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Activities of Pacifists And
Alleged Communists at UNC
Cause Stir In Many Circles
(C :.!:m.ed ?~ce One)
:.t I.euions state eonventimi in
•!;s£?t !:iIo next month: ani
There is no doubt that Dave Hal! ol
'u !• :•!!• will I'ccccd !»•• The buv
' "u the ecelsion will, j
• . . •, t !• ..p the Hull sheulders.
! ;; ,■ w< re still to be commander
:;i»»(! that the Univer- j
■ •'. ■•.I not get Boy's State this
ht ••• -:se June is !*nown to feel.
■ :v -.t the att:!" • at Chape!
itii! is sur-ehargcd with a spuriousi
■ 'i- : " which tar outsteps the 1
bounds < f propriety and wisdom.
X • that !. e with alarm,
President Frank P. Graham in
jh.-'. ('xx the eontivi y the Legion!
ii mn andei has the very hi}ihe>t re
•_.:({ ftn the ability and sincerity of
•he I." r, .usity |.re.-alent. What lie j
i!"-. tl. : -• though, is that tiie.-e true!
Future fur Women In Textiles
• "he loom
:i:c Stat'.'
- I
In cioth
the (I :!^a
Dickson of
• ;; {
• ars oe.ore
• rite; 'ri*i" X. C. State. Cloth-designing
is ;t wide fiperi field for women oe- i
f--c.se. while knowing 1'nbric.s better
■'tan the average man, few women j
now the limitations of machines
n.< i must manufacture the beauti
I fabritv they wear. June is learn
ing just what can be done in yarn
, •ii:mui';,(.-turing. dyeing and weaving.
She intends to work in a cotton mil!
thi- summer.
Y »
ty License I axe
-)m June h
■ I firms and individuals subject t<> a
n-<- »ax 'hat iIn; tax will be dm; and
.'.rday, June I
i •: tax art retjue
iitren
'<"1 t.o pay promptly
Citv Taxes Past Due
•f
' ;•:ti.! yr»ii;• ICity Taxes, you are
' pi 12 slty is increa-ed to •» 1-2 per cent
. /line I. 1!) 10.
G. ROYSTF.R, City Clerk.
Plays In Danville
WOODY HERMAN
Woody Herman and his Orchestra
w ill j'!: y .'it Hit* annual Cotton Hall in
Danvi!!<\ Va.. Thursday. .Time (i. 'I'ho
i11 will l>c given in the* drill room of
the Danville Armory. ;md is : non or
• (I I>v I'll' Danville Cotillion Club.
; I.cral va-ws have ben badly digest
ed by a.i ilese- nt minds and have
liititb" become a serious ail.mat in
the body politic.
Rose i.-n'i the only prominent
North Carolinian to become ted up
with the pacilistic graup at tiic Uni
versity. Governor Clyde II. lloey has
i iv:i in the kind »•! humor entirely
foreign to his u i>al!y crone nature
ever since the "We Won't Fight"
raily in Chap', i lr:!!. !!<• has express
ed h:> m!I i- ! cling "pity mixed
v. ith a degiee oi contempt' Mir those
vi.nngst- r " ho declare they will not
bear arm.- for the country. He has
pointed •■ut ii• at force is absolutely
tl e only principle understood or re
peeted by aggrcs>or dictatorships.
Practically < very other prominent
public figure ha: taken the same at
titude. and there seem* to be a grow
ing discontent with the situation as it
now exists at Chapel Mill with re
spect to so-cailed liberalism and
communism.
Not that the sober headed officials
believe there is anything radically
wrong, but tin v have begun seriously
to debate with themselves the ques
tion whether the radical pacifistic
views expressed by many college
yotiiigsti. i ■ c'-ii>»itute only a pose, or
whether il.ey really indicate there is
what President Roosevelt recently
described as 'undiluted poison'' in
the Cnivi rsiiy's system.
Man Attempts
The Theft Of
Locomotive
J. W. Williams, who told Mayor
Henry Powell ho was en route from
Xi.rl'oik. V;!.. t'> Kugenc, Oregon. was
sent to tho roads today in city court
for !)') days when lound guilty of
torcible trt^passing.
Williams was taken after a short
chase .and chargcd with ihe at
te opted theft of a locomotive of the
Si-aboard Air Line Railway.
The locomotive was parked on a
■ :r! ng near the '>I«! ire plant on the
Durham branch, and. it was brought
«.>;t in court. Williams, who told the
mayor he had been drinking, at
tempted to open the throttle. Fail
ing to start the engine, Williams is
said to have opened a "blower",
which was heard by an employee of
tiie railroad, who rushed down to
the engine. Wi'liai'is i.:; said to have
fled, later being captured by railroad
detectives.
