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VOLUME SIX; NUMBER 224
BLAST WRECKS PITTSBURG SECTION AND 27 DIE
Dying Confession Os
Six Years Ago Frees
Three County Blacks
Frank WBMum, Georg* Fear
aal and Jfaa HiH Given
u , Paraten r .
HAD BERN FOUND GUILTY
SECOND DEGREE MURDER
Harry, CaMweß. Boated in Elec
tric CWk Exonerated
HAU9KUI, Not. 14-
Dr.. William Booth Wan H 4 and
Had Praclletd Since Civil
War
A career of sixty two years as a
practicing physician Was brought to
rod end In Canon City, Colo.. Ban
day evening when Dr. William Booth
fattier of Mrs.' W. O Cone, dlod Irf
Ids eighty fourth year. Mrs. Cone,
together With one other »urvi*jpg
daughter, Miss Marla Booth, were
vifh Dr Booth when he died.
Dr Booth was born In Washingtt»n.
county, Maryland In 1*43. wa‘s edu
rated In Ihc Medh-nl School iif the
University of Maryland and shortly
before the. end of UMkCbU War en
tered upon'the practice of hla profes
tion at Fortress Monroe. With the
war ended, he returned to his na
tive county and began his work Im
paired health of Ills younger daueh
tcr censed him to move to Colorado,
and .there he practiced medicine un
til about three months ago. Advanc
Ing age several years ago forced,
him to coptine himself (o office prac
tice, but not until three months ago
was he compelled so pul. eullrely
aside Ihe profession Id -which he had
•erred for so long.
Last March, his wife died and was
burled In Colorado. The remains will
be disinterred and will accompany
(be body ot Dr. Booth back to Mary
land where burial will be made at
Hagerstown next Monday.
BAD BL AZE AT
WRIGHTSVILLE
Two CoUagrH Burn and l.untina
Reported as Seriously
Threatened
WILMINGTON. Nur. I 4 L»’l-Fir*
which started pbout 11 o'clock was
■M-IVI -rajdag late towlgbl on Wrights
villa Iftach, Ins pile of heroic effort*
es the Wilmington flro dapirtmopi
which waa called out as soon as the
first cottage was burned
Two were consumed by
the flames and front Wrlghtsvlllo
Soundest nearest telephone to the
scene, came advices that the flames
were bating their, way toward Lum-
Ina, with little prospect of the fight
ers getting it under control.
Sermons Trial May
Reach Jury Today
NKW BERN, Nov. 14.— (A*) - Intro
duction of .ftd'tbcr evideno to sub
rtautiatc the self-defense argument
occupied today's session of Pamlico
County Superior Court listening to
the charge* against Luther, Vergil
und Lee Sermons growing ont of the
death "of 1 Prohibition Agent W, T.
l.ewU In a oght‘ at Fort Barnwell
several tnonUn sgo. The case will
iprobably reach the Itiry late Tuca
day 'r early Wednesday.
In the siltn of seven hundred and
fifty dolur* for lit* (Holland'.ijllevpd there wa* a
man wording mTJßldsboro that he
wauled. Ifogehoom then “laid low”,
because he krtew that If Holland
should sec and Tecogjilio him,, ho
might make good hl» escape before
.he could be arrfbted. Officer Rhodes;
began working on the case and eoou
"spotted" him. nud Icarhed what hi*
working hour* were. The arrest fol
lowed yesterday nioriiliiK. sad Hoi
laud is being held in jail here pend.
Ing the urrival of the sheriff vof
Northampton county, who will take
1 im hack Micro for trial.
It wo* said that a woman with
whom Hollaed- had btfgn rooming u*
hla wife, had bean held tor question
ing by th — Au
eutlre section gt Northolde ITUs
burg lay In pities tonight and tho
bodies of 3T persons rested in the
count morgue, mate evidence of one
of Ihe most dinsoteroiis sxploslhns
In tho city’s history Death and de
vastation swept the Old Manchester
district when ak mammoth slorage
rah lank exploded.
