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Page Two TWCMMWeeMf IOOIS GKAVBS SUtur ? BUMBGRITTION KATES ftwjrw- mm ■<«»(•* -4HR6VSImBB> UPe WNSUeaWS m 'mi J mi, « de « CM Hili, North aaCer the act •* March 1. IIW. Jonathan Daniels' Book “But 1 grow argumentative,” wrote Jonathan Daniels. This confession appears on page 67 of his bock published this week, A Southerner Discovers the Sovtk. In the preceding paragraph, ha had been declaring that “only by multiple purpose river develop ment and control (for flood, navi gation, erosion, national de fense, and power) can the public safety and the public welfare be —.** and so forth. He had for gotten for the moment that he was engaged not in giving sound advice to the world through the medium of a newspaper editorial but in telling about his travels through the Southern States. We can see him looking at those words, “multiple purpose” and “public welfare” and the rest, af ter he had set them down, and we can hear him say: “Hell, no body’s going to keep bn reading •>this book if I don’t get away from that solemn stuff.” And so he apologized for growing argu mentative and got back to his story. From start to finish it is a story that races along. About it is something of the quality of an excellent moving picture; one scene follows another, and all of them are astonishingly vivid. But in the matter of character ization the parallel of the mov ing picture fails to hold, because the men and women whom Mr. Daniels presents to you are more like real flesh-and-blood than figures upon the screen. Here we see in full flower the gift of a writer who senses the salient traits of the people he meets who knows how to make these people come alive on the printed page. Egged on by the Mafupillan Company, which made the good guess that he could impart a new flavor to an old topic, the pun gent and provocative editor of the News and Observer set out a year or so ago upon an explor ation of the South. It was not a continuous tour. He would go a few score or a few hundred miles, duck back to Raleigh to attend pressing editorial duties, and then take up the tour again. This was the route: Washington, Williamsburg, Warrenton, Ra leigh, Greensboro, Concord, Charlotte, Gastonia, Spartan burg, Brevard, Cherokee, Knox ville, Chattanooga, Scottsboro, Florence, Nashville, Memphis, Little Rock, Hot Springs, Green ville, Vicksburg, Jackson, Nat chez, New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham, At lanta, Tallahassee, Tampa, Jack sonville, Savannah, Charleston, Columbia, Raleigh. “And so I went forth: with an alarm clock, a tank full of gaso line, a suitcase full of clothes, a suitcase full of books, maps and letters of introduction to the best —the very best—people, and a high heart above the first signs of paunchiness upon a disappear ing youth." “Beginning in a Graveyard" is the title of the first chapter after the introductory one, and the graveyard is Arlington. “This Custis house where the South’s Lee lived; white columns before a square house, the pattern col onial builders loved so dearly in Virginia, which new rich cotton snobs followed in Mississippi, and which small town money lenders in every agricultural town below this river cherish to this day." In Mr. Daniels, as be reports upon his journeying!, there is none of the superciliousness of one who conceives it to be his mission to lay bare the flaws of a benighted land. He just tells what he sees, the merits and a ' flaws together, and you find that whai a lot of people take to be flaws do not distress him, and that what are commonly regard ed as merits be is often disposed not to admire. For example, al though be approves much about the T.V.A., he writes: “I hate model towns. My ob servation has been that Edens are generally either pretentious ly false or full of secret snakes. Os course Norris may, as Tracy B. Augur, assistant director of land planning, said, ‘represent the town planner’s basic thesis that the best foundation for a healthy community life is a com munity deliberately planned to provide it.’ I doubt the good sense of that thesis. I doubt its truth in Norris.” Os course Mr. Daniels is a “liberal,” and naturally what he writes, in connection with social and economic conditions, is bound to reflect something of a “liberal” slant; but there is no slant in any direction sufficient ly pronounced to mar the swift narrative, graphic description, and lifelike character sketches. From the T.V.A. territory the traveler goes on to Chattanooga where he talks with George Fort Milton—rather, mostly, listens to him—and talks and drinks highballs with Julian Harris, and to Nashville, stewing with legislators, and bankers in con vention, and woman garden viewers, where at last he gets the opportunity to sit down with the poet, Donald Davidson. “I had come to the poet-voice of the Southern Agrar ian through a South noisy with people and their demands, crowded with prob lems and packed with bankers, who did not understand ladies, and ladies, who did not understand bankers, and legis lators, with a few drinks aboard, who did not give much of a damn about any of them." A good illustration of the variety of experience in the book is the report of the visit to Nashville. “The distance from the lobby of the hotel to David son’s book-lined study at Vanderbilt is all the way from one world to anoth er. ... A gap deep and wide.” All along the route Mr. Daniels is suddenly leaping, or gliding, from one world into another. He is in seething hotel lobbies, in conversation with a negro on a white-hot road, out among the share-croppers in gullied and deso late fields, in the office of a steel mag nate, in the dim elegance of an ante bellum home in Natchez; here with jovial politicians or riverside rousta bouts, there with sober-minded teach ers and clergymen. He makes you re alize how many worlds there are in the South—what startling variations there are within a small territory or even within a small segment of soci ety. In Memphis he interviewed J. R. Butler, president of the Southern Ten ant Fanners’ Union, and he was im pressed by the good looks of Evelyn Smith, who had come up from New Orleans as a volunteer stenographer for the union. “She was as pretty as she was enthusiastic; a few more such Socialists and no one could tell what might happen to the always susceptible South.” Mr. Daniels may be seriously concerned with problems like share cropping, low wages, and freight rate discrimination, but they never bear down so heavily upon him as to dead en his interest in a refreshing drink or a comely face. We cannot set down here more than a small fraction of what Mr. Daniels tells in his 346 pages. We cannot do more than indicate the nature of the book and advise everybody to read it. Like many another book, it will ap peal to different people in different ways. We feel sure that economists and sociologists will find it packed with valuable lessons. We should not be surprised to learn from them that it has “profound significance” and other polysyllabic virtues. And be 'prepared to read reviews which de clare that the picture Mr. Daniels pre sents of this or that phase of South ern life, or maybe of the whokt of it, is “devastating” or something of the sort. But don’tlet such solemn judg ments frighten you off. Just as you can enjoy Huckleberry Finn to the fullest without ever knowing anything about Its high value as literature or social history, so you can enjoy A Southerner Discover* the South with out ever troubling yourself about deep er meanings. THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY, CHAPEL HILL, N. C. Archibald Rutledge Charms His Audience Never has there been in Chapel Hill a more completedly charmed audience than the one which heard Archibald Rutledge talk Wednesday evening in Gra ham Memorial. In the gathering were scores of men and women who were familiar with the writ ing* of this poet and mystic of the South Carolina low country, and they were eager to see him and to hear his voice. As is so often sadly not the case when magical writers appear in the flesh, on this evening the pres ence fulfilled the promise of the pen. Mr. Rutledge talked about sources of inspiration—their endless number and variety. A lifetime of observation in field and forest and swamp had led him to conclude that the great supports of virtue and morality were three laws: courage, obedi ence, intelligence. He illustrat- Recreation Program Children Are Instructed in Music. Art, Tennis, and Archery The children's recreation pro gram will end a busy week this afternoon with the first practice on the musical