Europe next week I expect another avalanche,” said Attorney Styles today. Carson died at the sanatorium of a lingering disease. Before the end he REV. R. C CRAVEN COMMITS SUICIDE told attendants at the hospital that he had lived in a score of states and had married many women. J R rison,W M Brown. Jack Wilson Har ¬ were some of the names under which he lived and married. After publication was made here that Carson, self-styled mystery man with wives in eyery port had confes sed portions of his former life, the story was given circulation through a press association. The item, appar-. ently, was espied by all the deserted wives parts let The body of Rev. R C Craven, a well known .Methodist minister, and pastor of the First Methodist Church of Oxford, was found by a searching party about one mile from Oxford with a bullet through his temple, one day last week. He left home in the afternoon riding his bicycle, telling his family he was going to the Ma sonic Orphanage on the outskirts of town. He rode to Delacroix spring, near the Orphanage, where his bicy cle was located. His body was found three hundred yards from the spring with his coat carefully folded under his head, a bullet wound through his templeHtehple. There yas no evi dence at the scene of a struggle and the authoritites are convined that the minister ended his life. Rev. Craven it is said, was in the best of spirits that morning and assigned for the was for years Methodist Church no motive has been act. Rev. Craven pastor of Trinity at Durham, and ws much loved and esteemed by all who knew him, w , of the Unitd States, besides of Mexico and the West Indies. after a Fo Opening of Road Between Durham and University It is given out at Durham that Gov ernor Cameron Morrison and a num ber of other prominent State officials will attend the celebraton to be stag ed jointly by Durham and Orange counties for the opening of the new University boulevard, it was announc ed Saturday by R 0 Everett, general of the committee on arrangements. Mr. Everett made a trip to Raleigh to confer with officials regarding their participation in the celebration, which the committee hope will prove to be the biggest event of its kind ev er staged by eithr county. Mr. Eevertt also let it be known that there is a movement on foot to have the boulevard lighted. The plan suggested has been to have one standard light placed every quarter mile between Durham and Chapel Hill. It is understood locally that Chapel Hill officials have arranged to finance half the cost, and it is plan ned to ask Durham county officials to assume responsibility for the other half. And in the same connecton the com mittee will take steps to have the ru ral police idea extended to the boule vard. It is the hope of the leaders in the movement to have the boule vard take on much the same condi tion as a city street. To date the boulevard work is go ing along at a rapid clip. The Dur ham county portion is about com pleted. only a short distance remain- continuously ever since. The fire house moved into the fire district and occuped the site where Eubanks drug store now stands. There were purchased about this time a special ly built racing reel and five hundred feet of hose. Parenthetically it may be mentioned that this reel, pulled by Chapel Hill boys, was more dreaded than any reel in North Carolina by the companies who con tested for prize money at the annual firemen’s tournaments for not only did it win first prizes in a majority of the contests engaged in, but captur ed the world’s record for 150 yards in a time of 22 1-5 seconds, a record which still stands. In 1915 the company added to its equipment by the purchase of a Ford fire truck and extra hose and once more moved its quarters, this time to Columbia Street, the present quar ters. A telephone alarm system and gong were installed along with the truck. The same group of men, 20 in number, who compose the present fire company will have charge of the big triple combination truck when it is put into service next week. The personnel of this group is as follows: John L. Foister, Chief; J W Huskey, assistant chief; A B Leigh, Captain; P R Perry, assistant Captain; George Sparrow, Secretary; R C Andrews, Treasurer; P B Sparrow, Jas. Hutch ins, J W Foister, P Wimbley, George Hampton, James Phipps, Chas. Pick ard, Clarence Pickard, R P Andrews, D