PITTS 81 - RO ypi-*He»cae work
ere using dynanatc in au effort to
pehetrate wreckage lit the uorlh sld#
disaster -di-vastated by gas tank
tzploaloa tonight located the bod
ice of f|x mldlthmnl victim* behind
n boiler In the £lntit of the IMMs
ourg Clay Pot company .This brought
the known list of iilend to 37 «
Several stleka W»f dj-namtte ware
I laced near the aud dtscliarg--
e*l. The rcneuereij who set off the
< Itarge weul In-hlnd the dislodge de
bris and he reporkd the bodlen of a
half iloaen men mid died together
Fire department ■sh lals sahl the,
I ctrnclure might at any mo
' maul aud they ordered rewur
ers back. It was helieved no effort
to bring Ihc bodies ont would be
made until niornlug
Iferoism of Injured employees us
tho Pittsburg Clay Pot' plant which
waa wrecked by today's gas blast,
was recounted tonight by doctor*
-•,< liu were among the first' to enter
‘the wreckage, in the building* doc
tors found a large number of men
lying on the floors, bleeding from
many cut* and other wounds. Wllen
the doctors attempted to give the men
first aid treatment the victims de
murred aud commanded the jphyal
clans lo go out into tilt, mins and
give treatment to women and chil
dren of the/district
, Classes were dismissed In seven
schools because of the exploslou
Windows in Ihe schools were shat
tered and the buildings damaged At
one school across Ihc Ohio river from
llie scene of the blast two school
boys were cut by flying glass.
The tank, cbntaning *5.000,0«0 cu
bic feet of natural gas, let loose wllh
one us the moat terrific bloat* in
•Pittsburg's history. Practically every
buldltig In tho Immediate vicinity
waa wrecked and windows ■ over a
wide area were shuttered. Including
s&nc In downtown department stor
es and office structures.
When the tank burst, a amull ol
fire, higher than the adjacent type of
Vntlnt Washington, shot Into the air.
spreading out In a fan shape
rlMkuicn and police volunteer work
era expressed the lx-lief that scores
of person. In their home and In fac
tories of the region, had been trap
ltd when the buildings collapsed
Every hospital In the city was
crowded with Injured
Whan the extent of the disaster be
came apparent.' the police command
ed private automobiles und
to CQtgrey Injured to hospitals With
in un hour after the-blast llte throe
I*.- , ,-»«wwravmrvsrv. t .*m»u'«»•<*—
hir hospitals of thf nwfthgld,* wnf
'repoiiod crowded with victims. Many
nr The |fny g«i*
and otltcr Injuries, staggered to the
Allwgßeny Oencrul and Preabytenan
hospttalß. Home Collapsed on the
(Continued on Page live)
Swim Riv«;r„To Ktjcape
From Wayne Deputies
A Hl|ll In operation and ten
gallons of whiskey were captur
v ed near the Little Hlvur throe
tulles from Goldsboro si ten «'»“
• clock Auiurday mornliir t»y tX
flccrr Kornvga.'. Gardner and
■ ; W*- Four mm, none of whom
could bo recognized. Jumped into
I tho river, swam across and ««•
• cai^cd.
SINGING CLASS
WELL RECEIVED
Methodist Orphanage Hopes Be
Able Cara For 100 More
ChiMran Soon
"9" "
> The Sing lug tins* of the MStbodtst
Orphanage In Raleigh, gave In excel
lent enlertainment to a large and
'•ery appreciative audience at Bt.
Paul Methodist church at the eve
ning service on Sunday. '
The children were In charge of
Mra. 'Nellie Hives of the Orphanage
faculty, who spoke some word* of
appreciation of,the help given the
orphanage by St. Paul church, She
staled that the Baby College has
been liegutl. und that' authorities
hope that wtthiu another year there
will be room for another hundred
children In addition to the' *l7 al
ready there. Bhe staled that the
ueeda or the orphanage are grant,
und that the present Incotae la In
adequate to the need*.
