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VOLUME FIVE-NUMBER 142
MRS. W. A. WESTBROOK KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
AVID STORY OF HIS f AST LIFE KLATED IT CYCLNE mM
BORAH ATTACKS
FRENCH LETTER
Bays ClcMMCcau’a Open Uattar
la Unfair and Approaches
the Absurd
Boise. Idaho. Aug ll <*>>- Senator
William K Borah, of Idaho, rbalrman
of the foreign affairs commutes, hat
prepared a statement In response -U>
Questions regarding hia oplnldn of the
open letter from Georges Clmenceau.
war-time premier of France to Presi
dent Cooildgs.
The letter. Issued Sunday In Parla.
contained an appeal not to treat the
settlement of the French as a com
mercial affair. Clemenceau declared
the propoeed Bsrenger-Mellon debt
agreement to he Impossible of fulflll
men! and that it threatened the inde
pendence of France.
In hie statement Senator Borah said
In part: *
"Olemenosau’s lettay la so cruelly
iq Is Leading as bis Intimation that we
are uudermlalag the Independence of
France. aatKeo deliberately unjust
where he refers to waiting for A mer
les to enter the war. and where he
ertt tclsea the United State# fpr mak
ing a sparale treaty ot. peace with
GeriuAy. and yet so pathetic In maai
test tors of his country that I- prater
not to comment at lengtl|i Ha is one
whose unfounded wrath me can afford
to Ignore, and whabe malicious In
sinuation* vs can afford to pass by.
|f they have anything to say of a
people whom they ones hailed as their
unselfish deliverer they could at least
speak Ibe language of truth and gra
ciouanesa. The statement that we ero
trying to undermine the Independence
of France or that soembody wants to
buy Frsnce approaches the absurd.''
FUNERAL OF MR.
WOOTEN AT 4:30
Di*d at Home In LaGrattße at
12:30 YenUrdav After Very
firlef lUneaa
Funeral acrflcs* tor Shade Wool
en. f- rty-etgbt years old. 6t tetGrange.
will be held at that place this after
noon at 4:30 o'clock. Mr. Wooten
died at 12:30 yesterday morning after
a abort tllne^.
Mr Wooten la sacvitod by hla wlf;*,
who wae Mlae AnnlF Edwards. of Blri |
mlngfram. Ala. Mra. Woolen wae visit
ing relatives In Alabama yvhen h *' r
husband became 111 and be died be
fore she reached home. ,
Two slaters and one brother also
survive. The slstaera are Mrs. M K _|
Rtisell. of Ooldsbpro. and Mrs' Ada
Carter, of I-aOrmnige. The brother la
Ramuel Wooten, es Mount Olive.
Mr. Wooten had ‘tor many years
been connected with the tobacco Indus
try In Eastern North Carolina and
waa widely known. For the past tew
years he had been employed hy the
Co-operative Association and last year
waa In charge of the warehouse of the
co ops at Warsaw. He waa a mem.
t>« r of the Pretbyterlau cliurih of l.a-
Grange.
(jEN. ANDREWS RKTI'RNH
■ New York. Aug. 11—(AP) -Oen. Un
' t -.dc-are, Vw*i *>t 'V
(i mi r aforeensent dfvmas asst Ist.
day on the French liner IVance ex
pressing' great satisfaction aa to the
agreement reached - with the British
government.
Oeneral Andrews aatd he will laave
for Washington tomorrow and begin
is once setting up machinery for the
operation of tba new agreement made
during the recent visit In I/mdon. Ha
denied that tba government had
adopted ruthless tactlca In Its cam
paign to enforce prohibition by poison
Ing commercial alcohol, as was «-harg
ed In New York papers today.
The lasy. haay warmth of the late
cummer, afternoons la In evidence
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THE'COtPmmJ NEWS
LOCATED AT NO. 110 SOUTH JAMES STREET Ifc THE HEART OF THE BUSINESS SECTION ..
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Skull Was Crushed In Turn
Over of Car at Falling
Creek at 4:30 Yesterday
Reports Attempt
To Enter Home
E G. Godwin, of 3t)B East Cent
er Street, an employee of the lib
erty Warehouse, called The News
-mt 11 o'clock Isst night to report
that on at least two occasions Isst
evening someone made an effort to
enter bis home.
"I have Just come In.’’ Mr. God
win said, "and And my wife and
mother nervous over the faet that
someone has been shaking eur doty
for about thirty minute*. My wife
went down to see who it wan and
found no on* there.”
