VoL 5. No. 40
THE GREAT FORD
SECRET WILL BE
REVEALED TODAY
Announcements Proclaim That
New Car Will Be Best the
Public Ever Saw.
PRICE SCHEDULE IS GIVEN
Today comes an event that
ranks in importance with the
landing of Noah’s ark, Water
loo, and the Tunney-Dempsey
fight. It is the display of the
new Ford car.
In cities all over the country
great crowds are expected to
gather for the show, and police
departments are making extra
ordinary preparations to pre
vent disorder and confusion.
The Ford company’s an
nouncements say the car will be
seen in cities today. It may be
a little late coming to the small
er communities.
Bruce Strowd, the agent here
in Chapel Hill, has sent out a
letter to the citizens inviting
them to “visit our show room on
Friday or Saturday.” If he can,
he will have a new Ford there
early Friday; anyway, as soon
as possible.
Mr. Strowd will keep his
doors open from eight o’clock in
the jnorning until late in the eve
ning.
“Good-looking, low, trim, rak
ish, —” thus runs one sentence
in his letter, —“smooth, road
clinging speed, flexibility, pick
up. Economy, greater economy
even, than the old models. Dura
bility—better material, than has
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Christmas Seal Sale
Will Begin Monday and Will Continue
through Saturday the 10th
The sale of. Christmas Seals
for the campaign against tuber
culosis will begin Monday and
will continue through the week.
The conynittee in charge, ap
pointed by Mrs. Otto Stuhlman,
chairman of the Community
Club’s health department, is
composed of Mrs. Harry Comer
(chairman), Mrs. John E. Lear
(treasurer),Mrs. Millard Breck
enridge (secretary), Mrs. S. E.
Leavitt, Mrs. R. H. Wettach,
Mrs. Collier Cobb, Mrs. E. E.
Peacock, Mrs. W. E. Caldwell,
Mrs. E. C. Metzenthin, Mrs. W.
B. Neal, Mrs. M. R. Trabue, and
Mrs. R. B. House.
There is urgent need for a
greater sale this year, because
the Red Cross, which has for
merly contributed $l2O to the
salary of the colored nurse, is
no longer able to make this con
tribution.
The canvassers will go around
the village. Persons who are
willing to buy seals are asked to
leave the money at home, so
that, if they are away when the
call is made, a second call will
not be necessary.
The sale at the school will be
held next Friday. Mrs. Corner
and the Y.M.C.A. cabinet will
cdnduc£ the sale among the Uni
versity students.
» A. A. U. W. to Meet Tuesday
The American Association of
University Women will meet
with Mrs. Caldwell and Miss
I,ove at the Episcopal parish
house next Tuesday, at 4:30 P.
M. Mrs, E, R. Groves will speak
on “The Reconciliation of Mar
riage with a Career.”
Sally Foard ia the Hospital
Sally Foard MacNider, daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. William deß.
MacNider, was taken to Watts
Hospital Monday for an opera
tion: ',
The Chapel Hill Weekly
LOUIS GRAVES
Editor
Chapel Hill Chaff
Mrs. Montgomery, who drove
over from Raleigh with Mrs. J.
B. Shepherd the other day, had
not been in Chapel Hill since she
left here as a girl just 60 years
ago—two years after the Qivil
War. Her friend’s grandson,
Brown Shepherd, Jr., proposed
to drive her about and show her
the new buildings on the cam
pus and in the village. But
what Mrs. Montgomery wanted
was not to seethe new places;
she was interested in the old
places she had known in her girl
hood. An entirely proper and
natural desire—one 'always ex
hibited by old-timers who come
back. The pity is that there is
so little old for them to see,
and as often as not they are
rather saddened than cheered
by the return to the home of
their youth.
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It was said that the people
who attended the Carolina-Vir
ginia game last week made up
the largest crowd that had ever
been in Chapel Hill. I recalled
what I had heard and read of
Sherman’s army coming through
here in 1865, and wondered if
that wasn’t perhaps a greater
visitation. Upon making inquir
ies, however, I was informed
that only-a small fraction of
Sherman’s troops actually en
tered the village, perhaps no
more than a brigade. So I sup
pose the football crowd of 1927
does indeed hold the record.
* * •
At the post-office Monday I
handed in a newspaper bound
for the island of Ceylon wrrtf'trr
iquired the amount of postage.
