Yol. 1. No. 42
FARMERS WENT
AFTER GUERNSEYS
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Group of Men of St. Mary’s
Section Made Trip to Farms
near Salisbury
PURCHASES TO BE MADE
A group of farmers who live
around St. Mary’s, in the north
ern part of the county, went to
Salisbury a few days ago on the
hunt for fine Guernsey cattle.
They took with them R. P. Har
ris, the agriculture teacher in
the Chapel Hill school, to help
them make their Selections.
Up in the section of north
Orange where these men live the
Guernsey is the favorite cow,
and in adding to their herds
they naturally want to stick to
the same breed. It is for this
reason that they went to Ro
wan county, around Salisbury,
for that county is rich in Guern
seys. First the travellers vis
ited the big farm of ihe Beall
brothers, then T. D. Brown’s
place. Altogether they visited
about 10 dairy farms. One cow
was purchased, and four others
are under option and will prob
ably be taken. The five will
cost 5975.
“We were much impressed by
the success that Rowan county
farmers had made with live;
stock,” says one of the men who
made the trip. “We found fine;
stock farms in the county
around Salisbury. They have
an annual sale of blooded cat
tle in the county, and buyers I
come to it from distant stater.:
fn some neighborhoods there is 1
cooperative ownership and mar- j
keting. We found that the
farmers in that sec lion were a
well-informed, wide-awake lot
of people, determined to make
the most of their soil and cli
mate. There are many things
that we folks here in Orange
can learn from them. The main
thing is to devote more of our
—attention and resources to live
stock and not to depend to so
great an extent on crops.”
T. J. 3d., Rhodes Scholar
Thomas J. Wilson, 3d, member
of the French faculty in the
University and son of the Regis
trar, has been chosen, from
among many candidates, to be
North Carolina’s next Rhodes
scholar at Oxford University.
He made a distinguished class
room record in the University
winning membership in Phi Beta
Kappa, and was a good tennis
player. The late Cecil Rhodes
named proficiency in sport as
one of the qualifications of the
Rhodes scholars, so T. J’s tennis
probably had as much to do with
his getting the prize as did his
scholarship record. Os course
personality and character are
also taken into consideration by
the committee which makes the
awards.
Mr. Neville’s Modern Dairy
W. G. Neville, who lives out
beyond Calvander, has erected a
modern milking-house and a
house for sterilizing his bottles
and cooling his milk. Both these
structures have concrete floors
and all the up-to-date equip
ment required by a dairyman.
Mr. Neville has about half a
dozen cows. He does all hiR own
milking and brings his product
in to Carrboro to his customers
every morning. On the same
trip he takes his son to the
school in Chapel Hill. He is go
ing to increase his herd Btead
ily.
The Chapel Hill Weekly
LOUIS GRAVES
Editor
Ckapel Hill Chaff
When I was walking in front
of Foister’s store a day or so
ago, I was startled to see a Santa
Claus in full costume leaning
out of the second-story window
smoking a cigarette. He was in
the Foister Toyland and was
evidently taking a little time off
from his duties. There was
something incongruous about a
cigarette in Santa’s mouth. A
pipe would have seemed natural
enough.
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Towns within a radius of 50
or 75 miles from Chapel Hill
were used as sleeping stations
by the people who attended the
football game on Thanksgiving
Day. I had one friend who came
all the way from New York to
spend a few days here, and who
went to Greensboro to sleep
Thursday night and came back
here early next morning. One
alumnus who stayed overnight
in a nearby village was asked
how the hotel conditions were.
“Fine,” he said, “We had plenty
of hot and cold running cock
roaches.”
* * *
Mr. Dickson, writing recently
lin the Greensboro News, said
that Chapel Hill had revealed
| itself as the town with more
parking space for its size than
; any other in the world. This is
good observation. There seem
ed to be no trouble whatever—
thanks partly, of course, to the
student traffic directors—about
finding a place for cars. The
1 class athletic field, the space in
'the new dormitory quadrangle,
the grove in front of the Battle
place, and other allotted areas,
i together with the streets, took
care of all the cars with ease.