instruments which the children have made. Drums have been made from tin cans and discarded inner tubes, tambourines from tin pans and bottle-tops, triangles from horse-shoes, rain rattles from small pasteboard boxes and bot tles, and sandblocks from sand paper and pieces of wood. Mrs. Fred Koch, Jr., conducts the band. The children have organized Indian bands and will hold week ly tribal councils around the totum poles which they have made. The chiefs are Joe Ross, Lawrence Fore, Mary Ethel El lington, and Doris Sparrow. A track meet was held Wed nesday. High scorers were Marion Farrel, Billie Ellington, Joe Ross, Bobby Farrell, and Evelyn Merritt. Goings-about of the Toys Dr. Calvert Toy came from New Brunswick, N. J., last week with his two daughters, Eliza beth Bingham and Eleanor. He went home Wednesday and left for a stay of a few weeks with their grandmother, Mrs. W. D. Toy. His brother, Walter D. Toy, was here Sunday and will be here again at this week-end. Mrs. Calvert Toy is going on a cruise in the Carib bean and the Gulf of Mexico. After the cruise she and the children will return to New Brunswick. A Notice to Students Some of the teachers who are working towards certificates in the Summer Session failed to fill out their registration forms com pletely when they enrolled. If they wish their Summer Session credits to be transferred to the State Department of Certifica tion at Raleigh they should go to the Central Records office at 207 South building before the term ends and submit the re quired information. A Concert at 5 Sunday The Summer Session’s All- State High School Symphony Orchestra will give its second concert of the season at 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon in the Hill Mu sic hall. Everybody is invited. Sherman Smith, baritone, will be the soloist and will sing num bers of his own choosing. The Lewi RuaaeUa Are Here Leon Russel], his wife, and his daughter Jacqueline, drove in from California last Satur day. They have been with the Phillips Russells these last few days, but they say they expect to get a house and stay in Chapel Hill a few weeks. ed his thesis by many anecdotes about wild animals, and now and then read a passage from one of his poem*. When he had finished (or thought he had), his hearers expressed their enthusiasm by round after round of applause. And they remained in their seats, signifying that they must hear more. He responded to their demand by reciting a poem, and then they arose reluctantly and departed. Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge came here at the invitation of the University, conveyed through Roulhac Hamilton. WTiile in the village they were the guests of the Hamfltons, and some of the members of the faculty were inyited in to meet them Wed nesday evening. Mr. Rutledge was a guest at a luncheon at the Carolina Inn yesterday while Mrs. Hamilton had a luncheon for Mrs. Rutledge. “The Blue Bird” Maeterlinck’s Dream Play Will Be Given by Junior Play makers The Junior Piaymakers of the University’s first high school Summer Session will give Mae terlinck’s “The Blue Bird” at 8:30 Monday evening in Memor ial hall under the auspices of the Summer Session Social Commit ee. Admission is free. John W. Parker will direct the play. He will be assisted by Ruth Everette, Katherine Gas ton, Cy Edson, Don Muller, and Carl Bumgardner. Eight elaborate settings for the play have been designed by Mr. Muller and constructed un der his direction by the classes in scenery and lighting. The costumes were designed by Jane Clark of Chapel Hill and execut ed by a costume committee un der the direction of Helen Jen- Wng. The dances for the production were designed by Phoebe Barr, assisted by Bradford White and Miss Ruth Gray of Chapel Hill. Special organ music has been arranged by Betty Kickline. ‘The Blue Bird,” a dream play, is based on the theme of mankind in his search for hap piness. The story is of the ad ventures of two small children who, with the aid of a magic dia mond, go in quest of the Blue Bird of Happiness. Accompanied by animals and elements, they explore the past, the present, and the future, only to return and find that the’ real bird of happiness is their own dove, murmuring within the cottage walls. The cast of 63 players includes the following: Billy Rawls of Rocky