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Contractor Will
Begin Monday to
BriMNew P. O.
Contract Has Bern Awarded to
L. B. Gallimore of Greens
boro on Bid of $94,500
. THE FORCE IS JUBILANT
The contract for Chapel Hill’s
new post office has been let to
L. B. Gallimore of Greensboro on
his bid of $94,500.
Work will begin Monday with
digging for the foundations.
The United States Treasury,
the department of the govern
ment that has jurisdiction over
the construction of post offices
and court houses, will station an
engineer here to supervise the
job. W. L. Gordon is the con
tractor’s superintendent.
“It will take at least ten
months to complete the post of
fice in Chapel Hill,” said Mr.
Gallimore yesterday, “because it
must be built in two operations;
that is, one section must be put
up complete so that the post of-,
fice business may be carried on
in it while the other half is un
der construction. The new build
ing will be set on the same'site
as that of the present building,
and the present building will be
removed before we can proceed
with the last half.”
The new entrance is to be on
Franklin street about where the
present entrance is. Besides the
main approach to it there will
be a walkway leading up from
Henderson street.
Postmaster Robert A. Eu
banks, Assistant Postmaster W.
S. Hegar, ,**ad the »mt of the
force are jubilant over the prep
arations for the new structure.
“We’ve been needing more space
for a long time, because of the
large increase in the volume of
business,” says Mr. Eubanks.
“That we are to have the new
building is due largely to the in
terest and persistent effort of
our congressman, Mr. Umstead.”
Mildred Seydell Here
Atlanta Columnist Is Writing: Series
of Articles about This State
Mildred Seydell, who has trav
eled all over the world as a
newspaper and magazine writer,
has written a novel, and con
ducts a regular column in the
Atlanta Georgian, was in Chapel
Hill Monday.
By arrangement with the com
mittee which is directing the ad
vertising program for North
Carolina, under an act of the last
legislature, Mrs. Seydell is do
ing a series of articles about the
state. Now being published in
her column in the Georgian, they
will appear later in a book. Mr.
MacArthur, of the advertising
agency which has been retained
by the state, is accompanying
Mrs. Seydell on her tour through
the state.
Here she interviewed Maryan
Saunders, Phillips Russell, and
other citizens in her quest for
information about the history
end the present state of the Uni
versity and about the village.
She lunched with Mrs. J. P. Wat
ters at the Inn.
A. A. F. Seawell a Grandfather
With the birth of Malcolm B.
Seawell, Jr., last week Attorney
Genera] A. A. F. Seawell became
a grandfather for the first time.
Upon arrival Malcolm weighed
more than ten pounds. His fath
er, supervisor for the North
Carolina Parole Board, was grad
uated from the University in
1931."
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The Chapel Hill Weekly
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Jodie Reproves “Idle Curiosity Seekers**
For Derogatory Statements about Court*
Says There May Be Citations for Contempt
The talk with which the town
has been buzzing for the last
month, about the Mclntosh-
Fowler case, culminated Tues
day in a reproof by Judge Phipps
of persons who, he said, had
made false and malicious state
ments about his conduct of the
case and whom he described as
“persons who had no business in
the court except as idle curi
osity seekers.”
Judge Phipps read his reproof
from the bench and directed the
clerk to “file it with the pro
ceedings of the court for this
day.”
The statements in criticism of
him, he said, “bordered on, if
they were not, direct contempt
of court,” and he gave notice
that “if I hear of any other simi
lar statements about the court
or any of its officials, someone
will have to answer a citation
for contempt.”
James S. Fowler was arrested
June 18 on the charge of assault
ing C. E. Mclntosh, Jr., Mclntosh
having emerged from the Model
Market, after a meeting with
Fowler, with a battered face and
a badly blacked eye. Fowler
brought a counter charge of as
sault against Mclntosh. At the
conclusion of the trials, at last
week’s session of the court,
Judge Phipps imposed a fine of
$lO, plus costs, upon each de
fendant.