MA FERGUSON
STARTS CAMPA’GN
Says She I* Not Bound to Quit
as Challenge Unaccepted
Austin. Texas. Aeg. 11,—
Grounded on the proposition that the
acceptance of a challenge meSe by
• Jim" Is not' acceptance of n chal
lenge made by Miriam and
to defeat of the Ku Klux Klan, the
campaign or Governor Miram A. Fer
guson for the governorship of Texas
was rechristened today In the gar
ments It were two years ago.
After two jreare of silence a * to her
plans following certification of her
name on the run-off primary ballot by
the state Democratlve Executive Com
mittee Monday, she plunged full tilt
today Into all the turmoil of .political
affray. With the battle cry of antl-
Klanlsm uppermost and her ’Womlae
to null thrown overboard by a contin
gent that Attorney General Dan
Moody, her opponent, never really ac.
cepted her challenge.
Declaring she wag In the race with
all her heart, she Issued a statement
arguing herself free of all promises to
quit and laying the gage of battle to
Moody, which she charged la support
|*4 by the Kii Klux Klan Politicians
I remarked that tho statement smacks
iof the old-time Ferguson faction and
the fighting method that has thrown
the stalo Into heated fights on many
an occasion before hi*. a
The reaction to tha announcement
began to appear In the form of re-
I piles from Moody’s followers and from
I members of the Ku Klux Klan
Friend Arrives Here To
Aid Young Tennessee Man
More encouragement came yester
day to young H. X N c »ly. of Summer-’
town, Tenn., held in u>« Wayne Coun
tv lull for responsibility for the ac
cident Sunday night In which IkMtsle
t*. Traylor lost hts life and Harold
'Grady and Mies Williams pain
iWftt.i», <a«et ..{ .W *,.« -t/«w;!v. >r
lor whom young Neely Is working, ar-'
‘ivrii |:i Goldsboro as «n emissary of
Ms son nml announced that h« Is here
to look after Neely's-iatcrest until the
younger Utvtjwrp arrives. Mr. |g>w
thorp suit! that his son wired him
Alabama that he would come t >
Coldslioro as smut as possible, late
1 yesterday afternoon Mr.* l/>wthorp.
was already Investigating the case
and at rangltiK for counsel, tl • said
•be matter of making bond would wait
until hla son arrives.
• The visitor was emphatic In endors
•ng the character df the beleagured
Nw*|y. He has known hltn for some
time, he stated, and has visited the
youth's parents la Sumtt*rtown,
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GOLDSBORO, N. C. THURSO*Y HORNING. AUGUST 11. 1926
Wan Miss Madie Duvall,
of Whiteville, Before
Marriage to Mr. West
brook. of <£oldsborp
Mrs. Vjf. A. Westbrook, of Oreen-
Yflls, was killed and her husband
slightly Injured In an automobile ac
cident at Falling Creek, seven miles
west of Kinston at 4:3$ yesterday aft
ernoon. ...
Mr. and Mr* Westbrook were on
their w*y to Goldsboro. Mr. West
brook's Old home. In I t*hr)Md*r road
ster, and according bo Paul Taylor,
of Kinston, and Judge McCullom, of
loGrange? who witnessed the accident,
w,re traveling at a high rate of speed.
Mr. Weatbruok was at the wheel
and In dodging some highway signs
which had been placed on tho road
by construction forces, the car left the
bard surface. Mr. Westbrook iwerv
sd th% wbset to an effort to get back
on the pavement, eye wltneaass aald,
and when he did the car turned com
pletely over and landed on Its wheels
MRiffo- ■ ~-
Mr. Taylor and Judge McCullom
hurried to the scene of the accident
and they found both occupants of the
car still tn their seals. Mrs. West
brook was unconscious but still alive.
When the car made Its complete turn
over. the iron stay In the top had
been brought tnt > violent contact with
the top of Mrs. Westbrook’s head,
knocking a h«,le through the skull.
Mrs. Westbrook and Mr. Westbrook
were placed In Judge McCullum's car
and speeded to the General Memorial,
hnaptlai In Kinston, but Mrs West
brook died before the hospital was
regched. Mr. Westbrook. 1t was said,
suffered a cut on the arm and la auf
ferlng from ahock. Hla condlilofi Is
not regarded ae serious.
