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'T'”' ■ ■■ i I 2PSSFL. I <rH«dn4 CM**! portion* m * ter. lituit; Mr and nontlauad r * M.I.IMW —^ : VOLUME MX; NUMBER 227 *. „ * 7 4 , - *> MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH PRINCETON WOMAN f %T ■ c ' * '• 5* • A? 0 Tornado hits Washington s*~ _ » One Death Is , Reported And Damage High GaMgtero F«H Farce of Storm Which Ui«r Developed Into Twloter The worst' rainstorm of ths seas on Mt Ooldahoro and Wjyne county a assart slap in the the* between tbs bourn of l:M and »!*0 yesterday af tarnoon. Iwy drop of rain was a bucketful! and the* at rests wars Hooded In parts of tha. pity tbs storm aawwra w*rs overflowing and in tbs rear of at. Paul üburch on CtieetßUt straat, water was saaaral , fast deep. Electric powar want off for aome tima during the storm and a number of tetsplMnss wars reported put out ts commission Oomln* in blinding sheets, the rain “drowned" a num ber Os automobiles about ths atraets sad along the highways In ths morning hours, a wind which at times ranched a sals veloc ity tore about the elty A considerable drop In tempera ture for today was forecast by tbs weather bureau. T » . «>• . miSHINctPON. Nov IT—(in—A tornado followad by haavy rain norms thtyl drenched the rlty struck two spot lona of WaahMgton and near ly ritlea today leaving In Its waha at least one dead, more than a score of Injured and several million dollars dwnalm twjEjypkrtg;'' The WarnT descending first stoat 2:20 o'clock In the afternoon end aided by a U (Nila gale ad bIM rain •truck In the MBthoant and north east quarter* of Waahlhgton. tear ing off roof tbps as It they- wera baud bo* lids. Ujrtug doern trees a».d transmission Wire* and sending hun dreds scurrying to safety within their homes. Tba only person known to kave been killed was a woman who waa struck My lighting. • Ths path cat by the tornado waa at least a mile is width and about SO miles long Alexandria. Va.. on tke twuth apd HyatlavlUe. Md.. on tba north reporting having fall the Mow and rain with slight damage to wood en structares. BAPTISTS ARE AGAINST SMITH Resol tß4«tta Adopted Ai Closing B—ln w Baptist r Convtntion DURHAM. Nov. 17—<4V Haying taken » decided If nameless stand agalnat the election of Governor Smith of New York, or any other wet candidate to the presidency of the ( United- Stale# aud having denounced' military training in public schools and collegaa, delaaates to the !»7th annual North Carolina Baptist con vention ended their three day session here and adjourned this afternoon. It wee one of the moet peaceful Raptlat Stem Conventions on re cord. 'Evolution ware barely touch ed upon lft'4'faw Ekue reference aud polttjc* even Al Bmlth were dls posed of without airllament. u< Dr. I. M. Marcer of Winston-Sal em was re-elected president for his toutii -year ACviH ~ reside,A . the. convention elected-the Rev. J. W. Rutile of Slielby. J. R. HYinter or RnMgb. and C J BrlW, of Lumber "sou. ■ Aeherme was ebtei* tbr tbs place of nest year’s eonvanllon Though Oovarnor Smith s name waa not mentioned he was as I>r. W. I* Potaat. prealdeut emeritus of Wake Forest College. observed "very definitely and pointedly referred tv" Jn reeolutlpne prepared by the com mittee on social service and adopted by tha contention. Tba resolution anld In pd/t: "Thay administer soothing syrup to the friends of prohibition by declaring that prohlbtion la not an issue whle they work like bearers sad spend their suwis of money to otact Vbelr man”, ia referring to the enamiaa of th. l*tn amandmeht. - . • .- . -j v ■ ■ ' . ' •. % - * THE GOLDSBORO NEWS READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH-READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY. Floods Are Again .