Ten children gave the program,
and showed exertion! training. There
wore five little girl*, two older anno,
and two older boys on the platform,
while another nJ/Mr girl accompanied ,
tocm beuuTftbTfy at the piano. On*
of the smaller girts read Ihe Scrip
turn mid Iml t tie prayer*, while nil
ynve recitations, and, aang In chor- 1
use*, ono of older girl* had n I
remarkably bountiful Unor valecj
the others sang alto.
One very notlceaWe fart l* that
these children have a remarkable
1 otHtposuro and very easy manner*.
* *
SAY INVENTOR
IS MURDERED
0 l
Hrotber in Ijiw'm Body WUh Six
BalletM Found in Work*hop
By I'uwcr
111(1 HIJL.N 1)8, N J., Nor, 14.
(4*>— Suarch by state polloe and da
tretttes wax concentrated on the half
tulle wide pinloaula between there
aud West , l-ong Branch tonight tor
Alfred KjAroedrt* of Cleveland, Ohio,
who was* id by police to have slain
his brotifrr in law. Herbert Mefsttrr
knecht inreator aud tfotsibl nnth»l
officer late uday.
The body Into which six bullets
had been fired wu found in tbs of
fice of hts workshop by a passerby
who heard the shooting. Authorities!
raid Bchrotder Was seen to ran front
the place aud floe lu an anlbmobl|a.
Report Troteky Is
An ABBassin Victim
LNDON.. Nov. UHfV Thsr ltoily
Mail’s IMmJlner lays n
report In, dxrrvnt that Leon Trotsky,
former sovlA or commissioner, and
i.uw a leader opposition party
In Moscow, has bean oEetutfllnated.
Message* from twV-TtusaUn ettlea
gave the same report. Thwrc Has bean
110 confirmation, however, from any
o .'trial sources.
Expedt Several Hundred At
Hunt| net Here On Wednesday
4ft- Wc arc looking tor a fhcordtbraah
mg crowth aald’ II H Ikjtklns, pres
idem of I lie Goldsboro Merchant*
Association, in dlsnjaaliig thy bwn
«ji|it of Goldsboro, Fremont. Ptke
vtK. Mi Olive und county mercbeute.
h-i, Wedueaday iHght«.Wittl M k
North 1 arolitut,_Merrhanta Aasocta
yjfefc . V-tQijiJd jftkrt: ot UaJMgtt. .
secretary down (or address**. It la
— —— —v
roposed lq organixe a Wayno County
Marclmips Vssoclaliuii. carrying out
mi Idea born with Mr. Nawaome sav
j era I months ago. It wll In- the first
| organization of its kind in tbv stale.
“It looks now as If we are going :
j 10, huvi' plenty of repreaentatlvea
j from the nearby towns but we need :
to bear at oiic-> front morn of the
Goldsboro pcoplt," naid Mr Janklua
last evening. ,
Field Hecretur)’’ Uoykin Is 111 tha
tA ■% .
county in charge of the arrangement
looking to the bauquet
& Tti* strengthauing mud building j
up of local merchants association* !
and the orgauhuitlhm of haw awapoln- •
(tons ip strategic point# throughout!
The Bute, sonpj of which will otp !
Number Os Changes In
Appointments Made By
Bishop Edwin Motizon
B. HOLLAND IS
HIT BY AN AUTO
'«• r
Guv Winn tend. Jr n Wan Drlvlu*
Machine; Bay Accident .
Unavoidable
B. Holland saßarad a brokan col
lar bone, a broken shoulder blade,
am* severs cute and brutaes about
tha head at t«a o'clock Baturday
night, when be waa atruck and
knocked down by the car driven by
Gay Winstead Jr, just In front of
the Post Ofllce. Holland waa taksp
at once to t *he Bpicw Banatorlum,
and ialar that Wight to bit home.