After talking with many citi
zens about the case, the editor
is convinced that a heavy ma
jority opinion in the community
is that tlj« charge against Mc-
Intosh should have been dis
missed and that Fowler should
have been punished. The peo
ple who hold this opinion say
that the evidence showed that
Fowler was the aggressor and
Vettori Coming Tuesday
Metropolitan Opera Soprano to Sing
in Hill Muak Hall
Elda Vettori, Metropolitan
Opera soprano, will sing at 8:30
Tuesday evening in the Hill
Music hall. She is “in the Sum
mer School Budget”—which, be
ing interpreted means that there
is no charge for admission.
This will be the first enter
tainment of the second term.
Born in Venice, Vettori was
brought to America as an infant'
and regards herself as an Amer
ican. She was trimming hats in
a St. Louis millinery store when
she was “discovered." In the
eight years she has been with
the Metropolitan she has sung
roles in “Aida,” "Tosca,” “For
za del Deatlno," “Turandot,”
“Gioconda,” “La Boheme,” and
other operas.
Chapel Hill, July 21
Dear Mr. Graves:
More about the Screech Owl.
Lest we become too enthusi
astic in our efforts to right the
great inequalities of Nature, it
is well sometimes to stop and
consider the two sides of the
question. So in regard to the
Owls I am sending you a quota
tion from G. Clyde Fisher of the
Museum of Natural History. Mr.
Fisher says:
“The little Screech Owl is
well—known throughout the
United States. With the excep
tion of the Burrowing Owl it
feeds mm extensively on in
sects than any other owl. It ia
a diligent mouser and feeds more
or less on crawfish, frogs, toads,
scorpions, lizards, and fish. Os
254 stomach* examined, birds
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1937
that Mclntosh struck Fowler
only iif self-defense.
Mclntosh has filed an appeal
to the superior court.
One citizen who did not give
voice to her disapproval of
Judge Phipps’ decision in any
furtive or circuitous fashion
was Mrs. R. B. Lawson. She ac
costed him on the street at the
conclusion of last week’s session
and, in the presence of several
listeners, censured him severely.
The statement which Judge
Phipps read from the bench was
as' follows:
“There were two cases tried
in this court on Monday night of
last week in which the defend
ants were charged with assault
and battery, to wit: State v.
Fowler and State V. Mclntosh.
“The cases were hard fought
and after hearing all of the evi
dence which the State and the
defendants produced in court
and not taking into considera
tion any street gossip, the court
found both defendants guilty of
simple assault and battery. It
further appeared to the court
that both defendants voluntarily
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The Firemen’s Barbecue
A. Henderson and Fire Chief Bennett
of Durham Are Honor Cnesta
The Chapel Hill firemen had
their annual barbecue Wednes
day evening. Because the heavy
rainfall had made impassable
the road to their cabin down in
the Morgan creek valley, the
feast was served in the Ameri
can Legion Hut on Rosemary
lane.
Archibald Henderson, who
has enjoyed an exceptionally
close acquaintance with the fire
men because of the frequency
with which they have been called
to put out a fire in his home, was
one of the guests of honor. An
other was Fire Chief Bennett of
Durham. Mayor Foushee was
toastmaster.
Foy Baker delighted the com
pany, about fifty citizens of the
village, with his usual delicious
barbecued pig. There was live
ly chatter, and laughter, and
song. It was a jolly party.
Mr. Henderson’s topic was the
Volunteer Spirit. He spoke of
the faithfulness and devotion of
the firemen in serving Chapel
Hill and said that in them the
community beheld a perfect em
bodiment of the Volunteer
Spirit.
Chief Bennett talked about the
high regard that the firemen of
Durham and the firemen of
Chapel Hill had for one anoth
er. His whimsical stories and
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F. H. Edmister and Phillips Russell Write about Screech Owls
were found in 15 per cent. As
many as 50 grasshoppers in
one, 18 beetles in another, and in
another 13 cut worms.
Most of the birds destroyed
by this Owl are killed either in
severe winter or during the
breeding season when it may
have hard work to feed its
yonng. Bince nearly three
fourths of the Owl’s food con
sists of injurious insects, and
only about one-seventh of birds,
a large part of which are Eng
lish Sparrows, there ia ho ques
tion but that this little Owl
should be fully protected."