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* * *
The football heroes of past
1 days always seem to me to he
I embarrassed when they are
trotted out, on important occa
-j sions—tobe—displayed t othe
crowd and to have their pictures
taken. They are hauled this
way and that by a photographer
who wants to get them into good
position. Not one person out of
50 in the grandstand knows who
they are; in fact, most of the
! .spectators were probably not
born when these men performed
at Chapel Hill on the gridiron.
Squealing young flappers stare
at them and call them “cute.”
They look relieved when they are
allowed to resume their seats.
AID NEEDED FOR WOMAN IN DISTRESS
A woman who lives in
Orange County, the
mother of four young
children, was left a des
titute widow not long
ago. Soon after her
husband’s death she
found to be in the early
stages of tuberculosis.
Her sister and her sis
ter’s husband, who have
four children of their
own, have taken her and
. her children into their
i 1 small home, thus bring
i ing their family to 11.
> The man earns less than
i * twenty dollars a week,
and it is plain that he
cannot bear the burden,
i The case has been thor- i
i oughly investigated by
George Lawrence, now
I; acting as public welfare
i! officer of the county,
* 1 and there is no question
but that the facts are as
here stated. The wo* j
man being outside of
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. f THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13,1923
YOUNG ALLPORT
PURSUED TRAIN
Liked the Looks of Charlotte
Special and Took Out
After It.
A NEGRO MAN FOUND HIM
Edward Allport, four years
old, likes trains. He states his
fondness for engines and cars
openly and often. For a year
or two, from his home on Pitis
boro street, he has been entranc
ed once or twice a day by the
sight of a locomotive pulling a
freight car along the railroad
track to the University campus.
This was only freight traffic.
But Saturday came the Char
lotte high school special, with
its new spick-and-span passen
ger coaches, and parked itself
almost at Edward’s door. Here
was joy beyond words.
The Charlotte people piled
out of the train and were off
Ito Emerson field to see their
, football team play Sanford. But
Edward was not the least in
terested in them. He stood and
! stared at the train. Now and
! then he started towards it and
had to be restrained by one of
I his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Allport had to]
go to Durham in the afternoon,]
and they left Edward in the
1 : care of Martha, the colored j
maid. Martha looked after him
■ well—except for aboui two or
i three minutes when her atten
tion was distracted by some
! household duties. These two or
I three minutes came at the iime
, when the Charkn.'.e train was
l
; just ab > it to pull our for home
,j after the game Edward, un
:, watched, made a bee line for
i the last coach. The train drew
away. He followed, up the
track toward Carrboro.
I I VVhen Martha’s thoughts
■ turned to him again he was gone
. —lost. She looked about the
house and yard, under the ta
i hies, in the closets, everywhere.
, As the search proceeded with
. out results she grew panicky. 1
I Finally she ran over to the next 1
f door neighbor, Mrs. Harris, and j
> told her of the boy’s disappear
> ance.
the neighborhood was I
| aroused. There was frantic tel-;
. ephoning and sending of mes-;
» sages. Immediately it vs as sus-j
’ pected that the boy had got
; aboard the train. Mrs. Harris i
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Chapel Hill, \vhere the.'v
are other needy cases,
the local anti-tuberculo
sis fund is not available
for her. A number of
citizens have made con
tributions to help her
out, but considerably
more money is needed to
give her treatment and
to provide for her chil
dren while she is being
cured. The Chapel Hill
Weekly is undertaking
to raise a special fund
for her, and starts it o<T
with $5. All who read
this are asked to help.
No amount is too large
or too osmall. Make all
checks payable to WI
DOW’S RELIEF and
mail to the Chapel Hill
Weekly. Contributions
will be acknowledged in
the paper and will, be
turned over to George
Lawrence.