Sylvester Perry. Negro, faced the
court, charged with theft of a pocket
book book and 50 cents from Fannie
Thomas. He was given 90 days.
Robert Williams, Negro, drew 30
days on the roads for theft of .58
cents worth of meat from Big Star
Store.
Cotton Prices
Little Higher
New York, May 29.—(AP)—Cot
ton futures opened unchanged to 3
higher.
Futures closed 2 to 4 higher, mid
dling spot 10.43.
Old contracts:
July 9.58 9.50
New contracts.
July 9.79 9 80
October
8.75 8.77
December 8.64 8.66
8.59
.January
March .
May
.45 8.48
.31 8.34
JUNIOR HIGH TOPS
DIAMOND TIGERS
The Diamond Tigers of North Hen-,
derson recreation center lost to the'
Jntiioi high boys in a softball con
test ye terday, C-5. The contest was;
run off on the .Junior high diamond.
The Tigers will meet South Hen-j
derson it Norfli Henderson school
Thur. day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, j
Democracy is the nearest approach !
to the Sermon on the Mount trans- j
la ted into p* Mical terms.
The fi»tii column makes your clos- |
est friends, even your own children, j
possible spies ior the enemy.
Spinners Bow
iL
To Weavers
TEXTILE SOFTBALL LEAGUE
w. L. Fet.
Wonvp Room - 0 1.000
Spinning Room .... 2 1 .f5G7
W iniin;; Ro;mi1 1 2 .333
Card Room <• 3 .000
The Spinners bowed to the Weav
ers yesterday afternoon 6 to 3 in the
soitball league at North Henderson.
Lamb and R. Adams formed the
baltery for the Weavers, with Faulk
ner and 1 Sj'iitk.ley working for the
losers.
The Spinner.; got just four safe
blow.; off the offering of Lamb. The
Weavers got to Falkner for 1!) hits.
Hughes aurl Jenkins led the winners,
Owens and Faulkner topped the los
ers.
The Carders lost Monday to the
Winding Room, 11 to 9.
The Weavers and Carders play
this afternoon.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Club
Richmond ....
A. heville
Durham
Portsmouth . ..
Rocky Mount .
Charlotte
Norfolk .
Winston-Salem
VV.
23
I!)
1!)
17
14
14
L.
14
15
1G
18
20
1!)
20
24
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Club
Dos ton ....
Cleveland .
Detroit
New York .
Chicago ...
St. Louis ...
Washington
Phii;.c'. ' )iiia
W.
20
20
lit
15
15
14
15
L.
9
13
14
17
19
18
20
19
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Club
Brooklyn ..
Cincinnati .
New York .
Chicago ...
Philadelphia
St. Louis ...
Boston
Pittsburgh .
\V. L.
1 8
2 10
7 12
1G
1G
20
17
20
18
11
12
9
9
PlfcDMONT LEAGUE
Durham 10-3, Portsmouth 3-2.
Asheville 12. Richmond 2.
Norfolk 5, Charlotte 1.
Winston-Salem 4. Rocky Mount 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 12-3, Washington 4-1.
St. Louis 10-7, Chicago .ll
Detroit 8. Cleveland ft
Boston 4, Philadelt-i
NATIONAL LLAC.UE
Pittsburgh 5. Cincinnati 2.
St. Louis 5, Chicago 0.
Philadelphia 2. Brooklyn 4.
Only games played.
'I.MMMM*
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Durham at Portsmouth.
Winston-Salem at Rocky Mount.
Norfolk at Charlotte.
Richmond at Asheville.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington at New York.
Detroit at Cleveland.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Chicago at St. Louis.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
St. Louis at Chicago.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Only games scheduled.
Stocks Gain
Small Margin
New York, May 29.—(AP)—Stocks
worked a point or so higher in a war
burdened market today and bonds
and commodities followed the up
ward trend.
Traders moved hesitantly, avoid
ing heavy commitments prior to the |
Memorial Day closing and only about
650,000 shares were exchanged.
American Radiator 5 1-2
American Telephone ...... .,148
American Tob B 73 1-2
Anaconda . 21 1-2
Atlantic Coast Line 10 1-2
Atlantic Refining 20 7-8 I
Bgtldix Aviation ... •; #27 1-2
Bethlehem* Steel. ... • * 69 7-8
Chiller .. '. ;-/v 59
Columbia Gas & Elec Co .. 4 3-4
Commercial Solvents ...... 8 5-8
Consolidated Oil Co 6
Curtiss Wright 8 1-4
DuPont 154
Electric Pow & Light 3 3-1
General Electric 29 7-8
General Motors 40
Liggett & Myers B .. 93
Montgomery Ward & Co ... 36 3-4
Reynolds Tob B 34 7-8
Southern Railway 9 1-2
S'andard Oil N J 30 3-4
U S Steel 45 7-8
The city hall in Stockholm, Swed
en. is known as one of most famous
examples of modern architecture.