News of tbs accident came as a
great shook to Goldsboro people, for
6oth Mr. and.-Mrs. Westbrook sre well
known here. Mr.. West brook moved
'o Greenville eome time ago to engage
«rr the automobile business with his
brother. Jack V.'estbnok.
Mr. Westbrook 4a a aon of Mrs. J.
V. Westbrook, of 315 West Wslnut
street
The dead woman was before mar
riage Miss Madie Duvall, of Wbue
vtlle, a daughter of Mr. and Mr*. O
L. Duvall, who survive her. In ad
(Continued on Page Four)
Tenn, 'Had company" was the cryp
tic explanation be had for the fatal
accident. _
Incidentally. Mr. lowthorp is worth
* news story himself, lie last visited
Holdeboro (S years ago. It wag' «|jur
>ng the War Between the States, and
*
"bewggfmg « vlMO'ie* w.w* mm ' wmsmhm,
ptte-uf cannonballs. He was greatly
impressed at the changes that burs
taken place here since then.
Mr. Isrwthorp's gr<ut grandfather
came to New Bern from England in
1782. The Durham man expressed
the desire to vlalj New Bern while
he Is this far •'itst. One of the ad
venturous events In his life, he said,
was a trip to Tennessee In 1867,
which be made In a wagon byway of
Marlon and Asht '-dile and up' the
french Broad Itlvrr. long before the
clv*nta of tba railroads. He settled
In Gllee County. Tennessee, where he
ir«a In public life ror many years.
He has been a justice of tlf pear*
ut Durham lor fourteen years, by said.
LITTLE GIRL IS
STRUCK BY CAR
Inabelle Denmark, Aged 4, Suf
fer* Sever* Fracture of
Riffkt L«f
l>ft belie the 4-yenr eld dsngh
ter es Nr. and liw E. t. Denmark,
suffered ibe breaking of both ,
bones Is her right leg Mss Ibe
kef* sad braises akeHlthe bead
sad right arm when • truck by an
aaiemahll* driven by W. V. Park
-- -I 1L..1L JaU L t|-,.|-t 1 _
aoea yesterday. Tbe are Meal eo.
rurred near tbe Deaausrk heme „
•a Hosth William street
The little girl wka croeelng the
street and toddled in front of the
Dodge car driven by Mr. Parker be
fore he could come to a halt. The
npcldewt la regarded as unavoidable
and no blame pas attached to Mr.
Paiker.
It win aald that the bones were
Protruding through the 'flesh after
the child bad been hit by the car.
Mr Parker rushed her to Dr D<>nsl<L
Cobb tor treatment
After tho bones were set she was
removed tp her home and reports list
evening were that ahe was resting
nicely.
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WASKILLEOAT
HEADQUARTERS
Giant Negro .Seized Officer’ll
Gun and Shot Him FataUy
New York. Aug. 11 f/F) Sudden
death took Its toll today from both
the law and the outlaw. ,A detective
wae killed In police headquarters by
a prisoner mho took advantage of a
courtesy to/selpe the officer's gun and
shut* him down. " * ■ , ■'
A tohly h was wounded fatally by a
-djtl«Tfve he had shot perhaps fatally
after abounding a storekeeper. A gang
of robber* believed to have l>een led
by the notorious Until Rogers crossed
the city line and escaped with 113,000
lu cash from the Hewlotte.Woodmere
National bank at Woodmere, L. I. This
crime, however, was unmarked by
bloodshed. •
The first shooting occurred a few
minutes after detective John M. Wing
er had brought Jene Fierce, a giant
negro from Hummonton, N. J.. where
he had been arrested In connection
with an automobile theft. It waa hot
ayid Winger took tiff bis coat. The
prisoner usk.-d If be might get a drink
of water.
“Hcl|i yourself" Winger told him and
motlooed to a cooler. Fierce moved
irthrord Ihe corner and then suddenly
turned to snatch Singer’s revolver,
exposed hy tht> removal of his coat,
from Hs holster He bred live times.
Only, one bullet took effect but that
severed the jugular vein.
several hours later.
flrummitt Favors
State Police
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Oxf rd. N r . Aug II C4.*) A Mato
constabulary or police force as a sup
plement to county and cltv officers In
the enforcement of the law was advo
rmvyt hv ArffTTpex fWyernl f>rrplsv
lit m aOdtve- ." HtUdi t#w
• Nnrth Carolina Sheriffs * Association
which opened Its annual convention
hern tonight.
