Yai. 13. No.«.
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Town Election
Will Be Held
Tuesday, May 7
Terms o’s Eoushee, Thompson,
Burch, Hobbs, and Phipps
Come to End This Year
REGISTRATION TOMORROW
Chapel Hill’s biennial election
of municipal officers will be held
Tuesday, May 7. The mayor,
three alderpien, and the judge of
the recorder's court are to be
elected.
The aldermen whose terms ex
pire this year are Brodie L.
Thompson, P. L. Burch, and R.
J. M. Hobbs. The judge of the
recorder’s court is L. J. Phipps.
Three members of the board of
aldermen (Clyde Eubanks, M.
E. Hogan, and J. T. Dobbins) re
main in office until 1937. The
town’s charter provides that al
dermen shall serve four years,
three being elected every two
years.
Mayor John M. Foushee and
Messrs. Thompson, Burch, and
Dobbins, have been nominated to
succeed themselves. Under the
law the only formality that must
precede the placing of a candi
date’s name on the official ballot
is the filing of his name with the
town clerk five days before the
election. (*
As the charter now stands,
anybody may run for office, even
if he is not listed on the official
ballot, by having a ballot bear
ing his name printed at his own
expense. Some of the citizens
regard this provision as perni
cious because it perm’ils persons
to become candidates at the last
minute, too late for the people of
the town to be informed about it.
Thus the voters, thinking that
there was no opposition to the
candidates whose names were
filed for the official ballot, might
fail to go to the polls and then
discover that last-minute candi
dates, with the support of a
small minority of voters, had
been elected.
It has been suggested that the
section of the charter relating
to elections be so amended as to
compel the ffifng, at least six
days before the election, of the
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Appeal to Employers
People Are Asked to Give Servants
Tine Off for Clinie
Chapel Hill people employing
Negro servants who have chil
dren are asked to let them off
one day next week so that they
may take their children to the
pre-school clinic.
Mrs. Paul Green, chairman of
the iParent-Tbacher Associa
tion’s health committee, said
yesterday:
“We do not yet know the ex
act day on which the clinic will
be held, for the physicians from
the Lincoln hospital, who are to
conduct it, have not told us
when they can come. But we
will inform employers about
this early next week.
“This clinic is for small chil
dren who are to enter 1 school in
the fall. Last year many of the
children had to come by them
selves, and the physicians could
not get the information they
needed for their examinations
and diagnoses. It is important
to the health of the community
that this work be well done, and
householders will be giving valu
able aid if they will give then
servants the necessary time off.”
Miss Livingston, the state
health hoard nurse, will assist
in conducting the clinic.
The Chapel Hill Weekly
LOUIS GRAVES
Editor
% Julian Harris Visits % the Village
Julian Harris, former editor
of the Enquirer-Sun, now liter
ary editor of the Atlanta Con
stitution, came to Chapel Hill
this week to attend some of the
lectures and seminars of the In
stitute of Human Relations.
While he was here he called on
his kinswoman, Mrs. Milton
Heath, and, at 0. J. Coffin’s in
vitation, talked to the journal
ism class. He left last night.
When he was in Columbus
Mr. Harris was a hell-raising
editor. That is, he delighted to
assault many of the traditions,
practices, and prejudices that
flourished roundabout—to make
the sacred cows bellow with
pain and to puncture the stuffed
shirts with darts of scorn and
derision. In 1930 he returned
to the Constitution, for which
he had worked at the turn of
the century, and many of his,
friends wondered how, since he
had made a sharp turn to the
Left and become very unconsti
tutional, he would get along
with his new Right-minded as
sociates.
They made him state news
editor, then news director, and
then advertising director, and
in none of these positions did
he succeed in undermining so
ciety with his Reddish doctrines.
Since he has been made literary
editor he has managed to inject
some Advanced Thinking into
the book reviews, but thus far
the poison has not been virulent
or pervasive enough to excite
the status quo-ites in Georgia.
Much of Me Harris’s journal
istic work has been done outside
of Georgia. He was Sunday edi
tor of a Chicago paper in 1895;
Sunday editor of the New York
Institute a Success
Eminent Men Speak; Meetings Draw
Large Audience*
The University’s third quad
rennial Human Relations Insti
tute has been a great success.
Men eminent in government,
industry, education, and religion
have delivered lectures and con
ducted seminars. Not only have
the students, the members of the
faculty, and other residents of
Chapel Hill attended the meet
ings in great numbers, but the
Institute has also brought many
visitors to the village.
James M. Landis talked about
the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Monday morning;
Emil Lederer, formerly of Ber
lin University, about the German
dictatorship, Monday evening;
Stephen P. Duggan, about “The
Present Situation in Europe,"
Tuesday morning; Sanford
Bates, of the United States De
partment of Justice, about the
problems of penal administra
tion, Tuesday evening; Hamil
ton Fish, Republican member of
Congress, about domestic polit
ical problems, Wednesday morn
ing ; Donald Comer, manufactur
er, about the textile industry,
Wednesday evening; and Ever
ett Dean Martin, about “Violence
and Social Progress,” yesterday
morning. Norman Thomas will
speak at a dinner tonight.