*-/ Threatening Vermont BURLINGTON, Vt., Now* 17— (4*l - Northern Vermont. stilt counting the coat of one dlsaater oua flood of two weegs ago, fac ed a second menace of its rivers tonight when a downpour of rain thttwtened to swell the rivers to danger points. * With tha prospect of a twenty -1 four hour rain fall tha Red Cross tonight sent up the Wlnoo- ” ski valley where the flood* exact- . ed their heaviest toll of life two week* Mo, warnltfg of possible new trouble to come. KIDWELLfONT PRESS CHARGE To Withdraw Contefnpt Action Request Made to Justice Siddons WteWINGTGN, Nov. 17—(JPI—One of the knots In oil Jgry tamper ing tangle apparently was, removed today when the government * aud counsel for Edward J.'Kldwell, Jur or number II agreed to take Kid well's petition for re-dress, tempor ary out of court , Kid well was accused by a Wash ington newspaper reporter aud a street car conductor of ltnviug said he experiod an automobile a block long at the end of-the Fall trial. Ha denied the charge and petitioned the ronrt to hold his accusers In eon temtp for having talked him about the ca«e. Inasmuch as Justlc e.glddons has appointed a committee to determine If there was any contempt anywhere In jhe event* which led up to a mis trial In the case, Kldwell'a counsel, agreed to wan for Ihe report of rhts cofamtttee before proceedings fur ther. BRITISH WIRELESS RIYS ; QUADRUPLED IN 4 YEARS - \ * LONDON. Nov. 17 —(4T —The In creasing popularity of broadcasting In Britain Is evidenced -by official records, which show that the num ber of licenses Issued by the govern ment to lleteners-ln has quadruplet! In the paat four years. Tha total number of license hold ers ou December 31, 1923. was 595,- 496. Ou September ‘ 30, of this year this total bad increased to 2,333.631 line* not Include 9.130 licens es granted to blind listeners free of charge. * r • Month by month figures are still rising after five years of broadcast- Ing This refutoa a suggestion mad# i by experts to the effect that satura tion point had been reached Thla question la a matter of much specu lation. but the prevailing opinion now Is that saturation point la about four millions. « Will Form Baseball League Al Meeting Here On Monday Next Monday evening has been named as the date for'the formation of proposed Bright U*uf Tobaccq Belt base (mil league, according todn ; formation rtlrelvcd here yestenldy It dm Edgar Venn of Kinston; -promot lug the new assot iatlou Eastern raroilpa elites wDT send Isrge dele gatiouH,' It was said, to the confab to be held In the offices of Ihe cham ber of commerce here. •*e W O. Hramham. <»f Durham, presi dent of the ’Piedmont aud Vlrglnl.i wlieela, will be the JHgh mogul of au thority at the gathering, it was said. Dope has It that llraham will lie the pgexy of (he new loop. • Promoter l>nn In a conversation with Secretary Walter Denmark de clared that tba efforts advocating the tew association had met with en roar aging response Dorn several cities. Kinston, Wilson, and Rocky Mt.. long good baseball towns, ware spojkea of u bain* anthuaiaktlt oyer GOLDSBORO, N. C. FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 18, l»2f FORMER CLERKS NOW HEAD ROAD Slpboftrd Airline Nibch Nalfve Tar Heel Head of Board of Director* j NSW YORK. Nov. 17— UP)- L R Jr., Vic# President and con troller of the Seaboard Airline rail way today, waa elected president of the confpnny to succned. the late S. Davie* Warfield. Robert Nutt, vice president and treaauer was elected chairman of the Itoard. a post also held by Mr. War Geld ’ Both men were formef railroad clerks Mr. Powell, a Virginian by birth becomes one of the youngest rail road presldenaa In tba country. Ha Is 47 years of age. Entering the em ployee of the Seaboard In 1902 •he worked hla way up through the con troller's office ahd in 191 S became resoclaled with Mr. Warfield In the managehteut of the railroad's corpor ate affairs. . m ■ Bus Lines Fight Over Use Morehead Bridge ' I -| |„|| J RALEIGH, „ 17.