It might have been enlighten
ing if Mr. Henninger had exam
ined the stomach contents of the
Owls he shot Birds, like peo
ple, are prone'.to cry *Wolf I
! Wolf f' often at imagined dan
| gets, and in this way can con-
Chapel Hill Chaff
Walter Murphy of Salisbury,
known far and wide as Pete
Murphy, was seated near me at
breakfast the other day in the
Carolina Inn cafeteria. Our talk
turned to the book, the history
of football in the University,
which Smith Barrier is getting
ready for publication in the fall.
Mr. Murphy is a member of the
committee which has been asked
to select for this volume an “all
time” University of North Car
olina football team. He was on
the celebrated 1892 eleven.
“It’s a difficult—you might
call it an impossible—thing to
do,” he said, “because of the
changes that have come about
in the game. When I was here
and for many years afterward
there were two halves of 45 min
utes each. The field was 10
yards longer than it is now. A
field goaf counted more than a
touchdown. Forward passes were
unknown. You had to make five
yards in three downs instead of,
as now, ten yards in four downs.
And there have been many other
changes. The rules and the style
of play are so different from
what they used to be that it is
hard to compare the players of
one era with those of another.”
Mr. Murphy and Dr. Mangum
are the only two men on the
committee who have been con
tinuous observers of football
here since the University’s first
team was organized in 1888.
In reminiscence, Mr. Murphy
contrasted the one-game-a-week
in these days with the severe
schedules of the early nineties.
I recall that in 1900, when I was
a student, the team played Ten
nessee in Knoxville on Tuesday,
Vanderbilt in Nashville Thurs
day, and Sewanee in Atlanta
Saturday, but Mr. Murphy had
a chronicle to beat that. The
1892 team played five games in
a week, winning them all with
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Sunday Evening Music
Gershwin Compositions to Be Heard
in the Kenan Stadium
In tribute to the late George
Gershwin, “Rhapsody in Blue”
and others of his compositions
will be played at the concert at
8:30 Sunday evening in the
Kenan stadium. The program
also includes Johann Strauss’s
“Tales from the Vienna Woods,”
Schubert’s “Ave Maria” (sung
by Marian Anderson), Beetho
ven's “Choral Symphony,” and
“Meditations” from Massanet’s
“Thais.” An accident to the am
plifier caused a postponement of
the concert last Sunday evening,
but Hal Gordon says there will
be no hitch this time. In case of
rain the concert will be given in
the Hill Music hall.
i Jk
demn an innocent bystander.
I happen to be rather attract
ed by the querulous cry of this
evening visitor, who is so much
better called the Shivering Owl
since there is not a suggestion
of a screech in its call.
I trust that our many bird
lovers will not set out on a pro
gram of extermination of this
nocturnal caller whose sudden
cry causes us to move a little
closer to the fire, particularly
when such fire happens to be
beside a camp In the midst of the
forest.
F. H. Edmister.
Another Piece about Owls
In “The Carolina Calendar,” in
the Newt and Observer, Phillips
Russell writes this piece about
screech owls*
“The - whinny of the screech[
R. L. Doughton Whites Editor a
Letter Indicating that He May
Yet Decide to Rob for
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Cumberland la Wet
Cumberland county, which
contains the city of Fayetteville,
decided by a majority of 994, in
an election Tuesday, to establish
liquor stores under the county
option law enacted by this year’s
legislature. The vote was 3,208
for the stores to 2,214 against.
The county voted against the
repeal of the 18th amendment in
the 1933 referendum.
In the contest between the
wets and the drys in North
Carolina this year first one side
wins and then the other. These
counties have gone wet: Dur
ham, Wake, Cumberland, John
ston, Dare, and Washington;
and these have gone dry: Meck
lenburg, V/ayne, Alleghany,
Columbus, Currituck, and Jones.
Besides the counties that have
gone wet this year, 17 counties
operate liquor stores as the re
sult of elections in 1935. In cer
tain townships in two other
counties the sale of whiskey has
been made legal by special acts
of the legislature.
A 6-Weeks Art Course
It Is Being Conducted by Miss Nell
Booker snd Miss Irms McCurdy
Miss Irma McCurdy, assisted
by Miss Nell Battle Booker, will
offer a six-weeks course in art
and crafts for grammar grade
and high school pupils, from
9:30 to 12:30 every morning,
beginning Monday, in the base
ment of the pharmacy building.