- U wan aald that Ur. Holland tu
struck just na he stepped from be
llied another (Mr so suddenly that
the driver Uhl not have time to btop.
HUBBARD MEDAL
FOR LINDBERGH
j l’rcaktent CompUmcnln Filer on
Contribution to Aviattou
Htatory
MABIIINOTON, Nov Id. ——-
' thft HjiWmrd »tda! fft
c uuspklois* ’■bcbievwnsank to C«l.
Charles UnSbsigh on behalf of tha
| nalioosl GcogrlpUlc Society, Final
i dent Goal idp* tonifht paid anothnr
] high iribnta to the Her bath a* an
aviator and u mao.
Uudbcrgh s light from New York
to Parla atlrred U»e heart of tho
people, the President said! but U
WMw the tier's hnselßah dedication
of himself to the advancement of
Mtaftningfcat dtrptayod Jtf» dear eoa
ceptlonpf puMlc aarvla*.
Ha’ detarmlaed to_ capitalise hla
lime, not tor sstflah pnrpoaaa bat tor
the promotion of the aid ha larea,*’
Mr. Coolldge sahl. ’He wm uamOf
ad by lb* many apportanttles for
private gain." , -
The president declared that 4* a'
result of Lindbergh’s tight over tha
Atlantic and hit subsequdht trip to
avary state la tha union, *» ecav
ity for IBM far “berond nay dream
of six luoatks ago” la tndlcalM. ‘
' Nanking Wln7 Over
City of Hankow
BIIANGHAI, Hon- 14.—The
conflict between Nanking and Han
kow seems lo have ended with com
plete victory of Nanking, which
* greatly atrengthsit the govai’omont.
j Tha flgbtets aro sanding
; peace enjoys to Nanking, advices say,
j end It ia-eapected (bat n set tic went
will be effected thus terminating all
j atte mpt* of.Haukyw to ant up au in
, dependent government.
hrac'l au entire country, la the im
mediate teak of the North Carolina
Merchants' AsnuHatiou says Willard
L. Dowel, executive secretory or the
ytate association
"The county, 'a* a unit for au os
.l* jLjftSSjSSii! tr v«, 'hrJ
custom erlUon hen peevsiled hrrwto
fore. luit ’M! hare every 'mShiu to
fetUcicn.Ahot the idea to- pxaottaal sad
•hut such nn orgauiialiot! would be
of great bonefu to the merchants at*
rural commanliy " — r — : —
Mr. Dowell, saked "Why should no!
the merchants In small towns and
vtltafes be siren the advantages and
benefits of sn association when this
iau k<> broufht alnitit by organizing
the merchants with a central office
or rlearinn house located near the
tunite of the county?
"In this day of quick commnuica
lloti and Iran importation with the
telephone, good roads and automo
biles distance has been minimised
and Is no louger s matter of great
couesru.
Thsro ai'c but lew counties to th«
State that cannot be tteteteiit in a £
... miom
t . 1 . 'dpi -
Member of
The AHodated
ww t->_-
JTCBB
rranncßm
* *
Rev. J. M. DuM Cmm
To Kt. M Kit For »
Fourth Yoor I
CITY HOAD, BUSAWrH
CITY, orre ML WATKINS
Forator Clipd RSI Slolrttf
WIN Wroet Thin DMrirt
Froao Now Bora - W.
Appuiutmsata read, by Mokop R*
win Mouson of CharteUs m\t» elm*
In* sessions of ike No*th CoroUoo
Methodist Contort*?* to |iol|lth>ooo
tey ntfckt rstuftnd too. #. li Dm*
Cto St Paul ehnrth Mte lor the
link jmr, promoting W. f.
Wdtkto# front 8t Jphn to City Root. *
Elisabeth City ead.rsturaedlUTlL
!. J«om* to KUO Stmt o*4 Mbs
▼»l« ud llov, It. I, Blow* to the
Goldsboro Clroott.