T Neville, W M Moser, B Roberts, McIver, and M Fowler. No one member is entitled to all the credit for the loyal work perform ed by the fire company, for of them all none has shirked his self imposed duty, each given of his best, and all have worked splendidly. But by reason of his being chief and as such having official direction of the fire fighting and because he has been the most conspicous in the effort to se cure the new system of fire protec tion, it is only just that Chief Foister be singled out for a few words of con gratulations. Joining the force eigh teen years ago, John L. Foister ha® given always of his very best to the end that his force of men might use its pitifully small equipment to the great est advantage when fire threatened. It is perhaps easy to be a directing hero in the glamomr and thrill of a 3:15 4:00 4:30 10:00 10:15 11:00 12:00 1:30 1:45 2:15 2:30 3:00 3:20 3:45 4:00 4:15 4:30 10:00 10:15 10:35 11:00 11:15 12:15 1:30 1:45 2:00 2:15 2:30 3:30 Welch Foreign Missions, Report W W Williams, discussed Wallace Hartsell Miscellaneous Adjournment Wednesday Morning Devotional, H F Brinson by by year will be $1.00 the balance of this 1922 will be only your check for this The dues for year and all of $3.50 Make out amount to-day Christian Education:, Report by W S Crawford, discussed by E D Poe State Missions, Report by W Oldham discussed by A Roberts Miscellaneous S P Wednesday Afternoon Devotional, R E Ellington Orphanage, Report by B W Rogers, discussed by W Crain Associotional Missions: J Ex- ecutive Committee Report, discussed by T M Green Law and Order in Mount Zibn, J E Welsh Worldiness in our churches, M W Buck A Constructive Program,, E C Dean Report of Historian. J F Mac- Duffie Open Discussion Miscellaneous Adjournment Thursday Morning Devotional, H G Dorsett Temperence, Report by J L Hester, discussed by R S Len on B Y P U, Report by Clyde Johnson, discussd by R Andreews Miscellaneous Evangelistic Sermon, Dr Turner, Greensboro Adjournment Thursday Afternoon Devotional, P A Roberts H J Sunday School Work, Report by J J Ward, discussed by H Sykes Womans Work, Report by L Haywood, discussed by F Brinson Miscellaneous Evangelistic Sermon, Dr S Turner Adjournment MARTIN W BUCK E L BASKIN J E WELSH R C H C Committee on Order of Business. and forward it to J L Phipps, Ad jutant. Chapel Hill, N C., or see one of the members and get him to send it in. You will be given a Le gion button free if you join between now and November 11th. We want to make this Post 100 per cent strong but cannot do this until ev ery ex-service man is in the Legion Members of Chapel Hill Post for 1921 James B Bullitt, bers. Collier Cobb, Lenoir Jr., drick, Lonne A Hogan, Cauley, L J Phipps, E D C McLennan, Albert C E R L R R Cham- He- Mc- series of determined rushes that pre sented a striking contrast to Car olina’s play in the first half. In the final quarter Carolina n^ade her third forward" pass ^thrown by McDonald and caught by Lowe—the only such play put through by the home team during the afternoon. This put the ball within six yards of Wake For est’s goal line, and it was carried the remaining distance by straight rush ing. : Altogether, the impression created by the Carolina team in th first half was that it was weak in the line and weak in intercepting forward pass es. But its performance in the second half disclosed that it had considerable reserve power, and when it once got under way it began to show the ef fects of the careful coachng and the steady practice of the last four weeks The fact is that the University seem ed to be a bit dazed by Wake Forest’s succussful open play in the first half; but once steadied down it show ed itself easily superior to its oppon ent on the defense. Poindexter, the left guard, was a tower of strength. The Wake Forest team was heav ier, but it was not patently so fast and not so smothe working a machine as the University eleven. They began writing in. The le-t ters came singly, then in pairs, final ly the postoffice began sending them over in neatly tied bundles. Pink stationery, violet stationery and legal stationery are among that which has poured r Jiho office of ^ attorney here. ^ ^ ^ o f them ’m to be Mrs K u[4 ers say they were W. XA to giving the name of J L Harrison, or some otherHarrison. If every woman who has written, is the wife, legal