—(4^-^Tha i State Corporation Com mission today heard petite im for extension of three bua lines. The Carolina Transportation IJftea of Beaufort ask permission A© ex tend Its lines to Morehead Chy across thn new ejate highway bridge now enter eonsiructkHi. , MrI.EAk Til HPEAE RALKIGH, Nov. 17. y<4»»-<lovwr nor McLean announced toduy that he hsd incepted an luvltntlon to speak IB Durham tomorrow night to a group of cotton mill, watery and electric power, tallroad and educa tion representatives Thp governor's remarks will be on the attitude o{ North Carolina fWthard education aud industry. ,*■' - —* BANDIT Ik A KEN HAUL DALIJAS, Tex., Nor. 17.—(4*1-A lone masked bandit held up tha Kspt Avenue State Bank here lata* today, -forced bank employees to hand over 11500 In cash and escaped In an au tomobile. - Xur. DIKB.iIUI.E ON VISIT ° * A TO NORFOLK IREM NORFOLK. Va.. Nov. 17—<44- The navy dirigible L>s Angeles which moored overnight to thu tender Pa toka oft Plantation Flats near Cape Charles left fur her return flight to N. J. The big airship "shoved off" from the Taluks early' this morning and went seaward where. It ia assumed, she participated In training maneuver* with ships of 111* scouting fleet, now on the Vir ginia drill ground*. She headed north shortly after 1 o'clock, according to reports from Cape Henry. Weather conditions were reported excellent for the flight. | Other cities asked to inerting GsMsboro, Wilm.inglon, f^gyetteville.^Oraenvl lie, Wasblntfßln, and Wilson. The Chamber of Commerce, . tha i Rotary, club, the. Klwanls .cl oh., will be asked to name delegations to rep resent Goldsboro st the roeeUitjfTltr. Dentpark said yesterday There are many who believe that the time ha* come for Goldsboro (o ret hack Into baseball harness and who predict that paying gates would be the order here. The weight of financial responsibil ity for a Goldsboro club. It was said, could be lightened through gaining permission for the use of .the Fair grounds and grand aland for a play-, Ing field It waa believed that the Fair association might be willing' to (rant permission, provided proper ruarantee of protection of property wew given. ■ —a. Fine 6 Saw Blades 1 In Cell Loyd Dail Bgt Nick OWitney received a I tip yegteraav lo the elect that Loyd (tail, alias. Jarrell, held In Wayne county jail on a charge of stealing cotton, planned an effort to escape Communicat ing with a deputy, Ofricer Gwst ney searched Dali's cell. Btx hack Hack saw blade* were disclosed Atidle .Dail, wife of the accused end charged Jointly with him. Is alleged to hate slipped the salws to her husband. WINS CONTEST FROM HIS DAD .f V J Durham Co. Younjo«ter Cleared $255.95 On Acre es Bweet IOI.KIGM. No, H OC "Th* younger generatleu at til has tb* lump on soma of ths older fellows" admits J. K. Creech, of the Redwood cnnimunlty of Durham county, who lias just been bested by his younger son In a sweet potato growing con test « The son. Jesse Creech, Is n Four -11 club boy, " He. followed approved methods- of cultlvatton s '*on an acre of a'weet potato*, while Creech o tha elder .followed the old time methods. ;he youngster made a ylettl of 1M 1- itshela on his acre, clanrlng 1155.95. while dad made only 17 bushel* on Ms acre and cleared 1100.30 Creech settlor plowed hla land on May 10 to a depth of six inches, usod 400 pounds of lj-2-5 fertiliser and planted Porto Rico pianta on June 0. says extension department (;t ex plaining Ihe contest. Hla rows were .three feet apart