I THE WEATHER
• hir W«d»Hd»j and Thursday.
VOLUME FIVE; NUMBER 106
GOLDSBORO IS WORKING AFTER TOBACCO BUSDfSS
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PONZI Ts " TO FIGHT EXTRADITION TO MASSACHUSETTS
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Business Men Here Have
r Chance Today To Assist
City To Forge To Front
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Big Independent Tobac
co Buying Company
Anxious To Come To
Goldsboro and Oper
ate Tobacco Re-Dry
ing Plant—Chamber
of Commerce Will
Make Effort Today To
Place Amount of
Stock Sufficient To
Build Plant Some
Already Sold
With the MMuranee that
they would come to (>okhs
horo and operate a tobacco
re-dry in* plant for a period
•f years and Drive employ
ment to two hundred or
more people, officers and
members of the Goldsboro
Chamber of Commerce last
nifht accepted the propotri
ties of the Tobacco Trad in it
Corporation, of Richmond.
Va„ one of the largest and
bent known tobacco re-dry
ing operating companies in
the United States, that the
business interests of this
city build and equip a plant
for them here and rent this
to them and this morning a \
committee will begin to can
vass to raise the sum of '
$40,000 needed to put the
proposition over.
The Tobacco Trading Cor
poration agreed to take a
good-nixed block of stock in
the new venture and during
the course of the meeting
last night live men subscrib
ed for SO,OOO worth of the
name, no the eahvanHers will
this morning start out with
very bright prospect * of
securing the Hum total I
needed long before the end
of the dav.
This rsmpaay Is •«« of the tar*,
eat es Ike ladepoadgat buying
rampant** and their advent late
thta rtty sill prove to he a big
aaaet t« Gald.hor* a« a lehaero
auirket.
It Is planned |# erect the plant,
C 4 al«* three prise hsnse., jari a*
qnk-kly an ps.rible and to hate
these la readier.. ter operation
by the opening at the roaring
•eases. The leratlon es the plant
WIN he deetded apea at a merlins
«f the shs-hhelders which will be
held toslrht at shleh lime Ike
enpmldoMes >lll *be completed
the "Steers selected.
QW Tk * gtnnt Will he IIW hy l.dt
feet la else, fireproof aad mod
era Is etory partteslar. Ur.
W. ■award. « eoaipeteat tobaeeoa
l»t, sill he placed la rhanre of
the uua«. (
■r. A. T. Griffin Is chairman
ts the canvassing r« mm It tee aad
he reqnests the following trees
UaßMta p> meet hits at the Cham
her es t'esißwrre rooms this
* msnrtag far the porpos* of start
ing the ran va>ti Messrs. Thomas
Norwood, If. K. Nlrond. Janie-
Kyle, K. A. Griffin. George t ree
man, L**lle WdL. Leslie Velvet
toa. J. H. Crawley, H. A. l ike,
■myall H. Spem-e, Jeaeph K. WII-
I Ism sow, M. B. Bahlssos aad W.
■. No; all.
The pettier across of Ibis ren
tes* In record lime ami« mock,
IwAsMshoro aad I# Hayae rone--
ly aad H Is hoped that every hs*t
seen awe rolled apea will sab.
scribe tor j«*l as mm* Os the
.ly# a. possihis. y
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The Jrni Antsrh aq*. however, kept
MISS*
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
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NOW LOCATED, IN OUR NEW HOME, 110 S. JAMES STREET
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Given Warm Welcome
To City Os Goldsboro
HKV. A. I. SMITH
Met. A. J. Hmlitt. recently aereptlsg
the pestsrrate of the first Baptist
cls|r*l of this ell), together with khi
family. were last sight gives a rsml
Gold.boro welcome at a rsceplloa
Ifeld at the parsonage which wa*
largely attended.
Receiving l.lae
When the guests arrived at the
l-.'.rsnnagr they were tnet liy Judge
itnd Mra. I>. H. Illand and introduced
to the receiving line by Mrs. John
Crawford. The receiving line whs
composed of tyfc-v, and Mrs. A. J.
Smith, Hcv. C. V. Itrooks. Supply
pastor for the church for several
months; W O. Britt, chairman of
the board of deacons; Mra. George A.