In advocating a state pollen force,
he called attention to the police au
thority Imposed In the special agents
c.f the Slate Insurance Department
and the Auto I.lcenae Moreau declar
ing that Ihe slals waa tfrp* concen
trating on the minor violations of law
and Ignoring the greater crimes.
Mr. Brummllt told the sheriffs that
their office waa one of. the most lm
p.rtaff In the county and that It
ought t# be tally sylppsd with a ut-
I h'iewt fare# to tqIMM the tow Me
tided that the oAtoa had jjot reedtv
| sd the atteatkaa R y j
Had Lived Wild, Riotous
Criminal Ue Before He
Surrendered To ftrist
Sermon Greatly Stirred
Congregation By Its
Power and Gave All
Hope
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Dual evening st the McLendon re
vival services In Mount Oliva, Cycloae
Meek told the story of his life, sad
told It, In', a* dramatic a fashion as
one could Imagine. The great crowd
of people assembled for the service
wes hMd spell bound by the power
of the story, the realism which Moak
protraycd. and there wda net a man
In the Uheraam who was not awarr
that If Mack had bsen saved {rom
the life he once led, there la hope
for all.
He took his text from Psalms
C6:l6—"Come and hear, nil'that faar
Cod. and I will declare what He hath
dene for my soul.” V
The story of "Mack's” life as given
ov him*last night follows la part:
1 think one of the first things that
nade me think was this: Brown
wfcff managed mv shop, panned n>y
father's home and my rnothbr called
him In and naked him bow I was
celling along. I hadn't beaa home
j ter some time and Brawn told her
| that I was getting along at th* same
old gall, and he aald ahe looked at
!.im and ibe tears ran down her face
and she sobbed and said, "Dexter, 1
believe he Is gone. We have just about
slveu him up. We have held on In
God for him for yearn, and It seems
now that he has passed redemption.”
Phe said s revival was going to b*-
eln In BonnellsvlJle In a few day*
and If It didn't reach me I was
rone.
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That night I closed my shop at I
o'clock and none of tbe local ’talent
being on hand for tb* ggmr 1 weat
over to the hotel to see if there were
any travelng men that I could coral
and bring In, but they wer* conspicu
ous by their absence. I said. "Wall,
that meeting la tbe blggeat thing In
town and I'll over and round them
up.” I went over to th« tent and took
a seat war hack In ihe rear. I don’t
ihink I heard a word the preacher
•aid. I was oo busy taking an tnven
ti ry of the < ougregalton to see If
lh«re was <Ht>ugh of my kind to have
* game after tb* service. After the
■< rmon. they made the altar call, and
Hud Robinson. the cowboy preacher
G'ontlr usd On Pace Two)
Archbishop Reports Two
Pfiests, 27 Citizens Killed
M* xlco f'lly, A"g. >1 </P) —Arch-,
bishop Leopold Rulx Y Floras, who
huii arrived from Nlchonchan hu In-
P.rjnied the archbishopric (but two
Catholic priestii and between 27 and
57 Catholic cllixen* were executed by
tba military authorities on August I
nnd 1 <>tj Af-nbJJnv tV u "*-
lA* «' 3iM . ut* ijis ' rails k«s ’
uatlou
Tbs Archbishop said that his people
refused to deliver the Catholic church,
i* to the municipal coniiiiltteea ap :
pointed to take them over after tha j
prissta had cessed to function on July
31. Soldiers were fired’on by the
people who tooh up)b'ppoaltlon* In the
church towers and roofs and engaged
In s day's exchange of ahota.
The neat day Federal reinforce,
ments arrived and subdued the Catho
lics. The soldleft then executed two
prtooto will the leaders of the ciU.
The Ar< ht>i*hoi> said that the peo
ple at Arunibaro also refuaed . to
Mr* over their churches. Two visit-;
.EPIGRAMS
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Whenever the devil eanwet ffo
Ip Hbnreh hbaseM, ha. always
’ Yaw will ast ha MU gpspiugl
hb far what year parents did,
hat far what yaa 4M.
If yaa are aat a ffaad muu, faur
wHa*s ha*hand h la Mupa.
Taa say yaa won ham wriu>
Wall, yaa 'ana he bora again aui
Ins rjffcl» . ~ tigs.
_ tn
Taa 4a aat fa la had h«maa«
yea ite« yaa pa la had hsaauaa
yea da aat mpsaft.
■'
yea aaa trust with yaur MMy
hat adpßty law «Nh yaar >«pa*
The will la Uke ptvat apiawhlsh
all Ystttieaal aattoup mere.