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
BILL BAILEY wasn't quite sure
where to start.
. He sat down on a straight chair
for a minute to bo sure nobody had
observed his coming, and to accus
tom himself to the darkness of tiie
room while organizing his thoughts.
It occurred to him that lie would
never make a success at the pro
fession of burglary.
"I'm seared silly, with nothing
to be scared of," he admitted to
himself—he who hail been a crush
ing All-American football half
back only a few months ago.
After a bit he tip-toed to the
room's one window and lowered the
shade fully. There was no transom
or other opening for ventilation,
although sundry unlovely odors
had come in. Many of them now
were associated with dinner
grease, fish, garlic, mustiness,
boiled vegetables. All in a poor
boarding house melange.
He decided to start with the bed.
There was one pillow, and without
ripping it he felt through the tick
ing at every feather and tiny lump.
With his flashlight next he inspect
ed the mattress. The seams showed
no evidence of recent opening. It
was little more than a cotton pad
about three inches thick anyway,
and so he could feel in and tiuough
it as he had the pillow. All of the
covers, the springs, tho shabby
bedstead were thoroughly searched,
to no avail.
mere was a arcssci and he start
ed with its two top little drawers.
Their contents were woefully
scantyr Hairpins. A little jar of
cold cream or something liko that
(it had a fancy name.) Some scar
let ribbon neatly folded. Only one
pair of stockings. Six plain but
dainty handkerchiefs, scented
above the house odors. A gold and
enamel pin of the college sorority
type. A pretty little cluster of arti
ficial flowers.
The two lower drawers were all
but empty. One held two pairs of
pajamas, both badly worn. Neatly
in the other were stacked some ex
tremely brief garments which Bill
named only as scanty-pants, and
some folded things he called shirts.
These he moved carefully, pressing
each between his hands, looking
under the plain wrapping paper
which lined the drawers, missing no
possible corner, but putting the
garments back as carefully a3 he
could.
Then he pulled the drawers all
out and looked in their openings,
probing into every remote corner
of the dresser, front, underside, top
and rear. Then he moved to a
trunk which, fortunately, he found
unlocked. It presented a greater
problem because he wished to leave
nc tell-tale marks of his search,
bui he labored on.
"i1:ea he had been there about
sn hour, he sat down again with a
of defeat. Except for a tiny
t-'sia witt..one drawer, he had in
vestigated every possible corner of
t*:o room and its furnishings. He
!•:.£ sven itood on the chair to look
carefully along the picture molding
liea.' the ceiling, and had taken an
ugly brass lamp apart with his
pocket knife for a screwdriver, to
see inside its head and base. Bill
remembered reading a story—by
Edgar Aden Poe, wasn't it?—in
'./Licfc .last such a search v as con
ductcrt. Ho thought it was Poe. Ob
ject of the search there was a let
ter. nni-l it hail been right before
the searchers' eyes al) tiie time, in
an obvious location.
For a moment or two there he
Tinned to himself, feeling distinct
ly silly.
"I'm getting to where I believe
storybook doings," ho thought.
"I'm glad nobody knows about
this."
Even so, something told him that
he wasn't being as childish as he
might have thought. Ho was driv
en only in small part by a sense of
adventure; back of his exploit was
hard, common sense. He looked at
Ihc little tabic, then moved to open
its drawer.
There were four or five pencils,
a fountain pen, blotter, ink paper,
scratch pad, a little stack of
opened letters tied neatly in a rib
bon, two old dance programs, six
one-cent stamps, some paper clips,
a nail file and a lipstick (out of
place, Bill thought) and a rather
fat, leather-bound little book with
a lock on it. The book had a title:
"Thoughts Day by Day." The clasp
was of thin brass, held in place by
a brass padlock no larger than his
finger nail. It was a delicate, at
tractive novelty, really, and he
might have broken into it with one
rather firm pull of his finger and
thumb. But be must break nothing.
He was reaching for his pocket
knife to try to open the lock when
he was interrupted—a key was
suddenly inserted into the lock on
the room door!
Eill's very blood seemed to
rreeze.
Instantly lie snapped out his
flashlight. He stood and turned,
crouched to defend himself—
against what? He didn't know.