“Three cents,” said Mr. Bynum,
and he added: “If you sent it
to Carrboro it would cost you
six cents, but it’s only three to
Ceylon.” As I turned away,
marveling, J. Penrose Harland
showed me two books —identical
books in identical wrappers—
which he had just stamped for
mailing. The one going to New
Haven, Connecticut, took nine
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To Lift P, O. Plaza
Government Will Raise It to Level of
Sidewalk Recently Built
Since the sidewalk was ele
vated in front of the post office,
there has been much curiosity
as to what would be done about
the sunken plaza that' was left
between the walk and the post
office steps. Town Manager
Knox says that the government
has agreed to raise this depress
ed quadrangle to the sidewalk
level. A government engineer
came here recently to make an
inspection and to estimate the
cost of the improvement. He
drew up.plans not only for lift
ing the area but also for rear
ranging the grass plots on each
side so that people would not
walk across them. The engi
neer’s plans will have to be ap
proved by the Washington au
thorities. This is thought to be
a mere matter of routine, but
it may require several months
for all the red tape to be un
wound.
Osbornes Come and Flee
Mr. and Mrs. Plant Osborne
of Jacksonville, Florida, attend
ed the Carolina-Virginia game
and’got out of town before their
friends had a chance to see
them.
Twins Join Nursery School
Robert and Dougald McMil
lan, twins, and Nancy Byrd
Green have joined the nursery
school. None of the three is
yet two years old. , .
CHAPEL HILL, N. C„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1927
Warren to Enter Professional Ring
Ad probably sign
up as a professional boxer with
Jimmy Bronson, the well-known |
manager who was one of Gene
Tunney’s seconds at the great
fight in Chicago. He has an ap
pointment to meet Mr. Bronson
in New York soon after Christ
mas.
Jimmy feronson has been re-' 1
qommended to the North Caro
linian as one of the most enter
prising t(nd most reliable man
agers in the boxing world.
Warren has completed both
his academic course and his
football course in the Univer
sity. He adhered rigorously to
all the rules and retained his
amateur standing through the
football season. Now he is pre-
The Playmakers’ Trip
They Are Well Received in New York
and Other Northern Cities
The Northern tour of the Car
olina Playmakers was a splen
did success. They traveled 2,000
: miles and were seen by 10,000
people. Their largest crowd was
in Philadelphia, where 2,700
people greeted them in the Acad
emy of Music.
Although F. H. Koch and his
lieutenant Hubert Heffner ar
ranged a schedule that kept
their actors from seeing the
Davidson, the Duke, and the Vir
ginia football games, they es
caped murder and came back to
Chapel Hill wearing their cus
tomary smiles.
The troupe traveled in a char
tered bus, carrying the scenery
on top. One day, on the jump
from Williamsburg, Va., to
Frederick, Md., they made 220
miles. Between Frederick and
Reading, Pa., they drove nearly
all the way through jhe rain and
when they arrived in Reading
the water was coming down in
j sheets.'
The Morningside Playhouse
in New York was packed at all
three performances. “Their
work,” said the Herald-Tribune,
“is the best native American
drama that has been produced.
. . . These plays have a qual
ity of verity and a poignant
poetic beauty that can be found
only in bona fide folk drama.”
This paper paid high tribute to
the acting, particularly to that
of Miss Katherine Batts. All
along the way the newspaper re
viewers wrote in praise of the
Playmakers.
On the night after their per
formance in the Philadelphia
Academy of Music, with a seat
ing capacity of 6,000, the troupe
appeared in a Baltimore treatre
with a seating capacity of 118.
The tlniversity of North Car
olina alumni in New York gave
the Playifiakers a banquet jn the
Town Hall.
Art Study Club Grows
The Art Study Club had an at
tendance of 60 at the meeting
devoted to Greek art last Mon
day evening. The number of
members has increased so rapid
ly that the secretary has almost
run out of funds for mimeo
graphing the cards which she
sends out to notify members of
meetings; so members are ask
ed to be sure and watch the
newspaper for notices. The
next meeting will be a lecture by
J. Penrose Harland at the Play
makers Theater, Monday, De
cember 12, at BP. M. The sub
ject will be “Unearthing Art
Treasures.”
A gift to a friend: Turn CUim
Hux Wfjuar. A gear’s Inscription,
pared to assume a professional
I status.
He will make .his first appear
ance in the professional ring in
Durham Tuesday, December 13,
when he will meet Lou Carpenter
of Florida. The bout will take
place in the auditorium under
the auspices of the Durham
post of the American Legion
and will be limited to ten rounds
of three minutes each. As Tbng
as Warren was an amateur he
4jid not appear in bouts as long
as this.