Vaccination Campaign Planned
The Orange county commis
sioners are planning a campaign
of vaccination against typhoid
md diphtheria. It will prob
ibly be launched in June.
Mr. Dey im-New Orleans
William M. Dey has gone to
New Orleans to deliver an ad
dress. 1
CHAPEL HILL, N. C n FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1935
Herald in 1914; advertising
manager of the New York Tele
gram in 1915; and editor of the
European edition of the New
York Herald in 1916 and again
in 1919. He wjts a lieutenant
in the Army in 1917 and was
promoted to a captaincy in 1918.
He won the Pulitzer prize in
1925 for “the most disinterest
ed and meritorious service ren
dered by an American news
paper.”
Mr. Harris is a son of Joel
Chandler Harris, author of the
immortal Uncle Remus stories.
His wife, Julia Collier Harris,
is the author of the biography
of Joel Chandler Harris which
was published four years ago
by the University of North
Carolina Press.
Church to Be Dedicated
Bishop Kern to Preach; Mr. Patten
and Mr. Rozzelle to Be Here
The Methodist church of
Chapel Hill will be dedicated at
the services day after tomorrow
(Sunday) morning.
The building was completed
nearly eight years ago, but the
rules and customs of the Meth
odists prescribe that no church
building can be dedicated until
it is free of debt. The debt here
was wiped out by a recent anon
ymous gift of $50,000. The gift
was announced in December,
and the name of the giver still
remains a secret.
Biphop Paul B. Kern will be
the preacher at the dedication
services. Former pastors here
and the former and present pre
siding elders have been invited.
Rev. Walter Patten will offer a
prayer after the recital of the
Apostles’ Creed. Rev. M. T.
Plyler will read the Scriptures.
Rev. C. Excell Rozzelle will offer
a prayer after Bishop Kern’s
sermon.
Robert B. House will present
the church for dedication on be
half of the official board.
A special program of music
has been arranged.
The church, designed by
James Gamble Rogers, cost
$231,000. The two conferences
in North Carolina, the general
boards, and individuals con
tributed $162,000, and the re
mainder, $69,000, was borrowed.
This had been reduced to $55,-
000 when the gift of $50,000
was received. The two confer
ences made up the balance of
$5,000.
Mr. Patten was the pastor dur
ing the building period. He was
active in soliciting funds for
the enterprise and in supervis
ing the construction.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LITTLE SYMPHONY
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The University of Michigan
Little Symphony, with Thor
Johnson as conductor, will ap
pear here Monday afternoon (in
Chapel Hill Chaff
Charles P. Russell was a news
paper man in New York thirty
five years ago. Later he became
a writer of stories and articles
for the magazines, and it was
then that the similarity of
names led people to confuse him
with another writer, Charles Ed
ward Russell. So the North
Carolinian decided he had better
use his middle name Phillips;
and for around twenty years he
has been known—except to his
kin and his boyhood friends,
who still call him Charlie-—as
Phillips Russell.
He was about thirty years old
when a boy, destined to play an
important role in his life, was
born in Asheville. This boy was
Robert P. Russell. From the
day he began going to school be
found that he was getting mixed
up, not with just one other Bob
Russell but with three others.
He decided he would use his
middle name, which was Phillips.
The Phillips Russell of Rich
mond county, and subsequently
of Paris, London, and New York,
came to Chapel Hill to be a
member of the University facul
ty; and the Phillips Russell of
Asheville came here and enter
ed the University as a student.
Certainly the name is far
from an ordinary one that you
would expect to find in duplicate;
the probability is that there is
not a third Phillips Russell in
the United States. It is curious
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Soule (iives Lectures
“N*r Republic” Editor Talks about
“Liberty in the Modern World”
George Soule, editor of the
New Republic, gave the first of
the three Weil lectures last eve
ning.
The general subject of these
lectures is “Liberty in the Mod
ern World.” The theme of the
first was “Social Change and
the American Tradition.” Mr.
Soule will talk on “Liberty as
Purpose” at 8 o’clock this (Fri
day) evening in Memorial hall,
and on “Organized Liberty" at
8 tomorrow evening.
Mr. Soule was Washington
correspondent for the New Re
public in the first part of the
World War period; enlisted in
the Army; was the New York
Evening Post; was investigator
for the Interchurch World
Movement Commission on the
Steel Strike; and rejoined the
New Republic as editor in 1924.