Norwood, prcshlent of the Womans
'Missionary I'nlon; Mlsa Katie Smith,
president of the Young Women's Aux
iliary; Mr. H. K. Teetuo. superinten
dent pi the Monday school
Groups of young ladles served pal
atable refreshments during th» eve
ning A most enjoyable musical pro
gram was rendered, during the occa
sion also. >
RAIN GALORE' W
THIS PART STATE
Shower* Have Fallen Almost!
IHtily For I'awf Three Weeks
—iMrmers Anxious
The rains having begun to pay this
and other eastern sections of the state
a visit two w -eks ago. seem to Ik
unable In cease and rarely a day bad
| assy-d since that time that there has
not been more or less of a downfall
her'-alMiuts and farmers are begm
nlng to fear that the extreme “wet-"
ness"' of things may prove to br an
even greater menace than the drought
which was experienced recently.
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However, the Weather Man pre
dicts that there will b« not more than
a few days more of the showery per
iod and that this will he follow'd by
another “long dry spell".
The rains which have fallen recent
ly have aided the crops wonderfully
smt cotton, corn and tobacco now ap
pear to be In the very beat of condi
tion, partli ularly so as to tobacco
and corn.
Ht N h HO MHO 11. It. del Ok
K'naton, June 21 If. H Mcf'oy
prominent local business m<jn and
community builder, has been el-tted
vice-president of the Klrst National
Rank, of Kinston, .succeeding t>r
Henry Tull, deceased The place is
an Inactive on*, the second vlce-preai
dent. AV. B. Harvey, being the active
officer In that rapacity i>r K. Woot
en la president Mr Mef'oy In a sUr
eesafnl business man aad has long
been oa the director at* of tha local
GOLDSBORO, N. C„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 30. 1926
TOURISTS HAVE
ENJOYABLE TIME
<t
Captivated By Tuctton and Seem
ed Captivated By the
Dixie Beautie«
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Members of the California Tours
Party, now “awing the golden west ",
seem to have made quite a hit In Tuc
son, Arlions Yesterday The News
c«rrj»d a long story dipped from one
of the Tucson papers upon the occa
sion of their visit I here on Juns 233.
Hera's saolher account of the stay of
the tourists, among whom are four
from Goldsboro. In thst city;
“leaving their apodal 13 car train
parked In the Southern Pacific yards
during the day. 150 male caeorts. en
joyed the hospitality of the Old Pue
blo today.
’“The party arrived at 9 o'clock from
Bl Paso, more than jubilant at the
discovery of Juares— wtth Its calm
rets, and gambling halls—and almost
immediately began to take In the
sights of Tucson. Hy 9;30, the last
car of the 15 had been filled with the
girls and sent off in make the rounds
>f the sights.
“The party returned at noon for
luncheon at the Santa Hits hotel.
They broke up In small groups dur
ing the afternoon to wander through
the streets of Tucson, others remain
ing to writs letters, and still others
rrtlring to their rooms (or s rest.
Swimming In Pnal
“At 1 o’clock. Ibe party went for
a swim al VVetmore's pool, and re
turned to the hotel. This evening
the entire party will be guests of the
dty at the Hauls Itita roof garden,
where dancing will he In order. Fred ,
Kmery's Arltona Nightingales have
been signed on for the music.
“According to W. G. Peoples, travel
ing passenger agent of the Southern
Pacific, out of Birmingham. Tucson
Is the most hospitable city In any of
the states, and Peoples has been con
ductlng tours for the Beeves people
for considerable time Hp. states that
In Al t'ondron. Tucson had one of the
llvest chamber as commerce sec re I *'
lyrics that can be found. Peoples
also ronimended the Southern Pacltc
traffic department >n Turson, as II
1 has been of more than ordinary as
sistance In making the stop over com
fortable and desirable.
The .party has eight standard Pull
man on their special train with two
standard diner crews to feed the girls
from r>txie. There Is also a combina
tion chair and baggage ear. another
baggage ear, and an Observation car.