Ad Warren has won the repu
tation, .here in the University,
of being a faithful student and
a thorough gentleman. He is a
native of the eastern part of the
state. ,
To Decide on Coach
’ Athletic Council to Discuss Important
Matter Next Tuesday
At next Tuesday’s meeting of
the Athletic Council, composed
I of representatives of the faculty,
! the alumni, and the student
body, the most important sub
ject for discussion will be the
engagement of a coach for next
year’s football team.
It appears that, as far as
player material is concerned,
the prospects for 1928 are excel
lent.
Twenty-three members of
this year’s team are planning to
return. In the backfield: Foard,
Furches, Whisnant, Gresham,
Lassiter, Ward, Gray, Jackson,
and Spaulding. In the line and
on the ends: Schwartz (cap
tain), Presson, Sapp, Donnahoe,
Farris, Lipscomb, Shuler, Fen
ner, Holt, Patterson, Kesler, Es
kew, Atkins, and Koenig.
Among the 1927 freshmen
who will be candidates for the
1928 varsity are Michael, Nash,
Nelson, and House in the back
field, and Hudson, Blackwood,
and Schneider, in the line. Grady
Pritchard says that this year’s
freshman team is one of the best
the University has ever had.
The full schedule of games for
1928 has not yet been announced,
but it is known thalL Carolina
will meet Georgia Tech here and
Harvard at Cambridge. The
proposed schedule will be laid
before the Athletic Council Tues
day.
High School Football
Greensboro and Wilmington Meet To
morrow in the~Kenan Stadium
The Greensboro and Wilmington
high school football teams—winners
respectively of the western North
Carolina championships—will play for
the state championship in the Kenan
stadium here tomorrow (Saturday)
afternoon. The game starts at 2:30.
Admission, 76 cents.
This will be the third football
match in the new stadium.
The north stand will be allotted to
the Greensboro supporters, and the
south to Wilmington’s. The Univer
sity Band under McCorkle will parade
and play. Large Crowds of specta
tors are expected from the home
towns of the competing teams.
The Wilmington team has defeated
Whiteville, Dunn, Greenville, and Ra
leigh, while Greensboro has p. record
of victories over Leaksville, High
Point, Monroe, and Asheville.
Tomorrow’s match will bring to a
conclusion the fourteenth annual high
school championship contest.
Judge Winston's Portrait
Mr. Steen’s portrait of Judge R. W.
Winston is greatly admired by visitors
at the Carolina Inn. It is such a per
fect likeness that the onlooker almost
expects the judge to leap out of the
frame and have a word to sajr about
Andrew Johnson. Before the judge
left for Camden he was mixed up in
a feu»i of his Wo daughters over
the question of which one should
poeseu, the portrait
Pritchard Saw Game
Dedication Exercises Lured Him to
His First Football Match
Season after season the Uni
versity and Chapel Hill went
daft over football, but Isaac W.
Pritchard never saw a game.
Not even when his son Grady
became the Carolina captain and
a Southern star of the first
magnitude did the father trouble
to pass inside the gates. He
offered no criticism of those who
liked the sport—he simply
Wasn’t interested; he preferred
to work in his garden, stroll a
bout the woods, or sit on the
window-seat in Eubanks’ drug
store.
But he saw the Carolina-Vir
ginia match last Tuesday. He
wJts, in a manner of speaking,’
tricked into it.
“You’ll want to go to the dedi
cation exercises in the stadium
Thanksgiving Day and hear the
Governor speak,” his daughter.
Miss Josie Pritchard, said to him
early in the fall. And he agreed
he would, and she got him a
ticket. In the succeeding weeks
she talked to him of the dedica
tion, and little or not at all of
the game, and his interest grew
keener as the big day approach
ed.
So he went, and listened to the
governors of North Carolina and
Virginia and John Sprunt Hill,
and shook hands with Rufus
Doughton and other men he had
known when he was in the leg
islature ; and, incidentally,
stayed on and saw the game.
His subsequent talk of the af
fair showed that he was as little,
interested as ever in football.
He is probably the only person
in the 28,000 in and around the
stadium, except possibly the
speakers themselves, who cared
a hang whether there was any
speechmaking or not.
Hunting Wildfowl
Season Opened Yesterday; Citizens
Make Turkey-Call Instruments
The open season for quail,
wild turkey, ruffed grouse, and
pheasants began yesterday and
will continue until March 1.