The key made an unmistakable
clicking. Obviously someone was
trying more than one key as he
himself had done a while ago. He
hadn't remembered relocking the
door from the inside, but supposed
the automatic catch was on. He
had, now. to take a breath, and
so inhaled slowly, silently. It served
to restore his poise.
He looked quickly toward the
window. No, this was the third
floor. The fire escape was at the
end of the hall. Anyway, flight was
distinctly contrary to his plan,
even if there had been time. He
glanced at the door of the tiny
closet and ruled it out. Then there
remained but one place in the room
where a man might hide, and he
moved toward it as quickly and
quietly as possible.
* 4 ♦
"Nowhere iss happeencss weethout
you-u-u-u,
My heart calls me to be here—
Love leengers 'round you
Now that I've found you—
Love that's our own, sweetheart
de-e-e-e-ear."
Lola Montesa was singing. Hers
was a throaty contralto, with that
peculiarly exotic inflection charac
teristic of Latin voices. The words
of her song, overly sentimental and
unimportant, were lost in the soft
ly flowing music of them. The oth
ers did not sing with her because
they did not know her song. She
had sung it first in Spanish and
now, by request, was doing an Eng
lish version.
When she finished there was gen
erous appiause, although Gayle ob
served that Tomne Hyde alone did
not clap her hands or otherwise
express approval.
"It's a swot t song, Lola," said
Gayle. "Are all the songs from
Mexico about love and things?"
"Iss a veree romantic countree,"
Lola avowed, smiling at them.
"Thee people seeng hecaus* they
love to. Iss not—not artilieial."'
Old Mr. Merrilieki nodded em
phatically.
"I have observed that in Ari
zona," ho declared. "When I v. is
younger and spent much time in
the mines out there, the Mexican
people sang every Saturday night,
like this. Groups of them. Sang and
danced. Once I remember tIk-re was
a funeral Saturday morning, with
all the Mexican people for miles
around present, mourning. After
lunch, somebody suggested that it
was a shame to waste so line a
crowd just because of a death, and
now that the dead man was buried,
what about a tiesta? So, after sup
per there was dancing and singing
and laughter until midnight. And
I don't think the dead one was any
worse off for having been so
promptly forgotten."
"It iss so," Lola nodded. "Is«
best to be hap pec. When one can."
When one can.
Gayle, of all those present,
caught that last phrase from Lola.
In the semi-darkness there on the
beautiful Merrifleld lawn, she
glanced at the other girl and tried
to read something from her ex
pression, but the dar kness was just
enough to forestall her. On impulse
she did reach out and squeeze
Lola's hand. She wasn't sure why.
Then, lest peppery little Tempe
Hyde mistake the gesture, Gayle
turned to Tempe with determined
gaiety and began teasing and pok
ing fun. The little after-dinner
party there on the lawn lasted for
a full hour longer, with nobody en
joying it so much as Mr. Benjamin
W. Merrifield himself. In the shift
ing around after the eating, Jer
emy had somehow found himself
sitting next to Tempe, and that
pretty miss leaned on his shoulder
in the night glow. Gayle observed
it, without comment. She observed,
too. that Jeremy was ill at ease
because of it, so that he presently
pretended that he needed to
stretch, walked around a bit and
came back to sit near Ga>le her
self, on the other side.
"You'd think 1 was his mother!"
Gayle told herself, smiling quietly,
but feeling somehow sorry for the
shy fellow, even so.
It was after 8 Vclock when thc-y
arose reluctantly to go inside and,
in getting slowly to his feet, old
Mr. Merrifield asked about Bill.
"Young Bailey missed an excel
lent gathering," my dear." he ad
dressed Gayle. "Where can he be,
I wonder?"
"He—he's downtown, Mr. Merri
field. He—I think ho had to do
something about the tickets for the
play. Everyone of them have been
sold, you know. There'll be about
$G00, with very little expense."
"Excellent! Excellent, my dear.
I must complimcnt him. And all of
you. I like to see projects succced.
It's the American way. Working,
and thinking, not whining." He
paused to chuckle appreciatively.
"Tell the young man I wish to see
him."
(To Be Continued)
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Your dollars that are saved or invested with
us are loaned to your neighbors to build, buy,
remodel or refinance their homes. More building
means more jobs for local people.
Keep your money at home where it will aid
local business and help you. Get your home
loan here. This association is owned, managed,
and financed entirelv bv home folks.
Home Building & Loan Assn. Henderson Building & Loan Assn.
A. in NT, JOEL T. CHEATHAM IRVINE IJ. WATKINS AL. B. WESTER
President Secretary President Secretary
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