• “The 100 girls and 5n women of
the party are all wlnne.s of popular
ity contests In their respective towns
throughout Mie south. they hav<
come from Birmingham, where the
party made up. and w|i| continue up
the coast,to Salt lake City, Hah. to
Yellowstone NaHmal Park, and l>en- i
ver. and hack to St lamia, where the
party will break up.
“While in Juarez, many (if the girls
saw calm ret life for the first time,
•nd were quite taken by the colorful
novelty of the romantic surroundings j
!o Ihe charge of a party of railroad
men of Kl a number of the
belles vtailed the gambling bouses,
sod strange to say. several report
winnings of seven and eight dollar*
-mi h “from that leg wheel that shakes
the little ball around “ Most of thi
party who attempted to gamble- rp
oort losses, who h did not go below
twenty-five cents and a half dollai,
also rather strange
“The girls were also rather plcnapd
with the tfovoKy of drinking Hqffil
Ibeer and wine, one of tha mem berg
of the party saM.
“lamvlng M M o'clock Kmlght. lh*
Fleeing Financial Wizard Afraid
To Return To North To Face Court
Notables Attend the Launching Os World*s
Largest and Speediest Passenger Steamer
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When the Pacific's aew queen left
the ways Herbert Hwnet, See ret ary
of tannerre treater), ws» among
Ike lea Ihwnsnad spertaters whe wit
a*»sed the lannching lari Halarday.
((Jane 2f) al tramp's Shipyard.
Philadelphia, of Ibe K. H. Maloh.. the
largest aad »|teedlr«l hlgk-tx.nrred
passeagsr steaaishlp ever built la*the
I tilted States. Other, photographed
CHAUTAUQUA IS IN THE -
CITY FOR WEEKS VISIT
I’roffram Today Will Feature th« MiMMianippi Yiiases. a (}uart«tic
of Voicen Which WUI He l-onjf Kemhered—Feature Writer
On the New York Timew Will Give a Lecture— *
Entire I’fox ram One of interewt
The Hwarthmor* Chautauqua will
opsa lla week's program here today j
with a concert In th>- aflern«K>ti by |
the “Mlasiss'ppto-Mlse* a", a quartet 1
oY beautiful voices. who an a.sfsleil
bv the popular young tenor, Kdouurd
(•robe. Junior < hautau-tua will Ixglti
. ' Jj.
following this program
i. Dr. Crank Bohn, festor- writer on |
the New York Times and 'celebrated '
lecturer who has been with President
(Nireviat's army In M ilco will g >e
ale. |n-e in lh. eveulng following r.
mualnn program by the
Misses' on “An Old la»» in a New
Time." Dr. John la well known In :
Ibis section of the eoutAry for his i
stories oti Minor-1 Hboalf amt his ea I
TOBACCO MARTS
OPENS IN SEPT
Thin Is the Hate Set For the
Opening: of Markets In
Kustern Part of SUt*
Os tnter"M to tli« tnliyiTn (ftwno
In thl* m tlon In tb«> iiimonni '
l« th« (flnt that the markw* 1&
u. r
Kantriii I'aittlin.i »i l t' npmi
mil** on K*|»f* iiilkt 7fh
Th* Ofs>r*l* rtmikii *l|| npn'n mi
Aiikuhi !tr<t„ Ihr Smith Carolina tn*r
k*t on Au«*at ]Atk *n«l the <o>»wina
*Ui of ffc» following mottlfc
(lmv*ra nr* Mm urgmt In Me
mor* rare In rnulluK tb*lr ittarn
»n«t by an Mm they will b* aura of
CotUaa U»* Y W«li«a» mtm:
•a llie Isaarhlag stand arc (left) ffll
belmlaa Teaaej, dliaghler as the
Prcsbieal as Ik*- Matsaa Naiigatta*
Tnmpaa). wka rbristeaMl the Halala
(right) Mrs. W. P. Hath, tha wlfa aI
the Ylr* I’reridewt as tb* Matsaa Nat-1-
gatlua ( ompaay, sad ifnregraaad)
their six-year J»ld twla daagblers, l.ar
line aad Itereskv, wha rrwsxcd tbs
rualiaeat Is art as hnaorary spaasar*
us the ies*eL
says on “The NiAtr South " lie d»-
w rlben his theme as ' something i-sa
; (titles old hut ever new."