Hunters in and around Chap
el Hill have been eagerly await
ing the time. Wild fowl are said
to be unusually plentiful this
year. Moody Durham, the game
warden for Orange county, has
been active in selling licenses
and in distributing folders giv
ing exact information about the
game law.
Some of the citizens have
been manufacturing turkey-call
devices and practicing the use
of them. Clarence Wills is show
ing his friends a creation com
posed of a fraction of cow’s
horn, a rubber tube about a foot
and a half long, and a mouth
piece fashioned from a turkey
bone. He says that this repro
duces perfectly the wild turkey’s
voice. Lucian Riggsbee is an
other Chapel Hillian who has
devoted much time and enthu
siasm to the fabrication of a
turkey-call instrument.
Knox Will Address Club
Town Manager, Edward M.
Knox, will talk about the munici
pal government of Chapel Hill
to the Community Club in the
Methodist church this (Friday)
afternoon at 8:80.
David A. Robertson Will Lecture
David A. Robertson, d«an of the col
lege of arte, literature and science in
the University of Chicago, wilP lec
ture in Gerrard Hall at 8:30 Monday
evening on "Recent English Poets."
This is one of the series of Univer
sity lectures. There is no admission
charge and the public is invited.
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REALTY COMPANY
RECEIVERS WILL
HOLD A RE-SALE
Properties That Were Put on
Block November 22nd to
Be Auctioned Again
HIGHER BIDS LOOKED FOR
The receivers of the Chapel
Hill Insurance and Realty Com
pany are going to sell again—
on Wednesday, December 28—
properties which they put on the
auction block on Tuesday of last
week. This information is con
tained in an advertisement pub
lished today.
Many offers of advanced prices
have been , received since the
sale of the 22nd. According to
the terms of Judge Barnhill’s
order, in the bankruptcy pro
ceedings, the receivers are free
to accept whatever bids come in.
There is no time limit. Before
any prices are accepted as final
they must be approved by the
court. No deed can be given
until this approval is on record.
Seventeen parcels are listed
in today’s advertisements. First
come the four stores near the
Methodist church, then the lots
between the Daniel home, and
the main street, the “coop,” the
Chapel Hill Hardware store, the
Peoples Bank building, the Led
better house, the lot opposite the
Graham Memorial, the house on
Vance street formerly occupied
by H. D. Meyer, and various
smaller properties in and around
Chapel Hill.
Art Exhibit in Raleigh
Notable Gathering When Pictures
and Sculpture Are Displayed
An exhibition of paintings and
sculpture from the Grand Central
galleries in New York was opened
with a reception in the Virginia Dare
ballroom of the Sir Walter hotel in
Raleigh Wednesday evening.
Before the reception Mrs. Peter
Arrington, chief sponsor of the ex
hibit, gave a dinner for a group of
New York artists who had come down
for the occasion. The North Carolina
motif was carried out in table decora
tions of chrysanthemums, pine, and
cotton, with souvenir packages of
native cigarettes tied up like wed
ding cake. A negro choir sang melo
dies outside the door during the din
ner. With the coffee Mrs. Arrington
presented to Governor McLean a bou
quet which, on being passed ardund
to all the guests, proved to be an
adroitly contrived combination ‘of
cigarettes, cigars and tobacco leaves
made to represent a formal old-fash
ioned nosegay.
The reception opened by speeches
by Govi mcr McLean, Walter L. Clark,
president of the Grand Central Gal
leries; Percival Rossegu, George
Wharton Edwards, and other artists,
with Mrs. Arrington presiding.
Chapel Hill people attending the
dinner were Archibald Henderson,
William Steen, and Mrs, Mary Graves
Rees. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Nash, Miss
Mabel Mallett, and Miss Lucy Cobb
went down for the reception.
The Madonna by Elliott Dainger
fleid was perhaps the moot popular as
well as the highest-priced canvas on
display. "Hunting Dogs" by Rosseau
attracted animal lovers and was
chosen by Governor McLean as his
favorite painting.
To Buy Site for Town Hall
At their meeting Wednesday
night the aldermen passed a
resolution authorizing the is
suance of $7,500 bonds for the
purpose of purchasing a site on
which to build’a town hall. Ac*
cording to the law governing
bond resolution can
not be put is to force for thirty
days. Mr. Knox says that as
soon as the site has been se
cured the town will probably
make {dans for erecting a build
ing that will provide offices for
all the town officials as well as
quarters for the fire department.
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