with the plants set -leo and one-half feit part, H# lift iYip potatoes two rultlvations and gathered Ihe crop on October 20. The total valup of thdterop wej tIB.M -and rbst of produiglon $lO 10, leaving a. net profit of $100.30. Creech Junior prepared hi* acre on May 15. to n depth of six inches, Tire hundred pounds of an $-$-3 fer* tlllxcr were used and the |rop plant ed over a week earlier than that hla dad Jesse also used the Porto RJco variety of plant but —liere’a one of hi* tricks — he planted hla vtnee 12 Inches apart In rows | feel, apart. He followed up M» cul tlvutiiiK hla potatoes three time* to his dad's twice. He gathered his crop about a week earlier. He sold the .rop for $276,75 and got a profit of f 2565.96 after deducting $22 80 for production. Creech Junior's yield of yams was the largest- msde in Durham county member*. The earlier planting, var iety and heaviti-e**.of fertlilting and this year by adult or Kour-H club methods of cultivation are held res o . ponstide. -I 1 "Don't It beat all?", queried Dad Cfeecli when he and hla son com pared Ihelr respective gathering* of greenbacks. Dies at Home Near Seven Springs Thurs. M's. Susan Hint, 60 died at her home uear Seven Springs yesterday ar,,r ra in « ■' ia dll'* malarle fryer and pneumonia. Funeral service* will be held from the home at 2 o'clock thla afternoon nnd birrlat vrHt'lw. made at PTney Grrve chnrch, near the home Mrs. Best wai a daughter oj the tale Richard Elmore und a wife of the! late John Bf*t, a good womnu, given to aervlng her home aud her frletul*. Surviving are ope slater. Mia* Lois Elmore! th!W son*. Fa|- aon, Gordon aud Unater Rest and oin*' daughffr Mrs.;G*orgo Helds. BA UK RBMURTES WASHINGTON. Nov 17—44*1 Re sources of national banks In ron-i tlneulal United states. Alaska and Hawaii on October 10 aggregate $27- 213,524.00. the largest amount ever reported to tha comptroller of the surroiKF. Richmond Married Man Is Held For.:; v r .. Murder As He Brings Pretty Elsie Holt Snipes, Dying, Into Hospital . RE MISTI VEN A REPRIMAND JToM That If H« Intends Pleat! Case Must Abide By Dedalens CIN4 INNOTI, Ohio., Nov. S7—(JP) George Iteraus go I a pointed warn Ing from the bench today that con tluuatidn of hla participation as counsel for litmaelf In hla trial de pended upon bis adherence to rul ings of tlie court, Remus clashed spectacularly with Charles Taft, county prosecutor and continued a one-sided debate after Judge Shook had given g decision He was brought up abort, however, with this from the court A "Now Mr. Hutnua If you are going to remain in this case aa an attorney you must abide by the ruling of tha court." i ~ * T ivmua sat down with an apology. Attorneys said warning did uot necessarily oust Remus For the fourth time the four days of the tedious period of examination of veniremen. Remus provided I lie fireworks whloh lifted tha court sea tlop from dry routine to vivid drama. , <} / Transcribing Error Cxuse of Bad Mixup ROCKY MOIW. Nov. it—OP)—An apparent error In court records waa seen by local bunkers and attorney* today a* the reason fox the name of tha First National Bank of Rocky Mount Instead of. tba National Bank of Rocky Mount being listed as de fendant lit an opltilon handed down by the supreme court yesterday ftv lug J. W. Woody, the right to sue the hank for failure to cash a check which he had written. The National Bank of Rocky Mt., however has been Involved In such a case. Relief waa expressed that an error had been made In copying the court records which were transmit ted to the Supreme court ltd cials of tba two banka wera making an investigation with tbe possibility aa guide. - , . + . e ' V i ' NAt NP.IU. IN OFF OF MOTOK (ARM HE " PREFKRN AIRPLANES RALKIGH. Nov. 17 -(4B—Daclac lag tbat ha was through with auto mobiles. lien Dixon MacNalU, Maws and Observer feature writer and col umnist tday returned to Raleigh vta airplane from the home of Judge N A. Townsend at Dunn where be re covered from serious Injuries recelv ed In an automobile Wreck three week* «gO.