Klsie Baker, nationally known ron
(ralto. and'Grover Tlldrn Davis. n»m
poser-planlst will give a roacert lo
j morrow evening while the feature
k (iiogram of the week will nqns Krl
iday evening when su all Broadway
'east Including Huth Nugent and Alan
Bonce will present Kir James Bar
rleTTimmortal play, “The Little Min
i Isf-r,"
-•Klectlon of “Mayor" of Juniurtown
4.-VIII he held (oniorrow morning und
[work will begin Immediately on the
pagennl “The Liberty Bell" which
will be presented the (losing day by
1 (he boys and girls.
FOURTH OF JUIX
BE CELEBRATED
Appropriate Program Will He
Carried Out At Herman I'ark
On Next .Mondit)
Mii'h lulpm-ii( in ix'lnic nhown la
ilir > Hiiuu of "th«> glnrloui
fourth ' whit h la to takn pla< <• at Her
man I'ark Monday afternoon, the
l>i ok in m for which la tr'lnx apnnaor
<•<l h)' Hip iHiiiKhii ra of, tbn American
Revolution anil which Mda.Jilr In
draw an unuaiialljr large crowd.
July fib thla.rpar fall on Huntlar
and |t wra* decided to have thl* part
of the program take place on ih*
d«v fr. 'on Ihk
The Girl ffcitnte are to participate
M the program at ihf park amt will
*> M»»r pert Umar* JtlMflft ft .ft
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Enough Rum On Ship
To Keep the Sahara
Desert Damp Awhile
riiimtogt*** 4mm
ehech •< Um ranhrabaad eMpi rs
the him ship Mmn, eaytorod •■
(to Xartb I arettoa coast and law
ed lata Wttmlhgtoa tofw Balnr
-4a y showed «,1M MM. e< him
grad* MmM lh|Mn, via aa4
Wh!!a*Tbe last battle •< IHaar
aa* clear tßa raw baat Bald, »y»-
temalle March es the vassal waa |
beta* today by prohibit lea agnate I
aa4 a detachment al «Ma from II
Ike mat v»ar4 artUr Masala*
ia Ik* bage •* aneartblng evidence
that weald beta to Identify the
crew aa4 tar dago* lb. agia—d»
•at at the ratter ballet lag that the
•tracer carried aarrattr* aa watt
a* llguar. * |awaver, the search,
althaavb a* Abate agh aa higtoalr
possible, (ailah ta aaeaaar any*
tblaa that aaaM Ihrww a44ltlaaal
thrill aa the aattet. Nar waa aay
tilth the llgaar aatatjr haaaai
•ad the voeeaPe craw Hi JaM, la
tere*i re.erta la th« tart aarra— i
lav the raptor* the raai slosto
er aa4 the rendaet at the taartaaa
W ha gaaa4 4
1M "IM Wle
arr« prbaarn. Bat l«w at thaae
tact* will r#»e «at arearatrly aa*
HI Ibe matter l» aired la ronrt.
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WOOTEN FAMILY
TO MEET TODAY
.
Four Hundred Or Mara Art Ta
Gather at Hfflenat Far
Annual Raunlaa
Today the Wooten claa, toar hua
'lred or more strong. ara to gather at
Hlllercst. near Kinston, for their an
uusl re-union nad the affair la as
l>i‘.(ed to be a romp tele success from
■tart to fiulah.
Th< tollowtag dispatch from Kin
•ton yesterday had tha following to
any relative to the event:
"Heveral hundMl members of th*
Rastern < aniline Wooten family aril
gather at Hllcreat, naan here, foi
thair annual reunion tomorrow. The
family association will hold a one-day
convention, the president. Rev. John
C. Wooten, presiding. Mb la praetd
lug elder of Ule Naw Bern Metbodiat
dlatrlrt. The program will inrlnda
uddreasea. a luncheon and generalogi
eal sketches
"The Wootens ir» niimernua la
Green*, l«rnulr. Wayne, Duplin and
other counties In this section They
I ave been prominent since rolontai
lierlarntlon of Independence has be*r
repreaented In tha North Carolina
General Assembly. Dean of the clan
now la the venerhhle fount It Wooten
' who h«» known more of the nation’*
grant and near-great than any person
In.this part of the country. An out
standing member of the family In 1/
itolr County Is a colonel of etiglneerr
In |Jie army."
f A numlier of the members of tb'
family res'dc In Goldaboro and will
be among those present.