He is the author of The New
Unionism in the Clothing In
dustry, Wage Arbitrations, The
Useful Art of Economics, and
other books .
a children's concert) and again
•it 8:30 Monday evening. Both
• performances will be given in
i Memorial hall. Some of the solo-
Farmers of Orange Will Get
Electric Line if They Will
Contribute a Fifth of Cost
Air Show Sunday
Balloon Ascension Will Be Feature;
Flights for Passengers
An air show will be put on at
the Chapel Hill airport, about 2
miles north of the village, Sun
day afternoon.
A feature will be an old-fash
ioned balloon ascension, which
is rarely seen nowadays. And
there will be inverted flying in
planes, stunting, parachute
jumps, and passenger flights in
both open and closed ships.
“Squeaky” Barnett, describ
ed by Mr. Pickell, proprietor of
the airport, as the South’s fore
most stunt pilot, will thrill the
spectators with dare-devil
stunts, one of which will be an
inverted flight acroslh the Air
port. Mr. Barnett, a native of
Virginia, fs a partner in South
ern Airways of Danville. He
flew last year with the “Three
Aces,” expert exhibition flyers.
Miss Colt to Play Here
Daughter of Ethel Barrymore Coming
with the Jitney Players
Ethel Barrymore Colt, daugh
ter of the famous actress whose
lame she bears, is with the Jit
ney Players who will appear this
afternoon and this evening in
he Playmakers Theatre.
“The Adventures of Oz,” the
’endleton Harrison-Helen Dortch
dramatization of the Oz books,
will be presented at 4 o’clock.
This play has a specially strong
appeal for children.
Dion Boucicault’a melodrama
of Wall'street, “The Streets of
New York,” will be presented at
9:15, so that it will not conflict
with the Weil lecture. The play
opens with the panic of 1837 and
closes during that of 1857. It
;will be produced here just as it
;was produced in the old Wallack
theatre in New York in Decem
ber of 1857, with the contem
porary gay songs and tearful
ballads and with dances and
choruses between the acts.
The last time the Jitney Play
ers came to Chapel Hill they
appeared in “Arms and the
Man." Alice Keating Cheney,
Alida Bloodgood, Douglas Row*
land, Ellen Love, and Jack Ma
honey are still with the troupe.
For the afternoon perform
ince the prices of admission are
25 cents for children and 50
;ents for adults; for the eve
ling performance the price is
16 cents.
i sts in the company will give a
t chamber music concert at 4
r >'clock Sunday afternoon in the
- .Grahain Memorial,
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$1.50 a Year to Advance, fa a o*7
Officials of E. R. A. Explain
Flan in Detail at Meeting
at White Cross School
DAVIS DRAWS ROUTE BfAP
Nearly a hundred farmers as
sembled Monday evening at the
White Cross school about 5
miles west of Chapel Hill, to
hear officials of the Emergency
Relief Administration describes
a plan to bring electric current
into their homes. The project
ed line is an extension, nearly
10 miles long, of the line that
now runs out from Chapel Hill
to beyond Calvander,
The outcome of the meeting
was the appointment of a com
mittee to raise the money—
s3,ooo out of the total cost of
$15,510 which the users of
current are called upon to con
tribute. It is to be a self-liqui
dating investment, and those
who put in money are to get it
back eventually out of the reve
nue from the sale of current.
Those present at the meeting
displayed great enthusiasm for
the project, and confidence was
expressed that the $3,000 would
be obtained. The committee
seeking contributions is com
posed of Charles Stanford, Will
Suitt, Manly Snipes, Clem Cheek,
and Charles Teer.
T.‘ W. Morse, work projects su
pervisor for the E. R. A. in
North Carolina, explained the
electrification plan in detail.
Archie Davis drew a map on
a blackboard, showing the route
of the proposed pole-and-wire
line: from near Calvander by
way of Dodson’s crossroads to
Orange Grove, then westward to
Teer, ending at Charles Stan
ford’s place, not far from high
way No. 54, with a spur running
a mile north from Orange
Grove.
A canvass of the farmers of
the section had been made, and
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Debaters Are Coming
lick School Students Will Compete
for the Ayeeck Cap
The high school boys and
girls who were the winners in
vhe triangular debates through
out the state two weeks ago are
coming to Chapel Hill to finish
off the contest next Thursday
and Friday.
The query is : Resolved, that
the United States should adopt
the policy of extending federal
aid to general public education.
The final debate will take place
Friday evening in Memorial hall.
There will be a tennis tourna
ment for state high school cham
pionship (Thursday and Friday)
and a high school track meet
(Friday).
The visiting students, several
hundred of them, will be quar
tered, as in the past years, in
dormitories and in homes.
Silver Tea April 9
The King's Daughters will en
tertain at a Silver Tea from 4
to 6 Tuesday afternoon at Mrs.
R. B. Lawson’s, Every one is in
vited to come and help the
King’s Daughters and learn of
their work.
Baseball Season Opens Today
The University baseball team
will play at Davidson Coliege io
iay (Friday) and tomorrow.
Coach Bunn Hearn says he will
probably put Grouch to as the
itarting pitcherT - " -r