Secretary of State Everett
And Other Prominent Alumni
Say Big Stadium Is Needed
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Emphasize University's Need for an Enclosure That Will Ac- ;
- commodate Great Crowds at Athletic Events. Friends
of Institution Eager to Cooperate in Putting
Project Through
With Secretary of State Ever
ett the first to send in his ap
proval, a number of prominent
University alumni have written
to the Chapel Hill Weekly
about its editorial of last week
suggesting the erection of a
large enclosure to accommo
date big crowds at athletic
events.
They endorse the scheme
and emphasize the certainty
ot the need in the near future.
They do not go into details as
to a plan, but, simply make the
point that the structure has got
to come, and that preparations
for it ought to begin at once.
Whether Emerson Field or
some other site will be used is
one of the questions that will
have to be decided. It goes
without saying that, wherever
the new stadium is placed, full
j credit will be given to the gon
-1 Urosity of Isaac Emerson, the
J former Chapel Hill citizen, who
j made the* University a gift of
the present concrete stands. He
■ started the ball rolling.
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Alumni \yho have written to
; ;h’e Weekly about the need of a
big stadium are Dr. Foy Rober
’! son of Durham, Burton (’raige
b-.df Winston-Salem, Chas. Whed-
I j bee of Hertford, Maxej L. Johnt
I I of Laurinburg, and W. Stamps
j Howard, of Tarboro. General
.Julian S. Carr was just on the
point of leaving Durham when
he got his last week’s copy of
the paper. He wrote that he did
not have time then to discuss
the matter at length but wanted
to hasten to register his com
plete sympathy with the idea.
W. N. Everett writes; “I
j have just read your editorial
1 about the need of a far greater
stadium than we now have in
I Chapel Hill in order to accom
modate the ever-growing crowds ]
1 that come to athletic contests
; there. The editorial meets myj
I entire approval. You mention a
| financial plan that has been
1 tried successfully elsewhere bas
| ed upon the of shares, each
‘ j share carrying with it the right
to seats for several years to
come; and the suggestion is
I made that it might be feasible
to get 2,000 persons to subscribe
SIOO each, under this plan, and
I to begin with the $200,000 thus
; raised. I don’t think we would
have any trouble at all in put
| ting the $200,000 proposition
i over. The only question in my
Club Bridge Tourney
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Members of the Country Club
who want to take part in a
bridge tournament should turn
up at the house next Saturday
afternoon at three o’clock. Part
nerships must be arranged in
advance. The tournament will
begin next Saturday and end
Saturday after next.
Men’s Club Tonight
'
The Men’s Club of Chapel
Hill will have its final supper
of the year at six o’clock tonight
(Thursday) in the school restau
rant.
mind is: is the $200,000 enough? ;
Dr. Foy Roberson
“I agree with you most hear-;
tily in practically all you have to
say concerning the need of an
athletic stadium at the Univer-j
sity,” says Dr. Foy Roberson.
“Friends and alumni have shown ]
their interest in the University’s
athletics to a marked degree;
and it is only just and right that
they be comfortably taken care
of after they have traveled many !
miles to witness athletic con- j
tests. I do not mean to re
flect discredit, in the least, on)
those who have these matters in
charge; because I know that
they have done exceedingly well
with the very poor equipment
they have. However, the fact ■
remains that of the 15,000 peo
ple who witnessed the game on
Thanksgiving Day, practically
not more than 3,000 or 4,000
were comfortably situated; this'
is certainly not gratifying to
either those who have these
matters in charge, or to those
who sutfer.’”
Burton Craige
“Your editorial on facilities
for the game at Chapel Hill is
timely and should be promptly
heeded,” writes Burton Craige.
“Indeed, if a gloomy wet day like
Thursday brings an overflow.
1 crowd, the necessity for enlarg-;
!ed facilities is now' upon us. It
will never do to dampen this en
thusiasm which has, in the mak
ing, a great national event.
Your plan is workable, and
should bring about every need
ed facility. 1 hope Ihe plan for
a larger stadium will be worked
lout successfully.”