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ni irnoH i.ti bt it Him.i
ATT AI hit OX WtMVfl
A XII UfOLUMTI
Manila, I*, f., June 2f,— frantic Fll
- applauded sp«»'< hew of their
leaders today denouncing Governor
General Wtaal and the Coolldge ad
tnln Ist rat loti for their opposition to
tb' Hamn Bill now before congress.
"We are at war against a surging
tide of imperallstn.” declared Manuel
Rosas. “We compose a great army
of freedom railed upon to meet our
foea face to U«e Ip this gregt deglh
grapple' . ; J
Senator Tlrona (barged that tiov-I
ernor Wood and hla ']UMUg|
r
ASBOC9ATEP $
nm
dispatches
PRICE VM QD9IE
Apprehended Whfc Bn
deavoring la Visa the
United Ststea *On
Board Os Aa ltadpn
Steamer, Chaates Pen
zi, Held In Ifclten,
Texas, M Asserts
That He WS Fight to
Bitter Bad to Prevent
Going to Beetep aw
Ananrtol ItflUfT 1
call tu Matas ifttM BMPBVt* w ■
ffhM a* ewa ianlAftt m dk
| pgw. s Hiiaan ns
vis placed' In the oesaty JplC
(Whew MkUbell. ‘gattod lURWrtSG
for him ha deetafni .
-All right. «aa oa. WIBAU
out down here and you AM oa4ug to
have a flghA because l fttM MM
until I hav# |p aalaga I M I—BlWil
to deport myeelt"
Tha Itaaadar arid hp hnßtorwnd a
sentence In MaasechugnttO |gff wring
the mafia to defraod sad IBM Mb gaa*
vtction by tha atato artbirtrtga bar
Obtaining money on faigg fSMauaaa
wish virtually a donble yroanadM
In rontraaf tit • daatocattoa Mat Bo
had no criminal latent li ill Matod
operations, ha aaeertod:
"If I then had tBo ixoMMU t uaw
have. I would atm bear* fUribr rt
money. 1 bad my hag*! •• tag mil
llow dollars once sad could Igte Bogt
It but I wanted lo play sgnarg Mrt I
gave It wp- But If 1 had kMMi Man
what 1 know now 1 aronM Haog BdW
u.*
"I did not want In go hack In frtw
ou again." Panel anld. In friririßMt W
bis capture to Tasapn "I «MM la
Tampa whare 1 learaad shat (Mg tß*-
tois had loet hie hand warier Bans the
Italian steam Sta Vgg M# Vgpis
through trteada 1 got a ahanOO Sa a
waiter."
•’But ail Ufa Una" he gaMl “I nan
not sure I waa right, i wan .Mrs Bd
tween doubt an ta the prwpar ggartn
to follow. On# mlaalo I drigM (S go
back to my wttn In Boato#. The Mat
I thought to go oa to Italy tor I be
lieved I waa fleeing tnaai yarns *u
tlon.''
Leas than srf hour altar MBM m
rived here from Naw Origawh nSare
ha was acreatad yseUrday, tha “Sta
• rd" bad mads |(>os“ A lonian SOWS
paper paid It by wtra far Og anatg
eive etory of hla wandartnßA
"Pretty eoft.’ Ponai Into wßon bn
ranked a telegraphic order Mr tha
money at a bank."
, Tr . M „ - itnmj* - #
hlLl.hU IB UUI AI'CfIMPV
Mount Airy. Juan ».—lag (BfM.
negro, died hern late last atoM ad Aha
result of as auto aoeMiSt |M Mah
place eight art tee aonth as Mtoan
Haiurdey aftcraooa. (Hrnto w*a an
tf«p> H.upiortll* B» .• VtlMpi m