Mount; Martha Horna day, Greensboro; Catherine Saunders, Gainesville, Fla.; Ruth Clarson, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Clarence Suddreth, Lenoir; Eliz abeth Pressley, Belmont; Milton Eller, Belmont; Sibyl Taylor, Seaboard; Harriet Goldberg, Gastonia; Jummy Pritchett, Le noir; Harris Hooks, Whiteville; Marshall Parker, Seaboard; Jean McKenzie, West Palm Beach, Fla.; David Hubbell, Durham; Helen Gregory, Roanoke, Va.; Emily Patrick, New Bern; and Jimmy Evans, Chapel Hill. Boys Coming Home from Camp Mr. and Mrs. F. 0. Bowman are going up to Vade Mecum to bring back fr6m the camp there Freddy Bowman, Billy Cobb, and Collier Cobb, 3rd. They’ll get here some time Sunday. FOR SALE For sale: Pedigreed blue Per sian kittens sired by Blue Shawn of Carnarvon. Phone 34% even ings. ' WANTED Wanted: to buy • lady’s bi cycle cheap. Phone 7681. The Betsy Ann Shop Final Clearance Sale Everything Half-Price | Pi - I v SOLID MAHOGANY DINING ENSEMBLE Styled to never grow old • ' & Cfeß. E. Quinn Co.. Inc. *“■' "Fi/rniture of Character* (Opposite Court House, Durham) Report of Condition of The Bank of Chapel Hill of Chape) Hill in the State of North Carolina at the dose of business on June 30, 1938 ASSETS Cash, balances with other banks, and cash items in process of collection $ 1,369,272.85 United States Government obligations, direct and fully guar anteed _ 784,931.25 State, county, and municipal obligations .... 260,910.39 Loans and discounts . 403,762.09 Banking house owned, fumitare and fixtures . a. ~ * 23,293.10 Other real estate owned 7,400.00 Other assets 9,585.38 TOTAL ASSETS < ./ 5 2,859,155.06 LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL Deposits of individuals., partnerships, and corporations: , (a) Demand deposits $ 538,122.11 (b) Time deposits evidenced by savings pass books 569,295.65 (c) Other time deposits 56,471.76 United States Government and postal savings deposits 10,500.00 State, county, and municipal deposits 1,322,307.91 Deposits of other banks 42,074.94 Certified and officers’ checks, letters of credit and travelers’ checks sold for cash, and amounts due to Federal Reserve bank (transit account) 10,960.60 TOTAL DEPOSITS $2,549,732.97 Dividends declared but not yet payable 5,100.00 Other liabilities • 21,770.81 TOTAL LIABILITIES EXCLUDING CAPITAL ACCOUNT $2,576,603.78 Capital account: (a) Capital stock and capital notes and deben tures! $ 60,000.00 (b) Surplus 126,000.00 (c) Undivided profits 69,877.34 (d) Reserves 27,673.94 (e) Total capital account 282,651.28 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL $2,859,155.06 On date of report the required legal reserve against deposits of this bank was $318,679.88. Assets reported above which were eligible as legal reserve amounted to $864,272.85. t This bank’s capital is represented by 600 shares of first preferred stock, par value $60.00 per share retirable at $50.00 per share; and 600 shares of common stock, par $50.00 per share. MEMORANDA Pledged assets (except real estate), rediscounts, and securities loaned: (a) V. 8. Government obligations, direct and fully guaran teed, pledged to secure deposits and other liabilities $ 779,931.25 (b) Other assets (except real estate) pledged to secure de posits and other liabilities (including notes and bills rediscounted and securities sold under repurchase agreement) 866,550.11 TOTAL - - - .... $ 1,646,481.36 Secured and preferred liabilities: (a) Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to require ment of law .... - $ 1,332,807.91 (e) Liabilities (other than those reported against items 35 (a) and (b) secured by pledged assets 11,499.95 TOTAL f. - $ 1,844,307.86 I, W. E. Thompson, Cashier, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, and that it fully and correctly represents the true state of the several matters herein contained and set forth, to the best of my knowledge and belief. Correct,—Attest: W. E. THOMPSON, Cashier. J. E. KENNETTE, COLLIER COBB, Jr, Directors. B. B. LLOYD, State of North Carolina, County of Orange Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of July, 1938, and I hereby eertjfy that I am not an eftker or director of this bank. My commission expires July B*. 1889. W. O. SPARROW, Notary Public. Friday, July 15, 1938
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