“ 0 MurMacNolll ba* traveled In an nleplane* on t»ver ll»o trip# without mishap but an~ automobile waa hi* nemesis, he said. t=x. Says Shipping Association Has Saved Section $750,000 * ' The Carolina Shippers Association has saved Koslern Xorth Carolina taxpayers. $7G0,000 wlthlo tha leaf fWB innate imin i miif in niiipßir preaidapt of the organisation, told -shipper* of Goldsboro and Mt. Oliva batMtueting at tha Motet Goldahora Hurt evening r F! WimAh Geld MHRMy MF the Association, Had arranged lha meeting which was presided over by George S. Dewey, n director In the Shipper* Assoclatloq, ‘ President’ House out lined the gen eral importance efforts on the part of thetefttole section to obtain jpstlra In the matter of freight rates, saving that Eastern Carotins lad God-riven advantages whiteh were unequalled bul lhat the eltl xens should awake to the necessity for developing these advantages. W T, Thornlon: of Wilson rate ex p»rt In rhsree of the liesSon*rt»r« nf the Assoctstlop. stqnned th" lorsl folks by relating -that before Febru iMan Admits H*in* Alone in Apartment With Young Woman Bat Her Ufa MRS. SNIPES HAD BEEN DIVORCED FROM HUSBAND, ASHLEY SNIPES. PRINCETON. SEVERAL YEARS AGO Body Brought Hack Home For Burial and Funeral WIS Be Hali Ttii Morning; Ligaer Charges Hanging ° Over Her Father * » (Special To The News) > PRINCETON, Nov. 17.— -Mrs. Elsie Holt Snipes cams home this rainy, dreary night. Came back to the natives who had gapgd ut her astonishing success a* s music teacher in the grant city of Richmond Csme beck to stay. Sim came In a casket. In Rich mond. John W. F. Faison, 31, country club secretary, was held In jail in default of bond charged with shooting the gid to dentin Faison told newspapermen that he had planned to diyorM his wife and marry the native of this Johnston county town. Not in s long time have so many people been down to s#a the night train/come in, gnd they stood silent as tha coffin waa unloaded, pushed into the hearse and taken to the tome of an uncle W. A. T. Durham. UNION LEAGUE . HONORS CALVIN I’residont Givmt 6dmpreh«nsivc o View of Nation** Affair^ PHILADELPHIA. iMov. 3T T^>— Iha National Program calling. lor luternaGonal Improvements, develop ment of the country'# defenses and promotion of peace waa outlined to night by Preaident Cbolldira in can- Honing agalnat the teat of pro#par ity facing America. Speaklag before a distinguished audience of bualpeea leaders al tha Union League of, Philadelphia. Mr. Coolldge gave a eompreheoalte re port qf the nation's affnlra and then detailed hla hopes for the future tu the moat complete war ha ha* ever attempted outside of a message to Congreas. The -president spoke after he had been given the gold medal for diia- Tngulehed public esrvtco and hon orary membership In the Union Lea gue. the only jfc-eatdent to receive both awards from this organisation founded In Civil war days. % . - - - djy - Chinese Situation D Growa More Sellout '■ • o * SHANGHAI. Not. 17—{4’V- Tha sltuaUon In ('bins Is becoming In creasingly difficult with tha military trouble aggravated by lamina con ditions that afreet 9,006,000 of people lu two provinces. Heavy fighting la reported In the north, tty* gravity jtf the situation has compelled both Americana and Englishmen to take action., Tha Americans have sent the gunboat Asheville to Yuogkong where ear lons anil-foreign demonstrations have been directed especially agaiuat - ' „ t> American* ary 1, the mUrclad* propose to re vlae the rates on 1176 different claee- Iflcatlone |^r fng the aouth. Mr. Thorfiton jptiT tbfo shipper* ot .hV aon.f, d» m.