W. Stamps Howard
1 From W. Howardof
Tarboro comes a letter which
' says: “If the University expects
to hold the high position already
obtained in athletics, she must
have immediately a new gym
nasium and an athletic field that 1
j will seat thirty thousand people
! and which can be easily enlarged
to double this capacity. ’
Mr. Howard says that the
State’s appropriations will nat
urally have to go for other
things than for athletics, and
therefore that the money for
the stadium will have to be rais-,
ed independently.
He says that a million ought)
to be in sight—and that “ a !
million and a half wou'd be in
finitely better”—to launch the 1
project, and adds: “f believe
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Presbyterians Had Bazaar
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A bazaar, for the benefit of
churchwomen’s charities, was
held in the Presbyterian church
social rooms Tuesday afternoon
and evening. All sorts of things
were on sale—ivories, curios
from the East, embroideries,
table-linen, breads, cakes, and
candies. Buyers were numer
ous and eager, with the- result
that a considerable sum was
| realized for the charities.
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New Concrete Sidewalk
A new Concrete sidewalk has
been built in front of the block
of Kluttz store buildings and in
front of Jack Sparrow’s pladb.
$l3O a Year hi Advance. Be. a Copy
CLUB MEMBERS
DIG UP STUMPS
I And Are Rewarded Afterward
by Tea, Cakes, Sandwiches,
and a Little Dancing
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MISS BERNARD’S OVATION
Enthusiastic members of the
Country Club turned out Sat
| urday afternoon to work on the
; grounds. Stump-grubbing was
! the main part of their perfor
jmance, and this was supple
mented by the raking of leaves
and the removal of rocks from
the space where the tennis court
is to be.
Alvin S. YVheeler and James
M. Bell were ringleaders in the
sport. Othqrs who took part
were George Howe, James H.
Bullitt, Paul John Weaver, Crilz
George and E. L. Mackii.
After an hour or two o r more
or less triumphant struggle with
objects which nature had left
strewn around in unsuitable
spots, the weary puffing males
were rewarded by tea and sand
wiches and cakes served in the
clubhouse by some of the wo
men members. Mrs. Bain and
Mrs. Stuhlman had prepared
1 the feast and acted as hosteee
, es. Others in the party Were
Mrs. Connor, Mrs. Dey, Mrs.
Cobb, Mrs. Bullitt, Mrs. Pratt,
Mrs. Bernard, Mrs. Bell, Mrs.
Matherly, Mrs. Kent Brown,
Mrs. Weaver, Mrs. Daugherty,
Mrs. Learned, Miss Learned,
and Mrs. M. L. Braun.
Before the forest-vanquishers
tame indoors, the women played
. bridge. And dancing followed
the tea-drinking.
The appearance of YV. 8. Ber
nard with his young daughter,
Mary Stanley, now just about
two years old, precipitated a
rush to the door to welcome the
! young visitor. She took the
demonstration calmly, looked
from one admirer to another,
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and then made several remarks
some of which were understood
and others xjf.which, being in
Greek, were obligingly trans
lated by her father.
These Saturday afternoon
gatherings of. club members art
to continue through the win
ter. The attendance will prn
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Mr. Fountain Buys Lot
R. T. Fountain of Rocky
Mount has bought the old Par
tin place at the corner of old
Hillsboro road and north street.
I The Partin house will be recon
structed, and it is said a new
I house will be built beside it for
Mr. Fountain’s mother-in law,
t Mrs. Rankin.
J. A. Clark Gets a Farm
W. S. Roberson has sold to
J. A. Clark, who works in the
cotton mill in Carrboro, a farm
of 38 acres on the Hillsboro road
this side of Calvander. Mr.
Clark will live on his new pro
perty and will come in each day
in an automobile to his work in
Carrboro.
George Lawrence Engaged
Announcement has been made
of the engagement so George
Lawrence, brother of Rev. Al
fred S. Lawrence, to Miss Addie
Grace Waterman, sister of Mrs.
Claudius Murchison. The first
news of the engagement came a
few days ago when Mrs. Law
son gave a party in honor of the
event.