or otherwise, of K L Carson, alias ad infinitum, some new record has been set up in the matri- EVANGELISTIC SERVICES BAPTIST CHURCH AT ing. This will be finished within the next few days. Progress is being H R Totten, C H Carroll, Rankin, Smith, Henry M Dargan, T P Lloyd, Charles E Gooch, E L Baskin, Frank P Gra ham, Fred W Morrison, Carl T Dur ham, E A Abernethy, Thorndike Saville, 0 E Martin, Oliver Tow les, J H Pratt, H H Hunley, W G Byerly, H A Whitfield, C R Toy, H G Baity, John B Woosley, Al fred S Lawrence, Wm. F Alston, P H Winston, Myron Green, J L Crabtree, W D Hogan, H D Strowd, J M Pritchard, L B Oldham, Perly- man Long, John W McCauley, Clyde K Brooks, A C Pickard, W H An drews, Jr., C E Prescott,, John B Andrews, John B Oldham, Chas. B Guthrie, W B Neal, V M Frank, Troy Herndon. If you are an ex-service man your name should be included in this list. Who will be the first to fill out the application blank below and send it in? Application For Membership: I hereby make application for mem bership in Chapel Hill Post, No. 6, American Legion, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Signed) (Address) Date Fee of $. inclosed here- withj Member secured by The next meeting of the Post will be held thursday night, Octber 13. 7:30 p. m., at Chapel Hill High School building. A special meeting and celebration i s being planned for Ahmistice Day, November 11th Don’t forget these dates Dr Charles E Maddry will be at the Baptist Church next Sunday. October 9. where he will preach in a series of ev- gelistic services. Mr Belts of Tigh will also be here to lead the made on the Orange county porton, and there is no doubt in the mind of the district highway engineer that the boulevard will be ready for use. early in November. There will be no. 1 cl; up in the work until the rov' open to the traveling public. -— Mr. Everest is hopeful that the boulevard will be finished in time for services. Th services will she each 7:30 and will ten days. The public continue for is cordially the counties to hold .. w - 1 g ■ _• . . 4^tion prior to’ ’ evening a week invited at or to all services. Come and bring a friend- old their j/fint cele- 'pianksgiving X^- If n^ ^owev^V. one plans will be a^ van^e^ for a later date. the committee in charge of the Celebration plans, has invited Chair man Frank Page, of the State High way Commission, to serve as master of ceremonies for the occasion. MsacufsaaM ^W*************^*^ ^^W^^^^^^^ ************* ❖ i * ❖ ❖ BIG LING S111! Thursday, October IJ, 1921 5 * * University. Cochran Blount Pritchard Jacobi Poindexter Kernodle Liipfert Lowe Pharr Edwards Johnson Wake Forest r. e Westerhoff r. t Pearce r. g Johnson W _c Johnson, J. -1. g Martin _1. t Moss *1. e Johnson, 0 q. b. f. b. Boylen Fulton Armstrong 1. h Hec__kman Substitutes for Carolina, Sheppard, Abernethy, McDonald, Tenny Sykes, Woodall, Harmon, Wearn. Substi tutes for Wake Forest, Taylor, Bran- don, Lee, Ayers, Referee, umpire, Broughton. FURNITURE OR THE MOTOR Hundreds of thousands of Major; CAR our citi- zens^spend dollars for motor cars and garages for every dime they spend on furniture and things needed to make home life enjoyable. One dealer from the south says that M some peo ple I know in my little town came in to my store t o look over furniture. They had practically decided to buy some; then they hesitated. They find that they could put $1500 with their old car and trade it for a new one. Well, that’s what, they did. The woman put cretonne covrs on her dilapidated chairs, and let it go at that.” No doubt this occurrence is being duplicated in every community, and is one of the chief causes of dissatisfac tion in the furniture trade. It can be greatly releived if not entirely cor rected, by dealers taking an active and energetic part in the movement to educate the public to take more in terest in their homes, their furniture and their home life, says the Greens boro News. * ❖ 230 or more Acres of Fine FARMING LANDS to be sold at Public Auction, on premises, at White Cross on above date. The A. L. Perkins Farm, Located on State Highway, In the midst of churches and Good Schools, Only 7 miles west of Chapel Hill. This is a valuable farm, well watered, about 60 acres in cultivation. Will be sold on easy terms Don’t forget the date, Thursday, October 13, 1921. J. D. WEBB, Auctioneer. A. L, PERKINS, Owner