£rii!^SSS
item placed Hi uhSlfl Os tko *A.
OttVn circuit. Mo. R Pi l4* OSS
qhuftgtd Ho*
circuit to tko VtlOll *O4 •
Bor. hf. L. 4H4HSH MOt •** i**4p
Sprtote. • ts.
Hr. rrtMsH* om/tert* ty**"
till* »o toko tko liowte Ot ft
J-ka »U Mrro4 *»’teMtfAtefi
'*£•**'&*s
I>*«® ■o, . iwAfMfr » ** f' Jx
of tko Moo dtoVtf. rrtlch *tO
■ -T- i iit i i kiiiteMlff ikteiti
orsces moot o* ami ~wr l
o* ta iter no. hal «4*kw ki»
luurih yoor an? Wte so* to t*o D*t»
ham district *»'ftaNMkißMW
Walter Poitou ceteoo (vote tko Ck*o*
H Hill Methodist «ht#oh »0 mho tk*
«- -rh which Hr. -WooNte fcao AtoWte*
oil Mr, Potto* OMftlt no f’ktool
1111 l ekurok lor HO Wtote mC dart**
tklo time tko litelllfil How Oktpl
IUII otrarek woo test
Other OMilsttetetilpHaUMi Ns*
to* Qror* circuit: W. % Hutebls.
...O— y
HlantoiiOWlO «!««» 3- m
Koaaaartll* otesui N, |. S4ooo -<*
foa Book BlspM
"•Iter Pottof. ONoMteC EMor.
Atlantic 004 «ookMk4: * T Chock* ,
teoNr- • c
Itoanfort: U U Wsiih , ,<
Croreo Clreati B W. BoHHMb
tester- . - , A :♦!; ; *■
. Dover Ctreott: % A Ai|iM
OoMkkoto Hte Stroot'Hkerole, k.
L. Jerome ft MM; 4. H. ftrtte
Uhl It M t *. OHM. -
Ch«t. a a
Ortttoo ClreOtl: M. A SCnektsHA
llookefton Circuit: li 4. bteSfc*
Joaee Circuit: T. W. Loe
Kin«ton; Qeeeu Stfedt, ®. C. Hk,
I-wthange Circuit:
MureMte City: B. A Btaughtrr,
ML
ML QMre
Now Betoi: Ceotohary, M. fc. ' l».
Wltem; Hirer SH*, Q*»
Newport Circuit Pratt
Ooracoke-Portamoutk: it A Br«f
ton. ♦
Oriental: J. T- Stantote. ■
Pamlico c ircuit U C. Brothers. -
Pink Hill Clretrtf: J, ». PtmamOS
Airen Bpriac* Circuit: K. L Sear
•joii, • • ;
Smlw Hill Clreulti f A JBttseollo
Straito Circuit! A BY Dtoitn
BoMtk MotrMt
M, bradakaw, prceMlaC Wder
’ '&■
Benooo etreatt: A H. IfiAsion. JO
- .iary»Ap*xi
Clayton: J, A Harley
Craodmoora Circuit: A A MO*
Held •■v-'rSr^
Pour Ooka Circuit: A Ik Dodd.
Puquay Hprlnr* Clrnctt E. C.
Maaeaa.
i'rmnkUnion: D N. Carlnaas
Frank lint on Circuit; V. A. •lloyotP'
Garner ClnaU: W. I*. Olac*.
Kuuley Ctrcnb: P. B. Joyner.'
Ixjulebur* Daniel Lake.
Loulafcur* ClrotMti A C. W*wfOr&
l.ik'inu Circuit: A !L AaUMoro. .
Mill brook Circuit: W. % BUtotto
oyfordr w H. Brew*, f.
t oxford Clrcutti J. 9 Uoote*.
Princeton Ctrcatt: «; ■». ftW
luMdkt comma a u huumm,
tdenton Street W. A, fMoktetyi
(CooUanad on Pace
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