« tfnfts 15 tha W lotisnaa* of thta oil nation and to (Ml danger of upward rllmblqg rum to thr yrafwM change that the car rier* may work thetr will In tha mat- Ur. To show whjt the shipping Aeaoe lailon ia doing.ln righting tha freight tiattlaa for tha section, Mr. Thorn ton recounted how for two years now fliat It had barn ahla to- forestall proposed Increase In potato rate* to western point a Through thla on a Item alone, ha aaid. tha aartlon haa Im-cii aarad about 9340.000 In freight. Mr. IM way rural lad that through one change In tha claselcflratlon for aoft shall crabs, shippers of Carter at county wars aared |M.W..tha past season. "That means that Carteret haa I SO.OOO more than It would hare had If tha iMflchi'ns had not step ped la" saM Mr. DeWay. *» * Mftlhpr of The Associated Press PRICB FIYB dim sm V —‘ v ~ —* r Id Dm mors lag will ussm the fua» rrml tat Uw MttktMt minister. Mr. O. b. Parry, pastor of tha amther of tha daoaaaad la aspsStSS IS perform Iha aarrUsa, i.: And not ao loag after Ut. body ho. bean left to tha earth ToSa Nett, father of Risk, wtl! probably ha fed away to tha BwUhOold Jail, a arm thought hara tonight. Officers aa Monday r<>uod 10 gaiiaaa of tig nor In a barn os Via peamlsu. pwtitMl »m ■ "wawMiSHenijajmirfrnn ae “ Elate was a alight. Skadar MU* thing, but pretty," aStd oua who had known the dead aromas, "sad each lovely hair me waa down hara whaa l.*na Woodard wae eaatseoad sapm weakß ago and u»y ataea said at tha time that aha was ahoat a nervous •m«h My ni*<«.dr*nt hack to ntcjfc. round with bee, / gad land* aakee, the c loth## aad jewetery Ihe did ham my niece aald. She oarer aaw aay thing like it bafora. ", • “Rut you know aha hsd two-Johs She taught mueie asd also weeka-i In tha attics of g doe tor. f raaken rhe made iota of maaey sad spent it ail on ijamalf. • "I waa ahocked w>aa I beard El eta wsa tfegd and that wgy, but 1 wm not much surprised.” The etory unfolded Wes the. Sett Os a life too buMttag, too hOoyu.iV too expanding to confine Itself to the routine and convention that Is tho lot of the great run’of hsamsUy. The tndlrldanllty that tea tk«4 gtrl'e, showed ttaetf lu MWh sohoo* when »he ran sway, fUpkfhSS to wav' ry Ashley Snipes. The oouple hsd reached Whitley, over the line la Wayne county, whau the gtrl’s par mu overtook them. Rot that dtfnt "top her. Two weeks later aha ran nwny again and this time aha am*, tied the man aha had daaidad 00. She bore A abler Baipeo two child ren and then bar heart called for broader horlaoua. * ’ "She gave the two children to Tom Woodard." said its old lady had "known her from hor pig Mali days, again taking up tha atory/' and they stayed there for S*b<m time until there * Then Ashley took them back again. Now hp t* married to another woman, a fine Woman too. one whe treats El lis's children just aa good nod ttsa u m irn'ptjwirimW w way down twpopd Imu a somewhere (Tsrboro). "Rtatf want to see Ashley whan •he waa down here suiaetlms ago. and htn u»d wlfa traatai bar put aa ntea. - ——— - rV- — "Where did abe get her mask train IngT." The News corraapoodsat aak «»• * ’1 v "Right here and than aomaphiar eway off n piece and after aha wge married too. you know far a Uaaa ■ha worked In tha offtA Os Df. Hooks In gmithfleld. She got a lab lb a doctor's offlca tu niDismsd, heap Ing hU books, whe* aha want there. Hut aba waa a fine musk teacher, «mni% a»-* briar." _ &• | . .. The dead woman was tha Oldest it a family at sine cofldraa. Otarraad newspaper reports h*T* R tlst a|| (Ooutltued «■ Fig# Ta*t\
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