Miss McCurdy has studied at
the Wesleyan School of Fine
Arts in Macon, Georgia, and un
der Russell Smith of the depart
ment of fine arts here. Miss
Booker has studied here under
Francis Speight, Mary de B.
Graves, August Cook, and Alice
Tuttle of the Pennsylvania
Academy.
Both Miss McCurdy and Miss
Booker are earnestly intent upon
interesting grammar grade and
high school pupils in art and in
the beginnings of creating il*
The Fullers Hava a Daughter
was born Wednes
day in Duke hospital to Mr. snd
Mrs. Williamson W. Fuller. Mr.
Fuller, a graduate of the Univer
sity of Virginia, is studying law
here now and intends to remain
In the law school for two or three
more years.
Mr. Binkley Preaches at Duke
Rev. O'. T. Binkley will preach
in the cathedral-chapel of Duke
University at U o’clock Sunday
morning.
owl just after sundown betokens
that summer has passed its
meridian and that he is taking
his young ones out for their first
lessons In supper-earning. Un
fortunately the first victims of
their sharp claws art apt to be
the birds that roost in the shrub
bery close to the ground, such as
the cardinal, mocker, thrasher,
catbird, and wood thrush. A few
stones will usually teach them to
do their hunting elsewhere. Owls
that harm songbirds ought to be
thinned out, but it is not good
to ahoot them indiscriminately,
for they pay their way by keep
ing down the mice and rats so
active at this time of year. In
fact, if it were not for the owls,
snakes and hawks destructive
rodents would be so numerous as
to be a pest In every field and
[bent.”
sl.ssa Yearfas Advaae*. SeaCsp?
People in All fleet!— es the
State, Be Says, Are Urging
Him to Become Candidate
HE IS DEFERRING ANSWER
A letter from Congressman
Robert L. Dough ton to the
Woekl/y shows that he has not
taken himself out of the picture
as a candidate for the United
States Senate against Senator
Robert R. Reynolds in the Demo
cratic primary next year.
Mr. Doughton does not say
that he will run. but he makes it
plain that he has not definitely
given up the idea. The fact that
he is undecided is important
political news, because, from his
latest previous word on the sub
ject, most people in North Caro
lina had got the impression that
he'was out of the race.
In response to an inquiry from
the editor as to whether or not
he would be a candidate, Mr.
Doughton writes:
“Washington, D. G ,
“July 20. 1937
“Dear Mr. Graves:
“Your letter requesting in
formation as to my purpose rela
tive to entering the next Sena
torial Campaign in our State has
been received and given atten
tion.
“Many similar letters from all'
sections of North Carolina have
reached me, and continue to ar
rive daily, most of which urge
me to become a candidate for
nomination to the Senate and
pledge suppqrt in cI should
decide to run.
“Congress is in the midst of a
very busy and important session
and my heavy duties and re
sponsibilities demand all of my
time. Moreover, the primary is
almost twelve months away and
I do not feel that I would in any
way be justified at this time in
doing or saying anything that
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Riflemen Kill Rats
Pick ’Em Os u Th*jr Com* to CM
Food oa (MM T*wa Dump
When Rat Man George Lay
has poisoned all the rata out at
the old town dump near the
Hillsboro road he will have
spoiled the sport of several
Chapel Hill riflemen who have
been going out there late in the
afternoon, when the rats are
most in evidence, to practice
their marksmanship.
E. A. Brown, Arline Carawan
and Obie Davis are the cham
pions among the rat killers.
They have slain as many as 100
rats in a day, perhaps around
800 altogether. Using .22 cali
ber rifles they sit quietly near
the dump and pick off the rata
that come to look for something
to eat.
Mr. Brown said yesterday that
the rata were sort o’ tame and
didn’t seem to learn anything by
seeing their fellows shot. He
thinks that they are probably
descended from white pet rats
and that this explains their
tameness. About half of those
killed have been either partially
or wholly white.
“I hppe that rat man cleans
them out,” Mr. Brown said.
“Now that the incinerator is be
ing used snd no more garbage it
being placed on the dump, the
rataare beginning to be pinched
for food, and when they get
hungry enough they'll no doubt
begin to spread to the village
and the surrounding country
side. There must be thousands
of them, and I believe they
would make a serious invasion/*