Gar wills enaMe We da miauls
ear rkeleo,
HI II.DINU KKCOBM IHVTEHntD
Washington, Aag. 11—All reoords
far volume of eoastnicUoo In th*
United Bute* war* shattered la Jaly.
Never before was so much asoaey ex
p* nd'd in a (lasts month for labor,
material* and other elamaat* uW
mg Into building costs, according |«
statistics compiled by the Associated
■•coral Contractors of America.
Th* volume of construction handled
•sal month was will shove that re
cords* lor August, lias, when th* pvt
v ous "peak” was ran shad. Tha In
dex on const ructoa operations, based
on (he 1823 »wraps, shows a Jump
from th* March level at ISP potato
<o the present position of 3*. This
Is the greatest Increase within a
lour month period ever recorded.
HEW YOKE FOTTOI
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New York, Aug. ll4—Cotton futures
closed steady at a net declla* at IP
to 47 points October 16.3 P; Decem
ber 18:31; January 16 33; March
16.61; Mar 16.67.
Ing aovernment engineers who attempt
ed to assist the local . officials ware
hilled by the crowd and thetr bodies
bached almost tp places. The priests
then appealed to tbs crowd to desist
Federal troops than arrived and eie
<• tiled three and posxtbly more of the
*
’the auiHhrliiea si“« - sesrchilig An
them.
ATTKNIIN (ONPKKRXf K „
Chapel Hill, Aug. ll.—-Harry F
j I 'omer. secretary of the University Y.
M C. A. left yesterday for Blue
Ridge, where he Will attend the con
ference of Student# Y ( M. C. A. Sec
retaries ‘ *
Secretaries from ten Southern
■tilM will be In attendance on the
■-onfernce. which la expected to con
sist mostly of round table dlscuestoaa.
Mr. Comer was accompaalod by
, Mrs Comer and Mlaa Mab«A> Mallet
The conference will last a wash, after
| which Mr. Comer wills return to Oup
-1 si Hill.
PRfiSB . I
DISPATCHES 1
MMfWU MWUI |UMk :
nuta yivw-idimm
URGES BETTER h
BOOKKEEPING
Sul* AaOUr Mr* VMM Plw
t * '
IMMM M—UdV-Ad
counting la tha wwtili fcitum «fl
gaaarai aa4
** *'S""®» wpara uuu#| aMMH aw.
tojdad that careful htoteato^ThoadiK
broacht la larga aaouTuat #AmM
km bMB eollaetad th tha rfilial
coaraa of huataeaa. had tha hudheee
a parallel between a** aaMl hi
ib# l ountla# aad tha aae od dhkflar
method# la #r#rydoy baatooaaMb aad
a bualaaa# Bum that niirlnrtti tta
aaaata aad aojlaatod to aaHaat lid
•aavalif
Ha cloaad with a ilnlaraitoa that ,
•ha atata cam# to th» nna—ll# aot to
•aha away from tha authority lodcad
in coauty officiate hat to'aid la tha
•terclae of this authority aa tor,a*
•t#cal attain vara iialnaH Ha arid
(bat an audit of tha eoaaty wga aot
oaly im, check "up tt)« actual flcurwe
on tha book* hat to taka tola aaaaaai
♦*ary alamaat of lataraat to (ha eetm*
tr aad that la thia caaaardaa tha
•tat# atood raady fa#o#aua as aapdtl
anc# galaed to aid tha oooaty officiate U
In i-hackiac up oa what tha/iad *■ "♦
their oooattaa aad rlghttp clutefrlag
•arh lt#m. to tha ultijpb haaadt ot
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AVI.tTOM KILLS*
Dartoo. 0.. Aug. 11. UH ttoptaa
"■t A E Harkadala. MoCaOh told
oilot. today waa hillad atop hto pa**”
hut# tailed to opaa ad ha Jaapeff
from hi# falling ahtp aaar tha hriff.
Harkadala# Jump waa «i||a haa ,
* haicht of ahoat Bdt fact* aad h
t# bril#r#d th# dlataaoa «M aot glre
hi# parmchut# time to opa* Oh two
iiravlou# ormloßa ha had
ihlpa. Tha ahlp wad wPtohad,
" r ,** x
! It la oaatar to tear tow* fftop to
build up. hat aoam paoptt# aaaato to
1 .Ti%Sw? SST-&